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Public Local Law.
PHEiLcd iy .iuhority.

PHjiiIcd 'y iHthority
CHATTER. 506.
An Act u regulate the Proceedings in Dis
trc>s for Rent in - Marys county, and
allow the tenant, whose goods are deS-
trained, to Supcrscdc III" claim for rent
before any Justice Of the Peace
Section |. Be itenaCtcd 10y the General
Assembly ot Maryland, That after the pas
Sa-c ot this Act, in all cases whcr property
has been distraincd for rent in - Mary's
county and Is in the hands If any Bailiif
ar agent Of the landlord and the tenant
Shlll - before Justice # the Peace for
said county, and confess judgment in favor
III tie landlord for the amount of rent
claimed and the costs of the dCStraint, and
shall have alSo made before the Justice a
supvrscjclS. which shall I've substantially
in the following form. state uf Maryland,
........uf. .......tow Wit: We 10 confess
judgment ttO..........t for the sum of. .....
and. costs, which were confessed by
..........in favor Of the said. ...... on
the. ..... .dav Of. ..... before. .......a
Justice a.; the Peace ot the State of Mary
land. f,r -. Mary'S county, the said debt
and costs IL he levied Of our goods, chattcls
lands and ttmmCutS, for the use of the said
....in case the said. ....... .Sha
not pay and satisfy, ~ the said. ....
the aforesaid Judgment and costs. with any
additional, costs thereon Al the expiration
OF six months form the date of said judg-
mcnt," the said supcrScdcas To- be signedby
one or more surcticS, who shall make oath
before the said Justice If the Peace that
they are worth each, double the amount oi
debt. interest and costs, over and above al
debts and exemptions. and the said Justice
shall Judge of the suifiCicncy of said super
sCdCa>, ~ secure the amount Of debt, in
forests and costs, and shall require the
same IL hc sufficient - secure the debts,
interest and costs, and when the supcrSe-
dC;.S shall ~ filed with the Justice Cf the
Peace. and he shall N satisfied nf its sui.
iiciCuCv iOr the debt So confessed, the said
Justice shall issue an Or,lCr 10 the Landlord
hailiff or agent ~ release the property in
his possession and all further proceeeings
in the diStraint shall Ne null and void.
Section ,. BE il enacted, That nothing
in this act shall b. construed as affecting
the validity Of existing contracts.
Section 3. And bC il enacted, That thii
act shall take effect from the date Of it
passage.
AVprovCd
ELIHU r. JACKSON. GoorHor.
GEORGE " UPSHUR,
SPEAKER H5ESs niagdtcS
GEORGE PETER,
PrtasiSIs. II .S,Isdts.
hcrcby certify that the foregoing is
true copy of an act ofthc General AsSemhl
of Maryland, passed Jan. Session, lSSS.
CARLTON >HiFER,
Chi.f Clsrk Ho'iss q DsigItcs.
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CHAPTER pos.

AN ACT TO prevent fraudulent trans
actions on the part Of commission
merchants and oth5. ass;gules Of
good.
Section !. Be II cuacied ty the
General Assembly Of Mary land. That
if any factor, commission merchant or
assignee, or any person selling goods
on commission, CT the agent, clerk or
servant oi such person, who shall
convert to his own use any provisions,
fruits, -four, meat, butter, cheese or
any other property, or the proceeds Of
the same, shall. be deemed guilty OF 4
misdemeanor, and upon indictment
and conviction IN any Court Of this
State having criminal Jurisdiction,
shall be fined not more than one tnOu-
sand dollars, or be imprisoned not ex.
ceeding six months, or both, in the
discretion of the Court, and tie failure
TO pay over the avails or proceeds re.
ceived 10y any factor, commission mer-
chant, assignee or person selling goods
or produce on commission, less his
proper charges, within five days aitc:
receiving the money or rs equivalent
from the purchaser or purchasers Of
said goods or produce aud demand
made therefor, by the person entitled
to receive the same, OF his or her duly
authorized agent, shall be- prima f,"is
evidence in any Court OF Jaw in this
State to establish tie conversion Of
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CHAPTER 446.

AN ACT to repeal section one hun
dred and forty-tour, of Article
ninety-three, of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled "Testamen-
tary Law" subtitle Guardian and
Ward" aud re-enact the same as
follows:
Section |. Be it enacted by the Gen.
ersl Assembly Of Maryland, That sec
tion one hundred and forty-tour, OF Ar
ticle ninety-three, of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled "Testamen-
tary Law" subtitle Guardian and
Ward" be, and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, to read as
follows:
l44. Whenever land shll! descend
or be devised to a male under the age
of twenty one years, or to female
under the age OF eighteen years, or
any such male or female shall he enti-
tied to a distributiye share of the
personal estate OF an intestate, or to a
legacy or bequest under last will or
codicil, or may acquire any real or
personal property, or estate, By gift
or by purchase, and the said male or
female shall not have a guardian ap-
pointed by last will and testament,
agreeably to law, the Orphans Court
of the county in which such infant
shall reside, shall have power to APP
point a guardian to such infant until
the age Of twenty-one years Of male
and until the age o! eighteen years Of
a female), or marriage, and such aP.
pointment may be made at any time
after the probate of the will, or ad-
ministration granted on the estate Of
the deceased, under whom the infant
appears TO be so entitled to land; and
it may be made, if the Court shall
think proper, in the case of personal
estate either before or after the admin
istrator shall have passed his account.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date oi
its passage.
Approved April 5th, 1888.
ELIHU L. JACKSON,
Governor.
GEORGE ". UPSHUR,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates
GEORGE PETER,
President OF the Senate.
We hereby certify, That the fore.
going ia true copy of an Act passed
/ by the General Assembly of Maryland
January Session, 1888.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of ne House Of Delegates
". G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
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PUBLIC LOCAL Law.
Published By AuttOlT,ty.
ruApTED 1S2

Published By AutlOrTty.
CHAPTER 15S.
An act TO empower the county commission
ers of St. Mary's county to levy a sum of
money for the building of school house
for white children in election district
number five in St Mary's county.
Section l. BE il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That the county
commissioners of st. Mary's county be and
they are hereby empowered and directed
10 levy for the building of school house for
white children IN election district number
five in 81. Mary's county such a sum of
money as in the opinion of the said COM
missioners may be sufficient for the purpose
hercinbefore specified.
Section ?. And be il enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date ofits pas
sage.
Approved March 90, 1883.
ELIHU T. JACKSON, Governor.
GEORGE M UP.SHUR,
Seeker House Of Delegates.
GEORGE PETER,
President Of Senate.
| hereby certify the foregoing to be a
correct copy of an act Of the General As
sem5ly of Maryland, passed at the January
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary OF Senate.
April 26-3wt
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.,s,nI.c io t.s parties, however, the
,ieht TO Il jury t.ia. # demanded.
Sec. ,. And be 1t enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved APRIL 4h, 1885,
ELluU (. JACKSON.
Governor.
GEORGE II. UTSHUR,.
Speaker Of the House ct Delegates.
GEORGE PETER,
President If zinc Senate.
We hereby certify, That the fore.
going is true copy Of Al Act oi lie
General Assembly q Maryland, Yass,l
January Session. 1855.
CARLTON SuAFEG.
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary Of ihe Senate.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
April 26-3wt
Published By authority.
CHAPTER l69

Published Iy AutiOfity.
CHAPTER 1872.
An act 10 empower the county commission
crS of s.. Mary's county to levy a sum of
money for the building of school house
for white children in Fosters Neck in
st. Mary's county.
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That the county
commissioners of St Mary's county be and
they are hereby empowered and directed
10 levy for the building of q school house
for white children in Fosters Neck, in ST.
Mary's county, such a sum of money as in
the opinion OF the said commissioners may
he sufficient for the purpose hereinbefcre
specified.
Section ?. And he il enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date ofits pas
sage.
Approved March %, 1888.
ELIHU +. JACKSON, Governor.
GEORGE NJ. UPSHUR,
Speaker House of Delegates.
GEORGE PETER,
President OF Senate.
] hereby certify that the foregoing TO be q
correct copy of an act Of the General As
sembly Of Maryland, passed at the January
Session, 1888.
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary Of Senate.
April i9-3w-
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Public Local Law,
PgbsIsi by -lHNor!iy.
CHAPTER oil.


An act {, authorize the County Comruis-
s:rucvS VI -. Mary'S county u elect one
vi the Roam - set IS troaSunlr during
Tie term Il Office al said BCari, ana t.
rcauirc him to give bond; al>o ~ rrQuirc
The Clerk Of said RoaTl g. give bond.
Section I Bc il enacted by the General
A.. uhly oC Maryland, That the County
Commissioners of -. Mary'S county be aud
they anc hcrcby authorized and dtrectcd Il
The first meeting after their election and
qualification to elect hy \ majority vote one
ri their ncmbevs to act Is TreaSuur. who
shall serve until his successor Is elected and
qualified
S,c. >. And hc il further enacted. That
The said Treasurer shall receive and hc ~
spunsible iCr all monies which shall he
paid IA the said county commissioners ana
Shall keep an account of all receipts and
cxpcnliiurcs, and before he acts as such he
shall give bond 10 the State Of Mary land
In the penalty Of thrcc thousand dollars
with surety og sUrvticS 10 be approved 10y
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Public Local Law.

Published hE i"""Uy.
CHAPTER i19.
An act IL cmpnw,r the County CommiS-
sirnrrS ~ - Nary'> county = levy
sum If money Irr the hUillIug ota school
House in the Sixth Election District Of
said county.
Section l. BE- il enacted hy the General
Assembly oC Maryland, That th' County
Commissioners of Mary scuuntv hcaul they
arr, hereby empowered tnlcyy turthr build
iur IT a school house for white children in
the Sixth Election District ,f - NaryS
county, such sum utmungy n in the opin-
ION ul said Commissioners may hr sufficient
for the purpose hrr,iu'riurr specified.
section , And hr it enacted, That this
net Shall take effect trom The date Gifts pas
sage.
Approved:
ELIHI- r. J.iCESON.G, rrrgor.
GEORGE w. JPSHTR.
.>.yHI,r Neu> = y. .sts>.
GEORGE PETER,
Pr,vdtH. = .>Ht.t.
lhrr,hy ccr;ifyt that thra:orrcoinE is Il true
copy of an act ut tho General Assembly #
Mary land. passed january Session, lNNS.
CARLTON >HlFER.
C,Q C.,rk N,na. = Dut.E,>.
April I9-jwa
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CHAPTER 453.

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a,narlment ssrtinn tL,aa E,nI,,J
and twnntrltrrns oi k,';rrs ,;,'.,..
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Public General Laws. title "Tas...raa-
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Public | Local Law.
PpWN}sd hg .inlority.

Pvt3.>3sf 'g la:lon'ty.
CHAPTER l1'
An "yt t. r,Vyal Chapter 900 u. tho acts
passed al tic january Session If 1873,
entitled an act tn Regulate the price t. hI
paid lar thu county printing otSt Mary's
county.
section |. IL il enacted uy the General
Assembly vC Maryland. That ChaptaE 800
of the acts passed at the January Session Of
iSrS. ~ and ihv samc is hereby repealed
section : And hc il enacted. That this
set shall take effect from the da,c ofits pas
SAGE.
Appunvvl:
EiIHU 4 JACKSON. Z. ,~r"r.
GEOHGE " TP>VJ'R
: yfl,r Hons = il, sut,~.
GE0HGE PETER.
Pr,ii..! ~ : gH:
| lg7ybv certify that The foregoing is a
TIN, cop, yl an arl nj the General Ac>cm-
hly yl Maryland, passed January Session,
lN~~.
CARLTON SHlFER,
Char Clark W''.S, u D,is-utcS.
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HUNT UP YOUR

old Stamps and Stamped Envelopes issued
from isi0-50. Send me a sample Of any
you may have, stating quantity of each
kind, and l will make you an offer by re
turn mail.
WM. e. RAlTzELL,
4l2 u. Howard 81,
Baltimore, Id
Auril 5-3m
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PUBLIC LOCAL Law,
PHd|iSied b -iuthoIty.

P,il(iSied by iWthorIig
CHATTER SIC.
AN ACT giving the owner or owners OF q
stallion in Worcester, Anne Arundel,
Caroline, Wicomico and St Mary's
counties, lien upon the proseny Of said
stallion for one Year frOm the date Of
foaling Of said progeny.
Section /. Be il enacted by the General
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Letter from the A>sis;an: Foreman Of the
Delivery DcpaItulent-A subject in
which Thousands are Deeply Con.
Crrlyd.
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States for three months on receipt Of
ONE D0hkAk.
Liberal discount allowed % postmasfers,
agents and clubs Sample copies mailed
free. Address all oriersto
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CARLTON SHlFER,
Chtg Ci0k Hr,ss y D,lsgdtcS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
Tho Vineyards of Franco.

The prize of 100000 offered some
years ago by the French government to
any one who should invent a remedy for
that destructive disease of the vine,
phylloxera, has not yet been awarded.
although experiments with some OF the
remedies proposed have yielded cncourag-
ing results. The losses caused by this
disease are enormous. About one-half
of the vineyards of France have been
totally destroyed by it. Mr.. Roosevelt,
our consul at Bordeaux, reports that the
loss caused directly by the destruction Of
vines is thus far $1,440, 900, 900, to which
should be added more than 100000, 600
expended for wine and dried grapes i'm
ported to make good the shortage, raising
the total loss $4,000, 100000. The value
of wine imported into France, to be
''doctored'' in various ways for use at
home and sale abroad as the product OF
French vineyards, has risen from g.
go, 34s in 1875 to 500, 900 in 1887.
New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
Give FeIonS Their Labor.

The idea is simply preposterous that
the people sent to the penitentiary should
live in idicness. They should have the
benefit Of their labor, and if you give
them the benefit of their labor they will
turn out as good work as though they
wcrc out Of the penitentiary. They will
have the same reason to do their best.
Consequently, poor articles, poorly con-
structed things, would not come into
competition with good articles made by
free people outside of the walls.
Now many mechanics are complaining
because work done in the pen;tentaries
is brought into competition with their
work. But the only reason that convict
work is cheaper is because the poor
wretch who does it is robbed. The only
reason that the work is poor is because
the man who does it has no interest in
its being good. If he had the profit of
his own labor he would do the best that
was in him, and the consequence would
be that the wares manufactured in tho
prisons would be as good as those manu-
featured elsewhere. For instance, we
will say here are three OF four men work
ing together. They are all free men.
One commits a crime and he is sent to
the penitentiary. Is it possible that his
companions would object to his being
paid for honest work in the penitentiary?
Col. Bob Ingersou in New Yorl. World
Interview.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
The Number of the Stars.

The total number Of stars one can SEQ
will depend very largely upon the clear
ness of the atmosphere and the keenness
of the eye. There are in the whole CO.
lestial sphere about 5000 stars visible to
an ordinarily good eye. Of these, how
ever, we can never see more than a frao-
ton at any one time, because half Of
the sphere is always below the horizon.
If we could see a star in the horizon as
easily as in the zenith, half of the
whole number, or 5000, would be visi-
BILE on any clear night. But stars near
the horizon are seen through so great .
thickness of atmosphere as greatly to OBJ
scure their light, and only the brightest
ones can there be seen. AS a result Of
this observation, it is not likely that more
than 1000 stars can be taken in at SIN
gle view by any ordinary eye. About
1900 other stars are SO near the South
pole that they never rise in ourslatitude.
Hence. out of 9, 900 supposed to be vii-
bic, only 1000 ever como within range
of our vision. unless we mako journey
towards the equator.-Professor E. s..
Holden in The Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
Tea Gathering in cexlon

Tea is getting to be great product or
Ceylon and the export is already 10000
600 pounds. 1t is claimed in behalf OF
this tea that it is cleaner than Chinese or
japanese tea, which is manipulated and
adulterated until its quality is consider
ably deteriorated. In Ceylon coolies
pick the tea leaves, which are spread on
trays to wither under cover for about q
day. The withered leaf is then placed in
a rolling machine, driven by power, and
rolled for an hour, and during the process
the leaves become a moist and twisted
mass, out of which the expressed juice
freely rolls. The leaves are then placed
in trays to fernent or oxydize, during
which process they change from green
to copper color. Thesubsequent flavor
and strength of the tea depend, to a
great extent, on the fermentation, which
is a chemical process, the success of
which is due to the weather.
Firing is tho next process. The tea is
thinly spread ON trays and placed either
on charcoal stoves or in large iron drying
machines, and at the end of half an hour
it is thoroughly crisp and dried and has
become tea. The tea is then sized by
being passed through sieves of different
mesh, giving the varieties of Broken
Pekoe, Pekoe, Souchons, Congou and
Dust. The first mentioned, which con-
sists chiefly of the opening bud of the
leaf, gives the strongest tea; so strong
that the other teas are mixed with it.
The tea is again slightly fired to drive off
any suspicion of moisture, and packed
Il IL l.
Ccylon tea may now be bought in the
American market. 1t is extolled for its
strength and favor, and il is said that
two pounds of it will go farther than
three pounds of Chinese or japanese tea.
Il is said 20 have fragrance that is pc
culiarly its own.-Good Housekeeping.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20

The American Anthropologist has posi-
tive views that perfect dinner, thor
oughly good i'll variety, cookery, service,
aesthetic appliances, culinary chemistry,
roses in winter, ice in summer, and
guests with educated palates, is the
fnsst type and expression we have Of
the highest civilization. "Savages eat
when they can get food, and cat as long
IS the food lasts. Civilization may be
traced by the changing hours Of rcfec-
ton" That is doubtful, for the rules
quo.ed from the age OF Francis /, OF
France, arc better than those now in
vogue: elise ct s, dine at 8, sup ut &
and couch At o." The question of gracs
at meals is traced 10 the pref Christian
and heatllcp habit Of placating the gods
Offering them share of the food. Her,
bert Spencer would refer it to the Gus.
tom Of offering part of each meal tt
deceased ancestors, and members of the
family. Almost all customs cxtant have
secured new meanings since their origin
Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
Gid Women in Canada.

Another point that has often been i'm
pressed upon me is that all the old dow
ayers in Canada look precisely ike Queen
Victoria, and this resemblance is aug
mented by the ugly fashion in which
they dress their hair out Of compliment
to her majesty. There is much more
Difference in the manner of those in hum
bic walks of life toward their superiors
than with us. Polite and civil shop girls
are not an effete institution in Canada.
nor are respectful servants unknown.
The street car conductor, who touches
his hat respectfully when you signify
your stop to him, was such surprise 70
me that did not recover from the shock
for daYs.-Edith Sessions upper.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
E.ca,zing Salmon OF Canada.

The salmon rivers Of Canada arc all
streams Of swift currents, wltirling rapids
and high falls. The salmon seems to
make its way mp these streams with as
much ease as he moves down. One of
the sights in the vicinity Of Quebec is
the salmon leaping at the Falls OF
LOvette, and during July many persons
assemble there to see it. The falls are a
succession Of steep tumbles, and the water
rushcs ovc!. tie rocks with great velocity.
The salmon gather at the foot of the
lower tumble, and, with marvellous leaps
up the very face Of the rushing waters,
make their way to the summit without
apparent difficulty, gliding up the swift
cilutcs like fash and mounting each
successive tumble until the grand sum-
nit is reached. The Canadian will tell
you that when there was no legal inter
ference with spearing, the Indians were
in the habit of gathering at the foot Of
the falls in their birch canoes and cast
ing their spears at the salmon as they
leaped up tho torrents, making their
casts with such marvellous skill that the
salmon aimed at was invariably stopped
in his vaulting career and fell back i'm
raled by the Indians cruel barb.-Cor.
Philadelphia News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
Poison from Lead Pines,

It is claimed to he proven, beyond all
doubt, that water which circulates az
stands in leaden pipes OF vessels, not only
takes up particles of lead through aae-
chanica action due to friction, but attack
the metal, the result Of this being gener-
ally lead carbonate. According to the
most eminent authorities in this line,
minute quantities of lead thus introduced
into and accommodating in the system,
must rank among the causes Of anaInia
and defective nutrition in large towns
New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-09-20
A. snirited American Lady.

WIS recently told a good story about
spirited American lady, for whom q
titled female friend had undertaken the
delicate mission of inviting for her o
number of guests to Gil her house at
Ascot stduring the races. Among these
guests were numbered seven male scions
Of tho British aristocracy. Two of these
personages behaved as gentlemen should
do, and were all courtesy and amiability
to their hostess. The other five acted as
tie British cad is apt to do under any
circumstances, and persistertly snubbed
the lady under whose roof they were
staying. On the return of. Mrs. x
to London, she was asked who her guests
lad been at Ascot. Il had the pleasure
of entertaining two gentlemen and five
men," was her answer. This reply got
abroad, and every one Of the seven called
upon her afterward to express separately
and individually the hope that he had
been one of the two gentlemea-Cor.
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.