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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-15
NEW 11GHTsHIP ON HORNS REEF, NORTH SEA
DENMARK.

n
new lghtship has been stationed on the Horn e
Reef Horns BY and moorsd in 10 fathoms wal or
The ligbtship is twOmastef and painted red, with
white cross and the words Horns Rev The light
i white, revolving and showing every half minute
from the foren st 10 feet above level red ball
is placed at the masthead. At night and to Indicate
he lightshps position white light il shown is also
shown from the forestry feet above the gun vale.
p sitio latitude S. 34T N longitude ne % T.,
Greenwich. Deviation-151s degrees W In 1878.
In t0RHy weather steam sit en is sounded giving 3
blows IN QUICK succession every second minute
HENRI M. BHAEM Consul.
Danish Consulate. New ! ork July. 1873.
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MARINE NEWS.
Arrived

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, I
July Is. 1873.
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stage of the Rivers
Above low cb,ron
Stations,

FBelow high water mark of 1874 Indicates
rise. Indicates fall.
Launch of the New Baton Rouge Packet
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-11-28
TRUE AFTER ALL.

The revolving news came from the
South Sea Islands some three weeks
ago of the killing and devouring by
Cannihals Of five Wesleyan mission.
aries. Then came what was said to
be an Official contradiction. Butnow
comes the Melbourne Argus, from the
town Of that name in Australia, which
confirms the statement and gives the
disgusting particulars. The fearless
but too Jealous missionaries desired
to prosecute their work further in the
interior Of the country. CNnnlbaIism
is not 50 common as it once Was but
vet is not entirely extinct. they
were murdered and their bodies, cut
up and pieces sent to different tribes
as presents by whom they were cook
ed and eaten with savage delight.--
These tribes have since been severely
punished.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-11-28
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

There is 4 small but select coter!e
Of Ladies' in this coun ry who DO not
believe their proper mission Is to get
married, { although u few OF them
have submitted to it nor to keep
house, nor even to engage IN tna'
semi.aunual work Of highest delight
to all true woman, but confusion to
men, that of cleaning house. NO,
their higher and grander aim is to
attain the right Of suffrage. Soon
after Congress meets every winter
they hold an annual convention in
Washington. They want an amend
ment OF the Constitution in this re-
card. They are eloquent. They can
make as long speeches as Senators
make. They are also very lnteIlec-
tual and very learned. But their ar
guments DO not prevail. One thing
they lack. They are not beautiful.
They are not as captivating as Mrs.
jerks. In holding conventions there
fore to secure any amendment
from members Of Congress they have
so far proved Numerically uosoccess'
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The October yield Of precious met.
ais OH the Pacific coast is estimated
at Il, $50, 100, the ljgLlest month tol
years.
The United States steamer Alaska
Captain George Brown, arrived at
i Panama from CulIao on til. nth inst
Al WE'LL
90 "s,'
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delegate FROM san francisco 70 til,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-10
Stick to the Farm.

Farmers who are in in comfortable cir
cumstanees should be contented in letting
"well enough" alone; let their ambition be
rather to improve and perfect business
that they are acquainted with, than to
grasp at something beyond their reach and
capacity. Letthem remember that SIS 900
well invested in farm and stock and
crops viii, combined with industry and
economy, afford better support to their
families and themselves than could be de-
rived from the income from $4,000 in
cash or bonds; that the average city resi-
dent is obliged to pay two or three profits
on everything he or his family consumes;
that in time of scarcity and high prices
for breadstuffs and provisions his income
may remain the same, without means Of
increasing it, while the expense of living
is largely enhanced. There are drawbacks
to every occupation and business, but il
will be found that the ownersh ip of i'm
proved farm land, and its occupation by
industrious, intelligent cultivators of the
soil, combines more of the elements Of
true wealth, comfortable subsistence, In
dependence and certainly of result than
any other calling.
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Ghe 6armer.
The Practical and Sentimental Sides Of
Farm Life.

Poets have sung the delights of the
farmers life in strains so enchanting that
one might wonder why all the world has
not forsaken every other pursuit and be-
taken Itself to the tilling of the soil. But
the farmer himself, in the unshaded hay
field, or plodding in the clayey furrow at
the tail Of his pillow, with free-holder's
right sticking to each boot, or bending,
with aching back, between the corn-rows,
or breasting the winter storms in the per-
Torrance of imperative duties, looks at his
life from different point of view. To
him this life appears as full of toll and
care and evil chances as that of any other
toiler- Aud true il il, the life Of an ordi-
nary farmer is hard, with too little to sof-
ten it-too much Of work, too little of
play. But as true is what the poet sang
50 long ago:-"Thrice happy are the hus-
bandmen If they could but see their bles-
sings" for they have independence, more
than any others who by the sweat of the
brow earn their bread, and the purse air of
heaven TO breathe, and the blessed privi-
lege of daily communion with nature.
1t is not easy for the farmer to see any
beauty in his cnemies-she meadows full
Of daisies, with which he has been igno-
miniously conquered; the encroaching ranks
Of golden rods along the borders of his
fields, and the bristliDg bayouets of those
Canadian invaders, the thistles. How few
farmers, or other people for that matter,
see in the climbing bushes of the dawning
day, or the gorgeous painting of its close,
or in the perfect day itself, anything but
the foretelling of fair or foul weather; or
notice the ways of any untamed bird or
beast, except that the crows come to pull
the corn, the hawks to catch the chickens
and the foxes to steal the lambs and tur-
keys! However, the farmer generally
does feel a thrill of pleasure when, in the
hazy softness of February or March day,
he hears the cav of the first carton seeking
hungry crow. "The heart of winter is
broke" In April when the fields begin
to show suspicion of coming and give
forth an odor of spring, and the dingy
saoW-banks along the fences are daily
dwindling, he welcomes the carol of the
first bluebird, and is glad to hear the robin
utter his restless note from the boughs of
the old apple tree; and the clear voice of
the sew-come meadow-lark strikes him
as not altogether unmusical; and when he
hears the plaintiye cry of the grass plover
he is sure spring has come, and then thinks
of the small birds no more till the first
blasts Of returning winter sweep over the
bare trees aud frozen fields, when, all at
once, he becomes aware that the trouba-
dours are gone. He sees that the brave
little chickadee remains faithful to his
post, and feels that his CHEEKY note emily
ems a little the dreariness Of winter. as
does the reedy piping of the Euthatch and
the voice of the dOwry, fuller of life than
of music, and the discordant note of the
blue jay, who, clad in bit of summer
sky, loudly prOclaims his presence; but the
singers are gone and he misses them
ScriJner for August.
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There are plenty Of people now living
who can remember when the Tomato was
an entirely unknown vegetable in this re
gion or country. When first introduced
for table use, less than fifty years ago, il
didn't make, in theatrical parlancc, very
decided "hit" Neither the palate nor the
stomach accepted it with much ardor, and
the process of training the taste was fol
lowed by many people before they "took q
likin' to il" Now there is scarcely veg.
etable that finds greater favor among al
classes, rich or poor. In fact it is not
only most serviceable article Of food
but is claimed to possess medical propertie:
in high degree, and some doctors say, a:
liver regulator it stands unrivalled.
The name tomato is given in the earlier
works on botany as tumaa and tomal and
is Of Indian origin. Later botanists call
it lycopersicum escalentum The older
English writers call it ''loye apple, in
France, pOnln,e d'amour, aud in Italy
ponai amour, are still in use, perpetual
ting the old notion that their use as food
had an influence on the passions Peru
IS regarded as its native country, but it
has not been found there or elsewhere in
truly wild state
The cultivated tomatoes present great
variety in form, color and size, and it is
not known whether they are from several
species or are different forms of one vari-
able species. When tomatoes were first
cultivated in our gardens, there was but
one variety; this had large, red wrinkled
and often irregular and mishappen fruit,
with thick outer wall, and central pla-
centa bearing the seeds surrounded by
their pulp and a considerable cavity or
empty space between the two. By selec-
ton this was improved as to lis surface
and greater solidity acquired. and the strain
known as the smooth red, was obtained
and is still one of the best. OF the many
varieties and qualities now sold in our
markets, their names are known to nearly
every large and regular dealer and con-
sumner.
The first tomatoes in the northern mark
els come from Bermuda, appearing in
March followed successfully by supplies
from Florida, Georgia, &C., before the fruit
of local gardens is ripe.
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PATIENTS

OBTAINED for Inventors, in the United
~ States, Canada, and Europe, at reduced
rates. With our principal Office located in
Washington, directly opposite the United
States Patent Office, we are able to attend to
all Patent Business with greater promptness
and desgatch and less cost, than other patent
attorneys, who are at distance from Wash.
ington, and who have, therefore, TO employ
associate attorneys" We make preliminary
examinations and furnish opinions as to patent
ability, free ofcharge, andallwho areinterested
in new inventions and Patents are invited to
send for q copy of our ''Guide for obtaining
Patents" which is sent free to any address,
and contains complete instructions how to
obtain Patents and other valuable matter
We refer to the German American National
Bank, Washington, d. c.; the Royal Swed-
ish, Norwegian, and Danish Legations, AT
Washington Hon. Joseph Casey, late Chief
Justice U. S. Court of Claims; to the Officials
of the U. S. Patent Office, and to Senators
and Members of Congress from every State.
Address LOUIS DAGGER & Co., Solici-
tors of Patents and Attorneys at Law, lie
Droit Building, Washington, ID. c.
dec S-tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-10

WHITE CLovER.-Every pasture should
contain some white clover 1t will afford
more feed at certain times than any other
kind Of grass CT clover 1t will not flour
ish on damp soils or those that are very
poor. 1t viii do very well in partial shade,
as grove or orchard, but to make the
largest growth and reach the highest ex-
cellence, it should be sown where it will
have the advantage of full sunlight. 1t
is easy to secure patches of white clover
in pastures by scattering seed in early
spring on bare places and brushing it in.
One pound of seed is sufficient to start
white clover in hundred pla ces in past
ure. The disposition of this clover is to
spread by means Of branches that run
along the surface of the ground and take
root. Having secured a sod foot square
it will soon extend so as to cover first a
yard and then 4 rod
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-10

How TO GROW PIGs.-With proper
attention to three things pigs may be KEEP
growing and thrifty all winter, and these
things are
1. A dry, warm place to sleep
2. Good drink, either warm slop OIL
fresh pumped water
3. Not too many hogs in an enclosure
and they as nearly as possible of size
If you have large and small together, tbs
big ones viii run over the little and they
will not get their share of food. There is
much more danger of collie or epidemic
diseases where the conditions mentioned
above are disregarded than where hogs are
kept thrifty and growing, and certainly
there is more profit. A dry warm bed i.
a cheap luxury for hogs in winter, and
every farmer should prepare shed and
plenty of material in the fall.
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Select portrp.
A NUT TO uRAOK,


There was an old woman who lived IN hut
About the size Of hickory nut;
The walls were thick and the ceiling low.
And seldom out doors did the old woman go.
She took no paper, and In no book
Ofany sort was she seen to look,
Yet she imagined she knew much more
Than man or woman had known before.
They talked in her hearing Of wondrous things
ofthe dazzling splendor Of Eastern kings,
OF mountains covered with ice and snow
When all The valley lay green below.
They spoke Of adventures BY sea and land.
0foceans and seas by a cable spanned,
OF buried treasures-but though she heard.
She gaid she didn't believe one wordi
And still she lives in her little hut
about the size Of a hickory nut,
AZ peace with herself. and quite content
With the way in which her daysare spent
Little il troubles her / suppose,
Because 80 very little she knows
For keeping her doors and her windows shut,
She has shfiveled up in her hickory nut.
And you, my icars. win no larger grow
Ifyou rcst contented with what you know
But pisiful object you VIII dwell
shut up inside Of your hickory she'll
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Market Farming.

Farmers who live near cities or large
towns, especially if these have manufac-
turing population, cannot afford to eontin-
ne the old style of farming, and get only
small crops Of corn, potatoes and hay to
the acre. If The growth Of towns and cities
increases the farmers taxes, it also en-
larges their opportunities, by offering a
market for certain crops, and at the same
time afording a supply of manure; y One
used to the routine of the farm may not
care to go into the details of maFEet-gar-
dening, where perishable crops must be
marketed daily, but there is a medium be-
tween regular market gardening and the
ordinary routine Of farming, which is
termed "market farming" This differs
FROM market-gardening, in raising but a
few of the less perishable crops, and from
regular farming, in requiring higher cul-
ture, the sale of the crops, aud the buying
Of manures The farmer who lives within
ten miles Of large manufacturing town
makes great mistake if he does not con-
suit the wants of that place, and supply
them. Take two crops for example-car-
rots and cabbages. In any large place
where many horses are kept, there is a
good market for carrots, and there is gen.
orally ready sale for them, to be deliv-
cred direct from the field Working peo-
pie, such as factory operatives, know the
nutritive value of eabbages, and these al
ways meet with ready sale in such pla-
ees. Either of these crops is easily man
aged, and is sure to bring larger profit
than any regular farm crop. While mar.
ket-gardening has been oyer-done in the
vicinity of some large cities, there are
many smaller places where it may be prof
itably undertaken to supply the home
market, and farmers sons, instead of look
ing for work in the cities, had better q
20 Sork to supplying the wants of tn,
nearest towns.
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DENTAL NOTICE.

nR. GEO. S. FOUKE, Dentist. offers his
II services at his Office.
Saturday anu
Emmittsburg- "Wednesday After.
noon tall Thursday Afternoon.
noon and Friday.
Rocky Ridge-First Wednesday Afternoon
Double Pipe Creek-First Thursday.
Middleburg-First Friday.
Dnontown-Second Wednesday A fteruoon
Ianeytown-Second Thursday Afternoon
and Friday. vi
Union Bridge-Third Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon. ~
New Windsor-Third Thursday Afternoon
and Friday Forenoon. fsh i %
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BERKSHIRE VS.. POLAND CHINA
very good test of the relative merits of the
Poland China aud Berkshire breeds was
that made by Lank Williams. At the
same time he penned and commenced to
fatten one hog of the two breeds mention
ed. They were the same age and subjec.
ted to the same trea tment while being
fattened. They were both weighed upon
the city scales here. The weight of the
Berkshire was eight hundred and eighty
five pounds, and that of the Poland China
seven hundred and eighty-four. The mer.
its of the two breeds have long been a
subject of dispute between those acquaint.
ed with the qualities of both, and we think
this test of their fattening qualities about
as fair as any which could have been de.
vised.- Glasgow, Scotland, Times
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SMUT IN WHEAT.-An experienced
farmer in Washington township thinks he
has discovered the true cause of smut in
wheat. He informs the editor of the
Waynesboro' Record that it comes from
seeding the ground with wheat that had
been harvested before it was ripened He
has been putting this theory in practice
for number of years and he tells us his
grain has beeh free from smut, except one
year, when he had not enough of the well
ripened seed and took several bushels of
the more early harvesting, and Of the lat
ter seeding had plenty of smut, the other
being entirely free from it, This would
seem to be pretty conclusive evidence of
the correctness of his theory.
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F armerS and Planters

Nov is the time TO buy your Farming
~ Implements cheap. l have on hand a
large Stock of Machinery which ! am deter
mined to sell. ! would make special mention
of my two and three horse Furrow Flows.
Ny two-horse Plow / am selling as low as
$500, aud for strength and steady running Il
cannot be surpassed, while my wrought shear
plows connot be beat. The Clipper Rake
with some important improvements is also
being offered low. The all (wrought) Iron
single and double Shovel Flows and the three
Shoveled Culiiyator, which became so popular
and gave such entire satisfaction last year, are
now ready for the Spring trade at low figures.
Remember the Lion Feed Masticator is the
best Feed Cutter in the market, see it.
Reapers and Mowers promptly repaired unless
new parts are TO be ordered which must be
done from the company who manufacture the
machine as there is no one keeping repairs on
hand. So in order to have your machine
ready for moving and reaping bring them in
early so as to give time to order repairs. All
other repairing done well and cheap.
mar 3l-f L. WAGNER.
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FOR SALE.

CHOICE DOWN BUCKS, one q
- South Down, years old. One 49,
Shropshire Down, 3 years old, bred &Az=4lss
by Dr. DeCourcy One Hampshire Down,
4 years old, bred by John Merryman. Price
ofeach, $50.
Apply to JOHN MERRYMAN * co.
je 15-tsl No. "a Second St, Baltimore
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J. w. BRANDENBURG

CORONER FOR CARROLL CO.,
Office, Westminster Hotel, Westminster, Nd.
WILL give prompt attention to all cases
w requiring his services. may lS-tf
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ThG Agricultural Clipper EHgiHG
LOOK AT THE PRICES


On Cars at Westminster, Nd. 5-horse
"Clippern Engine on Wheels, weighing 26OO
pounds, price $3.50. 6-horse, do, weighing
$3.50 pounds, S4s5. S-horse do, weighing
1000 pounds, 500. Extra for Hand Pumn
to fill Boiler with Cold Water, SIS.
Every Engine is carefully tested and run
with 10 lbs. Steam until known to be perfect
and complete in all its parts and is warranted.
They are furnished with Pump and 4 Feet
Hose, Heater, Speeded Governor. Glass
Water Gauge, Steam Gauge, Whistle, Blower,
Try Cocks, Safety Valve, Blow-ofF Cock.
Smoke Stack with Spark ArresIer, Double.
trees, Neck Yoke, Drivers Seat and Tool
Box, Funnel to fill Boiler, Ash Pan, Wrenehes
and Fire Irons.
N. B.-f you want an Engine, please to
order at least weeks before you wish il
shipped from Shops, giving full and clear di-
rections for shipment, your Post Office,
County and State.
Clipper off Of Wheels horse $500; do.
5-horse $3.50; do. 6-horse 1885; do. s-horse
$3.50.
B9~ State where you saw this. aug &c.
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Toy and Variety Store
M RS GALL GIL AN.
MAIN STEET. NEAR THE DEPOT

HAS just received large stock of chill
H drens' buggies and carriages, hobby
horses, wagons, velocipedes. hoops, toys, balls,
musical instruments, satchels, baskets, picture
frames, stationery, balls and bats, dancing
rop~', dolls, ornamental brackets, books,
fancy articles, fruits, eenfectioneries, &c.
cheap. mar left
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rAssEyeEn rRAlxs RUNNING "a,


An Accommodation Train viii leave Baltimore
for Reisterstown at lS0 p. m and will leave Refs
terstOwn for Baltimore at AIS p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Going East, viii leave Union Bridge for baltimore
and intermediate station N Clio q. m and 40 D. m
Going West, viii leave Baltinsarc for Union Bridge
and intermediate Stations at 9, m, aud 210 p. m
EMMITTSBURG RAILROAD.
Trains South viii leave Emmittsburg at 655 and
lul5 A, NJ and $50 and 6.55 p. NJ. and arrive ut
Rocky Ridge at 7.25 and 1915 A. NJ and 100 and 6 IS
p. ~ Trains North win leave Rocky Ridge at 500
and 1888 A. NJ, and 400 and us r. NJ and arrive
az Emmittsburg $50 and ll-25 A. NJ, and 4.40 and
AS 7. NJ
Through Car for Frederick leaves Baltimore at 5 90
7. D., and leaves Frederick for Baltimore at 700
A. NJ
Street Cars, Baltimore and Gay Street Line at cor
OF Hillen Station
Be- Baltimore time is given at all stations
]. NJ. HOOD, Gen1 Manager
B. II. GRIswoLD. Gen1 Ticket Agent may .
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st. Johns Parochial School,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
SELECT DEPARTMENT.

CLASSICS and MATHEMATICS taught.
- Particular attention paid 10 English
Composition. Terms per quarter Of 10 weeks,
from 8 to So according to the studies pur-
sned. +. a. McGIRR, A. NJ, Principal.
A Night School for Young men viii be open
from to 9, =. m, on Monday and Thursday
of each week, beginning October 10th, 1876.
oct IA
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CHAs. BILLINGsLEA.D.Ds.
DENTIST
Has Remored his Office to has Residence
Nert Door Hest ofthe Union National
Bank.

w HERE he may be found MONDAY.
every week.
VIII continue to visit the following places:
Union BTidge.-lst Wednesday and FRIDAY.
of each month. '''''''
day, of each month.
Gn'oHtoi7n.-Sd Wednesday and Friday. of
each month -
Iansyto'cn.-The last Wednesday and Fri.
day, of each month. iulv 5.tf
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R. SAMUEL x. HERR,
COACHES, CARRIAGES,
Buggies, Jaeger Wagons
PHAETONS. &c.

Special attention given to Repairing. All
orders promptly filled and work of every
kind warranted.
IA Factory opposite The Moutour House,
Main street, Westminster, Nd.
aug S-ly
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The cow-Pea, which is used in South
Carolina for the renovation of worn out
lands, has been tried at Willow Grove
with great success. 1t makes n dense
growth good to turn under or use as fodder.
This is a good thing for some of the worn
out lands of South jersey ViReIand
JTeekin.