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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
A Texan Guano Gave.

The Uvalde, Texas, Umpire describes
the famous bat cave in that county. and
the operations Of company formed about
q year ago for the removal of the guano.
The Umpire says 1.-THE company have
been making very satisfactory headway
removing from three to ten tons each day.
which they ship to Galveston, thence to
Scotland, where use is made of it for diff
fercnt purposes, but principally in the
manufacture of ammonia. The mountain
where the bat cave is situated is about 20
miles north of Uvalde. Nearly to the top
OF of the highest in the range are the sew
eral openings of the cave. These entrances
are facing north, the largest being about
90 feet in width and 20 in height she
others being smaller, decreasing to q size
not large enough to allow a man to get
through. The cave increases in dimen-
sions inside, and extends a considerable
distance beyond where the workmen are
engaged removing the guano, at a point
about 400 or 500 feet from the entrance.
There isl tramway constructed upon which
are run cars or carts, with a carrying ca
pacity of about one ton each. The motive
power is Jack, run by the same engine
used in the operation of drying. The
drying operation is a very ingenious con-
structiOn, originated by Mr. HuertzalI.
It is an iron cylinder about 81 feet in
diameter, resting upon stone foundation,
and directly beneath it is placed the fire.
In this cylinder runs a shaft to which are
attached number of small arms or pad
dies. The revolving of this shaft ard pad
dies causes the guano to pass entirely
through the cylinder, after which it is
sufficiently dry to pack for shipment. 1t
is expected that an improvement will be
made in all the machinery used, so as to
enable them to prepare 20 or 30 tons per
day for shipment. 1t would be utterly
impossible for one to make even a fairly
correct estimate Of the number of bats in
habiting the cave, but that an idea may
be given, we would state that for more
than three hours they were passing out in
flock or continual flying procession, oc-
cupying the entire width Of the openings
of the entrance"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

A plague of rabbits is upon some por-
tions of the Australian colonies. Far
mers shoot, trap and poison them, and leg
islatures have tried in vain to rid the coun-
try of the evil. Poison is the most con-
venient and expeditions agent yet employ
ed but it can be used only in winter when
green food is scarce. A man on horse
back then takes a quantity of oats that
have been treated with strychnine, and
sea.ters them through the fields and in
the woods In single night hundreds
of rabbits have thus been destroyed. An
ordinary trap is used in summer, great
numbers being set every night, and man
is employed to watch them and to reset
one whenever a rabbit is caught. The
animals skins are all removed and packed
into bales for transport to England, where
they sell for two-penee or three-pence per
pound. Experiments, it is said, have
shown that the flesh of rabbits destroyed
by strychnine is not injured by the poison,
and it is freely eaten in Australia by the
farmers. The supply, however, is so great
that many dead rabbits are left to die on
the ground, where the crows and wild
cats find and make away with them in
great numbers
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
New Death Dealing Machine.

The New York Tribune gives descrip-
tion of gun, or "rife battery" as it is
called now on exhibition in that city,
which promises to be a terrible agent Of
destruction. This battery is so construct
ed as to deliver its fire either in a right
line or in horizontal, radiating lines. The
barrels, ranging in number from six to
twenty, are sufficiently far part to pre-
vent heating from continuous firing, and
are fred successfully, instead of simultan-
eOusly, at the rate of 10000 shots an
hour. A steel cover in front of the gun
ners protects them from the encmy's fire.
These guns man be fred continuously in
one fixed direction, or from side to side,
or the battery may be made to vibrate
laterally of itself, at the disckargeof each
gun, thus sweeping the feld in front.
The barrels are about an inch apart, and at
intervals, where the guns are held by
clasps, they are enclosed within asbestos
or some noneonductor of heat. The bat
terry may be divided into the barrels and
the breeehblock or machinery by which
the barrels are loaded and discharged, the
whole resting on turn-table or pivot.
The balls are placed in a cartridge-recciv-
er alright angles and resting on the blocks.
At the right of this is a crank, at the left
lever. BY pressing the lever in given
direction the block is forced up to the muz-
zle of the gun, when an automatic loader
called the ''6ngers" take hold of the cart
ridges and withdraws them from the re-
ceiver Another turn of the lever and
the balls are forced into the mazEies, and
the battery is loaded. Then the crank
at the right is turned, and at every revo-
luton the needle is thrust forward, and
strikes a cartridge with sufficient force to
explode it. Again the lever on the left
is turned, and the "fngers" advance and
Withdraw the spent cartridges, and the
battery is again ready to be loaded. BY
means Of screw placed in the centre of
the block the battery may be elevated or
depressed at pleasure. At trial recently,
with a toy model of the battery, ball
was fred through an oak plank an inch
In thickness at fifteen yards
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
Rocky Mountain Lakes.

have met but very few Californians
even who have any adequate conception
of the marvellous abundance of glacier
lakes hidden away in the fassness of the
mountains. The glaciers and snow make
an impressive appearance even to the dis
tant plains, while not a single stream is
visible, or a hollow where one might hope
for a lake. Nevertheless, wild rivers are
falling and sounding in every cannon, and
all their upper branches are fairly laden
with lakes, like orchard trees with fruit
They nestle in the rocky hooks around the
bases of every Alp in the range, rejecting
their rugged beauty over and over again.
From the summit of Red Mountain
days journey to the east Of Yosemite Val
ley-no less than forty-two are displayed
within radius of eight or ten miles; and
the whole number in the Sierra can hardly
be less than 800, exclusive of the small
er gems which are innumerable. Perhaps
two-thirds or more of the whole number
lie on the western flank, and all are re-
stricted to the Alpine and sub-Alpine re-
gions.
Lake Takoe is the king of them all,
not only in size, but in the surprising
beauty Of its shores and waters. Il lies
embosOmed iu lofty mountains near the
northern extremity of the Alpine portion
of the range, between the main axis and
spur that puts out on the east from near
the head of the Carson River. Though
twenty-one miles long by ten wide, aud
from about 500 to l, 800 feet in depth, its
basin was filed during the glacier period
from the bottom to point high above
the present water level with solid ice,
which, lavishly fed by SHOWS that fell on
its mountain fountains, crawled slowly like
q mighty river over the northwestern rim
of the basis, crushing and grinding the
mountains that lay in its way, and it was
only at the close of the ice period that this
noble lake, at least in anything like its
present form, came into existence.
Excepting the forests which have sprung
up around its shores, the post-glacial chan
ges that have taken place are scarcely ap-
preciable. The sediments carried for
ward by the overfowing streams have Civ
en- rise to few square miles of meadow
land at the head Of the lake, and the
breaking through of moraine dam three
miles down the outlet has lowered the lake
considerably, leaving shore benches, and
lines on the rock promontories to mark
the original level. But with these CON-
! paratiEely faint exceptions, the lake itself
and all its composing mountains exist to-
day in just about the condition they pre-
sented when first they came to the ight
on the removal Of the ice mantle.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

Prof Samuel A. King, the 1ronaut,
proposes to start from New York on q
balloon voyage to Europe. His balloon
will be the largest in the world. 1t will
average about ninety feet in diameter, aud
hold between 5000 and 100000 feet
of gas. The material employed will be
Pongee silk, coated with substance known
to the Professor only. The silk will be
doubled throughout. Pure hydrogen gass
will be used, and the cost of initiation alone
is approximated at $4,000. The car will
be combination of boat and basket, wicker
framework covered with heavy rubber
substance, which can easily be used as a
boat in case of emergency. The Profes-
sor will start early in June next.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
How PRA1RrE DOCS GET WArER.-It

How PRAIRIE Docs GET WATER.-It
has always been subject of curiosity and
inquiry as TO how and where prairie dogs,
living on the prairie, far away from any
river or stream, obtain their water. Mr..
F. Leech, formerly of Mercer county, Pa.
and frontieYsman of experience, asserts
that the dogs dig their own wells, each
village having one with concealed open
ing. 1t matters not how far down the
water may be, the dogs will keep on dig
ging until they reach it. He knows of
one such well two hundred feet deep, and
having circular staircase leading down
to the water. Every time dog wants to
drink he descends the staircase, which,
considering the distance, is no mean task.
In digging for water the animals display
as much pluck as in resisting the efforts
of settlers to expel them from the land Of
their progenitors.-iSan Francisco Call.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

Lieutenant Zubovitz, of the Hungarian
Hussars, has successfully tried his appara-
tus to enable military men and engineers
to cross streams on horseback with ease
and speed. Waterproof air-bags are at
tached TO the horses sides and belly. The
lieutenant had previously crossed the Dan
ube thus accoutred; now he went from
Lambeth to Limehouse, FIVE miles down
the Thames. The horse was excited from
the cheers of the crowd and had to be re-
strained rather than urged.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
HardWare!! u.
ANDREW N. STEPHAN,

ANDREW N. STEPHAN,
SUCCESSOR TO REIFSNIDER & STEPHAN,
"ILL continue the Hardware business of
w the late firm at the old stand CORNER
MAIN AND Liberty STREETS, WESTMINSTER,
and has on hand and viii continue to keep at
all times full stock of
Builders Hardware,
Nails, Spikes, Locks, Screws, Window Glass,
&c.
Coachmaker's Material,
Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Ducks, Drills, Oil
Sarpst, Bolts, Axles, Springs, Bowes, and
ReadyM Made Wheels.
Blacksmith's Supplies,
Iron, Nail Rods, Cast Steel, Old Car Steel,
Horse Shoes, Steel Fire Hoop, Band and
Sheet Iron, Anvils, Bellows Blowers, Vices,
Screw Plates, Rasps, Bolts, Nuts, &c.
Saddler's Hardware,
Buckles, Rings, Bride Bits, Webbing, Hand
Parts, Gigtrees, Hames, Harness, Leather, &c.
Painters Material,
Olisr " nlte Lead, farnlshes, ColorS, brushes
and Bradley's, Ready Mixed Paints.
Carpenters and WOodworker's Tools,
Planes, Hatchets, Chisels. Augers, Braces,
Draw Knives, Hand Axes, Plane and Brace
Bits, Mill, Circular, Cross Cut and Hand
Saws, Rules, Squares, Gaug, &c.
Housekeeper's kfticles,
Tubs, Churns, Buckets, Coffee Mills, Ladies',
Knives and Forks, Spoons, Flat Irons.
Depot For
The Celebrated Excelsior Cook Stove, Heat
ing and Parlor Stoves.
Farmers Supplies,
Forks, Shovels, Spades, Mattocks, Picks,
Hoes, Rakes, Hames, Traces, Breast, Halter
and Cow Chains, Leather Betting, Axes.
Agent for the Celebrated Kanawha Cucum-
Der Pumps.
Leather,
Hemlock and Spanish Sole, Calfskins, Kips
and Upper Leather, Sheep Skins, and Shoe
Finding.
RevolVers,
Guns, Razors, Pocket Knives
All the above and innumerable other goods
at lowest Cash Prices. dec 22-tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

A marble bust of Izaak Walton has
just been placed in St. Mary's church,
Stafford, the town in which the quaint old
fisherman was born. The ceremony of
unwilling was performed by the Earl of
Lichfeld. The bust has inscribed on it,
''Izaak Walton, Piscator. Born in this
parish August 8, 1893; baptized in this
church September q, 1898. Buried in
Winchester Cathedral, December 10, 1853.
Erected by public subscription, 1873"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
Selrtt Auetru.
HnHE LIGHT OF AUTUMN DAYS.

By WILLIAM II. BRIGGS.
What summer songs are sweet and fair,
And who shall sing them blythe and gay,
With cadence iexile-soft as air
And cherry as the summer day?
What poef comes with sandal shOon,
And clear brown eye Of dreamy gaze
Brown as the Enve whose forest gloom
Has drank fsse light Of autumn days
The light of au1szzEn dRysi
Deep. deep within sis quiet heart
He holds the sunshine Of the year,
The music 0 4 the meadow lark
And bells that echo faint and clear;
The hare-ben maE be, ON the slope,
The bubble that the wave has broke,
Or the soft, sombre tones that fall
In memory OF birthday chime
Faded in that far lapse OF time
That comes and goes for all;
And thus within his eyes the haze
Deepens of autumn daysl
The sky is blue, the sky is fair,
And writ with fieeey clouds in air;
And boughs are waving fresh and free
As foam-crest on a summer sea;
and birds with wings whose flashing light
Makes the worn spirit yearn for flight
Are passing on TO some bright zone
We picture in the heart alone,
and nature chimes in undertone
Its murmurous anthem bright and clear
Yet he apart
Drinks in with subtle sense and heart
The rapture of the year;
And with his far-ofF gaze
Turns Il 10 autumn days!
He gamers up the perfect time,
Hest0res at win Of pain or mirth,
For him nor season comes nor cline
He standsalone of all the earth:
To him the forest tells its tale
The brooklei p0lrs its plaintive wall,
The Wild pine rocks, the wild winds moan,
To him the torrent speaks alone,
The tempest from It's mountain throne,
The tumult of the angry sea,
The murmur Of the rowing bee,
The pale anemone that blows
In sunshine DER its native SHOWS,
The blue-bell OF the meadow-pink,
or osier by the streamlets brink,
All tell their tales in murmurs free
The secrets of the land or seal
And in his patient eyes,
Awaiting sorrow and surprise
Gather like falling leaves or sunset rags;
A dreamy wistful gloom
light too far too soonl
The light Of autumn daysl
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
Our Oliu.
The Rose, Shamrock, Thistle and Leek.

The Rose, Shamrock, Thistle and Leek.
The RosE.-The intestine wars which
50 long devastated England were carried
on under the symbols of the Red and
White Rose. The adherents of the House
of Lancaster chose the red rose as their
mark Of distinction, whilst those of York
choose the white. This fratricidal war
continued until the union of the roses by
the marriage of Henry VII with Princess
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward ", in
LAG, since which time the rose has con-
tinued to be the emblem of England.
THE SHAMRocK.-When st. Patrick
landed in Ireland to convert the Irish, its
pagan inhabitants were ready to stone him.
He requested to be heard, and endeavored
to explain God to them as the Trinity of
Unity; but they did not understand him
until he plucked trefoil, or shamrock,
from the ground, and said ''Is it not as
possible for the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost to be one as for these three leaves
to grow upon a single stalk ?" "Then,"
says Brand, "the Irish were convinced,
anu COufGILo u auQ IL
memory of that event they have ever since
worn the shamrock as badge of honor"
THE THIsTLE.-When the Danes in
vaded Scotland, on one occasion, they re-
solved to adopt strategem, and in order
to prevent the Scots from detecting them
they marched bare foot. The Danes
thought they should reach the camp in
few minutes, when on sudden a man who
went forward was wounded by stout
Scotch thistle, so that he could not help
crying out loudly with pain. This noise
reused the camp, the Scots flew to arms,
and the Danes we're vanquished. The
thistle was afterwards adopted rs the in
sigma Of Scotland.
THE LREK.-0n a certain occasion
King Caldwell met a Saxon army. In
order to distinguish his men from the
Saxons he PLACID leek in each of their
hats, and, having gained decisive victory
over their enemies, the leek becam me ever
after the badge Of the Welsh.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

Headache, Dizziness, Sour Eructations
of the Stomache, Bad Taste in the Mouth,
Bilious Attacks, PalpitatiOn of the Heart,
Pain in the region of the Kidneys, Des-
pondency and ForebOdings Of Evil, are
the offsprings of torpid Liver.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

To think kindly of each other Is good;
to speak kindly to each other is better;
but to act kindly one towards another is
best of all.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

\ man who is good company for him
self is always good company for Others.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

When the world has once got hold of
lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to get
it out Of the world.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

Those days are lost in which we do no
good; those worse than lost in which VIC
do evil.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst
or cold. Danish it from your heart.
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st. Johns Parochial School,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
SELECT DEPARTMENT.

CLASsICs and MATHEMATICS taught.
~ Particular attention paid to English
Composition. Terms per quarter of 10 weeks,
from 50 to SIS according to the studies pur-
sued. F. A. MCGIRR, A. NJ, Principal
A Night School for young men viii be open
from Z to 0, p. m, on Monday and Thursday
of each week, beginning October 18th, 1878.
oct IA
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05

NaNhoA-A NobSAif M.
OFFERS his services to the public generally.
" Can be consulted by letter.
Medicine sent TO any address c. o. ID.
Charges moderate, and perfect satisfaction
given. BY strict attention to business hope
to receive the patronage of my friends and
the public generally.
sep 22-tf NOAH STOCKSDALE, VS..
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FL. FL AIN ES.
Wholesale AND RETAIL
GROCER :! !!

DEGS leave to call attention to the large
- stock of Groceries, Liquors, &C., which
he keeps constantly on hand, at his store
a few doors east of Railroad Depot.
My facilities are such as to enable me to
offer great inducements in point of prices, as
purchase strictly for Cash and sell at
short profits.
/ have on hand and am constantly re-
ceiving full supplies of
CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
FAMILY GROCERIES
AND LIQUORS,
QUEENSWARE,
STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE,
MILLIONAIRE,
WOODENWARE,
HARDWARE,
FISH, BACON,
LARD, SALT, TAR.
Also Dealer in Country Produce general.
ly. Very respectfully,
july 12-tf II. HAINES.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
MACHINE MAD.

4 ,reH Educated Young Frcnchmdn Or
dcifs Thousands Of DolIdrs' Worm Of
N tchine1y. nj su ters hoHhte'S s
Drdtts lctth ProfuSiOn.
READING, Pa, Nov. IA young
foreigner was arrested at Fleetwood, near
this city, to-day, on a warrant issued by
Judge Dunn, on information connecting
the defendant with alleged attempted
swndling operations in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania. On being arraign-
ed before the Judge he gave his name as
Henri de Courcelles, representing himself
as the agent of the San Jose Silver
Mining and Smelling Company, of Are
quipa, Peru. lie confessed he ordered
steam pnmp from Charles b. Hardick
Adams street, Brooklyn, two thirteen tor
locomotives. narrow gauge, from the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila
delphia; a steam hammer from vii
liam Sellers * Company, near I'll,
Baldwin Locomotive Works, thirty
| pound rails OF Allentown Rolling Mil
Company al $50 80 per ton, delivered a
New York, enough to lay six miles o
track. All the machinery and material
which he ordered he proposed to ship /,
Callao, Peru, from New York.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
Gents Furnishing Goods.

We called on our old friend c. ). Nor
gan, A. Market street, the other day to
See his stock OF Mems Furnishing Goods.
The store was fun to the top with new
and wonderfully cheap goods. We asked
him if he could sell rs cheap as
others say they can. "Why, says lie,
''they make plenty of noise, but when it
comes to low prices they all forget that
Morgan is still in business. Look here ;
do you see that 30 cent white undcrshirt {?
There is not house in Wilmington that
can buy them, let alone sell them, at
that price. We have other grades that
totally eclipse anything in the city at the
price. Then look at the piles OF Gloves.
Here are kid, cloth, castor, silk, buck, wool
and other kinds for walking or driving;and
the Ncck-wear-our cases and window
won't hold it but we will sell it because
it is so cheap.
"All the styles that can be found
on Chestnut street, Phila., are here. Is
this all ? No. We have Linen Collars
and CUFFS. o! yes, and a job lot of Linen
Handkerchiefs below wholesale rates
Knit Jackets, Suspenders, Red Flannel
Shirts and Drawers and White Shirts"
We asked, care those shiit boxes full ?''
lie said "Yes g; we can fit out the whole
town in shirts or anything, else at low
prices" So bidding him good day, we
promised ourselves to tell our friends to
give him call.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
Wilmington Academy.

One of the most enjoyable literary en-
terainments of the season was givei! last
evening in the lecture room of the above
named school, which by the way, is the
handsomest school room in the ci y. d. C
lamations, singlrg, readings and music
were gone through with in most excel
lent style. The "Daisy Singing Glass"
rendered some delightful music during
the evening, aud were received with ap-
palise. These entertainments are gotten
up as an encouragements to the pupils,
and are highly interesting. The next
one will he held on Dec. 2lst ISIS, at
the Opera House.
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
MaynOOth College on Fire.
DUBLIN, Nov. ., 1873

DUBLIN, Nov. ., 1878.
The Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical
College OF Maynootb, county Kildare
narrowly escaped destruction by fire yes
terday. 1t was not at first known how
the fire originated, but when discovered
it had already made considerable head
way, and owing TO the absence of proper
provision for such an immergency il
could not be got under control Till the
arrival of engines and fireinen from Dub.
lin.
The fire broke out in the quadrangle
building which has been erected within
the past few years, and it spread rapidly
The most alarming rumorS were circulai
d in the city during the day and Cap
lmn Ingram, of the fire brigade, and
strong force of men, with several engines
were promptly despatched by to thu
scene of the disaster
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
Presents from Wilmington.

AT the dedication Of the new NJ. +.
Church at Zion, Cecil county, Md, last
Sabbath, the following donations from
Wilmington were acknowledged: Com
munion table from Messrs. j. ~ J. y.
Harman; pulpit brackets and lamps from
Miss NJ. J.. Mearns; weights for the
windows from ii. f. Pickles; cords fol
the same from Messrs. Weldm q Lloyd
The church is quite a handsome edilice
and when the dedicatory services endeC
| il was free from debt
The daily gazette., 1878-11-02
Police News.

AT the police court, the following cases
have been disposed of last evening and
this morning:
Mrs. Megan for assault and battery
on Caroline Maham, was required TO pay
81 and costs.
Lawrence Glatts, Jr., drunk and dis
order Y, was required to pay 81 and 'sts,
and give 500 bail to keep the peace.
Susan Mccullough, drunk and disor-
derly, 81 and costs.