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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Janet ct SEES Amis, Q new juvenile In the
LANGUAGE
Gallery OF the Great Composers with Memoirs.
By DR.. Rimb ault, with Heloty pc portraits. S 90
The Laurel Bush By Miss Muloch......... IS
Time UBgentle Tide BY Dudley Moore-...... 80
Fallen Fortunes. By James Payne. rs
My Little Love. BY Marian Harland-......... l 50
First CENTURY OF the 10
Mikado Empire. By w. 4. Grifi tns........... 90
Life and Letters CT John Locke-2 vois....... 8 90
large assortment OF Oh 30 MOS and OHROMO
FLOWERS ard TEXTS, at reduced prices
SOLOMONS = CHAPMAN,
Agents Lawrence Pure Linen" Pa pers,
oct2l-r No Oil Pennsylvania ave-
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Our % Blsok eros Grain SILK can't be m atohsd
n the city prder 81 Also, cur usual barsain.
70 Dress Goods Knit Underwear. HOSIERY and
house at the cheap store IN the city
CONNOLLYB,
oeIo-1 COS Tn street. ops. Patent once
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CARrER's, 7O7 Market Space.

Double width beauti.ul Dress Goods, ia ses
Brown, Havy Glue, Dark Green, IS, worth 81 dou
bic width Black Alpaca. rs, yard wide Black Cad
mere, very me, 70; pure Silk BLACK slesca, 80
worth rs; large Wool Blankets, 81 50; Nsw YorK
Mills eheesing. ia; excellent Bed Tick, 20 Calico
8, w bite Vol flannel, ~, Canton Flannel, 8.
oct9 -tr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-01
EVENING STAR.
New York Fashions for November,

What the Centennial has DoHe for Soefs-
iy-DTaaer and Ereaisg Toiicffes -WIn-
Ger CfOaks aud Fars-Moraing Dresses
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DRY GOODS.
OFF

SELLING OFF!
SELLING OFF,
A 1LAsgE AVID Splendid STOCK OF EIRsT
OLAes ALL AND ~IhTEk Dkr G00D5,
j. W. COLLEY,
CoRSfR EiSHTH STREET AND nARKEr SPACE,
FOB TIE MKT 90 DAYS ONLY
Owing to the depressed condition Of business, aud
nsS1ps much TOO large q stock In store, I propose
selling cut, 80 above stated, at greatly reduced
prices wtthou reserve, May at less than cost
Of importation.
Sleek CsshDeres very cheap; Merinoee.
Black Alpscss, very cheap: Fine MohAirs
Black etks. ven cbesp; ColOred Silks.
Ladies audsone 10th Cioaks ard Shaxls cheau
a f1n sioSk OF Cloths and Cassimeres, Blankets
Bed Spreads, Flsnnels sheetiogs, Table Linens
1spkfrs and ToWelinEs; with q seDe-al stock OF
Staple Coos adapted 20 the wants of families And
they are Invited to exsmine this stock before buy
lair dealing may b relied on. st
COILBY'S,
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RLAOK OASHHEREs-very Chem.
~ BLACK ALPAOAS-VerV Cheap.
BLACK StLke Very Cheap.
BLANKETS Very Cheap.
BEAUTIFUL sHAwLs.
SEAL BROWN, NAVY BLUE, DARK GBEEN
ALL WOOL Cash AkREc, SO.
CAssIMEREs for Men and Boys wear.
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j. w. COLLEY,
CcRSfR riSHIH STREET AND nAPKEr SPACE,
FOB TIE NEXT 90 DAYS ONLY.
octC-eosm sol, corner sth ard Market sea,e.

Having bSught heavily st the recent immense
AUCTION sa'es, can ofsr the largest stock OF
1LNkIe 10 The city. Among our bargains We
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A wife,s Power.

A good wife is, to man, wisdom, strength
and courage; bad one is confusion, weak
ness and despair. No condition is hope
less to man where the wife possesses
ilrmness, decision and economy. There
is no outward propricty which can coun-
teract Incidence, extravaganza and folly at
home. No spirit can long endure bad
influences. Man is strong, but his heart
is not adamant. He needs tranquil
mind, and especially if he is an intelligent
man, with whole head, he needs its force
in the conflict Of life. To recover his
composure, home must be place of com
fort. There his soul renews its strength
and goes forth with renewed vigor to en-
counter the labor and troubles of life.
But, if at home he finds no rest, and there
he is met with bad temper, Jealousy and
gloom, or assaulted with censure, hope van
ishes and he sinks into despair. Or, with
superior mental vigor and strength Of will,
he resolves to release himself from one
who is a clog to his happiness, and bur
den instead of help, and to pursue life's
journey alone. If the wife values her
husbands love, she will not take every
means to destroy it, by making herself as
disagrceable to him as possible by fretfnl-
ness and fault-fnding. No sensible wo-
man will pursue such course. No lady
will attempt to domineer over her husband.
Self respect would forbid it, and no man
worthy of a woman's love would submit to
it. Such conduct lessons both, in the cs-
timation of all right thinking people. The
petulant, suspicious, complaining, fault
finding or imperious woman, will soon find
that she has forfeited her husbands love,
and indeed, she is not worthy of it. The
sooner he realizes that their paths must
henceforth diverge in life, the better it
will be for his own happiness at least. If
she will not render his home happy, she
does not deserve a home; she does not
merit his love, and he should give himself
no further concern about her. He is but
a weak vessel who will give himself uucasi-
ness and undue concern over an ill-temp-
cred, disagreeable, crossgraincd woman.
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Remarkable Aorolites.

The Philadelphia Press has a letter from
chihuahua, Mexico, which says "hlr
Muller, prominent citizen and banker Of
this city, the proprietor of one of the
largest and wcalthicst estates in Chiihua-
hpa, has shipped to the Centennial an ae-
rolitc Of about one ton weight In 1855,
Mr.. Muller, then living on a large estate
in the northeastern part Of chihuahua,
directed some Of his men to dig into the
old Aztec ruins in search Of specimens of
their earthenware, Of which they revealed
some quite curious and beautiful. "Casas
Grande was a famous old village of the
Aztees, and one Of the three important
towns which they built, and where they
lived long time in their gradual invasion
Of Mexico and their advance to the City
of Mexico. In evacuating the ruins of
the largest buildings in the old village
they found the walls plastered with fine
clay, smooth and we'll colored, and in these
ruins, after finding beautiful specimens Of
pottery, they met this mass of meteoric
iron, wrapped in the remains of heavy
cloth, ten or fifteen feet deep. The i'm
preston of the cloth is still visible. 1t
was probably bright when so carefully
clothed. 1t is fair to presume that the
meteor, rushing through the heavens with
great noise, in an ignited state, emitting
intense heat and dazzling light, was roceiv-
ed by the ignorant superstitions of the na-
tives as divine agent or manifestation,
and was, when their fears and amazcment
had sufficiently subsidized, carefully placed
in their temple, or they erected temple
on the spot where it fell, to contain it and
preserve it for their worship. This seems
more probable from the fact that in the
ruins, except this meteoric iron and earth
euware, nothing was found but turtle.
skilfully and beautifully made of "copper"
believed to have been one Of their deities.
There are several other remarkable
aeroites in Mexico, perhaps as many as
five, within a range Of sixty or seventy
miles, but the largest, and perhaps the
largest known in the world, is in the State
Of chihuahua, in the desert near to Parral,
of immense size and weight, not less, it is
supposed, than fifty tons. Mr.. Muller had
a license from the Mexican Government
to take either of these from the country
to the Centennial. If the large one could
have been removed the public spirit of
Mr. Muller and his desire to add to the
interest of the Centennial would have in
duced him to send it on"
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Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria has now attained very
high rank on the roll Of English sover-
eisns for length of reign having lately
passed Henry VIII. and Henry vi. she
now stands fifth in order, being still junior
or inferior only to Elizabeth, and the three
long Thirds, Edward, Henry and George.
Eizabeth's reign, from the death Of Mary,
Nov. II, 1858, to her own death, March
"a, 1908, lasted A years and 126 days, so
that Victoria has to reign little over five
years before she viii equal her great prod
ecessor Then will remain ahead only
Edward Ill, so years and nearly 5 months;
Henry Ill, Sc and 10 days George Ill,
SO years and 3 months. But Of course
even these long reigas look short by the
side Of the ~ years Of Louis XIV. Of
France. Probably no two successive kings
Of any country rcigued over so long
space Of time between them Of Louis XIV.
aud Louis XIV, who from l649 to I774
made up together 131 years, or an average
Of rather more than 65 years per reign.
How long win it be before France enjoys
or suffers III consecutive years Of rule
under two persons, or even under two
forms Of government
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"What is the cause of these dense fogs?n
asks the Builder, which says: Those who
have studied the question reply A fog
is formed by the mingling together Of
masses Of air of different temperatures,
and may properly be termed an earth
cloud, because it is formed at the surface
of the earth, and seldom rises many feet
above it. A London fog docs not in gem
eral extend much beyond the height Of
the houses. During its prevalence one
may, by ascending St paurs Cathedral,
obtain a clear atmosphere, while under
meath the dark vapor is rolling like sea,
through which the spires and steepos rise
like the masts of stranded wrecks. Lon
don fogs are not equal in density in all
places; long, depressed line, marks the
course of the Thames, and the deepest
darkness hangs over the most crowded
neighborhoods. Before the act Of Parlia-
ment was passed requiring the London
factories 10 consume their smoke the fog
was particularly dense in the localities Of
the great breweries. The height of the
fog is greatly determined by the nature
of the subsoil If it is clayey it stands
high, and low if it be of sand or gravel.
Defrance states, in his Treatise on Kapor
that fog is occasioned by descending
current of air, which beats down the
smoke and rolls over the surface of the
earth. At this time current of air may
be obtained to descend through the chin
noys which have no fire, producing strong
odor of SCOT, thus proving the existence Of
descending currents in the atmosphere.
Therefore, if the smoke of tens of thou
sands of chimneys be discharged into the
air, and then again forced to descend a
dense fog must necessarily ensue. 1t is
generally considered that these fogs which
have peculiar taste and cause the eyes
to smart, owe their disagreeable proper
ties to gases and vapors produced by the
combustion Of fuel, and from this source
the atmosphere is charged with carbon, sui
phureous, nitrous and pyroligneous acids.
A moderate wind will usually break up a
fog, but an increase OF temperature with
out wind tends to increase its density It
has often been observed that during the
middle of the night, until early in the
morning, London is free from fog, which,
however, sets in as soon as the fires are
lighted sometimes it clears for a short
time at noon, and increases its density as
evening approaches and the gas is lighted.
London fog has also a peculiar tidal mo-
ton, which tends down the river toward
the marshes and an extraordinary amount
Of electricity frequently accompanies thick
driving fogs. Fogs and epidemics often
accompany each other. They have, it may
be, common origin, or perhaps the one
is the cause Of the other. DIR. Prout, in
his Bridgwater treatise, specially refers to
certain poisonous gas, seleniurrettcd by.
drogen, which exists in the atmosphere
during fog, the smallest atom or bubble
of which, when inhaled by the nostrils, cx-
cites pain. This is followed by catarrh
and pains in the chest. During the recent
fog, as is well known, both human beings
and animals persisted, probably through
the Inhalation Of this poison.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Tho question is very common, (which
is the heavier, pound of feathers or a
pound of gold2" The answers are wide
and various. One says the gold is the
heavier and another that both arc the
same. Gold is weighed by troy weight
"a grains to q pennyweight, 20 penny
weights to an ounce, IL ounces to pound
troy, which thus contains $3.50 grains
Feathers are weighed by avoirdupois
weight-16 drachms to an ounce, 16
ounces to the pound. AS each drachm
weighs q 1l-22ds grains, each ounce
avoirdupois is 437l grains, and the pound
ayoirdupois weighs, therefore, exactly 1000
grains Thus pound of feathers is 1910
grains heavier than pound of gold.
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WRIT AND BURR.-In sketch of VIM.
Writ the Albany Ldto journal gives an
an account of Aaron Burrs trial: "Burr's
counsel were Luthur Martin, signer of
the Declaration of Independence, John
Wickham and Benjamin Bolts; but he
was his own most effective counsel, and
bore himself with the same selfpossession,
acuteness and yigor which he would have
displayed in cause to which he was in
different. Writ and Hay were the leading
counsel for the government. The foreman
of the jury was John Randolph. Among
the witnesses was Andrew Jackson. In
the bar us spectators sat two young lawyers,
who afterward abandoned the profession
of law, the one for that of arms, the other
for that of letters, and became respective
ly the most brilliant soldier and the most
celebrated author in this country during
the first half Of this century-Winfeld
Scott and Washington Irving. The latter
indeed appeared at Richmond on retain
or Of friend of Burr, who thought that
the young lawyers pen might possibly
prove seryiceable to the accused. The tai
ent and beauty of Richmond crowded the
benches (The Richmond ladies, five may
credit Irving, obedient to the Scriptural in
junction, Glove your enemies" were on
Burr's side during the trial, for he says,
aNotsa lady, | believe, in Richmond,
whatever may be her husbands sentiments
on the subject, who would not rejoice at
seeing Colonel Burr at liberty.") Such
was the audience to which Writ addressed
the speech that rendered him famous
speech compounded of keen logic which
commanded the respect Of the great Chief
Justice, and pathos which melted the
Richmond beauties into tears only less
pitiable than those Of Blenncrhassets wife
which mingled at midnight with the
wintry Ohio"
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Great Guns and Armor Plate.


The struggle between great guns and
armor plates is still going on in peace
full way preparatory to some use of both
in war. The great Krupp gun at the Cen
tcnnial Exhibition and the armor plates in
the British section are mere pigmies when
compared with projected guns and armor
plates. The Russia iron-clad Peter the
Great has been planned to carry 20-inch
armor, and the English 81-ton gun, firing
a shot of 1850 pounds, has been made
with the expectation that its shot can
pierce twenty inches of armor Sir w. G.
Armstrong is trying his skill on 17-inch
gun that will carry 1000 pound shot,
and Mr.. Frances, at Woolwich, has sug-
gested a l00-ton gun to carry shot Of
2240 pounds. Sir Joseph Whitworth
proposes, by the use Of hexagonal bore of
compressed steel and fat-headed elongated
shot, to make gun Of less weight than 81
tons which shall smash an armor plate "a
inches in thickness. Mr.. Krupp has ac-
tually begun to make monster Of 100
tons, but there is as yet no ship stout
enough to accommodate this piece of colos.
sal ordinance. At present the big guns
have the best Of the armor plate, but it IA
not long since twenty inches of armor
plate had the advantage of the most pow
erful guns of the day--thosc which could
penetrate fourteen inches of platc.--PaR-
adelphia Ledger.
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Parke Goodwin, son-iu-law of William
Cullen Bryant, and one of the most emil
nent Republican rcformers and friends Of
Bristow, telegraphs thus to Tilden and the
whole country: 'sThe man is the platform,
and the ring breaker Of New York win
prove the ring breaker Of the nation. All
who really desire honest money, diminish
ed taxes, pure administration, unfettercd
trade, aud the restoration Of true national
feeling in the place Of a wretched section
alism, will rally to his support"
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Among the speakers at the Tildcn and
Hendricks ratification meeting in Cincin-
natl, were Mr.. Frederick Hassaureck and
Hon. Charles Reemelin, two of che most
prominent German politicians in Ohio.
MIR. Reemclin said he had voted for Gov.
Hayes every time he had run for office,
but be would not vote for him for Presi-
dent, because he knew he had not the
necessary calibrc for the time and the
occasion. a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

The Scientific american says; "a few
rops Of carbolic acid in pint OF water
III clean house plants from lice in very
aort time. If mosquitoes or other blood
aekers infest our sleeping rooms at night
y uncork bottle Of penny-royal, and
Aesc insects leave 10 great haste, nor will
by return SO long as the air 10 the room
J loaded with the fumes Of that aromatic
|efb. Ii rats enter the cellar, little pow
bred potash thrown into their holes, or
sixed with meal and scattered In their
acver fails to drive them away.
&ycnne pepper will keep the buttery and
Eoreroom free from ants and cockroaehes.
u mouse makes au entrance into any
~ Of your dwelling, saturate rag with
ayenne in solution and stuff il into hole,
'hich can be repaired with either wood
mortar. No rat or mouse will eat that
eg for the purpose Of opening communal
zion with depot Of supplies
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Gilt metallic articles may be cleaned by
rubbing them very gently with soft
sponge or brush, dipped in q solution Of
half an ounce Of potash, or one ounce of
soda; or, still better, of half an ounce Of
borax, 10 sixteen ounces Of water, and
drying with soft linen rag Their lustre
may be improved in special cases by
warming them slightly and then rubbing
them very gently with soft sponge or
brush"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Ifyou desire q little curiosity on your
flower stand, take an old sponge, place in
glass vase Or stand, and sprinkle on it a
quantity Of grass seed. Moisten it every
day, and in short time your sponge will
be beautiful and green. The seed grows
fast, and the whole thing is inexpensive,
while at the same time it Is pretty.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

The Democratic State central committee
met at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday and
decided upon vigorous campaign a
letter from Senator Thurman was read.
He urged all Democrats 70 support the 81.
Louis ticket, and declared he did not Boz
lieve Ohio was lost to the Democracy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Congressman Vance, Of Ohio, who has
just returned to Washington from weeks
trip to that State, reports a wonderful
amount Of enthusiasm and confidence
among the Democrats there. The cam
paigu will be the most vigorous ever con
Quoted in that State, and the general feel
ing among Democrats there is that Tilden
is sure Of an election, and that Hayes will
be beaten in his own State.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

A good liquid for shampooing the head
ney be made Of carbonate Of ammonia,
half ounce; carbonate of potash, one ounce;
water, one pint. Dissolve and add to the
solution tiuctura Of cantharidcs, two fluid
ounces; rocti6ed spirits, one pint, good
rum, three quarts. Rub the hair well with
this till a lather is formed, aud then wash
the head with cold water
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Waterproof varuish for paper, etc., is
obtained by precipitating solution Of
tallow or resin soap by aluminium, iron or
copper sulphatc, and dissolving the pre-
cipitatc in liquid hydrocarbon, or in car
bon bisulphidc.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Az Davenport, Ia, the other night, the
Tilden and Hendricks ratification meeting
was the largest ever held in that city.
Theodore Blenick, a liberal Republican,
was Chairman On taking the chair he
announced himself for Tilden and Hcnd-
ricks, Reform and the Democratic ticket.
The vice presidents were Germans hereto
fore acting With the Republican party.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

If God our Heavenly Father, seems
distant and uninviting to us, it is because,
like the prodigal son, we have taken our
portion Of goods and come into far coun-
try to set up for ourselves, that we may
foolishly enjoy, rather than revercntly
sar,ra
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Hendricks nomination secures the two
great States Of Ohio and indiana, which
be will sweep ike a whirlwind. Tidens
nomination insures 70 the Democracy tho
State Of New York, New Jersey, and Con-
nccticut. With these States success Is
certain.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Sorrow turns the stars into mourners,
and every wind Of heaven into dirge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

There is silken string connecting all
virtue. 1t is called moderation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

The defects Of the understanding, like
those Of the face, grow worse as we grow
old.--ROchefapcauld.
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RELIGIOUS CoSNEcTroNs oPTHE CAN
D1DATEs.-The Herald and Pses5yief
says ;--@Goy- Hayes was raised Presby-
terrain by his maternal uncle, and, though
not member, is now a regular attendant
upon the services of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. His wife being commu-
meant Of that church Gov Tilden is d
Presbyterian in sentiment, and, as we were
lately informed, a member Of the Madison
Square Church, New York City Mr..
Wheeler is amembero Of the Congregational
Church, in Malone, N. Y, the place Of
his birth and residence, aud his wife was
also member. Gov. Hendricks was rails
ed Presbyterian, and is the son OF a
Presbyterian elder. His wife being an
Episcopalian, he is now worshipper in
that church.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Thackcray once said, very finely, .'Ncxt
to excellence is the appreciation Of IT,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22

Old age is often beautiful, and properly
SO, for it Is the childhood Of immortality.
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II we dive 70 the bottom Of pleasure we
are sure to bring up dirt
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He THINKS II AN INSTANCE or vary
BAD TAsrE.--A despatch to the N. \.
Tribune, says Tho President ono day
last week gave an audience to an Ohio
private citizen in no way CONNECTED With
public life, and voluntarily conyersed very
freely with him upon the public situation
Among others thugs, the President crit.
icised very severely Mr. IIayes's letter.
He said he considered it IN extremely bad
taste, and thought that it reflected upon
the present Administration. The Presi.
dent further said to this gcntomao that
he hoped the time would come when The
American people would b. permitted to
elect President for aslong time ashley
chose. The inference left upon thia gen
tleman's mind was very strong that the
President was grievously annoyed that any
consideration whatever had been given 10
the question Of the third term. The Pre-
sidentsentire mannerindicatedd issatisfac-
ton with the political situation, and much
personal anger