Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-07-23

The street car horses III New YORK
number ,250.
Most people are like oggs-Too full Of
themselves to hold anything else.
Why is q drunkard like q bad poll
ticianf Because he is always pohins his
nose into measures that spoil the conati-
tuition.
Two dozen frogs, weighing a pound
apiece, have been shipped from this
country to Europe, to be used for breed
ing purposes in the gastronomic inter
estS.
The natives of Alaska havo learned
how to mako whisky from molNsseS, and
are very fond Of it. They call it "hoocl-
noo," and were taught by natives from
Admiralty island.
Lessons are conncd by deaf mntcs
very much as by other students only in
place of our lip-rcpetitiou they use the
fingers beneath the desk, plying them
with astonishing rapidity.
Cholera infantllm is raging among the
children Of Baltimore, and the physicians
lay it to the imprudonce Of mothers in
allowing the little ones to eat too much
greon fruit and vegetables, and using
too much ice water.
\ large whale got aground i'll Calves
ton harbor, Texas, and waa killed with
out much difficulty. 1t is the first seen
there for twcnty-scvcn years, although
they have frequently been reported i'll
the Gulf Of Mexico.
Frozen peaches will be shipped to
Europe this summon in large quantities.
\ successful experiment was made last
year, aud it was demonstrated that fruit
kept frozen during the ocean voyage
thawcl out fresh and fine in flavor upon
arrival il England, where it was sold at
enormous prices.
The New Orleans and Mobile y0ilrOal
company have purchased ten thou@"ni
barrels Of crco8otc soil to protect their
bridge timbcr3 and pilinG from marine
worm known rs tCrC}O IsufGijS, which
exist in such numbers in southern waters
that piling is rendered worthless by
them in eighteen months time. The
crcosotc soil has been used successfully
in Europe.
A young lady in indianapolis sought
to impart the hue Of health to hcr cheeks
the Other evening when dressing ior Il
party, and found the requisite bloom III
the coloring matter of som6 cinnamon
candy. During the evening her checks
became very much swollen, and the poi
son soon after communicated itself to
her eyes. She is now quite blind, and
there seems to be little hope that she
will ever regain her sight
A correspondent writing from the
Black Hills to the New York Trih"nc
doesn't think much of the prospects for
gold, anl gives the following as m ac-
tual test from Mr.. Logan's'pit, near tho
stocladc, which was reported the bHSt so
far : Twenty -four buckets of dlt We're
washed, yielding four and one-quarter
grains, troy, of gold, or about sixteen
cents-thrco-quarters OF a cent to tho
pan. This tells its own story.
A London paper tells of countrymnn
being taken to Il theatcr, and when the
lights were down and the play had com
mcncel he was offered the use OF an
opera glass. Exnmining il as closely rs
the darkness of the place would permit
he placed it to his mouth and tnrnod 1t
upwards. Finding that no liquid was
coming out of it, he handed it back i'll
despair, saying: cts empty, John
there no u single drop nut man.
A record of the professional base ball
clubs up to July 10th, shows that the
Bostons won 81 and lost 4 the Athletics
OF Philadelphia won 2G, lost Z; Hart
forls won %, lost T. st. Louis won II,
lost &; Philodclphias won 1G, lost II;
Nlutuals of New Work won Il, lost Is
Chiragocs won II, lost II Ike Stock
inr8 won 4, lost Is Washl;r TONS won
3, lost 43 New liavCu8 wGA ), lost % ,
Atlanties Of brooklyn won : lost 81,