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daunders of Stature.
One of the Worlds Wonders.

The great four-fold waterfall, the Fall
of Garsoppa, on the west side of India,
near Honore, little known as it is, is one
of the wonders of the world. A writer
says of it: Difficult it is to convey in words
any picture of the stupendous scene.
There is the river, some three hundred
yards in width, flowing through soft wood
land, it's waters split into many CLASSY
currents, gliding round worn boulders and
islets, when instantly bed and banks are
gone, and in their place are savage, terrific
walls of gaunt rock plunging to depths
eyes dare not look into, down which the
shuddering waters fall at four points nearly
equidistant on the irregular curve of the
rim of the abyss.
From the lip of the precipice to the
dark pools at its foot is an accurately
measured distance of eight hundred and
thirty feet, and down this prodigious de-
scent pour the four cataracts, each arrayed
in its own special robes of grandeur and
beauty. First on the western side is the
Great or Rajah fall; branch of the river
runs over a projecting ledge, and nowhere
touching the Titanic wall, which hollows
in, descends in a stately unbroken column,
gradually widening its shining skirts into
a black, unfathomable pool eight hundred
and thirty feet below. The precipice runs
backward, curving in an irregular bay, on
whose farther side the fall, named the
Roarer, shoots slanting down third of
the hight into rocky basin that shoulders
out, whence it boils out in broad mas
sive cataract, plunging five hundred feet
into the same pool opposite its kingly
neighbor.
Leaving the bay, next on the general
plane of the precipice comes the Rocket
fall, running impetuously over the brlm
and down the face of the stupendous wall,
to which it only just clings with broad
band of glistening foam-white water,
speeding in quick gushes, incessantly dart,
ing out myriads of watery rockets and
vaporous arrows, with which all its volume
seems alive, and pouring clear at last in
dense shining curtain into its own pool.
Last and loveliest, La Dame Blanche
glides down the grim colossal rampant in
lapse after lapse of delicate lace-like wells,
now blowing out in bright, misty spray,
and again quickly gathering up the white
folds, and so stealing downward with a
whispering murmur, till gently sinking in
sparkling shower into pool whose ink
black surface is hardly rufied. The exact
depth scientifically measured is eight
hundred and thirty feet.
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The Human Body.

In the human skeleton about the time
of maturity, are 165 bones The muscles
are about 500 in number. The length of
the alimentary canal is about 81 feet.
The amount of blood in an adult averages
80 pounds, or full one-ffth of the entire
weight. The heart is six inches In length
and 4 inches in diameter, and beats 20 times
per minute; 1900 times per hour; 100, 800
per day; Sc, 200 per year; 1860, 49,
600 in three score and ten; and at each beat,
two and half ounces of blood are thrown
out of it; IT'S ounces per minute; 656
pounds per hour; seven hundred and three
fourth tons per day. All the blood in the
body passes through the heart in three
minutes. The lungs will contain about
one gallon of air, at their usual degree of
imitation. We breathe, on an average, l.
200 times per hour; inhale 600 gallons of
air, or $4,000 gallons per day. The ag-
gregate surface of the air cells of the lungs
exceeds 10000 square inches, an area
very nearly equal to the floor of room
twelve feet square. The average weight
of the brain of an adult male is three
pounds and four ounces. The nerves are
all connected with it, directly or by the
spinal marrow. These nerves, together
with their branches and minute ramifca-
tions, probably exceed 100000 in
number, forming "body-guard" outnum-
bering by far the greatest army ever
marched The skin is composed of three
layers, and varies from one-fourth to one
eighth of an inch in thickness. It's aver
age area in an adult is estimated to be
1900 square inches. The atmospheric
pressure being about fourteen pounds to
the square inch, person of medium size
is subjected to pressure of 40, 600 pounds.
Each square inch Of skin contains $500
sweating tubes, or perspiratory pores, each
of which may be likened to little drain
tile one-fourth of an inch long, making ar
aggregate length of the entire surface o.
the body of 201, ,116 feet, or a tile ditch
for draining the body almost forty mile
long. Man is made marvelously. Whs
is eager to investigate the curious, TO wit
ness the wonderful works Of Omnipoten
Wisdom, let him not wander the wide
world round to seek them, but examin,
himself. aThe proper study Of mankin'
is nan
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Origin of Genius.

Columbus was the son Of weaver him
self. Claude Lorraine was brought up a
pastry cook. Moliere, the great French
comic writer, was the son of tapestry
maker. Cervantes served as common
soldier. Homer was beggar. Hesiod
was the son of small farmer; Demosthe-
mes, of cutler Terance, the Latin comic
writer, was slave. Oliver Cromwell was
the son of brewer. Howard, the philan-
thropist, was an apprentice to grocer;
Benjamin Franklin, the son of tallow
chandler. DR.. Bishop, of Worcester, son
of linen draper. DeFoe, the great Eng
lish political writer, was the son Of butch
er. White6eld was the son Of an inn
keeper at Gloucester. Cardinal WoIsey,
the son Of butcher. Ferguson was a
shepherd. Virgil was the son Of porter;
Shakespeare, of wool dealer; Horace, Of
shOpkeeper. Lucian, Of stationer.
Hogarth was an apprentice 10 an engraver.
Dean Tucker was The son Of small far
mer, and came to Oxford on foot. Bishop
Prideaux worked in the kitchen at Exeter
College. Edmund Haley was the son Of
a soap boiler.
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Select Aoetrg.
THE EMPTY CRADLE.

Sad is the heart of the mother,
Who sits by the lonely hearth,
Where never again the children
Shall waken the songs of mirth.
And still, through the painful silence,
She listens for voice and tread
Outside of the heart-there only
She knows that they are not dead.
Here is the desolate cradle,
The pillow SO lately pressed,
But far away has the birding
Flown from its little nest.
Grooming the lullabies over
That once were her babes delight,
All through the misty spaces,
She follows its upward flight.
Little she thought of a moment
So gloomy and sad as this,
When close to her heart she gathered
Her child for its goodnight kiss.
She should be tenderly cherished,
Never a grief should she know,
Wealth, and the pride of Princess.
These would a mother bestow.
And this is the darling's portion
In Heaven-where she has fed.
By angels securely guarded,
By angels securely led.
Brooding in sorrowful silence,
Over the empty nest,
Can you not see through the shadows,
Why it is all for the best?
Better the heavenly kingdom
Than riches of earthly crown;
Better the early morning flight,
Than one when the sun is down;
Better an empty casket
Than jewels besmirched with sin;
Safer than those without the fold,
Are those that have entered in.
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The OLD HUNDRED PsALM-TUNE.-
The Old Hundred tune was known in Eng
land as early as 1861, when it appeared in
the edition of Sternhold and Hopkins
psalms of that year; and from that time
forth it was included in every edition of
that work. The name Of the tune Old
Hundred is peculiar to England. In for
eign psalters, especially in the French and
Dutch, the tune is set to the 134th Psalm.
From the days of the Reformation to the
end of the seventeenth century it was
commonly called in England the Hun
dredth Psalm-tune but upon the publica-
ton of Tate and Brady's new versions its
present title came into use. It has been
shown that most Of the strains in the tune
are taken from ancient hymn-tunes Of the
early church, and had beensung by Chris
tian voices a thousand years before Luther
was born.
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CHAS. BILLINGSLEA, d. DIS
DENTAL NOTICE.

DR. GEO. S. FOUKE, Dentist, offers i
~ services at his Office.
Westminster-every Monday, Tuesday and
Saturday.
Emmittsburg-Fourth Wednesday After
noon till Thursday Afternoon.
Mechanicstown Thursday After
noon and Friday.
Rocky Ridge-First Wednesday Afternoon: J.:
Double Pipe Creek-First Thursday.
Middleburg-First Friday.
Uniontown-SecondW Wednesday Afternoon.
Taneytown-Second Thursday Afternoon
and Friday.
Union Bridge-Third Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon.
New Windsor-Third Thursday Afternoon
and Friday Forenoon. feb 2S
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The undersigned will on the same day, at
the same place, at the hour of 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, sell the following Valuable Personal
Property, to-wit;
- 2 superior Draft Horses, naNM
Mich Cows, l Alderney E
NCAeB Bull, 2 years old; 8 Year--&A@-
lings, Sow and Pigs, 4 Shoats, l Berk-
shire Boar, Broadtread Wagon with large
Stone Bed, one-horse Spring Wagon, l
Champion Reaper and Mower, combined, 2
Furrow Plows, 2 Harrows, 2 Drags, 2 Shovel
Plows, large Roller, Corn Coverer, Wind
mill, Horse Rake, Cutting Box, Corn Shelter,
2 sets Breechbands, sets lead Gears,
Housings, set single Harness, Log Chains,
lot of Halters, Post Digger, Maui and Wedges,
lot of Scythes, Grain Cradle, and large va
riety of other farming utensils too numerous
to mention. Lot of Potatoes, Corn by the
barrel, lot of Timothy Hay and Fodder, and
about 20 Acres of growing Wheat, 80 Perch
of Limestone now at the kiln, with sufficient
wood to burn it.
Terms of Sale.-All sums of $40 and under
cash, on all sums above $40 credit of six
months will be given on note with approved
security, bearing interest from the day of sale.
JABEZ F. GARDNER.
P. A. GoRsUcH, Auctioneer. jan lots
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A VALUABLE FARM
AT PUBLIC SALE.

PY virtue of power of sale contained in
ID Mortgage from Jabez F. Gardner and
Margaret L. Gardner his wife, to Elias Broth
ers, bearing date September 14th, 1875, and
recorded among the real estate mortgage re-
cords of Carroll county, in liber F. I. S.,
No. 9, folio 1O3, &C., the undersigned, Trus-
tee and Attorney therein named, will sell at
Public Sale, on the premises, to the highest
bidder, on
Tuesday, the Goth Of February, 1878,
at u o'clock, NJ, Valuable Farm con-
tanning
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st. Johns Parochial School,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
SELECT DEPARTMENT.

nLASsICs and MATHEMATICS taught.
~ Particular attention paid to English
Composition. Termsper quarter of 10 weeks,
from SO 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 8, p. m, on Monday and Thursday
Of each week, beginning QctdbeF 10th, 1876.
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l27 Acres, 2 R0OdS and Il PerChGS

@Ai @@0AoH3 AA0eS
of Land, more or less. The improvements
thereon consist of large and substantial
two and a half story Log Weatherboarded
Dwelling House, with Back A@NCN,
Building attached, Cellar, Log m
Barn with Threshing Floor, E sa1 ~
and ample Stable room, Dairy,
Smoke House, Wood and Wash House,
Chicken House, Wagon Shed with two Corn
Cribs attached, and will hold 200 barrels OF
corn, 2 Hog Houses with Corn Cribs at
tached, besides all other necessary out build
ings. The buildings are in excellent repair,
the out buildings having been erected within
the last four years, the fields are laid off into
convenient size, and all of them are conve-
niently watered, the fences are of the best
quality, consisting of plank and post and rail
fences principally There is also an Orchard
of Apple, Peach and Pear Trees on the pre-
misses The land is in very superior state
of cultivation, over 5000 bushels of lime hav-
ing been put on the land within the last six
years. There is also Lime Kiln on the
premises, convenient to the buildings; pumps
of good water at the house and barn. About
:aE. 35 Acres is good OAK TIMBER,
SSssabout II Acres in Meadow, and the
balance is under cultivation. This land
is the same which was conveyed to the said
Jabez F. Gardner by Moses Barnes and wife,
by deed bearing date September IA, 1875,
and recorded among the land records of Car
roll county, in liber F. 7: S., No. As, folio
445, &C., and is the same which is described
in said mortgage, and is subject to right of
way u feet wide through the same, on the
bed of an old Road, now in use on the line
between the aforesaid land and the lands of
Jacob Miller, and leading to the Deer Park
Road, as set forth in said deed. Is about 8
miles South East from Westminster on the
Deer Park Road, 2 miles from Finksburg
Station Western Maryland Railroad, and ad-
joins the land of VIM. Gardner, Lewis Stocks
dale and Moses Barnes.
Terms of Sale.-Cash on the day of sale,
or if desired by the purchaser or purchasers,
one-third cash ON the day of sale or on the
ratification thereof, one-third in II months,
and the other onethird in 2 years from the
day of sale, the credit payments to be secured
by the notes of the purchaser or purchasers
with approved security bearing interest from
the day of sale.
CHAS, T. REIFSNIDER,
Trustee and ATTORNEY.
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PRODUCE AND GOODS
TO THE PUBLIC F.!

THE undersigned would most respectfully
Il inform the public that they have pur-
chased the entire stock of J. j. Shorb and
Son, on Main Street, Westminster, where
they will continue the business as heretofore,
and have constantly on hand and make to
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IF you must criticise, let it be done
lovingly.
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I saw the ruins of Shiloh, which once
sheltered the Ark of the Covenant I sat
on Jacobs well, where our Lord, weary
from travelling, offered to poor woman
the water of life which has since quenched
the thirst of innumerable souls. I read
there with some friends the fourth chap
ter of st. John, and thought of the touch
ing allusion to this scene in the "Dies
Traa -
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FURNITURE,

of all kinds, Newell Posts, Balusters, and
Hand Rail worked to order.
Repairing, Upholstering, &C., &C.,
done at the shortest notice. Being practical
Cabinet Makers, and having had several years
experience, are confident that we can execute
all orders entrusted to us at prices reduced to
the lowest profit. Special inducements to
young housekeepers.
Also will keep constantly ON hand and of
the latest and most improved styles
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
which will be furnished at the shortest notice
and funerals served.
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction
and at the lowest prices. A call is respect
fully solicited to examine our stock and prices
before purchasing elsewhere.
SAMUEL V. BANKERT.
WILLIAM 81. FOWLER.
mar 18-3tf
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Ghin9s gbruad.
FOUR WEEKS IN PALESTINE.

BY PHILIP sCHAFF, D. D., Ii. D.
Correspondence of the New York Observer.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
liz Acres, l Rood and 29
Perches of Land,

more or less. The improvements thereon
consist of two and one-half story Log
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T1HE subscribers take pleasure in announc-
Il ing to the citizens of Carroll county, that
they have just received from the manufactur-
ers the largest and best assortment of
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
FOR STATE LAND COMMIS-
 SI0NER.

We noted the fact last week that the present occupant of the office of Land Commissioner, Hon. J. N. Smithee, would not be candidate for re election. Some other man must be found for this position on the State ticket, and in casting about for suitable one we find none bet ter fitted for the place than Major Wm. E. Woodruff jr. He is THE man, and will be our choice over and above any man in the State if he will now consent to change his plans and run for that office. We do not know that he will thank us for mentioning his name in this connection but we do it anyhow because we believe he will fill the office better than any man in the State and because we see public sentiment IS in favor of giv- ing him the place. The trlal we  experienced in declining to support him for State Treasurer was severe one, but before we knew he was go- Ing to be a candidate we had made up our mind that General Churchill was the right man in the right place and that he should not be put out at this especial time. We see the same feeling we experience exhibited by many of our State exchanges, and we believe Major Woodruff will have an easy walk over of it if he will consent to run for State Land Con- missioner
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
To the People of Pope County

Upon my being appointed County and Probate Judge, the matter of taking some action in regard to the court house suggested itself to me {; and upon first thought, l was of inn pression that in such emergency I might have authority to convene the quorum of the county, but wishing to take no unauthorized step in any matter, carefully examined tho law and came to the conclusion that I have no authority to do anything in the premises, and that the quorum of the county cannot be convened for any purpose until the regular time time fixed by law for them to meet. But it being urged by many that in the emergency l had authority to convene the county quorum, in order to fully satisfy myself, I referred the matter to Hon. w. F. Henderson, Atty Gen'l, through Hon. J. F. Byers, our Pros. Atty, and received the following response given in his letter to Mir. Byers:
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
TIME FOR ACTION.

With all due difference to the wisdom of our County Central Com mittee we would ask if it is not about time for them to take some action in the matter of ordering primary or township conventions to select delegates to County Convcn- tion, for the purpose of choosing del egates to the State nominating con vention to be held in Little Rock on the 4th of July. The State Conven- tion this year is going to be an i'm portant body as we have endeayored to show in another article in to days paper, and every county should have her best men there. A few weeks notice should be given of the town ship meetings to choose delegates to the Go. Convention and by the time the Co. Central Committee confers together and issues their call it will be drawing near the date of the State Convention.
 We further suggest that the Coun- ty Central Committee submit it to the primary conventions whether the party this year desires to nomi- nate county ticket by primary election or by convention. Let each township convention instruct it's del egates to the County Convention to vote for either primary election or convention and then let the wishes of the majority thus expressed govern. We think this will be sat isfactory to the masses of the party.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
How WhislSey Pays.

Some years ago we had in our em- ply man, who several times in the day, ran out of the office to buy . drink of whisky. Every time he went out, the cashier was instructed to drop ten cents into drawer to our credit. At the end of seventeen months, the man who had gone ont so often had drank himself out of a good situation, and the drawer, when opened, was found to contain four hundred and nine dollars, which we loaned to young mechanic at ' per cent interest He used it to pur. chase set of timers tools. On the 18th of February, 1876, he returned it to us with interest, saylng in his letter that he has now q wife, two children, and property worth five thousand dollars. The other fellow is hummer. hunting for food. = Pomeroy's Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
CONVENTION OR PRIMARY
 ELECTION.

We do not think it is at all pre-
 mature for this question to receive the consideration of the democratic party in Pope county. Organization in political parties is everything, and it is absolutely necessary that there be some way of securing a harmonious prosecution of the po- litical campaign within the party. There must be some way of decid- Ing who shall carry the party ban ner and represent the party in the various official positions to be filled in the county. We do not believe we will. have as many aspirants in the field this year for the various of ficers as we had two years ago, but we will have two or more for each office, and it is necessary that some one should receive the endorsement as his party's candidate. Thls is the only way to preserve a party or ganization and prevent the possibili- ty of men being elected by fac tions for whom no one is responsi- ble and who feel no accountability to any source in particular So far as we are concerned we believe that the only way to secure officials who will regard their trust is to give the nomination to some true man of the party and let him know that the par ty stands responsible for his con duct and that the party will hold him to strict accountability. An inde- pendent or no-party official is crea- ture of mere chance and feels no ac- countablity, and we want no in dependents in ours. How then shall the Democratic party of Pope coun- ty put out it's ticket? By conven- tion or primary election? To our mind there is decided preponder- ance of advantages and true merit Tn the latter, and we trust the party may agree with us in this view and adopt it this year. The plan is cer- tainlynearer free from objections than the convention system, and by 1t cv- cry man, a member of the party, IS placed upon a level, and one mans voice is just as powerful as another's.
 In the convention there are al ways men who are difiident and backward. In fact from this very cause,-becausc they are not good
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-25
hstssrs from tlla fsapls.
A Word for Hon. A. g. DIcIkennon
PorE Co, ARK, April p, 1878.

POPE C0., ARK, Aprli z1, lcio.
 MR. EDITOR: As there are 8 great many compliments being passed on the different aspirants for office, and while there is no doubt but the Hon. l.. w. Davis will almost .unanimous- ly be elected Circuit Judge of this District, I cannot refrain from ex- pressing the desires of the yeomanry of the rural districts, to have the Hon. A. 5. McKennon elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney. We are going to give this distinguished and high-toned gentleman our sun port for several reasons: First, be- cause he is in every respect qualified to perform the duties of the office. Second, we believe if he is elected he will go forward and perform the duties of his office regardless of what might be said or done by the rich or poor, great or small, or any other in fiGences which might surround hlm. Third, we do not propose to give Mr. Byers or any other gentleman lease on the office; consequently Nc. is the coming man in old Pope. There is not man in the District that can dis tance hlm in this county, and when the proper time comes we will verify the above by giving a handsome majority. RUSTIC.