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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

The face of the American woman is more
beautiful than that Of the native Of any other
country. 1t has delicacy of coloring and
feature, and hnesse and intellectually in ex-
preston; but the body supporting the head,
regarded from an artistic and hygienic point
Of view, is inferior. For breathing and digest.
ing, the upper part is lacking in depth. In a
word, the American is more fragile she is
hardly Diana, and the French is something
more, although not the Hebe of Rubens.
The French womanis face is as handsome as
that OF any other in Europe, and fades more
slowly. At forty she glides' into an embon.
point with an unwrinkled face and a good
eomplexion-at the age when the English
woman becomes heavy necked and frowsy,
and the American pale aud wrinkled. The
climate has something TO do with this, but
doubtless her nourishing food, generous wine,
and out-of-door air, much more. Her mode
OF living contributes thereto--the exercise
and development of each function in a more
natural and sensuous manner than with us.
There are ascetic ideas in America which
have tendency to retard the physical deyel.
opment OF woman for mind molds matter.
The extremes of American life are unfayora.
Bile to healthy growth in its fastness as well
as its asceticism, where the flesh is corrupted
by dissipation or mortified by certain religious
teachings. Aside from these causes is a
prevalent notion that it is beneath the dignity
of men and women to occupy themselves with
what they shall eat and what they shall drink
The American has more intellect than her
French sister, but the latter has softness where
she has pertness. Therei is nervous excitabili.
ty and cleverness in one, mellowness and
equality ofcharacter in the other. The forced,
brilliant vitality Of woman in America is sub.
jeet to fits of reaction, for nature has its limit
In the French woman the mind is more even
and cheerful, and in he absence Of exhaustive
and irregular demands made upon it, the uni
form health is better. In qualities Of purly
mental character, the equal OF the American
woman cannot perhaps be found in the world;
but with all her knowledge and intellectual
activity, she lacks that which made the Greeks
whatthey have been and the French what they
are--organic cultivation. Entwined in these
words are taste and art. A ripper civilization,
though not a purer, shall invest her with a
knowledge Of these things, and q harmony Of
character not now possessed; and with It will
come, alas that decadence in morals which
always marches on the heels Of the beautiful
in every age and in every climate Il is sad
that such heavy tribute should be exacted as
the price Of an added enjoyment, but art is
inexorable. Albert Rhodes ia "Fhe FfencA
al Home
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

While recently engaged in splitting wood,
Jones struck false blow causing the stick to
NY up. Il struck him on the Jaw, knocked
out front tooth. "Ah, said Bill, meeting
him soon after, YOU'VE had dental opera.
ton performed, sec. fffes,n replied Tie
sufferer, ''axe-dental
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
MILTON WHITNEY. |. y. PEARSON, IN.
WHITNEY & PEARSON, Jr.

entered into partnership for the
A1 practice Of law in Carroll county, and
bill the courts of the State. Mr.. Whitney will
'come from Baltimore to Westminster when.
Iever il may benecessary for the trial Of cases
hnd his opinion and advice can be had at any
time by calling at the Office, directly opposite
SWheeler,s Hotel, Main st. Westminster.
aug If
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
sleeping With His Equal.


A certain hotel, not thousand miles from
Fayetteville, recently had for its guest a sane.
timonious-looking Puritan from the butt end
OF Massachusetts, who took great pains 10
lngratiate himself with the eolored people and
instill into their minds the odious doctrines
Of negro equality. The Civil Rights bin was
his fayorite hobby, and he took occasion.
whenever q suitable opportunity occurred. 10
whisper into the ears Of all negroes that came
within his reach that he considered them his
equals in every way. The porter Of the hotel
Is burly negro named 10, who is as greasy
and odorous an African as ever impaired /,
high favor 10 the summer breeze, and the
sanity scalawag from Massachusetts has been
using him for some time as milestone to
sharpen his abominable theories on. But 10
Is q sensible darkey, albeit he is not the best
fellow IN the world to rub ones nose against.
and he has pretty correct idea Of a negroes
place, which kept him from being eulIed by
this would-be white brother. Resides Jo 4
attached to the landlord Of the hotel. and. as
he is talkative withal, he unbosomed himself
70 his employer one evening, and related al
the insidious Yankee had said on the subject
Of Summers legacy and negro equality. The
landlord was thoughtful for a moment. and
then exclaimed ;--"Jo, I'll give you $2 To-
morrow morning, if you will sleep with that
fellow to night. JOS eyes twinkled like
stars, and he quickly responded :-sDatis q
bargain, Msrse Jim p That night the meek
and unsuspecting white friend Of the race Of
Ham was just crawling into bed when 10 slid
into the room humming .---ssJohn Browns
body am a snlouldering in de dus, p and com.
meneed shedding his clothes without further
ceremony. The amazed Puritan started No
in his bed, his eyes standing ont upon his face
like couple of door.knobs, and lrembIinqly
inquired :-"My colored friend, what are YOU
going to do n Jo pulled his shirt over his
head, gave tremendous yawn, set few
thousand odors ahoat, and made leap for
the bed, screaming as he went :--'sIse gwine
TO spend de right wild my ekali' The hor-
rihed disciple vf Sumner gave yell that
would have made Piute Indians hair curl.
tore himself from JOS perspiring, but fond
embrace, leaped from the bed, broke for the
door with the caudal appendage Of his shirt
floating like a summer cloud behind him, and
fell into the arms Of the landlord, who atten-
ded by few friends, was enjoying the whole
scene as only decent white man could.
Next morning Jo received his money, but
the saint from Massachusetts was not there
to .-Fdyettrille Express.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

As a great many broad districts of the hab.
table globe, including an extensive area Of
our own country, are in trouble at this time
on account Of damage and destruction caused
by unusually heavy rains, il may be Of inter.
est to our readers to refer them to some Of
the phenomena attending the distribution Of
rain over the surface Of the earth. Here in
the temperate zone, and in that part Of il oc-
cnpied by the Middle Atlantic States, we are
SO situated, both geographically and topo.
graphically, as 10 suffer but little from violent
fluctuations in the amount Of rainfall, as com
pared with some other sections Of the globe !;
and but few Of us can have an adequate idea
Of the results brought about by deprivation
Of rain on the one hand, or the sweeping de.
yastation on the other, caused by the deluge
that falls in some parts Of the world 1t Is
roughly estimated by competent physical ge-
ographers, that the amount Of water annually
taken up into the air BY evaporation from the
surface Of the land and Of the sea, and which
is annually precipifated in rainfall is equal to
depth OF sixty inches or a depth Of Eve feet,
spread over the entire surface Of the globe.
This Is the anqnal average for the whole
earth but il IS not spread evenly, either as
to quantity or as 10 the seasons when il falls.
Here, in Philadelphia, the annual average, as
computed bY us from records, since 1926, as
kept at the Pennsylvania Hospital, Is very
nearly AL inches. This is the annual average
for the last fifty years. In thirty Of these
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

Sir Nilffid Lawson recently spoke of Uars
and hacehus - The god OF iaf,les md lie
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
DENTAL NOTICE.

DR. GEO. s. FoUKE, Dentist, offers his
IL services at his Office.
westminster-eve Monday, Tuesday and
Saturday.
Emmittsbnrg Wednesday Aher
noon till Thursday Afternoon.
.Mechanicstown- Thursday Aner
noon and Friday.
Rocky Ridge-First Wednesday Afternoon.
Double Pipe Creek-First Thursday
Middleburg-First Friday.
Uniontown- Wednesday Afternoon.
Taneytown-- Thursday Afternoon
and Friday.
Union Bridge-Third Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon.
New windsor-Third Thursday Afternoon
and Friday Forenoon. feb 23
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
TO ERR Is HUMAN.
FURNITURE AND STOVES,

L-yyy at IRA E. CRoUSE's, is -
a disregard Of your own inter E2-tA,
lest that is wholly inexcusable. .-R
Having had long experience in the
business, he now iiatters himself that he can
always exhibit to those wishing to purchase
any article in his line, stock not excelled in
variety and quality by any other establishment
in the county, and his prices are guaranteed
not to exceed those of Baltimore city, or any
other place in the State.
neS- Don't mistake the place, one hundred
yards east Of the Railroad, on Nam street.
nearly opposite the new Catholic Church,
Westminster.
may q
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
Information for the People.

The Weather Probabilities" Something about the
History and Workings Of the signal serviee-The
Instruments and Observations.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21
CIRCUIT & REIFSNIDER,
ATT0RNEYS-ATLAW AND so.
LiCTT0RS IN CHANCERY,
WESTMINSTER, MD.

WE have formed copartnership in the
w practice of Law in the Courts of Car
roll and Howard counties, and will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to our care.
Particular attention paid to Collections and
procuring DEGREES for the sale Of Real Estate.
Also, Applications Filed for Back Pay and
Bounty due heirs of deceased soldiers.
Office adjoining the residence Of CHAs. T.
RElFsSiDER. no soft
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

lHAVE associated themselves in the prac.
IL tiee Of Law in Carroll county and the
|seyeral Courts Of this State.
Mr.. Syester will visit Westminster when
business requires it.
Office corner Main and Court streets.
ap ID
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-08-21

charge Of volunteer observers, with all Of
which telegraphic reports are exchanged,
making 1874 stations in all, extending clear
across the continent, and from 81. Paurs
Island, Alaska, to San Diego in Southern
California on the Pacific, and from Sidney,
Cape Breton Island, at the northeastern ex-
tremity Of Nova Scotia, to the West Indies,
The West India stations are found to be par
ticularly valuable in winter, as large proper
ton Of the most violent winter storms originate
fhara
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

brush and then allowed TO hang until
ripe. Some practice different system
of curing, and bend two rows together,
breaking the stems about two feet from
the ground, after which they cut of the
tops and place them on these bent rows
to dry. When the brush has cured some.
what in the field, 1t Is cut and spread out
to dry, and If under an open shed or in q
building where shaded Il will be Of q
better color than when exposed to the
sun and dews at night. Great care is
necessary in curing, because If placed In
very thick layers the brush will soon be-
come moldy and worthless. II the seed
is removed when taken from the field
curing will be hastened and the work OF
handling less laborioue. ..l f.,.
Where large quantities are raised, ma.
chimes worked by horse power are used
but for moderate-sizcd crop hatchel
somewhat like those used for flax, but OF
larger size, may be employed for the
purpose. A cylinder, two feet long, and
about the same in diameter, studded
with wrought nails, the points projecting
outward, and then supplied with bear
ings and crank for turning, Is con
venient style of hatchel, one man tunr.
ing while another applies the brush and
removes the seed. There is considerable
labor about all the operations connected
with broom-corn culture, besides more
or less risk of the crop becoming in
jured in curing. After being properly
cured it is baled for market. Five or sil
hundred pounds is fair yield per acrt
when all the conditions are favorable
and requisite care is given. The tota
number of tons manufactured in thu
United States and Canada is abou
10000 per annum.-Neso York Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
BrOOm-COrn Culture.

WHILE we will not pretend to advise
in this matter of broom-corn culture, or
say that market could not be found for
few more thousand tons than are now
produced, still the fact should not be
lost sight of that only a certain number
of brOoms are used annually, calling for
only certain number of pounds of ma
terials in their manufacture. There is
seldom any very large deficiency in the
total product of the country, and when
this does happen and high prices follow,
as in 1869 and 1870, there is pretty sure
to be general rush into broom corn
| culture and a corresponding fall in the
market. In nine cases out of ten a
farmer will stand better chance of
realizing good prices for any of the
| staple crops by commencing or increas-
ing the area of land devoted to them, at
the very time when the majority are
abandoning their culture on account OF
low and unsatisfactory prices. The sale
of few tons of brOomcoIn at $3.50 is
sure to be made known and talked of,
but at $40 no one would think II worthy
of notice or remark.
The cultivators of this crop are not
alone to blame for becoming excited in
times of high prices, for the manufac-
turers and dealers frequently contribute
very materially to rise when there is
really no occasion for it, In circular
lately received from c. Il. Grant IL Co.,
of Chicago, dealers in this article, we
fine some very pertinent remarks on this
point. They say; mo product of this
country has shown greater fluctuations
in price than broom-corn, When prices
are eXtravagantly high, dealers and man
ufacturers are ambitious and even greedy
in their desire TO purchase; but when the
market is surfeited, as an article of COM
merce, it has not the redeeming quail
ties of guano." Still, there are hundreds
of farmers having land adapted to the
culture of this plant who find it profit
able crop, taking series OF years to-
gether.
Any good, rich land in climate where
Indian corn succeeds will answer for
broom-corn; but it is an exhaustive crop,
and the farmer who attempts to make it
a specially will have to pay considerable
attention to keeping up the fertility of
be sown in drills. These are usually
about three feet apart and the seed
should be dropped every six inches in
the drills or a little thicker, and the
plants be thinned out after they are a
few inches high, Although 1t may cost
more labor to SOW thick and then thin
out, still 1t Is the surest way to get good
even stand of plants. The one common
error in raising this crop is In allowing
too many plants TO grow, the result being
short and uneven brush. The seed can
10 sown better and more evenly with a
seed drill than by hand, and the rows
should be straight; the more care given
to this the easier will be the cultivation.
Hoeing, wedding and other culture
usually given to common corn should
not be neglected, for the better the care
the better the results.
When the seed is Just past the milk, or
begins to harden, the tops should be
broken down about foot below the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

that every pound of mutton and wool
represents certain quantity of food
given. However much they may appre-
clate particular breeds, they know that
these cannot be produced, bred TO given
type and kept there, If the care required
to bring them to this standard is relaxed.
They know, dlso, that when once fixed, IL
this standard Is not kept up, that the
type will retrograde far more swiftly than
1t was brought up. They know, also,
that the extra weight of fleece and car
cass of these improved breeds cannot be
sustained without due amount of food
TO support the growth. Hence the mis-
take Of that class who, in buying these
improved specimens, expect them TO sub.
sist upon the same care and food as ami
mails which will not weigh one.half as
much.
The animal may be regarded simply as
a machine which grinds up certain
quantity of grain and hay, which, diluted
with water, a certain portion goes to sup
ply waste, the surplus being stirred up
in an improved form, in the shape of
meat or wool, or both. 1t is only ques-
tion whether, by generous feeding, a
sheep will reach, at twelve months a
weight that by an inferior system would
require eighteen to twenty-four months
to accomplish. The h6ckmaster who
produces given amount of mutton and
wool for the least feed makes the most
money; and since IL takes certain
amount of sustenance per day to support
the animal waste, it therefore stands tC
reason that he who, by an intelligent sys
tenn of feeding, enables the animal to lay
on the most surplus must, perforce, reaI
the greatest profits. Western Rural.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Keeping Sheep for Profit.

The first thing necessary IN the care OF
sheep is to provide suitable shelter,
where the animals may be kept warm
and free from exposure to the force OF
the winds that sweep over our prairie
regions; while, at the same time, proper
means must be taken to insure proper
ventilation in the buildings. To do this
it is not necessary that expensive struct
ures be erected, for structure made OF
rough posts and poles. thoroughly Gov
cred with slough hay, and the sides pro
tected with litter to break the force OF
the wind and to keep out currents of air,
are among the most perfect means ever
employed to secure the health of the
animals kept therein, just as an impervi-
GUS hedge through which the wind can
not pass is altogether better protection
to plants than tight board fence.
This stable of poles and straw Is not,
however, as a rule, economical, except as
make shift until better can be built /;
for the yearly expense of keeping 1t in
repair will more than counterbalance
the interest on the more permanent
structure.
Whatever the shelter, the feed should
be ample, and especially so II the shelter
is not good; for the waste Of animal heat
being in proportion to the exposure, and
the carbonaceous portions of the.-fo
given being intended to supply this
waste, or, when supplied in quantities
greater than is required for the present
need, then, to be stored up as fat for fu
ture use--this being understood, will ex'
plain one of the principal economies In
the animal system.
That class of men who are most sue
cessful in the keeping Of sheep know
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Arsenic and Hogs.


THE Sacramento (Cal) linton gives an
account of the feeding of arsenic TO hogs,
prefacing the statement with the par.
TALLY accepted belief that hogs are in
nocuous to the effects of the poison of
rattlesnakes. The case in point relating
to feeding arsenic will, perhaps, prevent
those who believe that arsenic will not
kill hogs from using it. The statement
is that a ranchman named Burke, resid-
ing on the Freeport road few miles
below Sacramento, who was the owner
of eight or nine hogs, including two that
would weigh 300 or 400 pounds each
found that one of the latter was ailinl
and was advised to give it dose OF
arsenic. He came to the city, purchased
four bits worth of the poison, and, re
turning home, gave the animal large
dose--a dose so large that the porcint
could not keep it down. Another dose
was administered in a trough full Of
food, and after the sick hog had beer
satisfied the trough was placed in thG
next pen where the other animals were.
Our contemporary remarks that, singu
lar as it may appear to some, the eflec
| ofthe arsenic was to kill every hog the
man had, but the sick one died last
which may show, perhaps, that the sicl
hog was too near its end to be affected
with the arsenic and so died from dis
ease in spite of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Fence Posts.


OVER twenty-five years ago hit upon
plan of preparing fence posts that in
sures their durability better than any
way that l have ever heard of. | don't
admire the plan of "hiding light under
half bushel," !" so will give you my ex-
perience. My attention was called to it
by seeing fishermen putting nets and
lines in hot coal tar, as they told me, to
keep them from rotting. ! was then
fencing lot, using cedar posts, and as
was short two or three / got some COM
mon white oak pieces from saw-mill
four inches by six, and put them in boil
ing coal tar to the depth of over two and
half feet; kept them there from twenty
to thirty minutes. There was shallow
drain across the lot in which there was
water in wet weather during winter. and
spring. l set these posts in that low
place, leaving six or eight inches that
had been in tar above the ground.
made no further experiments then. Siy-
teen years after that / had occasion TO
| move the fence, and l found the cedar
posts mere or less decaycd. Some had
taken dry rot, and would break off at
the top of the ground; many were half
| decayed, and few, if any, entirely sound.
To my surprise found the tarred oak
posts as sound as when put in. l used
them in making a shed; about year
ago the shed was torn down and the
posts were cut off at the ground, show
ing no signs of decay. The year
after tearing down the lot fence
put post and plank fence along the
side of an orchard which adjoined a
public road. The gate-posts and some
others were prepared In the way have
mentioned. did not have facilities to
prepare many. To-day many of the
posts are one-third rotted off at the sur
face of the ground, and all more or less
decayed, except that where tarred they
are apparently just as sound as when
they were set. have since been using
the boiling tar in various ways on timber
where there was danger of its rotting
and with like results. think the heat
measurably Injuries the elasticity OF
wood, but that it does it no injury foI
fence. posts. ! know that in making
plank fence the great objection is the
cost and frequent renewal of the posts
This method, if once adopted, will be OF
almost incalculable benefit to many
prairie farmers. My plan is this: Get 9
cylinder, say No. 12 iron, not less, an6
from fifteen to eighteen inches in diane
ter, and long enough to insure the i'm
mcrsion of posts TO proper depth, say
three aud a half feet, have cast-lroI
bottom rivcted on, and all is ready; it j!
much the best to have the posts seasoned
year, for otherwise the sap boiling ou
rs the tar fills the pores of the wooC
makes renewal of the tar necessary
oftener than if dry.-COr. Rural World