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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

a STORY comes from India equalling
In horror the most fearful fable OF
Grecian mythology. a woman. at
Ghezepoor, having cut her infant step
son in pieces, roasted the remains. and
served them tor her husbands supper.
He discovered finger in the dish. and
and delivered his wife to the custody
Of the police.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

Mrs. STUART. OF La Crosse, didn't
have any appetite, and Mr.. Stuart at
tempted to crowd turuip down her
throat. His philanthropic motives
were misunderstood, and he went to
jail for six months.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

A YOUNG married man at Brattle.
boro, VT. concluding that rum has
killed thousands. poured - gallons of
prime brandy into the river, and, with
a lawyer as a witness and uprolled
eyeballs. swore of tor ever.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

GAIL HAMILTON thinks that Joseph
was the gentleman OF Genesis. II Gen.
esis In these days were dependent on
gentlemen Ike Joseph there wouldn't
be any Genesis.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

IT Is painful to contemplate the in
dustry Of young man who ATTEMPTS
to haul on $l6 pair of tigh: boots
aud splits \ $40 dress coat in doing so.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

IN AND AFTER OCTOBER 6, 1878,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
The Rich and the Poor.

Poverty puts a fearful strain on q
mans honesty. The poor man who
lives an honest life is entitled to more
credit than the man of wealth. The
one is forced to fight against 'tempta-
tons, which come to him under the
guise OF Want and necessity; the
other hos no motive except greed
Or ambition to tempt him from the
pa.h Of zee vvittadc. Iet when the poo,
man Gins against The laws Of the land
how few sympathize with him, or
shield him frcm the penalty incurred.
lie has no friends and the heaviest
punishment that can be inflicted is
considered light enough for him.
When the prison doors close behind
him, hope is shut out forever, for he
knows that the pardoning power
will never be asked to interfere in
his behalf. But the rich criminal is
looked upon as simply unfortunate;
he is lionized. Justice bows in his
presence, and seems to ask his pardon
for the unpleasant relation which it
bears towards him. If he is con-
victcd it is an exceptional case, his
sentence is made as light as possible,
his prison life is lightened by pleas
ant employment, and cheerful as
surance that his confinement will be
short; and soon he walks forth, the
recipient Of executive clemency.
This is wrong. L, any distinction is
to be made in the treatment Of Grim
inals, we would favor leniency to the
poor and severity to the rich. The
one may have been driven to the
commission Of crime by cruel want;
the other has TO reasonable excuse.
An empty stomach, a starving family,
a forlorn garrct or cellar are serious
obstacles to perfect integrity, If we
would rerress crime among the poor,
We must first seek to better their
condition; afford them means Of OBJ
tanning an honest living, and few
will prefer from choice to seek q
dishonest one. The poor man should
receive good wages for his labor,
and should not be robbed, as too ma
ny now are, by the wealthy and avari-
cious, We believe the largest per
cent. of honesty is found among the
poor Of the land
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

ZACHARY TAYLoA's GRAVE. -- OF
the present condition Of the surround
;ngs Of the grave ef the late President
Zichary Taylor, the Louisville ta"flcr
Journal says:
Between five and six miles from
tho city, on IN obscure ne ghborhood
goad, Il quarter Of a mile from the
Rrownsboro' road, rest the reIains Of
tho twelfth President Of the United
States-Z,chary Taylor. The grave
is situated in the northeast corner of
the Taylor f4un, AID it is morifying
to relate that it is in sadly reelected
condition ~- underbrush, weeds and
silauthus trees rendering it very diff
sicult of access. 10 ,nonur,nu, has
ever been erected to Gen. T@yl At ;
memory. The remains l'- i.2 a nlaln
vault, built in the side ot y hill with
a marble slab over tnn door, bearing
the inscription: 4. T*yIrr, Born
Nov. "a, 1854 Died July g 1880. -
The services rendered hy this tsato,
yool- -n.turel old soldier deserve haon
umantal recognition. \ gentleman,
who recently visited the grave said
TO u reporter OF this paper; AS /
stood there, with head uncovered my
mind reverted to NY toyhood days,
and remembered Il solemn funeral
co1tege at rhil'del phia, the city in
mourning, public buildings aud prl-
vate residences drarei in black, a
hush all over the city, sadness depicted
in every face: for the great, brave
old Gen. Taylor WAS dead. The whole
nation, in fact, modrned his loss.
Twcnty-thrce years after this | find
nlvself at bis grave, near Louisville
and am impressed with the fact that
the nations dead are soon forgotten,
The place does, indeed, appear for
gotten. A stone incloses the
little graveyard, and rusty aud un-
used iron gate frowns upon the visitor,
1t evidently has not been opened for
wears. Col. Richard Taylor is buried
to the right Of Gen. Taylor, An obe
lisk, eighteen feet high, is erected
over his grave, bearing the inscrip-
tion: Col. Richard Taylor, a soldier
of the Revolutionary war, and ma
tive Of Orange county, Virginia; born
April 3, l744; died January -, 1929.
Col. Taylor came to this State while
his son, Zachary, was an infant, and
settled on the plantation where he is
now buried"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

GAME LAW. - We copy the fol,
lowing from an exchange:
Deer may be killed from tho fir<t
day Of September to the 3lst day Of
December.
Plover may bc killed from th'
first day of August to December 31s'
Snipe may be killed from the first
day Of September to the Goth day
Of April.
WooIcock may be killed from The
first day Of August to December 3ls'
Quail or partridges may be killed
from the first of November to Deccm,
Der 3lst.
Pheasants or pinnated grouse, from
the first day of September to Decem,
Der 3lst.
Rail bird and reed birds may b."
killed from tho first day of Septem
Der to December 3lst.
Wild turkeys may be killed from
October lst to December 3lst.
Rabbits msy be killed from Octo
Der lst to December 3lst.
No person shall at any timo
within this State, kill any robbin,
thursh, lark, flicker, finch or wood
pecker, or any other insectiverou@
bird, under a penalty of S. for each
bird,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

BREAD.-- Who was it that first
made bread? All the learned historians
plead ignorance when asked this
question. The Greeks, indeed, say
they were taught to make bread by
their good Pan. But there is reason
to believe that the Egyptians under
stood tho art Of making bread before
Grecians, and perhaps Pan stole his
knowledge from them. The ancient
Egyptians were celebrated ier the
excellence of their bread, and SC
we're the Chaldeans. If you read
with care the story of Abraham, in
the bible, you will find that he speaks
of making unleavened bread and
cakes, but that he makes no mention
of leavened brcad-that is raised
bread. But leayened bread was
known to the Jews in the time el
Moses.
1t was not until nearly six hun
dred years after the foundation Of
Rome that bread making was intro
duced in that city. Then The Ho'
mans conquered Greece, and brought
Grecian bakers to Rome to practice
their art. In the time OF Augussu;
there were three hundred and twenty.
nine public bake-houscs in Rome,
nearly all managed by Greeks
From Tome the art of brcad-makine
spread throughout Italy and to the
north. But in Norway and Sweden
up to the middle Of the sixteenth
century, the people knew nothing Of
bread makins and they kncaded theil
rye in water, making it into cakes
without raising" Even now in
some districts, bread is seldom tasted
except by the rich; the peasants eating
cakes as hard as bricks instead, which
are baked only twice a year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
sa- Murder, theft, drunkcnne.

n@- Murder, theft, drunkenness,
seduction, suicide, incest, bigamy,
rape, railroad slaughters, boiler ex-
plosions, are the common occurrences
of the day, crowding newspapers with
detailed accounts thereof, and keep
ing the telegraph wires constantly
employed in transmitting their hor-
rible truths. There was never period
in the history Of the world, when the
people we're go familiarized with crime
as now. 1t is the staple news of the
day, one CHASTITY event following an
other in bloody improvement, until
the morbid desire for the horrible
waits impatiently for the awful. We
are drifting into condition of society
when human life will be the cheapest
of all possessions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
'sCATOCTIN CLARION,
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

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OF the News Of tho Day Historical
sketch of Past Events in Frederick county;
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Local Intelligence, and rare selection OF
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1TEnMs-$1 so in advance ~ 90 at the
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eB- Single copies-5 cents
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Transient Advertisements to bo paid for
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One Square, four insertions or less VI 6n
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Twelve lines constitute square
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JOB PRINTING executed with neat
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Materials all new and a good impression
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

STRANGE FEEAK.-A lady represen-
ting herself as the granddaughter OF
the great Napoleon has taken posses
sion of the Bonaparte mansion at Bor-
dentown, n. J., and refuses to leave
it. She is apparently n woman OF
refinement, q fluent talker, and IS
sues orders to the occupants in an
imperious tone. The agent of the
property is now absent, and those
who have charge while he is away
are placed in a quandary as to
what action they will take i'll ref
erence to this strange lady, who
Will not leave peacsably, and cannot
be turned out toroihly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
s6y~ When a man has made up biz

HRO w ACiA g h4"A AAo~o AA@"Nsv r -
mind 10 20 it-no matter what "it
may be-we like to see him 60 it to
the fullness Of his length. Such is
the style of the Rev. Benjamin I. Lane
of South Framingham, Mass. He is
Lane in whom there is 70 turning,
whether he be a long or short Lane.
This Benjamin dearly loves the other
Benjamin, whose middle name begins
with F, and whose last name is But
Ter. Nor does the Parson shrin,. from
anything in his championship CT the
Back Pay Brave. He has proclaimed
to the world that he is much SUI
prised that any Member of Congress
should be SO ignorant, mean and cow.
ardly, as to return his back pay
Well, now, this is taking new view
of the matter Why, did the Rev.
BENJAMIN ever read in his Bible how
Judas, When he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and
brought again the thirty pieces of sill
YER to the chief priests and elders,
Saying, have sinned in that have
betrayed innocent blood. And they
said, What is that to us? Sce thou
to that. And he cast down the pieces
OF silver in the temple, and went and
departed, and went and hanged him
self" (Matthew xxi, 3-5,) We have
always thought this restitution to be
about the best thing that Judas is re-
corded to Lavc done. We have no
reason to believe that at the time it
was considered "an ignorant, mean or
cowardly proceeding,' at least not by
anybody except the Chief Priests, the
Reverend Benjamins Of that day. We
have, it is true, thought that when
Judas hanged himself, he went too
far. We say this for the benefit Of
the Members Of Congress who are
likely to feel like hanging themselv
when they come to a Just sense OF their
mistake. Our opinion is that they
had better not, but if they insist upon
doing it, why --. Well this is
Il free country. We say no more.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

nsn.- The Farmers movement in
the west is taking form for powerful
action. The latest step is the estab-
lishment Of a new paper at Chicago,
The Mdu$hiol .1qe, devoted to the
defence of the agricultural interest
The first number is marked by decided
ability and visor, and it cannot fail
to make a strong impression on the
popular mind. Relying on the
power of reason to combat error and
injustice, and seeking only by peaceful
means the remedy of grievances, the
cause commands the respect and SYM
pathy of enlightened and upright men
Of all pursuits in life. The farmers
and others will find in the new paper
the champion of their principles.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

Rev A honest method to raise the
wind selling fans.
To be aboveboard stay away frou
boarding houses.
The kite-tlyins season has set in all
oyer town.
The hickory nut outlook is good,
The Shah will bo new style OF
ladies cloaks this winter. It's u
sort Of shawl.
Old-tilne relics are accommodating
in Pennsylvania for exhibition at the
Centennial.
A Boston dairyman has been fined
5000 for not putting enough milk in
his water.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
ASr Fans are fluttering YET t.

Frostburg. Nd, has becn visited
BY frost,
Massachusetts elocts a Governor
every year.
The yelocipede idiocy has again
broken out.
Is there anything moro a-gnawins
than rats
st. Louis leads the world in grind
ing out -four.
Glass poster type is being made in
New York,
The days are getting short er ant
sweeter, and the air more bracing,
GIVE open the hearts of others
WAon we Qlen our own.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20


sEa- When we come to consider the
different amounts paid to the differ
ent members of the royal family of
England as annuities out of the Con-
solidated Fund, we begin to see what
an expensive luxury regality is. Her
Majesty heads the list, She receives
G3S5,0O0 a year, which is little
$1,000 per diem, or about $5,000.--
Even the Duchess of Teck has $4,000
year, or 4l3 and little over a day,
and the Duchess of Mecklenburg Sire
litz $4,000 a year, or ES As. sd. a
day. The Prince of Wales has G40,-
600 per annum, or 9l09 day. The
whole amount paid to these pension
ers out of the Fund is 3l7, ,366,G66
lbs. 4d Add to this that the Queen
also gets $4,000 year from the
Duchy of Lancaster, and the Prince
Of Wales 100000 from the Duchy of
Cornwall. But the English people
have one comfort which seems to be
denied to us Republicans when we
are swindled by our magnates. 1t is
not their own fault; they cannot
help themselves, as we could if We
stopped giving up to party what is
due to our own pockets. Moreover,
we have never heard of the Queen or
any Of her children clamoring for
Back Pay.
Coffee is made out of potatoes in
California.
CLANS arc good for children to cut
teeth on,
English locomotives have no car
catchers.
On account Of smuggling the laoo
trade has become unprotltable,
A hustle is visible in every husi-
ness thoroughfare,
Philadel phia has likewise tired of
dummy engines, but dummy papers
are essential 10 its existence.
The season will be very late at
Long Branch. Tho cottagers are
anticipating full month more Of per-
feet enjoyment,
If the isothermal line wss a little
hotter Oregon fig culture would pay.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20
s9-A dissipated but wealthy citize'

s0-A dissipated but wealthy citizen
Of Cincinnati, while too full ofspirits
saw flag hanging out of on enlist
ment office, and went in to soc wha
day was celebrated. Seeing a mum
Der of men in uniform sitting around,
he was convinced that the liberty Of
his country was in danger, and at
once enrolled his name among tn
recruits. When he become sober h.,
discovered that he could not make "
Joke of the affair, and his father, moth
er and wife, who are greatly alarmed
at his prospects, will use every exortlon
to get him, discharged-a thing tha
War Department. only does for
"cause
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

sea- TALK about the curiosity of
women. VIZ will back a fly ag,ipst
any woman. Just watch him as he
gaylv travcrses bald m,n' $ Uranium,
halts on the eyelid, and taking cur
sorry glance around him, wAltzes over
to the end Of the nose; peeps up one
nostril, and having satisfied his curi
osity thore, Curyettc. over t NJ u1Nar
lip, and takes a glance up the other.
With satisfactory smile at having
seen all there is to be seen there he
makes a bee line for the chin, stop
eing a mcMent tc explore the cavity
formed by the closed Ii p, Arriving
at the chin, he takes notion 20 CREEP
down undcr the shirt collar. but sud
denly heSta;ng, he turns around a.
if he had forgotten something, and
proceeds toan exploration Of the ears.
This concluded, he carries out hi, or
iginal intention, and disappears be-
tween the neck AMI shirt collar en-
erging after the lapse o. some min
uets, with an air seeming to say he
has performed his duty. WHAT ma' =
ters the frantic attempt to catcA him,
the enraged gestures and the profanc
language: They disturb his equauimi-
ty not a moment; driven from one
spot he alishts on another; he find:
he has got a duty TO perform and he
| does it. Luprthce Amcftrd2l.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

be- There is sheriff in onc cf the
border counties Of Texas, who, accord
ing to the local fapers, understands
his duty to keep his prisoners cut CT
the hands of the Regulators, ut all
hazards, and does il toe. The other
day he feared that two Of them he
WAS conveying to jail would be lynclcd
and hang in Il bung!ing manner, and
50 he ran them Oft a bridge and grace
fully drowned them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

n4y- The first person to make the
ascent OF Pixies Peak, Colorado Ter
ritory, Oh horseback. was Miss Anna
Dickinson, who performed that fool
hardy feat few days since.
s@" Not less than three gifted wri-
tors Of Richmond, Virginia, are said
to be engaged on AS many lives of
jefferson Davis. and none of them
have finished it. Six feet Of rope.
however, would bring it to an end IN
q few minutes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

s~A WOMAN recently had her
cat killed by an Official. In revenge
she caught about fifty mice, enclosed
them in box and sent them to the
officers, who suspectiug nothing,
opened tho package, and was horriie'l
to see the vermiu jump out and run
all over his place. There was a note
in the box saying, "You have killed
my cat; | have therefore the honor to
send you my mice.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

1t is is predicted that oysters will
be plentiful and cheap this fall and
winter.
Chicago has postal street cars and
they are 4 success.
Heavy freshets are reported in va =
rious parts of the Northwest.
Flannel and coal will be higher q
month hence.
The peach shipments from Delaware
now reach 100000 of baskets.
All is quiet along the Upper Mo-
nocacy.
The coal trade in this place is be-
coming decidedly brisk.
Helena, Montana, is to have a
SIS, 900 cathedral
Capital Hill, Washington, is to have
o new hotel costing 100000,
Detroit has found Host of counter
feiters after the birds have flown.
Cape May claims The most success
full season except in drowning aoci-
dents.
The hooking bird cant initiate the
bobolink. aud its tho only bird it
can't,
pay The gentleman who asserted
that his friend never opened his
mouth without putting his foot in
it, being called npon to apologize,
said he was very sorry, but when
he made tho assertion he did not
see tho siae Of his friends foot.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

ass~ This is an astonishing season
for snakes. They are so abundant
that no editor need cry for them, no
newspaper be without them. The
latest intelligence Of these interesting
animals comes from the west, where
tAoy seom to be particularly lively
and pleasant. One of them, several
yards long, and ornamontel with
knobs all, over him, drags his 81 ow
length through tho Des Moines River,
to the pride and delight Of the dwell
ers along the bank. Another Of a
more aspiring turn has been observed
promenading through the sky in Kan
sas and Texas. He is said to be of the
siao and length OF telegraph pole,
and Of yellow color, while his move
ments among tho clouds are exceed
ingly graceful. Every successive
story is more extraordinary than the
last, and where tho snappers-up OF
unconsidored tritles, who relate them,
expect to so to when they leave this
sphere is more than a conscientious
editor can say,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

s'.;s" THE Hyden expedition on the
Snake and Madison rivers have made
some new discoveries. This region i
the water divided of the continent
Indeed there is a tradition of rive,
here, p'rt Of whose waters flow into
one ocean and part into the other
Here within radius of ten miles
may Dc found the sources Of three
of the greatest rivers in America
The elevation is from seven to eight
thousand feet above the sea, while thu
mountains, covered with perpotua
snow, tower above to the height o
twelve thousand feet. From thi
elevated region the Missouri descend
to the Gulf Of Mexico, the Green rive.
to the Colorado and the Gulf of Cal
ifornia, and the Snake river 10 th'
Columbia and the Pacific. At the
upper end Of Lake Shoshone a new
gcyser basin has been discove red
with from scyenty-tive to one hundret
springs, bordcred by orabesque orna
mentation more striking even thar
those in Fire Hole Basin. From on
mountain here four hundred an,
seventy peaks can be seen, and th
area swept by the eye is hardly les
than tho enormous extent Of fft,
thousand square miles, embracing
large portion of Wyoming, Montana
Idaho, and Utah Territories.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

st. Paul complains that a bunch
of six paraire chickens, sent twenty
miles by railroad, is only bunch Of
too chickens when arriving at the
stopping point,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

nsg" Ruta Bagas, sliced, are the de-
licacies served out by the Jacksonville
ladies, on festive occasions. Young
euts turn up their noses at the fruit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-09-20

GRANT AND BREcKINRID DGE. Gen
eral John G. Breckiurid &c recently, at
Long Branch, called on the President,
whom he had not seen since the Mex
lean war, where they were fellow off,
GERS Although Breckinridge has been
frequently in Washington since the
close of the war, he did not think it
would be delicate for him to visit the
President in the Executive Mansion
He was accompanied to the Presidents S
cottage by Mr.. john Hoey, No allu-
sion whatever was made to the late
war. The President greeted Mr.
Areckinridso kindly, an d referred to
the last time they met. There is but
years difference between the ages
Of the two gentlemen, Grant being az
and Breckinrldge 81,