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The Country Store.

Away from the cities the whole range of
lesser everyday wants turns for fulfillment
to the country store. And so it becomes a
clustering point for all of village life.
There is no limit to its possibilities. If
Aunt Eunice wants any thing, from wash
tub to an ounce of paregoric, she knows
where to find it but when she broke her
new pair of spectacles, the other day, she
came to us in doubt.
"You keep most every thing" she said,
hopefully.
Eyes, know but we don't sell specta-
cles. People are so different, you see. But
there are pair or two about here, some
where, if they will do you any good
These had come to us from seme auc-
ton or other, where congregated the
quaint and useless relics of many previ-
Gus sale-relics that are still destined,
doubt not, for further kicks adown the
wales of time by auctioneers yet unborn.
have them before me now-stout-rimm
cumbrous, brassy-staring owl like at me,
as if from out the deepening twilight of
the past; the glasses so scratched and dim
with use and age that it is easy to imagine
that within their misty lenses fingers the
remembrance OF many vanished scene,
and that they feebly attempt, as placed
them astride of my nose, to twist the famil-
lar things at which I look into an antique
picture which shall be in keeping with
their own venerable aspect.
But they are spectacles. A rare spec
tacle, too, was the good woman's face as
she held them afar that she might the bet
ter inspect them with her crippled eyes.
Goodness Did you ever! How could
people ever wear such things as these?
hope you don't ever expect to sell 'en?"
But thus happily were the resources Of
our establishment indicated though
really less ready we than that other shop
keeper Of these parts, who laid a wager he
could fill any single demand, and trium-
phantly produced a second hand pulpit
which was called for.
Such enterprising spirits are not narrowed
by any study of the known laws of supply
and demand. Within the precincts over
which | have been called to exercise tenn
porary charge are gathered many things
that have long failed to excite the appre-
citation of our plain country folks-patent
medicines, powders and unguents, of hap
piest efficacy and illimitable range of cure );
polishing powders, enough to FURNISH the
world until it should shine like another
sun preparations and contrivances need
ing second inventor to discover use for
them or to tell their efficiency-and which
are here awaiting in dingy and fy-specked
state that happy millennial time which
shall find for all inexplicable and sighted
things full and legitimate use.
The country store-keeper is in some sort
Of a public character. He finds himself
used in dozen different ways-as banker,
oracle, referee, newspaper, directory, intel
lligence man etc, almost before he is aware.
Gossip and small-talk he should retail with
II L.
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Round Lake to Bartlett's Hotel. Thence
over short carry to the upper Saranac
aside at Correy's, where we parteok Of
capital venison dinner; and thence to Hoff7s
at the head of the Lake. We glided over
the smooth waters like arrows-the light
narrow, feathery little craft darting along,
under the pull of brawny and mtiring
muscles, like things of life. At Hoff's we
were delightfully."- entertained. He is
New Yorker, and has introduced into his
hotel, though small, many of the city COM
forts. His beds are provided with mosquito
nets-his table, furnished both with eata-
bles and ware, provoking to an already suf-
fciently excited appetite. From Hoff's
balcony we had the finest view we saw upon
the lakes; broad basin, environed with
densest green, lay before us, while in the
distance we could count peak upon peak of
the mountain ranges-White Face, his
brow enveloped in a cloud-Mt. Seward,
Mt. Mclntire, etc, etc. Next morning we
had deer hunt and we got one. l say
are; for although Mr.. IIoff and enc of his
men took him, we all did the best we could.
For four mortal hours | sat or stood, rifle
in hand, to shoot that buck if he had come
where | was appointed to keep sentinel
but either because the dogs headed him oft,
or the waters were too rough, or he knew |
was a fatal shot, he kept clear Of me, and
| had to return, contenting myself with
chance bullet at a flock of young ducks
We found the deer, a three year buck, dead
on the wharf when he returned. Commits
sioner Mainerre the chief of our party,
who was well satisfied that he was not asked
to shoot the poor animal instantly spoke
for his hide, and one of his boys trium-
phantly bore away his horns. The ladies
should have divided the tail among them
but young man who had been in the woods
three weeks, and had now seen his first live
deer, claimed it, and SO we thought him en-
titled to a little glory. We reached Martins
the same night, between nine and ten
o'clock, well content with the two days
excursion. Our stage-ride homeward, by
way of North Eliza, with side peep at old
John Browns grave, and through the Will
mington Pass, between White Face and
Patch Off mountains, by one of the most
picturesque waterfalls on the Ausable Riv-
en- was a ride ever to be remembered for
its wildness, roughness, and real grandeur.
| could say much of what we saw and felt
but forbear, for this rambling sketch is al
ready too long. Let none go to the Adiron-
dacks without going through this Pass,
either going or returning. In closing,
would say that those who do not wish to
camp out at the Lakes can go to their
hearts content and find, with little fore
sight, good hotel accommodations every
night, and they can do up the circuit of the
principal lakes within about ten days.
Hencetsrth, not only for spertsmen, but for
all health and pleasure seekers, the Adiron-
dacks are to be counted in as rivals, and
Justly so, if not substitutes for the White
Hills.
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The Signs of the Hand.

If the hand be long, and the fingers well
proportioned, etc, not soft, but rather
hard, it denotes the person to be ingenious
but changeable, and given to theft and vice.
If the hand be hollow, and well knit in
the joints, it predicts long life, but if over
thwarted then it denotes short life.
Observe the finger of mercury-that is,
the little finger, if the end of it exceeds the
joint of the ring finger, such a man will
rule in his own house and his wife will be
pleasing to him. But if it be short, and
does not reach the joint, he will have a
shrew, and she will wear the breeches
Broad nails show the person to be bash
full, fearful, but of gentle nature.
Narrow nails denote the person to be in
clined to mischief and to do injury to his
neighbors.
Long nails show person to be a good
natured, but distrustful, and loving recon-
Citation rather than differences.
Oblique nails signify deceit and want of
courage.
Little round nails denote obstinate anger
and hatred.
If they are crooked at the extremity
they show pride and tierceness
Round nails show 4 choleric person, vet
soon reconcilcd, honest, a lover of secret
sciences.
Fleshy nails denote the person to be mild
in temper, idle and lazy.
Pale and black nails show the person to
be very deceitful to his neighbor, and sub
,ject to many diseases.
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The DaMOdil.

Foremost among the flowers of spring,
Welcome the bonny daffodil,
Before the budding cowslips ring
Their bells on dale and hill.
1t comes as though in haste to greet
The earliest sunbeams of March,
That call the violets up to meet
The young wreaths of the larch;
Before the wild spring gales are still,
Cometh the hardy daffodil,
Where in the waters cool depth dwells
The quiet shadow of the skies,
Beside old messy village wells,
The daffodils will rise.
The fair, bright blossoms, year by year
To their established ha,lnts they come,
When the robins carol soundeth near.
From out the blackthorn's bloom:
BY peasant hut and meadow-rill
Standeth the golden daffodil.
The daffodil! there is charm
In that old pleasant Saxon word
CAS- folded buds with sunlight warm
To richer life are stirred,-)
A charm to move the heart with dreams
Of sunny childhood's free glad hours,
Lost amid fields and running streams,
Dimpled with April showers,
And crefts round ivied oranges, still
The homes of the spring daffodil
In ages past, it may have stood
Upon the turf, as legends tell,
When steed ard rider in their blood
Together fiercely fell;
Upon the hard-fought battlefield
1t may have been that ancient flower
Crushed meath the broken helm and shield
Of Percy and Glendower;
And viZored warriors wore at will
The bold crest of the daffodil.
Yet stronger, purer spells are shrined
Than aught of bygone chivalry
Or dim tradition S lore can bind,
Sweet daffiodil, in thee!
About thy well-knewn countenance,
Thoughts, memories, unnumbered throng,
That like glad soul-speaking glance,
Or sudden burst of song,
Have power the hearts deep chords to thrill
Welcome, beloved daffodil!
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Judge Her Not Harshly.

Fold round her gently
The cloak thin and worn;
Judge her not harshly-
The cross she has borne.
Smooth back the golden hair
From the cold brow;
Is she not young and fair?
Death claims her now.
Down by the riverside,
Where she was found,
Wet with the flowing tide,
Sleeping SO sound,
One snowy white arm
Clasped tightly her babe,
Whose looks of alarm
Seemed asking her aid.
Driven with curses
Out from her home,
Crazed by reverses,
All of hope gone.
Sought she beneath the wave
Sorrow to close,
And, in watery grave,
Welcome repose.
How could humanity
Colby pass by,
And have no sympathy
With the hearts sigh?
Was there not one to lend
Aid at her cry
One who could prove a friend
When grief was nigh?
Mother, where was thy breast
In the dark hour;
Where she had longed to rest,
Her sorrows to pour;
Where she could safe have slept
AS when a child?
Angels, who must have wept,
Then would have smiled.
God, from his throne above,
Heard the sad story;
And she may, through his love,
Be shining in glory.
Judge her not harshly-
Christ has forgiven;
Think of her peacefully
Resting in heaven.
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For The Cecil Wing.
A Detected Democrats SOliloquy.
DONE La SHAKESPEARE.
BY AGRICOLA.
DONE A LA

To vote or not to vote; that is the question
Whether it is better in the mind to suffer
To be beaten by the Republican party;
Or to take up arms against host of tyrants;
And, by opposing, beat them? To fight
No mere: and by victsry say we end
This strife, and all the thousand dreadful
shscks [mation
The country's exposed to-'tis consum-
Devoutly to be wished. To fight, to win,
To beat, perchance be be beaten ay, there's
the rub;
After we are beaten what would ensue!
When we are driven from the Gear of State"
Must we here pause? this is the respect
That makes calamity great defeat.
But shall l bear the scorn of all my party,
The "outward pressure, and "aoAite
men's' reviling,
The pangs of being sceffed at for my delay,
The turning out of effice-(ay, perchance
When | myself might now my greatness
make
With this great effort p I'd not longer bear
The yoke of corruption, and to corrupt
others,
But for the fear of meeting with change
On dread election day, which would
Shorten cur fiscal returns-puzzles my will,
And makes me rather bear the ills have,
Than fly to ether which are greater far
These Republicans make towards Of us all.
Toen Point, Nay 11th, 1870.
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The greatest degree of cold ever pro-
duced is 257 degrees below zero (Fahren-
heit) which was obtained by Natterr, of
Vienna, in the attempt to liquefy oxygen
and hydrogen gas. This inconceivably
intense cold was caused by liquefied laugh
ing gas to suddenly expand to its normal
condition. Even at this low temperature,
and under the pressure of 5000 atmospheres,
neither oxygen nor hydrogen could be
brought into liquid form. Yet the two
combined in the proper proportions make
4 natural liquid-water
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"NEvER MADE HIS MOTHER SMILE. -
What a unique and meaning expression
was that of a young Irish girl, in giving
testimony against an individual in court
of justice the other day. "Arrah, sir,
said she, "rm sure he never made his
mother smile There is a biography of
unkindness in that shert and simple SEN
tence.
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The Cow TREE Among the many
curious phenomena which presented them
selves to me in the course Of my travels"
says Humboldt, 81 confess there were few
by which my Imagination was SO powerful
ly affected as by the cow-tree. On the
parched side of a rock on the mountains of
Venezuela grows a tree with dry and leath-
cry foliage, its large woody roots scarcely
penetrating into the ground. For several
months i'll the year its leaves are not meis-
tened by a shower; its branches look as if
they were dead and withersd; but when
the trunk is bored, a bland and neurishing
milk flows from it. 1t is at sunrise that
the vegetable fountain flows most freely
At that time the blacks and natives are
seen coming from all parts, provided with
large bowls to receive the milk, which
grows yellow and thickens at its surface
Some empty their vessels on the spot, while
others carry them to their children One
imagines he sees the family of a shepherd
who is distributing the milk of his flock
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NOTICE.
REUBEN ALEXANDER EFT AL.
WM. r. GIFFING EFT AL.
In Circuit Court for Cecil county. IN CHANGER

WM. r. GIFFING ET AL.
In Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chancery.
May 3, 1870.
The object of this Bill is to procure Decree for the
sale of certain Real Estate in Cecil county, Maryland
The Bill alleges that certain Reuben Alexander
departed this life int"sate. in 1856, sliced OF Real
Estate i'll Cecil county: and leaving widow Catlarine
Alexander. and the following children and heirs-ataw,
viz: Reuben Alexander. John Alexander, Andrew
Alexander. Curtis Alexander James Alexander, Isaac
III. Alexander, Milton Alexander. ChrnnunOus H. Alex
andcr. Rachel. tintcrmaIr. al with Erhraim WORTH
Catharine, Cntermarricd with William Il. Gining,l Mar
gerry. (intcrnarricl with Allen Prgg Hannah (ntcr-
married with Franklin Cook who is since dead that
Curtis is since dead, leaving widow Elizabeth that
James is since dead leaving widow Jane and three
children Merritt L., Sidney NJ, and James, all miners
and that said widow and minor children. and Eplraim
Worth and Rachel Worth non-residents Mary land
1t is therenpon ordered by the Court this third day
May, AID, that the complaimants a copy of this
Order. stating the object and substance of the Bill to lie
inserted in newspaper published in Cecil county
week for four successive weeks before the 18th day
of June next giving notice 10 the nonresident defend
ants in said Bill and warning them In appear in this
Court in person by solicitor before the +th day
of September next, to show cause, if any they have
why Decree should not pass prayed.
DAVID SCOTT Clerk.
True copy: test, DAVID SCOTT,
may 1, lS70-4w Clerk.
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The other day a wealthy French coun-
tryman, whose son was studying law in
Paris, paid visit to his hopeful scion, at
the capital. After dinner, father and son
took stroll through the streets, looking
at the various fine buildings. Finally they
stood still in front of a very remarkable and
is this, my son?' inquired the father. 81
don't know, papa % replied the son, ''but
standing behind uss'' The Sergeant de-
Vile informed them that it was the law
school, where the young man was believed
to have attended lectures for year past.
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MRS. NELSON has inst returned from the city
wi with a full and attractive assortment of MILL
merry GO DDS to- which she would call the attention of
tn ladies She ffers her Goods very low.
may Z, 1870 3w
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BONE DUST!

The subscriber has just erected at his farm near the
CITY the most improved machinery for making BONE
DUST and is now ready to fill orders for any quantity,
which will lie delivered at the shortest notice.
The BONE DUST will lie finer than any heretofore
made by him Ono chemical process resoted to- enabling
the Farmer Planter to sow il with the Drill.
MR.. SAMUEL SANDS, well known to the Farmers
and Planters of tho United States the former Editor
of the American Farmer and Rural Register. Will have
charge of his office No. 63 SOUTH GAY STREET near
Pratt and will happy to receive tho visits orders
of his old friends.
Sf5 per ton put in new bags. No charge for bags
Farmers and others invited to visit my works, i
have nothing to conceal.
Ny have nothing nice to PERFORM therefore |
have no :. almttance" signs my premises
free 10 examine my factory and the n,0f"s
OpcrGad of Dust making.
cannot afford to pay s. 10 or 90 per cent to commits
sion merchants profits do not exceed 10 per cent.
Bone Dnst. manufactured by me- is A Sinpte and
Is quality cannot he made to conform to the price
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Let no false delicacy prevent, but apply immeiiatc
Persons Ruined in health by unlearned Prctendcrs al
lint enHLu Prison lIel.clIrI snpntlilN relieved.
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Tx e RTICULAR NOTICE.
YOUNG MEN

Who have injured themselves by certain practice,
dulged in when alone, habit frequently learned from
evil companions school, the effects of which
nightly felt when asleep and if not cured renders
marriage impossible and destroys both mind and body
should apply Immediately.
What pity that young man, the hope of his country
the pride of his parents should lie snache from all pros
poets and enjoyment Of life by the consequences of devat
ing from the path of nature and INDUCING certain
secret habit Such persons must before contemplating
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ORGANIC WEAkNES
nfelY Cured and EMIL Hipnr Restored
DR.. JOHNSTON,

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons London Gra-
uae Of one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
States and the greater of whose life has been spent
in the hospitals of London Paris Philadelphia and else
where, has effected some of the astonishing
that ever known; many troubled with ringing in
the head and when asleep great being
alarmed at sudden sounds htsbfulness, with frequent
blushing attended sometimes with arrangement of mind
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BALTIMORE.


Months 70 and % per cent. additional. Four change
allowed yearly advertisers without additional charge
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MARRIAGE,

Reflect that sound mind and body the most
requisites to promote connubia happiness Indeed
without these the journey through life becomes
pilgrimage the prospect hourly darkens to the view the
ul becomes Swallowed with despair, and filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness of another
blightei with our own.
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Hamilton Easter Allen A. Chapman. George P Thomas,
Hugh Sisson, Hiram Wood. George II. Miller, William
DERIVES. Charles Webb, Thomas CaSsard
These gentlemen all well and f;lvor3bly known
among the best commercial men in the State This is
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THE ONLY MARYLAND COMPANY.

Its success has equacd the expectations Of its
snguine friends Its rates and dividends compare with
the oldest and best companies in the country 1t is
ti,alI
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left hand side going from Baltimore street. few doors
from the corner Fail not to observe and number
Ha-No letters received unless postpaid and containing
stamp he used on the ply. Persons writing should
state age, and send portion of advertisement describing
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Especially who have become the victims of Solitary Vice
that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps
TO an untimcly grave thousands of young of the
exalted talents and brilliant intellect who might other
wise have entrnced listening Senates with the tunders
of clolucnce walked to ecstacy the living Tyre, may
La fIllll la,..a.
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octurs DIPLOMA hangs in his office.

The many thousands cured at this establishment within
the last twenty years and the important surg
cal operations performed by Dr. Johnston. witnessed ly
the reporters of the Sun and many other papers notices
&" which have appeared again and again before the public
besides his standing gentleman of character and
responsibility is sufficient guarantee to the afflicted
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED. [aug ply
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