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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-12
BETTING ON ELECTIONS.

The attention of all persons is particularly
called to the following section of Article 35,
Code of Public General Laws
46. No person shall make any bet or wager
on the result Of any election to take place in
this State.
AZ. ANY person offending against the last
preceding section shall be liable to indict-
ment in the Circuit Courts, if the offence be
committed in any county, or Ia the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, if the offence be commit
ted in Baltimore; and on conviction, shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more than FIVE
hundred dollars, to be paid to the State for
the use of the School Fund.
As. Every deposit of money in any part OF
the State as . wager or bet upon elections in
this State or elsewhere shall be forfeited and
paid over to the County Commissioners of the
county where deposited for the use of the
county; and if deposited in the city of Balli-
more, to the Mayor and City Council.
PETER WOODS.
sep 2s-te Sheriff of Carroll county
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A Good Editor.

The Christian at WorL; is publishing
series of contributions entitled "Some
things about Newspapers" and the article
on, "The Qualifications for good Editor
ship" has the keen good sense of one who
knows:
A good editor must be a coed writer,
but he must be great deal more than
that. There are fifty men who can write
good articles for a paper where there is
one who can edit it well. The ablest edi-
tor will often have writers on his staff who
will take the topic he assigns them and
treat it better than he could. 4 part of
his genius lies in selecting the right man
for the right topic. The editor must have
pre-eminently the judicial mind. He
must not only be able to see both sides and
all sides of question, but he must have a
sense of proportion, an apprehension of
the relative importance of movements,
issues and facts. He must not only know
what interests himself; he must know what
will interest other people He must not
mortgage his columns to his own crotchet,
or hobby, or speciality in study.
He must know what to Leare out as we'll
as to put in. The ferment of thought and
the rush Of events bring such mass of
material to his hand that leaving out comes
to be, in one aspect of the case, about the
chief par+ of his work. And nothing
more distinctly marks the difference be-
tween a good paper and poor one. In
some papers every column shows that the
editor has carefully culled and condensed
his matter. You are quite sure that any
thing you find there will be worth reading.
In sharp contrast to such papers are those
which seem as if they had been filed by
shoveling in what came handiest. The
selections may be good or may not be.
Matters of no real consequence are chron-
icled at length in the news columns.
Jokes that are stiff with age-that were
gray and threadbare before Joe Miller was
bOrn-hobble in the chief places in the hu-
morous column.
The editor ought to stand as break
water to protect his readers from the
rubbish and falsehood that float on the news
of the day; from the petty views that
partisans and lobbyists try to push into
undeserved prominence. He must have
the sixth sense that tells him when the
honestly told adventure, which the average
reader would swallow as truth without
suspicion, is hoax out of whole cloth.
He must have an instinct for exaggera-
tions in first reports; for divining the
meaning and Importance of ecclesiastical,
political and commercial movements
That faculty will save him from making
wild claims on the strength of cooked
election returns, from editorial comments
on events that never happened-moraliz-
ings from texts that next week prove to be
spurious. He makes the best paper for
present use, who makes the one that will
read best when it is year old.
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Grand Sword and Hurdle
TOURNAMENT.

TTNHE Springfield Trotting Association vii
n have Sword and Hurdle Tournamen
on their Half-miie Track, near Freedom
Carroll county on
Thursday, October I7h, 1878.
Riding viii begin promptly at IO4, A. NJ.
Each knight, after starting, will be required
to draw sword, cut right and left at a Lemon
suspended on either side, then take a ring as
his horse leaps the hurdle. There will be nc
charge to Knights, and swords will be fur
aished to all who ride. After the Tilt the
Royal party viii be driven around the track
IN tour-in-hand Carriage drawn by four horse:
aud driven BY the President of the Associa-
ton, followed by full Brass Band, and the
knights IN order as they we're successful.
Coronation viii take place on the stand
erected for the purpose.
Later in the day there will be
DRAG FOX HUNT
followed by 80 Hounds, all in sight over
fences and bitches, and reward of s. to the
first dog in; after which a Fox will be turned
loose and followed by all who wish.
After the Tournament the track will be
open 10 these who wish to speed their horses
AdmittaRce for Gentlemen % cents. La
dies free. No liquors allowed on the grounds
By order Of Association,
FRANK BROWN, President.
J. 0. WADIow, Secretary and Treasurer.
sep 2S-3t
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Notice to Hotel Keepers and all
Others who Deal in Liquor.

For the information Of all persons concern
ed the following Act Of the Legislature,
passed March "a, 1865, is published:
CHAPTER I9I.
An Act prohibiting the sale of spurious or
fermented liquors in the several counties Of
this State on the day Of election.
SECTION BE Il enacted Jy The General
assembly Of Maryland, That it shall not be
lawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern,
store, drinking establishment, or any other
place where liquors are sold, or for any per-
son or persons, diJectly or indirectly, to sell,
barter, give or dispose of any spurious or
fermented liquors, ale or beer, or intoxica-
ting drinks Of any kind, on the days of cleo
ton hereafter to be held in the several eoun-
ties of this State.
SECTION 2. 1nd be Il enacted, That any
person violating the provisions of this Act
shall be liable to indictment by the Grand
Jury of the county where the offence is com
mitied, and shall, upon conviction before any
Judge of the Circuit Courts of this State, be
fined sum not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars for each and
every ofenee-one-half the fine shall be paid
to the informer, the other half to the County
Commissioners for the use Of the Public
Roads
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ID TENTS

OBTAINED for Inventors, in the United
~ States, Canada, and Europe, atreduced
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
examinationsandf furnish opinionsast patent
ability, free ofcharge, andall who are interested
in new inventions and Patents are invited to
send for q 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, ID. c.; the Royal Swed-
ash, Norwegian, and Danish Legations, at
Washington Hon. Joseph Casey, late Chief
Justice U. S. Court of Claims; to the Officials
of the U. s. Patent Office, and to Senators
and Members of Congress from every State.
Address: LOUIS BAGGER & Co, Solici.
tors Of Patents and Attorneys at Law, lie
Droit Building, Washington, b. G.
dec S-tf
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l7s ACRES OF LAND.

more or less. The improvements thereon
consist of a two story Rough
cast Dwelling House, with Gel AZssS-A
lar, Wash House, Dairy, Smoke H ~ -
House, newly built Bank E15ls -.
Barn, 44x75 feet, with Stabling complete,
double Wagon Shed, with Corn Cribs attach
ed, Grain Barriek with threshing aoor, two
story Hog House with Granary above, Car
riage House, Blacksmith Shop and Lime
Kiln, and all necessary buildings required on
n first-class farm. There is thriving young
Apple Orchard on the farm Just coming into
bearing, also peaches, pears, cherry and
other fruit trees, Spring of never failing
water near the house, and well with pump
at the barnyard. The fields are laid of into
convenient size, with water convenient for
cattle; about % acres is in Timber. The
buildings and fences are all in good repair,
and the land has been recently heavily lined.
This is one Of the best farms in the vicinity,
and is not surpassed in the neighborhood in
point of prOductiveness, and is in every way
worthy the attention of purchasers.
The farm IS now in the occupancy of David
Witter, is on the Smeltzer county road, about
miles from New Windsor, and adjoins the
land of the heirs Of Jesse Weaver, deceased,
Samuel Wagner and others.
Terms of sale made known on the day oil
sale.
Persons wishing to view the property may
call on the subscriber at New Windsor, or
Mr.. David Witter, on the farm.
A good and sufficient title will be given to
the purchaser upon q compliance with the
terms of sale.
sep 2l-4t WIN. A. NORRIS.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Judges Of
IN Election and to the Qualified Voters OF
Carroll county, that an Election viii be held
in the several Election Districts of Carroll
county, at the usual places Of holding Elec-
tons, on
The First Tuesday after The First Monday,
being the 5tk day Of Norenlber, 1878,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELEcTISG
One person to represent The Second Dis
trict of Maryland in the Forty Sixth Congress
of the United States
The Polls for said Election will be opened
at Q o'clock, A. NJ, and close at o clock,
p. NJ, when the ballots shall be publicly
counted.
PETER WOODS,
Sheriff of Carroll county.
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No Home But has Some Darling There
Longfellow never wrote more truthful or
touching poetry than that inspired poem
entitled designation

Longfellow never wrote more truthful or
touching poetry than that inspired poem
entitled "Resignation :"
There Is no flock however watched and tended.
But one dead lamb is there;
There Is no hreside howsoee er defended,
But has one vacant chair.
The air is full OF farewells to the dying
And moumings for the dead:
The heart Of Rachel for her children crying.
VIII not be comforted."
What family is there which does not
find its complement in one or more who
dwell on the hither side of the river amid
the glory inefable? What family is there
that holds not broken harp, the string of
which was once swept By little fingers, now
cold and pulseless, but whose hearts now
make music and melody in the heavenly
choir
We know that ''it is well with the child. e"
But that does not fillthe void. We know
that the Father does all things we'll.
but there is river that separates the pet
and idol and joy of the household from us,
and we know that it will never be crossed
from hither side. The silver cord has
been snapped and it win never be reunited
on this side. Put away, sacredIy, the lit
tie remembrances; they will never more
be called for Fears are the gift which
love bestows upon the memory of the alb
sent, and they avail to keep the heart from
suffocation
How Pierpont must have suffered be-
fore he gave voice to that sad refrain
Il cannot make him dead
Ills fair sunshiny head
Is ever bounding round my study chair;
let when my eyes, now din
With tears, turn % him.
The vision yanishes-he Is not there!
I walk my parlor floor
And, through the open door
hear a football on the chamber stair.
am stepping toward the hall
To give the boy call
And then bethink me that-he is not therer,
Well, well 1t is for some good pur-
pose that the little human angels of the
household come and 60. God knows all
about it; we do not.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-12

In examining the safe of the late James
B. HOsmer, of Hartford, Conn.,, the ex-
ecutOr found, among other curiosities, a
solid gold snuff box worth $500. This
box was presented by the city of Albany
to Commodore McDonough, in honor of
his victory on Lake Champlain, and was
eventually presented to the Connecticut
Historical Society, As its president the
box was turned over to Mr.. Hosmer many
years ago for safe-keeping.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-12
American Diamond Onttinr.

The Cape diamonds, which now form
the worlds only steady supply, all 90 to
London; for this capital has become not
only great center for buying and selling,
but also for cutting,-an industry once
monopolized by Amsterdam bu. now equal
ly shared with its rival. No one can es-
innate the great stores of yellow diamonds
in the rough that lie there in merchants
safes awaiting sale. But the fate of stones
Of this color is settled; they never can re-
cover their lost prestige; or, granting that
the tow from the mines should cease and
that they should again become popular.
the supply already on hand to work up and
cut would suffice the world for dozens Of
years. On the other hand the estir,ated
10 per cent. of white Cape stones find an
immediate sale, principally and ultimately
after cutting, for the American market.
American purchasers, it is said, are the
most critical judges of diamonds and will
have only the best white.
We should be surprised if in country
famed for its mechanical ingenuity the art
of cutting diamonds should be left exclu-
sively to the Old World; but it is, howev-
or, only within few years that this in
dustry has become established here. Mr..
Henry Morse, of Boston, and Mr. Her
mann, of New York, were the pioneers,
and yet remain sole competitors, the for
mer, with true Yankee ingenuity, solving
the problem with distinguished success for
himself, and the latter bringing with him
knowledge of the trade from Europe.
The cleaning, cutting and polishing of the
rough stone can now be done as we'll here
as abroad, or (as l believe, judging by
results and from the testimony Of experts)
better. Stones cut in Europe are fire.
quently remodeled and repolished in this
country, thereby gaining much in value,
and others abandoned in the rough as no.
worth cutting are here converted into ex-
cellent brilliants.-ScriJner
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was made, and the spikes pushed up strong
ly in consequence, and the warm dry
weather which has prevailed of late has
been favorable to the development of the
fiowers.-Gardaer's Magazine.
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Select poetrp.
From The Home Journal
TRAEsITORY.
BY WI SHOEMAKER.


The spring-time comes. the Wild bee huns,
And birds make music everywhere;
From windy March TO tranquil May,
Fresh flowers expand from day TO day.
And heaven and earth become more fair.
o, hours Of childhood and delight.
When pleasures bloom like wayside flowers,
How soon, how far, ye wing your fight
How storms Oft bare your fragile bowers.
How childish joys. like visions, fyl
How childhood and how spring go byi
The summer comes with thunder-drums
And with the llghtnings falcliion keen;
The roses breath perfumes the air,
And love cheers many welded pair
ofbirds amid the branches green.
o, hours Of summer and oflove-
Elysian hours for human hearts,
How transitory. too. ye Provei
How soon the roses tints depaFtsl
How youths bright dreams, like visions, fly,
How summer and how love go by
The autumn comes, the cricket strums
His death-march mong the whitening leaves;
The golden grain has long been reaped;
With golden fruit the bins are heaped;
But fade the flowers, the west-wind grieyes.
o, hours Of autumn and decay
Commingled hours of trust and fear.
Ye, also, quickly glide away
We know the end is drawing near.
How hopes mature, like visions fly
How manhood and how fall go by
The winter comes, the frost benumbs
All tribes that walk or creep OF fly;
From the chill north fell tempests blow;
The streams are froze, and fast the snow
Is sifted from the cloudy sky.
o, hours of winter and OF gloom,
When no bird in the woodland sings,
Ye, too are fieeting such the doom
Ofman and all sublunar things.
How pain and dread, like visions, fly!
How winter and how age go by!
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-12

The English Sparrow is the theme of
discussion among thefrequenters and man
agers Of public parks and the dwellers 10
rural neighborhOods. There is greater
feeling of hostility felt against it in the
country than in cities, from the fact that
the population Of the latter are glad to
welcome such bright, cheerful and bustling
representatives of the trees and fields with
out inquiring too closely into their ante
cedents and characteristics. Moreover
we believe the English sparrow has been
slandered. Central Park was at one time
infested with countless wriggling and re-
pulsive worms. These the sparrow were
imported to destroy, and they accomplish
ed their mission with thoroughness and
despatch. They keep the rose trees clean
and make war on the insectivorous pests of
various descriptions. That they fight 9th
er birds in doubtless true, but their very
pugnacity is in their fevor. 4 cat that
wins victories over other cats is apt to be
the best mouser, and the birds that can
command the best places in the trees and
hedge-rOws in defiance of larger birds are
apt to be found up early in the morning
catching the worms. We have taken con-
siderable pains to get the sparrows over
here, and now let us not condemn them
on insufficient evidenee.-BOston Post.
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AZ Acres, 8 RoOds and 5 Perohes
Of Land, more or Less.

About half of this Lot is in excellent Timber.
Also n Lot situated directly on the Deer
park road, containing 3-5 Acres of Land,
more or less. The improvements thereon con-
sist of two story Log Dwelling House, Sta
BILE, &c.
Also Lot of Laad situated south Of the
Deerpark road, adjoining lands of Andrew
Saylor and others. containing 6 ACRES and
3 RO0DS, more or less This Lot is all in
excellent timber.
The above property has all been recently
surveyed and stoned at the corners.
The Home Farm and the lot of ~ acres,
adjoining, will be sold together, or separate
ly, as may be desired.
This property is conveniently located as to
churches, schools, mills, and postofiice, and
is only 4 miles from Patapsco Station on the
Western Maryland Railroad.
Possession given on the 1st of April, 1879
ANY one wishing to examine the property
will call on Solomon Zepp, residing near the
same.
TERMS OF FSALE.-One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day of sale
or on the ratification thereof by the Court
and the remainder in two equal payments of
one and two years; the credit payments to be
secured by the notes of the purchaser or pur-
chasers, with approved security, bearing in-
terest from the day Of sale.
W. p. GARDNER,
Z. n. GARDNER,
sep 2l-ts Executors.
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Public Sale Of Valuable Real Estate

PY virtue of an order the Orphans Court
1O of Carroll county, the undersigned, as
Executors of Nimrod Gardner, deceased,
offer at Public Sale the following valuable
Real Estate situated on the Deerpark Road,
adjoining lands of d. d. Byers, Solomon
Zepp and others, on
SATURDAY, s6h Of OCTOBER, 1875,
at o'clock, p. M, on the Home Farm.
First,-The Home FarEn, being parts of Lot
No. IL of Perth and Isaac's Retirement, CON
tanning
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IS ,R R.

Five horses. one three-year old colt, 5
milch cows, 4 heiiers, bull, 6 sOws, boar,
% shoats, No. 6 Wheeler reaper and
mower, threshing machine and power, wind
mill, hay cutter, corn shelter, post boring
machine ana wood saw combined, wheat
drill, hay rake, phosphate sower, harrows,
cultivator, throw plows, = single shovel
plows, cornforks, sets wagon gears, sets
of carriage harness, / six-horse broadtread
wagon, four-horse wagon, one-horse wagon,
hay carriage, stone bed, wood ladders, fifth
chains and stretchers, l rockaway carriage
% acres Of corn growing on the home farm,
half interest in about 20 acres Of corn grow
ing on the Mentzel farm, halfinterest in three
acres of corn growing on the Reaver farm, 8
bushels of timothy seed, corn by the BARREL
sleds, wheelbarrow, lot of timothy hay
rakes, forks, shovels, mattocks. crow bars,
blacksmiih's tools. Household furniture CON
sisting in part of one secretary, four bed
steads, half dozen chairs, stoves, together
with many other articles too numerous to
mention.
Terms of lSalc.-All sums of $40 and under
cash; on sums above $40 a credit of six
months will he granted, purchasers giving
notes with approved security and bearing
interest from the day Of sale.
WM. 4. MCKELLIP,
Attorney and Agent for Mortgagee.
SMITH L MCKELLIP, Solicitors.
sen 2l.ts
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At Private Sale.

4 FARM of 10 ACRES, good buildings
"a and fences; large orchard in full bear
ing; well Of water near the door; been heavily
lined, and is in a high state of cultivation;
convenient to churches, schools, postoffice
and mills; on the Hanover turnpike L miles
south of Hampstead. The Baltimore and
Hanover Railroad, when completed, viii pass
through the farm. Il is we'll watered and
would make good dairy farm. For further
particulars apply to or address
JOHN NJ. BUSH,
aglT-2m Hampstead, Carroll Co., Nd.
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Mr.. Burke, in one of his great speeches,
said ut is never given to governments to
tax and please" Equally impossible is it
to please and criticise. The fault-hnder
is odious, and the chronic grumbler nui-
sance.
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He who wants good sense is unhappy
in having learningi for he has thereby only
more ways Of exposing himself.
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AT PRIVATE SALE.

4 beautiful and frst-class
"a Farm, located two miles AMI
north of Westminster, the ttI2E&A
county seat of Carroll county, 81 e-,saa5ss
Nd, III acres, lays level, easy to cultivate,
well improved IN every respect the House
and Barn are large and in complete order (:
also every other building necessary on a good
tarm in good order. Its proximity to the
county seat and railroad makes 1t desirable
IN every respect, and it will be sold low and
on easy terms. For further information write
or call on JOHN II. BOWERS,
sep l4-tf Westminster, Carroll CO.. Nd.
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Nothing is troublesome that we do will
ingly. If you would tighten labor, love
It.