The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-22
Our @liu.
Faots That Should Be Remembered.
Compiled for The Democratic AdeOcate
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miles. II is 596 feet above the level Of
tide water.
Lake Michigan is 22O miles long, 20
miles wide, 1000 feet deep, and 578 feet
above tide water. 1t contains $4,000
square miles.
Lake Huron is 240 miles long, so miles
wide, 1000 feet deep, and contains 20
900 square miles It is 57s feet above
tide water.
: Green Bay is 100 miles long, 20 miles
wide, and contains 200 square miles.
Lake Erie is 240 miles long, 40 miles
wide, $40 feet deep, and contains $500
square miles. 1t is 565 feat above tide
water =:
Lake Ontario is 1s0 miles long, 35
miles wide, 500 feet deep, aud contains
$500 square miles. 1t is 232 feet above
tide water.
Lake st. Clair is 20 miles long, IA
miles wide, 20 feet deep, and contains $50
square miles. It is $40 feet above tide
water.
The American lakes are computed to
contain ] 400 cubic miles Of water--more
than onc-half the fresh water on the globe.
The Rock of Gibraltar is about mile
and half long. should say, by / 400
to 1900 feet high, and quarter Of a mile
wide at It's base.
TALL CEDARs OF LRR4soH.-The
stately cedars of Lebanon, several of which
are believed to have been 10 their prime
when Solomon built the Temple, stand by
themselves in gorge Of the mountain
With no other trees near them. OF "all
the cedars Of Lebanon that ave high and
lifted up" these alone romain, for on no
other part Of the mountains are cedars to
be found. The bark of the most ancient
has been cut away in places to afford room
for carving names Of visitors, among which
one regrets to learn, is that Of Lamartine.
IN their anxiety to protect the Holy
Places, 1t Is surprising that neither France
nor Russia has thought Of projecting the
cedars Of Lebanon, which have as strong
a claim upon the veneration Of all readers
of the Bible us the shrines and relics Of
Palestine. These are trees such as those
which suggested to the Psalmist aud the
Prophets the noblest imagery in the Old
Testament. They are, moreover, called
the "trees Of the Lord, which "Hc hath
planted" !"
TIE OLDEST RELIC OF HUMANITY
The Oldest remnant of mortality extant Ii
the skeleton Of one of the earlier Pharaohs
iucased in its original burial robes, and
wonderfully perfect considering its age
which was deposited about eighteen Of
twenty months ago in the British Muse
um, and Is justly considered the most val
liable of its archaeological treasures. The
lid Of the coffin which contained the roya
mummy was inscribed with the name Of
its occupant, Pharaoh Mykerimus, who
succeeded the heir Of the great pyramid
about 20 centuries before Christ, Onl,
think Of it the monarch whose prumblinl
bones and leathery ipteguments are now
exciting the wonder Of numerous gazers il
London, reigned in Egypt before Abraham
was born, and only about two centuries oil
50 after Mizraim, the grandson of old
father Noah, and the first Of the Pharaohs
had been gathered to his fathers.
0LD HUSDRED.--Luther has generally
been considered the author Of "Qld Hun,
dred, but 1t has been pretty satisfactorily
ascertained that 1t was composed in the
sixteenth century, and certainly previous
TO 1916, by William Frame, a German
ln ,he course Vi Time its arrangement has
un1elsone repeated alterations; and It Is
ss'a .na', ~ !, originally appeared 1t was
y, Woie ,'Ye'y euaEav'er ,aan al present
cn nnny u '"ese @'e,a'lonS nave oeen care
iuiy preserSeu' ana may DC seen by refer
Snce T y moore Hncyefoped,a q Music
ine V'ucs' eTPy ol u 'nat mas been pre-,
ser,ea was Paonshea 10 France, In Marot
anu Deza Fsaimsi loaO'
The anelents had magnifying instru.
ments, such as concayc mirrors and globes
Of glass filed with water. But convex
lenses Of solid glass were not known until
the ead of the thirteenth, or the com.
meneement Oh inc fourteenth century
Iness lenses, whieh were Of long focus
anu consequently very feeble magnifyins
power WERE AZ nFst, mere objects OF curl
csl'y' AT s'er period glasses OF shorter
FOCUS were uevlSed' ana Leuwenhoeck made
such numerous ana important discoveries
win tnem, between io6S and l7l7, as to
earn the tue oi the father Of microscopic
SCIENCE
As to the time forks were frst psed in
eating-in 1884. in excavations made in
North Willis, Euelapd yarious danos;,,
were found. Among otbers ! ho~ enn.
tanning PENNIES BEARING date 7os 4 n
and 10 this box handsome silver fork,
two tined, and spoon also. In an old
Saxon Tamulus, fork with bone han.
die was found. Heyliu, in bis Cosinog.
raphy, as late as 1862, treats Of forks as q
luxury, and II was not until the close Of
the 18th century that the use Of the fork
became general. Even now, in 1879,
some people may be seen eating with 0
knife and discarding the use Of the fork.
WHERE Anr Turv p -The ,,nh.. ~
have lived pnon ,be s.r,h has - -. ~: : ~
mated AZ sbpn, OF ooo aoo ss0o % ooo oon eOs
This sum when diy;dsd bv 97 s6s oO' 1oo
the number Of square miIes Of laSd rive.