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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
A Little Parable.

There was q country town containing
about two thousand inhabitants, en-
ployed in great variety OF pursuits,
farmers and gardeners. raisers Of stock,
mechanics of all sorts. They were all
gaining modest but comfortable living
by their various labors. One day there
moved into the town a man, believed to
possess enormous wealth. He bougt a
large place. built q splendid mansion, and
said to the people: II have come to
spend my monev among you, according
to my peculiar tastes. / wish to employ
five hundred men In marching to and fro
on my grounds every day, and wish to
have fireworks every night, and will pay
the highest prices for rockets and Roman
candies. Iwish to have three or four
hundred little children dressed in white,
with blue and red ribbons in their hair,
10 sit about the ground in groups, or
dance in the hall every day, and will
pay each Of them dollar day for doing
it, and will buy thc clothes and ribbons
for them to wear / shall wish 10 buy
four suits of clothes year for each of the
men, and | propose to give a supper every
night, with plenty of ice cream, to all the
inhabitants OF the town. Could any,
thing be more attractive than this pro-
gramme? Half the people gave up their
usual occupations and devoted themselves
to marching round the lawn, and the
other half to making fireworks, clothing
and lce-cream for these festivities.
The people and town prospered won
derfully; the men got their three dollars,
the children their dollar e day, and great
| profits were also made on the fire works.
| clothing and ice cream. But one morn
| ing the bubble burst. The rich man had
| disappeared, Then it was made known
that all the money he had been spending
had been borrowed of the town authori-
no assets this was debt the town must
pay. The people had given up their old
occupations, had LOST the taste for regular
work, had acquired love of luxury, had
learned to speculate, were no longer sat
isfied with small returns. but wished to
obtain large incomes with little labor,
| and besides all this arrangement of their
habits, they had great debt to pay for
their frolicking and waste. Now, would
it not take long time for the people of
such a place to get back to their old po-
sition? The people of the country are in
the condition of this town. We took a
million or two of men from productive in
dustry during four years, employing them
in destroying and wasting property. The
expense of this is an accumulated debt
which we have TO pay. We have acquir-
ed habits of extravaganza and waste at
the same time. And now that the excite
ment is over, a long period Of depression
has followed; for the decentralization
which four years of war can produce il
will take fifteen or twenty to repair
| James Freeman Clarke.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
A Mothers Presentiment.

The mysterious disappearance of Cap
tain George E Magwire SO me days since,
says recent issue of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, has given rise to great deal
of comment and many coniectures as to
the cause Of bis absence. He was well
known in the city, having at one time
been a prominent young politician,
with an avowed determination to achieve
the distinction of a seat in. Congress. For
several years past, however, he has been
in failing health and subject to tina. ter
rible disease, epilepsy, which sooner or
later destroys life or takes the reason
captive.
Captain Magwire was fully aware of
the tate that awaited him, and knew that
no medical skill could avert his doom,
and that the hand of the destroyer was
upon him. Death he did not fear; but he
thought MS intellectual faculties would
become clouded, and that he would be
an ooJec: of pity to his friends was unen-
durable. With what intense anxiety he
watched the slow approach Of the insidi-
Gus monster of insanity can hardly be
imagined. He resolved not to wait to be
EMBODIED in its clasp, but rather to avert
it by taking his own life. This deter
mination was expressed to several of his
intimate friends, but ne informed no one
of the time or method he should select,
if, indeed, either time or mode was fixed
in his mind. On Tuesday afternoon he
was seen at the bridge, and since then no
tidings of him have been received by his
family. The presumption, growing out
of the circumstances, is strong that he
leaped into the river and was drowned.
There is possibility that he may have
fallen from the bridge during an attack
of epilepsy, but the general impression is
that he committed suicide.
The disappearance OF Capt. Magwire is
reverted to now for the purpose of record
ing very singular dream, or presen tt
ment Of his venerable mother. There can
be no donbt of the authenticity of the fact
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21

about to be related. The night Mrs. Ma
gWlrc last saw her son her sleep was dis
turt ed by a. painful and vivid dream. It
seemed SO ike reality that she could not
shake OFT the impression. In her dream
she saw him struggling in the water; she
saw him sink and rise again, AMI heard
the gurgiing sound of strang ulation as he
dlsapp cared beneath the waves. She
awoke her husband, and said to him,
George is dead saw him in the water
and heard the gurgling noise made by
him IN drowning This was before Mrs
NJ had heard that her son was missing.
OF had heard any intimation of his inten-,
ton to take his life. This is one Of those
singular dreams which puzzle the philos-
opher, and leads . probability to the as
sumption of Sptritualists. Mrs. Magwire
IS quite an old lady but has always been
of sound mind
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
A Rninoceros Attacks a Train

At Pittsburgh, Pa, there was an ex-
citing accident occurred recently. while
the railroad show of The Sells Bros. was
making its advent into the city. The
cages of the menagerie were loaded on
flat cars. A projection near the Point
bridge struck the cages and overturned
three of them, containing rhlnoceros,
lion and black bear. A large crowd OF
people had been attracted to the spot,
and following on the heels Of the acct
dent there was an incident that made the
people scatter like leaves before the wind.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
To-day and Forever.

j.
NV breath but touches the rose in your palm,
And lo how the light leaves scatter,
Leaving no semblance OF bloom or OF balm;
But what, pray does it matter?
Laugh, as they flutter away, my DEAR.
AS they flow in the flow OF the river!
We are done with dead roses today, my dear,
Done with them to-day and forever
II.
Your eyes but turn to the trees in my palm
The wee little trcss so goiden,-
And low Whisper "Ihe sweetest calm
Was born Of that sorrow olden.'
Sing, as it SINKS to the moses, my dear
TO the MOSES that border the river!
We are done with old losses and crosses, my
dear,
Done with them to-day and forever.
Laugh low. Sing softly! Love is live
And awake where we walk together;
But love Is fragile, and Love will thrive
Best in the sunnicst weather.
SO, let the past be the past, my dear;
Let it GO IS the shade on the river!
We are done with old sorrows at last, my
dear,
Done with them to-day and forever.
--Hustef' H. Benelict, IN Buldoiu's Monthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21

Stir the Soil. Nothing is more con-
ducive to thrifty vegetation, to its rapid
and healthy growth, than to keep the
ground we'll stirred; SO we say with conf
dence, keep the cultivator and hoe ID
motion. Pulverization increases the cap
Hilary attraction or sponge-like property
of soils, by which their humidity is rem
dered more uniform. It is evident this
capillary attraction must be the greatest
where the particles of earth are finely di-
vided. Gravel and sands hardly retain
water at all, while clays, not open by pull
verization or other means, either do not
absorb water, or when, by long action, it
is absorbed, they retain TOO much.
Water Is not only necessary as such to
the growth Of plants, but it is essential as.
a kind of food and as a medium
through which plants absorb other food.
Manure is useless to vegetation till it be-
comes soluble in water, and it would re-
main useless in a state of solution if it.
a 8 so situated as 20 be excluded from
air, for then the fibers or mouths of the
plant roots, unable to perform their func-
tons, would decay and rot off. Pulver1-
zahon in a warm, dry season is also of
great advantage in admitting The nightly
dews to the roots of plants.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
How Prof. Henry Missed Being an
Actor.

Thurlow Weed has written very in
teresting letter to the New York Tribune
describing how the late Prof. Henry, the
well-known scientist and secretary of the
Smithsonian Institute, just escaped be-
ing an actor. He says:
commencing in 1915, ripened into warm
friendship. He was then an apprentice
to John F. Doty, silversmith, in State
street. Albany.I was a iourneyman in the
Office of the Albany Register, published
by Henry G. Southwick. During the war
with England, which had just closed, the
Green Street Theatre, with a strong com
pany, literally patronized by the officers
of the army stationed in Greenbush, awak
ened much enthusiasm among the young
gentlemen of Albany, several of whom
formed themselves into an amateur theat-
real company.
They fitted up hall formerly used for
dramatic representations, then known as
the Thespian Hotel, on the cornor of
North Pearl and PATRON streets They
attracted large audiences. Joseph Henry
became bright and particular STAR
His young Norval, Damon, and even
Hamlet, were pronounced equal in con-
ception, and execution to the presentations
of experienced and popular actors. His
friends, charmed with his talents and
genius, urged him to adopt the stage as
a profession. His own thoughts and in-
clination rendered him willing listener
Soon the manager of the Green Street
Theatre offered him permanent engage
ment with Il liberal salary With that
the young aspirant for dramatic honors
was greatly delighted. But DR.. 7. Ro-
meyn Beck, principal Of the Albany
Academy, believed that there was way
opened to the young man promising
greater usefulness and more enduring
honors than the drama could confer. Af-
ter consultation with the trustees, DR.
Beck invited young Henry to enter upon
and complete gratutisus academic
course. While anyiously considering
these conflicting offers three of his init
mate friends, James Dexter, a lawstudent
James Hunter, printer, and myself, were
called into consultation.
Hunter and myself saw for our friend
in dramatic career assured fame and
| fortune. IeXter, less enthusiastic, pre-.
| ferred academic honors to those of the
.ssock" and .'buskin." He urged. calmly
but forcibly, that if the stage was to be
ultimately adopted as a profession, an
academic education would increase ou1
friends chances for enduring success, and
that after completing his education he
would be quite young enough to become
an actor. This argument, after long
and anxious mental struggle, proved
efectual. The following day "Joe Hen
ry" rejected Manager Bernard's dram tic
offer and took his seat in the Albany
Academy. Mr.. Doty, when informed of
his apprentices desire to become a stu
dent in the academy, generously surren,
dered his indeptures. 1t was only a few
weeks before the s Y Dung Roscius" became
so absorbed in and delighted with his
studies that the theatre with all its at
tractive associations was forgotten. Long
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
The following published in the Youths
Companion val! be of interest to many in

The following published in the Youths
Companion Will be of interest to many in
this country
'Many years ago son OF Scotch lord,
travelling in this country, happened to
spend Sunday in Stratfori, CT. Find
ing the hours OF the day long and weary
he dropped into the church and soon be-
came more interested in the face and
voice OF beautiful young lady in the
choir than IN the preachers sermon.
The impression made was pertinent
one. On inquiry he found that she be-
longed to a poor family but was highly
esteemed for her noble personal qualities.
He made her acquaintance which ripen-
ed into respect and love. The young
lady was placed under the best education
al influences and afterward taken to
Scotland as the wife of the Young traveller.
Professor Benjamin Sillman of Yale Col
lege, who was born in Stratford, had
often heard the romantic story, but had
never learned the name of the Scotch
lord. When he visited Scotland he met
one day at dinner table Lord Sterling
and his accomplished wife. He was
charmed with the country manners and
the conversational gifts Of the lady which
rose into positive pleasure when he found
that she was the heroine of the romantic
story so often told in his native town.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21

years afterward. when we met in Wash
ington or in his visits to Albany, while
recalling the scenes of our youth, the
grave Professor Henry, with worldwide
scientific reputation, remembered this
episode in his life as par.aking more of
a dream than as a reality.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
Red Riding Hood---New Version.

Little Red Riding Hood
Patiently biding, stood
Watching ma, hiding good
Dainties with care
Away in the basket,
Which Riding Hoods task it
Was-cruel to ask it
To granny to bear.
Then heavily laden.
The dear little maiden,
So sweetly arrsyed iii
Her red riding hood,
Turned from the highway plain,
Past fields of waving grain,
Walked down the shady lane,
Through the dark wood.
Somehow or other,
She wished that her mother
Had sent her big brother,
Instead of herself;
Through dark thickets swishing
How vain was her wishing,
For he was off fishing,
The lazy old elf.
Now at her grandma'S gate
Why does she hesitate?
There ON the porch, elate,
Sits big tramp.
Nov, dear, Pll trouble you
Pass or I'll double you
Up" said the scamp.
Now then can't relate
Half that this tramp he ate;
Details and aggregate
Are too alarming;
Apples and sandwiches,
Pies in japanned dishes,
Boned turkey, canned, which is
Awfully charming.
Brown bread, asparagus,
Mutton with caper sauce,
Broiled ham, to taper off,
Cheese and waffle;
Fried eggs, tomattuses;
Baked fish, potattuses,
Good" said he, that it is"
Oh, it was awful!
Onions and mutton roast,
Fried tripe and buttered toast,
Oysters, they suffered most;
Boiled turkey gobbler;
Mullins and celery,
Peaches, SO ''mellery,'
And how this fellow he
Went for plum cobbler.
When ali the grub was done,
When there was nary crumb,
Silent he rose and glum,
With painful steps he
Walked OFT, as she'd kicked him,
As though some one had licked h
Forever victim
To chronic dyspepsia.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21

Cookies One cup of butter, one cup of
sugar, one half cup Of cream or sour milk;
favor with any thing you like, one-half
teaspoonful Of soda, enough -four to roll
easily, roll thin; bake with moderate fire.
They are done when they can be lifted
from the tin on a knife without.
breaking.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-15
Origin of the Rooster in Politics.

The Cincinnati Enquirer explains the
origin of the "rooster in politics. 1t
says: 1t was not so late period as 1910;
the year of the ''log cabin" "hard
CIDER" and "coon skin" campaign
which resulted in the election of General
Harrison, that he first made his appear
ance. Indiana then had her state cleo
tions in August. The editor of the In
dianapolis Sentinel was j. w. Chapman.
In those days locomotion was slow, and
it required days and even weeks to get
the returns from the back counties. 1t
so happened that in some particular
county in Indiana, the Democrats made
gain over previous elections. An en-
thusiastic Democrat wrote to friend in
indianapolis the news, and not knowing
Mr.. Chapman, the editor of the Sentinel,
personally, requested his friend to COM
municate the facts to Chapman, adding
these significant words, "Tell Chapman
to crow" Catching the inspiration from
secondhand correspondent Chapman
did "crow" in his paper, and as the
business of Growing" is usually done
by the chanticleer, he brought out one of
those fine large birds at the head of his
columns.
This was the first rooster ever placed
in Democratic paper to rejoice over
Democratic victory. AS the general re-
suits of that election were against us, it
was matter of derision for the Wing
papers, when any WING victory was OBJ
tanned, to add these words, "Tell Chap
man to crow" This assisted to fix the
matter in the popular mind, and to ma
tionalize the emblem. No better one
could have been adopted. The rooster is
probably the most brave and gallant OF
the birds. He is never conquered as
long as he has life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-15

THIS one by new beginner is very
good: "a gentleman whose name is
Foote, proposes to have it changed for
sanitary reasons, because when he makes
his demise, no matter how deep they
may bury him, he still will be only a
Foote under ground. "-Danbury Ne'cs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-15
A SUNSET SKETCH.
ny JOAQUIN MILLER.

, The weodman sat subduea and grave
Beside the wide aud soundless wave,
And there half-blind purp that sat
All slobber-mouthed aud monkish cowled
With great broad hoppy leathern ears
Amid the men, sprang up and howled,
And doleful howled he plaintivc fears,
And all looked mute amaze thereat.
II was the damn'd est eve, think,
That ever hung on Hades' brink.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29
RECEIPTS IN FULL.

Millions Of indebtedness have Teen
wiped out clean in the last year and
millions more in the last MONTH
Men who were to their eyes in debt are
now free again from that very unhap-
Nv incumbrance. They are as happy
as a big sun-fower. Not that they
have been round among all their cred
itors with check book in hand, asking
with a bland smile for their accounts
and getting receipt in full by CIV
ing a draft on capasious balance in
bank. Oh, no, not by any means
The thing was easily done without
what the greenback party calls "ab'
solute money" August is the last
month of the bankrupt law. 1t is
the golden opportunity. The courts
of bankruptcy have been as busy as
bees receiving petitions in which the
debtors assets cut very slim figure
alongside Of his liabilities. The as
sets are speedily g,bbl'd up by the
court officials and lawyers and after a
little red tape work the government
gives receipt in full.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29
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DEATHS D0INGS.

The prevalence Of epidemic disease
is not confined to any county,
Heart-rendering reports come every
day from the south of the spread OF
the yellow fever rnd its peculiar ma
Lightly. 1t is fatal in nearly half the
cases. In Turkey malignant typhus
feyers are sweeping off multitudes ;
the battle-felds of the war having
filled the country with pestllence. On
the Northern coast of Africa the chol-
era is raging. So it is in India. In
China the most destructive famine re-
corded in history has covered the
country with dead and dying. Con-
tagious maladies travel rapidly strik-
ing every country in their fatal
march. These terrible epidemcs may
at any time sweep across the ocean
and desolate our country IN then
course
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29
PRIVATE SALE.
NOTICE..

TIHE undersigned being the owner OF
l. several very valuable fox hounds re-
spectfully request all persons not to mis-.
treat any of these animals if they are found
on their premises. Said dogs are perfect
ly harmless and will do no damage at all
We will be responsible for all damage done
by them, and do hereby publish this notice
so that persons may not be mlslcd by
thinking that they will do damage when
on their premises.
AUGUSTUS KRITZ.
JOSEPH kRlTZ.
JOHN II. WYNN,
Living near NJ. st, Msry's College,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29
THINK OF 1T.

In onr last paper we spoke of the
great agitation which has sprung up
on the money question. 1t is now
the all.engrossing question. We DO
not propose to discuss or argue 1t one
way or the other. But we ask our
readers to "think" about it. 1t is a
serious question to all. Don't be led
away by ranting harangues. There
are loud cries tor change. A change
of financial policy, like change IN
medical treatment Of a sick man. may
be beneficial or it may be fatal. If
there is to be cha nge let it be deter.
mined by reason and sound judgment
Old party leaders are in considerable
of a muddle on the subject. The les
sons of the past ought to be good
guides for the future. In Gen. Jack
sons time the national finances and
currency was regulated by great
limited States Bank. The brave old
General considered it monster OF
aristocratic power and corruption
He felt called upon to put it down.
He called upon working-men part'cu-
larly to stand by him in lis great
fight. AS general thing they re-
spouded to his call. They triumphed
and the big Bank fell PROSTATE. Its
downfall, however, was followed by a
great increase Of State banks, and the
more banks the more money, such as
it was. One of their dollar notes
might be very good in Frederick
county but would not buy a full dol
lars worth of goods in Baltimore
Nobody groaned worse over that kind
of currency than the workingman.-
Then came the war, needing millions
of money to carry it on and save the
Union. Tho governments right to
issue paper money is very question
able but the war left no alternative
The government accordingly issued
greenback paper dollars. Next it is
sued bonds. 1t exempted the bonds
from taxation. 1t paid the interest
on them in gold. Then it made the
bonds the basis of national banking
system. The old state banks changed
to national banks. The national
banks were furnished with notes for
circulation haying the national bonds
for security. The old state banks
used to break now and then and note
holders lose their money. Note hold
ers can't lose with the national banks.
You may get into the cara and travel
East, West, North or South, and par
your way with these notes, no matter
what bank has issued them. The only
trouble these hard times is to get
enough of them. This is a brlei
statement of our present financial sys,
TEN.
A new party has come to the front
which demands a change Of this sys'
TEN. 1t may prove a very powerful
party if old republicans and demo
orats leave their ranks and rush into
it. It has taken the name of Ma
tional party. Its leaders are loudly
calling upon working'men particular
ly to rally under its flag. 1t promls'
es them better times. 1t is fercely op'
posed to the untaxed national bonds
and national bank notes. 1t wants
greenbacks issued direct from the
government printing office enough 10
bury in at once the bonds and redeem
tho notes. This is called "absolute
money" 1t wants a multitude oil
other reforms which it would make
this article too long to enumcrate. 1t
may be right to make this great
financial change. But let every vo-
ter consider it carefully.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29
Office TO TAX PAYERS
IN OF FREDERICK co.

Notice is hereby given that the tax
books for the year 1878 are now ready ano
the Collector will be prepared to receive
the State and County Taxes at his office in
Frederick City from Wednesday, July IL
1878.
PETER w. SHAFER,
Collector of State and County Taxes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-29

The following Section of the Act OF
1878, Chap. 4s3, is published tor the infor
nation of Tax Payers:
SECTION As. All persons and incorpo
rated Institutions that shall pay their State
Taxes on or before the LIST day of Septem
Der of the year for which they were levied
shall be entitled to a deduction of Five pei
Centum of said Taxes: all that shall pay
the same on or before the LIST day of Octo
Der of said year, shall be entitled to de
duction OF Four per Centum and all tina,
shall pay the same on or before the hrs
day of November of said year, shall be en-
titled to deduction ofThree per Centum
July IS 3t