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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29
Snails and Tarantulas.

iady, writing from Australia 10 the
Chicago Tribune, says Insects and rep
tiles thrive here. They are not quite as
venomous as in the tropics, but they are
poisonous enough, and their bite or sting
very painful, and, in some conditions of
the system, dangerous. The other morn
Ing, as turned my mattress, | discovered
between it and the lower bed. centipede
ten inches long. sacrificed it to the fire.
god Immediately by taking it up with the
tongs and throwing it on the glowing Goals.
We have here, too, the soldier-ant, famil-
iarly known as bulldogs" They some
times measure one and one-half inches in
length. They are very quarrelsome, and
have an ugly bite. If you poke one with
stick, it will make fight and chase you
when you turn away.
1t is safe not to meddle with hill of
them. The first night was in Melbourne,
after leaving the ship, slept in cottage
parlor. In the night | became nervous
and thought l would get up and strike
light. / stepped out of the bed and on
to something exceedingly cold and clammy.
| raised the unlucky foot up and put the
other down, and again felt the borrid thing
under my foot. / reached out to the ta-
Bile where had placed candle and matches,
grabbed them, and sprang back into bed.
When I lighted the candle discovered the
pretty velvet carpet completely covered
with silvory net work. I looked closer
and discovered, crawling back and forth,
hundreds Of brown, Shiny snails, that had
come in from the garden.
/ was disguised, but considerably re-
lieved that l had not found instead some
poisonous reptile. l ventured to pick my
way daintily to the table and put down my
light, but did not put it out for fear the
snails would take fancy to crawl over
the bed. l saw on the wall beside the
bed a monster that made my blood chill
through and through. 1t u all very well
to laugh at women's fears Of spiders, and
call it affectation, but l confess was
afraid of the thing saw on the wall.
There was great fesh-colored tarantula,
its body quite an inch and half in diam
eter, and covered with fuzz, and its hate
ful hairy legs extending out so that it could
scarcely have been covered with an ordi-
nary sized coffee cup.
You may laugh, but l felt like that un-
fortunate boy in the " Black Crook" |
wanted 70 ego home" managed to cap
ture him with the tongs, and this time
without ever thinking Of the poor, harm
less, Shiny snails, rushed to the window
and threw tongs and tarantula together
into the garden--and l didn't sleep an-
other wink all night. Since then I've got
used to tarantulas--triantelopes, the colo
nial people call them. There are several
species besides the kind I've just described,
two Of them particularly ugly; one black
and hairy the other black and hairy also,
with bright yellow spots or rings on IL,
They are all yenomous. When Isgo out
70 pick up wood or chips, or to gather
flowers, always wear long buckskiu
gloves, and | make my,skirts short enough
not to touch the ground
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

CuRrosIrIEs OF LIFE.-Lay your finger
on your pulse, and know that every stroke
some immortal passes to his Maker; some
fellow-being crosses the river of death /;
and, If we think Of it, we may well won
der that it should be so long before our
turn comes. Half Of all who live die be-
fore seventeen. Only one person in ten
thousand lives to be one hundred years
old, and but one in hundred reaches
sixty. The married live longer than the
single. There is one soldier to every eight
persons, and out Of every thousand born
only ninety-6ve weddings take place.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

CuRINo SKISs.---A method Of curing
skins without removing the hair, is given
by correspondent in the Fancier's Jour
mall" Take soft water about ten gallons,
oue-half bushel Of wheat bran, seven lbs.
Of salt, two and a half pounds Of sulphuric
acid. Dissolve all together and put the
skins in the solution, and allow them to
remain twelve hours; take them out and
clean them well, and again immerse twelve
more hours, or longer if necessary. The
skins may then be taken out, we'll washed
and dried. They can be beaten soft /.
desired.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

A CURE FOR DIPrHERIA.-A letter to
the New York Sun, says: GAS there are
SO many people dying every day from this
dreadful disease, ! send the following rem
edy, hoping that it will save the lives of
many unfortunates afflicted with that ter
rible disease. 1t saved my life in War
renton, N. c., in 1858, and has proved
eficacioas iu many other cases Make a
quart Of red pepper tea, strong add ta-
blespoon of common salt, sweeten with
honey to suit the palate, and gargle as Of
ten as possible. Keep the vessel holding
the gargle before the FIRE, and iu extreme
cases take one dose Of castor OIL
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

A PERPETUAL Clock Run by ELEc-
TRIcITy.-We have heretofore made men,
tiOn Of the perpetual clock, the invention
of Mr.. +. Clark, of this city, and spoke of
his having applied for patent. This
patent has been granted, and Mr.. Clark is
turning out these time-pieces as fast as he
can, but the demand is far greater than he
is at present able to supply with the facil-
tiles now at his command. These clocks
are run by electricity, and consequently
the trouble of winding up is obviated, the
machinery running until it wears out. We
noticed one the other day that had been
running steadily since April, although the
works had not been boxed in, the dust not
having the effect of causing the slightest
variation Paris, Ky, Keutuckiaa.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

times day, bearing. with reversed arms,
comrade to his grave beneath the snow,
playing the mournful tune of "Roslyn
Castle" as they marched slowly, heavily
forward. Sometimes naked soldier would
borrow blanket to fit to a neighboring
hut, and then fit back again and crawl,
like frightened, wild animal, out of sight.
Along the snowy paths, Washington,
sometimes with the young Marquis Lafay-
ette by his side, would often slowly walk,
with his heart breaking at the sights and
sounds that met him at every step.
Into the midst Of this desolation the
noble Baron Steuben walked one day,
decked with military houors won in the
fields of Europe, and gazed, one can guess
with what astonishment, on the army that
he had given up home, ease and country,
to link bis fortunes with. At length, for
age gave out and gaunt famine stalked
into the midst Of this scene of woe and
desolation. Not hoof entered the camp
and the welcome lowing Of cattle ceased
to be heard. Teams and men came in
empty. handed. A foreign officer, walking
amid the novels, aud seeing men, with no
covering but blanket, fitting from one
hut to another, and hearing through the
crevices the soldiers muttering, "No pay,
no prorisions, no rum," said he then de.
SPARED of American Independence. Wash
ington's heart at last became filed with
fearful forebodings and he looked around
him in dismay, and in letter to General
Clinton, in the middle Of February, said
"For some days past there has been
little less than. famine in the camp. A
part Of the army has been week without
any kind of flesh, and the rest three or
four days Yet he adds "Naked and
starving as they are, We cannot enough
admire the Incompatible patience and
fidelity of the soldiers" A noble CON-
pliment and poblv won. Al the same
time, Warren wrote to Greene. "Tbe
situation of the cau,p is such that in all
human probability, the army will dissolve.
The horses are diving for want of forape,
The country in the vicinity of the camn
is exhausted What coDse.
ouences have we nationally to exneet ?"
Saws DR. Thatcher. aIt ia with crs.t
difficulty that men enough can be fund
in n condition. fit to discharge the militia.
nv camp duties from day to day and for
this purpose those who are naked Jo,ro,,
from tho,e ,eho have eloth.,
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in mere outline BY the Commander.in.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

To prevent wounds from mortifying
sprinkle sugar on them. The Turks wash
fresh wounds with wine and sprinkle su-
gar on them. Obstinate Ulcers may be
cured with sugar dissolved in strong de-
coction Of walnut leaves.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Ambas-
sador to France in 1903, was the author
Of the sentiment--"Millions for defence,
not one cent for tribute
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

Il Is not the frst day Of January, bat
the sixth day Of February that ashsss III
the Chinese New Year, tie gfsndest Iesti-
val IN an the calendar.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

Naturalists say that single swallow
viii devour six thousand fiss in day.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29

After the school gasses, ths newspaper
is the great teacher Of the masses.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-29


PHYsIc AND FARoEs.-Sir John Hill,
who was born in 1716 and died in 1875,
was originally an apothecary, but after
wards became famous as Q physician and
an author. His versatility Of talent was
rem arkable, his works including books on
medicine, botany, natural philosophy, and
natural history, besides dramas, novels, and
many lighter compositions. He quarrel
ed with Garrick, who wrote the following
epitaph on him:
" For Physic and Farces
His equal there scarce is;
His Farccs are Physic,
His Physic Farce is.n
DR.. johnson said of Hill, that s'if he would
have been contented to tell the world no
more than he knew, he might have been a
very considerable man" which was a fair
hit at his attempts to add BY literary quack-
cry to the reputation he might honestly
have won.
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Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Giving him a Lesson.

A New York paper tells this story of Barney Williams, the actor, who died recently: Twenty seven years ago Bar ney Williams, young actor who had won more or less of reputation as delineator of certain Irish characters, left the theater wherehe had been play ing to good audiences and went over to the old Olympic to try his hand in play called "Mose, or the New York Fireman" A large crowd gathered at the Olympic to greet him on his first ap pearance there, a good many of his old admirers having followed him up from the other theater. Barney had not spoken dozen words in his new role before the audience of boys, most criti- cal, saw that he had made great mis- take, and, as was the fashion in those days, they told him so on the spot. Barney did not heed their impertinent criticisms at first, for he thought he was acting the part nobly. He got through the first act and the second, but no more, for towards the end of the second act the audience became so noisy that the player was obliged to give up. They cried out, saying: Barney, you can't do the New York boy" "Go back and stick to your tools" etc. He was almost hooted off the stage. When the curtain rose for the last act the scenery had all been changed, and instead of continuing the performance of Nose" Barney ap- peared in one of his popular Irish plays in which he had previously been most successful. He was instantly greeted with thunders of applause. Those who had been loudest in their dcnunciations of the actor while he persisted in the role he had just undertaken now went almost wild ill their enthusiasm for him in his cid character. This was the turn ing point in the young actors career, and the beginning of the future suc- cesses which were for Barney Williams Cor Bernard Flaherty, his real name) a fortune of $500,0 ,0O0, besides an almost worldwide fame. The verdict of the youthful critics, though impertinent, was correct, as the actor was afterwards convinced, for he "stuck to his tools !" during the rest of his life.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Parasites and their Work.

There is no organ which is sheltered from the invasion of parasites; even in man, cysticerci have been found in the interior of the lobes of the brain, in the eyeball, in the heart, and in the sub stance of the bones, as we'll as in the spinal marrow. Every kind of worm has also it's favorite place; and if it has not the chance of getting there, in order to undergo it's changes, it will perish rather than immigrate to Q situation which is not suitable to it. One kind of worm inhabits the digestive passages; another occupies the .fossa of the nose; third, the liver or the kidneys. Each can only live in animals having affinity to their peculiar host. The ascarts neystar, the guest of the domestic cat, lives in different species of .felis, while the fox, so nearly resembling in appear ance the wolf and the dog, never enter tains the tCe'aiG serrdtd, so common to the latter animal. The same host does not always harbor the same worms in different regions of tho globe. Thus the large tapeworm of man called 6ots7io- cephaluS, is found only>in Russia, Po- land, and Switzerland; small tape worm, the toenia mana, is observed no where except in Abyssinia, and, strange to say, the natives consider their ab- senco from the body sign of ill health; the anchylostonaa isknown only in the south of Europe and the north of Africa, the .tiloriG of Medina in the east and west of Africa; and the Bil. harzia, terrible worm, has been found only in Egypt.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
NO. A..
A Surgeons COurtship.

In the long list of eminent surgical and medical practitioners, not one is en- titled to higher stand than John Aber- nethy. He was a quaint, blunt man, earnestly devoted to his profession, and with but little thought of things which had no relation thereto. His ec- centricities of character have afforded humorists much material for pleasant gossip, and among his eccentric doings, his courtship is certainly not the least, and, unlike much that is printed of the celebrated man, this may be relied upon as true.
 One Sabbath, when Abernethy was very near, if not quite up to the middle age, he found time to go to church, and was shown into pew, where were two ladies-one of them young, and the other elderly. He had no prayer book, and the young lady handed him one. At the close of the services they walked out from the pew together, and found, at the porch, that it was raining heavily. Abernethy offered to take them home in his carriage, which was waiting for him. On the way he fell into conversation with the younger of his companions, whom he found to be remarkably intelligent and ladylike. He learned that they were mother and daughter, the husband and father having been an officer in the army, and killed in the Indian war with Tippoo Sultan; and he furthermore dis covered that they were in straitened cir cumstances.
 Abernethy set them down at their humble dwelling, and waited upon them into the narrow hall, where he handed his card to the daughter, saying, as he did so:
 "Young lady, I am MT. Abernethy, the surgeon. have never married, be- cause never have had time to spare for that sort of counting which girls of the present age seem to expect. I should like you to be my wife. If you will have h the goodness to write me note on Tuesday, saying whether you will have me or not, I will, if your decision be favorable, call on the following day and take you to church." And with that he left.
 The note came on Tuesday. On We'd nesday he took very pretty and happy her, and thence they were driven to the the honored mistress.
 My deaf, sald her husband, after he had introduced her to the friends as- sembled to receive them, "you must excuse me until three o'clock, as have to give my lecture at St. Bartholomew's hospital, which cannot omit on any ac- count"
 They were ahappy oouple-happy and true. When Abernethy died in 1881, he left the whole of his wealth to his widow, who survived him score of years, hon ored and beloved for her solid goodness, and her deeds of charity and Christian benevolence,
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
The Bloodhound,

The bloodhound is not peculiarly fe- rocious, as the name would appear to imply; and even when employed in the pursuit of man, they can be easily train ed to detain the person without offering to injure. They have received their present name for two reasons: First, he will single out herd and follow the track of any wounded whose blood may fall on the ground; and secondly, should fresh blood be spilled across this track, the hound will stop confused on the fresh blood, and follow the old scent no longer. They were used for many years on the frontiers between England and Scotland for the purpose of hunting fu- gitives from justice, especially those robbers known as '" Moss Troopers, who retired with their plunder through the bogs, sloughs and mosses (morasses) of that region-places that were pass able alone to those who were intimately acquainted with their intricate patbs. This lawful pursuit was known as "Hott- rod, and these dogs were often called sloughhounds. They were maintained by tax levied upon the people.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
He Saw It.

A fond father sent his young hopeful of four into an adjoining room to get a book. The boy came back and said it wasn't there. "Yes, it is, my son, |" said the father sits on the table. 7" The boy went back and reported again that there was no book there. The father got impatient and sent another child for the book, and in the meantime the mother brought the book from differ ent room, with the remark: "Here's your book it was on the mantlepiece. " The gentleman composed himself to read, and about ten minutes afterward discovered young hopeful still standing by his chair and regarding him intently. AS he raised his eyes the boy broke out, solemnly: Father, there's a flo some- where and didn't tell it."
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Kept a Firm Hold of the Recipe,

The Detroit Free Press says Fifty years old if day, and her name was Eliza Fox. She lives on National avenue, and she made trip to the east ern portion of the city to get recipe for making cake. She got the recipe, got some beer, and got in the station, and she wasn't half as anxious about her case as some of the audience. She slowly followed Bijah out. musing:
 "Use about pint of flour, put in a chunk of butter about as large as wal nut, and break in -
 "Now, then," interrupted his honor, "this looks bad to see woman of your age here."
 "Well. I had some beer," she softly replied, "and break in four eggs, grate ill your lemon peel, stir well, and bake in hot oven."
 "What have you to say about this case ?" asked the court.
 "Nothing. You can do all the talk ing-quart of four-four eggs-lemon peel-nutmeg-hot oven."
 "You were never here before ?"
 "I don't remember that was. Will you take recipe down for me before I forget it9"
 ssI've got recipe for ending drunk enness," replied his honor.
 "I don't want it i; and after the cake has baked for fifteen minutes remove from tue oven and put on your frosting. '
 "Do you want to go to the house of correction ?" queried the court.
 "No, sir, I on't. What do want to go tramping way up there for9"
 'But you were so sadly intoxicated that the officer had to hire an express wagon to bring you down here."
 "Is that so9 Then I came here by express, did I9 Was I packed in o box ?"
 "You must be very careful in future. It's bad thing for woman to get drunk"
 "No worse than 'tis for the man and after the frosting is on, set the cake back in the oven for three or four minutes."
 "Will you promise mel" said the court.
 "Yes, I'll promise !'' she angrily ex- claimed, ''but I wish you wouldn't talk so much-you put me all out !'
 She stood off and glared at his honor, and then tapping her finger at the rail ing continued:
 "You take about quart of flour about quart. You put in a hunk of butter about as big as walnut, and you break in three or four -
 "You may break out," said the court.
 "Well, will. want to get some where where I can write down the recipe before I forget it.
 She pushed her way through the crowd to the door, and as she stepped out she was heard muttering:
 "Quart of dour-four eggs-five minutes l"
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
He Meant We'll.

The Boston Transcript tells of an old gentleman that comes down town on foot every morning, who appears to be great friend to dumb animals. When ever he sees dog scratching at store door to be let in he promptly opens it for the animal. The other morning he made mistake in the dog business. He let one in, and soon the same canine came rushing between his legs, nearly throwing him down, and covering the lower part of his pantaloons with paint. A man with overalls on was chasing the dog, trying to get line shot at him with paint brush he had in his hand. The old gentlemen expostulated with the irate painter, for such he proved to be, saying:
 "My good man, why do you wish to hurt that doga' - .- L
 "Because he hastipped over my paint and made an internal mess of every thing. Some blasted old idiot let him into the store when we were all trying to keep him out while was doing some painting; he jumped through the door, stuck his forelegs into the paint pot, and tipped 1t over. Brown paint on a marble floor looks we'll, don't it9 Iwish people would mind their own pusi- noaa |"