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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02
Origin of the Letter Stamp.

The alleged origin of the stamp had a
tinge of romance in it. 1t was thirty
seven years ago that Rowland Hill, while
crossing district in thenorth of England,
arrived at the door Of an inn where a post
man had stopped to deliver a letter. A
young girl came out to receive it; she
turned it over in her hand and asked the
price of postage. This was large sum,
and evidently the girl was poor, for the
postman demanded a shilling. She sighed
sadly, and said the letter was from her
brother, but she had no money so she
returned the letter to the postman.
Touched with pity, Mr. Hill paid the post
age and gave the letter to the girl, who
seemed very much embarrassed. Scarcely
had the postman turned his back when the
young inn-keeper's daughter confessed
that it was a trick between her and her
brother. Some signs on the envelope told
her all she wanted to know, but the letter
contained no writing. "We are both so
poor" she added, ''that we invented this
mode of correspondence without paying
for our letters" The traveller, continu-
ing his road, asked himself if a system
giving rise to such frauds was not a vicious
one. Before sunset Rowland had planned
to organize the postal service on new
basis-with what success is known to the
world.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

plish on a like occasion. After quoting
these expressions of Mr.. Buchanan, Mr..
Choate said:
SLOW is this? a? Is it so? Is it so, that
there are anything like deep-seated feel
ings of hate or enmity toward England q?
Sir in behalf of my countrymen, deny
the allegation. protest against the state
meut that they indulge in any sentiments
so immoral, so unchivalrous, so unchristian
and so unworthy of good and gallant men.
Let us discriminate said he. 'That there
Is an intense feeling INDUCED in by them
OF exultation over their Independence, |
admit. That they cherish an intense SEN
timent or consciousness of this indepen-
dence, and of the high and grand destiny we
are to fulfill in our race with the mother
country aud with the foremost nations of
the earth in all that tends to elevate, adorn
and ennoble civilization, / grant. But
deny there is any sentiment akin to enmi-
ty or hate toward any of her rivals in this
race toward the goal of true national re-
nown. No, Sir No, Sir We are above
all this. Envy, malice, hate, and revenge
are passions which have no existence or
abiding-places in this land Let the High
land clansman, half naked, half civilized,
half blinded by the peat smoke of his
cabin, have his hereditary eumity, and
keep his keen, deep, and hereditary pas
sions unhealed, set on fire of hell alive
in his breast; let the North American In
dian, driven, to the Pacific shore, and
looking back upon the lands of his FORE
fathers, indulge in feelings Of hate for un-
avenged wrongs that have been done him;
but never let it be said that such passions
dwell in American breasts. Are we mop
ing over the wrongs of the Stamp act or
tea tax, or subsequent wrongs? Why,
sir, were not all these settled by the glori-
GUS deeds of our ancestors in the bloody
struggle of the Revolution and in the sec
ond war? Did we not come out of these
struggles with glory rather than shame
Were not all these wrongs righted? Was
not our honor as well as our rights amply
Did we leave the battle-felds
of Saratoga, Monmouth, of Yorktown,
Lundy's Lane, or New Orleans sulkily, or
with feeling that our wrongs were not
righted? No, sir No, sir In the name
of my country 1 deny it."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

trial of the morning crushed me. \ stran-
ger 10 strange land, what could | do !?
The day was spent in vain attempts to
answer this question. When tea was an
nounced, to my joy and surprise my per-
secutor did not appear; so | determined to
60 below and trust to my wits for way
Of escape Unchalenged, | entered the
dining-hall, and seated myself at a table.
l looked eagerly from face to face, hoping
to find among the many, one knew.
There was one From table surrounded
with gay officers, the placid face of my
enemy smiled at me, as though he said,
'Did you think would let you off so 2"
while his companions looked with curiosity
and pity mingled endeavored to look
away, as though he was an entire stranger
to me. could not eat, my knife fell
from my hand, my brain reeled, and l
knew no more until voice whispered,
''Lettie Lettiel !" 1t was the voice l
loved dearer than any other, and the face
bent down TO mine was fairer to me than
an angels, and the hand which clasped
mine was the one that was to be the guide
Of my life, when the war should end.
did not ash; if Castle had gone, l kae,o
| was free, and only wondered how my
dearest friend happened there.
1t was soon explained. He had re-
ceived my letter in which I told him of
my intended trip. Ny brother was so
much better that he expected to start for
home in few days. My letter had been
delayed, and he knew / must be on my
way, so he FASTENED to meet me.
The train that brought me to the city,
arrived just one hour before his train.
He had gone to all the hotels, and exam
ined all the registers Castle had given
false name, so he did not find me. He
had dined at the same table an hour be-
fore me- He had them telegraphed to my
home to find that l had left at the appointed
time. Thinking must have missed con-
nection somewhere. he decided to wait
He was startled at my paleness as l en-
tered the supper-room, but more to find
me there, after all his search. Just as he
was approaching me swooned, and Castle
came up, oficiously giving orders for my
disposal, and explaining to the public that
| ''was subject to these SPELLS Quite a
scene followed, which resulted in Castles
taking the next train for the Army of the
Potomac.
My fainting fit was sufficiently severe
to be the concentrated weakness of a life
time.
l cannot think of this, and my cores
pondence with an insane man, without a
shudder-though / saw Victor Castles
name among the killed, in one of our fierce
battles, and read how brayely he died
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

NEW JERSEY FISHING GROUNDS
Few other parts of the coast are as popu-
lous with food fishes as New Jersey.
Nineteen different species are caught in
abundance, and not less than one million
dollars worth is sold annually, the princi-
pal markets being New York and Phila-
delphia. The tautog or black fish, weigh
ing from one and half to four pounds, is
taken with bait in large numbers both in
summer and winter; the porgee, weighing
from one-quarter to two pounds, is taken
with bait in July and August; the sleeps
head, weighing from two to twelve pounds,
is taken by hand and net from June to
October; the weak-fsh, weighing from one
half to two pounds, is taken by hand aud
net; and about fifty thousand mackerel a
day are caught during June and July.
The other varieties that are more or less
common include the drum-fsh, the La
fayette fish $50 called from the fact that II
first appeared on the coast during the re.
visit to America of the French marquis, ]
the blue-fsh, the sword-fsh, the Goldfish
the haddock, the winter founder, the OBJ.
long founder, the salmon, the anchovy
the smelt, the fall shad, the herring, and
the menhaden or moss-bunker.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

ALWAYS A CHANCE.-It is scarcely
necessary to remind reasonable men that
if they wish to be sad and sour, to grum-
BILE and complain, there is always a chance.
Reasons for being cast down and detected
are as plenty as blackberries in the height
of harvest. If one thing goes right, you
may be sure there is always something else
going wrong; and if one thing is in order,
something else is out of joint, or at any
rate soon viii be. The chief difference in
the feelings and dispositions of people re-
suits from the different way of looking at
things. Few nights are so dark that NO
stars are to be seen; the thing is to look
them out and keep your eyes on them,
and make the most Of what light you can
discover.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

WATER FOR THE EYEs.-A writer in
Frdser's Magazine, says All those who
have been engaged in reading or writing
during several hours at a stretch, and es-
pecially at night, should carefully bathe
the eyes with cold water before going to
bed and the first thing in the morning S
ablutiOns. All artisans, too, who work at
a blazing fire, ought often to wash their
eyes with pure cold water, and so should
those who work in wool, particularly card
ers aud zpinners, and those likewise who
are employed in woolen and cotton manu-
factories, the fine dust which such works
disperse often producing cataracts, obsti-
nate inhammations, swelled eyelids, etc,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02
The Singing Tree.

A STRANGE PLANT OF QUEENSLAND.
the tropical shrubs of Queens
land are very luxuriant and beautiful, they
are not without their dangerous drawbacks,
for there is one plant growing in them that
is really deadly in its effects-that is to
say, deadly in the same way that one would
apply the term to fire, as, if certain pro-
portion of any ones body is burnt by the
singing tree, death viii be the result. 1t
would be as safe to pass through fire as to
fab into one of these trees. They are
found growing from two to three inches
high to ten aud fifteen feet; in the old ones
the stem is whitish, and usually grow on
the top. 1t emits a peculiar and disa-
greeable smell, but is best known by its
leaf, which is nearly round, and, having
point at the top, is jagged all round the
edge, like the nettle. All the leaves are
large-sOme larger than saucer.
sometimes" says a traveller, 'while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs, have en-
tirely forgotten the singing tree till warned
of its close proximity by its smell and have
then found myself in little forest of them.
l was only once stung, and then very
slightly. Its effects are curious; it leaves
no mark, but the pain is maddening, and
for months afterwards, the part, when
touched, is tender in rainy weather, or
when it gets wet in washing, &c. / have
seen man who treated ordinary pain
lightly, roll on the ground in agony after
being stung, and have known horse so
completely mad after getting into a grove
of the trees, that he rushed opea-mouthed
at every one who approached him, and had
to be shot in the scrub. Dogs, when stung,
will rush about whining piteOusly, biting
pieces from the affected part. The small
singing trees, a few inches high, are as
dangerous as any, being so hard to see,
and seriously imperiling ones ankles. This
shrub is usually found growing among
palm trees"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

THE AGE OF WoNDERs.-A large es-
tablishment has been opened in st. Louis
for drying eggs, and is operated by hun
dreds of thousands of dozens. The eggs,
after being carefully inspected by light,
are thrown into an immense receptacle,
where they are broken, and by centrifugal
operation the white and yolk are separated
from the shells, very much as liquid honey
is taken from the comb. The liquid is
then dried hy heat By a patent process,
and the dried article, which resembles
brown sugar, is put in barrels and is ready
for transportation. The dried article has
been taken twice across the equator in
ships and then made into omelet and COM
pared with omelets made from fresh eggs
in the same manner, and the best Judges
could not detect the difference between
them. Is not this an age of wonders
Milk made solid; cider made solid: apple
butter made into bricks What next?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

SOCIAL 0BsERvANCEs.-"The simplest
society duty is that of making calls. A
new conner should return each call within
two weeks after it is made. After this,
call once in six months, or a year, serves
to keep up acquaintance. Calls are due
to hostess two days after a dinner party,
and two days after ball, and a week after
a small party, though these are amply full
filed by leaving ones card in the case OF
a gentleman, personal call being polite
from lady, who has more time.-Ertract
from The Home Cook Book.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

They conduct civil cases by enguete in
Lower Canada-fhat is, the witness is
sworn, and with writer and the two
counsel retires to another room, where his
examination and cross-examination pro-
ceed, and the deposition, being duly signed
and witnessed, is printed in the factua to
be handed in to the Court at last for deci-
sion. In this way the Court manages to
hear some dozens Of ordinary cases at once,
besides listening to arguments in other
cases where law points are involved. Last
week, in one room, three cases we're going
on at once. In two of them Lawyer A was
on one side and Lawyer b on the other,
and in the third Lawyer B was engaged
against Lawyer G. By Jumping their
cases and putting the questions in rotation,
asking one while the answers to the other
two we're being written down, the counsel
saved time and made money
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

Arrangements were made for the pay
ment of $500, 600, due by Mexico TO the
United States, on Thursday last 1t is
thought in Washington that the embar-
rassment Of receiving these moneys from
source not officially recognized viii aid in
the recognition of Diaz-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

Mr.. George Bancroft, the historian, ac-
cOrding to Washington correspondent, is
spare, active man, with bushy white hair
and long, full white beard He is in
his seventy-eighth year, but works with
untiring industry.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02
Select aoetrp.
From szouer's Naoasias
FEBRUARy RAIN.
By CHARLES 7. DAzEY.

o lonely day. No sounds are heard
save winds and floods that downward pou
And timid huting Of bird.
That pipes one low note DER and DER.
Before the blast the bare trees lean,
The ragged clouds sail low and gray,
And all the Wild and wintry scene
Is but one blur Of driving spray.
o day most meet for memories,
For musing by vacant hearth
On that which was and that which Is
And those who walk no more on earth
And yet this dark and dreary day
Some brighter lesson still can bring.
For it is herald Of the May
faint forctOken Of the spring
Beneath the ecaSeiesS-beating rain
Eartli's snowy shroud fast disappears,
As sorrow pressing on the brain,
Fades IN a food Of happy tears.
And thus in darkness OF Is wrought.
Through lonely days Of teaFs and grief,
The gradual change BY which Is brought
To shadowcd lives some sweet relief
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

A LARGE PIE.-The following appear
ed in the Nel0 Castle Chronicle, Jan. G,
177O: Monday last was brought from
Howick to Berwick, to be shipped for
London, for Sir Henry Grey, Bart. pie;
the contents whereof were as follows: 2
bushels of flour, 20 pounds of butter, 4
geese, turkeys, rabbits, 4 wild ducks,
2 woodcocks, 6 snipes, partridges, 2
meats tongues, 2 curlews, Z black birds,
and 6 pigeons. 1t is supposed a very
great curiosity. Was made by Mrs. Dor
othy Patterson, housekeeper at Howick.
1t was near nine feet in circumference at
bottom, weight about twelve stones, will
take two men to present it at table. 1t Is
neatly fitted with case, and four small
wheels to facilitate its use to every guest
that inclines to partake of its contents at
table" Howick was the ancestral home
of Charles Earl Grey, the great Reform
Minister. The present peer is his son.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

Sweden does an enormous business in
lucifer matches. The largest establish
ment is at Jonkoping. 1t was founded
in 1915, and in 1872 employed 255 men,
s49 women, los boys, and 141 girls.
About four-fifths of the production, which
steadily increases, are exported.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

One evening spent at home in study, is
more profitable than ten spent in lounging
about saloons taverns and corners.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-02

FrOwns blight your children as frosty
nights blight your plants
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-16
Application for a Patent
TO THE
L D RULE MINE.
no. lOs.


R'htH pAuHHt9 Id, 1910.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ Morris II. Joseph and james f. Duff.
whose Postofice address is Eureka, New
have this day filed their applit alton for a
patent for 100 linear feet Of the Golden
hule mine or vein bearing silver. with sdr-
face ground go ieoi in width, situate. lying
and being in the Eureka Mining district.
county Of Eureka and State Of Nevada. md
known and designated by the field notes and
official plat on file in this office as lot No. lS2.
The exteTitr boundaries Of said lot No. lG2
being as follows, to-wit:
Variation l51 ag. east.
Commencing at Il post marked No. 1. US.
Survey No l82. whence the flagstaff IN T. town
o. EUREKA bears =. = dec. y min. K. l5.2b3
feet: Ruby Hill No. l bears n. l. deg. 81 MIN.
W.s.ii3 feet; post No. 2, u Survey No. %,
Bad Eagle lode, bears n. Fl deg. Al min W
5aa p 10 feet, ami the Golden Rul. shaft bears
;. 81 deg 10 min. W. ITO 5-l0 feet; thence,
10 post marked Nc. .. T.. 5. Survey No. Ia:
thence. "a course. 5. 6tA deg. W. s0D feet, 10
post marked No. 3, u. S. Survey No. l92.
thence, sd course, \. 3is deg. w. i.5OD feet 10
post marked No. 4. T.. :. Survey No. 70.
and thence, 4th course, N. 63L deg. i. 80
feet, to post No. /. the place Of beginning
containing . Sl-l00 acres.
This claim IS bounded on the north by the
Red Bird lode.
IN the Recorders Office of Eureka Mining
District, ct Eureka, Nevada. en- page I4s in
Book L, OF the Eureka District Mining Rec
ords.
Any and ali persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Colder Rule mine. or said
miring ground, as hercjnhefore described.
are required 10 file their adverse claim with
the Register Of he I nited states Land Office
at Eureka in the State OF Nevada. during
the sixty days period Of publication hereof.
or they will be barred by virtuS of the proyis-
sions ofthe statute.
D. p. IMMEL. Register.
Eureka, Jan. -, 1873. iyI5l0J
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NOTICE
To All Whom 1t May Concern.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVES
i notice htt he clnims and owns csrtaln
mining ground in the Secret Canyon Mining
District, Eureka t'ountv, Nevada, now known
and located as the "fndeavor" mine, the
said lonatio having been made ny ma on tbe
lstday o. January. A. d. 1878: III, said ir
having been formerly known as ths Page
his agents AID employes, and all y rsons
working or claimins for or under him, who
are upon. working or claiming said mine. or
any part thereof, are notiiied TO vacats and
g ase work IN sal nine. AS | claim the same.
by location under the mining laws of The
United states and the local mining laws Of
Secret Canyon Mining district.
ii. G. KIRKPATRICK.
Eureka, Nevada, February 10, 1878.
tgIaw3ws
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Delinquent Mining Notice.

RIO FRANK WAY. MORGAN MILLER
l. j. B. PHILLIPS, and JOHN YOUNG,
70 their heirs. assigns, executors or admin
i.trators: You are hereby notified that /.
the undersiened. your co-owner. has per.
formed work and labor on the five-twentv
mine or lode. situated in Spring Valley Mininr
District, Eureka countv, Nevada, under he
provisions q an act OF Congress. entitled "An
Act To promote the deyelunment Of the min
ing re ources Of the United States,o appioved
May 10, le72. and the several acts amenda-
tory ana supplement- thereto, TO he amount
rendered necessary by said act; and thar YOU
have fai ed TO perform your proportion ~
such work and expenses for the years 1879.
1875, 1917, according to yolr interests in said
mine, or have bad the same done: and that
unless you ray TO the undersigned your Just
proportion 81 The expenditures OF seid work
according 10 your in erests in said mine
vi hin ninety days after the publication Of
this notice. that Your interest in said mine
Will become The property Of he uudersiencd,
under and ny virtue o said Act of Congress.
iIauh 10 feet.
Morgan MtileT....~~.......-....... - feet.
J. Y. FhlilIHs ...-.....-.......- 30 feet.
JoDH ohhg..--a.-. .......... 80 feet.
sad mine IL 7 corded IN book =. page 2,
ofthe Spring Valley Mining Records, Eureka
county. c0utaininc | 2Nl feet, Of which the
andersigned claims SIS feet.
ELI II. ROSE.
EUREKA January ! i,ls1s. Jal2-90d
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z. II. HARMON.

fOuNTY CLERE AND EX-0FFlCl0
Clerk Of the biz let Court of the sixth
JUDICIAL District, in and for the County oil
eureka, State of Nevada.
CONvEYANClNc,
n all IT'S branches, correctly executed. Ae-
'nowl igments. Afidavits, etc., taken 10 any
art Of the town.
Office: From corner room at the Coun
hnuso
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PURE MILK !

I AM PREPARED TO FURNISH NO. l.,
i pure. fresh Milk 20 families and others,
IN quantities to suit. Fami les wishing milk
from, one COW: can be- supplied by leaving
word az my residence, on Spring street, be-
clark. Milk always on hand, and de-
livered to any part of the city.
VIM. E. TAYLOR.
Eureka, Nov. 10. 1877. mott
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Notice of Forfeiture.
EUREKA COUNTY, srArg ON NEvAp..

EUREKA COUNTY. SrATE ON NEvAD..
December Slit, 1877.
TO MICHAEL SHEESE AND A., q, Nc
L kkNIiE: You are hereby notified that
/. owning the interest Of Barney Collins. one
% the %original lscstors, have expended at
least eighty dollars TOR each OF the follow ing
vears, in labor and Improvement, unon the
Irish Imbasender" lode, b Ing 500 feet,
situated in Secret Canyon Min,ng District,
and recoIded in the rcco Dis nov in said dis
triet, IN : I'd county and stat IA vi | n Tear
by certificates filed 3lst al Decem ber. Is77. in
the office OF he Recorder Of sand county. in
order to hold said promises under the pro.
visions % section 1924 Of the Revised Stat
tues of the United States, being the amount
requised to bold the 81 ne Tor the years end
ing 1871. 1875, 1874. 1877; and II within 80 days
aft'r this notice, by publication, you ali or
refuse - contribute your proportion Of such
expendiiurr, rs ce-locators. your int, sst in
SAID eia'm wall become III property of tho
snbs-tiber r, under said Sc ton ABA.
J~yl-iaw9Oi ID. j. j. MACLAUIULIN.
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DR.. SPIN NEx d. CO.,

DR.. SPIN NEY d. CO.,
No. III kesrny street.
TREAT ALL CHRONIC AND SPECIAL
l. Diseases.
Young MEN
Who may be suffering from the effects Of
youthful loliies or indiscret ion will do well TO
avail themselves II this. the greatest boon
ever laid at the feet Of differing humanity.
DR.. SPlNNE1 will guarantee t. orleit five
hundred dollars Tor every ca Q Of weakness
or private disease OF any Kind or character
which he undertakes and all to cure.
MIDBLE-AGED MEN.
There are manv Mt the age OF thirty TO sixty
who ar troabled with too requent eyacua-
ton OF tbs Lladder often accompanied by a
slight smarting or burning sensation. and y
we ~tkening offhe system in a manner the pa
Il nj can not account tor. On examining the
urinary deposits a Fopy sediment will often I @
found, md sameti1i"s mail particles / a hu
men will Rpuenr. or tho color viii be Of q
tain milkish hue, agB'n cha ging TO = dark
aud torpid appearance. There ara many
men who die of this difficulty, ignorant OF the
cause. which is the see nd ) age Of seminal
welkness. Dir. ;. will guarnpiee n perfect
cure in all such cases, and a healthy re-tora-
tion OF the gfniio-utinary organs.
Office Hours 10 To 4 ard y to s.. Sundays
from 10 to Il AN Con ,nl'aiion free. Thor
ough examination and nd yir So.
Call or address DIR. SPlNNEY co,
gait No. IL kcarny street SaI Francisco.