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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26


Did you ever think how much power 4
invested in a word II may have caused
but little sxertion on your part to utter ii.
Only single breath may have been re.
quired to watt il from your lips to the ears
Of your listener, but when once spoken Ii
was past recall 1t revealed the secret
motives, and brought 70 light the hidden
thoughts Of your heart. All the word
may have been thoughiless one, spoken
in au unguarded moment but il left lis
impress, and may be remembered long
after your voice is hushed, and You are
sleeping the sleep that knows no waking.
Perhaps the word was an unkind one, and
accompanied by cold, chilling look, which
cast gloomy shadow over some loving.
sensitive heart. Perhaps il was one Of
malice, envy, or deceit, and enkindIed
bitter feeling Of resentment which win
live on and on while memory lists; or Ii
may have been cheerful, pleasant, low
ing word, proceeding from heart brimfal
of the purest kindness, which fell like the
sweetest music on the listening ear, touch
ing hidden cord in the soul, whichsMilI
ever respond in strains Of love and har-
mony. Perehance il may have been
word of sympathy and encouragement,
spoken In tenderest accents, 50 that every
word may have scattered the clouds, dis
PEELED the gloom, aud difused sunshine
into the heart well nigh crushed beneath
its burden Of woe. Words may seem but
little things to us, but they possess power
beyond calculation. They swiftly fly from
US to others, and their spirit lives
Though they are as heeting as the breath
that bore them, their influence is as en-
during as the heart they reach. All well
may we guard our lips, so that none grieve
in silence over the words we have so care
lessly dropped Well may we strive TO
scatter loving, cheering, encouraging words
to sooth the weary, and awaken the nobler,
finer feeling Of those with whom we daily
come in contact Well may we endeayor
to use right words, for they are indeed
precious. How they endear each to the
other. Though they cost the speaker
nothing, they are more valuable than dia-
monds, and shed brighter lussre all
around.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26
The Nep York Observer replies to the
following queries Of its correspondents,
Dedication of Churches.

Whence and when arose the custom Of
consecrating or dedicating churehesf Is it
derived from Solomon? / believe il is prae-
tised alike by all denominations, and a Gus
tom of such uniformity in various bodies has
few parallels.
The custom is very ancient. The old
est instance known in Church history was
the dedication Of the Church Of the Res
urrection-commonly called the Church
Of the Holy Sepulchre-in Jerusalem, A.
d. 335. Eusebius was present and gives
an account Of the ceremony in his aLife
Of Constantine" by whose command the
church was erected. The form Of service,
or ceremony, in that case, was very much
the same as now used in many churches
prayer, in which the building was offered,
sermon, and other prayers. The custom
has prevailed with great uniformity from
that time to this. Whether il has earlier
origin we are not able to say.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26
California Delights.

There are many nuisances encountered
by the farmer in this part of the world
which do something to countervaiI the
surprising loveliness Of the climate. OF
these ants are one. Frequently food can
be preserved only by being suspended in
sacks, or placed in cupboards with their
legs standing in vessels Of water. The
native Californian sscrape all the grass out
of their yards and tramp the ground down
hard to keep the ants away Choppers
are sometimes driven from tree by the
amazing multitude and the stencil created
by them. They collect great quantities Of
grass seed into their holes, leaving the chaff
on thesurface, and these chaif heaps become
quite resource for stock in the winter.
The fieas have given rise TO a fashionable
folly known as the aCalifornia wriggle,
which even youngladies practice in the pres
ence Of their lovers. In the high mountain
regions, strange to say, and around the
salty lagoons of the bay, mosquitoes are 50
intelerably bad that men often wear mos
quito bars on their heads. On the portion
Of the plains overfowed in the wet season,
gnats are 50 thick that many people live
for weeks in smoke, with their hands
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

A BIRD OF PREY.-The Southern Cali.
.tornia states that the blue heron (Ardea
Herodias) serves most useful purpose in
California in dieting upon gophers. These
last little pests are the worst enemy that
the farmer on the Pacific slope has to
contend with. II throws up myriads Of
mounds in every field, thereby utterly de-
ranging the plans of the agriculturist
But where these mounds are thickest there
the blue heron stations itself with its long
neck on the stretch, and all its senses alert,
watching for the appearance Of the mound
builder. No sooner does the latter thrust
its nose out Of the ground than the heron
with a lightning stroke sends bis bill
through it like dirk, and lifts it out as
on skewcr. The bird seldom misses It's
mark, but when it does, as though over
come with disgust, it spreads its wings,
and, with its long legs streaming out be-
hind, takes its fight to another field. Il
is also said that when the blaekbirds swoop
down in focks upon the uewly-sown grain,
the heron often stalks in among them, and,
standing motionless, waits until the un-
wary birds come within reach, then with
sudden dive transfxes one on lis beak,
and makes a feast Of the dainty morsel.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

= Monkeys should be looked after and
educated" says a sarcastic writer; and
certainly these animals possess a talent for
mimicry which gives them the appearance
Of possessing brain power. Man, however
Is more than match for them, a. the fol-
lowing story win show.
a company Of Brazil hunters had lot
of little boots made, just large enough to
be drawn over q monkeys foot, and filed
the bottom with pitch. With these they
set out for the woods, and soon found them.
selves under the tree where the lively lit
tie fellows were leaping about among the
branches, hanging by their tails, swinging
themselves easily from one tree to another,
and chatting noisily together, as if fmaking
observations upon the strange visitors that
had come into their quarters The hun
ters quietly sat under the trees, while the
little chatterboxes we're rattling on over
their heads, but never for moment remov-
ing their eyes from them. Then they
placed the little boots where they could be
seen, and commenced taking of their own
boots. Having done this, they let them
stand awhile near the little boots. All
this the monkeys very carefully noticed
The hunters, now taking up their boots,
having carefully looked at them, drew tham
slowly, one after, another, on their feet
Not motion escaped the observation of
the monkeys. Having replaced their
boots they hurried away to the thicket,
where they could, unseen, watch the mon
keys, leaving the little boots standing in a
row. They were no sooner out Of sight
than down from the branches dropped the
monkeys. They looked at the boots, took
them up, smelt Of them, and finally, seat
ing themselves as the hunters had, drew
them on over their feet. As soon as they
were fairly in the boots, out spang tho
hunters from their hiding place, and rush
ed upon them. The monkeys, atfrighted,
at once started for the trees, but only to
find that they had destroyed the power Of
climbing by putting on the boots. So
they fell an easy prey to their cunning
enemies.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26
Icebergs in the Antarctic Seas.

/ Those who visit the Antarctic seas after
having been in the Arctic are geatly dis
appointed in the form Of the icebergs, for
while those of the north assume every fan.
tastic shape that fancy can conceive, the
southern ones are nearly table-topped Jumps
Of ice, precisely the same in form as on the
day they parted from their parent glacier.
These more resemble huge Twelfth cakes
diyested Of their ornaments than anything
else. In the warmer northern seas ice
bergs melt more quickly, and assume far
more pieturesqe appearances; but in the
Southern Ocean the temperature of the
water through which the icebergs drift is
below the freezing point of fesh water, and
therefore insufficient in heat to melt the
ice. It is only after they had moved
considerable way northward, that the reg
ularity of their shape begins to be inter
fered with. As the berg travels from the
pole it first reaches latitude where the
summer sun has the power of heating the
surface water slightly above the freezing
point without affecting that Immediately
below it. This has the effect Of melting
notch in the side of the berg all around it,
and just above the sea level, but this notch
was not observed to extend into the ice in
any case more than about thirty feet As
the warm water becomes still warmer as
the berg floats further north, it has natur-
all greater powers, and deep caves or cav
erns are formed, which offer increased
facilities for wave-washing the larger they
become, until the mass being weakened,
large pieces become detached As this
alters the centre Of gravity the berg lurches
over and either forms slope or long
spur or tongue rises; and thus the work Of
destruction proceeds until the form Of the
berg is altogether changed, and that part
which formed the tongue may became the
topmost pinnacle. Hence the greater va
riety of form in the bergs seen by ships
passing south on an arc of the great circle
in comparatively low attitudes. The por.
tions that break away from the berg are
termed calves, aud they are often Of far
greater danger to shipping than the bergs
themselves, for the latter have reflected
light that renders them visible at a little
distance on the darkest night, whereas the
calf, although it may be several hundred
tons in weight, is not perceptible, or, If so,
may readily be mistaken for the top of
sea breaking.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

How TO KEEP MEAT FRxsH FOR
LoNo TIME.--We have for authority the
Inter Ocean for saying that the following
recipe is worth tho subscription price Of
any newspaper in the land;
As soon as the animal heat Is out Of the
meat, slice 1t up ready for cooking. Pre-
pare large jar by scalding well with hot
salt and water Mix salt and pulverized
saltpetre in the proportion of one table
spoonful Of saltpetre 70 one teacupful Of
salt. Cover the bottom Of the jar with
sprinkle If salt and pepper Put down
layer Of meat, sprinkle Nth salt and pep
per, the same as If just going 10 the table,
and continue in this manner till the Jar Is
full. Fold cloth or towel and wet Il Ia
strong salt and water, in which little Of
the saltpetre is dissolved. Press the cloth
closely over the meat and set III cool
place. Be sure and press the cloth on
tightly as each layer is removed, and your
meat win keep for months. 1tisa GOOD
plan 70 let the meat lie over night aiter Ills
sliced, before packing Then drain Of an
the blood that oozes from il. It win BE-
necessary 70 change the cloth occasionally.
or take Il of aud wash it--frst ii cold
wnter-fhen scaId In salt and water Il ii
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Forasmuch as the Phyllorera or grape
louse is even more prolific in this It's ma
tive country than in European vineyards,
many Of our readers viii be interested IN
learning the means discovered by the Paris
Academy to exterminase the destructive
insect The remedy consists ia strewing
upon the ground about the plants small
quantity Of the sulpho-carbonate Of potash,
which Is carried into the soil By the next
rain and destroys the phylloxen without
doing The least injury 70 the yipe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26
Selett poetrp.
THE coNcERT.


such concert dear, as I've had tonight
Full Of sweet sound and deep delight;
And yet "the house" was poor;
Poor, II you count by crowded seats
But Judging only by glad hean.beals
Twas splendid house, I'm sure.
First, Baby sang As well as she could
some sweet little notes that understood;
And wee Rale's chirp Of a laugh broke out
As willy nan In with a merry shout;
The pussy purred on the rug in state,
And the good clock licked ITS late, It's late"
While over the frc the kettle sang
Its CHEEKY song with the least little twang
That was Part First, you must know. my dear,
when only We Ave were there to hear.
The fire cracked applause.
The baby's son little pat-a-cakc
Wade rec less eHcmcs for the music's sake.
Aud pussy hourished her paws,
Well, the Second Parts All, that was fine
Fine to the hearts core, lover mine
For over the kettles winsome plant,
And the babys breathing, sweet and faint
And over the prattle Of WIN and Kate.
And the clocks impatient Late It's later
l heard the blessedest sound ofall--
A click Of the latch, step In the hall
And Home, Sweet Home pulsed all the air
As you came calling up the stair.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

ApPARIrINR,-A new product called
"apparitine," and useful as a glaze or finish
for papers aud fabrics, aud doubtless 70 be
applied in time to many other uses, has
just been brought out in France. 1t Is
made by stirring 20 parts of potato starch
into 100 parts Of water, aud then adding
10 parts Of potash, or soda lye Of 25 dc.
grees- The whole is stirred vigorously
ill the milky mixture becomes transpar-
ent, yiscous, and stiff. Poured out and
dried, il gives thin sheets Of colorless,
odorless, transparent substance, resembling
horn, but more pliablo and tenacious. As
a stidening and surfacing material, II Is
said TO possess many valuable properties.
--Scribaey for July.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

An Irish tailor, making gentleman's
coat and vest too small, was ordered to
take them home and let them out. Some
days after, the gentleman was told that
the garments happened to Git countryman
Of his and he had let them out at shil-
ling week
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26
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THE DUEL AT SEA,
A THRILLIsG NARRATIVE.


waves lashed themselves into a tumult-
uous chaos, US If the tempest and the ocean
were rivals, each striving to prove the
greater power Of destruction.
Yet through the long anxious hours of
the stormy night the brave schooner Idle
Waif nobly breasted the fury Of the gale,
her officers hoping against hope almost,
that she would be able to survive the ter
riblc dangers through which she was s,rug-
Cling.
A month before she had sailed upon
her voyage to New York from South
American port, and among her passengers
was her owner, Robert Graham, of the
wealthy firm of Graham Il Co. accompanied
by his wife and daughter, Corinne,
lovely maiden of eighteen, accomplished,
pure in thought, and as innocent as
child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham idolized their
only child, and when the father found that
he had to visit South America on business
for the firm, Corinne at once begged to
accompany him, and yielding to her en-
treaty, few days after found the mother
aud daughter comfortably "at home in
the commodious cabin Of the Idle Wait, a
large three-masted schooner, ably comman-
ded and with an efficient crew.
The captain of the Idle Waif was u man
Of thirty-ive, and Of a stern nature. He
had man-ofwar manner with his crew,
which he had acquired when an officer in
the English navy, from which it had been
said, he was dismissed in disgrace for allow
Ing SLAYER to escape, when it was certain,
had he not been bribed, he could have
captured the craft,
At any rate he was an able commander,
and the five years he had been in the
service of Graham 4 Co. Captain Hart
Woodruff had proved himself most trust
worthy in every respect.
The first mate Of the Idle Waif was
young man of twenty-five, who had become
m officer of the schooner while she was in
South America, in the place of the mate,
+ # who had res;c,ed N acoon, ,ho oo,,o;no,,
az . vas.el osTersa him
Geryaise Wilde had offered to take the
nl,cs os ,ba yes;onea osvoor h,,h ha f,.,LIu
told Mr. Graham ba co,ld ofy.r no ,o.,;
monials as to his character and ability that
be was nm Amer;e,n. M.rvlonaor h.d
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

To PICKLE Eoes.-Boi the eggs hard,
remove the shells, and cover the eggs with
vinegar in which blood beets have been
picklsd. For picnic these are very
nice and Snowy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

To au ordinary Massachusetts man, his
home is now as nothing unless he has
hanging behind the stove athe 'rieinal
fiint-lock that grandfather fred the first
shot o the Revolution WITH
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

skim-milk and water, with a little glue
in i, made scalding hot, win restore rusty
black Grape If elapped and pressed dry,
like fine muslin, II viii look like new.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Determination is as necessary in charity
as in everything else, and indiscrimination
in charity is in many respects more dan
gerous than in anything else.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Say nothing respecting yourself, either
good, bad or Indifferent nothing good,
for that is vanity; nothing bad, for that is
aifectation; nothing Indifferent, for that is
silly.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Distrust Is the death Of The soul, belief
is its life. The just shall live BY faith
Infdelity is the abandonment Of life SUI
icide Of the spirit
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Dust brown is 3 favotite color for travel
ing suits. Its merit is the fact that The
suit retains its color at the end Of tho
journey.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

DO not be content with well-doing, for
il is only BY constant striving 70 excel
every previous effort that men ever arrive
at great ends.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Who is wise? He that is teachable.
Who is mighty He that conques him
self. Who is richY He that is content
ed. WHO'S honored? He that honoreth
others.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

Love rsposes Ia the bosom Of pune
sonl as drop Of dew in the cup of .
flower.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07
County Purchasing Agent.

/ The executive committee of the County
Council,P. of H. has appointed Mr.. James
P. Taylor, of the Taylor House. this city,
as county purchasing agent for the Oranges
of Patrons of Husbandry. Mr.. Taylor is a
son of Scotch Taylor, of Edgington, and
was farmer and a grange member there,
before he bought the Farmers Tavern, in
this city. He is capable business man.
and will probably open ware room for
showing samples, near his hotel. Manu-
facturers, merchants and others. having
articles used in large quantities by farmers
will probably find it to their interest to
correspond with Mr., Taylor, and perhaps
keep samples at his ware rooms if he opens
for that purpose.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07
NOTES HERE AND rHERE.

Graham, the livery-stable man.. says
the sleigh track across the Mississippi river
is the best for years.
The entertainment by the Camilla
Urso troupe. in Burtis Opera House, last
evening, was largely attended and gave uni
versal delight =
The first team to cross the river on
the ice this year was Graham's, driven by
Thomas himself 1t crossed at noon to-
day-ThIrsday.
In congress on Monday, Mr.. John. B.
Hawley from the committee on Military
Affairs, reported bill giving ten heavy
guns and equipments to the Soldiers Or
phans' Home of Illinois. Passed.
The business in the prescription de
partment of DR.. Breunert's Harper Hous,
drug store IS regularly increasing, thu
showing how he is gaining in public est
nation. His store is also supplied witt
choice toilet articles, perfumery, soaps, etc
nice cigars, and all the heavy article
usually found at drug store.
;. sleigh for Davenport?-only te
cents," is the cry now. This will stop COZ
siderable Of the swindling that has bee
! done by one or two of the hack drivers VIII
have been running over the bridge. TIL
:, has reference to fellow who sometim,
drives for a short thick set fellow Gale
, August. The travelling public should shr
his rig. The other sleighs and hacks a
! driven by white men, disposed to do q
honest business.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07

A VALUABLE BLOOD REMEDY.-We
take pleasure in calling attention to
CRUMBS PERUVIAN Alternative, which
may now be had at our Drug Stores, as
certainly the most wonderful remedy ever
used for Scrofulous, Venerial, Rheumat-
tic and all Chronic Blood Affections. We
insert an extract from a letter written to a
gentleman in Buffalo, N. Y, reciting the
cure of Scrotulous Skin Eruption, which
completely covered the face, and had for
years bafled all the medical skill that
could be employed, 1t runs thus:
Dear Cousin-The first thing that we
propose to do is to express to you our
sincere and unbounded thanks for your
kindness in sending to us CRUMBS PERU
WAN ALTERNATIVE. We used it accord.
ing to directions, and the results are most
gratifying. We had learned to have faith
in nothing, as we had tried everything,
besides paying hundreds of dollars to doc
tors, as you are we'll aware-all to no
avail. The Peruvian Alternative seems to
have effected a complete cure. Her CON-
plexion is not yet clear-it looks brown
where the eruption stood, but we think she
will Outyrnw it. It is now six years
since the eruption broke out, and we had
began to despair of ever getting her cured.
We feel that your sending the Peruvian
AltcratiYe. was providential and her cure
almost miracle.
SCOTLAND, BRANT Co., ONTARIO.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07
The Lapislature.

We are glad to hear that the Indepen.
dent Reform senators and representatives
held their own separate caucus, at Spring
field and dictated the terms of organiza-
ton for the legislature. They insisted on
making Hon. Elijah NJ. Haines, of Wau-
kegan, speaker, and leave the Democrats
say who they wanted for president of the
senate. A temporary organization was
then had by choosing Mr.. Haines tempo
rary speaker, and senator Glenn, of Brown
county,. temporary president of the senate
Both houses then adjourned, with the ex-
pectation that, this Thursday morning,
Mr.. Haines would be elected permanent
speaker, and DR.. Thomas s. Casey, of Mt.
Vernon, permanent president of the SEN
ate.