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Snakes in India.

The Lancet says that in the report OF
SANITARY Measures in Ida, which has
just been presented to Parliament, ii ap.
pears that the last year q ,6S2 fatal case.
from attacks Of wild animals had occurred
in ten provinces, the largest number being
in Bengal, namely, 10,062 The deaths
from snake bites alone 10 the Juniaub last
year were 828, against 979 in the preced.
ing year. AS showing the rapidly fatal
effect from the bite Of the cobra, the com
monest and most deadly Of Indian poison
Gus snakes, Surgeon A. J. Wall states
that one night about half past twelve
o'clock, Hindoo punkacooly, aged forty,
while sleeping in the vcrapda Of the doc.
tors house, was bitten on the shoulder BY
a snake about three feet long. The noise
and confusion soon awoke Mr. Wall, who
at once fastened to the assistance Of his
servant, and after waiting for short time
for some ammonia, he proceeded to inject
il IS recommended BY Sir Joseph Fayrcr
end Professor Halford, previously giving
the patient plenty Of brandy, Walking him
rapidly about, etc. yet, Notwithstanding
all attention, the man died 10 sixfy.fige
minutes after the attack MIR. Wall adds
that the remedy had as little effect on the
symptoms rs il had on the result.
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E Pluribus Unum.

Mr.. A. Loudon Snowden, of Philadel.
phia, thus describes the origin and use Of
the motto, Z I'hriJus Ununl :-"It is as.
scribed to Col Reed, of Uxbridge, Mass.
1t first appeared on a copper coin struck
at Newburg, New York State, where there
was private mint The pieces struck
are dated 1856. In 1887 tho motto ap-
peared on several types of the New jersey
coppers, also on very curious gold doub-
loon, or sixteen-dollar piece, coined by a
goldsmith named Brasher. 1t was there
put "Unum i Pluribus." Only four of
these pieces are known to be extant, aud
they are very valuable, One of them, in
possession Of the Mint, is supposed to be
worth over 81 900. When Kentucky was
admitted, in 1871, it is said copper coins
were struck with nE Pluribus Unum. /"
They were made in England, The act Of
Congress Of 1892, authorizing the estab
lishment Of Mint and the coinage Of
gold, silver and copper. did not prescribe
this motto, nor was it ever legalized. Ii
was placed on gold coins in 1916, and on
silver coins in 1898. II was constantly
used thereafter until 1881, when it was
Withdrawn from the quarter-dollar of new
device. 10 1884 il was dropped from
gold coins to mark the change 10 the stan
dard fineness of the coin. In 1887 it was
dropped from the silver coins, marking the
era of the revised Mint Code. II has been
thought proper to restore it, recently, to
our new silver dollar, without any special
sanction Of law, although the expression
is one very proper for our COIN
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MoRALlTy OF THE jews. The Jews
are among the most moral and IaW abiding
citizens Of any community, and are 40
public expense whatever, either Is criaIl.
inals or paupers. It the exception, when
one Of their nnmbcr il found Ia NV of
our prisons; none Of their children are III
our houses of refuge, mons of their adults
ia our almshouses. They hare their own
hospitals lor their sick and homes ior their
friendless children They are loyal peo.
pie to any government in which their lot
may be cast. As a tangible proof Of their
loyalty to our land, they have our eoatsof.
arms embroidered on velvet curtain
which hangs in front Of the holy places ID
their synagogues, ia which are deposited
their Scriptures; and always al the end Of
their Sabbath religious services lhev repeal
prayer (ln EneIish) FOR our President
and AL in authority. There Is 4 YEARLY
record kept BY the Jews IL III crisoes c6s'.
miltcd by their snembess Ia axery country:
aud Il i asserted hy one of thsir hieA1st
olieials that moi mate than ono deN 10
hi'y yealz Is hung far murder tIIfdccsoH<
The whole world. fsyasy ,egfs
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Ostrich pepsine.

NJ. Alfred Ebelot, in an article in the
Rerue DIES Deu1 Mondes, on the means
employed in the Argentine Republic to
protect settlers in the pampas from the
Indians, gives some curious statements
with regard to ostrich pepsine. The SOL
diers never could resist an ostrich hunt
when they saw a male ostrich, as Is the
custom Of that bird, taking out its Young
brood for food and exercise. The parent
bird generally escaped, leaving its young
in the hands Of its enemies. When other
food was scarce they ate the young ostrich
es. Some portions Of the flesh of these
birds when young and fat are rcekoned
dainty by the Indians Whilst eating
the ostrich the Indians always carefully
put aside the stomach 10 order to collect
the pepsine which it contains. aThe
stomach Of the ostrich" says M. Ebelot,
"is celebrated for its incredible powers Of
digestion. The abundance of pepsine, to
which it owes this faculty, has created
among the Indians curious commercial
fraud. They dry it and sell it literally
for its weight in gold. 1t is used for the
purpose of restoring wornout stomachs.'
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Select poetrp.
From Ne Nae lort oa.err,.
THE OLD WOODEN FIRE.

The grand old fireplace Is out OF date, and the
| blazing wood fire, the Christmas log the popcorn
and apples not TO speak ofcider are among the things
Of the past "-IreH9us Lrers Observer. DE, 20, 1879
When wintry winds blow and storm piles the snow
And darkness but renders the tempest more drear;
When the old shutters creak and the weird winds
shrieki
As we gather around US the friends we hold dear,
What equals the charm that shuts out the storm
What sight gives such pleasure to dwellers of Garth
Thus sheltered from HARM so CHEEKY and warm
As the old wooden fire that burns on the hearth
The broad, genial fire, the bright, glowing fire,
The blazing wood fire that burns on the hearth
Our fathers before, in the good times of yorc,
So sensible all, well It's pleasure they knew:
In these evil days many stray from their ways
In this are not wise, and their own error may rue,
For the coal and the coke and the gaseous smoke
Too often, alasi arc the pest plaques of Garth;
Pneumoniaire and dphthera dire
Come not Of the fire that burns on the hearth:
The old wooden FIRE, the bright glowing FIRE,
The glorious wood FIRE that burns on the hearth
As the names curl UP through. wide open and true
Like face of pure friendship frank loving and dear
In no pent-up ways or smeke- hidden blaze,
But glowing and genial our spirits TO cheer
mirror we find Of the great loving mind,
Whose hcart-warming cheer wonld that all knew
the worth,
The closer 10 bind affections more kind
Aswe draw round the fire that burns on the hearth,
The old wooden fire, the bright, glowing fire,
The glorious wood fire that burns on the HEARTH
Then a. below we watch the embcrs that glow.
Familiar In forms ever changing and new.
GrOtes1ueiE they urnN--a knlpIlnecpua shnyV
As they iitfully pass In our fancy's review
Suggestive, 1t seems, Of our day-yisIon dreams
That checker forever life's path from our birth
This lesson we learn from the embers In turn
As we ponder the fire that burns on the hearth:
The old wooden fire, the bright glowing fire,
The glorious wood fire that burns on the hearth
All remember well-and the story I'll tell
How, when we boys were, In the good days OF yore
by our brown cider mug cracked nuts ON the log
We together, could scarcely roll in through the door
How, with apples and cake, were kept wide awak,
with the story, the song the laugh. and the mirth
What chorus we'd make, til our throats cen would
ache
Round the old wooden fire that burned ON III,
hearth
The genial wood fire, the glowing wood fire,
The Jolly log fire that burned ON the hearth!
Clinton, Va, Esb. T. 1919.
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Shepherds, Dogs.


The late Mr.. jesse, in lecture ut Brigh-
ton, told the following anecdotes about
shepherds dogs. In Cumberland there
are very extensive and high hills, on which
numerous hocks Of sheep depasture, and at
distance look like little white specks.
A shepherd will stand at the bottom of
one of these high hills, and send his dog
up in the evening to collect his flock. This
the dog will do by selecting the sheep from
the different focks, and bring them down
to his master, there being seldom one miss
ing. Should there, however, happen to
be one, the dog is sent back, and never
fails to return with the proper sheep.
have watched this proceeding, and it has
always appeared to me most wonderful
that, in flock consisting probably Of some
hundreds mixed with several others, a
poor dog should be able to distinguish
each one of his masters sheep. A caress
on the head, or a kind word, seem suf-
6cient to repay him for all his trouble.
He viii return at night to his master 5 cot
tage, wet aud tired, aud coil himself up
before fire, probably, Of few sticks. and
be ready to renew his toll the next day.
These sheepdogs have wonderful de-
gree Of intelligence When had small
farm | was in the habit Of having two hun.
dred sheep sent me from the Cheyiot Hills,
some two hundred and fifty miles from my
farm in Surrey. On asking the shepherd
who brought them the first year how he
had got on, he said he had but young
dog, and found much difficulty by the
sheep taking wrong turnings, going up
lanes and by-roads. The next year | ask
ed him the same question He told me
that he had been accompanied by the same
dog, who recollected all the false turnings
the sheep had made the year before, and
had gone before them and kept them in
the proper road, so that he had no difficult
ty with them. Here was recollection, in
tellect, and certain degree Of reason as
well as instinct
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popular Tales.
THE SUDDEN SHOWER,
OR
TheEngagementRing
A STORY OF THE HEART.

"Oh, yes, said the doctor, rising at last
from the bedside of his patient, 1--WE are
certainly mending-we are certainly mend
ing. All that your mother needs now Mis-:
Fay, is nourishing diet-plenty of beel
tea aud nice sherry-aud we shall keeT
her with us. We shall keep her with u.
many long year yet
lie was large, benign man, and he
looked down cheerfully on Bertha Fay al
he spoke-rubbing his hands, and antici
pating delighted answer.
There wac none. The girls lips moved
but there was no articulated response; anC
look passed over her face that seemed
one of actual agony
Certainly her cheeks grew very pale
The doctor stared at her in amazemcnt.
Beef tea, sir, you said, and-anC
sherry" she faltered.
eyes; you know how to make beef tea
| suppose p
eyes, sir"
"And the shcrry-nice dry sherry, mind
-bo sure and give her glass every day
with her dinner. Here is my card. Tel
Dingley sent you, aud he will give you
first-elass article"
Bertha bowed
"a bit Of nice bcefstcak for her dinner
and cream with oatmeal at night Avoid
hearty suppers."
Bertha bowed again, aud the doctor
took up his hat and went away.
"A very singular girl" he said to him,
self, as he went down the steps. "Sht
has hung over her mother every minute
for the last three weeks, and now assure
her that she will get well--a thing that
seemed impossible three days ago-she
don't even smile. hate these undemon-
strative people y exclaimed the doctor, al
ways inpatient Of anything incomprehon.
sible.
Such eccentricities were almost the onl,
thing that rufiled him.
And Bertha Fay? She stood still lis
tening to his retreating footsteps. She
stood as pale and still as marble statue
far-away strained look in her eyes that
greatly detracted from her beauty. For
beauty sho certainly had had, at least
There was the faint tint of dimple in the
white check. The features were finely
ehlseled, the rlPples OF dark hair fine a:
silk; but the countenance was pale to sal
lowness now, aud the expression one Of
monotonous melancholy.
Bertha turned aside to window, al
last, and slipped her hand into the pocket
Of her dress. She drew forth a dainty
pearl portemonnaie, and then unclaspod il
1t was empty.
"Nourishiug diet-beOf, wine-her life
depends on il now And | have no mon
ey."
No wonder the doctor did not suspect
The girl wore dainty wrapper Of rose.
colored cashmere. The room was furnish.
cd in oak and green velvet. The hang.
ings of the bed were white as snow, and
the invalid was wrapped in cambric and
lace.
Yes, the room was beautiful, and the
sick woman had been most comfortably
couched and rendered She had suffered
much, and Bertha had kept well the SC.
cret that their account at the bank was
oyerdrawn, and they were utterly penni.
less. But now she was so desperate in
her contingency that il seemed as if she
must cry aloud.
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WASHING WITH Day FLouR.-The
cleaning properties Of dry wheat -four are
not generally known Take an article
made Of Shetland, Berlin, or other wors,
teds, mesino, flannel or grades Of this
character, and rub them thoroughly with
dry -four. Shake them well TO dust out
the -four, and they win be restored to al
most original newness. Rubbing with a
soft cloth will remove pin marks on n
made up cushion. Crotchetted mats aud
tides Of cotton or wool viii be cleansed
without having a washed appearance.
This viii be found superior to the use Of
water for many delicate articles flannel
embroideries, &c
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The Russian Plagne.

The latest adyices from Europe indicate
general alarm about the plague spread
ing there in spite Of the precautions taken
up to this time Germany and Austria
have instituted measures to organize an
International Sanitary Commission to
guard more zealously their frontiers against
the advance of the Russian plague. When
it is remembered how often plaques have
appeared in Europe, it is easy to under
stand the uneasiness felt at present. The
disease appears to have originated at the
seat of war in Turkey, due preliminarily to
the huddling Of large masses of men to-
gether, and the neglect of sanitary condi-
tionsi sccondarily to hospital neglect and
the leaving of thousands of men and hor-
ses to rot unburied on the fields of battle.
A malignant type of typhus fever began
to spread and added to the horrors Of the
sieges of PlOvna aud of Kars. After the
signing Of the treaty Of peace the fever
continued TO rage among the Russian corps
OF occupation around Adrianople, and be-
gan to change from the endemic TO an en-
idemic form aud to take on very malignant
symptoms, descriptions of which remind
one Of the plague Of Charles lis. time and
Of the Black Death Of an earlier period.
DR.. Aolekauer and Professor Botkin have
both pronounced the disease to be the
plague In the worst form and they rest
their opinion In part on the hideous NOR
taiity, 30 per cent Of all cases resulting
fatally, About one-third of the Russian
doctors at the seat of the disease have died
and young medical students have to be
sent to take their places. The plague,
fortunately for the rest of Europe, is spread
ing chiefly North and East and has not
yet set its face strongly toward the Ger
man and Austrian lines,
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A TYRoLIAN CoURTING CusroM--
The Tyrolese observe a singular custom 10
making proposals Of marriage. The first
time young man pays visit as an
avowed lover, he brings with him bottle
of wine, Of which he pours out in glass,
and presents to the object Of his desires.
If she accepts il the whole affair Is settled.
Very often the girl has not yet made up
her mind, and then she will take refuge
in excuses SO as not to drink tho wine, and
yet not refuse him point blank, for that is
considered gross insult, proving that she
had been merely trifing with the affections
Of her lover. She will, for instance, main
tain that the wine looks sour, or that vine
disagrecs with her, or that she is afraid of
getting tipsy, or that the priest has forbid
den her to take any. In fact, she makes
use Of any subterfnge that presents itself
at that moment The purport Of these
excuses is that she has not yet come to
decision, and that the wine offering Is pre-
mature. Shy lovers find this custom
singularly happy institution,
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INsoLYENTs NOTICE.

Anna NJ. Townsend vs.. Her Creditors.
ORDERED this 4th day of February, A.
" ID. 1879, that Anna NJ. Townsend give
notice to her creditors, endorsers and sure
ties, that the I'd Monday Of May, A. D..
1879, is Fixed for the said Anna NJ. Townsend
TO appear in the Circuit Court for Carroll
county to answer such interrogatories or allie.
cations as her creditors, endorsers or sure,
ties may propose or allege against her F.;
and that copy Of this order be published in
some newspaper printed in Carroll county,
once week for three successive months prior
to the said I'd Monday of May, 1879, as
such notice.
True copy,-Tes.:
feb s.sm4 FRANK 7. SHAW, Clerk.
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TnE NOISE OF THE FIsaER.-In the
current number of the "Medical Record .
Dr: Hammond says when you poke the
end OF your finger in your car the roaring
noise you hear Is the sound Of the circn.
lation in your finger. Which is fact
which anyone can demonstrate for himself
BY inst putting bis fingers in his ears, and
then stopping them up with some other
substance. Try il, and think what won
der Of a machine your body is, that even
the points of your fingers are such busy
workshops that they roar like small Mia
CARA. The roaring is probably more than
tho voice Of tho circulation cf the blood.
IL IS the voice Of all the vital processes
together--the tearing down and building
up processes that are always going forward
in every living body, from conception "a
death.
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The hymn 50 familiar to most persons
commencing "Come thou fount Of every
blessing" was written by Rev. Robert
Robinson, pastor Of Baptist Church in
Cambridge, England, In l751 He died
in 1890, and in his latter days affiliated
with Unilariaus.
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WHEELER'S CITY HOTEL

H,HE undersigned takes great pleasure in
Il letting the Public know that be hai
leased Of Col. John Brooke Boyle, the Hotel
property, long and fayorably known as THE
CITY HOTEL, Kept by the fate Col. Dymock,
situate on Main Street, near Court, reftted
and neatly furnished the seMe throughout,
and it win be known as
"Wheeler's City Hotel, "
where he will at all times take much pleasure
IN accommodating, In the most home.lkS
manner, the Travelling Public. My friends
throughout this and the adjoining counties are
cordially invited to give me call. The
House will be formally opened TO the Public
on Monday, February 3D., 1879.
+. /. WHEELER,
Late Proprietor of Westminster Hotel
Westminster, Carroll co. Md.
feb l-tf
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Commisslnners, Notice.

TyHE County Commissioners Of Carol
Il county, will meet at their Office, in West
minister, on the first MONDAY Of March
1879, for the transaction Of business.
LoUIs 9. TRUMBo,
feb e-4t Clerk.
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Sincerity i speaking as We think. Be-.
lieving as We pretend, acting as we bro.
fess, performing as we promise, and being
q we appear 70 be.
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27o Acres g. So Perches of Land
As Acres of Land.

improved by substantial STONE Dwell.
LING, will also be offered for sale.
The Terms OF which are one third cash and
the balance in two equal instalments at six
and twelve months, with interest from day oI
The right Of dover OF Mrs. Thomas Il. En-.
sor in the premises is reserved.
Ia. c. BOND,
W. MITCHELL, Trustees.
feb lots d. G. MCINTOSH,
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December 81, 1878.
ASSETS.
Value Of Real Estate
and Ground Rents
owned by the Com.
| pany, less amount Of
encum brances
| thereon. $500
| Loans on bond and
mortgage. 5000
Stocks and bonds alb.
solutely owned by
the Co, (market
yalue) ...-............. S,llO
Amount of all loans
(except mortgages
secured by stocks,
bonds and other Sc
curities bypotheca.
ted to the Company
for cash actually
loaned by the Com
pany ............ ..... 1000
Cash in Companys
principal Office and
belonging to the Co.
deposited in bank. 8i9.s3
Premiums due and in
course Of collection. 3,GOl.06
Premium notes held
by Company, tless
amount OF assess
msnts thereon) ....... 7s,s74.Oo
Total Assets S95, ,235, II
LIABILITIES.
Losses reported, ad
justed and unpaid... $3.50
Reserve as required by
law .................... ,4SO
Total Liabilities. $2,s3O.OO
Surplus as regardspol-
icy. y.holders........... So2, ,4O5.7o
Total cash income.....S 3,s22.s3
Total expenditures ... G22.gO
Amount Of policies in
force in Maryland
on 3lst Dec. lS7S... /, ls3,3jS
Amount Of policies
written during the
year 1S7S............ l2G, $50
Amount Of premium
notes received dur.
ing year lSTs........ 1921
Losses paid in Mary.
land during 1879. 8.15
STATE OF MARYLAND,
Insurance DEPARTMENT,
Commissioners Office,
ANNAPOLIS, ND, II Feb'y, 1879.
In compliance with Act of 1873, Chapter
log, hereby certify that the above is a true
extract from the statement Of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company OF Carroll county. Nd,
to December 3lst, 1878, now on hle in this
Department. JESSE X. HINES,
feb l5.3t Insurance Commissioner
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Vuiet i often strength; silence wisdom
The swift stream Is not always powerful
nor the noisy one deep.
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NEW COAL YARD.

[HAvING opened new coal ward. I
-AA, would respectfully inform the pnblic
hat am nov prepared 10 furnish ALLTHE
plfFERENT KINDS OF COAL 'promptly,
md At most reasonable rates.
Being determined to sell at less than usual
Efoiis ask the public to - '''''
1--WE me a call Before Buying.
~ strict attention and constant eudeavo,
- give satisfaction, hope TO receive and
e'sfit share Of your patronage. -'''
have also on hand and for sale Stone and
eng- OFFICE III Perkins pho,0granh
|allery, opposite the Catholic Church. 'f''
W $780, GEO. Q. GRASS,
aug if'e-u Westminster, Nd.
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TRUSTEES SALE
Paper Mill, Water Power
AND
VALUABLE LANDS
In Baltimorr Counly

DY virtue Of decree Of the Circuit Court
- for Baltimore county, in Equity, passed
in a cause wherein Conrad Frankforter and
John NJ. Boring, trustees, are complainants,
and Thomas 4. Ensor is defendant, the un.
dersigned, trustees named in said decree, will
sell at public auction, at the Court House
door, TOwsontown, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 4th, 1870,
at IL O'Clock, NJ, all those several pieces
and parcels Of land embraced and described
in mortgage from Thomas Il. Ensor to the
Manchester Savings Institution, dated the
18th Of March, 1866, and recorded among the
Mortgage Records Of Baltimore county in
Liber ]. II. L., No. %, Folio 857, and also
in Liber J. II. L., No. 27, Folio 200, &C.,
containing in the whole
27O Acres & So Perches of Land
more or less, excepting thereout parcel con.
taining 81 acres, roods and 10 perchss here.
tofore sold to John W. Ross.
The property is situated on the county road
leading from Parkton to Beckleysyille, in
Baltimore county, about four miles from Park
ton, and at the junction Of Georges Creek
and the Big Gunpowder Falls, adjoining the
lands Of Jacob Shamberger and others.
The property will be sold in two parcels,
the first being what is known as the "Mill
Property" containing between
$50 and 100 Acres of Land,
in the possession of Thomas +. Ensor. This
as improved by a PAPER MILL, on the Gun
powder Falls, and has one of the best water
powers in the county. II this parcel does not
realize sufficient to meet the decree and costs
the adjoining parcel, sold by said Ensor to
Israel Justis, containing