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ouriositiss of Currency.

The bank officer who saw n compepsa-
ting advantage from the passage Of the
silver dollar bill because payments of silver
would be so bulky as TO assist in checking
runs, and in cases Of large AMOUNT would
render wheelbarrow necessary, probably
based his remarks upon knowledge Of
experience Of the Swedish merchants of
the last century. During that period
copper was the chief medium Of exchange
IN Sweden, and business men who went
out to collect their bills carried wheelbar-
rows to contain the copper dalers. Tho
Inconvenience Of such medium kent
down trades--a result which the Spartans
Of old sought to obtain by the intrcduc-
ton Of iron money. Cattle we're the me-
dium Of exchange in still earlier times,
Homer frequently valuing the armor Of
his heroes at so many. head Of cattle. In
deed, i d now generally conceded that
our word pecnniary is derived from the
Latin Pecas, cattle, Sir II, s, Maine, in
bis interesting Early History " Issian.
liOns, shows that being counted by the
head, tho kline we're called capitale, whence
''capital,' "chattel, and seattle" Skins
were early used as currency, and leather
money is said to have circulated in Rus
sia as late rs the reign Of Peter the Great,
Among the few facts that arc left US about
the laws aud usages Of Carthage Is the
employment Of leather currency. Maize
formerly circulated in Mexico; and ia
Norway corn is even now deposited in
banks and lent and borrowed. As our
Indians use wampum, the natives Of East
indies, or portions Of than, have tpsoFted
70 eowry shells as small money, and con
siderable export Of them goes on from tho
Maldive and Lacodiye Islands. The Fl
jams circulate whales tee,h--red teeth ex.
pressing the higher denominations. The
French use the word argent (silyer) as
comprehensive term for money, q cir.
ppmstanee Illustrating the position the
metal once held.
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Summer Beverages.

When the dog star rcigns, refreshing
drink Is always grateful to the palate, aud
Il the good wife will prepare some aromatic
stimulant, she can often entico her hus
band from the intoxicating beverages sup.
piled by the saloons and grog shops, which
inaamc rather than cool the blood, and
also increase the thirst Tumblers full Of
ice water are not desirable in hot weather
because their tendency Is to chill The blood
too rapidly, and thus produce summer
complaints, which are often so fatal in
their work But the appetite Graves some
beverage that will strengthen the system
while it satisfies the thirst, and root beer
prepared with hops, wintergreen Cor check
erberryl leaves, Sassafras bark, sarsaparilla
roots, pine tree buds, Of the fresh spruce
leaves, daHdellon roots aud the bark az
the wild cherry tree, viii prove very
agreeable. and as Il contains healthful
properties, It win not injure either young
or old TO drink ii. A handful Of wheat
bran added to it will make Il creamy, like
ale.
10 make an effervescent drink, mix
two ounces Of tartaric acid with two lbs.
Of graduated sugar; stir IN the whites Of
four well-beaten eggs, and dissolve 10 tEp
quarts Of cold water. Add to Il n one
ounce bottle Of essence Of ginger. Bottle
il tightly, and when desired for use put 4
tablespoonful Of Il to four tablespoonfuls
Of iced water, and stir In small half tea
spoonful Of saleratus.
Raspberries can be so prepared that
they will make a very Fafseshlng begsEaga.
Squeeze out the juice from six quarts Of
the fruit; filter il through bloiilng paper;
mix a pound Of sugar to each pint Of the
juice, and add six ounces Or tartaric acid.
Bottle il tightly. Put two tablespoonful
Of il into half a tumblerful of iced water,
and stir 10 small amount Of saleratus.
Currants may be substituted for raspber-
ries, or mixture Of both can bc used
with good effect,
Lemonade Is always delicious to the
palate and exerts q cooling influence on
the system, but a ieaspoonful Of ginger
stirred into il will make il preferable for
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Our Q9lio.
The Gold Shoulder.

Expressions which are apparently fanci-
full and illogical are sometimes more telling
than others in which no criticism could
find flaw. For instance, the curious
and rather awkward phrase, "giving the
cold shoulder has acquired by usage a
force which could scarcely be equalIed by
the most faultless English. We cannot
pretend to account for the popularity Of
this idiom, which has long been exalted
from the degradation of slang to respec-
liability Of conventional English. II may
be more interesting to consider the uses
and abuses Of the thing than to spe ,ulate
on the history Of the word Precedeuts
of great antiquity may be found for tho
use of the cold shoulder, but is neverthe-
less special characteristic of the present
day. In past times enemies had many
resources-duels, horsewhippings, tourna-
ments, pluckings Of boards and shifting
under fifth ribs; but in these days their
only choice lies between dead cut and
cold shoulder. The readiness and porta-
bility Of this last weapon renders its use
but too common, and it is rarely that any
social gathering takes place without some
very pretty fighting with this instrument.
1t has also this advantage, that its use is
not confined to the male sex, for women
can weld it on occasion with the fierce
ness Of petroieueses The graceful use Of
the cold shoulder fairly deserves to be
ranked among the fine arts; while on the
contrary, nothing can be more uugainly
than its awkward application. When
a tactless man meets the object of his d.
testation, he looks nervously self. Unconscious,
and seems undecided whether to cut or
merely slight his enemy. After blushing
in foolish manner, he gives an awkward
bow, which, intended to be graceful, is in
reality ludicrously clumsy A casual oh
server might impute his singular behavior
to shyness rather than hatred. The most
successful hand at ooldshouldering is the
heartless and listless man who can put his
victim completely out Of his mind, and
forget his presence, If not his existence
as soon as he has accorded him the coolest
of recognitions. Without insinuating that
women are more heartless and listless than
men, we may observe that they arc fal
greater adopts in this art than the oppo
site sex. Most men seem more or less ii
at ease when they know they are giving
pain to others, but this is by no means
Invariably the case with women. We
might even 60 SO far as to say that ladies
sometimes too evidently derive satisfaction
from the annoyance Of other. They under
stand the art of freezing Others while ro
tanning their own caloric; but men cannot
obtain like result without first becoming
icicles themselves. The lords of the ere
alton, moreover, when wishing to appear
dignifed, are more apt to assume an air o.
vacant stupidity. They are, in fact, baC
actors; and when man would like to
knock another one down, he finds it al
effort to treat him with cold politeness, =
The Saturday Repiec
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19
The God Fish.


The cod is one of the most fecund Of
hsh, and moro widely used for food than
any other fish, except, perhaps, the her
ring. 1t is not confined, as some persons
seem to think, to the waters Of this CONT
nent' extensive fisheries Of the kind being
on the coasts oil sweden, Norway, Iceland
ana she north oil Scotland; The Neither
landers were engaged in them as early as
the fourteenth century; the English went
70 the coast oil Iceland about the same
time Tor the same purpose, and the French
nave also been similarly employed: The
COD Is always caught BY iinei the haltow
method introduced by the French, being
aaop,eg ootn on the coast aud out at sea.
me ouitoW Is iine o. sometimes 3Ooo
iathoms, with hooks fastened on it by
snoods feet long, about IL feet apart.
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@it and 8umor.
Advice to q Young Man.

Aud then remember, son, that the world
is older than you are by several years; that
for Thousands Of years It has been SO full
Of smarter and better young men than
yourself that their feet stuck out of the
dormer windows, that when they died the
old globe went whirling on, and not one
man In ten million went to the funeral or
even heard Of his death. BE as smart as
you can, Of course. Know as mush as YOU
can, without blowing the packing out of
your cylinder heads; shed the light Of your
wisdom abroad in the world, bat dcn't
dazzle people with it. And don Il imagine
a thing is so simple because you say il is.
Don't be sorry for your father because he
knows so much less than you do; remem-
Der the reply Of Dr. Wsyland TO the stu
dent Of Brown University who said II was
an easy enough thing to make proverbs
such as Solomon wrote. "Make q few"
tersely replied the old man. And we never
heard that the young man made any.
Not more than two or three, anyhow.
The world has great need for young men,
but no greater need than the young men
have Of it. Your clothes fit you better
than your fathers fl him; they cost more
money, they are more stylish, your nous
taehe is neater, the cut Of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh, far pref
tier than 'pa." But, young man, the old
gentleman gets the biggest salary, and his
homely, scrambling signature on the bust
ness end Of check will drain more money
out Of the bank ia FIVE minutes, than you
could get out with ream of paper and a
appropriated signature in six months
Young men are useful, son, and they are
ornamental, and we all love them, and we
couldn't engineer a picnic successfully
without them. But they are no novelties
son. Oh, no, nothing OF the kind, They
have been here before, Don't be SO mod
est as to shut yourself clear out, but don
be so fresh you will have to be put ava,
in the cool to keep from spelling. Dom
be afraid that your merit will not be dis
covered. People all over the world ar,
hunting for you and if you are worth End
ing, they will find you. A diamond ism
50 easily found as quartz pebble, but PEG
pie search for it oil the more intently.-
Huntington { loiod) Hapkeye.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

ToorHApHR--(D To euro a iaothache
80 that Il Will never again, take crumb
Of opium as large as a small pea, dissolve
10 half teaspooninl of turpentine, put In
the hollow ofthe tooth. twill notstop the
pain at once, but, If well-applied, will soon
cause L never to trouble again. (2) Turk
ish myrrh diluted 10 water--at first a
teaspoonful to a tumbler aud gradually
strehgthened--apd used as wash four OF
i've times day, will generally give relief.
90 A solution Of hicarbonate Of soda, in
the proportion Of half a drachm to an
ounce Of water, held in the mouth, Is said
70 be an Instant cure for toothache. (f
Nervous toothache may be cured az once
Ry the application Of sal,peier made very
hno and applied on cotton batting 10 the
affected tooth.
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Our Exports to Europe and Elsewhere.


Never in the history Of the country has
the prospect for its general prosperity been
equal to that at the present held out to Il;
the markets Of the whole world seem 10 be
almost suddenly and universally opened 10
us for the purchase Of our manufactures
and agricultural products, and the increase
Of our exports have been in a ratio
almost miraculous. In a single week in
June over $4,000, 900 Of produce was
shipped from New York, and nearly 81.
100000 from Boston, on foreign order.
Illustrative of the variety and quantity OF
this great weekly outflow, we subioin IN
part a list Of the articles exported From
Boston, 333 head of cattle, 1,07e sheep,
l74,9S9 bushels Of corn, 3,786 barrels
corn meal, g. JOB bushels wheat, 10. 224
barrels of -four, 800 barrels and 1857
sacks cat meal, 1874 bales cotton. IO2
packages fruit, 767,730 pounds bacon.
l65 barrels beef, 70S barrels pork. l19.
552 pounds lard, "a, 434 pounds hams, 20
barrels tongues, l76,79l pounds butter,
s,7s2 pounds cheese, ISL 1881 pounds pork
meats, 295 cases preserved meats, 2l1
packages vegetables, 342 500 pounds sugar
45,5s0 pounds talIow, 20S,104 pounds
tobacco and many smaller items.
From New York during the same week
the exports Of produce included 2.4O4
pounds beeswax, 55,a66 barrels wheat
-four, 1888 barrels rye -four, 1880 barrels
corn meal, l,l22,769 bushels wheat, 302.-
1856 bushels rye, 81 ,292 bushels oats.
2,Ols bushels barley, 1891 bushels peas,
l,OS2, 1874 bushels corn, 1893 boxes candles.
6,4Sl bales cotton, 1921 bales hay. 55a
bales hops, 136 barrels spirits turpentine.
4,l5l barrels rosin, l27 barrels tar. l0a
barrels pitch, 1862 GALLONS lard Oil POI
gallons linseed oil, 3,2s2 barrels pork.
l,l9l barrels beef, 900 tierces beef s.,
62S,677 pounds cut meats, l 06g h0e
pounds butter 1,7l8,I97 pounds cheese
2,5l9, ABS pounds lard, 397 barrels rice
l,OS2,4l9 pounds tallow, TIA hoesheads
tobacco, 3l4 packages tobacco, and lOs,-
III pounds manufactured tobacco.
The Boston Oliiffrato,, commentipc IN
this great outflow, remarks :--Sueh An
outflow Of agricultural produce As Is illus.
trated by this single week Z business. only
q specimen Of many weeks, was never BE-.
fore witnessed in the history Of the world.
Wellmay the agricuIturiHts Of America feel
apFide 10 the fact that not onl ) can the farm.
srs Of this country feed q home population
OF nearly 10000, 600 people, but that vast
supplies Of surplus food products can be
exported 70 feed the hungry millions Of
the Old World; at the same time enrich.
ing this happy republic Of the Now World.
un every hand are increasing evidences d.
q coming prosperity to this patton. which
shall rival the possibilities Of any other.
and which before many years shall trans.
fer to its hands the financial, aericultural
manufacturing and commercial supremacy
among all the nations Of The earth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

Household Departments are very good
adjuncta to newspaper ip their way
when edited by woman, but the male
journalist who dabhles with the heaven
Inspired mysteries Of cooking runs fright,
full risk. The editor Of the weekly Peta
luna Peavine" started a column of thai
kind recently, and few days afterwards
y 6erOe,looklng female came iAio the Office
carefully copcealing some object behind
her apron, FAre you the man that pub
lished that new aud improved way TO make
cakey He said no was, "You said to
mix washing soda with the -four, and stir
in little corn meal and little sweet oil
to give It consistency" "I-I--believe
So" "And to add fifteen eggs aud some
molasses, and two ounces Of gum arabic,
and set il in o cool place to bake ?" q
think that was it. "Well, take that
then r and the indignant housewife aOored
him with weapon that felt like sand
club, but which he felt 10 his heart must
have been half.baked hunk Of cake con.
structed on the ''Peavine" pattern.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A Scotch minister in one Of his paroch.
ial visits met a cowboy, and asked him
what o'clock i was. aAbout twelve, sir, =
was the reply. "Well," remarked the
minister, 81 thought il was more" ats
never any more, here, said the boy; sit
just begins at one again"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A legal gentleman met a brother lawye,
on Court street one day last week, and the
following conversation took place ;-aWell
Judge, how l. business 2" HDnll, dull;
am living on faith and hope" "Very
good, but | have got past you, for I'm
living on charity"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

"My dear" said gentleman TO his wife,
''our club Is going to have all the home
comforts" "Iudeed," sneered the wife,
''and when, pray, Is our home going to
have the club comforts2"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A Michigan girl coaxed her lover to
take her carriage riding, and the horse ran
away and killed her, Showing this par
aeEuph to the girls Will be thousands Of
dollars IN the pockets Of our young men.
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Select poetrp,
SUMMER.

In tnnic light and flower-shoon
The forest nook you gaily third
Beneath the stars-llkewise the moon,
You hear the katydld.
lon smile upon Medora's hat.
As songfully she walks the glen
You smile on lllled Astolat,
And also Hoboken.
You note the bobolink ehirp and hop
Ger fields In which the eowslips dream;
You see, within the bakers shop,
Bapt lovers eat lee cream.
While elfin-rainbow fountain sprays
Gu dreaming lilies nolseiess fall
Now croquet with Sir Iauncelot plays
The maid "dlyincly tall"
You hear the gold-b drowsy tune
You see the rose In beauty burst;
o, summer sweet. you last from June
Till August thirty first.
You sec the wistful evening star
Above the moonllt valleys float;
You sec, you see-your beauties are
Too numerous to note.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19
Machine Shops
AT NEW WINDSOR, MD.

TfIIE undersigned, successor to VIM. IL.
Il Harmaa, notifies the public thai he has
commenced business az the old stand and is
prepared TO do all kinds OF Machine Work.
He has also purchased the right to lpanufac.
ture the Lion Fodder and Straw Cutter and
the Hominy Mill Of Elijah Wagner, and can
supply all demands for these well known
machines.
All Farm Machinery re- ...---a
paired promptly in the best xN-...,..
manner,
nD- Mill and Piow Work specially. -TSa
Terms for new work, cash.
dec u 1y j. ID. BISER.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

Speak Of mans marble brow, and he
will glow with conscious pride, but allude
to his wooden head, and he's mad In q
minute,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A heavy FalA and thunder storm at
Charleston ). q. Sunday night. lono1ed
the temperature over % degrees. Ten
white men and Hse neefoes died from
snustlpke p ChasIsAtop Ga Saturday last
AZ Knoxville, Youp % the sams asy. tls
temperature reached 1858 10 lhe shade.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A country girl, getting Of train at
Cape May, was asked If she might be
helped 70 nlight, and she replied that she
did not smoke.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

There is boy in Kanakee so exceed.
ingly bright that his mother y obliged TO
use piece Of smoked glass when she looks
at him.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

False hair is made to match the natural
article 50 closely that it is difficult to tell
which Is switch. Boston Posi-.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

A much greater huuah l. now made
over man who walks thousand miles
IN thousand hours than over him who
walks uprightly through three score and
ten.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

Never deceive your children saws
Professor-Swing. No don't dot, Many
child has been ruined for life by a pill
hidden under spoonful Of preserves.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19
WHEELER'S CITY HOTEL.


HNIlE undersigned takes great pleasure in
Il letting the Public know that he has
leaEed of Col. John Brooke Boyle, the Hotel
property, long and favorably known as THE
CITY HOTEL, Kept by the late Col. Dymock,
situate on Main Street, near Court, refitted
and neatly furnished the same throughout,
and il viii be known az
"Wheeler's City Hotel"
where he will at all times take much pleasure
in accommodating in the most home like
Inanner, the Travelling Public. Ny friends
throughout this and the adjoining counties are
cordially invited to give me . call. The
Houss will be formally opened to the Public,
on Mondsy, February Sd, 1879
ttif XII +. j. WHEELER,
Late Proprietor Of Westminster Hotel,
Westminster, Carroll co. Md.
feb LII
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

ifanybody should ask you the nativity
Of "0ld Sol, You might say that he Il 4
High.burhian.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

ponpndrpnl- Why does Queen vietoria
meyer dgink iagers Because lis The 10.
verso Of regal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

The way some farmers put up wheat and
corn y shocking. N r Hraaf
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The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without adj
veniiy.
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Select Sturg.
ODDS AND ENDS

t Fl Z OP AL rim
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-11
FIFTEEN MISSIONARIES roR India.

Services preliminary to the departure of fiji
teen missionaries % india sent cu to-day Oy the Amer
lean Baptist Missionary Union were held last evening
AT the Central Baptist Church IN Forty-sccondst The
exercises were conducted by tho Rev. Dr. j.
d. Herr. pastor 81 the Central Church Among
others on the platform were the Rev Dr.
Ariui,ape the E-y u. MuIdock, OF Boston.
sud the Rev. j. 4 Saurg 'Ou, Of EL-ltId lhcic were
short addfcsss D. several of the niesonarlcs TWO OF
me number Miss L. l.. Mitchell and Miss A. VI. Baikey.
axe gong % Opon hospital la The Town oi u Hiii
Tins sidtgod a new departure Tor me Ohlou pax
was rc.ssary 10 open the way for spiT ai WORK. Dr.
Murdoch SAID. by taxing care ot the body anu
by breaking mp tho suptfsitOhs cohueci' a."
countries Tie Rev. DR.. Armitage warned
the missionaries against Acknowledgement lie Rev d.
A. Spur.eon sad that they should always lave The
greatest hope OF winning those who offered the greatest
resistance ~ Isf. The who said 10 every thing
showed he Rad heart enough to sct aussy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-11
LlRGE SlLES OF PUBLIC LANDS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O-'Ihe forthcoming annual
report of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office Will contain interesting comparative state
ment of the disposas of public lands of the United
States to actual settlers during each oil the last live
fiscal years The totals range from about 3,5Jo.OoO
to 600 900 each for the fiscal years oi 1919
1876 and 1877, to 7,1G6.97I acres for the year
ended June 30. 1873, and s,650.1l9 acres during
the twelve months which ended with last june.
The totals of en- res under the Homestead and Iu-
bcr Culture Laws contrast Is follows: for the lis
cal year of 1877. 2.61S,171 noreS; Tor ISIS,
G2sS 779 acres for 1879. -.O2G.G~J acres. Inc
cash sales show 4 decrease OF 2J1,oUO acres since
last year, when they aggregated about e11,OuO
acres. Rut the net increase IN the amount OF lahd
taken hv actual settlers during the last fiscal year
is found 10 have been nearly l,5oJ,OOO acres.