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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19
A Book Agent Meets Her Match.

A very prepossessing young lady, Oan-
vasslng for a popular book, stepped into
the Office Of a broker, and finding him ap-
parently at leisure, asked him 70 look at
her book. The gentleman informed her
that it would only be a waste Of time, as
he could not purchase it.
'Oh, never mind that !" circulated the
viyacious young woman; SIT won't cost
anything to look at it, even if you don't
buy. should like to have you read some
portions of il, aud see what il H."
The accommodating broker took the
volume, and glancing at the title page
commenced q perusal Of the introduction.
This finished, he began at the first chap
ter, and read carefully and leisurely along.
It was about nine o'clock when he COM
menced, and an hour passed silently away,
when the book.agent began to show signs
Of nervousness, which were apparently un.
noticed by the broker, for be never tool
his eyes from the volume, but read steadi
ly on. Eleven o'clock came, and the lady
began to walk smartly around the room,
glancing occasionally out of the windows.
At noon the broker was still reading, and
the agent wore decidedly troubled coun-
tenance. A few moments before one
o'clock the broker laid down the book
leisurely dOnned his oysrcoat and hat, and
Eemarkedi
THAT is very coed book. | am sorry
| cannot read more of it, but l am obliged
to go to dinner. nyou call this afternoon
| will continue reading it,
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@it and 8uuor.
Advice to a Young Man.

Aud then remember, son, that the world
is older than you are by several years; that
for thousands Of years il 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 10 ten million went to the funeral or
even heard of his death. BE as smart as
you can, Of course. Know as much as you
can, without blowing the packing out of
your cylinder heads; shed the light Of your
wisdom abroad in the world, but don't
dazzle people with il. And don't imagine
a thing is so simple because you say It is.
Don't be sorry for your father because he
knows so much less than you do; remem-
Der the reply Of DIR. Wayland 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. Aud 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 ft you better
than your fathers fit him; they cost more
money, they are more stylish, your nous
tache is neater, the cut Of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh, far pret-
tier than spa" 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 10 FIVE minutes, than you
could get out with ream of paper and a
eopperplated signature in six months.
Young men are useful, son, and they are
ornamental, and we all love them, aud we
couldn't engineer picnic successfully
without them. But they are no novelties,
son. Oh, no, nothing OF tho kind, They
have been here before, Don't be 50 mod.
est as to shut yourself clear out, but don't
be 50 fresh you will have to be put away
in the cool to keep from spelling. Don'i
be afraid that your merit will not be dis
covered. People all over Che world arc
hunting for you and il you are worth find
ing, they will find you. A diamond ism
so easily found as quartz pebble, but peo
plc search for it all the more intently.-
burlington Ioiod) Hdpkege.
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Summer Beverages.

When the dog star rcigns, refreshing
drink Il always grateful to the palate, aud
If the good wife will prepare some aromatic
stimulant, she can often entice her hus-
band from the intoxicating beverages sup
piled by the saloons and grog shops, which
inhame rather than cool the blood, aud
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 leayes, sassafras bark, sarsaparilla
roots, pine tree bHds, or lhp fresh spruce
leaves, daHdelion roots and The batk af
the wild cherry tree, win prove very
agreeable, aud as Il contains healthful
properties, Il will not injure either young
or old to drink IT, A handful Of wheat
bran added to il will make il creamy, like
ale.
To make an efferyescent drink, mix
two ounces Of tartaric acid with two lbs.
Of gralulated sugar; stir in the whites Of
four woll-beaten eggs, and dissolve in two
quarts Of cold water. Add to Il a one
ounce bottle Of essence of ginger. Bottle
Il tightly, and when desired for use put a
tablespoonful Of il to four tablespOonfuls
Of iced wafer, and stir in a small half tea
spoonful Of salcratus
Raspberries can be SO prepared that
they Will make very VefFeahink beverage.
Squeeze ont the Juice from six quarts Of
the fruit; filter it through blotting paper;
mix q pound Of sugar TO each pint Of the
Juice, and add SIX ounces OF tnrtare acid.
Bottle il tightly. Put two tablespoonfaIs
Of i into half tumblerful Of iced water,
and stir in small amount Of saleratus.
Curanls may be substituted for raspber-
ries, or mixture Of both can be used
with good effect.
Lemonade i always delicious to the
palate and exerts cooling influence on
the system, but ieaspoonful Of ginger
stirred into il viii make il preferable for
dyspeptjes,
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In the business Of life it Is sIe pains
taking nian-who, in the language Of
Franklin, takes care Of the pence, know
ing that the pounds will take care Of
themselyes-that is The most sure 10 be
the most successful one; so, ia the produc-
tion Of the soil, there are many Of the
small matters grown on our farms, which,
if properly husbanded and marketed, would
yield greater profit to the owners than
the great crops--the cereals and tobacco,
&c. BY diligent care and management in
marketing, the butter and eggs, and fowls
Of every kind, the quarters Of lamb and
of veal, the largo and small fruits and
vegetables grown in the truck patch, cosid
be made to produce larger net profit
than is generally gained from the sale Of
the larger crops Of most Of the smaller
farms in the neighborhood Of the cities
and towns Of our country. As an in-
stance of the value Of the smaller things,
We have in an official paper from Colonel
a. .. Jones, Of the Agricultural Depart
ment Of Washington, the following facts,
which will astonish many of our readers
who have not given the subject thoir at
tention. lie says that ''the abundance Of
the fruit crop Of the United States is one
one Of the most gratifying results OF the
progress Of agriculture 10 this country.
ln the strip between the Delaware and
Chesapeake bays moro than Eve million Of
peach trees blossom annually The Gran
berry has been found to be very profitable
in Minnesota, where in 1877 there was
crop Of forty thousand bushels, Of the value
of at least Sl50,000. The European de-
mand for American fruits increases with
the supply and proves to be very generally
remuneative There is fruit enough rails.
ed in the United States to supply both our
own country and Europe. The first ex-
portation OF apples was made thirty years
ago, when apples demanded from So to S8
a barrel in Liverpool Tint city now re.
ceives 10000 barrels Of American apples
annually. The value Of fruits exported
last year was S2,937 ,025. The exporta-
tion Of canned fruit is rapidly increasing.
The supply Of dried fruit has never been
equal to the demand The extraordinary
increase in the production within tho last
few years has been met by still greater
consumption. No census Of this trade
has ever been taken. New York Is the
largest fruit-producing state, and the bulk
Of it is marketed at Buffalo. At Chicago
the trade in dried fruit is very large, as il
is distributing point Of considerable i'm
portance for the West and Northwest
The Secretary Of the Board of Trade il
I
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19
The God Fish.

The cod is one of the most fecund Of
fish, aud more widely used for food than
any other fish, except, perhaps, the her
ring. II is not confined, as some persons
seem TO think, to the waters of this conti-
nent, extensive fisheries of the kind being
on the coasts Of Sweden, Norway, Iceland
and the north Of Scotland The Neither
landers were engaged in them as early as
the fourteenth century; the English went
to the coast Of Iceland about the same
time for the same purpose, and the French
have also been similarly employed. The
cod is always caught BY line; the baltow
method, introduced by the French, being
adopted both on the coast aud out at sea
The bultow is line Of sometimes 5000
fathoms, with hooks fastened on it by
snoods 6 feet long, about 12 feet apart.
Buoys and anchors are attached to each
end Of the line, which is stretched across
the tide to prevent entanglemont Of the
hooks. The next morning---the line il
set at evening-the hooks are loaded with
large Gsh-several hundreds usually
dead from drowning. More than 5000
European vessels, Independent of boats
along shore, are said to be engaged in the
fishery, and one man has been known 10
catch 500 or 600 fish in 10 or 12 hours
on the Banks of Newfoundland, which eE-
eel all other regions in productiveness. It
is estimated that the roe of the female
contains from 4 1000, 900 to 5000, 900 eggs,
aud that he who eats it eats what, If al
lowed to arrive at maturity, would equal
some 200, 900, 600 pounds of food. There
are 2500 vessels, tonnage l25,000 tons,
and 10000 to 10000 men employed in
the cod fishery Of the United States, The
fishery has been carried on for nearly five
centuries without interruption, and yet
thpre has been no diminution Of the sup
ply, which is prodigious, equal to any np-
parently possible increase OF demand,
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Our O9lio.
The Gold Shoulder.

Expressions which are apparently fanci-
full and illogical are sometimes more telling
than others in which no criticism could
find a Haw For instance, the curious
and rather awkward phrase, ''giving the
cold shoulder" has acquired by usage
force which could scarcely be equalled by
the most iaultless 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 speculate
on the history of the word Precedents
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 aud smiting
under fifth ribs; but in these days their
only choice lies between dead cut and a
cold shoulder. The readiness and porta-
bility Of this last weapon renders its use
but too common, and 1t 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 petroteueses. The graceful use Of
the cold shoulder fairly deserves to be
ranked among the fine arts; while on the
contrary, nothing can be more upgainly
than its awkward application. When
tactless man meets the object of his Dc.
testation, he looks nervously self conscious,
and seems undecided whether to cut OF
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, aud
forget his presence, If not his existence
as soon as he has accorded him the coldes
of recognition Without insinuating tha
women are more heartless and listless thar
men, we may observe that they are fal
greater adopts in this art than the oppo
site sex. Most men seem more or less il
ut ease when they know they are giving
pain to others, but this is by no mean
Invariably the case with women. w,
might even go 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 re
tanning their own caloric; but men cauno
obtain like result without first becomin.
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, ba,
actors; and when man would like t
knock another one down, he finds it al
effort TO treat him with cold politeness. =
The Saturday Repiep
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Scenes on Lake Tahoe.


Lake fahos Is great fresh water body
twelve miles south of Truckeo. II lies in
two States, California and Nevada; three
quarters in California and the remainder
in Nevada Tahoe is an Indian name
meaning big water or deep water. Here
at an elevation Of a mile and quarter
above the ocean, sheltered in its rock
bound basin, rests this inland sea, twenty.
five miles long and ten wide. Its blue
waters arc encIrclpd by hills mosaiced with
trees Of evergreen and patches of pure
white snow. Pebbles may be counted and
trout may be seen sporting at the depth
Of eighty feet, 50 clear and smooth is the
water. 1t changes color according to the
depth, from beautiful pea green nt the
shore 10 an indigo blue.
II has been sounded to depth Of 1900
feet, and Is so cold, even in summer, that
the waieF when takop from below the sur.
face, Is near to the freezing point, although
il never freezes In the coldest weather.
Fish abound 10 the waters near the shore,
among which are four varieties Of trout,
The silver trout Is considered tho finest,
and Is always taken 10 deep water, some
times weighing thirty-two pounds.
o. account of the variety Of the atmos-
pherc the Waters are pot very buoyant,
objects sinking like lead. nothing eyer
floats on the surface, Great logs which
have escaped from the loggers, soon sink
and arc seen no moro. At times the lake
Is calm and peaceful as o smiling babe,
again Il is 10 moment lashed to fury and
beaten to foam BY the Winds that spring
up 10 the canons aud sweep across lis wa
ters. But look at the lake where aud
when you will, il is a scone Of beautiful
grandeur which pen and pencil have strivcn
10 vain to portray. You must see II to be
satisied.--fhifadelphia Press.
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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 to he
almost suddenly aud universally opened 10
us for the purchase Of our manufactures
and agricultural products, and the increase
Of our exports have been in ratio
almost miraculous. In single week il
June over S6,000,00O of produce was
shipped from New York, and nearly ST.
100000 from Boston, on foreign order
Illustrative Of the variety aud qaantity Of
this great weekly outflow, we subioin in
part list Of the articles exported From
Boston, 1913 head Of cattle, 1,O7Gi sheep,
l74,9S9 bushels Of corn, 3,786 barrels
corn meal, 8,103 bushels wheat, 10. .224
barrels Of -four, 500 barrels and 1867
sacks oat meal, 1874 bales cotton. I02
packages fruit, 767 ,730 pounds bacon.
l65 barrels beef, 708 barrels pork, 49,.
552 pounds lard, 74,434 pounds hams, 20
barrels tongues, l76,79l pounds butter,
s,7s2 pounds cheese, ISL ,93l pounds pork
meats, 295 cases preserved meats, 21l
packages vegetables, 342, 800 pounds sugar.
45,5so pounds tallow, 203,104 pounds
tobacco and many smaller items.
From New York during the same week
the exports Of produce included 2 2.404
pounds beeswax, 5a,566 barrels wheat
-four, 1873 barrels rye -four, 1880 barrels
coru meal, l,122, ,T69 bushels wheat 3O2.-
1856 bushels rye, 37,292 bushels oats.
2,Ols bushels barley, 1871 bushels peas,
l,Os2, 1874 bushels corn, S98 boxes candles.
6,4sl bales cotton, 1,721 bales hay. h52
bales hops, l36 barrels spirits turpentine.
4,l5l barrels rosin, 127 barrels tar. 104
barrels pitch, 1862 GALLONS lard. o;l' 22l
gallons linseed oil, 3,292 barrels pork
! l9a barrels beef, 900 tierces beef 81,
62s,d77 pounds cut meats, 1908 heg
pounds butter, l,7l8,I97 pounds cheese
2,5l9,49S pounds lard, 397 barrels rice
l,o62,4l9 pounds tallow, 7l4 hoasheads
tobacco, 3l4 packages tobacco, and lOs,.
2l2 pounds manufactured tobacco.
The Boston Chitirator, conamentinc A.
this great outflow, remarks such an
outflow Of agricultural produce as Is illus.
trated by this single weeks business. oplv
q specimen Of many weeks, was never be.
fore witnessed in the history Of the world
Wellmay the agricultnrists Of America feel
aprlde 10 the fact that not only can the farm.
srs ofthis country feed home population
Of nearly 10000, goo people, but that vast
supplies Of surplus food products can be
exported to feed the hungry millions Of
the Old World; at The same time enrich.
ing this happy republic Of the New World.
un every hand are increasing evidences oi'
a coming prosperity to this nation. which
shall rival tho possibilities Of any other
ana which before many years shall trans.
Ter 70 us hands the financial, agricultural.
manufacturing and commercial supremacy
among all the nations Of She earth.
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TooTHAcHE--(D To outo a ,aolhRchs
50 that 1t viii never again, take o crumt
Of opium as large as a small pea, dissolve
10 half teaspooniul Of turpentine, put in
the hollow ofthe tooth. twill not stop the
pain at once, but, if wellapplied, viii soon
cause itneyer 70 trouble again, (2) Turk
ish myrrh diluted Ia water--at first a
teaspconful to tumbler and gradually
strehgthened-apd used as a wash four Of
fye Times a day, win generally give relief.
CD A solution Of bicarbonate Of soda, in
the proportion Of half drachm to an
ounce Of water, held 10 the mouth, Is said
% be an instant cure for toothaehe. (G
Nervous toothacho may be cured NJ once
BY The application Of saltpeieF made very
inc and applied on cotton batting to the
affected tooth.
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CuriOsities of Currency.

The bank officer who saw a compensa-
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 bHsipess men who went
out to collect their bills carried wheelbar-
rows to contain the copper dalcrs. The
Inconvenience Of such medium kept
down trades-a result which the Spartans
of old sought to obtain by the intrcduc-
ton Of iron money. Cattle were the me-
dium Of exchange in still earlier times,
Homer frequently valning the armor of
his heroes at so many. head Of cattle. In
deed, It u now generally conceded that
our word pecuniary is derived from the
Latin Peeas, cattle, Sir II, S, Maine, ia
bis interesting Eary HistaFy af lssiaa.
liaHs, shows that being counted by the
head, tho kline were called capitale, whence
"capltal," " "chattel," and seattle Skins
were early used as currency, and leather
money is said TO have circulated in Rus
sia as late as the reign Of Peter the Great.
Among the few faets that are left us about
the laws aud usages Of Carthage Is the
employment Of leather currency. Maize
formerly circulated In Mexico; and in
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 rpsoFted
70 eowry shells as small money, aud con.
siderable export Of them goes on from the
Maldiye and Lacodive islands. The Fl
jams circulate whales teeth--red teeth ex.
pressing the higher denominations. The
French use the word argent (silver) as .
comprehensive torn for money, a cir.
pnmstance illustrating the position the
metal once held.
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
ful risk. The editor Of the Weekly Peta-
luna Peavine" started column Of that
kind recently, and few days afterwards
. 6eree.looklng female came ipto The Office,
carefully copcaalipg some object behind
her apron, "Are you the man that pub
lished that new and improved way TO make
cakeg" He said ho 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" Sand to add fifteen eggs and some
molasses, and two ounces Of gum arabic,
and set IL in q cool place 70 bake ?" y
think that was j" "Well, take that,
then r and the indignant housewife tiOored
him with q weapon that felt like q sand
club, but which be felt 10 bis heart must
have been halfbaked hunk Of cake con-
structed on the "Peavine" pattern.
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A Scotch minister in one Of his paroeh-
ial visits met cowboy and asked him
what O'clock 4 vas about twelve, sir, y
was the reply. "Well," remarked the
minister, "I 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 brother lawyer
on Court street one day last week, and the
following oouvexaslon took place :--"Well,
Judge, how Is businessS 2" "Dull, dull; l
am living on faith aud hope" every
good, but | have got past You, for TN
living on charity"
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Select 4uetrg.
SUMNER.

In tunie light and fower-shoOn
Tho forest nook you gaily third
beneath the stars-llkewise the moon,
You hear the katydid.
Non smile upon Medora's hat,
As songfully she walks the glen;
You smile on lilied Astolat,
And also Hoboken.
You note the bobollnk chlrp aud hop
Ger fields in which the eOwslips dream
fou see within the bakers shop.
Rapt lovers cat Ice cream.
While eliin-rainbow fountain sprays
ON dreaming lilies nolseless fall
Now croquet with Sir Iauncclot plays
The maid "diyinely tall
You hear the gold-bee's drowsy tune.
You see the rose In beauty bunst;
o, summer sweet, you last from June
Till August thirty .hrst.
You see the wistful evening star
Above the moonlit valleys floati
Non see, you see-your beauties are
Too numerous 10 note.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-19

The New York .SaA, commenting upou
sEdison'a long delay in bringing the elec.
tr'e light to perfection, advises ihe public
not to grow impatient nor the press u he.
come skeptical- Robert Fulton was rid
ieuled when he proposed to send bsas 10
Albany BY steam. But the boat wen, ana
returned. Il Edison eankbt aol4p lAs
hnal problem of sabdiyidine eleessie LIGHT
economically We need hardly 10 expect
any one else @ Do j. fright "a; aud, aos
tho whole a the SIN saJs, .sin fhe abssnoe
Of any other Edison, We do not 90 fhat
peaple impatient for electric illanAlnal;oo
can Do much better than "a nAii iii M
kdizou gets Fendy.