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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-12-18

Ard now the Gazette office il warmed BY
a hsy burning stove. 1t is made after the
description given in these columns lat week,
except that it is larger. being twenty inches
in diameter. Contrary to the expectation Of
every body, the hay burns very slowly. We
filed the magazine on Tuesday evening, and
lighted i, at six O'Clock and had a good fire
without refilling until eleven o'clock. On
"Wednesday we filed twice during the fore
noon and twice in the afternoon. We used
damaged bsled hay for which we pay two
dollars per ton. DIR. Hartman reports that
slough hay. broom corn stalks, etc are te,-
ter than b.ied hay. But We USE the later,
b.cau.e under the ordinance We OF keep
loose hay in this part of town. On yeste--
day We consumed about 100 pound. OF hay,
the cost Of which is ten Cen 9. To keep our
offise, which Is 22I32 fe-t, warm wlh coal
would have cost about 80 cents on such a
day as yesterday. The expense OF our stove
wih one magazine. all made Of the b I
Russia iron, is atCut ten dollars. Ii was
made by Tom o Rieley, timer at Hanna
& Co.'S. L. Is not a beauty, hut keeps nice
even ;empera,ure.-Sterling Gazette.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
CASTLE Garden.

A New York paper has description Of /
the Battery" situated at the southern |
point Of the city. The article says Of |
Castle Garden, the queor-looking building
where the emigrants are landed lit has
not much of castellated look, aud any
stranger would be more apt to pick it out
for cheap warehouse than for place
with such high-sounding name as aCas-
tie Garden, at the Battery" There is a
good deal more Of the castle about the
building, however, than most people would
suppose. The high wall around it con.
ceals Its lower story from the outside,
leaving only the wooden upper portion
exposed to view. Go ia through Que Of
the three or four gates, however, II you can
get past the guard, and when once inside
turn to the right 9ozen yards or 30, If
ons Of the inside officers does not stop YOU
and you will see that Castle Garden is
rightly named What now forms The
lower story Of the round building Is the wall
Of what was once fort, or battery; wall
80 heavy and thick, that it Is curiosity
70 see in these days Of fiimsy buildiugs.
IL is built Of great brown stones, with
portfolios at regular intervals; tapering
down toward the inside, where, instead Of
cannons mouth, glass sash may now
be seen. The glass may be seen, but
nothing beyond it, unless the janitor has
very lately taken it into his head to wash
the windows. An upper story Of boards
has been added TO this solid wall. roof
has been put on, n great number Of
little wings added, like wards ia a
hospital-and this is Castle Garden, where
Pat first sets foot when he arrives from
Ireland; Hans when he comes from Ger
many; our street-sweeping friends, the
Italians, and all the other distinguished
foreigners whose purses will not permit Of
their coming over in the cabin and eating
suicidal pastry. The big room that they
are ushsred into, on day when an emf
grant steamer arrives, is worth walking
all the way down from Harlem to see, to
man who has no corns. Some Of the
queerest looking people 10 the world come
IN here, and look wildly about them, and
at length drop their bundles on the floor
SIT down on them aud light their pipes
Some Of the men are dressed in leather
breeshes, and nearly all Of them wear coat.
that might be stretched out few inehe.
longer without detriment. No pen Of tn,
male persuasion could describe the cos
tunes Of many Of the women. When Z
few hundred Of the emigrants Hoek il
from one Of the transfcr.boats and opet
their bundles, and go to cooking theil
scanty dinners on the four stoves that ar,
provided, they make a picture full of colo
and romance, aud one that is much NOR,
romantic as seen from the spectators bal
cony than from the midst Of the charac
ters. On fair day, the walks surroundin,
Castle Garden are full Of these emigrants
They lean against the wall in sunny places
aud swarm like bees. Presently they dis
appear, many Of them going West, som
North or South, and good many re
naming in this city and becoming alder
men. But one ships load is hardly dis
posed Of before another ships load arrive.
bringing members Of Congress, tax com
missioners, referees, and sometimes judg
or two
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

IL is a strange thing how little, In gen.
eral, people know about the sky. Ii is
the part of creation in which nature has
done more for the sake of pleasing man
more for the sole and evident purpose
Of talking to him, and teaching him, than
10 any other Of her works; and il is Just
the part in which we least attend to her.
There are not many of her other works in
which some more material or essential
purpose than the mere pleasure Of men is
not answered by every part of their organ
iEation; but every essential purpose OF the
sky might, SO far as We know, be answered
II, once in three days or Whereabouts, a
great ugly black rain cloud was brought
up over the blue, aud everything well.
watered, aud 20 all left blue again I'LL next
time, with perhaps film Of morning and
evening mist for dew And instead of
this, there is not moment Of any day of
our lives when nature is not producing
scene after scene, picture after picture,
glory after glory, and working still upon
such exquisite and constant principles Of
the most perfect beauty, that it Is quito
certain that it is all done for us, and ia.
tended for our perpetual pleasure. And
every man, wherever placed, however far
from other sources Of interest or Of beauty.
has this doing for him constantly. The
noblest scenes Of the earth can be seen
and known but BY few; it is not intended
that man should live always 10 the midst
OF them; he Injuries them by his presence,
he ceases to feel them, if he be always
with then; but the sky is for all; bright as
IL Is, Il Is not ''too bright nor good for hu.
man natures daily food" Sometimes gen.
tie, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful;
never the same for two moments together.
almost-haman in its passions---spiritual 10
its tenderness-alnaGst divine ia its infin-
ity, IL appeal to what is immortal in us as
distinct as its ministry Of chastisement or
OF blessing TO what is mortal, is essential.
And yet We never attend to Il, VIC never
make it subject Of thought, but as Il has
to do with our animal sensations; we look
upon all by which il speaks 70 US more
clearly than 70 hrutes, upon all which
beara witucxs to the intention Of the Su.
pEeme, that we are to receive more from
the covering vault than the light aud the
dew which we share with the weed and
worm, only as succession of meaningless
aud monotonons accidents, too common
and too painful to be worthy Of moment
Of watchfalness, or glance Of admiration.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
Hudson River Tunnel.

Tho great bore under the Hudson river
opposite New York is progressing at the
rate Of two and half feet per day, and its
success is no longer an experiment, Though
the tuanel Is nov | 10 feet from the perpen.
diculAr sbah, and twenty feet under the
river, not particle ofwater has found its
way into the excavation. The tunnel 4
twenty-five feet 10 diameter, and filty feet is
bricked up completely. An electric liph,
makes every object as distinctly visible as
ifunder MONDAY sun. The heading 4
pushed forward through an iudurated siIt
70 solid aud tenacious tha. ,he mud walls
stand up straight, with 10 other assistance
than the eampTesed air worked by single
engine, while there is another engine held
IN reserve 10 case Of accident. No timbers
are required, except light stick to sus.
tain the circular iron plates 10 position.
while the machinis,s are elaslng tie riyeis
up. The lahorers keep few feet IN sd.
vance, standing above each other on ben.
ches cut in the earth, Just as II thsy were
engaged in digging eellar. At night,
when new set Of hands 70 20 work, water
y pumped In 10 reduce the silt TO semi
fluid condition, that Il may be elected or
blown through the Iron tubes into the we'll
beyond the Alr-lock, whence il is removed
In baskets. 10 a few days railway will
be laid, for the transportation Of materials.
when Il IS expected the advance will Be al
rate Of five feet per day. The laborers
feel no discomfort from the atmospheric
pressure, and the air within the great bore
Is as pure as anywhere. The second ton.
mel, to be laid parallel with the first, has
not yet been commenced, nor has therg
been any beginning Of the tunncI on The
New York side, a. the sanction Of the len.
islature Is not yet granted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
THE REVISED CODE OF THE
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

PI Lewis Mayer, Louis C. Fischer and L.
~ j. ID. Cross. Legalized by tho General
Assembly Of 1875 approved by the Gensral
Assembly Of 1880. Now ready in | volume
Of 100 pages, Royal Syo., with Side Notes,
Hue paper and bound in the best Law style,
prize si0, Interviewed, sl2 per copy. THE
REVISED CODE is the result OF much labor,
and, with the index, makes volume of about
100 pages. Ii is essential 10 every laWyer,
every law officer, every property aud real es.
tate agent, all railroad, baaking, insurance
and other corporations; every merchant, man.
uiacturer, farmer and business man should
have copy Of ths laws at hand for ready re.
ference. The attempt to reduce the lsgisla.
ton OF the State to rational shape and TO
give reference TO those decisions of the Court
OF Appeals which oonstrue the law is an un.
dertaking Of great importancs. the successful
execution Of which affects not only the ad.
ministralion OF justice, but will render posi-.
BILE knowledge of the statute law Of the State
as system
RsGeptly published, in | volume Of 1884
pages, price ss, THE TESTAMENTAR
LAW, aad the Law OF Inheritance and Ap-
preniices in Maryland, with an AppepdiK Of
Forms and AN Index. By EDWARD OTIS
HlNkLEY, OF the Baltimore Bar. Every
lawyer, every property aud real estate agent,
and every owner Of property, who expects to
make will or have any business with the
Orphans Courts as executor, administrator
or guardian, and merchant or other person
having claim against the estate Of a deceas.
ed person ought TO have n copy Of this work
for ready reference. Will be ready early in
June, price s., by mail on receipt Of price,
The Laws OF Maryland, Passed at January
sesaipn, 1850. The Session Laws Of 1873
only few copies on sals-$5. Early orders
respectfully solicited
MURPHY \ CO., Publishers,
1872 BaltimpFe street, Baltimore.
may l-3t
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

A New York Tribune subscriber asks
the favor of an explanation Of the terms
"Tory" and Liberal" as applied 10 the
political parties 10 England, and The TriL-
HRs answers as follows: The word aToryn
was derived from term applied, as Roger
North says, to "the most despieabIe savarcs
among The Wild Irish, aud was first used
in 1879 daring the struggle for the excIu.
sion Of the Duke of York from the line a
succession, The name being given to the
follower Of the Duke because he favored
lrishmen. Johnsen's definition Of a Tory
was this: a0ne who adhercs to the M.
eient Constitution Of the State aud The
apostolical hierarchy of the church Of
England. The word aWhigr il con.
traction Of "Whiegamore, which in the
South Of Scotland used 10 denote drorer.
10 l04s a parry Of Covenaaiers attacked
kdinburgh, and litter this & Whirrnmo i
campaign" the word was taken up a !
term Of reproach and applied to the oppo.
ncnis Of the Court Since the passage Of
the Reform Measures Of this century ne
political successofs of the two parties have
been known as Toonservatiyesn aud y j.
berals
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

Children hunger perpetaally for new
ideas. They will learn with pleasure from
the lips Of parents what they deem drudge
ry to study in books and even If they have
the misfortune to be deprived Of many ed
acatlcnal advantages, they win grow up
Intelligent people. We sometimes see
parents who are the life Of every company
which they enter, dull, silent, and unin-
tercsting at home among their children.
II they have not mental stores sufficient
Tor both, let them use what they have for
their own household. A silent home Is a
dull place for young people--a place from
which they will escape II they can. How
much useful information, and what nneon-
seious, bat excellent, mental training. In
lively, social argument Cultivate 10 the
Utmost the art Of conversation at home.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

-, AMERICA AT THE FfsH ExIBIuos.-
The United States has ssnt one Of the
largest and in every respect the most re.
markable collection of the exhibition. In
several large easos are displayed the birds
and aquatic mammals Of North America.
and a large screen is occupied by plaster
casts OF fishes. The collection of angling
apparatus is most complete. There are
rods OF all sizes and kinds, from the stout
heavy pickerclrod to the slender six.ounce
bamboo-trout rod, with its silver mountipos
and agate bearings There are artificial
hles, spoon bats, and hooks in profusion.
There are lines of cotton, linen, silk and
grass. There are little iron reels which
could be purchased for a shilling and
beautifully finished Multiplying reels in
brnss aud india rubber whose value n.,,at
DC computed in pounds. One long corridor
IS occupied BY apparatus for rigging fish
ing-vessels and includes everything from
an anchor TO seine-needle. Among The
many models aud full-size examples Of
boat is the SHADOW Canoe" This little
boat IS used on rivers and likes for mr.
poses OF fishing or exploration. Although
only few feet long, it carries two sails Of
no mean size, and has space for the stow.
ios Of provisions and other necessary arti-
cies for an excursion. II is SO light that
2 man OF average strength would ind no
'ilihcalty in earring il past rapids aud
ihoa's Down stairs there Is space allot-
ted to fish preserved for food. There is
fresh fish IN cans, fish dried, smoked, salt
ed, spiced, and even devilled. There is
tish 10 casks and in barrels, in drums. kits.
wooden boxes, paper boxes, glass cans, Tin
cans, dc. There are HOLSTERS and craba
many, and clans not a few. Here, too,
the Americans carry off the palm. -Berlia
Correspondent London Telegraph.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

ManJa man would have been less guilty
had be stabbed his victim 10 the heart.
than have pierced him with the poisoned
shait Of calumpy aud slaDder The char
acter slayer is worse than the man shaver.
for the former kills his victim al once. and
that Is comparatively the end Of Il, while
the other iaaicts lifelong misery aud
Voc. he i also the DobIcr of the two, Il
any degree Of nobility caa Be pFcaieated
Of elshers for he braves the penalty Of the
iaw be violates; while the other il sneak
ing, lying villain, thoroughly saturated
with the quality Of meaune.s from which
even The sneak thief who steak into your
hallway and appFopEiates your property,
would shrink with disgust.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
Mysteries of a Lump of Goal.

For years no one supposed that a lump
Of soft coal, dug from It's miae or bed in
the earth, possessed any other quality than
being combustible, or was valuable Tor any
other purpose than that Of fuel. II was
next found that it would afford gas which
Is also combus,ible. Chemical ANALYSIS
proved it to be made OF hydrogen. In
process Of time mechanical and chemical
ingenuity devised mode Of manufac,ur
ing this gas and applying it to the lighting
Of buildings and cities on large scale.
10 doing this other products Of distillation
were developed, until, step by step, the
following ingredients for materials are ex.
tracted from t. /. An excellent oil 10
supply light houses, equal to the best sperm
oil at lower cost. 2. Be0zole--a liRh.
sort Of ethereal fluid, which evaporates
easily, and combined with yapor OF moist
AIR, Is used for the purpose Of portable gas
lamps, 30 called. 3. Naptha--a heavy
huid, useful to dissolve gutta percha, Ia.
dia rubber, etc. 4. An oil excellent for
lubriea.ing purposes. 5. AsphaItum, which
Is black, solid substance, used Ia making
varnishes, covering roofs and covering over
vaults. 8. Parra6ne--a white, crystalline
substance, resembling white wax, which
can be made into beautiful wax candles;
= mcits at q Temperature Of ITO degrees,
and affords an excellent light, All these
substances are now made from soft coal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

A writer in the May number Of the
Maryland farmsr, gives the origin og the
papes Of the English Mockingbird aud
the Frepeh Mockingbird, tracing these
!etms back 70 the early history Of Mary
land' which was settled principally 6y
tFotesiants from Rngland, who came here
,mhaed with strong prejudice against
Trance, arising from the wars then going
on between Catholic aud Protestant coun |.
Iries. and tho active part France took in
their prosecution. Il was common among
thcse settlers to call everything that was
superior, English, and everything inferior.
French. Hence came the name Of Eng.
lish Mockingbird, from is superior sing
ing, Wills the more common OF Inferior
singer vas called the French Mockiue.
bird, Row known AZ the common brown
Thrush. Hence, also, the name Of Frenehy
Corn, or Inferior corn.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

Happiness j. made Up oF llliles, but he
sum Of happiness \ 10 isiile At al MANY
= Mesa llsile sarcasm hss made iir wound
saa leit huge scar behind. Ofsntimcs
. bft q II temper causes more disturbance
i9an 2 volcanic eruption would.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
TSms Is waglng war against EnelIsh
sparows, lie claims that the bird viii
not touch worms, but acknowledges that
they have an appetite for mlllern, The
worms parents. A great hue and cry has
also been raised against the robin, il being
argued that bis cong does not compensate
forthe fruit which he dessroyes. Ssillit has
been proved that the miller b their dish.
The result Ssan investigation proves that
as either kind Of the birds decrease the
worms increase, and these not only destroy
fruit, but trees. As the world Is large
and the crop Of worms equal in proportion,
We can spare them better than our fruii
and trees.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

"fes, said Johny, alepsas mar Il she
Latin for slip but Nheh mother laps Us
\ gspspi5 Assss slipper
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

A weak mind i lilo 'niszosspfs Hhieh
iaagnihes lfiflins things bai cannot receive
great ones.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

While being wise, keepsirsight Never
be crosswbe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
Selert poetrg.

LISTEN.
BY FATHER RYAS.
We borrow
In our sOrrow-
From the sun Of some tomorrow
Half The light that gIlds to-day
And the splendor
Flashes tender
Ger Hopes footsteps. 10 defend her.
From the fears that haunt the way.
We never
Here can sever
Any now from the Forever,
lnterclaSplng Near aud Far
For each minute
Holds within 1t
All the hours OF the Infinite.
As one sky holds every star.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-06-18
ArrALIING aIARISE DIsasTrE.

Last Sunday terrible disaster oc-
Cured on LJng Island Sound. The
steamers Narraganset and Sionington
eollided. The Narraganset took fire
and in Ten minutes was burned 10 the
waters edge. There were at least
three hundred passengers on board
and many We're drowned; the number
is not known but probably fifty were
lost and perhaps many more. Great
fault is found with the officers OF the
steamer vino made few attempts 10
preserve order orsave the passengers.
The scene OF horror battles descrip-
tion. One young man shot himself.
Survivors We're taken on board the
steamers Providence and New York.
The Narragausett went down and
grounded in shallow water, and only
for the fire there would have been lit
tie lossor life. Tie shock of tIlreol-
lision broke the gas tank which set
all IN flames. Some passengers were
in the wafer for hours when taken up
and some lost great deal Of money
in valises. Many passengefs were
saved in their night clothes nly and
scenes Of persons lost in TIC burning
vessel and struggling iu the water
begging for help from oyer-alIed
boats are heart rending. Some ladies
lied soon after being picked up.
Parents lost all their children and
their parents, and some ba-
oies had no Pne left TO claim them.
So far testimony is very severe as
o the coHlluet of the officers.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-06-18
--LATEST TELEGRArnIc GLEaSIAGs.

Four men were hanged by n moi
In Brown county, Texas, for cattle
stealing.
Ex-Governor Albert q. Brown, ol
Mississippi, was thrown by his horse
In a pond and drowned.
Dennis Kearncy will go TO Boston
and then attend thh democratic ma.
tlonal convention at Cincinnati
IIandIeth, Ellis & Co., iron dealers,
Boston, have failed for three-quariers
OF a million, mostly secured.
AZ Chicago three days In succession
last week tho heat was 90 or over.
Several cases OF sun stroke reported
Tn a sfnrnszes,s 49,. ,-a-- -A's--~sa-~- =
Muller, OF Wise6hsiB, lost so, 900 by
the breaking ofaAoom' Of logs con.
tanning five million feet.
In the case OF J. NJ. KaIIoch, tried
for murder OF Chas. De Young, pro-
ceedIngs will have TO commenced
anew, being defective.
d. c. Ireland Is a member Of the
national republican committee for
oregoni Horace Davis represents
California and 7. Minor, Washington
Territory.
w. S. Colemans OF Marshall, Tex
as, was fatally shot by Bart Jennings,
edito OF the Messenger. trouble about
an offensive editorial. Also L. Eli
son killed his cousin, Robert Dicker-
son, seven miles north OF Clifton,
Texas.
The great day OF the soldiers re-
union OF Milwaukee was Friday, when
there were $50, 900 strangers In town,
and parade OF 1000 uniform militia,
and 1000 veterans. yeterausr6f the
Mexican war were received by Gen.
erals Grant and Sheridan. In the
evening the city and camp were H.
In answer TO reports that he would
consent 10 be the democratic candi-
date for president, ex-Gov. Horatio
Seymour very emphaticalIy says he
will not, under any circumstances.
He has withdrawn from pHblic affairs
on account of iIIlhealth, and knows
his health is unequal to the perform
ance OF the laborS of tho presidency,
IL elected.