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A GENTS. FARMERS, GARDENERS

If Best Improred Frat Tree and Zine In,iqoyator
and Insect DeStrover Samples to test will he forwarded
to any part oftc United States and perfect satisfaction
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No. 3.-Is n Valuable Property,
in the village Of Fair Ill., consisting of STORE HOUSE
and DWELLING attached one of the best business
stands in the place. There S5 Acres of cutvative
land connected with the buildings.
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For Rent
For Rent,

The House Back street North street, now &C.
cupir.i ly Mrs. Mahoney. Apply to
Feb q lS69-2t W j. JONES.
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EOf 1teHts
The House at present occupied by Mr. James Denny
Apply to
Feb - 1S69-tf CHARLES NJ. ELLIS.
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REAL ESTA TIE.
FOR RENT.
Private Sale of Hotel Property

ITIFNtV 6iIV VI HUM IfVFof y =
The undersigned offers at private Sale the -
Real and Personal Estat" Of the late Robert fl
Smith situated in PORT DEPOSIT Cecil coun H=a@l
~, Maryland, and known as the AA+
Farmers and Commercial Hotel.
This Hotel has long and favorably known to the
travelling community. and is receiyin" large share oil
public patronage. The House is large and conmodious
with good StaIng Icehouss and all the appur
attached to n tirst-class Hotel.
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing will please call on the
subscriber on the promises who will show the same
MARY c. SMITH.
Port Deposit. Aug -, 1sGS-G
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No. o-Ts a nne FARM.

in the neighborhood; in high state of cultivation;
containing 1874 Acres; improved by STONE
DWELLING ~ storiss with Frame Kitchen attached :;
double Barn, 10 60 feet wagonhouse Corn Cribs and
other outbudings The farm is all under good Fencing
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new B0OK----2OO ENGRAVINGS.

The Farmers and Mechanics Manuel, edited by Geo.
r. Warns, Jr author of Draining for Profit. Ele-
ments Of Agriculture" &c. book Of great value to
every Send for f6 page circular Agents wanted
TREAT 6 CO. PuhlishnIs. G54 broadway. Ny. 4w
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ALARM FOR SALE,
l35 ACRES OF GOOD LAND.

Lying sassafras Neck, IN IecII uouhtE Mn Is1Iu
within y of mile Of John Reynolds Landing, where
Steanbo.ts plying between Philadelphia and Baltimore
stop daily, and containing
l35 ACRES OF GOOD LAND.
II is divided into four ieldss improved by comfort
able DWELL No Il good Barn and Stable OF ample
size is under good fencing. AMI has on it slcency
wood for the use Of the farm. and thriving young
PEACH ORCHARD of trecs-principay llais Early
For Terms and further particulars apply I"
JAMES BLACK GR0OME.
M,r7 ,sfS-eowtf Elkton, Nd.
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Wolcotts Pain Paint is sold at all Drug Stores alsc,
Wolcotts Annilator for the of Catarrh and Cold
in the head. Sent by Express receipt Of the money
at Isl Chatham Square, N Y r. l.. Wolcott, Prop. Nv
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How BARRIERS Shave People I'm
China.

A fellow who has been shaved in
China says that the barber first stropped
the razor on his leg, and then did the
shaving without any latller. The Gus
toner reconstructed, but was told the
latter was entirely useless and had a
tendency to make the hair stiff and
tough, and was therefore never used by
persons who had any knowledge of the
face and its appendages. After the
beard had been taken of-and it was
done in very short time-the barber
took long, sharp, needle shaped spoon,
and began to explore his customers
ears. He brought up from numerous lit
tie creviccs bits of wax and dirt that had
been accommodating since his childhood.
The barber suddenly twisted his subjects
neck to one side in such manner chat
it cracked as if the vertebrea had been
dislocated "Hold onn' shouted the
party, alarmed for the safety ofhis neck.
"All right" replied the tonsor, me no
hurt YOU and he continued to jerk and
twist the neck until it was as timber as
an old woman's dish rag. He then fell
to beating the back, breast, arms, and
sides with his fists, and pummelled the
muscles until they fairly glowed with the
beating they had received. He than
dashed bucket of cold water over the
man, dried the skin with towels, and de-
clared that his work was done. Price
two cents. .a5a5 #a
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The Game of Poker.

Josh Billings says this i'll bred game OF
keards is about 81 years of age.
1t was first discovered by the deck
bands on Lake Fry steamboat an han
dcd down by them to posterity in all its
buty.
1t is generally played by persons and
owes much of its absorbingness to the
fackt that you can talk, drink and chaw,
and chat while the gameis advancin.
l have seen it plaid on the Hudson
river railroad, in the smoking kar, with
more immaculate skill than anywhere
else
If You play there You will often hold
a hand that will astonish you,quite often
4 queens and ten spot, which will in
flame you to bet seven or eight dollars,
that it is good hand to play poker with
but you will be more astonished when
you see the other fellar's hand, which in.
variably consists OF 4 kings and one
spot. .,.'.
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IayOluntary Partnership.

Some years ago there went to and fro
on one of the steamers on Long Island
Sound Bloomington line colored man
of the name of Watson, who acted in
the capacity of barber. The demand for
shaving being limited, and desire for
the accumulation of wealth animating
his bosom, he obtained from the steward
permission to sell ice cream in the saloon
after getting under. way. He engaged as
assistant a bright boy Of twelve, named
Frank. On being asked one evening
how trade was, Watson replied that there
seemed to be good deal of cream sold,
but not much money coming in;" he
couldn't understand it." A few minutes
afterward the same question was pro-
pounded to Frank. His reply was Clip
topw On being told what Watson had
stated, he looked up and said, his eyes
twinkling: go! Watson and me is in
partnership, but Watson don't kno,c it!n'
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THE SIREN BELL.
drcamt that I heard siren bell,

dreamt that I heard siren bell,
With silvery echo clear,
And musical cadence, sad and low,
And chime of tunes l did not know,
And held my breath to hcar
Marvellous sweet was this siren bell:
And my dreaming soul lay still,
As the sound of the bell came over the loa,
Ginning very joyously-
Came Ginning over the lea. -t..
1t puts me in mind of my distant homo.
With the willows hanging low, 50 3 -
And the tinkling brook that ran in tho shade,
And the trout that fled from tho shadow mad
To the darker gulfs below.
And itsesllsd to my mind fair littlo maid,
With sweet little merry blue eye,
And a food of streaming yellow hair
Falling down her shoulder, bare,
As she looked up into the sky.
a sudden fall il: the siren bell,
And the wind lay still on the loa, y
And saw again the little maid
Gently in her coffin laid,
Ina graveyard by the sea.
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WOnlan's Rights,


The following from the Field, Turf
and Farm will not be indorsed by our
Womeu's Rights friends. Indeed the
ladies will set the editor of that paper
down as an incorriglble old fogy-one of
the 'smale tyrants." The F. T. and F.
says:
Zone of the first and most pernicious
fruits of the French Revolution of '93
was the triumph of ''woman's rights"
and the consequent unsexing of women,
and the natural results of the measure,
as recorded by the historian, make us
shudder with horror even at this remote
date, as we read of the ''strong minded"
furies sitting with their knitting around
the ds,dripping with the best blood
of France! Even the ferocious radicals
of that day became disgusted with the
consequences of their wild legislation,
and were compelled to repeal the bill of
emancipation and restore women to that
place assigned her by nature. In the last
seventy years no better rebuke has been
given to the clamers of the ''strong mind
ed'' than that of Chaumetts in his speech
in opposition to the women's emancipa-
ton act. "Since when"-he exclaimed
-"since when has it become proper for
women to abandon the pious care of the
household and the cradles of their chill
dren to intrude themselves in public pla-
ces, to thrust themselves forward at pub
lie meetings, to appear at the bar of the
Senate, and even in our armies, thus ar
rogating to themselves the duties assign
ed by nature to man alone? To whom
has nature, our common mother, confided
the gentle duties of the domestic hearth
Is it to us, citizens? Has she
provided us with those generous foun-
tains from which the newborn babe
sucks the stream of life? Has she en-
dowed US with gentle qualities necessary
to the administration of the household
No. She said to man, be man? The
dangers of war, the perils of the chase,
the labors of agriculture, political strife,
heavy toll, these are your allotment.
She said to woman, be woman! The
sweet anxieties Of maternity, the tender
nurture of helpless infants, the details of
the household, let these be your care
But these engrossing duties faithfully
performed merit a reward. You shall
have it. You will become the presiding
deity of the domestic sanctuary you will
reign over all who surround you, through
the irresistible charms of beauty, grace
and virtue.
Rash, imprudent women, who wish to
become men, have you not your full share
in the divine dispensation What more
would you have?
To make woman respected she must
be forced to respect herself. AS we ven
crate the virtuous mother whose happi-
ness is centered within the bosom of her
family, whose chief pleasure is in rearing
her children, and in making happy the
home of her husband, so should we con
ldemn and despise the woman who dons
the visil toga and exchanges the charms
with which nature has endowed her for a
pair of breeches too tight in the seat.
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The New York Tribune correspcnden,

Iuc NEW lOTk lflUulic cCoITeSpCuuelil,
in giving an account of the crowd in at
tendance on the joint session of Con-
gress to count the electoral votes for
President says: r-f.- .rt
"The rules prohibiting the privilege
of the floor were suspended, and down
there on lounges, and sofas, and Rep
resentatives seats, were ladies and chill
dren, wives and relatives of honorable
members, relieving the somber aspect Of
the chamber But there were others, to !;
noted lobbyists, and even strumpets of
the street, some way or other, found ad-
mission There was Mrs Cobb, the par
don broker, and Mrs So aEd-So, whose
reputation isn't doubtful How they got
there, who invited them, no one perhaps
will care to tell, or acknowledge, but
were there, to the disgrace of our civiliz-
alton and the shame Of the House"
That is bad enough, but what shall we
say of this from the Washington cores
pondent of the Chicago Republican
Rad.
Immediately outside the left-hand
entrance to the Senate, looking from the
Vice-President's desk toward the main
doorway of the chamber, is an elegant
apartment. 1t is handsomely gi!ded
and frescoed; elegant carpets cover the
floor; luxurious arm chairs and lounges
are numerous, and every thing invites to
repose and quiet and abandon. 1t is the
reception room of the Senate It's easy
of access from the chamber This is no.
ltoriously the greatest assignation place in
Washington. At any time during the
session of the Senate, the visitor may
see there, in brazen effrontery, known
women of ill-fame They are attired in
costly fabrics, diamonds and lace, and
the latest fashions. Senators do not hes
itate to come from their seats and the
work of legislation at their bidding. The
officers of the Senate know them, or il
they do not, they ought to; but instead
of being debarred admission, they are al
lowed to ply their vocation in the very
Capitol ofthe nation
In the days when 1--WE were constantly
reminded) "plantation manners" ruled
at Westinghouse such disgrace was put
upon the country, as those letters tell us
is now being done by the ~party of NOR.
al ideas"
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NUMBE'b ! q
kicked BY q slnae.

Jake johnson had a n,iio Thef6F Fas
nothing remarkable in the cinsfc faet vi
his being tile owner of such an animal.
but there was something quite peculiar
about the mule. He 1.-THE mule could
kick farther, bite harder on the slightest
provocation, and act uglier than tany
mule on record. One morning, riding
his property to market, Jake met Jim
Boggs, against whom he had an old bat
concealed grudge. He knew that Boggs'
weakness lay in Dragging and betting
Therefore, he saluted him cordially: -
"How are you, Jim2 Fine morning"
eHearty, Squire + beautiful weathes;
fine mule you have there. Win he do =
bet OH 2" 49, ter
bet on! Guess he will that. Itch
vou, Jim Bogss, he's the finest trick
mule in the country. Paid I've hundrea
dollars for him"
"Great smash! is that SOL ?" ciaca,esed
Jim. sii
"Solid truth, every word of it, Toll
You coDidentially, Jim, I'm taking him to
town for betting purposes. I bet that
he can kick fly off from any man with
out its hurting him" S& IS '5E
"Now look hero, Squire" says JIM.
j''I am not betting character, but I'Tbss
you anything on that myself"
"Jim, there's no use don't bst. I
don't want to win your money"
Don't be alarmed Squire;T take snds
| bets as them every time - p
"Well,if you are determined to bot, Il
will risk you small stake; say Eve del.
lars" ~ sEH =
"All right, ire,you'rs my man; bus
who'll he kick the fly OFF, There's ne
one here but you and I. You try it,"
NO." says Johnson, II have to st1ad
a.the mules head to order him..
ooh, yaas," says Jim, "then probably
I'm the man. Wall, I'll do it, but you're
to bet ten against my FIVE, il risk it."
"All right" quoth Squire; now there's
a fly on your shoulder. Stand still" aud
johnson adjusted his mule. ''Whist,
Jarvey" said he. 9Fi'
The mule raised his heels with such
velocity and force, that Mr.. Boggs roso
into the air like bird. flew through
oriar hedge, and alighted on all fours In
a muddy ditch, bang up against fsncs.a
| Rising in towering rage, he cxolaim-
Cd: a I'd
"Yes, that is HI! Ikuew yonr DID
mule couldn't do it. You had that oil
put up. / wouldn't have been kicked
like that for fifty dollars Yon kin just
fork over them ere stakes for il, any.
way" 7f s5s ~
"Not so fast, Jim. Jarrcy done fuss
what ! said he could, that is, kick q fiy
off o man without hurting him You ~
the mule is not injured by the Operations.
However, if you are not satlsied, we will
try again, if you wish" @
The devil take your grammar ketch:
Ies," growled Jim. 'rd rather have
barn fall on me at once, than let that
critter kick me again. Keep, the stakes.
but don't say anything about it," and
Boggs trudged on in bitterness Of soul.
murmuring to himself "Sold, by thul-
der! and kicked by mule"
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Wholesale Swind,ins--The Con.
feSsiOn of a Radical Leader.

Mr.. Jencls is leading member of
Congress, of the ultra Radical persua-
sion, and when he speaks of the corrup-
ton which exists at Washington among
his own party friends, he is presumed to
talk about matters Of which he has
knowledge.
Lately this Mr.. Jencks made speech
in New York, and in that speech, com
menting on the statement of Commits
sioner Wells, Of the fearful loss of mon
ey to the Government by the corruption
of Government officials, Mr.. Jencks
said: .-...... .....
assuming that S155,0OO,OOO are the
receipts from the internal reyenue-the
Commissioner believes that there would
be an increase of S65, ,0O0,0 900 as q mini
mum obtained without any practical diff
ficulty, as the law now stands. And the
Commissioner of Customs states that
there ought to be an increase of $685.
100000 in the receipts. For the last year
the receipts of the internal revenue were
S155, ,000,O00, and the receipts of the
customs S7J.0)0,000. The Special Com.
missioner of the internal revenue puts
the increase at S75, 200, ,000,and the Com
missioner of Customs tells us that il
ought to be S25,000,000 of an increase
Here you have the reports of the special
officers of the Government to the fac,
that S1G0,000,000 annually are either di-
verted into the pockets of fraudulent Of
ficers or into the pockets of their con
| fcderates. s@.
"The debt Of this country is $4,000,
100000 in round numbers. The 500,
100000 not perverted aud wrongfully
converted by these officers, would pay
the national debt, every dollar, within the
time in which it is payable. The FIVE
twenties and ten-forties-every dollar o.
the national debt said Mr.. Jcncks, would
be paid if the revenue were collected
Do you meet the significance of thai
statement? Why do you waste time in
Congress over the financial measures oi
the currency, bonds and other questions
when we have positive testimony from
officials in whose intelligence and hon
esty we have faith, when they say, Col
lect your revenue, and the debt can bt
paid, every dollar of it, within the time
in which it is payable If you do this
your credit will stand firm in the world
and will be enduringly established. Now
gentlemen, that does not depend upor
my statements. / open the report Of
the Committee of Retrenchment, which
states this, and. it is sanctioned by the
report of the Secretary of the Treasury
himself. Those men have charge of th'
| financial business of the country. They
say also: Enforce the law, and not only
will the expenses of the Government b.
paid, but the debt of the nation will bt
paid as it comes due"
In any other country but our own
such charges, coming as they do from ;
leading member of the dominant party
against his party friends, would tend tt
excite a revolt among the people, crushed
as are those of the United States, by
heavy and unjust taxation. But the peo
pie have become so used to Radica
swindling, that they now seem to regart
it as matter of course, just as eels ar
said to get so used to getting skinned
that they ceased to regard it.
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THE CoMB AND Soar QUEsrlox
Touching on the matter Of Congress
using fourteen hundred dollars worth Of
combs and soap. tho New Orleans Crcs-
cent remarks There is no danger that
the Royal street concern Louisiana Leg
islature) will incur any such expense
Combs and soap would be superfuous
articles among our legislators, a large
proportion of whom couldn use comb
if they would and wouldn't use-soap IL
they could" 1t will not require much
acuteness to discover the kiuk in that
suggestion.
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Sorting Wool.

Hero are some sensible remarks from
an Austrian wool buyer in tho Brisbane
Courier. Our own farmers need more
lecturing on this subject Of putting up
wool properly. 1t will pay in the long
run for the wool grower to take pains in
putting up his product A reputation
for wool well sorted and tied is worth
much to man who intends to adheroato
the business of wool growing. We shall
discuss this matter moro at length soon;
but here is what we started out =
quote: 2s9
"Wool growers will give me credit
when l say that those who take the w6ol'
year after year, out of the bales in Great
Britain, place it on tables, examine hand.
ful after handful, fleece after fleece, sad
put every fleece by itself for fufth<r
treatment and operation, must needs
know as much about sorting and packing
as those who grow the wool and put the
same in bales. 1t has often been avery
painful operation to open bale after bale
and find fine, valuable wool 80 mixed that
rot only many coarse feeces were found
among the fine, but fine and coarse heoces
and locks so jumhled together, that the
general exclamation was, i will mover
buy another bale of that brand If I can
help it. s..E ,ss.
''If growers only knew the immense
trouble such jumbled together and care
lessly packed wool gives to the manu-
facturers, and the great diminution il
creates in the prices, and consequent loss
to themselves (the growers, they would
certainly bestow greater care as TO how
they send their wool to market. -,
ITO send the wool properly sorted is
in all cases of fine wool the best aud
most profitable, both for the grower aud
the manufacturer. Coarse wool does
not matter SO much; but good packing
| is required in all.cases. 80
In packing the properly sorsed fleeces,
it matters little whether each. fleece ia
rolled up or lacked one on the other
fiat, and so put i'll bales; but if the sorter
is not practical man, it is better to roll
each fleece up separate; the yet remain
ing coarse parts are thus separated from
the fleece when the bales are opened, and
the care thus taken by the grower isap,
preciated by the manufacturer Wool
sent in the proper way recommends itself
| to tho buyer. and commands high
price; the reputation of the grower rises
with every year, and With it the price of
the staple"
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ga very modest and charming lady"
recently confessed to the editor of the
Richmond Enquirer that when visiting
New York she had seen the notorious
'Black Crook" He asked her whether
she thought the exhibition Objectionable
to which she replied that she "saw no
objection to ladies going"
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THE BEsT GIrrs.-The best thing to
give to your enemy is forgiveness; to
your opponent, tolerance; to a friend,
your heart; to your child. good exam
pie; to a father, Difference; to your
mother, conduct that will make her
proud of you; to yourself, respect; to
all men, charity. 800
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wThe Herald special from Havana

oath ult., via Key West, Goth ult,, says:
"The volunteers for the past few days
have shown a mutinous ana dangerous
spirit. Gen. Dulce to-day assured their
commanders that justice would be done
to traitors. Orders have been given to
the troops in the field to take no priso-
ners in arms, but to shoot them all
"The Government of Spain is much
incensed at the conduct of the Cubans
in refusing to accept its conciliatory pro
posals, and has determined to crush the
rebellion, If it takes $4,000 troops to do
it. The volunteers have become quiet. "
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for more prey. The floor Of the chapel
had fallen beneath mass of dying vic
tins, and pit of fire yawned before the
threshold.
On that threshold Ugarte paused one
instant, as he waved back the horror.
stricken lover, then folding his pale idol
closely in his arms, he leaped into the
fiery gulf below, giving life for love
with devotion which still outlives in
song and legend the tragedy of Santa