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HydrOphObio Horrors.

Richard j. Alexander, of Delaware City,
Del, who was bitten in the cheek aud mouth
by mad hound in the early part of Decem.
beri died IN the horrible Agonles Of hydropho
bia on Friday night, the 10th inst. The dis.
ease made It's iirh appearance Thursday morn.
ing previous when Mr.. Alexander went to
wash after arising. He felt a strange dread
OF putting his hands in the water, and his
wife, thinking this probably arose from lis
being too cold, brought him some warm wa.
ter, but still he could not bear 10 dip his hands
III 1t, and at the breakfast table could not
drink his coffee. DIR. Mitchell was called in
and administered morphis, bromide Of potassa
and chlorai hydrate, but il was found neces
ssary to bhndlold the patient before he could
9e Induced TO swallow any Of the remedies
Late IN the afternoon he was seized with the
hrst spaSmi very violent one When il had
spent ITS force he begged those around him 10
Kill him and put him out Of his misery. II
was nearly week before Mr.. Alexander re-.
allied that the dog that bit him was mad and
The consequent danger that he was in Then
ne tined various remedies, among them oau
1eryt ana az last resource, q remedy which,
according 10 al old Delaware tradition, IS n
specihe, which consists OF an infusion OF ele.
canpaue root with new milk, aud, according
NeN ASNtA AaittQt even IN cases
IN which the pEemoEitory aymptoms Of the
rabies had appeared. As the agonies Of the
dying man became more painful, woorara, the
war arrow poison Of South American Indians,
was tried. A quarter Of grain injected
under the skin produced happy results ii iirsi
u was administered every bali hour until il
was found to aggravate rather than alleviate
the symptoms. Chloroform was then relied
upoa, but the unfortunate man grew rapidly
worse and expired in commissions. During
his spasms 4 required the united strength Of
six men to hold him aud he had finally TO be
tad down with bandages made from bed
sheets. The dog that inoculaied Mr.. Alex.
ander belonged near Cowantown, in Cecil
county, Nd, and first showed symptoms oil
hydrophobia at Red Point on the North East
river where il had been taken on hunting
expedition BY couple Of Cowantowu gentle
men. Is refused to follow them home snd
vas lost in the woods. Il was next heard o.
As being in Nov Castle, and thence il went L
Delaware City. Il was killed at Port Penn
Delaware.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-01-31

The Maryland Republicans are prepar,
ing for the Presidential election. A con
veution has been called to meet ia Fred
eriek on the 9Th Of May to select delegates
to the national Republican convention,
which meets at Chicago, June ID. Under
q resolution Of tho State executive com
mistee each county selects its own time for
primaries aad county convention, and each
legislative district in Baltimore is to have
It's oan convention, instead Of having a
joint convention for the three districts Of
that city, as heretofore.
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.TO-NIGHT!.
QUEEN ESTHER.
A SACRED CANTATA, founded on Holy
"A Writ, will be given
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL,
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
Queen Esther will be presented with
EXCELLENT MUSIC,
SUPERB APPOINTMENTS,
AppRopRIATE cOSTI MIS-

Doors open at o'clock Admission y
eentsi Reserved Chairs 35 cents. Iiekss
for safe al Huber'a aud Boyle's Drug Stores
and at the door. ian 2iA
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put the avn 70 MS iorhead aud proceeded to
drive il 10 with hammer. At this point he
was seized by neighbors, who failed in their
efforts to pull the awl from his head. His
wife appearing, he pulled the awl out himself.
II had penetrated two inches. Dissipation
was the cause ftheattempted suicide. There
is but slight chance OF his recovery.
A singular suicide recently occurred In
China. A young widow publicly announced
that she would hang herself rather than yield
to the wishes Of her parents and marry again,
and the sacrifice was actually contaminated in
broad daylight. A crowd of the women /
! friends land admirers assembled, aud the tragic
ceremony was preceded BY q reception Of Wis
itors on platform erected for the occasion.
After receiving the mingled applause and con
dolenee Of her friends, The poor young crea,
tnfe mounted a chair, placed the rope around
her neck and swung herself of in The presence
OF the gathering.
A dispatch from ST. Louis says the tide q
negro emigration from the South has set IN
again. About hundred arrived there on The
steamer Scudder on sunday, and left foe Kan
AS. As many more came BY the steamer
John d. Maude Monday night. All have
| money. and are chiefly from East Baton
/ Rouge, La, Washington county aud Grenada,
Miss. They say there are hordes TO come.
| NuuutId att "ulhihh On thb uAuk OF me river
for transportation as thick as rice birds A
colored man, acting as agent, has seut TO tbs
relief COMMITTEES list Of 300 families who
he says, wish 10 come North. aa 81
Collections for the Irish Relief Eand wers
taken up in the Catholic churches Of Balii-
more Sunday by order Of Archbishop Glib
bons. The Baltimore Corn and flonF Ex
change contributed $i7O0 % The fund. and
the citizens Of Macon, Ca, e70A Collsciioal
aggregAting sl7S2 we're made IN The Catholic
| churches Of Wotehesleg, Mass, Sunday
| The subscriptions IN Buffalo, NJ r., have
fpached sG0q0. Messrs Parnel aud Dillon
spoke Ia Buffalo sgaday evening, 10 a veFJ
large audience. NJ. Parnell Is reported g
have said in the course Of his remarks that
she believed ireland had right 10 q nation
atty, and iii were possible to gain one he
believed that every irishman's blood should
be she'd in her dcience.'' He did no. know
that peaeefld settlement could be obtained
] ba. il not the landlords would have 70 20.
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Treatment OF the Insane.

| Dr. William A, Hammond OF New
York contributes TO tho March mum.
Der Of the International review an
interesting and instructive article on
this prolific subject, ile brings out
very prominently abuses praCtleed IN
asylums In the way Of restraint and
violent treatment, Some OF them are
most atroelous, especially In an age
Boosting OF liz hunanitarlanlsm, lie
10 no friend 10 the system Of mechanl'
Gal restraint, and reviews the field
from that standpoint, both Ia Europe
and America, Ills combinations are that
the work Of reform needs still to DO
prosecuted In dispensing with such
mode OF treatment, lilo also goes
Tor Tree correspondence between the
insane and their friends, no frequently
barred by superinleudenls, lilo thinks
the right 10 communicate with absent
friends would DO rs great a protective
measure for the insane as the writ of
hapeas corpus Is for the citizen, lie,
In fact, recommends n radical
change by abolisling 'upe'D.tendcnts
altogether, An asylum, In Ills opinion,
should be regarded a. hospital, aud
organized precisely after the same
M those tor treatment Of disease IN
general. There should DO resident
physicians 10 carry out orders Of q
corps Of visiting aud consulting ply
slcans aud surgeons 10 direct the treat
menl, The warden should see that
such orders are carried out, besides
blocking after the finances, the 1.-Two
stock, the gardens and tho politicians
which now falls 10 the lot OF the sup
iutendent, to the exclusion Of what
should be the special labor Of his
Office He thinks the atmospheric
mystery around the asylum, inaccessi-
bilily to the public, facilities for per.
petra,ing aad conccaling outrages.
.....ll ,i.,a.,n,.. - ,l.e. ,nutitnt; ann
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Library OF Universal knowledge

Volume Nv, of this great work, pub
lshed by the American Book Exchange,
New York, is ready January 10th, and
volume Y, will be issued about ten days
later. They have been delayed somewhat
by the printing Of the largo edition Of the
previous three volumes and the other
publications Of the house, their facilities
for manufacture having been taxed far
beyond their capacity. Removing jan
uary LIST to the Tribune Building, and to
the large building No. 20 Beekman and
No. IS Spruce street, where their facili-
ties will enable them to manufacture from
5000 to 5000 volumes day, the publish
ers expect to complete the entire work
within the year, as announced. The
volumes thus far issued being only the
reprint Of the last edition Of the we'll
known ChamberS's Encyclopaedia, moth
ing more need be said Of them than that
they are well printed and bound their
form is vastly more convenient than the
usuBl unwieldly quarto or octave, and
their price is cheap beyond all precedent
in book-making, so that to the uniniti-
ated it Is a mystery how so much can be
given for a little money, but to the prac-
tical printer and book maker, who knows
how the greatest element in modifying
the cost OF books is the number of buyers
among whom the Investment cost is to
be distributed, the wonder would be not
that the books can be made for the price,
but that the number of buyers should be
counted except by millions. Those who
take pleasure In the dissemination of use.
full knowledge and choice literature will
be glad to aid with their influence an
enterprise SO altogether worthy. The
publishers will send any quantity Of de-
scriptlve catalogues, to those who may
apply, for distribution among acquaint-
anceS.
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Let In tho Sunlight.

A room Into which The shnllgh
never comes u mol III for human hab'
tatlon, II ID not, aud cannot DO mad
healthy Sunlight Is the great pnrin
eh before which OIL foul and unwhole
some organisms nee away n geher
ons Hood OF II should be admitted 'hl'
every room occupied Tor sleeping o.
waking purposes al least once o gay
whenever Tho SIN shines "hu1 u
will spoil the carpets J. protests lh'
thrifty housewife a llg Tor carpets
when health aud llle arc NJ stake i
Better have faded carpets Than iaded
cheeks better no carpets Than to lose
that priceless level OF He OF sound
aud robust health sickness may
come, OF course, IN spite Of sunny
rooms but to exolade tho sunlight ID
10 invite SlekneSa whether your
house DO large or small says pf d.
w, Richardson, "g've II light Not
only ~ the mind Saddehed ~ u mouse
that IA not flushed WIN heh'' pot s''n'
light II OF Itself d'Feel'y N'e'n' 70
health lie deprecA'e' 'he prap'Oe
OF placing SICK people w Wv" ""'
closely curlo'ned rooms 0' "''No per-
nicious TO body and spirit ~ iac'' Nv
experience shows that IL sunlight ooo
has given w. il'N'oh'e~ eah''"'y
agent, which We cannot s'nt CIV from
our dwellings without serious oe''''
ment to bo'h the hora' ane phys'V''
well'belhe OF 'hose VINO 'n"ao'' '"''"'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-25
Make the Best Of things.

There is not in all this house an eye
that has never wcpt or u heart that
has never been broken. But there
are allevia,ions in every trouble. We
excuse mau for occasional depres-
sion jus, as We endure rainy day.
But who could endure three hundred
and sixty.6ve days Of cold drzzle ;
Yet there are men who arc without
cessation sombre and charged with
evil representations. We may be
horn with a melancholy temperament,
but that is no reason why we should
yield to it. There is way OF Shuffl-
ing the burden. In the lottery OF life
there are more prizes drawn than
blanks, and to one misfortune there
are fifty advantages. Dependency
is the most Improbable feeling man
van have. Ono sood, hearty laugh i,
a bombshell exploding in the right
place, while spleen aud discomfort are
a gun that kicks over the man who
shoots it off. Some men are born OPP
posed to everything. They must have
to get into heaven backward. Laugh.
ter. Let lis stand of from despond-
encies. Listen for sweet notes rather
than for discords. In world where
God hath put exquisite tinge upon the
shell washed in the surf and planted q
paradise OF bloom in a child's cheek,
let us leave it to the owl to hoot and
the toad to croak and the taultfnder
to complain. Take outdoor exercise
and avoid late suppers if you would
have cheerful disposition. The habit
of complaint finally drops into peeyish-
ness and people become waspish and
anapproachable.- [Talmage.
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NR0TMERN RAILROAD.

1870, WINTER ARRANGEMENT. 1879.
IN aud after Dec. l,ls7s, Passenger Train
" viii run rs follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord ut 10. As
AM and Accommodation Train at 10, 40
AM'ior White River junction, connection
ith train for Well River, st. Johnsbnry.
warton, Newport, Willoushby and Magop
Bakes, stanstead, Quebec, Bath, Ltteton,
Lancaster, and the White and Francon'
Mountains. Also, withtrains for Mont.
pelier, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, 81,
Albahs, Rouse's Point, Montreal, 0gdens.
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN leaves Concord a,
$3.50 p. NJ for White River Junction& Bristol.
EVENING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at $40 y. ". for White River junction, con
Meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling
ton, st. Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal
Ogdensburgh, and the West, and with Wood.
stock Il. II. for Quechee, Woodstock, etc.
Cor on arrival OF trains from Boston, Wor.
cestcr, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS
MORNING EXPRESS TRAINleaves White
arrival of trains from 0gdensburgh and Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves White r.
Junction for Concord al 600 A. II.
+BRIsToL TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at $50 A. N. and Franklin at 9.05 A. NJ.
rMAIL TRAIN leaves White River junction
for Concord at l2.00H., or on arrival OF
trains over the Vermont Genital, Passumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EXPRESS TRAM leaves White River
Junction at 4.29 r. NJ, or on arrival of trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattle.
boro, Keene, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &C.,
connecting at Concord with train for Man.
chester, Nashua, Lowell and Boston.
tThese trains connect at Concord with
trains for Manchester, Lawrence, Ports.
mouth, Portland, Nashua, Worcester, New
York, Lowell, and Boston.
GEO. E. TODD, supt.
Concord, N. H., Dec. l, 1879.
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Consumption Cure.

An old physician, retiring from prac-
tice having placed in his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of Il
simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all throat and Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thou
sands of cases. has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and u desire
to relieve human suffering, I will send
free OF charge to all who desire it, this
receipt, in German, French or English.
.with full direction for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, w.
w. Sherar, 149 Powers Block, Roch.
ester, N. Y. .-l
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VICK'S
Illustrated Flora! Guide

A beautiful work of 100 Pages, one COL
ored Flower Plate, and 500 Illustrations,
with Descriptions Of the best Flowers and
Vegetables, with price of seeds and how
to grow them. All for FIVE CENT
STAMP. In English or German.
vICK's SEEDS are the best in the
world. FIVE CENTS for postage will buy
the FLORAL GUIDE telling how to get
Them,
The Flower and vegetable Garden,
liz Pages, Six Colored Plates, and many
hundred Engravings. For so cents in
paper covers; Sl.00 in elegant cloth. In
German or English.
Vick's illustrated Magazine-32
Pages, Colored Plate in every number
and many fine Engravings. Price 8l.2b a
year; Five Copies for $500. Specimen
Numbers sent for 10 cents; 8 trial copies
for % cents.
JAMES WICK, Rochester, NY
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The sitting OF Peter.
A PoLK,soNl,


''BehOld, Satan hath desired 10 hay
you, that no may sin you as wheat
NJ, Luke, xii 81,
In 1t, Lakes Gospel We are told
How Peter Ia the days OF old
Was siftedi
And now, though ages intervene,
Sin IL the same, while time and scene
Are shifted,
Satan desires VI, great and small,
As wheat, to sir Us, and We all
Are temptedi
Not one, however rich or great,
IL by his station or estate
Exempted
No house 30 safely guarded IN
But he, by some device OF his,
Can enteri
No heart hath amor 10 complete
Hut he can pierce with arrows feet
Its centre,
For oil at last the cock will crow
Who hear the warning voice, but 30
Unheeding,
TN thrice and more they have denied
The Man Of Sorrows, erutiaed
And bleeding,
Ono look OF that pale suffering hce
WIN make " feel tho deep disgrace
or weaknesses
We shall be sifted till the strength
or selfconeeit be changed at length
10 meekness,
Wounds OF the soul, though healed, viii
achci
Tho reddenipg scars remain, md make
Confession,
Lost innocence return no morti
We are not what We were before
Transgrcsslon.
But noble souls, through dust aud heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger,
And conscious still Of the divine
Within them, Ito on earth supinc
No longer.
II. w. LoSGrELLow, In Harpers Maya
zine for March,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-25

A LEADvlLLE WAGER.-Tbere
seems to be a general mania for wag-
ers abroad over the camp. Among
others there was a buckwheat cake
eating wager that came off last even
ing. The contestants were T. D.
Churchill and Anthony Salter. The
place was the Twenty-four Hour
Restaurant, on Pine street. The
purse made up by the interested wit
nesses Of the event, held fifteen dol.
lars. The eaters sat down at five
O'Clock, and arose, Or tried to, at
seven. The cakes were of the ordin-
AIRY tea table size, and Churchill ate
two hundred and ten and Salter one
hundred and ninety.eight Both were
yet alive at IN early hour last evening,
but neither was expected to survive
the night Leadvillo (Col.) Eclipse,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-25
The Census Swindling Dodge,

An ingenious method of swindiine
unsaspicious farmers on prctence Of
collecting STATISTICS for the census, is
thus described: A gentlemanly.look
ing fellow drives up with blanks iol
statistics Of the iarm-bushels OF
wheat, number of cattle, acres under
cullivatinn, etc. Between the table
and the foot of the page, where the
farmer o,gns bis nama attcsting the
statement, is blank space, whose
existence is accounted for aHordiIg
room for miscellaneous information.
In a month or so the farmer receives
notice from neighboring bank that
bis note for $3.50 is due. lie knows
nothing of the note, but investigation
shows that the "census taker" has
filled ia the blanks with a promise to
pay, which, being in the hands of an
innocent holder, must he paid by the
unlucky dupe. This is shameful
fraud, but one that operates WE'LL
Farmers should remember that the
census law does not require persons
to sign their names to any paper
They cannot be too careful where they
place their signatures. 1t is not safe
for them to sign any paper. In nine
cases out of ten a fraud is perpetrated.
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A IG o o D
FARM FOR SALE y!

1zW0 Tho Harding Farm" 80 called,
situated in Pomfret, five mi les
80 from the village of Woodstock,
= Oh good rosa, near church and
school, now owned and occupied by the sub.
scriber, is offered for sale, Said farm contains
100 Acres of Land,
suitably divided into tlllage, moving. pasture
and wood lots All but about two acres Of the
moving can be cut with machine. Last
crop Of hay will be sold with the farm if de-
sired. Possession given any time. The
buildings are spacious and in good repair, and
neyer-failing water handy. This is q rare
opportunity for any one wishing to purchase q
frst-class farm for little money.
EDWIN FAY.
Pomfret, VT, Sept. 10th, 1879.
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ia a THE GREAT CAUSE
wv OF
" HUI NJ AN MISERY

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-25

TO CLEAN SILVER. Never put a
particle OF soap on silverware if you
would have it retain its lustre. Soap
suds make it look like pewter. Wet
a flannel cloth in kerosene, dip it in
dry whiting. and rub the plated ware
Let it dry on it, and then polish with
d chamois skin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-25

DO you think Pm fool ? asked a
violent fellow of a doctor Really.
replied the doctor, I would not have
made the assertion, but now that you
ask my opinen, must say that ] am
not prepared to deny it.