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An Owl oNcc to an Eagle said;
II wish my child to your child wed;
| want my lack of daylight sight,
To be repaid by yours Of night:
desire, too, an union dear,
TO last throughout this whole life drcar
To whom the Eagle thus rcplied:
"Dcar Mrs. Owl, | am persuaded,
That my own fame might be extended
And yours, in turn, be greatly mcndcd
If, as you say, our children join
In Uymcncal's holy throng
Now, where shall this union be?
Not in the hollow OF trec
For that wouldn't be q proper place
Our proud lineage thus to trace
Mine is the wide extended air,
And unmClcs,cl, can ily
In aerial space, and out of sight,
And basl in 'SDls' rcsplcndcnl light.
Owl, will you rAeet me in the morn,
just as the day begins to dawn,
Any where in thj Sc realms OF light,
And promise to retain your sight?
Old sol Shall Join the happy pair,
lisrays of light, they are 50 fair
Then we will take ship Of air,
And back again, wc'll quick repair"
The Owl replied TO this request.
BY simply answering, yes, O yes.
Bat, in tie morning, when Size rose
With the same Eagle that she chose,
Her eyes were blinded, Ivy the light,
And She, of Eagle, soon lost sight
SO did her sauguinc expectation
Turn, iu;. moment, to ycXation;
She saw she could not rise so high,
As Mr.. Eagle, in the sky,
Thus, as with birds, Will! mcn, We fin
They differ much among their hlhd;
Men, of weak mials, shou,d never try
With those moro vigorous ones to we;
Should not tnink that lhcy are able
To cut their way, without Il cable;
And alwa"s mind that they were born
The sphere they live in to adorn.
MARS
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-10
.iI-STlCES OF TIE PEACE.
REGISTRAR Or VOTERS.

District No. 15-Bcrnard Co!ll1iower'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-10
CHANGE OF TINE
WESTERN MARYLAND L. ROAD

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-10

IN and after Sunday, Nov 2G, 1875,
" Passenger Trains will run as fol-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-10

arm it was a craggy ledge of rocks,
md beyond that to the eastward the
and settled away under the mud and
Nater Of a sunken SLOUGH. Some Of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01
A Kangaroo Mouse.

A few days ago a pet canary bird
owned in a family in East Haven was
found early one morning dead in its cage
A good many feathers were scattered in
the bottom of the cage, and the body of
the bird had suffered considerable lacera-
tion, as from the teeth of an animal. 1t
was impossible that the mischief had
been done by cat, and the following
night 6 mOuse-trap was set inside the
cage. No catch, however, until the night
succeeding, when there got into the
trap kangaroo mouse, as somebody
named it. This little animal, which had
undoubtedly destroyed the canary,
about the size of an ordinary mouse, per-
haps not quite as large. Its front legs
are much shorter than the others, and it
has way of sitting up like kangaroo.
Its movement is a jump or spring, like
that of a kangaroo, and it has spot of
white fur on its breast. 1t is conjectured
that the little animal may have been
brought to this country in some foreign
vessel, but how it reached the East Haven
shore and entered a dwelling-house
renders such proposition hardly reason
able.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01
IT,,dctteced Murder.

It is an old saying that "murder will
out" but it is none the more true on ac-
count of its age. In point OF TACT, the
venerable adage seems to be false wneh
viewed in the light of experience. Inc
murderers of Burdell, Rogers, Nathan'
Panormo, and a score of others less Weii-
known to fame, remain to be dlscoVered'
and probably never will be brought 10
;pstice. Another case turns up that Is
likely to be numbered with those hidden
tragedies. The body OF beautiful young
woman has been found in vacant heio
on Staten Island, near the old Quaran-
tine Hospital, in a carefully composeo
position and with a happy smile on the
remarkably lovely face. So natural
were the surroundings-not speck OF
dirt resting on the dainty little over
shoes-that the conclusion is lrresistlple
that there must have been foul play, ana
the body brought to the vacant heia 10
give it an appearance OF suicide Inc
circumstances recall the story OF tne
beautiful cigar girl, whose murdered
nodv was found near the Elysian Fields,
at Hoboken, and, still further hack, the
tragedy of the Manhattan Well' on
Spring Street, when Levi Weeks was
tried and acquitted for the murder OF a
beautiful young Quakeress to whom he
was engaged. On tnat famous trial Burr
and Hamilton were opposing counsel
Human Justice is fallible, and the muir
derer is as liable to go undetected as the
thief or perjurer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01

Yesterday morning, says the Burling-
ton Haaok-Eye, a man out on Valley
Street received a letter, which he
opened, and out dropped draft for two
thousand dollars, and his heart stopped
beating as he read the letter and saw it
was from Manchester, England, and
signed, "Your unnatural, but penitent
uncle" He gave wild shrek of exulta-
tion and sank senseless to the ground.
When he revived he rushed down town
and couldn'twait until the bank opened,
but ran around buying new furniture,
new clothes, new carpets, furs for his
wife and dresses for his girls, and fifteen
cent drinks for himself, and when nine
o'clock came and he rushed to the
bank, he found man there, inside the
window, who was sufficiently composed
to read the draft clear through with an
equable mind, and who explained that
he could not pay two thousand dollar;
on it, because it was merely an advertise
ment of Diffendorfer's Peripatetic Pair
Annihilator for corns and soft bunions
and it took that man until six o'clock IL
the evening to countermand the order
he had issued before nine o'clock, anC
then he forgot half of them, and his wifi
had to stand at the front gate all tn
afternoon, turning away delivery wagon
which came backing up to the side-wall
with new things.
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Why He Wept.

He left her and stepped out to see
friend between acts.
"Why, Edward" said she when he re-
turned, there are tears in your eyes,"
"Yes, pet" replied he solemnly. 81
suppose there are-I saw such a sad sight
when 1 was out"
"You did-what was it ?" inquired
she.
"Such a sad ight"-continued he,
keeping his face away that she might
not smell his breath-"I discovered a
young man whom have known for
years drinking whisky"
"You didT'
eyes, standing right in plain sight be-
fore me, partaking deeply and carelessly
of the dreadful intoxicating glass;"
There was little pause, when the
young lady suddenly said:
Edward, was he standing right in
front of your"
eyes, pet" was the reply.
There was another pause, when the
young lady asked again:
Edward, don't most of the fashionable
saloon counters have great nice mirrors
right on the walls behind them?"
Edward flushed little and looked
quizzical as he replied that he "be.
lieved they did.
And there he permitted the subject to
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01

The gates of heaven are too narrow
for drunkards to stagger through.
The more a man denies himself, the
more he shall obtain from God.
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume of the week.
Some prayers have longer voyage
than others, but they come with a richer
larder at last.
1t is higher exhibition of Christian
manliness to be able to bear trouble than
to get rid of it.
1 should say the happiest man is he
who can link the end of his life with it's
commencement.
A wise Persian maxim says: Act not
against thy reason; it is a sure guide !;
set not thy heart on illusions.
One of the most fatal temptations to
the weak is a slight deviation from the
truth, for the sake of apparent good.
There is nothing in the world more
useless than gilt edged Bible that has
been bought for show and not for use.
Every human being is intended to
have character of his own, to be what
no other is, to do what no other can do.
If God has chosen your way depend
upon it, it is the best that could be
CHOSEN; it may be rough, but it is right;
it may be tedious, but it is safe.
Never was sincere word utterly lost,
never magnanimity fell to the ground
there is some heart always to greet and
accept it unexpectedly.
There is an old German proverb to the
effect, that great war leaves the coun
try with three armies-an army of Grip
pies, an army of mourners, and an army
of thieves.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01

Hotel dead-beats are becoming quite
common in New York and Boston. Some
time since lady arrived at a fashionable
hotel in New York with trunks and
bandboxes, and cut quite a spread. The
bill was sent in, but she informed the
landlord that she was expecting her hus-
band by the next steamer. Several next
steamers arrived, but no husband. The
Ian dlord saw that he was done, so he
made this proposition: 81 see how it is,
but l will say nothing upon one cendi
tion." Name it," she said. "I will
pay your passage if you will 60 to Bos-
ton and put up with my friend at the
- House, and what is more, l will
give you letter of introduction to him
announcing that you expect your hus-
band in the next steamer Lor' bless
you" said she, "your friend in Boston
advised me to pay you visit" She
was a professional.
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women of Lake County for more string mt

women of Lake County for more stringent
liquor laws.
In the Senate, February "a, the President
laid before the Senate a communication from
the Codifying Commission in reply to an
inquiry as to when it was probable the work
OF the commission could be completed, it
being the opinion of the board that the
work can not be finished the pres mt year.
The report was referred to the Judiciary
Committee. Mr.. Stickney introduced a
bill to amend the act to authorize the
Commissioners of Seneca County to build a
Jail aud issue bonds therefor, so as to in
crease the amount from $20,O 600 to $50, 900.
I'm the House, petition was presented
from forty-three citizens of Belmont County,
calling for more effective legislation in the
interests of temperance. The Speaker laid
before the House communication from
the Board of Public Works in reference to
what effect the adjustment of the
Lewistown reservoir would have on the
Miami and Erie Canal, from Cincinnati to
Toledo. Laid on the table and ordered
printed. Mr.. Nigh's House bill to authorize
the Commissioners of Lawrence County to
fund an inhrmary debt, and TO levy a tax to
Hquidate the same, was reported back, read
the third time and passed THE Visiting
Committee of the Indiana Legislature were
presented, during the morning, to both the
Senate and House. Courtesies were ex-
changed, and the freedom of the Hall was
extended to the distinguished ID visitors.
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[san Francisco MALL
An affecting story comes from Oak
land. A wealthy, middle aged English
man had become somewhat jealous of his
pretty wife. A young New Yorker, with
engaging manners and cutaway coat,
was the cause of his disquietude. The
disturbed Benedick concluded to try the
threadbare trick of ostensibly going up
to Sacramento for week. The second
day, however, he returned and let him
self quietly into the house. In the
library were several coats of mail
brought over from England, and in one
of these he hid. Then he awaited devel-
opments. To his great astonishment
nine o'clock passed without any one call
ing or his wife coming down stairs. At
about one a. m. he fell asleep through
fatigue, and began snoring. The butler
thought he heard burglars about, so he
came down stairs in his nightgown, with
a double-barreled gun under his arm
The jealous gentleman had just begun to
dream he was an ironclad, when hand
full of quail shot took him in the breast
plate, and, amid his terrific shrieks, the
butler promptly put the other load into
the pier-glass, under the impression that
another burlgar was drawing bead on
him. After the whole neighborhood had
become aroused the mistak was discoy.
cred. Amid the smokers of the entire as
sembly the chagrined man crawled up
stairs to his bedroom. A small note was
sticking on the pincushion. His wife had
eloped the morning before!
WONDERS, in connection with the
blue glass business will never cease. 81
sat hen day before yesterday unde
blue glass;" writes correspondent of tn,
New York Graphic, "and on twenty
four eggs she brought off thirty-tw,
} chickens. never saw anything like blu
glass in my life to hasten the repenin,
} of eggs. I know a lady friend of min
who, after trying blue glass sun-baths fo
r month, had new crop of black hal
E and new set of false teeth grown out to
e gether, and besides recovering her healtl
e she had an offer of marriage, the first sh
has experienced in forty-one years."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01
CUES rIONS,
BY GRACE UNDERWOOD

Have you ever missed us walking alone
By the beautiful shore of the jasper sea?
Do you keep the old place in your heart for your
own?
Do you love us and watcn us wherever we be?
Have you sat in the bush of some holy place,
When heaven was flooded with Gods own calm,
And kissed for its mother the angel face
OF some little child that crept to your arm?-
In the harmonies that the holy sing
Have you heard the voices we've missed so long
Have you the light which their glad eyes bring
Shining up through the heavenly throng2
Are there any to comfort, to cheer, to bless?
Is this the work to the freed soul given?
Has earth's most beautiful tenderness
part in the blessed life of heaven?
= NnkionnZ ReroSiiOfn
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TIE true citizen ishe who realizes and

THE true citizen ishe who realizes and
assumes the duties and responsibilities of
life. The more such citizens We have,
the better for the State and the nation.
Hence, the early training of our boys to
habits of industry and trugality is
matter worthy of our constant attention.
For we should bear in mind not only
that the "boy is father to the man" but
also that can idle mind is the devils
Workshop" Anything that induces care
fulness, regularity, and thoughtfulness is
valuable educator of youth.
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Professor A. R. Grote, in Popular Science
Monthly


Monthly.I
The earth of this Continent shows us
that before the Indians there has been a
people whom we call Mound builders
that is, mounds were thrown up here by
men whose bones we find in them, lying
among rough tools and utensils, and
after the mounds we name the race, who,
perhaps, were not a different people from
the Indians.
But for these mounds we would not
know of the men who built them. They
are mentioned in no history, human or
divine. What was there before the
Mound-builders ? l would speak te-night
of what must have been long before his
time-of the early, though perhaps not
earliest man in North America. We must
know this early man by our experience
Of his traces. New observations of fact
and the ideas they have awakened in
myself are put forward, so that you may
judge of the reasonableness of the con-
clusions. And here any boy will afford a
competent illustration of the evidence.
Almost the first thing that our boys do
is to throw stones. 1t is one of their
ways of saying no. There is more than
one parallel between savages and our
boys to be maintained. Just as the state
OF mind of the adult savage is paralleled
by that of our children, so we must ex.
pect that SO common a weapon as stone
is to our boys must be extensively used
by savages. And this, in fact, is what
we do find. There was also time when
this stone throwing was the occupation
of grown men of our own race. Stones
were used in the warfare of the Celt anG
the Roman. We remember that David
a Semitic, used pebble from the brook
And we shall find that men of othel
races, and before David, resorted to the
same weapon for all the purpose,
which in David's time, and with hi
race, were partly served by metals
There is, then, not only parallel to b,
drawn between our boys and savages il
certain ways, but there exists one be
tween these boys of the present and ou
own men OF the past. just as, when cut
ting into the crust of the earth, we fine
the remains of animals and plants whicl
once inhabited its former surfaces, tn
simple forms below, the more compile,
above, so we find the remains of man
tools and implements in the clays an,
gravels of the last geological period of tn
globe, and with like sequence in thei
character. The oldest and the loves
forms of tools are simplest; the newe
and nearer to the present surface, tn
more varied and complex. We have see
that the simplest weapon a man coul
use would be a stone. Even now
wagner with broken cart looks aroun
: naturally for stone to pound with, an
so mend his ways. He picks up ston
on occasion, as his ancestors did on mos
occasions. For the moment he is in til
Stone age. And he uses what the earlies
= man must have undoubtedly used,
: stone just as it is. There must have bee
a time when men picked up such stone
!. as came in the way at the moment wit
q which to throw at animals, to break thei
= food, to injure their fellow-men. Sue
stones, unaltered by use, can no longe
be identified.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-01

HARTFORD Sunday Globe: Mr.. Prig-
gott was on one of his periodical sprees-
bats" as he loosely styles them-and
was astride beer keg, telling the COM
pany the kind of man he was for
courage, ETC.; how he hacked fellow up
at Antietam, knocked two men down
with a cannon ball at Seven Oaks, and
strung up three rebel brigadiers on his
bayonet at Fredericksburg. "I tell ye,
fellers," he observed as he asked them
all up, Il amt afeard of man, woman
or the devil" At this moment the
saloon door opened, and voice, shrill as
locomotive whistle, shrieked: Isaiah,
you desateful old scamp, come this
instant" No one would have recog.
nized in Isaiah Priggott, as he went
sinking after his wife, coat collar turned
up and hat brim turned down, meekly
treading in the opening that her rubber.
made, the glittering hero of many CORY
battles.
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too earnest to be counterfeit. "He
went out to get the poison when he left
me waiting. He put it up to resemble
the druggists parcel, for which he sub
stituted it as we wentalong. Villain-I
know it now! carried the parcel in the
right pocket of my overcoat, and it was
on that side he walked ~
was seated in my Office on the day
preceding that fixed for the trial, in
dulging in any thing but sanguine ex-
pectations, when tap at the door an
nounced visitor. 1t was a detective
whom 1 had employed.
"What is it?" inquired, after closing
the door.
"I made an arrest today" he an
swered, "and in the prisoners possession
found this overcoat," undoing package
he had brought.
"Well?"
ain one of the pockets 1 found this ;"
and he handed me small parcel, which
/ opened.
Inside were three papers, folded as
druggists put up their prescriptions.
"The person with whom 1 found this
coat" the detective continued, "cOn-
fesses that he stole it from billiard
saloon, the owner having laid it aside
while playing; and the date he fixes cor
responds with Mr.. Courtney's murder.
But what is more important, have as
certained that Charles Courtney is the
owner of the coat l'
"Let us at once proceed to the drug
gist'sp' 1 exclaimed, springing from my
chair and snatching up my hat.
We were soon there.
"Please examine that parcel" said,
putting it into the druggists hands.
He did SO, carefully opening the papers
and inspecting their contents. They con-
tanned three white powders!
"How do they correspond with those
you made up for Mr.. Courtney" 1
inquired, "and for which others seem
to have been so mysteriously substi-
tuted?'
"They do not correspond at ALL" he
answered; they are the same"
"The same! How do you know
that 2"
"By these figures" he replied, point
ing to the inside of one of the papers. i
had made a calculation that day on the
sheet of paper, part of which 1 used in
putting up the prescription brought by
Mr.. Edward Horton. The remainder ]
have preserved, not knowing but it
might become important. Here it is,
and you see how this piece and the figures
fit it."
They did exactly; the chain of evi
dence was completed
need hardly tell how the trial ended
Charles Courtney was called by the
prosecution to prove some important
point. The counsel whom l had ret tained
for the defense asked him but three queg
tions on cross-examination.
"Had he accompanied the prisoner
from the druggist'sf"
"Had he lost an overcoat that day p
"Was that it?'
The questions were very simple, bu
the effect on the witness was most re
markable. He trembled and turned pale
He knew his secret was out, and that ly
ing was useless. He answered all thre,
questions in the affirm ative, but in ;
voice scarcely audible. Before the mex
witness was called he slipped from tn
court, and was never heard of after
! ward.
} With the testimony of the detectiv
, and the druggist, not forgetting that Q
: the thief who stole the overcoat, W
! made short work of what had promise
f to be " beautiful case of circumstantia
evidence"
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WORCESTER (Mass.l Spy: A pleasant

WORCESTER (Mass.) SPY: A pleasant
instance of true generosity and it's re-
ward occurred lately at Rockport,
Mass. A woman who supported her
two children by hard work was asked by
a fellow workman in the mill to aid in
making purse for poor woman"
She had but sixty cents left to carry her
and her children through the month, but
she gave twenty-five cents. A little
later the person returned and told the
woman the purse was meant for her, and
handed her twenty-five dollars,
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A FRENCH writer in Algeria made the
curious discovery that outlet eaten in
the sun at breakfast intoxicated him so
completely that he fell down senseless,
and did not recover from its effects for
several hours. He assures us that the
smallest quantity of meat taken in the
morning during the hot weather there
produces the effect of drunkenness.
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THE Pope has peuome yery much

THE Pope has pevome very much al
cred. His feet do not carry him any
longer. His face, formerly fresh, and of
a jovial expression, is now shrunk and
of Gstless aspect. He rarely leaves
his bedroom, and receives visitors there,
between five and seven in the afternoon,
more reclining than sitting in an arm
chair. He has large table before him on
which a few candles only are placed
between them stands crucifx. His
memory is failing him very much in
matters Of quite recent occurrence,
though he remembers we'll the things OF
a long time past. Many doubt whether
he will complete his eighty-fifth year