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TO FARMERS

MORNING the most concentrated, uniyer-
~ sal and durable fertilizer ever offered to
the farmer--combining all the stimulating
qualities Of Peruvian Gnano, and the ever du
rable fertilizing properties Of Bones. In fine
dry powder, prepared expressly for drilling.
After eighteen years experience by the
Farmers Of Maryland and Virginia in the use
Of F" EXCELSIOR" it is their unanimous opin-
ion that an application Of 100 pounds of Sex
cELsIoR" is equal to from 200 to 800 pounds
Of any other fertilizer or gnano, and therefore
fully 100 per cent. cheaper.
Uniformity Of quality guaranteed by the
manufacturers.
ne4sFarners should see that every Bag is
branded as above, with the Analysis and our
name in red letter.. All others are counter.
feits.
PRICE $50 PER TON.
J. j. TURNER & CO.,
~ Pratt st., Baltimore
For sale by f. S. STOUFFER,
mar II BIN Westminster, Nd
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There are two small wars in the world
at this time IN which Gohammedans are
ranged against Christians--the Turkish
war in Herzegovina and the Egyptian war
in Abyssinia
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ANALYSIS.
TO FARMERS.
SMITHS RAW BONE PHOSPHATE


OUR facilities for manufacturing purposes
" as previously announced, have been
largely increased. We are fully prepared
now to offer to the public a
Valuable and Reliable Fertilizer,
adapted to all agricultural products and guar
anteed to compete in quality, uniformity and
durability, with any Phosphate in the market.
1t is put up in bags, expressly prepared for
drilling, and can be applied in quantities how
ever small per acre. Our terms are $3.50
Cash, or note for 80 or go days with interest
We also make a speciality in various kinds Of
Bone, such as Western Bone, ]. NJ. Bullock's
Bone and Texas Bone and Meat. We keep
constantly on hand and for sale at the lowest
cash prices, Oil of Vitriol, Ground Salt Cake,
Ammonia, Potash, Nitrate Of Soda, Charles
ton Guano, Plaster, &C., all Of which can be
had either at our Factory in New Windsor,
Nd, or at our Branch House, in Aberdeen,
Nd. Our Phosphate and Fertilizing supplies
have been extensively used in the middle and
southern States, where they have given gen.
eral satisfaction. We invite the inquiry Of
the Farmers either by person or letter, which
will be met with our usual promptness.
Respectfully,
mar 1s-tf j. j. SMITH 4 SON.
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esofnct has been concluded with the
|1eat Iron Works Of Richmond, Va,
'>i'z nd trimmings for 125 miles Of
@|'qsAern Pacific Railway.
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~ ns Kirkus, Rector Of Christ Epis-
1a| (1rvh, in Baltimore, has resigned,
lIi8A Church views being distasteful
I||s consregation. He was called TO Bal
i aqf4 rom the Assistant Rcctorship Of
slaeIt Ehurch, ia Now York.
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Notice to Creslitors.

T1HIS Is to give notice, that The subscriber
u has obtained from the Orphans Court
Of carroll county, letters 1T Administration
on thu Personal Estate Of x,
EATHARINE FRIzzELI.
late Of Cavoll county, deceased. An per
SONS having llaims against the deceased arc
hereby warned to exhibit the same With The
vouchers theieof legally authenticated to the
subscriber on Or before the 9Th day Of Norem.
Der next; they mag otherwise By INV ~ exc|nr
ded from al benefit Of said estate. Those hi
debted are requested b make iaimedi4'o pay
ment
1873.
apr 8'dt Administration,
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~ w home Of Horace Greeley, at
|Ipaqaa, N. Y,was burned down on
dsy - last week.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-04-22

Ihe zEsan,ship France, Of the French
's|,ta||aatic line, arrived at Philadelphia
edVcsday, irow Havre, with 1000
q a|ea*uremcnt Of goods for the Expo
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Ne pngers Of the United States have
t|oO,0D0 invested in their various
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MoRTGAGEE's SALE
Attft tin OF
Dwelling Houses & Lots
X rur CRY OF WESTMINSTER.

IN TUE CITY OF WESTMINSTER.
VNHE undersigned, Mortgage, by virtue OF
- power Of sale contained in mortgage
from Granville Wilson and Ann Wilson, his
wife, to him, bearing date April 10, 1916, and
recorded among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records of Carroll county, in Liber +. 7. s.,
No. 8, Folio 5I8, lse., will sell at public sale,
TO the highest bidder, at the Court House
door, in the City Of Westminster, on
Saturday, the Oh day Of May, a. d. 1876,
at o'clock, p. m, precisely, the following
Houses and Lots, to-wit:
LIST. A Lot containing
$500 SQUARE FEET OF LAND,
more or less, being the same which was con-
yeyed to the said Granville Wilson by John
Q. Erizell and wife, by deed, dated December
~, 1872, aud is recorded among the Land
Records Of Carroll county, in Liber J. b. b.,
No. ~, Folio So, &c., being Lot No. of
''Frizclrs Addition TO Westminster" This
Lot is ON the corner of Green and Centre
Streets, and is directly opposite the Central
School House.
I'd. A Lot of Land consisting of
ONE-EIGHTH OF AN ACRE,
more or less, being the one.haf of Lot No.
y, on the plat Of the City of Westminster,
and is subject to ground rent Of fifty cents
per annum.
Sd. A Lot Of Land consisting Of
ONE-EIGHTH OF AN ACRE,
more or less, being the one half Of Lot No.
ID, on the plat Of the City of Westminster,
and is subject TO ground rent of fifty cents
per annum. These two lots adioin each other,
and the one is improved by
LOG DWELLING HOUSE, A%A-A
"a stories high, and is now oc- sss "a
cupied by Mrs. Hill, and both
these lots were conveyed to the said Granville
Wilson by William Adams and Wife, by deed
dated December ~, 1873, and recorded
among the Land Records Of Carroll county,
in Liber j. B. b. No. AZ, Folio 1856, &c. and
are situate on Green Street, near the w FASH
ington Road
18th. A Lot Of Land consisting Of
ONE-EIGHTH OF AN ACRE,
more or less. The Improvements thereon
49,, consist Of a comfortable and
&a,S newly built Weatherboarded
MI YnIsA DWELLING HOUSE, 2! sto.
szlI4se3sEa24 ries high, pump, with excellent
water at the door; garden, fruit trees, &C.,
and is the same which was conveyed to the
said Granville Wilson by John T.. Smith,
Trustee of Jacob Reese, by deed, dated April
10, 1875, and recorded among the Land Rec.
ords Of Carroll county, in Liber +. I. s., No.
As, Folio 1903, &c. This property is on Penn
sylyania Avenue, and is now in the occupancy
of Hall Brown, and is subject to an annual
ground rent of ten dollars and fifty cents.
Terms Of Saie-One-thir cash on the day
Of sale, or on the ratification thereof, one
third in twelve months, and the other one.
third in two years from the day of sale, the
credit payments to be secured by notes Of the
purchaser or purchasers, with approved Sc
curity, bearing interest from the day of sale.
Ground rents and taxes paid up to the day
Of sale.
UPTON R00P, Mortgage.
Chas. I. Reifsnider, Solicitor. ap lots
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF A VALUABLE
WOOD LOT and HOUSE and LOT,
Near Onion Bridge, Carroll Co., Nd.

PY virtue of an order of the Orphans
- Court of Carroll county, the Undersigned,
Administrator de bonis non cum testamento
annexo, will expose to sale by public auction,
on the premises, on i
81 TURDAK Tie Gh DAY Of MAY,
1876, at u O'Clock, NJ, the following describ.
ed property.
First: K WOOD LOT, lying in Carroll
county, in Union Bridge district and adjoin-
ing the lands Of Hiram Davis, Frank Englar
and others, and containing
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-04-22
8 Acres, Sc Perches of Land,

more or less This lot is eligibly situated,
being only about half mile from Union Bridge,
and is particularly valuable for the fine timber
upon it, and besides, the soil is Of the best
quality, being the same land which Singleton
Hughes, late of Carroll county, deceased, OBJ
tanned from Jacob NJ. Bollinger and wife, by
deed dated 18th Of June, 1861, and recorded
among the land records of Carroll county, in
liber g. f. W, No. %, folio 200.
Second Lot is situate in Carroll county,
and lying on the road leading from Union
Bridge to Uniontown, and adjoining the lands
of Nathan Haines, Samuel Row and others,
and is about /! miles from Union Bridge.
This lot contains
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ALE.

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
A New Capitalist.

He didn't look as if his pockets held
fifty cents, but a rich man has a right to
dress as he chooses. He loafed up
Griswold street until he saw the right
sort Of a face, and then he ask ed. "Can
you show me a bank?"
"Yes, Sir; three doors below, or Just
across the street, or right back there"
Thanks. I'd like to put some money
in some bank, but Pm little afraid of
banks. always did prefer a note of
hand to bank"
The citizen pricked up his ears and
asked: "You have some money to lend,
have you"
"a trifle," was the answer. "Do you
know of anybody who'd like to take
some and give me note for year at
seven per cent? think of going to
Mexico for while"
Lets see?" unused the citizen, az
don't know but I'd take some myself"
"Lemme get a drink and then well
tdlkp SdIu tHe stranger.
ayes, certainly; come on" replied the
citizen, and the two went into basement.
Drinks were ordered by the citi-
zen, one after another, until his shin
plasters felt lonely. He said he could
make good use Of a few thousand dollars
for year, and some of his friends
might also take a few thousand more.
The stranger put down gin, whisky.
lager, and brandy until his legs gave
out. The citizen laid him on a bench
and tried to sober him. bnt the fellow
went dead asleep while they were irving
to force vinegar down his throat. The
bar-keeper said he was an old loafer, and
n policeman WAS sent for to take him TO
the station. When they got him down
there and searched him. they found four
cents, hacked comb, and door
key in his pockets, and the citizen who
wanted to borrow n few thousand dol.
lars went to see if the mail had come in
i Detroit Free Press.
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JOSEPH WELLS.
Hunting the Tigers and the Tigers
Hunting.

[Dr. RusselPs Correspondence for the London
Times, about the Prince Of Wales Hunting
Scrapes.l
The number of tigers killed shows
how plentiful the beasts are. Saturday
was blank day, for the Prince and his
party, returned to camp without having
had any sport, though led by Sir Jung
himself 1t appears that the camp ele-
plants and camels had got on the ground
and spoilt the shooting. The second
party which went ont for general shoot
ing. in charge Of Mr.. Moore, Magis-
trate of Bareilly, was more fortunate.
In beating across grassy plain they
came upon a fine tiger. which was max
ing for the jungle, when Mr.. Moore fir
ed at and hit il. Az they closed on in
pursuit the tiger turned on the elephants,
sprang on the head and side OF Mr.
RObinson's, placing one claw on the
rife, so that he cnnld not fire, and the
other oD the hnwJah door, and tearing
the mahout's leg. The eleghant swung
dTOHHls l1t HOWuslI uttlT new DptHs anu
the tiger fell of, but sprang at the ele.
phaht again and clawed il crnell7, till
it was kicked off by the frightened
beast. 1t then leaped mp at once on the
head Of Colonel Ellis elephants. and
was tearing the mahout down, when
Colonel Ellis. leaning down over the
howdab, coolly fired, with the muzzle
almost touching the tiger, which drop
ped dying on the ground, but not till it
had lacerated the mans knee ami log.
Surgeon Kellett dressed the mans
wounds on the spot, and the injured
elephants were sent back TO camp. An
other tiger was started, and killed in
the open half an hour afterwards. In
dian sPortsmen pride themselves on stop
ping tiger before it can injure mahout
or elephant; but in the present case the
grass was so long, and the charges were
so sudden, that il was scarcely possible
to do so. All this took but few sec
onds, and was most exciting while il
lasted
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
MISCELLANY.
Origin of MeteOrites.

DR.. Mohr, from the analysis of me-
teorites, deduces the following, that the
view maintained that meteorites were
prniectiles from the moon in which vol
canoes were recognized, is quite untena-
Bile. 1t is fatal to this theory that the
meteorires coincide with the periodical
ly recurring swarm of shooting stars,
which have a planetary orbit IN space,
because meteorites display no igneous
structure, and cannot, consequently,
have sprung from a volcano. The con-
stituents of meteorites, DR.. Mohr aAirms,
such as olievine, augite. anorthite, and
their organic matter, prove that these
bodies must have been formed upon
planet, warmed by the sun in absolute
rest, and in the lapse of an enormous
length Of time, like the terrestrial sill
Gates. Under what circumstances this
planet has been shivered in fragments
cannot be known. It must have had
large collection of waters, sea, which
has likewise been dispersed, and which
is to he found in metenric swarms and
in comets. One regularity of meteor
ties, DIR. Mohr insists, is this, that when
compared with our own terrestrial sub
stances, we find in the former more pro-
ductions of reduction. Thus in meteor
ties there is no ferric oxide, bnt metal
lie iron, sulphide of iron, and phosph ide
of nickel-iron. Upon our globe phos-
phorus is only found as phosphoric acid.
Hence DR.. Mohr argues that the
Hypothetical planet or planets from
whence meteorites come must have been
smaller than our globe, and had less
dense atmosphere containing less oxy-
gen. Strange to say. the specific gravi-
ty of most meteorites. 3,275, corresponds
closely with the calculated density of
the planetoids between Mars and Jupiter
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
THOMAS KEENE, INVENTOR.
A Nan Whose Ingenuity Has Enrich
ed Many, Not Including Himself.

Thomas Keene, an infrm old man.
tottered into the Washington Police
Court Sunday morning with four bum
dies, which he piled together on the
floor in the prisoners's dock and sat
down upon them. He was accused Of
drunkenness, and he acknowledged that
he had been intnxicaied, but gave as a
reason that he had been seeing his two
sons of to California. He told the
Justice that he did not accompany them
because he had an invention that he
wanted To show at the Centennial Ex-
hihition this Summer. Justice kilhreth
discharged him, and when he reached
the street, he laid his bundles in row
on a stnop. and to small audience told
the story of his Inventions.
"Over forty years ago." said he, 81
went a fishing near Newhnrg. taking a
pair of scissors with me to trim my bait.
| caught fish, and thonghtlrssly clip
Piled it, tail off, throwing the f-h back
into the water. Afterward ! noticed
that could catch that fish whenever
desired Ia, for with the loss of his tail
went his prop~lling power"
Mr.. Keene told his brother Of this oc-
currence, and both set to work to profit
by the knowledge. John Townsend,
afterward Mayor of Albany, furnished
them with money to carry on expert
nents with a view to propelling vessels
on the principle that fish were moved.
Mr.. Keene proposed to extend the sweep
of the fish-taiI all the way round, and
thus get rotary motion. His brother
suggested there shonld be three or four
fish tails. The result was the propeller
wheel, which was soon used on three
quarters of the steam vessels in the
world. They got $4,000 from Mr.
Townsend for the invention. Afterward
Mr. Keene invented a wise, and Thomas
Cooper, brother of Peter Cooper, gave
him 81 600 for it. His next invention
was a screw wrench, for which John
Lewis of Reade street, gave him 81 400.
When he was questioned about the ma
ture of the invention he ia going to take
to the Centennial Exhibition, he said it
was a device for the cure of lameness.
He had invented other things, though,
one Of which would startIe the world, he
said, hut which he would not explain.
He evaded his questIoners, and hastily
picking up his bundle, tottered away
toward Washington square, New York
Sup
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The Natural Age of Fruit Trees.

1t seems TO be the common belief that
there is no limit TO the natural age Of
apple trees. But this is certainly a mis-
take. We all know that the peach tree
usually fails to be profitable at IL to l5
years Of age, and the cherry and plum
average only 20 to 30 years; the pear, in
favorable circumstances, 40 to so years
i'm rare cases much longer time; so
also. the apple tree has its natural limit,
and although, like mans life, the dnra-
tion OF the period Of health and vigor
varies greatly, according to constitution
nurture, climate, etc, its approaching
termination is clearly indicated by signs
OF debility and di-ease. On very deep
and favorable soils, and. where the trees
are not damaged by severity Of climate.
apple orchards are occasionally found
bearing fair crops of fruit at so to 100
years of age, but these are nearly as
rare as for their owners TO live 80 long.
Very few soils are Of the best kind for
an orchard. and everywhere our climate
il either too warm or at times too cold
for the best health of the trees. Injury
by severe cold blackening all the wood
] am convinced is very common cause
of the premature failure Of orchards;
but starvation, IN consequence Of ex-
haustion of the soil, is still more com
mon. and this is a more difficult matter
to remedy than most people suppose, es.
pecially when trees have attained full
bearing size.-lCultivator.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
A Mountain OF Gold.

The Kansas city Times says that min
ers from the great San Juan mines of
Northwestern Colorado say tlf&t gold in
marvellous quantities has been discover
ed in the Sangro de Christie range Of
mountains, which lie on the eastern
border of San Louis Park, and about
seventy-6ve miles west Of Pueblo. The
first discovery made in this range was in
November. 1874, since which time the
Cambria. Hidden Treasure, Little Giant,
Jackson, Centennial, and Revenge gold
lndes have proved themselves of great
value. Returns from three of these
forty dollars 10 three hundred and sixty
gold per ton, and showing some silver in
each. The Jackson lode, since the above
test was made, has given ores that assay
from FIVE thousand to forty thousand
gold per ton. A stainp-mill of ten ton
daily capacity has been erected at this
mine, and will he in operation by March
next Over two hundred tons Of this
gold quartz ore is now on the dump from
mines on the Sangro de Christo, which
will be reduced next season. This gold
belt, as far as prospected, extends from
the Mosco Pass twenty miles north.
South from Del Norte thirty miles lie
the gold districts of Alamoza, Summit,
Tellurie, and Decatur. Perhaps South
Monntain, in Summit district, affords
the best yield of gold in that vicinity. A
correspondent of Denver paper SAYS
that it is one solid mass Of gold quartz
Mr.. Harry Adsit, one of the returned
miners, who has prospected in the San
Juan country for the last three years.
corroborafes this statement. He says
that South Mountain il about two miles
long, and that there is but one true
fissure vein in it, yet all of it. the whole
mass, produces gold more or less rich. 1t
is upon this mountain that the famous
Little Annie lode is located, one-half Of
which was recently sold to parties in
New York for thirty thousand dollars
This mine. averaged, will run forty dol
lars per ton.
Silverton is one hundred miles west
from Del Norte, in San Juan county,
and about fifty or sixty miles from Sill
verton are the La Plata gold mines, sit
mated nn the La Plata river. There is
gold bar running along the margin of
that stream, about five miles of which
has been taken up, and last season con-
siderable amount of places mining was
done. A system Of bitches has been
constructed, and next season promises
some lively placer mining at this point.
But it is TO the quartz lodes that the
miner looks for permanent, reliable re-
turns, after all, and here We have the
Comstock mine, discovered by Captain
John Moss, an old California miner,
which, perhaps, is the richest gold mine
on the continent. One hundred pounds
of gold quartz ore, taken from this mine
in October last, netted one thousand five
hundred dollars, while ore taken out in
the following month run one hundred
and twenty thousand per ton.
About twenty mines are being worked
in the San Juan country this season,
and their winter product IL variously
estimated at from sixty thousand to one
million dollars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-03-24
George Washington.

George Washington was a conspicu-
ous and beautiful instance OF a man who
minded his own business. Suppose that
an intelligent person living in one of
the European centers of civilization had
been asked, about the year 1770, what
man then over thirty seven years of age
was most likely to be the typical great
and-goOd man of the modern world
Would he have singled ont the Virgin
ia militia officer, at that time busying
himself with the care Of his plantation
on the Potomac, and whatever social du-
ties and delights, or whatever polite pol
itics were convenient and appropriate?
The strong point about Washington was,
that the duty or the pleasure, the cere-
mony or the self-sacrifce that lay in his
way, he enjoyed or performed without
shirking, and to the very best of his
ability. He did not, as a youth, lie
awake O. nights wondering "what he
would be whed he grew up TO be man."
When he became a man he showed
neither imagination nor genius, but he
had one of the traits of genius, namely,
concentration. lie put his mind upon
his present occupation, without looking
back or looking ahead. He engineer
ed, fought the Indians, rode horseback,
wrote letters, went ox-hunting, attended
church, proposed to young women, con-
Quoted campaigns and governed the
United States,-each at the proper time,
and each with sincerity of purpose and
assiduity. We do not hear of his swear
ing often; but when he did, it was thor
oughly and effectively done. If he seems
not to have been as successful in the
matter Of matrimonial proposals as in
other occupations, we must remember
that the centennially revived old wives
tales of early and indiscreet refnsals OF
Washington by the said old wives them
selves, must be taken with few grains
of deferential allowance The Old
Cabinet: Scribner for April.