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HALE Bros. & Co. will open their ney
store, corner Ninth and K streets. Friday. a
l O'Clock.
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UsroLD BARGAINS are shown at the clear
ing sale at the Red House.
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NAVY BLUE OvERsHiRTs from 81 to 81 so,
st the Red House.
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Go TO the Lafayette fer Hot rinks.-
Specialties Tom and Jerry, Peach and Honey, etc.
St., Third and Fourth. J. o. HECTOR. dl-Splm
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STATEMENT OF coUsTY TREASURER.

D. E. Callahan, County Treasurer, makes
the following statement of receipts and dis
bursements during the month of November.
1880:
Balance on hand November l, 1850. $50. 7o5 81
RECEIPTS.
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The TALK OF THE TowN-Hale Bros. &
Co. s new store. See to-dayis advertisement
on FIRST page.
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DRUMS, yELoclrEDEs, RocKING HORSES,
musical instruments. mechanical toys; in
fact, everything in the line of toys is to be
found in the new Toy Department, Mt
chsnics' Store
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All who Have Tried w. +. Peterson's
Ornamental Cakes, Tarts and Mince Pies, say tfey
are the best ever bought. Try them. d2-1m
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DoILs Mechanics Store.
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DR.. SIMMs gives charts at the Congrega-
tional Church to-day. His next lecture will
be given to morrow night. Subject. Natural
History of the Earth" This is bis last week
here. He draws large audience.
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ROCKING HORSES Mechanics Store.
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THINK OF Ir.-Fine mixed dress goods,
12a cents per yard; brocades 9 and II cents !;
Tycoon reps, 16h cents per yard fine bro.
muslin, II cents; heavy muslin. cents per
yard ladies' fine merino vests. SIT cents. An
at the clearing sale at the Red House.
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MATALAssE TOP. iine English kid foxings,
button, box toes-Dow the leading style IN
the East. Sold by G. II. Stevens l. Co. FOR
s.; foraer price, 81 so.
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TOYS Tors ToIsl-Me caanios' Store.
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MEs's KIP Doors only SO 50. a. the Red
Hnusa
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The VERY LATEST Spanish arch instep,
box toes, stylish heels, made Of very fine
Curacao kid. The neatest shoe on the coast.
Reduced from 81 80 to 50 90. c. I'll.
Stevens & Co., street, corner of Eighth.
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MovEp.3The Criterion is now closed.
Hale Bros. & Co. have removed their place
of business to the corner of Ninth and L
streets, where they will open on Friday next.
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Cakes, PIE aad .,.i kinds OF Faney Candy
at w. T. pE1ERS0N'S d2-lm
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GENERAL NOTICES.

A Card.-yO all Who are suffering from
the errors and ndiscretons Of oath, nervous weak
ness early decay loss Of manhood, etc., viii send
recipe that will cure Won, FREE 0f CHARGE.
This great remedy discovered by missionary in
South America. Send seifaddressea envelope TO
the REV. JOSEPH T. fNAiAN. Station d, New
York City. o14-IhSTu6m
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HAMMERS cAscAaA sAeRADA BIrrERs for habftus
am zfnatiaU
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LADIES Button SHOES, 81 so per pair,
Red House.
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HassKes GIYcxRoLr OF TAs. for coughs and colds.
Tn IL
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DRUMS Mechanics Store.
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Tons Tors Tors .-Mecbauics' Store.
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CoMMERcIAL.-T boats reported to or
from the upper Sacramento during the past
As hours is the steamer Harriet, with the
barge Fl. c. Miller, which passed up yester-
day afternoon, to meet the Ceres, which is
on the way down with grain. The Governor
Dana came down with the barge Jacinto.
having 6, 700 sacks of wheat, being the last of
Glenn's present seasons crop.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-09

SEcogD ANNUAL BALL.-Sumner Post, No.
8, G. A. R., will give its second annual ball
at Turner Hall on Wednesday evening, De-
cember Is. $780, Extensive preparations are
in progress to make it the most successful
one given By the Pest
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349-Daniel MeLanahan vs.. James Clausen.
442-James W. Martin VS.. John n. Andrews.
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a CUTTING AFFRAY.-A row occurred in
den in Chinatown last evening over q lot
terry game, when All Cow drew knife and
struck All Wing in the left forearm, making
a severe wound. All How was arrested as
being in the difficulty, but be claims he only
| tried to separate the parties. A warrant
be found last night.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-09

ACCENTED SACRAMENTO INVENTION Some
two years ago John F. Whyte, of this city,
invented ard secured patent for q street.
railroad turu-table to avoid the necessity for
switches or turnouts, and by which table cars
could pass each other in shorter space than
by the turnout usual to street roads. He
attempted to secure the Introduction of the
table here, but failed. Information now
comes that several of the street railway lines
of San Francisco viii put in the WhYte turn
table and pay him royalty for every one
laid. 1t is stated that it has been found that
the table can be used also upon the "cable
lines. This probably means at the termini,
however, as all the cable lines have double
tracks.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-09

FoUSD INsANE.-Yesterday morning
man named William Harvey was arrested as
insane by local officers Coffey and Karcher,
at Charles Shears, Twentieth and G streets,
where he has of late beea employed. He was
examined in the afternoon by DIS. Nixon aud
Simmons, and found to be perfectly de-
meated. He will be taken to Napa Asylum
to-day.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-09

POLICE ARREsTs.-The following arrests
were made in the city yesterday: Robert
Pereell, for disturbing the peace, by local
officer Nash; Edward Meagher, drunk, by
officer Lee; Manuel Silva, battery, by
local officer Coffee; John Donnelly and
Tom Daily, disturbing the peace, by local
officers Karcher and Ostwaldt; All How,
assault to commit murder, by local officer
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fy n. B.-ye would advise eur nun
nj am early date, In order 10 avoid HE q
Season.
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0ait and 8umor.
The Murphys and the Drsws.


A little freckled. faced ten year old school
boy stopped at the postofice the other day
and yelled out
"No."
Anything for Jane Murphy ?"
Nothing"
Anything for Ann Murphy?"
"No."
Anything for Tom MurphyS"
''No sir; not Bit"
Anything for Terry Murphy"
mo; nor Pat Murphy, nor Dennis MUIR
ply, nor Pete Murphy, nor Paul Murphy,
nor Bridget Murphy, nor for auy Murphy,
dead, living, unborn, foreign, civilized,
savage or barbarous, male or female, black
or white, franchised, naturalized or other
wise. No, sir, there is positively nothing
for any of the Murpbys, either individu-
ally, jointly, seserally, now aud forever, one
and iuseparable."
The boy looked at the postmaster 10 as
tonishment, aud softly said
"Please to look il there is anything for
my teacher, Clarence Murphy
The above reminds US Of the Drew
family, who lived down at Neversink,
North Carolina. A halE-witted colored
lad, riding an old NANCY mule, pulled ur
in front Of a country store where the post
Office was kept, and inquired if there
were any letters or papers for the Drews
Now there were a great many people o.
the name of Drew, in that quarter, anC
the postmaster asked the lad the names o
the particular family of Drews he was in
quiring for. Old Mr.. Basil Drew's family
answered the boy. Yes, but what ar,
their names? The boy made a sort o
rythmical reply, which ran as follows
He said, counting upon his fingers as h
spoke, there's
Billy Drew, Becky Drew,
Johnny Drew, Jimmy Drew,
Anna Drew, Classy Drew
Suckey Drew, too.
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had renewed my offer some little while be-
fore, but had received no reply; still a
dozen things happen to letters every day.
"Yes, and something happened to
yours said.
Years after, when Susette aud Anne
were married, when Adele's husband had
tie children home TO a new mamma, and
Aunt Browne had gone to "the land of the
hereafter" when Cedric was repairing the
old house for a summer residence, in ripping
away the ancient dado in the music-room,
which had always warped away from the
wall in warm weather, leaving little crack
the carpenters unearthed my lost letter.
Had it slipped down there, or had Aunt
Browne given it a push? We give her the
benefit Of the doubt.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

A defalcation 10 the great banking con =.
cern Of the Rothschilds is such an extra
ordinary occurrence that the Europ can
papers devote much space to the late affair
in Vienna. 1t seems that the Vienna
branch of the house had long had in its
employ man named Strafer. He en-
tered its service in 1864, at the age of
twenty-one, obtained numerous promotions
by his zeal and fidelity, and in 1874 was
given the important post Of cashier Of the
stock and bond department Of the bank.
He was a quiet, industrious man, aud was
to all appearance, wholly devoted to his
employers, whose confidence he enjoyed
Nothing In his way OF living excited sus-
pieion. lie was a bachelor, and his salary
OF $1,000 year seemed ample for his ex
peuses. About fortnight since Stra fer
called upon the principal attorney of the
Rothsehilds and confessed that Tor several
years he had been specializing on the
Bourse with funds obtained by hypothecat.
ing the securities placed in his charge, and
that he had covered mp his operations by
false entries in the books of the bank. 4
series Of heavy losses had made il in pos.
sible for him longer to conceal his guilt,
aud he made clean breast of the whole
affair, lie was led to speculate by the be-
lief that he could safely initiate the opera.
tons of the bank, Of which he had early
knowledge. His mistake was iu not TAX
ing into account the fact that he knew
only OF the transactions Of one branch OF
the great firm which has its agencies in
every money centre Of the world, aud that
the ROthschiljs might choose to loose 10
Vienna for the sake Of winning iu London
or Paris. Straffer's dsfalcation AMOUNTS
to s25, 900; not cpoGsh to make much Of
sensation 10 New York, perhaps, but suf.
hcieat to cause considerable excitement in
Vienna.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

Nearly 2O00 years ago Pliny, tho natur.
alist, wrote that amber was the fossil resin
of an extinct cone-bearing tree, and med
ern science can say Of il but little more.
The original nnlber-producing forest pro-
baby reached FROM Holland over the Ger
man coast, through Siberia and Kamschst-
ka, even to North America. Que Of the
most celebrated deposits ID on tho peain-
snla Of Samland, a portion Of Prussia,
nearly surrounded BY the Baltic Sea. The
northern portion Of this region, constitut.
ing the promontory Of Brusterort. Il hilly.
aud the coast banks are often $50 feet to
300 feet high. At one time al the am
Der found here, even by the penmnts Ia
plcughing, belonged to the German Gov
ernment, the finder, however, receiving
one-tenth Of Its value. For 4 piece ID the
Berlin Museum. weighing IS pouuda, the
Under Is said 10 have received Oil 900.
During stormy weather, when The wIad
and waves beat violently against the coast,
q great quantity Of amber II washed 10.
The total yearly product is, however, -
parently on the decrease, aud 10 ths price
Of amber Is on The increase.
Professor zaddach, u Konieabera, oaas
aiadea that the trees yielding llla amber
resin must have gseWn Hpsa he green Sand
beds pf the creince0us formation, which as
the time formed tie shores of eslaaries
where lhs lower division of the sersiafg
accumulated kmMeaiazeEY 0vef lhe -.
hnr 'prDducin2 htfAta rsa4s zh4 b<8MH s5Ms
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A Great London Dock.

Somewhere about 5000 workmen, GOO
or 700 wagons, II or Is locomotive en-
gines, 3 steam "navviesp and q great
quantity Of minor machinery of various
kinds have been engaged siace 1877 5 at the
southeast end Of London, in work COM
pared with which the building of the pyra-
inids-with modern appliances-would
have been no very signal feat Hitherto
the one entrance to the Victoria Docks
from the Thames had been at Blackwell
Point, but now there is a dock capable Of
receiving all vessels, no matter what they
might be. Three and half miles Of walls
have been built inclosing ninety acres Of
water. These "walls' are 40 feet high, 5
feet thick at the top, and Is feet to 10
feet thick at the bottom, the whole Of this
enormous mass being composed of solid
eoncreta, for which $4,000 tons of Port
land cement have been used Some A.
100000 cubic feet Of earth have been dug
out Il may assist the imagination some
what to state that If Il were filed into or
dinary carts the vehicles would form an
unbroken line 1000 miles long. The ex
cayatious have gone through submerged
forest, and among other curiosities dug out
have been reiudeer's horn, Roman
vase, and what Is supposed to bean ancient
British canoe carved out Of solid oak.
The latter Is now In the British Museum.
The new entrance below Woolwich win
save about 81 miles Of river navigation,
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Select puetrg.
MUSIC IN THE NIGHT.

er- ny HARRIgT PRESCOTT sroFfoRb
When stars PURSUE their solemn flight
Of, In the middle of the night
A strain ofmusic visits me.
flushed In moment sllycry-
Such rich and rapturous strains as make
The very soul Of silence ache
With longing for the melody
Or lovers In the distant dusk
Of summer gardens, sweet with musk
Pouring the hllssful burden out,
The breaking Joy the dying doubt
Or reyelcr-all hoWn with wine
And In madness halfdiyine.
Beating the broken tune about
or else The rude and polling notes
That leave some strolling sailors throats.
Hoarse with salt spray. II may be.
OF many mile Of rushing sea-
or some highmlndcd dreamer strays
Late through the solitary ways.
Nor heeds the listening night nor me-
or how. whence these tones be beard,
Hearing, the siumhcF soul Is stirred,
As when a swiftly passing llghi
stnrtlcs the shadows into aRht.
While one remembrance suddenly
Thrills through the melting melody
strain Of music Ia the night
out ofthe darkness bursts the song,
Into the darkness moyes along
Only chord Of memory inrs, q
f, Only an old wound burns ID scars
ts Asthe wild sweetness Of the strain
smites the heart with passionate pain.
And vanishes among the stars.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

lNsuRANoE.-Are your buildings in
sured No mau ought to live in an unin-
snred house. No farmer should store his
crops aud implements in an uninsured barn
We have two friends. One Of them car
ried his own risk; the other got eight hun
dred men TO help. Both were burned out.
The first is living in rented property, and
Is likely to do so for many years, The
second has built a new house, and Is com
Portable. We do not write in the interest
OF FIRE insurance, but in the interest Of the
farmer, who should throw around himself
every possible protection against loss. In
sure az once
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

After a Griswold barber had finished
shaving n stranger yesterday the man
asked what the charge vas, and when told
that it was ten cents, he asked
"Don't you have any wholesale rates ?
Wouldn't you give mo three shaves for
twenty-five cents2'
Eyes | reckon could do dat
"Then 20 ahead and shave me twice
more" !" said the stranger as be climbed
back into the chair.
The barber lathered, shaved, recombed
his hair and cried "brush p and the man
seseated himself and took a third shave
without saying a word. His face had q
lobster color when he got through, but he
handed out quarter and said:
Il don't know but it would have been
better to take seven shayes for half dol.
lar, but this will do just now"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

About year before his death, some
one sent William Cullen Bryant picture
of apple blossoms. la acknowledging il,
he wrote They do not exactly suit the
last days OF life's December, but they agree
eharmiugly with that new spring-time of
existence, my entrance 10 which cannot be
far of, and where | hope to find the or.
chards of Paradise in full blossom"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

A new author, who intends to make a
living by good advice, says :-"Never leave
what you undertake until you can reach
your arms around it aud clineh your arms
on the other side" Perseverance, and all
that sort of thing, in the right direction,
Is well enough, aud even commendable;
but If the new authors advice is carried
out somebody is likely to get his ears
bOxed.-Nesc Orleans Picayune,
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BuTrER, EGGs, AND CHKEsE.-At The
recent annual session Of the National But
ter, Egg, aud Cheese Association at ins
dianapolis, Mayor Lord, of Elgin, Ill.,, read
q paper on the milk industry. The mag
nitade Of the industry was shown BY refer.
enee 70 the fact that there are ID, Doc, 900
miloh cows 10 the country, requiring the
annual product Of 81, 900, 900 acres Of land
% feed them, and giving employment d
650s000 men. Estimating the cown ii
$50 eachs the hossee AZ $50, and hand ii
$50 per acre, together with 5000 600 600
for agricultural and dairy implements and
The fetal amount invested tn the industry
y 2,2l9s ESQ, 900 This 4 considerably
more than the amount invested IN banking
and the eommeseial and mannfactar;n9
interests Of the country which i 81 800.
964,be6.
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4 loin Of mutton was on the table and
the gentleman opposite took the carver in
his hand. "Shall | cut il saddlewise2"
quoth he "You had better cut it bridle-
wise, replied his neighbor, "for then we
shall all have a chance to get bit in our
mouths
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

1t would be interesting, to know who
originated spring openings, and if the
opening of the flower, leaf, and all that
sort Of thing had anything to do with sug-
gesting the idea2
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The long and short of it--"What, 25
cents pound for sausages? Why, can
get 'em down at Schmidt's for 20 cents.
"vell den Wy didn't yer?" "Cause
Schmidt was out Of en- "Vell, Nv 7
was out of em I'd sell EN- for 90 cents,
too"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

Without carnestness no man Is ever
great, or does really great things. He
may be the cleyercst Of men. He may be
brilliant, entertaining, popular but he win
want weight. No soulloying picture was
ever painted that had not in i depth Of
shadow.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

They were playing game they call
euehre. She held both bowers and the
king, and two aces Of other suits, but she
was a novice at the game. A young man
who was teaching her looked at her cards
and warmly exclaimed, "What lovely
hand" " She looked him straight in the
eyes and murmured, "You may have it, If
you watt it," All the rest of the evening
he wondered if he was n victim of leap
year proposal,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

II some one would successfully start the
report that ice cream spoiled the complex
ion and made women bow-legged, it would
be thousands Of dollars in the pockets of
our poor, but love-strieken young men.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The Buffalo Express says "A man
can live on music aud poetry until he
Is married, but after that be must be fed
regularly or he will mako music of an
other kind"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

"Silenee is golden. - Aunt--aHas any
one been at these preseryes?" dead ST.
lence) Have you touched them, Jimmy2"
Jimmy--''pa never lows me TO talk at
dinner"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

When usefulness Is considered, the man
who smokes cigars dwindles 10 insigni6-
eanoe BY the side Of the individual who
smokes hams.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

Apothecary ;--"You want this prescrip-
tion filed, sir, | understand ?" Patrick,
"Divll bit Of il, SURF It's the bottle /
wud have filed
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The cattle on thousand hills contri.
butte to the milkman's wealth. So does
The water from the rills that's slipped into
the cans by stealth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

Sam, why arc lawyers like Rshes r.
II don't meddIe wild ds sablec', Pomp. .
why, don't you see ? Cause dcy am 80
fond oh debate -
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The ladies give as reason for marrying
Tor money, that they now seldom end any.
thing else In man worth having.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The ladies give as reason, for marrying
for money, that they nov seldom End anf
thing else in man worth hayiag.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-05

The young man who wants 10 Get m
with the sen must not sic up too late with
the daughtax.
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rock.
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PRODUCE DEPOT,
AT THE RAILROAD, WESTALN
lSTER, MARYLAND.

CORN and COUNTRY PRODUCE
Of all descriptions. Also 10 receive and for.
ward