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Sound Sleep.

Sound sleep is essential to good health.
1t is impossible to restore and recuperate
the system exhausted by labor and activity
without this perfect reposs. Sleep has a
great deal to do with the disposition and
temper. A sound sleeper is seldom undg-
ly disturbed by trihes, while wakeful,
restless person is apt to be irritable. A
great deal has been written about the ad-
vantages of curtailing the hours of repose,
and of sleeping but little. We are inclined
to think there is room for doubt whether
the benefits of closely limiting the time
given to rest have not been exaggerated.
Active persons of nervous temperament
can hardly get too much sleep. We know
very well that the saving of two or three
hours day from slumber is in one sense
equivalent to a considerable prolongation
of human life, and we are no advocates of
Incidence; but the fact still remains that
sleep may be so much abridged as to leave
the system incapable Of as much effective
work in two hours as might be performed
In better condition in one.
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The Preacher and the Balloons.

Rev. Mr.. Holden has been engaged for
thirty six years, in South Africa. in preach.
ing the gospel. We quote an incident in
his journey from Gradock, on the frontiers
of the Cape Colony. He was three weeks
travelling with his family though in an
uninhabited country. The narrative is as
follows:
We had two bullock wagons, with spans
of twelve oxen each; the one to live in.
the other to carry our baggage. When
we had proceeded about two DAYS from
Cradock, we had to ascend a lofty noun
tain, the path up which was execrable.
Rain came on, so that after one travelling
wagon had been dragged up the mountain,
the other wagon could not be got up. al
though both spans of oxeD were put on.
Thus the wagons were separated, one re-
naming at the bottom of the mountain,
the other at the top. The rain continued
for three days, during which time nothing
could be done.
In the midst of these trying scenes we
beheld 4 troop Of balloons descend from
the lofty peak of an adjoining mountain.
This troop was led on in single file by
gentleman who walked as stately as a bab-
Oon-king; his lofty bearing was that of
one "having authority" They advanced
steadily towards the wagon, and assumed
a threatening aspect had they attacked us
In our defenceless position, they could have
torn US to pieces quickly. This was a
time for prayer as well as confidence.
BabOOns are very well in their own wild
haunts or when in a cage but are by no
means agreeable foes when man and his
family are at their caprice or mercy.
After advancing some distance towards us,
the babOon army turned aside into bushy
ravine close by. have always found that
1t you can fix your gaze steadily upon the
eye of a wild beast or a savage man, he
cannot bear the cool steady look of hu-
man eye. The probability is, that had we
manifested fear or attempted to molest
them, the consequences would have been
serious; but | stood on the wagon unmov-
ed, with my eye fixed upon them, until
they turned aside, and we were safe.
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The Bottom of the Ocean.

Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells sin
gular stories of his adventures when max.
ing sketches Of what he saw on the Silver
Banks, near Hayti:
The banks of the coral on which M
divings were made are about forty miles
in length, and from ten to twenty in
breadth. On this bank Of coral is pre-
sented to the diver one of the most beau.
tiful and sublime scenes the eye ever be
held. The water varies from ten to one
hundred feet in depth, and is SO clear that
the diver can see from two to three hun.
dred feet while submerged, with little OBJ.
struetion to the sight.
The bottom of the ocean in many places
on these banks is as smooth as a marble
floor; in others it is studded with coral
columns from ten to one hundred feet in
height, and from one to eight feet in di.
ameter. The tops Of the more lofty sup
port myriad of pyramidical pendanta,
each forming myriad more, giving the
appearance Of reality to the imaginary
abode of some water nymph. In other
places the pendants form arch after arch,
and as the diver stands on the bottom Of
the ocean and gazes through those into the
deep, winding avenues, he feels that they
fill him with as deep an awe as if he were
in,some old cathedral which had long been
buried beneath old oceans wave. Here
and there the coral extends even to the
surface of the water, as if those loftier
columns were towers belonging to those
STATELY temples now in ruins.
There were countless varieties of dimin-
utive trees, shrubs, and plants in every
crevice of the coral, where the water had
deposited the least earth. They were all
of pale hue, owing to the pale light they
received, of every shade, and entirely diff
ferent from the plants / am familiar with
that vegetate on dry land. One in partic-
ular attracted my attention; it resembled
sea fan of immense size of variegated
eolors, and of the most brilliant hue.
The fish which inhabit those banks
found as different in kind as the scene was
varied. They were of all forms, colors
and sizes, from the symmetrical goby to
the glObe-like sunfsh; from those of the
dullest hue to the changeable dolphin;
from the spots of the leopard to the hues
of the sunbeam, from the harmless min.
now to the voracious shark Some had
heads like squirrels, others like cats and
dogs; one of the small size resembled a
bull terrier. Some darted through the
water like meteors while Others could
scarcely be seen to move.
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chiefly comprises arrows and spear-heads
cutting and scraping tools, saws, perfora-
tors and digging implements. They were
made in this country of homstone, jasper
chalcedony and quartz, in Europe of flint
they are triangular, leaf-shaped, pointed
sharply, rough and ugly.
In the Neolithic, or New Stone age,
the stone is ground, often polished and
sometimes ornamented. The perforator
and arrow tips finely and sharply pointed;
there are hammers, chisels, adzes, axes,
mortars, pestles, wedges and digging tools,
all of stone. From Peru are oval or horse
collar shaped, and some of them carved,
objects, weighing four lbs each; they are
a puzzle to arch@ologists in Europe and
America. But the pipes were the "most
remarkable of all, some of them are so
skillfully executed that a modern artist
could find no little difficulty in reproduc-
ing them" They are small, but in form
of animals, birds and human heads. The
National Museum has the finest calumet
pipe ever discovered. at represents q
bird, with strongly curved beak, perhaps
an eagle, which stands on high pedestal,
showing in front an inuerted human face
the bowl rises from back of the Dlrd
From the more recent native inhabi-
tants Of New Zealand, but made with
these stone implements, is a very hand
some palm-wood box, lady's glove box
in size, carved in perfect scrolls and dots,
used by ladies of rank to keep feathers in;
also the prov of a war canoe very well
carved.
Herodotus tells us that, B. C. 500, "a
tribe In Thrace lived in dwellings built on
platforms, supported by piles driven in the
water, and connected to the land by mar
row bridges" 1t has been found by re-
cent search that the habit of erecting
buildings in the lakes was widely spread
over Europe, probably as protection against
wild beasts. In the Museum is an ideal
representation of one Of those lake vii
lagos, and bona fide lacustrine relics of
horn and bone and fax and vegetable pro-
ducts as found in the lakes; also an ideal
representation of an ancient village in
cleft of rocks. Flint, horn and bone i'm
plements and ornaments from the caves of
Dordogne and Salutre, also flint imple-
ments from other caves, and from Den
mark and Great Britain.
Here, too, is cast of that bone of con-
tention, the Neanderthal skull. In the
gravelly loan of Neanderthall grotto, two
feet below the surface, some workmen
found and threw out a human skeleton.
1t would have been lost to science had not
Prot. Fuhlrott seen and saved part of it.
1t had a post naOrteHa by experts, who de-
cided it to be of an ordinary mans height,
very powerful bodily, but with slight brain
Prof. Huxley thinks it the most ape-like
discovered, but concludes it is not the
connecting link between man and ape.
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NOVELTIES IN PAPER.-When the
usefulness of compressed paper for railway
wheels was demonstrated, two or three
years ago, people asked "What next p
The question can now be answered. The
latest use of paper appears to be for chin.
ney-pots. They are made in Breslau, and
are light and durable. Before the paper
pulp is moulded and compressed into the
required shape, it is treated with chemi-
Gals which render it non-inhammable.
Specimens of paper and cloth made from
the California cactus were recently exhi-
bited before the Maryland Academy Of
Sciences. The cactus grows abundantly
in many of our Western States and Terri
tories, and it is found on arid soil where
nothing can be cultivated. The success
that has been met with in making paper
from this plant is so marked that the bust
ness will probably be attempted on large
scale.
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The wages of simple laborer in the
United States averages one dollar per day.
In portions of France the wages of the
same class of laborers is sixty-seven cents
a day, and this is considered very good
pay. In the rural districts of France
wages are from 45 to so cents per day.
In Berlin and vicinity, country laborers
get 62 cents a day, and city laborers ~
cents. In Saxony the ordinary wages Of
laborer are s2.sS per week. The aver
age Of wages in England are 1915 per
week. From these figures it will be seen
that low as wages are in the United States,
they are much lower in Europe.
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THE DANUBE AND THE AACH UNITED.
in order to test whether there actually
is, as was supposed, real connection be-
tween the Danube and the Aach, solu-
ton of phthalein Of resorein was introduce
ed into the former at Emmendingen, and
about two or three days after the bright
green fuorescence of the solution was seen
in the latter. The Upper Danube thus
sends part of its waters into the German
Ocean as well as into the Black Sea.
There must be a subterranean channel
through the FIVE miles of limestone which
separates the apparent source of the Aach
from the Danube.
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Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Carroll county Letters Testamentarv
on the personal estate of
MATILDA CRABBS.
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same with the vouch.
ers thereof, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the 25th day ofSeptember.
1878; they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. Those in
debted are requested to make immediate pay.
ment.
Given under my hand this 25th day of
February, 1878.
WILLIAM J. CRABBS,
mar 2-4t Executor.
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1t is stated in a German paper that th4
purity of milk may be tested by the follow.
ing very simple methOd:- A well polished
knitting needle is dipped into deep yes.
sci of milk, and Immediately Withdrawn
in an upwright position, when, if the sam
pie be pure, some of the fluid will be found
to adhere to it, while such is not the case
if water has been added to the milk, even
in the smallest proportion.
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LADY CAKE.-The whites of eight we'll
beaten eggs, two cupfuls Of white sugar,
two and three-quarters cupfuls sifted -four,
two-thirds cupful of butter, onc-half tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in little water,
one teaspoonful cream of tartar sifted in
the -four favor with bitter almond.
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NO. 1922 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
John A. Grouse VS.. Daniel Mitten.
ORDERED this sth day of March. A. D..
~ 1878, that the sale of the Real Estate in
the above cause decreed to be sold, made and
reported therein by John E. Smith and Chas.
I. Reifsnider, trustees, appointed by the de.
cree therein passed to sell the same, be
finally ratified and confirmed, unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before the 10th
day OF April next. Provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper pub.
lished in Carroll county, Maryland, once a
week for three successive weeks previous 10
the I'd day of April next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
Sl227. 90
FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
mar 81 FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
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y Acres, more or less,

Of prime bark timber, none better in the
county, and is part of the same land which
George Everhart obtained from Jacob Ber-
wager and wife, by deed dated 7th day OF july,
A. D., 1855, and recorded in Liber J. B. B.,
No. q, folio 81, &c. This parcel will be sur
veyed previous to the day Of sale and sold
entire or in lots at the option Of the trustees.
Il is situated on a road leading from the Bal
timore turnpike to Valentine Menehey's and
about Of mile from Manchester
18th Contains
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Mr.. John w. Wheeler, of Tuscola, ILL.,,
was awakened one night recently, by his
dog springing upon his bed and clawing
at the bed clothes. Startled at the unu-
sual conduct of the animal he got up, and
discovered that a fire was raging in the
lower part of the house, and he barely es-
capped with his family and the dog.
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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 SI5 according to the studies pur-
sued. F. A. McGIRR, A. NJ, Principal.
A Night School for Young men will be open
from to 8, p. m, on Monday and Thursday
of each week hheginning October 10th, 1876.
oct II
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Jeremy Taylor says of marriage :-''If
you are for pleasure, marry; if you prize
you health, marry; if money be your OBJ
ject, marry. A good wife is Heavens
last best gift to man, his angel and minis
ter of graces innumerable, his gem of
many virtues. his casket of Jewels"
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NOTICE

A LII persons knowing themselves indebted
"A to George Everhart individually, either
by note, book account or otherwise, are re-
quested to call upon VIM. A. McKsllip, one
of the Trustees, aud make prompt settlement.
Those indebted to the firm of E. S. Everhart
& Co., are notified to call upon Z. S. Ever.
hart, at Manchester, and settle the firm nc
counts with him, he alone being authorized
to adjust the same.
WIN. 4. McKELLIP,
GEO. P. EVERHART,
mar 2-ts Trustees.
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20 Acres of Land.

more or less, about 5 Acres in Timber,
under good fencing, and is situated about p
miles from Manchester, on the Shawk's road,
and adjoining lands of Augustus Redding and
others. This Is portion Of the same land
which George Everhart and George Shower
hold as tenants in common, and which they
obtained from Samuel Stansbury, by deed
dated 18th Of April, A. D., 1866, and record
ed in Liber w. A. Mex, No. 32, folio 21e,
&c. Arrangements viii possibly be made
previous to the day Of sale, by which the en-
tire tract above described win be sold
10th. The one-half interest of said George
Eyerhart. In
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RATIFICATION NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court of Carroll County :
February Term, 1878.
Estate of Ann Clay, deed.
.nN application it is ordered this 5th day Of
" March, 1878, that the sale of the Real
Estate of Ann Clay, late Of Carroll county,
deceased, made by Theodore A. Clay, Exec
utor of the last will and testament of said
deceased, and this day reported to this Court
by the said Executor, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause be shown to the contrary
on or before the ID Monday, sth day of April
next; provided a copy of this order be inser-
ted for three successive weeks in some news
paper printed and published in Carroll coun-
ty, before the 1st Monday, Ist day of April
next.
The Executor reports the amount of sales
to be two thousand and one hundred and
twenty dollars (S2, 120.00)
True copy,-Test:
HENRY Z. BELTZ,
mar 9-3t Register of Wills.
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&c. This lot IS situated on the public road
leading to York, Pa, and within three hun.
dred yards of the corporate limits of Man
chester, is in q fair state Of cultivation and
under frst-rate fencing.
18th Contains
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Il Vie subscriDer, having sold his tarm, will
Il sell at public sale, on the premises, sit
uated about two miles south of New Windsor,
On Saturday, the Esd Of March,
at u o'clock, NJ, the following valuable per.
sonal property, to wit: Four head of Young
A horses, 2 of which are good DnlxA
d. brood mares; three.yea 49,
N1@A~old mare, mich cows, ILL
heifers, most of them will be fresh bv the day
of sale, two-year old bull, SOW and Q pigs.
] SOW that will have pigs by the last of March,
3 shoats, four-horse wagon, inch tread: i
two-horse narrowtread wagon, / two-horse
wagon and bed, sleigh, l stone bed, l
wheelbarrow, 2 hay carriages, threshing
machine and double shaker. / windmill. j
Buckeye combined reaper and mower. Hub
bard mower, horse rake, Lancaster drill. 9
harrows, 3-horse plow, single and double
shovel plows, corn drags, 2-horse spread, 2
sets breechbands, 3 sets front gears, plow
gears, housings, brides, collars, wagon
saddle, side saddle, 5-horse line, hy nets,
whip, set of single harness, stretchers, triple,
double and single trees, fifth, log, breast,
butt and COW chains, halters, cradle scythes,
set of blacksmith tools, mattocks, shoyels.
rakes, forks of all kinds, maui and wedges.
digging iron, crow bar, hay fork, rope and
pullies, sledge hammer, stone hammer, half
interest in eross-cut saw, ons-third interest in
straw and fodder cutter, corn shelter, cutting
box, cider mill and press, jackscrew, grain
sacks, patent bee hive, farm bell, grind stone,
20 acres of growing wheat, and acres of rye,
lot of timothy hay, 200 bundles of rye
straw, lot of old iron, and many other arti-
eles. Also household and kitchen furniture,
consisting of 4 bedsteads and bedding, ta-
bles, 3 cupboards, wardrobe, chairs, bureau,
2 clocks, settee, 3 template stoves and pipes,
barrel copper kettle, milk cans, tin buckets,
barrel ehurn and stand, wool wheel and reel,
Douiey's washing machine and wringer, and
many other articles too numerous to mention.
Terms Of Sdie.-All sums of $40 and un-
der, cash; on all sums above $40 a credit of
eight months will be given, purchasers giving
their notes with approved security, bearing
interest from the day of sale. No property
to be removed until terms of sale are com
piled with. JOHN DIEHI..
JOSEPH A. WAEsCHE, Clerk.
Henry r. Harris, Auct mar2-ts
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4 Acres and 26 Perches

Of cleared land, more or less, and is situated
in close proximity 10 No. 13, and a part Of
the same land obtained from Jacob Berwager
in the deed above named.
18th. The one-half interest of said George
Everharf in
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Scandal is fed by as many streams as
the Nile, and there is often as much diff
Guilty in tracing it TO its source.
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The city of Rome once had four mil
lions of inhabitants. 1t now has but two
hundred and fifty thousand.
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The most curious thing in the world is
a woman who is not curious.
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What word is that of eight letters, from
which, if you take away FIVE, ten will still
remain Tendency.
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oASH0AN Va ShotSS AAuib5 ih AuiifAhE cOHulttOu.
18th. Contains
One-FOurth Acre of Land,
more or less, situated on York Street, in
Manchester. The improvements consist of u
Frame Weatherboarded Dwelling House, with
other out-buildings, and is the same lot or
parcel of land which said Everhart obtained
from Jacob Shower, by deed bearing date 18th
day of May, A. D., 1888, and recorded among
the Land Records of Carroll COUNTY, in Liber
W. W., No. 8, folio 7s, &c.
The exact quantity of land and the annual
ground rent on No. IL cannot now be given,
but will be furnished on the day Of sale.
To persons in want Of homes in and ada
cent to Manchester, one of the most prosper
Gus and thriving towns in the county, would
do well to examine the above property. The
completion of the Hanover Branch Railroad,
now under construction to, connect with the
Western Maryland Railroad, and which will
be located in close proximity to Manchester,
makes all OF the above property valuable, and
offers inducements to purchasers rarely to be
had.
DE- Persons desirous of viewing any or all
of the above tracts of land can call upon
George Everhart, E. S. Everhart, or Jesse
Shultz, residing in Manchester, Nd, and for
further information call upon or address VIM.
A. McKellp, one of the Trustees, at West
minister, Nd.
AT the same and place and before the sale
OF the Real Estate, will be sold the following
Personal Property, commencing at 10 o. clock
A. NJ, on TUESDAY, 26th of MARCH IL ma
hogany side board, mahogany case of drawers,
bureau, secretary, hair cloth mahogany
sofa, half dozen hair cloth mahogany chairs,
dozen cane seat chairs, l rocking chair,
wash stand, bedsteads and bedding, clothes
press, cook stove, template stove, parlor
stove, clocks, sewing machine, 8 tables,
book case, two-horse wagon, l spring
wagon, carriage, buggy, buggy 80
- top, ] cart, threshing ma Vf1AA
~ sehine and horse power, 1=14zs3s
- wheat fan, horse rake, moving ma
chine, fodder cutter, cutting box, furrow
plow, harrow, double shovel plow, single
shovel plow, hay carriage, Wheelbarrow, log
chain, pair of excellent mill burrs, sets Of
wagon harness, head of milch cows, bull,
4 shoats, brood sows, iron safe, / grind
stone, apple mill and cider press, and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
Terms Of Sale Of Real Estdte.-0ne- fourth
cash on the day OF sale or upon the ratifca-
ton thereof by the Court, balance in 8, u
and 16 months, credit payments to be secured
to the satisfaction of the Trustees and bearing
interest from the day of sale.
Terms Of Personal PropeTty.-Al sums of
$40 and under, cash; above $40 credit of
6 months will be given upon notes with ap-
proved security, and bearing interest from the
day of sale.
WM. A. McKELLIP,
GEO. P. EYERHART, trustees
Smith d McKeilip, Solicitors.
Jesse Shnltz, Auctioneer.
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II ARGEST SIZE POSTERS PRINTED
IL at this Office at short notice.