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Proposals Of Marriage.

In Europe, marriages are arranged tC
the satisfaction of the parents. The par
ties themselves are supposed to be pleased
with what pleases their fathers and
mothers.
Once, q certain chevalier, a member Of
the Savory nobility, was anxious that his
daughter, no longer young, should be
married. His sister, the wife of noble.
man, was equally anxious that her only
son Henry should marry. An idea oc'
Cured TO the chevalier, which he thus
gallantly expressed:
''My dear sister, if you wanted my
daughter Genevieve to be your daughter
was just going to ask you for your son
Henry to be my son."
The cousins were married, and few
weeks after, the bride, in writing to her
Henry, who is absent in the army, ad-
dresses him as the "most tenderly beloved
of all husbands since the time of Adam,
who, notwithstanding his complaisance,
did not deserve to be loved so tenderly as
you"
Of coarse, "Young America" curls his
lip ut even the suggestion of parental in
reference. The European custom may
be absurd. So may the American Gus.
tom, which allows boys and girls to form
on the basis Of passion or fancy, a con.
tract that is to be for life-unless broken
by the divorce court.
We recently heard of father, himself
not professed Christian, who, when d
young man, an avowed atheist, asked per.
mission to marry his daughter, an
swered,-
mo, sir, you cannot marry my daugh.
ter with my consent. l don't care tc
commit the happiness of my child to d
man who denies God and devil, heaven
and hell"
A year or two after, another young
man, church-member, was suitor fol
that daughters hand. The father, being
a thorough business man delayed an an.
swer until he had satisfied himself as tC
the youg mans character.
He first inquired as to the young mans
reputation among his social and business
associates. ltwas satisfactory. Then hC
went to the officers of the church with
which the youth was connected and
asked how he discharged his duties as q
church member. Their report was salts.
factory, and the young man was accepted
as a son-in-law.
That father was judicious. He thought
proposal for his daughters hand was
worthy of as much cautious consideration
as he would give to proposal to pur
chase, on six months credit, a hundred
boxes of dry goods.
Was he not right!
, 1878-08-29
Restful Nights, Days FREQ from
Torture

Await the rheumatic sufferer who resorts to
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. That this be.
nignant cordial and depurent Is u far more
reliable remedy than colchicum and other
posons used to expel the rheumatic virus
from the blood, is a fact that experience has
satisfactorily demonstrated. 1t also enjoys
the advantage of being-unllke them-per'
fectly safe. With many persons certain
predisposition TO rheumatism exists, which
renders them liable to its attacks after eX-
posure in wet weather, to currents Of air,
changes of temperature, or to cold when the
body is hot. Such persons should take Il
wine glass or two Of the Btters as soon as
possible after incurring risk from the above
causes, as this superb protective cilectually
nuliies the hurtful influence For the fuuc-
tional arrangements (which accompany
rheumatism, such as collie, spasms In the
stomach, palpitation Of the heart, imperfect
digestion, &c, the Bitters is also most use
full remedy. 1t is only necessary in obstinate
cases to use it with persistency.
, 1878-08-29

WANTED..-A good Agent in every city,
town and village in the United States, to
take subscriptions for the COMMERCIAL AD-
voCATE, the only anti. Catholic and conserva-
tive labor paper published in America. Sub
scription $500 year, in advance. Good in
ducements will be offered to agents. Write
for terms and full particulars. Address Com,
MERcIAL ADVOCATE, 526 Montgomery Street,
San francisco, Cal.
, 1878-08-29

PHYSICIANS OF high standing unhesitatinR
ly give their Endorsement to the use oil the
Graefenberg. .Marshalrs Catholicon for all ie,
male complaints. The weak and deOilitated
find wonderful relief from constant use ol
this valuable remedy. Sold By all druggists
81 80 per bottle.
, 1878-08-29

EXERCISE your patience for while
and you will get practice" said the old
physician to the young doctor, who had
recently put out his shingle." "Yes,
but don't have any patients to exercise"
was the reply.
, 1878-08-29

A FEW evenings Since a father and daugh.
ter at Wellcsly, Mass, were mutually re.
calling incidents of the latter's child
hood. II shall never forget" said the
young lady, show you took me out of
church one Sabbath, when l was three
years old, and punished me for playing
IN meeting. l can remember the tingling
OF that peach tree switch to this day."
very strange, very strange" said the
father, VI don't recolect the circum-
stances at all. "Ah, we'll papa, you we're
at the other end of the SWITCH"
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MILLS SEMINARY.

UHts wELLKNOwN INSTTTUT ION ,s,m Ann
i Young Ladies' win commence It's next ''
EDNkSDAY, July 3lst. , ,,, .mple
With its hne COmmOdlous buildings vs. hsprs nhhps
grounds and Its large and efficient corps Ot moi.
the Institution offers unrivaled advantages lo'
Ough and finished education .t,. raa-
Kll letters of inquiry and all communications wv
REV. q I. MlLLS.i
Iet5tf Brooklyn, Alameda county -"
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A NaoanaitV.

In the short space Of four years the Yerba
Buena Btters have become family necessity
throughout the Pacific coast, AS n cathartlc
and regulator they are unequaled, being safe,
pleasant to take and atfectual. In these, the
sickly summer months, no family should be
without them.
, 1878-08-29

MEADOWS MAGIC LINNENT is a sur, cn,.
for Neuralgia, Headache, Rheumatism. etc
or money refunded. 1t is sold by all drnS''
glsts, at 90 cts. bottle. Abrams IS Carroll
Agents, San Francisco 'o"'
, 1878-08-29

"WuIsKEY is your greatest enemy
said minister to Deacon Jones. "But,'
said Jones, "don't the Bible say, Mr..
Preacher, that we are to love our enc
mies" ooh, yes, Deacon Jones; but it
don't say we are to swallow them"
, 1878-08-29
Regalias for all Societies

Military goods, Flags, Banners, Bldrcs 5,o
OF every description furnished at nricsS Wv, :,
SUIT Address, SOBER Il REIMANN "
427 Montgomery st., San Frsncsco
, 1878-08-29

HERMANN has the finest stock OF That's Of any store
on the coast Hermann has all the latest styles,
Hermann sells at the lowest possible prices Herr
mann never misrepresents. II you want new ha.
call on him, at 40! Kearny, or at his branch, Olo
Market street, San Francisco.
, 1878-08-29

% FASHIONABLE VISITING CARDs-no tvo
sau, N. Y. -''''
, 1878-08-29

For the best Photographs and the lowest prices 20
to the old and reliable establishment of WIN. sBEW
No ll5 Kearny street. San Francisco established In
1851, and formerly located on Montgomery street
, 1878-08-29

j. W. SHAEFFER & CO.'S GREEN SEAL
CIGARS are made from finest Havana To.
bacco. S23 Sacramento street, San Francisco
, 1878-08-29

HEMoERnoIDs OR PILRs, treatise on their .clen.
tihc and painless treatment and radical cure, by E. J.
FRASER, NJ d., San Francisco. Price, 2j cents For
sale at the book stores and by the author at 2 Powell
street. Sent by mail 10 any address upon receipt Of
the price IN coin, currency or postage stamps
, 1878-08-29

An Indiana man stopped his paper be-
cause it had not contained circus ad-
vertisement for three years.
, 1878-08-29
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,

Sc ana SEQ Kenrny ST., san Francisco
~ so and @2 90 PER DAY
H. c. PARTRIDGE, PRoPRlEroh
Two Concord Coaches, with the name OF lns my
Hotel on will always be In waiting Mt the lahllnb 70
convey passengers 10 the Hotel free. eB 'e sure y yg
get into the right Coach; II you DO not IhcJ WIZ
charge YOU
, 1878-08-29

Horse Boots, ETC., j. oKane 767 Market ST., San
Francisco. Send for circular.
Ladd 81 Smith, Dealers in Guns, Pistols, ets.
Agents Ballard, Remington and Winchester Rifles
cheap. 82l Kearny St., s. f. Send for clrculars
, 1878-08-29

IT is announced that ladies will be ad-
mitted to the International Geological
Congress, to be held in Paris on the Goth
of August.
, 1878-08-29

TEETH SAVED.-Filling Teeth a specially. Sets n,
Teeth from $40 upward Teeth extracted ,wlthou,
pain DIR. MORFFEw, I2O Sutter street, s, F.
, 1878-08-29

ALL Photographs made at the New York Gallery
NO 20 Third st.,S. F. are guaranteed to be trsclass
Prices to suit the times. J. II. PETERS Proprietor
, 1878-08-29

BuTTERrcK Co.'s Patterns, summer styles. Send
stamp for catalogue. l24 Post st., San Frapclsco
, 1878-08-29

PHOTOGRAPHS OF superior finish at Morses Pal,r.
OF Art, Az Montgomery street, San Francisco.
, 1878-08-29
WASHINGTON COLLEGE,
washington, Alameda Co., Cal'
'NHE THIRTEENTH SEMA-ANNOAD
/ TERM OF this Institution will commences Oh
Thursday, August1, 1873

For deity ami ability In teachers, Tor
q sold, practca. education, and Tor hE,iu viii
and beauty OF surroundings, this lnsutulrWn. ~
compnre fayorably with any on the Paclnc O,dyas,
orcAtaIOgues and further iniormatl2nj, aninaI aJuI
, 1878-08-29
OPIUM, MORPHINE orLAUDANUM
Habit Cured

without PAIN prostraon or loss Of business ,,d dm n
correspondence strictly CONFIDENTIAL rrC1 y uGp IA
not relieved Address Lock Box IOiA. or cnll upon
h. L. RUSSELL SOC Mason Street. san trahClsco'
, 1878-08-29

NJ MONTGOMERY's TEMPERANCE HOTEL 22s
In Second ST.. San Francisco. q Meal Tickets, 81.
, 1878-08-29
BENICIA SCHOOLS,

ST. MARY OF THE PACIFIC-Reo July sOth.
THE COLLEGE OF ST. AUGUSTISE-Re Reopens
August list, p. m.-lSIS.
BISHOP WISGFTELD, Rector
nenlcln. CAl.
, 1878-08-29

HUMAN HAIR! The Cheapest A No goods in tho
III city, A. b. SAMPSON, i1O Second Street g. r.
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RESALE or REAL ESTATE

by virtue of an order of the Orphans
~ Court Tor Carroll county, the under
signed, Executors Of David VI. Houck, de.
ceased, will offer at Public Sale, on the prem
Uses, situated in Carroll county, between
honeksyille and j. Richards mill, on
THURSDAY, I4h Of MARCH, 1878.
at / o'clock, p. m, the following parcels of
land, being the same formerly sold by said
Executors 20 Lewis l.. Houck, and now to be
re-sold for non-payment of the purchase
money, at the risk Of said former purchaser,
or of his trust estate, to wit:
A parcel of land described as Lot No. of
the real estate Of said deceased, containing
y Acres and 10 Perches of land. more or less.
Also another parcel Of said land described
as Lot No. 8, containing Is Acres, 3 Roods
and Perches of land, more or less.
The above lots lie adjoining each other and
the land of Benjamin Brown; are not watered,
part meadow and some woodland. VIM. b.
/ Thomas, Esq, Trustee, under deed of trust
from said Lewis l.. Houek and wife, who has
advertised the land of said Lewis L. Houck
for sale on the same day, which lies next to
or adjoining the above lots, will concur in the
sale thereof
/ Terms, as prescribed by said order, are
that one-third of the purchase money is to be
palu on the DAY or sale, or rati1catiOn thereof
by said Court; one-third in six, and one-third
in twelve months from the day of sale with
interest from the sale; to be secured by the
notes of the purchasers with approved secur-
ity. On the payment of the whole purchase
money good title will be given.
FRANCIS T. HOUCK.
NEIGHBOUR F. ALLGIRE,
ANDREW ]. HOUCK,
Executors aforesaid
Jos. N. PAREE, Solicitor feb lots
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The Next Governor.

Hon. Richard c. Hollyday, Secretary of
State, is presented as candidate for Gov
ernor in 1879 by writer in the ST. Michaels
Comet. Mr.. Hollyday is thoroughly IA
miliar with the duties of the Executive,
having been the Governor de JactO for the
past ten years. We know of no gentleman
in the State who is more courteous or more
capable, or who we would prefer for that
high Office, unless it be Hon. William T.
HAMILTON. A sense of justice towards Mr.
Hamilton may prompt Western Maryland
to present him again as a candidate, unless
he himself should iuterpose objections to
the popular will If Mr. Hamilton should
not be in the field, no other gentleman in
the State could successfully compete with
Mr.. Hollyday for the nomination.
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Humors Of the Press.

Now FoR IT.-Silver will be so plentiful
soon everywhere that paper will be a curiosi
ty, and gold only known in history The
very clouds that lower on our broken bank
corporations, and saving funds will now hav,
that 'silver lining which the poet has Sc
long sung about
Nations have had iron ages, dark ages
golden ages, but this child like and Blanc
nation of Washington is now entering on it,
silver age. What metal will mark its ext
out of this age we don't now know, possibly
ne eracent. Philadelphia Commonwealth.
1t is reported that the President retains one
of his home customs at the White House
Every Saturday evening n few friends appear
and they all sing together divers old Metho
dist tunes.-Boston Daily Advertiser They
always include "When l can read my It'll,
clear and when the Senate gets exactl,
even, they will add "Blest be the tie tina
binds. "-Erening Bulletin.
There will be four eclipses this year, with
out counting Hayes, Evarts and Schurz.-
burlington Hdlrkeye.
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Gold and Silver.

England produces go per cent. Of the
gold IN circulation in the commercial world.
and the United States produces similar
proportion of the silver It is the interest
OF England, therefore, to maintain a gold
standard. 1t is equally the interest of
the United States to maintain silver
with gold as a standard of value. be-
cause her mines produce so largely of
that metal. That was the policy in this
country for the first eighty years of her
history. To demonetize silver is to reduce
the circulating medium of this country
s2O0,OOO,OO0. Is it the part of wisdom
to throw away that amount of money the
product of our own mines? It has been
asserted that the principal commercial ma
tons all maintain single gold standard,
which is not true. The nations under gold
and silver are Belgium, Bolivia, Algeria,
France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain,
Switzerland, Cuba, and Porto Rico, and
until very recently, the United States. The
nations under silver standard alone, are
Austria, Costa Rica, the Argentine Re-
public, China, Columbia, Ecuador, Guate-
mala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Peru, Russia, San Salvador, Tripoli, Tunis.
Nations under gold alone, England, Bra
zil, Australia, Chill, Denmark, Egypt,
Germany, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Libe-
ria, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey.
The people demand an honest dollar,
whether it be of gold, silver, or paper.
And not only an honest dollar, but fred
dollar. To think of standard of value
which fuctuates, one thing to-day, and
another tomorrow, is absurd Whatever
the gold or silver dollar is made, by law,
let it be fixed in value, and if tempered
with again, as in 1873, let the men who
do it feel the displeasure of the friends of
a stable currency.
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Latest Foreign News.

As anticipated, the British feet passed
through the Dardanelles unobstructed. The
Turkish authorities entered their protest
The next move is the Russian occupation o.
Constantinople. 1t is generally hoped thai
war between England and Russia will b,
averted, but there is much excitement bott
in England and Austria. France is Tranquil
II is believed in Paris that the trouble viii b,
settled peacefully. THERE'S still talk of LORD
Derby's resignation from the British cabinet
owing to his pacific leanings. The fact thai
he favored forcing the Dardanelles, however
has somewhatplacated the anti-Russian clubs
The funeral of the Pope begins in Rome on
Friday. The conclave of cardinals will as
semble on the 18th inst.
The European war is in transition state
which may end in peace or involve all the
great powers in the contest. The price OF
breadstuffs and provisions in this country is
unsettled in consequence, with an upward
tendency. In the present unsettled condition
of things the farmer who has grain to sell,
should hold, for the present, at least.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-16

What the Nez Perces war cost in money is
told to us in the news from Washington.
which foots up the bill at nearly million OF
dollars. The precise sum as far as the ac-
counts are in is S93l, 1923. The loss in hu.
man lives, the cost in suffering to our soldiers,
and to the women and children of the Indians
themselves, are beyond computation in mon
ey terms. But if no better inducement can
move Congress to reverse the Evolutionary
policy of dealing with the red men as indie.
pendent nations, making piecrust treaties
with them, to be broken by the Indian Rings,
should not this terrible wear and tear to the
Treasury have wholesome influence Ger
tainly it should be worth while to save the
odd millions that are whistled down the wind
while fighting the indians, now when it is
proposed to increase the tax on tea and cof-
fee, because the Treasury lacks money
Philadelphia Ledger
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REVIVAL OF AN OBNOXIOUS TAX
Who would have thought, a few years ago,
when the Income Tax law went out of
operation, from utter disgust, that the
Congress of 1873 would have voted nearly
two to one in favor of its re-enactment E?
Yet such is the fact, as the vote of 165 to
IS in the House of Representatives on
Monday week, lacking barely IL of two
thirds vote, abundantly attests.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-16
Guano Islands in Dispute.

MorAnt Keys, four small islands in the
Caribbean sea, are valuable deposits of
guano. Capt. j. w. Jennett, of Balti-
more, an American citizen, claims the
ownership of these islands by right of dis
covery in 1857, having taken formal pos
session of them in the name of the United
States, at that time, and filed the necessary
papers at the State Department to secure
possession. He subsequently associated
himself with p. de Murguiondo, formerly
of Westminster, aud formed company to
remove the guano. But the British colo
NAL secretary, at Kingston, Jamaica,
claimed the Keys as having been taken
possession of by the British gunboat Styx,
the same which took Mason and Slidell,
the Confederate commissioners, from the
steamer Trent This discovery was in
1862, five years after the discovery by
Capt. Jennett The British Secretary at
Kingston, ordered the British man-of-war
Blanche to proceed to the Keys and haul
down the American flag which was flying
on the islands, and to order the Americans
of. They refused to obey, and the Blanche
vas ordered out second time, when the
order was Obeyed. Fhe American vessel,
Eva. from Baltimore. then loading. with
drew to Port Royal In the mean time
Mr.. Murguiondo arrived with another YES
sci, which with the Eva were both loaded
with guano and are on their way to Balti-
more. Before proceeding to the islands
again they viii go to Washington to secure
protection from British interference and
will consult counsel as to damages for losses
incurred by the acts of the man-of-war
Blanche.
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Mob Violence in London.

A London mob last week stoned the
house of Mr.. Gladstone because he was for
keeping them from the privations and suf-
ferings of war. The men who did this
evil deed, are the men who would suffer
most by war in the event that England
should plunge into hostilities with Russia.
A London mob once smashed the windows
of the Duke of Wellington. No public
benefactor can be sure of the gratitude Of
an unreasoning aud enraged popuIace. 1t
turns its fury, often, upon its best friends.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-16

Rev Philip Schaff, President of the Amer
lean Bible Revision Committee, reports that
the ''Old Testament Company have nearly
finished the first revision of Jeremiah. and
will next take up Ezekiel They had previ-
ously revised the Pentateuch, the Psalms and
Isaiah. The "New Testament Company
have, so far, revised the Gospels, the Act.
and two-thirds of the Epistles, but a second
revision, it appears, will be necessary. DIR.
Schaif says the American Committee ''are
but little behind their brother revisers in
England
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-02-16

ALWAYS ABsEXr.-We understand, saws the
Annapolis Gazette, that one of the members
Of the House of Delegates from the city OF
Baltimore. has not been in his seat since the
FIRST day of the session.
Unless the Baltimoreans have improved
lately, it is not only difficult to keep them
in their ats, but hard to get committee
work out of them. Their habit is to put
their valises under their desks, and toward
car-time they may be seen making bee
line for the depot, whether the House has
adjourned or not.
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Public Sale Of Personal Property.

TNHE sale of the Personal Property of 10.
l. sephus II. Hoppe, deceased, will take
place at his late residence, on the Littlestown
Turnpike, near Westminster,
On Wednesday, March 6, 1878, at o, An
Ia horses, mule, colt,
o. good workers and drivers; 90
NOs& Is cows, fine dairy stock ,.-0-7
some fresh by day of sale; all the farming i'm
plements and household and kitchen fnrni-
ture. The live stock, implements and house,
hold goods are in fine order and the attention
OF those who desire 10 replenish their stock
IS called 10 this sale. For terms and other
particulars see large bills.
Also at the First National Bank, in West
minister, on Saturday, March 3, 1878, at /
p. NJ, will be sold the following Bank and
other stocks 20 shares Of the Union National
Bank of Westminster, 6 shares of the First
National Bank OF Westminster, % shares of
the Savings Bank Of Westminster. 10 shares
of the Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank of Westminster, . shares of the Carroll
County Agricultural Society, and shares of
the Westminster Gas Light Company. Terms
cash. ISADORE r. HOPPE.
Administrators
JoHN II. BowERs, Agent. febl6.3t