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Life, to some. Is full Of sorrow--
Half is real, half they borrow
Fun of rocks and full Of ledges,
Corners sharp and cutting edges.
Though the JOY bells may be ringing,
Not a song you'll hear them singing
Seeing never makes them wise,
Looking ou, from downcast eyes.
All In vain the sun Is shining.
Waters sparkling, blossoms twinlng,
They but see. through these same sorrows.
Sad to-days and worse to.morrows.
See the clouds that must pass over:
See the weeds among the clover;
Everything and anything,
But the gold the sunbcams bring.
Drinking from the bitter fountain,
Lol your mole hill seems mountain.
Drops Of dew and drops OF rain
Swell into the mighty main.
All In vain the blessings shower,
And the mercies fall with power.
Gathering chaf ye tread the wheat,
Rich and royal, meath your feet.
Let Il not be so, my neighbor,
Look up. as you love and labor.
Not for one alone woes vials;
Every man has cares and trials.
JOY and pain are linked together,
Like the fair and cloudy weather,
May We have, oh. let US pray,
Faith aud patience for to-day.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

"Men often jump at conclusions says
the proverb. So do dogs. 0ne recently
jumped at the conclusion Of cat, which
was sticking through the opening Of a
partly closed door, and It created great
disturbance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

A man named John McQuade stole a
bale Of cotton in Philadelphia and the
waggish but cruel Judge who tried bin,
said :--"Why, you took a whole bale,
enough for your whole family aud all your
relations, sisters, cousins and" "That's
enough, Judge" said McQuade, raising
his hand deprecatiBgly. HGive me ninety
days on the desolate shores Of the Penny
back, send me down to grub in the mud
of the new embankments at Greenwich
Point, do anything with me, but don't,
for pity sake, inAict any Piaafore on me. +"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

A trade journal, speaking of the prepa-
ratiols for the holiday gin season, says
"Their factory now turns out over six hun
dfed doll babies q day." This must be
the original "Baby Mine
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

One man Inquired Of fellow trader
us Colonel -s--- man 10 be trusted 2"
VI think you'd tind him So" was the re.
ply "if you trust him once, youal trust
him fot ever
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

There arc a great many men 10 this
world who imagine they are born with &C.
MUS, and lie down on the sofa aud wait
for an Inspiration until some other fellow,
who thought himself a Ounce, rises BY
hard labor TO competency, buys the sofa,
aud leads the waiting genius ont by the
ear.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29
The Mutual Aid Society
OF
CARROLL COUNTY, MD.
Home Office, Westminster, Maryland.

HON. JOHN L. SMITH, President.
DIR. FRANK 7. SHAW, Vice President.
A. II. HUBER, Treasurer.
JN0. Q. FRlZELL, Secretary.
II. MANNING, General Agent.
DIR. FRANK I. SHAW, Medical
DIR. j. II. BILLINGSLEA, Examiners.
Il. o. GRIMES, /
r. MANNING,
THE Society presents the following plan
a for consideration The payment of
EIGHT DOLLARS on application, FIVE
DOLLARSannually for fouryears, and there
after TWO DOLLARS annually during life,
with pro'rata mortality assessments al the
death of each member Of his class, which for
Division A Is as blows:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

An advertisement says ''A A good man
TO cook is wanted 10 the country. Ii
must bo in cannibsl country, where the
missionary supply has run short
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

In Arkansas It is hard to get man 10
join the militia because he has to give up
his title Of colonel when he becomes i
military man.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

Usually the more fortune man &C.
9uircs the less hc cares to please Others.
In return they become anxious to please
him; 50 that the sun Of civilities between
them remain the same though differently
divided.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29
ATTENTION, FARMERS.
George Stouch,
LIBERTY STREET,
Near the Depot, Westminster, Nd.

Near the Depot, Westminster, Md.
II EEPS constantly on hand and makes to
IN order Machinery Of all kinds, such as
Threshers, Horse Powers,
Horse Rakes, &c. have BecLer's, York
Pa, Patent Feed Cutter, Wimert's Celebrated
Wheat Fan and other Agricultural Machine.
ry. Plow Castings, Plow Points, and Plow
irons, Of all kinds, at reduced rates. Re.
pairing done promptly and on reasonable
terms. Also Agent for the Farquhar
HORSE POWER,
and the Wheeler No. 8 REAPER, and the
Farmers Favorite GRAIN DRILL, manu-.
iaetured by Brickford 4 Hoffman.
From my long experience in the business
l feel confident that can give entire satis-
faction with my work. A call is respectfully
solicited to examine my prices and machinery.
DhS- All articles win be sold by me as low
ms they can be sold by any one in the trade.
Ap l3 GEORGE SToUCH.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

When you choose q wife, shut your eyes
and commend your soul TO God Span
iEh Psoysfb
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-29

4 man who dsslared himselg 10 be ii.
toxiea'ed with Esasic was considered air.
tight
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24
The Cuisine in Sweden.

The habit of lunching in the very
presence of dinner, Of going to a side
table aud eating your fill of anchovies,
raw behring's, smoked beef and cold eel
pie while dinner is on the very table,
still prevails, and is hardly conducive
to health. 1t is said that the habit of
taking ''sup," as the Swedes call it,
arose from the scarcity of delicacies. It
was hard to get enough of any one nice
thing to make a meal of, so you were
first gently innuendOed off TO the brandy
table las it is called, and then allowed
to sit down to dinner
The practice is universal in Sweden.
Private houses, hotels, boarding-houses,
all feed you on preliminary scraps, aud
woe be to you if you innOcently turn
away from the prOffered luncheon !
You fare like an ascetic and feed YOUR
self on Odors. The ordinary routine of
dining seems in Sweden to be in wild
confusion. Soup sometimes ends in
stead of beginning the dinner. Iced
soup and cold fish are dainties to the
Scandinavian palate. Much Of the soup
is nauseOusly sweet, favored with cher
ries, raspberries and gOOseberries, often
with macarOOn cakes aud spikes of Gin
uamOn floating wildly about in 10. This
is eaten as a sort Of dessert, and is cold
and often beautifully clear.
II Heme bitterly reviled the English
for bringing vegetables on the table Gu
H0tlrCi, there Is no such complaint to
&c 'lade here. Heaven, earth ard hell
aIen With sluce-sauces red, white
green, veiio ana biack-sauces ce-
iestlal and sauces internal Strange
combinations of ice-cream heaped over
delicious applicants, or strange dishes
Of berry-iuice ooi ed down aud mixed
with fsuua, sugar aud almonds, then
cooled, nodded aud turned out into
basins Of cream, 90 be eaten with crushed
sugar and wine, appear at the end of
dinner.
The Sweedes share with the Danes
and Arabs a passionate fOndness for
sweetmeats. Everything is slightly
sweet even green peas are sugared, as
we'll as the inuumerable tea aud coffee
cakes, so long before the unhappy tourist
has finished his tour be is hopeless
dyspeptic or a raging SwedOphobe. -
LipPiRcOtfs Magazine.
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cHAPTER XX.

When Mr.. Green called upon Mr..
Stoddard with his polite invitation to
walk out and be shot, be found him in
the law Office, where he was engaged
with his books; for, since the receipt Of
Eunor's letter, he bad been daily doing
his best to equal her in mental labor, at
least. He looked up with scorn plainly
visible on his handsome face, and coldly
replied 10 the visitors greeting, without
trying to hide the contempt vibrating
in his deep-toned voice.
Mr.. Green secretly admired him for
the manner in which be had treated
Captain Talbot the previous day, and so
did not resent the manner Of his recep-
ton, as he might otherwise have done.
az have the honor to be the bearer Of
a message from my friend, Captain Tai
bot,u said he, in an easy, indifferent
tone, as though the matter were one of
everyday occurrence. "He requests me
TO say that he must receive an ample
apology for the offensive language used
by you yesterday; and, failing In that,
he demands the satisfaction accorded by
one gentleman to another in such cases.
He has requested me to act for him in
the matter, and will receive any COM
munication you may wish TO make 10
him, or will confer with any friend Of
yours you may designate"
Frank Stoddard was not entirely IN
prepared for this result Of his action,
and there was no hesitation in bis
voice or manner as he replied firmly:
"Sir, you can tell Captain Talbot that
I have no apology to make to him, un-
less it is that I am sorry l did not pun
ish him as he deserved. Tell him, il
you please, that even il were willing
to violate the law by fighting a gentle
man, would not fight him. He has
forfeited all right to that title, and I can
only consider him henceforth as a cow
ardly villain, to be dealt with like any
other scOundrel.n
I The young mans voice was so full Ol
suppressed passion that Mr.. Green
shrank back uneonsciously, and did mol
try to meet the lightning flashes Of the
piercing eyes that seemed TO read the
thoughts Of his guilty soul. Recovering
himself presently, however, he said, in
amaZement:
"But, Mr.. Stoddard, you surely forge
how your singular action will be inter
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a Orystalized Woman.

Another very remarkable instance, we
are Informed, says an English paper,
has just come to light as to the preserv-
ing or petrifying effects of nitrate of
soda \ well-known and Influential
city firm, who have very extensive con-
nectiOns with South American planters,
miners, etc., have recently received
from Peru a curiosity in the shape of
what may be called a crystalized female
body, which, as their correspondents
advise them, was some short time sinse
discovered by a set OF miners at Pisague,
in that country, completely imbedded
In one Of the great nitrate of soda depos-
its peculiar to that district. The body
is described as having the appearance OF
petrified mummy, aud is said TO be in
singular state Of preservation. This
curiosity has already been seen by some
of our best-kn0wn naturalists and ana
lysts, and II il believed that the woman,
who apparently was of middle age, must
have perishe through accident or de-
sign at a remote period of the past, or,
a. some even go so far as to say, two or
three Thousand years ago. That her
death was violent there is little room to
doubt, inasmuch as when discovered
the body was in a recumbent position,
partly on the side, with chest slightly
crushed, as if through a severe fall, the
legs drawn up, and the fingers and toes
contracted. The hair is in a most per-
feet state, and maintains its contact
with the skull In a peculiarly astonish-
ing manner, aud the mouth is open dis
playing the teeth and tongue, which are
| plainly visible. The extremities are
remarkably small and perfect, even the
nails being In their respective places
| The hair on the head, we should add
! appears to be plated in very peculiar
manner, aud is Of great length and thick
ness, though in some parts detached
owing to part Of the skull having beer
destroyed. The curiosity at present il
at the Office Of the firm who have i'm
ported it from South America, but We
| understand that arrangements are beinl
made that il shall be publicly shown a
the Westminster Aquarium at an early
day
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TO be conilnued.l

Poisonous ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. -
A new danger from poisonous dyes is in
the beautiful vermilion red so much
D Ia mode this year in the flowers Of
ladies' bOnuets. This color is derived
from erythrosine, one Of the latest and
most curious extracts from coal-tar
Erythrosine is inoffensive by itself, but
the artificial flower makers do not use
il i'm state Of purity. They find it far
more convenient to dip the leaves of
their flowers in a semi-fluid paste they
purchase ready prepared, but the com
position of which is kept secret. When
the leaves have dried they give of dur
ing the subsequent manipulation cloud
of very light red dust, which produces
on the persons engaged in the operation
painful symptoms resembling those at
tendant on lead poisoning. NJ. Labaigne,
after an exhaustive examination, found
that the substance is nothing less than
a salt of lead in which erythrosine plays
the part Of an acid, a condition Of things
fully explaining the deleteriOus effect
mentioned above. These flowers are as
dangerous for the ladies who wear them
in their bonnets as for those who make
them.-Art Interchange.
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FVE.


but week is so longrf he said.
With "a toss Of his curly head
phet Two, three, four, i've, six, seven -
seNeh whole dayst Why, in six you know
you said 30 yourself-yOu told me SOL
The great God up In heaven
~ .de All the earth and the seas and skies,
lhe trees and the birds and the butferffesl
How can wait for my seeds 10 grow %
@But a month is so Iongl' he said.
win uroOp OF his bOyish head
Hear me count-onei two, three, four
-Four whole weeks, and three davs more.
Thirty-one days. and each will creep
As the shadows crawl over yonder steep.
Thirty-One nights, and shall lie
Watching the stars climb up the skyl
How can / wait till a month is o'er ?"
"But a year is so long!t he said.
Uplifting his bright young head.
''All the seasons must come and 90
over the hills with footsteps SLOW
Autumn and Winter, summer and Spring;
OH for a bridge OF gold 10 fling
over the chasm deep and wide,
That might cross 10 the other side,
Where she is waiting-my lovely bridei"
''Ten years may be long," ne said,
Slowly raising his stately head.
"But there's much TO win, there is much to lose;
A man must labor, man must choose,
And he must be strong 10 Waiti
The years may be long, but who would wear
The crown Of honor must do and darei
No time has he TO toy with fate
Who would climb 10 manhOOd's high estate ~
"Ah! life is not long.r he said,
BOwing his grand white head.
zone, two, three, four, five, six, seven!-
Seven times ten are seventy
Seventy yearsi As swift their flight
As swallows cleaving the morning light,
Or golden CLEANS at even.
Life is short "a Summer night
How long, D GOdi is eternity ,"
-[Harper's Bazaar.
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ToBIAs-sO TO SPEAK.

BY S. CONAST FOSTER.
Yes, his front name is Tobias,
And he isn't over-piOus,
And his eyes are on the bias,
So TO speak;
And his only aim and bent Is
NObby clOthiug-fOr this gent is
just bit non compOs mentis
Like, and weak.
And this feather weighted gent he
Though not over One-aud-twenty-
Has Of knowledge quite plenty,
SO to speak:
For he'd rather be "a prancing
And a kicking az a dancing,
Than his stock Of vii enhancing
Learning Greek.
Though he apes the drawl and stammer
When he dOns his sleek claw-hammer,
Yet Tobias shoots his grammer,
SO 10 speak;
And ne questions very rarely
80 his clothes are hanging fairly
II his brain be fashioned squarely
OI Oblique.
No. he has no education,
And his beauty took vacation
Bout the time Of his creation,
SO 10 speak;
And upon mature reflection.
Taking each distinct dissection,
I've decided his cOmpleNiOn's
Rather weak.
Though his shirt has not a rimple,
Nor his beardless chin dimple,
Yet he boasts chronic pimple
ON his beak:
And his voice Is not reliant
And al times 10 j. q plant
Little squeak.
Now 10 seems 10 me so funny
That this half-demented sonny
Should be loaded down with money,
so 10 speak;
While the writer OF this ditty,
Who you see j. rather witty,
Has 10 scrub about the city
On his cheek.
y. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
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REsT.

Ny feet are wearied, and my hands are tired
Ny soul oppressed;
And with desire have long desired
Rest-Only rest.
rTis hard 20 toll. when toll is almost VAN,
In barren ways;
'Tis hard % SOW and never garner grain
In harvest days.
The burden OF my days Is hard 10 bear,
But God knows best;
And / have prayed, but vain has been my
prayer,
For rest--sweet rest.
lis hard 10 plant in Spring and never reap
The Autumn yields
lis hard TO I'LL. ard when 'tts titled 10 weep
Ger frultless field.
And so cry. a weak and human cry,
So heart-oppressed;
And so I sigh, "a weak and human sigh,
For rest-for rest
My way has wound around the desert years,
And cares infest
Ny path; and through the flowing OF hot tears
pine for rest
Twas always so, when still a child laid
On mothers breast
Ny wearied little head; cen then ! prayed,
As now, for rest.
And am restless still; twill soon be DER,
For down the west
Lies sun Is setting, and / see the shore
Where ! shall rest
Father Ryan.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24

TEST FOR BUTTER. A writer in
the HannOUershc MOndtSschrift is
even more sanguine than Myths,
who first proposed the examination
Of butter by polarized light, Of the value
Of his method of testing the purity Of
butter. Under such light the peculiar
crystals come out very distinctly. He
has discovered that different fats, like
the minerals, produce characteristic
marks whereby they can be determined
in the polarization colOrs, and he in
tends soon to publish plates showing the
peculiar forms and colOrs each fat,
whether raw or melted, or crystal from
glycerine. Mutton tallow gives blue
tone; OK fat, green and white; hogs lard,
red and blue, with other colOrs not so
intense; cocoa butter, a play of color
from the deepest red to the brightest
green. Besides being useful as tests Of
the genuine nature OF butter, these Opti-
cal reactions are said to be available for
the detection of foreign fats that may
be fraudulently added to chocolate or
cocoa.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-24

The lawyers of Philadelphia have long
been supposed to be the sharpest in the
United States, but they must now give
way to those Of Indiana. These latter
gentlemen have just discovered that
Miss Maggie FitzgibbOn, who was duly
elected State Librarian eighteen months
ago, and has discharged the duties of the
Office to the general satisfaction, can
not hold the Office now that she is mar
ried. 'In the eye of the law,n say these
great lawyers, "there is no longer any
such person as Miss Maggie FitzgibbOn,
as husband and wife are one, and the
Office is now vacant" The amusing
part Of this wonderful discovery is that
Miss FitzgibbOn was married to the
Deputy Secretary Of State, whose Office,
If there be any logic in law, is also va
cant, though no one has thought Of re-
moving him. Pity that great lawyers
and great idiots are sometimes so nearly
syuOnymOus.-Sdn Jose Mercury.
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rangements for duel with our iriend
Frank Stoddard.
"rlI have my lawyer step in and fix
everything up straight, in case there
should be an accident, but Pm not
afraid Of that. I've handled these too
long" said the host, playing with a
pair Of richly-mounted pistols they had
been looking at.
uNo. Captain, you are all right" said
his friend, with a slight laugh, Though
can't say as much for the other man."
Aud he ran his hand carelessly through
his coarse, black hair, and looked keenly
at the other with a pair % restless,
bloodshot black eyes that matched we'll
his air Of reeklessuess, and showed
plainly that be was the willing victim
Of dissipation and debauehery.
NO." said Talbot, "he will be very
lucky If he gets of with only broken
arm, or something like that" aud he
glanced meaningly at his friend, who
said, lightly:
"Oh, yes, I understand. You mean
to see more of the girl, do you? And
this young fellow would be in your way.
Well, it was very unfortunate for him
that he put himself in your power as he
did, must say"
"But the fellow is old enough to know
what to expect, and must take his
chances the same as the rest Of u.s."
"But how about the other fellow? 1
felt more like fighting him than the
first one" he said, slipping his brandy.
ooh, he won't make any trouble after
l have given StOddard bis little lesson"
said the Captain, with an ugly look on
his brutal face.
"All right but I'll be glad to make it
convenient to pay him of myself some
time when l get good chance" said
Green, spitetully.
az don't want to have any trouble
with him, If can help it," said the
Captain, "for he has it in his power to
injure me a good deal in business af-
fairs, aud if he should get hurt, you see,
it would still be bad for me, for his rela-
tives are very influential. No, that
won't do. / will make things as uncOm-
Portable for him as can, but we must be
prudent, my boy-prudent. That's the
best way to get along and keep out Of
the breakers. Always have plenty OF
sea room. 1t won't do to run afoul Of a
craft like Larkins; he carries too many
guns"
The Captain did not usually indulge
in his old nautical phrases, hut he had
taken more brandy thar usual, and
that, added to his previous excitement,
made him talk and act very differently
from the smiling, bland and polite Cap
tain Talbot who was courted and fiat
tered by so many anxious mammas
with marriageable daughters. What a
pity they could not have seen and heard
him that afternoon!
At length, all the arrangements being
made, Mr.. Green was instructed to call
on Mr.. Stoddard the next morning as
the bearer Of challenge. He departed,
aud the lawyer came, who soon ar
ranged matters to the Captains salts
faction. Thus, everything being of his
mind, he gave himself up to such deep
drinking that he was soon oblivious OF
everything, aud The morning light found
/ him still unconscious.
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SOCIAL DIsHONOR.- Gossip entails on
those who encourage il absolute dis
hOnOT-we mean the dishOnOr Of repeat
ing conversations, opinions, circum-
stances, not made under promise Of Sc
creey, but which high sense Of honor
would treat as confidential, if, haply,
high sense of honor were the rule. It is
odd that one Of the best things boy
learns at school is to eschew tale-bear-
ing and keep faith with bis companions,
while one Of the most com mon practices
of society is to betray the trust con-
tanned in talk, and 70 repeat to all what
has been told in implied confidence to
one. This habit of repeating what we
hear is as fatal to the best intercourse
of minds as to the finer feelings Of in-
tegrity.
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Under the new Woman Suffrage law
in Massachusetts, permitting women to
vote for members Of the school commit
tee, woman must be twenty-One years
old; she must be able to read and write;
she must have paid taxes within a year;
and must have resided in the State for
the same time, aud in the town where
she is to vote for six months. Some
people seem to think it would be wise
to apply the same restrictions to meu as
well as wOmen.-S'Gn Jose Mercury.
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A thoughtless fashion writer says
striped parasOls are fast taking the place
of striped stockings. This hardly seems
possible or comfortable, but the freaks
Of fashion are very strange, and those
who have been wearing striped stock
ings will be watched with great interest.
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Pulverized alum possesses the prop
erty of purifying water. A large spoon
ful stirred into a hogshead of water will
so purify 1t that in few hours the dirt
will all sink to the bottom, and 1t viii
be fresh and clear as spring water. -Four
gallons may be purified by teaspoon
-