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caught a mess of pickerel at sunset. Af- ter supper we gathered as usual around the camp fire, where ws take real solid comfort in talking over the experiences of the day, Sc. A tote team came past from the Branch tonight and we received our first news from home. This is the first real chilly night we have had and we piled more clothing on our hunks and. retired. About II o'clock, we were aroused by the dismal howl of bear away of in the woods. 6 e..5 ip H- ui Tgsa3n s.I II
 We awoke, Wednesday morning, to find that Phil and Sim had gone out hunting an hour before. After breafast, we loung- ed abont camp passing away a good share of the forenoon ln shooting dipper ducks. They are very tame and it affords very fine amusement (both for us and the dueks). While sat hersiwriting a. part ridge came bouncing down within six feet of my head; neither of'us were hurt. but both badly frightened Of course I thought bear or wolf, and Mrs. Partridge thought shotgun. We have moro yension, game, fish, &c.. in camp now than two families like ours can possibly make use of and we propose from this time forward to take things much more quietly than we have done. We shall all of us like to shoot half a dozen deer apiece, but plenty as they are it is tedious job to get them, and as general thing takes great many miles of travel to follow one up success fully. We came for rest and recreation, and rest we are going to have at all haz- ards. So, for the next few days, the Ioz- test, joltiest. best saGtured fellow in camp draws the prize. Ali are competitors and each is doing his level best to draw that prize. We commenced reading Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, aloud in camp, to- day. 1.af -.'t .- !" zt..- ! ..'1
 Thursday and Friday was spent loung. ing about in our hammocks reading, writ. ing, joking and having an easy time gener- ally. Some of the boys so far forgot that they were competitors for the prize, that they went out and brought in a large string of pickerel and a smau string of dipper ducks. A large bundle of all kinds of newspapers arrived to-day. Julius went three miles, Thursday morning, and brought in pail of pure crystal spring water. This floors him on the prize ques- ton.
 Saturday was no exception to the two previous days,. through one or two nice strings of pickerel and few ducks, were brought in. Hill came in with a small deer, and Solomon and Phi captured a procupine. Another small lake. was dis covered by Sim. Sunday passed off quiet ly. We listened to the reading of ser- mon by our chaplain in the forenoon. The afternoon was spent in reading, writ issa oacR: 1asvnnd ax,u1lh ,ts atP Piissa.4. RigA- or about our camp fire for social chat. We are not very economical in the use of wood and it would do your heart good to see the blazing camp fires, we have every evening. Now. Monday morning, a Tote Team IS just passing for West Branch so we have chance to send our mail. X.
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Mothers may have rest and their babies may have health, if they will use Dr. Pitcher's CasteriA for Wind Colic. Worms. Feveiishness, Sour Mouth, Group, or Stomach Complaints. It is entirely vege- table preparation and contains neither mmera nor phene, nor alcohol IL is pleasant take as honey neither gags orgripes, and is superior toany dy in existence. 2. ~ e+*-"-
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One thing is now thoroughly established. Never pain has there been any thing which went so far as
 pain annihilator and curative agent as the Centaur Liniments. These Liniments have within the past year cured more cases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, stif-joints, Caked Breasts, Swellings, Poisonous Bites, Burns. Lame Animals. etc.. etc., than all other remedies combined. As the name of Centaur implies half horse half man, the Centaur Liniments are for man and beast. But not the same Eminent. The white LlnlmenG Hlau hnrsss and animals. Herein this Eminent differs from all other remedies. although some Of the ingredients alike iu each. They contain the welknow Witch Ha- gel, Arnica, Carboic. Rock Oil, Mentha and other powerful ingredients. ' v Fl F 5 wm. H. Hickox, Rector of St. John's E. Church, Wakefield, Clay Co.,, Kansas, writes: "Many years have been suffering from Weak Back, caused from any thing to relieve until commenced the of Centaur Liniment feel my Christian duty to in form you that by it's wonderful effects am entirely relieved of pain. January 22d, 1876."
 Messrs. J. Mconre Co.,. Druggists, Cincinnati, O.. say:
 "Teamsters pronounce ths Yellow Centaur Eminent superio, to any thing they have used. We sell several dozen bottles per month"; and the sale Is stea lily increasing" rt-s- -r... !. These only samples of thousands upon thous- ands of similar testimonials reaching every month All the Extracts, Embrocations, salves and ontments in existence are not doing onetenth the good which is done by these admirable Centaur Liniments. For Frost bites, stngs Cuts, Itch, Salt Rheum etc., there isnothing like the Centaur Liniment White Wrapper. For spavin, Ring-bone. Sweeney, Wind Calls, Toll. evil, Scratches, etc., horses the Yellow Centaur Liniment is equally good. They are certain in their effects they are pleasant to use they handy and they cheap No family should be without Gen. taur Liniments. They are worth one hundred times their cost. s.-
 J.B. ROSE CO. 46 DEx ST. NEW YoRx.
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loh Printing.

All kinds of book and Job Printing neatly and promptly done.
 Businsss Cards, Wedding Cards, Bill Heads, Labels, Ball Tickets, Handbills, Pamphlets, &o., &e., done in the best style, and as cheap as at any office in the State.
 Orders can be sent in by mail and the jobs sent Out by mail 0f small), by stage, or express, to delay.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Don't Worry About Yourself.

The Journal of Heath says to regain
or recover health persons should be re-
lieyed from anxiety concerning diseases
The mind has power over the body. For
person to think he has disease will Of.
ten produce that disease. This we sec af-
fectcd when the mind is intensely con.
centrated upon the disease of another. 1t
is found in the hospitals that physicians
aud surgeons who make speciality of a
certain disease are liable to die Of it them
selves; aud the mental power is 50 great
that sometimes people die of diseases which
they only have in imagination. We have
seen persons sea-sick in anticipation of a
voyage before reaching the vessel. We
have known person to die Of cancer in
the stomach when he had no cancer, nor
any other disease. A man blindfolded
and slightly pricked in the arm, has faint
ed aud died from believing that he was
bleeding to death. Therefore, persons in
health, and desiring to continue so, should
at all times be cheerful and happy, and
those who are sick should have their at
tention drawn as much as possible from
themselves. 1t is by their faith men are
saved, and also by their faith that they
die. If man wills not to die he can live
on in spite of disease; and if he has little
or no attachment to life, he will slip away
as easily as a child falls asleep. Men live
by their souls and not by their bodies.
Their bodies have no life of themselves,
they are only resources of Inducements
Of their souls. The will has much to do
in continuing the physical occupancy or
giving il up.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Celestial Chemistry.

The SPEcTRosCopE IN EXAMINING
HEAVENLY BoDIEs.-Professor G.. +.
Barker delivered lecture before the Long
Island Historical Society on Celestial
Chemistry last week at the Second Pres
byterian Church. Brooklyn. He was in-
troduced by Judge Van Colt. The sub
ject Of light and the spectroscOpe was
illustrated by means of pictures thrown on
screen. He showed the spectre of sew.
eral gases and metals, and demonstrated
how the composition of a star far away
could be made known by this means. He
began his lecture by giving u short sketch
Of the discovery of the dispersion of light,
and then traced the history of this princi-
pie up to the time when by means of it
Bunsen was enabled to discover new
chemical elements, and to anaize the fixed
stars. In order to explain this, Professor
Barker first threw upon the screen pic.
ture of the spectrum of the sun, and
showed the 800 lines which Frauen-
hofer discovered, aud which bear his
name. He next showed portion of the
same spectrum on an enlarged scale, by
Kirchof, who discovered and mapped
5000 lines, and compared the lines of the
spectra of various metals with those of
the sun, When tho lines of the two we're
in the same relative position it indicated
the presence of that metal. Thus iron
has about sixty lines, to all of which there
are corresponding ones in the spectrum of
the sun from this it is calculated that
the chances are row of eighteen noughts
with one at the head, to one, that iron
does exist in the sun. At the conclusion
Of the lecture DIR. Burlington moved
vote of thanks TO the lecturer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
The Navy.

Since 1864, over one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve millions has been expended by the
Bureau of construction and repairs Of the
Nevy Department. The whole Of this
great sum might as well have been thrown
into the sea. The navy has not been inn
proved in consequence Of its disbursement,
and as compared with any other navy Of
respectable power, ours is contemplate.
We ought to be especially strong, if in
anything, in defensive navy; but really
weare disgracefully weak Wepractieally
have no defensive navy afoat The thick
est armor we have is ten inches, perforable
by the nine and ten inch rifles common in
other navies, while against guns Of larger
calibres it is no more protection than
pasteboard.
1t is absurd for the United States to at
tempt to create a great navy. We have
no need Of one, and it is doubtful whether
any nation outside of England, perhaps, is
justified in expanding money with the
view of maintaining seeming naval
strength such as that which half century
ago might have been of some Importance.
The twelve and half millions which Con-
gress proposes to appropriate for the navy
might really be reduced by one half In
deed, the appropriation might be left out
altogether, and no one would snffer.---Nele
York Sun. ..f
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
The Stolen soeptre,

Rutherford B. Hayes must and doel
know that he was not legally elected
President by the people He has been
nevertheless, counted in by an unlawfully
constituted tribunal but that will nc
more entitle him to the office than if il
were awarded to him by the vote of 9
caucus of piekpockets in a pot-house
But he will accept the place, without any
concern or question as to the legal OIL
moral integrity Of the title And what an
awful thing it will be to have a President
of the Republic not only imposed on the
people against their will, by fraud, but 0
President who lacks not merely the mora
courage, but sufficient moral sense of any
kind, to decline being made a principal
accessory to the most atrocious and in
famous political crime of this century
What sort of prospect can he have who
accepts the Presidency in the face of 0
clear majority of three hundred and odd
thousand popular votes against him and a
stolen majority Of the Electoral College
in his favor? Can he hope to have the
respect of the people? They may suffer
his administration, rather than make o
revolution to avert it; but will they &C.
cord it anything more than a cold and
scornful submission? And will it not be
said Of him during all his term of usurpa.
ton:
''Those he commands, move only in com
mand,
Nothing in lore; now does he feel the title
Hang loose about him, like a giants robe
Upon diodrtish thief"
Philadelphia Sunday Mercury.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
The Apostolic Clock.


A fac-simile of the original apostolic,
musical aud astronomical clock in the
Strasburg Cathedral, curious and won
derlul piece of mechanism, celebrated the
world over, was opened for exhibition. at
Horticultural (ower) Hall yesterday. 1t
is the work Of a young clockmaker's ap-
prentice, Fritz Won Engle, of Strasburg
who having conceived the idea of making
a fac simile of the clock invented by Isaac
Habricht, obtained permission from the
sexton Of the Cathedral to copy it. After
seven years close application to his self.
imposed tasl; his work was completed, and
SO ovorjoyed was the young man that he
became insane and died six months after.
A disagreement arose among the heirs rs-
speeding the disposition Of the clock,
which was purchased about year ago by
the present proprietors for the sum of 49,.
600 in gold. The clock stands on the base
4 feet front, 81 feet deep and 10 feet, 4
inches high. The lower section has dial
representing the ancient zodiac, with the
stars Of the first, second and third magni-
tude, with the signs of each month of the
year exhibited at the proper time and sea-
sons, the dial making but one revolution
in the year, and but one,half of it exposed
at n time. Above this, in each corner,
are lions heads, with rings in their mouths.
Above this is another section with dial
twenty-five inches 10 diameter on which
is represented on the outer circle the
minutes aud hours in the usual manner.
Within are four dials, representing the
month, day of the month, day of the week,
and phases Of the moon. 1t alcoves on
either side Of the frames are carved figures
of Time and Justice Above this are two
Roman columns, with capital, representing
two rams heads. On the top of the cap
ital there stands wolf watching the
sheep. Above the dial is keystone, with
small door in the centre, with cherubims
on either side guarding it. The top Sec
ton is in the form of Gothic chapel, with
a small door on either side, and large
one over stair in front in the centre,
with n balcony over tho centre, and spires
extending up either side At every half
hour is heard the ringing of n bell, aud
the door Of the keystone opens, showing
the figure of Death followed by the music
of an organ Three minutes after, chime
of twenty bells is heard, when from the
right door of the chapel the disciples come
out in procession, while the centre door
opens and the Saviour comes in sight.
As the disciples reach him, they pause
one by one they turn their faces toward
him and bow, except Peter, which is the
central figure. The bow is returned by
the Saviour, and Immediately cock
perched on the right corner flaps his wings
and crows, when Satan appears and disap-
pears in the balcony above. Meanwhile
Roman sentinel on the left of the pro-
cession has faced toward il aud remains
until the procession has passed, when
Satan appears again, turning his head in
the direction of Judas, After Satan up.
pears, he is followed by the music of the
organ, when the left door closes the scene.
The apostles come out once every half
hour during the day and eSening-Bos.
ton 1irertiser.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
The Great Wall Of China,

kalgan commands one of the passes
through the Great Wall of China. 1t is
there built of large stones cemcnted to-
gether with mortar. 1t tapers toward
the top, being twenty-one feet high and
twenty-cight feet wide at the foundation.
At the most important points, less than a
mile apart, square towers are erected,
built of bricks. 1t winds over the crest
of mountains, crossing the valleys at right
angles, and blocking them with fortified
tions, The Chinese estimate its length
to BE about $500 miles but in parts
more remote from Peking the wall is ofvery
inferior construction. There it is nothing
but dilapllated mud-rampart, as Col.
Prejeyalsky saw it on the borders of Ala,
shan and kansu. 1t is said to have been
built upward of two centuries before
Christ, to protect the Empire against the
inroads of the neig5boring nomads; but
the periodical irruptions of the barbarians
were never checked by This artificial bar
rier--BLdckioood's Magazine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Madeira Wine.

Two years after its final settlement b,
the Portuguese, the vine was imported
into Madeira from the island Of Gambia OF
Crete, and found so congenial a soil that
its wine became renowned as tho most
delicious beverage il has been granted man
to taste. Madeira has been a household
word in every language of Europe, but in
1860 there were only four hundred pipes
remaining on the island; and though Ma
deira is still offered for sale in every city
Of the United States at reasonable rates,
it is not difficult to imagine its source.
The Madeira wine of commerce was itself
a compound of the various productions of
the island, known by special names ms
Bual, Sercial, etc., each possessing n dis
tinctive character At one time the pro-
duction amounted to twenty five thousand
pipes year, but in 1852 the same terri
Bile disease which spread over the other
Atlantic islands appeared among the vine
yards, and destroyed its culture, taking
from the island its fair name, running thou
sands of wretched people, and depriving
1891 "a "a biSsoAht9t lbl ollCb ludu WIZ lclu
to the craving nature has implanted in
him, and everywhere furnished him the
means Of gratifying, it is blessing, when
he can drink of wine like this rather than
some vile substitute. Fortunately the
oidium appears to have been destroyed or
to have disappeared, and new plants in
PRODUCED from the United States and Eu-
rope are thriving, with every promise of
restoring to the island its former celebrity
among wine-producing countries The
mildew which attacked the vine has not
impaired the fertility Of the island in any
other respect, Its lofty mountain.sides
are covered with valuable timber. Pines
are of extraordinarily quick growth. The
Jugtans regia-the fruit Of which is termed
by some the Persian and by others the
English walnut, and better known as the
Madeira nut-here attains its highest dc,
velopment. Spice trees flourish, the red
pepper exceling in favor the product of
Cayenne. Oranges and other tropical
fruits thrive without care, and strawberries
ripen in February in the open air.--Dr.
A. L. Gihon, in Harper's Magazine far
March.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Cerulean Greenness.


ADDISON on THE COLoRED GLASS
MANIA OF A CENTURY AND HALF
AGo.-Now that the public mind is occu-
pied with the silly blue glass mania the
following passage by Addison, from the
Spectator of May "a, 1872, may be in
teresting. The physiology is, to say the
least, as good as General Pleasonton's 5, and
the inference that nature is best adapted
as it is to the general health of living crea-
lures is, we think, at once sensible and
scientific
There are writer's of great distinction who
have made it an argument for Providence
that the whole earth is covered with green,
rather than with any other color, as being
such right mixture of light and shade that
It comforts and strengthens the eye instead Of
weakening or grieving it, For this reason
several painters have green cloth hanging
near them, to ease the eye upon after too
great an application to their coloring. A
famous modern philosopher accounts for it
in the following manner :--All eolors that are
more luminous 0verpOwer aud dissipate the
animal spirits which are employed in sight;
on the contrary, those that are more obscure
do not give the animal spirits sufficient exer-
else; whereas the rays that produce in us the
idea Of green fall upon the eye in such a due
proportion that they give the animal spirits
their proper play, and by keeping up the
struggle in a just balance excite very pleas.
ing and agreeable sensation. Let the cause
be what il will, the effect is certain, for which
reason the poets aseribe to this particular
color the epithet of cheerful.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Origin Ofthe PrOverb "There's Many Slip"

"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip arose thus A King of Thrace
had planted vineyard, when one of his
slaves, whom he had much oppressed in
that very work, prophesied that the King
should never taste the wine produced by
it The King disregarded his prophecy,
and when, at an entertainment, he held
the cup full of his own wine, he sent for
his slave and asked him insultingly what
he thought of his prophecy. The slave
only answered, There's many slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" Scarcely had
he spoken when the news was brought that
a large bear was laying his vineyard in
waste. The King arose in fury, attack
ed the bear and was killed without ever
tasting the wine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10

bridgeport, Comm Farmer. Morton
proposed TO openly take the Presidency for
Hayes, but he was oyerruled by the schemy,
subtle Edmunds, who thought Il better for
the party to secure the prize by lying and
chicanery and by partisanship hidden nm
der the judicial ermine. Morton exempli-
fed the bold highwayman; Edmnnds, The
sneak.thief
A man who would accept the Presider.
tial Office tainted with fraud, Is unworthy
to receive any tokens Of respect Return
ing Board Hayes viii have aught alse chan
kindly feelings aud sympathies from the
great mass Of the people. A
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Hot Water for Bruises.

The New York Medical Journal reports
<his case ;-"Thc patient was engaged in
machine shop, and while his hand was
Don the anvil of a trip hammer, the
1ammer-weighing seven hundred pounds
fell. 1t so happened that file was on
tAe anvil, and in this way the force of the
hammer was arrested about half an inch
before it reached its bed When the hand
vas examined it was found that the whole
ralm was a mass Of pulp. The metacar-
pal bones were comminuted extensively,
and there was apparently but small chance
pf saving the hand. 1t was, however,
rlaced in hot water, aud kept there for
w. or three weeks, aud then taken out and
Qfessed. In three months the patient
vas sufficiently well to leave the hospital,
and now-nine months after the accident
dc is able to move his fingers, and has
apite useful hand" Bruises aud iniu-
fies do much better when treated with hot
ION with cold water. The temperature
ahould be about one hundred aud three
agrees Fahrenheit Another case is re-
ported Of compound fracture and disloca.
ION of the ankle joint, in which the
nfpximal end of the first metatarsal bone
pfptruded from the foot. The disloeation
WIS reduced and the foot placed in hot
Nhter. At the end of week il was
,aken out and dressed in the ordinary
upuner. The foot is doing well, and
IfDmises good result.