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An Opera Ru11 in Paris.

Paris Correspondence Of the Ne7o York: Mail.
The first grand opera ball l5 announced Tor
December! Gay Paris is in ecstacies. Aban is
to direct 100 musicians; $4,000 people anxiously
Academy are preparing for the approaching
orgies; glove-nakers, florists. costumers are in
jubilation, and even the cabbies and gas'cons are
delighted with the prospects Of numerous and
princely remunerations, so ttallons clowns, and
dominos, sports and grisettes, students and
tunes, masks, and false noses, prepare your
chalk and rouge, your pumps and wigs, your
wittiest jokes and most winning smiles for the
first great, grand, grotesque, glorious rendez-
vous under the mammoth chandelier of the spa
cious ballroom, where the golden glare Of one
velvet Of The boxes pours down it's foods Of
sheen upon your eager and e1Pectant faces
while awaiting Arban's magic signal to lead and
goad you on in the voluptuous mazes Of the
quadrile. Then, inspired by the brazen
harmonies of the orchestra, how you
whlIi and turn, rush and ming1e with the buoy
ant throng; how the jolly jewellers and music
drunk Bacchnntes deligh to sing and shout with
deafening voices, blending their delirious strains
with the febrlle crash OF q hundred instruments.
How the masked cavaliers and begemmed sirens
firt and talk, buzz and prattle on every side till
the ball has fairly commenced, when the boxes
are filed and the Immense floor is jarn1nod with
an animated. palpipating mass Of dancers. Then
the celebrities arrive, visits from box to box
are paid, the ellie OF Partisan eociety smiles
upon the scum from the cushioned solitudes
OF the prosceniuu1, waltzes and redowas succeed
quadri1les aud polkas, nazurkas follow reels,
gayots, and improTisl.d Harabauds; the atmos-
phere becomes moro stirring, eherbets and ices
are in demand, champagne corhs begin to fly.
supper attracts many, the gaiety, mirth, and
good hunaor continue; with iron vim and energy
the u1asqueraders dance and dauce, figure after
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succeeded, they would have turned some thou
eflds out of employ. Excepting the extreme
fnatics Of the Union, the artisans and mechan-
IS Of London are against them. Had the mas
era given way, the reign Of Trades Onion ter
'roziem would be great deal nearer than it is.
Success would have delighted the other Union
Societies, while men with money would have
been afraid to risk penny in any Of the enter
prises which give the workingmen the means Of
EXISTENCE
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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SANTA CLAUS IN CHICAGO.

L EElES1sCESCE oF CHRISTMAS, ISL.
Old Santa Claus Eat in his workshop bright,
But his face was very Eod
As he thought Of children fleeing in fright.
And each Gttlo homeless Lad.
He cared not now for his gifts go fair;
For he saw with vision keen,
By the rolling smoke and the terrible glare,
Where the noble city had been.
He thought, too, of homes 80 fair laid low,
And little, stocEinglesE feet;
Of the darling children, that to and fro
Vent up and down the street,
Searching for father and mother dear,
Crying for food and rest,
Longing for shelter, comfort, and cheer
Within the dear home-nest.
The chinneys were gone, and the stockings too,
And Christmas close at hand;
And how should he send his presents new
To the little homeless bands
Then up be started, and called his steeda
With merry, loud halloo,
And away he flew az an nrrow speeds,
Till his home was lost to view,
And he reached the City Of the Plain,
Beside the Inland Sea,
Filled with supplies 60 free.
From North and South, from East and Tes..,
He sees these treasures ccme,-
AL sending that which suited best,
From many happy home.
He shouted a1ond, and wrin11ed his brow,
While he shook his head queer;
"1u give these children Christmas now
They'll remember for many year.
I'll stir the hearts Of young and old:
I'll move the children too;
For the wondrous story never was told
OF what the children can do"
His words were true; the project new
Delighted all who heard
And Gladly treasures, many OF few,
We're given without word.
Forgetfu1 Of self were these people Kind,
Bringing their gladsome cheer;
But never thought CAME into their mind
OF the Kind old 5prito 30 near,
Who whiBked about, now in, now out
Among his countless toys,
And tied up his parcels, neat and stout,
For the Western girls and boys.
At last the boxes were packed with care,
ALI freighted deep with love,
With q kindly wish and eecret prayer
That the gifts would welcome prove.
Then Santa Claus started forth again,
But fingered along the road.
And watched By day and night the train,
To guard tie precious load,
Until at last, the journey done,
He saw the ladies near;
The name Of every homeless ono
He whispered in their ear.
"Hurrah for Santa Claus !" we say,
And shout with joyous tone.
Forsuch a merry ChIiet1na3-day
The world has never known
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DR.C. BIGELOW

ooNFmENT1A1 PHYSICIAN - . stste.ss:' 5at Gnteifo
O. BixsloT oldast phJaioan IN Chtcaxo
Who h1s made the Treatment Of all chronic and neEvoqs
dseAscx tpsotaltJ, Science and ezQe!ence haVo ado
DE- e. the most renowned SPECIALIST Ct the sSe hon
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IND SPECIAL plsEAsEs ia both se1es:
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CaIl; you only tho DOCTOR. CORRESpONOkNCE
C0NEIDENTIAIt Address all lettars, with stamps, to
Dr. 9. BIGELOW, No. 464 Stata-st-
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The Little Diplomatic Chap from Rus-
sia-Fals Behring'S with the holy
By mArk Twain

Fashiagton Despatch to tue Ncw York Herald.
Information has been received here that Mr.
C. Catacazy, formerly Minister to this country,
has not 1allen-in disgrace with the Gar Though
diplomatic ezigencies required that he should be
disayowed as public functionary, he is still in
the service of the Russian Government as a
secret agent, and his talent for intrigue has late
II found profitable field. Gortschakor has en-
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ENGLAND concerning the bloodthirsty character
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Rev, Chas, Il. TH0MP PS0N

W deliver tbs second lecture Il the Pe0ples U94F9e at
the Thttyarst Street Presbyterian Church. On Wabash
Iii subject IS sViews oi Men Of Gonius." Tickets ma7
behad At tho dooE. Lecture vim eommence At oe!oe:
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He Dimes with the Knickerbockers
of the East Side-And in introduced
to Governor Seymour and the Vener-
able Author Of Thanatopsis-Pistols
and 1oxVic-Knives Drawn ~ The
ES3nnhee&4 T1uRI.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
A SMALLPOX Remedy.

The following statement OF cor
respondent of the Stockton (Cal: }
"Herald' has been going the rounds
of the papers. An ex-Calltornlan
says he has seen it tested with entire
success
herewith append recipe which
has been used to my knowledge, IN
hundreds of cases 1t will prevent OF
cure the smallpox, though the pittine
are filling, When Jenner discovered
cow-pox in England, the world of sci
ence hurled an avalanche of fame
mon his head; but when the most
scientific school of medicine in the
world-that of Paris-published this
recipe as a panacea for smallpox, 1t
nassed unheeded. 1t is as unfalllng
as q fate, and conquers in every IN
stance 1t is harmless when taken
bv a we'll person. 1t will also cure
scarlet fever. Here is the recipe as
| have used it, and cured my children
Of the scarlet fever; here it is as
have used it to cure smallpox; when
learned physicians said the patient
must die, it cured Sulphate of zinc
one grain; foxglove (dicitalis), one
Grain: half a teaspoonful Of sugar,
y mix With two tablespoonful Of water
When thoroughly mixed, add tour
ounces of water. Take a teaspoon;ful
everv hour. Either disease will dis
annear in twelve hours. For child,
smaller doses according to age: II
counties would compel their physl-
clans to use this, there would be no
need of pest-houses. If you value
advice and experience, use this Tor
that terrible disease.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
What he did.

A Chicago girl hearing that her
lover had been stricken with small
pox, Insisted upon flying to his bed
side and becoming his nurse. 1t was
a bad case, but S he was constant III
her devotion, and principally through
her care and skill the patient rec over
ed. And now she herself fell victim
to the complexion-d destroying monster,
and although she survived the attack.
at its close the beautiful pink and
white of her fair face had flown for
ever, and from being the prettiest girl
in Chicago she became one Of the
plainest. Her lover had attended
her through her illness, but when he
saw how tearfully she was changed,
his love for her departed, and when
the marriage-day drew near he refns-
ed to fulfil his part of the contract,
She took his refusal very calm y; no
reproaches came from the once pretty
mouth, which had lost its prettiness
in saving the ungrateful one from
death; her cheek, which the tell-tale
blood used so often to tinge with rosy
red, retained it's color, and she mar
riod an octogenarian worth about
$5OO,OOO.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
A Tcrre IIaute cat is fond Of music,
and goes to all the circuSes.

A rcrre 1Iaute cat is fond Of music,
and goes to all the circuSeS.
"The palpitation, respiratory hump
er, is the latest novelty in woman 5
things.
A Young lady in a suburban town,
who has received the attentions of a
Young man for some time, on being
asked what his business was, replied,
naively: ooh he is a hummer for a
drygood firm She meant drum
mer.
John Bunyan was once asked a
question about heaven, which he
could not answer, because the matter
was not revealed in the Scriptures,
and he thereupon advised the inquir-
er to live holy life and 60 and see,
The word love in the Indian Ian,
euage ia "sche Observation-Disclosures,
How nicely it would sound whispered
softly in lady $ ear, II scAomlendam
cu1tclWagor you -
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
EMORY GROVE CAMP MEETING

EMORY GROVE CAMP MEETING
GEoUND.-As the period arrives for
the assemblage of this Grand Camp
meeting place, great interest is felt in
all that regards the particular Incl
dents thereto. It's located in beau
tiful shady grove, land will in all prob
ability become the most noted and
extensively attended meeting ground
of yhe +. NJ. Church in the United
States. 1t will be beautitied and i'm
proved more and more every year.
AT the approaching meeting it will be
unde,st he general Superintendent Of
the Rev. HENRY SLICER, the veteran
Presiding Elder of the Baltimore Dis
trict, one OF the most earnest, LIBERAL
minded, powerful and persuasive
clergvmen of the f. NJ. church in this
country. Although we'll advanced in
years lie has all the zeal of a young
exhorter and exercises a boundless in
huence over the minds of his hearers.
Mr.. Slicer is always calm and unruf-
tied and always ready TO throw .oil
upon the troubled waters. No man
we apprehend carries with him 50
largely the esteem Of the people Of
Maryland and is 50 well calculated to
win upon the public esteem of his
hearers as HENRY SLIcER. Many
will attend from far and near on pur-
pose to hear him expound the oracles
of Zion-the old 'Ship' that has car
riel many an anxious heart safely
over the troubled waters. God bless
the faithful Minister OF Christ.
The camp meeting under the direc-
ton OF the L. NJ. Church will be held
on the l4th Of August, on their
grounds at Emory Grove camp, about
ii miles from Baltimore, near REFS
terstown, on the Western Maryland
Railroad. There are about POO acres
in the camp ground, which is well
supplied with water, there being eight
or ten wells on it besides numerous
springs. The grounds, which are
very beautiful, are being thoroughly
cleared Of underground; walks and
drives are being laid cut, and seats
are being fitted up. A one story
building which will be used as hotel
is being built, in which GAO persons
can be seated at their meals It one
time, the intention being to do away
entirely with the cooking III the tents.
There is large ice-house we'll filled,
Oh the ground. There will be q telc-
graph line to the grounds, which will
be lighted up by over 200 portable
gas lamps, furnished by J. J, Norman
ESD, OF Norman & Cosgrove, Al West
Baltimore street. The improvements
upon the ground will be made under
the direction of B. +. Darby and Will
lam J. Hiss, Esqs., of Baltimore city.
All the profits that may be realized
from the rent of ground for tents
board &c, are to be applied to orna'
menting the ground, and it is under,
stood that the ground will be here;tt-
ter rented for camp-meetlng purposes
to other religious denominations,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
Historic Phrases.

Samuel Adams, known for many
things, seldom had his name associa-
ted with the phrase first applied by
him to England: "Nation OF shop
Keepers.
Franklin has said many things
which Lave passed into maxlms, but
nothing that is better known and re-
,uvmbcred than "he has paid to dea'
for his whistle"
Washington made bnt few epigra.
,natic speeches. Here Is one: II,
be prepared for war Is the most oiiec-
iual means of preserving peace,
Old John Dickinson worte, IN lT'S,
of Americans: "By uniting, we
stand; by dividing, We fail.
Patrick Henry, as every schooI-hoy
knows, gave us: Give me liberty ol
give Inc death, and "lf this be trea-
sGn. make the most Of it,
Thomas Paine had many qrotable
apiIramatic sentences: Rose like g
yocket, fell like a stick; 'llInes that
try mems souls; "One step from the
sublime to the ridiculous, etc.
Josiah Quincy, ST., said: "Wherev.
or or however we shall be called Oh
10 make our exist, we shall die free.
mon
Henry Lee gave Washington his
immortal title: First in war, iirs,
in peace and first in the hearts OF his
countrymen,
Charles Cotesworta Pinckney de
elared in favor Of "millions for de-
fence, but not one cent for tribute.
"Peacably if we can, forcibly if We
must, is from Josiah Quincy, 1911.
Andrew jackson gave us: "Tht
Union-it must be preserved"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
A Fathers Advice to q Bride.

Said young husband whose bust
ness speculations were uncuccessful
"My wife's silver tea-set, the bridal
gift of a rich uncle, doomed me to fl
nancial ruin. 1t involved a hundred
unexpected expenses, which, in trying
to meet, have made me the bankrupt
| am His experience is the expert
ence of many others, who, less wise,
do not know what is the goblin Of the
house, working its destruction. A
sagacious father, of great wealth ex-
ceedingly mortified his daughter by
ordering it to be printed on her we'd
ding cards, "No presents except those
adapted to an income Of $1,000. -
Said he, "You must not expect to be-
gin life in the style | am able, by
many years of labor, to indulge; and
l know of nothing which will tempt
you to try it more than the we'll in
tentioned but pernicious gifts of rich
friends" :" Such advice to daughter
was timely. If other parents would
follow the same plan, many young
men would be spared years Of inces-
SAINT toll and anxiety; they would not
find themselves on the downward
road, because their wives had worn
all Of their salary, or expended it on
the appointments Of the house. The
fate of the poor man who found a
linchpin, and felt himself obliged to
make a carriage to fit it, is the fate Of
the husband who finds his bride in
possession Of gold and silver valua-
bles, and no large income to support
the owners gold and silver style.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
HOW TO MARRY.

When you get married, don't marry pet,
a jilt or vixen, or yet a coqucttc,
Bnt marry maid, that is if you can,
More fit for the wife of sensible man.
Look out for a girl that is healthy and
young,
With more in her eye than you hear from
her tongue,
And tho she's frecklcd or burnt to tan,
Yet she the girl for sensible man.
With riches will wrctchedncss often in lif"
Go linl'd, when your riches are got with a
wife,
But marry, and make all the riches you
can,
Like bold independent and scnsib" man.
Look out for girl who is gentle and kind,
And modest and silent, and tell her your
mind;
If she's wise as bcwitching she'll welcome
the plan,
And soon be the wife of a sensible man.
Then cherish her excellence wisely and
kind,
And he to small foihcs indulrcntly kind,
For so YOU make happy, if anything can,
The wife of a sober and sensible mai.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
The Listeners.

Two city boys lost their way in the
woods, and late at night took shelter
in a solitary inn.
At midnight they woke, and, SIT
ting up in bed, heard some one talk
ing in the next room.
The boys put up their ears to the
wainscot, and distinctly heard a voice
say:
"Wifc, get the big kettle ready to-
morrow, for | mean to kill our two
young roguos out Of the town.
The poor BOYS shuddcred.
'Ol., dear, this inn-kecrcr is can
nibal = they whispered softly to each
other. What shall we do?
After moments thought they got
out of bed and sprang out Of the win,
dow, hoping to escape that way. But
one of them hurt his foot so badly IL
jumping that he could go no further
and, besides, the great door Of the
yard was locked. SO they crept int
the pig-sty with the little pigs,and lay
there trembling till morning.
In the morning came the lnnkeeper
He opened the sty-door, sharpened 4
knife, and called out: :
Now, you little rascals, out with
you; your last hour is come.
Both boys set up cry of horror
and begged on their knees to be spar,
ed.
The man was surprised to find then
in the pig-stv and asked them why
they thought him murderer.
Because we heard you say i'll the
night that you would kill US this NOR.
nlng.
Then the innkeeper laughed, anc
said 'Oh, you silly boys | never
meant you | was talking of my lit.
tie pigs, whom in joke | always cal
my little rogues out of the town, be-
cause bought them in the town. But
SO it always is with listeners; as the
rhyme goes:
"Put your ear to the door or wall,
You will hear no good at all.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03
All Right.

How many OF us but use the ex-
preston dozen times a week, and
have it stick in the throat, at
least half of them? 1t is coming to be
a hvpocritical appendage OF business
and social intercourse
A sponger goes behind the counter
cuts oil u dime S worth of tobacco OF
cheese, with all excuse that he wants a
sample and the grocery man say 5
that all right
y customer returns a pair OF shoes
to the dry goods man >oled and lnjur,
ed after half a days wear, yruutlng,
they are too small and the mer-
chant says, that 5 all right.
A church member puts his name
doSn for S25 to pay the preacher, and
when called on, gives only $40, Will
the remark, that times are too hard,
and the parson says, that S all right.
a loater makes regular practice OF
coming into Il printing office, and beg
ging a copy OF the paper, stating that
che just wants to read it, the edition
is short, and the editor groans witt
CHASTITY politeness, "that's all right.
An extravagant debtor tells pa
tent creditor every time he meets
him that he intends to pay the ac
count morrow, certain. and the
poor man turns OFT with that's al
right.
And so it goes. 1t is all wrong
and We say it's all right, and by ou1
want of spirit and independence Ell
courage laziness, imposition, stin9iness
and every other sin under the sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-08-03

A BAD Flx.-A young man who
had always voted with the Republic
can party, until last fall, went over at
that time to the Democrats. A few
days since lie came to Democratic
friend and said:
General, | AIN in a bad fix.
"Why, what is the matter" asked
the General.
"WelI," repied the young man,
"vou see last fall | went over the
Democrats, and now if they 90 over
to Greeley, it leaves me i'll a rcry un-
pleasant predicament; don't you see
it?"
The Chicago Times, Detroit F're'
Press, and Pomeroy's n. Y. Demo-
cyut all repudiate Greeley in the mos,
emphatic manner. Why should they
do otherwise