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Crushed to death in Cathedral Clock.

nj, N - -, =
Inc oeii-f'nger 10 .he Oathedrai Of
Wur'zourg mas pefished, under very
singular circumstances. Inc church
possesses a splendid CLOCK, with ponder
GUS ana complicated WORKS, wniie pen
duium oi proportionate length yibrates
70 and ifo wi'h du'i and monotonous
"thud. Recently the clock needed
cleaning and tne ringer was deputated
to saperintend the work, though he
ruefuliy endeasored TO be excused FROM
the task. II seems be never willingly
approached the oeiiry, from certain IN
pleasant associations. About twenty
years ago he mad Killed his predecessor
IN once, accusing hini OF carrying 90 a
criminal iotr'gue with his wife. When
brought % trai ne escaped the galiows
Owing 70 a deficiency Of legal proof.
Inc patronage OF one OF the Cannons
then procured him the appointment
vacant through the death OF ms victim.
hences u 10 said, arose his superstitious
dreadiu connection with the beifry which
was supposed 70 DO haunted by the ghost
oi the murdered ringer. DO the morn
ing whcn the CLOCK was 70 be cleaned it
suddeniy stopped the beliringer was
nowhere 70 DC iound.
a workman from the town was seat
ior, ana ascending the tower, ne was
norrined 70 nnd the pendulum and
lower works uflDDluU with blood. mn
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Mroaosoopc WONDERS. = Lewe

MICROSCOPIC WONDERS. - Lewen-
beock tells us of an insect seen with the
microscope, Of which twenty seven mil.
lion would only equal mite. Insects
Of various kinds may be seen ia the
cavaties of a grain Of sand. Mould is
a forest Of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves and Fruit Butterflies
are fully feathered.a Hairs are hollow
tubes. The surface Of our bodies is
covered with scales like fish single
grain Of sand would cover one hundred
aud fifty Of these scales, aud yet scale
covers five hundred pores. Through these
narrow openings the sweat forces itself
ike water through sieve. The mites
make five hundred steps a second. Each
drop ofstaguantwater containing world
Of animated beings. swimming with as
much liberty as the whales in the sea-
Each has a colony Of insects grazing on
il, like COWS on meadow.
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Important Requisites in a Wife.

Mothers are in great degree respon.
sible for the wives their daughters make
II they do not train them early to take
their share in household work-if they
donot tteachthem TO cook and superiniend
the household, to sew, meud aud knit
there is the blame il they do not fulfill
the duties they undertake, when they be-
come wives aud housekeepers. 10 every
situation in life, high or low, this sort
of knowledge is the greatest advantage.
IL the husband is rich, the wife should
know how to disburso riches inost ad
vantageously; if he is poor, she should
know how TO make little 20 great
way, aud should have been taught that
many little makes mickle.p
There is 10 necessity that the gain.
ing Of such Information should inter
iere with either intellectual acquire
ments or elegant accomplishments. A
well regulated mind can find plenty of
time to attend TO all these pursuits.
When girl is nine or ten years old,
she should be Obliged to take some reg
ular share of the household duties upon
her shoulders; aud to feel responsible
for the manner in which her part is
performed, such as washing the cups and
saucefs cleaning the silver, or arrang-
ing and dustiOg the parlor, and attend
ing to her own mending. This should
not be done occasionally aud neglected
whenever she does not feel in the mood
of performing the task, but should be
considered her special work, and its
non completion should receive rebuk E
and correction. When older, girls
should begin to take turns 10 making
bread, cakes, pies aud puddings. Should
learn e6ectuaHy and not stand by and
see others do them, but learn to do the
work practically Many husband S
affairs have suffered sadly for want of
these domestic accomplishments. The
wife tries to learn, tries to do her duty,
but her, carly education was sadly
neglected, aud she must always be the
sufferer thereby. On the other hand,
if girl has been well taught in her
youth, when she becomes wife she
understands fully the management Of
household concerns, and manya husband
has been saved from ruin by his wife S
knowledge of economy aud good man.
agemeut.-DAisf EYEBRIGur, in Count
ry Gentleman.
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WESTMINSTER. MD, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 49, 1871

joyful meeting was there; but seeing a
cloud, as if of bitter memories, come
over the young captaiu's face Mr. Doves
said:
" First, let the relieve you of one
thing. Your innocence in Virginia
has been thoroughly established for
negro running away, hung the other
day for killing Il woman, confessed Just
before his death that be had murdered
your uncle, and your arriving when you
did, adpreyented him from getting the
gold, but made him escape FROM the
house. He knew your uncle kept
large amount Of money, and you being
away, as he thought, he procured your
kuiie, aud with it committed the fatal
deed"
Frank listened to Ma DeWcs, almost
brcathless, and then, when he had con
cluded, he bowed his face in his hands
and wept like child.
But come in" said Mr.. Dewes, at
length, 1--WE are hungry and need break.
FAST aud are dying to know how
you became captain in the Mexican
navy.
Z" My story is ensily told, my dear
friends for, after escaping from prison
through your kindness, | went to Mex.
leo, aud entered the navy, and, having
rendered some services, rose to my pres.
ent command which had been the means
Of saving your lives"
Little more can be added Frank re
signed his commission and returned
home, when he was liouized by the
whole community. He came in posses
sion Of his estates, which were great,
increased in value, and, six months
afterwards, in the town where he was
to have the hagman's halter placed
around his neck for death, he had the
moose of matrimony thrown around his
life, and the bride was Mary Dewes
Thus his life had been both dark and
bright in a remarkable degree.
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Select 2oetru.
THE TRUNDLE BED.


As ! runmaged through the attic
h'st ning 70 tne ,alilng ram,
ASH Pauetea on the shingles
Anu against tne WINDOW pane,
which with dust were thickly spread,
SAW IN the iarthest corner
What was once my trundlo bed.
80 drew II from the recess,
where II had remained so long,
hearing all the while the music
VI my mothers voice In song,
Mhat since have often read
"Hash, my dear, lie stu and slumbcr,
hoiy angels guard thy bed"
,rt-,, nm
nj nsieuuuy . rsoVlIeg',ohs
. uiouSn, hau poen Iorgot,
NInei WIN az 'ne gush oi memory,
,sTsan "a "a itns W tnS sPoi-
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SWEET OH ron PoIsoNs.-A plain
farmer says: "It is now twenty years
since | learned that sweet oil would
cure bite Of rattlesnake, not knowing
that it would cure any other poison, both
on man, or beast. / think DO farmer
should be without bottle of it in the
house. The patient must take spoon
ful Of il internally, and bathe the wound
for cure. To cure horse it requires
eight times as much as il dos for a
man. Here let me say, OF one Of the
most extreme cases of snake bite 10 this
neighborhood--eleyen years this SUM-
mer-wbere the case had been of thirty
days standing, and the patient lad been
given up BY the physicians, | heard OF
it aud carried the oil aud gave one
spoonful, which effected cure, 1t is
au autidote for arsenic and strychniue.
IL will cure the bites of bees, spiders, or
other insects, and will cure persons who
have been poisoned by a low running
vine, Id the meadows, called ivy"
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PARENTS BEWARE know Of
fathers who have SO harshly treated
their boys that they have sought the
saloon to rid themselves Of the i'll treat.
mentof such parents. Instead Of happy
faces, interesting books and papers, in-
stead Of innocent games, there is little
but unbcnding formality aad austerity.
They see nothing but frowns, or hear
little but the frctfal ''shut upl" aud
"stop your noise z or ''go to bed r aud
short crusty speeches, accompanied with
perhaps cuff or akick. What wonder
that boys should spend their evenings
away from home, seek the saioon and
vile companions, IL homeis no home
for them What wonder that they
should seek pleasure Ia haunts Of vice
IL uoue is found where they have right
10 look for it2 Parents, have care
or your sous are ruined.
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selett Story.
DOOMED---SAvED.

On a handsome lawn fronting an old
ivy grown mansion in the State of Vir.
ginia, Que pleasant afternoon not many
years since, group Of young people OF
both sexes were gathered Standing in
their midst was an old woman bent down
with age, looking as if she stood on the
brink of the grave, bat her dark, rest
less eye showed that there was vigorous
life in her mind, II not in her body.
She had been "telliug fortunes" for
the young people gathered around her,
aud to all but one she had foretold u
bright and happy fortune. The excep
tion OF this rule was handsome boy of
nineteen, with dark, passionate face,
and an expression which indicated per.
feet fearlessness.
Five years before the opening ofthis
story, an old gentleman aud his nephew
had moved to Virginia from some North.
ern State, and buying farm, had made
it their home. Mr. Mercer aud his ne.
phew Frank were treated with kindness
by the gentlemen of the neighborhood,
and they received hvitations to visit the
plantations near them. Frank soon be.
came acquainted with all in the country,
but his uncle never left the farm, and
seemed to shun society. For this many
reasons were given, but the true one
was that he had lost all his family and
Franks parents having left him to Mr..
Mcrcer's charge, he determined to de
vote himself to the boy, aud found sufi
cient enjoyment in his company and
cultivating his farm. Though reported
very wealthy, aud that he always kept
large sum of gold in the house, Mr..
Mercer and Frank lived in quiet way,
aud made no display.
Thus passed Franks youth from his
fourteenth until his nineteenth year,
when our story opens. A man Of supe.
rior education, Mr. Mercer had been
his nephew's teacher, aud had impaired
unto him much knowledge of the world,
of letters, and people, so that Frank, at
nineteen, was as well informed as II he
had possessed cultivated education.
There were those in the ncighborhood
who reported the boy was wild and dis.
sipated, and this found ready believers
in others; SO that Frank had some enc
mics as we'll as friends.
Thus we find him; and on the evening
OF the commencement Of our story he
had been invited to an entertainment
given by a wealthy planter to his chill
dren,
MIR. Dewes, the planter, had three
children, the youngest and loveliest Of
whom was Mary, girl of twelve. Mary
and Frank were the best offriends, and
loved each other dearly; SO when the
fortune.teller predicted dark aud
stormy future for Frank the tears arose
to the child's eyes aud she said,
Don't listen to her, Frank" But
the boy laughed, and turning on his
heels walked away
Two days afterwards he left home for
a weeks hunting in the mountains; but
the second night after his departure the
neighborhood was aroused by the start
ling news that old MIR. Mercer had been
murdered by his nephew. One of the
servants passing the house at night
heard cry, seeing Franks window
open he spraDg in aud walked across
the hall to Mr.. Mercer's chamber, from
whence the cry came. Lying upon the
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1. u MI B Z r

OF every kind. Also, the various kinds Of
COAL, always on hand. Just received
10000 No. CYPRESS SHINGLES,
10000 No. 2 =" "
for sale at reduced prices.
Office and yard on Main Street, short
distance west of the Railroad, Westminster,
Md. II. W. DELL.
jan2-f
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M ORAvIAN Sc MlNARY
FOB YOUNG LADIESi

"ITSnES HALL" FoUSBED I7g4l
TT is most important for Parents to know
4 where they can get the best English Educa-
zion and Instruction in Music-VocaI and In
s,rumeutai-Drawing, Painting, German,
French, Latin and Wax Work, for their daugh-
ters. .bis Institution has been in successful
operation for more than three-quarters Of a
century, and nearly four thousand young La
dies have been educated here!
&s,- Do not fail to address fer Circular with
All desired information, Rev. EuGKsg A.
FRuEAgrP, Principal, Litir, Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania.
State that you saw the Advertisement in the
Westminster ddcoea,e. mar gms
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Il is singular, but not less trne
remark 10 late work, That Jefferson wss
born just eight years after bis prode.
cessor, Adams; Madison eiehs years
after Jefferson. Anothof curious fnot
to be observed is that Adams vas just
sc years old whoa be retired JsiIerson
was &C.; Madison was co.; and John
Quincy Adams, had he been elected "a
. second term, would have been GO
Adams, Jefferson, aud Monroe IN did
% the Fourth Of July.
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The ruin Of most men dates from some
yacaut hour. Occupation is the armor
Of the soul There is satirical poem,
in which the devil is represented as
fishing for men, and fitting his bait to
tho taste and business of his prey; but
the idIer, he said, gave him no trouble,
as he bit at the naked hook
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A little dissolved alum is very effec,
tive in clearing muddy water. If thrown
into a tub Of soap suds, the soap, curd.
led and accompanied by the muddy
particles, sinks to the bottom, leaving
the water clear and pure. In times Of
scarcity Of water this may be used a
second time for washing clothes.
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MoNTOUR HOUSE
WEST END, WESTMINSTER, MD.

FNHE undersigned announces to the public
that he has taken the above Hotel The
tldGse is new, and furnished throughout with
New Furniture, Beds, &c., and is prepared to
accommodate either transient or perma nent
boarders. The Table will always be supplied
with the best in the market, and the Bar stock
ed with the choicest brands Of Wines, LIQUORS,
Ales, Segars, &c The location Ia very desira-
Die, being only few yards from the Depot
The Stabling is large and ample, and attentive
Ostlers always on hand 20 wait upon travellers
J. A. KLEFF,
aug g ly Proprietor.
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II sc and Lo {
NOTICE
To the Soldiers Of War Of18f2.

G0NGRESshaving passed an Act, grant.
~ ing pension of eight dollars monthly,
during life, to the Soldiers Of the Waroflsl2
and their widows, and whereas the under
signed is in possession of an accumulated
amount ofevidence which may be necessary
in such cases, he therefore offers to attend
promptly to the collection of said pension,
for all who may SEQ proper to intrust the
same to him.
JAS. BLIZZARD,
Clerk to the County Commissioners for
Carroll county. Bs1- Office at the Court
House, Westminster, Nd. feb 2S-tf
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lu Boston, when lady rides out,
she is said 10 take an airing, in Pitts.
burg, on the contrary, her object is to
take a smoking
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COAL AND LUMBER YARD.

THE subscriber thanking his old patrons
for the liberal Encouragement bestowed
upon him heretofore, would respectfully
state that he is still actively engaged in his
old business and keeps on hand full supply
nf seasoned
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A generous soul never loses the re-
menbrancc Of the benefits il has re.
ceived, but easily forgess those its hand
dispenses.
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WILLIAM MOORE,
watch Maker and JeyyeiIer

A FINE Stock Of Ladies Gold Watches and
IA Chains, American Watches in Gold and
Silver Gases, Coin Silver Chains, Silver-plate
Ware, Fine Sets Of Jewelry, always on hand
and for sale at lowest prices.
WATCH REPAIRING.-N0
Having secured the services Of a irst-class
Watch Maker, we are now prepared to give
special attention to Repairing Of Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry. All work warranted.
WIN. MOORE,
Practical Watch Maker and Jeweller,
DOT ~ Westminster, Nd.
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KALsUMtNING AND WHITEwAsHING
There are many recipes for white
washing, but We believe the following
to be the best that can be used: White
chalk is the best substitute for lime as
wash, A very fne aud brilliant
whitewash preparation of chalk is called
Paris White" This we buy at the
paint store at six cents per pound re-
tail. For each sixteen pounds of Paris
White we procure halfa pound Of white
transparent glue; costing 60 or 40 cents
a pound. The 10 pounds of Paris
White is about 9s much as person will
use in a day. It is prepared as follows:
The glue is covered with cold water at
night, aud in the morning is carefully
heated, Notwithstanding until dissolved
The Paris White is stirred in with hot
water enough to give it a proper milky
consistency for applying it to the walls,
and the dissolved glue then added and
thoroughly mixed. 1t is then applied
with a brush like the common white
wash. Except on very dark and smoky
walls aud ceilings, single coat is sufii.
cient. 1t is nearly equal in brilliancy
to "zinc white" far more expensive
article.-Hufson Republican.
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MANSION HOUSE HOTEL,
TAILORING AND SECURING.

FNHE undersigned having removed his
L Shop above Bayles Il Thompson's old
Butcher Shop. is now prepared to do all
kinds Of Tailoring, Securing and Repairing,
at the lowest terms and shortest notice.
J. A. KRETZER.
mar 16 8m
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Caiicoe,s,

HARPETS, Oil Cloths and Queensware.
~ new stock for sale cheap, at
noy3 JoHS L. REIrsSIDEa's.
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SASH, BLIND, DOOR AND
Furniture Factory.
SHORE h LESTER

MAN Street, West ofthe Railroad, have
lM on hand and Manufacture to order
SASHES,
BLINDS,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-13
From Sohih Carolina.

CnARLEsroN, September 7.-Twen.
ty SIX Of the most prominent citizens
Of SPartahhurg county, Including the
SHIFTED States Comm issioner, the Uni.
tea States Assessor, Probate judge
Sheriff, Clerk of Court, aln't the coSn. .
ty Representatives. in both branches
of the Legislature, publish over their
own signatures the following letters !
srARTAN.buRo, ,Septem ber a. MoN
JonH Sc"Tr, CnAfhMAN KB K b,|f,
Comm'TTEE: We, the undctsitned.
citizens Of thGsaia State anu ca,intv
having seen through the newspapers
that you had received statement and
aftidavits that outrAges Upon various
ofS'zsns have Been committed in this
county since the committee of which
you,.are chalrmaD,l lett the said county
and that you had thofeupon recon.
mended the declaration of martial
law In this county, we feel oonstrnin.
cd o., to make the following stat lent ::
we have made diligent inquiry. andg
-. . = VI n -. ~
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lnlpfesssd."'

The Buffalo IN. ~ Courier has the
Following all usion TO the little game
played by Senator Scott and r Prepid-
dent Gfaht = g.. A$@
eve are told that Senator Scott,
tho chairman of the Kuklux Commit.
tee, has made statement and that
Grant is much impressed.', - j ess =. So.
The President was prepared to bo
Hmpr essed' It was arranged that he
should be impressed, and in response
to that Impression proola nation pro.
pared beforehand will be issued de-
daring martial law and unsuring
Radical rule in, n,South Carolina: Tba
Boston Post says: 'fhis is the down
fall of republican govGrbhent: What
the President may do in South Caro-.
lima he may do with equal authority
in Massachusetts. At tho FIRST no
will naturally make flourish Of q
pretext in order to rave appearance j,
but when he has ouco fairly brgun to
operate his military machine, he Will
pay hule regard to s,ich needless rec.
tfio,ions. We Shall, without doubt,
have the Federal bnyonst in evtry
State that, threatens to repudiato this
usufpihg Executive next year, and
notbi"g but a change of Coiigress by
the vote Of tho people Will suture tho
salvation Of tho ftcpublic from clehn
military diotatorship.'
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Who You ltintIn' at Niger !

The Statcsville American relates
tho following laughable incident that
otchrred i'll that town fow nights
hgo: ul'-. .:. .,na. -. Q,
o. cit seetis there has boon re yival
of religion going on, conducted by a
worthy 'br"ther Of the congregation.
during which d number OF ssinnsrs''
appeared to desire n change of heart,
aud amohg theth af OLD "Uulered
purson" whose "kinks'' had been
whitcned by the frost Of many winters,
was the most conspicuous. On the
evening in question, after repeated cx-
horatlons mourncrs were invited to
be: prayed for, and after prayer an
othof call was made, the Rev. broth.
or chdeavoriug to impress upon his
hearers prayer in the right spirit as
being the most available, when the
old "gemman feeling that alltsion
was t'Iade to him personally, sudden
~ arose and in loud voice said .
"You needn't be biutin' at me Tie
cxhorter replied that he was not.
Nothing daunted, tho old man re
plicd. al knose who you're talking
too | amt no fool"
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An OUTLAW Hiiled,

Tie Sumter tVatcliman sa3s:-
Washington Dollatd, a negro outlaw,
was killed few nights since in Clar
5ndon: There wefe several Warrants
out against him; but he had sucGess.
fully resisted drrcst; III une instance
choking rial jiisticc; and another
letelline doublt-bafre1 guG at the
officer Who tried to take hin, atid who
thertupon backed out and allowed
him to escape. fie is said to have
been ku Kld&ed by his own color,
the party stirroun ndipg Ills house; ahd
being fred upon by him, 1t is rumored
with some damage TO the assailantss
Ho tficn Made dash for the woods
and was fired dbon and killed: He
was brother of Jim Reed, RECENTLY
killed by Constable Weeks, and he
and his brother were both from Ciar.
ehdon: They were run of from there
and camo to this County, where they
continued theft course Of Crime until
the county became too hot for them.
Both arc non dead" ~
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jussrights Of producers and the hard
working, laboriug n,an. The Chroni:.

justrights Of producers and the hard
working, laboriug man. The Chroni:
Gle says: ~,H :;
'There'is every probability that the
year to coule will be nearly the re-
verse of that how almost passed. The
speculator may not he able to make
sosmuoh money, yet he, will not be in
danger Of losing so much while the
commission housb ipravtioink ordinary
prudence, may reckon upon having a
year of comparative safety before it.
In cotton, me ndw rotations Of supply
to demand arc much better under.
stood now tl,an'ones ye.rrugo, and va
riations from the estimated supply arc
not likely to produce tho great Huotu
ations which have orcn witnessed in
the past year. Tno excessive ttocks
of broadstutis which were in store one
year agu, have becn partially disposed
Of, and prices are now at that happy
medium which Is Assurance Of safety.
Provisions Of all linds have aeclinod
to prices which HE l,.wer than those
which have been current III many
years and although the demand, is
large, the pro-m tive supply is SO
large that 'apcculniiu for o rise Is
diSoouraged.h