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once. ui1n Golden afsainoon.
WIKI iNi'tni nqes and hearts Ia tune.
Two IQ<.1 LOVERS ~ dreaming mood
Ihfeatad rural solitude,
Wholly happy. they only knew
Thai lhs easih was bright and the sky was blue
tksfms he way As t6e ss' pa ~ i Along ss
The tI N4a us1zant with the woodland scents
me s4gifIel il.skea on ne Iesdslds isnee--
Qassisi dc curious b0nolink.
fen1inFeiid peeflnE with gdeicng bead,
z szassl, 4 asisss!onans az lhsy .sa
And nli eiaa nature reloiced wiih them.
ozes ihs odorous iielis were shvwn
Niitinx vinlpya Of grAN new innwn.
And rosy hiiioNs d bloom
sqfNed g NE sunshine and breaihed perfume
swinging tow on d slender limb,
The sparrow warlled his wedding hymn.
And balancing on hleckbefry hrier
41e b9neiink sung with h.a heart on trc--
Do ifi do Il You coward. yoes
ks her kiAs heri Who will sec
only We shEse. We three We three
Thlengh din vlsias Of sweel-hreaihed pines.
fsst Wide meadow .1elds. lately moved.
The lovers followed it listening Sill
And. loliering slowly, A. lovers win,
Entered sTny Iooied bridge that lay
Under ~ arch stpnogh. brown stream.
SNeuiN llided with CLINT and CLEAN.
shaaed ~ graceful elms which spread
The stream - narrow, the houghs 50 wide,
They met and mingled across the tide,
Aiders loved tt and seemed 10 keep
Patient watch a. II lay asleep,
Mirroring clearly the tfees and sky,
and the hitting form Of the dragon hy--
Save where the swin- winged swallows played
In and out In the sun and shade
And darling and citciing In merry chase,
Dipped and dimpled It's clear. dark ace
FlutteFing lightly from brink 10 brink
Followed the gArl1lous bobolink.
Rnllyine loudly with mlrthftil din,
The pair who fingered unseen within. f4Ff
And when frnn the friendly bridge ~ t1st
Into the road beyond they passed.
Again beside them the teinpler went
Keeping the thread Of his Argument s.
kiss herl kiss her Qhink-a-chee-chec
I'd not mention I'll Don't mind mos
III be sentinel--I can see
All around from this tall beach tree" :
Hut all they ncted-u0r deemed i strangc-
Ia his Fniheklng chorus tIiting change-
30 i'll do fts'-with might and main
Warbied the tell tale-'Do il againr
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-05

II j. stated chat not less than, / 900 900
trees Of the Eacalyptss Glo5uin have
been planted ii California Near Hay
ward, about 10000 were planted BY tie
Sure}oE- General, and though bui Eve
years Old, stiII many Of them aro forty
q iiily feet high This tree grows the
sallest n N known trees
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-05
TO FARMERS
|" EXCELSIOR"

TINE most concentrated, universal and da
4 rahle fertilizer ever offered to farmers
combining all the stimulating qualities Of Pc.
ruyian Guano, and the ever-durable lertilizinq
properties Of Bones In fine dry powder,
prepared expressly for drilling, and can be
applied in any quantity, however small, per
acre. 1t is the opinion of many close calcu.
lating farmers, after SEVENTEENYEARS'
experience IN testing il side by side with 9th.
Or popular fertilizers. that an application Of
l00pounds Of Excelsior is equal 10 from 200 to
compounds ofany other fertilizer or guano, aud
therefore fully 100 10 200 per cent. cheaper.
UNIFORMITY OF Quality GUAR.
ANTEED BY THE MANUFACTURERS.
Bar Farmers shonR see that erey Bag is
branded as ADORE, rith The ANALT and
OUR NAME IN RED LETTERS. Al
Others are couaterteits,
PRICE S55 PER TON.
J.. J. TURNER 4 Co,
mar ~. an, 81 40 Pratt q O.i,;rnara
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/! LUMBER |!

~ 49, ~ Tvs I'LL
10 - ss
I HAVE just returned from the Lumber
Il Rcgions--and am now receiving the lar.
gest selection Of LUMBER ever offered at
this place, at Reduced Prices, consisting Of
Yellow Pine, Spruce and Hemloek
J0IsT AND SCANTLING
Of all lengths and sizes, ~. "a. Ga and s.4
White Pine Boards and Plank, yellow and
White Pine Flooring Dressed and Undressed
Notwithstanding, 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.
nu, Rails and Posts. Also all the different
KINDS OF COAL,
Thinking large sales with small profits bet.
ter than small sales with large profits, | have
concluded to adopt the former as INV guide.
and hope ! shall be enabled TO carry Il 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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Lovers of Good Bread.

TRY the Gem brand o. Flour made under
- the new process. The first ever intro.
daeed IN this market. Superior to any other.
For sale BY
my y. 3. sT0IfPFRR
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FOR SHERIFF..


A PPLY 10
"A JOHN L. REIFSNIDER.
President Westminster Gas Light Co.
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JOSEPH M. PARKE,
A. H. ROBERTSON,

ATTORNEY -AT-LAw.
Office with Hon. VIM. p. Mauslby, Main
street, opposite Court.
mar q mos
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FURNITURE AND STOVES.
LOOK AT THIS.

GuN Smithing; Sewing Machines repair.
~ ed; also, Door and other Locks. Keys.
Knobs, &e ''s''
JOHN W. KNIGHT,
Pennsylvania Avenue, near Yinglinv's Store
may y Westminster
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CIRCUIT & REIFsNIpER
"A TTORNEKS-ATLAW AND "a
LiCITORS IN CHANCERT.
WESTMINSTER, Nh.

WE have formed copartnership in the
W practice Of Law in the Courts of Car.
roll and Howard counties, and will promntlv
attend TO all business entrusted TO our care.
Particular attention paid to Collections and
procuring DEGREES for the sale of Real Estate,
Also, Applications Filed for Back Paw and
Bounty due heirs Of deceased soldiers.
otfife adjoining the residence of CnAs. T.
"A''SS'phH' no Soft
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MILTON wHIrxgr. l. h rEARsos' IN.
WHITNEY & PEARSON, Jr.

HAvE entered into partnership for the
III practice OF law in Carroll county, and and
all the courts ofthe State. Mr.. whitney Will
come from Baltimore to Westminster when
ever il may Unnecessary for the trial OF cases !
and his opinion and advice can be had at any
time by calling at the Office, directly opposite
Wheeler's Hotel, Main 81. Westminster
aug ltf
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DANIEL G. WRIGHT,

ATTORNEl.ATLAW.
sasA Office 81 Lexington street, Baltimore,
Md. nov Is, 1859
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Bilious, REMITTENT AND Iyrn.
MITTENT FEyFRs
Dr. ]. Walkers YilPGal Bitter

AS they will speedily remove the dark,colo,,J
viscid matter with which the bowels are M
ed, at the same time stimulating the ,pt,,
tons Of the liver, aud generally restoring 4,
healthy functions ofthc digestive orgaus
Fortiiy the Body against Disease,
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PRICE Sc ZEE TON.

j. J. TURNER 4 CO.,
mar 20.9m ~ Pratt St., Baltimore.
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GRATEFUL THOUSAND
Proclaim the Vinegar Fi,ters the
Most Wonderful InvigOranI

That ever sustained the sinking sys,u
No person can take these Bitters a,,,,s.
TO directions, and remain long unwsI -
vided their bones are not DESTROYED |, ~
eral poison or other means, and vital ~,
wasted beyond fepair.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
Great Bank Robbery Attempted.

The boldest and most successfully plan
ned attempt to rob bank ever made in
this section of the country was discovered
in the First National bank Of CovingtOn,
Ky., across the Ohio river from Cincinna-
tia, Thursday morning The bank is situa-
ted on the corner of Fifth and Madison
streets. Odd Fellows Hall, which occupies
the entire second story of the building.
The burglars forged keys to open the doors
TO the hall and removed the flooring above
TIE bank vault, which was covered with a
conerete of bricks, cement and plates OF
of poiler iron, in all over three feet thick.
This work must have occupied several
nights, but the final plate was not cut
through till last night. The burglars used
powerful pneumatic engine to drive the
drills, of which they were supplied with
several dozen, of all sizes, from those used
bv watchmakers and dentists to the largest
calibre. They worked under the safeguard
Of lookout man, who occupied station
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
The Work of Insects.

The following calculation shows the i'm
mense value of tiny insects and worms.
Great Britain pays annually one million
dollars for the dried bodies of the insect
known as the cochineal while another,
peculiar to Indian-gum chellal, or rather
its productions scarcely less valuable.
More than fifteen hundred thousand hu-
man beings derive their sole support from
the culture and manufacture of the fbres
spun by the silk worm, of which the annual
circulating medium is about two hundred
millions of dollars. In England alone, to
say nothing Of the other parts of Europe,
five hundred thousand dollars are spent
every year in the purchase of foreign honey,
while the value of that which is native is
not mentioned and this does not include
the ten thousand pounds of wax imported
annually. Besides, there are the nut gals,
used in making ink the cantharides, or
Spanish fly, used in medicine. Nearly every
insect known contributes, in some way, to
swell commercial profits. Even the dread
ed Colorado potato bug may become use
full, as will be seen from the following note
which We clip from an exchange =
"An order just received from chemi-
cal manufacturing firm of indianapolis for
one thousand pounds of potato bugs may
be classed as one of the curiosities of com
merce. 1t has been discovered that these
insects possess qualities which make a good
substitute for the Spanish fly"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
Driving Fence Posts.

4 neighbor told me how to make board
fence rapidly and chcaply last year. He
and his hired man went to the field where
the fence-posts with ends slightly sharpened
were lying along the line of the proposed
fence One man stood on platform two
and half feet high, and with heavy NAL
lets drove the posts as the other held them
in position. Eighty posts were thus put
down three feet deep in one afternoon.
The ground was free from large stones,
and the time selected was just after frost
had left the ground in the Spring. The
posts were white oak, and did not split by
being driven. The ground was so soft
that severe pounding was not necessary,
and doubtless softer wood might have been
used The fence stood frmer than where
holes had been dug and the posts regularly
set. 1t is possible this method could be
adopted on soils where there are some
stones by working a crowbar down through
the soft earth to the required depth, shov-
ing aside the stones before the post is driy-
en- down. Two stakes driven down side by
side, with room for rails between and wired
at top, make an excellent and cheap tenn
porary fence, and post driven or set three
feet, with stake beside and wired to it to
hold the rails, make fence both cheap
and durable, by driving the stake into the
ground twelve to fifteen inches, only one
wire will be needed, and that at or near
the top. Such fence takes little room,
and by using old rails and pieces of rails
need cost but little money. 1t is less Ii
able to sag than the ordinary board fence
made in the usual way.-Ecchange.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

across the street from the bank and COM
municated with his pals by cord laid
like telegraph wire between the ceiling
and floor of the bank and the hall above.
They had rope ladders prepared and at
tached to the back windows of the hall to
facilitate escape in case of being cut off at
the front. They had finely tempered we'd
ges of all sizes and leaden mallets to drive
them between the doors of the safe, and af-
ter reaching the interior of the vault in
which the burglar proof safe containing the
treasure was kept, they encountered the
first serious opposition. Here their skill
and ingenuity were put to the severest test,
for they could not have commenced final
operations till two or three o'clock this
morning, as the hall occupied by the lodge
until long after one o'clock. The drills
and wedges were used on the safe, and four
cans of powder containing one pound each
were used in the effort to blow it open.
The rivets were sprung and the seams
all started. Terrific explosions were heard
during the night, but the cause was not
suspected, nor was any discovery made un-
til the bank was opened for business this
morning. All the plaster had fallen from
the ceiling by the force of the conclusion,
and the entire outfit of the burglars was
found, indicating a precipitate flight just
on the verge of a tremendous success, for
few more blasts would have burst the
safe, and the millions it contained would
have been left bare to the eager clutch Of
the gang.
The safe contained large number of
private deposits of bands and considerable
specie, besides the large funds of the bank
which the officers will not enumerate now
that they have escaped the tremendous
loss. The treasure was only reached to-
night, by experts from the manufactures
of this city, as the safe was so twisted by
the blasts as to defy opening by the lock
The burglars outfit of tools and apparatus
is valued at 81 900.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
The Economies of Life.

The largest item in your table expenses
is meat. Beef is high. In our city mar
kets a good steak is worth from twenty to
thirty cents per pound. Beef steak for
your family alone would cost, for breakfast
and supper, more than two dollars, and
then if you had roast of sirloin for dinner,
that would cost nearly as much more. SO
if that's the right way to live, you are
managing well to get on with that six hun
dred dollars yer year.
But do you know that there are only
about sixty pounds of the sirloin which is
used for roast and steaks, in an OK weigh
ing 500 pounds? There are other parts
of the animal-good solid meat-which sell
for five cents pound. Portions of the
neck, which, when properly cooked, are the
most substantial and nourishing parts of
the carcass, are sold for four or FIVE cents
pound. One pound of this cut into small
pieces and boiled two hours in three quarts
of water, in close vessel, with five cents
worth of potatoes, turnips, parsnips and
carrots, with salt and pepper, and some
savory herb, would make a splendid dinner
for all of you. Lay bits of toasted bread
upon the platter, and then pour on your
stew. That's dinner fit for king.
Everybody likes variety. Well, purchase
next day knukle Of veal, which will cost
you all told ten cents, and which your wife
will treat in the same manner as the beef,
except that she will leave out the carrots
and parsnips and put in bits of toasted
bread or dumplings.
Then next try bit Of the fore-shoulder
of a sheep, which is very cheap. When
mutton chops were selling for twenty cents
a pound, [ have seen mutton foreshoulder,
of fair quality, selling for two cents. 1t is
a part which is always very cheap. Cut
up into bits, and cooked as above, a grand
dinner for eight members Of your family
can be got up for quarter of a dollar.
Any of these stews may be made into a
meat pie, by way of variety.
L have given these by way of illustration
You needn't have the same dinner twice a
month. Fish may be employed occasional
ly, and some excellent sorts are very cheap.
-Dio Louis.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
The Preservation of Smoked Meat.

Professor Nessler says that the keeping
qualities of smoked meat do not depend
upon the amount of smoking, but upon the
uniform and proper drying of the meat.
1t is of considerable advantage also to roll
the meat on its removal from the salt be-
sore smoking in sawdust or bran. BY this
means the crust formed in smoking will
not be so thick, and if moisture condenses
upon the meat it remains in the bran, the
brown coloring matter of the smoke not
penetrating. The best place to keep the
meat is in smoke-house in which it re-
mains dry, without drying out entirely as
it does when hung in chimney.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
New Race in Africa.

DR.. Gerhard Rohlfs, the African explo-
rer, recently delivered lecture at Colog-
ne on the last part of his journey from
Tripoli to the coast of Guinea which is of
particular scientific interest. He treated
in detail the state of civilization of the En-
pire of Bornu (situated near Lake Tsad)
and its capital (Kuka), and it appears that
the negro tribes that inhabit those
parts highly civilized, in fact much more
so than most other tribes in Northern
Africa. From Kuka DR.. Rohlfs went to
Mandara which is situated south of Pornu,
and then entered the districts of the Bullo
Cor Fulio) tribes he found the inhabitants
to be of light yellow, almost white COM
plexion, and surprising even Europeans
with regard to beauty of form and growth
Dr. Rohlfs then descended the Tshadda
river down to where this joins the Niger,
and was Hospitality received by the English
colonists at Lokoja from here he visited a
a negro country in western direction,
then passed the Kong Mountains, and sue
cessfully traced his way through the thick
tropical forests to the coast, which he
reached near Lagos
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15
Cost of Fences in the United States.

In commenting upon this subject the
Country Gentleman says: Taking the
returns of the National Agricultural De
partment as our guide, we find some Gu
rious items in regard to fences and their
cost From these returns it would seem
that the cost of our fences is about the
same as the amount of our interest-bearing
national debt that for each one hundred
dollars invested in live stock, we invest an
other hundred in fences, either to keep
them in or out. The estimated annual
cost of repairs, with interest upon capital
invested in the fences, is estimated at $780,
100000. In Pennsylvania the returns in
dicate that each hundred acres Of inclosed
land has an average of 955 rods of fence,
at cost Of S1.20 per rod, or 81, Jag. This,
it must be remembered, is only an average,
and that in many portions of the State the
amount is much greater. The cost per
red various from y cents in Florida to
1920 in Rhode Island. The amount to
each 100 acres varies from 400 rods in
Minnesota, Nevada, and Louisiana, to !, :
900 in Rhode Island In Pennsylvania it
would seem that of the fences 67 per cent.
were "Virginia" worm fence, II post and
rail, II of board, and per cent. of "other
kinds" In the same States "A per cent
of the openings are closed by gates, and 76
por cent. by bars, and the average cost of
the farmer is S455. The returns state ::
''The average proportion of bars in the
whole country is about 53 per cent, of
gaps 43, leaving Z per cent. of openings for
slip-gaps, or other modes of entrance" The
report very truly says, with regard to the
sum total of the cost of fences "Experi-
ment has proven that at least half this ex-
pense is unnecessary The report furn-
ishes material for the careful consideration
of farmers
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

a correspondent Of the Scientific 4mer-
ica@ says "The best simple remedy I
have found for surface wounds, such as
cuts, abrasions of the skin, etc, is char
coal. Take coal from the stove, pulvcr-
ize it, apply it to the wound, and then COW
er the whole with rag. The charcoal
absorbs the fluids secreted by the wound,
and lays the foundation Of the scab it also
prevents the rag from irritating the Hesb,
and it is antiseptic."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

The Farmers and Mechanics bank of
Shippensburg suspended payment, last week
Its liabilities are understood to be about
100000. 1t was chartered twenty years
ago, under the State laws; and was conduc-
ted as a bank Tissue until the national
banking laws went into effect, since which
time it has been conducted as bank of
deposit only. The stockholders are indivi-
dually liable, and depositors viii lose moth
ing. Large loans to favored borrowers on
real estate security caused the suspension.
There is possibility that the concern will
be able to settle in full and resume busi-
ness.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

Mrs. Ehzabath Tabor, of Homeybrook
township, Chester county, filed her ice
house with ice tHenty-four inches thick,
clear and solid, on the 25th of March. So
uncommon an occurrence is worthy of re-
cord.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

Mrs. Osen, Of Salt Lake, makes pub
lie declaration that in her opinion polygamy
Is as good for men, and that she should
like three husbands-one to live with and
love, and the other two to help support
her.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

A man in Chester county has been ar
rested for refusing to pay road tax, Prob
ably the highways were not kept in such
order as suited him.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-15

Are we men, or are we jackasses ?"
shriekcd a member Of the North Carolina
Legislature. We answer emphatiealy,
''You are.