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A Great State.

Texas Is twice as large as Great Britain
and Ireland, in acres and square miles, and
il is six times as large a. the Empire State
Ii Is larger than the New England and
Middle States combined, with Ohio and
Illinois added, and contains 175, 1887 $40
acres.
Mere breadth Of territory, however, does
not make great State. and Texas is great
in other respects, In 1920 it had 10000
inhabitants; in 1880 Its population was
more than million and half, and in
creasing at the rate of a thousand day
from immigration alone. Many of these
immigrants are sons of men of education
and wealth in the older States, who have
gone to the genial climate and fertile soil
of Texas to found homes and build up there
the institutions among which they had
their birth and training. The State extends
over about nine degrees of longitude and
eight degrees of latitude, but the peculiar
surface con6guratioH gives varied power
of production. All the productions of the
Temperate Zone, and many of the Torrid,
flourish here cotton, all the cereals and
grasses, rice, sugar, tobacco, oranges,
bananas, olives, guava Texas produces,
with almost equal ease, all the grains and
meats that support life; the cotton and
wool which elothe it the fruits that, like
those of Eden, are pleasant to the taste,
and the tea and the silk which are its lux
uries. The amount of cotton produced in
1878 was nearly million bales, or one
twelfth of the worlds consumption, and it
raised as much sugar as Louisiana. 1t is
the first cattle-raising State in the Union,
having AGA, 900 head. 1t is second in
the number of horses, with 963, 900 head.
1t is third in sheep, with 4,509, $40 head
The total value of its live stock, exclusive
of hogs, was O,7O1 ,O53 by figures Of
1878 In that year it raised 100000
bushel of wheat. Its wheat weighs from
62 to 68 pounds per bushel and stands
shipment over the tropics better than any
other. The average yield of oats is 81
bushels per acre; 60 and so bushels are
not unfrequently obtained on the best soils
Vegetables of all kinds, fruits, melons and
berries grow 10 great perfection. There Is
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

There is now in the London geological Gar
dens a remarkable bird the Nestor notabilis,
or Mountain Kea, of New Zealand. Il Is
a parrot of strong frame and powerful bill
and claws, which were used like those oi
all parrots for obtaining vegetable diet,
until the colonists introduced sheep and
pigs, As soon as this was done the kea
seems TO have abandoned vegetable food,
and to have taken entirely to hesh-eating.
He attacks sick or disabled sheep, and with
his powerful cutting beak opens passage
through the back, and eats the intestines.
Even healthy animals are sometimes assail
cd by the Nestor n0tabilis, and there are
sheep runs in New Zealand where eonsid-
cradle losses have been incurred through
these strangely degenerated birds The
specimen in the geological Gardens gave a
much trouble 10 capture as an eagle, tear
ing the clothes of the shepherd who
Knocked it down while pouncing ON lamb,
and laceratiug his hands. The Kea scorns
cooked meat, biscuits, fruit, or seeds, and
likes raw mutton better than any food He
will tear the skin and flesh from sleeps
head after the furious fashion of vulture
leaving nothing but the bare skull He
at one time holds the morsels in his lifted
claw, after the style of parrots, and at
another grips them under his feet while
rending with his beak ike hawk
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19
Stained Floors.

First see that the floor is perfectly smooth,
clean and dry. Spots of paint may be re
moved with a hot solution of washing
soda piece of sandpaper or pumice stone
viii help TO smooth out any rough places,
and if the floor Is an old one, the cracks
and creviees should be filed in with putty,
otherwise they win gather dust and finally
mar the beauty of the work.
The paint to be used for coloring, comes
ground in oil and put up in small cans
Boiled linseed oil, eolored with burnt UNI
Der, thus prepared, makes a very good
imitation of walnut The staining mix
ture can be bought ready mixed in cans,
but viii need to be thinned with turpentine /;
it is more economical to mix it yourself.
An excellent effect may be obtained by
mixing a earf of Vandyke brown with one
of burnt sienna this color is to be thinned
with turpentine and raw hnseed OIL quart
of oil to pint of turpentine with a little
japanese dryer. The preparation, when
complete, should flow freely, the object
being, not to paint the floor, but to stain it,
and for this reason the grain of the wood
must show through, which it will not do if
the mixture is used thick
Too much turpentine win make the stain
rub off easily. too much oil will make it
sticky and long in drying When the
happy medium is arrived at, and the work
ready to be begun, see that the floor is
thoroughly clean and dry, then provide
yourself with a good sized paint brush, two
clean, soft wooden rags of dark color, and
pair of old gloves. Apply the paint
with the brush and don't be sparing of it;
then with one cloth rub it into the wood
always with the grain, until all the pores
and cracks are well filed, after which rub
with the other cloth till the stain ceases to
come off. The longer and harder the rub
bing the better, the object being to have
the dry wood absorb all the oil possible
If the floor is not dark enough when dry
apply another coat, after which it may be
finished with thin shellac varnish, mixed
with little of the staining mixture. 1t
will make handsome finish to polish the
boards with beeswax and turpentine.
Shave half a pound of yellow beeswax
and soak it twenty-four hours in two quarts
of turpentine Apply this mixture with
a wooden cloth until the wood is glossy and
smooth, repeating the application as often
as necessary to obtain the desired effect.
1t is a good deal of work, to be sure, but
very satisfactory in the end, as the floor is
not readily soiled, and never needs scrub
bing. A damp cloth will remove all dust,
and an occasional application of the polish
ing fluid viii prevent the surface from
growing dingy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19
0ait and Aumor.
The Small Boys Explanation.

Angelica had invited her ''best young
MAI" to the evening meal Everything
had passed off harmoniously until AngeE-
cas- seven-year-old brother broke the bliss
ful silence by exclaiming:
'.0h, ma yer oughter seen Mr.. Light
ed the other night, when he called to take
Angie to the drill he looked SO nice, sit
ting long side of her with his arm"
Fired = screamed the maiden, whose
face began to assume the color of a we'll
done crab--quickly placing her hand over
the boys mouth.
"Yer oughter seen him, continued the
persistent informant, after gaining his
breath, and the embarrassed girls hand
was removed 'he had his arm"
aFreddier' shouted the mother, as in
her frantic attempt to reach the boys au-
rieular appendage she upset the contents of
the teapot in Mr.. Lighted's lap, making
numerous Prussian war maps over his new
lavender pantaloons.
Il was just goin' to say, the half fright
ened boy pleaded, between cry and an
injured whine, che had his arm"
"You boy u thundered the father, 'away
to the wOod-shed.'
And the boy made for the nearest exit,
exelaiming as he waltzed, II was only goin
to say Mr. Lighted had his army clothes
on, and I'll leave it to him if he didn't. .
And the boy was permitted to return.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19
rhe LarEest PRISON IN Europe.

The house of detention which has just
bcen opened in Berlin, and to which all
the prisoners. male and female, who are
awaiting trial have been removed, Is the
largest prison in Europe There are six
different buildings, the mems prison being
four stories high, with T32 single cells, sew
large rooms, holding in all 1875 prisoners,
40 rooms for the warders, and sleeping ae-
e0mmodations for llS other employees.
Each of the cells has a window ten feet
high. and an arched roof; the furniture
consisting Of bed and a stool fixed to the
wall. and washing apparatus. There are
als1 an electric bell, cupboard, closet
and a gas-burner placed above a small table
The prisoners can, If they please, read or
write all night long On the ground floor
are twenty six cells for prisoners accused Of
murder. or known to belong 10 the criminal
class. and in these are plank beds. There
are half dozen cells underground for
prisoners who are guilty of breaches OF
discipline, and in the infrInary ring there
are nine rooms for prisoners of good posi-
tion in society, which are furnished with
some approach to luxury. There are also
two or three suites of apartments reserved
for persons who are awaiting trial for polit
ical offences, and who are to be allowed to
furnish them according to their own taste.
The kitchens, baths and heating apparatus
are all on the area ioOr, and the interior Of
the building, which is of iron, is so con
structed as to form a large ball in the cen
tire, which reaches up to the roof There
is a telephone between the prison and the
Assize Court, so that prisoners can be sent
there without having to wait. The prison
for women contains seventy single cells and
fifteen large dormitories, there being accom-
modation for 220 women altogether. The
dormitories are partitioned off, so that each
occupant can be placed under lock and key for
the night; and there are three or four large
workrooms in which prisoners will be EN-
ployed in the daytime, under the surveil-
lance of female warders. As in the mems
prison, there is a spacious exercise ground
and separate chapel.
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Select Aoetrp.
LIGHT.


The following exquisite poem. by William PITT
Palmer, was some years ago pronounced py one one
of the most eminent of European critics 70 Oe the
finest production of the same length in ourlanguage
From the ouickened womb of the primal gloom
The sun rolled black and bare,
sTin wove him vest for his Ethiop breast,
ofthe threads of my golden hair
And when the broad tent of the ornament
Arose on its airy spars,
l pencilled the hue of its matches blue
And spangled it round with stars
rainted the flowers of the Eden bowers,
And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes
OF Eden's virgin queen;
And when the fiends art in the trustiul heart
Had fastened its mortal spell
In the silvery sphere ofthe frst-born tear
To the trembling earth sell.
sEben the waves that burst Ger a world aceursed,
Their work of wrath had sped,
And the Arks lone few. tried and true,
Come forth among the dead:
With the the wondrous CLEANS of my bridal beams,
babe their terrors cease,
As / wrote on the roll of the storms dark scroll
Gods covenant Of peace.
Like pall at nest on q senseless bres1e
Nights funeral shadow slept
Where Snepheru SWANS On lie DeAai0HS-A Fse--'NE
Their lonely vigils kept;
When flashed on their sight the heralds bright
OF heavens redeeming plan,
As they chanted the morn of Savior born
Joy, joy to the outcastman.
Equal favor show to the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust descend;
Fen the blind whose vain spheres roll in darkness
and tears
Feel my smile the best smile Of a friend.
Nay the flower Of the waste by my love is semoraeed'
As the rose in she garden OF kings;
At the ehrysalis bier of the worm l appear.
And 10 the gay butterfy's wings.
The desolate morn. like mourner forlorn,
Coueeals all the pride OF her charms,
TIN bid the bright hours chase the night from her
flowers,
And lead the young day 70 her arms
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover
Aad sinks 10 ner balmy repose,
Wrap the son rest By the zephyr famed west.
In curtains Of amber and rose.
Form ny sentinel steep by the night brOoded deep
gaze with unslnmbering eye,
When the eynosnre star OF the mariner
Is blotted from out the sky;
And guided by me through the me-cileSs sea
Though sped by the hurricanes wings.
His compassionless, dark. lone, weltering bark.
To the haven home safely be brings.
waken the aowers in their dew -spaneled bowers,
The birds In their chambers Of green,
And mountains and plain glow wish beauty egain-
As they bask in their masinal sheen
o, ifsuch the glad worth Of my presence to earth
Though atful and ieeting the while
What giories must rest on the home Of the best
Ever bright with the Dei,y's smile,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19
The Presidents.

!. George Washington, of Virginia
born February %, 1882; elected Comman-
der-in- Chief of the Continental army in
/ 1875; first inauguratod as President in the
city of New York, April 30, 1889 second
Inauguration in 1893; died December a.
1899, aged sixty-eight years.
,. John Adams, of Massachusetts,, born
in 1885, inaugurated March 4, 1897 died
July 4, 1926, aged ninety years.
g. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, born
in 1Ti3. first inaugurated in Washington
in 1901 second Inauguration in 1905
died 4th July, 1926, aged eighty-two years.
1. James Madison, of Virginia, born in
175l: first inaugurated in 1909; second
inauguration in 1913; died 1887, aged
eighty-five years
5. james Monroe, Of Virginia, born in
1860; 6rst inaugurated in 1917; died in
1881, aged seyenty-two years.
8, John Quincy Adams, Of Massachu-
setts, born in 1861 inaugurated in 1925
died in ls4S, aged eighty-One years.
4 Andrew jackson, of Tennessee, born
1867 hrst inaugurated in 1929; second
Inauguration in 1893; died in lS45, aged
seventy eight years
3. Martin Van Buren,, of New York
born in 1872. inaugurated in 1897 died
in 1862, aged eighty years.
Q. William Henry Harrison, Of Ohio,
born in 1873; inaugurated in 1871; died
in Office, April, ls4l aged sixty-eight years,
10 John Tyler, Of Virginia, born in
1890 elected Vice President, and inaugu-
rated as President in April, ls41 died in
1862. aged seveuty-two years.
IL. James X. Polk. Of Tennessee. born
in 1895; inaugurated in 1916; died in
1919, aged ffty-four years.
IL Zachary Taylor. Of Louisiana, born
in I7s4; inaugurated in ls49; died in
Office in 1850, aged sixty six ycars.
Is MiIlard Fillmore, of New York
born in 1890; elccted Vice President III
lstS. and inaagurased as President on the
deSth oi General Taylor in 1850, died
March 5, 1874. AGED seventy four years.
IL. Franklin Pierce, Of New Hampshire
born in 1904 inaugurated in 1883 died
in 1869, Sged sixty-hye years
Is james Buchanan, Of Pennsylvania
barn in 1921 inaHgurated in 1857 died
ia 1850, aged seyenty-seyen years.
rs. Abraham Lincoln, og Illinois, born
IN 1906 frst Inauguration in 1861 see
ond inauguration in 1865 assassinated
April IL. 1855, aged ffty-nine years
Ia. Andrew .I0hnsoa. 0f Tennessee borI
in 1905: elected Vice President, and inaa-
guraied a. President, in April. 1865; died
july 81, 1875, aged sixty-seven years,
Is Ulysses : Grant, Of Illinois, born
in ls22, first inauguration in 1869 second
Inauguration in 1873; term expired 4th
March, 1877
10 Rutherford b Hayes. Of Ohio, born
in 1924 inaaguraied in March. 1877
term expired March 4, 1881
20. Jas A. Garfield, Of Ohio, inaugural
cd March 4, 1881; assAzsinated July ,. 1851
died September 10, 1891.
81. Chester A. Arthur, Of New York, in
gurated September 20, 1881 s;ill in ofhoe
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

THE RATE AT WHICH TREES GROW
When timber planting is in order, as il
most certainly viii be in few years, it viii
be desirable to know the rate Of growth Of
different trees, in order to know what will
grow rapidly and be seryiceable in q short
time. Observation tends to show that the
growth for twelve years is as follows: White
maple, one foot in diameter, thirty feet
high; ash, one foot in diameter, twenty
feet high; white willow, one and half feet
in diameter, fifty feet high; yellow willow
one and half feet diameter, thirty-fve
feet high; LOmbardy poplar, ten inches
diameter, forty feet high blue and white
ash, ten inches in diameter, twenty five feet
high black walnut and butternut, tel
inches in diameter, twenty feet high
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

on exhibition in New York city Texas
raised pear weighing 80 ounces.
There is great demand in this State for
all sorts of labor at good wages, and the
constant immigration does not begin to
supply the demand The wages of mechan-
les are from 81 to $3.50 per day; farm
hands receive ten and fifteen dollars a
month and their board railway labOrers
are in great demand at from S1.25 to S1.75
per day. Work is done the year round out
of doors, horses and cows are cheap, and
their feed is very low. There are great
inducements for laborers to go to Texas,
and they are not confined to wages and
production for the climate of the State is
delightful, Its debt is small and decreasing
taxation is very low, the school fund is
large and growing, churches are found in
almost every settlement, and church work
is advancing vigorously. We know of nc
better invitation than is given by this
fruitful and growing State to honest and
industrious people to seek health, happi-
ness and wealth within her borders.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

4 bachelor, too poor to get married, yet
too susceptible to let the girls alone, was
riding with lady all of Summers day
and accidently dropped an arm round her
waist. No objection was made for while,
and the arm gradually relieved the side of
the carriage Of the pressure upon it. But
of a sudden, whether from late recogni-
ton Of the imprOpriety of the thing or the
sight of another beau coming never was
known, the lady started with volcanic en-
ergy and with flashing eve exclaimed =
Mr.. B., can support myselfP ''Capi-
tai r. was the instant reply. ''You are
Just the girl | have been looking for these
FIVE years, VIII you marry me y
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

To KEEP MACHINERY FROM RUsTING
To keep machinery from rusting take
one-half ounce of eamphor, dissolve in one
pound of melted lard take off the scum
and mix in as much fine black-lead as will
give it an iron color Clean the machinery
and smear with the mixture. After twenty
four hours, rub clean with soft linen rag.
1t will keep clean for months, under ordi-
nary circumstances.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19
Distinguished Females.

Biography has busted itself with perpet-
uating the names of distinguished men, but
the names of comparatively few women
have been inscribed upon its pages. To
make partial amends for this neglect of the
fair sex, mention should be made of the
following ladies of distinction who have
made their mark in the world, but whose
names have not been sufficiently emblazen-
ed upon the historic page Polly Tics,
Fanny Ties, Polly Glott, Polly Anthus,
Sally Lun, Sally Ratus, Anna Polls; Anna
Messix, Anna Conda, Nancy MOnd, Ann
0dine, Maud Lin, Sara Gossa, Flora Scope,
Ann o, Mundi, Ann o. Domini, Belle S.
Iettres.
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MY dear, what shall we have for din
ner?' Young wife, who has taken course
of cooking from Miss Parola-'0h, We will
have poisson de Cape Cod, pOmme de terre
a la Lyonnaise / am quite sure | learned
those thoroughly" well, just as you
choose. I'd as soon have Goldfish and po-
tatoes" The good-morning kiss was i'm
mediately administered
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

A little boy who was to pass the after
noon with the doctors little daughter, was
given two pieces of candy. When he re
turned, his mother inquired if he gave the
largest piece to the little girl ~No, moth
er, / didn't. You told me to give the big
gest piece to the company, and / was the
company over there.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

When Father Alvord was invited to ask
blessing at public banquet he bowed
his head and said, 20 Lord Adam sinned
by eating and Noah by drinking. Keep
us from the wiekedness of the one and the
folly of the other. Amen"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

when we are married, Lucy said the
poor mans son to the rich man daughter,
''our honeymoon shall be passed abroad.
We will drive in the Bois, promenade the
Prada, gaze down into the blue waters of
the Adriatic from the Rialto, and enjoy
the Neapolitan sunsets, strolling along the
Chiaja. "How delicious, she murmured,
''but, John, dear, have you money enough
to do all this, for pa says l mustn't expect
anything until he dies. Johns counten-
ance underwent such a change that she
couldn't help asking him if he felt sick,
''No, darling, he answered, family, Il am
not sick. / was only thinking that per-
haps we had better postpone the marriage.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

Answer to a modest maiden -" "Eloise
asks if we viii publish her poem on "The
Wavelet of the Rivulet." With smilelet
upon our facelet We reply yes. Write only
one sidelet of the sheetlet, Eloise, and put
on enough stamplets. Your poemlet shall
have spaeelet.
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The following notice is by Virginia
eolored blacksmith -" Notis-De copart-
nership heretofore resisting betwixt me and
Nose Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem
what owe de firm viii settle wild me, and
dem what de firm owe win settle wild Nose
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

How did you like the lecture" "Oh,
it was beautiful r "What did he say p
'.Oh, he said so many beautiful things.
TEL me some. s0h, he said-he said
bat l can't tell it to you as he said them. :
aTell them as you understand them. ,
'sWell, he said-he said-oh, l can't"
aTeIl us one thing ne said '.Well, he
said that the aesthetics of existence enabled
us to-to-oh, | can't Tell us what
you think he meant" "0h, go along.
Why didn't you go and hear him yourself?'
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Don't bother editors when they are busy.
Quilp stepped into the imperial sanctum
this morning to ask what he'd better write
about Write about?" growled the dis
gusted chief; Il think you had better right
about face !" and he did
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

1t takes cook to do things up brown.
-Syrdcuse Standard True, but the or
an-grinder does things to turn
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

They were at dinner party, and he re
marked that he supposed she was fond of
ethnology, She said she was, but she was
not very well, and the doctor had told her
not to eat anything for dessert but oranges.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

Chinese BARRIERS shave without lather "
This reminds us that our old schoOlmaster
used to lather without shaving.
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A prominent clergyman, being asked why
he accepted the call Cone of many with
the largest salary, replied that @he desired
to 60 where there was the most sin-con-
sequently located where the money was
most nlentYn
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

Tommy went fishing the other day with
out permission of his mother Next morn
ing neighbors son met him, and asked
did you catch anything yesterday, Toin-
my" "Not till got home, y was the rath-
er sad response.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

"When will there be only twenty-five
letters in the alphabet?" asked bachelor
teacher. "When q and are made .
answered young lady pupil
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-19

An angry man who suppresses his pas
sion thinks worse than when he speaks an
angry man that will chide speaks worse
than he thinks
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When an arm of the sea eneircles neck
of land, look out for fishing smaeks.- ToI'-
kers .SotesnlaR