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Portuguese English.

A Portuguese boy in Malacca public
school was told to write composition tell
ing all he knew about the English. This
is what he wrote, the spelling being amend
ed except in the one marvellous word 'docut,
which means dogcart
English is very proud and very white.
They are mostly governors, schoolmasters,
policemen, magistrates, and a few are law
yers and doctors and banks and many other
things. They never work. They wear
hats and boots and ride in docuts. Some
English goes to church, but only once.
ssThey are clever tennis and ball games
and drinks much brandy and other things.
One of their great delights smoking cigars
and shooting and raining coming home in
it. English is clever at all things. My
father says Portuguese is black and ugly
and catch fish, but English is white and
pretty and eats fish what is caught. Faith
err is black and ugly, but making nets,
English is very fierce, if anybody does
something they swear dam. English
women is few. They ride and play music
and sing and make faces. 1t is easy no
work nor little house. | don't know any
more English. That is all | know
The small community of Englishmen in
Malacca looked upon the circulation of
this composition as very bad joke, but
the residents elsewhere say that it is so true
that if this Portuguese boy could be taught
spelling he would prove second Rudyard
Kipling.
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Animals in the Rain.
From the London Spectator

fTOm lile 1OuuOh opCOtntoA.
Horses and cattle never look so miser-
able as when standing exposed to cold and
driving rain. Every field in which cattle
are turned loose should have some rude
shelter provided, however rough and hardy
the stock. IF left to themselves in state
of nature they would travel miles to some
well known bank or thicket, which would
at least give cover against the wind. Shut
up between four hedges they are denied
alike the aid of human forethought and OF
their own instinct. Bewick's vignettes Of
old horses, or unhappy donkeys, huddled
together in driving showers on some bleak
common, express a vast amount OF animal
misery in an inch of woodcut 1t seems
strange that no animal. unless it be the
squirrel, seems to build itself shelter with
the express object of keeping off the rain,
which they all so much dislike. Monkeys
are miserable in wet, and could easily
build shelters if they had the sense to do
so. ''As the creatures hop disconsolately
along in the rain, writes Mr.. Kipling, in
his Beast and Man in India, or crouch
on branches, with dripping backs set against
the tree trunk as shelter from a driving
storm, they had the air of being very sorry
for themselves. But even the orang-ou-
tang, which builds a small platform in the
trees on which to sleep at night, never
seems to think of roof, though the Dyaks
say that when it is very wet it covers itself
with the leaves of the pandanus, large
fern.
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The Useful wheelbarrow
From the Boston Journal.

The wheelbarrow has commonly been
ascribed to Blaise Pascal, who lived about
the middle of the seventeenth century. NJ.
Littre, the great French philologist, how
ever, attributes it to one Sieur Dupin, in
1869, seven years after Pascal's death.
But now, as confounding both of these, is
the discovery of a curious woodcut in an old
copy of the Cosmography of Sebastian Mum
ster, under date of 1905, of wheelbarrow
pushed along by workman. And furth-
er, there has been found manuscript his
tory of the Sangreal Of the thirteenth cen
fury, in which there is very good draw
ing of one man showing another along in
in a wheelbarrow. And what is more, the
vehicle, in style and appliances, equals any
modern one.
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CCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE
- for 1898.


FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT
nine from her pen for many years, entitled THE one
IKnew the Best of All"
H. C. RUNNER
viii furnish series of six sketches entitled Jersey
Street and jersey Lane" Illustrated
ROBERT GRANT
will relate the further experiences OF f1ea Ma9.
Josephine in "a Sequel TO the Reneeuons oi 'i"'
ried Man" illustrated.
HAROLD FREDERIC
will contribute political novel of great power, en-
titled The Copperhead.
BY THE AUTHOR OF JERRY"
Miss s. B. Elliott the author Of Jerry " will write
a realistic story of life among the tennessee lhouH
taineers, 1.-THE Durket sperret"
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES.
Some unpublished Letters of Carlyle 70 Edward
Irving and others. dealing with part OF CaIlyle
life far different from that brought out IN me [eces
literature of Carlyle "reminiscences kecoHecuons
Of Lincoln and sumner, by the late MARQUIS de
Chambrun Both articles are full of new matter
returned from residence of nearly two, years in
that country Abundantly illustrated by the autnqr.
Historic Moments which have oeen re me
particularly striking papers among mem seIerai
By the great war correspondents, william H. nus
sell, Archibald Forbes and others.
MEMS OCCUPATIONS.
a series of articles on the life work Of men IN
many callings-the chief ways exclusive OF pro-
fessionsJ in which men earn their livelihood
THE WORLDS FAIR IN CHICAGO.
series will be published later in the year giving
the Impressions made by the exhibition upon diff
ferent observers ofnote both American and foreign;
and many of these observers Will be also artists VINO
will illustrate their own articles
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Further contributions to the Poor in Great Cities
Mrs Burnetts illustrated paper on the London plan
for Home Aid TO Invalid Children, etc. OF special
interest also will be Professor Heilprns authonta
tive account of the Peary Relief Expedition illus
tratedD very interesting article by Octave uzann
on the exhibition of Woman's Art now going on in
Paris and articles upon artistic subjects accounts
OF travels, ETC., etc.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
of the year will represent the work not only of the
well known illustrators, but many drawings will
also appear by artists who are best known as
painters.
rpp1re So a Year.
iEiN'i9' Csc. a Number.
SPECIAL OFFER.
The numbers for 1892 and subscription for
1889
The same with back numbers, bound in CLOTH GO
Now is the time to subscribe
CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS,
de1 743 Broadway, New York.
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no R SALE.
A L E.
pfin;;, ii! limestone, . -

-
II II A.. Acres r prime I Ii,ss;,ons
miles from Westminster; fine buildings all
in good condition; very desirable farm;
price SI2, 000-half cash, balance on years
time.
Farm of $50 acres, Al miles from Westmin-
ster. % miles from Patapsco Station, w. M.
r. r. Buildings fair. Price 81, 800.
Choice little farm of 559 acres, half mile
from Westminster. good soil; brick house;
large barn; all in good condition;price 81 200.
Nice little home; 8 acres; prime land; q
miles west from Westminster; brick house;
bank barn; more land if desired price ", 800.
Plaster and bone mill on w. Md. Railroad;
buildings new; best of machinery; IA acres OF
land; good water power; a splendid opening
to engage in profitable and growing business;
terms easy; price $1,000. -
$3.50 acres prime timber land on Cheat
river. West Virginia. Heavy original growth
of poplar, red oak, ash, walnut, cherry, &c;
land valuable for grazing purposes after timber
is off; price 81 per acre.
Machine shops at New Windsor, Nd; all
the necessary buildings for the manufacture
and repair of machinery. This property will
be sold; bargain at easy payments prlce
81, 500
0 OF y acres Oi WOOuldHuf HCtit puDAiN AOe.N
from Westminster to Mt. Airy, miles south
east from New Windsor. Price $3.50.
A small home, acres, on road from West
minister to New Windsor, J mile from former
place; good house, good stabling, good water.
extra fine fruit, &c. Price $l25O.
Fine brick house on John street, rooms,
conveniently arranged. all in first class con-
dition. Quite bargain at $4,000.
81 acres prime land, half mile from West
minister; large bank barn, fine orchard, SPLEEN
did building site for house; price $4,000.
Large brick hotel in Westminster, on Main
street, near Railroad Depot; price $l4, 900.
Farm As acres, u miles from Westminster;
land good; buildings good; orchard choice
fruit; price $50 per acre.
Farm Is acres, miles from Westminster, z
miles from Hampstead, nearest X. IL. Station,
good house and barn; SO acres cleared land
in good condition S35 per acre.
Nice Little Home, one mile from West
minister; go acres of prime land, good brick
house; price, $500.
Twenty acres good land, good buildings,
near Westminster, $500.
One hundred acres, best quality Of land, p
miles from Westminster; buildings only fair,
good water, &C.. price, So, 500.
Brick house and lot in Westminster; 81 200.
Double brick house and lot in Westmin'
ster; $500.
Also, some fine pasture lots, ranging from
, to acres, adjoining Westminster.
For particulars call on or address
sep 3,tf E. LYNCH, Westminster, Md
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Go-PARTNERsHIP.

Have this day formed CO. partnership in
the practice of medicine, under the name Of
Billingslea & Herring. DIR. Billingslea' Office
will be at his residence, East End, near Court
street. DIR. Hering's Office has been removed
to the Office adjoining the residence of the
late Nelson Mitten. Calls may be left by
telephone or otherwise at Reindolar,s Drug
Store, West End.
Westminster, Nd, May 9, 1885.
maY9:tf
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DENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALI
MORE RAILROAD. BALTIMORE AND
POTOMAC RAILROAD. NORTHERN
CENTRAL RAILWAY.

| The schedule taking effect November %, lsS2
| sna,lv snar1 ~ sunday +naiIv or ssiurdsy
rrairs lac 70 rTo,vort Station RsItimore as follow,
'e''' -, ~ ,,-T,e1r
FOR THE WEST. r..
pennsylvania nlnlted LID y; n r rus s,s
LID 81 LOUIS ana CIci HniIi,, ;dn F,rn M
Union Stanon, i.9o p m. SoiV Wt. E E4ppr-
ifoin Union StaSn 80 p 1nress So Ia
8 Si2 p N IN ae y N
racine Express, ~lO.4o P. m ,.,,,,,,,
News Express, $40 a. m. Niagara Express, ~
a. n. Fast Line, s11.45 q. IN. Williamsport ExpTeA
from Union Station, 30 p. m. Buffalo and koche
! ter Express iS45 p. m. Northern Express sl04P
m. Harrisburg Passenger week days, SSO ?; I
days, 40 p. m.
and 100 noon. $50, 40, $50, sl5 and 1910 pr
Sundays 440 $780, 1015. 11.45 a.. m. 4S0, $40 ana
1910 p. m. 90 .m
N For Coekeysoy1le week % gays h AZ 80 20
9v igSy , ANU i1S IN IN and 1000
w. &C., ~, g Ss,ris p-o,,,oL * m 1lOO an
S.Vo, 4.oos ana o.oo p. M week uaSs' 'uNu@'s
d. H. anu $50 p III.
FOR SPARROW'S POINT ON
From Calvert Station, sol, $40 loa6 ., M, a
M ~ S az III 10 an and and a. M From Un
sutton on'y QUO a. NJ week Gays
FROM PRESIDENT STREET.
s6.l5 a. m, Mail for Philadelphia. $500 a. M -
SIG am, Perryville Accommodation. sl:56 p. A. foa
Deposit Accommodation. 24.49 p. m. Oxford ACCOM-
dation. 1928 p. M, Express fer Philadelphia
FOR puI1AnErpu1A am NEW YORK.
~, rOt1 aosl ma "a 40 . % ms Gjmel
rtN opon s9son 9y Coaches osSS Din
Car 10 AZ a M 10 G5 ioo sS5. 400 52T, lI85 pa
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Phiia5elnh;s veal days ioniv y Passenger ki
phiia dephia wifi oha oars ~ sonfh Street So
ton. PSiIadelnbia for Krosd Street Station,
For PhiIadelnhia onIy. 40 $50, $50 and %
a. m. 3iO 442 and 6 45 n M, week DAYS SUNDAY
$50 a. m. $40, 4.42 and 645 p. m.
tor Boston, without change, $50 a. H. week Wy
anda20 p. m. daily. and
For Atlantic City, 1905, 100 p. m week dAss -
l255 night daily r.-,si, A
renlnsuiA Express, eSOo P; M, fort psppodston
na &c szIU ?: mi, oxiora ton S1s
eo'VSpHi.suhoays, ferryFiiie Accomouation''
FROM CALVERT STATION.
For Washington, Express. 24O, 6.i6, $40 a. NJ 10
40 and 924 D. m daily, and 731 a. M week dAh
Accommodation sos 655 a. M and 1225, and eN
p, m. week days. Sundays l225 and 500 p. m
For For An ma Isl SO a. M AIS y. m, ssE
DAYS. sunday $40 a. m and 500 D. M
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400 Dol, 11O, (7Sl Imited), S.43, $50 ana ~ AZ
M week days On Sunday 250 81 Ia,, ~ 81
and 9.55 p. m. Accommodation $40 7Os si q; X,
-, o.o1 and ~ p. m week days. oh 'u-s-'
I'D 49, o 4 and ~ P m; -oo md AoOpn
f9r ropes creek Line, f.OO a. m. anu 7'-0
weekdays. ,o,o and -
For annapolis 10y and $40 a. m, lZ1O and So
2. m. week Gays On SUNDAY, sou H. H. 1'
p m "a ~
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Aoetrp.
Apples from the Old Farm


No other fruit has such charm
As apples from the mountain farm.
In rudy plenty heaped they lie,
And tempt their juicy pulp to try.
A spicy odor fills the room,
More redolent than tropic bloom,
And on it floats an airy sprite
As strong as life, asswift as light,
Who lightly takes my willing hand
And leads me back to Memory Land.
see the orchards sunward slope.
Where tender leafbuds softly opc.
And with the passing of the snow
The pink-tipped buds begin to show;
In fairest beauty they unfold,
Mid petals white touch of gold
The booming bees with busy hum
To sip their dewy sweetness come;
The breath of Eden whispers low.
And stronger mountain breezes blow,
Till where the snow-drift deeply lay
There lies petal-drift OF May.
Midsummer sunshine floods the land,
The trees mid-deep in herds grass stand,
The mystic chemistry of life
Within the swelling fruit is rife;
Air, ozone-tinetured, purified.
From old Aseutney's piny side:
cool, crystal nectar, from the rill
That ripples down ;he orchard lfill
And when the work is well begun.
A rosy color from the sun.
Thus Heaven above and earth below
Unite to make the apples grow;
And when the year has passed its noon,
When mellow shines the harvest moon.
With happy toll and merry din
The ripened fruit is gathered in
The night is dark, the door made fast
Against the winters stormy blast;
Now gran'sire, where the flame leaps high,
Has drawn his squeaking armchair nigh:
While at his feet, upon the floor,
/ sit and listen TO his lore,
Until he calls. Nov boy, be spry
Bring me mellow Northern Spy"
With ancient shoe-knife, hollow, thin.
In one long curl he cuts the skin,
Then gives the boy generous slice.
And seasons 1t with good advice.
'Tis years since gran'sire passed away,
And now 1.-The boy is growing gray;
But fresh and juicy year by year
The apples from the farm appear,
As If the trees, deep in the ground,
The fount of endless youth had found.
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NOTICE
To Those Having Land for Sale

The undersigned offers his services to those
having land for sale, and believes from ex-
perience had he can be Of service in dividing
up and putting in shape for sale to advantage
OF parties wishing to dispose of lands, espe
cially near towns or cities.
Z. LYNCH,
ian28:tf Westminster. Md.
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VT 1893.
hARPER'S MACHINE.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpers Magazine for 1898 will continue to main
tain the unrivalled standard of excellence which
has characterized it from the beginning. Among
the notable features of the year there will be new
Woolson and William Black Short stories will be
contributed by the most popular writers of the day
including Mary E. Wilkins Richard Harding Davis,
Margaret Deland, Brander Matthew'S and many
others. The illustrated descriptive papers will en-
brace articles by Julian Ralph new Southern and
Western subjects; by Theodore Child on India; by
Poultney Bigelow on Russia and Germany; by Rich
ard Harding Davis on London Season. by Colonel
T. A. Dodge on Eastern Riders etc. Edwin A. Alb.
bey's illustrations ofShakespeares Comedies will be
continued. Literary articles will be contributed by
Charles Eliot Norton, Mrs. James T. Fields, William
Dean Howells. Brander Matthews. and others.
HARPER,s PERIODICALS.
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An Appeal to Your Intelligence.
JOHNSON'S POWDER retails at Csc for
80 ounce package. Dose-tablespoonful, all
medicine. Sixty-four doses in package, at
cost of less than half cent. Pratt's Food
costs 75c for u pound bag, or &c per pound.
Dose-quarter pound, or about 8 tablespoon
fuls, containing probably one tablespoonful
of medicine and seven of bran; cost per dose
19c. The farmer thus pays at the rate of be-
tween $40 and $50 per ton for bran, whose
market value is about S18.
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Among many prominent dairymen and
farmers who have used the powder with good
results, and who speak very highly of its mer-
its, we may mention Senator P. ]. Bennett,
Judge Chas. B. Roberts, Samuel Roop and
Theo. F. Englar.
j. W. SKUNK,
Westminster, Nd,
Agent for Carroll County.
Sold at all country stores. oct % 6m
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ITO ENRICH LAND and Grow all
Kinds of Good Crops use LeGore's

Improved Combination of Lime.
1t will improve all soils. On barren
field without grass or manure it will grow
good crop the first year, by deep and proper
cultivation. Now is the time to bulk it.
Haul while the roads are solid. This COM
bination beats bone and is today the cheapest
and most thorough mprover to be had. 1t
takes the lead wherever introduced. For
further information and testimonials, address
J.. W. LEG0RE,
Woodsboro, Nd.
Exclusive Manufacturer of LeGore's I'm
proved Combination of Lime. oc29 6m&
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IT 1898.
A1ARPER'S WEEKLY.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpers Weekly is acknowledged as standing first
among illustrated weekly periodicals in America.
II occupies place between that of the hurried daily
paper and that of the less timely monthly magazine
1t includes both literature and news and presents
with equal force and felicity the real events of
rent history and the imaginative themes of fiction
On account of its very complete series of illustra
tons of the Worlds Fair 1t will be not only the best
guide to the great Exposition. but also its best
souvenir. Every public event of general interest
will be fully illustrated in its pages. Its contribu
tons being from the best writers and artists in this
country il will continue to excel in literature news
and illustrations all other publications of its class
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EoR SALE.-Two good BRICK
- DWELLING HOUSES and
vacant building lot, situated on Main s'Fssfi n
the East End of Westminster, Nd. =
terms, &C., apply to
VIM. A. McKELLIP,
CHAS. T. REIFSNlDEh,.
ocl5 If Trus'es'
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CT. NICHOLAS FOR YOUNG
~ FOLKS.

John G. Whittier long ago wrote of St Nichol as
1T little to say nf this magazine that it is the best
children's periodical in the world" Edward Egg
gleston the author of THE Hoosier Schoomaster,"
says of it, There is not one of the numbers that
stimulate thought and enlarge the range of the i'm
agination." Founded in 1873, and from the first
number edited by Mary Mapes Dodge, St Nicholas
is snow entering upon its twentieth year. The most
famous writers have contributed to its pages in the
past but has its editor been able to offer bet
Ter program more distinguished list of contrib
utors than for 1898.
There is to be a series of illustrated papers on
1.-THE Leading Cities of the United States the story
Clarence Stedman win write of New York; Thomas
W. Higginson, of Boston; New Orleans will be de-
scribed by George W. Cable, and Baltimore by
President Gilman of the Johns Hopkins University.
DR.. Lyman Abbott will tell the story of Brooklyn,
and other cities will be treated by other famous
men. There will be articles on the Worlds Fair.
and number of pages Of funny pictures ana
humorous verses.
Mrs Kate Douglas wiggin, the well known author
of 1.-THE Birds Christmas Carroll etc., will contribute
the leading serial for St Nicholas during the coming
year. The November number opens with three
page poem by John G. Whittier, which has in il
some of the most beautiful lines the good Quaker
poet has written, describing the visit of party
Of young girls to his home.
The School Journal says. place st. Nicholas in
your household and you need have no fears for the
the greatest aid that the teacher and the conscien
tous parent can possibly have. 1t entertains, and
at the same time educates and instruets. The sub
scripton price is IS year Remittances may be
made directly TO the publishers The Century Co. 80
East 18th St, New York. nov19 If
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HARPER,s PERIODICALS

The Volumes of the Magazine begin with the
Number for June and December of each year When
no time is mentioned subscriptions will begin with
the Number current at the time of receipt of order.
Bound Volumes of Harper's Magazine for three
mail. post paid, on receipt of $500 per volume.
Cloth Cases, for binding, 5Ocents each-by mali,
post paid.
Remittances should be made by Postoffice Money
Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss.
Newspapers are not to copy this advertisement
without the express order of Harper & Brother rs.
Address: HARPER 4 BROTHERS,
de3 New York.
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We take pleasure in announcing to the pub
lie that we shall continue to keep on hand and
furnish all kinds of Building Lumber and
Coal, at the Old Yards in Westminster, Nd,
and hope, that by strict attention to business
and with desire to please, we shall continue
to have our share of the trade.
feb28, 1861 E.LYNCH 4 SON.
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NOTICE

and Coal business my son, NJ. JOHN LYNCH,
the business will, after the LIST day of March,
be conducted under the firm name of E. Lynch
& Son. EDWARD LYNCH.
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Time gallops under the spur Of the mo
mont Tsras .Siittings
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The Volumes of the Weekly begin with the first
Number for January for each year. When no time
is mentioned, subscriptions will begin with the
Number current at the time of receipt of order .
Bound Volumes of Harper's Weekly for three
years back in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
mail postage paid, or by express, free of expense
provided the freight does not exceed one dollar per
volume), for 500 per volume
Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for bind
ing will be sent by mail postpaid on receipt of 81 90
each.
Remttances should be made by Postofiice Money
Order or Draft, to avoid chance Of loss.
Newspapers are not to copy this advertisement
without the express order Of Harper & Brothers.
Address: HARPER 4 BROTHERS,
deS New York.
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Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks,
Valises and Umbrellas,
Were never lower than now.
We keep the largest line of
FUR AND WOOL HATS,

Both in soft and stiff, of all the latest styles
and varieties of prices from 25 cents and up
In Trunks, Valises and Umbrellas, we
show the largest stock outside of city houses.
1t is impossible to make mistake in your
fall buying, if you select from the great fair.
priced stock of
U. l.. REAVER,
Next Door to Postofice,
nov 5 Westminster, Md.