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Postoffice Troubles in Frederick

Frederick city has been excited for several
weeks past over the location of the postoftce.
Some wanted it at the First National Bank
and others at the Central Bank and the war
fare between the EXAMINER, which favored the
former, and the Times, which favored the lat
ter, has been fierce. The Central Bank won,
and the Examiner of Tuesday thus pays its
compliments to Congressman Urner and
Postmaster Miller, who desired the Office to be
at the Central Bank: 'The will of the major
ity of the people, it will thus be seen, is
thwarted by the action of the gentlemen, ele-
waited by their suffrages, above the groveling
herd, to subserve their best interests. This
action is but one of the many evidences he has
exhibited recently of his peculiar and charac
teristic gratitude. To crafty his personal
spleen and avenge his disappointed ambition
he delights now in turning and biting the hand
that lifted him from the depths, and made
him what he is. And to further and accom-
plish his ends he has made the utmost use of
his servile and plant tool, the present Post
master. Thanks to the voice of the people
his course is nearly run, and at the expiration
of few more months he can with reason utter
"A more grievous lament than did Wolsey, as
far as his future ambition is concerned. There
will be none so poor to do reverence. As for
his henchman, the postmaster, the people will
take care that he be relegated to a political
oblivion by or before the end of his present
term of office. "
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NOTICE TO REGISTERS OF
IN VOTERS.-A meeting of the Regis
tiers of Voters of Carroll county will he held
at the office of ID. N. Henning, ESQ.,, in the
Court House, on Monday, the 5th day of Feb
ruary, 1888, at 10 o'clock, a. m. A full at
tendance is requested as business of much
Importance will be brought before them.
J. w. STEELE,
jan 20-tm Chairman.
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WESTERN UNIoN-The Western Union
Telegraph Company has nearly 400, 900 miles
of wire-enough to girdle the earth fifteen
times-and 900 offices scattered in every
State and Territory of the Union, and in the
provinces of Canada, from the borders of
New Foundland at the Gulf of st. Lawrence
to Puget Sound in British America. 1t has
also cables to London, so that it now requires
more than nine hours for the sun to rise on its
lines, and the feat has been performed of
publishing in the San Francisco morning pa
pers the quotations and transactions of the
closing of the London Exchange at 8 clock
of the same day. In England and in some of
the governments of the continent there is a
larger area of the 25-cent rate, but the West
ern Union has considerable area of the Is
and 1O-cent rates, which those countries have
not; and the 50-cent rate covers much larger
territory than any of the compound rates of
England and the continent.
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The full returns of the last census show that
there are in France 81 ,405, 900 inhabitants, OF
whom 1856, 518 are males and 1S, 748,77
females. 1t will thus be seen that the female
sex is the stronger in numbers by 81, 254. OF
the males 10, 110,601 are unmarried, $500,
1856 married, and 1,025, 731 widowers while
of the females 9,2S0,862 are unmarried, T.
500, 1853 married, and 1854, 557 widows.
Agriculture employs no fewer than Ii, 2O4, 100
persons, or nearly one-haif OF the entire pop
nlation. Next come the manufactures, which
find employment for 9, 1924, 107 pairs of hands,
and then commerce, which employs 3,843, 447.
Persons of independent income number B.
14s, 473, and the liberal professions support
1929, 1853 representatives.
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VALUABLE HOTEL PROPER.
v TY AT PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned, attorney and agent, by
virtue of power of sale contained in a mort
gage from Abraham Greider and Annie Grei-
der, his wife, to Elias Brothers, dated July
31st, A. d. 1877, and recorded among the
Real Estate Mortgage Records of Carroll
county, in Liber F. I. S., No. 10, folio 4S4.
&c, will sell at Public Sale, on the premises,
in Manchester, Carroll county, Nd, to the
highest bidder, on.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY nth, 1885,
at % o'clock p. M, that Unknown HOTEL
property, known as the WASHINGTON HOUSE
The parcel of Land consists of parts of Lots
Nos. A and 45, on plat of Germantown"
being part of tract of land called ''Ihe
German Church, and is the same described
in said mortgage. and contains
5000 SQUARE FEET OF LAND,
are a first class Hotel Building,
with bar-room, stabling, water, ALIA-G
and all necessary outbuldings, nc asls go
all of which are in good repair. 4 =-zssss
This property is now in the occupancy of
Abraham Greider, at which place frstclass
hotel is now being kept; is centrally located
and is in every respect well adapted to public
business. This property is subject to the
payment of the proportion of ground rent,
which amounts to $1.00 per annum, men
toned in the original lease from Adam Show
er and others to Mary Motter, dated April
10, 1909, and recorded amongthe Land re.
cords of Baltimore county, in Liber w. g..
No 102, folio 246.
TERMS OF SALE.-Terms of sale cash; or
if desird by the purchaser or purchasers, one
third cash on the day of sale or on the ratiiica-
ton thereof, one-third in one year and the
other one-third in two years from the day Of
sale, the credit payments to be secured by the
notes of the purchaser or purchasers with APP
proved security, bearing interest from the day
of sale.
CHAS. T. REIFSNIDER,
Attorney and Agent named in Mortgage.
Reifsnider & Fink, Solicitors
jan cots r. c. Matthews, Auctioneer.
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President Arthur signed the Civil Ser
vice Bill on Tuesday. Its practicability
will be tested in the course of the next ten
months.
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Captain A. II. Bogardus has accepted DIR.
w. F. Carver's challenge for a pigeon match,
and offers to shoot at 100 pigeons each at
Louisville, KY, between February and 10,
to decide the wing-shot championship of the
world 7g74r s4.a N.
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Handsomest and Best.

From the Rising San Journal:
The Westminster ADVOCATE is one of the
handsomest and best weeklies published in
Maryland.
Congressman Shackelford, of North Caro-
lima, died Thursday. W a
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DUBLTC SALE On Wednes- -
n day, the 7th of March, 1888, viii
be sold Horses, Stock, Farming Inn 4kCaAs
plements, &c. Particulars in handbills.
$500 JESSE MANHATTAN,
jan 6-3t* Medford Station.
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FUNERAL NoTICE.-The members
n of Salem Lodge, No. 60, l. o. o. F.,
are hereby requested to attend the funeral of
our deceased Bro, Past Grand, DIR. VIM. H.
Rippard, ON Sunday afternoon at one o clock
Meet at the Hall at 1890. By order,
JN0. j. REESE,
jan Colt Permanent Secretary.
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nor SALE.-A very productive Farm
- of about SO ACRES. Buildings good
Situated on one of the best roads leading out
of and about Al miles from Westminster. Fol
particulars, inquire of
ELI I. BUCKINGHAM,
jan 20-at Near Westminster.
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The Hagerstown HeruH aud Torch
Light has been sold by Negley & Co., to
James &. Mcdowell, of York, Pa.
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T IST OF UNCLAIMED MATTER

T IST OF UNCLAIMED MATTER
- remaining in the Post Office, Westmin-
ster, Md, January IS, 1888:
Bachman, Mrs. Mary Grifee, Joseph
Brown, Miss Mary Geise, Miss Maggie
Boon, DR.. j. Kane, Barney
Buckley, Mr.. Sr. Little, Miss Amanda c.
Buckley, E. L. Jr. Laurison, Geo. W.
Barnes, l.. j. Little, Stephen
Brooks, Mrs. Mary Low, Alfred
Cook, Miss Fanny S. Little, William
Carroll, W. H. Lester, Ella (2)
Doll, Michael Nicklison, Miss
Dorsey, Lewis Oursler, Tobias
Ebaugh, Miss Laura NJ. Shaw, S. Sayre (2)
Erb, j. F. Shipley, Miss Ella
Fisher, VIM. ]. (2) Stansbury, Mrs. Mary
Thurman, Miss Bette Stonesifer, VIM. c.
Fisher, Lucinda C.
Persons calling for matter in the above list
will say it was advertised.
jan Is A. II. HUBER, P. NJ.
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GEALED PROPOSALS For laying
~ the Stone and Brick ofGeo. W. Albaugh' s
new Store House will be received up to the
LIST of February next. For Plans and Specif-
cations apply to Harry Case, carpenter, West
minister. The right is reserved to reject any
and all proposals M
jan 20-2w GEO. w. ALBAUGH.
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NOTICE.-The partnership hereto
~ fore existing between Charles NJ. Muir
ray and Columbus Murray, trading as c. NJ
Murray & Bro, has this day been dissolved
The business will be continued by Chas. NJ
Murray, by whom all claims will be paid and
all collections received
CHAS. NJ. MURRAY,
January l, 1888. Hampstead, Md.
jan 13-3t
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TO CLEAN UP OUR STOCK.
Call and see us! We will give you Bargains
Is BEING MADE AT

ORNDoRFF BUILDING, NEAR DEPOT,
jan 20 Westminster, Md.
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The grand jury returned into the Washing
ton Criminal Court Tuesday morning indict
ments against Arthur Payne and Thos. r.
Foots, the former for unlawfully and corrupt.
ly endeavoring to influence the action of VIM
X. Brown on the first star route trial by pre-
senting Brown for signature an agreement to
sell his vote as juror for 50, 500, and the lat
ter for procuring Payne to present to Brown
the said agreement.
The Dauphin County Court, at Harrisburg
last Friday refused to dissolve the Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Company of Elizabethtown,
Lancaster county, Pa, on motion of the at
torney- general. Judge Mcpherson held that
the bona fide insurers had rights which must
be cared for; nor would he dissolve the cor
poratiOn on the petition of the officers of the
company merely to relieve them from the an
noyance of a settlement.
At Birmingham, in England, few days
ago, potted meat manufacturer got himself
into a serious scrape. No fewer than 352
pieces of partially decomposed horse flesh,
besides large quantities of diseased pork and
beef, had been found on his premises in va
Fifty tins of duly prepared meat were also
found, which on examination proved to be
totally unfit for human food. -..
1GcpOrIS CONCERNING Tue northwestern DllZ-
zard in Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Wis
consin and Iowa say that number of people
have been frozen 20 death and lost in the
snow-storms and that rail travel is much de-
layed. The largest and most perfect ice
bridge that ever bridged the chasrn below
Niagara Falls formed on Sunday night. 1t is
over mile in length, and will probably re-
main during the rest of the winter.
Hapry Cowhaorb al;ae nouuoI4 -.
ed on Monday and lodged in Jail in Williams
port, Pa, charged with an attempt to murder
Carbaugh's first wife, in July, 1879. The ar
rest was made at the instance of J. G. Little,
of Wenksville, Adams county. Carbaugh is
charged with several attempts to poison his
first wife, and on the night of July 13, 1879,
he is said to have given her what he supposed
to have been fatal dose, after which he ran
away with his hired girl and married her the
following day. They have since been living
near Trout Run, Lycoming county.
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How Not to Drown.

Many persons have wondered that
all animals seem to possess an in
stinctive knowledge Of swimming, and
that man alone lacks this gift. DIR.
Henry McCormac, of Belfast, Ireland,
writes that it is not necessary that a
person knowing nothing of the art Of
swimming should drown, if he will de-
pend on the powers for self-preserva,
ton with which nature has endowed
him. The pith of the doctors remarks
is contained In the following para
graph
When one of the inferior animals
takes the water, falls, or is thrown in,
it instantly begins to walk as it does
when out of the water But when a
man who cannot swim" falls into
the water, he makes few spasmodic
struggles, throws up his arms and
browns. The brute, on the other
hand, treads water, remains on the
surface and is virtually insubmerge-
able. In order, then, to escape drown
ing, it is only necessary to do as the
brute does, and that is to tread or walk
the water. The brute has no advan.
tage as to his relative weight, in re-
spect to the water, over man and yet
the man perishes while the brute lives
Nevertheless, any man, any woman
any child who can walk on the land
may also walk in the water just as
readily as the animal does, and that
without any prior instruction or drill
ing whatever. Throw dog in the
water and he treads OF walks the wa
ter instantly. and there is no imagin-
able reason why human being under
like circumstances should not do the
same. The brute, indeed, walks the
water instinctively, whereas man has
to be told.
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Burnside and the Kentucky Belle.

Ma, or Ben Perley Poore, the we'll
known Washington correspondent has
recently published life of General
Burnside. The general was a native
of Indiana, and was entered as a cadet
at West Point from that State. He
was graduated in the class of 1S47,
went to Mexico and joined the army
under Scott then engaged in econ
quering peace" from that country.
After the successful close of the war
he was granted furlough and visited
his family, residing at Liberty, Union
county. "While at home on a previ-
GUS VISIT" says his biographer. "Lieu-
tenant Burnside had made many ac-
quaintances in the neighboring town
of Hamilton, O. Among them was
Kentucky belle, who united to
the vivacity of the North the soft
and languid style of the South.
She was highly educated, and
her industry in acquiring knowledge
was only surpassed by her CONVERSE
tional power to impart it to others.
The young officer was dazzled by her
personal beauty and accomplishments,
charmed by her affability and be-
witched by her destinations. Offering
his hand, it was accepted; the neces-
sary license was procured, and on the
appointed day for the nuptials the
young couple stood up before clergy.
man to be joined in wedlock. Asked
whether he would take the woman to
be his welded wife, etc, Burnside re-
sponded afiirmatively, but when the
question WAS put to her whether she
would take him for her husband, etc.
she said No. and could not be pre-.
vailed upon to change her mind. A
few years afterward a distinguished
Ohio lawyer obtained from the same
lady a promise to marry him
and the wedding day was
fixed. He had heard of Burn
sides humiliation, and on their way t.
church exhibited revolver, and adj
monished her that she would return
either his wife or corpse. When the
important question was propoundet
she promptly replied-whether from
love or fear-'I WILL and made a
most devoted wife.
"By curious coincidence Gener a
Burnside, when in command of tn,
military district of the Ohio, the lady
mother and sister were arrested a
they were about to go South, carrying
correspondence and articles contra
band of war on their persons. Tn,
general ordered them to be sent through
the lines, and the husband of his for
mer lady love had hard work to obtail
from President Lincoln permission TO
them to return home"
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Advice to a " Ddde."

BY the way, we heard the other day
quite an amusing story about lead
ing dude uptown, who imagined HIM
self dangerously i'll and sent his body
servant" for a physician. The medical
man felt his pulse and made an inspec'
ton of his tongue, and then remarked
Yours is serious case, young man.
"FrOm what am | suffering, doctor p
inquired the now alarmed dude. "FTom
pointed shoes, elevated shirt collar
tootight trousers, Newmarket coat
and general idiocy," responded DR.
Candor. "And," he continued, us he
took up his hat and prepared to depart
my advice to you is to go on Il farm
"a farm where you can get plenty of
fresh milkw-American queen.
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Force of Habit.

Some wonderful stories are told con-
corning the force of habit. a trav-
eler in Italy relates the case of a priest,
who, for the purpose of self-mortifica-
ton, condemned himself to sleep for a
certain period of time upon bed OF
spikes, sort of inverted harrow. For
a long time the practice was what it
intended to be, the severest kind Of
penance; but, the habit after awhile
became not only endurable, but lnd1S-
pensable-so that after his period Of
penance had expired, the devotee actu-
ally retained possession of his couch
from preference. On the same princi-
Pile, soldiers, who have passed many
years in the field, sleeping in tents or
in the open air, have found a roof and
a bed within doors intolerable, and
sleep unattainable. except by Il re-
newed resort to their old campaign
habits. Maryatt relates strong ex-
ample of the force of habit in the case
of certain chaplain in the navy, who
had formerly been lieutenant on
shipboard, and who, whenever his ship
came into action, could not refrain
SuCn wis Tie lOICt Oh HdDll-lIOlll
selling sword and mingling person
ally in the contest. Notwithstanding
mis- clerical garb AMI functions. A
footman promoted to gentleman by
an unexpected legacy and living in
great style, could never break himself
of the habit of running to the door
whenever he heard the bell ring.
During the siege of Boston. when Gen
eral Gage granted permits for females
only to leave the town, a young man
attempted to pass the lines disguised
rs woman. The sent mel on duty
doubted whether the pretended lady
had the necessary permit. Yes,
have" responded she, or rather he.
"I've got it here in my pantaloons'
pocket" As in trines, so in more
serious matters. the force of habit is
frequently invincible. Many inebri-
ates. though convinced of the fatality
of their course of life, are yet enslaved
by habit to their obstruction, and it
requires an iron energy, constant
watchfulness over themselves, on the
part of the reformed, tc avoid relapses
into their old habits. Only ptrsever-
ance will overcome these OBJ tacles,
new modes of life become habitual.
and the force of cd associations will,
of course, grow daily wea ler and less
Imperative.
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Qniet'y Sarcastic.

He came home late the other night
and his wife woke up and found him
with a burning match trying to light
the cold water tap over the marble
basin in his dressing room.
James," she said, THAT is not tn,
gas burner"
~ know it, my love-" he replied
unsteadily; "fact is, I've been over
worked, and that's the reason ma IL
the mistake"
"Yes, you look as if you had been
lifting good DEAL" she quietly an
swered, as she returned to her pillow
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FASHION NOTES.

Double apron fronts for dresses are
revived.
Bright plaids are much worn by
children.
Plain silk mitts are more worn than
lace ones.
All colors are fashionable, but red is
most in favor.
Lace of all kinds is still to be used
in great profusion.
Long French mits in silk, in shades
to match costumes, are preferred to
kids.
Pipings and cordings in bright ma
terial are profusely used on children's
dresses.
AL the different shades of pink and
of golden and reddish browns are in
demand.
Dark basket straw bonnets, trimmed
with wild roses, are sometimes accepted
favorites.
The mode of cutting and finishing
garments in the tailor style gains in
popularity.
The Newmarket jacket is now the
favored completion to walking and
visiting toilets.
The newest ornaments are in tor
tose-shell inlaid with gold, iridescent
beads and amber.
Plain ottomans, double-faced satins
and velvet ribbons faced with satins
are the standards.
The chudda, Virginia and cricket
cloths are employed for soft and at
tractive costumes.
Vatican and aesthetic wrappers,
made with yokes on which full skirt
is shirred, will be worn.
Lemon-colored ottoman gauze and
cashmere on terra-cotta Luton straw
produces novel bonnet.
Leather-colored cashmere, embroid-
erel in leather-colored floss, is making
4 distinguished costume.
The best tournures are part of the
upon, and composed Of floupces or
!, ruffles falling one over the other.
The rage for historic costumes has
gone, but left its result in many va
ried styles, modified or suggested by it.
None but tall and slender women
can wear some of the styles which the
inventors are trying to introduce this
season.
,, Flower and figure designs in vanish
E ing effects are produced in some of the
!, checked stuffs by the shading of the
checks or blocks.
r White lace jerseys are much en-
= ployed as bodices design for bride
maids dresses of white Ottoman silk, or
l Of killed satin skirts with scarf draping
= Of brocaded gau; e, edged with wide
5 ruffles Of Oriental lace.
4 Dress skirts have obtained greater
4 Importance since they are less hidden
by overdrapery. The tunic OF scarf is
4 shorter than it has been worn of late
g covering only portion of the under
u skirt, which is now plated or adorned
with shell plaitings, ruches and mar
e row ruffles.
Skirts, killed or box-plated hall
their length, or more, are quite as
y fashionable as ever. These trim.
3 mings, although simple in effect, take
= a large quantity of material, and fol
= this reason, perhaps. have never be-
~ come common. The wide, full plaits
y known among dressmakers as "tuy
~ aux" falling in rounded fo.ds like or
:, gan pipes, are more suitable for thicl
- materials, such as velvet, plush ant
y y cloth, than fatty pressed plaits. Great
" " variety of effect can be produced in
u plated skirts by the arrangement OF
- the folds.
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Syra's journey was at an end. It
was delightful at Oaklots, Aunt Dora
the wissst and dearest of teacher and
friends and when mamma came up in
September, she was not displeased that
there was diamond engagement ring
on her daughters little hand.-ESther
SerLe Kenneth.
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THE RINGS MOTTO.

A lover gave the wedding ring
Into the goldsmith's hand.
"Grave me-" he said, "a tender thought
Within the golden band"
The goldsmith graved,
With careful art
"Till death us part"
The wedding bell rang gladly out,
The husband said, go, wife,
Together we shall share the grief,
The happiness of life.
give to thee
My hand, my heart,
Till Death us part"
Twas she that lifted now his hand,
20, love, that this should beD
Then on it placed the golden band,
And whispered tenderly:
"Till Death us join,
Lo thou art mine
And am thine %
"And when Death joins we never more
Shall know an aching heart,
The bridal of that better love
Death has no power to part.
That troth will be
For thee and me
Eternity"
So up the hill and down the Hill,
Through fifty changing years,
They shared each others happiness,
They dried each others tears.
Alas alas
That Deaths cold dart
Such love can parti
But one sad day she stood alone
Beside his narrow bed
She drew the ring from off her hand,
And to the goldsmith said
"Oh, man, who graved
With careful art,
Till Death us part
''Now grave four other words for me,
Till death us join" He took
The precious golden band once more.
With solemn, wistful look,
And wrought with care,
For love- not coin,
"Till Death us join"