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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24
dseful getipss,



There are two little arteries which supply
the whole face with blood, one on each
side. These branch of from the main
arteries on each side Of the wIndpipe. and
running upward toward the eye, pass over
the outside Of the jaw bone, about two
thirds of the way back from the chin to
the angle Of the Jaw under the ear. Each
of these arteries, of course, supplies lust
one-half Of the face, the nose being the
dividing line; the left nostfiI is supplied
with blood by the left artery, and the right
nostril BY the right artery. Now, suppos-
ing your nose bleeds by the right nostril,
with the end Of the fore-fnger feel along
the outer edge Of the right jaw until you
feel the beating Of the artery directly
under your finger, the same as the pulse
in your wrist, then press the finger hard
upon it, thus getting the littIe fellow in a
tight place between your finger and the
jaw bone; the result win be that not a
drop of blood goes into that side Of your
face while the pressure continues, hence
the nose instantly stops bleeding for want
OF blood to flow. Continue the pressure
for i've or ten minutes, and the ruptured
vessels in the nose will by that time prob.
ably contract, 50 that WHOM you let the
blood in them they will not leak. Bleed
ing from cut or wound anywhere about
the face may be stopped in the same way.
The Creator probably placed these arteries
as they are, that they might be controlled.
Those in the back Of the head, arms and
legs are all arranged very conveniently for
being controlled in like manner.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Age, whitening for the tomb, is q
worthy object of reverence. The passions
have ceased hopes of self have ceased
The old linger with the young- -and oh
how careful should the young be to reward
them with tender affection and with the
warmest love, to diminish the chill of ebb.
ing life. The Spartans looked on reysr-
entail respect for old age as beautiful
trait Of character Be kind to those who
are in the autumn Of life, for you know
not what suffering they may have endured,
nor how much Of it may still be their por-
tion. Do they seem unreasonably to find
fault or murmur? Allow not your anger
to kindle against them rebuke them not,
for doubtless many have been the crosses
and trials Of earlier years, and perhaps
their dispositions, while in the springtime
Of life, were less flexible than your own.
Do they require aid?
Then render it cheerful. Forget not
that the time may come when you may
desire the same assistance from Others
that you render to them. Do all that is
needful for the old, and do it with alaeri-
ty, and think not hard if much is required
ut your hands, lest when age sets it's seal
upon your brow, and fills your limbs with
trembling, others may wait unwilling, and
feel relieved when the coffin has covered
you forever
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

But the centennial commission forbade
the exaction Of the admission fee and this
house may now be entered without pay
ment at the door, The performers are
three men, woman and little girl, all
10 Turkish costume and sitting in native
fashion upon stage at the far side Of the
room. The men play upon the violin,
tambourine, and the guitar, the latter In
strument being picked with quill The
little girl and woman perform on pecu-
liar drum with low monotonous chant.
After this has been kept up for a while
the woman begins to move backward and
forward waving two bright kerchiefs.
The woman has grace and fine figure,
but the dancing cannot be compared with
our ballet G.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

SILENT INPLUENcE.--We are touching
our fellow beings on all sides. They are
affected for good or for evil by what we
are, by what we say and do, even by what
we think and feel. May flowers in the
parlor breathe their fragrance through the
atmosphere. We are each of us silently
saturating the atmosphere about us with
the subtle aroma Of our character. In
the family circle, besides and beyond all
the teaching, the daily life of each parent
and child mysteriously modifes the life of
every person Of the household. The same
process, on wide scale, is going on
through the community. No man liveth
to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Others are built up and strengthened by
our unconscious deeds; and others may be
wrenched out Of their places and thrown
down by our unconscious influence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

poem cNef Niiheh'
Within the sober realm Of leafeS trees,
The rnsset year inhaled the dreamy air;
Like some tanned reaper. In his hour Of ease,
When all the fields are lying brown and bare.
Thegray barns looking from their hazy hills,
Ger the dun waters widening In the wales,
Sent down the air greeting to the mills.
On the dull thunder OF alternate fails
All sights were mellowed and all sounds subdued,
The hills seemed further and streams sang low
"A in dream the distant woodman hewed
His winter log with many mufied blow.
The cmbamed forests, erewhlle armed with gold,
The banner bright with every martial hue,
Now stood like some sad. beaten host of old
Withdrawn afar In times reinoiest blue.
On somber wings the vulure tried his flight;
The dove scarce heard his signing mates com
plaint
And like a star slow drowning in the light,
The village church vsne seemed to pale and faint
The sentinel cock up In the hillside crow
Crew ihrice-Aand all was stIller than before;
Silent. till some replying warden blew
His allen horn, AMI then was heard no more.
Where erst the Jay within the clms tall crest.
Made garrulous trouble round her unhedged young
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Where sang the noisy martins OF the caves.
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Where every bird that walked the yernal feast
Shook the sweet slumber from Its wings at morn
"a r,,y ,yas s,,nioss or,,,y ond s,r,or,,
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Alone from out the stubble, piped the quail,
s,oom
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24


Hidden away there in deep glen, not
many miles from Valley Forge, quaint
old farmhouse rose darkly over wide
n waste of snow. II was cold dark winter
night, and the snow began to fall-when
from the broad fireplace Of the old farm
house the cheerful blaze Of massive logs
flashed around wide and spacious room.
Two persons sat there by that fire, a
father and child. The father, who sits
. yonder, with soldiers belt thrown over
4 his farmers dress, is man Of some fifty
years, his eyes bloodshot, his hair changed
to an untimely grey, bis face wrinkled and
hallowed by care, and by dissipation more
than care.
4 And the daughter who sits in the full
light of the blaze opposite her father-a
slenderly formed girl Of some seventeen
years, clad in the coarse linsey skirt and
kerchief, which made up the costume of
farmers daughter in the days of the
n Revolution.
That farmer, Jacob Mannheim, was a
. peaceful, happy man, before the Revo-
luton Since the war he had become
drunken and idie--driven his wife broken
hearted to the grave-and, worse than all,
joined band of tory refugees, who scour
the land at dead of night burniua and
numbering as they go.
Tonight, at the hour of two, this tory
band will lie in wait, in a neighboring
pass, to attack and murder Washington,
whose starving soldiers are yonder in the
huts of Valley Forge.
Washington on bis lonely journeys is
wont to pass this farmhouse; the cut
,hroats are there in the next chamber,
drinking and feasting, as they wait for
two o'clock at night
The daughter, Mary, had been reared
by her mother to revere this man, Wash
ington, who tonight will be attacked and
murdered. Nay, more; that mother on
her death-bed joined the hands of this
daughter in solemn betrothal with the
hands Of young partisan leader, Harry
Williams, who now shares the crust aud
the cold Of Valley Forge.
Yesterday afternoon she went four
miles, over roads of ice and snow, to tell
Captain Williams the plot Of the refugees
She did not reach Valley Forge until
Washington had left on one Of his lonely
journeys so this night, at twelve, the par
tisun captain win occupy tho rocks above
the neghboring pass, to trap the trap
pers' Of George Washington.
Yes, that pale slender girl, remember
Ing tho words Of her dying mother, had
broken through her obedience to her faith.
er, after a long aud bitter struggle How
dark tIss struggle in faithful daughters
heart She had betrayed his plots to his
enenlies--stipulating first for the life, the
safety Of her traitor father
And now as father and child are sittinf
there, as the shouts Of the Tory refugees
echo from the next chnmber---as the hand
Of the old clock is on the hour Of eleven
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24
DISCRIMINATING Bedbugs.


Where all other means have failed to
exterminate bedbugs, sulphurous acid has
succeeded. Take everything oat Of the
infested room, plug up all the windows
tightly, close all chimneys, and empty
about ] o. of powdered sulphur on a pan
of hot Goals, placed in the middle of the
floor. Shut the doors and cover all cracks;
let the sulphur burn as long as it will.
Where the room is large, it is good plan
to fasten bit Of tin tube to the bottom
OF the pan, and to this connect enough
small rubber pipe to lead out of the near
est door BY blowing into the end Of the
pipe with the bellows, the sulphur will be
caused to burn more quickly by the draft
created, audtogive denscr smoke. After
the sulphur has burned out, paint all the
cracks in the floor and around the mop
board with strong solution Of corrosive
sublimate, and treat the furniture to the
same before replacing IL We have seen
a room frightfully infested completely
freed by this plan.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

One of the most useful and magnificent
productions Of the vegetable kingdom that
enriches China, and more particularly the
provinces of Kiang-si and Canton, is the
camphor tree. This stupendous laurel,
which often adorns the banks of the rivers,
was in several places found by Lord Am.
herst's embassy above fifty feet high, with
its stem twenty feet in circumference.
The Chinese themselves affirm that it
sometimes attains the height Of more than
three hundred feet, and n circumference
greater than the extended arms Of twenty
men could embrace.
Camphor is obtained from the branches
by sleeping them, while fresh cut, in water
for two or three days; and then boiling
them till the gum, in the form of a white
jelly adheres to a stick which is used in
constantly stirring the branches. The
fluid is then poured into glazed vessel,
where it concretes in few hours.
To purify it the Chinese take aquantity
of finely-powdered earth, which they lay
at the bottom Of copper basin over this
they place a layer of camphor, and then
another layer Of earth, and so on until the
vessel is nearly filed, the last or topmost
layer being of earth. They cover this last
layer with the leaves Of plant called po-
ho, which seems to be species of mentha
(mint). They now invert second basin
over the first, and make it air-tight by
luting. The whole is then submitted to
the action of regulated fire for certain
length Of time, and then left to cool grad
ually. On separating the vessels the cam
phor is found to have sublimed, and to
have adhered to the upper basin, Repe.
titions of the same process complete its
refinement
Besides yielding this valuable ingredient,
the camphor-tree is one of the principal
timber trees of China, and is used not only
in building but in most articles Of furni-
ture. The wood is dry aud Of a light color,
and although light and easy to work, is
durable and not liable to be injured by
insects, Chambers Journal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

The green outer husks Of walnuts con-
tain yellow brown and remarkably fast
dye, which is well suited for dyeing wooden
or cotton materials, staining wood, etc.
Wool thus dyed requires no mordant, is
very soft to handle, and not like chat dyed
with vitriol. The shades of the color OBJ
tained are from bright to dark brown.
The husks may be simply kept dried till
used, or packed moist in tubs, by which
means their eoloring power is further
increased.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

CURE FOR CoRNs.-Take lemon and
roll it until soft cut thick slice and bind
it on the corn on retiring at night In
the morning if the corn is white and dis
integrated, pull it out with your finger
nails--never cut corn. Sometimes sew
eral applications of the lemon slices will
be necessary but the corns are bound to
succumb, and you can dance the next
night if you like. After you remove the
ccrus wear shoes that iit and are not too
stiff in the soles.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

A certain parson, who is also school
teacher, handed problem to his class in
mathematics the other day. The first boy
took it, looked at it awhile, and said, 81
pass" Second boy took il and said, a
turn it down" The third boy stared a,
it awhile, and drawled out, II can't max,
it." Every good, boys said the parson
1--WE will cut for new deal.p And tn,
switch danced like lightning over tn,
shoulders Of those depavcd young ma,he
maticians.
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half covered, ba.hed ia her own blood

|
there lay his daughter, Mary
All, do not look upon the face of the
father ms he starts silently back, frozen to
stone but in this pause of horror listen to
the mystery of this deed
After her father had gone down stairs,
an hour ago, Mary silently stole from the
chamber on the right. Her soul shaken
by thousand fears, she opened the door
on the left, and beheld Washington sitting
by table on which were spread chart
and Bible. Then, though her existence
was wound up in the act, she asked him,
in tone Of calm politeness, to take the
chamber on the opposite side, Mary
entered the chamber which he left.
Can you imagine the agony of that girls
soul, as lying on the bed intended for the
death couch Of Washington she silently
awaited the knife, although the knife
might bo clenched in fathers hand.
And now, that father, frozen to stone,
stood there, holding the light in one hand,
and still clutching the red knife. There
lay his child, the blood streaming from
that wound in her arm--her eyes covered
with CLASSY film.
Mary shrieked the guilty father,
for robber and Tory as he was, he was
still father. 'Maryl" he called to her,
but that word was all he could say.
Suddenly, she seemed to wake from this
stupor. She set up in the bed with her
CLASSY eyes. The strong hand of death
was upon her. As she sat there, erect
and ghastly, the room was thronged with
soldiers. Her lover rushed forward, and
called her by name. No answer. Called
again-spoke to her in the familiar tones
of olden times-still no answer. She knew
him not.
Yes, it was true-the strong hand of
death was upon her.
Has he escaped ?" she said, in that
husky voice.
Yes !" shrieked the father. olive,
Mary, only live, and tomorrow | will join
the camp at Valley Forge"
Then that girl-that hero -woman-
dying as she was, not so much from the
wound in her arm, as from deep agony
which had broken the last chord of life,
spread forth her arms, as though xae be-
held form floating there above her bed,
beckoning her away. She spread forth
her arms as if to enclose that angel form.
Mother !" she whispered-while there
grouped the soldiers-there with speech
less agony on his brow stood the lover
there, hiding his face with one hand, while
the other grasped the light, crouched the
father-that light flashing over the dark
bed, with the white form in its centre
"Mother, thank God For with my life
| have saved him
Look, even as starting up on that
bloody couch, she speaks the half-formed
words, her arms stiffen, her eyes wide open,
set in death, glare in her fathers face.
That half-formed word, still quivering
on the white lips Of the hero o-woman-that
word uttered in husky whisper, choked
by the death-rattle-that word was
"WAsHINGToN p
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

MorHs.-This is the period when moths
begin to fly, and those who have not packed
away winter garments and furs should lose
no time in doing SO. Beat the articles
thoroughly, and expose them to bright
sunlight and air for several hours. Seal
them up in tight paper cases, or put them
away in close trunks, with plenty Of gum
camphor, pepper, tobacco, chips Of Russia
leather, or cedar dust.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

The real work of the teacher consists
in 50 adjusting the relations between the
minds Of the pupils and the matter or sub.
ject Of instruction that the conditions
shall become the most favorable for the
appropriate exercise Of the learners pow
ers in the attainment Of knowledge; then
the desired mental development will follow
as natural consequence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

HABIT trust everything under
Gsd," said Lord Brougham, "to habit,
upon which in all ages, the lawgiver, as
well us the schoolmaster, has mainly placed
his reliance habit which makes every
thing easy, aud casts all difficulties upon
the deviation from wonted course. Make
sobriety habit, and intemperance will be
hateful; makes prudence habit, and reck-
less proaigacy viii be as contrary to the
nature of the child, grown or adult, as the
most atrocious crimes are to any Of your
lordships. Give child the habit of sa-
credly regarding the truth; of carefully
respecting the property Of others Of soru-
pulously abstaining from all acts of i'm
providence which can involve him in
distress, and he will just as likely think Of
rushing into an element in which he can
not breathe, as of lying, cheating or swear
ing"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Put teaspoonfal Of brown sugar into
a quart of paste, and it win fasten labels
as securely to tin cans as to wood. House.
keepers may save themselves much annoy
ance in the loss Of labels from their fruit
cans when putting up their own fruit, by
remembering this.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

REMOVING On sraIss.--You can get
a bottle or barrel Of oil out Of any car.
pet or woolen stuff BY applying dry buck
wheat plentifully and faithfully. Never
put water to such grease spot or liquid
Of any kind.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

He who is passionate and hasty is gen
orally honest. Its your cold, assembling
hypocrite of whom you should beware,
There's no deception in bulldog. It is
only the eur that sneaks by and bites you
when your back is turned
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

The silk banner presented by the ladies
Of the State Of New York 10 the Woman's 3
Department win be IL feet by II feet.
Fourteen young women have been EN-.
broidering It for the last two months. It
is the largest piece Of silk embroidery ever
done in this country.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Ceilings that look very rough and man
ifsst tendency 70 peel should be gone
over with solution Of on. alum to I
quart water. This viii remove the super
auous lime and render the ceiling white.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Among the curious things in the Japa-
nese Department are several pictures
wrought in silk, one of them representing
a procession Of grasshuppen, and another
a idalparty, The participants being foxes
These pictures adorn the partition on the
extreme southern avenue of the main
building.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

A good and simple furnisuFs polish co..
sists Of little CASTLE soap serapsd into =
pint Of warm water. Add three table
spconfuls Of sweet ~; heat, and apply
while hot.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

The LATEST man is on a Western paper.
He spells photograph ''4togaph." There
have only been three worse than he. One
lived in Kansas, and dated his letters
"1lworth," another spelled Tennessee
aloac,"and the other wrote wyando.te
aY&."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Nothing stronger than lukcxarm water
should ever be applied 70 the eye, except
BY special medical adsice and under special
medical supervision, for we have only enc
pair TO loose.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Death is as near to the young as the
old here is all the difference death stands
behind the young mans back, before the
old mans face.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

If you would be known and not know,
vegetste in village If you would know
and not be known, live in city.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

One may be decorous without being
chaste but one cannot b chaste without
being decorous.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

After casting glance at our own weak
ness, how easily does our vanity console
itself by deploring the infrmities Of our
friends
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Kerosene and powdered lime, whitening
or wood ashes, viii ssoar tia xlsh least
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

A good cheap paint foy rough woodrurk
i made Of melted pitch 8 lbz., linseed Oh
! pint, brick dust ! ib.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

A red hot ircn passed over old putty
win soisen Il y That i i xsry essily Il.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

The vacant skull Of pendant genesslly
furnishes out athroue aud temple for van.
ity.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-24

Rest would be torture If weariness did
not make the bed sweet for her coming.
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Select Storp.
VALLEY FORGE.

LEGEND or THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.