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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
Quick Work.

The distance round the world, las
measured by time, shortens space
Fifteen days from London to San
Francisco is great exploit, but FIVE
days from Bombay as greater. To do
such a thing or anything like it looks
at first simply impossible, yet it is
proposed. A plsa has been devised
and made public in the shape Of II
letter to Mr.. Gladstone, which aims
at nothing else. Il eoptsWllsAes the
stys 81 ffrits existing an liass u fsisRay aud Of
the Mt. Gems Taaael to Trieste
Thence a line Of railway is proposed
through Austria, European and Asia
tic Turkey, Prussia and Beloochistan to
Kurrachee, and SO onward to Bombay.
The total distance from London to
Kurrachee by such a route is set down
at 5,3ll miles by rail and % miles
(the Straits Of Dover by sea. OF
course, if the projected tunnel is built
mnder the channel, through which
carriages can run,it is calculated that
the Journey could he made in five
days, sixteen hours, forty-si1 minutes,
rather a nice estimate for transit of
5000 miles, and l,l70 Of road, or one
fourth Of the whole length, are al
ready constructed. The cost of that
which remains to be built is reckoned
at $2OO,O0O,O0O in gold and it il
suggested that this expenditure should
be borne not by one nation alone, but
by all through which the line shall
pass. The scheme is stupendous, but
hardly more SO than our own Pacific
railways, and we see no reason why
either it or some modification of it
should not be carried into effect.
The next grand international rail-
way project would be, we suppose, a
line from India to China. 1t is true
that the bitter opposition Of the Chi
nese might be confidently anticipated,
but the international improvements OF
modern civilization exist in India, and
their introduction in the celestial EN-
pire may be regarded as solely ques-
ton of time. With line from Bonn
bay to Canton possibly cutting through
the Himalayas, thus adding to the
line described above, the journey
round the world would become won
derfully shor1 The boast of Puck t.
"put girdle round about the earth
IN forty minutes" we may, indeed
save with the telegraph, full to realize
but that the fact will, in the fullness
of time, be accomplished by man in
forty days, We have now very little
doubt.-N. Y. Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

Mr.. CHARLES O'CoNoR, the great
lawyer but poor politician of New
York, has wasted good deal of brain
in writing very pointless and silly
homily upon party purity. If this be
the sort Of ray which
THE gladstone light Of Jurisprudence
throws upon the subject, the country
at large will probably decide to dis.
pense altogether with it.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
Gold and Silver.

DR.. Mackenzie gives us the following
items: One may easily imagine how
metallic money, or coin, becomes d.
minished in weight by the constant
handling it gets in the way Of business.
This idea can be realized by recollec-
ting how much worn by use and there
fore diminished in value, the old Spa
nish coins known an 'levies' and fps,
used to be.
They ceased to circulate some four
teen years ago, and the constant wear
and tear of circulation had worn them
down, oft-times, to the thinness Of a
bit Of tin. Efigy and inscription
were usually worn out, and at last
these out of date pieces Of money were
not worth more than one half Of their
nominal value.
AS every one knows, gold and sill
yer coin is not made of pure metal
It is necessary to alloy it, by incorpo-
rating with it some portion Of an in
ferior metal-almost always copper.
Gold, which is the most valuable, is
always one of the softest Of all metals
My mother used to wear gold ring
which my father had brought with
him from the East Indies, and I we'll
remember that it had slight tinge OF
red (some Of the poets mention the
red gold" and being entirely with
out alloy, was 80 soft, that when worn,
it did not retain it's curcular form,
but accommodated itself to the shape
Of the finger upon which it had been
placed.
It has been necessary, to increase
their hardness and durability,to alloy
the precious metals. The gold sequin
Of Turkey and the silver forins Of
Hanover stood alone, in later times,
as being almost absolutely pure. In
a state Of nature a certain quantity OF
silver is almost invaribly found min
gled with the gold,and where or when
it is not easy to separate them, the
silver is allowed to remain, as y nat
ural alloy.
The gold doubloons Of South Amer
lea have their pale appearance from
the silver thus retained in them -
When Spain still possessed her Amer
ican provinces, it was believed that
in all the silver money coined there
particularly the dollars--there was
a portion of gold which. from imper-
feet means OF refining, had remained
in the silver.
In some parts Of Europe, where the
gold has been entirely separated, and
an alloy Of copper introduced for coin
ing, the money has red tinge--not
like that of the gold in the East India
ring have mentioned, but Of cop
perry hue.
In the United States Mint at Phil
adelphia. to which strangers were ad
mitted every forenoon, the aim is to
initiate the true color of gold as close
ly as possible, by the use Of An alloy
Of nine-t,nths copper and onetenth
silver-that is, thousand ounces Of
standard gold will consist Of nine hun
dred ounces Of pure gold, ninety
ounces of copper and ten OF silver
All the gold coin of this country
therefore, consists Of nine hundred
parts of pure metal and one hundred
parts of alloy. This makes tineness
Of nne-tenths, which is the standard
gold required by law. In the eagle
there must be two hundred and fifty
eight grains. In estimating the value
of fine metal contained in coin, moth
ing is allowed for the alloy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
A Rural Wedding.

One of those old time weddings
took place in Uniontown, Penn.,a few
days age. A young gentleman and
lady, strangers to everybody there,
called on the squire to get married.
The young man was carrying his shoes
in his hand on account of stone
bruise and had on bis shoulder a long,
narrow sack. In one end he had
something resembling wearing appa-
rel, and in the front end he had a
small dog, with its nose sticking out
Of hole The young lady had in
her arms large Maltese cat, with a
pink ribbon around its neck, fastened
with a neat breast pin. When they
came to the Office the young man re-
fused to go in, but, she, taking hold OF
his coat, said: Come on, ! ain't
afraid Finally he went in. She
says, Squire, we want to get married.
Hold on, said the young man, II
want to know how much this job
costs. " The price was agreed on, and
in the meantime, many had gathered,
and two of the crowd acted as atten-
dants. While the ceremony WAS go
ing on, one Of tue attendants cried
out: Hold on, this fellow amt on
the right side" Being properly plac-
ed the Squire proceeded, and the two
were made one, and left no one knew
where, being entire strangers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

rA- The Cincinnati Chronicle SAYS
there will be three eclip.es in Novem
Der of this year, as follows A very
small eclipse Of the moon on the night
of the l4th, visible ; an eclipse Of the
sun on the Goth, invisible in North
America and the total and perma-
nent eclipse of the Democratic party
Oh the 9TH, visible to all men,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
FREDERsck- Town, Feb. Is, 1855.

FREDERsCk- Town, Feb. Is, 1885.
Orignat Amecdote.-In a literary
society, not q thousand miles from this
office, = few evenings ago, number
of gentleman wsre converting about
Spain. One Of them observed, that
the decline Of the people was effected
by the introduction Of gold and silver
from South America. 'For" said he,
1.-THE situation of the country itself, j.
the Mme now that it waa formerly
the sstl continues to be healthy, and
the climate exceedingly FERTILE" This
careless transposition Of words, raised
q pretty hearty laugh; TO remedy
this mistake, the gentleman added
that it was only placing the Horse be-
fore the cart. This observation excl.
ted another and even louder laugh
and gave occasion for one Of the com.
pany to say, II think your TEAM is
entirely made up Of BULLS
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
n- When fortv-seven thousan

@- When fortv-seven thousand
dollars reward are offered for the
conviction Of the Nathan murderer,
saws the Baltimore Dnpatch,it is very
certain that somebody will be found
guilty. The chances are that it will
be some bad fellow, though it may be
of some one who is entirely innocent
Of the alleged murder. Just as some
body had to be hung at Seymour,
somebody has got to be convicted for
the murder of Nathan. A thief in
Sing Sing for very long term point
ed FORESTER out to the New York
detectives, and for doing this the de-
tectives got the thief out Of Sing Sing
by apardon. Forester may be guilty,
but whether he is or not, he is pretty
certain to swing for it.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

CHEF JUSTICE CHASE, in letter
to friend at Cleveland, OHIO, under
date of Northwood, N. H.. August
%, SAYS: II make no secret of my
conviction that the highest interests et
the country require the election OF
Mr.. Greeley, or Of my intention to
vote for him
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

The healthiest town ever known
was in Illinois last Summer, when the
doctors went to attend medical con-
vention, neglecting to return for sew
eral months. The doctors found when
they did get back their patients had
all recovered, the drug stores had
bursted, the nurses had opened dane
ing schools, the cemetery was cut into
building lots, the undertaken had
gone to making 6ddles, and the vii.
lage had been gaudily painted and
sold for a circus wagon.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

COMPLEMENTARY One of the latest
things out, WAS the complimentary re.
marks OF a certain young lady living
on East Patrick street, who was trou-
bled one evening last week by a trio
of voices, who were singing in the
softest possible melody, the ballad
Good Night" 1t seems that a young
gentleman was paying some attention
to the lady in question, and the trio
above alluded to, had an impression
that he had remained a sufficient
length Of time and accordingly visited
the location of the house and INDUCED
i'll the above ballad to bring him out,
which proved successful put the joke
is that the young lady remarked "she
was perfectly unaware of any slaugh-
ter house, being so near, but after
hearing so much bawling, from lot
of calves, she concluded she was mis-,
taken" Young gentlemen you only
tell part of the complimentary joke
maryland Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

The friends of Horace Greeley and
John Richie intend to send out local
speakers to all the Dist riots Of this
county, to discuss the political issues
of the day, in order that the people
may be thoroughly informed upon the
prospects before us. "Give us but
light, said the Athenian Philoso-
pher.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

nA- It is a remarkable fact that in
every Presidential election in Penn
sylvania for the last forty years, the
party which was successful at the
State election in October, carried it's
Presidential ticket in the following
November by majority greater than
at the State election.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

rA- A writer in the GALAXY insists
that because St. Peter did not say he
had been at Rome, and none Of the
other Apostles say expressly that he
WAS, so therefore Roman Catholic tr;i-
dition from the earliest times must bo
mistaken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

p@- Support your home paper
Stand by its local columns. If you
support it, it will support you. Give
it the cold shoulder" and you may
get touch of the "sweeny.' The
people Of town who don't support
their town paper, might as we'll com
mence to razee the foundation Of their
brick walls: for if the paper goes
down, the walls will topple all around
it. There is reciprocity in all things.
"Think of these things, my country
men" said the immortal Caesar before
he crossed the Rubicon.
WViamsport Pilot.
We coincide in the above opinion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

NOVEL IDEA.-The Maryland Fire,
Press printing establish nent owned
and conducted by Messrs. A. G. and
NJ. W. Boyd, of llagerstown, Md, l.
to be disposed of at Grand Gift Con
cert, to be held in Lvceum Hall, Of
that place, on Wednesday evening
the 23d of October, 1872, The mum
Der OF tickets have been limited tc
two thousand, at SIS per ticket.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

Ias" 70 keep cider sweet and pure
add ito one barreD pound of mus
t.rd seed, two pounds Of raisins and a
quarter pound of stick candy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

ueA- Pere Hyacinthe claims that il
getting married he has been sotting g
high example to France and the
Church, and advises all to "bow to
the spirit OF God.
S1,ll-..I' Ln, IL. 4 L. Ill E1rA-.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

CAUTIoNARY. - Beware Of sitting
in draught when warm.
Beware of marrying a wife you
cannot support.
Beware Of drinking too much ice
water in the summer.
Beware of promising more than
you are able to perform.
Beware of sudden conversion, for
dlsguises are easily put on.
Beware Of men who have no line
of principle, but work from policy.
Beware of men and women who
talk too much.
Beware of the person who never
finds any good in hfs ne.ghbors.
Beware Of the preacher who says
HE route is the only one to Heaven.
Beware Of the men who are idle
and Indifferent as to work and its re-
suits
Beware Of the girl who is ashamed
Of the kitchen, or to help her mother.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

There are five hundred and fourteen
thousand and ninety-six Free Mason'
in North America.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
Whipping an Editor.

Editors, like other shrewd men
must live with their eyes open. A
good story is told Of one who started
a paper in Western town. The town
was infested by gamblers, whose pre-
sence was a source of annoyance tc
the citizens, who told the editor il he
did not come out against them they
would not patronize his paper. He
replied that he would give them q
"snasher' next day. Sure enough
his next issue contained the promised
'smasher, and on the following morn
ing the redoubtable editor, with scis'
sors in hand, was seated in his sane
tum, when in walked a large man
with club in his hand and demand
ed to know if the editor was in.
No, sir, was the reply; he has just
stepped out. Take seat and read
the papers-he will return in min.
uta.
Down sat the indignant man Of
cards, crossed his legs, with his clul
between them, and commenced read.
ing a paper. In the meantime the
editor quietly vamoosed down stairs
and at the landing he met another
excited man, with cudgel in his
hand, who asked if the editor was in
Yes, SIR was the prompt reply
Won will find him seated up stairs
reading newspaper.
The latter, on entering the room
with fearful oath, commenced vio'
lent assault upon the former, which
was resisted with equal ferocity. The
fight was continued till they had bott
rolled to the foot Of the stairs, and
had pounded each other to thei'
hearts content
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

S~ United States Minister Stevens
has gone into partnershipin a Monte
vidsan hashery with the nations de-
fanlter Bailey.
We are on the eve Of great events.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

Away-away-you madcaps-fyl
Your roguish arts why will you try
To bind graybeard such as l,
With Cupid's slender thong!
Yet like powder magazine,
My heart from flying sparks screen,
The sparks that shoot from wanton cen
Girls. pass along!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28
The Hon. JAMES X. MooREHEAD,

The Hon. JAMES X. MooREHEAD
Of Pittsburgh, Pa, himself large
Iron Master, the Bpnarges of the Ia
riff Party in Western Pennsylvania
and in Congress, and for ten years the
Representative in Congress from that
District, recently said in \ public
speech at large meeting over which
he presided in Alleg heny county, Pa.
that since the death Of HENRY CLAY
Horace Greeley was the ablest expo
nent of the Tariff Question of any
man in the Union; that he had don.
more for the advancement and protec
ton of the coal and iron interests o.
Pennsylvania than any forty men il
the State. His facts and figures were
tower of strength on this subject, ant
they will not be forgotten by the in
habitants Of the Birmingham Of the
West. He who attempted to oppose
Mr.. Greeley on the Tariff Question
might as well attempt to butt his head
against a milestone or the Rock Of Gi
braltar. For on this subject he is fr'
tilted by an array of impregnabl'
facts.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

Mechancotown looks surprisingly
beautiful OF a moonlight night.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

You. smiling too. you naughty Rose!
wonder now if you suppose
I'm not aware what sort Of beaux
Around your beauty throng?
! know the husband hunting crew,
And all the pretty tricks they do;
I'm old-but much too young for you-
Girls pass along!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

+. D. MANSFIELD, the leading Ohio
Political Economist, holds that the
Southern States will not, for a cen.
tury, be more populous, nor advance
more rapidly than they have done
heretofore, because immigration from
Europe follows more Northern paral'
lels of latitude, and cereal production
is most available in the North. The
point Of Manstields laborious writ
ings on this sub bject, is that population
and wheat production will include
the great valley Of the Saskatchewan
This is Mansheld's paid opinion in be-
half Of Jay Cookies Northern Pacific
Railroad scheme. We believe when
the Southern Pacific Railroad is com.
pleted emigration will flow toward the
South and Texas, and the fertile and
genial climate Of the Southwest rs well
as the frozen regions of Kamschatka
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

We coincide in the above opinion
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-09-28

Scotland brightest Light = BrESs
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-05-21
POLITICAL
Further Action of the Tennessee
Democracy,

NASHVILLE, May l0.-The Democratic
State Convention closed its labors at a
late hour last night. A full delegation
to the Baltimore Convention was appoin-
ted, and William A Quarles and John
NJ. Fleming were selected as Presiden-
tlal electors for the State at large. The
former is Democrat, the latter Whg.
Delegates. from several of the Congress
sional Districts chose as district electors
all Democrats; The remaining districts
will appoint hereafter, when there will be
a full Democratic electoral ticket in the
field
The Liberal Republican State Conven-
ton meets in this city on the 18th inst.
The Executive Committee have had sug-
gested to it the appointment of Lihe-
raj Electoral ticket Whether this will
be done, now that the Democratic Con
vention has indorsed the Cincinnati
ticket, is matter of speculation to-day,
just before the close Of the Democratic
Convention, Gov Brown appeared and
made speech, in which he admitted
that the Democratic party was in a mi
nority, and could not succeed Of itself
He approved the action of the Conven.
ton relative to the Cincinnati nomina,
tions, and expressed the belief that sue.
cess would crown their efforts He de.
sired, however, the preservation Of the
or 5aniza ion of the Democratic par.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-05-21

@ @Gratz Brown closed serenade
speech at Jefferson City last night with
this reference to Horace Greeley:
mo man has ever dared to say that
Horace Greeley was not an honest man.
He may not be what some would call a
fine gentleman, of elegant manners, and
finished presence, and he may be ad-
dicted to what are considered by them
as low of common pursuit, such Us far
ming, stock raising, looking after the
INDECENT, gathering supplies. for the
starving abroad, and illustrating in all
ways philanthropy at home. But tell
you, my friends, that old white hat of
his covers the largest brain and shadows
the softest heart in America.
II believe that the man who has SER
we'd out long life in the conduct of a
great leading journal, requiring admin
istrative talent Of the highest order, and
giving body and form to public opinion
upon the most intricate questions of
foreign complication, will be found bet.
ter qualified for the position to which
he is sure to be exalted than any other
who may be selected from the camp or
the Congress"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-05-21
A contemporary SAYS that putting th

A cotemporary says that putting the
names of the streets on street lampsis
good thing. On, mooplight nights
when the lamps are not lighted, by get
ting out of the street car, climbing the
lamp,posts, and striking a match, you
NAV read the name OF the street distinct.
" if the wind does not Blow out four
match. 4. :. .e.a
A royal decree is published in Mad.
rid granting full pardon To t1e. Havana
students convicted OF violating the
grave of Gonzallo Castanon, in the
cemetery near that city, and sentenced
to tle chain sang.
The local editor Of an Illinois paper
SAYS that lie does not depend upon jour.
nalisrn for his daily brea.l, but raises
hens (which moves an envious rival to ask
whose hens lie raises?
A spirited young woman in Bostor,the
other evening set a good example for her
sex NV administering vigorous slap III
the face of an impudent fellow who ac-
costed her on the street with, "Dont you
know me, my dearf" He will probably
know her when he meets her again. -
The Canatlian Farmer says: Nothing
is wanting .hpt good hives, good pasture,
cleanliness and attention. to insure rich
reward to. those who engage in bee culs
ture bat training is quite as necessary to
The full compensation Of the occupation.
as it is to the trade Of a carpenter or shoe
maker,