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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-03-02
CHANGE OF TIME.
WESTERN MD. RAILROAD.
Ia .isEs:isisllIlS D.


TTO take effect April 9,is7i, Calvert
Station, Corner franklin and Calvert
Streets, Trains leave 8. 80 A. NJ, and 3. 40
and $50 /. NJ, for owings' Mills, Refs
terstown, Finksburg, Westminster. New
Windsor, Union Bridge. Middleburg, Dou
BILE Pipe Greek and Mechanicstown.
RETURNING,
Leave Union Bridge at 500 and Is A.
NJ. and 400 z. NJ.
Mechanicstown at Gas A. NJ. and 500
p. NJ.
Westminster at 5,35 and 1853 A. NJ. and
4.24 p. NJ.
Stages connect at Glen Morris Station for
Hampstead and Manchester on arrival of
sac A. NJ. tain from Baltimore at Mid
dleburg Station for Taneytown and at Dnu
BILE Pipe Creek Station for Emmittsburg on
arrival same train.
An Express Car leaves Calvert Station,
Baltimore, daily, Except Sunday at 3. 80
7. VI. Light freight and parcels can come
by this ear II delivered before 3 90 p. NJ.
PASSENGER STATION. The Depot of n.
&. X. w. Freight Station Corner Centre
and North Streets.
Office Of General Freight and passenge,
Agent, No, 1879 North Street.
Office Of President and Superintendent,
No. 81 North Street, Baltimore.
N. B.-A Ticket Office has been opened
at No. 9 North Calvert street, opposite
Barnum's Hotel. Tickets can be procured
at any time during the day Mt all points or
line Of Road, Baggage called for. checked
and delivered upon application at this office
JOHN I. RlGNEY,
may4 Master of Transportation.
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NOTIONS.

H0SIERY, Domestic aud Foreign, of
IL very best grades; Gloves, Linen and
Paper Collars, Linen Bosoms, Fancy Goods,
&c, &C., full assortment always on hand,
at E. X. GERNAND'S,
Corner Main and Church Streets,
ap 9 2m Westminster.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
CHAs. BILLINGsLEA, ID. ID. s.,
J. RIKEN WELLER,
DENTISTS.
Office Matchmaker, Nd, I'd door West Of
TURNER'S and Mechanics Bank.

fuFHCFa anu 4uttHuHh1
V,AKE pleasure In informing their friends
Il and the public generally that having
increased their facilities COR business, they
are at all times prepared 70 Verform any
operations in operative or mechanical Den
tistry.
Full Sets Of Teeth, $40. SIS. and $50.
Pure Nit. Ok Gas, on hand at all times.
DR.. c. Billingslea will continue to visit
the following plAces;
Union Bridge.-lst Wednesday in every
month, remaining until Friday afternoon.
Nep Hindsor. -2nd Wednesday in every
month.
L'nionto'oH. Sd Wednesday every month,
remaining until Friday afternoon.
7cHegtorn-8d Friday in every month, re.
manning until the Wednesday following.
J. MERlKEN WELLER will visit Me.
chnuicstown 2nd "Wednesday ofeveFy month,
remaining until Friday noon.
jan lS,-y
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MONEY CANNOT BUY IT,
For Sight IL PrIceIessI

NV L now offer a Glass to the public
w which is pronounced by the most
celebrated opticians Of the world to be the
most perfect, natural artificial help to the
human eye ever known.
They are ground under our own supervi
sion, at ourown mandatory in New Haven.
and are so constructed that the core or
centre of the tense comes directly in front
of the eye. producing clear and distinct
vision, MS in the nat raj healthy sight, and
prevents all unpleasant sensations, such as
glimmeTng and waveri. Of sight, dizziness,
&c, peculiar to ali others in use.
These Glasses are manufae ured from mi.
mute crystal pebbles, melted together, and
derive their name, Diamond on account
Of their hardness and brillancy
These Glasses are mounted in the finest
manner, at our own mandatory, in all
styles Of Gold, Silver, Steel, Rubber, and
Shell Frames, of the best quality.
Their durability cannot be surpassed, and
their finish is such as will suit the most
fastidious.
None genuine unless bearing our trade
mark, stamped on every frame.
Manufactured by j. Z. SPENCER & Co.,
Practical Opticians, New York.
For Sale only by
WIN. MOORE,
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
Ware, &c, &c, Westminster, Nd.
sep % #
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The consumption of hardwood timber
has greatly increased during the past
half century, add the market value of
this class OF timber has advanced very
much. Take oak slaves as a sample Of
the advance in price. In 1926, oak
slaves were worth six cents each 10
Europe; 10 1866 they we're worth four.
teen cents There has been CORES
ponding advance during the same period
in the value Of hard wood aud Of oak in
other forms for various uses. One who
i i.s.s selected statistics to show the
amount of oak timber consumed in
France. claims that during the past fifty
years the quaatity has doubled. He
represents that in 1866 $50. 000, 900
worth we're consumed, of which So
000, 600 worth were imported, against
325, 600 900 worth consumed 10 1890,
of which s2,00O,O00 worth we're i'm
ported. This is but sample Of the
Increase Of consumption all over Europe
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Pasture Fields.

Whilst upon this subject, let US say,
that If you have an old field which has
become reproductive, and wish to con
vert it quickly into permanent pasture,
early in the coming Spring, CIR if not
convenient then, early next September,
harrow the ground several times, say
twice each way, with heavy harrow;
and have prepared q mixture, per acre,
of 10 bushels Of ashes, or its equivalent
of potash, 500 lbs, bone dust, 2 bushels
sait and Of plaster; throw the whole
into bulk aud let it thus remain for two
or three weeks, the bone dust to be
moisteued before being incorporated
with the other ingredients spread the
mixture in the quantities named-then
SOW following grass seed in the proper.
tons given, per acre, viz:-l0 lbs timothy
one half bushel Ky blue grass, one bush.
oil Orchard grass, one quart, sweet scent.
ed Vernal grass one-bushel Perennial
rysgrass, l ] bushel Of red top seed
mix the whole before sowing with four
times the bulk Of dry sand, or ashes
and when sown, lightly harrow the seed
in and roll. This is a pretty expensive
job, but it will be one that will quickly
make you a good return, and moreover,
it will last for many years. The field
should be neither cut nor grazed the first
season, and in the winter succeeding the
setting Ofshe grass, when the ground
is frozen, spread so bushels mari, or 25
of lime per acre, evenly over it, Every
second year, however, the benefit will
be evident if you will sow a mixture OF
loo lbs. of bone dust and 5 bushels Of
ashes, per acre.
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Dental Notice.

nR. GEO. 3. FOUKE, Dentist, offers hl,
services at his Office.
Wes,minster-eVery Monday, Tuesday aud
Saturday.
Emmiitsburg-fourth Wednesday Afternoon
ill Thursday Afternoon.
MechaniestowR--FourthT Thursday Afternoon
and Friday.
Rocky Riige-First Wednesday Alta rnoon
Double Pipe Creek-First Thursday.
Middleburg--First Friday.
Uniontown-Second Wednesday Afternoon.
fancy town-Second Thursday Afternoon 4
Friday.
Union Bridge-Thi-d Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon.
New Windsor-Third Thursday Aftern ooa
and Friday Forenoon. feb 20.
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Notice.

YNHE subscriber, Licensed Scrivener' IS
Il always ready, on short notice and rea'
sonAble terms. to write Deeds. Mortgages
Bills of Sale, Bonds, Releases, Wills, &C.
b. 2. SAYLER.
Double Pine Creek, Md. mar IT,
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NOTICE.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice
IL that be has been appointed General
Agent Of the Carroll County Fire Insurance
Company. All persons desiring to insure
property (either real or personal, in this
Company, will please address the Agent at
Westminster, Nd, al communications will
receive prompt atten ion.
JOHN 7. DIFFENBAUGH,
aug 25-tf Agent.
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CommIssloner,s Notice.

WHE County Commissioners of Carroll
county, will meet at their Office, in
Westminster, on the FIRST MONDAY or
MARCH, 1872, for the transaction Of busi-
ness. BY order, 2
JAMES BLIZZARD,
feb l0-4t Clerk.
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Thorough culture, rotation of crops,
and liberal mauuring, cannot fail of
success
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THE MARYLAND
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ALL POLICIES NONFoRFEITABLE.
Dividends Annually after he first Fear

O'ss"t"ue h'We"tty .ffcf hte tUH AS"Fs
TIME advant ages Of Life Insurance are so
manifold and manifest that general inqu iry
Is made concerning II. All good men wish to
provide for those dependant upon them. Pro-
vision to be certain must be immediate. The
only immediate provision Is BY Lite Insurance
great and important question is, where shall
l insure Reason, selt-rcspect, self-intcrest,
the laws Of trade and commerce that govern
thrifty and intelligent people indicate that a
man should insure at home, where he lives,
makes his money, pays his taxes and expects
to leave his property and his family. II is as
humiliatiug as It Is ruinous for us to send mil
lions Of dollars out of our State annually for
Life Insurance that should be kept at home.
Money in Maryland is scarce, iRtsr,a kigA, aud
property low, because we are sending 80 much
OF IL away, There Is certainly no necessity
for this, because equal intelligence and equal
morals will make savings Ranks, Life and Fire
Insurance Companies, Lawyers, Doctors, Mer-
chants, or anything else, here equal to those in
other States. 1t Is an axiom that in oil kinds
OF business danger, difficulty and loss Increases
In ratio Of distance. Recent experience proves
clearly that IL Is safer and better in both Life
and Fire to be insured at home. IL isa poor
compliment to ourCitiIens and State. and 10
bad taste to depreciate our own Institutions
and indirectly depreciate those who control
them.
Fortunately Tor our State prosperity, the
people are beginning to see this Our last
January report to the Comptroller Of the
State was so satisfactory and gratifying as 10
call forth editorial eommendations from the
principal papers in Baltimore.
Few companies are in as good condition as
the Maryland, and as IL is ours and keeps the
capital In our own State deserves your coop
GRAFTON and patronage. In a matter Of so great
importance persons should inform themselves
well before they act
BoAED or DIREoToRs.- Hamilton Easter,
Allen A. Chapman, George P. Thomas, Hugh
Sisson, Hiram Woods, Geo. n. Miller Thomas
Csssard, WIN. Devries, Charles Webb.
GEORGE P. THOMAS,
President.
Gs> Refers to Hon. Judges Maulsby and
Hayden, Col. J. b. Boyle, j. l.. Reilsnider,
DR.. j. w. Herring, and Physicians generally.
An active Agent for Carroll county wanted.
A. J. MYERS,
aP N-ly State Agent
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Dam observation-disclosures Taking the
Law In their Own Hands

during the winter and spring much
III feeling has arisen at Long Swamp.
suffolk county, on account of a certain
dam having been built by farmer of
that locality. The land thereabouts i
very Hat, and at the best the drainage
OF the district is very imperfect. Those
who have done most to ferment the bad
feeling contend that the building of the
Dam has greatly injured their property
on account OF the backing up Of the
water, which before found an unob.
structed outlet. 1t is also stated that
the Locality, in consequence of the for.
nation OF the unnatural pond, is more
unhealthy. But whether these were
the true reasons or not, the women of
the neighborhood determined to take
the matter into their own hands. and
one day last week arrangements were
made to do big thing. just as the
gray tinge on the eastern hills bespoke
the dawn OF morn, ladies might have
oeen seen coming from nearly every |
farmhouse within radius of two miles. |
those near the locality Of the obnox.
ious dam hurriedly proceeded thither.
ward, while those at distance started
In wagons and all kinds of vehicles for
what was TO be the seat of var. Most
d the women, from their general ap
pearance, were maidens. All of them
wore thick wells closely covering their
eatures, dresses either short or tucked
up, and stout boots with thick soles.
IN arriving at the dam, shovels. hoes,
'lcks, srowbars, and the utensils so
'iten used, by the stronger arm of man. ,
we're eagerly grasped by from one hun.
hundred TO one hundred and fifty rate
'omen and the work of demolition 8
ctively commenced. As the water com. !
ienced TO to pour through the I
am the work of the feminine 1
iobites was rendered more easy, j
nd by sunrise 300 acres of water ;
adj disappeared. What course will be r
lrsued by the owners remains to be b
en. The rioters claim that the un. n
of the locality since the )
iildlng of the dam was sufficient war. b
mt Tor their summary proceedIngs.- b
ing Island Review.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

In the Senate, on the 2Sth ult.. con.
sideration of the Tax bill was resumed and
consumed the greater portion of the davis
session. The House resolution to adjourn
on June was concurred in
In the House, on the 2Sth ult.. tho matte,
10 suspend the rules to pass the Senate hill
extending the hu-Klux law until the end
OF inc next regular session was reiected-
yeas, "a; nays, lOS-net two-thirds. $500. The
| ON 10 revive the navigation and CONNER
clai interests of the United States was dis
Cussed and recomnitted to the Commerce
oom nlttee......The conference report on the
supplementary Apportionment bill was
agreed TO, the Senate having agreed IN ra-
cede from it's amendments... bill was 70
ported from the Judiciary Com mittee amend.
ing the Bankruptcy act, giving the appoint
ihent and removal of Registers in Rank-
ruptcy To the United States Courts. and
making various other alterations in the law.
me rules were Suspended and the hill
pissed 49, Inc motion to suspend the rules
ana pass the Senate bill amendatory Of the
OlviI hights act was rejected-yeas, IFS;
nays, S7-less than two. thirds voting in tho
am mative......The bill authorizing the con-
a a, m of property for postoffice site
at cincinnati was passed, as well as tho bill
granting the right of way tn the Utah, Idaho |
ana Montana Railroad Company.
In the Senate, on the Goth ult.. Mr..
sawyer moved an amendment to the House
Dill providing for the appointm of a com.
mission on the subject of wages and tho
hours OF labor, and division of profits be-
tween labor and capital in the United States
considerable discussion ensued. and several
other amendments were offered and reject
30, aud the bill went OVER. The Hill IN
,elatlon to the Centennial International
exhibition at Philadelphia was passed
ne Tariff and Tax bill was again under
'op slderstion the larger portion of the dav
IN the House, on the 29th ult., bills author /,
ENG the construction of railroad BRIDGES
cross the Missouri river at Omaha and
Neb., were passed. The follow {
ng oils were also passed: Fixing the Con q
resslonal and Presidential elections in q
on the same day; appropriating
1oOoOO Tor CUSTOM house at Port Huron a
lich'; appropristing $3.50 900 for a similar
urPose at Nashville, Tenn: dividing tho
tate OF illinois into three judicial districts II
fnendisg the Soldiers and Sailors Home a
ead act; to release the Government of o
'Pah from the payment of a balance of the n
uemhlty fund, remaining unpaid. under "
&c convention Of Oct %, 1884 amountino :.
SSlo,OOO.....Mr. Butler offered a hill 10 ~
nend the Enforcement act, but no action III
rs had on it, '"' ''O "''ion Ii
IN the Senate, on the Both ult., a bill
IS reported from the Secretary Of the "a
easury to purchase site for postcffice of
fhlladelphia-the cost of site and bu;Id- at
not 70 exceed 81 500, 900 80. The Com Wi
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War in Central America.

Hostillties have broken out between
the Central American States Of Hondu.
ras and San Salvador. The advices show
that San Salvador has taken possession
OF Amapola, the only port of Honduras
on the Pacific coast that President
Gonzales, of the former State, is in the
held with 1900 men, and that Guate.
mala is preparing to send him reinforce.
ments to the number of 1000. These
ngures do not seem very formidable
from our standpoint, but they are
doubtless terrible armies in Central
America. The remarkable feature of
the war is that these very States, only a
lew months ago, formed an offensive and
defensive alliance which promised to
make any unpleasantness between them
forever impossible.
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Inc stomach Is capaciCus, but il is
ieariuiiy crowded sometimes. A CORE.
spondent OF Land and Waer writes thai
ne counted go grains Of in the crop of
small pigeon about three weeks Old
and with scarcely any feathers on.
small stone was also found mixed -,
with the grains. But a correspondent
OF the NOrM British Dailv Nail 10 use a
homely phrase, takes the rag off the
BUSH" He writes
In your impression Of August ID.
1907, there appeared letter by me-
describing what had taken from the
stomach OF horse, namely, 269 nails
of all sorts, As other metal articles. with
two pounds eleven and a half ounces
gravel and sand. Many persons at the
Time hazarded an opinion whether such
was In reality the case. Even would be
clever critics snimadverted upon il. and
gave some wonderful tales of what
neither they themselves nor nobody
else had ever seen, and to make their
own tale tell attempted TO make lie
OF mine. Facts, however, are stubborn
things, and With your permission now
give still more extraordinary case.
which came under my own personal
observation on the 9th OF March last.
brown horse from the same stable
was sent in dead, and purposely care.
fully examined, when the following
articles were taken from his stomach,
namely; Broken nails, 629; nails, IL to
inches long, 30; ditto, | inch to II
long, la; sprig nails, l inch, l3l:
lacks, inch, l5S; screw nails &c whole
and broken), 9; rivets, 2; broken gas
burner, l; shoe Jackets, IS; broken
pieces OF metal, 40; nail heads, sorts.
I02; small washers, 5; buttons IA
whole and 4 broken), s.; pieces of lead
inc and round shot, IS; small pieces of
wire, III pins, 80 ditto, broken. A;
leedles, /; ditto, broken, 20; small
'roken pieces of wire riddles, $50;
love catch, /; boot eyelets, 7 hook
nd eye, small wire staple, / ; small
rass ring, / odd bits of metal, s: in
IL, 2,525 weighing three pounds two
nd a half ounces; and of gravel and
ana, Elk pounds thirteen ounces total.
Inc pounds fifteen and half ounces.
am, &c, JOHN BEGG,
lanager Springbank Chemical Works,
Beilfield, Klrkintilloch, Sd May.
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Kansas Geology.

A. Hammond, well-digger at ARA.
pahoe Station, on the Kansas Pacific.
reports his well down 3S9 feet Saturday
night. 1t is penetrating beds OF fossil
shaie, hlled with Faculties, amenities.
and other fishes and reptiles. At three
hundred and eighty eight feet he took out
the upper jaw of reptile in which the
teeth are perfect. Tusks near the fin
OF the nose are over an inch in length.
ana the other teeth are between half
ana three quarters Of an inch long.
The length of the jaw is between four
and five inches. The fish scales and
shells display the bright colors of
mother. of-pearl. Two hundred feet
above they were digging through beds
OF oysters. A geologlst ought to live
happily in that well for ear or two.
whilst figuring out tie length of time
Il took old ocean to bury in SEDIMENT
now shale-these succeeding genera.
ions that peopled his briny depths.
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Cost OF Smoking.

so general has the habit OF smoking
become In this country that tobacco is
now reckoned rather as one of the
! hecessarles OF life than one of it's luxu
ries: Old smokers will deny themselves
iood, II need be, to obtain the precious
weed. 1t Is related by Baron Liebig
that during the late Franco Prussian
war, the Prussan soldiers, when OK.
hausted with suffering, would turn away
from the most delicate liquors and food.
yet would eagerly smoke cigar. even
II II was OF poor quality. To gratify
this common appetiteothere were man.
utactured in the United States last wear
LOO ,24o,O 100 cigars, or at least taxes
were paid on that number. At ten
cents apiece this would give the enor.
nous sum of 1872 224 600 TO be divided
among manufacturers, dealers, pro
ducers, the customs, and the internal
revenue.
there has been great deal of growl.
ing OF late, not only among dealers. but
among consumers, at the extremely
onefous taxes on an article of such
general use. As will be seen from the
following figures, these complaints are
not wholly groundIe.s A thousand fine
cigars, bought for $50 in Havana. cost.
when landed in New York, SIl25O: for
to the prime cost in Cuba''is added the
export duty of Sl.50; fret ght, 40 cents
ad valorem, $3.50; $3.50 per pound.
Estimating the weight at fifteen pounds,
800; internal revenue tax, So: hand.
ing, 90 cents; gold premium on duties.
%. we nave already reached the Sll2.5O.
md have still to add the profits of whole,
ale and retail dealers, and neither
AXE less than 25 per cent.-and we
lave brought the cost per thousand to
he neighborhood of $40 before the
lgars reach the consumers.
1t VIII be seen that of this sum SEQ
oes TO the government, which all in.
eihgent smokers will agree is too
luch. Now that Uncle Sam has
iade free the cup that cheers" we
'ust that he Will consider the oppres.
We taxes that now weigh upon those
no use the weed that comforts The
overnment surely should be satisfied
18th something lees than one.tbird of
le retail price of an article which is
led from one end of the land to the
her by all sorts and conditions of men.
ld which is, if poison, like tea and
Zee, very slow poison, and a very
eat solace to the habitual consumer.
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Washington.

Born Houses of Congress have agreed t,
ADJOURN on June S...".rhe Department OF
Justice will soon issue an order abandoning
all suits against those who have filled pub.
lie oihce contrary to the Fourteeeth Amend
ment to the Constitution, and whose polit-
cal disabilities have Just been removed nv
Jaw Inc largest number of such cases is in
Tennessee.
The Spanish Minister has notified Secreta-
ry Fish that Dr. Howard will in very few
days be released, and his property restored
go him..."Adviees from Washington repre.
sent that the protocol issued by the Senate
is so arranged as TO be declara
TIN OF principle, instead Of mere surrender
OF the demand for consequential damages.
aud that there is q probability, in conse
quence of dissatisfaction on the part of
Great Britain, that the whole subject NAV
again be made the occasion for further dplo.
matte correspondence.
Born houses of Congress have reconsidered
their resolution to adjourn on June 3, and
extended the time to June 1O......The Secre-
tsry of the Treasury has directed the As.
slstsnt Treasurer at New York to withdraw
Sl,3OO,OOO OF three per cents....It is an
nounced that the civil service regulations
resnecting the appointment of clerks in the
departments are completed. The United
states District Court at Washington has
directed the payment to three parties OF the |
proceeds OF the sale of their property by the |
government under the con scation act. |
This ruling ccords with the Amnesty law.
THE President, on Saturday, vetoed tho |
bill to pay DR.. Milton Best, of Kentucky, the
value Of his house, destroyed by Union troops
during the war. This closes the door against
q large class Of loyal claims pending In
Congress.
THE latest advices from the capital leave
no hope for the success of the supplemental
article to the Washington Treaty.. The
conference committee of the two houses Of
congress on the Tax bill have agreed TO re.
'ort consolidated tax on spirits of 20 cents.
nd 10 fix tho duty on tobacco at 20 cents
zee. Ex- PresidentJo Johnson has gone to Wash ;
1gton, in response to a summons from the ,
louise Military Com mittee, to testify with !
sference to the missing Buell. court martial =
cords.