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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, That the
Orphans Court of Frederick County, Let
tiers Testamcntary upon the estate Of
ZEPHANIAH EYLER,
late of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof duly au-
thenticated, to the subscriber, on or before
the 18th day of May, 1875; they may
otherwise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted
will please make prompt payment
\. i. ORNDORFF.
soy. 1T.4w Administrators
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FOR SHERIFF.

! return my sincere thanks to the voters
of Frederick county for the very hattcring
vote they gave me al the late election. aud
by the advice of very many of them an
nouncc myself as a candidate for Sheriff at
the next election and earnestly solicit their
support. b. q. FlTZlICGH.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

Happiness is unrepresentcd pleas
ure. '..
Our enemies are outward concien-
ces.
The great artist is the slave Of his
ideal.
Morality is but the vestibule Of re-
ligion.
Purity is the feminine, truth the
masculine of honor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

The New Postage Law will be
the cause of the stoppage OF
mrny uf the Local Papers in
the Rural Districts.
Fashions: Worth, the Man Dress
, or attends church regularly and
is religious.
Forney is getting fat on three
shilling Dinners in London.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

E ~ ER
CHANGE OF TINE.
Western Maryland Railroad
I'm and after Sunday, November LIST,
~ 1874, Passenger trains on this road
will run ~ tollown:
EASTWARD.
Leave Williamsport at Gao, n. IN. and
80, p. m.
Leave lIagcrstown at 700a. IN. and 2.10
p. m.
Leave Meclanicstown at sos a. m. and
1923 p. III.
Leave Frederick Junction at $50 a. IN.
and $50 pm ....
Leave Union Bridge at 900 and SAG
a. nj. and 400 p. IN.
Leave New Windsor at 6.19 and 9.O2 AM.
and 4.16p p. NJ.
Leave Westminster at $50 and $50 a. M
and 4.45 p. nj.
Leave Fiuksburg at 7. "a and 1908 =. m
and $40 p. m.
Leave Glen Morris at $50 and l0.10a. IN.
and 5.26 p. m.
Leave lseisterstown at 1888 and 1914 a. IN
and 500 and 100 p. III. .-
Leave Owings' Mills at 7. AZ and 1925
Il. III and SAP p. III.
WESTWARD.
Leave Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, at
500 a. III. and 400 and 5 SO r. nj.
Leave Westminster at 0 80 a. m. and
and $50 and 7.3O y. m.
Leave Mcchanicstown at 1857 a. IN. and
6,51 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS WESTWARD.
Leave Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, at 0. 90
a. M.
Leave Westminster at 1890 a. IN.
SUNDAY TRAINs-EAsTwARD
Leave Union Bridge at $50 p. IN.
Leave New Windsor at 3.4' p. NJ.
Leave Westminster at Ala p. M.
Special City Passenger Cars will bc in
waiting at the Company's office, corner of
Eutaw and Faycttc streets, starting thirt!
minutes previous to starting time from Full
ton Depot, thus connecting with all out
going trains. and Special City Cars will BE-
in waiting AT Fulton Depot on the arrival
of ali traips, enabling passengers to reach
all central and eastern portions of the city.
Stage connections are made with 500
A. NJ. train from Baltimore at Glen Morri,
Station for Ilamstrad and Manchester, anc
ut McclIanicslown for Emmi;sburg
j. NJ. HOOD,
Nov. 3-tf General Manager.
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AGENT.

l have made arrangements by which ]
can furnish almost any kind of Machinery
at the lowest price. and beg that my
friends will purchase through me.
march 14-tf
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Only Il Mistake.

A young man of the town, who
parts his hair in the centre, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is said to have
made slight mistake at the opera
last night. In order to obtain q
clearer perception Of a high note, he
reached in his coat-tail pocket and
brought forth what he thought was an
opera. glass, but what proved indeed
to be a revised compilation Of Derrin-
ger. People in his Immediate vicini-
~ were surprised and somewhat
frightened to see him elevate the or
dinance to his eyes and steadfastly
gaze down into its dark caverns OF
death. 1t was, upon first impression,
thought to be cool, deliberate plan
ned suicide, but when he quietly put
it back in his pocket and brought the
real article into re1uisition, the hor-
ror melted from before tt eyes, and
it became apparent that it was only a
mistake after all. A few hairs, whose
beat lay on the larboard side Of the
young mans skull, had by some
means gotten on the starboard side.
Hence the slight alteration Of mind.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22
ME BEST DRILL.

The Keller Grain, Seed and Fcrtllizing
Drill, the best without a doubt, and IL Drill
without a fault The most perfect Fertliz-
iny distributor in use, to which thousands
Of Farmers will testify who have used it.
Eight hundred of these Drills were sold
in the season of 1872 and $50 short of fill
ing orders.
The Keller can he seen at all the most
prominent points along the Railroads.
Our Agents will take pleasure in showing
Farmers tho important advantages this
Drill has over all Others and give all the
necessary information wanted.
This Drill needs no praise as it has es.
tablishcd its reputation by its own merits
and every drill 10 branded (THE BEsT)
being pronounced so by all who use them.
For information, apply or address,
STEWART & PRICE,
General Agents, Frederick, Md.
Aug 22-3w
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MUSIC!

Kitty Mckay. Song and Chorus Hays, 81
Out in the Snow; or, DrunkarTs
Child. Hays. ...... -. Al
Sweet little May. Song and Chorus.
lays, 8;
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

They call the widow Hay, Of Phil
adelpLia, a grass widow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

I9- The Emperor OF China has sci
a good example in the encouragement
of spinsters. According to a Shang..
hal Journal, he has recently decreed
that special honors be paid to tive
old maids, one of whom lately died
after a life OF devotion to the memory
of her betrothed; while the other, who
is still living, declined in her youth.
full days to make a most tempting
match on the ground that she could
not leave her parents.
WHAT'S virtue but a medicine, and
vice but wound.
There appears to exist a greater de-
sire to live long than to live we'll.
We take greater pains to persuad,
others that We are happy than en-
deavoring to think so ourselves.
Secresy is for the happy--misery
hopeless misery, needs no veil; under
a thousand suns it dares act openly
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-12-22

December is a cold, stormy month.
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Old Caleb. Song and Chorus. Hay, 80
Be still, poor heart. Song and
Chorus. Hays. ...,......... Is
Out on The Sea. Song and Chorus.
Hays, ................. 81
Mailed, postpaid, on receipt of the mark.
ed price, -
by j. L. PETERS. 500 Broadway, N. Y.
aug. S.m
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Follow up the Plow. Song and
Chorus. Hays. ......
My Lost Louise. Song and Chorus.
nays. .......... ........-.
Lennie Darling. Song and Chorus.
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New Songs

New songs
Where has Ida gone? Song and
Chorus. Hays.
Don't forget me, Nellie. Song and
Chorus. Hays, ......... 90.
Nora, the Pride of Kilkcc Song and
Chorus. HAYS. .............
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
PARLOR AND KITCHEN.

PICKLE FOR HAMS. For one hundred
pounds of ham take six gallons of water,
nine pounds of salt, one quart of mo-
lasses, three ounces of saltpeter, and
one ounce of saleratus. When ready to
smoke they can be soaked and fresh
ened to taste, if too salt.
SPONGE CAKE-One cup of sugar, one
cup of flour, sifted, four large of five
small eggs. Beat the sugar and yolks
nicely tngether. Beat the whites to a
stiff froth, add to the sugar and yolks !;
then stir in the flour. One teaspoonful
of essence of lemon. Bake in quick
oven.
TO MAKE SHIRT -BosoMs GLOSSY. Dis
solve three ounces of clean, powdered,
white gum Arabic in one pint of water.
When thoroughly dissolved, strain it
through piece of cotton cloth, and
bottle for use One tablespoonful of
this gum water, added to a pint of
starch, will give beautiful smooth
gloss to cotton or linen fabrics.
WASHING POWDERS. Dissolve two
pounds of soap in five and half gallons
of nearly boiling water, and to this add
three large tablespoonfuls of ammonia,
and one of spirits of turpentipe. In
this the linen is to be soaked for three
hours, when it is readily cleansed, re
quiring but little rubbing. Ammonia
does not affect linen fiber as soda does.
CoRF FOR EARAoHE, Children arg
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
Iron Manufacture i'm PENNSYLVANIA.

In conversation with leading iron
master, IA few days ago, reporter of
the Allentown Pa.) Chronicle learned
that most of the furnaces in the country
are preparing to go into blast again, as
buyers who have been holding off for
lower prices are convinced that iron
will sell no cheaper for the present, and
are sending in their orders, thus Great
ing revival in the trade. The same
authority predicts that next winter the
dullness in iron will equal that which
we just experienced, and says there will
be more iron manufactured in the coun-
try this coming spring than there will
be next fall. The American Iron and
Steel Association have ascertained by a
thorough canvass of the country, that
there are in the United States 864 blast
furnaces in working condition, capable
of an annual production of 100000
tons of pig iron, a quantity greater
than the country can consume at
present, and these furnaces, encouraged
by the present demand for iron, will go
to work, SO that before next fall the de-
mand will be supplied and another ces-
sation will be occasioned.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
HunlOr.

STRAINING sweetness Kissing through
a vail.
RHODE ISLAND will try and make room
for grange or two.
WANTED, needle to sew patch on
the pants of tired dog.
WHY should artists drink paint? Be-
cause it suits their palate.
AS twice eleven is twenty-five, how
can twice ten be twenty too?
A POOR family in Green Bay had to
mortgage their six dogs, last week, to
get a barrel of -four. The case is pitt
able.
AT what time of life may man be
said to belong to the vegetable king
dom? When long experience has made
him sage.
WHAT is the difference between
farmer and bottle of whisky? The
farmer husbands the corn and the bottle
of whisky corns the husband.
The advent of wildcat broke up
wedding in Missouri, the other evening.
The young ladies didn't like the new
claws which the catamount sought to
introduce into the ceremonies.
The father of Brigham Young was
Methodist, but an eccentric man. He
wanted his children to be Christians
and, as a means of making them such,
he promised to give sheep to the one
who would kneel and make the best
prayer. They all knelt, and Brigham
obtained the prize.
A CRoss-EYED man cast gloom over
a Detroit street-car, last Wednesday, by
asking one of seven men and strangers
on the opposite seat "if he had any
chewing tobacco handy" First the
seven strangers looked at each other
then the seven hands went pocketward
and, observing this motion, each of the
seven supposed his neighbor the one
spoken to, and the seven hands returned
empty The cross-eyed man cast a
ricochet glance of Indignation along the
line, and with the remark, ga sweet
scented lot of generous roosters," took
a chew of his own tobacco.
A RESIDENCE on Buchanan street, In
dianapolis, has the following conspicu-
ously posted up in 'front.'
..NO YoUNGE man ALLOWED
come And COJRTE my
DARTER UNLESS
he has s250.00 to PAY DOWN
HOUSE and Lot
balance i'll II 4 yeares
for san. by me. WITHIN"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
ALEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND

sometimes afflicted with earache to an
alarming extent, and there is sometimes
a difficulty in obtaining an efectual
the household says that she takes Il
piece of salt pork an inch or more long,
and half an inch square cut down one
end to fit the ear, and insert it, taking
care to have the piece too large to slip
in. Tie a handkerchief to keep it in
place, if the child will allow it. She
also used pork for sore throat, Group
and lung colds. Cut slices half an inch
thick, dip in warm water, sprinkle on a
little pepper. and sew on flannel. She
has used pork for earache especially,
and always found it to give instant re-
lief.
RICE PuDDING.-One quart of new
milk, one cupful of seeded raisins, two
thirds of Il cupful of rice Keep it hot
in II saucepan on the back part of the
stove for two hours, or until the rice is
soft enough. Then add one quart of
milk, one cupful of sugar, and when
cool enough, two eggs (the yolkes and
whites beaten separately until they are
frothy), piece of butter the size of o
walnut, and a very little salt. Mix
carefully, so as not to break the rice,
and bake about half or three quarters
of an hour.
CARE OF CANARY BIRDS. s.-Hang the
cage where the drafts do not strike the
bird. Give canary and rape seed,
plenty of fresh water, cutie fish bone,
and clean gravel on the bottom of the
cage often. Also, give the birds fresh
water to bathe in every day. After they
have bathed, remove the dish, which
should be shallow. The room should
not be over-heated. Do not give them
cake or sugar. When moulting, feed
them on rape seed slightly moistened.
Hard boiled egg and crackers grated
are excellent. Bed seed will kill birds.
Cabbage and sweet apples are good for
them, and now and then a fig. Plan
tain seed is also wholesome food for
them, and they are extravagantly fond
of it, often eating that when they reject
most other kinds of food. When you
go out for walk, be sure to gather q
sprig for your pet, and before frost
gather and dry some for winter use.
With moderate care the little songstress
will repay your attention with sweet
notes of Joy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21

David Livingstone, the soldier of civil
ization, the missionary of humanity,
has died in the midst of his discoveries.
The element of sadness about his end
cannot efface the glory which attaches
to life's work we'll done-to career
of real hcroism and self-sacrifice, closed
amid the scenes of it's greatest triumphs.
When we say that DIR. Livingstone made
great and brilliant contributions to geo.
logical knowledge-that he blotted out a
southern Sahara from the map of
Africa and substituted in its stead q
beautiful and fertile region filled with
no lie lakes, rivers and mountains-we
have only touched upon one side of the
work of the great explorer. For more
than thirty-five years, Livingstone has
devoted himself to opening up the
interior of Africa to civilized inter
course, that he might secure the abo-
lition of the slave trade and the eleva-
ton of the negro race. The recent
treaty made for that end with the Sultan
of Zanzibar was probably regarded by
Livingstone as greater triumph than
would have been the discovery of the
veritable source of the Nile. Sir
Samuel Bakers recent expedition to the
head of the White Nile has shed q new
light upon the endless ramifcations and
the enormous extent of the African trade
in human flesh. The great lake basin
of equatorial Africa to whose explor-
alton Livingstone has contributed by
far the largest share, teens with popu-
lation. and presents a hunting ground
for man-stealers with which no other
part of the continent can compare. If
Livingstone has succeeded in showing
the European trader path and a mar
ket for commodities through this vast
region, and has thus sealed the doom
of the Arab man-stealers, he has full
filled what has undoubtedly been the
main object of his life.
1t is too soon to speculate about Liv-
ingstone's success in solving the great
geographical problems that formed the
immediate subject of his labors. Near
ly two years of Livingstone's wander
ings remain unaccounted for between
his latest recorded visit to Unyanyembe,
and the journey thithcr in the course of
which he died. During that period he
may,have explored more thoroughly than
heretofore the chain of lakes lying to
the west of Tanganyika, and where he
hoped to find the last secret of the Nile.
The fact that the expedition which
found Livingstone and in whose com
pany he died, was on the way from Lake
Bemba to Unyanyembe-a journey of
at least 700 miles-seems to bear out
this view, and this also tallies with the
plan he is said to have marked out for
himself in the beginning of 1872.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21

much harassed your minds. You see,
gentlemen, that wash-basin, and in the
chimney corner you will notice few
burning embers, and in my hands you
will notice an article concerning which
/ hope there can be no mistake and,
gentlemen, by putting all these things
together, you will easily discover that at
an appointed time every Saturday after
noon"
"That you do what p cried several
Wash 0nd dry my Oacn shirt for
,Stotday."
The room was cleared in an instant,
and that night "the mysterious lodger"
paid his board and left the house for
ever
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
Ages of our COngressmen.

The united ages of II Senators arc
3, 1870 years, or an average of 43 years
and nearly 3 months each. The ages of
3 are not given. The actual years in
the total of them given is 1910 years,
Cameron is IA, Dorsey, just over 81.
There are 5 under 40 years, 26 over 40
and under so, and a number from so to
SO, while there are ten from 60 to SO,
and | over 20. There are Is ex-Govern-
ors, Is Representatives, l ex-Nice-
President, 2 ex-Cabinet officers, 3 once
Ministers abroad, 3 Presidential cleo
tors, 3 ex-Lieutenant Governors, and Is
who have seen military service. One of
the Senatorial soldiers was private, 7
Major Generals q in the rebel service),
and Brigadiers q in the rebel army;
was a chaplin and another a surgeon.
OF occupations among Senators, 36 arc
lawyers, planters, railroad presidents
4 who have been or are printers and ed
itors, l lumber dealer, l civil engineer,
2 manufacturers, 5 merchants, / II miner
in Nevada, and another coal miner and
banker. Two Senators have been reg
ularly apprenticed to the carpenters
trade-Brownlow and Oglesby. Eight
have neld hlgh judicial posltlons, D
have been Chief Justices in their states.
One Senator has held office ever since
leaving college "a have received a col
legiate, 10 an academic, and II com
mon school education. Pennsylvania
claims 8 SSenators, 3 of whom have 'car-
pet-bagged" in the south and 3 others
in the north, New York claims and
Massachusetts 5 !; Virginia and Maine
claim as many. Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
Infant Mortality.

OF the people who die in our cities, a
trifie more than half are children under
5 years of age. The diseases that cause
this infant mortality are many, but their
causes are few. Roughly stated, they
are bad ventilation, defective drainage,
and adulterated milk. The landowners
who build air-tight tenement-houses,
the city that leaves it's sewerage undug
and it's parks unopened, and the dairy
men who feed their cows on garbage and
then dilute the poisoned milk they yield
these three unite to play Herod and
cause the modern slaughter of the inno-
cents. tits not strange that so many chill
dren die the only wonder is that more
of them do not give up the ghost of life
that clipgs to their bodies. Mans
inhumanity to man" is bad enough, but
mans barbarity to children is worse.-
Chicago Tribune.
THE profits of aaloon-keepers busi-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21

In the Island of Crete it is customary
for tho friends and relations of married
couples to give expression to their re-
ioicing by firing off pistols and guns at
the conclusion of the nuptial ceremony,
when they are generally drunk. On
the occasion of recent wedding a
Young man who had returned home to
replenish his powder flask entered the
cellar where the powder was kept with
a lighted candle in his hand. A few
moments after he had reached his house
a frightful explosion was heard, the
building and the three adjoining houses
being blown to fragments. The remains
of the young man were found at con"
siderable distance,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-21
A Successful Battle with a Deer.

Last Monday euening a deer was run
off the mountain by some hunters.
Late in the evening the deer came in
the neighborhood of Decherd, pur-
sued by some hounds which were pretty
well run down. Mr.. Mike Madden,
finding it out, put his hounds, which
We're fresh, in pursuit. The deer being
pretty well tagged, and fresh hounds in
pursuit, took refuge in the creek just
back of Mr.. Hockersmith' where he
fought the dogs off until Mr.. Madden
came up. He being bold and resolute
man, at once bulged in the creek and
laid hold of the deer, when desperate
struggle ensued. The deer would drag
him out of the water and back again !;
but after long struggle, and in great
danger of getting badly hurt, he finally
killed him. The deer proved to be a
fine, large buck, with rather an extra rig
of horns. - Winchester (7enn.) Jour-
nal
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VOLUME I'LL.
THE OLD CLOCK IN THE CORNER.

THE OLD CLOCK IN THE CORNER.
The leahess trees are brown and bare;
The snow1akes sweep through the frosty air.
With the wntry wind they sport and play,
As it woarily whistles the night away.
The time-worn clock in the stands.
With faded dial and rusted hands.
With ccaseess motion its pendulum swings,
And this is the doleful song it sings
-tick-tick! There arc smiles and tears
In the mournful tale of a hundred years.
The voice of Memory, soft and low,
Whispers Tonight of the long ago.
There friends you loved, there are hopes most
dear,
That are dead and gone with the old, old year
Spiders have woven their silkcn thread
In the dingy corner overhead.
Mid the endless dust of the busy day
That hands now pulselcss have swept away.
Thoughts aud dreams of the old and new
Pass before me in fond review.
] have watched the play of a rosy child;
And the tender gaze of a youth that smiled
In raptures over picture fair
And tiny curl of golden hair.
have seen him look with manly pride
On the fair, sweet face of his made bride.
have heard an infants plaintive cry;
And careworn mothers weary sigh;
And aged father. old and gray,
Talking OF years that had gone away
have seen the shadowy pail and bier,
The lifeless form, and the mourner's tear;
And have heard these words, so often said
Tendery, over the dear ones dead:
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Life is heeting and God is just.
Memory, fond Memory. thou phantom of our
wo!
Thou sweet reminder of the hopes and dreams of
long ago!
Thou living shadow of the soul, that ever comes at
will,
When human lips have ceased to speak, and human
hearts still