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A Short Study For Boys.

The life of Charles 0'Conor, the eminent
lawyer, shows what diligence and persever-
ance will accomplish.
When eight years old he was an office
boy and newspaper carrier. His father
published weekly newspaper, and Charles,
besides attending in the Office, delivered the
journal to subscribers in New York, Brook
lyn, and Jersey City. He used skiff to
cross the rivers, and frequently would be
out all Saturday night serving his route.
1t is said that he never missed subscriber
When seventeen years old he entered a
LAWYERS Office as an errand-boy. He Dor
rowed law books, took them home, and read
them by the light of candle far into the
night. Several lawyers, noticing the boys
industry, aided him in his studies.
When he was twenty-four years old he
was admitted to the bar, and even then it
was said that young OConors legal opinion
was worth more than that of many other
lawyers.
But success comes slowly to young law
yer. and it was not until his thirtieth year
that clients recognized the legal learning
and skill of O'Conor. He was very poor,
but industry and ability were his capital.
He worked hard at the smallest cases, never
sighting amy trust, and in time secured the
reputation Of a man who would do his best
for those employing him. To this conscien-
tiousness and industry he owed his success,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-03-22
Cough Cures.

This is the season when the familiar
cough is heard on every hand, and every
one is suggesting remedy. We know of
two that are perfect cures. One for chill
dren is to take half a teacup whole fax
seed, wash through three or four waters
and put in pan with two quarts of soft
cold water. Let it cook till slightly thick
ened, pleasant for drinking, take of, strain
and add juice of one lemon and sugar to
taste. Give warm as much as child will
take before going to bed. This will re-
lieve in almost all cases, but if after three
or four trials it fails, try the well-whipped
white of an egg, mixed with one table
spoonful of sugar and juice of lemon
give half teaspoonful after each spell OF
coughing, being careful not to give too
much or too often as the pure juice OF
lemon is quite strong for them. These
are good for older people but the most
effective cure is: One ounce pressed null
lein, Cor the leaves, one half ounce pressed
hoarhound, and one quart of water put
on to boil if necessary, add more water.
When the strength is well extracted, SO
the syrup is as thin molasses or even
thinner, take off, strain and add one pint
New Orleans molasses and bottle for use.
The dose is one tablespoonful four times a
day, or after every coughing spell will do
no harm. Some simply make tea of the
MULLEN, sweeten and take. This has been
tried to our knowledge where consumption
was feared, and the cure was perfect.
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Some Curious Fishes.

1 don't suppose you think there are any
fishes that can either walk or live any time
out of water. Yet there are.
The gurnard is one of the most important
of the walking fish, NJ. Deslongchamps
had an artificial fish pond on the shores of
Normandy, in which several of these
creatures were. When he waded in the
pond he could easily see all their move
ments.
On one occasion, when he was watching
them in this way, he saw them close their
fins against their sides and walk along the
ground by means of six slender legs, three
on each pectoral fin. By these, they can
walk very fast.
The square-browed molthe can also walk,
and can live out of water. Sometimes it
spends two or three days creeping over the
land The reason that all fishes cannot
stay out of water is because they are so
made that they have to breathe air through
water All fishes are this way, but some
can carry water in their gills both for
breathing and drinking purposes for several
days.
He STOupcI ush 10 very uuCCij III OhuV
it will swallow such curious things, which
you would not think it could possibly di-
gest. One was caught on the coast of
Queensland, which, when opened, was
found to have in its stomach two broken
bottles, quart pot, preserved milk tin,
seven crabs, a piece Of earthenware en-
crusted with oyster shells, a sleeps head,
some mutton and beef bones, and some
oyster shells.
There is crab in the Keeling Islands
that lives on the land all day, returning to
the water only at night to moisten its gills
1t also eats cocoanuts, opening the shell
with its huge claws; and the natives Of the
islands say that it climbs the trees to get
them. This, however, is not known.
Thus we see that there are some very
curious fishes; yet none of them have mind,
and are not to be compared with man. Let
us be thankful, then, that God made us
human beings, and not fishes. - The Pansy.
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PoAD NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that application will
be made to the Commissioners of Carroll
county, at the expiration of thirty days from
the date hereof, to lay out and open public
road in said county, beginning in the middle
OF the road leading from Taneytown to Littles-
town, opposite the road leading to Peter bill,
terbrick' mill, and running by an old road
on the line between the lands of Samuel Gait
and Joshua Koutz to the lands of Hezeklah
Study; thence on the line between said Study
andKoutz to the lands of John Renner; thence
on the line between said Study and Renner to
heck's lot NOW Dayhoof's); thence on the
line between Matthew Harner and others to
Iawney's lot; thence on the line between
lawney's lot and the lands of Edward Strea-
Vg to the lands of Jacob Marker; thence on
the line between the lands of said Streavlg
aud Marker to the lands of Rufus Rohrbaugh;
thence on the bed of an old road and on the
llne between said Rohrbaugh's and Streavig
lands below stone pile; thence across the
lands of and by or near the barn OF SAID Rohr-
IGaugh TO pair of bars near Mrs. Mark
house; thence on the bed of the old road,
through the lands of Frank L. Roberts, to the
Flank road; thence on or as near as practl-
cable on the bed of the old road to copper
vile.
JESSE ROBERTS,
SAMUEL GAIT,
MATTHEW HARNER,
feb 23-5t And 80 others.
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POOR, PUNY& PALLID.

Considering all the ills that attack little
children, it is wonder that any of the poor
little youngsters live to grow up.
There are children who are truly objects Of
pity. They seem almost bloodless. Their
cheeks are thin and pinched; their eyes are
hollow; and their skin is tightly drawn over
their foreheads. There is nothing hearty
about them. They do not enjoy their lives.
They are suffering from the debility that leads
to marasmus. Poor things!
Do good deed for the pale, poor, puny,
pallid child. Hand its mother bottle OF
Broicn's Iron Bitters. Here is life even for
the most delicate, the most debilitated; for
the child almost given up for dead. Iron in
the blood is what the child needs, to bring il
up. The little digestive apparatus will re-
cover. The pale cheeks will fill out. The
weary groan of the child will be exchanged
for the merry prattle of infantile gladness.
Your druggist will tell you what wonders
Bro,cn's Iron Bitters has done for very sick
hildren. dec 10
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-03-22

The undersigned, intending to quit farming,
will offer at public sale, on the premises, at
Treyanon Mills, on the road from Uniontown
to Taneytown, about three miles from either
place, on
Wednesday, March @G, 1881,
Q o'clock, a. m, sharp, the following per =
sonal property: mule, 8 good horses, heavy
n draft and driving horses, 2ENIgN
O. are mares, heavy with foai NV
NosAeto my trotting stallion .&.U0
Alert; some of the horses and mares are we'll
bred; I excellent milch COWS of Durham and
Attorney stock; pedigree Durham or Short
horn bull, years old; 2 2year- heiters, y
head of young stock, heifers and steers, 10
head of thoroughbred Cotswold sheep, 30 to
40 head of hogs, several are brood sows; 3
extra fine pedigree Poland Chinas, many OF
the rest are of the Jersey Red and Poland
China breeds; lot of harness, 2-horse plows,
3-hOrse plows, Chilean harrow, spring har-
row, Champion reaper, 6-toot cut, new; iod-
deE;cutters, separator, horse power, threshlng
machine rods, threshing machine jack, wagons,
S-hOrSe cultivator, corn cultlvator, Champion
new mower, hay forks, new rope for hay
fork, pulleys for hay fork, old mowers,
windmill, horse rake, old grain drill, harrows,
roller, new grain drill; double A harrow,
road scraper, corn coverers, sled, stone beds,
wood bed, hay ladders, single shovel plows,
double shovel plows, corn forks, sewing ma
chine, treble, double and single trees, chains,
grain cradles, scythes, and great many other
articles generally found on a farm. Lot OF
meat and lard by the pound, potatoes by the
bushel
Terms OF SALE.-All sums of $40 and
under, cash; on sums above $40 credit OF
six months will be given, purchasers giving
their notes, with approved security, bearing
interest from the day of sale. No property to
be removed until the terms of sale are COM
piled with. JOHN W. MCFADDEN.
]. Hamilton Singer, NJ. G. Shaw, Clerks.
mar Its A. Smith, Auctioneer.
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AND TOBACCO,
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
ATIGTRE a. WARNER

Having purchased the Cigar and Tobacco
Store of Buckingham l. Parker, in the old
Hesson Building, near the depot, Westmin-
ster, have reftted the same and put in large
stock of Cigars and Tobacco of all brands;
also all Smokers Supplies.
They manufacture Cigars, and invite the
public to try their new brand. A smoking
room, neatly furnished, in the rear Of the
store, and friends are invited to call.
feb 1s84-lyr
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ITO THE PUBLIC.

Having withdrawn from the firm of M.
Scbaeffer & Co., with whom / have been for
six years, 1 will open business for myself
about the first of April in the room opposite
]. T. Wampler's store, and will conduct a
general stove, gas fitting, plumbing, tin roof
ing and spouting business. All kinds of pipe
furnished and laid. Slate mantles of all styles
furnished at the lowest price. Large stock OF
milk cans on hand or made to order; old ones
repaired. Mendiug and repairing at the low
est price. Tools and machinery of modern
patterns. An experienced timer employed.
Personal attention given to all work. Work
done by us guaranteed. A liberal share Of
the public patronage solicited. B6T Agent
for the Splendid Fire Place Heaters. Other
makes furnished to order. Estimates free Of
charge. y. u. GILBERT,
mar "a 1Ss3-1yr Westminster, Md.
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HoME.-You are to be pittied if you
cannot find your first and greatest happi-
ness at home. There is where you should
find it. The independence that comes to
a man when his days work is over and he
feels that he has runout of the storm into
the quiet harbor of home, where he can
rest in peace with his family, is something
real. 1t does not make 50 much difference
whether you own your house or whether
you have one little room in that house; you
can make that room true home to you.
You can people it with such sweet fancies
that it viii be fairly luminous with your
presence, and it will be to you the very
perfection of home Against this home
none should ever transgress. 1t should be
the place to find true love and courtesy.
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One of the best and most Strengthening
drinks, as well as pleasant one, to give a
delicate child, is made by beating up an egg
in tumbler with little sugar until il
froths, then ell it with rich milk and have
the child drink it at once The nourish-
ment in the eggs and milk combined viii
sustain the system all day if nothing else i
taken.
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The Disease of the Money Counters

The Disease of the Money Counters.
A Washington correspondent visiting
the Treasury department noticed that many
of the women employed in counting bank
notes looked i'll, and had sores upon their
hands or heads The superintendent gave
the following account of the trouble: every
few" he said, ''who spend any considerable
time in counting, escape the sores, they gen.
orally appear first on their hands, but fire.
quently they break out on the head, and
sometimes the eyes are affected. We can
do nothing to prevent this. All of the
ladies take the greatest care OF themselves
in their work, but sooner or later they are
afflicted with sores. The direct cause of
the sores is the arsenic employed in the
manufacture of money. If the skin is the
least abraded, and the arsenic gets under
the flesh, sore will appear the next morn
ing. The habit that every one has of put
ting the hand to the head or face is the way
the arsenic poisoning is carried to those
portions of the body. "See here" said
one of the officials, stopping by the side of
a young lady and picking up a glass vessel
containing sponge, "this sponge is wet,
and is used to moisten the fingers while
counting the money. You see how black
it is. That's arsenic. Every morning a
new piece of sponge is placed on the desk
of each employee, but before the day is over
it is as black as this. l have known half
dozen cases where ladies have been COM
PEELED to resign their positions. There are
three ladies who were here six years before
they were afflicted with sores. About three
months ago they were so visited by them
that they had to quit work. They have
been away ever since, and the physician S
certificate in each case says that their blood
is poisoned with arsenic.-London Medical
REGARD.
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40O-YEAR- OLD CARDS. London cor
respondent of the Manchester Guardian has
discovered that Christmas cards are as old
as the fifteenth century. He has found
card or engraving of that period in the
British Museum containing picture of the
Holy Infant and inscribed with Christmas
sentiments still in use.
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WIN. n. Blizzard. Auctioneer,

"M. n. BLIZZARD, Auctioneer,
w learning that r. Charles Matthews has
discontinued Auctioneering Sales of Personal
Property, offers his services to those who have
engaged Mr.. Matthews and the public gener-
ally. Seventeen years experience. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed and terms moderate. Address
VIM. H., Blizzard, Patapsco, Carroll county,
Md. Orders can also be left with G. W..
Crapster, Westminster, Nd. feb 9.tapl
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In Our Grocery Department

viii be found a Large and Fresh Stock of
Red Sugar for Icing, Light Brown Sugar,
only cents per pound; best White Sugar TOR
Q cents per pound, Green and Roasted COT
fees, Fine Teas, Fresh Spices, Canned Goods;
Limburger and Cream Cheese, Hominy, Dried
Fruits, Syrups, Potatoes, Apples, Beans,
Peas, Flour, Buckwheat and Corn Meal, 3D.
lopna Sausage, Coal Oil.
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HA1NEs & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,

Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
Respectfully call attention to their large
sock of Groceries, &C., at their Store, lew
uOors east of the Railroad Depot, Westmin-
our facilities are such as to enable us 10
Oner great inducements in prices, as we pur-
saase for Cash and sell at Short Profits Our
stock consists of
choice Flour, Groceries, Queens
ware, Stoneware, Glassware,
willow Ware, Woodenware, Fine
Cutlery, Fish, Bacon, Lard,
Salt, &C., &c.
OUR LIQUORS
are the finest and best ever offered in this city,
ana Tor medicinal or family use are unsur-
Ssssed. Sole agents for the well known Welty
barrel. -
Sole agents for Briggs Bros. world-re'
"yqned Garden and Fower Seeds.
Pm. Inc highest market price paid for Country
feb p, 1879 HAINEs 4 co.
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cRUsTEEs' SALE
OF VALUABLE
mail Estate and Wood Land.

.,dorsipned. by virtue of deed Of
lnG Edward Ireland, Jr., bearing date
trus. Ms 10 1865. and duly recorded among the
AalSIrp Records of Carroll county, in Liber w.
La1Mg ,K No. 81, folio 479, &C., will sell al
h. NE. .aia ON the premises, situate in Carroll
P1Onc Ma MARYLAND, on the Baltimore, Carroll
eO9p THiartv turnpike road, about four miles
gnu Nor Worrr;ottsyille, on the Baltimore and
a apn Railroad, and sixteen miles from Balti-
more, on ~
Saturday, March @e, 1884,
o'clock, d. m, precisely, the following
Mlaoble real real estate LIST. A Farm con-
hining -
of Land, more or less. The
lM-l improvements thereon consist
&n1Hk of a Large Frame Dwelling
sstssl4E House.. p stories high, with
t..Ib1;Iding attached barn, corn house,
. ICON she'd, dairy, and other necessary out
,"!ISiugs. Also an apple and peach orchard
~ The premises; water convenient to the
SnaS;ngs. About 80 acres is heavily timbered
IN al. hickory and chestnut; there is due
",onortion in meadow; the fields are con-
rP,Uiiently watered, and the land is in a supe-
r ,s state of cultivation. End. A Tract con-
tsining
% ACRES, 2 R00DS AND PERCHES
# Land. more or less. The only building
thereon is small tenement. There was for
norlv a grist and saw mill on this tract,
through which parcel runs large stream of
,ratar and affords a superior water power.
The land is in high state of cultivation, with
a. line proportion of timber and meadow land.
"a. A Farm containing
% ACRES, 1 ROOD AND SO PERCHES
If Land. more or less. About 80 acres is
heavily covered with superior timber, to wit:
Hickory and chestnut, chiefly oak; about 20
acres in meadow. The whole of this tract is
n excellent condition, and the fields are con-
renieptly watered. 4th. A Tract containing
90 ACRES. 9 ROODS AND So PERCHES
ofLand, more or less, with due proportion
Lot containing
a. ACRES, 8 ROODS AND 20 PERCHES
If Land more or less, consisting of chestnut
principally.
The t0ur HTSl-ueSCTlueu pdICeIo ilc ConIiS-
nous to each other, and all front on the Lib
erty turnpike; the wood lot is about l. miles
from the former, and is also on said turnpike
road.
All the above described property is conve-
niently located as to railroad, mills, market,
schools, churches, &C., and the superior quail
ity Of the land renders it worthy the attention
Of purchasers.
4 plat of the land will be exhibited on the
day of sale, and will be offered in one entire
tract Except the fifth PARCEL and in different
parcels as above described, so as to sell the
same most advantageously, and to suit pur-
ehasers.
Terms of Sale.-One- third cash on the day
of sale or on the ratification thereof, one-third
in one year, and the other one-third in two
years from the day of sale, the credit pay
ments to be secured by the notes of the pur-
chaser or purchasers, with approved security,
bearing interest from the day of sale.
JOHN H. H0LLINGSWORTH,
RICHARD J. H0LLINGSWORTH,
Surviving Trustees.
Reifsnider & Fink, Solicitors.
mar Its Jos. W. Berret, Auct'r.
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STIFF n A T S.
CALL AND SEE THE 'sFEDoRA. y

Having made arrangements with the
largest manufacturers, and buying for cash,
we will be enabled to give our customers such
bargains as will retain their confidence and
patronage Respectfully,
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u. L. REAVER & CO.,

First National Bank Building, R. R. Depot,
WESTMINSTER, MD. mars-1y
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FRESH MINCE-MEAT

ALWAYS a SPECIALITY. Rum and Bran
dies for Mince- Meat; also other kinds OF
T;nnors. Come and see our 5-CENT COUN-
TER, where you will find many useful articles
for use and presents.
BOOTS AND SHOES for the MILLION Al
NJ. C. STRASBURGER'S,
Attaining W. H. Grumbine's Tin Store,
dac s'tf Westminster, Md.
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ss~ Glass and Tableware Isl

We have a full line of the latest designs and
natterns of Glassware, Goblets, Tumblers,
Wine and Toilet Sets, Vases, Casters, Cake
and Fruit Stands, Fancy Glass Dishes, Table
and Tea Spoons, all of which we offer at low
prices.
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DUBLIC SALE
l. OF VALUABLE
Stock and Farm Utensils.

The Undersigned, intending to quit farming,
will offer at public sale, on the premises, at
Treyanon Mills, on the road from Uniontown
to Taneytown, about three miles from either
place. on
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JESSE ROBERTS,
SAMUEL CALF,
MATTHEW HARNER,
And 80 others.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-01-19

| WASHINGTON, January 1s.-Th'
managers Of the whisky, bill are mani
Testing bad temper and making threat'
against It's Opposers. 1--WE are nov
prepared" said a prominent promoter
"to eliminate from lhe rolls of tn.
House the fanatics who are opposing
us. When we find member fighting
us, we propose TO 90 into his district
and find some good man with broader
views and elect him. We intend te
make it worth while for those who talk
Of opposing the Willis bill to count uI
| what it will cost them. We are forced
to take part in politics to defend our
selves" This is the language of one OF
the most intelligent Of the ring and il
| toreshadows i's programme.
First on the list on whom vengeance
is to be visited is Ex-Speaker Randall,
in whom the Willis bill finds square
oppohent. Mr.. Randall favors the ex.
tinguishment of the internal revenue
system and the collection of the whisky
tax. He is opposed to the whisky bill
az an independent proposition. In this
he is supported by many Of the best
men in the House. Attacks on him by
papers in the service of the ring are
thus explained.
Last winter John Sherman piloted
the bll. through The Senate. Visions o!
the Presidency did not as now float in
his imagination He is too intelligent
not to know that the Republican candi-
date will not be the champion of the
whisky ring in this year of our Lord.
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III n TO DUST, earth to earth, ashes
~ ashes is the sound that comes to us
from 'IIn edge of the grave from day to
'day. Io-day the clods rattle upon the
conn ii IN" poor; Tomorrow upon the
caSkM Of the rich. To-day it is the
enid ~ its beautiful innocrncv ; to.
morrow il is the aged that at last, like
the mountain oak, has had to Succumb
10 'hr fury Of the storm. Death has all
seaNou. tor his own, and none are cx-
emp i"'u his relentless claim None
can escape his unerring aim. ON Tues
uaS the remains Of the old veteran sol
der, captain Allan Thompson, far past
tlie ~" IIotrd to man, were laid away.
Tn Thursday the long black funeral
page was again put in motion, and
Lew I"ymt"r was followed to the
gray I'-day it was the late lamented
JudI' Bradford, more ripe with honOrs
Than "hh years, that was quietly laid
away.
DEATH has commenced the year with
rich trophies Of his triumph In the
midst Ut I,." we are in death. Who
will b" III" next?
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DR.. Sfmms' White PuImOnfc BAL.
HAm

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lnington, Del. The famous Throat and
Lung Remedy. Rapidly cures coughs,
sore throat, Group, weak lungs, etc.
For consumptives 1t is splendid, pre-.
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cases. Multitudes of references. 30
cents and 81. Sold by druggists and
dealers. Main depot, Fourth aud King
Philadelphia, Johnston, Holloway &
Co., 602 Arch street.
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| had for thirty eight years suffered
every spring and summer with Poison
Oak, which ] contracted in bathing
when boy. | tried everything for it
including many physicians, but without
any benefit. took six bottles of Swift's
Specific Is. s. S.)tour years ago, and it
cured me sound and well. Three sum.
mers have passed, and / have had nc
return of it.
JOSEPH BEAsLEY, Colum bus, Ga.