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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23
Fer tie Cutortin Clarion.
7 Il l. l. " II
BY WILLIAM Il. JR.

Maggie bid my aching heart he still,
And list to what l beg of you;
Tell me in some accents sweet
lfyour love for me is true.
Tell me if YOU think of me,
Day and night, and night and day;
Tell me if the day seems long,
Now am SO far way!
Tell me loSe am ! forgot =?
Let each note fall on my ear,
With a sweet assuring sound
Telling me still am dear.
For if we are doomed to part,
Never more to meet again;
Tell me though my heart should break,
Tha. you love me still the same.
MARYLAND AND THE APpoRTIoN-
gave yesterday a table
showing the present congressional ap-
portionment and that proposed by the
bill which has passed
the House Of Representatives., to take
effect from and after March 3, 1878.
The basis adopted is one Representa-
tive in $4,000 Of population. BY
this arrangement Maryland gains one
Representative, making her delegation
six instead Of five. The city of Balti-
more, according to the last federal
census, had 267 900 population. This
would afford the basis for two MEM
bers for the city, whereas, under the
present apport!onlnent, it embraces
only one congressional district, the
third, and u portion Of the second dis
trict, which consists of seven wards of
Baltimore city, several districts of
Baltimore county, and the whole of
Hartford county. In the redistrlctlng
of the State, which will be made bv
the Legislature before the Forty third
Congress, it will Of course rest with
the Legislature to divide Baltimore
into two congressional districts, or to
form the districts 50 as to include a
part Of the population of the city with
another district, comp wing, however,
with the provision of the law which
requires that the members shall be
elected by districts composed Of con-
tiguous territory, and containing, as
nearly as practicable, an equal mum
Der Of inhabitants.
Enihtmorc .Sun.
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How To KEEP \ SlrrArloN. The
following bit of good advice is from
tAe Norhi"g Man, and is worthy the
attention of all our readers
Law it down as a fundamental rule,
that You will be "faithtul in that
which is least. Pick up the loose
nails, bits of twine, clean wrapping
paper, and put them in their places.
Be ready to throw in an odd half
hours time when it will be an accom-
mediation, and don't seem to make a
merit of it. DO it heartily. Though
not a word be said, be sure your en-
plover will make note Of it. Make
Yourself indispensable to linn and he
will lose many of the opposite kind be-
fore he will part with you.
Those Young men who watch the
time to see the very second their
working hours is up-who leave, no
matter what state the work may be IN,
at precisely the instant-who calcu-
late the extra amount they can slight
their work, and yet not get rcproyal
who are lavish of their employer S
goods, will always be the first to re-
ceive notice the times are dull, and
their services are no longer required,
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bia.
The suntlower was brought from
Peru.
The walnut and peach from Persia.
The horse chestnut is Il native OF
Thibet
The cucumber came from East In
dies.
The ralish originated in China and
Japan.
The pear and the apple are from
Europe.
MEcHANIcS.--Thev are the palace
builders of the world: not stick is
hcwn, not Il stone is shaped in all the
Iorllv dwellings of the rich, that does
not ove its beauty and fitness to the
skill of the mechanic. The towering
spires hat raise their giddv heads
among the clouds, depend upon the
mrchauirs 5 art for their strength and
ovmelrv. Not an ediiicr for devotion,
or business, or colniurt but bears
the impress of their hands, How
exalted is their vocation, how sublime
their calling.
\ CITIZEN Of Milwaukee has liScov
cred in that city II small boy of five
wears who is an invrtrrate smoker,
and has been such for three wears and
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him desperately i'll, but it did not
"rure him, and now he viii! S,nok" q
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r."'''"'''H IT, '''' ''''i''' VINO ''"5"'
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'''''''
II all flesh Is grISS, l. hay beet 4 il,
'''""' ''
To move stains from character
t',t rich,
Jim FiSks motto--"Bc gentle to
the T.. L. K. ring.
w.. :; ,;.,l ,,,,,, M, -. ,,,l.,,
Ia " because hc is used up.
uu ,.,a,..,,. ,..,,r rr,u.
Str;I.a'.,,.,..t ,.,.,'n',,u.,, ,;ol.
What un ,r,,,r,,.o hotwoon j.,
Lnr,,"J ,'"' h,,Ior5 \ ' ,nnJ La,l '
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-'''' '''+7' CIV '''''' ~ Wv "S'
"lhc devll rag bag is Connecticut
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The sting of bee carries conviction
with it. ltmakes Tee leaver at once.
y farmer gathers what he sews
while a seanstress sews What She gath
ers.
Noank, Connecticut, boasts Of a
three eyed cat, and inquiries, "llow Is
that for eye
Many Young men are SO IMPROVE
dent that they cannot keep anything
/ but late hours. How are YOU now
Ar o,,Ionrp wants to know Wheth.
or a lover can be called a "Sultor
when he don III her.
1fthrro feet will make a ward how
many. l.i,ul need Won .,u,lnv omaE
a wash house IN IT.
There is 4 man at NIAGARA Falls now
vino nrtu,)]v succeeded in ch,atju,
mo L.,.,,urn 1hcre
II is asserted that a great deal O
mischief in the world has beer
wrought by homciv women.
Fashionable virtue. Flirt Will
Your tr'""" sIret'y wife; pretend yo'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

CHRIST WITH Is IN TElAIs.--G"d
did not take up the three Hebrews
out Of the furnace of lire, but He came
down and walked with them in it,
He did not remove Daniel from the
den Of lions. lie sent his angels to
close the months of the beasts He
did not, in answer to the PRAYER Of
Paul, remove the thorn in tie flesh :;
but He gave him a sulicieucy Of grace
to sustain him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

a BEAUTIFUL TKAplTIoN.-There
is a beautiful tradition in regard to
th4 location Of Solomon Temple.- -
The spot was owned by two brothers.
one of whom had a family. The other
had none. One evening in harvest
time, when wheat wn> bound in bun
dies and laid in two heaps, the eldest
brother said to his wife, My brother
is not able to bear the burden and
heat of the day will arise ald take
my sheaves, and without his knowing
It, law them beside his. y
The younger brother moved by the
same benevolent impulses SAID within
himself, My brother has family, but
I have not | will contribute to his
support. will arise, and without his
knowledge, lay my shcaves beside his
Who can conceive their mutual as
toniShmcnt, when, on the following
night, each of them found his sheavcs
again. as if they had not been r"mov-
ed. his WAS repeated ScFeIal l'&h'H
in succession, till they both resolved
that the secret might be unravclcd.
So said, SO done. The next night
they met half way, each with his arne
full of sheaves.
On the spot sanctiGel by such af-
fection, SoIomons mpIe was erected
"a building so splendid and magnih-
cent that il became one ,f the won
ders Of the world.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

ErlScurAI CoNGREGATlON.- The
Episcopal Congregation of this city
wor>hipc1 in the chapel fthe Reform
ed Church on Sabbath morning and
evening last. In the morning Of that
day, the Rev. Mr.. Ilanes, pastor,
preached an eloquent and touching
sermon upon the fire and the dcstrnc-
tion of their house of Worship His
remarks which We're very affecting
and wholly appropriate to the occasion,
were listened to with more than mark
ed attention by "A large and enIighten-
ed audience present.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

A friend of ours courted lady for
twenty eight years, and then married
her. She turned out to be perfect
virago, but died in a few days after the
wedding. "Now,' said our friend, in
a self-congratulating tone, "s4e what
| have escaped by a long courtship.'
A BAD marriage is like an electric
machine; itmakes YOU dance, but you
can t let it 90.
A Bride who was married in New
York wore a dress Of white satin. hca-
vilv embroidered around the edge of
the skirt, and made with a court train
trimmed with ermne
II is the fashion for ladies to- wear
their camel s-hair shawls square over
the shoulders in the shape of a cape,
as it is rather luconvcment to wear
them folded lcn9t thwise over the puff
ed and pannercd oNeraklrts.
What age i them st rold-hcartcd?
The cabbage
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGo.-Ont

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGo.--One
hundred and ten years ago there was
not a single white man in kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Then
what is the most nourishing part of
America was as little known as the
country around the mysterious noun
tains of the moon. 1t was not until
1857 that Rooue left. his home in
North Carolina, to become the first
settler in Kentucky. The first rio-
necrs of Ohio did not settle until
twenty years after this time. a hun
dred years ago Canada belonged to
France, and the population did not
exceed a million and a half of people.
A hundred years ago the great Fred
erick Of Prussia was pert,rmlng those
grand exploits which have made him
immorta. in military annals, and, with
his little monarchy, was sustaining a
single handed contest with Russia,
Austria and France, the three great
powers Of Europe combined. Wash
ington was a modest Virginia colonel
and the great events in history of the
two worlds in which these great but
dissimilar men took leading parts
were then scarcely t"reShadowcd. a
hundred years ago the United States
were the most loyal part OF the Brit
ish empire, and on the political horl-
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XuVrr~fowa Free Press.

Mrs. FAIR. Mrs. Fairs face has
assumed drothIy palIor. a San
Francisco paper says: after her con
yir1iun Of the murder Of Crittenden
there was a host of friends, or preten-
l"l friends. who called to see her, and,
as they termed it, to comfort her in
her great misfortune. Bat little by
little the number of visitors grew less,
and now. besides her mother, daugh-
ter and attorneys, there are only
three women who cali ~, n her. and
only one of these pays her visits daily.
She passes her time Of late in reading
and writing. She still refuses to TAX"
prison food, and her meals are
brought to her twice Il day from a res
tuurant. Mrs. Fair is full Of hope that
the court having her case under con
sil.ration will say hv its decision that
she is entitled to "a new trial.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

A FISH SroRY.-We met a boy on
the streets yesterday, and without
the ceremony Of asking our name he
exclaimed:
"You just orter been down to the
river a while ago.
"Whv p We inquired.
''Bccause Niger was in swimming,
and big catfish came up behind HIM
and swallowed both of his feet and
went swimming along on the top of
the water with him, and there came
behind another big fish, and the mig
ger swallowed his tail, and the n lggel
and the tSo fish went swimming
about,
"Well, then what'?' we asked.
"Whv: after Il while the nigger
swallowed his fish. and the other swal-
lowed the nigger, and that's ;he last
saw of either of them.
Sonny. SAID We, with a feeling OF
alarm for the boy, YOU are in q fan
way to become the editor of Il Demo
cratic paper, and we left him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

g4I4" Neither God nor man expects
a wife to submit to brutality, but Il
woman who, finding herself outgrow-
ing her husband, or disappointed in
him, yet takes up her cross and fitting
ner shoulders to it, bears it IN silence
to her Itcs end, has joys that th3
world knows not of, and atiains to the
highest type Of womanhood.
ness~ If women would cultivate their
minds more, they would be more com
panionable to intelligent men. Many
a husband goes out tor his evenings,
and many lover tires of his betroth-
ed, because he finds her conversation
insipid. Ladies', try not onl y to look
pretty but to talk we'll also.
Why is shoe black like a clever
school-lnaser Because he polishes
the hcnnderstandings.
Worth a rop-A bad loy's Enuc-
klca.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

"Bob, where's the state of matrlm
nv ." It's one the United States. 1t
is bounded by hugging and kissing on
one side, by babies and cradles on the
other. Its chief products are popula-
tion, broom-sticks and staying out late
o nights. 1t was discovered by
Adam and Eve in trying to find a
northwestern passage out of Para
disc
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-23

For all we have ON proper sphere below,
And this is n truth worth knowing;
You will come to gri,f if y"l try To 90
Where YOU never we're made for going.
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Maggie bid my aching heart he still,
And list to what l beg of you;
Tell me in some accents sweet
lfyour love for me is true.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27
Fashion Items.

Square walls of Brussels net, edged with
thread lace, are much worn with Gipsey
bonnets.
Hair striped silks are much worn, and
are almost uniformly trimmed with ruch-
ings of the same.
Short costumes are almost universally
worn for dancing, by young ladies, espe-
cially when made Of thin material. J.
Carved heads for rings are, it is said
returning to favor, and artists are able to
cut tolerable likenesscs iu cameo
For young ladies' and debutants, tarleton
seems to be the most popular; it is cheap
and yet pretty-even elegant.
Striped muslins and cambrics are 10
great vogue for house dresses, with wide
soft scarf of black silk, sash tied at back
with fringed ends.
Lace shawls have become indispensable
to ladies' toilet. Although not much
used as shawls, they form the most grace.
ful of tuuics over light evening silk dresses.
Bows Of ribbon or velvet are worn for
megiige, but in the evening, for balls and
parties, wreaths are in favor, mounted as
diadems, with long trail reaching to the
shoulders.
Pretty costumes are made of white linen
and trimmed with narrow straps placed at
intervals, through which velvet is seen.
These are worn over black velvet or black
silk walkiug-skirts, with exceedingly good
effect.
Frizzled hair, hanging low over the
forehead, is no longer worn by the ton.
The plain, simple and elegant style adopt.
ed, is to draw the hair loosely back from
the brows. This is becoming to all ex.
ccpt persons having very high forehead.
A great deal of latitude is permitted in
the arrangement of the hair, so as to suit
the contour of different faces.
The tendency is toward simplicity Of
fashions for young girls, less jewelry, less
frills, less furbclows Of every description,
and greater attention to 6neness and daint.
iness of fabric. Cheap inery is an index
of naturally low and vulgar taste, and we
advise our young lady readers, in the Sc.
lection Of their wardrobes, to restrict
themselves to little. if need be, but let
that little be Of the best.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27

CALIFORNIA SARDINEs.-Some years
ago company was formed at Santa Cruz
for the purpose of catching and nreserv-
ing the fish known as smelt, but which in
reality are sardiues; but the heavy ex.
pense then attending the manufacturing
of the tin cases, 10 which the fish were
preserved, prevented the business from
proving remunerative and the enterprise
was relinquished. Within the past few
days the project has been revived, and
present indications warrant the belief that
the sardine fishery will ere long prove an
important branch of industry on this
coast-Montery Democrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27
LABOR CONDUCIVE TO LONG LIFI

LABOR CONDUCIVE TO LONG LIFE
In view of the short duration of life en-.
tailed By some occupations, it must be re.
garded as consoling, yea, sublime fact,
that labor in general does not tend to
shorten life which on tho other hand,
idlencss and luxury are productive of the
same results as the most unhealthy occu.
pations. DR.. Guy, an Englishman, in cal
culating the average duration of life in the
wealthy classes, arrived at the very sur
prisiug result, with regard to adults, that
the higher the position 10 the social scale,
the more unlimited their means, the less
the probability of long life.
We have so long been accustomed to
consider the possession Of riches as the
guarantee for physical welfare, that many
will be surprised to hear from Guy that
the probability of tho duration of life
lessons. with regard to adults in each class
of population, in the same degree as the
beneficial impulse for occupation is lack.
ing. liza person who for long time has
lived an active life retires from business,
it may be taken for granted, with the
probability Of ten to one, that he had
seized the most effective means of shorten
ing lis life." We may smile at the soap
maker who, after formally retired from
business, went, nevertheless, on each day
of soap boiling iu his workshop; but it
must also be acknowledge that his Instinct
did not mislead him. OF all conditions of
life, idleness is the hardest for nature to
combat; and this is especially true Of per.
sons who have accustomed themselves to a
busy life. .-e
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27

How TO DETECT CHIcoRY IN GROUND
CoFFEE.-Pure coffee when sprinkled on
the surface Of water, remains there for
some time, and does not sink; hut if
chicory is present it will almost immedi-
ately sink. aud tiuge the liquid brownish
yellow. Again :-Chicory contains 90
much gummy matter that if the fingers be
moistened, and little Of the suspected
coffee be taken up between them and we'll
pressed together, it can be moulded ioto .
slightly adheriug pellet, while pure eot5ss
will not adhere at ALL
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27

AN EXTINCT FAMILY.-It is a curious
fact that there arc no known defendants
of Christopher Columbus. He had two
sons, one Of whow, Don Diego, rose to the
distinction of an Admiral, and the other
Fernando, as q scholar. Fernando was
great traveller. He not only thrice visited
America. but subsequently traversed the
whole of Europe and every accessible por-
tion Of Asia and Africa. He appeared to
have been a profound scholar and thor
oughly good man. In his will he >stipu-
lated that his library, containing twenty
thousand volumes, which he gave to the
Cathedral of Seville, should be free to the
people, and it is to this day. From books
in this collection, the late Washington
Irving obtained considerable portion of
the information on which his /" Life Of
Columbus" was founded. The following
quaint eptaph, almost obliterated by time,
appears en- the tablet which marks his
tomb: "What doth it profit to have
sprinkled the whole world with my sweat;
to have three times crossed to the New
World discovered by my father; to have
embellished the shores of the Gaudal-
quiver, and preferred my simple taste
rather than riches, or that have assem-.
bled around the divinities from the source
Of Costalia, and offer to thee the riches
gathered by Ptolemy, if passing in silence
over his stone thou shouldst fail to address
single salution to my fathers memory 7"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27

DoUGHNUTs.-Boil one quart of new
milk. and melt in it half a pound of butter.
Beat three eggs with two pounds Of sugar,
then pour on the boiling milk stirring all
the time. When nearly cold stir in tea.
cup of yeast, teaspoon of salt, aud -four
enough to make stiff batter. When
quite light knead in flour enough to make
a soft dough. Add grated nutmeg and
a little mace. Let it rise again until very
light roll it out, cut in strips or according
to fancy, fry in hot lard.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

Tho Augusta journal speaks of rails
ing pigs as hosriculturc.
John Jacob Astor once sold apples on
the streets of New York.
Mr. johnson, a Michigander, extir-
pates snakes by biting off their heads.
The London Gazette is the oldest
newspaper printed in English in the world.
Ben. Franklin is to have brass
statue in Printing House Square, New
York.
Diamonds Of extraordinary brlliancy
have been found near the Cape Of Good
Hope,
The census of Maine gives a popula-
ton of 62s,7l9, a gain Of only ll9 from
1860.
Horace Greeley declines to serve on
the Republican State Executive Commit
tee Of New York
The New York Sun styles the Ku
Klux bill "t the joint product of partisan.
ship and hypocrisy"
There is enough wealth in Boston to
give, on an equal division, every man wo-
man and child $4,000.
a couple, divorced ten years ago,
lately met in Albany, and, after short
Irritation, were remarked.
1T requires one thousand acres of the
best timber annually to furnish the rail
roads in the United States with slcepers
-Ovcr five thousand small trees. mostly
mountain cotton, woods, have been set out
at Denver, COL, within the past three years
The merchandise exports of San
Francisco, during the year 1870, were
worth Sl,2O6,6S2 more than those Of Phil
adclphia.
"A colony of negroes are going to Kan.
sas, from Mobile, Alabama, to get free
farms and live in opuleuce the remainder
Of ftheir days.
The Chicago Board of Education has
adopted rule prohibiting teachers from
receiving presents from their pupils on
pain of dismissal.
"A london letter says that Louis Ma.
poleon walks fecbly. and is in very poor
health /; that he and Eugenia are extreme
ly popular in England.
An English nobleman has taken up
his residence in the Dismal Swamp of Vir-
ginia. Blighted affections are said to be
the cause of his trouble.
The Matrimonial Ners is the name
ola new four-cent weekly just started in
London. The second number contains
over two hundred advertisements BY can.
ddates for marriage. The majority were
women.
The Nevada Legislature, in granting
charters to new railroads, provides that no
Chinese shall in any way be employed on
the roads, either in constructing or operat.
ing them, under penalty Of forfeiture of all
their privileges.
The late census will show that the
United States has fifteen cities of more
thaa One hundred thousand inhabitants
There are but three countries that exceed
this-the East Iudies with twenty.onc
cities, Great Britain with sixteen and Chi.
ma with fifteen.
Many persons have wondered why
horse chestnut horse radish, &c., are SO
called. A Scotch work entitled % Etymons
OF English Words" says that the original
word was harsh" chestnut, "harsh" rad.
ish, and that the French and Swedes trans.
lated it into horse"-hence the common
error.
-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27

HJ~ The latest novelty in the way OF
rasing funds for church purposes, is an Or
ganization among the Congregationslsts at
Greenville, Mich, in the shape OF an
auti.chiguou social" The absence OF
that ornament is q condition Of member
ship. and fine of $40 is imposed on any
member who wears a chignon, or has her
hair dressed or decorated in any of the
modern styles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-27
q The man in Jewctt Conn who

II The man in Jewctt Conn who
traded off his wife for twenty-five cents
got to thinking about the matter after the
transfer was made, and concluded he had
been cheated. With this idea in his
mind, he went to the man who held his
wlfe and requested to "do the bargain
pack again" The wife.buyer, after few
moments reflection, said Yes, take her
along. l have examined tho goods, and
am not exactly satisfied"