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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
Coolest and Hottest Regions.


Where is the coldest known region2 Up
to the present time, Vakutsk, in Northeast
Siberia, has often been cited as the place of
our earth where winter Is eoldest But a
distinguished traveller now disputes this,
and claims that to Werkhogansk, in North
east Siberia, in longitude 134 degrees eas I
from Greenwich, and latitude Ga north,
belongs that honor. The lowest winter re-
corded at Vakutsh is 77.3 degrees Fahr.
below zero, and at Werkhogansk, Sl.9 de-
grees below Zero
The hottest spot in the world is believed
to have been discovered in the desert IN
terror of australia. 4 thermometer, grad
uated to 12T degrees Fair, was hung on a
tree. sheltered from both the sun and wind,
and vet the heat was SO great that the mer-
curry rose till it burst the tube, and the tenn
perature must have been thus at least 12S
degrees, apparently the highest ever record
ed in any part of the world
One Of the hottest localities on the globe
is along the Persian Gulf, where rain sci
dom or never falls. At Bahrin the arid
shore has no fresh water, yet considerable
population eontrives to exist there, thanks
to the eopious springs of fresh water which
issue from the bottom of the sea. The
fresh water is secured by divers, and brought
to the surface in goat-skin bags. The
source Of these submarine springs is thought
to be the green hills Of 0sman, some FIVE
or six hundred miles distance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

Here j. the experience of Colonel II. W.
Payne. civil engineer. in regard 10 resting
ntson the Sabbath Some years since, be-
fore railroad was buils, or stage line es-
tallishesi acrasS the plains, there was a
large emigration To California overland.
The necessary supplies were carried by
horses. mnlss and oxen, which obtained
their subsistence from the grass that grew
not too pletsifully along the route. Hav-
ing passed beyond the limits Of civilization,
and having left churches and religious in
Stitutions behind, tbs restraints of the Sab
bath were scon forgotten By most and all
days were alike employed in dihgens
march onward The company Of which |
was member, however, halted for one or
two Sabhaihs. stopping one Sunday near
where several of the routes ecnyerged one
Of our company counted one hundred and
ninety-seyen teams that passed during the
day The idea Of losing our advance posi-
ton (forwe had started early in the season.
and week by week getting farther behind,
was not relished. The best of grass, if not
all Of it, would BE- used up by those ahead
Of us The absence of any religious SER
vices aud otherreasons were adduced against
stopping, and those who were in favor Of
resting were in the minority But, after
the days rest, ON resuming our journey
next morning, we were not little surprised
at the rapid gate Of our teams as compared
with those of other companies. In two
days we had overtaken and passed more
teams than had passed us on Sunday; and
all the week through we added to the num-
Der. When the next Sunday came around
every voice was for resting all day, and so
we continued to observe the Sabbath all
the way through. | afterward compared
notes with other similar trains that travelled
every day, and found that not only were
they weeks longer in performing the jour
ney, but that they had lost many Of their
cattle aud horses in crossing the last dessert,
while the rest were disabled when they ar
rived at their journeys end, because in 50
poor condition 0urs, on the other hand,
arrived in good condition, and really sold
for good price.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

Prof. II. 4. Ward writes to the RocleS-
ter. " T.. Dsasocraf :--B Boats are she uni
veFsal means Of conveyance and eommuni-
cation, and boaa thus becomes Necessary
adjunct of every perSeHs household; to its
dexirols nsc every child i trained; men,
women and children are equally accustomed.
Perhaps the most common form i a stout
skifF aboaf tweBsT-ave feet long. turning
up very shapely behind, like NenitiAn
gondnla II ~ broad in the beam, and two
thirds oT it, length Is housed over. leaving
little fat deck ia front, and a still smaller
enc behind Behind stands the husband
and souls, in front stands the wife, rowing
and using boat hook 10 help their way
through the crowds The front Of the boat
Is used for business, passengers or cargo.
The rear third u given up to family and
domestic furniture
For, Incredible as il may seem, We soon
see that each beat Is the home of family,
father, mother, girls aud boys; who are born
there, live there, and die there In the
daytime the children and the furniture are
crowded into n space not over four feet
square, al night they can spread out over
greater surface booked into these homes
with attention, and never could enough
wonder or admire how closely all was pack
ed, without seeming to jostle or painfully
crowd Also that the children lived 50
happily and eontentcdly in space no great
er than large-sized Saratoga trunk II
is probably fact that there are many ten
year old children in Bangkok river who
have never walked over twenty feet in a
straight line, in short who have never been
on land. But then, when they come in
proximity 10 boats whose little inmates they
knew, they would-boys and girls from 5
to l2-jump out of their boat house, and
dive and swim away to visit and gambol
around together; now free in water, now
hanging, to the boats side or sitting astride
of the seull oar. And friend tells me
that he has seen them in their visits take
with them baby, to whose shoulders mother
has pradently attached a hollow gourd or
other light float, to insure its safety.
In minor excursion up side canal /
found myself at the city residence OF the
prime miuister-whose name | have not
now time to write ont in full ran my
boat all around through his pleasure
grounds, and wondered whether the worthy
old gentleman considered that he was living
on land or in the river. In one part of his
aquatic elysium | saw magnificent speei-
mems of the victoria regia, whose leaves,
round like platter, were over two yards
in diameter. Their rim was sharply turned
up in ledge an inch high, and on the raft
thus formed were settled, quite home ike,
family of frogs. They, too, seemed to
fall in with the humors of the country.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

THE COUNTY PApER-A county paper
properly conducted deserves the cordial
and practical support of the residents Of
the county, and ii may here be suggested
should be encouraged by punctual settle
ment of journalistic liabilities. The ccun-
ty paper can no more get along without
cash than any other business enterprise, and
its editor should be spared the disagreea-
bic necessity too often forced upon him of
calling upon his subscribers to settle up.
With the Sua and the county paper on his
table, the rural citizen can never miss the
news. And in returning the compliments
of the season to our friends of the press we
may be permitted to express the wish that
they may always receive the appreciation
and support they so well deserye.-Balti-
more SIM.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
Highland Faith.

Tive centuries ago in the Highlands Of
Scotland TO ask for receipt or pronlissory
note was thought an insult If parties
had business matters 10 transact they step
ped into the air, fixed their eyes upon the
heavens. and each repeated his obligation
without moral witness. A mark was then
carved on some rock or tree near by as a
remembrance Of the compact. Sueha thing
a. breach of contract was rarely met with,
80 highly did the people regard their honor.
When the march of improvement brought
the new mode Of doing business they were
often panied BY these innovations. An
antedste Is handed down of farmer who
had been 10 the Lowlands and learned
worldly wisdom. 0n returning to his native
parish he had need Of sum Of money, and
made hald 10 ask loan from a gentleman
Of means named Stewart This was kind
" granted, and Mr. ) counted out the gold.
This done, the farmer wrote a receipt and
Offered il to Mr.. :. What is this, man 2
cried Mr.. s., eyeing the slip Of paper. IL
Is receipt, sir, binding me to give ye back
the gold At the right time, replied sandy
Binding We? Wen, my man, if We Gamma
trust yerself. I'm sure III ma trust ye. fe
canna have my gold And gathering it
up he put it back in his desk and turned
the key on it, "But, sir, | might die,
replied the canny Seotehman, bringing up
an argument in favor Of his new wisdom,
..and perhaps my sons might refuse il We;
but the bit Of paper would compel them.
Compel them to sustain dead father $
honorI cried the Celt They'll need
compelling to do right if this Is the road
we're leading them I'll neither trust ye
nor them. Ye can gang elsewhere for
money; but you'll find none in the parish
that'ii put more faith in bit 0 paper than
in a neighbor's word o honor and his fear
n God - Chalmers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
Advice to the Fair Sex.

The following passage is from The Art
Of Thinking, by Lord Kames, Scottish
Judge of the last century:
The first and most important female
quality is sweetness Of temper. Heaven
did not give to the female sex insinuation
and persuasion in order to be surly; il did
not make them weak in order TO be i'm
perious, it did not give them sweet voice
in order 10 be employed in scolding; it did
not provide them with delicate features in
order to be disfgured with anger. A wife
frequently has cause to lament her condi-
tion, but never to utter bitter complaints.
A husband. too indulging, is apt to make
an impertinent wife; but, unless he be a
monster, sweetness Of temper in his wife
viii restore him TO good humer and, soon
or late, triumph over him.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
Mexican Society.

There exists no other society on the plan
ct, not even in India, where there is more.
distinction of caste and class than there is
found in Mexico. On the gulf coast, BY
consequence of the unfortunate alnalgama-.
ton of the white and the Indian and Chi
nese and the black races, there are said to
exist at least half dozen separate classes
of humanity, of different color, or, at least,
of different characteristics In the capital
such is not the case There are Castilians
and creoles, or children of Indian mothers
and Spanish fathers and full-blooded In Z
dians. The creoles are noted for their in
telligence, their symmetry of form and fea-
ture and their personal courage. Their
complexion may be said to resemble that of
the farzfamed caballeros of Andalusia. The
males are tall and shapely, while the ladies'
are generally very beautiful, are well-forIn-
ed, possess delicately -molded hands and
feet, and the most beautiful eyes of any Of
the human family, The bellies Of the South
of France, of the mountains and plains of
Spain, of the Sierras and coast of Portugal
and the famous cities of Italy, must yield to
their charming sisters of the Latin repub-
lies in the beauty, shape, size and expression
of the eyes They are so exceedingly ex-
pressive, glance from between their low
fringess seems to melt into the very soul
The Mexican ladies are exemplary wives
and fond, loving mothers Their home to
them is their entire world; their husbands
the idols of their hearts, while their chill,
dren are the angels which make their home
their heaven Yet, strange to say, there Is
no word in the Spanish language that can
express the idea conveyed in our dear old
hearty Anglo-Saxon word ..home. The
nearest approach TO it is found in hegar,
which may be translated s.hearth-stone,
or simply Ahearth" Yet, Notwithstanding
this, the ties of family are more binding in
Mexican society then among any other race
under heaven The repentant outcast
knows that he or she can always return to i.
the friendly shelter of the family roof, while
the prodigal son invariably finds the arms
of the indulgent and forgiving parents open
to receive him, for among the Spanish
creoles 'sblood is thicker than water and
tears which stream from mothers eyes
have often wiped away the stains of erring
daughters sin. In Latin countries one
false step is rot 50 often followed by pa
rents curse, nor the door shut to thereturn
of one who has in the senseless parlance of
society irretrievably fallen.-Nep Orleans
Democrat
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

The LoRD's PRAYER-The Lords
Prayer takes up all the relations in which
we stand to God The Christian prays as
/. A child from home-''0 Dur Father who
art in heaven.
II. A worshiper-"Ha Hallowed be Thy
name"
III. A subject-"Thy kingdom come !"
" A seryant-"Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in heaven"
v. A beggar-"Give us this day our
daily bread
VI. A sinner-sAnd forgive us our
tresspasses, as We forgive them that trespass
against US.
VII A sinner amid temptation and evil
And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
Three reasons are added
/. Do this, Lord, for it will help on Thy
kingdom-"For thine is the kingdom.
2 Do it, Lord, for thou art ahle-"For
Thine is the power
3. Do it, Lord, for it shall be Thy glory
For Thine is the glory, forever, Amen. +"
Bible Echoes.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
Select Roftrg.
rHE ENpLEss PROCESSION.


Down the vista of the ages,
Saints and sinners, fools and sages,
Marching onward, slow and solemn.
90 in never ending column
Here the honest, here the knaye,
With a rythmie step sublime,
To the grave
Like the rolling Of the river.
Going on and on forever,
Never resting. never staying,
Never for an instant straying,
Peer and peasant, lord and Slave,
Equals soon to mix and mingle
Inthe grave.
Duty cannot, nor can pleasure,
For a moment break the measure
They are marching on to doom,
They are moving to the tomb.
All the towards. all the brave.
soon to level all distinction
In the grave.
since the morning of creation,
Without break or termination,
Ever on the line is moving,
All the love and all the loving,
All that mothers ever gave
on 10 silence and to slumber
In the grave.
Here no bribe the bond can weakens
Here no substitute is taken;
zach one for hiInself-no other,
son nor father: no, nor brother:
Love the purest cannot save;
Each alone the roll must answer.
In the grave.
Who commands the dread procession
That shah know no retrugression,
who can be the great director
HIa that grim and grizzly spectre,
Him that sin 70 Satan gave;
Death the mighty king Of TerroFs,
In the grave
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

The practice is common among the en-
gravers and watchmakers of Germany of
hardening their tools in sealing wax. The
tool is heated to whiteness and plunged in-
to the wax, withdrawn after an instant,
and plunged again, the process being re-
peated until the steel is too cold to enter
the wax. The advantages claimed for
this method are that the steel becomes al
most as hard as the diamond, and when
touched with little oil of turpentine, the
tools are superior for engraving, and also
for piercing the hardest metals
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

The late DR.. Bellows used to relate with
glee an incident which occurred to him in
his early days. At the close of lecture
in small town in New Hampshire, he had
returned to the village tavern and was
warming himself at the fire before retiring
for the night, when farmer came in, and,
introducing himself, stated that he had at
tended his lecture with great instruction
and delight, and in closing said Il have
got more than my moneys worth. Please
accept this, as now want to pay you up,
at the same time presenting a silver dollar.
Like sensible man, DIR, Bellows avoided
any hurt to the feelings of his generous
hearted visitor by accepting the gift,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
IE MY ENEMY's HOUSE.



Travelling once near Moscow, | CHANGED
to meet N. Petroyiteh, an old college chum.
After some merry talk oyerou serapes and
adventures Of former days, he entreated me
to accompany him to the house Of hisfriend,
Baron Staloff, at a place about ten miles
distant, adding, by way of persuasion .
sStaloff is fine, open-hearted, generous,
hospitable fellow, just such man as you
would like to meet; he told me to bring
with me as many friends as possible. Come,
we viii be there about week. / can
promise you very agreeable visit.
Although stranger to the Baron, as |
then thought, | yielded to my friends re-
quest. and we took the afternoon train, ar
riving at Staloff late in the day. The Bar
oness received us graciously, regretting that
the Baron was unavoidably absent until
dinner.
Punetually at seven o'clock, my friend
and / entered the magnificent dining room
There was just time for hasty introduction
to the host before we took our seats; we
were about twenty at the table.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
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Lonely Lamps at Sea.

The Illuminated buoy is a wonderful in
yention. Imagine an enormous lamp md
ing the wave. The buoy is compact
wrought iron vessel, which serves as a re-
eeiyer of the compressed gas. The dura-
ton Of the fame depends upon the size Of
the buoy. Some in use in Europe have
been made to burn thirty days and some
one hundred and twenty days. Ii is said
that buoy of sufficient size will contain
gas enough to furnish the light for one
year. During that time the fame is steady
and constant night and day, requiring no
attention whatever after once put in opera
ton. The lantern attached to the buoy
admits air enough to feed the flame,
but not particle of water can enter. The
most violent gales, the greatest force OF the
waves, submerging even beneath them, has
no effect upon this light. 1t burns with
undimmed brightness as long as gas Is in
its reservoir. The light, it is said, can be
thrown six or seven miles in clear weather.
Salty deposits are not made on the glass of
the lanterns, as has been demonstrated.
The refilling of the buoy at certain inter
walls is performed by tender and requires
but a few minutes time 1t is done by
passing the gas from store holder, which
contains the gas compressed to ten atmos-
pheres, by means of a flexible tube into a
buoy to pressure of six atmospheres.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

Swiss WoMEN.-Under a law which
went into operation at the beginning of the
present year the female sex in Switzerland
has been conceded the right of becoming Of
age at twenty-one, Hitherto a woman in
Switzerland never attained majority in the
eye of the law; and no matter what her
age she was always in a state of wardship.
This gallant legal fiction has now been
abolished, but it is doubtful whether the
women of Switzerland viii own up to being
twenty-one any quicker than the women of
any other country.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

A few days ago, while the fy-wheel of
the Winchester Arms Mandatory in New
Haven was revolving so rapidly that the
spokes were undistinguishable, the engineer
noticed white hlotch revolving with it,
but supposing that it was merely sunlight
falling on the wheel, he at first made no
investigation. Two hours and half later
he observed that the white streak was still
there, and, having stopped the engine, he
discoved to his amazement that the appari-
ton was a substantial white cat which had
been cinging to one of the spokes since
the wheel started. She was very much ex-
hausted, and the numberless revolutions
had made her cross-eyed, but she has since
recovered her strength and visual perfection,
and become the pet of the establishment
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

When an Austin schoolmaster entered
his temple of learning few mornings ago
he read on the blackboard the touching
legend :-"0ur teacher is donkey The.
pupils expected there would be combined
cyclone and earthquake, but the philosophie
pcdagogue contented himself with adding
the word s'driver" to the legend and opened
the school with PRAYER, as usual,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

The editor of the sauqaoit On. "
Register suggests that persons sending in
big eggs win please accompany them by
several ordinary-sized ones, not for publica-
ton, but as a guarantee of good faith.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18

The imitation gems now produced in
Paris by chemical means so nearly resemble
the genuine article that even connoisseurs
cannot readily distinguish them without
the use of scales or files. The following
oxides supply the eoloring substances en-
ployed: Gold, for purple; silver, for yel-
lowish green; copper, for bright green; iron,
for pale red; cobalt, for blue; tin, for white
manganese, in small quantity, to make the
glass devoid Of color-in larger to give it
an amethyst hue-and in great quantity to
make it black and opaque; antimony, for
reddish hyacinth color.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-05-25

Notice is hereby given that James B.
Haggin. of the city and county OF San
Francisco State of California. by his
legally authorized agent. James s. Wal
lace. of the town Of Haley Alfuras
county Idaho Territory. has made APP
plication for United States Patent for
the SoIace Lode mining claim. situate III
Sawtooth Mining District Alturas cuun-
". Idaho Territory. consisting Of I.5lla
linear feet of the lode. and surface
ground 6tsn feet wide. being Lot No 544
aud described IN the field notes and plat
Of the official survey on file IN this Of
fee. with magnetic variation at IL de-
grees East, rs follows.
Commencing at the discovery point OF
this cIaim and running south. IS degrees
and 30 minutes east. along center line of
southeastern end of claim 800 feet to the
center OF the southeastern end of the
claim, thence north. q degrees and Ii
minutes east. 800 feet to post No. 1. thence
north. s. degrees and 50 minutes ssezst>
/ 1.5sN feet to post No. 2, thence south. q
degrees and 10 minutes west 6o0 feet to
pest No 8 8. thence south. ss degrees and
so minutes east, 500 feet to post No. l.
thence north, q degrees and Id east,
| 600 feet to post No. l, the place OF be-
/ ginning survey OF exterior boundaries Of
| the elssim, embracing an area of ah.66
acres
From post No. 3. e. s. M. NJ. No. /
bears north 5 degrees and 81 minutes
east. 1888 feet distant
/ And any and all persons claiming ad
verseiy any portion of the Soiaee Lode
mining claim or surface ground are re-
| quired to file their adverse claims with
/ the Register of the United States Land
/ Offiee. at Boise City, Idaho Territory
during the sixty days period of puhIiea-
/ tion thereof, or they will be barred by
virtue of the provisions of the statute.
/ The said mining claim being of record In
the Office of the County Recorder of said
mining district. at Rocky Bar. in Altnras
county. Idaho Territory. The nearest
known locations being the Hope. Pitts
burg and Wallace Fraction.
I direct that this notice be published
in the Ketchum KEYSTONE, the neNSpa-
per published nearest the said mining
claim, for the period of sixty days.
john B. MILLER,
Register