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Passengers from up-SOund
ports will take PUGET Sound mail steamer
and make connection with the City OF
Panama at Victoria. Steamer Dakota
goes through to Olympia.
These steamers leave Victoria at noon
on the day advertised. Tickets are good
only on the steamer for which they are
purchased. and are not transferable. For
freight or passage apply on board or to
II. l.. TIBBALS.
General Agent for Puget Sound,
Port Townsend.
, 1878-12-05

IT can make money faster nc work for us than
at anything else. Capital not required;
4 We viii start you. az per day ut home
~ made by the industrious. Men, women.
boys and gi"ls wanted everywhere To work for
us. Now Is the tire. Costly outfit and terms
free. Address True i Co, Augusta, Maine.
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Wild Hogs in California.

The tule lands of this county are every.
where inhabited by droves of hogs that
have doubtless originally been propagated
from domestic stock, which have escaped
into the jungle and have become as wild
as the famous game infesting the Black
Forest, the hunting of which affords SO
much amusement to the German nobility.
They live and thrive on the succulent
roots to be found in the tules, and appear
moderately fat whenever they are seen.
They are exceedingly shy, however, and
it is only by accident that one catches a
glimpse of them, as they instinctively
avoid the haunts Of men. They are
trapped and caught occasionally in an in
genious manner by the tule farmers, who
build small but very strong cOrrals or pens
on their stamping ground. A heavy gate,
made to drop perpendicularly, is fitted so
as to close the corral when down. This is
raised and held by trap, to which string
leading to the ground is attached. Bar
ley is then scattered on the ground inside
the corral, and in continuous lines for
some distance in different directions The
corral having been built over the trails Of
the hogs, they are not long scenting the
barley, and once inside the corral they
can scarcely fail to spring the trap in eat
ing the barley. A drove of a dozen or
more has before now been captured in this
manner. The young ones are easily do
mestieated, but the old ones are slaugh-
tered at once.
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The Duel Between Randolph and CLAW

In 1924 John Quincy Adams was
elected President, and Henry Clay, who
had been one of the rival candidates, made
Secretary of State. This appointment
aroused John Randolph's indignation, and
he publicly denounced it as a ''combina-
ton between the Puritan and the black
leg" Clay could do no less than send
challenge, which was accepted, and yet
both were old enough to know better. for
Randolph was fifty-three, while Clay was
only four years younger. The evening
before the duel, Randolph sent for Gen.
Hamilton of South Carolina, and told him
ne intended to receive Clay's fire without
returning it, adding, nothing shall induce
me to harm hair on his head. | will
not make his wife widow nor his chill
dren orphans" His eyes then filed with
tears, and after brief conversation his
visitor took his leave, but returned at
midnight. He found Randolph read
ing Paradise Lost" on whose beauties be
began to expatiate in his usually eloquent
manner. The duel was then mentioned,
and Randolph's decision was objected to,
since his second had refused to see him
shot down in such manner "Well, sir"
said Randolph, "if I see the devil in Claws
eye and malice prepease-- t0-- take my life,
then l may change my mind"
The next afternoon the meeting took
place on the banks of the Potomac. Ran
dolph saw no "devil in Clays eye" but
the calm expression of man who felt the
importance of his honor. Says Hamilton,
II shall never forget the scene as long as
L live. Here were two of the most extra
ordinary men our country had prr duced,
about to meet in mortal combat. | took
RandOlph's hand while the pistols were
being loaded, but felt not the quivering of
one pulsation. He turned to me and said,
"Clay is calm but not vindictive. | hold
my purpose, Hamilton-remember this.
The meeting was soon cousumated Clay
tred without effect and Randolph dis
charged his pistol in the air. As soon as
Clay saw this, he instantly approached his
former antagonist and exclaimed with ILL
concealed sensibility, II trust in God NY
dear sir, you are untouched. After what
has occurred | would not have harmed
you for thousand worlds" They parted,
and never afterwere embittered By political
strife. Soon after Randolph retired from
Congress, and on his last visit to Wash
ington he held final interview with his
opponent, which was Of tender character.
Randolph claimed Pocahontas among
his earliest American ancestry. He was
conscious of his own va0arias and l;vad :,
frequent dread of insanity. Both he and
Clay died in the communion of the Epis-
eopal church, and are buried, the one at
Ashland, and the other in his native
Roanoke. 1t may be added that John
Randolph was foreman of the grand jury
which indicted Aaron Burr for treason at
more than seventy years ago.
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Advantages Of Wadlnnk.

None but the married man has a home
In his old age; none has friends then but
he; none but he knows and feels the solaee
of the domestic hearth; none but he lives
and freshens in his green old age, amid
the affections of wife and children.
There are no tears shed for the old
bachelor; there is no ready hand and kind
heart to cheer him in his loneliness and
bereavements; there is no one in whose
eyes he can see himself reflected, and from
whose lips he can receive the unfailing as
suranees of care and love. No, the old
bachelor may be tolerated for his money;
he may eat and drink and revel as such do;
and he may sicken and die in a hotel or a
garnet with plenty of attendants about him,
like so many eormorants waiting for their
prey; but where is the moistened eve, the
gentle hand, the loving lips that ought to
receive his last farewell? He will never
know what IT is to be loved, and to live
and die amid loving circle He will 90
from this world ignorant of the delights Of
the domestic freside, and on the records
of humanity his life is noted-a blank.
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From the quickened womb of the primal gloom
.,i, Inc sun rolled back and bare.
III woye him vest Tor his Ethiop breast
Otthe threads of my golden hair;
ana when the broad tent of the armament
Arose on its airy spars
peneilled the hue OF is matchless blue
Aho spangled IL round with stars
painted the flowers Of the Eden bowers.
ana their leaves Of living green,
And mine were the dyes IN the sinless ewes
OF Eden's virgin queen;
ana when the Fiend's art on her trustful heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
IN me siivery sphere Of the first-born tear
TO the trembling earth fell
When the waves that burst DER a world aceursed
Iher work of wrath had sped.
ana the arks lone few, the tried and true
tame forth among the dead;
with the wondrous CLEANS of my braided beams
bade their terrors cease,
As 1 wrote on the roll OF the storm dark scroll
1od ; covenant of peace.
Like pail at rest on pulseless breast
Nights funeral shadow slept
where shepherd swains on the Bethlehem plains
Iheir lonely vigiis kept;
when flashed on their sight the heralds bright
ol Heavens redeeming plan,
Ana tney ehanted the nom of Saviour born
1oysloyl to the outcast mani
Equal favor show 10 the lofsy and low,
ON the just and unjust descend:
Z en- the ollnd, whose vain spheres roll in darknes
and tears,
Feel my smile, the blest smile of a friend.
Nay, the hover of the waste by my love is embraced
As the rose in the garden Of kings;
At the chrysalis bier of the worm appear
And 10 the gay butleriy's wings
The desolate Morn, like mourner foriorn.
Coneeals all the pride of her charms
iii bid the bright Hours chase the Night from he
And lead the young Day to her arms.
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover
And sinks 10 her balmy repose
wrap their soft rest by the zephyr-fann'd west
In curtains of amber and rose
i gaze with unslumbering eye,
When the cyuoSure star OF the mariner
Is blOtted from out the sky;
And guided by me through the merciless sea,
Though sped by the hurricanes wings,
His composites bark, lone weltering dark
To the haven home safely he brings
waken the flowers from their dew-spaneled bo,yers
The birds in their chambers OF green.
And mountain and plain glow with beauty again
As they baSk in my matinal sheen
o, u such the glad worth of my presence on earth
Though htful and feeting the while
What gloTies must rest on the home of the blest
Ever bright with the Deity's smilei
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Origin of MsteOrites.

This is subject which has long been
discussed by mineralogists, who are much
divided on the question. Prof. Tscher-
max, after prolonged study, has come to
the conclusion that the active agent in the
process is volcanic. He points out that
the bolides which fall to the earth are an
gular in form; that they have no concen-
trio structure even in the interior; that
their external crust Is not an original
characteristic, and that they are evidently
fragmentary. Examination of the crust
has shown that during the later stages of
the flight disruption of the meteorite itself
frequently takes place. From much evil
dence of that character, Prof. Tschermak
has been confirmed in his views. He
argues that the finding of hydrogen in
meteoric iron is proof that permanent
gases and perhaps vapors, which are the
great agents in transmitting volcanic en-
ergy, have played some part in the forma-
tion of metorites; and although we may
never have the possibility of obtaining
direct evidence of the volcanic activity
which is supposed to have hurled these
mysterious masses of stone and metal into
space, yet such proof as the violent gaseous
upheavals on the solar surface, the action
of our terrestrial volcanoes, and the stu
pendous eruptive phenomena of which the
lunar eraters tell the history, lend power
ful support to any theory assuming that
meteorites owe their formation to volcanic
agency.
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WHEAT And GUANO DRILL F!
PATENTS

OBTAINED for Inventors, in the United
~ States, Canada, and Europe, at reduced
rates. With our principal Office located in
Washington, directly opposite the United
States Patent Office, we are able to attend to
all Patent Business with greater promptness
and desgatch and less cost, than other patent
attorneys, who are at distance from Wash,
ington, and who have, therefore, to employ
associate attorneys" We make preliminary
examinations and furnish opinions asto patent
ability, free ofcharge, andallwho are interested
in new inventions and Patents are invited to
send for a copy of our "Guide for obtaining
Patents, which is sent free to any address.
and contains complete instructions how to
obtain Patents and other valuable matter.
We refer to the German American National
Bank, Washington, d. c.; the Royal Swed-
ish, Norwegian, and Danish Legations. at
Washington Hon. Joseph Casey, late Chief
Justice U. S. Court of Claims; to the Officials
of the Z. S. Patent Office, and to Senators
and Members of Congress from every State
Address LOUIS BAGGER 4 Co. Soliei-
tors of Patents and Attorneys at Law, lie
Droit Building, Washington, ID. c.
dec S-tf
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Anecdote Of Victor Emanuel.

Victor Emanuel was passionately fond
Of hunting. As he was shooting alone
one day in the neighborhood of Rome, he
put up hare, at which he fired. At the
same moment another shot was heard,
fired by stout burgher, who was also en-
gagged in the pursuit of game Il shot the
hare" said the king. away with you,
sir y said the man ''any fool would say
that. 1t belongs to me, and | will take
it, cried the king. Il would like to see
you, shouted the other. The king doub-
led his fists, his small eyes sparkled with
rage, and regular scuffie ensued, in which
smart blows were given and received, but
the conqueror of the two Sicilies remained
victor. The vanquished hunter took to
flight, bestowing as he went epithets the
reverse Of complimentary on his antago-
mist. Arrived at the southern gate of the
city, the king ordered the eommandant to
trace the conquered burghe, to his home,
and to find out who he was 1t turned
out that he was respectable master car
penter near the Porto del Popolo. BY the
royal command carriage was sent to his
house, and he was informed that the king
wished to see him. The honest man could
not comprehend the meaning of the requi-
sition, and with beating heart reclined on
the silken cushions. Arrived at the pal
ace, he recognized, to his horror, his late
adversary in the king himself. "Mr. Sal
vina," said the king, II have requested
you to come here, because in the hare
some grains of shot which / never use
have been found. We were both right,
and what think you? We shall eat the
hare together. y And himself throwing
open the dining saloon, covers for two
were seen, between which smoked the
cOntended-for hare.
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What Shade-Trees to Plant.

There is a great satisfaction in knowing
what selection of shade-trees those who arc
competent to judge would make for road
or lawn planting. Just such information
Is now before the public, and it will prove
of very great value to those who intend to
beautify their road sides or private grounds.
The Park Commission of Washington, ID.
G., composed of three men of high stand
ing in horticultural circles, have planted
miles of street trees, numbering about
forty thousand. The bulk of these are
made up of twelve varieties, and are named
herewith in the order in which the com
mission valued them for the purpose:
" hite maple, American linden, American
elm, scarlet maple, box elder, sugar maple,
American white ash, English sycamore.
button-ball, tulip-tree, honey locust, Nor
way maple.
This is an excellent assortment to select
from for roadside planting. Each varie-
ty here Damed when full grown assumes
handsome proportions, and most of them
have brilliant and attractive foliage in the
fall. In planting shade-trees along the
roadside, especially in a clay country,
they should be set at least fifty feet apart,
for if closer there will be too much shade.
and bad, wet roads in the spring are sure
to follow. This close planting should also
be strenuously avoided in decorating pri-
vate grounds. Any system that excludes
the free access of sun and air from the
dwelling-house is pernicious. Go wher-
ever one may he viii find this faulty sys-
tenn of close planting in vogue, and in
eight cases out of ten there are two trees
or shrubs on a space where one would
have been enough. The plea for this is a
desire for immediate effect. The remedy
is to cut down in time every other tree.
This last is seldom, if ever, carried out
r. T. O., IN Scribner for April.
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TREES! TREES

COME to the Nursery and buy APPLE,
~ PEACH, PEAR, CHERRY, APRICOT
and PLUM TREES and CONCORD GRAPE
VINES. Also Herstine, Saunders and
Brandywine RASPBERRY PLANTS.
My present stock of Apple Trees are three
years old, and propagated from Young Bear
ing Trees. Varieties ofth best.
Every variety of Peach that offer for sale
is budded upon Healthy Natural Seedlings.
This is a great advantage over those budded
upon any kind of stock promiscuously.
| have all the best varieties known as well
as the new early sorts, and can give a seleo.
ton that will embrace a season from July
10th to October 10th.
Nearly every variety is propagated from
young bearing trees; therefore / know that
all are TRUE TO NAME. Parties coming
for trees and not able to return the same day
are lodged free of charge. Orders BY mail
promptly filled.
RAPHAEL SHERRY.
, miles south Of Gettysburg, Pa, on the Ia
neytown road. mrlG-3t
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Ratification Notice.
NO. I6 EQUITY.

NJ. l6 EQUITY.
In the Orphans Court of Carroll County
February Term, 1878.
Eden Engleman and others vs. Lille +. En-.
gleman and William X. Engleman
ON application it is ordered this 18th day
~ Of March, 1873, that the sale of the Real
Est~te of Roby Engleman, late of Carroll
county, deceased, made by Eden Eugieman,
Trustee, under decree in said cause to sell
the Real Estate of said deceased, and this day
reported to this Court by the said Trustee, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause be shown
to the contrary on or before the 18th day oi
April next; provided copy of this Order be
inserted for three successive weeks in some
newspaper printed and published in Carroll
county, before the Sth day of April next.
The Trustee reports the sale Of house and
lot of ground containing about q quarter ot
an acre of land, situated near Linwood. Car
roll county, at public sale, for three hundred
and ninety dollars.
True copy,-Test:
HENRY f. BELTZ,
mar lost Register of Wills.
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st. Johns Parochial School,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
SELECT DEPARTMENT..

CLASSICS and MATHEMATICS taught
~ Particular attention paid to English
Composition. Terms per quarter of 10 weeks,
from 50 to SIS according to the studies pur.
sued. F. A. McGIRR, A. NJ, PRINCIPAL.
A Night School for young men will be open
from to Q, p. m, on Monday and Thursday
of each week, beginning October 10th, 1876.
oct II
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 65.


An Act relating to Justices of Peace in and
for Carroll county.
SEcTIoy l. BE Il enacted 6v the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That it shall not be
lawful for any resident of Carroll county to
be sued before any Justice of the Peace
OF said county out of the election district in
which he or she resides. Provided, however.
that upon any cause of action within the ia.
risdiction of Justice of the Peace arising in
said county, any resident may be sued before
Justice of the Peace in the election district
wherein the contract was made. and such
cause of action did originate, and provided,
further, that when any cause of action arises
IN any other county or the city of Baltimore
suit may be brought before any Justice Of the
Peace in the county; and provided that where
there are two or more defendants residing in
different districts, it shall be lawful to insti-
iute proceedings in any district in which any
defendant resides.
SECTION ?. And be il enacted. Tha, this
Act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of Assembly passed
January Session, 1878.
Approved February 81, 1878.
MILTON y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
mari6-3t
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One day you will be pleased with q
friend and the next day disappointed in
him. 1t will be so to the end, and you
must make your mind up to it and not
quarrel, unless for very grave causes.
Your friend, you have found out, is not
perfect. Nor are you, and you cannot
expect to get much more than you give.
You must look for weakness, foolishness,
and vanity in human nature; it is unhappy,
if you are too sharp in seeing them.
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SINGULAR STAR.-0n clear nights
during the first half of April, the star
called Mira, in the constellation Cygnus,
or the Swan, can be seen in full lustre.
1t is one Of those strange stars which vary
in brightness. It shines for about fort
night very brightly indeed then by
degrees it fades away, until, at the end Of
three months, it cannot be seen. After
remaining FIVE months out of sight, it
brightens up again.
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General John A. Sutter, the discoverer
of gold in California, was given banquet
Friday evening at Washington on the
occasion Of his seventy-sixth birthday by
number of his Swiss fellow-countrymen.
Speeches were made by Senator Sargent
and representatives Page, Brentano and
Schleicher. The Swiss Consul General
presided.
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JAPANESE CARRIAGEs.-Tb only sort
of carriage used in Japan is a small affair,
like an overgrown baby carriage. This
seats one person and is drawn by man.
The men who make livelihood by draw
ing them are possessed of wonderful en-
durance. They will run at top speed a
distance of ten or fifteen miles without
showing fatigue.
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Iol ACRES OF LAND.

more or less, improved with all necessary
buildings, orchards, fencing good, well wat
cred and in good state of cultivation; about
25 ACRES IN TIMBER,
10 Acres Of Bottom or Meadow Land, making
the best Of pasture land.
Any person wishing to view this property
can do so by calling on either of the subscri
bers living near the premises.
The terms are,-One-third cash on day oi
sale; the residue in two equal payments o
one and two years, the credit payments to be
secured by the notes of the purchaser or pur.
chasers with approved security bearing inter
est from the day of sale; when all the money
is paid good deed will be given; or if pre-.
fered the purchaser can pay all cash.
OLIVER p. BUCKINGHAM,
DENNIS BUCKINGHAM,
feb 9-t Executors
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Causes of Sudden Death.

Very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the heart
do really arise from that cause. To as.
certain the real origin of sudden deaths ex.
periments have been tried in Europe and
reported to Scientific Congress held at
Strasbourg. Sixty six cases of sudden
death were made the subject of thorough
post-mortem examination; in these only
two were found who had died from disease
of the heart. Nine out of sixty-six had
died from apoplexy, while there were forty
six cases OF congestion of the lungs-that
is, the lungs were so full of blood that
they could not work, there not being room
enough for a quantity of air to enter to
support life. The causes that produce
congestion of the lungs are Geld feet, tight
clothing, costive bowels, sitting still, chilled
after being warmed with labor or rapid
walking, going too suddenly from close.
heated rooms into the cold air, especially
after speaking, and sudden depressing news
operating on the blood. The causes of
sudden death being known, an avoidance
of them may serve to lengthen many val
liable lives which would otherwise be lost.
under the verdict of "heart complaint. &"
That disease is supposed to be inevitable
and incurable; hence many do not take the
pains they would do to avoid sudden death
if they knew it lay in their power.
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Our BoYs.-Teach them reliance, teach
them to make fires, teach them to saw and
split wood, teach them, every day, dry,
hard, practical common sense; teach them
how to darn stockings and sew their buttons
on; teach them how to eat what is set be-
fore them and be thankful; teach them
how to black their boots and take proper
care of their clothing; teach them how to
say no, and mean it, and yes, and stick to
it; teach them to wear their working
clothes like kings; teach them that steady
habits are better than riotous living; teach
them that the further one goes beyond his
income the nearer he gets to the poor
house; teach them politeness and Difference
to others; teach them not to have anything
to do with Incorporate and dissolute young
men, Orwith idle or frivolous young women.
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UNITED STATES MINTs.-There are
eight United States miuts in this country,
located as follows Philadelphia, Char
lotte, n. C., Dahlonega, Ca, San Fran
cisco, Carson City, Denver, Dallas City,
Oregon, and New Orleans. Some of them
coin only gold, and several have not for
some years been in operation.