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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
How to Keep Cider Sweet.

Pure sweet cider that is arrested in the
process of fermentation before it becomes
acetic acid or even alcohol, and with car
bonic acid gas worked out, is one of the
most delightful beverages The Farm,
Field and Fireside recommends the follow
ing scientific method of treating cider to
preserve its sweetness. When the saccha-
rine matters by fermentation are being con-
verted to alcohol, if bent tube be inserted
air tight into the bung, with the other end
into pail of water, to allow the carbonic
acid gas evolved to pass off without adj
mitting any air into the barrel, beverage
will be obtained that is fit nectar for the
gods.
A handy way is to fill your cask nearly
up to the wooden faucet when the cask is
rolled so the bung is down. Get common
rubber tube and slip it over the end of the
plug in the faucet, with the other end in
the pail. Then turn the plug SO the cider
can have communication with the pail.
After the water ceases to bubble, bottle or
store away.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

even 5000 feet directly upward, the reader
must conjecture. Each forest-layer to die
down and be covered with deposit of, say,
twenty feet, would take ages. A tree still
lives In Teneriffe that was discovered in
1902, and was old then. Humboldt Wis
tied it in 1893, nearly four hundred years
later, and it was then about the same as
when discovered forty-fve feet
around the trunk. All this time there had
been little or no change in the level, and it
is safe to say that the tree is thousand
years old; but twenty feet of stratum would
not build up in that time, nor in 5000
years. The bare material is presented, and
the reader can work it out OF course the
Teneriffe tree may be considered an excep-
ton. but. allow the trees of Amethyst
Mountain an age Of only $50 years, and see
what would be the result of the computa-
ton.
Near the base of the slope the banks are
more or less hidden by the growing vegeta-
ton, but raise the eyes four or five hundred
feet and the display is wonderful; the trunks
of large size standing out in bold relief,
as perfect as regards structure as if they
were alive. The sight of roots penetrating
the solid rock, and winding here and there
like stony snakes, is curious indeed, and
one can but wonder at the strange possi-
bilities that admit of such results The
trees of some of the levels are of gigantic
size, and compare favorably with the largest
of living FORMS Some were measured that
gave diameter of twelve or more feet,
and the roots were far below, so that this
measurement may have been forty or fifty
feet from the ground Numbers of trees
six and eight feet in diameter and fifty or
sixty feet long have weathered out and
rolled down the cliff, and examination
showed that the thick bark and texture
was perfectly preserved, and the circles of
growth could be clearly defined
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
Give Them Trades.

[ am at loss to understand why so
many persons send their children to be
clerks and assistants The world is simply
glutted with such persons, and yet still
they come. Is it because they do not like
to dirty their hands or double up their
sleeves? Is it because they like to assume
the appearance of a gentleman Is it be-
cause they despise the anvil, the lathe, the
chisel, the wise or the shuttle Is it be-
cause the desk and the counter are more
profitable or more respectable? If so, no
greater mistake was ever made. A scholar
can always become a clerk, and a sharp
man or woman can always be an assistant.
These occupations should be last resort,
and to know useful handicraft trade
should be the first aim of every youth
Parents should abandon false notions of
gentility A black coat in these days fire.
quently hides sad heart, and clean hands
often mean starvation. A man who can
turn his hand to good trade is always in
dependent, and need be the slave of no one.
l sincerely trust that parents will discon-
tinue sending their children to the desk or
the counter, and make them useful me-
chanics or artisans of some kind; for, in
the latter case, they may become prosperous
manufacturers, but in the former they may
probably be servilely poor all their lives
and die prematurely into the bargain. We
shall soon be an educated nation, and we
should, above all, see that the increased in
telligence is rightly directed The ten
denotes are unquestionably to avoid pro-
ducing wealth and to participate in its dis
tribution. The factories and workshops
the real sources of wealth-are too often
regarded as beneath the attention of per-
sons whose parents have prospered therein.
l beseech every one having the custody of
children to see that the education they
possess is directed to the manipulation and
fashioning of the products of the earth for
the use and enjoyment of men, and not to
the counter and quill driving. OF course,
there must always be clerks and assistants,
but have no fear of the supply ever being
inadequate to the demand There are,
however, grave reasons why the energies of
young persons should be directed into
healthier and more profitable channels
Thomas Suthurst IN Death and Disease
Behind tie Counter
Why is successful investment like an
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
COMPARISONS.

Thus it will be seen that the statue of
Liberty is the tallest in the world. The
monument at London, the next loftiest iso-
lated column, is but 2O2 feet high. The
Porcelain Tower at Nankin was 200 feet
high. The 'sGermania" statue, unveiled
last autumn on the Neiderwald, is only 10
feet high. That of Bavaria, at Munich,
is 619 feet, with pedestal of 284 feet.
The statue of ST. Charles Borromeo, at
Arano near the southern extremity of Lake
Maggiore, is &C feet high, with pedestal
of 40 feet. The Vendome Column in
Paris is 144 feet high, and the Arc de
Triomphe 100 feet. Trinity church steeple
is 2S4 feet high The torch will rise %
feet above the Brooklyn-bridge towers.
The statue of Memnon, celebrated in an
tiquity, was only 65 feet in height, and
Trajan's Pillar 130 feet. Pompey's Pillar,
at Alexandria, is la feet high. 1t form
erly held statue on its capital, of which
only one foot and ankle are left. The most
celebrated colossus of ancient and modern
times previous to the statue of Liberty was
the Colossus of Rhodes The city had
been besieged by Demetrius Poliocetes,
King of Macedon, but assisted by Ptolemy
Softer, King of Egypt, the citizens repulsed
their enemies To express their gratitude
to their noble friends, and to their tutelary
deity, they erected brazen statue to Apol-
10. Charles of Lindus, the pupil of Lysip-
pus, commenced the work, but having ex-
pended the whole amount intrusted to him
before it was half completed he committed
suicide, and it was finished by Laches.
The statue was 105 feet high and hollow,
with winding staircase that ascended to
the head. After standing ffty-six years it
was overthrown by an earthquake in 224
B. c., and lay nine centuries on the ground,
and then was sold to Jew by the Sara
Gems, who had captured Rhodes after the
middle of the seventh century. 1t is said
to have required 900 camels to remove the
metal, and from this statement it has been
calculated that its weight was 100000
pounds.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

Mr.. Thomas Spencer neither tainted nor
died on account of his slight mistake. He
made most exemplary husband, pattern
of conjugal meekness, and Fanny was re-
nowned far and near as wonderful house
wife but there are fewer brown hairs on
his crown and checks than there were
white ones in the days of his wooing (per-
haps it would be more critically correct to
say to day., and he is observed not to ex-
press his contempt for early marriages.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
DIMENSIONS.

Reckoning from the coronet to what
might be called the foot-stool, the figure
measures 104 feet liz inches, and to the
extremity of the torch 138 feet. The pc
destal of granite on which it will stand is to
be eighty-two feet high, giving total of
22O feet as the height of the work. The
head is fourteen feet high, and forty persons
can stand within it. The circumference of
the thumb measures twelve feet. The
forefnger is eight feet long and four feet
in circumference at the second joint The
balcony around the edge of the torch will
hold fifteen persons. An electric light will
be placed in the torch and points of cleo
tric light will encircle the coronet. The
foundation, when completed, will be fifty
two feet high, and the top of the torch
will be elevated 300 feet above mean tide
level.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

ExPREssIvE.-Therc never was bet
ter example of the concise form of express
sion common to real Western Americans
than the answer of the man of the Sierras,
who, when asked about the character of a
neighbor, replied: sinister, | don't know
very much about him, but my impression
is that he'd make frst-class stranger. y
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
Select 4oetrp.
EVENING.

The setting suns last rays
Set earth and sky ablaze
With beams Of light;
Far over mount and plain,
Far DER the dashing main,
The dying beams again
Are flashing bright.
Now twilight settles down
Ger plain and hillside brown,
While in the sky.
High over wood and void,
Stretches a band of gold
Where purple clouds have rolled
In grandeur by.
But soon It fades away.
AS each still fading ray
Less bright Is thrown,
TIL meath the horizon
Sinks out Of sight the sun;
Clouds darken one by one
Their bright hues gone.
Now like sable pail
Nights shadows darkly fall
Gently and still:
All nature sinks to rest,
Dark grows the ruddy west,
While moonbeams light the crest
or mount and hin.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
The Statue of Liberty.

4 The N. Y, Herald recently contained an
article on the Bartholdi statue of Liberty,
from which we extract the following:
While the funds were being collected NJ
Bartholdi was steadily at work on the sta
/ tue. The question Of material had been
easily decided. Bronze had been selected
on account of its. malleability and its power
of resisting the clements The metal was
not cast, but repousee, or hammered into
shape. The method by which this was
accomplished is exceedingly interesting
First there was a rough model, moulded in
clay, for popular approval Then plaster
cast was made, one sixteenth of the size of
the statue. From this, another model. one
fourth the real size, was constructed. All
the measurements and creases in the drap-
cry had to be carefully gone over After
this model had been completed another full
sized one was made from it, being construct
ed in sections. In the immense workshops
different parts of the floor were marked off
for the various sections, and wooden sup
ports built for them. Then skeleton of
laths was made for each piece The sec
tions into which the quarter-sized model
had been divided were carefully copied by
skilled W0rkmen, every measurement being
four times as large. Upon the wooden
framework plaster was first roughly spread,
and then smoothed down exactly in accord
ance with the markings on the model The
detailed character of the work may be
imagined from the fact that upon each of
the nine sections of the model there were
300 measurements, besides 1900 small
marks which had to be copied in order to
keep up the exact proportion. After all
this had been accomplished, wooden moulds,
exact copies of the plaster, had to be made
by hand. Every projection or depression
Of the drapery or figure had to be exactly
fitted to the wooden mould. Then the
sheets were placed in the moulds and ham,
mered into shape, all the hammering being
done from the back or inside of the sheets
They varied greatly in size, according to
their position in the figure, the majority of
them being from one to three yards square.
In all there are three hundred of these
hammered plates, weighing eighty-eight
tons. Besides this work ON the outside of
the statue, there had to be constructed an
immense skeleton of iron and steel beams,
to which the bronze shell could be firmly
riveted
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

There is a burden of care in getting
riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in
using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow
in losing them, and burden of account at
last to be given up concerning them, and
yet foolish people sell their souls and sigh
to be rich.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

There are many hard tasks set for women
in this world, but few which they find it
impossible to perform. Still there never
was woman who could keep fur-lined
circular from flying open and showing the
fur.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03
DELICATE MoULDINGs.

The modelling is broad and massive, and,
where necessary, exquisitely fine. There
are parts of the drapery that have the deli
cacy of work on a statuette. This is en-
HANGED by wholly accidental effect-the
way in which the metal is wrought by the
hammer gives the whole surface of it kind
of mottle, which breaks up the light pre-
cisely as the light is broken up on silk.
The huge robe has thus perfect texture,
and one forgets that It's folds are in stub
born bronze. This applies more especially
to the drapery of the lower part of the fig
ure just where the dress sweeps the ground.
Beyond rises the mantle, or outer covering,
in great majestic folds, treated with per-
feet eye for the handling of masses in dra-
perry Above this again there is more work
of extreme delicacy, and the sleeve of the
right arm would be thing for any sculptor
in the world to be proud of, and it isalmost
as great a credit to the artisan. How SO
much freedom of effect has been preserved
through all the processes one can hardly
understand. But all this beauty could be
destroyed were it not that proper precau-
tions have been taken to prevent the attacks
of the weather. The mere expansion by
the heat of day, or the blaze of the summer
sun would pull the statue to pieces in a very
short time, if each of the plates had not
been so arranged as to move slightly on the
rivets which join it to the iron skeleton.
The plates had to be thin enough to bend
slightly, under changes of temperature, so
as to preserve their proper shape both win
ter and summer. But copper and iron are
dangerous metals to place in contact; an
electrical current might easily be generated
which would cause the copper coating to
slowly vanish. Every joint and every rivet
of the structure had to be isolated. Gen.
Stone, who since his return from Egypt
has conducted the scientific part of the
preparations, believes that he has succeeded
in obviating any dangers from an electric
current.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

1t is enough to take away your breath to
hear of California onion weighing nearly
two pounds.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

Folks who live by their wits live by the
want of wits in other folks.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

Fortunes are made by long earnings and
savings.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-03

Why is successful investment like an
entertaining book?-Because it gives great
interest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-22
Two Respectable Members of the Gentler
Sex Sentenced to Imprisonment
for Perjury.
Chicago Bankers Ingeniously Duped Out
Of a Large Amount by Systematic
81 ~ Forgery.
A Bohemian Shoots Girl, Fires at
Her Mother and Puts Two Bul.
lets In His Own Heart.
Discovery of a Man in Joliet, Ill.,,
Who had been Shocktngly Mu-
sa tilated by Strikers.
An Affecting Scene.

MADISON, Wis, May 21.-In the mu
nicipal court Mrs. Rebecca Marraot of
Baraboo, and Mrs. Margaret M. Cooley of
Mitchell, Dak., sisters, pleaded guilty to
the charge of perjury. They were sentenced
to two years in prison. Each woman, when
sentenced, had an infant in her arms.
Kneeling at the feet of the judge, they
piteously pleaded for mercy ''for their
babies sake" Judge Bailey, with tears in
his eyes, said the law was inexorable, but he
would fix the lowest penalty prescribed.
The women then prayed and sObbed and
uttered terrible shrieks as they were finally
removed by the officers. They said that a
man named Kirby had threatened their lives
If they did not swear as they did, and that
they had for years lived in mortal terror OF
him. Both are respectable women of good
local repute.
THEIR BABIES ACCOMPANY THEM
to the penitentiary An effort will be made
to secure executive pardon in their case.
These women are sisters of the wife of
James Kirby, alias Simmonds, well known
cracksman, who. with man named Ed
wards, was last November sentenced to
states prison in Wisconsin for five years for
burglary in Madison. At the trial of Kirby
these women swOre that they were in Bara
boo at Mrs. Marraot's home, the 10th of
July last, the night of the burglary, and
that Kirby was also there. They also said
that that night Mrs. Marraot gave birth to
child. The attempt to prove an alibi was
unavailing, however, and Kirby was found
guilty after most exciting trial. The
women were then arrested for perjury in
the case. 1t was proven that the child was
born May 6, and that Kirby was not present
even at that time
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-22
Religious People Arre.red.

Special to the Globe.
BosToN, May 21.-A strange spectacle
was presented in the Central municipal
court of this city this afternoon when Rev.
Dr. A. j. Gordon, pastor OF the Clarendon
street Baptist church; Rev. M. p. Deming,
central secretary of the Y. M. C. A.; H.
L. Hastings, Abijah Hall and several other
persons were arraigned on the charge Of
disturbing the peace and violating the city
ordinances by holding religious services on
the Boston common Several other per-
sons, including members of the Salvation
army, were complained Of for some
Offense, and large number of
members OF the Salvation army were
in attendance to witness the proceedings
and learn how the cases were disposed OF.
The complaint was based on city ordi-
nance, which provides that no person shall,
without permission, deliver a sermon, ad-
dress OF lecture ON the common or other
public grounds and after the defendants
had been briefly examined, they were fined
$40 each and entered. appeals There was
no question but that the meetings
were orderly and quiet, nor are they. ything
novel, but the police determined to test the
validity OF the ordinance, and accordingly
brought the complaints without malice.
There is much Indignation over the affair,
as everything else is permitted on the sacred
mclosure, and the defendants propose to
carry the question to the supreme court, if
necessary, to sustain their right to preach
in the inclosure. @
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-22
Not the Man They Took Him For.
From the Rochester Democrat


Until few years ago there were two
brothers living in this city who resembled
each other so closely that it was almost inn
possible to distinguish one from the other,
the identity extending to the voice, express
sion of the face and even the movement in
walking. One of the brothers, who is, a
travelling agent for shoe firm here, boards
at well-known hotel in the city, while the
other has been living east. About two
weeks ago the Rochester, brother left the
city, stating that he expected to be gone
some months, but last week. to all appear
anceS, returned to the hotel. Another drum
mer, who was well acquainted with the shoe
man, walked up with a ''HullO, old boy,
what brought you back so sooI?" slapped
him on the back. The newcomer quickly
turned, and, with an expression of astOnish-
ment on his face, paralyzed the drummer
by saying, 'sYou're mistaken iIHthe man,
sir" and walked off. Soon another gentle
man came mp and spoke TO him, but was
not recognized. Then it began to be whiS-
pered around that the Rochester man, who
is very fond of a joke, was making game of
them, and every one, even to the slightest
acquaintance of his, was induced to stop
and shake hands with heapparent stranger,
even employees at the hotel laughing at him
when he asked where the dining room was.
This state of affairs has been going on day
after day, and few will be aware that they
have been speaking to an entire stranger
until they read this article. The fact is,
that it is the Rochester mans brother who
has been at the hotel. Singular as it may
seem, the brother by accident came to the
city on business and stopped at the same
hotel. Their similar appearance has caused
the confusion, and undoubtedly some apol-
ogy will be offered to-day. The Rochester
man is still out west, entirely ignorant Of
the whole affair.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-22
Bankers Taken In.

CHICAGO, May 21.-An Englishman, 81.
S. Strong, obtained 1000 from bank in
this city by passing forged letters of credit.
He belonged to gang of forgers who have
previously operated in this country and
Canada. The victims of Strong's forgery in
this city are the officers and shareholders of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The
plan of operations seems to be the forgery
of number of circular letters of credit,
purporting to- have been issued by some
well-known banking Institution of Great
Britain. The amount of each letter is us
ually ESQ or $3.50. They are operated by
members of the gang simultaneously, OF
nearly so, in the Canadian and American
cities. In the case of Strong, it appears he
presented himself Yesterday at the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, in this city, presenting
letters of credit of the National Bank of
Scotland, Glasgow. The signatures appeared
to be all right and the cash was promptly
paid over the counter. He spoke little and
conducted himself to the mind of the bank
cashier like an ordinary English gentleman
of fortune on pleasure or business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-22
poetry Of Rare nrus,c.

ssMusic hath charms to soothe." and our
latter day homes would indeed be incomplete
without the piano, the culture of the voice
and all that tends to bring the soul en- rap
port with the harmony OF the great master.
So it happens that the Shuttle family endure
the 'shilm-ti-trumn of practice hours that
they may enjoy the completed sonata of the
evening, when there are callers. .ask
sJob, my. DEAR" said Mrs. Shuttle,
s'don't GO down town this morning. Stay
and listen to Sehna's new nocturne inc
minor. It's perfectly lovely"
(which reminds me-" said. .thar practical
Job, II have got to 60 down and pay Signor
nocturne In v. That's what takes the
poetry out Of music, my dear. Hartford
Post.