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East. Prices and discounts will be found to
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Buyers visiting the city are invited to favor
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STANDARD SCROLL BOOK. just out has
= 400 designs and ideas invaluable 10 all
be seen to he Appreciated. Only 81. Examine
at any book store or painters supply store.
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CILDERS' MANUAL.-A complete practi-
" oal guide adapted to all trades using gild-
ing; also SILVRRlNG, and other valuable
matter. Just out. soc. or anybook seller
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MISCELLANEOUS.

DABIEs OF CINCINNATI-Awful funny
ID Comic Monthly, ~ Cts. OF any news stand.
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WESTMINSTER, MD. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1877

and glittering spectacle, "behold the re.
ward of oil your sufferings and tolls p
A few weeks later, from these same hills,
looked back the great warrior aud his de.
moralized army, upon the smouldering ashes
Of their expected prize. Napoleon's de.
eisive battle was fought not with serried
hosts Of marshalled armies, but with the
flames Of Moscow, aud the SHOWS Of Smo-
lensk.
Before returning from Sparrow Hills
was introduced into the mysteries of a
Russian peasants hut. The old dame
who presides over it received me most
kindly. Her abode was of logs, very
rough within, and very dirty. The little
babe Of her married daughter was swung
in small bsg-like hammock; lubberly
rough fellow, the father, was asleep in a
bunk, which had not shred Of bed
clothesi and the young mother was busily
at work. Back Of the hut was a shed
redolent Of filth, and from the roof of il
hung suspended by the ears an earthen
teapot. "What is that for2 said /. "To
wash faces" was the reply. "But how
can you wash your face in a teapot? ?"
'Take mouthfui Of water from the
spout, said the guide, Spout it in your
hands, and then wash your face with it,"
One Of our young Euglishmen said the
fashionable young ladies of st. Petersburg
wash their faces 10 this way; but imag-
inc he was romancing.
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Cur @liu.
spurgsOn on Human Perfection.

Mr. Spurgeon, writing under his sigma
ture Of John Ploughman, expresses the
following terse and homely views on the
subject Of human perfection
"He who boasts Of being perfect is per
feet in folly. / have been a good deal up
aud down in the world, and | never did
see either a perfect horse or perfect man,
and | never shall until two Sundays come
together. You cannot get white -four out
of coal sack nor perfection out of human
nature; he who looks for it had better look
for sugar In the sea. The old saying is,
"Lifeless, faultless" OF dead men we
should say nothing but good, but as for
the living, they are all tarred, more or
less, with the black brush, and half an eye
can see it. Every head has a soft place
in it, and every heart has its black drop.
Every rose has its prickles, and every day
its night. Even the sun shows spots, and
the skies are darkened with clouds. No
body is so wise but he has folly enough to
stock stall at Vanity Fair. Where
could not see the fool's-cap l have, never
theless, heard the bells jingle. As there
is no sunshine without some shadow, so is
all human good mixed up with more or
less evil; even poor law guardians have
their little failiugs, and parish beadles are
not wholly Of heavenly nature. The best
wine has its lees An mems faults are not
written on their foreheads, and its quite
as well they are not, or hats would need
wide brims; yet as sure as eggs are eggs,
faults Of some sort nestle in every mans
bosom. There is no telling when mans
sins may show themselves, for hares pop
out Of ditch just when you are not look
ing for them. A horse that is weak in
the legs may net stumble for mile or two,
but it's in him. and the rider had better
hold him up well. The tabby cat is not
tapping milk just now, but leave the dairy
door open, and we will see if she is not as
bad thief as the kitten. There's FIRE in
the flint, cool as it looks; wait till the steel
gets a knock at it, and you will see.
Everybody can read that riddle, but it is
not everybody that will remember to keep
his gunpowder out of the way Of the can
de-
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From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Preventing HydrOphObia.

| IMPORTANT LETTER FRoMAS RxrRRIENcED DRUGGIST
My attention was drawn TO Elecdaspoat
many years since as preventive of hydro
phobia. The active medical principle Of
this plant is found in the root, and is called
inuiaa. From my first experience, be.
lieve this inulin neutralizes the virus OF
poison, Of hydrophobia. Allow me to give
a few instances where this simple remedy
has been used. My own nephew, then a
small boy, was badly bitten in the face BY
dog unmistakably mad. This occurred
within a few miles Of the city. The father
of the lad came Immediately to town to
obtain medical advice We called on an
eminent physician (now deceased who at
once prescribed the plant named. The
root was obtained and administered as
hereinafter directed. No symptom Of by
drophobia appeared, and the lad, now a
hale, hearty farmer in Montgomery coun-
ty, lives to show the scar of the wound in
his face.
The physician above referred to related
to me a number of instances in which the
remedy had been used, and allcays soith
success. He in fact, remarked, 81 never
knew it to fail when properly administer
ed" | will give but two cases. First.
Two men living near this city were bitten
in the hand by the same dog, and within
fifteen minutes of each other. The dog,
a stranger to them, was secured and i'm
prisoned to await an owner. The next
day he showed unmistakable signs of mad
ness, and finally died with hydrophobia.
Alarmed for their safety, both men came
to the city and waited on the physician
quoted above. He prescribed elecampane
root One Of the men remarked, athat is
an old woman's remedy and refused to
take it. This man, returning to his home,
placed himself under the care Of his own
doctor, who cauterized the wound, and ad.
ministered medicine 10 salivate him. On
the ninth day he was seized with spasms
and died in agony. The other and more
fortunate man took the elecampane as pre-.
scribed, and never suffered in the least de.
gree from the dreaded disease.
Second. A number Of COWS feeding IN
pasture were all bitten by a mad dog
The circumstance coming 70 the knowlede.
Of those who had heard Of this elecampan.
remedy, thought it good opportunity 70
give ii trial. The cows were according
ly separated---to one-half the number ths
root was administered Gin form Of decoc
tion, aud not one Of the cows suffered
from hydrophobia; whilst al Of those no
50 treated took the malady and died from
its effects or were shot. In quite a mum
Der Of cases coming under my own obser
vatioU Of persons bitten BY dogs supposed
| to be mad, l have recommended the usI
Of the eIeeampane, and have yet to learl
Of the first case Of hydrcphobia resulting
from such bite where The root was used
think, therefore, / have good reason i
have confidence in the remedy as . ps<
pehtipe
] Whether, after 1 manifestation Of th
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Giants.

The Rochester Express says There is
on exhibition in store on State street. 10
this city, perhaps the most remarkable
couple in the world--a man and woman
who are giants in stature. They are Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. V. Bates, whose home is now
in Seville, Medina county, Ohio. They
are each feet III inches in height, the
husband weighing AIS pounds, while the
wife weighs Alb pounds. The common
sized visitor, when placed between them,
feels very much as Guliyer must have felt
when he fell among the giants.
Mr.. or Capt Bates, as he is called, is a
finely proportioned man, of ruddy, healthy
looking complexion, straight and military
looking in his regimentals. His immense
stature is not so noticeable as that of his
wife, who seems almost awkward somehow
on account Of her length, she being actu-
ally taller for a woman than he is for a
man. They are evidently people who, if
not so wonderfully tall, would be consid-
cred commonplace.
They are intelligent, however, and the
lady. especially feels the awkwardness of
her position as the object of the curiosity
and open-mouthed wonder of the multi
tude. In an interesting conversation with
our reporter, she showed openly her dislike
Of the life she is leading, and her longing
to return to her home in Ohio. Their
home, by the way, was one built and fur
nished especially for them. The ceilings
are l2l feet high, and no doorway is less
than 81 feet high. Of course they find the
hotel accommodations unsuitable to them
wherever they 60, as the doorways are so
low and the beds so short.
One of the strangest facts about their
history is that they were the children of
common people. Mrs, Batess father was
only five feet four inches in height, while
her mother was only a common sized
woman. Her brothers and sisters are Of
no remarkable height Capt. Bates 5
father was six feet two inches in height
a tall man, but dwarf, compared with
his son. Bates is now twenty-nine years
of age. He is native of Letcher county,
Kentucky. His wife is Nova Scotian,
twenty-seven years of age. They were
married in London, England, while travel
ling in that country on exhibition.
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Setting a River on Fire.

A dispatch from Oil City, Pa, says
A singular phenomenon can now be seen
in Clarion county, Pa, on a small stream
known as Catfish run. For long time
the inhabitants of that locality have no
ticed commotion on the surface of the
water, like that made by gas bubbling to
the surface. These bubbles have been
seen for many years, but no particular
notice was taken of them until recently,
when the quantity of escaping gas increas-
ed, and the surface Of the stream for sew
eral rods was covered with bubbles. A
strong smell Of gas also impreguated the
air in the vicinity.
Last month the place was visited by
several gentlemen who had heard of the
phenomenon. They became convinced
that it was gas, and determined to test its
burning qualities. A bunch Of rags was
obtained at a farm house aud thoroughly
saturated with kerosene. To this a match
was applied, and the burning ball thrown
into the stream. Before it reached the
surface of the water the gas iguited and
slight explosion followed. In a few
moments the body of the gas burned
steadily, aud in every portion of the stream
small flames sprang up where the gas es.
capped in moderate quantities. Since that
day the gas has continued to burn, and
the area Of the stream covered by it has
increased, until now the fires extend
quarter Of mile up and down the run.
Catfish run is sluggish stream bound
ed on either side by steep, wooded bluffs.
At night the scene along the burning
stream is magnificent. The fires light up
the dark forests, and sparkle on the
waters, making spectacle rarely witness
ed. This stream is contiguous to oil ter
ritory, and the only satisfactory theory
Of the source of the gas is that it arises
from petroleum deposits beneath the water,
as the same phenomenon, although the gas
was iu less quantity has been noticed on
Oil Creek.
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Sunny Rooms make Sunny Lives.

Let us take the airiest, choicest. and
sunniest room in the house for our living
room-the workshop where brain and
body are built up and renewed. And let
us have a bay window, no matter how
plain in structure, through which good
twin-angels Of nature--suniight and pure
air--can freely enter
This window shall be the poem Of the
house. Il shall give freedom aud scope
for eye and mind We shall hang no
picture on our walls that can compare
with the living and everlasting pictures
which God shall paint for us through our
window. Rosy dawns, golden hearted sun
sets, the tender green and changing tints
Of spring, the glow of summer, the pomp
Of autumn, the white Of winter, storm and
shine, glimmer and gloom--all these we
can enjoy while we sit in our sheltered
room as the changing years roll on.
Dark rooms bring depression Of spirits,
imparting sense Of confinement, of isola-
ton, Of powerlessness, which is chilling to
energy and vigOr !; but in light is good
cheer.
Even in a gloomy house where walls and
furniture are dingy and brown, you have
but to take down the heavy curtains, open
wide the window, hang brackets on either
side, set flower pots on the brackets and
ivies in the pots, and let the warm sun
stream freely in.
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PINS IN ESGLAND.-A calculation
made forty years ago stated that for home
use aud for export purposes 10000, 900
pins were required daily in England. The
real quantity now produced is so, ,OOO, 900
pins per day, of which Birmingham pro-
duces 37,000,0O0, leaving $4,000, 900 as
the production of London, Stroud, and
Doublin, where pins are also made. The
weight Of wire consumed annually 10 the
pin manufacture of England is about
1904 tons, or 2,s57,l20 pounds, one
eighth Of which is iro1 wire, used in the
manufacture Of mourning aud hair pins.
The brass wire consumed amounts to g.
100000 lbs, which, at lid. per ID in
money, iron value, reaches the sum Of
fll4,583. The wire consumed is 344..
500 fb., its value f71s3 6s. 3D., and to be
added to these amounts are the wages.
paper and ornamental boxes, wear and tear
of machinery, manufacturers profits, &c,
Taking it altogether, the pin manufacture
OF the United Kingdom Is not overestima-
ted at the aggregate amount Of a2OO, 900.
OF course the reader asks the old conuu-
drum, "What becomes of themP 2" The
answer is easy, yet people who ask do not
seem to remember the answer. They rust
out. Corrosion ends them; probably more
than 80 per cent. Of all that are made
disappear from this cause alone.
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The Tartar Horse.

The Tartar horse is described as having
a "large head, well set on, big barrel
well ribbed up, short legs, and dense name
and tai" He is q weight-earrier aud ac-
customed to hardship. The manner in
which a Tartar trains his horse for the
war-path is novel to us. He selects an
animal rising seven or eight-one younger
than seven is not considered fit for raiding
purposes-and fastens the saddle to his
back, then loads the saddle with a sack Of
earth or sand The first burden imposed
equals only the weight of the rider, but it
is gradually increased for eight days to
about three hundred pounds. As the
weight is increased the ration of food aud
water is diminished. He is trotted and
walked seven miles daily. At the end Of
eight days the load is gradually lightened
for eight succeeding days, while the ration
Of food and water is still decreased. The
last two days the horse is given absolutely
nothing to eat or drink. On the nine
teenth day he is worked until he perspires,
then he is unsaddled and buckets Of ice
water are poured over him. Wet and
weak, he is picketed to the open steppe
and allowed to Craze for seven days. If
he gets safely through the preparation he
is considered a valuable animal, and is held
in reserve for raiding purposes. This
training, it is further explained, is an epit-
ONE of what the animal often has to un-
dergo in the actual foray, being called
upon to swim half-frozen rivers, to carry
great weight, to 60 for days almost with
out food, and to be picketed to the steppes,
perhaps sweating from a long journey, in
snow and sleet, without covering. It is
gratifying to be told by the same cores
pondent Of the London Field that the
Persian horse, who is three parts Arab,
and both feet and enduring, receives diff
ferent treatment, without detriment to his
race. Instead Of being turned out into
the snow to rough it ike his Tartar cou-
sin, he is clothed, fed, groomed and warm
ly stabbed. When occasion requires he
can stand great deal of hardship. The
rude discipline to which the Tartar horse
is subjected cannot readily be defended by
those who live in country of civilization.
-qhrf, Field and Farm.
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A Relic of the Past.


THE OLDEST CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-Isle Of Wight county, Virginia,
has the honor Of having within its limit
the Oldest church in the United States
1t is St. Luke's Church, and stands moi
very far from the main road from Smith.
field, about twenty miles from Norfolk.
1t was erected in 1892, of bricks imported
from England. In 1862 it received its
denominational name. The Rev. Mr..
Faulkner was one of its first pastors, and
there are records to show that he was in
charge as late as 1914. All of the mate
rial Of the church was imported, even to
the lime and woodwork. The timber is
of English oak, and was framed previous
to shipment Where il has not been ex-
posed too much to the elements it is still
perfectly sound, while the mortar is 50
hard that steel brought in sudden contact
with it produces sparks. On the eastern
side there is window twenty feet high,
Of stained glass, representing Scripture
subjects. The pillars-which strengthen
the walls, are wide at the base, and taper
toward the eaves-have somewhat mold
cred, and various shrubs and vines, and
even small trees, have rooted themselves
therein. In 1887, or one hundred years
after il was built, it was given new roof
of shingles and in 1927 il received its
third covering. An effort is now being
made TO raise means to repair the old
church, and it is to be hoped that the
laudable enterprise viii meet with the full
lest success.-Hdrper's Weekly.
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disease, it would have good effect or apy
effect at all, / am unable to say. l doubt
whether it would. But the anidote a d
simple, and SO readily obtained, that d
would be almost criminal not 10 employ il.
Having said this much, allow me to give
the mode Of using the remedy. To one
and half ounce Of good, sound elecam-
pane root, bruised in mortar, add one
pint Of new milk, boil 10 half q pint
strain of, and when cold, take at a dose
in the morning fasting. No food should
be taken for from three to Eve hours af-
terwards. Repeat the dose on the third
morning, allowing one morning to inter.
yene, and again on the fifth morning.
The above quantity is for an adult; for
children given in proportionate doses, say
to one Of twelve years, half the quantity.
Phila., April is, 1877. RI.
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How TO TAKE CARE OF FURs.--La-
dies, it has been remarked, as general
rule, imagine that care in putting away
furs is all that is required they think
they can wear them when and how they
please, provided they expend few pence
for camphor when they lay them aside.
This idea should be corrected. More
harm is done to furs BY wearing them for
aweek after the weather has become warm,
than during whole cold season. When
they are put aside they should be brushed
the right way with soft brush, an old
linen handkerchief folded smoothly over
them, and a pice of gum camphor kept in
the box all the time, to scare intruders in
the shape Of moths.
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MILK FOR WASHING DISHES.
washing dishes gil the dishpan half full Of
very hot water, and put to that quantity
a half cup Of milk. It softens the hardest
water, gives the dishes a clear bright look, /,
and preserves the hands from rough skin
or "chapping" which comes from the use
of soap. 1t cleans the greasiest dishes
without leaving the water covered with
greasy scum. Iron pots, sauce pans, and
dishes Of any kind in which food is cooked
should be filed in part with hot water
and set on the range as soon as the food
is removed, to be kept hot till ready to
wash them. This sends most of the
grease from the pan into the hot water.
As soon as ready to wash these pots and
kettles, pour out the hot, greasy water
and wash in very hot milk and water, as
above directed.
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PIGEONS VS.. GLAss.--The cruel sport
of shooting pigeons for the pleasure Of
seeing who is the most skilled in that
"pastime," is about to be supplanted by
shooting at thin blown glass balIs. The
new mode is to have three traps, in which
is placed glass balls about 6 to 8 inches in
circumference. A person attends all three
traps. The sportsman stands with his gun
in his hand, and at the word the man at
the traps pulls the string Of any trap he
pleases, the sportsman not knowing which
trap is to be sprung. As the ball springs
into the air he fires II requires more
dexterity to shoot glass ball than it does
a pigeon. Sportsmen who discard the
cruel killing of pigeons for shooting at
glass balls are to be commended for their
humanity.
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APPLE CHARLoTTE.-Butter deep
dish very thickly; cut thin slices of white
bread, and line the sides and bottom. Fill
with sliced tart apples, sprinkle each layer
with sugar and nutmeg, and little butter.
Cover the top with slices Of bread, soaked
in mils. Lay over this plate that will
it closely, and upon that weight. Bake
three hours in moderate oven.
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If thou wilt succeed in thy race for the
goal, in thy contest for the crown, pray,
watch, deny thyself, and thou wilt find ID
God eternal life, thy prize and thy crown
Il NJ SAILOR.
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MOSCOW.

Tho Hotel Billo, at Moscow, gave US
most pleasant quarters, being well kept and
having just been renovated. The room to
which we were shown was spacious, the
floor of dark hard polished wood, the walls
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We should every night call ourselves to
an account What inArmity have I
mastered to-day what passion opposed ?
what temptation resisted what virtue
acquired2 Our vices will abate Of them
selves If they be brought every day to the
shift. t.--lSeneco.
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In 1873, in Blackmoor Park, England
29,802 Roman coins, contained ii two
vases rather more than foot ID height
were discovered and exhumed. II b sup
posed these coins were buried BY A|cstps
In A. D. 297.
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An enthusiastic admirer Of Shakespeare,
who claimed that no other poet had ever
been able to equal him, after exhausting
praise, exclaimed, II tell you that Shake
speare climbed Paruassus 70 . height never
before reached, and then pulled the lndaer
up after him
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Men are frequently like tea--the real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been in hot
water.
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Some men miss the prize Of prosperity
by procrastination, and Others lose il by
impatience and precipitancy.
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A spiders web with fly in il Is the
latest device for wedding rings. This is
only appropriate where the gentleman was
disposed 10 ay to her side the first time he
spider.