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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

NJ
This new and cemmodious house. located corner
OF Broadway and 42d Street, possesses advantages
over all other houses for the accommodation of Its
guests 1t was built expressly for first class Fami
" boarding House-the rooms being large and en-
suit heated by steam-with hot and cold water, and
furnished second to none while the culinary depart
ment ~ in the most experienced hands, afording
guests an unequaled table.
One Of Atwood's Patent Elevators Is also among
the .modern improvements" and at the service Of
guests at all hours.
The Broadway and University Place Cars pass the
door every four minutes running from the City Hall
70 Central Park while the Sixth and Seventh Avenue
Lines arc but short block on either side aording
ample facilities for communicating with ali the De.
pots, Steamboat Landings, places OF Amusement and
Business Of the great metropolis.
marl2-emd&w MORE q HOLLEY, fropristors.
WANTED.-An one wishing employment Of
w any kind should call upon @. A. Little and
he Will give them every satisfaction, either farm
hands, girls to take charge OF house, to do
honsework, either white or colored Call upon @. A
LITTLE, Second and Orange street. Wilmingto
DEL matchmaking
p oBlNSON'S LEAD PRNCILS-gye them trial
IN and Won will use no others
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DLows FLOWS PLowsI
$ Il T. A M f. N q l N Il S
AND ROILERs.

: It e A M f. N q / N T. S
AND BOILERS.
IrRoM 4 to $50 HORSE POWER, including the
II celebrated Corllss Cutoff Engines Slide Valve
Circular, Mulay and Gang Saw Mile, Shafting. Pull
leys, &c, Lath and Single Mills, Wheat and Corn
Mills, Circular Saws Betting, &c Send for descrip-
tive Circnlqr AMI Price List. WOOD u MANN
STEAM ENGINE CO., Utica, N Y.
PIANOS: PIANOS 4! PIANosI
The Parlor FavoI.ite. -
The immense dcmaId for this popular instrument
has induced us tn make It's manufacture ~ ecinlits,
and we consequently enabled to offer them at
much lower rates than are charged for similar in
strnments Wy other makers Inquire of resident deal
era or send for illustrated catalogue and price
list. Address GEO. NJ. GUILD Il co,
pinnoiortc Manui'rs, Bnsros, MASS
Wanted, Agents. s go t. ss ss.2yr
where, male and female, to introduce the GENUINE
IMPROVED COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING
MACHINE. This machine will stitch, hem, fell
inck, quilt cord, bind, braid and embroider in most
for 1--WE years. We will pay $1,000 for amy machine
| that will sew stronger, more beautiful more
elastic seam than ours IL makes the "Elastis Lock
stitch" Every second stitch bo cut, and still
| the cloth cannot be pulled apart without tearing it..
We pay agents SIS To 5000 pcr month and expenses,
| made. Address SEIOMB " TO-, Pittsburgh Pa,
| Boston, Muse o; ST Lnuis, Mo.
| CAUTlON--Do not be imposed upon by other par
| ties palmng on worthless cas-ifun machines, under
the same name or otherwise. Ours ia the only geni-
Inc and really practical cheap machine manufactured.
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The Patent Magic Comb

VIII color gray hair permanent black or brown
Sold everywhere. Sent by mail for 81. 20 Address
WIN. PATTON, Treasurer,
Magic Comb Company, sprnglied, Masa
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Mistfllautuus.



Most people think the selection Of
suitable matter for newspaper the
easiest part Of the business. How great
an error. To look over and over fiity
exchange papers daily, fiom which TO
select enough for one. especially when
the question is not what shall, but what
shall not be selected, is not very easy
task Ifesery person who reads news.
paper could have edited il, We should
have less complaints Not subsequently
il is the case that an editor looks over
all his exchange papers for something
interesting, aud finds absolute nothing
Every paper is dricr thana contribution
box aud yet something must be had
his paper must be out with something
10 il. mud he does tho best he can. 70
an editor who has the least care in what
he selects, the writing he has to do Is the
easiest part Of his labor. Every subscri.
Der thinks the paper is printed for his
own benefit, and IL there IL npthine that
suits him, il must belt is good for
nothing. As many subscribers as an
editor has, SC many tastes he has to con
suit. One wants something very smart
and something sound 0ne likes anoc.
dotes, fun and frolie, aud his next door
peighbor wonders that man Of sense
will. put such stuff 10 his paperl Some
thing spicy comes out, and the editor is
n hl.ck esua RI N.xt co,.co a......, i,s,.,.
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Select 2ostrg.
The Death OF the rIowers.


.
The melancholy days have come, the saddOs,
Of the year,
or waling winds and naked woods aud mead
ows brown and sere.
Hcaped In the hollows Of the groves. the Au-
lumn leaves lie dead,
They rustic TO the edglng gust, and to the rab-
bits tread.
The robin and the hren have flown, and from
the shrubs the Jay, N
Aud from the wood top calls the CROW through
all the gloomy day.
Where are the flowers. the fair young Housrs,
that lately sprang and stood
In brighter light and softer airs beauteous
sisterboodf
Alas they all arc In their graves, the gentle
race Of flowers
Are lying in their lonely bed, with the fair and
The rain Is falling where they lie, but the cold
November rain
Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely
ones again.
The wind-aower and the violet, they persisted
long ago,
And the brier-rose aud the orchis died amid
the Summer glow
But on the hill the golden-rod and the asier In
the wood,
And the yellow sunAower by the brook in Au-
tumn beauty stood,
Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven,
as falls the plague on men,
And the brightness Of their smile was gone
from upland, glade aud glen.
Aud now, when comes the calm, mild DAYS, as
still such days will come,
To call the squirrel and the bee from out their
winter home;
When the sound OF dropping nuts Is heard,
sh1.,sris ali tta .stiI
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stlett Poetry.


~
The devil cane on tho earth one day,
And into a court house wcnded hisway,
just a. m attorney. with very grave face.
Was proceeding 70 argue the points In a ease.
Now, lawyer, his majesty neper bad soon,
For,fn bis dominion one never bad been,
And be felt very curious the reason 10 know
Why none had been sent to the regions below,
Twas the fault ef bis agents, his majesty
thought,
Why none Of these lawyers had ever been
caught,
And for bis own pleasure he had desiro
To come To the earth and the reason inquire.
Well, the lawyer who rose with riaage 80
grave,
Made uut his oppanent consnmate krare,
Aud the devil was really greatly amused,
To hear the attorney 90 roundly abused.
As soon as the speaker had come to close,
The counsel opposing then dcreeiy arose.
Aud heaped such abuse on the head oftle drst,
And made him villain Of all men the worst
Thus they quarrelcd, contenled and argued SO
'rwa. bard to dclermine the one that wa.
wrong;
And concluding he'd heard quite enough Of the
Old Nick turned away and soIiloquised thu. .
s.If all they have told Teach other be true,
The devil has surely been robbed Of bic due;
Pm satisfied now, 'iis all very well,
For these lawyers wouid ruin the morals Of
bell.
'They, have puzzIed tie court with their VII
lanous cavil,
And I'm Free to confess they have puzzled the
devil;
Ny agents are right to let lawyers alone,
II had them they'd swindie nc out or my
throne"
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vARsIsH FOR SHOES lit is q bad
plan, says Halls Journal " Heaifll, to
grease the upper leather Of Ahoes for
the parpose Of keeping them soft, 1t
rots the leather and admits dampness
moro readily Il is better 10 make 4
varnish thus Put half a pound Of gnm
shelIae broken up into small pieces ID 4
quart bottle or jug, coynr il with nIco-
hol, cork It tight, aud but it on shelf
IN warm place /; shake il well several
times day, then add piece Of cam
phor as large as hens egg shake it
again and add one ounce Of lampbIack
1.-THE alcohol is good, it viii be all dis.
solved in three days then shake aud
use. lit gets too thick, add alcohol |;
pour out two or three teaspoonfuls ID 4
saucer, and apply il with d small paint.
brush Ifthe materials are all good, II
viii dry 10 about 1--WE minutes, aud will
be removed only BY wearing il Of, Civ
ing a gloss almost equal topatent leather.
The advantage Of this preparation over
Others is, il does not strike into the
leather aud make il hard, but remaius
on the surface, aad yet excludes tho wa
ter almost perfectly. This same prep
aration issadmirablc for harness, and
does not soil when touched Us Iampblack
preparations do y s n.
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A Country Without Trees.

The New York S,m thinks there Il
danger that before many years have
passed tne United States will become
country without trees And this proba.
bility is danger in the full sense Of
the word, for trccless country is the
equivalent Of au arid desert land, In
which agriculture is On impossibility.
The editor goes on to say:
Throughout the Union timber is
being cut in ordcrto supply theenormous
demand, without any regard to the ef.
feet Of thus denuding the country. This
Is particularly true of the Atlantic
States. As trees disappear, especially
from the heads Of the great water
courses, whence much Of our lumber
comes, the rivers lessen 10 volume, the
annual fall OF rain throughout the
cleared district diminishes, and as a
consequence the agricultural product is
reduced. Perfectly accurate statistics
show such results as these 10 European
countries, from large portions Of which
the standing wood has been swept away.
Should the desti uction Of timber 10
this country continue with lis present
rapidity, and no provision be made FOR
the planting Of forests to replaec the
loss, ail the States will probably become
a raiDlcss. region like Arizona, where
crops can be grown only by the aid Of
expensive artificial irrigation Of the
soil. The present consumption Of wood
in the United States is enormous. One
hundred aud fifty thousand acres Of. the
best timber is cut every year to supply
the demand for railway sleepcrs alone
For railroad buildings, repairs and ears,
the annual expenditure in wood is
thirty.eight millions of dollars In a
single year the locomotives in the Uni-
ted States consume fifty-six millions Of
dollars worth Of wood. There are 10
the who country more than four hun
bred thousand artisans 10 wood; aud it
the value Of their labor is one thousand
dollars a year, the wood industry Of the
country represents an amount Of nearly
Eve hundred millions Of dollars per an
mum. II will be seen, therefore, how
extensive are the interests dependent
upon the production Of lumber Prob
ably laws will have eventually 10 be
enacted by the State Legislatures to
prevent such destruction Of the forests
as will be likely to result in natural IN
jury to the country; and il may be
necessary to encourage the planting Of
forests 10 meet the demands Of the
future"
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WESTMINSTER, MD. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER

home and told Grace, aud they rejoiced
together; while their father wont 10
person and procured the release Of Nor
mandy, telling the strange story as he
went Il was the happiest moment Of
his life when John Normandy took his
place ia the bank aanin.
: James profted by his bitter expert.
enta. Tie never again swerycd from
the right, and is living now, respect.
able citizen Of his native place. Grace
never has forgotten her extraordinary
sleigh ride, aud never viii, for her
name new is Grace Normandy, and she
loves her plain, noblc-hcart.d husband
with true affection.
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Stst;s,ics show that England alone
consumes every year at least 1000 tons
Of bceswax, valued at 81, 1000 With
gold at l3l, the best bright pressed yell
low American beeswax is now selling in
England at As tool cents apouud Wax
candles are used extensively in the royal
palaces Of Europe. aud ia one palace
alone it is said that 10000 wax candles
are burned every night. The method
Of lighting this large number Of candles
instantaneously is to connect the wicks
BY an infsmlnable and scented thread
Of gun cotton. On touching the end of
the thread with torch, the fame flashes
like lightning round the connected can
dies, an agrecably odor is emitted, aud
the apartments are Illuminated and per-
famed as if BY magic.
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In Dresden there is an iron egg, the
history Of which is something ike this:
A young Prince sent this iron egg to a
lady to whcme lie WAS betrothcd. She
received Il 10 her hands and looked at
it with disdaip. In hor indignation
that he should send her such o gift, she
cast ID to the earth. When it touched
the groand a spring, cunningly hidden
10 the egg, opened. and silver yolk
rolled out. She touched secret spring
in the yolk, and golden chicken, was
revealed she touched spring 10 the
chicken, and a crown was found within !;
she touched a spring in the crown. and
within il was fonnd diamond Wedding
ring There is moral TO this story,
and that is, il win mol do to trust ''out-
ward appearances.D
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a SLEIGH RIDE EXTRAORDINARY, AND WHAT
CANE OF IT.
Jonas Blenchford, with coat, hat and
gloves already on, heard the iinkle Of
the sleigh bells, aud arose TO 90 down,
but when he reached the door, he felt a
light touch upon his arm, and heard the
well.kuown voice of his daughter.
"Pa, may | goS'
"But am only going to the bank,
Grace"
"After that, father will 90 there
and wait for you. IL will not take me
five minutes to get ready"
"Well-wcll! BE spry, and I'll wait, I"
said the old gentleman, quite merrily,
and I'll give you such sleigh ride as
you never had beiore--a sleigh ride er.
fraorc'iaary. You know / have the
black before the cutter"
$50 much the BETTER" said Grace !;
aud she ran away to dress, little dream.
lug how well the promise would be kept
Johu Normandy stood by the window
looking out upon the busy street, ever
aud anon glancing at, his watch, as
though impatient for the time to pass.
Aud indeed he was. Hehad no thoughts
for what was passing in the street be-
low. He saw Jonas Blcnchford aud his
daughter as they drove up to the bank,
but forgot them the moment they passed
from sight within the entrance He
had weighty thoughts upon his mind,
that could not be cast aside by any or
binary occurrence.
He was somewhat about thirty years
of age, tall, erect, dignifed, and very
plain Of feature. He had battled with
diseouragements and poverty until his
very face bore marks Of tho terrible
struggles, but he had conquered His
motto had ever been, Onward and up
ward" aud, never flinchiug, never Civ
ing way, he had at last become cashier
Of the bank of E., a position both
honorable and lucrative
Only twolvemonth had he held the
position, but in that short time he had
won the confidence of the officers Of the
bank, the regard Of his fellow employ.
ees, and was generally liked by those
doing business with him.
Still he was unsocial, He lived a life
of his own. He asked no competitions
wanted none When the bank closed
for the day, he hurried away 70 his Iodg-
ings, and was seen no more until the
hour Of business on the following day
Business was his only pleasure He
talked little worked much; he was d
poor companion, but true friend.
He merely turned his head when the
president aud his daughter entered the
bepk, and then went back to his think
ing but Blonchford seemed disposed
TO modest him.
"Day.dreamiug, Normandy y
Il have encountered 50 much reality
that there Is but little Of the imaginary
ieft," said he, turning toward thom,
huff reluctantly.
| @Oh, dcl Normandy. Not quite
thirty, Ishoald judge, and settliug down
into an older man than am. Whit
are you thinking about Il must not
10. Grace, can you DO anything 10 show
this practical old gentleman the error
! Of his vaysf III lease you with him
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CIRCUIT & REIFSNIDER,
ArToRNEYsArLAW AND SOIL

-ATTORNEfS-AI.LA AND SOIL
oITORS IN CHANCERY,
WESTMINSTER, Nh.
WE have formed copartnership in the
w practice Of Law in the Courts Of
Carroll and Howard Counties, aud will
promptly attend TO oil business entrusted TO
our care. Particular attention paid to Col.
leaions and procuring DEGREES for the sale
of Real Estate.
Also, Applications filed for Back Pay and
Bounty due heirs of deceased soldiers.
Office adjoining the residence of CHAs. I.
REIFsxiDER. no3O-u
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Or. LEONARD zEPP.

HAVING located at the East End Of
IL Westminster, offers his professional
services 70 the public. When not engaged
may be found Of his Office or residence,
enc door west Of Stsnsbnry's Hotel.
may 6,--6m ia
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The small steel chain which winds
round the fusee Of watch Is nbout
eight inches 10 lergth, and contains
upward Of Ave hundred links, rivefed
together Il is notthickor than i horse.
hair, and The separate links can but
just be perceived with the uakcd aye.
Most Of those wateh-chains are manu-
factared al Christchasch. 10 Hanfs -
The links are punched out BY girls from
plates Of steel. and very young girls
pick up the links, aud rivct ono % the
other. ~.
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''Geingitsblindp d ihc namo of j.
game recently played a = religioua iair
in The West A fowl Is suspended to,
rope stretched between two posts fen
of'twclye feet apart, and al height 4
little above mans head The com.
petitors nre biindfolded at short all.
tance from The fowl, and AFTER beinjr
turnedlaround several times. are allow.
cd % 80 ono az . Tine. sword il hand.
u The direction they e,7nk tIse prixe j
suspended, % en- Il down II they caa,
Not ose IL = hundred went aa5xhefe
near the fowl
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snou'a 'e,' you sa'u ne Nthat
''ose wno@ you no'a most dear your
so'i 'ns'uu0u' were 10 great peril ana q
peru 'aa' you never could guess and
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"o'.u soa Ds,'ese me WOMB you
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s'''y
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'rus. you Dus why 90 you ask
10 not ask me. A. VIII DC enough
70 .ei' you 'na' you ana your ia'her
ana oro'her ave .ru'y 10 great danger
and II you WIN pace implicit confidence
"a me' can save YOU Drop your veil
you please. lhank you.
Almost 'enderly ne wrapped the robes
a'oura hsr, ye. ul'ering no word Then
Qafleriup tho ralnq Ia uayos the koroa
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miles around thesiity A partition wall
divides the Tartar from tlie Chinese
city, aud four gates at The North, South.
East and West, afford the only means
for passing the walls, md these are
opened and closed with thesun inside
tie great wall Of the Tartar city Is
another val, made or yellow bricks, and
covered with enamelcd yellowtilss, called
the wall Of. lie imperial city, which IS
inhsbiied mostly BY Tartars, and per
sons connected with the government
Inside ofthe imperial city is still another
wall Of red bricks. surrounded by .
moat enclosing the prohibited city ID
which the palace, treasury, and public
buildings immediately connected with
the emperor's household, are located
10 these sacred precincts or majesty
40 foreign foot has ever trod, end the
mysteries 81 the palace are only known
to few Of The mast faithful and honor
ed servants Of the Manchp dynasty.
The colored roofs, made Of enameled
tiles Of blue, green, red and yellow, are
seen amid the dense foliage Of the forest
which ornaments the grounds Of tho
palace. Here the Emperor OF China
holds. his court, counselling only With
the regent mother, his tenchers, and
the few high officers who are admitted
10 his presence He Is revered by the
people as The son ef heaven, and ia
theory is supreme, but 10 practice orly
50 far MS the people please 10 obey, as
the right Of petition TO the throne is
recognized as one Of the most sacred
customs Of the Chinese Empire.
Says a traveller ! was standing By q
gate over the mote one day, in The vi
entity Of venerable looking msndarin
wearing button Of high FINK, and |
sought 10 engage his attention BY COM
pairing the time of day, but he hnd the
advantage Of INC, as he had two watches
| 10 his eirdle aud / had only one. I
Unlimited desire 70 visit the palace
grounds, and asionishcd az my ignotancs
and impudcpee, he poiated 10 the sacred
inclosure and tifcn to. heaven. signifying
that it was inhabited BY the son Of
heaven. The inmates Of the prohibited
city are not supposed to plumber more
than one thonsand, including men,
women, children, ennuchs aud the liitle
Emperor. His majesty is not quite
thirteen years Of age, aud has not yet
assumed tie reins OF goyeyumcns -
During his minority, the actual regents
| of the enspirc nre his ,nothere ae Ia ~
blessed with several. The hrst wife Of
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DR.. ]. II. BiIIingsIea

rs still actively engaged in the Practice
u of Medicine. "a.
~ Office and Residence at John I.
Reifnnider's. aug l9--tf