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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
Iridesoent Glass.

Every visitor to the Cernoa collection
of antiquities has been most struck with
the wonderful beauty of the glass, which
CLEANS with the coors of the rainbow.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry thus
accounts for it:
"The cunning artiicer in this case is
Nature, and the exquisite colors are the
result of decomposition. When class is
subjected to influences which gradually
dccompose it, the surface becomes covered
with delicate laminr, like those of mother.
of.pearl, and the rainbow colors are due 10
the optical phenomenon known as the "ip-
reference Of light" This change takes
place in glass which has remained long
under water or in moist ground, and es.
pecially in situations where it has been
exposed to ammoniacal vapors, as in the
windows of stables or in ancient burial.
places. The acid vapors given off by
volcanic ashes in some localities have been
known to have similar effect.
According to paper in late number
Of the Complies Readas, this iridescence
or "irisation' has been produced artifcially
by two French chemists. 1t was only
after repeated trials that they succeeded in
accomplishing it. The process is said to
consist essentially in submitting the glass.
under certain conditions of heat and pres
sure, to the action of water containing
fifteen per cent, of hydrochloric acid"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
dait and Aumur.
CHURCH RULES FOR THE LADIES.
ny JOE JOr JR.

~ sNA abAH shs
Dress hard all morning. such is fate,
Then enter church some minutes late
All eyes Will then be turned On you,
And viii observe your bonnet new.
Let humble modcsty wrcathe your face,
And take your seat with flul tlcss grace.
Let Gll your thoughts be fixed on high,
And re-arrange your cardinal tie.
Think how Religions prone 10 bless,
And criticiso your neighbor's dress.
Let all your hearts be oiled with praise,
And notice Mrs. Miggle's lace
Put from your mind all thoughts Of sin,
Aud re-adlust your diamond pin;
Think Of how good religion proves,
And then smooth out your buttoned gloves
Catch we'll the procepts as they fall,
And smooth the wrinkles in your shawl
Think Of the sinners fearful fate,
And notice ifyour bonnet's straight
Prny for the influence divine
That lady's basque, mark the design.
Let tendey peace possess your mind,
And critciso that hat behind;
Reflect on Christian graces dear.
And fix those curles behind your car
Let your heart warm with silent prayer,
And view that horrid green silk there
Reflect upon the wicked's ways;
See lfyour gold chains out Of place.
Think Of the peace the good shall find,
And wonder who are sitting behind
Think Of the burdens Christians bear,
And notice those strange ladies there.
The last woris hear with contritc heart,
And fix your pull-back when you start
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
dseful 8rtipes.
To Drive Away Rats.

A lady writer in a recent number Of
New York journal, discourses ia the fol-
lowing style concerning her treatment of
rats and mice We cleaned our premises
of these detestable vermin by making
white wash hyellOw with copperas, and cover
ing the stones and rafters Of the cellar
with thick coating of it. In every
crevice where a rat might tread we put
crystals of the copperas, and scattered the
same in the corners of the floor. The re-
suit was perfect stampede of rats and
mice. Since that time not foot fall Of
either rat or mouse has been heard about
the house. Every spring a coat Of the
yellow wash is given to the cellar, as a
purifier as well as a rat exterminator, and
no typhoid, disentery, or fever attacks the
family. Many persons deliberately at
tract all the rats in the ncigoborhood by
leaving fruits and vegetables uncovered in
the cellar; and sometimes even the soap
scraps are left open for their regalcment.
Cover up everything eatablc in the cellar
and pantry and you will soon drive them
ont
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
Laying Submarine Gable.

Before laying submarine cable between
the proposed places, it is extremely i'm
portant to take soundngs aud otherwise
survey the ocean, so as to determine the
exact route the cable should take. A cable
is too costly to be flung away anywhere on
the sea bottom, and the sea bottom is
sometimes Of a very unfayorable character.
1t may be said that too little attention has
hitherto been paid to this point in cable
laying Expensive cables have been man
uiacturcd at home, with their relative
length of shore end, intermediate and main,
determined by formula and usage, and
then hid away in seas whose character had
been largely taken for granted, the conse-
quencc being that a weighty and very
costly shore end has been deposited in mud
soft as butter, where it would be out of
harms way, while the unprotected main
has been laid along the Jagged surface Of
coral reefs. The depth and nature of the
bottom, the strength and direction of cur
rents, the temperature at the bottom, should
all be ascertained beforehand by a special
ship appointed to survey the proposed track
Of the cable. The best route for the cable
is then laid down ON the charts, as a guide
to the navigator and engineers engaged in
the laying. Great improvements have re-
Gently been made in the method of taking
deep.sea soundings The ordinary plan is
to carry the lead.linc Ga strong line or
small rope of fine tarred Manila yarn from
the stern along the ships side to the bows,
and there drop the lead into the sea. As
it sinks the rope runs out off the drum ON
which it is coiled, and when the lead
strikes bottom the running ceases The
introduction of fine steel piano-forto wire
for the rope, by Sir William Thompson, is
great improvement upon this clumsy
method. The wire sinks quickly through
the water, and is pulled in again with
very great saving Of time and labor; but
the most ingenious Of all contriyances for
finding the depth of the sea is Sicmen's
bathometcr, very recent invention. The
bathometer simply stands in the captain
cabin like barometer, and indicates the
depth of the Sea over which the ship is
passing, Just as barometer indicates the
height OF the atmosphere above. The ac-
tion Of this ingenious contriyance depends
ON the attraction of the earth on a column
Of mercury. This attraction is proper.
tional to the earths density, and the rela.
tive distance of its crust from the mercury
column. Earth being denser than water,
exercises greater downward attraction
on the mercury IT, then, there are say a
hundred fathOms of water just under the
mercury instead of hundred fathoms Of
earth or rock, there will be less downward
attraction on it. Taking advantage of this
law, the mercury column is adjusted so as
to indicate the power of the attraction and
give the depth of water it corresponds to.
Chambers Journal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

during his long life fl2,OO0 a year. The
amount paid out of the taxation of the
people under this single sinecure since
1925 has been the enormous sum Ct
$3.50, 900, or s2,150,000, Fortunately
for the patience of the long-suffering Brit.
ish people, this reverend gentleman leaves
no successor, SO that the pension is not
entailed.
The total number of pensioners aud sin
ecurists, outside Of military and naval pen
soners, embraces the names of upwards OF
two thousand individuals, male and female.
The cost to the British people it is impos-
siblc to ascertain precisely, but it largely
exceeds s6,00O,O00 a year, not paid for
the necessary expenses of the government,
but mainly as naked sinecures or outright
gifts to the heirs of persons who have rem
dered real or supposed service to the nation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
gelrct poetrg.
VIII the Shadows be Lifted 2


kyn the shadows be lined tomorrow
i n,.. the sun ever shine Ia vain
4, ,nl the clouds that are loud In their sorrow,
Wn they over cease weeping again
hym the fields Ger put ON their greenness,
And the flowers bloom sweet as before
hrl the sky in its blucst sercncncS,
loaE ,miIingly on us once more
h,tn the shadows be lincd tomorrow
yr,m ms heart in its grief storm runt'
hnl hope, the kind soOthcr Of sorrow,
with her bow of promise be sent
km the waves of my HES troubled fountains
/ Ever cease in their obb and tuw'
Ayill the shadows that dnrkcn my pathway
lt scattered like phautams of woei
n yes. will the shadows bc llfcd
Frln hilltop, aud valley aud plain,
Ind Ilfcglying sunshine and gladncss
4 Replenlsh the dear earth again,
Apd thrnWll tho weeping Of nature
na hushCd by a loy-giving ray,
IAud the bcauty Of sunset as ever
pe the luyclicst hour Of the day
Abty y,-. will the shadows be lined
From my pathway 20 drcary aud lone
I,pd the dark, dun clouds will he rlfcd
And tic winds cease their pitilcss moan.
though walk amidst darkness and shadows,
une promise unflllins is mine.
Il know In d future tomorrow
About me one love will cntwine.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
About the Fly.

When Congress street woman answer
ed the door-bell yesterday she found a
stranger on the step. He had bundle
in his hand, smile on his face, and
said
Madam, can sell you some fy-pa-
per2"
"Does the paper fly? she asked,
No, ma am, but it makes the flies fly. I"
"What do want the flies to fly for p
she continued.
every fly, madam" he was ex-
planning, when she called out;
"I want to Hyl can get along with
flies better than with agents r
"But | am not on the fly, he softly pro.
tested.
"0ur dog is" she grimly replied, and
so he was He flew around the corner,
the agent flew for the gate, the roll of fly
paper few over the curb, and a newsboy
climbed tree-box to be out of the muss
and shouted
"She flew, thou fuest, he flied, and
believe the dog got piece of meat with
that coat-tail" "
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

Our OF EyERYTHING.-"Pat o.
Brien, called His Honor in loud voice
yesterday afternoon in the Fiity-seventh
Street Police Court,
"Hello !" shouted a gray haired old man
with great deal Of superAous vigor, ap-
preaching the prisoners dock.
81 am told that you want to be sent to
the Island said the Court.
"An' you wor tould no lie, sor,
"Have you no kindred ?"
"No, sor; I'm out of relatives"
"No friends 2"
"Divvlc frind, sor."
"No money!
"Nivver a clint, sor.
"No credit ?"
"Not enough to buy half drop av
whiskey."
"No whiskey then, SUPPOSE"
II drank it all, said the old man, sadly;
"lm out Of eyerythin, sor."
"Two months in the Workhouse, where
you'll never be out of work" said His
Honor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The RAIN TREE.-The Consul of the
United States of Columbia, in the depart
ment Of Lereto Peru has written from
Yurimsgus to President Prado, informing
him that in the woods adjacent to Moyo-
bamba exists tree called by the natives
Tamia-caspi (rain-tree) which possesses
some remarkable qualities. 1t is tree of
about fifteen metres (about fifty feet
high, when at maturity, and of about one
metre in diameter at the base, and has the
property of absorbing an immense quanti-
ty Of humidity from the atmosphere, which
it concentrates and subsequently pours
forth from its leaves and branches in
shower, and in such abundance that in
many cases the ground in its neighborhood
is converted into a perfect bog. 1t pos.
sesses this curious property in its greatest
degree in the summer, precisely when the
rivers are at their lowest and the water
most scarce; and the writer proposes that
it should be planted in the more arid re-
regions Of Peru, for the benefit of agricul
turists. s.-Panamd Star and Herald.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The Ostrich can travel immense distan-
ees, though its range of feeding is ordinar-
lily limited to space Of 20 or thirty miles
from its headquarters. 1t can run at the
rate Of 46 miles in an hour. 1t can dis
pense with water, though fond of bathing,
and nothing comes amiss to it in the shape
offood-"seeds, berries, fruit, grass, leaves,
beetles, locusts, small birds and animals,
lizards and snakes"-the process of tritu-
ration and digestion being aided by "sand,
stones, grit, bones, and even pieces Of
metal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

It is related that the late General John
Z. Breckenridge had son (Cabel) upon
his staff, and at the terrible charge Of the
Kentucky Brigade at Murfreesboro' chose
him to carry an order to distant part of
the line, saying in reply to remonstrauce
that he would not direct any officer to face
danger from which he would spare a
member Of his own family. The boy gal.
loped safely through storm of bullets,
delivered the order and returned unhurt.
II is now announced that he is to marry
next month the daughter of Lloyd Teyis,
now reputed the richest man in California
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

IHE BAsTINADo.-Sultan Murad in
his firman conferring constitutional lib.
erty on the Turks, declared the abolition
OF the bastinado. But it is to be feared
TINS cruel mode Of punishment is still
practised, as was shown by the report of
the suiierlngs Of the student at CONSTANT
nople, who venturcd to advocate the recall
OF Midhat. An unfortunate Englishman
was once subjected to this torture in Tur-
Key, and the scene was described as fol-
lows THE victim was thrown fat on his
face and his legs bent up, so that the soles
OF the feet were horizontal the feet were
held IN this position by long staff and
chain. AT first the blows were moderate
ly dealt, then they were laid on more
roughly, and every stroke felt like the ap-
pheation Of redhot poker. Atfrst the
pain was excrueiating, but the feelings in
time became numb, aud it was like beating
a bag of wool. 1t was six weeks before
he could walk even with crutches, and for
more than three years his feet aud ankles
were very much swelled, and, though
twenty years had elapsed when he pub.
lisheJ This account he still suffered" He
mentians instances Of the bastinado hay
ing been applied for three days successive.
ly, and, IL the person survived, the feet
were rendered useless for life; but in gen.
eral, he observes, when between 800 and
600 strokes were inflicted death was tn,
consequence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

William, observed Milwaukee wo.
man to her husband, "Mrs Holcomb feels
pretty badly since the loss of her child,
and | wish you would drop over there and
see her. Yoa might say that all flesh is
grass; that we've all got to go the same
way, and see if she is going to use her
dripping pan this afternoon.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
tH A Allsaos
The Separation.

The bride Of an hour stood smiling;
Her mother in tears was near by;
For the pet Of her life, 50 beguiling,
Was soon to bid her good by.
Fond friends tried yAinly 20 cheer her,
To stop up the tears that fast fell.
As She clasped her daughter still nearer
And in agony uttered, farewell
The groom with his bride had departed
To journey far OF In strange lands,
Aud the mother cried out. broken hearted
We'll I'm glad that girls of my hands.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

To Cool RooMs--If the heat Of q
room occupied by an invalid is oppressive,
it may be greatly lessened by hanging in
the open windows some towels or canvass
well wetted. Water, in passing from a
liquid to gaseous state, absorbs caloric.
That chemical process viii lower, in a few
minutes, the temperature Of room by Eve
or six degrees, and the humidity distribu-
ted in the air makes the heat more SUP.
portable. By thatsystem the patients find
themselves, even in the height Of summer /,
in an atmosphere refreshed, analogous to
that which prevails after a storm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The liver especially at this season of the
year should be kept in healthy condition
and the blood in pure state, and by so
doing, many unpleasant ailments may be
avoided, such as headache, pain in the
side, continual coughing, indigestion, de-
tieiency of perspiration, habitual constipa-
ton, pimples, boils, and all eruptions Of
the skin.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The Columbia, Pa, Herald says.---If
you see any one have s.bone felon, tell
him to get lemon, cut hole in Il, and
put il on the finger, It viii cure sure.
We have tried II and seen others try II
at our suggestion Mr.. MaCulIen recent
ly tried it at oBr suggestion, when he was
racking with pain, and he says Il cured him
in fifteen hours. You must keep fresh
lemon on it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

FRIENDS AND FoRTUNE.-With clear
sky, bright sun, and gentle breeze, YOU
can have friends in plenty; but let fortune
trown and the armament be overcast, and
then your friends viii prove like the strings
ofa lutte, all Of (which you win tighten before
you will find one that will bear the stretch
and keep the pitch.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

"Look here, Pete" said knowing
darkey, "don't stan dar, on dc railroad. =
"Why, Joe ?" Cease, if de cars see dat
mouf OBJ yourn dey tink it am dc depot
and run rite in"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

Archbishop Mountain having been con
suited by George H. as to a fit person for
the See of York, then vacant, promptly
and wittily quoted scripture-"Hadst thou
faith as grain of mustard, thou wouldst
say to this Mountain pointing to himself
be thou removed, and cast into the Sea-
He got it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

BED BUa PoIsoN.---A strong alum
water is sure death to bugs Of any
description. Take two pounds Of pulver.
lied alum and dissolve in three quarts Of
boiling water, allowing it to lie over the
fre until thoroughly dissolved Apply
while hot with brush, or, what Is better,
use a syringe to force the liquid in The
cracks of the walls and bedstead. Scatter
also the powdered alum freely "A all these
places, and you viii soon be rid Of those
insect nuisances.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

They were sitting together and he was
arduously thinking what to say, when
finally he burst out in this manner sin
this land Of noble achievement, and un-
dying glory-why is it that women do not
come more to the front and climb the
ladder of fame ?' 81 suppose" said she,
tying knots in her handkerchief, it's on
account of their pull backs. "
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The two most precious things on this
side Of the grave, are our reputation and
life. The most contemplate SANDER NAV
deprive US Of one, the weakest weapon Of
the other Therefore although we cannot
protect ourselves, let us spare others
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The following order was recently left
on the slate of New Hampshire doctor /:
Doc, cum up to ther house; the old man
has got snaix in bis butes agin an raisin
kahn,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

A saloon-keeper named his resort "No.
where" so that when his married custom
ers went home late aud their wives wanted
to know where they had been, they could
safely tell the truth
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The late spell of weather calls to mind
the remark Of sable brother, that he had
mos alters noticed, if he lived fru de
month of March, he lived fru de year.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The sure way to make the world better
and happier is for each man TO make him
self better, to deal justly, and TO eschow
wickedness.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

yillainy that Is yigiIant, viii be an over.
match for virtue, should The latter elnai-
per at her post, reason why many . bad
cause triumphs over a good one.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

Fashionable::youDg lady, detaOhing her
hair before retiring: What dreams NAV
come when we have shuffled off this NOR.
tai coil
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

There now, cried little girl while she
was rummaging a drawer in bureau
gra ndpa has gone to heaven without his
spectacles.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

"AnOther COwhiding Affair" was the
sensational head line Western editor put
over brief item calling attention to his
lost cattle.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The deliberate opinion of she EslsaiiIGe
Azaericaa il that every spifiihaiist Is
either q rogue or Iunafic.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04
Thus runs the world away :

The widow sits by the vacant chair,
A-comblng her strands Of yellow hair,
While her soul by a thought is yexed-
Not Of the man who sat there last,
Not Of the joys Of the buried past,
But ofwho Will sit there next.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

Night after night we die, and are born
again. We lie down in our bed as in the
grave, and the time comes when we lie
down in the grave as in our bed; but, as
Dean Miller wrote:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

The tongue is little thing, but IL fills
the universe with trouble.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-04

III little matters at what hour Of the Any
Ihe righteous fall asleep Death cannot come
10 him untimely who has learned 10 ale
The less Of this brieflif the more az heaven.
The shorter time, the longer immortality
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-26
Troops Withdrawn.

Yesterday, Tuesday vas the day
on which the troops were to be With
drawn from Louisiana. This means
q recognition Of the Nichols govern
ment and the liberation Of the peo-
pie Of that State from carpet Dagger
rule; and this being the last State in
which carpet-baggers had hold, We
may now lock for a prosperityin the
South that has not been known since
the elose Of the war. The funniest
part about the whole thing is, how
Hayes could recognize the Democrat
ic Governors IN those States as being
elected by the people, and he him
self assume to be anything else than
a fraudulent President. While
Hayes action in the premises will
result in good to the people Of the
South, yet we can not see where the
consistency comes in. His manner
of dealing with thosedisputed States,
proclaims to the world that his Of
fee is held BY one of the basest frauds
ever perpetrated upon a people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-26
Lucas Lambrecht,
BAKER & coNFEcTIoNER
ROM PLEAsANl,. W. IA.

Takes pleasure in informing the citizens
Of this place and vicinity, that he il nov
prepared TO furnish fresh bread and cakes
on short notice.
He will keep candies, cakes, fruits. nuts
aud in fact everything common to q Con.
iectionery establishment AlsO, constantly
on hand, fresh bread He will mske 70
order Cakes Of every description. IL win
be his pleasure to please his customers
and to that end no cndeayOs will DO re.
mited. Apr. M-1I.tt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-26
Stockholder's Meeting,

THE Annual meeting of the Stockhold-
ors OF the Mason County Agricultural
and Mechanical Association will be held
on Monday. May 2lSi, 1877. that be-
ing the first dUy OF the May term OF the
County Court, ut 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the
Court House of Mason County, for the
purpose OF clecting Board OF nine Direct
ors, changing the Bylaws, and transact
ing such other general business Us may be
lawfully brought before the meeting.
p. S. LEWIS, Prest.
II. r. HowARD, sec'y. Tap. 26-iw.