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GAMUEL r. DUVALL,
SYKESVILLE, MD.
Headquarters for Wagons, Stoves,
Ranges and Fireplace Heaters.

have lust received from the Milburn Wagon
Co.. Toledo, Ohio large consignment OF
their celebrated HOLLOW AXLE FARM
WAGONS, which are considered the best and
cheapest wagon ever made and the kind every
farmer needs. They are the lightest draft
farm wagon in the market, strong and dura-
Bile. keep all sizes in stock, receive by car
load direct from the manufacturers and sell
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
H~Call and examine them. You can buy
one for what it would cost to repair your old
wagon. Have added
TWO CAR LOADS OF STOVES
to nv stock. Among them can be found the
celebrated Farmer Girl Cook Stove, which
has given general satisfaction; the Orion and
the fronside Cook, Sections Grand Heaters,
Paola Revert Flue; Ranges of all kinds. Re-
nairs always on hand. Old stoves taken in
exchange for new ones. A full and complete
stock of TINWARE. Milk Cans made to
order. Repairing done with neatness and
desnatch. ROOFING and SCOUTING. All
orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
SAML. R. DUVALL, Sykesville,
noy15:tf Carroll county, Md,
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BY A. N. STEPHAN.

BY A. N. STEPHAN.
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TRACE CHAINS OF ALL GRADES,
Tongue, Breast, Stay, Halter,
s9 LOG AND FIFTH CHAINS, Sa
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of every description, Grindstones and Hang
ers, Vises, Anvils, Bellows and Blowers.
STEEL SHOVEL BLADES.
of all sizes. To any one needing such goods
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Paints, &c.
CUCUMBER PUMPS,
The Celebrated Excelsior COOK STOVES,
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EsTABLIsHED 1926.
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FOR
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LIGHTWEIGHT
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COOK BUGGIEs!
" COOK BUGGIES
My first carload of the celebrated Cook
Buggies has arrived. | will be able to supply
my customers cheaper this season than eVn-
before. This season will be the ninth for me.
The first year l sold but two buggies; last
year | sold 10S new and old ones, and have
never had any one travelling to secure buyers.
Why is this? Just because the Cook Buggy
is superior to any other cheap buggy in the
market. l am going to sell in different ways
this season, viz: With or without the guar
antee, and either cash or credit, or will ex
change for old buggies or carriages.
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CURvEYoR, CoNvEYANCER
- and SCRIVENER.- Having had
many years experience as Surveyor, Convey
ANGER and Scrivener, / take this method of
informing the public that am prepared to do
such work with promptness and upon reason
able terms, and respectfully solicit share
of your patronage. Office near Patapsco
Station, W. NJ. Il. r.
JABEZ A. BUSH,
feb. If County Surveyor.
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NO. 3 CARROLL HALL,
DRUGS,

FRANK K. HERR. SAMUEL K. HERR.
u K. HERR 81 BRO,
Manufacturers of
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A supply will be kept on hand for spring
delivery at the Canning House of B. f. Shriver
& Co., Westminster, Nd. Call before pur-
chasing elsewhere. JOHN BURGOON.
mar28. 2m Union Mills, Nd.
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The finest stock of Spring Goods ever of
fered in this market, such as Hames,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
GENERAL GRANT.
HIS Perfect Goodness Under Exciting CIR
Cu~mRtanC08s

HIS Perfect Goodness Under Exciting CIR
cumstances. .
After the war broke out General
Grant bought a house at Burlington, N!
j. The place was convenient to this
city, and the General, whenever oppor-
tunity afforded, could easily call in ON
his family. When the strife ended .
number of admirers bought and fur
nished a house for him ON one of the
principal thoroughfares. 1 do not
know that he ever had opportunity to
dwell in it. He made his home here in.
later years with Mr.. George w. Childs.
one of his nearest and dearest friends.
just before the house was presented to
him he was given a great reception by
the Union League, which had done
giants service in the Union cause. He
there met for the first time many Phil
adelphians to whom he afterwards be-
came warmly attached. 1t was a great
night. Men crowded upon him, women
showered him with praise and bless
ings. But the old soldier never for an
instant lost command of his emotions.
Of all the throng he was the only one
who was calm.
"He is an ~icicle," exclaimed old Nor
ton McMichael, father of the present
Marshal McMichael. But the next
night Mr.. McMichael met him at a din
ner party at the residence of the late
Henry G. Carey, the distinguished
writer on economical subjects, and was
charmed with the soldiers sunniness
and amiability. 1t was on these in
formal occasions that the General al
loved the ~pleasantries of his nature to
come out. Emerson says that the best
and highest conversation comes only
of intercourse between two. GEN
eral Grant seemed to be q living
truth OF the proposition. His
habits were such that he went about the
performance of any set duty, even the
making of an after-dinner speech,
bluntly and directly, and when it was
completed he rested. But when you
got him quietly smoking in a corner, or
sitting O the shady side of a verandah.
he was fluent, cheerful, keen and full
of sound thought. To strangers he
was patient and reserved. He v
became embarrassed. 1t was a singu-
lar habit of his never to make a sugges-
oAOh w " NlSAUOA az q 1OSS 1Ol u WOIus
but to wait very coolly and patiently
until the right expression was found.
When he had done all upon any sub
.ject that could be done, he worried no
more, but rested serene and hopeful.
81 have often wondered, General" said
q gentleman to him one night at a
gathering, whether you ever slept
while you were in the Wilderness"
"When I had made all my plans for
the next day." answered the General,
81 slept very peacefully, always"
He said once that when Mcclellan
was in Ohio, and before he himself hadl
been called on or suggested, he went'
to Cincinnati and threw himself in the
way of Mcclellan, hoping that his SER
vices in the Mexican War would be
remembered, and that he would be-
asked to take a place on McClellan's
staff. He was not asked, and he went
home, feeling deeply disappointed, but,
as usual, avoiding the least display of
feeling.-Phuadelphia Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
xoRNBLuME.
Tne Incident Which Led the German Peo-
pie to Adopt the Corn Flower Is Nation.
al Emblem

The Incident Which Led the German Peo.,
pie to Adopt the Corn Flower "a Nat,o,.
al Emblem.
wnen this century was very young,
and William Of Germany, then a small
boy too, Napoleon Bonaparte was
marching his troops, carrying all before
them, over Europe. The then Kingdom
OF Prussia was sorely tried. and while
the King was fighting for hts crown his
queen Louise (the angel Queen, as she
is still called in Prussia), was obliged
to fly from Berlin to Memel, on the
borders OF the Baltic Sea. So hurried
been the departure. for hers was a
brave spirit, and she would not desert
the capital till prudence made it expe-
dent, that no provisions had been
taken to satisfy the hungry cravings of
the two little Princes, her sons, whom
she was taking to safety, and who we're
not yet Old enough to understand that
anxiety which brushes down all appe-
tite. While travelling thus post haste
through an isolated country an accident
happened to the carriage, and the royal
party got out while the servants
were trying roughly to repair the dam
age.
The young Prince William, the pres
ent Emperor of Germany, then the
small younger brother of the two, feel
ing sick and exhausted from long fast
ing, and seeing his chance of refresh
ment being yet indefinitely deferred,
childlike began to give way, when his
qusen-mother, to divert the children's
attention from their woeful plight and
furnishing state, took them into a
cornfeld by the roadside bright with
golden corn, scarlet peoples, and the
heaven-blue corn flower, and choosing
the last, set the royal boys at work to
pluck them. with which she made a
crown for the edest-Frederick-a
garland for THE younger, and kept
also a small bunch for herself, which
She still Wore on her breast when
reaching the desired haven.
This circumstance, in all its BRIGHT
ness and beauty, fixed itself as indelibly
on the young Princes mind as. the other
scenes faded into the past, and with
the blue of the corntlower he associated
the true blue of hope, and the sweet in
luence OF his brave mothers memory,
WHO even III tHdI moment, Wnen every
thing seemed passing from her-King,
throne, country-could yet again
quickly recover her energy and spirit,
exclaiming, 81 will have courage, for
l have yet remaining to me my chill
dren and my trust in God"
Little wonder, then, that the grand
old Emperor thus typically reveres the
memory of his ssinted mother, to whom
indirectly-nay, indeed, directly-does
Prussia owe her present high estate,
for it was the good Queen Louise who
secured the terms and arrangement
without humiliation from the conqueror
of that day, and that the German peo-
pie have accepted the corntlower as the
National flower, and so thoroughly
have they associated it with their ruler
that, in the country and in cornfields
during harvest time, the young people
and children of the present day invari
ably speak of it as .'the Emperor's
flower" rather than as the ''korn'
blume'' of nearly a century ago.-M. Y
Herald,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
A NOVEL CAPTURE.
How a Herd of Elk and Deer Was Capture,
in Colorado.

How q Herd of Elk and Deer Was CAPTURED
in Colorado.
Captain Boyd, Private Secretary of
Governor Eaton, has received a letter
from his friend, James S. Scott, of
Egeria Park, telling of a very novel
capture made by him and his two sons.
Mr.. Scott lives upon a ranch in Egeria
Park. which is in Routt County, and
surrounding him is a country in which
there is an abundance of game. That
part Of Colorado is the hunters para
disc. Great herds of deer and droves
Of elk wander through the spruce for
ests and over the open plateaus. One.
day a few weeks ago MI. Scott got up
in the morning and found that during
the night a hard crust had formed over
the surface of the snow, which covered
the ground for miles around his ranch.
This crust was SO thick and strong that
it would easily bear the weight of a
man. 1t was just the day on which to
hunt elk Or deer, for the hunter could
run rapidly over the frozen snow, while
the elk would have, even where they
did not break through the crust, to
travel gingerly and carefully to keep
from falling down. Mr.. Scott and his
boys determined to take advantage of
the opportunity, and start on a hunt.
They had gone but a short distance
from the house when they saw standing
among some spruce trees, q short dis
lance away, five magnificent blue elk
and four big buck deer. They could
easily have shot one or more
Of them, for, though usually very
hard to approach, the animals
in this case were not disposed to u
away. A lucky thought suggested
itself to Mr.. Scott, and chat was to
capture them alive if possible. The
only way in which he could do this
was to drive them into some inclosure,
and fortunately he had a large corral
near his house which was inclosed by
a high fence oyer which a deer or elk
could not leap. Telling one OF his boys
to run back and open the corral gate,
Mr.. Scott, with the other boy, then
started off with the intention Of get
ting on the other side of the game.
The first boy soon had the corral gate
open, and then followed in the tracks
of his father and brother.
Mr.. Scott and the two boys t,fen
posted themselves so as to drive the elk
and ceer toward the corral when they
came near them. The snow crust was
slippery and the game could make but
slow progress. Slowly and carefully
the herders approached the elk and
deer, which also moved gradually
nearer the corral. 1t was novel and
and very careful work, for if the game
had taken alarm it would have been
impossible to have taken them alive.
Soon, however, their efforts were re-
warded by success, for they succeeded
in driving all the five elks and four
deer into the corral. 1t took them but
few moments to fastcn the gate, and
then their prisoners were secure. The
animals are now all doing well and are
feeding as c%ontentedly as if they had
never known the free life of the forest.
1t will not be long until they become
tame, and Mr.. Scott will then probably
bring them to some geological garden
IN the East.-Denve' Republicans
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
THE VANDERBILT CHECK.
How General Grant Came to be Indebted
to the Money King.

How General Grant Came to be Indebted
to the Money King.
General Grant kas been subjected to
a good deal of criticism on the SUPPOSE
ton that he willingly went to Wander
bilt, knowing that his firm was on the
v of failure, and borrowed one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
from him. The facts, as given to me by
an intimate friend of the General, are
these: Ward, the Sunday preceding
the failure, told the General that the
firm had even hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars on deposit in Fish's
Marine Bank; that he had one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
his pocket and wished the General to
raise n hundred and fifty thousand
dollars more, so that the firm would
have on deposit altogether one million
dollars. Thus" Ward reasoned,
''the bank can make a strong showing,
as they very much desire to do, and as
they have always been very kind to us
I wish to oblig e them" ''The Cen
eral did not appreciate all this" my
informant went on, nevertheless he
drove first to Victor Newcombe's house
to get the money. Mr.. Newcombe was
at church. 1Ae General then drove
over to the residence Of Mr.. Randall,
father-in-law of Commodore Garrison.
But MI. Randall also was out, and
General Grant drove back home.
After that Ward suggested a visit to
MI. Vanderbilt. Il do not wish to Dor.
row any money from Mr.. Vanderbilt"
said the General, II have had no bust
ness transactions with him." "But it is
not borrowing" Ward continued.
"You will simply exchange checks with
him; and, as we have three .quarters of
a million on deposit, your check will
be just the same as cash, will it not?"
This seemed altogether plausible, and.
it was thus deceived that the General
called on Vanderbilt for the money.
When the failure came he was almost
dazed, and then began that agony OF
mind that has never left him. Fortu-
nately he had insisted on securing Mr..
Vanderbilt. To the minds of those
who know the General well his trust in
Ward to the very last was not surpris-
ing, no matter how incomprehensible
it may be to others. Implicit and I'M
shakable faith in those in whom he put
his confidence was one of the most
striking notes of his character, and to-
have his trust betrayed always grievedi
him deeply. Indeed, a gentleman once,
asked him what OF all things grievedl
him most. The General answered, ''To'
be deceived by a friend."-Cor. Chit
cago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
A gang consisting of six cowboy

"A gang consisting of six cowboys
boarded the Albert Lea train at Mime
apolis the other day for Chicago.
Things moved along smoothly until the
conductor put his head through the
door and yelled: "Joliet" "Jolly
yet?n howled back one of the cowboys.
:..Waal, 1 shud say we wuz; eff yer don't
believe it, jest look er that! And a
ball from tho cowboys revolver
knocked the ticket punch est Of the
conductors hand Chicago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29
HERAT.
The Significant Etymology of What Is De-
nominated the Most Splendid City in tho.
vY-.Hl

The Significant Etynology of What Is De-
nominated the Most Splendid City in the.
World.
The town of Herat has severalnames'
in Persian. 1t is called Hiri, Hira,.
Hiriva and Hirat. The dialect of the
country and a native thereof are both,
called Hiravi, and anything belonging
to the district is styled Hiriva. All
these words take their origin from the
sound hir or har, akin to the Bengali
word ar-ya, ga husbandman," and the
6anskrit ar-ya, ''the Hindu par-excel-
lence, or agriculturist, as opposed to-
the nomad. Ar means to pillow. and is.
the same as the old English verb to ere
(Latin errare, to err, to go), and it was
the source not only of the word ayra,.
as applied to the Hindus, but of Iran,t
the name of Persia itself, and of Aria.
the district of Hcrat, which must thus
have received it's very name on account.
of its abundant fertility and agricul-
tural resources.
The origin of Herat can be traced far
into antiquity. To the ancients, the
province of which it is the capital was
known as Aria and Ariana. The name
was, in the course of time, gradually
changed to HerE, a name which stir
survives in the river flowing to the
south of it, Herirud, the river of Herr
and the latter to Herat. Tradition has
broughthe here Nebuchadnezzar and Sem
iramis. There can be no doubt that it
was the gate through which Alexander
the Great passed to the conquest of
India.
Eastern proverbs give an idea of the
estimation in which Herat is held in the
oriental mind. 'Khorasom," runs
one, sis the oyster shell of the world,
and Herat is the pearl. Which is the
most splendid city in the world? If
you answer trulyyou must say Herat!>
said another, when the city was at the
height of its splendor.-PhiladelphiG
Times.
On the train from Louisville the
other morning an elderly gentleman
bought some oranges, and gave n to
his young friend, young George, of
Versailles. Having another left, he
asked George to give it to an old wo-
man a few seats off, who had some
grandchildren with her. He readily
undertook the Office, and very politely
handed her the orange, and remarked
shat an old gentleman back there was
mashed on her, and sent her the
orange She accepted very graciously,.
and it would have made any human be-
ing laugh to see the old lady smooth
down her curls and right up her bon
net, and slyly look back to see her adj
mirer. The young rascal that perpe-
trated the Joke nearly went into COM
WILSON'S (Ky.) Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

Ni1he United States Consulate at
lag sa'es, Sonora, Mexico, is without a
on s roo ms is probably the only case
St..eae where a branch of the United
rsnus Consular Department is not
RESENTED by the National ensign
'~''cego Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

Maine papers say that a Bath
hoaraalng mistress surprised n of her
tho inuiers who vas learning to play on
66 o,s PANIC, BY reducing the price of his
ana a'a on the ground that his singing
tho playing had frightened away all
tho aus The compliment discouraged
|oivo young man so much that he has
SVEN up practice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

Wet and dry seasons SO differently
affect the wings of butterflies in India
al to cause broods of the same insect
to be taken for distinct species.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

"A resident of Stockton, Cal, died
recently of lockiaw, being the last of
four brothers, all of whom died of the
same affliction.-Sdn Francisco Chron-
icLe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

Maurice Thompson, the Hoosier
poet, has been appointed State Geolo-'
gist Of Indiana.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-18
what an utter imposture and delusion tho whole business is

i Temperance people who think it wrong for doctors to prescribe alcohol will be interested l to know that a medicine has been found which may, in many diseases be substituted | for it. Dr. Burroughs, in the Therapeutic Gazette, states that nitro -glycerine as heart stlmulant is far superior to brandy, and may be given with confidence whenever the ad-
 mlnlstration of brandy is indicated Two
 drops of one per cent. solution are equiva-
 lent to an ounce of brandy. and the effects of the drug are felt immediately It creates no unnatural craving. The doctor gives 8 detailed account of the cases in which he has employed it, and finds, after an extensive experiences, that it is of great value in shock from accidents, faintness after surgical oper- ations, failure of the hearts action due to chlorcform, for opium poisoning, asthma and the collapse of fevers
 The population of the Sandwich Islands in 1884 was 80, ,578. The last census was taken in December, 1878, when the population wes 57,9S5. The increase in the six years has been 9 ,593 or nearly 39 per cent. As the decrease in the native population was 4,074 the increase noted is due in great measure to immigration, principally of Chinese and Portuguese laborers, who now aggregate nearly 21, 900 on the islands. In 1878 the strictly native population was LOSS, and in 1884 4O,014, showing, as above stated, a de- crease in six years of 4,O74. The half-castes number 4, 4,215; Chinese, 17,937; Portuguese, 9,377; Americans. 2,O66; British, 1,2S2; Germans, 1,60O, and other foreigners, 2,O4e. There are also 2,040 Hawaiians born of for eign parents. Of the entire population, 51,- 539 are males and only 29,O39 females, this disparity being largely due to the fact that of the 17,937 Chinese in the islands only S71 are females