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1t is situated on the road from Rock Meeting
House to North East. near the Union NJ. f. 81
Church. There is a fine growth of young $ss<a
OAK and CHESTNUT TIMBER upon
this land. -
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81 Acres, | Rood and 38 Square PerChGS,

more or less. situated on the road leading from
Bay View and Andura road To Blue Ball and
Brick Meeting House road. a portion of this
tract is cleared and the remainder is in Wood.
No. 5-COnsists of Il Tract of
WOODLAND on STONY Chase" near Bay
View containing
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The constitutional provisions above referred to
are as follows

All male citizens without distinction OF color
who are entitled to registration under the proceed
ing sections are hereby notified to appear before
the undersigned at the places named above, DC
tween the hours prescribed. on one OF inc n'e
days and be registered They may otherwise NC
excluded from voting at the November election,
by the provisions of the Act of Assembly ana the
Constitution of the State of Maryland.
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TRUSTEES SALE.
80 Acres of Land, More or Les:

This land is in Il good state of cultivation an
the natural quality of the soil is unsur- htfs!A1
passed The improvements consist of Il kaf n
comfortable TWO-STORI DWELLING y,
HOUSE. Stabling. &c. This is dcsra- kka =. J.
BILE farm
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WILL EXHIBIT AT
Elkton, Tuesday, August oath, 1880.


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80 Acres of Land, more or less,
49, Acres of Land, more or less.

No. 3-COnsiStS of a Tract OF
WOODLAND, in the Third Election district OF
this county, containing
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ed the conviction of the liquor.seller on
the ground of the intent of the law,
rightly holding that it plainly meant to
prohibit the sale of liquors to minors,
instead of miners. The case has been
appealed to the Circuit Court. and the
decision of Judge Huntington will be
looked for with interest. While it may
be mere technicality, the law as it
reads renders dealer liable to fine and
imprisonment if he sells to miner, and
it at the same time subjects him to a
penalty if he sells to minor. Under
ordinary circumstances the intent of the
law would be accepted, but an error of
this nature entirely changes the appli-
cation, it is a question to be decided
whether the law can be considered valid
or not. A decision will, in all PROBABLE
ity, be sought from the highest cour. of
the State.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

they were astounded to see before them
the man whom they had so eagerly
sought, and for whom the police were
even then securing the country far and
wide.
"Me VIOLA" he exclaimed, ':je me
rends p The individual most rejoiced
at this denouement was naturally the
disgraced turnkey, who had been locked
up a whole week for an ofense of which
he was innocent. AS for the superin-
tendent, he is still greatly disturbed that
for seven days he should have literally
sat upon one of his prisoners without
knowing it.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

In one of the sleeping-cars in Amer
ica there was an old bachelor who was
annoyed by the continued crying of a
child, and the Intellectual attempts of
the father to quiet it. Pulling aside the
curtain and putting out his head, he
said: "Where is the mother OF that
child? Why doesn't she stop the nui-
sance?" The father said very quietly
''The mother is in the baggage car in
her coffin. I am travelling home with
the baby. This is the second night l
have been with the child, and the little
creature is worrying for its mother. I
am sorry if it's plaintive cries disturb
any one in this car" "Wait minute" :"
said the old bachelor. The old man got
up and dressed himself, and compelled
the father to lie down and. sleep, while
he took the babe himself. The old
bachelor stilling the cry of that babe all
night was a hero. And the man who,
for the sake of others, gives up lawful
qualification in his own house or in the
social circle, is as great q hero ais
though he. stood upon the battle field.
j. B. Cough.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
Varieties.
Mark Twain is forty-four years old.

Mark Twain is forty-four years old.
Dennis Kearney is going to Iceland
to help keep up the land agitation.
He said her hair was dyed, and when.
she Indignantly exclaimed t''Tis false !"
he said he presumed so.
Capt. Thomas Simpson, of Burnet,
Texas, keeps the remains of his wife.
recently deceased, in his parlor, in an
elegant metallic case.
Secretary Schurz told Mrs. Grundy
that Mrs. Hayes said she had great
trouble with Mr.. Hayes when they went
to market, as he always wanted to stop
and tie blue RIBBON on all the big
pumpkins they came across.
In sterile tract of country between
Dares.Salasm and Nyswasswa the ele-
phants attached to the Belgian elephant
expedition marched uninterruptediy
without food for forty-two hours, and
without water for thirty-fve hours, each
animal carrying at the time burdens
weighing twelve hundred weight.
After a close and long examination of
the various plans yet sent in for the
channel tunnel between England and
France, the well-known French engi-
neer, M. Verard de Sainte Anne, has
declared, in the presence of many emi-
nent engineers, that the proposal was
quite possible and practicable.
A popular clergyman was greatly
bored by lady who admired him with.
out reserve. "Oh my dear DR.. -"
said she, last Sunday afternoon; 'there
isn't any harm in loving ones pastor, is
there?" "Certainly not, madam" re-
piled the worthy cleric: mot the least in
the world, so long as the feeling Is not
reciprocated."
The corps of skaters, a force peculiar
to the Norwegian army, has latterly
been reorganized, and consists now of
five companies. each of ITO men, which
in time of war can be REINFORCED by
calling in 27O skaters belonging to the
landwehr. The men of this corps are
armed with rifles, and can be maneuvred
upon ice or over the snowfelds of the
mountains with rapidity equal to that
of the best-trained cavalry. The SIX ates
they use are admirably adapted for trav-
cling over rough h and broken ice or froz-
en- snow, being six inches broad and be-
tween nine and ten inches long. In as
cending steep slopes the m n take Zig
gag course, tack1ng up the mountain
side as a ship does against head wind.
AS an instance of the speed at which
they can 60, it is mentioned that last
winter messenger dispatched from
Roerass at o'clock in the morning ar
rsved at Dontheim at 9:3O in the even
ing of the same day, having consequent
ly accomplished 120 miles in eighteen
and half hours.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
A st. Cr0ix Romance.

: Tomorrow evening Dec. II, will be
celebrated the nupitals of Mr.. J. H.
Duel and Miss Emma SSc ScheymulY. at
the resid dence Of the brides parents3 ia
Schulemburg's addition, n The bride
elect is the daughter of VIM. Schermu-
ly, business partner of Mr.. Duel, pub
fishers of the St. Ctoix Post. There is
sufficient romance connected with this
pleasant affair to manufacture two
story novel. Gazette readers will readi-
ly recall an incident exceedingly thrill
ing in its nature as having occurred ,sev-
eral months ago, in which these two
were the principal actors. They were
returning home from town late one ev-
ening, and the street near Staples mill
being flooded by heavy rains, they e.
sayed to reach their destination via the
railroad track. It was very dark and
the rain falling very heavily, and in
crossing the open work at certain
point, the lady fell through into deep
water, g. distance of twelve or fifteen
feet. Without the least hesitation or
thought OF danger Duel leaped down
after her. Discovering her locality by
the aid!of lightning, Duel swan to her,
seized her and getting hold on
a rope which chanced to be hanging
near, he held on to it and yelled. For
tunately persons passing by that un-
frequented route-eorced to do so by
the impossible condition of the regular
acknowledgement his cries for help,
and by great difficulty the half drowned
parties were rescued from their uncom-
Portable and dangerous position. Finale
wedding, bless you, my boy, and the
curtain descends to slow music.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
Can0yas Del Castillo.

Canovas del Castillo is almost as well
known to-day as were CASTELAR, and Sa-
gasta a few years ago. He belongs to
that great middle class which has given
nearly all her statesm en- to Spain. where,
except the Marquis of Mirafores, the
Count of Torneo, and the Duke OF
Rivas, no aristocrats have lately risen
to power, and most of those who have
titles of nobility have won them on the
field of battle. Canovas came from
Malaga, which also sent Rios Rosas,
Romero Robledo, LariQus, Vahey, ard
Carvajal into public life. He wrote
historical romances, and revealed him.
self as a statesman in 1854, when he
drew up the manifesto of Manzanares,
in which the Liberals presented their
ward to the revolution he allied himself
with the chiefs of the Liberal Union.
In 1868 he withdrew for while from
the cares of leadership. But his repu-
tation as an orator was established.
His mind had ripened. Passionate and
not unconscious of his m crit, he would
yield somewhat easily to the impression
of the moment. Brilliant, witty, and
caustic, his shafts never missed their
aim. A skilled dialectician, no subject
daunted him, and he shed on all the
light of his inexhaustible learning. In
defatigab:e in study, he had produced
books, pamphlets: and articles of rare
merit. President of the Scientific Acad-
emy of Madrid, he had pronounced be-
fore that august body lecture on
materialism which drew the attention
of the world. As historian his name
will pass to posterity. He viewed with
an Indifferent eye the election of
Amandeus. He frankly declared him
self an Alphonsist when Amadeus chose
his last ministry, and used all his in
fuence to weld together the political
factions who were attached to the fallen
dynasty of 1868. He guided Alphon-
SOS first Cabinet in 1875, and since that
period his name and his measure have
been constantly before the public. In
social life he is infinitely amusing, a
causeur of the school of Thiers and
Sainte- Beauve, and much sought after
by the patrician beauties of Madrid.-
New York Herald.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
A typographical Error in Court.
Raw Citv mitch Chron{r1o

Not long ago law that had passed
both Houses of Congress was put in type
at the Government Printing Office, and
after time it was discovered that q
misplaced comma entirely changed the
intent of the law, and further Congress
sional action was necessary in order to
relieve it of the improper punctuation
,and give it the force and latitude intend
led. A serious error of this nature has
been discovered in the publication of a
law passed by the last Legislature Of
+ this State. The Prosecuting Attorney
Of Ingham County recently brought an
action against saloon-keeper for selling
liquor to minors. At the trial of the
case, the counsel for the defense
put in plea that the act under which
action was brought could not be ap.
piled to the case in question. The law
referred to is found on Page 289 of the
public acts Of 1879, and upon investiga-
!. ton, it was discovered that the act as it
reads applies to miners, and not minors.
gltgThe Attorney Of Ingham County secur-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
Growing Pecan Nuts.

Prof. Stelle, of Mobile, says: It is
certainly to be regretted that our people
cannot more fully appreciate the pecan
upon thousands OF we'll arranged and
carefully cultivated groves ought now
to be coming on in all parts of the lower
Mississippi valley; yet, strange as it
may seem, they are just about as few
and far between as angels visits. Why?
cannot tell, unless it is merely another
case of the ''prophst in his own coun-
try" the pecan being "only wild tree"
you know. Possibly we would all have
English walnuts, would they grow with
us as readily as does the pecan, and yet
there is always a demand for the fruit
cf the pecan, and it is really more prof
liable than that of the walnut.
We ought to put out pecan trees.
Neglecting to do so may be wronging
ourselves, and it is undoubtedly wrong
ing the generation to come after us.
There can be no doubt of the fact that
the man who leaves to his posterity a
hourishing grove of pecan trees, leaves
them a legacy almost as good as gold
mine. That is what they say concern
ing the olive groves in the Old World.
and a pecan grove, properly cared for,
would be worth, all things considered,
just about as much as an olive grove
Of the same size.
The pecan starts readily from seed;
most of the nuts offered for sale in the
shops will germinate promptly if care
fully planted. It likes low, rich, bot
tom land, not permanently wet, though
it will do very we'll On uplands and in
soil of almost any character. In a
word, any soil that will sustain an apple
or peach orchard, will do for the Pc
can; and it is a tree of much wider
range than is generally supposed. I
have seen as fine pecans growing in the
woods along the Mississippi river, one
hundred miles above st. Louis, as ever
grew in the state of Texas.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
A Pulse-Measurer.
New York Times.

A young physician in this city has in
vented and perfected curious little in
strument for observing and measuring
the pulse-waves of the human circula-
ton, which, in simplicity of construc-
ton and application, takes precedence
of all other instruments for this purpose
80 far produced by human ingenuity.
A minute disk of hard rubber firmly
fixed to the base of graduated tube,
such as is used in the manufacture of
thermometers, forms the essential part
of the instrument. At the base where
the rubber diaphragm is adjusted to it,
the glass tube is somewhat expanded in
diameter as to form with:the diaphragm
for floor, a receptacle capable of hold
ing few minims of water colored with
carmine. The remainder of the tube
has the internal diameter of that of our
ordinary medical thermometer. When
the disk of the instrument is placed
firmly upon or against the wrist, the
vibration Of the tissues beneath caused
by the artery is communicated to it,
and the colored liquid dances up and
down in the tube, registering to the eye
of the practiced physician the force and
particular description of each wave.
Simple as the instrument is, it's delicacy
and accuracy are marvellous, while there
are no adjustments to get out of order,
and the merest tyro can apply it sue
cessfully: Few applications of the prin-
ciple of the vibrating disk since the in
vention of the telephone startled the
rscientific public have produced more
curious or more exact results than this
little device for taking a mathematical
register of the force and graphic de-
scription of the human pulse.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
BulldOg.WOlves.
A Nebraska exchange says:

A Nebraska exchange says: "About
two years ago two bulldogs, for some
unknown cause, wandered from the
rancho of Bratt & Co., near the head of
the Birdwood, and joined q band Of
rowing wolves. They did not return ta
the rancho, and have lived with tt
wolves ever since. Within the -
year species Of halfdog and half
has been infesting that section and1s :
mitting depredations. They =
the cunning Of the wolf comb J
the ferociousness and plu1 &
bulldog and are conse que
more bold and savage in \
dations upan the herds e.
traveller across the p s.igf fI 1f(l1
dogs, OF dog wolves, 4 E & e
be the offspring Of thu
to. They are becom !
Gus and troubl blesonl< |S8I
in London, a fen
Boston is lees lib
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
Secretary Cobb.

Cobb's father was q very distinguished
melRhero of congress, and once speaker
s3f .sss iase. ferring Ii !; s3;uuifa Nan
secretary Of the treasury reminds me
Of story current years ago, in which
the old man figured. There was a prof
ligate young fellow living in Rome, Ga.,
named Underwood, son of Judge I'm
derwood, of Cherokee Indian celebrity.
Not knowing what else to do with his
son, the old man placed him in the care
of his old friend Cobb, then speaker OF
the house. The latter took him in his
hotel and made things pretty comforta-
BILE for the young man, to his evident
enjoyment. One day they were walk
ing out, when Cobb espied Beau Hick-
man, the famous wit and beat, then in
his prime.
'Is that Beau Hickman? p inquired
Underwood, and he rushed over TO see
him.
my friend Cobb tells me you are
Beau Hickman" said he, offering his
hand.
II am" remarked Hickman, senten-
tiously.
"Good! I am delighted to meet you,
in fact" observed the young scapegrace
in whisper, tI'm here in your line of
business-living on my wits. I've al
ready fixed Cobb for my board bill at
Browns, and Bob Toombs has agreed to
pay my carriage hire"
''Ah !" said Beau, livery good"
'Yes: come over and let me intro
duce you to Cobb, and we will make
him set up the oysters and wine" !"
Whereat Beau solemnly 1emarked:
"Look here, young man, what do you
take me for? Cobb is an old stager, and
is playing you for a sucker. I know all
about your case. Your father furnishes
all the money and Cobb is spending it
for you. Told me so last night as a good
joke. You are welcome to all such
fellows as Cobb; but if there are any
more greenhorns from the south like
yourself, yon can't introduce me too
soon!" ~
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
A BOARDING. HOUSE JOKE.
A Request that Was Complied With and
the Tr0nble that Resulted.
Bridgeport (Connl Farmer

Bridgeport (Conn.) Farmer.
The other night gentleman boarder
in genteel boarding house was COM
fortably reading in his room, when the
door opened, and from the foot of the
stairs, he heard young lady boarder
with whom he was on terms of free and
playful intimacy. call:
gown, please?''
Sure that he must have misunder-
stood her, called:
"ThrOw you what?"
"Your night gown, please"
He was startled. There was no mis-
taking her meaning, and believing that
some new joke was on foot among the
second floor occupants which would
seem to justify such strange request
ON the part of the lady, he took fresh
night shirt from his bureau and tossed
1t over the balusters. 1t was received
with an ejaculation which sounded lit
tie like thanks, and all was silent.
Next morning, on descending,h he dis
covered his property at the foot of the
stairs, where it seemed to be doing duty
as an impromptu door mat. For a
moment he pronounced it very shabby
treatment of such an Immaculate article
by the fair borrower, and returned to
his room with it; but took his place at
the table in his usual good humor.
"Well, how did it work ?" he inquired,
looking over expectantly at the lady.
She had omitted to give him her usual
cordial morning salutation, and her ex-
preston of face was but shade lighter
than thunder clou
"Did the joke turn out success?" he
pleasantly persisted.
The lady bit her lip with suppressed
anger, and his fellow boarders looked at
him in sober inquiry. Seeing there
was a mistake somewhere, he wisely
concluded to keep quiet and let the
mystery explain itself. And it did.
That noon he found upon his dressing
table the following note:
Mr., when next ask you to throw
me ssyour knife down, or make any re-
guest from you whatever you will know
it. l did not expect such an insult
from you, sir. believed you to be a
gentleman. -.
Calmly and in silence the gentleman
ate his dinner, and on his return to
business dropped note in the Post
Office, Of which the folio wing is copy:
Miss, when next you ask me to
throw my ''knife down." or honor me
by any request whatever, I trust shall
be SO fortunate as to understand you
correctly. You believed me to be a
gentleman and I know you to be a
lady. -.
On his return that evening she went
to him in the hall with cordially out
stretched hand and frank words of
apology. A hearty laugh followed, and
each promised to keep "the joke a
secret, and UP to this writing each has
faithfully kept the promise
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

THYRA, duchess Of Cumberland, had
her little daughter baptized Maria
Louisa Victoria Carolina Amelia Alex
andra Augusta Frederica. Stretched
across the ocean, such a name ought
to make an excellent Atlantic cable.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

sss MAReHER1rA, Of Italy, is in
ble health, brought on BY neu-
Ind malarial fevers. She was ex-
ly delicate as q young girl. Her.
Band. King Humbert, is puny and
lsumptive, both from Inheritance
6d dissipation. Their only son and
heir, the Prince of Naples, is alsosa
Eweakllng, and not expec ected tolive long.
The king and queen are first cousins,
and their maj has turned out tD,
be an s. unhea althy one taS s. the Savoy dy-
[nasty. 's's s.s...@s
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

MORE than 100000 is realized il
France by parasol l-mak king. . 81
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01
History Of Alcohol.

Alcohol was invented nine hundred
and fifty years ago, by the son of
strange woman, Hagar, in Arabia. La
dief9 used it with powder to paint them
sell y. that they might appear more
oets oss =. this powder i Ga
alcohol. During the reign Of William
and Mary, an act was passed encourag-
ing the manufacture of spirits. Soon,
after, intemperance and DrOfigacy pre-
vailed to such an alarming extent, that
the retailers in public places informed
the people that they might get drunk
for a penny, and have some straw to
get sober on. In the sixteenth century,
distilled spirits spread over the CONT
nent Of Europe. About this time it was
introduced into the colonies, as the
United States were then called The first
notice we have of its use in public life,
was among the laborers of the Hunga-
rian mines of the fifteenth century. In
l751, 1t was used by the English soldiers
as a cordial. The alcohol In Europe
was made of grapes, and sold in Italy
and Spain as medicine. The Genoese
afterward made it from grain, and sold
it as medicine in bottles. under the
name of the water of life. Until the
sixteenth century it had only been kept
by the apothecaries as medicine. Dur
ing the reign of Henry VII, brandy
was unknown in Ireland, and soon its
alarming effect induced the government
to pass a law prohibiting it's manufac-
ture.
About one hundred and twenty years
ago it was used as a beverage, especial
ly among the soldiers in the English
colonies in North America, under the
preposterous notion that it prevented
sickness, and made men fearless on the
field of battle. 1t was looked upon as
a sovereign specific. ~ -..x
Such is brief sketch of the intro
duction of alcohol into society as a bev-
erage. The history of it. hitten in
the wretchedness, the teaz 1soans,
the poverty and murd de.
1t has marched the - B
of q giant; leaving o. +. D r.
footsteps in the bone hinGsgs ) 81 loS
blood Of the peopls.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-01-01

OF fifty schQ
in Lon,ld on, a
Boston Is lees li6l