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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30
For the Democratic Adrocate.
Common School Question Book.

MEssRs. EDITORS Please permit me,
through your widely circulating columns, pro
bono p,t6lico, to call attention to a recently
published book with this title.
This favor is asked not for any benefit that
it can ever be to the writer of this, or to any
one individual, but because it is believed its
extensive circulation among the youth of our
county, students, families and especially
young teachers, would operate as an agent OF
unspeakabe value to that large class of our
young people who rely only on our public
schools for their hopes of useful education.
A review of the work. to convey any coroect
idea ofit, would occupy too much ofyour space.
To be impressed with sense fits high value,
the young teachers everywhere should each
secure a copy and carefully study it, which
can be easily and successfully done by
their own unaided efforts without the inter
vention of master.
The methods adopted are such that the
teacher or the pupil who shall have this book
in hand can scarcely resist the inclination to
pursue them with avidity, and the result will
be that almost imperceptibly, and with little
or no effort, he will find himself nearly if not
quite proficient in history, geography, Eng
fish grammar, arithmetic, reading, orthogra-
ply, civil government, physiology and anato-
my, physical geography, writing, parliamen-
tary rules, &C., all presented in this book IN
this order, in so novel and attractive way as
to make and leave their impression indelibly
upon the mind.
The book can be procured through the as
sistant secretary of the School Board of Car
roll county.
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Correspondence ofthe Democratic Advocate
Christmas at the Maryland House of
Correction.

The inmates of this Institution were treated
to a roast turkey dinner, with the usual trim
mings, and for dessert apples, cake, oranges,
nuts, candies, &c., were served IN abundance.
The liberty of the entire prison was granted to
each one, when friendly intercourse and good
humor seemed generally to prevail. Smiles
could be seen on faces usually sad and cold to
passing events, but the good things on this
occasion seemed to open their stern and rigid
countenances to express, at least on this day.
one broad smile of contentment.
A school for the instruction of the junior
class of the inmates has been organized by
and under the care of Prot. Jas. Il. Hughes,
a graduate of one of the English universities
His ability for teaching is equal to any OF our
teachers, if not superior, and the appropra-
ton for the support of the Institution will not
allow of the purchasing of the necessary
books states, pencils, &c. The charitable
people of the state are called upon to donate
such elementary books to start the school SO
much needed At this season, not suitable
weather for outside work, the monotony
of being locked up all day and night is very
severe, so send on the books, states, &c, to
facilitate this good work.
There is now, at this writing, 81 prisoners
confined in this Institution, the capacity only
calling for 240. Justices of the Peace should
be particular in discriminating between those
that should 90 to the aims house and those
for punishment or the work house. There is
wide difference between poor, unfortunate
citizen and premeditated tramp, dyedin-
the-wool, determined that work is to be con-
sidered one of the last means of support,
whilst begging and stealing can be resorted to.
The health of the inmates is good, all hav-
ing been vaccinated, and their daily exami-
nation by the physician, DR.. G. A. White,
whose experience in the United States Navy
greatly fits him for this branch of his protes-
sion. w.
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The Rod in School.

Corporal punishment in schools is just
now the subject Of discussion in many Ma
ryland papers. The advocates OF the IN
Fiction quote Solomon's aphorism Spare
the rod and spoil the child" Was this
sentiment addressed to teachers or to par
ents? If to parents, there is less objection
to it, if there be any; for parental love will
temper the punishment. But teachers have
not this feeling to modify the number and
force of their stripes, and may reasonably be
supposed to be under degree OF excite
ment before they determine to resort to
severity, and punishment administered I'M
der such conditions, would be more than
likely to violate propriety. Besides, unless
the right of punishment is specially con-
ferred upon the teacher by the parent, no
such right exists, and the teacher by in
Aictinp chastisement is as liable to prosecu-
ton by the parent as if he were to assault
child upon the street or highway who was
not one of his pupils. During our scholas-
tic DAYS we witnessed many foggings IN
school, and without an exception, we be-
lieve. the result was in no way salutary,
but the reverse. In our opinion, there are
other and better ways of enforcing discip-
line and of maintaining order than the rod,
and the best regulated schools that have
come under our observation were strangers
to it. The accomplished teacher can gov
ern his school without it, except IN rare
and extreme cases. The teacher who can
govern his own spirit can generally govern
his school without the rod. The frequent
resort to the rod is as much the fault OF
the teacher as the scholars, and ought to
be deemed an evidence Of his unitness.
Punishment of a spirited child begets a
vengeful feeling towards the teacher, de-
stroys its respect for him, and greatly IN
terferes with progress in its studies. 1t
often engenders bad blood between parent
and teacher and sometimes occasions violent
collisions, and oftener still, prosecutions at
law. 1t were far better, we think, to re-
sort to discipline of a milder type-better
for pupil and teacher, and all concerned
The law of love is better than the law OF
force. The child who is insensible to
kindness and gentleness had better be de-
MED the privileges of the school, or turned
over to parental discipline.
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Congress adjourned from Saturday until
Wednesday. The Senate held seven
hours session on Wednesday, and passed
the Pendleton civil service reform bill in
an amended form. 1t now goes to the
Honse. The House met on Wednesday,
Granted a few more leaves of absence and
adjourned until to-day, when further adj
;ourpment will be voted until next We'd
nesday. The attempt to keep Congress in
session during the holidays has been fail
ure. The Senate, which usually acts more
promptly than the House, has been able
to accomplish something, but SO many mem
bers of the House have been absent that
body has not had quorum present, and
has been taking the constitutional recesses
of three days at time.
The country will have to discipline the
Republican party still further, Some of
the reform that struck the leaders in No
yember is oozing out, and frauds have been
discovered in the New York Custom House.
Nothing but complete and entire over
throw of the party in presidential contest
will purify the public service. The people
understand this, and are only waiting for
the opportunity in 1884
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Carroll countians in the South.
KNOXVILLE, TEX, Dec. 10th, 1882.

KNOXVILLE, TEX, Dec. Goth, 1882
MEssRs. VANDERFoRD Bros Since writ
ing to you last in our peregrinations south, we
arrived at Madison, a very clever little town
in Morgan county, situated on the Georgia
r. R., in fine and healthy neighborhood:
Several families from the north have settled
there since the war and with native thrift and
energy have succeeded by mixed farming. A
gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr.. Emanuel
Heyser, with whom we spent some time, IN
terested us very much by showing us his pro
gress in raising grain and the grasses. he
has also experimental IN hSh culture ana
finds it SO profitable that he is engaging IN the
business largely. With one dip OF dip net
he drew forth about dozen German carp,
some of which were a foot long and one year
old. We are impressed with the belief that
any citizen of our county, who has good SIT
uation for fish ponds, could make the raising
of German carp profitable by spending his
leisure hours in that way. With some degree OF
reluctance we left Madison and went toAtlanta,
a city destined to be, if not already, the most
important city of the south, Notwithstanding
it is situated in very poor country, at an ele-
walton of about 1900 feet above tide water. 1t
has population of about $4,000 souls. Its
progress seems almost magical when we re-
member that during the war it was laid IN
ashes. After some incurslons into the sur
rounding country, we next found ourselves in
Rome. The country around Rome is rich IN
fertility, especially along the river bottoms,
upon which large crops of cotton are grown.
Rome is one of the principal cotton markets,
and contains very large cotton seed oil mill
and cotton compress, which presses the
bales to one-fourth their original size as from
the cotton gin for shipment.
We visited several other small towns and
vicinities, and finally find ourselves in Knox
vile, Tennessee. The town is situated upon
somewhat broken and hilly country, ex-
tremely healthy, and the people turn theii
attention more to stock raising and mixed
farming. Knoxville is making considerable
improvement.
While there are great many poor people
in the South and great deal of poor land
that has been worn out by excessive cropping
and careless farming, we find that the man
with pluck, energy and good judgment gen
orally succeeds. The fact is that pluck, en-
ergy and brains is the secret of success any.
where, and the young man who stands with
his hands folded in uncertainty and indecis
sion, waiting for something to turn up without
an effort or a sacrifice on his part, is always {
failure. respectfully,
JABEz A. Bush.
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For the Democratic AdrOcdte
The Western Md. Railroad.

MEssRs. EDITORS The people of this
vicinity cannot understand why other people
along the line of the Western Maryland Rail-
road can be accommodated with schedule to
suit their wishes and convenience, and they
cannot be- We believe it to be the fact that
Westminster is the most important station on
the road, and it is also another material fact
that the people of Carroll county have contri-
buted more generously to the road than any
other county along its line. Yet we have no
train adapted to the wants of this large travel
ling community. Why is it? Is it because
our people do not make their wants known to
the Company, or is it because they have done
so and been refused? We want train to
leave here at o clock in the morning, and
another train to put us in the city at about
1:3O p. m. Can you not suggest some way of
getting this matter shaped so as to elicit the
wishes of our people on the subject and way
by which their wishes may be gratifed.
BUSINESS.
Westminster, Nd, Dec. q, 1882.
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WANTED-100 Bushels of Good Size Pota-
toes at 60 cts. N. |. Gorsuch & Son.
Wolf Robes, Buffalo Robes, fine Plush
Robes, suitable for presents; the best to be
had of |. A. Miller only. Opposite Catholic
Church, Westminster, Md, "
n. l. Gorsuch & Son want and guarantee
highest cash prices for Glover Seed, Lard,
Bacon, Tallow, Dried Fruit and all kinds of
Country Produce. m
For 3-year-old pure Welty Whiskey go to
A. G. Strasburgers. It
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Finest assortment of goods everin this city.
Gold and Silver Watches, Watch Chains and
Charms, solid Silver and Silver-Plated Ware,
Bracelets, Necklaces, Breastpins, Rhinestone
Earrings, Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins, Rings
(plain and SEAL LpeEets, Gold and Silver
Holders and Pencils. In fact every thing kept
in first-class Jewelry Store. A. H. Wentz,
opposite Catholic Church. tt
SALE BILIs.-The ADVOCATE Job Office is
the best equipped for sale bills of any Office
in Western Maryland. All sizes and prices.
Large lot of Aceordeons, Violins, Guitars,
Banjos and Music Boxes. A. H. Wentz. If
Fifty cents will pay for the ADVOCATE for
three months Local and general news, stor
les, poetry, articles on agricultural and a
great variety of interesting reading for the
winter months.
The ADVOCATE Office prints the handsomest
sale bills of any office in the state outside Of
Baltimore. 5s Frs
Before getting ypnr sale bills printed call
at the ADyocATE office and see, styles and
learn prices. -.
More than sixty passenger trains arrive AND
depart daily at Camden station Baltimore,
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Mrs. Kunigunda Pfefer, aged 81 years, wife
of Matthias Pfefer, Jr., shoemaker, at No.
2 Sarah Ann street, near Pearl street, Ralti-
more, died suddenly Monday night under o
Christmas tree, surrounded by her FIVE chill
dren. Mrs. Pfefer was in her usual health
during the day and greatly enjoyed the Christ
erected in the front room, around which she
played with the children. She prepared sup
per for the family, and afterwards conversed
a short time with neighbor at the door.
Soon after she entered the house the children
were heard screaming, and their mother was
found lying on the floor. DR.. Hellman, who
was hastily summoned, found life extinct,
death having been caused by heart disease.
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The army of the United States consists
of II 500 priyates and over 5000 officers.
1t ought to be the best oficered army in the
world, and to most people it would appear
that it is differed too much. That is not
the opinion that obtains in army circles,
and storm of indignation has been raised
by an amendment to the army bill provid-
ing for gradual extinction of paymasters.
There are ffty-fve paymasters, and each
has a clerk to do his work
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30

There have been two scenes in the United
States Senate recently, and that body, once
regarded as the conservative and dignifed
branch of Congress, has far exceeded the
House in scenes of disorder and angry de-
bate. Last Friday Malone and Beck
locked horns on assessment of office-hOld-
ers, and on Saturday night Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts, made fierce attack on Butler,
of South Carolina. This was entirely I'M
provoked, and the Massachusetts, Senator
for the time must have been thinking Of
the General Butler of his own State. Mr..
Hoar once declared that he would emigrate
when Butler should be elected Governor Of
the Bay State, and since the triumph Of
Gen. Butler Mr.. Hoar has been in a bad
humOr
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VICK,s FLORAL GUIDE for 1873;

VICK's FLORAL GUIDE for 1888
Y is an elegant book of $50 pages, 8 col;
ored plates Of flowers and vegetables, and
more than 1000 illustrations of the choicest
flowers, plants and vegetables, and directions
for growing. 1t is handsome enough for the
centre table or holiday present. Send on
your name and Post Office address, with 10
cents, and l will send you a copy, postage
paid. This is not quarter of its cost. 1t is
printed in both English and German. you
afterwards order seeds deduct the 10 cents:
Vick's Seeds are the Best in the World !!
The FLORAL GUIDE will tell how to get and
grow them.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175
Pages, Colored Plates, 500 Engravings.
For so cents in paper covers; $1.0o in elegant
cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine-32
Pages, Colored Plate in every number and
many fine Engravings. Price SIPS year;
Five Copies for $500 Specimen Numbers
sent for 10 cents; trial copies for 25 cents.
JAMES WICK,
dec soft Rochester, N. Y.
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American Shipping.

Before the late internecine war our COM
mercial marine was nearly if not quite equal
to that of England. The danger of cap
ture by hostile cruisers caused all American
vessels to be transferred to foreigners and
sailed under foreign flags. Since the war,
the high tariff upon all material which en-
tiers into bodybuilding, has prevented the
construction of boats in our own shipyards,
because they cannot be constructed as
cheaply here as they can abroad. Our
laws, designed to protect our shipbulders,
forbid our citizens to buy ships abroad and
sail them under American registers. In
this way commerce in American vessels has
been swept from the ocean. American
sails. which once whitened every sea, are
no longer to be seen upon the ocean, and
our hardy tars have had to abandon the
sea or seek employment on foreign ships,
while our once celebrated clipper-builders
have been driven abroad for employment,
or have had to abandon the business.
American commerce has thus been protect
ed out of existence and our skilled ship
carpenters driven out of the country or
away from their calling, and the wisdom Of
our Congress has hitherto been unequal to
the task of remedying this state of things.
Agriculture, commerce and manufactures,
should be equally the care of an enllghten-
ed government. The first and the last OF
these great leading interests, were never
more fourishing, but commerce has been
destroyed by unwise legislation, and with
it an important branch of manufactures
also. Not over fifteen per cent. OF the mil
lions of American products sent abroad Is
transported in American vessels. Does
not common sense point to the repeal OF
the tariff upon all ship-building material as
the readiest way to restore our commercial
marine, bring back our skilled mechanics
and give employment to our once unrlvalled
Jack tars.
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"Our carrying trade is handicapped by va
rious burdens, but we believe that the first cost
of shin to an American shipowner is the
most grievous of all these. He must pay very
nearly double the price for which British
shipowner can get ship of the same size.
Even Mr.. Roach, who is not likely to say
good word for free ships, testifes that while
the material for shipbuilding is fifteen per Ct
dearer here than in England the labor put
upon building the ship is fifty per cent dearer
Now, the labor is nearly ninety per cent OF
the cost of the ship, and the proportions are
really worse than Roach makes them. 1t the
American ship will carry the same cargo and
can make the same trips as British ship its
owner ought to get double rate for freights
and for passengers in order to make his en-
terprise prosperous. He cannot get double
rates, however, for at this point he is IN the
market of the world and competition meets
him. He must carry for the same rates, and
as these rates cannot remunerate the owner,
whose original equipment is made at double
cost, his trade becomes an arithmetlcal I'M
possibility and dies. IN T. Herald.
Reduce the tariff on all articles which
enter into ship building, and the cost OF
material will be no greater here than In
Europe. The only other difficulty in ship
building,-the price of labor,-will soon
regulate itself, and our skilled mechanics
would soon be able to enter into successful
competition with foreign builders. They
did it before the civil war, and they could
do it again. 1t would be better to build
our ships, and thus give employment to
our own mechanics, than to buy them in
foreign countries, thus fostering foreign in
dustry at the expense of our own. 1t is
plain problem, this business of restoring
our commercial marine. The present higf
tariff is the only obstacle.
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eff Christmas on a Monday Be-

One of the timely papers in the Antiqua'y
for December is Mr.. g. B. Leatham's histori-
cal article oa Christmas, in which he quotes
from the Harleian MSS. an omen applicable
to this year:
IfChristmas on Monday be,
great winter that year you'll see,
And full of winds both loud and shrill
But in the summer, truth TO tell,
Stern winds shall then be and strong,
Full of tempests lasting long;
While battles they shall multiply
And great plenty of beasts shall die,
They that be born that day. ween,
They shall be strong each one and keen;
He shall be found that stealeth aught;
Though thou be sick thou diest not
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30

For fifteen years We have used James
Vicks flower and garden seeds, and re-
ceived his Floral Guide regularly each year
1t was thought by many that his death
would close the business, but his sons have
stepped to the front and assumed charge,
and if the issue of the Floral Guide for
1883 is taken as sample of the young
mems energy we predict for them pros
porous business
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1t is reported that Rerdell, the star-route
conspirator who was convicted at the former
trial, against whom the verdict was set
aside. will turn States evidence 1t is re-
ported, also, that the other conspirators did
not show him much consideration in the
former trial and were glad of his conviction,
fearing he would turn against them. 1t is
hoped the facts of the conspiracy will be
brought out soon and the case disposed of.
1t has been dragging along for over year.
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we have received the first number Of
the Prince Georges Enquirer, published
at Upper Marlborough, Md, by Messrs
Roberts & Sasscer. 1t is the successor of
the Prince Georgian. We tender our
congratulations to the proprietors on the
issning of such an interesting and enter
tanning journal, and also its patrons on hay-
ing two gentlemen as its editors who will
give them paper worthy Of their hearty
support, and fully up to its former stand
ard
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j. OLIVER WADLOW,
dec 23-5t Register of Wills
DATIFICATIoN NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court of Carroll county,
DECEMBER TERN, 1882.
Estate of Jacob Foglesong, deceased.
On application it is ordered this 18th dayOf
December, 1882, that the sale of the real estate
of Jacob Foglesong, late of Carroll county,
deceased, made by Uriah Foglesong, execu.
tor of the last will and testament of said de-
deceased, and this day reported to this court
by the said executor, be ratified and confirm
ed, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on
or before the 4th Monday, 22d day of January
next; provided copy of this order be insert
ed for three successive weeks in some news
paper printed and published in Carroll coun-
ty, before the Sd Monday, 18th day of Janua-
ry next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
fourteen hundred dollars. ($1400.00.)
GRANVILLE T. Herring,
WILLIAM FRIZELL, Judges
NEIGHBOUR F. ALLGIRE,
True copy,-Test:
J. OLIVER WADLOW,
dec 23-3t Register of Wills.
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Maryland journals have been indus
triously engaged for some weeks past in
presenting the claims and merits of various
gentlemen for governor, and nearly every
gentleman who has even q county promi-
hence has been named for the position.
The last candidate brought out on the
Democratic side is President Garrett, Of
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Rev. S. R. Bridenbaugh, of Berlin, Pa.
will officiate in St. Paul's Reformed Church,
this city, on January Z, 1888, at 1O3, a. m.
There will be Watch Night Services at the
Methodist Protestant Church, on Sabbath
evening, beginning at 81 o'clock.
The Mission Anniversary and Sunday
School concert will be held at Grace Luther
an Church, this city, Sunday evening, Dec.
S1st, at O clock A collection will be taken
up for the education of converted Hindoo
for the Gospel Ministry. All are invited to
attend