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Cure for Hydrophobia.

We print the following letter Of the 25fh
ultimo, from the Chicago Eoeaing journal.
Is contains some useful facts from the pen
Of J. W. Seccomb, Of that city,
To the Editors Of the Chicago Eceniag
journal: Gentlemen After reading your
article on mad dogs, 10 Saturdays issue,
! feel it a duty | owe TO humanity to send
you the following, which is sure cure for
hydrophobia. My father (now deceased)
was physician, and cured nineteen cases.
II is the only sure cure. 1t viii cure if
the directions are followed. | have no
interest in making this known, but for
the good of humanity. If you need ref
crences in regard to my truthfulness and
sincerity, you can refer to 8. c. Criggs, Of
the firm of S. G. Criggs & Co.. 355 Wa
bash avenue, or Jansen, McCiurg 4 Co.,
III and ll9 State street The following
is the remedy;
Put one ounce Of blue skull cap (scut-
tellaria,) which may be found in any drug
store, in one quart of hot water. An adult
may drink nearly gin In two hours, IN
case the patient commences drinking the
fourth or 9Th day, but in case Of delay
till nearly time for the fits TO come on
(nine days. he may drink nearly twice
that quantity. Lay the dregs on the
wound after being steeped--this win be
found serviceable. Let the food be light
and nourishing exercise moderate; half
tablespoon full Of sulphur every other
morning; 50 persevere for twenty days. |
hope some, at least, who have beenbittep,
win use this remedy,
Very respectfully yours,
J. W. srcoonB.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06
9pgienr.


The promiscuons kissing Of children is
a pestileut practice. We use the word
advisedly, and il Is mild for the occasion.
Murderous would be the proper word, did
the kissers know the mischief they do II
would be hard to tell how much Of the
prevalent sickness and mortality from dip
iberia Is due to such want of thought As
a rule, adults have the disease In so mild
a form that they mistake It for simple
cold; and as cold is not contagious, they
think nothing Of exposing others to their
breath, or to the greater danger Of libial
contact. Taking into consideration the
well-estabIished fact that diptheria is us
ually If not always communicated BY the
direct transplauting Of the malignant ycg-
citation which causes the disease, the fact
that there can be no more certain means
Of bringing the contagion 10 lis favorite
soil than the act Of kissiag, and the furth-
er fact that the custom Of kissing children
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

The CAUSE OF BALpSEss. Men be-
come bald Why2 Because they wear
close hats aud caps. Women are never
bald. Sometimes, from loug-contiuued
headach, heat in the scalp, bad hair-dres-
sing and some other causes, women may
have bare spots here and there; but with
all these causes combined, you neser see
woman with bald head. Aud you
never see man lose hair below whore
the hat touches the skull II win take il
off as clean as you can shave Il down /,
exactly that line, but never hair below,
not If he has been bald fifty years The
common black stiff hat. as impervious ss
sheet iron, retains the heat Of perspira-
ton. The little hair glands, which bear
the same relation to the hair that the seed
wheat does to the plant above ground, be-
come weak from the presence Of The mois-
ture and heat, and finally become too weak
to sustain the hair. II falls out, and
badness exists. A fur cap We have know
70 produce complete badness in single
winter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Dogs Is healthy for children" say the
old wives, and not without some foundation
in fact. The influence Of these lively and
affectionate playmates of childhood is very
happy $50 much 50 that we have some
times thought that boy who has never
had pet dog has been cheated out Of
half the enjoyment and no small part Of
the moral culture Of infancy. But dogs
have bad tricks, and, unless properly train
ed, are apt to be anything but "healthy'
for children. They express their affection
in very bad way. We know that il is a
common opinion that there is something
wholesome about dogs tongue, and that
his natural habit Of licking the objects of
his affection is rather to be encouraged
than repressed. Nevertheless one Of the
first requirements in dog for child's
pet is that he be trained to emulate pru-
dent humanity and restrain his tongue.
II is not healthy whatever the old wives
may say. This, setting aside the question
Of rabies altogether. A much more COM
mon affection Of dogs is tape worm, for
whose development both men and dogs
have to contribute Its immature or cys.
ticercal stage is spent in the human body.
often clauses great mischief; then it mi
CRATES to the dog, completes its development,
and makes provision for new crop to in
fest humanity, forming cysts or hollow
tumors in various parts Of the body. The
full grown worm is the smallest tsenia
known, only about Of an inch in length.
The embryo is often as small as !. of an
inch; yet according to Cobbold, death has
been caused by single individual lodged
in the brain. At late meeting Of the
Australian Microscopical Society, Mr..
Sidney Gibbons exhibited specimens re-
Gently taken from human subject, and
said there could be no doubt that they
were frequently implanted in children as a
consequence Of allowing dogs TO lick their
hands and faces. II is nasty practice at
best, and a pet dogs first lesson should be
to keep his tongue to himself Scientific
| A,a.e,e,u
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

The copyright law obliges the pub
Usher of every book, p pamphlet, map, mu-
steal composition, photograph, engraving,
&C., to deposit in the Library of Congress
two copies Of his work when he applies for
a copyright. The observance Of this
rule has given the National Library an
enormous increase. The total number of
publications received from this source du-
ring 1874, for example, was 1851, Of
which 3,424 were volumes Of books,
and 3,2l8 were pamphlets. Including
duplicates, there were, last year, 2s,674
articles deposited. OF course, there must
be much lumber in this large accretion /;
but the whole is Of great value, as it fur
nishes complete record Of the progress
Of American literature in all its branches
It seems pity that such large library
Git now numbers 274, 157 volumes) cannot
be more generally utilized
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

CONSUMPTION OF PAPER BY DIFFER
ENr NArIoNs.-Signor Eugenio Morpur-
go estimates that the Russians consume
paper at the rate of | pound per capita
per annum the Spaniards, l ! pounds; the
Italians, 81 the French, Z the Germans,
g.; the English, III; the Americans, Ill.
He states that there are in the whole world
1880 paper-making establishments, the
aggregate annual product of which is
estimated at 1,s09,0Oo,0OO pounds of
paper. One-half is used for printing, one
sixth for writing, and the remainder for
packing.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

VIC WITH poaslipB VI the IMMUNITY VIII
us, and taking in more and more Of the
the unwary BY that very bait itself Andas
falsehoods founded on facts are ofall things
in creation the most impossible to destroy,
these boastings continue to be the shadow
cast across the brightness Of our fair fame,
and our enemies, lifting up their eyebrows,
clineh their SANDER and Immature by the
unanswenble remark, eve need say no
more than this--they are bosom friends of
the Doubtfuls."
There are people whose main object in
life is this perpetual setting of traps. No
sooner do they see the faintest trace of
secret lying about than they lay their
snares to entrap; and in the great majori-
ty Of cases they succeed. For trapping Is
an art like any other, and practice makes
perfect in ii as in any other. The great
art lies ia the nice selection Of the bait
What catches one person viii repel anoth-
or, and there must be changes of kind to
suit differences Of circumstances. Sym
pathy goes long way with some. A nice
friendly manner, a soft wooing voice,
knees to knees in the summer twilight ;
feet on the fender, and the easy chairs
very deep and coy, BY the winter fire; "a
little Indifferent talk TO lead the way; a
little pretended confidence on the trapper's
part, to smooth off the first difficulties and
warm the chill Of shyness; and the poor
victim is caught-trapped without hope Of
escape At other times it is the bluff kind
Of libsrality which processes to be shocked
at nothing. my dear fellow or "my
dear child, you can tell me anything.
know human nature, and am no bigot."
On which the silly snipe runs its head
into the moose, aud learns the value Of
moral liberality professed for bait, at
its sorrowfull leisure
Yes, life is full Of traps set everywhere
and baited with everything under heaven.
Our fears and our hopes, our loves and
our hates, self-interest, sympathy, the fer
vor Of imagination aud the influence
of personalities, all are the bats and
the traps laid for us; and perhaps no mar
or woman lives who has not at some time
fallen into one or more. Some Of US, in.
deed, seem to have been sent into thi,
world chiefly as prey for traps, and to pas,
our lives in the creditable fulflment Of
our destiny. Even over-caution supplies
bats on occasions, and sets traps for itself
so that what with blindness here and over
vigilance there, both coming to the same
end-what with snares lying in the besI
parts Of our nature and those backing tn,
weakest--we are in pitiable condition Of
danger, making wise walking about the
most difficult TO be accomplished, and com
plete avoidance of every trap the most i'm
possible of all things human.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

LocUsrs on GRAsHoPrERs?-The edi.
tor Of the Men FORK Observer says A
correspondent writes us from Minnesota,
iutimating that the insects that have done
so much injury in the West are not grass
hoppers, but locusts. We should be glad
to have the scientific proofs Of the fact, If
il is SO. We have seen tho clouds Of To-
Gusts filing the air on the slopes Of Mount
Lebanon, and We have seen clouds Of
grasshoppers in the Salt Lake Valley fly
ing as far and as high as the eye could
detect them, but they were very different
insects.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

-.
There is no necessity Of death resulting
from either diptheria or Group, especially
with the young, Il the proper preventive
is applied in time, and il Is at the service
Of every mother and nurse in the whole
country. Il Is simply 70 spread common
tar on a muslin strip, as you would prepare
a plaster, and wrap Il around tlle neck and
glands Of the patient Renew and supply
fresh tar on the neck Of the child once or
twice day, and "a We i asswed This
Is very simple cure, and as dipsheria Is in
almost every case fatal, We would advise
those having it to Try this remedy. There
y nothing injurious IN the tar, and there
fore Il can have no bad effect 1ifo>aa,
Pa, 7ribme.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Cotton Growing in Peru has been pro.
nounced failure, on account of current
of cold water which runs along the coast,
and produces during the sumner months,
thick fog, extending far into the inte-
rior. The connection between this thick
fog and the failure Of cotton crops i
ingeniously explained as follows The
mist settles on the cotton plant and bolls in
the shape of large dew drops, and when
the MONDAY sun breaks through the fog,
these dew drops, act as condensing lenses
and gather the rays Of the sun to such an
extent before they are evapomted, that the
bolls become hard and shriyelled and thus
the yield Of the plant is destroyed. For
this reason and for Others arising from the
uncertainty Of the RAINFALL that country,
cotton planting Is being abandoned, and
sugar-cane is being cultivated. The latter
Is represented to be highly productive.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

A COLLISION IN MID-AIR.-Land and
Water relates very curious incident of
collision between two wild ducks in full
fight Whilst recently shooting on the
dykes in Norfolk, FIVE ducks were flushed
out of shot; and while the gentleman who
was on the lookout for them was watching
their fight, iu the hope that they would
pitch again, two of them were observed to
come into violent collision, one falling to
the ground. TWAS so completely stunned
that it was picked up by the gentleman in
question, who found it to be fine mallard,
which, on examination, was discovered to
have lost one eye, it having been previous
ly destroyed by accident or disease. No
doubt the loss Of this organ was the cause
of the very singular occurrence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

A story is told of poor terrier dog in
Grayfriar's churchyard, Edinburg, Scot
land, which for eight years would nightly
sleep on his masters grave. The dogs
popularity becoming known, kind people
supplied him with daily food, but he night
ly returned to bis dead masters tomb, un-
I'll death relieved him from his daily vigils.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

According to the best authorities the
entire territory Of Scotland is 20,047, 462
acres Fifty-seven proprietors, own a
trihe more than one-third of the country,
and almost One-third of this upward Of
One-tenth of all scotland) belongs to the
three richest Of them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06
0dainal poetrg.
.ss i, ne Democratic Ad~catc.
70 LITTLE RED BIRD.

sN NM rough the falling snow,
Isl zE|pton bird on darling wing;
Es<. 1.3<' Ihon not the storm forego
A4i ! Hieht hear thee gaily sing?
t'eaIasl lheu have spied my lily.cup,
Though ihe fast falling of the snow,
And didssihon wish with me to sup,
Here ~Aefe my lovely lilies growG
on f'fsi Hon zee the sheaf so tall,
Tint o. he cleaners shoulder lay,
NllA hef AEtet smile upon the wall,
fItl Iobe Of crimson bright and gay7
Ak, ih1u haAi come TO cheer my heart,
Az lt6 M This wintry hour;
#1en from ny eyes sleep doth depart,
From midpight cen till evening hour.
~ I''t|a mission is not DER,
Eor lt1fe are other hearts to cheer;
E4f II iAy dartings upward soar,
But 70 he sick room come thou near.
{Eke9 from, by lay thy magic strain,
In thou the tear.mist from sad eyes;
A41 hota ihou not the storm-king's reign
Bright Hale bird of wintry skies.
E<1H fssksBuRG, Feb. "a, 1876.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Block tin is name given TO the metal
to distinguish it from tin plate (sheet iron
specifically covered with tin.) The tin
which IS imported from Banca and several
other places is almost chemically pure
English tin usually contains small quaint,
ties Of arseniS iron, copper, and lead.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Ordinary people are often looked down
upon, but as Everett said Of Washington,
70 Jepreciate man because his character
has only that harmonious completeness
which presents no bold and conspicuous
inequalities, is like finding FAULT with q
circle because it has no salient pOlnts or
angles, forgetting that the very perfection
Of a circle demands that every point ia ia
curve shall be equidlstani from its centre.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Take piece Of Wilton or velvet car
pet--Brussels will not answer--cut out a
pair of solos, put them inside your boots
or shoes, and when you ride in super
chilled horse cars or take long sleigh
rides, you'll find them superior to felt,
cork, or any other contrivances in general
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

The following is said to be the inscrip-
ton on tombstone at Fredericksburg,
Virginia. "Here hes the body of Ed
ward Helder, practitioner in physic and
chirurgery. Born in Bsdfordshire, Eng
land, in the year Of our Lord 1912. Was
contemporary with and one of the pail
bearers to the body Of William Shakespeare.
After a brief illness his spirit assembled in
the year of our Lord 1913, aged seventy
six"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

How quickly one generation of men
follows another 10 the grave. We come
like the ocean waves to the shore, and
scarcely strike the strand before we roll
back into the forgetfulness whence we
came.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

One of the gardeners at Old Montrosc,
France, has had female fox in his pc $
session for eight or niae months. Il was
secured BY chain and strong leather col
lar. The animal disappeared the other
night, and il was discovered that male
fox had got over the garden wall, gnawed
through the collar and carried of his mate
IN triumph.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

The Duke Of Argyle was SO much Of !
philanthropist, that he planted posts, it j,
said, that his brither Scots might scratch
themselves against them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

II Is said that the fumes Of sugar snuffsd
up The nose will cure ordinary cases Of
neuralgia. Put small quantity Of sugar
on 9 shovel and try it,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06

Practice economy by giving stock shell.
ter during the winter, also good food,
taking out all that is unsound, half rotten,
or mouldy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-19

nifty. Nor need the large taxpayer fear
that the furnishing Of text books gratui-
tously will increase their burdens,
already heavy enough to bear, in an up,
pFeciabIe degree, The appropriation Of
alls mill Of the library fund would cover
all the eos'
There are other and higher consideFa-
tons which should influence every citizen
who has the welfare Of the community at
heart, 1t may be trite, but II is never
theless true, that the stability and peFma-
nepce Of our free institutions depend more
than anything else upon the education Of
the common people in our public schools.
The efforts now made by the enemies Of
secular education to break down our
free school system should stimulate us all
TO adopt every feasible plan that will
render our public schools more efficient
and attractive, They should not only be,
as they IRE now, the very best in general
management, discipline, and methods Of
instruction, but free in every sense Of the
word, from sectarian influence, cost Of
tuition and expense for the use Of school
books.
An oxford professor, who lately visited
Cleveland and was taken through our
public schools, expressed the highest
qualification at what he saw, and said that
none he had seen in America equalled
our own in. efficiency and methods OF In
strUction, This high compliment to the
able Superintendent Of our Cleveland
schools Is we'll deserved, and every good
citizen should strengthen his hands and
support him in every effort to maintain
the high rank our public schools have
already attained under his management,
WIPE,
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~ INTEREsTNG LETTER.

How New York City supplies Text
Books 70 the Pupils In Public
Schools Free Of ChHFgc-.A Meas
nFe Of Economy and Good aRns
asenent,
The following letter appears in the
Cleveland Lender Of Wednesday, address
Cd to the Board Of Education Of that
city;
The wrileFduring a recent visit to New
York spent several days in visiting the
public schools Of that city, and noticed
one ieaturOin their management to which
he bsga respectfully to call attention,
Is he thinks it will commend itself to
every sWell,wishOr Of our public sCho oil
system. II Is the furnishing Of books
and stationery free Of charge to every
scholar, All the text books in use, as
we'll ~ the stationery including writing
and drawing books, states, pencils, paper
and ink, are supplied gratuitOusly to all
the pupils IN attendance upon the public
schools Of that city. The following label
% attached every scohol book
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An important Fact.

The voluntary testimony Of Thousands eItAblIShe.
beyond all doubt fact Of vital importance TO Tho
hck and dsblliatOd, viz, that HoStettsr's Stomach
DItteEs Is an absolute specific for FGmlttunt and In
tCrInttOns fever, dySpCpsIa, constipation, bilious.
meas, mental depression, sleeplczusas shrunlcdiar.
rhGa, and all diseases Of the stomach, llyOF and
bowels Tho unmodICated StimulantS usually pro.
HCribed In these cases only RggElyRta thAsymptOmS
Instead Of TGnoVipg chem, The Bltter, on lht
contrary, act asa corrective and inVigOFant, with.
out producing the unpleasant and dangerous cOnSe-
quencCa Of tho old school practice ThH action 4
bowels, promoting digestion and preventing Aatu-
lene0 nausea, headache andAll intestinal IRREGULAR
ties A WlnrglaAtul before meals greatly assists
digestion. The conVRlesceut may use them With
great bcneGt, as means Of restoring strength and
cheDriulnOss, O0dAW
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Ia. E ;I,1I, LRlaFEl w "a, March Is.

WEST LpERFYj w, VA, March Is.
Elton IntOlliSlRur
In reading your valuable paper I dis
cover that spelling matches have become
o general thing throughout the country,
and It Seems aS though each school seems
70 think they have the best spelleFs en-
tant l would here say that / can boast
Of the best schoolin Ohio county. There
fore | challenge any school in Ohio county
70 meet me at any designated point and
spell the same number, say ten, fifteen or
twenty scholars, as may be agreed upon
as to the number, and spell three rounds
for q prize book worth Eve dollars, or
more, Us may be agreed upon as to the
price, the book used to spell from to be
McGuHsy's Speller.
W. II. CURTIS, Teae6er,
SHb-Distria No. s, Liberty DiItret.
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MANHOOD RESTORED .

A Tlttln Of youthful imprndenrC, eaHsins t,+e.
mature decay, nervous debility ETC., having TILED
In vAln every known remedy, has found a simple
Sef.ehre, which no will send RE- 10 his fellow S
etcrs. Address jill. REEVES, II EMtsiu street,
New York. Jams
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE,

Harry 1lEttEp ron YouNu MES from tho effects
o. Errors and Abuses IN carly life, Manhood re-
stored. lmpodlm0nt 10 Marriage removed. New
method Of treatment New and femafk able rene
dies. Books and Circulars sent FREQ 10 sealed on.
yelopeS Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, 40
n. Ninth St, Philadelphia, PA,-An fnsulUti6n
having high reputation fot honorable conduct and
professional skill. jant3-lAw
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
LauohlIn's Infant Cordial.

Tho child scurc when teeihlng-lc relieve Indam.
nation Of tho Gums, 10 allAy Ineadnez, to qulOI
Collie Pains, TO promote Sleep, toGurO Summer Com
plant. This we consider ono Of the most valuable
remedies 10 he kept In the family when the chill
dren arc cutting their teeth We arc selling thou.
banda Of bottles and haTo 70 hear the hrst person
baY 1t Is not oil WOrccommotd II 10 DO.
MOTiiERs, have you q Heklv, ieeihtHg BABE that
TURNS the HOURS Ol MONT (Wh6n you 10 long fot
rCst) Into one LONg, WEARY DAYTIME Of WORM.
MINT and CARE? Cfy-CTY-C V-all day and all
night lOngH II you have, htieH 70 FaajoR, 10 con.
ylnccd, heItt1it no ionger-a BEw drops Of IHRANr
CORDIAL and your child Will 10 PACIHEp and
SWEET, REPRRSIrNa sLREP will tAkc The place Of
wAKRPUL SUFFERING. Procure al once bottle.
Bold by al Druggists and
LAUGlltiN BROS. q CO.. rToprietor,
Wheeling W. Va.