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0ait and gumor.
10 Mako a Young wife Of an Old Maid.

The following true story might perhaps
furnish matter for a little comedy, if com
edies were still written
It is generally the case that the more
beautiful and the richer a young female is,
the more difficult are both her parents and
herself in the choice of husband, and the
more offers they refuse. The one Is too tall,
the other too short, this one not wealthy,
thatone otrespectful enough. Meanwhile
one. spring passes after another, and year
fteryear carries away leaf after leaf Of the
bloom Of youth, and opportunity after
opportunity.
Miss Harriet Selwood was the richest
heiress in her native town; but she had
already completed her twenty-seventh
year, and beheld almost all her young
friends united to men whom she had, at
one time or other, discarded. Harriet
began to be set down for an old maid.
Her parents became really uneasy, and
she herself lamented in private position
which those to whom Nature and Fortune
had been niggsrd Of their gifts are obliged
to submit to-; but Harriet, as we have
said. was handsome and very rich.
Such was the state of things when her
uncle, wealthy merchant in the north Of
England, came on visit to her parents.
BE was a jovial, straightforward man, ac-
customed to attack all difficulties boldly
and eoolly.
& You see,p said her father to him one
day, q Harriet continues single. The girl
is handsome. What she is to have for
her fortune you know. Even in this
scandal-loyipg town not a creature can
breathe an imputation against her"
aTrue p replied the uncle. q But look
you, brother, the grand point in every
affair in this world is to seize the right
moment. This YOU have not done. It is
misfortune. But let the girl 90 along
s.;,h - IA 49, ~ IA q 49,
months 7 win rstnrn her 10 vo,, a. the w;fs
~ I man :. vonng and vs.ltbv = berssls ),
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~ IL ~ homa ~ ~. .aar...,d II,
q Mind vb., T am oo;no - s.r Won
.rs y lo,.sr Miss ssllwood h, NJ
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ls.s w;dow Won bsd ~ m;.sor,nna -
,os. ro,,r hnsh.na f,o,onal Inn,lo, Co..
h.rnv nn;on &c on.r,or % 90 h. !.
al, fram II. b,r.. Will bun,;nan
aRn. unolap
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aecns,om vonrsels . r. ~, aow. ro,,r
.ves
The keen-witted uncle introduced his
niece everywhere, and everywhere the
young widow excited great sensation.
The gentlemen througed about her. and
she soon had her choice out of twenty
suitors Her uncle advised her 10 accen,
the one that was deenest IN love with her
and Z rare chance decreed that M, should
BE- precisely the most am;able and opulaut.
Tbe match vas soon concluded All ono
dav ina uueIs desired = s,v Cav ,vo,a.
Il III future nepbsw 4 pv;y.ts
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ARNER NEAL,
CIRCUIT g. REIFSNIDER,
A TTORNEKSATLAW AND 50
LTCTT0RS IN CH1NCERf,
WESTMINSTER, MI.

WYE have formed copartncrshp IN the
w practice of Law in the Courts OF Car
roll and Howard counties, and will promptly
attend to all business entrusted 10 our care;
Particular attention paid to Collections 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 CnAs' l.
Rr,rsy,nre nd soft
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Cabinet and Furniture
ESTABLISHMENT.

THE undersigned, having s.vzvumzn
Il bought out j. j. Lester LII
interest in the well known Es. - -
adjustment Of Messrs. Shorb & Lester, Main
street, Westminster, West of the Railroad,
will continue to keep on hand full and com.
plete assortment of all kinds and STYLES Of
FURNITURE, and full assortment Of Cane
and Wood Seat Chairs, Hair and Husk Mat.
trasses, Looking Grass Plates, &c, which
will be sold cheap for cash. Old Cane Seat
Chairs re-seated and Furniture repaired.
UNDERTAKING.
Walnut and Metallic Collins and Baskets
on hand. Funerals attended at all times, at
short notice.
Also on hand Newell Posts, Balusters and
Front Door Brackets. Hand Rails worked
to order, Of all kinds Of Lumber, and different
styles Brackets worked TO order
All kinds of Architectural Drawings fur.
nished at short notice and at low figures.
feb 24-tf j. J. SHORE 4 son.
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LUMBER F.! LUMBER /!


ia s.::::;:.;.;ssIs
I HAVE just returned from the Lumber
4 Regions-and am now receiving the lar
gcst selection of LUMBER ever offered at
this place, at Reduced Prices, consisting OF
Yellow Pine, Spruce and Hemlock
J0IST AND SCANTLING
of all lengths and sizes, A., 5-4, Cd and Sd
White Pine Boards and Plank, Yellow and
White Pine Flooring, Dressed and Undresscd
Notwithstanding White Pine Cypress and
Chestnut Shingles, Walnut and Ash Boards
and Plank, Plain and Headed Picketts, Shin.
gle and Plasterng Laths, prime lot of Chest
nut Rails and Posts. Also all the different
KINDS or COAL,
Thinking large sales with small profits bet.
ter than small sales with large profits, have
concluded TO adopt the former as my guide,
and hope | shall be enabled to carry It out by
persons in want of anything in my line giving
me n call before purchasing elsewhere.
EDWARD LYNCH.
Near Depot. Westminster, Nd.
feb 20-tf
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NOTICE.
S. BENTZ,s

GEREALINE or Anti-Dyspeptic Food.
~ the cheapest and healthiest food in the
world Bread, meat and medicine combined.
Call and get a package and try II. For sale
by +. S. ST0UFFER,
Sole Agent for Westminster, Md.
nov 10.
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DOG SKIN GLovEsl
III. L. NORRIS 8 co.

III. L. NORRIS g co.
HAVE constantly on hand Full Assert
Ii ment of our Genuine Dog Skin Gloves
for Ladiesand Gentlemen, also other Styles
Of Gloves Of our mako, for all Of which they
are our exclusive Agents for Westminster.
GEORGE UPDEGRAFF a SON,
Manufacturers, Hagerstown, Nd
a,,r2Q.tf
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VEN ORLEANS NOR \ ssEs.

a prime article New Crop New Orleans
"a Molasses, Just received, and for sale by
nor - =. 8. eT0UFFER.
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DENTAL NOTICE.
Dissolution of Copartnership.

WAS: Billingslea, d. d. S. and ,losepb
a. N. weller, have this day, July LIST, 1878.
a,' us I'VE, Partnership, by mutual consent
~ ~ pl, lsr. due the hrm must be paid TO Dr
mas bllllngslea, who alone is authorized to
settle the business Of the firm.
Westminster, Nd, July LIST, 1879.
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COAL TAR FOR SALE.

A PPLY to
"A JOHN l.. REIFSNFDER,
President Westminster Gas Light Co.
mar left
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EUREKA sALvE.

A certain cure for Cuts, Bruises, Sores,
IA Burns and Skin Abrasions Of all kinds ;
especially recommended to mothers with sore
OF lumpy breasts. This salve has been sue
cessfnIly used for over fifty years For sale
at Huber's Drug Store. mar l5-1y
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CHAs. BILLINGsLEA, DDS.
DENTIST

00tee Second door West Of Farmers and
Mechanics Bank, Westminster. M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

BALTIMORE, May O.-Flour-Dull and
unchanged. Wheat-Dull and lower;
Indiana and Ohio d 60s1 90; western
spring 81 4Sa1 80. Corn-Weak; new
western mixed Sale: old Soc. Oats
Buoyant and strong; western mixed Goa
62c; white 6Sa65c. Rye-Steady at 81 90
al %. Provisions-Strong; business re-
stricted by united Offering; pork, unchang.
ed; bulk shoulders 6tc; clear rib 9fc;
bacon shoulders, dull at TIC; clear rib
firm at 109c; s. Q. hams 14a16c. Lard
Firm at 0sc. Butter-Unchanged. Coffee
Unchanged. Whisky-Quiet and firm
at 07c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

10 ALE, particularly inyElids, spring ID a TN.
Ing season Indications oI heknOlS should IL
once DO attended 10. Fatal diseases may 81
caused BY allowing the bowels 10 become e0nStI.
pAted, and the system 10 remain In disoFdefed
condition, until The disorder has time 10 dOYel.
op itseiL An ounce Of prevention Il worth q
Pound OF cure, 10 an old and truthful saying
Iheretote, we advise all who arc troubled with
the complaints now very prevalent headache,
indigestion; dls0rdered liver, want Of appetite
nausea, or ieVerihh akin, " take without delay
6eheneks n andfake Pills. We know Of no rem.
cay 90 harmless and decisive In III action. Il
o. once strikes Of the root Of the disease and
produces healthy tone 10 the system. People
never need suffer from any d ssAse arising from
Q disordercd condition Of the liver II they would
take this excellent medicine when they feel ihe
nrst tn6icatoDa Of the mllGdy. Families leay.
Ing home for the summer months should tAke
three or four boxes Of these pills With diem.
They will relieve the patient Of headache n one
or two hours, and win rapidly cleanse The liver
OF surrounding bile, and will efeetuAlly prevent
bilious attack. The are Iold by all drnggists.
GOdkW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

How sTRANoEI-If a tallow candle DO
placed in gun, and shot at a door, 1t will
go through without sustaining any injury;
and II a musket ball be fired into water,
twill not only rebound, but be tlattened
as II, fired against q substance. A mus
ket ball may be fired through pane Of
glass, making a hole the size Of the ball,
be suspended BY q thread, II will make
no difference and the thread will not even
vibrate. In the Attic regions, when the
thermometer is. below zero, people can
converse more than mile distant. DR.
Jameson assertsNtha he heard every
word Of sermon at the distance Of two
miles. A mother has been distinctly
heard talking 10 her child on q still day
across q water a.mile wide.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
Now York Market.

New YoRK, May 9.-Cotton-Firm
middling uplands 18tc. Fourth moder.
ate request; superflnC western and State;
$5 70a5 80; common to good, So 00a8 45i
good to choice, SO 50a6 IS; white wheat
extra, SO 75a7 30; extra Ohio, SO Goa
8 u.s.. Mheat-Moderate demand and in
buyers favor; amber Michigan, 81 65;
white Michigan 81 SET. Barley = In
moderate demand. Corn opened
steady and closed heavy and lower; new
western, sSaS5c; old do and yellow, sea
esc; white western, s5as5ic. Oats
Quiet and lower; Mixed western, 06a07c;
white western, 67A6Sc. Coftee-Dulli
Rio, 17a21c sugar-Quiet; fair to good
refining, 74aSc. Wniaky@Firmer al
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

CHICAGO, May O.-Flour-Dull and
nominal. Wheat-Quiet and weak: No.
l Chicago spring 81 Is; No. Q do. 81 21i
81 90 cash or May; 81 23es1 23i June;
81 23ta1 23i July; No. s do. 81 IS.
Corn-Steady; No, Q mixed G1sc cash;
62sc June; 6S4 July; highmixed 63a64c;
rejected Coo. 0Ats-Steady at 4sc cash
or June: Rye-1u fair demand and firm;
No. 2, 99c B4rley-Quiet and unchanged.
Pork-In fair demand and advanced !;
$10 90 cash; SIC 65 bid, June. Lard
steadY-$10 10 cash; $40 20iJune., Bulk
Meats-Sleady and unchanged. Whisky
Steady at D4c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

Cd. Each policeman has his desig.
mated beat to patrol, and II Is his duty &
remain on that beat until regularly re-
lieved. ~
Sd. Every patrolman ID held responsi.
bic tor the quiet and order oil the spaet
given him, and II any disturbance occur
the patrolmAn 10 required TO give an &C,
count Of himself at the time Of the dis.
turbance.
Policemen are never seen lounpipg
about street corners, nor In saloons. They
nave q duty to perform, and they perform
It, There arc some
BRITISH SOLDIERS
stationed at Toronto (intantry and cav
airy Their uniform Is very snowy, es-
peclally the fred coat" which has given
them the distinctive name of cred
CoatS" all over the world. '
In tho Dominion of Canada there
are two contending parties in poll
Tics, the Tories or Conservatives,
and the Wings or Reform party.
The Relormers have charge Of tho
government at present, under the
leadership Of the Hon. Mckinney. The
Conservative partyin Canada support the
Dtsraeli government in England; and the
Reform party. endorse Mr.. Gladstone,
Political discussions seem TO be as ami
mated In Canada as in the States, and the
newspaper discussions as bitter.
have been for week past the guest
Of Dr.. McGill, an ex.member of the Brit
lsh Parliament, q gentleman Of wealth
and prominence. Dr.. II. Is o rare scholar
and thoroughly conversant with English
history, which renders him q very enjoy.
able conyersationalist. / shall remain In
The Dominion about week longer before
proceeding eastward. G.M.R.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
New YORK DRY Goods Market,

INV YoRK, May Ell Business is quiet
to-day with Importers and manuiac-
turers' agents, but q fair jobbing trade was
effected. The market for cotton goods
Is unsettled by the reduction Of LanGdon
GB brown and bleached cottons 10 Is
and 10 cents respectively, Bordered
prints are selling freely, and printed shirt.
ings are active. Atlantic dress goods are
in brisk demand, Wooden goods are
sluggish. rs hiIt h.lh Sl0#i-.. +.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
II Per ohanca

You lave got Into trouble procure at onca ,
package Of the SamAritAn's Gin, uso Is diFocted
and you viii be oil right In three or four 6avS
The trouble when taken In time Is easily oyeF.
come, but whom neglected, Or WhGn The Qusek Il
waited and no gives his course OF BAlsRn Co
ptibe, then very often serious cofnpiicatIoS,
erise Wnich ptolong the disease for weeks, pef.
Another iAllaey ID, In persons trying TO saye A
lev cents, dahble In cheap drugs, which % an.
order and sicken tho stomach that Almost dean
lteeu would DO Ielief eAmRLtAn.S Gin Vim
cure eyery time, with no more unpleasant RESULT
than II the trouble had not existed n all,
Male paelSAgea, t4 Female, ~, Bent Nv mail
Y any address. DESMOND &CO,, PropfiefaSS
Slo Race street, Philadelphia, '' y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

TOLEDO, May I'll Flour : Steady
WheSt-steady; No. 8 white Wabash
81 ACT; No. 1white Michigan 81 90; No
3 do 81 80; amber Michigan 81 46al 46t
June 4Sia1 49,; July s. 80; No. l red
81 81; No. 2,$1 46; Aug. 81 80s1 S0l;; No.
do 1888. Corn-steady; high mixed
734c; Nay 714c; June 69io; July 70ic
low mixed 7Sc; no grade 70ic. Oats
Dull and nominal o..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
Cincinnati Market.

CNCINNATI, May 9.-Cotton = Firm
at l74c. Flour-Very dull. Wheat
Quiet and weak at 81 As. Corn-Firm
at 72A75c. 0ats-steady at 50a54c. Rye
Steady at 81 0S. Barley-Dull and un.
changed. Oils = Unchanged. Eggs -
Fair demand at12ic. Butter-Quiet and
unchanged. Cheese-Scarce aud firm.
Pork-Quiet and firm at SIT 80. Lard
Firm; current make 10sc; kettle lie.
Bulk Meats-Strong; shoulders 6sc; clear
rib SIC; clear 9tc. Bacon-Quiet and
firm; shoulders 7c; clear rib 94c; clear 10e.
Whisky-Firm at 02c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
nov Yotk Money and siosE lrnrkn,.

new York Money and Stock Market.
=, New YORK, May 9.-MoNEY-Easy .,
Sa4 per cent, closing at 3per cent.
STERLING ExoHANoE-Qulet and steady
Of "a IS for bankers sixty days, and
"a OF for demand.
GoLp-opened at 119s, advanced to
llse and declined to 119l, at which il
closed. Rates Tor carrying 8, 4, 81 and
" per cent. CleariDgs S37, 100000. The
total payments by the Treasury On ac-
count Of the, May interest 10 date are
1904 900. Tho treasury operations a the
New York office during the week in
cluded disbursement Of $S2ls,OOO, and
specie shipments Tor the week SO ,52s,OOO.
Imports Of dry goods $1,4ls,OOO. Mer-
chsndise $5,O97OOO.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
GoyERNMENTs-steady; little doing.

sTooKs-Haye been firmer In tone than
for many days past, and prices alone
showed a general advance Of I to II per
cent. At tho second call there was a
slight reaction, but during Tho last hour
OF business the market was firm with tie
exception Of Erie, which was offered
down toi85f. The latest dealings were
at about the best prices Of the day. The
principal dealings were Lake Shore,
Western Union, Union Pacific, Pacific
Mall, st. Paul and Northwestern COM
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
Philadelphia Market.

PHnApE1pnttA, May 9.-FlOur-Qalet
and unchanged. W6eat-Qaiet; while
81 s5a1 90; red 81 Goal Us. ooru-
Quiet; prime yellow SOC; mixed western
$40. '0ats-Steady; white 64a65c. Rye
CSC. Petroleum-Refned 14tc; crude 10t
allie. Whisky-0Sc. Hsg7.lelEG
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

d 'GEsEsAI GAarIEiD believes that Con-
gress will BIO able to adjourn about the
18th ofJuly. The committee Of which
he is chairman, that OF Appropriations,
isonthe twelfth and last appropriation
bill and " III soon have q rest.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11
Plttsbufgh Petroleum Market.

PrrTsBuRaH, May Refined I'm
changed. Crude-Weak and declining;
quoted at 81 90; nothing doing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

Niagara Falls TO Toronto-SIghts
and Incidents In Toronto-A Cons
veTsati0n with one OF the 1TTuiY
LOyaI''-POiiIIcs and Parties In
tho DOminion-0ur Correspondent
on his Journeys.
TORONTO, DOMINION OF CANADA, |
May 4, 1874.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-11

Editors Of tho IutCllIgerccr:
l left Niagara Falls on the 22d ult., and
after subieCting my baggage to inspec.
ton by the Custom House officers, l pro.
ceeded to Toronto 0ia the Great Western
Railway.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-18
Peafusitiar -NelCs.

r. j. Clark's farm, 1877 acres near
Easton has been bought by Alex, Her
ron for $40, 900
Some farmers OF the Trappe district
fattered their hogs this season on wheat
ON account of the low price of the ar
ticle.
Baltimore ladies have presented a
hell to the fredericksburg, Dorchester
county Presbyterian Church.
Twenty negroes had fight in Easton
last Saturday.
Talbot county transfers and sbate
ments for 1875 will be made by the
commissioners In January and Febru
ary instead of April and May.
Dr. f. Lloyd Howard, member o.
the State Board of Health visits Talbo
county during the holidays 10 inspec
the aims house and Jail.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-18
The Decrease of Emigration
NEARLY TWENTY MILLIONS LOST TO THIS
COUNTRY BIT THE FALLING OFF LAST
YEAR.

NEARLY TWENTY MILLIONS LOST TO THIS
COUNTRY BIT THE FALLING OFF LAST
YEAR. -l-
Castle Garden has Of late assumed a
most deserted appearance. Since the
emigration has 30 vastly decreased the
old tumble down building which wal
usually utled with poor eInigrants, living
and sleeping there for days after their
arrival, has compLely lost its wonted as
pectIof bustle and activity. Workmen
are now laying II new floor, the board
having appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
pose. The structure:is sadly in need Of
financial condition Of the Emigration
Commission Ia an effectual Lar to all
other alterations. II the Legislature re-
fuses to make an adequate appropriation
-S3oO,OO0 is the amount asked for-the
board will have to consign the emigrants
under its care to the county authorities
The appropriation is asked for the pur-
pose OF helping the commissioners out
Of their financial difficulties, their in.
debtedness alone amounting to over
S200, 900.
: The total emigration for this year
exclusive OF persons who had previously
been in this country-will probably not
exceed 40, 900, while the number for last
Year was 100000. 1t IL not expected
that tho emigration will materially re-
vive in the next few years, owing to the
reports OF hnrd times in this country
which have been spread broadcast all
over Europe. The importance of this
fact will be appreciated by all who reflect
that Mr.. !Kapp,. formerly a member of
the commission, but now in the German
Parliament, estimates the immediat e
average gain to the country of each emf
grant al $50. Based npen this very
moderate estimate the immediate loss
to this country in the falling off from
1879 to 1874 would amount to $lS,9O0, 900
This Is. of course, exclusive of the subse-
quent annual loss Of labor and its value
in opening the resources Of and building
up this great country. The decrease. as
previously stated in these columns, is
greatest in the emigration from Germany
and next to the German it most affects
the Irish influx. The only recompense
for this tremendous loss lies in the fact,
al stated by all the emigration authori-
ties who are in position to know, that
the quality Of the emigrants has im-
proved as much as their number has de.
creased. Every year there il a slight
but plainly percsptible Improvement in
the grades OF occupation from which the
emigrants are reeruited.-K. Y. Herald.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-18
straw "a Protection Against Light.
ming.

An extraordinary account has appelg-
ed in French agricultural journal, to
the effect that straw forms an admirable
lightning conductor. 1t was observed
that straw had the effect of disehargins
Leyden jars without spark or explosion.
and some one in the neighborhood Of
Tarbes had the idea of constructing
straw lightning-conduetors. which were
formed by fastening q wisp or rope Of
OF straw to a deal stick by means Of
brass wire, and Gaping the conductor
with n copper point. 1t is asserted that
tho experiment has been tried on large
scale around Tarbes, eighteen eommunes
having been provided with such straw
conductors, only one being erected for
every 80 acres. and that the whole
neighborhood has thus been preserved
from the effects. not only OF lightning,
but of hail also. The statement comes
from a reliable source. and, the apparat
us being simple and inexpensive, it is at
any rate worth trial. Copper conduct
ors are out OF the question in ninety
nine eases out of hundred. but every
| cottager almost conld easily set up a
II raw one