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$2 PER ANNUM. BROS., Clothiers & Merchant Tailors Wantz Building, Ham Street, Near Depot, WESTMINSTER, MD. St, Wo show a Larger land more Varied stock of Cloths, Cassimeres, Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods than any other house in the county STYLES AND PRICES Will Astonish You. tar SHARRER BROS., ** marl? The ground hog has gone BACK FOR SIX WEEKS, That moans you will want MORE WINTER GOODS, AND HE NEVER LIES. We will Close Out, for the next Thirty Days at Cost, or Below our entire line of Winter floods. If you want to make an investment, and make money, you can do so now. It you (want an OVERCOAT, you can save at least 30 per cent, by buying now, and can have the use of it this season, for at least three months. Gloves, Underwear, Wool Shirts, Pants, and everything in the shape of Winter Stock will he sold Way Down in Price. I have a nice line of Mackintosh Cape Gum Over coats, that will be Sold Cheap. We want, to make ready for our Immense Stock of SPRING SUITINGS. Wa* expect, as usual, to take the lead in Iptiqg Suitings, and to make up Suits at )riceslUiat will astonish you, and in Style and A'ofkmanship, we claim to be in the lead. t)o not.fail to call before you purchase your Spring Suit, as we will save you money and jive you a first class suit , lies pm: I full v, J. T. ANDRUS. tel!< Westminster, Md. TREATMENT TO ALL -IV AND UNIFORM RATES, AT THE **■ CENTRAL HOTEL, * Westminster, Md. JOHN MARSH, Proprietor. One Dollar per Day. Meals 26 cents each. Lodging 26 cents. Horse Peed 25 cents Special Hates to Jurors and Witnesses. Excellent Table. Comfortable Rooms. Po lit*- Attention. Well Stocked liar. feb7 lyr Attentive Hostlers. J^UTUAL Fire Insurance Company OF CARROLL COUNTY. 'OFFICE, WESTMINSTER, Ml> J. W. HERING, President RICHARD MANNING, Secretary and Treasurer. JOHN T. UIFFENBAUGH. General Agent, Westminster, Md. ' Dlrfctiiks.—Dr. J. W. Bering, Alfa '/oliiekoffer, Edward Lynch, David Prugl Granville S. Haines, GranvilleT. Hering, D Samuel Hwope, R. Manning, Charles B. Ro! erts David Fowble. ian 12-tl. BOYLE’S PECTORAL SYRU Cnres coughs, colds and all lung trouble Price 25 cents. Sold by all druggists ai merchants in the country. febl tf al)c democratic | JEADQUARTERS FOR ' ftaTF U R N I T U RsE.“®B 3. Since our last card in the Advocate, wr have been compelled to enlarge onr store rooms, and even with the acquired addition : we are still pressed for room. We would like t |to show all the different patterns of CHAMBER SUITS, PARLOR SUITS, BUFFETS AND WARDROBES I Either in walnut or oak, in any of the stand- Q ard finishes, but we really have to crowd the goods too much in one building to show them all together, consequently we were compelled , to add 8 more floors of show room. £ Our prices now aro as usual the lowest in the market. The variety as great as can be seen, and styles up 3 to the times. We invite your inspec tion of our patterns. We don't give away chromos with our suits, but do give an honest cash value in the goods. M. L. STRAUS ft SONS, Nos. 101, 103, 113 and 115 N. Howard St., Commencing at Corner of Fayette Street, Baltimore, Md. Jan 24 tl SALE OF i Kir WINTER GOODS “W AT OAK HALL, NEW WINDSOR. j A CASH DISCOUNT OF 10 TO 20 PER CENT, will be given on all Winter Goods, j Special bargains in Ladies’ and Children’s ! Coats. *IO.OO Coats at $7.00 to $7.50. $7.00 and SB.OO Coats $5.00. Others in proportion. Our Coats and Suits Reduced in Same Proportion. Blankets and Comforts Very Cheap, i We have piles of GOODS that must be i closed out. The. Bargains are here. We are perfectly willing for yon to have them. 500 YARDS BEST CALICO AT 6 CENTS PER YARD. Our Stock is largo and must lie closed out. ()*c stock for Spring will bo the loading one in the county to select from. Shirting, Muslins, Queenswaro and 1 Housekeeping Goods - h)f aU Kinds in Season. * We invite you to .call. Our discount, sale | is to prepare the way for the Spring trade. j Thanks for past patronage we hope to have you continue dealing with us. Respectfully yours, j jan 17 GEO. C. ANDERS. ! JT MAY SEEM STRANGE, But It is Nevertheless True, i THAT I GIVE THE GREATEST BARGAINS To be obtained in this community, aod treat \ my patrons with fairness and justice nnsur u passed. The way to be assured of this is to give me a call and see my large line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, g Complete as they can * be; Preserved Butters of all Kinds, Queensware, ; Glassware, Confectioneries, Flour, Bacon, Tobacco k- and Cigars, Ami judge by actual experience of the truth of this statement. I propose to continue giving bargains and accommodating my patrons as heretofore, and hope to receive a ■ rail, being fully assured that I can please nil in goods and prices. JOHN 1). BOVVERS, e 47 E. Main St, opp. Catholic Church, j.m3 Westminster, Md. yyfM. H. KANNE, Manufacturer of d CaiTiages, Wagons, Trucks and Wheelbarrows, <1 AND BLACKSMITH IN GENERAL. Corner Green and Liberty Streets, WESTMINSTER, MD. | Repairing, Painting and Trimming prompt i ly attended to. All Work done at the shortest notice. jan3l lyr * T IME. * ±J LIME. LIME, If you want a LIME to improve your soil and that possesses all the requisites of Bone and Plaster, use that furnished by S. W. BARRICK, g- Woodsboro, Md. Delivered on Frederick Pennsylva nia Line; Western Maryland and Baltimore °* <k Hanover Railroads. dec2o till june27* New store, NEW GOODS NEW PRICES, NEW MAN. Don’t fail to call at 159 E. Main street am get prices on Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Lan and Country Produce. I have also added a LINE OF BOOTS AND SHOES For both ladies and gentlemen at a price fa cheaper than competitors can sell them. W. C. BENSON, feb7 ly Westminster, Md. red TV/TILLER & KENNEDY, Al iYL DEALERS IX Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, &0., Charlestown, Jefferson County, West V’a. JP lea. Those looking for careful safe investmenl md are requested to correspond with us. ,f jan 24 tf WESTMINSTER, MD, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1891. PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, In Freedom District, Carroll County, Md. The undersigned, as attorney and agent for the parties interested, will offer at public sale, at the residence of Mrs. Hannah Dougherty, near Berret P. 0., about 3 miles north of Sykesville, Carroll county, Md., on THURSDAY, 2d DAY OF APRIL, 1891, at 10 o’clock, A. M., the following properly : 8 horses, five of which are mares, 3 (Sjfß* o ) with foal, and 2 are riding and driv 0 ing horses; 8 good milk cows, several o of which will he fresh by day of sale: ilj Holstein bull, 5 brood sows, will " or about day of sale; 50===* o Kites, farm wagon and bed, 1-horse Maflßßspring wagon, Dayton wagon with shafts and pole, road cart, top buggy, cutter sleigh, two horse slide, single and double shovel plow’s, furrow plows, cultivators, 2 Oliver chilled plows, shovels, forks, hoes, rakes, dung forks, maul and wedges, crosscut saw, picks, mattocks, Champion binder, Champion mower, farm cart, horse rake, Bickford A Hoffman grain drill, grain fan, corn drill, half bushel measure, corn baskets, wagon saddle, wagon whip, buggy whip, check lines, collars, bridles, halters, hitchiug strap, ) lead lines, 2 sets of breechbands, 2 sets of lead harness, set of buggy harness, 2 sets of double harness, plow gears, wood slide, grain cradle, mowing scythes, bramble scythes, axes, breast, butt and cow chains, fift h chain, log chain, single and doubletrees, spreaders, 2 iron jockey sticks, riding saddle and bridle, 2 ladies* saddles and bridles, 1,000 pounds of . bacon, 200 pounds of lard, 7 turkeys, 5 Pekin ducks, lot of chickens, grindstone. Also 50 ? acres of growing wheat, 10 acres of growing , rye, 125 barrels of corn by the barrel, 25 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of rye, 75 bushels • of oats, 150 bushels of potatoes. Terms of Sale.—All sums of $lO and under, cash; on sums above $lO a credit of 12 months will be given, purchasers giving notes, with approved security, hearing interest from day of sale. CHAS. E. FINK, ► Attorney and Agent. f j mar 14 ts Jos. W. Berret, Auctioneer. ' OW T ° CURE CATARRH. 1 Microscopical research by Pasteur, Huxley, > Koch, Tyndall, Beale and and other scientists ( of Europe has developed the fact that catar rhal affections of the nose, throat and other parts of the respiratory tract are caused by germs or parasites, which infect the mucous membrane of these parts, and cause inflamma tion that frequently results in one or more of the following diseases: Weak eyes, head ache, deafness, hay fever, laryngitis, bron chitis and consumption. A remedy that will not destroy the germ or parasite will not cure ’ catarrh. DR. J. YINGLING, 402 N. Butaw Street, Baltimore, Has found a treatment that will do this and none thus afflicted would hesitate long in availing themselves of its benefits, if its great merits were fully understood. The Kev ; W. Harris, of Baltimore, writes as follows : That after having fully tested the treatment of Dr. Tingling, No. 402 North Eutaw street, and feeling myself thoroughly cured of a most stubborn and annoying form of Catarrh, I desire thus to give my hearty and grateful testimonial to him as a careful, honest and sincere Physician in the treatment of Catarrh. I can most fully and conscientiously recom mend him and his treatment to all sufferers ’ from this and kindred diseases. 1 give this testimonial all the more cheer fully because no word or hint from him solicited it, and because 1 feel that such a competent Physician deserves the grateful testimonial of one whom he has cured. WILLIAM HARRIS, Pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church, feb2B tf Baltimore, Md. I : I EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC Id SCHOOL TEACHERS. Notice is hereby given that by order of the ‘ Board of School Commissioners of Carroll county, the annual examination of Public School Teachers and other persons who desire to secure certificates of qualification as such, 1 and applicants for scholarships at the State Normal School, will be held at Central Hall School House, in Westminster, on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, t APRIL 15th, 10th and 17th, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock each day; and that all applicants for teachers’ certili [ cates, and all teachers except those who have life certificates, diplomas from the State Normal School, or Carroll county certificates which will not expire within the next school year, and all applicants for scholarships at * j the State Normal School, are required to at tend said examination. The examination will be conducted accord , j ing to the following schedule : I Wednesday, A. M., Arithmetic, Geography; P. M., History, Grammar. Thursday, A. M., Geometry, Physiology: i J*. M. t English Literature, Methods of Teach- Friday, A. M., Bookkeeping, Algebra; P. M., Natural Philosophy. I JAMES A. DIFFENBAUGH, ’ mar 14 5t Examiner. ROLLER MILLS t j * " Manufacture and keep constantly on hand, 1 FLOUR, FEED, HOMINY, MEAL AND CHOP OP L ALL KINDS. , ItfrHighost Cash prices paid for gtc.in, Longberry a specialty, , : I, 14 If DAVID ROOF ft SON. “ OAVE YOUR CHILD’S LIFE! I 1 kJ I 1 If your little one should he taken tonight with Membranous Croup, what would you do? What physician could save its life? None. BELDIN’S CROUP REMEDY Is a tasteless, harmless powder, and is the only safeguard. In 20 years it has never failed. Order now from your druggist or from us. Price, 50cents. A sample powder by mail for 10 cents. I THE DR. BELDIN PROPRIETARY CO., novl ly Jamaica, N. Y. OFFICE. * I take this method of informing my friends and the public that I have opened an office for the transaction of the DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in the Haines &. Co. Building, next door to Uie store, nearly opposite the First National Bank, and respectfully solicit patronage. GEO. W. MATTHEWS, J. P., mayß tf Westminster, Md. SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER AND SCRIVENER. II e Having had many years experience in the business, and having purchased all the Field Books, Papers, &c., that belonged to the late Surveyor, James Kelly, I take pleasure in informing the public that I am prepared to do such work with promptness and.upon rea l* sonable terms, and respectfully solicit a share * of the patronage. Office near Patapsco, W. M. U. K. oct 12.tf . JABEZ A. BUSH 3 U ISSOLUTION NOTICE * The Firm of FRED. I). MILLER A BRO. is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Frank Z. Miller retiring. All accounts dm , the said firm must be paid at once to Fred. ‘4 D. Miller, and all accounts due by the firir r< will fie paid by 1 FRED. 1). MILLER. Westminster, Md., March 2, 1891. rar7 3 ar JpOB RENT. The Desirable Modern Dwelling, will Lawn, Garden and Poultry Yard, No. 14' Pennsylvania avenue. Rent low. Possessioi given at once. Call on or address, E. J. LAWYER, janßl tf Westminster, Md. PA. GOBBUCH, Auctioneer, • WESTMINSTER, MD- Cries sales at moderate rates and guaran its tees satisfaction. No satisfaction, no pay Orders can be left at McKellip A Ciabaugh’ law office. ]an3l: (Original |)oetr. 1 THE BRIAR ROSE. * r Written for the Democratic Advocate. *’ BY FLORENCE SELBY. r, >1 “What flower shall 1 like l you Sweet Mabel at my side !, Just gave me a coquettish glamv ; And laughingly replied: a “Tls not among these flowers rare j My likeness you can find: { Here queenly beauty.stately grace. Arc everywhere combined. ’ We left the garden bright and turned * To wander o’er the lea; “ I felt a prick, and, turning, saw r A little wild rose treo. 2 “Ah. now. fair friend, I know the (tower , That—like you, shall I say ? t The brier rose, that sweet, wild thing. ’, That blooms in mouth of May.’* ’ “The briar rose, with petals frail. t And dainty, tinted heart; * That prickly thing that always charms. , Yet al ways leaves a smart.’’ J. The maiden smiled with air demure, ‘ She looked me through and through; 1 “The briar rose is sweet,” said she. * “I quite With you " i (Original JSton). ? WHAT MILDRED REMEMBERS. it Written for the Democratic Advocate. BY FLORENCE SELBY. J Mildred was very happy. A delight ful ’ thing-bad happened. It was so delicious that her face was all smiles and dimples as she thought about it. It was what she had longed for. When she went to the ball last night in her white gown and blue > ribbons it had been with the intention of . making good use of her first grown-up r part}’. She was determined to fascinate < somebody, and she bad made a conquest. Mr. William Payton was the victim. [ He was a dashing young bean from AN ash ington College, reared with a bright, at | tractive manner —such an attentive man ner ! The face was a good one, and lie bad beautiful, tender, eandid eyes of brown. She bad seen him sometimes at church 1 with one of the older Misses Clark, but be 1 bad never noticed her then because she was not out. Now all was different. As 1 .Mildred looked with animated blue eyes j into her mirror she laughed again and I again. It was all so amusing to think over. | Her sunny golden hair was soft and 1 pretty. She bad it low on her neck in a ‘ becoming way. Try as she would to pre , vent, rebellions locks tell caressingly about her white forehead. “He said be liked i my bail this way.” she said. | It was a cool evening on the 2d of May; the candles stood by the long mirror. Mlily’s old nurse, Martha, stood by and assisted her to make her toilet For a wonder the two older sisters were away, and Miss Mildred Light foot was going to entertain in the drawing room alone, and j it elated her to know that she could receive ; visitors. That evening she wore a fine ? white muslin gown with puffed sleeves, and [ a round low neck, a string of coral beads 1 were clasped around her neck, and she tripped across the floor in front of the mirror to observe bow her feet looked in : the new slippers. “Well, I’m ready now,” ’ she said, “and I Impel look nice, Martha, j Do I, do you think ?” I* Old Martha’s gesture of enthusiasm was t more emphatic than words, and satisfied Mildred, as she left the room followed by Martha. In the large, handsome, paneled diawing room was Mr. Payton, and who as gallant : as be ? Mildred’s father and mother, with two old ladies, neighbors, were having an * absorbing game of whist. Then Milly went to the piano, which was a treasure. There was a trick about Milly’s playing; such dear j little pieces; dances that made you long to trip it. Then her sentimental melodies could melt you to tears. Before the visit ? ended Mr. Payton bad a little sprig of mignonette that Milly bad worn in her hair, and when he had bowed himself out Milly stood pensive by the hearth, and, as she held her bands to the blaze of the grate fire, she bummed a little song anti smiled a little. “Mildred, my child,” said her father from the card table, “it is time for you to go to lied.” She laughed sweetly. J “Father, lam grown up now, if you please. Will you send me, really ?” The good old gentleman laughed too as * be looked at her over bis glasses. She was very pretty. J “Stay if you wish, my love.” She sat down a little longer, in a reverie, ’ then quietly went to her room. She bad lots of pleasant things to think about—he had be*rgcd leave to take a flower, kiss her s band, &c. e The days wore on. Mildred found after g she grew accustomed to her place in society 0 that conquests were common with her. She J set less value upon this first. She regarded him now as a friend. His gallant phrases, his languishing air; ah, well, others acted just as be did, and she bad a secret, ro mantic admiration for bis brown eyes, but c she was not in love with him. J A day came when minors of war came. e into the little town. The minors became 0 realities, and a deep gloom overspread the l ’ household. The war broke out. Tbesad- r m dest part to Milly was that the dear old mammies she loved might one day no longer be theirs. That t hey might lie poor did not disturb her, in fact, she did not j realize that that could lie; she had only a t, vague idea of what poor meant. j e One day Will Payton came to Mildred, m who sat in the drawing room alone. He looked so unlike himself that she went to 3t Idm in alarm. “Miss Mildred,” he cried, taking her 1 band, “Milly, dear, I have come to say something important to you. I will be )n brief. I love you dearly, and you know it. Will you be mine—for ever ?" She was startled, yet she should not have lieep. |)id she not see, every day, it j was coming to this? n- 4< Oh, dear,” she said miserably, blushing like a rose, and drawing away her bands. “I did not know. I did not suspect. I must say no to you. lam sorry, so sorry; but that will not take the pain away, will it ?*’ He was not in the least dashing now. be was unutterably sad. “1 was mistaken,” be said. “1 am sure you did not mean to flirt. It is all right, only ’ —be looked straight into her eyes— “don’t look at other men as you have looked at me, and don’t be as kind to them if you don’t love them. They might think you mean more than you do. I am going to join the army. 1 Imped to call you, well, something very sweet before I went, but I suppose if is not to be. But can’t you , give me a chance, can’t I hope a little till I come hack, if I do ?” “Don't talk alioiit not coining hack. A’es, you may take your chance, hut that may not mean anything at all. You may only he disappointed again. I don’t know ; why you want me, anyhow.” “That hope, even so small, makes me feel belter.” he said, more cheerfully. “1 j have said uuodhye to your father and , j mother. They know why lam here. J God bless you, dearest.” He looked again j into her pretty childish face, then left her j to her thoughts. Will Payton left nest morning. Milly had a good cry, and she felt mis erable every time she thought of the poor fellow’. She reproached herself tor her I coquettish ways, which before bad seemed i so innocent. She vowed she would be a : staid woman after this. She felt she bad i spoken falsely when she said he might • hope. There was a dark haired colonel 1 I whom she knew, and who had dined several ‘ times with her father. She thought about • ! him constantly. He was fifteen years older • 1 than she, hut she did not think of that. , : She knew she loved him, hut she forced . ! hack the thought, for he had not spoken, j The colonel came that evening after poor Payton had left. He, too, went to Milly ; with his story, and his luck was better, i 1 He was accepted. Are not people in love the most selfish of beings? Milly, for the j i time being, forgot poor Payton, and it was ( only when she was alone in her room, feel- 1 : ing very sad about the colonel’s departure, ; which would take place early next morning, | ; that she thought again about the lover to j 1 whom she had held <*ut such false hojies. and there was no way to lake hack her 1 words now. He would he gone before day. i It happened that Payton was in Colonel | Igleliart’s regiment, and, knowing, he had ; . been an acquaintance of Mildred’s,he wrote 1 to her: “Will Payton is one of the lest men I have the honor to command. He ; is a brave soldier, an edifying companion, , and his temper is as sweet as yours, Milly. 1 Sometimes I wonder at this change in his i disposition, knowing what a dashing, hot , j tempered, reckless fellow he used to he. > He is as gentle as a woman to the wounded. 1 There must he a secret force that upholds ‘ him. Perhaps he has a sweetheart.” 5 It was a few months after this, just after | I a great battle had been fought, that Milly | ! received the sad news that Payton had j 1 been wounded mortally, and had lived only | an hour afterward. “All that we could do i was done, Mildred,” the colonel wrote. , “AVe paid all respect to him. I found : among his clothes a small picture of you, I and this makes me suspect that he loved i you, though I have no right to pry into I the secrets of the dead. He was your • friend, and lam sorry to convey such sad intelligence to you and to his parents. He ; was their only son.” The letter was ended, and Col. Iglehart , returned to claim his sweetheart. The , years had changed her. She was a woman • understanding the realities of life and its misfortunes. She was all the better for • the wholesome lesson. She was happily , married, and among her treasures was a ; picture of a very young man with brown ; eyes. Gentle thoughts hover aliont the ' memory of poor AVill Payton. A QUEER LOT. Komi* or Hi. P..nliHrt*l.H of Jo*ol* lllpro'w Seven i’!til.reil. Kmm the i'hilaiietphia Inquirer. 1 People of M nnson claim to have among them the (ptcercst family as to physical ' peculiarity in the whole country. Jacob > Hiers, a farmer in moderate circnstances, has seven tdiildren. The oldest is IC, aj bright, hoy, hut having thirteen lingers and ! 1 thirteen toes —seven on one hand and six [ on the oilier, his toes being similarly divid i ed. Next lo him is another hoy, 14 years 1 old. As long as this hoy is quiet no one would suppose he had any peculiarity, hut the moment he opens his month lo talk he • loses all control of his hands, arms, feet I and legs, and they jerk and thrash and t kick around as if they were hung on wires. The hoy is as slow of speech as his limbs active, and in answering a simple r question, it is no uncommon thing for his ' legs lo have carried him a rod or more i away before he is able to articulate yes or 1 no. The hoy does not seem lo mind his i affliction, and not only does not hesitate to 1 respond, or try to, when he is addressed, ‘ but is always ready to begin a conversation I on the slightest excuse. He can be seen almost any day arguing with or explaining B some |mint lo some companion, who is kept B constantly busy either in avoiding the in ’ voluntary kicks or blows of the hoy’s • sprightly feet or hands, or in following him 1 briskly lo keep the run of the subject. 0 The third child is a girl, wlio is a hunch r back and a dwarf. She Is 12 years old. t A boy next lo her is deaf and dumb. The 3 fifth child has a bright red birthmark en circling her neck like a piece of flannel. . It is an inch and a half wide. The other e two children are twins, 3 months old —a 0 hoy and a girl. The boy’s head is covered with hair enough for a grown person, r while the girl twin hasn’t the sign of a y hair upon the head, the little poll being as e white and shiny as a billiard hall. The t- girl is fat and the boy lean. When the boy laughs the little girl cries lustily, and >t when his little sister is merry the boy it sheds tears and yells. Everyone of these seven children is g handsome and mentally bright. Mrs. B. Hiers is a fine looking woman, and her 1 husband is Sound physically and mentally. #ur #lio. ; The Scandinavian Cities. i From the New York Observer. If one were to characterize the towns of • Scandinavia he mijrlit say that Stockholm t was the handsomest and most dignified city i in the north, that Gothenburg had the air . of an English business town, that Chris- , (iania had an American atmosphere, and ] that Copenhagen seemed a mixture of a ; German city and a Dutch seaport. ; In Stockholm royalty makes itself felt, and increases the formality and politeness which is natural and universal among the Swedes. It has palaces and public build ings suited lo a capital, and whatever of display the nation makes, is made there. There are not many foreigners living in i Stockholm, except as they are attached to j the embassies of different nations, and bus j iness Is subordinate. In Gothenburg business is the principal ' •. 1 - : i thing; there are some important industries, and many English and Seotch have settled in the town and its neighborhood, who have developed its commerce and increased its prosperity while making also their own fortunes. Fine buildings erected by pri- i vate owners have superseded the old houses, I ; and except for the clear sky and brilliant sun, one would easily imagine himself in Great Britain. English is also largely spoken, and in society many people who know England and Scotland from birth or long residence there, are met. Christ iania is a capital, and has a palace to which the king comes yearly when he opens the Storthing or Parliament, but it. does not make much of royalty; there is a large parly that would rather be without a king, and the general tendency of the town, jas well as of Norway, is democratic. AVliile I Sweden lias retained her nobility and titles, I they are almost entirely abolished in Nor | way, and the large emigration to America has had a reflex influence upon ti e coun try from which the emigrants came, greater | than in the case of almost any other people. 1 The habits of thought and business meth- | i>ds, and many of the customs of the people : ’ seem very natural to an American, who easily finds himself al home in Christiania; ! and this is especially theease, if he has the ! j acquaintance of the courteous and accom- | plished representative of the I niled Stales, Mr. (jlerhard (Jade, who for more than fif- I teen years has honored the American flag and entertained with great, hospitality those who have visited Norway from the United Stales. The number of American tourists and travellers who journey in summer lo the North Cape is yearly increasing, and as these mostly pass through Christiania in going or returning, they leave not only their dollars, but somewhat of influence upon an impressible and favorably disposed commu nity. j When we come to Copenhagen every j thing is changed. It is pre-eminently a j seaport. Its excellent situation, its ancient j prestige as a maritime city, its extensive ! shipping, plying not only to all northern j lands during the summer, but carrying I trade in its vessels to all parts of the world, j its quays and canals and splendid exchange, ! all proclaim its character. Sailors are fre quent in its streets, flags of all nations wave from its buildings, and there is a mercantile air about the town as marked as in Liver pool or New York. But Copenhagen is also the capital of Denmark, and the resi dence of its King and Court. There are ancient palaces, and formidable lowers, and soldiers on guard, and a formality and eti quette in society which are almost as stern and sacred as in the German Empire. Hence the city is a mixture of incongruous elements. Viewed from the outside, with ; its many nationalities in the streets, with the “tivolis” and gardens incircling the town, it seems almost one great cafe chan tant. Viewed from within, with the dig nity of court manners, the large and solemn congregations singing slow chorals in the great churches, and the military aspect of ' many things, it seems like a city of that German Empire which is now the great conservative force in Europe. This gives a certain piquancy and rest lo the place, | and the traveller who has not seen Copen- \ | hagen has a treat in store. There is a | I museum of antiquities that can hardly be j paralleled in the world; there is a complete ! collection of Thorwaldsen’s works which arc alone worth a journey to Europe; there are treasures of the Middle Ages in the Rosenberg Palace, and churches which date to the time of the Reformation: there is a Zoological and Botanical Garden, and more excellent entertainment to be bad in the “Tivoli” for twenty-five cents on any sum mer evening than New York could furnish if (Vmey Island and Theodore Thomas and Barnum should combine to give a perfor mance in the (’entral Park. It might be expected that such a heterogeneous mixture would be disorderly and immoral, but the evidence and testimony are all the other way. For a seaport, Copenhagen has a re markable reputation for good order and discipline. The Danes are a self-respect ing people, from their king down, and lienee they are repeated at home and abroad. In these northern countries there have been many more travellers, both English and American, than in any year before. The Americans have the better reputation, for though they do not spend as much money as the English, and have their tail ings which are prominent enough, yet they fraternize with all the peoples among whom they travel, and carry with them no as sumption of superior excellence which marks the Englishman always and every where. The world, even in conservative parts of Europe, is growing very democratic and esteems rank and birth at a less value than of yore. Just think of an American Minister at the close of a court levee clap ping on the back a noble associate in the diplomatic corps from one of the most ex clusive kingdoms of Europe, and saying, in allusion to his bright red uniform, “Well, i old flamingo, when shall we meet again ?” And instead of being the occasion of a duel, “ this utterance was regarded as a very orig . inal and brilliant sally of a popular repre- VOL. XXVI.-NO. 20 sentative of that great and peculiar nation, the United States of America. The world moves fast of late, and democratic ideas and habits are going around the globe. The self-government of a nation is no longer an “experiment. Whether it is the best style of government is perhaps not decided, but we know there will be no perfect human government until all the nations acknowl edge the “King of kings and Lord of lords’’ as their Supreme Kuler, and also acknowledge all mankind, the world over as brethren. Triple-Screw Propulsion. In the course of an illustrated article de scribing the new triple-screw steel-proteced cruiser No. 12, the Iron Age publishes the following from the pen of Horace Sec, the well-known engineering authority : There is no subject upon which such a diversity of opinion exists as that of screw propulsion. He who designs a propeller or system of propulsion is likely to meet with more adverse criticism on his scheme of work than the poor Indian did on his ca noe. In the latter case this was confined to the shape of the boat, but in that of the screw propeller the shape is only one of a great number of subjects to he criticised. These multiply and become more compli cated by the addition of each screw. It is fortunate that the United States Government is coming forward to make an experiment with triple screws, as it is far better able to suffer loss if the effort is nut a perfectly successful one than the mer chant or the builder. In building this experimental vessel they may not attain what is expected, hut I are sure to secure a vessel which will be a valuable addition to the navy, as there are many advantages to he gained by the use of the three screws, even if the height of! | extreme speed calculated upon is not! reached. The speed of a war vessel varies with ■ the condition of the service in which she is , engaged. Today at full speed, to overtake or escape an enomy, or tomorrow at an easy jog, while making a tour of duty where | time is no object. In the first ease the end j must he attained at any cost, hut in the | last at the least. The engine is built to secure the primary object—extreme speed. This means, with the use of the single screw, a reduction of revolutions at low speed, and with it a pro portionate increased coal consumption per horse power employed per hour. It is pos sible with twin screws to improve on this either by duplicating tin? engines on each | shaft, discontinuing the forward set when low speeds are desired, and running the after ones at full speed, or by running tin port or starhoad engines separately at full speed. With triple screws we ean go still fur ther than this. By their use the speed can he cut down in two ways, either by running the middle screw alone <>r either I one of the outside screws separately at full j speed. The idea of running the middle screw separately has governed the adoption of the triple system in the 7-JOO-ton cruiser : to he built for our navy. Some points, however, in their application to this vessel are open to criticism. We refer to the position of the outer screws and diameter of I the middle screw. If in dropping or di verging the screw the shaft is inclined or the centres at the wheel made greater than at the engine, its pitch will vary through every part of its revolution in proportion to the amount of inclination. Consequent ly its action will he irregular and the speed of the ship retarded. By making the middle screw less in di ameter than the outer ones we shall have this vessel of "300 tons displacement pro pelled, if the engine is worked up to its full natural draught power, by a twelve-foot screw, to which about 5000 indicated horse i power will be applied. This will no doubt act with some loss of efficiency and conse quent waste .f fuel, so that the end aimed at will liehut partly secured. If, however, it is correct to employ such a small diam eter here, it is all wrong in the merchant practice to employ a sixteen or seventeen foot screw to do work of a similar charac ter. The rivers of our country, on account of shallows in places, present a field for the use of the mgltiple screw as great as that on the ocean, so that we shall await with some interest the building and trial of this vessel. Prevention of Typhoid Fever. The State Board of Health of Kentucky has issued the following circular, which is important to all sections of the country where typhoid fevers prevails ; , This hoard desires to call the attention of our health authorities and people to the gradually increasing prevalence of and mor tality from typhoid fever, and to the grow ing importance of a constant resort to the methods which modern scientific researches have suggested for the prevention of this disease. These preventive measures are of the more imjiortance to the Stale because di rected against a disease especially prevalent, and fatal among persons in the prime of life, who contribute most to the public wealth and prosperity. Uonsidered purely as an economic problem, the feature of it probably least thought of by most people, the importance of this disease can scarcely he overestimated. Statistics show that ten persons an* sick for every one that dies of this disease, and to say nothing of the cash value to the Slate of those who die every year —and it is conceded that the State Juts no more valuable property than that repre sented in its vigorous population--the loss of time and labor, and the necessary cost incurred in attention to those who finally recover, makes an annual (ax u]H>n our people of startling proportions. Typhoid fever Is probably the most pre ventable of all diseases, not even excepting small pox. It Is now known that, like cholera and dysentery, the germ or sjtecifie cause of this disease is contained in the dis charge from those sick of it, and that while other methods of introducing the poison into the system are possible, it most gen erally gains entrance through the medium of an infected water supply—usually the use of well water polluted by fecal matter. This may be direct from such water, or in direct, by using milk or other articles of food or drink from cans or vessels washed in it. lee, from an infected source, Is also dangerous, since it has l>ecn proved that freezing does not destroy the infective principle. While water from all sources of supply is liable to contamination, well water is es |>ecially so, whether located in city, town, or summer watering place, or country. Thus out of IU4 cases occurring in Louis ville in 1881, 298 of the persons used well water habitually, and some of the other lt did so occasionally. In the now famous epidemic at Plymouth, Pa., involving the sickness of 1,1 o I persons, the death of 114, and an actual outlay in money, of SG7,- 100.17, the outbreak was traced to the use of water polluted by (he fecal discharge of one imported ease of the disease. Facts no loss convincing might he multiplied in definitely if space permitted. In a smaller way (hey are common in the experience of physicians in active practice. Usually the wells are sunk near the kitchen, and in dangerous proximity to the privy and other sources of contamination. The well draws its supply from an inverted cone, having its apex at. the bottom of the well and its base at the surface of the ground. In dry seasons this base is often extended until tin- well lavouies a recepta cle for the more or less perfectly filtered filth from all the sources found in (he aver age hack yard, and the water, often spark ling in its apparent, purity, becomes a cul ture fluid for any disease germs finding their way into it. Two methods of prevention, having the same general object in view, are to be re | commended. The first involves the thor -1 ough disinfection of all discharges from the bowels of typhoid lever patients. This is : best done by the use of a.solution of chlor ide of lime, 8 ounces to the gallon of water, 1 using a quart of this solution for each dis charge. and allowing it to stand in the ves j sel ai least an hour before emptying. A : solution of corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms to the gallon of water, will answer the same purpose, but requires to remain longer in contact with the material to he disinfected. Bed and body linen soiled by such patients i should be disinfected by (he use of the same solution or by boiling. The second method relates to avoiding the use of suspicious water, and <*spceially well water, and where this cannot he done, to boil such water before it is used for drinking purposes. In the absence of a pure and well-guarded public water supply, properly stored cistern water is probably ! open to least objection. The effectual practice of these methods : will require intelligent care and some ex pense, bat it is confidently believed that their general adoption would result in the : practical disappearance of a disease which Is not only a disgrace to our civilization, j hut an annual scourge and lax upon the i people of Kentucky, in comparison with which yellow fever and cholera sink into j insignificance. That Ache in the Back. An Albany physician, says a contempo rary, declares that Americans suffer more generally from Bright’s disease and nervous diseases t han any other people, and he say* the reason is that Americans sit down so persistently at their work. He says:— “Americans are (he greatest sitters I ever knew. While Knglishmen, Germans and Frenchmen walk and exercise, an American business man will go to his office, take his seat in his chair and sit there all day with out giving any relief to the tension of the muscles of the hack. The result is (hat these muscles surrounding the kidneys be come soft and flabby. They lose their vitality. The kidneys themselves soon be come weak and debilitated. If Americans would exercise more, if they would stand at their desks rather than sit, we would hear less of Bright’s disease. I knew of a New York man who had suffered for some years from nervous prostration, until it was recommended to him that he have a desk at which he could stand to do his work. Within a year he was one of the healthiest men you ever saw. His dyspepsia and kidney trouble had disappeared, and he had an appetite like a paver. Don’t You Think So? An exchange says; Any man can take a home paper. It is the cheapest thing he can buy. It instructs you and broadens your views. It interests you and your wife and educates your children. It comes to you every week, rain or shine, calm or storm, bringing you the news of the busy world No matter what hap|>ens, it enters your door as a welcome friend, full of sun shine, cheer and interest. It op'.ns the door of the great world and puls you face to face with its people and its great.events. It. shortens the long summer days and it enlivens the long winter nights. It is your adviser, your gossip and your friend. No man is just to his children who does not give them the local paper to read. No man is good to himself or wife, who does , not. take a first class newspa|H?r, yet there are peopl * living who will not lake the home paper Usause the? printer wants a living price for it, hut will Imrrow it from his neighbor and read its contents, and then pay for a city pajier that is full of sensa tional stories, murders, Ac., for his family • Co read. An Agnostic is a man who vows lie knows nothing, and gets wrathy and vexed ’ wit h you if you believe him. He says he doesn't know anything, hut he really he • lieves he knows everything. i An important manufacture of bailer • from cocoa nut milk is growing up in Ger many. Uoe*ianuls for ihe purpose are i imported in large numbers from India.