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A Wonderful Watch.

A wonderful specimen of Theological
skill in the shape of "Marile" watch,
imported by Messrs. Larsen 4 Wilson,
jewellers Of this city, has been sold by
them to a capitalist for the snug sum of
$4,000 1t is stated that the workman
was over year in finishing this timepieee,
and its machinery is capable Of doing so
much that according to Mark Twain, who
had an opportunity oflOOking at it, anOth-
er cogwheel or two might "entitle it to
vote" 1t keeps an exact record of the
phases of the moon; it tells the day of the
week, day of the month and the month of
the year, and win do this perpetually,
observing also the added day to February
in the Bissextile or leap year. Ittells the
hour Of the day, the minute and the sec
onds and even splits the seconds into fiffhs
and marks the divisions by stop hands
having two stop hands. 1t can take accu-
rate care Of two horse races that start, not
together, but one after the other. 1t isa
repeater, and chimes the hour, the quarter,
the half and the three-quarter hour, and
also the minutes that have passed of an
uncompleted quarter, so that blind man
can tell the time of the day by it to an
exact minute 1t is indeed such an ex-
traordinary watch that it is hardly suTpris-
ing a wealthy man was tempted to para
with $1,000, even in these hard times,
to become its possessor.-Saa Francisco
Cal.
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beautiful star-like blossoms of the jessa-
mine are not plunged into the dark-hued
greasy mass, that looks exactly like boil
ing sugar, for it was destructive of all ro-
nance to see the fate of the roses. But
the manner in which the jessamine is cul-
tivated is not what one would call pietur-
esque. Instead of trailing over some pro-
teeting tree, as in India, or upon a sum
mer house or long wall, as with us, it is
cut down like vine, and is restricted to
a number of shoots which send out sprays
thickly covered with flowers This muir
derous process makes the plant SO very
sensitive, that it has to be covered with
earth from October to the end of March.
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Mount Ararat.

The mountain, divided into two peaks
called Great and Little Ararat forms an
elliptical mass Of about twenty-five miles
in length from northwest to southeast and
about half that width. Little Ararat is
an elegant cone or pyramid, rising with
steep, smooth, regular sides into a compar-
atively sharp peak. Great Ararat is a
huge, broad shouldered mass, more like a
dome than aeone, supported by strong
buttresses, and throwing out rough ribs or
ridges of rock that stand out like knottv
muscles from its trunk. The latest mark
which the hand of nature has set upon
the mighty mountain was made in 1910,
and the story is pathetic one. Near the
mouth of the great chasm, with its crown
of tremendous precipices, there formerly
stood pleasant little Armenian village
Of two hundred houses named Aghurri.
The dwellers there were pastoral people like
their forefathers, who fed their focks in
the Alpine pastures and cultivated few
fields which were watered by the glacier
stream. They claimed that the vine which
bore these delicious grapes was Father
Noah's own, and that the ancient willow,
the pride of the village. had sprung from
one of the planks of the ark. The little
monastery of St. Jacob had for eight hun
dred years stood just above the village, on
the spot where the legend had appeared
to the monk. With the exception of the
wandering Kurds, the inhabitants Of Ag-
hurri were the only dwellers on the noun
tain; in their village its traditions centred,
and there they were faithfully preserved.
Thus Dir. Bryce relates the fate of the
happy mountain village Towards sun
set in the evening of the 21st of June,
1910, the sudden shock Of an earthquake,
accompanied by subterranean roar, and
followed by terrific blast of wind, threw
down the houses of Aghurri, and at the
same time detached enormous masses of
rock with their subjacent ice from the
cliffs that surrounded the chasm. A
shower Of falling rocks overwhelmed inan
instant the village, the monastery, and
Kurdish encampment on the pastures
above. Nota soul survived to tell the tale.
Four days afterwards, the masses Of sncw
and ice that had been precipitated into tae
glen suddenly melted, and, forming an ir-
resistible torrent of water and mud, swept
along the channel of the stream and down
the outer slopes of the mountain, far away
into the Aras plain, bearing with them
huge blocks and covering the ground for
miles with deep bed of mud and gravel.
Since then, few huts have again risen,
somewhat lower down the slope than the
sight of old Aghurri; here dwell a few Tar
tars and pasture their cattle on the sides
Of the valley, which grass has again begun
to clothe But Noah's vine and the prim-
e1al willow and the little monastery where
Parrot lived so happily among the few old
monks who had retired to this hallowed
spot from the troubles of the world, are
gone forever; no Christian bell is heard,
no Christian service said upon the noun
tain of the Ark - Chambers Journal.
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Beauty of Neatness.

One pleasant popularity of English
towns and public places is their exquisite
neatness. The streets are we'll paved and
clean, and tho roads are we'll kept; the
railway stations are in perfect order; the
fields are trim and neat; the gardens,
hedges, fences, lawns, all exhibit care and
oversight. The smoke and fog blaeken
and stain all the buildings, but English
care more than eompensates for this una
vOidable evil. We are not so particular
here. We have q clear atmosphere and
brilliant skies, but we are all, so far as
public places are concerned, sons and
daughters Of Shabbyville. This is the
more strange, because in our households
no reproach is true There are no neater
or better kept homes anywhere than Amer
ican homes, nor are any people cleanlier
or neater in theE habits. 1t is wholly in
pIblic matters that this shabbiness we
complain of exists. The blame rests prin-
cipally upon official persons who neglect
their duties; but our people are strangely
indifferent to anything Of public nature.
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ANovELTY IN THE WAY OF A WATCH.
We were shown an unique piece of
mechanism, the product of the ingenuity
of our fellow-townsman, 4. Hibarger 1t
is a wooden watch, both movement and
case, the works having been made of ap-
pie and box wood, and are made on the
style of an American Lever. The dial is
made of French Walnut with white figures
and the hands are brass. In the upper
plate of the works are engraved Z. Hi
barger, No l. The case is made of ap-
pie wood on the style of Hunting Case,
and opens and closes the same as any gold
or silver watch. 1t is about the size of an
ordinary watch, weighs II ounces, and
keeps perfect time As a specimen of
what an ingenious mechanic can do it is
we'll worth seeing.-Hagersto'oh, Md. Her
aid
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DIsAPPoINTMEYTs. = Remember that
there are no heroes in real life, One day
yOu will be pleased with friend and the
next day disappointed in him. 1t will be
SO TO the end, and you must make up your
mind to it and not quarrel, unless for very
grave causes. Your friend, you have
found out, is not perfect. Nor are you;
you cannot expect to get much more than
you give. You must look for weakness,
foolishness and vanity in human nature;
it is unhappy if you are too sharp in see
ing them.
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@riainaI poetrp.
EVENING.
Written FOR the Democratic Advocate
BY F. o. COOKE


o halmy eve, % sweet and still,
love thee best when in thy cleaning;
Thy charms then most my heart do fll
And coax my Gancies into roaming.
When absent far from those love
And sinks the low moon softly lseaming.
The world around, the sky above,
Have for me fE q Egeeter seeming
From meadows come The blcaf Of sheep,
And from the pines The turtles cooling.
While from above the keavens weep
A guer1on for The flowers wooing
Sow borne on gentlcst breeze along
With echo answering frsm afar
coInes the soft burfhen Of song
With silver notes OF sweet guitar
Gone II the moons last beam oflight;
Prom the black East great clouds are leanins
Dark eourfers Of the darker night,
In silence telling OF her coming.
Ie lacking JOY, pray you choose
some quiet sPot mid Natures dwelling
When comes the eve at there and muse
And learn peace that's past the telling.
Hstshfn0tom, d. c
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This from an exchange is sound advice
'Habitual promenading Of the streets by
young girls and the counting of stars by
corner lOafers is injurious to a good repu-
tation" A little gum on the back of this
paragraph win enable the parents to stick
il on the looking glass.
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Philosophers say that closing the eyes,
makes the sense of hearing more acute.
A wag says this accounts for the many
closed eyes that are seen in church.
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mand until the ciose ef thg laf. vhen
be va, sent back 70 L1Ivsnaosth.
thence to Kearnsy. Lar..i4 Port Han
ard 10 report q Bsnicit. California,
which he dill July %. 1s49. The gola
excitement caused him to try hi. luck
in the mines, aud in 1850 found him a.
DownieviiIe. where be was engaged in
store-keeping. aud also at Forest City,
in company with W. l. Woods. until
1855. In that year he went tn San
Francisco and enter.d the house of
Blsckman, Howard K Co., visiting
Puget Sound IN 1855. 1856 and 1857.
When the Frazer River excitemen;
broke out he dissolved his connection
with the San Francisco house. ard in
1853 started the first express on Frazer.
where If ever . man braved danger
and suffered hardship it was
be. After running that business
for six years without losing or
mispleciDg . single package, he cold
out to Doty s. Wilson. He next turned
up at Owyhre. Idaho. where he was
engaged in locating quartz claims till
March, 1866, when he went TO San
Frarcisco aud entered the house of J.
Fl. Ceghill 4 Co. as head salesman,
and July %, 1866, married Madame
Camilla Cook. sister Of Sig. Julius Ma
gognoes. His wife died January IS,
1865. The shock OF losing his wife, il
appears, nearly paralyzed oil bis smbi-
ton and subsequent efforts. We re-
member her - . lady Of very a,trac-
tive person and rare accomplishments.
In 1869 be was iu the employment of
the c. p. Railroad Co.. saw the connec-
ting rails laid aid took charge of the
company's business at Elko, where h.
obtained 100 acres of land upon which
. portion of the city of Elko is located,
part Of which belongs to his estate.
A severe and prolonged attack of rheu-
matism drove him to San Francisco,
thence North to Seattle, "where," he
says in his notes written day or two
before his death. "a man is sure to die,
as be can never get money enough to
get out Of it," During his residence
here he was msnifestly a broken mau
both in health aud spirits but be new
or sought sympathy or charity, and
seemed utterly regardless of the deri-
sion which ne brought upon himself by
his total disregard of his personal ap.
pearance. Those who knew him best
recognized in him qualities which un-
der fortunate circumstances would have
made him one Of our most distinguish
cd citizens.
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af1angeds cDafrrxuces having taken
plsce; and il Is further stated that the
principal owners Of tile CeO,al Pacific
are epxioas 10 retire in order to take
part In the construction of the Southern
Pacific railroad.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 60 This morn
ing Judge Whitaker. in the Superior
Criminal Court. charged the grand jury
TO inquire into frauds which have been
prepeirated AZ tie las; el.oti,.p. He
says that that body was composed o.
all political parties. and they could. as
good citizens, make d,ligc,t and i'm
partial inquiry as to the frauds, aud
pledged the support Of the court aud
Its of6cers to assist them.
ST. PAUL Nov. 25-The eaavass Of
the vot' S for c Congressman IF the Third
District is goi"g on here today. and is
still unfinished. Wsshburue fRep J
has majority of 3 900 on full returns.
D'nelly Dem. object. to several conn.,
ties on account If technical Irregular
ties. 1t is understood to furnish the
basis for contest.
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over the MOUNTAINS.

W ~ q our jobbing merchants re-.
. letter from the other side Of
6s oAecades from which he permits rs
- tshp the following extract:
! am satisfied that IL there was =
failsoed from Seattle through this
cCuntfy you would have city OF co.
U0o tnhabitahts in less than three
teAeA II tho property owners of Seat.
10 had the least idea OF the magni.
tu3o Of this country they would give
halt they have got to buiid the road.
Y0u 0ould work up = wholesale trade
here Sin . short time that would b.
worth more Ia you than all your pres
ent bpsiness."
The intelligent property holders Of
6xat b u, dcrstand this matter fully,
end II any one IL them owned the en-
tirs lsopesty he would deem it good
bargain to secure tn, building Of the
9svsNs one-half Of il as =
oo"as; me r.maining half wonII b..
~"rtA fanr tines ~ much :. III. whole
~oo'a = without the road. A guar
snsse OF leas than Is per cent. upm
ne sssesssti value Of the property Of
AinR o'unty weald secure the binding
q tn rad. aud /. nas given bec.as~
ehsfe are s" many Who believe il will
= d.ns any way. aud thA. that they
viii have the profit without ,,ara;n !,
any share VI the expense, and thu. the.
1pteFests Of ell arc delayed and hss.
on5ed BY the g-eei OF . few. peuny
sNias aud psand EHsli-h"
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AND now there is to be q controversy
as 10 who first invented the electric
light. 1t is stated that Frenchman
named Arnsud applied, just nine days
IN advance of Edison for the Eng lish
pstent right, for scheme which Is un-
derstooi to be the very essence of that
which the latter claims as his inven-
tion. Arnaud has succeeded in placing
humber of lights on one circuit, and
De claims to BIZ able to light street
with electric lamps on his principle
with perfect equality Of light through
ont anil to raise or ext,nguish them at
pleasure.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
CALIFORNIA,

0AAuB OWNBAs
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. 26-vireinis
City dispatches represent that to-day
the whole face of the crosscut on the
1900 level of the Sierra Nevada is in
porpbyry with the exception Of small
streak Of ore near the top. the north
drift from the station being turned
west toward the ore body.
San FRANCISCO, Nov. 26-The stock
market opened very weak this morn
ing. and went from bad to worse in
the II o'clock session. This is p.obs
bly, attributable to rumors with which
the street was filled to the effect that
the whole face of the crosscut in the 9.
geo foot level OF the Sierra Nsvad. is
now in porphyry. Private dispatches
are responsible. or at least are Quoted,
for this intelligence.
William D,.olan. Administrator OF
the estate Of Alexander Austin. de.
ceased. has brought emit in thu 4th dis
trict cou't against the Equitable Life
Assurance Society and Charrer Oak
Insurance Co. respectively fur an in
junction to restrain each d~f-nd.nt
from paying to Ellie Wilton 5000 and
$i0.00Oon polici.s Of insprame on the
lite OF the late Alexander Austin.
Plaintiff alleges that the lolicies ~crs
assigned BY Austin when he WAS deeply
IN debt. and the money 10 wanted TOR
his creditors.
San FRANCISCO, Nov. 27-N,thinR
IL known at the Central Pacific r. 4.
C's headquarters Of the report CON
splidstion Of tho Union and Central
4 Il. Co.'S. under the presidency of
H'dn~y Dillon. and il is represented that
inc story has prob .hly been gotten up
=" the interest Of spectators in railroad
stocks.
Among shs passengers on bard the
steamship Po~srsnia which sn.t las.
might w.re Ar .nd Mn E. Ara,,.;n.
swo children ard nurse. and Mn c.,,
line Dehu Il San Francisco; ant ~
known whether ssvcd or not.
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EUROPE.

LONDON, Nov. 2G-The steamship
Pomeranis, C.ptain schwenzen. which
left New York Nov. ii. for Hamburg,
and arrived at Plymouth at midnigh,
IN the 24.b, was sunk BY collision
with a Welsh bark off Folkestone last
night. Fifty-eight persons are missing;
l62 were saved.
The collision occurred at midnigh,
during fog. eight miles from Folke.
s:ore. The WEIGH bark is reported to
he the Noel lillian Of Carnarvon, from
Rotterdam n Cardiff. The Pomerania
was en- route from Plymoth to Ham
burg and foundered in about ten min
utes. The iron screw steamer Glengary
saved l72 Of her passengers and crew
and Landed them at Dover. TIE vessel
with which the Pomerania was in
collision is now anchored eff Folke-
stone with Der br0ws stove in and her
forward compartment full OF water. A
tug has gone to her assistance.
BERLIN. Nov. 26-The lumor il YER
flied that Prince Gortschakoff and
Prince Orloff have rendered their res
isnations. 1t is further reported that
the Car has notified Prince Gort,cha.
koff that hs has postponed decision
on the subject until he returns to st.
Petersburg.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26-During dense
fog to-day a crowded fsrryboat. cross
ing the Mersey, came into collision wit
ship lying at anchor. A panic oc-
Cured Oh the ferrybo and several
persons jumped overheard. Two to six
were drowned. -.~-''t
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The London Lancet announces a. the
champion heary soeiyht. Mr.. VIM. Camp.
bell. OF New Castle M Tyne. H.
weighs over SO stones (72S lbs.;) il SIX
feet fnur inches high. measures round
the shoulders 96 inches. round the
waist IS inches. and round the calf of
his leg 30 inches lie Is only % years
old. 1t is with diffi..nltv that he keeps
his present loo weight. H was brought
up n printer. but his size compelled
him to discontinue ali lau,r Until r.
Gently corpul-ncy has been considered n
natural condition. but SINCE. by the use
Of Adams Anti Fat. sure reduction of
from two to i've pounds week is ef-
frcted. it is believed to be disease
II Mr.. Campbell wculd use the Anti~
Fat. which is harmless vegetable
remedy. fnr twelve month. lie would
be reduced to respectable working
weight. For particulars. ask your
druggist. or address Botanic Medicine
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Thursday. Nov. %. 1878.
MORE LIGHT.

That thc "best is the cheapest" holds
true in nothing more certainly than in
the matter of light. While it may be
admitted that kerosene lamp may be
kept np;at less absolute expense than
. gas jet. yet for the same amount Of
light furnished. the gas jet is immeas-
urabjy the cheaper. The prime Cause
q the poverty of new States is the fact
that they arc compelled to ship nearly
everything they use from abroad, add
ing to The cost the further expense Of
4rsight. waste insurance, etc. When .
oommanity has advanced 90 far in the
scsse Of prosperity that it can supply
its own most important wants out Of its
own resources and by means Of its own
-capit~l, it has practically gained its
betals in the struggle for wealth. The
only vsy mon can expect to prosper
Apancislly and expand their own bust
ssss 10 BY doing business and extend
ing ! liberal patronage to their neigh
bors. We don't grow rich 80 much out
or our own increase rs out of the in
creasing substance of our neighbors
and their ability to buy largely Of US
g~dd pay for what they get. So that q
good article produced 10 our own town
OF district is always cheaper at the
same price than that which is produced
in other countries. Hence the estab-
lishment of gas works in our city. fur.
nishing . fine article of light ct q moi.
eSats price was an important step IN its
pFogrsss, toward wealth. People will
not readily change again who have once
fairly got rid oftbe dim glimmer Of the
smoking kerosene lamp with its leak
ing, evaporating, stopping over sbom,-
nations Of efiiuvia. and exploding chin.
neys. FOR the brillisnt and economical
blaze Of gas-light, which requires no
servant TO keep in trim.
Good light makes more difference in
The effectiveness Of city. as well as
~ satisfy and in the value of its prop.
efty than many unthinking people msy
issagine. It was observed that the in.
tsosisction OF gas and street lights in
LoGd0n did more t. diminish crime aud
lsepsn abe cost Of civil administration
n that city By lessening the amount Of
midnight murder, robbery aud arson
Nm 81 the laws that Parliament ever
paa6ed Street lamps cost less than
extra policemen. and one midnight
con1ngration might cause more loss
I'M it would Gust to keep our whole
ftx illuminated ell night for year.
4 Ord light h ono Of the best adver-
tpmapts to place Of business that j,
~ h4ss. A look Of good cheer and
htsd room will always be taken
N ) epssomsr - q sign Of god stocks,
ece nQdation, liberslity and fair.
~. Light attracts and inspires
nncc while darkness repels and
5o1 txcites suspicion.
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10 ST

a PASS BOOK WAS LOST BY THE UNDER.
"A signed In Olympia on Thursday. the l4th
ult.. containing . note made pay able to the
undersigned by Sam Atkinson and John Glenn.
enfs. and other papers. Al persons eve +. rbdden
purchasing said hcte ks payment g.. g., anne
hiss been stopped. A lib RI. reward viii De given
for the return Of the book and its contents.
n23.dtf VIM JENSEN.
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slllv sAlLoU."

lDm data found among M. Ballou's
papers aflcr his death. il Il learned
Tit he was hWn in virginia July 90.
1904 that in lS31 his parents removed
g Hontsvills. Al~hana. and in is&U h.
lisa .rri. Al the age 1t Is w,llism
80 pac%d In charge Of tho tobacco
- ling sstahlI. hmsnt II r.t~un. SHORE
aau Pace. 1t ST. Lnnis. ii. n the l@rpess
pacAers Of the west The fnlIowi.e
yer be ~ss f.rcrd 10 quit thst ha.i-
AZ nt on arcnunt Il i'll hath. and ~.
eppoi' ted BY Cnl. E Y. Summer. forage
ger aud general bs,ssrk saperir.
= Dns = Fert I~avsau.rth. and ~
Qe thsssaflts aepk "A ,1grxipn,
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CHICAGO. Nov. 26-Ths Times has
sha, il bslieves Ia b. tEu.ta orthy in
formation test Jay Gould has original
~. and thu stockholders of the Central
Pacific r.ilrosd have Seconded. plan
~ consolidate the Unien aud Central
Pacific vai'rpds undrr ono manage.
Rspk yiih si1psy, pillnn = presiaent
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HOT Boston brown bread delivered
Sunday mornings. Please leave your
orders at PIPERs. pl6d,f
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EASTERN OATMEAL for sale at
Chilh~rs BrOshrss'.
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CALL ON j. A. McPHEE for Cigars
Tobacco. Pipes and Cutlery. He keeps
the best supply in the city and sells Mt
the cheapest rates. Customers may be
supplied ct either wholesale or retail.
Stand in 8. Kenny's merchant tailoring
esta blishment, Commercial street. Sc
sttie. W. I. myl7 diff
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MASON DoREE RESTAURANT, Front
street. uext to the " Arcade Second
to none. Open day and night.
New furnished rooms up stairs for trsv-
cling guests
D. H. WEBSTER. Proprietor.