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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-12-25

1t is reported that Prince Bismarl
has renewed lis request to be relieved
of an Office Il
President Hayes subscribed $500 to
the Morton Monumental Association
Of Indianapolis. "
Saturday forenoon prize-fgh was
commenced at Pottsville by Billy
Madden and Mart Frazer. After
twenty-five rounds had been fought
the police arrived, broke up the fight
and made about twenty-five, arrests.
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CHRISTMAS.

How it rings upon the wintry morn
ing air in childbood's Joyous tones.
Christmas The merriest, maddest
of all the years holydays. Christmas
Sacred alike to the guileless heart OF
childhood and to the Saints most pre-
cious hope, Christmas whose joyous
impulses stir with the same glad touch
bo.h poor and rich and high and low.
Christmas the sacred anniversary
whose coming is hailed with joy at the
humblest hearth stone as in the grand
est palace, which alike to the cottage
and the crown brought tidings of Sal
walton down. Christmas that marks
tho most wonderful epoch in mans
history. We know but little Of tue
ages of the past. Nations have risen
in splendor and sunk away-the mon
uments of kings have crumbled to
dust-the great deeds, Of many Of the
worlds great men have little or no re-
cord-but the "old, old story Of Beth
lehem has come down through the
centuries to be known and read Of all
men with ever fresh and thrilling inte-
rest Childhood hears it in a mother
first and fondest teachings and man
hood draws from it life's highest and
hottest incentives. 1t is earths only
sure faith and hope which at last tri-
umphs in Immortality.
Christmas is every bodys day for
giving and receiving presents. Home
gifts are the special charms Of Christ
mas memory. They may not be cost
ly or sumptuous. they may not be d.
Almonds or jewelry, but the Christmas
morning on which eagerly expectant
children should wake up and find no
presents would be a dreary morning
indeed. No such disappointment
should ever fall upon the joyous heart
of childhood. For that there could be
no atonement, no healing Of the cruel
wound. And it is almost as disap-
pointing to make merely useful pres
ent. The dolls and drums, jumping
acks, and jolly picture books, and bon
bon boxes with all the nu nberless ct
ceteras of toy inventions, these and
the things for which the little ones
have eagerly waited the coming of the
Christmas-tide. The children Of a
larger growth may be put off with
more practical md useful articles but
the little fellows who is the autocrat
of the Christmas household must have
his sword and gun or whip and horse,
or it will be to him but a stale, fat
and improbable Christmas. And
now we wish each and all of our read
srs a merry Christmas and happy
New Year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-12-25

A boy named Willie Hopkins, ten
years Of age. was abducted from his
home at Braddock' $ Fields, near Pitts
burg, last Sunday morning, by man
supposed to be tramp. He is pref
ty boy. with a full face, light complex
ion and hair, anil rather stoutly built.
The tramp is tall man, with face
pitted with marks from the small -pox
The neighbors and miners searched for
two days, but up to this time nothing
has been heard Of the boy. His fam
lily are in great distress, the mother
being almost insane with grief.
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Notice to Creditors.
NO Also EQUITY

NO Also EQUITY
In the Circuit Court for Frederick
County, sitting IN equity. 3D."
James w. Eichclbcrgcr,
VS..
Casper Myers, executor of Mary NJ llouck
deceased, and others. ,.
The Creditors of Mary NJ. Honck, now
deceased, arc hereby Notified to file their
claims properly authenticated in the office
Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Fred
crick county, on or before the 10Th day OF
January, A ID 1873, otherwise they may be
dcbarred from all participation in the funds
in this cause. .
r... FL. NELSON
dcc204t Auditor.
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An election was held in Cumber-
Land on Saturday to decide whether the
credit Of the city to the extent Of $685.
900 shall be given towards extending
the Bedford division of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad to that city. The ord.
lnance was ratified by decided vote
there being no organized opposition
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lSl9-lS7S.
THE AMERICAN FARM Els.
THE
Pioneer and Standard OF American
Farm Journals.

PROGRESSIVE BUT PRUDENT.
SCIENTIFIC BUT PRACTICAL
Its editors have the assistance of large
number of correspondents, who are among
the first men in the agricultural protfessio.
Subscribe now. Numbers for the last three
months of 1877 sent free to all new sub
scribers for 1878 received before January !
s15Oa year. To Clubs Of FEre or more, 81
Address,
SAM'L SANDS & SON, Publishers,
1873 w Baltimore ST., (sign of Golden P|ow
The American Farmer and the CLARION
will be dubbed together and sent one year
for $2.25.
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Z. P. Stewart has been arrested in
Doraville, Ca, after having married
and deserted three young women of
respectable families. He pretended
to be rich aud plous,
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ORcAN.-We have an order tor a new
six stop Burdctt organ, which we Will sell
for the small sum of 1896 cash Call early
and secure this great bargain. The organ
is fully guaranteed for five years II
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WANTED.

Durchasors for all or part OF 67 set of
Single and Double Harness, 81 Saddles,
43 Blind Brides, 81 Riding Brides, III
Haltcrs, 100 Assorted Whips, 800 Collars
and lot of Horse Blankets, Lap robes, &c.
ID. G. MARTIN.
Nov15..3 m. Mechanicstown Nd
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no WOOD CHOPPERS!
GOVERNMENT AXES.

GOVERNMENT AXES.
Just received large lot of Government
Axes. The merits of these celebrated axes
are wcll.known, and will be sold very low
at the Agricultural Store of
STEWART Il PRICE.
dec 20. Frederick, Md.
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1T. =,
MERCHANT TAILOR,

AVA AIAAllhNA RlAO ~ 2
Uuch ST., q few doors noTM cfLuth-
eran Church, Acknowledgment, ND.
Having takcn5up my residence in this
place, would most respectfully inform the
general public that am prepared 70 make
to order Clothes Of all kinds at short notice
and on reasonable terms.
GOOD FITS GUARANTEED,
OF no pay demanded Repairing promptly
attended to. Give me trial and be CON
WINGED. II
+. ROSSMAN.
nov7-tf
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C1ENENT! CEMENr'
The celebrated Round Top Cement, for
sale at Lowest market rates, at the Agri-
cultural Store of
STEWART & PRICE,
peeG3 Frederick, Md
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GO to Root & Croft for Boots and
Shoes. Stock Large and Prices Low.
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now AND CALF WEANERS.

One ofthe best inventions of the ago is
the Cow and Calf Weaver. 1t etfectualty
prevents Cows from sucking themselves,
and an excellent thing to wean Calves from
sucking Cows. Call and see them at tho
A gricultural Store of
STEWART g. PRICE,
Dec83t Frederick, Md.
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Saturday, December 30, 1877.

n hc subscribers, heirs of William Stout,
l. fer. decd, late of Frederick county,
will offer at public sale at the Gilbert House
in Mcchanicstown on above day, at one
O'CLOCK p. M, the following valuable Real
Estate. to wit LIST,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

bers of ammunition and transport wagons
suggested momentarily Russian retreat ;
but the absence of artillery refuted this
wagons were empty, and were evidently
going for supplies, while the other wagons
contained the tent and camp equipage
of the dead and wounded, which were no
longer needed at the front. While l was
waiting at this place poor fellow, died
in one of the wagons, and was buried by
the roadside. At last, after the stream
had been passing me for four hours, |
was enabled to pursue my journey, and
short distance from my hating place
came upon a mournful scene. The dead
body of another Russian soldier lay be-
side an open grave by the roadside, while
party Of Bulgarians were saying their
funeral service.
Leaving this funeral group, soon
came upon an officer in command of the
escort of the immense trains had encoun-
tered on the roads. He said their losses
had been terrific before Plevna, and that
during the whole operations around that
place they had probably lost 10000 men
killed, wounded, sick and prisoners. This
number, Of course, includes the 1000
previously telegraphed to you from Blu.
charest as the results of the fighting OF
the 10th, Goth, and 21st of July. l be-
lieve the number to be about correct,
judging from the wounded that saw,
and more especially by the thousands of
knapsacks met going to the rear, and
which had belonged to the men put hors
de combat before Plevna. After leaving
this escort passed through valley con-
tanning about twenty ancient mounds,
some of which had been opened in for
ner days. They are probably burial
places, constructed after some great bat
tie of ancient times, as they could not be
intended for any purposes of defense
or for watchtowers down in this deep val
ley.-Plecna Correspondence Of the London
Times.
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fish downs, or the Scottish moors. II
they think at all in France, they no
doubt feel that, like bipeds in many
places, "they are governed too much"
One misses also the birds which give
80 much pleasure in an English landscape.
Even solemn and reverend crow in his
spotless black, or pair of magpies with
their look of self. satisfied impotence,
one prefers to the total absence of birds.
Under the impression that they were mis-
chievous, the departments once set a
premium on the heads of small birds,
and their determination was effected.
Then it was found out, too late, that in
obtaining their aboard" the feathered
visitors paid for their lodging" by de-
stroying the insects. But the evil was
done; and it is easier to drive good
thing away than to win it back. AS we
send cheese, bacon, preserved fruits, and
have begun to send iron, beef, and cotton
prints, to Europe, so by and by we may
he able to export our surplus sparrows.
The days in which safety could only be
had in towns are recalled to ones. mind
by the arrangements of life over much
of France. One does not see small farm
houses in the middle of the farms. The
people live in towns and villages. The
eye ranges over miles of country, titled
as We have described it, without dwell
ling. The social qualities of the people
probably contribute to this plan, which
in its turn gives certain ''town" charac-
ter to all the people. There is no room
for the awkward boorishness which grows
up in the isolation of English farming
life The thrift which must be exercised,
in order to win moderate comfort, is
everywhere apparent. The tall poplars,
by far the most abundant tree, one finds
stripped annually Of their branches, APP
parently for fuel, and that coal dust
which every wind scatters around Pitts
burgh, and 80 many other American CEN
tres of coal and iron-working, is here
collected, compressed into huge bricks,
or handsome round masses, and piled up
for use at railway stations, with as much
elegance and order as if the heaps were
on exhibition. Of course, all Englishmen
and Americans have learned from infancy
upward their own immense superiority to
the poor creatures who cannot speak
English, and only babble in French; but
a candid person will be compelled to
admit, Notwithstanding, that in matters
of courtesy, taste, thrift, order, and ar
rangement, our Gallo friends can teach
us Something.-N. Y. Ledger.
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A Warning to Advertisers.

The insanity of DR.. I. G. Aver, of
Lowell, affords terrible warning to ad-
vertisers. Here was man engaged in
the manufacture of pill, not differing
much from a hundred other pills that
may be obtained at any drug store. In
an unguarded moment he made up his
mind that he would advertise, not in the
picayune style of the ordinary dealer,
but in a comprehensive sort of way, by
which he could reach every possible pur-
chaser of pills. He started with the idea
of devoting half of his profits each year
to advertising. The result might have
been foreseen. He accumulated money
so rapidly that he did not know what to
do with it. When he had rolled together
fifteen million dollars, and had vainly
endeavored to find some outlet for his
ever-increasing profits, his mind gave
way under the absorbing cares Of his
vast business, and he is now patient at
an asylum for the insane. How easily
this calamity might have been averted.
If he had stuck to the conservative
methods of many of our merchants and
refrained from advertising, he might
have been passing quietly through bank
ruptcy now instead of being loaded
down with his uncOunted millions. 1t is q
dangerous experiment for man who
does not want to become rich to adver-
tise Or if he advertises at all he must
advertise grudgingly and at long inter-
walls, lest his profits should grow out of
all proportion to his requirements, and
he should find himself burdened with
woa1th A6vprfisinO cOnductpd on the
principle of devoting half the profits of
a business to it is, we repeat, dangerous
experiment. 1t precipitates fortune
upon the advertiser SO suddenly that the
chances are even that he will not know
what to do with his money.-Utica o.
se7ver.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

An illustration of the injury which,
under the French laws, may be inflicted
upon an innocent man by the loss Of his
certificate of birth is afforded in the case
Of Alfred Loichot, who, at the age Of 81,
left Montbeliard, his native place, to
serve his time in the army. At the ex-
piration of his period of service he did
not-his parents having died in the mean
time-return to Montbeliard, but fol-
lowed his trade as . matchmaker in vari-
Gus places. A short time back, having
become engaged to be married, he de-
termined to 90 there and obtain the
necessary papers, but on applying at the
Mayors office, he was told that it would
be useless giving him his certificate of
birth, as in the archives was contained
the certificate of his death at the Toulon
galleys in 1871. Loichot found, upon
further inquiry, that all his former &C.
Quaintances believed that he had been
condemned to penal servitude for murder,
and had died at the galleys, and he failed
to understand how the error could have
arisen until he remembered that while in
garrison at Beasoncon his money, watch
and papers had been stolen. The thief
had awaited himself of the papers to pass
himself off as Alfred Loichot, and having
committed some fresh offences, WAS sent
to the galleys. He died while under
going his term of imprisonment, and
hence arose the mistake. Alfred Loicbot
has been compelled to apply to the civil
tribunal at Toulon for correction Of the
error, and for the removal Of his name
from the death register, and the Judge
ment in which sentence was passed upon
the usurper of his name.
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JAKE was heard calling across the
fence to his neighbours son, colored
youth, who goes to school at the Atlanta
University:
"Look hyar, boy, you goes ter school,
don't yeri"
ayes, sir" replied the boy.
"Gittin' eddy kashun, amt yera"
ayes, SIR"
"Larnin' 'rithmetick and iggerin' on a
slate, ehf'
"Yes, sir"
swell, it don't take two whole days to
make hour, does it'll"
Ivy, NOT" exclaimed the boy.
"You was gwine ter bring dat Ratchet
back in an hour, warn't youi"
"Yes, SIR"
"An' it's bin two days sense yer bor-
rowed 1t. Now what goods eddy ksshun
gwine to do you thick-skulled niggers
when yer go to school whole year and
den can't tell how long it takes to fotch
back hatchiti"
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Natures Nobleman.

Tell me not that he is poor man,
That his dress Is coarse and bare,
Tell me not that his daily pittance
Is a workman's scanty fare.
Tell me not his birth is humble,
That his parentage is low.
Is he honest in his actions?
That is all | wish to know.
Is his word to be relied on?
Has his character no blame?
Then care not whence his birthplace;
Then l care not whence he came.
Would he from an unjust action
Turn away with scornful eye?
Would he, than defraud another,
Sooner on the scaffold die?
Would he spend his hard gained earnings
On brother in distress?
Would he succor the afflicted,
And the weak ones wrongs redress!
Then he is man deserving
OF my love and my esteem,
ana care not What MS oit1hPt"SV
To the eyes of man may seem.
Let it be low-bui shanty,
Let it be clay-built cot,
Let it be the City Hospital,
In my eyes it matters not.
And if others will disown him,
As inferior to their caste,
Let them do it. I'll befriend him
As a brother to the last b.
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MEANING OF AMEN.-A correspondent
writing from bacon, ILL.,, sends the fol-
lowing account of boys attempt at de-
fining:
During the last winter there was re-
ligiOus interest at Varna, Ill. The pas
tor of the Methodist church, the Rev.
Mr.. Demming, was in the habit of hold
ing daily children's meeting, at which
the boys and girls stopped for few mo-
ments on their way from school. In or
der to interest and instruct children, the
pastor presented variety Of topics. One
day he asked the meaning of "Amen."
No one answered.
"You have often" said the clergyman,
''heard the brethren say amen! amen =
while some one was praying. What did
they meant If any one knows, let him
hold up his hand"
Up jumped . little fellow, too eager to
answer to wait for recognition.
~ know" he called out. ''It means
hurry up and get through"
There was IN audible smile, and many
of the elders, We have no doubt, felt that
the definition would be very useful if it
could be generally accepted, and "amen"
used to shorten long prayers.-Y SutA's
Companion.
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HOME QUARRELs.-A house divided
against itself shall not stand, saith Scrip
ture, and there are no truer words. At
home there should be peace aud unity,
though all the world is at war. Those
bound by the ties of kindred should up
hold each other, and bear with each others
foibles, and hide them from strangers
eyes. Those who dwell under the same
home roof must fight under one flag or
be defeated. Policy, if not good feeling,
should bind together the members of one
household.
Bad as it is to quarrel with ones neigh
bors, people may do that and yet have
some bright spots in their lives, if they
shut their doors on their quarrels, and
find within only partisans and sympa-
thizers; but when brothers and sisters,
parents and children, and, worst Of all,
husbands and wives begin to disagree,
spat, snarl, abuse each other, and finally
come to open quarreling, those who dwell
under that unhappy roof know before
hand the tOrtures of the lost. There is
nothing on earth so near Heaven as hap
py home-so like perdition as an unhsppy
one.-H. X. d., in Nev York Ledger.
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A LEARNED sergeant was once accused
of having disgraced the bar BY taking sill
yer from client, the etiquette Of the
profession requiring that his fee should
be in gold. IL took silver" he replied,
"because could not get gold; but took
every fsrthing the fellow had in the world,
and l hope you do not call that disgrace
ing the profession
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Rules for Bathing.

Whether in bath-tub, river or ocean,
bathing should be accompanied only by
pleasurable sensations. The whole body
should be kept aglow. If any shiverings
or chilly sensations are experienced, either
you are not we'll, the water is not of the
right temperature, or you are bathing
too long. At all events, such feelings
are natures warning that you should at
once leave the water and give yourself
thorough rubbing with coarse towel.
Bathing, especially swimming, necessi-
tates great muscular activity, therefore
in order that digestion may not be inter-
fered with, at least one hour, and better
still, two, or three, should elapse between
hearty meal and bathing. 1t is easily
seen that eleven in the forenoon, four in
the afternoon, and just before retiring at
night, are the best times for bathing.
Some like cold dash on rising N the
morning. Very few, comparatively, can
stand such shock to their nervous sys-
TENS. Let those who enjoy it, and ex-
perience a glow during the operation,
continue the practice; but let them be
careful how they urge its adoption upon
those whose nerves possess a less degree
Of resistance.
Any one desiring to acquire the habit
of cold bath every morning should be-
gin the custom in the warm weather, con-
tinuing it during the winter, and not COM
mence 1t in the latter season.
If you are perspiring from walking,
rowing or other exercise, as you reach the
place of bathing, do not Gas some advised
sit down on the bank to cool off before
entering the water. Doff your clothes
and dash in as soon as possible, only be-
ing careful to keep up the exercise with
out intermission after you are in the wa
ter. In this way you continue the glow
which you experienced from the previous
exercise.
Ten or at longest fifteen minutes in the
water should suffice for the strongest
aqueously inclined urchin. Strive always
to leave the water before you feel chilly
or certainly at the first approach of any
such sensation, and continue or rekindle
the glow by vigorous rubbing with
coarse towel.
Turkish superstition says, wet your
head thoroughly upon entering the bath;
we say, do it to prevent rush of blood to
the brain, which event may cause death.
Finally, as bathing, apparently, SIM
pie process, is not without its dangers,
we would warn all boys not to begin the
practice too early in the season, or to re-
peat it too often daily. Many have found
an early grave by over-indulgence, while
others have endured long years of suffer
ing from the obscure effects of excessive
bathing. No physician should consider
it below his calling to give specific dircc-
ton to all seeking his advice as to when
and how long they should battle.
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CONSCIENCE is clock, which in one
man strikes aloud and gives warning, In
another tho hands point silently to : flg-
ure bat strike not meantime, houfs pass
away, and death hastens, aud after death
comes judgment.
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Con respecteth not the arithmetic of
our prayers, how many they are; nor the
rhetoric Of our prayers, how long they
ere; nor the music of our prayers, how
melodious they are; nor the logic of our
prayers, how methodical they are-bnt
the divinity of our prayers, how heart
sprung they are. Not gifts, but graess
prevail In prayer.-zropp.
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Soon or late love is his own avepger.