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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

A Vtstr TO TILE MoDocs. par
ty Of gentlemen and nine ladies paid
visit recently to the camp OF the few
survivors Of the Modoc tribe. The
Indians were found to be quite con-
tented, though their reservation is
very scanty and some Of their lodges
are very comfortless. Bogus Charlie
is now recognized as chief. He is in
telligent, speaks English luently and
can read slowly. Captain Jack 8
young widow, Lizzie, has ceased to
mourn for her late Lord. and having
washed the black paint from her face,
looks no more unconsolable than some
"pale faced" widow of a years stand
ing. Two ladies of tho visiting party
had the novei experience of playing
a game CT croquet with Bogls Charlie
aud Shacknasty jim, each Of the Mo-
docs having a lady partner. How
must the fair companion Of the red
players been impressed by the con-
trsst between that pI ture and the
bloody scenes CT the lava beds, the
fatal rendezvous, and the death of the
gallant Canbyl 1t seems that even
the stoicisp Of the red man is not
proof against the excitement C: the
balls and nallet. Charlie having
made y tad play, 5im said tc him
tauntingly, "You make bad medI-
cine Presently jim made 3 poor
stroke, and Charlie cried exnltartly,
Vow make mach bad medicine.
Ugh" retort-l jim, take sonc you
made" And thus these red warriors,
who SC Ions aefea the military power
,f the nation, knd aln1sement in play
ing crolnet and their ckicf cccHpa-
lion IS making baskets and shooting
1T nickles at t,e Nco,ho Fair.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
Beauties of Manhood.

To the boy, the world beyond his
immediate surroundings Is only pic.
ture. He doea not know how real are
the sorrows, the passions, the ambi-
tlons Of men, Its absorbing interests,
its heroes and its martyrs are heard Of
by him without understanding or
with Indifference, His sport, his les
sons, his home life, are alone real.
But there will come q change. The
ordinary slow growth i.to manhood,
with its business or professional pug-
suits and widening relations or start
ling events, such as the death Of a
parent, or some intellectual or spirit
ual appeal, striking out the latent soul,
will make vivid and earnest what Was
indistinct and uninteresting,
Like stercscopc picture before ii
is put in the sterescope, the lie Of
uan has no body or reality; but when
the boy awakens as with the picture
within the instrument 50 with him, q
soIiaty and naturAlness will be sc
quired BY the external world, and he
will feel what it is henceforth to live
J
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
li4cIeSs Locomotives.

An experiment has recently been
made in Chicago oa one Of the street
railways. In front of the cars was
the motive power contained IN u
small. compact and neat locomotive,
ma"iprlAt.d Ivy an engineer. This
WIS the fireless locomotive. II con.
sisted Of boiler S feet long by 3 feet
in diameter and tie usual machinery
on small scale. There we're no fuel
no FIRE, &c fireman. The steam was
supplied! for the rornl trip Of SIX
miles before starting. At the depot
was a supply roiIer l6 feet by 8 feet
in which steam WAS generated Intll
two hnnlrel.rcurI pressure was in
lIra'ed ny the steam rtc1 e. The 10
connective boiler Was three. tourths full
Of celi water. ics:e,A cf boiling this
oY means O " '''e '"" '"'''"S 'He pres
SNr" to required he'shth, the st'a'n
wa' int7o"n~ ed lrem The SNrr,y boiler
fhFo'S" ~ 'ron '"'''' ne IRON ''o"
was c'n"et'"' VIZ" 'h' 'oeo'"'''T'
ooNer' ,N' I'''eF r"""'"S "n'er ''''
'"''F along 'he oo''oh' OF 'ne oo'Ie'
'"' ,"'''"S o"' "a" >.'''" a. IL was
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IL" '"''"2o the co'' water PeF'he''en
H. ""', T."'N'y t"'>e1 l'S !FesS"re '"'
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

Most men and women must keep in
the traces, anl keep pulling the year
arounl. Ail the more, therefore, is
it their duty to take things easier as
hot weather comes on. Take longer
rest at noon. Put on less steam when
You are at work. Snatch Sunlay now
and then from the middle Of the week
You cant? You can People find
time to be sick and die. They can
inst as easy find time to rest and keep
well. Everything does not depend
Oh finishing that dress or fencing that
field; or "putting up so much fruit
or catching so many customers. Bet
ter that the children should wear old
clothes than that their mother should
be lid aside With fever. Better that
the corn crop be less than no one to
harvest it. Let us have shorter sermons
and r9Ncr of them on Sunday; longer
receases for the children at schoo, on
week days. Putup the store shutter
earlier at night; prepare palmer meals
in the kitchen. Take a noon day nap
yourself and give employees chance
to 60 fishing Of an afternoon now
aud tuen. That only is duty which
the Lord lays upon us and he is not
70 har,, Y .atcr 4s we sometimes sup
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
WESTERN MD. HOTEL
Transient ER0ssyaEGy's,

and SUMNER BBAKDEn5 fcm tho
cities during warm Weather. The luc"lW
i. airy and dr.j-htta]- good water ana Il
quiet abode free from Me I9isc and uuslIc
ot town or city.
IS" Tne rnans AZ" any, rican aid well
furnished Titc house is new and III good
repair.
The TABLE will be furnished in good
style, with ~! the suHS,Antals %nd dcIiGa-
vis Of tho season
~" Persons FROM Baltimore or other
large cities will find it a pleasant place TO
,arrv during the warm season,
~" 1t is directly CA The line Of the West
orn Maryland Railroad, easy OF access
Terms f)r board reasonable apply soon
MARTIN c. ONElilOhTZER,
Proprietor.
Ap-il 25.iw*
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
To the Voters Of Fred
erick County.

n ENTLEMEN- Grateful for the very
" ha,lcrng vote [ received at the last
Republican Nominating Convention, |
again at the urgent solicitation of n any
warm friends in the scycr1 districts cfthr
county, announce myself as a candidate
for the next ShrriF!ty, and respectfully
solicit your support.
nnn l3lg JpiE ,WLADNEE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
Statistics Of Cigars and To.
bssccO.

From the advance sheets Of the
yearly official report Of the tobacco
trade the following statistics are
gathered. The report is for the fiscal
year ending June 20, 1874 There
were exported from the United States,
of native leaf tobacco, 3lS,097, ,804
pounds, amounting in value to $780,.
39o,lSl. During the same time
there was Imported into the United
States, aud ,,arsred for consumption,
9,2l3,56o pounds Of leaf tobacco, for
use in the manufacture Of cigars, and
$500 pounds Of stem,ned, or pre-
pared tobacco, amounting together in
value to $5,332,54S,42 During the
same time there wes imported into
the United States, and entered for
consumption, S45,774 pounds Of ci-
g,rs, or, at an average Of eleven
pounds to thousand, 76,SSS,0 90 cigars,
amounting in value to 5000, 62S, 70.
There WAS manufactured in the
United States, of foreign and domestic
tobacco, and tax paid, l,7S0,96l,O00
cigars. Allowing thirty pounds Of
tobacco for every 1000 cigars manu-
featured, there was 50 42S, 800 pounds
Of f,reigl and domestic leaf tobacco in
the manufacture Of cigars IN the
United States. The comparison
shows there were twenty-three do
mestic cigars manufactured in the
United States, and the tx thereon
paid, fer every cigar that was in
ported and paid Guty during the same
time. \ closer scrutiny reveals the
astounding fat that the average
nun4ber Of cis,rs smoked in the United
States during each twentyfour hours
is 5,l6S,ot1. ire total amount oil
import lnties on tobacco paid in gold
was S., ,l5O, O,G6O, Al; total amount oil
taxes pad in currency $33 22t2 ,SSS5,G2
grand .o..l S39,392,s36,e3.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

A YOUTH who attended a Scotch re-
viyal meeting for the fun of the thing
ironically inquired of the minister
whether he could work a mlricle or
not" The young mans curiosity
was fully satisfied by the minister
kicking him out Of the church, with
the maledictory, " We cannot work
miracles, but we can cast out devils.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

aO- In the theatres, hotels, and
other pubic rlsccs Of Boston \ nan Is
often seen whose oil demeanor is the
subject Of much comment. He wears
rood ccthcs, has An intelligent ap-
pczrance, and the speech CT an ednca-
ted man, bit his eyes have the nnmis-
taxable CLEAN Of insanity. He IS al
ways in a hurry, and lwsvs inquir'
ln1 ior Charles Garner This man is
Frank A. Saith, ard his mania was
strangely developed, About five
wears age he vas in Kansae. In the
barrcor, Of q tavern in which he was
staying for q few days he got into y
qrarrel with bullying frontersmAn,
and was finally struck hy his aggrcs-
sive opponent. Believing that his
life was IN danger he drew revolver,
at which the scared desperate r'o
out Of the room. Smith followed and
fired; but the bullet probably did no
damage, as the man was not seen th-t
night afterward in that neigh bor-
hood, 1t is supposed that he dared
not return to the tavern at once. The
excitement Of the encounter seriously
affected Smith, who was not in good
health, aud his morbid fancy made
him think that he had killed his as
sailant. He returned to lis home in
Boston, firmly impre sed that he was
a murderer. His friends.h have sought
for the missing man in vain, only
learning that his name was Charles
Garner, ard that he was dissolute
vagabond. Smith refuses to be con-
WINGED that his delusion is not fact,
yet is always looking for Gamer,
whom he says is certain he must have
shot entirely out Of existence. In all
other respects he is sane.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

A WISE man keeps his own conseI ::
consequently he has no jobs for
strange lawyers.
ST. PAUL on imitation - BE not
pulled up.
If any man leaves a door open
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
MUSIC!

Kitty Mckay. Song and Chorus. Hays, 80
Out in the Snow; or, Drunkard5
Child IIays,.... ....., =. 40
Sweet little May. Song and Chorus.
HAYS 80
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

a pEKIN, (Ill.,) woman was asked
by the preacher if her husband feared
the Lord. She replied: Fear him ?
Why, beys you, he is so feard of him
that he never goes out Of the house on
Sunday without taking his gun along
with him."
If all men were to bring their mis-
fortunes together in one place. most
would be glad to take his own home
again, rather than take portion out
of the common stock.
How sharper than Il serpent's tooth
it is to have Il man $ wife draw the
bed clothes over her head, and de-
clare that she wont build ire if she
dies for it.
The bast part Of beauty is that
which no painting can express; the
soul beneath which 81 lketh through
the eyes.
The bump Of destructiycness--A
- ......- ~
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
DY the AUTHOR OF

Follow mp the Plow. Song and
Chorus liays,.. .....,
Ny Lost Louise. Song and Chorus.
Hays, ,..........
Lennie Darling. Song and Chorus.
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being shot at was more than tho
nerves Of Patrick Harrington could
bear He was asleep in San Francis.
CO when his room mate, James Pad
dock, came i'll raving drunk. 1t " as
very dark, and because Harrington
was slow in getting up to light the
gas, Pa.ldocl, fired toward the bed
with a revolver, Harrington knew
that tho fash would reveal his posi-
ton, 50 he rolled off the bed noiseless-
ly. lie knew, however, that there
were lour more bullets to come, and
a change in position after each flash
was his only chance. lie dared not
protest, Or short for help, because
noise would disclose his location. The
drunkard kept on firing, sending a
bullet in each instance where the art
ful dolger had just left, until the
revolver was empty. Harrington
was not kit, but nervous prostraton
followed his terribly exciting expert
cnce, and he was very near dying.
s@l5" The poIyspheric ship is the
name given to the latest novelty in
nautical construction, and IS due to
English ingenuity. The bottom is fiat
and fitted with three inclined planes
With square cuds, the effect being a.
though three teeth Of \ gigantic saw
were moved through the water with
tie sloplng portion of the teeth first.
lHa Inventor has tostel the device by
means of s,nall models impellel by
rockets. A seven pound model Was
driven b. three pound three ounce
rocket q distance Of one hundred and
five yards in three seconds, or at the
rate Of G. knots ger hour. The mo-
ton is said to resemble sliding ovar
ice, There is scarcely any water dis
turbance, AMI the decks are ap-
Parently motionless. When drawn
slowly over the water the vessels
offered more resistance than models Of
the crulnarV shape puJ wncu llc
equilibrium between the horizontal
pressure Of the ship inclines forward
and the pressure Of the water in the
direction are destroyed, the
model at once rises in the water and
passes over the mass Of hitherto OBJ
structins luid.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
New Songs

Where has Ida gone? Song and
Chorus. Hays, .............
Don't forget me, Nellie. Song and
Chorus. Hays, ..,..... 80.
Nora, the Pride of Klkcc. Song and
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

"CAsr IEoN SINKS is written up
on the sign Of a printers material
dealer. "Well, who (hic> said it
didn't, chnckled an inebriated man,
after reading it over three times,
THE beauty Of keeping goat is
that he isn't particular what you feed
him on. A Buffalo Billy got into the
house the other day during the fam
ilys absence and managed to make a
respectable meal off a Panama hat,
three linen bosom shirts, box of II =
vana cigars and part of new dress.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19
MOIIie Darling.

Ole Caleb Song and Chorus. Hay, 90
Be still poor heart. Song and
Chorus. IIays,.... ........ %
Out on The Sea. Song and Chorus.
Mnilcd, pos. paid, on receipt Of the mark
ed price,
BY j. l.. PETERS, 500 Broadway, n. Y.
auI S-m
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

HADN'T Cor USED TO IT.-A curl
ous incident recently occurred on a
Western railroad train. AS the cars
were moving away from the Terrs
Haute depot, a pretty young woman
came from the ladies car, and rushing
into the smoking car, frantlcally ap-
peaIed to everybody to stop the train.
Catching sight Of the conductor, she
exclaimed, piteously:
"Mr. Conductor, do please stop
the train I've left my baby r
The train WAS stopped, and baby
recovered, amid the hearty cheers of
the people on the platform and the
passengers, and while the roung
mother laughed and cried, and hug
ged her little one, she tried to explain
how the baby was such new ono
that she hadn't got used to it yot.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-02-19

WHEN the keeper OF German sa-
loon wishes to clear his place OF unde~
sirable customers he merely lift he
hi ct hir Guea.s box.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-12
The Slanderer.

There is no character more thorough
ly contemplate than the slanderer, The
slanderer necessarily deals in falsehood
and deceit, and will stop at no crime
which may tend to crafty his malignant
propensities. Nothing is more beautiful
than religion coupled with sincerity |;
nothing is more revolving to the mind
than an affectation of religious feeling,
beneath which all is shallowness and hy-
pocrisy.. The slanderer seeks the hos
pitality of an individual learns all the
secrets and peculiarities of opinion pos
sessed by his entertainer affects to play
with his children; breaks bread with
him Ca circumstance sacred even among
savages) and then departs to commence
his work of defamation against the very
man who received him as a chosen friend.
The slanderer obtains the confidence of
individuals under solemn promise, rat
flied with an oath in thesight of heaven,
not to abuse that confidence and then
he hastens to divulge to his brother SLAM
derers all he has heard. Hence it is
that the slanderer is usually hypocrite
because he endeavors to conceal his
selfshness and malignity beneath the
cloak of religion. He is naturally an
unhappy man-his conscience is an evil
one-and his pillow is covered with
thorns. The success of others is CALLING
to him their misfortunes are by him
construed into crimes. He is uncharit-
able in all his sentiments and opinions !;
his bosom is filled with bitterness and
gall.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-12
The Old Wife.

Be kind to your old wife; she has
walked by your side for many longyears,
she has rejoiced with you in your joy,
and wept with you when you had cause
to weep.
There are men who seldom, if ever,
speak pleasant word to their wives If
they ask question they are answered
with growl, or, "What difference can
it make to your" But let some one
else ask the same question, some one who
perhaps cares nothing for him, and he
is instantly all smiles and politeness.
To the man who is not kind to his wife
! say, would not own his conscience for
the greatest fortune ever inherited by
mortal man. How can you use with dis
respect the wife who has ever sought to
shield your faults, and always speaks of
you as the kindest of husbands How
can you sit so silently reading your pa
per all the long winter evenings, while
she sits in the shadow of the freight,
alone with her busy thoughts? Do you
notice the tears she sheds! Who could
blame her if she wishes she had remain
ed in her home ON the far off hillside,
from which she went forth into the world
with you, from the love of fond parents,
who trusted to your care their fair young
daughter?
And how have you repaid their trust
and her love? Begin to-day and repay
by kindness all that was intrusted to
your care; tell her the news when you
come home; read aloud to her. ask her
advice; and if there should ever come
time when her busy hands can no
longer administer to your wants and
comforts, you will be glad for every
hour of happiness you gave her, for
every smile you brought to her face, OF
light Of JOY to her eye. Oh, husbands,
begin to-day and be kind to the old
wife.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-12
Two Murders out of Three Thou
sand.

In recent number of the Nashua
Telegraph is a reference to two Dart
mouth college boys, who not long ago
fell victims to the "banditti" :" whose
rights we are told, are being trampled
upon in New Orleans. These two men
were college mates, one, A. B. Long, a
talented, strong-hearted young man,
graduated in 1858 the other, Frank
w. Perkins, was still in college when
the rebellion broke out, and at the first
call for troops enlisted and went with
the second regiment to battle for his
country. He was the first soldier Dart
mouth sent to the war. When the war
closed, Long, having read law and been
admitted to the bar, was in New Orleans
and for time his friends at the North
heard of him as justifying all the bright
promises of his college days. After
ward he was appointed to a judicial po-
sition in the city. Still later the news
came that he had committed suicide by
cutting his throat in his office. This
report in time reached his old friend
Perkins, who by his ability and integri-
ty had come to be the agent of line of
steamships running between ST. Louis
and New Orleans, and he went to New
Orleans to investigate the report.
Arriving there he learned that Long,
instead of committing suicide had been
murdered in cold blood by band of
of White Leaguers to whom he had be-
come obnoxious by reason of some of
his judicial findings. 1t was also learn
ed that no attempt had been made to
discover his murderers and that the
whole White League organization was
glorying over this summary removal of
a hated radical. Upon learning these
facts Perkins published card offering
a reward of $4,000 for the arrest and
conviction of those who had committed
the murder, and in less than a week he
was hunted down and shot and his
corpse kicked into the street, probably
by the same rebel fiends who had cut
the throat of his old friend.
These murders count but little in the
aggregate of more than three thousand
which are known to have been commit
ted by this White League organization,
and which have gone unpunished and