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HEw YEARS BELLS.

Ring, bells, ring, with your mellow din,
Ring the old year out and the new year in
Likethe voices Of birdsfromt the old gray spire,
Let your siIvery music rise higher and higher;
Floating abroad DER the hillside bare
In pillows Of sound on the tremulous air,
Let ii rise and fall with the fitful gale
Tell over city and wood the tale;
Say that tonight the old year dies
Bid the watchers look to the eastern skies,
For the beautiful halo that tells atar
Ofthe welcome rise Of the new years star
Ring the old year out, with its sighs and tears,
Its withering heSd-aches and tiresome fears,
Away with It's memories of doubt and wrong,
Its cold deeeits and its envying strong,
All It's pandering lures to the faltering sense
All its pitiful shams and cold pretense.
We will heap them together and bind them fast
To the old mans load as he totiers past
The ills that he brought he may take again
Keep we the joys, let him bury the pain
Ring soft, oh bells, as he goes to rest
Far in the shades Of the darkening west
Ring bells, ring, with a merry dinl
The old year has gone with its care and sin
Smiling and fair, at the eastern gates,
Clad in tinted light, the new year waits
Welcome him in with the rosy band,
Who wait the wave Of his beckoning hand
Hope, with her wreaths ofsweet spring flowers,
Joy for the summers glowing hours,
Plenty and peace for the fruitful fall,
And love for all seasons--best of all.
Ring merrily, bells i-o'er the blushing skies
See the beautiful star Of the new year rise
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
Charles Darwin.

Charles Robert Darwin, the celebrated
naturalist, was born at Shrewsbury, Eng
land, February IL, 1909. His father was
Dr. Robert Waring Darwin, +, r.. s., aud
his grandfather, DIR. Erasmus Darwin, 7,
r. s., who was, in the beginning Of the
century, noted as skillful Psychologist
and didactic poet His chief works were
the Botanic Garden (in verse "Zoon-
amia," and "Phytologia." The grand
father Of Charles Darwin, on the maternal
side, was Josiah Wedgwood, f. II. s., the
celebrated manufacturer Of pottery. Mr..
Darwin obtained his early education at
Shrewsbury school, under DR.. Butler, af
terwards bishop of Litehfeld At 16
years Of age he entered Edinburgh Uni
versity, where he remained two years.
From Edinburgh he went to Christ's Col
lege, Cambridge, taking the degree Of
Bachelor Of Arts in 1881 In the autumn
of that year he accepted the offer Of Cap
tain Fitzroy to share his own cabin with
any naturalist who would accompany H.
NJ. g. Beagle in bis surveying voyage
around the world. Mr. Darwin gave his
services to this expedition without salary
on condition that be should have the dis
posal Of his collections, all Of which he
deposited in various public institutions
The Beagle sailed from England, Decem-
Der q, 1881, and returned October %,
1886. The history and results of the
voyage have been published by Mr.. Oar
win in series of several volumes.
In 1889, Mr.. Darwin married his cous-
iD, Emma Wedgwood, and since 1912,
has resided at Down, Beekerhan, Kent, Of
which county he is magistrate. His
entire life has been devoted to scientific
researches, the rich results Of which the
world well knows. He has enjoyed an
immunity from exactiug professional cares,
being possessed of means ample enough to
insure him the leisure and quiet necessary
to the successful prosecution of mental
labors. Yet Mr.. Darwin has been a con-
slant sufferer from infrm health, aud his
achievements, which would seem aston
ishing for a strong man, have been accom-.
plished under the heavy disadvantage of
continual physical weakness and pain.
Mr.. Darwin has obtained the Royal
and the Copley medals Of the Royal So
ciety and the Wollaston medal Of the
Geological Society He is also fellow of
various foreign scientific societies and a
knight Of the Russian Order Of Merit
His publications have been numerous, aud
he is now engaged in the study of the
curious fesh-eating plants, the dion@a and
drosera, the fruits of which he will soon
put in volume, together with some essays
on the cross-fertilization of flowers, on the
movements of climbing plants, &c.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
Influence of the Gulf Stream.

The Influence of the Gulf Stream upon
the climate Of Western Europe appears to
be demonstrated, by experiments recorded
in book recently issued under the au-
spices Of the London Board Of Trade. The
researches made BY the United States OBJ
seryatory and Coast Survey pointed to the
fact that the warm waters Of the Gulf
Stream influenced the temperature of the
air in the British Islands Nearly ten
thousand observations have been made Of
the temperature Of the air, and seven thou
sand Of the temperature Of the sea, within
a single degree square of the Atlantic, and
these have been compared aud recorded
in monthly charts. They show that in
every month Of the year the temperature
changes in the tropical atmosphere follow
those of the tropical ocean. During the
midday hours the air in the tropical seas
is heated more intensely than the sea, but
it loses its heat more rapidly--and the
mean temperature of the sea is higher than
that Of the air. The ocean current which
is fed by the water from the equator be-
comes a great storage reservoir for the
heat derived from the sun, and carries it
far into the north, producing the climatic
differences observed on the same parallels
Of latitude.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
Catching Turtles in South America.


The turtle is the main source Of food
supply to the Conibo. The forests and
waters furnish him fish, flesh, and fowl in
great variety, but he cares for little else
besides the turtle when he can procure il.
Between August 18th and September LIST
the waters of the Ucayali, the afiiuent of
the Amazon, on which the Conibos live,
become less impetuous, in consequence of
snow having ceased to fall on the sum
mits Of the Andes Vast spaces Of sand
are left bare, and the turtle fishing at once
commences. On fixed day the Conibos
embark in canoes furnished with all ne
eessary utensils, and travel up and down
the river for from thirty to sixty or even
one hundred miles. When they discover
on the shore the claw.marked furrow made
by the turtle when walking, they call a
halt, and having built at some two hun
dred yards from the water their qjopas
or cabins, they patiently wait in ambush
the arrival Of their amphibious prey. GEN
orally their instinct is so unerring that
their encamping hardly preccdes by more
than day or two the appearance Of the
turtles. On dark night, between mid.
night and two O'Clock, an immense swell
agitates the river. Its waters fairly seem
to boil. Thousands Of turtles come clum-
silly tumbling out Of the river and spread
themselves over the shore. The Conibos,
squatting, or kneeling under their leafy
sheds, and keeping profound silence, await
the moment for action. The turtles, who
separate themselves into detachments on
leaving the water, dig rapidly with their
fore feet a trench often 200 hundred yards
long, aud always four feet broad by two
deep. They apply themselves to their
work with such zeal that the sand flies
about them and envelops them as in fog.
As soon as they are satisfied that their
trench Is large enough they deposit in it
their soft-shelled eggs to the number of
from forty to seventy, and with their hind
feet quickly Gil up the trench In this con-
test of padding feet more than one turtle,
tumbled over by his companions, rolls into
the trench and is buried alive. Half an
hour is enough for the accomplishment of
this task. The turtles then make disor-
derly rush for the river. Now the moment
has arrived for which the Conibos have
anxiously waited At given signal the
whole band suddenly rise from their lurk-
ing places and dash off in pursuit of the
amphibia, not to cut off their retreat-for
they would themselves be trampled under
foot by the resistless squadrons-but to
rush upon their aanks, seize them by their
tails, and thraw them over on their backs
Before the turtles have disappeared, a
thousand prisoners often remain in the
hands Of the assailants.-,Scribner for
January
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

Observation-Disclosures does not com
mence with the alphabet. 1t begins with
n mothers look fathers nod of appro-
baton, or his sign of reproof; with sis
ter's gentle pressure of the hand, or broth
er's noble act of forbearance with a
handful of flowers in green and daisy
meadows; with birds nest admired but
not touched; with pleasant walks in shady
lanes, and with thoughts directed, in sweet
and kindly tones and words, to nature, to
beauty, to acts of benevolence, to deeds Of
virtue, and to the source of all good--to
God himself
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

A parlor may contain ever SO much
costly furniture and yet not look furnished.
"Best rooms" are apt to look cold and stiff
One shivers involuntarily on entering
them. They are dark--for the sunshine
is shut out lest it fade the carpet, they are
prim.--for every thing is laid at right an
giles; they are barep-for lack Of little
taste. Letin the sunlight, put some plants
iu the window, hang some pictures on the
walls, tuck u bracket or two in the corners,
aud scatter few books on the table.
Then if you will only stir up the stiff
backed chairs, SO that they win look as If
somebody had some time sat in them, the
whole aspect of the room will be changed,
aud the most exact person In the world
can not but pronounce il an improvement
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

Can A. MOTHER FoRaET2-Can a
mother forget? Not morning, noon or
night, but she looks into a corner Of the
kitchen where you read Robinson Crusoe,
and thinks Of you as yet boy. Mothers
rarely become conscious that their chill
dren are grown out Of their childhood
They think of them, advise them, write to
them, as though not full fourteen years Of
age. They cannot forget the child. Three
times a day she thinks ofthose absent from
the table, and hopes the next year at far
thest she may just shave her own family
there" and IL you are there, look out for
the fat limb Of chicken, and coffee,
which nobody but everybody'sown mother
can make. Did Hannah forget Samuel z
A short sentence, full Of household history,
and running over with genuine mothers
love is telling and beautiful: Moreover
his mother made little coat, and brought
It to him from year TO year, when she
came up with her husband to the sacrifice. =
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
Something Worth Knowing.

Every little while, writes correspon-
dent, VIC read in the papers of some one
who has stuck RUSTY nail into his foot,
or knee or hand, or some other portion of
his person, and that lockjaw has resulted
therefrom, Of which the patient died. II
every person in the world was aware of a
perfect remedy for all such wounds, and
would apply it, then all such reports must
cease. But although VIC can give the
remedy, we cannot enforce the application.
Some win not employ it because they
think il too simple !. Others have no faith
in it when they read it; while others often
think such wound Of small account and
not worth fussing over, until it is too late
to do any good, Yet all such wounds can
be healed without such fatal consequences
as follow them. The remedy is simple,
almost always on hand, and can be applied
by any one, and what is better, it is infal-
lible. 1t is simply to smoke such wound,
or any wound or bruise that is inaamed,
with burning wool orwooleu cloth. Twen-
ty minutes in the smoke Of wool will take
the pain out of the worst wound, and
repeated once or twice, it will allay the
worst case Of Inflammation arising from a
wound we ever saw. People may sneer at
the sold woman's remedy" as much as
they please, but when they are afflicted,
just let them try it. 1t has saved many
lives and much pain, and is worthy Of
being printed in letters of gold and put in
every homc.-Lancef.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

A youth in Iowa, who has turn for
practical joking, recently tried 70 impose
upon an honest lager beer vender by lead
ing mule into his saloon and taking him
up to the bar as if for drink. Mynheer
looked steadily at the pair for few mo
ments, as if collecting his stray wits, and
then broke out as follows :---"See here,
Vynce, ! know vat dis is here-your own
brudder; but he be one you call minor.
He ish too much young to drink his glass
lagersit is not for the law in no place, nor
not NIT my saloon. He look like you; you
may be one family, as you call il; but il
you ever bring dat young brudder here
again, viii shust tell your old fadder
jackass of you both. Now you must 60
NIT yourself
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
"Rioh as a Jew


This Is phrase which has become so
common that il is an everyday expression,
just as the old Roman, when, measuring
mans wealth, spoke Of him as being "as
rich as Crocsusn We had conversation
with the lato Johns Hopkins few years
previous TO his death on the growing
wealth Of the American Israelites, and
there were few men Of his day whose
judgment on such matters was more sound
and safe, Speaking Of the Jews Of Balti-
more, he said 81 have always found
them safe men to deal with they value
their credit more than they do their
money, and will make any sacrifices to
maintain IT," In bis banking operations
he had dealt largely with them, and found
them true to their engagements, aud
frequently anxious to take up their notes
before they were due to save the interest.
During the past twenty years the Jews Of
this country have made rapid strides in
the accumulation Of wealth, and in many
branches Of mercantile business they are
realizing pre.eminence that is creditable
to their sagacity and enterprise. Men
who were at one time roaming over the
country under pedlar's pack are now at
the head of leading mercantile firms, in
the West and South especially, and in
Texas all the leading business of the
country is in the hands of the Israelites.
At Saratoga, Cape May, Newport and
Long Branch, and all the principal sum
mer resorts, they are to be found every
summer in large force, and when they
display rich cquipages, diamonds and
other evidences of wealth, there is an as
suranee in the mind Of the beholder that
there is an abundance Of stocks, bonds
and secure investments behind them.
This is not always the case with visitors at
these fashionable resorts.
1t might be well for the Gentiles to
inquire into the causes that enable the
Jews to keep on amassing wealth steadily
and rapidly, In the jewish family all are
active workers. There are no drones in
the hive. Care is taken to train the sons
to business habits, and they are reared
with the special object of taking position
alongside Of their fathers as soon as their
education is finished. We seldom hear Of
jew being drunkard or living beyond
his means, or, in other words, living on
the money Of his creditors. They have
no "prodigal sons" scattered over the
world, spending sin riotous living" the
money which their parents have labored to
accumulate. II has become with most
classes of people an axiom that the rich
men of one age are the poor mems sons Of
the preceding age, and that the sous of the
rich generally die poor. This, however,
is not the case with the Israelites in any
portion Of the world. Wealth with them
is never squandered, but is always multi
plying and increasing. The wealth of the
Rothschilds has grown through several
generations. We seldom hear Of jew
investing money in any Of the bubbles that
tick Ia tho cupid;tw nf tho lsas wa rv invna
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
SeIett Aoetrp.


Hail monarch Of the leaaess crown,
Rare seen aaye with gloomy frown,
With ice for sceptre, robes Of snow,
Thy throne, the streams arrested flow;
Stern tyrantl whom the Fastening sun
Doth loathe to serve, by yapors dun
Begirt, a melancholy train,
Ger Nature holding saddest reign.
Isoi Of thy rigor birds make plant,
And all things meath thy burden faint;
Nor cheered are they by message cold,
In answer by the aorth wind told,
The envoy Of thy grevious way,
Whenahou wouldst drive all hope away
From Nature, yearning to restore
To earth the bliss il knew before,
When Summer ruled with empire mild,
And Autumn, still ruddy child,
Lay Graded 'mong the greenery
OF whispering grove and laden tree.
The brook that prattled to the air
OF fgolden haryests, scenes as fair
As poet rapt in fancy's maze
Could scarce enshrine in mortal lays,
Now rude and angry, hurls along
The hearers of his summer song
The branch aud leaf that once repaid
His music with their tender shade
And catching Zephyr's honeyed tone,
To his sweet tuning joined their own,
Or bound, perchance, in durance slow,
Full faint he wends, and moaning low,
Fit dirge he makes DER freedom lost,
In joy Of which he wanton tossed
The falling blossoms on his wave,
The water nymphs TO each and save.
Now stript of his green bravery,
In piteous plight the weary tree
Is blown upon by mocking winds,
Whom changed now he signing finds
From those gay playmates welcomed erst
In glee by his young leaves when first
They wove their merry breeze taught dane
And broke their feathered dodgers trance,
What time the eastern wave did CLEAN
Meath fore feet of the golden team.
Not busy now with tender care,
For coming brood the birds prepare
Their airy cradle, rocked unseen
BY Dryad hands behinds the screen
OF leafy curtains, where no eye
OF mischief curious may pry.
The thrush that erst with yelling voice
Made all the tangled brake rejoice
In echoes of his mellowed strain,
To NOPE in silence now is fain;
Nor ever pipesfrom straining throat
The varied wonders Of his note.
SO bleak the scene, so sad the day,
Too harsh, o Winter, is Thy swayl
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09
So PER ANNUM.

and the question that naturally arises is
how could such multitude be supplied
with food. But the fact is that the more
its population increases the better they are
fed. In the Plantagonet days when the
population was not a third of million,
famines were Of frequent occurrence, but
now, with the command of the pastures,
the haryests aud the fisheries Of the world,
starvation becomes an almost impossible
eventuality even with twenty-five millions
to feed. Among the population Of Lon
don there are more Jews than in Palestine,
more Scotchmen than in Edinburg, more
Irish than at Dublin, aud more Catholics
than ut Rome.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

Mary was the proprietress of a diminu.
tive, incipient sheep, whose outer covering
was as devoid of color as congealed yapor
and to all localities to which Mary pcram.
bulated, her young Southdown was morally
certain to follow. II tagged her to the
dispensatory Of learning, one diarnal sec.
tion of time, which was contrary to all
precedent, and excited the cachination Of
the seminary attendants, when the children
perceived the presence of young quad
ruped at the establishment Of instruction.
Consequently, the preceptor expelled him
from the interior, but he continued 70
remain in the immediate vicinity, and
tarried in the neighborhood without fret
fulness until Mary once more became
visible.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

vIsIr YouR PARgSrs.-If you live in
the same place, let your steps be---if pos
sible daily-a familiar one in the old home;
if you are miles--yea, many niles--away,
make il your business 10 go to your
parents. In this matter do not regard
time or expense; the one is well spent,
aud the other win be fully, even a hun
dred fold, repaid. When some day the
word reaches you, flashed over the tele-
graph, that your mother is gone, you win
not think them much, those hours Of
travel, which at last bore you to the loved
ones side.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

FEMALE HATs.-Happy is that human
being who has the tact to do disagreeable
thing beautifully. Here are the men Of
America continually babbling concering
the aggravatiug height of feminine hats
in theatre audiences. And yet no man
ager in the land has had the wit to remove
these torments in the simple manner adopt
ed by the functionary Off French provin-
cial theatre. He made no boisterous OBJ
servations; he gave no stern orders: not he.
He merely printed in large letters on his
playbills this masterpiece Of genius "The
manager begs that all gocd.locking ladies
viii remove their hats for the aceommoda-
tion Of the rest Of the audience. The
Aged, the Bald, and the Plain, arc not
expected to comply with this request
From that auspicious nigh. the soaring
bonnet and the mountainous hat werc IN.
visible at thai wise mans theatre.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

AGENTLE HINr.-A youth and maiden
were walking beneath the blue canopy Of
the armament "fretted with golden fireli, "
and the maiden moved by the sublimit, Of
the scene, pointed ...Psr fnger-- tbl one
on which the engagement ring is worm
toward the zenith, and exclaimed :-"Oh,
Adolphus, isn't jewelry beautiful r.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

"You boys ought to be kind to your
little sisters. | once knew a bad boy who
struck his little sister blow over the eye.
Although she didn't fade and die in the
carly summer time, when the june roses
were blowing with the words of forgive
ness on her paid lips. she rose up and hit
him over the head with the rolIing-pin, 50
that he couldn't go to Sunday-school foi
more than a month on account Of not be
ing able to put his best hat on.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

EARLY REsroNslBlLIrY.- carly
responsibility Is almost equivalent to early
sobrioty. Ifa stick Of timber standing
upright wasers, lay beam on II, and put a
weight on that, and see how stiff the stick
becomes. And if young men waver and
yascillatc, put responsibility on them, and
how !, siralghiens them upl What pow.
or Il gives shcm How il holds all that
ls bad in them in rsstninti How quietly
|. devolopes and puts forward all tha, i
good IN them
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-09

A correspondent Of the New York ,S,al
writes to that journal that the readiest and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns
is an embrocation Of limewater and linseed
oil. These simple agents combined from
thick, cream-like substance, which eHec-
tually excludes the air from the injured
parts, and allays the Inflammation almost
instantly. He mentions case where
child fell backward into a bath-tab Of
boiling water, aud was nearly fayed from
her neck to below her hips. Her agonies
we're indescrible; but her clothing being
gently removed, and the lime aud oil
preparation thickly spread over the injured
surface, she was sound asleep in Eve min
utes. Subsequently the parts wero care
fully washed with warm milk and water
three times day, the oil dressing renewed
and the little patient rapidly recovered
Though all the scalded skin came of, she
did not have scar This remedy leaves
no hard coat to dry on the sores, but soft.
ems the parts, and aids nature to repair the
injury in the readiest and most expeditions
manner The mixture may be procured
in the drug stores; but if not thus accessi
bic, shake lump of quicklime in water,
aud as soon as the water is clear mix it
with the oil and shake it well. If the
case is urgent, use boiling water over the
lime, and it will become clear in fve min
utes. The preparation may be kept ready
bottled in the house, and it will be as
good six months old as when first made.