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The Portland daily press., 1879-10-14
KNITTING YARNS.

WOOD NHNS VI SEOTStCUS IT
more easily worked than the
poorer qualities, as the majority
Of ladies well know. We keep
none but the very BEST, and sell
as low or lower than the second
and inferior qualities are usually
sold.
OUR vVOrsGeG and Warm Depart
ment is NOW complete, and in
cIudes IA very large assortment OF
Bergmanns, Zephyrs and ShrsInk
SaxOny, Germantown WOrsfeds,
Fairy Floss, ShC siafsd and Ice
Woods, PeckhaMs, Coventry and
the Celebrated Germantown IRON
or Scotch Knitting Yarns.
SPECIAL BARGAINS i'm Do
IneStic Yarns.
The Portland daily press., 1879-10-14

BY making our purchases early
in the season we avoided the re-
cent great advance in the price of
WOOlens. Our customers by COM
pairing our ''Price List" with
other firms will readily see the
great advantage gained by our
foresight.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-15
Two Devil Fish.

The fishermen in the vicinity Of st.
Johns, New Foundland, recently came
upon two specimens of the Devil Fish, one
Of which was cast upon the beach dead.
The other was captured alive, but, unfor-
tunately, was not only killed but cut into
pieces. Its capture is thus described:
"Stephen Sherring, fisherman residing
not far from the locality where the other
devil fish was cast ashore, was out in a
boat with two other men. Near the shore
they observed some bulky object, and sup
posing it might be part Of a wreck, they
rowed toward it, and, to their horror, found
themselves close to huge fish, having
large CLASSY eyes, which was making des-
perate efforts to escape, and ehurning the
water into foam by the motion of its i'm
meDse arms aud tail. It was aground and
the tide was ebbing. From the funnel at
the back of its head it was ejectiug large
volumes Of water, this being its method Of
moving backward, the force Of tho stream,
by the reaction Of the surrounding me.
dium, driving it in the required direction.
At times the water from the siphon was
black as ink Finding the monster partial
ly disabled, the fishermen plucked up cour-
age and ventured near enough to throw
the grapnel Of their boat, the sharp flukes
of which, having barbed points, sunk into
the soft body. To the grapnel they had
attached a stout rope, which they had car
ried ashore and tied to tree, so rs to
prevent the fish from going out with the
tide. When the devil fish found himself
efiectually moored to the shore, his strug-
giles were terrific as he flung his ten arms
about in dying agony. The fishermen
took care to keep a respectful distance
from the long tentaeles which ever and
anon darted out like great tongues from
the central mass, At length it became
exhausted, and as the water receded it ex-
pired. The fishermen, knowing no better,
proceeded to convert it into dogs meat.
1t was splendid specimen-thc largest
yet taken-the body measuring twenty
feet from the beak to the extremity of the
tail. The circumference of the body is
not stated, but one Of the arms measured
thirty-fye feet This must have been
tcntacle.
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The Cow Tree.

Nearly fifty years ago NJ. Boussingault,
the eminent French chemist, made some
interesting observations on the juice Of the
GalaetodeRdroH, commonly known as the
"Cow-tree. Some specimens of the plant
now on exhibition in the Champ de Mars
have enabled him TO prosecute his study
ofthis vegetable milk. Tho cow-trce grows
to height of Is to 2s metres; its leaves
are oblong aud alternate, aud terminate in
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The Colorado Desert may be properly
termed the Sahara Of the Pacific coast.
Upon clear, full moonlight night the
traveller may form some idea Of the ster-
ility and loneliness Of this Pacific Sahara.
You are in the midst of an ocean Of fine,
white sand; not an elevation, hardly, nor a
decline Of the feeblest nature, presents it.
self the mesquite, the meschal aud the
cacti have entirely disappeared aud not
bash nor blade Of grass remains; no liv-
ing thing, not even bird or an insects Is
to bo seen. A death-like stiffness seom.
to pcrvade the scene, aud an awful un-
broken quiet prevails. In this particular
locality, it Is said, rain never descends; no
dew ever falls Il is true that passing
cloud, cvcr-freighted with moisture, some.
times burst, or is dashed BY driving wind
against some distant mountain top, and Is
made TO discharge its voluminous contents
with distinctive force ell over the desert;
but the blazing orb quickly transforms such
yisiiations into the merest evidences Of per.
apiration, and the whole snrfnce soon after
assumes is natural state Of incandesence.
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9atural Guriosities.
The Walled Lakes of Iowa.

A correspondent writing from Waukon,
Iowa, Feb. 3, 1873, to the ~. Y Observer,
calls in question the article describing a
wonderful lake 10 Iowa, and tells of still
greater wonder:
In the Observer Of January 30, 1879,
is an article, "Iowa's Greatest Wonder"
copied from the Dubuque Herald, con
eerning the so-ealled "walled lake in
Wright county, this State. We did not
suppose any Iowa paper so poorly informed
in regard to the "walled lakes" as the
Herald seems to be, and we are inclined
to think the Herald published il as hoax.
Instead Of there being one, there are
several so-called "walled lakes" in Iowa.
They are all situated on the "drift, and
are shallow. Whites Geology of Iowa,
1870, vol. l., PIP. 1913, says tho embank-
ments are due to natural causes alone, and
their origin is wholly referable to the Pc
riodic action Of ice, aided to some extent
by the force Of the waves A few years
since, the particular lake the Herald re-
fers to as 25 feet deep, froze to the bottom,
killing all the fish in it, but has since been
re-stoeked by the fry that reaches it from
the rivers by way Of outlets at times Of
overflow. "These embankments are really
very interesting natural objects, but with
a correct knowledge Of natural forces, it is
difficult to understand how any person
could suppose that human hands had any.
thing to do with their construction. There
is certainly nothing in the arrangement Of
the materials that indicates such an origin
and the liveliest Imagination refuses tC
suggest any object for which human being,
could have desired them, or to point oul
any evidence Of human intelligence in theil
construction"
But there is real Iowa curiosity, tn,
ice care at Decorah, Winneshiek county
being huge issure in the Trenton lime
stone of the Upper Iowa river bluffs. Eacl
year, as the warm weather comes on, icl
begins TO form in the cave, aud forms mos
rapidly during the hottest summer wealth
or, when large masses of ice accumulate i
the cave, but gradually disappear in tn
fall, and are entirely absent during th
winter
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-15
German wives.

The culinary art forms part Of the
education Of the women in Germany. The
well-to-do tradesmeu, like tho mechanic,
takes pride in seeing his daughters good
housekecpers. To effect this object the
girl on leaving school, which she does when
about fourteen years Of age, goes through
the ceremony Of confirmation, and then Is
placed by her parents with country gon-
tlemau, or in large family, where she
remains one or two years, filing what may
also be termed the post Of servant, or
doing the work Of one. This is looked
upon as an apprenticeship iu domestic
economy. She differs from servant.
however, 10 this--she receives no wages.
on the contrary, her parents often pay for
the care taken Of her as well as her cloth
ing. This is the first step 10 her educa-
tion as housekeepcr She next passes.
on the same conditions, into the kitchen Of
rich private family, or into that Of q
hotel Of good repute Here she has con
troll Of the expenditures Of The servants
employed in Il, and assists personally ID
the cooking, but is always addressed as
Miss, and treated BY The family with de.
ference and confederation. Many daueh-
tiers Of rich families receive similar train
ing, with this difference, however. that
they receive it 10 prineely mansion o. i
royal palace. There Il feieniDe duecn
in Germany al The present time who was
educated IN this way Consequently tio
women in Gerlnany are perfect models q
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No. 1871 RnrIrY

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County. !
February Term, 1879.
Joseph NJ. Parke and Charles I. Reifsnider,
Trustees, VS.. Edwin X. Gernand and wife.
nRDERED this 9th day Of February, A.
~ ID. 1879, that the sales of the real estate
made and reported in the above cause by
Joseph NJ parke and Charles +. Reifsnide-,
Trustees, under and by virtue Of deed oi
trust from Edwin X. Gernand and FRANCES
IL. GerBand, his wife, to them, duly executed
aud recorded, be finally ratified and con
tirmed, unless cause TO the contrary be shown
on or before the first day of April next; pro.
gided copy Of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Carroll county, Ma.
Tyland, once a week for three successive
weeks before the 2ith day OF March next.
The report states the amount Of salos to be
$500. WIN. N. HAYDEN,
Judge of the Circuit Court.
Truo copy,--Test:
mar l'St FRAxK T. SHAW, Clerk.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

No. 1872.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county, sitting
in Equity.
Airhart Winters VS.. Lewis Winters and Cath
arinc NJ. his wife.
HlIE object Of this bill is to procure a de-
Il cree to declare void a deed from Edwin
X. Gernand to Catharine NJ. Winters, wife of
Lewis Winters, and for sale Of n lot Of ground
in Westminster, and the buildings thereon,
for payment Of a judgment due to complain.
ant
The bill states in substance that on llth
March, 1872 the complainant obtained a
Judgment against defendant, Lewis, for S270O
and costs, and has caused fl "a to be leviedon
the lot OF ground aud premises lying in West.
minister, which was conveyed by Edwin X.
Gernand to said Catharine NJ. on 3d August.
1915 thet said conveyance is fraudulent and
void; tbs he purchase money of said lot and
the cost Of all the buildings and improve
ments thereon; were the monies Of said Lewis
Winters, and that all the transactions which
resulted in said conveyance, and all the pro-
ceedings relating thereto, were fraudulent
coutriYances Of said Lewis aud Catharine NJ.
to cheat and deiraud, hinder and delay, the
complainant, and prays that said lot and
premises may be sold for payment Of said
cd to take charge of the same; that said
Lewis and Catharine NJ, are non residents of
Maryland, aud reside in the District of CO.
iumba, and prays an order Of publication
against them.
II is thereupon, this Eighth day of Februa.
ry, 1879, ordered that the complainant, By
publication Of copy Of this order in some
newspaper, published in Carroll county for
four successive weeks before the first day of
April next, give notice of the substance and
object of the bill of complaint, and warn the
said Lewis Winters and Calharine NJ. his
wife, to appear in this court in person or by
solicitor, on or before the second Monday Of
July next, TO answer said bill of complaint,
and shew cause why the relief therein PRAYED,
should not be granted; or in default thereof,
that said bill Of complaint may be taken pro
ooyeSso. FRANK 4. SHAW,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
True eopy,-Test:
feb loot Faux I. SHAW, Clerk.
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THE GREATEST FIREs,-London, in
l666-13,200 buildings destroyed; loss
$50, 900, 900.
Moscow, 1920, 800 buildings burn.
ed; loss, sl50,O00,00O, Only 6,000 houses
left standing.
Savannah, lS20-463 buildings burned;
loss, SS, 1000, 900.
New York, 1S35-G4S buildings burn.
ed; loss, slS,000,000
Pittsburgh, 1845 = 200 buildings
burned; loss, s5,000,000.
81. Louis, lS49---4lS buildings and
twenty-seyen steamboats, burned; loss, S.
600, 900. -
San Francisco, 1S5l--2,50 buildings
burned; loss, sl7, ,000, 900.
burned.
Hamburg, 1851 ,747 buildings burn.
ed.
Portland, 1s66--l 600 buildings burn
cd loss above insurance, $500, 900.
constantinople, 1870-0ver z ,000build-
ings burned; 1000 lives and s25, 600 900
worth Of property lost.
Chicago, Oct, IS7l--South and North
sides ! almost completely burned over; loss,
$4,000, 900.
Boston, 1S76--A fourth Of business
portion Of the city destroyed; loss, $780,.
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Notice to Creditors,

N VIlCE is hereby given that the subscri
~ Der has obtained from The Orphans
ponrt OF Carroll county, Letters Testamen.
tary on the Estate OF
- JACOB GEETHING,
late Of Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having, claims against the deceased are bereb,
warned 70 exhibit tho same with the voucher
thfre9i legally authenticatedio 10 the subscriber.
on .p OF before the i7th day of September, 1873;
m l1ey may otherwise by law be excluded from
al peneii' o. sad estate. Those indebted arc
requested 10 make immediate pavmen, a. =
Given under my hand this i7th da, -
February, 1870. y
49,. SAMUEL GEETHING.
~" --s' Executor.
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George W. Reifsnider.
nRDERED this Goth day of February, A.
~ ID. 1879, that the sales of the real and
personal property made and reported in the
above cause by Samuel Swope and Charles I.
Reiisnlder, Trustees, under and by virtue of
deed Of trust from George A. FRckinger
and Mary c. his wife, and George W. Ref
snlder, of their individual and partnership
property and estate, to them, duly executed
and recorded, be finally ratified and confirm.
ed, unless cause TO the contrary be shown on
or before the 10Th day of March, next; pro.
ylded copy Of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Carroll county, Mary.
land, once week for three successive weeks
previous to the 2ith day Of March, next.
The report States the amount of sales ofihe
real estate of George A. Flickinger TO be S..
$4,000, aud the personal properly to be $685..
~, and the sale Of tho real estate of George
w. Retsnder to be So, l02.00.
j HAMMOND.
True copy,-Test;
mar l,st FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
Near CarroIIton station on the western
Nd. Railroad, la WoOIery's District.
Carroll County, Nd,
On Saturday, the 10Th day of March,


Nd. Railroad, in woOIery's District.
Carroll County, Nd,
On Saturday, the 18th day of March,
A, ID. 1870, at o'clock, P. M.
pY virtue Of II decree of the Circuit Cour,
.le for Carroll county sitting as a Court of
Eqnity, passed in cause No. 1855, wherein
Kinney Evans and others are complainants
and James Il. Evans and others are defend.
ants, the undersigned, as Trustee, will offer
at Public Sale, on the premises, situated near
the public road leading from the Baltimore
turnpike to Winchesler's Mill, and within half
q mile Of the latter place, on the dan and at
The hoiT ADORE named, all that tract or parcel
of land mentioned and described in Exhibit
A. filed in said cause, containing
48i ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, of which about u Acres 81.
are heavily timbered with Chestnut, -
Oak and Hickory. The improvements -
consist of comfortable 2.story
MA,b Logand Weaiherboarded Dwell.
Esss sisA ling House, Smoke House,
k1a3rfz23EEG Corn Cribs, Dairy, and all
other necessary ontbuildings. There is a
spring of excellent water near the door, and
running water through the various fields, n
splendid Apple Orchard in thriving condition,
and an abundance ofother fruit of the greatest
variety. The land is naturally Of a good
quality and in a fair state of cultivation, and
enclosed with good fencing.
At the same time and place will be offered
another tract Of land lying contiguous to the
ab0ve, containing
II Acres, 3 ROOds and 81 Perches of
Land, more or less,
Of which about Acres are in Oak and Hick.
ury Timber. There is an abundance of water,
an excellent Apple Orchard, and the whole
tract enclosed with good fencing.
The above parcel adjoins lands of William
Long, Kinney Eyaps, William Stansbury,
Andrew Drexler and others, aud the close
proximity to the Western Maryland Railroad
makes them specially desirable to any one in
want of O small farm.
A plat Of said parcels will be exhibited on
the day Of sale. Persons desrous of viewing
the premises can call upon the Trustee, re.
siding near Carroll,on Station, and for further
information call upon or address Smith 4
Mckelllp, Westminster, Nd.
ftrmS Of Sdie.-One third part OF the pur.
chase money TO be paid on the day of sale or
upon the ratification thereof by the Court,
balance in two equal payments at one and two
years, the credit payments to be secured to
the satisfaction Of the Trustee and bearing in.
terest from the day of sale.
kinney EVANS, Trustee.
Wm. Blizzard, Auctioneer.
feb lots Smith 4 Kellip, Solicitors
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There are three kinds Of mon IN this
woIld--the wills, the .Wonts" and shs
Hcan'ss: The iormer elect everytlina.
the other oppose everything and tho hitter
fail heserything. | swilp builds cur rsil
roads and Steamboats,, | HHonkn don't be.
llexc n experiments aud nousensc. while
4 'ean't grows weeds for Nlleat avid 1eia
monty ends his days ia lie SLOW litAsli8e
Of a eouft Of bank1uute4.
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frost bites.
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In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Samuel Swope and Charles r. Reisnider,
Trustees, Va. George A. Flickinger and
Mary .. Flickinger his wife, and
George w. Reifsnider.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20
Fashions Iva Java.

In nm evening promenade the gentle
man arrays himself In a dress suit and
carries cane. but lac sallies forth bare
headed and makes you think some one
has stolen his hat. until you learn the
custom of the country. The ladies are
likewise barehcaded. but they have their
hair dressed rather claboratelv, and there
arc unkind gussips who say that some oi
them have il so arranged that their maids
can dress IL in the ante-Toom while the
owner Is slumhcring In the dormitory.
The fashions Of Europe prevail. but with
n good many notifications. Dresses arc
generally worn without trains except Mt
grand balls and other festivities. when
the wnrdrobcs vie with those of Paris
or London. The morning array Of the
ladies Is the oldest OF all when viewed
through foreign eyes, and II took me
several days to CompTs hcnd that IL was
proper To- gaze upon the fair creatures
that were visible on the vcrandas or
whom | encountered on the streets of
Batavia or Buitcnzorg. Their dress was
the loose saronR. or native petticoat,
which resembles an embroidered table
cloth gathered about the waist. and held
in place by n knot tied in one corner and
pushed inside the fold. Above this
sarong there is loose sack of white
muslin coming well up on the neck and
falling below the waist. As ftr as I am
aware. these garments comprise the
morning dress OF the European lady in
Java, or ut any rate, they ARE the only
ones visible. Unjust not forget the slip
pers that cover her unstOckingcd feet,
and when add that her hair Is hanging
loose over her shoulders and her hands
are innocent Of gloves. | ask If ii Is any
wonder that bashiul bachelor avcrts
his eyes when he first meets dame OF
maiden in her morning walk orres-
pondcncc Philadelphia Times.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20

The first Chinese clubhouse in this
city, writes a New York correspondent,
was an old wooden building in Baxter
street. 4 room was fitted up for the
worship Of Booah. whose horrid pic
ture hung upon the walls. Before this
a dirty lamp was burning. and the de-
voices came in from time 10 time and
purchased tapcrs which were burned
in their name. After lighting the taper
the worshiper retired, having thus
settled with the deity in a satisfactory
manner. In the rear part Of the build
ing were "A number Of hunks, generally
occupied by the opium smokers. Last
year the old building was demolished
ana tie clubhouse was removed two
sQuarcs-inlo Mott street Tie latter
is the center Of wretchcd population.
of which the Chinese form a leading
element. They have. indeed. made
Mott street their center. and AZ soon as
one turns Of from the hcaving crowd OF
Chatham street. he meets the strange
characters over the doOrwi W. which
'orm the Chinaman's signs. There IS a
Chinese grocery and other Chinese
shops, but the strangest place j. the
Ciub.roum. which j. on the main floor
The door opened in response TO my
touch, and ! saw that the room was full
Of smoke, amid which could be seen a
crowd Of "thc heather Chinee," while
against the walls was row OF hunks, in
each Of which I bcheld the horrid face
Of some opium smoker who was going
through that paradise which is only the
opening gate Of hell. Such is the pres
cnt condition Of the club-room, which is
equally used for worship and for drunk
enncss. The remainder Of the house is
occupied by females. who hold the
Chinese in utter detcsiation. and one Of
them Ga yorag girl whom | met in the
halD exp esscd her feelings in very
natural manner. Il hate them Chinese"
said sic. "'causc they dance and make
noise all night and we can't sleep. They
gamble too and get fighting, and then
they smoke something that comes from
China and IL makes 'em drunk"
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Managing Cattle ON the Plains.

The management Of n vast herd of cat
tle upon the open plain Is difficult and
hazardous feat. 1t requires both nerve
ana nm intimate knowledge OF cattle
nature 10 ride into the midst Of the
thronRing, pushing beasts, and single
out th0gc destined for the corral Should
"a panic eDsue, both hoIse and rider
WIZ pc borne along before the resist
Jess tide TO certain destruction. A herd
has been stampf dcd at the sight Of a
man diBmounted from his horse. They
regard the man and beast as single
creature, whose will dominatea. and 10
see this being take himself apart IL lit
tie more than bovine nature can stand.
As "A general thing, the animals arc
quite dOcile, and ready for the " round
ing up" Possibly they may look for
ward 10 1t with some instructive pleas
urc at the grand sight of their own nu-
mcrical strength. Stand here with me
upon this grassy knoll. Beneath us. at
yon three scrub oaks, il the station
agreed upon. From three directions
we may see long dotted skirrnish lines
growing from the little black bcad-like
spots In row into moving beasts. The
lines rapidly become more dense. gath
cring up the individuals which stop
grazing. look with wondering eyes "a
moment, and then, evidently having re-
hccted, Lets sec, this isJune, isn't it2
they're rounding US up" obcdiently Join
the grand advance. Those knowing
ones who have been under the brand
may have some vague remembrance Of
its torture The Mavericks" a. un-
claimcd cattle have been called. and the
calves have yet to feel the terrible iron
as It burns II way through the quivcring
cuiicle.
1t is an old Texan story. the origin Of
the name Maverick" buc perhaps IL
viii bear transplanting to th" East. A
certain wcll-knpwn " colonel" OF the
name bought AN island in one Of the
rivers, and stocked it with a few cat
tie, proposing to keep his animals where
lac could find them when lac wanted beef
or hides. Business entanglemcnts
claimed the worthy coloncl's attention
and in course Of time he wcll-nigh for
got his island colony. RUundcrs began
20 lind among their herds ancient pulls
and COWS, all guiltlcss Of owners mark
They came 10 be counted by thousands,
and il was finally discovered that they
were runaways from Colonel Mavericks
island. The old colonel was informed
by the herdcTs Of his good luck, and
told, among other things, that some two
thousand bulls were subject TO his
orders. The last thing recorded in con-
ncction with this legend j. the colonel's
excited speech upon this occasion:
- For Heaven s sake, noys, 90 and help
yoursclvcsm Thereafter any animal
found without brand was called a
" Maverick" and duly stamped with
the finders mark.-HIpsr'S Monthly.