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The Causes of Storms.

The Problem of the Causes Of Storms, to
the consideration Of which so ,1uch study
has been given With such good results within
the last few years, will probably be greatly
simpliied by the establishment of a signal
Office on The summit Of Pixies Peak Iso-
lated mountain masses projecting far above
the sea level are supposed to have consid-
cradle influence in generating storms, and
with an observatory on a high mountain
in ;he centre Of vast continent, Connect
ed with numerous other signal stations
systematically noting the movement of
storms, the truth or falsity of this assump-
ton should soon be demonstrated. 1t is
supposed that the gales which prevail
around Cape Horn are produced by the
rapid condensation of yaporladen westerly
winds as they cross the icy projecting
points of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego
and that similar results are produced on
northwesterly and westerly winds when
they encounter the snow peaks of the
Rocky Mountains. The practical value
of increased knowledge of storm laws has
been demonstrated each year since the
Weather Bureau was established, but a new
use may be made Of any knowledge OBJ
tanned from the observation of Rocky
Mountain storms in guiding settlers to the
best watered lands and those best suited
fer different kinds Of industry.
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Stlistrlaneous.
The Tireless Brain.

Oar brains ave seventy year clocks. The
angel Of life winds them up once for all,
then closes the case, and gives the key into
the hands Of the angel of the resurrection,
Tic, tao, tic, tao, go the wheels Of thought.
Our will cannot stop them, sleep cannot
still them, madness only makes them 30
faster. Death alone San stop them by
breaking into the case and Selling the ever
swinging pendulum which We call thu
heart, silence at last the clicking Of the
terrible escapement, We have carried so
long beneath our wrinkled forcheads. If
We could only get at them as We lie on our
pillows and count the dead beats of thought
after thought, and image after image Jar
ring through the over tired organ. VIII
nobody block those wheels, uneouplc that
piniou, cut the string that holds these
weights, blow up the machine with gun.
powder? What passion comes over US
sometimes for silence aud rest-that this
dreadful mechanism unwinding the endless
tapestry Of time, embroidered with srec-
trial figures of life and death could have
but one brief holiday, Who can wonder
that men swing themselves off from beams
in hempen lassocs that they jump of from
parapets into the swift and gurgling waters
beneath; that they take counsel of the
| grim fend who has but to utter his one
pememptory monosyllable, and the restless
machine is shiyered as a vase dashed upon
a marble floor, If anybody would really
coutriye some kind Of lever that we
could thrust in among the works of this
horrid automaton and check them or alter
their rate Of going, what would the world
give for the discovery? Men are very
apt to try to get at the machine by some
indirect reason or other They clap on
the brake BY means Of opium, they change
the maddeniug mouotony by the use Of
intoxicating liquors. 1t is because the
brain is locked up and we cannot touch
the movements directly that We thrust
these coarse tools in through any ereyice
by which they may reach the interior,
alter its rate of going for while, and at
last spoil the machine.
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WESTERN MARYLAND
STUDENTS OF BOTH SEXES.
IN DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS.
Incorporated By de, q Geeeroi assembly,
March, 1868.
Loeatlon-Westmlnster. Md.


THIS Institution is under the special pa
Il tronuge Of the Maryland Annual Con
ference Of the Methodist Protestant Church,
but is strictly free from any sectarianism,
either in its course OF study or rules Of dis
cipline.
Male and female students rccite in separate
classes, but all have the advantage of insirue-
ton from every Professor having charge OF
the studies pursued.
The Vice. President, lRev. Dr. Nichols, J
the Preceptress, Miss Owings, and several
other members of the Faculty, reside in the
College building, and have constant oversight
of the Boarding Students
THE CouBsE OF STUDY is thorough under .
full and competent corps of Instructors.
The Iireith Semi. innaa! Session, will be.
gin on MONDAY, FEBRuiRY I'd, 1874, and
end on THURSDAY, JUSE 18th, 1874.
EXPENSES or SESSION:
Board, Lodging, Washing, Fuel and
Light ............................ 5000
Tuition in Preparatory Department 1880
Tuition in Collegiate Department. 5000
MatricGlation fee payable on enter
ing the Collegiate Department.. 800
Instruments ............................ $500
instruction in Drawing and Painting
water culors ).....,...................." lO.UO
No extra charges for any study in the Reg
ular Course.
PAYMENTS
0ne.half at the beginning Of the Session;
the other, April 18Th, 1874.
Books and stationery purchased Of the Col
lege must be paid for on delirery.
For Catalogue and Circular containing full
information, address
J. T. WARD, President,
dec 2T-tf lI'estmiRster, Nd.
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31attra.
THE FARMER BOY
wmo wAksnD 70 NJ AZ klsslOa.

The editor nat ia bis sanetum
Aud looked the old man 10 the eye
Then alaneed at the rinning young hopelai
Aud monrnfallg made this reply
= - yonr son a small unbound edition
of Noses and Solomon both
Can re compass bis spirit 10 meekness,
and s,ranele natural cath
Can 10 leave his wrongs TO the future
Ana carry his heart IL his cheek
Can re do an hour work in minutei
And live on sixpence week.
Can ho courleonsly talk 70 an equal,
Aud browsbcnt an impudent Ounce
Can he keep things IN apple-pie order,
And do q half dozen d onceg
Can he press all the springs OF knowledge
With quick and reliable touch 7
And be sure that be knows how much to know
And knows how not 10 know too mnchy
Does he know how 70 stir up his virtue,
And put cheekrein on his prideI
Can he carry gentleman's manners
Within rhinoceros' hide2
Can he know all, and do all, and be Sill,
With cheerfalnesI, courage and vimY
II 50, we perhaps can be making
An editor outen o. him.
The farmer stood cnriously listening,
With wonder his visage o'erspread;
And he said, "Jim, guess We Il be goin'
He's probably out OF bis head.
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Fish Culture.

We have recently paid a visit to per-
haps the only fish farm in Maryland-that
of Mr. Alexander Kent--which is located
on the Western Maryland Railroad, near
Green Spring Station, about ten miles from
Baltimore. And as We have recently had
some inquiries upon the subject, we per-
haps could not do better than give brief
description Of Mr.. KS establishment. This
business is found to be of vast Importance
in other States, where it has been followed
ed up for years, and we are satisfied that
in no other quarter could it be more easily
and successfully introduced than 10 Mary
land and indeed, it is believed that fish
farming can be made so far successful as
to supply every family with a supply Of
this diet, which is considered the brain
food for man, raised upon its own premis-
es, wherever live spring is found thereon.
Mr.. Kent commenced his operations in
the spring of last year, and early in the
following October the stock fish were
placed in the ponds, which are furnished
by supplies from the well known Green
Spring, the flow Of which is about ,2U0
gallons minute Of temperature well
suited for this business These fish are
brook trout, to which species it is intend
ed at FIRST mainly to limit operations, al
though there are some salmon trout now
being reared. Mr.. Kent placed in his
ponds 1000 adult trout, almost all of
which were caught with the hook in the
Rtaat- h., ..t 90 a.
Owing to delays in transportation, they
failed to reach their destination until late
in the season, so that many of the fish had
spawned in the tanks in which they were
transported, the loss Of eggs being ia this
way very large. About 10000 fly were
successfully Matched, however, most Of
which have reached the age of ten months,
and are now thriving aud healthy.
The Matching house is neat building
Of about 3Ox4O feet, aud, from the fortu-
nate location Of the head Of the spring
furnishing the water, il is so arranged that
all the Matching troughs are elevated to a
height permitting observation and the
necessary inspection or needful manipull-
tions. Besides the stock ponds Of whi,h
there are now two series, there are several
smaller ones, known as nurseries" in
which the younger fry are kept until they
are large enough to be transferred to the
pond in which the matured fsh are kept.
1t is part Of the plan to add to the num-
Der Of ponds as the demand for space in-
creases.
Mr.. Kent says that there is little mys-
terry in fish culture after the principles are
understood and practice acquired The
impregnated spawn, or eggs. are carefully
spread over bed Of clean gravel in i
trough which The cold spring water is con-
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TH0RNBURG & MoGINNIS'S
LIME SPREADER.
Pf7'ENTED 1913.

TNHlS Machine has been thoroughly tested
Il and found to broadcast Cur MASuREs
from well rotted BARN YARD NATURES, Re.
FUSE TAS BARK, CoMPoSrs, &c, with perfect
evenness and great rapidity.
Also, to BROADCAST or DRltL in the rows AT
any distance apart desired LINE, PLASTER,
ASHES, SrrER PHosPnArEs, &c, leiM perfect
erenness, at rates from one btshel 10 am de.
sired quantity per acre.
Orders are solicited, and will be filled AS
fast rs they can be manufactured in the order
of time in which the orders are received.
An agent will deliver the Machine as soon
as possible, aud, on u thorough trial by the
purchaser in his own way, and in all ways for
the purposes it is intended, and ifnot satisfac.
tory in all things, no sale
by this system we hope TO place il in the
hands of every intelligent farmer as RAPIDLY
rs they can be constructed, and hasten the
revolution that it is destined TO work in the
Application of Manures.
We hope, by the policy Of no sale, unless
satisfactory after full trial, at least to engage
the attention of calculating and sensible
farmers. Address
l.. ii. COLE,
Finksburg, Carroll county, Nd,
Agent for Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey
and Eastern Pennsylvania. sep l3.tf
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EouALITY AT TABLE.--The social war
still RACES, says Paris correspondent, re-
specting the custom of host selecting
from among his guests the most conspi-
cuOus of the invited, passing them in
review before the company us be conducts
them 10 The chief seats at the table. The
abolition Of this inhospitablc inequality is
strongly urged. At dinner-iable there
ought 10 be no subalterns, but Spartan
equality. The Russian plan is excellent,
where the guests assemble and mix at a
bg6et, sort Of overture to the dinner,
and make acquaintance before passing,
sans eeyemoais, to the dinner-table. In
the eighteenth century the rule was for
the ladies TO enter the dining-room alone,
those nearest the door passing in the first;
for any lady to offer to make way for
another Of exalted station, the latter
would consider the intended Difference as
an impcrtinencc. The gentlemen after
ward followed and took seats by chance.
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farm products, and hence We may infer
that two.diihs Of The capital then Invested
IN agricultural pursuits was devoted tothe
grass crop, and this in the uniied States
equals (in round numbers s4,555, OOO,-
000l
If any other Of 'sthe earth's products
can make better show. We do not know
where 70 and Il.
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NUMBER OF SHINGLES IN a RooF.-J
d. Tate gives to the New York Farmers
Club rule for estimating the number Of
shingles required for a roof Of any size,
one which he thinks every mechanic aud
farmer should remember. First find the
number Of square inches in enc side Of the
roof; cut of the right hand or unit figure,
and the result will be the number of shin
giles required to cover both sides of tho
roof, laying five inches to the weather.
The ridge board provides for the double
courses at the bottom Illustration length
Of roof, 100 feet, width Of one side, 80
eet--lu0x30xl44-432, 900. Cutting Oh
the right hand figure we have 1920 as
the plumber Of shingles required
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NOTICE.

TNHE undersigned hereby gives notice thas :
4 he has been appointed General Agent o.
the Carroll County Fire Insurance Company.
All persons desiring to insure property leiInes
real or personal) in this Company, will pieaS y
communications will receive prompt attenuons
JOHN. T. DIFFENBAUGH,
ang 25.tf Agent
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Ghe &armeI.
The Value Of the Grass Crop.

a8UW1 ~ tt4I Atftt'HtAts ~ t1'~-N
importance Of the grass or hay crop to the
entire country. II thus speaks Of what it
calls sithe greatest Of the crops"
A very interesting industrial problem is
under discussion in some of the newspa-
pers, growing out Of the following query !:
(which Of the earth's products EMPLOYS
The greatest amount Of capital?r 1t is a
problem recurring considerable research
for even an apnroximate solution. and the
ablest of the editors who have thus fsr
entered on the INQUIRY. trent Il with good
deal of eaut;on The New York Journal
Of Commerce thinks the INQUIRY might be
limited to three "Wednesday. cotton and
tea. If this be 80. Though we do not
agree to the limitation to tie three products
named. ) we think there can be but little
difficulty in demonstrating that ebay" or
rather rrass. is the most important. and in
an probability employs most capital.
In order to contribute the Ledger's share
To the Investigation Of so interesting
sub;ect. We present the following sugrcs-
tons and figures. SO that those who have
leisure and taste for the inquiry NAV fol.
low them out, or present something better.
In the first place il is to be borne in mind
that the cotton and tea crops, although
large and one Of them of the highest
Importance, are, in one sense, local, as they
are limited to few countries. while the
hay or grass crop is universal. Taking
the whole world the last must by far out
weigh the other two. Next, let us examine
the figures of the recent census of the
United States as to the capital employed
in agriculture and try to eliminate, in a
rough way, what portion of it is devoted to
the grass and hay crop. If We can arrive
at a rough estimate of il for our own
country i win hold tolerably well for most
other countries. The aggregate reported
value of the farms Of the United States in
1870 was 50, 262, 500, 1861 !; the value of all
live stock, horses, cattle, sheep, swine, &c.,
on farms. 81 ,525. 276 ,457 the value of all
farla-implemcntss336, s7S ,429; the amount
annually paid in wages, 1910, 2s6, 2s5; and
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Westminster Hotel.

E0RNER Main and Court
~ Streets, Westminster, Car. A ~ =,
roll county, Nd. The under ssEgEItA
signed having leased this well t<la staaess5A
known Hotel, aud the same having beer
thoroughly repaired with many improvement
and reiitted generally, takes this method OF
informing the citizens Of Carroll and adioin.
ing counties and the travelling public, that nc
effort on his part shall be wanting to make
them that favor him with call as comfortable
as possible. The table shall be as good Al
this market affords. The bar stocked with
pure and unadulterated Liquors; walters at.
tentiye and polite, and charges moderate. A
call is respectfully solicited.
Good aud reliable 0slers specially.
mar loft +. /. WHEELER.
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TO ERR Is HUMAN.
RUT failing to call before purchasing else.
~ where and examining the Stock Of
FURNITURE AND STOVES.

at IRA E. CRoUSE'S, is
disregard Of your own inter. (
-1S est that is wholly inexcusable. ~
Having had long experience in the ,-g1e
business, he now hatters himself that he can
always exhibit TO those wishing to purchase
any article in his line, stock not excelled in
variety and quality by any other establishment
in the county, and his prices are guaranteed
not TO exceed those Of Baltimore city. or any
other place in the State
f1sS- Don't mistake the place, one hundred
yards cast of the Railroad, on Main street,
nearly opposite the new Catholic Church,
Westminster.
may u
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LUMBER 4! LUMBER |!
"a 60 . 'II:'.....lI;!:7;l

"a sssz. s:
I HAVE just returned from the Lumber
Il Regions-and am now receiving the lar
gest selection Of LUMBER ever offered at
this plaza, at Reduced Prices consisting OF
Yellow Pine, Spruce and Hemloek
J0IST AND SCANTLING
of all lengths and sizes, A., 81, Cd and 81
White Pine Boards and Plank, Yellow and
White Pine Flooring. Dressed and Undressed
Misunderstanding, White Pine Cypress and
Chestnut Shingles, Walnut and Ash Boards
and Plank, Plain and Headed Picketts, shin.
gle and Plastering 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 MS my guide,
and hope shall be enabled to carry it out BY
persons in want of anything in my line giving
me call before purchasing elsewhere.
EDWARD LYNCH.
Near Depot, Westminster, Nd.
feb 20.tf
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A. McDONOUGH
FOR SALE.

A Needham Organ, suitable for aChurch
"A. or School, will be sold at a bargain.
Apply to II L. NORRIS,
feb An Westminster. Nd
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Dissolution of CopartnerShip.

MAS. Billingslea, d. D. S. and Joseph
~ NJ. Weller, have this day, July LIST, 1873,
dissolved Partnership, by mutual consent.
All bills due the firm must be paid to Dr.
Chas. Billingslea, who alone is authorized to
settle the business of the firm.
Westminster, Nd, July LIST, 1873.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-27
A GRATEFUL Acknowledgment to skiIlf,
Gentleman.

This world is ore of continuous ailments,
Now, to assist those that are in misery, ana
to prevent local sickness, do not fail to consult
biz. TOZEh, the well known and eminent
hy ysician of the age. The most astonishing
cares accomplished when all other medical
men fail, and are compelled to refer to one
who has relieved the community from dis
eases that apparently we're beyond medical
skill. JOHN {. ALE>TlNE,
San ranlI>cv, California.
r. Remember, DR. tHAS. II. T0ZER'S
offices are at tho toInrr OF Main ard Bate
near the fostoiliee. Eureka, Ncv.
y. B.-ConSultation at th- office Free:
Olco hours from . \. NJ. to 5 +. NJ.
mylitf CIiAS. Ii. TOZER, NJ. ID.
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PUBLIC EN-.

Col. Forney is writing sketches of
lf.made men, and among others he
eaks Of some who are well known
this part of the country. He says:
Next look down into the Senate, and
st study the men who represent the
oupcr element. There is William NJ &.
ewart. born in New York in 1897, an
lucated man with frontier expert
hce. Two wears poor workman in
g California mines, and then rising
kpidlv from Office to office, till he set-
Ed down, in lS65, Senator from the
pw State of Nevada, from which he
fill soon retire to his magnificent cha
Iau in Washington City. independent
n his lucky ventures in the silver
Hines of the State, and at Il in high
eath, with plenty of money to enjoy
is books and friends. 4 tall. fair
e looks like Saxon chief who has
hst walked out of an ancient picture
nd put on American clothes. There.
bunging on a sofa. is James w. Nve.
Is late colleague. who came into the
3rnate with him in 1863, from the same
cw State of Nevada. and left last
6arch to give way TO the man who is
b. present Congressional curiosity. J.
Jones. Nye was born in New York,
unc 10, 1915. and floated into Nevada
Mr.. Iinco,n's Governor in 1861,
bhcn it was a Territory, after filling Il
kree space in politics in his native
nate. out of the Senate as he is. he is
till the welcome guest of every in
eligent circle. Nvc has been de-
crihed so often that | need only say
hat years seem rather to increase than
s diminish his remarkably handsome
hatures. and to add to the stores of his
Rncqualed Wit and humor.
Everybody is asking for his success
nr. J. p. Jones. \ single man in his
brtv-fourth year. with a large head.
broad brow. keen eve. stout frame. act
Re. ready. with rich. deep voice. he
jeems to have dropped into the Senate
)hll armel. He is WclShman. came
b this country with his parents when
! q WAS le s than a wear old. settled in
be no-thern part of Ohio, went out to
California very Young, engaged i'll
hrnine and minin" in one of the in
Ind counties. which he subsequently
in the Legislature, moved
b Nevada in 1850. and within few
|ears become one cf the richest men in
he country. if not in the world. .iudg-
ng hv the reports of the marvellous
)rofits from celebrated silver mire
bill to be the most productive on
)arth.
California Senators arc of the same
chool. Aaron \. Sargent. born in
Massachusetts. Scptem-
>er 2s. 1927. printer and editor in early
ife. emigratod to California i'll 1870.
leeted to the Thirtv-scventh and For
E-firSt. and re-electol to tn" For
X second Congress, subsoqnent'vtothe
Emitted States Senate tOSuccccd Senator
Colo, taking his seat March !. 1873. He
& one of the ahleSt debaterS in either
elastic. and energetic.
Nr. Sargent tells the story that when
he was a jnurnevmon printer he walked
he streets of Phila1elnhi wi'hOut be-
he able to get employment at his
rale. His colleague. John $. lla@er,
|uccesSor to Eugene CaSsorlv. frc-
|irnodl, is q Democrat, was horn III
Morris county, New Jersey. March -.
ISIS. moved to California in lSio. and
has filled many judicial and political
DtficcS
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MEDICAL.
Dr.. ChaS. H. T0zer.
THE GREAT ERADICATOR
SPECIAL COMPLAINTS!
From San Francisco, California.
DR. TOzER.s EXPERIENCE IS OF
Special Complaints.

- torty years standing. and during that
tline has met with unparalleled success in the
treatment Of all diseases generally known n
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MI.SCELL.i 4 NEOT.S.
Sealed PROPOSALS

WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE
w of the County Clerk of Eureka county.
Nevada, up to and including the 5ih day OF
June, lS1l, for fMrni ,hing medical aid and at
county IN the Hospital, and out of the Hos
pitai within the limits OF the town of Eureka:
said bids to be by the month for the term Of
one year, from ) nnc l., 1871, to June II. lS7i.
None but practicing physicians are solicited
to bid, and each bid must be accomrouirJ bv
the diploma of the physician from some mod
zeal college that he is regularly educated
physician,
Lids will also be received, at the same time
and place, for the care and board of cncb ii"s-
nital ratient per day, which must also include
the Keeping of said Hospital and furnishing
the same with necessary fuel and other cuI-
vcnlcnccs for the comfort of ,bc inmates
The Goard of County Commissioners reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
+. II. ilAhMON, Clerk.
Eureka. Nevada. May &, 1871. nn,i-td