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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
What is a Gatling Gun.

The gun consists of number of very
simple breech loading riaed barrels, group
ed around and revolving about common
axis, with which they lie parallel. These
barrels are loaded from feeder and fired
while revolving in continuous succession.
Each barrel is fired only once in a revolu-
tion, but as many successive shots are de-
livercd in that time as there are different
barrels, so that ten-barrel Gatling gun
fires ten times in one revolution of the
gun. The gun is revolved by man turn
ing crank, and the action of each barrel
is wholly Independent of the others,
so that the bursting of one will not
interfere with the efficiency of the gun,
simply reducing the number of the shots
fired. The first guns made were operated
with what is known as feed case, which
was filled with cartridges and replaced
with others when exhausted, but the latest
guns contain an automatic feed-hopper
which has greatly increased the rapidity
of firing. 1t is believed that as many as
l,lOO shots in single minute have been
fired, the penetration at long range being
greater than from the common canister
shall Grad froon n N...l... - m
guns are made of several different bores
ranging from O.42 to one inch calibre, and
even above the latter, the smaller bore
being served with the ordinary centre FIRE
metalic-cased cartridges used with small
arms, SO that the ammunition is inter.
chaugeablc. The gun is so hung on its
carriage that it can be swung literally
when fred, thus increasing the execution
to great degree.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
The Seven Wise Men.

Most people have heard of the "Seveu
Wise Men of Greece" but very few know
who they were or how they came to be
called SO. Here is the story, and the mora
of it is worth remembering, if their name.
are not. The Seven Wise Men of Greece
are supposed to have lived in the fifth
century before Christ. Their names are
Pittacus, Bias, Solon, Thales, Chilon, Gle
obulus and Periander. The reason of their
being called wise is given differently BY
various authorsi but the most approved
accounts state, that as some Coans were
fishing, some strangers from Melitus bought
whatever should be in the nets, without
seeing 1t. When the nets were brought
in they were found to contain golden
Tripod, which Helen, as she sailed from
Troy, is supposed to have thrown there.
A dispute arose between the fishermen
and the strangers as to whom it belonged,
and, as they could not agree, they took it
to the temple of Apollo and consulted the
priestess as to what should be done with
it She said it must be given to the wis
est man in Greece, and it was accordingly
sent to Bias, who declared that Thales was
wiser, and sent it to him. Thales sent it
to another one, and so on, until it had pas.
sed through the hands Of all the men, dis
tinguished afterward as the aSeveu Wise
Men" and as such one claimed that the
other was wiser than he, it was finally
sent to the temple Of Apollo, where it long
remained to teach the lesson that the
wisest are the most distrustful Of their
wisdom.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

KEEPIN q APPLEs.-The Westerr Aq-
r'culturist says Use great care in picking
them from trees, and when transferring
them from the basket to the. barrel handle
them like eggs. Get the best granulated
sugar barrels to keep them in, and when
the barrels are full cover them from the
air. Then, with header press the heads
in and keep them out of the cellar as late
as you can without having them freeze.
Put them in the dryest and coolest part,
Of the cellar, and raise them from the
ground three feet or more on skids, and do
not open or disturb them until they are
wanted for use. Ifexposed to the air BY
opening the barrels to pick chem again
some Of the apples win rot and others will
wither."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
A Musical Mountain.

The Virginia, Nevada, Enterprise says
"a gentleman Of this city, who has been
taking look among the old, abandoned
mines Of Truckee District, made critical
examination of the musical mountain, of
which good deal was heard some years
ago, when the mines we're first discovered.
Some Of the miners pitched their tents at
the foot of the mountain, and were not
little surprised and puzzled at hearing, DUR
ing the quiet hours Of the night, tinkling
sounds that seemed to pervade the whole
atmosphere, coming from they could not
tell where. The sounds were not unlike
those Of small music-box. At times
they supposed that the sounds were caused
by the wind playing among the twigs on
the side Of the mountain, bat they found
that this solution would not answer as the
same bushes were found everywhere, while
the musical sounds were heard nowhere else
on the side Of the mountain at the foot of
which they were camped. They spent
much time in scouting about and listening
of nights aud quiet hours during the day,
and at last tracked the strange sounds to a
great bed of small pieces Of rock that COW
cred the slope of the mountain. These
bits of rock were found to be quite sono-
rous, and the miners concluded that the
sound they omitted were caused by the
action of the wind among them. The
gentleman who recently visited the noun
tain says he went to it expecting to find a
good deal Of a humbug, but found II much
more ofa curiosity than be had anticipat.
ed; the mingled tinklings much resembling
the sounds Of an Rolian harp, aud fire..
quently attaining a startling degree of
loudness and distinctness. The sounds
seem to rise and fall, approach and recede,
as though caused or governed by the wind.
On close examination it was found that
the small fakes Of rock covering the face
of the mountain contain large per cent.
OF iron. This iron is supposed to be mag.
netlc, and there appears to be constant
motion among the chips of it, which ap-
pear to cover the ground to the depth Of
several feet in many places The whole
drift of broken rock seems to be moving
down the slope of the mountain with the
slow, creeping motion Of the glacier, and
the slipping over each other Of the frag
ments composing the mass is thought L
cause the tinkling sounds, which are s.
numerous as to mingle and rise into
single strong musical murmur.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

THE SuEz CANAL.-The Vice Consul
General Of the United States at Cairo has
submitted to the State Department state.
ment showing the traffic through the Suck
canal for seven years past The number
of vessels carrying the British flag which
passed through the canal during those
years was 53l7, with tonnage Of $780,.
43O, being more than twice the tonnage
Of all other nations. France is second,
showing vessels to the number Of SCI,
with tonnage of 1885, The mum.
Der of vessels carrying the American flag
was only eleven, with tonnage of 1880.
The number Of vessels Of all nations was
1884, with tonnage Of 13,521,75S
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
Giving Advice.

Advice is 6rst-rate thing when the
person giving it knows what he or she is
talking about. But there are volumes
Of advice and counsel which are ut
terly useless, because it is simply the
result of an uncomfortable desire to say
something-what makes no difference.
Advice, to be worth anything, needs to be
matured in the mind before it is uttered.
It is altogether better, however, as a rule
to attend to your own business and let
other peoples alone, unless you are invited
to interfere. Public men are especially
the victims of advice given. All men
and women in the world think themselves
called upon to give man who happens to
be in public life sort of advice, seeming
entirely to lose sight of the very important
fact that any one who has mind enough to
attract any considerable share of public at
tention probably has enough to manage
his own affairs. Get your own affairs in
good shape and keep them in it and do not
waste so much Of life in looking after
other people.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

BoxINo CHrLDREN's EARs.-Child.
ren's ears should never be boxed. ave
have seen, writes Professor Hinton, "that
the passage Of the ear is closed by thin
membrane especially adapted to be inilu.
enced by every impulse of the air, and with
nothing but the air to support it internally.
What, then, can be more likely to iniure
this membrane than sudden and forci.
BILE compression Of the air in front Of it 7
If any one designed to break or oyerstretcl
the membrane, he could scarcely devise !
more effective means than to bring I'll,
hand suddenly and fofcibly down upon tn,
passage of the ear, thus driving the al
violently before It, with no possibility 70
It's escape but BY the membrane givin,
way" So reasonable are these conClu
sions, that there was not needed even III
high authority Of the writer for the sub
sequent statement that many children ar
made deaf by boxes on the ear.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

The most perilous hour of a persons
life is when he is tempted to despond.
The man who loses his courage loses ALI
there is no more hope of him than Of
dead man; but it matters not how poor he
may be, how much pushed by circumstan-
Ces, how much deserted by friends, how
much lost to the world if he only keeps
his courage, holds up his head, works on
with his hands; and in his uuconqusrable
will determines to be and to do what be.
comes man, all will be well. It's moth
ing outside Of him that kills, but what is
within, that makes or unmakes.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

The literary ladies Of Great Britain
appear to have been astonishingIy long
lived. Here is list of them, with the
ages at which they died Mrs. Radcliffe,
90; Miss Milford, SO; Mrs. Trimmer, SO;
Miss Jane Porter, IA; Mr. Elizabeth
Montagu, 80; Mrs. Piozzi, 81; Mrs. Bar
bauld, 50; Mrs. EdgewOrth, 50; Lady Nor
gan, 80, Madame d Arblay, ss; Miss Han
nah Moore, sS; Mrs. Marcet, 80; Mrs.
Joanna Baillie, SO; Mrs. Berry, 90; Mrs.
somerville, s2i Miss Harriet Lee, s5; Miss
Caroline Harschel, ss; Lady Smith, 1903.
--Nev York Tribune.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

TELEGRApHYIN IN SwITzERLAND.-Tele-
graphing is cheaper in Switzerland than
in any other country. Being a part of
the postal system, the telegraph is as com.
mon as the post-ofice. There is not a
village, however small, or wherever situa.
ted, even in the highest regions Of the
Alps, that has not Government telegraph
working night and day. The charge fot
a message to any part of Switzerland is
only ten cents. The double postage card
is also another great advantage. This
enables you to send business order, &c,
on one part, and on the other your own
address, 50 insuring an immediate answer
without expense or trouble to the receiver.
~ T. Commercial Adpertiser.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

Two Spanish gentlemen of Salamanca
have just obtained patent in Spain for
making writing paper incombustible. A
number of experiments have been made
with the process, and the results are said
to have been very satisfactory. The pa
per will not burn, no matter what may be
the intensity of the heat applied. A sin
gle sheet submitted to the direct action Of
fame will carbonize but does not take
fire. If a roll Of prepared paper is placed
in the hottest fire the outside leaves will
carbonize and the edges for short depth,
but the interior remains unaltered, the
writing or printing being perfectly legible.
Papers already written or printed upon
may undergo the process without injury.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

Extensive preparations are being made
in Chicago for grand exhibition of Amer
lean and Canadian dairy products, to be
held in that city in December. The gen.
tlemen who have the matter in hand an
nounce that prizes in money amounting TO
several thousand dollars win be given for
the best butter, cheese, dairy implements,
cooperage, architectural designs Of cheese
factory and dairy building, cattle barns
&c. Invitations will be extended to all
dairy organizations in the States and Can
ada to send delegates to cooperate in tho
great exposition Of dairy science.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

PooR GIRLs.-The poorest girls in the
world are those that have never been
taught how to work. There are thous-
ands Of them. They have been taught to
despise labor, and depend upon others for
living and are perfectly helpless. The
most forlorn and miserable women on the
earth belongs to this class. 1t belongs to
women to protect their daughters from
this deplorable condition. They do them
a great wrong if they neglect it. Every
daughter should be taught TO earn her
own living. The rich as well as the poor
require this treatment.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
Original puetrp.
AFTER THE HARVEST.
Written for The Democratic Adrocate
BY EMMA ALICE BROWNE.

Now the haryesttime Is done,
You and l, my little one,
In the gray autumnal weather
Count our garnered sheaves together
This In shadow-this In sun.
Narrow were the fields, and low,
Where the Master babe US sow.
And despite our patient tilling,
When the golden ears were filling
Tares stood thick In every row
There were hopes, that day by day,
Blossomed like the flowers in May:
"liy and by, my little neighbor,
"Thesc will compensate for labor:"
You and were wont TO say.
50 our sonls were comforted,
While the circling seasons sped;
Now, the reaping.time is over,
With the hutter-cups and clover
Lol our spring.time hopes arc dead
This, foolish dream of mine,
Hourished by faith divine,
Thro' the ileeting summer hours
''NNhNA eAlI otNlAAi hliht WIN upNtIAt
Made the barren furrows shinei
Now-assailed by moth and rust
Sighted love. and broken trust,
Faith betrayed, and Friendship ended
in this withered shcaf are blended
Just handful Of dry dustl
Meagre are the sheaves we bring
From the toilsome harycstingl
Bitter are the grapes we gather
In the gray autumnal weather,
From the dead hopes ofthe spring!
We have failed yet shall we doubt
That His love folds us about,
Who, In calm or tempest, ever
With unfaulterlng endeayor
stroye to work Ills purpose out2
Tho the wine Of sorrow dim
Lifcs sweet cup from lees TO brim-
Empty handed, sad, and lonely,
Still the Joys we lost were only
Tithes we rendered back % Him.
And tho scant our humble share.
by and by these fields may bear
Haryests that shall yield us double
RecOmpense for toll and trouble,
So. dear Heart. shall we despair
HesinfnSter. Nd. Oct. s, 1877.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
LOOK AT THE PRICES ,

On Cars at Westminster, Nd, 5.horse
"Chpper" Engine on Wheels, weighing 2GOO
pounds, price $3.50. G.horsc, do, weighing
$3.50 pounds, Sis5. s.horse do, weighing
1000 pounds, 500. Extra for Hand Pump
to fill Boiler with Cold Water, SIS.
Every Engine is carefully tested and run
with 100 lbs Steam until known to be perfect
and complete in all its parts and is warranted
They are furnished with Pump and Feet
Hose, Heater, g Gpeeded Governor, Glass
Water Gauge, Steam Gauge, Whistle, Blower,
Try Cocks, Safety Valve, Blow.otf Cock :,
Smoke Stack with Spark AresIer, Double
trees, Neck Yoke, Drivers Seat and Tool
Box, Funnel to fill Boiler, Ash Pan, Wrenches
and Fire Irons.
n, BIZ You want an Engine, please to
order at least 4 weeks before you wish it
shipped from Shops, giving full and clear di.
rections for shipment, your Post Office,
County and State.
Clipper of of Wheels. "a horse $500; do.
5horse $780, do. G.horse 1886; do. s-horse
$3.50.
RslS- State where you saw this aug 90.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

AsrHMA.--DissOly some saltpstre in
hot water dip white blotting paper in il
until quite wet; then dry it, and when the
person is suffering, put il on a plate and
light i viii shoulder away; place It close
to the persons mouth, and he viii al once
find his breath como easier.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
Odds and Gnds.

The Philadelphia Ledger says Tho
Telephone has gone "down IN coal mine"
in Pennsylvania, and as the experiments
with it have been pronounced perfectly
satisfactory" by some mining engineers
who used it a few days ago in the Potts
vile shaft, there is q probability Of its
general introduction into mines. Now
that battery is not required, the telephone
can be made cheap substitute for the
speaking tube, if the royalty is not put at
too high figure. and it can be used (as
in coal minc) where a speaking tube
would be impracticabIe. A wire conduc-
tor will no doubt be used before many
years to carry light, as well as sound, into
the galleries Of coal mines. The electric
light is specially adapted for use in such
places, and recent improvements in the
candles" carbon points or their equiva-
lents) make it tOlerably certain that this
most powerful of lights can be furnished
at small cost, and with certainty
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

| envy no man who knows more than I
do, but pity them that know Isss. lSr
Thomas Brossns.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

Falsshood \ often rocked By truth, bus
she soon outgrows her cradle and aisessds
har nurse.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
St. Johns sParochial School,
WESTMINSTER, ND.
sELECT DEPARTMENT.

7I.Assff's and MATHEMATICS taught.
fnl,'enlar attention paid to english
9nlos''Itn. Terms perqnarter Of 10 weeks,
AKFm w " 3 l6 according TO the studies pur-
'Ve'' A. McGIRR, A. NJ, Principal.
a Might School for Young men viii be open
,1eH g b. m, on Monday and Thursday
q a4ei NAsks beginning October 10th, 1876.
oct "a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20

Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume of the week.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. AUGUST IL, 1877.



1t is Interesting to study the different
reasons assigned fpr the cause, or rather
the Justification, of the late riilroad riot.
1t has been asserted by those organizing
the movementthat the wages received
were inadequate to the support o
themselves and those dependent upon
them, and yet by careful comparison Of
the wages paid and the price of the many
articles going 10 make up the necessaries
oil life at the present time and the wages
and prices prevailing in 1864, showszeen-
clusiyely that the purchasing power of
wage.sreceived now Is greater than it was
at the latter period, 1aL which time there
was no such claim put forth, as it would
have beeI folly TO have done so, for those
were the flush times of the war when all
was prosperity il, business life. The TO
ledo Commercial has prepared the follow
ing statement slowing The prices IN Sept.
1864, and ut the time OF the strike, with
the per centage Ot reduction .-,,,F..,.vs
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

"A JEW in London is having his inn
|ings as wells as the Christian Hilton bis
Saratoga innings here. He has posted
conspicuously in his shop windows pla-
card stating that all American customers
must make deposit before their orders
for goods will be taken. He doesn't like
Americans and admits that this is an in
suit to them, but he intends to insult
them and wants to know what. they are
going to do about it? That's a question
for Hilton to answer. ~sa
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11
VEGEIINE.
t3 q ~ Oh "a sod e /,
Is MY FAMILY ST. 'a3t
- q % ~ q. a ..-.-.. ..--. zEIs
MEDICINE
~ WISH NO OTHER,

- j. PRovfDENcE, a pril Z, 1875 =
r. Mr.. IT,. z. STEykSs--Deari Sir--W hen / was
about years OF ag'' q humnr broke out upon me,
which my mother tried to cure by giving me herb
1t continued to grow wore, until finally she con-
SUI ted a physician AMI q sald had the. salt
lheum. and tlOctOred me for that ON plant. II e
relieved me some, but sail could not be per-
manently cured "a The disease originated in the
blood. Iren;ained great sufferer Tor s. veral
years, until heard of and consulted physician
" lao said had the scr"fulous hanlor and ii
would allow him to doctor me he would cure me-
L did so. and he commenced healing up my sores
and cded in tffecting an external cure, but
In short time the disease appeared again in q
worse form than c. er. as cancerons humor upon
my lungs. throat and heal. suffered the most
terrible pain. aud there seemed to be no remedy,
and my friends Thought must soon die, when
my attention was calie while rearing news
paper. TO Vegetlne testimonial of Mrs. Water
house. No 3Gi Athens streei, Sonth Boston, aud
/, formerly residing In South BOstOn and beng
ACQUAINTED with her and knowing her former
feeble health, concluded would try the Vcge-
tine After had taken lew bottles it seemed
to force the sores out of my system l had run
painful, but continued to take the Yeeetine un-
tll had taken ahout % bottles, my health i'm
proying all the time from the commencement of
The first b,ttle, and. the, sores to heal. Loom
menced taking the Vegeiine IN 1872, and contln.
upd it's use for six m nths. AT the present time
NV health is better than it ever has been since ]
was child The VegeJlne is what helped me-,
and i,mo cordially recomm end IT. TO ali suffer
ers, e. perially my friends: had been sufferer
for over 30 years, and until used the VcgetineI
found no remedy; now use 1t as my family med
iOi''o' anu '' '''' nv MRS. B. G. COOPER,
MOL Joy street. Providence, r. l. ~
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

Gov. ROBINSON, of New York, has
pardoned young Walworth, serving out
a life sentence in the state prison for the
murder of his father. The Governor re-
leases him on the ground that in early
youth he was subject TO epilepsy; that
his mind was furthur affected by the
cruelties OF deed and speech which his
father inflicted upon his mother; that he
shared her hatred'and fear of his father.
and believed that he himself would be
the victim OF his fathers murderous
propensities. and killed him, as he
thought, in self-defense. -I ban all.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

rs GOVERNOR RICE will probably be re-
nominated by the Massachusetts, Repub-
licans without opposition. An indiscreet
mention of Charles Francis Adams as
Democratic candidate has frozen up that
party, and there will be no indications
until it thaws out.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

CAPT. HOwGATE's schooner Florence
sailed from New London, Conn.,i Thurs
day of last week fer the Arctic Ocean,
undercommandl of Capt. Tyson. The
Florence will establish Capt. Howgate's
pol1l colony at a point OH the coast OIL
the north side of Cumberland, and there
store the supplies upon which the main
exploring expedition, which sails i'm July,
1878, under Captain ii. w. Howgate, u.
;. A, are to stlbsist.s The Florence is OF
56 tons burthen, is dprovisioned for one
year, and amply supplied with equip
meltS. ;,f.t..f-v.f
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-11

THERE is quite a jubilant feeling ig
London, England,on.account of the Turk
ish victories. fThe fact is recognized that
so long as there is Russian disaster there
is no danger Of English Intervention.