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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
DANDELION GHOSTS.
nv ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN.


The common flower that children love
All other common flowers apoFo,
The dandel1on bloom, alas,
No longer stars the roadside grass
Rut folds away it's yellow robes,
And now a myriad gauzy GLOBES,
GRAY gossanner ghosts, float everywhere,
Like bubbles blown along the air.
Dear bomelike flower, which cheers Away
The dusty path of every day,
EVEN death is kind to thee and brings
Twin-pifts of liberty and wings:
oh. peer of butterflies and bees,
Fair PLAYMATE of the wandering breeze,
Methinks would rejoice to be
free and fetterless ghost like thee!
No CHASTITY phantom, pale and stark,
Stalking. reproachful, through the dark,
TO fright the souls which held me dear,
And mourned my loss with tear on tear
And yet, at last-so hard to bear
Are loneliness and dull despair
Their main of sore bereavement healed
with love more warm than ghosts can yield
No specter, bringing woe and dread,
To blanch from timid lips the red,
But such a gentle ghost as might
Unchallenged come in fair daylight,
Unsoiled by dust unwet by dew,
I'm fearless freedom strange and new,
To sail serenely through the air
Uncaught, unhindered, everywhere.
No fate were happier than to be
An evanescent ghost like thee,
A mild returner from the dead,
Which few would note, and none would dread
To visit, not in grief or gloom,
The scenes which saw my early bloom,
And mark how perfect and how fair
The world could be-and not there!
All, happy flower. that smilest through
Thy three bright days of sun and dew,
And then, when time DEGREES thy doom,
Risest anew in rarer bloom,
A perfect sphere of daintiest white,
AS soft as air, as still as light,
Leaving these earthly damps of ours
To seek, perhaps, the heaven of flowers
Sunday A. fterT1O0n for September.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE.

BEFORE.
She waits and listens. Footsteps fall
She knows they are not his.
She waits and listens for sound
That sweetest music is.
He comes and, with a sudden thrill
And heartbeat LOUD and Gear,
She does not hear, she does not see
she feels that he is near,
And, coyly lifting to his face
Her eyes of heavenly blue,
She murmurs, in loves softest tones,
My darling, is it you?"
AFTER.
Again she listens. Footsteps reach
And footsteps pass her door.
She listens, but her needle flies
More swiftly than before
She hears, at length. the tread that time
And cares are making slow;
And, with a start that sends her chair
Hard rocking to and fro,
Springs to the landing, and, with voice
More shrill than any lute's,
She screams, above the balusters,
Augustus, wipe your boots!"
Philadelphia Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05

The Syndicate Of Lyons merchants es-
innate this years silk crop in France
at 1921, 800 pounds. They estimate
tnat it takes twelve pounds Of the yellow
or fifteen and half pounds of the green
cocoons to yield one pound of silk. The
crop is but slightly larger than that Of
1876-the worst for many years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05

with hose are watering all the roots of
all the hundreds of thousands of trees
on the boulevards, and taking up the
gratings so as to loosen the earth around
them !"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05

longed to the "circle"- were expected
to attend. "The Quimbys, the Bro
dalles, the Thomases, and Mr.. Ducey
and Florry, and Tom Lacy, besides DR..
Granton and his cousin, Miss Ellis, and
ever SO many more are going" said the
widow, and we shall have such a
splendid timer
"Of course you will go, John?" said
Florry. i..l
"Why %
Because-because," hesitatingly,
81 have business Of Importance to at
tend to-"
"Oh, but you must go, john" per-
suasively. cit will be the last picnic
of the season, and-and you know am
going away soon. Casper insists on my
naming an early day for our marriage,
and you must go just this once for my
sake; and you need recreation-you are
working too hard"
And SO he promised to drive over to
the grave about the middle of the after
noon" in time to partake of the re-
freshments and come home with the
rest" ne said.
Why Florry insisted on his going she
scarcely knew. Maybe she thought he
was working himself to death, for he had
been looking unusually pale and thin of
late.
At last the all-important day came, as
most days do, and an eventful day it was,
to three at least. Just after dinner the
,,;oY,;o ,oorfv took mn thnir 1inn of ,,ooro1
to the grove, looking not unlike a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05

NEVER lose yourself in church, if you
have anything weighing on your mind.
A man in neighborlng city, who had
just raid the milliner fearful bill for
his better-half's new and elaborately
decorated head-gear, dropped into doze
in his pew, and, when the minister gave
out to be sung that hymn of Montgom-
ery's commencing:
: What is the thing of greatest price
,. The whole creation round?
the drowsy man, forgetting where he was
and supposing the question was pro-
pounded to him personally, electrified
the congregation by very audibly ejacu-
lating, "My wife's new bonnet !-Chd-
caQo Commercial Advertiser.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25

l wish Morrison & Bro, had come sooner.
had bad Cold and Cough all winter.
tried Morrison Il Bros Cough Syrup
and half bottle has entirely cured my
Cough.
l find, by Use, ,hat Morrison & Bro 8 Lin
imont is better than recommended by
them
Rest for The Ladies. Morrison & Bros
Bed Bug Poison applied to beds will
destroy the bugs and save taking down
the beds. 1t lays them over quick.
| know | saved doctor bill last night
nv using Morrison q Bros Group or
Heine Syrups. 1t relieved the Group in
few moments.
Morrison & Bros Liniment, Cough Sy-
rup, Group OF Iline oyrups and Bed Bug
Poison are good medicines, and will do
what they claim for them, Try one
bottle and be convinced. Prices Low.
Apr 13-3m#
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
CIR OSS & II / G. K. E L..
-MANUFAoTURERs OF AND DEALERS M
Baskets, Collins, etc.

eaross & Nickel, Frostburg, arc day or
night
5&cady to provide for the last said rite
III Gcath which comes unfailingly to all--
Strong or weak, rich or poor, and short CT
superb Casllets and Collins claim tAc:r
care.
d; ever the best you'll always find there,
Row, this sad duty we all must confess
IS best done where its special business.
Caretul and complete are their facilities,
lsEoWn and acknowledged their abilities
each thing we need they re ready to supply
4-lElng-our tilrniturc--or, if we die,
Undertaking Our burial, they'll promptly
pay
&ecdful attention TO all our friends say.
depending on this they will be the choice
Executors to make the mourners rejoice.
Regarding both the dead and those who
1--we
Ehcy cheeriully accord all they can give,
And 10 their desires do ever attend
E2noWing thcmseVcsa as the mournGrs' true
friend.
Even amid sorrow great joys they impa,t--
Ateal and true-to the sad, desolatc heart
s3adder as nearer The friend with Wnon
we part.
Much as we love life, yet still we must die,
And the mystery Of the next to try.
Enthis sad time our friends may do tarWorsc
n eglecting t o employ the nice, fine Hcase
Specially devised to show lawful pride
No all the friends of the one who has
died.
Esroc4 yST7r~ MT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
Furniture, Mattresses, Spring Beds etc.

Good and staunch Furniture of every kind,
Blight down at the fine store we eve find,
Of excellent make end the latest Styic---
so strong and SO durable, all the WhiIc.
See here for yourselves the truth which
we say
& look how our goods rule with magic
sway.
Nor forget that we. delighted, can rest
In which is told of the common and Lest.
Certainly Frostburg has fully confessed
knowledge of her manufactures posse acl
Everything in here the fancy to tickle
Lavishly abounds with CROSSE Nickel
Fully stocked always and ever 50 cheap,
Usually small the profits they reap.
Remember strictly-large sales rule the
No chance for dollars-we must make on
ly dimes.
In solemn fact we must this truth declare
That here none with Gross d Nickel com
pare.
Useless it is to compete with work so grand
Rich, cheap, good-in sober truth-made
to stand
Fen md moving about" from land to land.
Must not we seek at once this we'll known
store,
And find the goodly things we will adore
Indeed, rivalry shrinks in very dread
Now that Gross Il Nickel stand far ahead.
80 come right along-no "ifs" or "maybes" -
To buy for yourselves, your girls, your
babies.
Main Street,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
SpEER'S PORT GRAPE VINE,
H7ossr Wears, Old!

This justly celebrated native Wine is
made from the juice of the Oporto Grape,
raised in this country. Its invaluable
Tonic and Strengthening Properties
are unsurpassed by any other native Wine.
Being thepure juice of the grape, produced
under MI Specr's own personal supervis-
ion, its purity and gcnuineness are guaran-
tced. The youngest child may partake OF
its generous qualities, and the weakest in
valid use it to advantage. tits particular
ly beneficial to the aged and debilitated,
and suited to the various ailments that at
tict the weaker sex. IL is, in every respect,
a Wine do be Relied On.
TNvAIIDs USE sPEERs PORT GRAPE WINE.
FEMALES USE sPEER's PORT GRAPE WINE.
WEEKLY pEGsoNg FIND EENEFrr FROM ITS USE.
Speer's Wines in Hospitals are preferred
to other Wines.
Sold by Druggists generally, who also
sell Spccy's Standard Wine Bitters. Trade
supplied by all Wholesale dealers. See that
the signature of Alfred sipcer, Passaic, N.
j., is over the cork of each bottle.
ALFRED SPEER,
Mt Prospect Vineyards, New Jersey.
Office: No. 81 Warren St, New York.
For SALE BY McNEILl. & MCCULLou,
July LILY Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
LAW and REAL ESTATE OFFICE

BR01DWAI, F,R0STBJRG, ND.
IN connection with the practice Of Law
i the undersigned will give special atten
ton to the
Purchase and Sale Of Real Estate,
And shall endeayor to make il the interest
persons wishing to purchase, lease, or ren
property to first apply at this office. Prop
crty entrusted to him for sale or other dis
position viii be advertised at his own ex
pcnse. He has at present for sale, or rent
several desirable houses, several good bust
ness stands, and rooms suitable for offices.
JNO. S GROVE,
Sept5 Attorney at Law.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
Excellent for Ladies, Weakly Persons
and the Aged.
MOUNT PROSPECT VINEYARDS,
NEW JERSEY.

NEW JERSEY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
Ell. I'LL Z :3.i.2 ! ri: Ell .g122Trah !
iEpggEs gaNN & ECO

Haze Come WIN Their Nc3lciacs.
LOOK ON TIE FENCES.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
BEST COW FOR SMALL FARMS.

1t is not supposed that COWS kept on a
small farm are placed there for the pur-
pose of raising calves for sale. They are
placed there for the butter they produce,
The question is often asked, (which shall
they be, blooded or scrub stock?" The
question is easily answered. Keep only
such stock as is best adapted for the pur.
pose. Our opinion, and also that of the
principal dairymen ofthe country, IS that
the Jersey, commonly called Aldernay,
is, above all others, the best butter cew.
They are easily kept, very docile-some.
thing not to be overlooked-and beauti-
full, giving milk ofsuperior richness, from
which is produced finely colored butter,
having an equal texture and flavor. But
ter made from such milk has been known
to keep when placed in a dry, not cold
cellar, without the use of ice, and when
taken out, was in a hard, firm condition,
and was then sold twelve to eighteen
cents per pound higher than best ordi-
nary butter. The cost of Jerseys is not
much more than for scrubs, and they
will more than make up the difference
in price in a few months.-LiUe Stock
Journal
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY.


The transit Of Mercury, which will oc-
cur on the 9th of May, is looked forward
to with much interest by the astronom-
ical world. Two French scientists are
now on their way to the West to observe
it, having been sent out officially for that
purpose. One, M. Charles Andre, Direc'
tor of the Observatory in the University
of Lyons, left New York for Ogden, that
has been selected because situated on
elevated ground, nearly on the divide"
ofthe continent, very favorablY situated
for dryness of climate and purity of at
mosphere, and the center of the transit
will take place nearly at local noon. The
other, M Angot, Professor of Physics at
the Lycee Fontanes in Paris, will soon
follow. The transit will be visible all
over the United States, and will occupy
about seven hours and q half in its pas
sage. Transits of Mercury are much
more frequent than those Of Venus, the
average interval being less than ten
years. Thus the coming transit will be
followed by others in 1881 and 1891, while
after the transit of Venus in 1882 none
will occur till 2004 No previous transit
of Mercury has ever aroused the atten'
ton of observers like the one whose adj
vent is so soon to be anticipated, for it is
hoped that Its observation will help in
the solution of several important prob
lens, especially in determining the orbit
of Mercury, in throwing more light on
the question of an intra-Mercurial planet
and in furnishing data for renewed esti'
mates of the suns distance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
ROBESON'S FRAUDULENT NAVAL
CONTRACTS.

Washington, April 22,-Mr. Willis,
Chairman of the Committee on Expen-
ditures in the Navy Department, made
partial report to the House on the sub
jeCt of the unpaid contracts of the Navy
Department The Democratic majority
ofthe committee united In recommend
ing that the bills for services already rem
dered, and accepted by the Department,
amounting to about $32l2000, be paid,
but that the contracts made by Robson
on the Sd, 9TH and 10th of March, 1877
amounting to about $4,000 600, be re-
sCinded. No work has been done on
these contracts, as they we're suspended
by Secretary Thompson Immediately on
his succession to Robesons Office. Many
of the contracts which the committee re-
commended to be paid were in as plain
violation of law as those the committee
believe should be rescinded, but work on
the former has been performed and &C.
Cepted. The report of the committee
contains extracts from the statutes, show.
ing that Robeson violated the plain let
ter of the law in making his contracts,
but there is no recommendation that he
be punished for his misdeeds, as it is be-
lieved person not holding Office cannC t
be impeaChed. The Republican MEM
bers of the committee favored payment
of the fraudulent contracts.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
AN EXTINCT RACE.

One of the most remarkable races that
ever inhabited the earth is now extinct.
They are known as the Guanches, and
were the aborigines of the Canary Is
lands. In the sixteenth century, pesti-
lence, slavery, and the cruelty of the
Spahiards succeeded in totally extermin-
ting them. They are described as hay
ing been gigantic in stature, but of singu-
larly mild and gentle nature. Their food
consisted Of barley, wheat, and goats
milk, and their agriculture was the rH-
dest kind. They had a religion which
taught them of a future state, of rewards
and punishments after death, and of good
and evil spirits.
They regarded the volcano of Tener-
iAe as the place of punishment for the
bad. The bodies of the dead were care
fully embalmed and deposited in cata-
combs, which still continue to be an OBJ
ject of curiosity to those who visit the
islands. Their marriage ceremony was
very solemn, and before engaging in
them the brides were fattened on milk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02

valleys being In those days luxuriant'
The western colony had at one time four
parish churches and 10 farm villages,
while that on the east coast, still larger,
had two towns, 100 farm villages, IL par:
ish churches, and two monasteries, and
was the seat of bishoplic, About 1850
the Danish colony, having been weak
ened by pestilenCe, was exterminated by
Esquimaux, and early in the next cen;
tury its Norwegian neighbor disappeared
suddenly and mysteriously from human
knowledge. Numerous attempts to learn
definitely Of its fate were made, but the
only information ever obtained was from
Pope Nicholas V. to the bishop of Ire
land, dated 1448, which stated that the
colony hed been attacked by hostile
fleet 80 years before, and laid waste with
FIRE and sword; this story, however was
not generally credited. In 1922 Captain
Scoresby discovered houses containing
hunting and household utensils, but no
inhabitants, and there is reason to be,
lieve that these dwellings were relics OF
the long lost colony.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
RASPBERRIES.

The cultivation of raspberries promi-
ses to become one of the most profitable
branches of the business of fruit grow
ing. Requiring very little more care
than an ordinary hoed crop, yet the un-
usually prolific character of some of the
new varieties and the fine prices obtain.
ed for the fruit, are leading many to give
their attention to it as means of liVeli-
hood. Some years ago, before the hardy
market varieties had made their appear
ance, very few attempted to grow this
plant on large scale, as the work of COW
ering for winter protection was greater
undertaking than they cared to enter
upon. Since the arrival of the new har-
dy varieties, this condition of affairs has
greatly changed, and many are devoting
from halfan acre to ten and twenty acres
Of land to their cultivation. As the de-
mand for the fruit is steadily on the in.
increase, the prices will probably be re-
muneTative. .... d..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
agltsre1Ia
ooMpos1rIoN oF PLANTs.

Aplant is a compound thing, manu-
featured article. 1t is an important part
of the farmers business to understand
how plants are made, what raw materi-
ais are needed for their manufacture, and
how they are to be brought up into the
product desired. He wishes to raise a
certain crop. Are there in the soil the
elements necessary to produce itF lie
must be sure that these are present,
then he has only to prepare the land,
bestow proper tillage on the crop,
and leave the rest to natare. In vir>
gin soil, rich with the accumulated fer
tility ofages, it is quite certain that there
are all the elements of plant food, but at>
ter successive years of ofcropping, some or
all ofthese elements have been used up,
or at any rate so far diminished that the
land becomes like Mother Hubbard's
cupboard. 1t is 6arc. Hence arises the
necessity for manuring, to restock the
land with plant>food, and rotation of
crops to exc out the food supply, and
make it 60 as far as possible. Barn>yard
dung comprises all the elements of plant.
food, and hence it is the staple manure.
If there are special deficiencies in soil,
they may be supplied by special fertili'
zers. Analysis of soils is often made
with a view to ascertain what is wanting,
in order that the lack may be at once
supplied. But it is with analysis of plants
rather than ofsoils that we have to do in
this article.
A plant may be separated intoits orig
inal elements. The simplest way of do
ing this is by burning it. If plant be
subjected to the action Of fire, the great
er part of it "burns away" as we are aC'
customtd to say-that is, it goes off in
various gases or vapors, until at length
only little ash is left. That which
burns away" is called the organic part
of the plant: while that which remains in
the form of ash, is called Inorganic
Sometimes the two classes of substances
are called combustible and incombustiN
BILE. Plant, Of all kinds consist as to their
organic or combustible parts of but four
simple elements, known to chemists as
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen,
The inorganic matter found in them isbut
small in proportion to the quantity of or.
ganic matter they contain. 1t embraces
variety of substances, the chief Of which
are: phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, sill.
cic acid, potash, soda, lime, magnesia,
iron, and chloride of sodium. AS an il
lustration of the extent to which the or.
ganic constituents ofplants preponderate
over the inorganic, it may be stated that
if an oak tree be cut down and burnt, for
every 100 pounds of wood there will be
left only 81 pounds Of ash. Small, how
ever, as the inorganic element is, it were
a great mistake to regard it as comparas
lively unimportant. tits absolutely nec>
essary to the life and growth of the plant,
so much so that if any portion Of it be
absent, the plant cannot be produced in
perfection. The following table shows
the importance ofthe elements just spo-
ken Of they are found to exist in some
of our most common crops. Let it be
understood that the figures refer to I 900
pounds of each seed or plant in a dry
state:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02
THIs is the way the Philadelphia Times

THIS is the way the Philadelphia Times
(McClure's paper puts il: The truth is
that retribution has come upon the Re-
publican party with a swiftness and
force that it is almost impossible to en-
dure, and the sarcasm of destiny is seen
in the fact that the hand that deals the
blow is the hand of him for whose pro-
motion to place and power, as the repre-
sentative of the party, great crime was
committed. The consciousness of this
crime ranking in the breast of every
Republican who witnessed the electoral
fraud without protest, makes the situa-
ton more critical. AS man after man
becomes alienated from the Administra'
ton, he falls into line with the opposi'
ton, and tries to calm his conscience by
condemning fraud even louder than the
regulation Democrats. The yell of fraud
is becoming so general that it browns all
other party cries and political watch
wor1a