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& low figures-everythingn need
keepers in the Dry Goods and
D, at the GLASS FRONT,
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NOTICES., &c.
40 TONS, OF 224O POUNDS.
Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice that the subscriber of Cecil
county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of said
county letters of Administration the personal estate
of CHARLOTTE MILLER,
late of said county, deceased All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned to exhibit
same with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the the 18th day of May, 1875;
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. All persons indebted to said estate
requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber
Given under my hand, this 18th day of July, 1874.
JOHN f. WILSON,
Administrators of Charlotte Miller, decd.
Test-REUBEN d. JANAR Register.
July IS. 1s7i-6w
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ST. JOHNS COLLEGE,

JAMES M. GARNETT, L L., D., Principal
Opening of Session and Examination Of Candidates
for admission, Monday and Tuesday Sept 2lst and I'D
Terms for hoard ana tuition S275 per nnnum, pay
able semi-annually in advance. SEVERAL STATE SHoL
ARsHIPS VACANT For Catalogues containing full partic
ulars apply to Prot. W. II. HOPKINS Annapolis Nd.
CoLLEdIATE AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE, New
Y Haven, conn.-Fortieth year. Preparatory to Col
-ge the Scientific Schools Business, with system
attic and thorough physical training by military drill
ing, gymnastics, rowing, &c Catalogues sent ap-
plicaton WIN II. RUSSELL, Principal.
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NEV ADTERTfSE,fEN1,s.

DORDENTOWN IN. j. FEMALE COLLEGE,
Dfhoroush instruction l1ealthful and beautiful
location. Ono Of the most carefully .conducted and
best-sus tanned institutions In the State For terms
ETC address REV JOHN IL. GRAKELEY. PHI. D.
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er USJ~ amer made d
&c i EIia, n Saturday mo-, : /,
: the !. L.nd and the M
through tossPtty soon thu
| and drsdginf chine was Gam
I r;u.r Ben Gut"
. i've. !. ,oan,eg dreseing out
Il any any : II. ~ t. t,rnsd out sub
auE slvto he bo,'saaea With melons,
;nasl s'o 10 %. fsp Baltimore, bound
on s gLss, Si Of Ms 1oN, and in
" =" Sie e p.cs Crsk to enter the
~ ,e' s .'a and Dsl,sHs Canal, had lost
and s,s'' =. eap sas' ~ s1. s ase
S sisht bv w ss suv Of bs people on shore and
1 m1eo thy ~ I ,ds , o. beat got under way
for her place of dsllsa.
,1 H BURGLARS :. snl house Of Mr. l. D.
~ C,r tS'a an WEDNESDAY night last. The
49, az, vA va n the scond story porch
s aDd we're si attsmptiug TOBY open the shut
s tsr q st th s''o chamber widow 10, where Mrs.
Jane Falls was sleeping ~ lo'se ""oke
her ad she prepared viii pistol to give
thema hearty reception, =. a,, .oiofea man
sleep,g over the kltonS : " ~" near, nea'a the
noisemade by their atte'i' VI ,ne window
shut,rs and climbing " y, MS window
desc,da to the ground ana M, tapping on
the .anber window wn'' 49, o"i'er was
slcepg reused him up, ,h a' r immediately
, wen 70 the pistol but ale i'ooers had
take tie alarm and sllFlns oo"n to the
3 gro,d, made good th0li sa "', Inc dog
t firsgav the alarm, OulD'' '''onced him
+ by miaile thrown at b. '...u.s -.
byurg.rs, and an att'P' made to carry
, ANY hisafe.
) ,ujckrhreshing.- Wednesday after
non la, our rsporte had occasion to
wit wit ,be:arm of Mr.. CHS McNitt, for the
urpeseS seeing the viking of the new
sean tlesber lately bs'ght by Mr.. Town
end Pole, at Frencha''' His son Solo
: non, sssted by MIR. W. A, Wright, had
it in chrge, and well b they understand
their buuess. The tsins was done by
Perry Clancy, (col'd)d0 has the reputa-
ton Of ling one Of thssst in the county.
At til request of MWright, 1 held
watch ,r the purposf timing it, and
three,rcsssive times fhreshed out and
cleard Two bushels ofar per minute, and
once he same quantiEn forty-five sec
onds The machine is,ive-horse power;
lengtlof climber, sOhches. Mr.. Poole
purched it from Mss. Strickland &
Ash, id it was madsahe establishment
of Mars. Wood, TsmS Morse, Eaton,
N. :, Mr.. Wright sonfdent that he
! can lesh and cleanas bushel of wheat
| per lutte. The msains is now at work
on tearm occupied FMichael Keegan,
Q anday one desiring see first-class
Y piece machinery Shout 60 and look at it.
: r.
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Lister Bones.
THE CHEAPEST!
THE SUREST!
THE BEST!
THE BEST!

We take the following from the Country Gentleman
of May 18th, 1874 which will give proof of what
always claim to do that is to give all customers
MORE FOR THEIR MONEY
THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN TIE TRADE.
The Country Gentleman says I'VE make the fol-
lowing from the first annual report of the New
Jersey Board of Agriculture of 1873 by Pref G.
W. Cook, Rutgers College New Brunswick.
ANALYSIS OF LISTERS GROUND BONES:
Phosphorus Acid. ....................... 1885
Ammonia Observation-Disclosures. .............. 3.36
Soda NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80
Maenesia. Observation-Disclosures. As
Line..... 1.64
Oxide of Iron and Aunina ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .G6
In.olublc 223
Organic Matter other than Ammonia.......... 31.7S
Suphuric Acid. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
1920
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BNo risk in buying of MICHENER &
Co., at Colora. Md, for they always war.
rant their goods. (76
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These are all made from Raw Bones and more or
less animal matter is mixed with them. To keep it
from putreyins Nitre Cake Suphate of Soda from the
Nitric Acid Works is mixed with the ground material
This has the effect of softenng the Bone and render
ing it more soluble Some of the Phosphoric Acid in
each of the specimens is soluble in water and mnch
larger quantity is soluble in solution of Citrate of
Ammonia. Thus the Ground Bone, in trial with
solution of Citrate of Ammonia lib per cent of
Phosp horic Acid and in another trial gave 50 per
of Phosporic Acid Valuing the Ground Bone from
these results, ton should be estimated rs containing
267 o lbs of reverted Phosphorc Acid Sl3.....s3471
IL = lbs. of Ammonia, SIS ................... 1850
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Buy Your Boots and Shoes at bottom
prices, and get Gifts" at
MCCRERY s. BoULDEN's.
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$5151
That is if You went u wholesale druggist to buy the
above at their prices to mix yourself ton of
good manure would cost you. 81
While sell it S3S per ton
This speaks for itself the above analysis is made
by entirely disinterested party and by the RESPONSE
bic head of Agriculture for the State of New jersey
hat better evidence is reIuired1
Mr. Listers factory is for inspection to his GUS
toners hut not those NTH rhOm they rant bHsi
ness. and 10 Irhon then refuse to s>L
The that this Bone can be sold at such low
price is because making Agricultural Bone is with them
secondary business. to up the accumulated stock
of material after making Bone Black for Sugar reiin
cries. of which they perhaps, the largest manutac
turers in the United States.
ASrWe solicit the patronage of the Farmers and
Grangcrs the county and them will do
utmost to give sati-factiNn.
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Local Affairs.

nj D Scott 6 Bro, ADVERT D''' y
w Jesse ]. was a town rst \
'Hs leu cents. law
to - J., invitation Of the se s"atnsr
a ~ 'De Town commississar-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
The Thames Drying UD.

Fearful stories are going about con-
corning the Thames, which famous
stream is said to show strong dispo,
sition to "dry up" Between Tedding-
ton Lock and Richmond bridge the
steady subsistence of the water has
caused great alarm; the present high
water mark is lower than the low-water
mark Of 1872, and in places about Eel
Pie island, where river steamers passed
freely last April, there is now scarcely
depth enough for two Dared gigs and
the lightest skiffs when the tide is low.
Men stand in the river to help boats
across the shoals, boys are seen to walk
across the bed from shore to shore
without wetting their jackets, and at
one point dog was seen to wade over
from Surrey to Middlesex without find
ing occasion to swim. Something is no
doubt due to the want Of rain; but as
the depth Of the river above the locks
is said to have undergone scarcely any
alteration, this cause cannot have much
to do with the extraordinary effect be-
low. The conservators are being urged
to dredge the channel for the conven-
fence Of barges, and this will probably
be done; but deeper channels must be
narrower in proportion, without any in
creased flow Of water, and the days of
boating in the charming reaches be-
tween the Star and Garter and the weir
at Teddington, are, it is to be feared,
fast drawing to close. The theory
that the Thames embankment, by cas-
ing the outpour below Westminster, has
drained the upper parts of the stream,
so far as it is unchecked by locks, is
probably correct, and it may be that
the only way to preserve to the Thames
above Mortlake the characteristics as
cribed to it by the poet
Strong without rage without o'erfowing full,
will be to construct weir some distance
nearer London.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23

gines and the shock of the waves
against the sides. This will be effected
by resting the supports of the saloon
upon massive beds of India rubber, and
thus making it impossible for any vi
bratory motion to be transmitted from
the ship to the saloon. Another i'm
portant study in the construction of
this vessel has been with respect to
ventilation, and in this matter of detail
the most approved method has been
carried into effect. Personal experience
has taught us that the most unpleas-
ant effects are produced by passing
directly from the fresh air into the
stJlffy and vitiated atmosphere between
decks; but the great height and size of
the saloon will enable it to be complete
ly ventilated, and it will be unnecessary
for ladies and delicate persons to re-
main in the worst weather on deck
rather than accept shelter in it. indie
pendently of the perfect level of the
saloon, the thorough ventilation, and
the avoidance of vibratory motion, the
size and form of this steamer, and the
great power of resistance to rolling she
possesses, will insure her the utmost
steadiness among the seas peculiar to
that part of the channel which she is
intended to cross. The resistance her
paddle-wheels offer to rolling, and the
great speed at which she will be driven
will conduce to steadiness, and in addi-
ton, she will have bilge-pieces three
feet wide and nearly hundred long
placed between the two paddle-whee1s
ID 10 I'll ~ I
purposes, she will be a large vessel
floating in comparatively small waves,
with all the motions reduced by special
features in the design; and, SO far as
the saloon is concerned, the rolling or
pitching motion will be practically an
initiated. or very nearly SO. To say
the least, the substitution of vessels of
this type for the present ones will be a
boon for which many travellers will be
truly thankful; and we have not the
smallest doubt that when her capabili-
ties are tested she will be found to
answer in every point the expectations
of those by whom she was designed.
It should be mentioned that the steer
ing apparatus and capstans will all be
worked by hydraulic machinery, all
specially OIuoI0u SLICE Cuo original
drawings were got out. There is little
doubt now that the vessel will be COM
pleted within the month specified, and
as she will be fitted out with engines
and machinery before the launch, she
will make clear away for her trial trip
directly she leaves the yard. The in
terror of the saloon will be magnificent
ly fitted up with carved oak pillars and
cornices, while the side PANELS will be
filed with oil paintinge, which are be-
ing specially prepared in London. In
short, comfort and luxury are the pre-
vailing features of this novel craft, and
if only the sea sickness difficulty can be
thoroughly overcome, the vexed ques-
ton of a speedy and agreeable bridging
of the Straits of Dover will be set at
rest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23

humor, forgot the strange adventure of
the previous evening. Without look
ing at his papers, he laid them together,
and fastened to the chateau in search
of something that would brighten his
drowsy spirits. The coroner was al
ready astir, and waiting for him; and,
while he sat over his morning appe-
tizer, the coroner looked through his
papers. When he came to the petition
of the stranger, the coroner cried out /:
"What nonsence is this? You must
have drunk deep before you went to
sleep last night. Look here, Osepov-
ish, said he tothe surgeon, "see here,
what humorous petition Sevastiano-
vitsch has drawn up"
Hereupon he read the strange petit
ton to the great amusement Of him
self and the surgeon.
"Well, gentlemen" said the coroner,
"we will proceed to the examination
of the body of this loquacious spirit,
and if we meet with no remonstrance
at the first incision, we will bury it
without delay"
The words of the coroner reminded
Senastianovitsch of the past nights ad-
venture, and, although it seemed to him
marvelously strange, the promised fifty
rubles prompted him to entreat the
coroner and surgeon not to open the
body, as, by SO doing, they would in
jure it to such all extent as to render
it useless. He insisted, also, that the
petition should be entered in the pro-
tocol, and that the matter should take
| no oil Nha l.
ceived to this request can be easily
imagined. The body was opened and
examined, and, as no signs of a violent
death were found, it was buried.
The story of the spiritual reclama-
tion became known, and everybody
wanted to see the petition. It was
copied and circulated, and every one
commented on it in his own way.
People who believed in the transmigra-
ton of souls came to horrible conclu-
sions.
With regard to the end of this strange
Incident, accounts do not agree. In a
neighboring village they say that the
soul of John Louis, as soon as the sur
geon touched the body with his scalpel,
reentered it, and that it Immediately
awoke and fled, followed by SEBASTIAN
ovitsch, who, remembering the promis-
ed rubles, cried, at the top of his
voice:
"Stop him! stop the dead mann'
On the other hand, in another village
they say that every day, when Sevas-
tianovitsch sprinkles himself with holy
water, the dead man of Keiensk pays
him visit and says
Ivan Sevastianovitsch, see to it
that | get my body again %
To which Sevastianovitsch replies
cay, ay, yonr affair is getting on"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
of the Telegraph in War.

A very little study Of the wars of the
French revolution, in comparison with
those of our time. will be sufficient to
show what an advantage the telegraph
is to the modern commander. A strik-
ing instance Of the extreme difficulty of
combining the operations of separate
corps or armies in the same theatre G.
war, without the aid of the telegraph,
is afforded by the history of the cam
paign of 1896, in Germany, when Mo
reau and Jourdan were " acting in con-
cert " against the Austrians. The Arch
duke Charles left weak retarding
force in front Of Moreau, while he di-
rected all his available strength against
Jourdan ; and the former general was
actually advancing in triumph through
Southern Germany, under the convic-
ton that his colleague had obtained a
like success to the northward, while the
latter had actually been defeated at
Amberg, Wurzburg and Aschaffenburg,
and driven back upon the Rhine, and
Moreau only heard of his disaster in
time to save his army from destruction
by hurried retreat through the defiles
OF the Black Forest. AS a contrast to
this, let us take the campaign of 1866,
when the two Prussian armies advanced
from separate bases into bohemia, ly-
ing down the lines of the feldtelegraph
as they moved forward, which, being
connected by the permanent telegraph
ic system Of Saxony, kept each army in
constant communication with the other,
and thus enabled them to combine their
operations, and at length to unite with
decisive effect on the battlefield of
Sadowa.-A Il. II. Atteridge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
In Teeth of Fate A..
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELI

BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
Let us sit in our darkening weather,
Dear Heart! alone together
For awhile,
And talk it over bravely,
Nay, lift ne not up that white, sweet smile;
Wen face what is coming bravely Or gravely-
But I can not bear that smile.
No, did not say the dying,
But those departing, flying
Far away.
Smile SO. Come little nearer,
I can better think what had to say.
Ny darling, my darling Stay nearer, be
dearer
We will talk some other day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
The Pebble on the Shore.
BY B. H. SHILLABER.

BY B. H. SHILLABER.
A wanderer upon the strand
Of the wide sea, before him cleaning,
Held in his open, curious hand
A lebble, subject for his dreaming,
Picked from the white encircling sand,
Polished as if by science seeming.
He gazed upon the perfect form,
AS true as though by care invested,
Wrought by the force of many a storm,
That with the shore erewhile contested,
And left, when ceased the conflict warm,
In humble beauty where it rested
It's but a little stone, he said,
'Scarce worth serious inspection, +"
But through his mind the pebble Sped
And walked a train of deep reflection,
Like David's in Goliah's head,
That brought the giant to subsection.
Here is a truth, though simply told;
If this small pebble idly lying,
Had never by the waves been rolled,
Its beauties none would now be spying;
But befouing sand OF mould
Its worth in darkness would be dying.
But, dashing by the restless sea,
1t gained its symmetry, by action;
One round of motion, constantly,
Made it q thing of satisfaction;
This moral lesson teaching me,
That neer will lose it's strong attraction.
Man, but pebble on Times shore,
His soul were dead from hamilton
Though battling waves may chafe it sore,
And make it's lot vexed condition,
If by the trial shines the more.
Feeding the polish of attrition.
And all the beauty that it knows,
Drawn fourth by soil in mercy given,
Upon the shore in brightness shows,
Bright in degree that is has striven;
At last in Gods own hand it gloWs,
A jewel lit to set in heaven"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Shooting a Stuffed Squirrel.

There is in the neighborhood of
Rldgewood an old gentleman who was
once Nimrod among the hunters. He
could shoot out a squirrels eye from
the top of the tallest hickory, nine shots
to his skill. He has been renewing the
sports of his youth for the past few
weeks, but as squirrels were scarce, and
his eyesight was dim, his game bag was
not well filled on his return home He
has a miscellaneous rascal of grandson,
who would ever play pranks on him,
and as he was meandering through the
woods day before yesterday, the young
ster got into the path before him and
perched stuffed squirrel on the limb
of tree, tying it fast. AS the old man
came near, the youngster showed him
self and called attention to the squirrel.
The old man looked. "Sure enough
there is a SQUIRREL" he remarked. "Be
still !; I'll fetch him." And taking care
full aim he drew the trigger. When the
smoke blew away there was the squirrel
with his tail over his back, not in the
least disturbed. The old man loaded
his gun with great care and blazed
away again. The squirrel stood this
fire with as much equanimity as the
first, only that his tail seemed to be
broken and fallen over his side.
The old man was nonplussed. He did
not, however, see his grandson, who
was rolling in commissions of laughter
behind a convenient log. He had be-
come warmed up to the sport and
thought of nothing else but fetching
that squirrel. The third shot cut the
cord that bound the squirrel to the
tree and he fell, not with the usual
heavy thud SO we'll known to sportsmen,
but bouncing several feet into the air.
This reused the old mans suspicious,
and, going up to it, he found the true
nature Of the sell. His change of posi-
ton brought him in full view of his af-
fectionate grandson, who was tearing
up the ground in his effort to laugh
without making a noise. A realizing
sense Of the situation crept over the
mind Of the venerable man. He cast
his eyes on the ground they fell on
piece Of single, which he picked up,
and approaching the convulsed boy IN
awares, he affectionately famed him a
couple Of times on the seat Of his
breeches. This brought the youngster
to a perpendicular, and he took to his
heels, thereby escaping more loving
demonstrations. The old gentleman
could not help relishing the joke, and
tells the circumstance with greater good
will than one would suppose. The boy
is just ten years old, and his grand
father declares that he will at some
time be President of the United States.
He now has most unbounded faith in
the ahilitv of that hOv-E Ia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23
Marriage of a Centenarian,

Cornelius Jackson, colored, aged one
hundred years, resident of lansing
burg, was married Wednesday at the
hotel of Salisbury, in Mechanicville, by
Rev. c. D. Flagler, to Diana Williams.
of the latter place. Jackson was born
in Waterford i'll 1774, and until the
emancipation of the colored race from
servitude, was slave. He was first
owned by Hugh Pebbles, of Lansing
burg, then by the Leversees, of the
same place, then by Mr.. Rice, Of White
hall, and lastly by Mr.. Becker, Of
Saltwater. He is we'll preserved
specimen of mankind, Notwithstanding
his remarkable age, as his marriage to
a stout, buxom woman would seem to
indicate. He doesn't look day older
than eighty years of age. But how few
even would think upon entering upon
the duties of matrimony at that time of
life, and rearing a large and promising
family of children? Troy Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23

A cHIRoPoD1sT in San Francisco swal-
lowed some of the acid with which he
killed corns, and it killed him. ).
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23

KENTUCKY now produces more MUIR
ders than any other State.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-23


any aid to the four enormous paddle
wheels by which the vessel will be pro-
PEELED; but very recently it has been
decided to fix light mast with sails at
each end, which will tend to improve
the appearance of the steamer, and
probably assist in securing that passivi-
ty among the channel waves which is
the chief aim of the designers Speak
ing of this great essential quality of the
vessel, namely, the avoidance of the
pitching and rolling motions, which are
the principal causes of seasickness, we
are bound to admit that, SO far as we
can now see, the promoters OF this
scheme have succeeded to a nicely.
The saloon is in the middle of the ship,
as regards length and breadth, and the
axis of rotation is at a height where
there is the least motion; SO that with
reference to it's position it is enc IN
which the vertical and lateral motions
produced In every part of the ship by
tne pitching and rolling will be SO small
aSS TO be inappreciable. It is contended,
IN reply to certain directors, that the
onward motion of vessel has little Or
no effect, so far as sickness is concern
ed; for though in railway travelling the
speed is considerably greater, yet cases
OF Inconvenience in that respect are the
exception, and not the rule. To coun-
teract the vertical and lateral motions,
therefore, has been the main object of
the designers of the Bessemer steamer,
and in addition to the swing saloon, the
floor of which will always be kept at a
dead level, care has been taken to guard
against the tremulous motions common
to steamers by the working of the en-