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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-10-30
AGRICULTURAL.
The Practice of Fall Flowing

The Practice Of Fall Flowing.
Intelligent cultivators generally
agree that fall blowing is of the ut
most service to the soil. Many con-
slider it equal to a dressing Of manure,
inasnuch as it places the ground in
condition to assimilate all the tertiliz.
ing properties of mineral and atmos-
pheric plant food. Soluble matters
which have leached down too far for
the feeders to reach are also brought
to the surface by the turning over Of
land. Weeds, grass and the stubble
of gathered crops are covered in the
soil, where they will undergo decom-
position and be in The right place for
the rootlets to feed upon when the
crops start.
Disintegration is one Of the great
secrets Of the beneficial effects from
fall blowing. Its action is both me
chanical and chemical. Land when
broken by the pillow holds greater
percentage Of water. 1t freezes when
in this wet state, then it thaws and
the disintegration is complete. All
moisture received on the surface FL
tiers through the pulverized earth
evenly, and in consequence the ma
nurial properties in the water reach
every particle Of the soil, and are re-
tained-
Another advantage of ploughing is
the much greater surface Of soil ex-
posed. Compact ground presents but
one surface to the air, while that
which is well broken exposes nearly
every side ofevery particle Of soil as
deep as the filth goes. The filth Is
also deepened, and clay subsoil thrown
on top becomes subject 10 atmospheric
actions, which prepare it for any sol,
vents that may be applied.
This unearthing pestIent insects
from their comfortable hiding places
in the fall and exposing them to the
weather is one Of the incalculabIe
benefits arising from fall blowing.
The turning under Of cookie burrs, OK
Eye daisy, foxtail and other noXloas
weeds with stubDle Of the grain fields
before their seeds mature, is still
another benefit, as these growths are
destroyed and forced to serve the
land they previously burdened BY en-
richng it.
Farmers who are constantly COM
planning that blowing under certain
weeds only tends to e. more luxurious
growth are reminded that weeds which
are propsgated by seed shouId be
turned under before the seed ripens. ;
If the process is delayed a foul crop ,,
Of weed seed is planted instead Of des :
troyed. Cultiyators who understand
the good effects Of fall blowing, some
Of which, by the way, is best accom- !
plished during the summer, will soon c
Set the plows moving, if they are not )
already started, on lands designed for c
winter grain, fall seedlings and for
corn next spring-N. Y, World.
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Storing Potatoes.

In storing potatoes several methods
are adopted, yet they are all procti-
cally the same. the object being to
protect them against freezing, whether
buried in pits or stored in cellars. Ghe
first consideration is TO keep them in
perfect darkness; the next is the bins
should not be too 'leep-not over three
feet--to produce warmth ard cause
them to sprout-When stored in the
field, straight trenches are dug, say
twenty feet in length and four or five
wide, which are filed to the depth Of
three feet with potatoes, then we'll
cover with straw, on top of which put
eighteen or twenty inches Of earth. In
a pit twenty feet long there should
be about three gas escapers or ventlla-
ting openings, which should be
plugged with straw and covered with
board SCI at an angle to turn the
rain. If in cellars, barn or otherwise
the bins should be covered with rugs,
old carpetings or straw. Those IN
tended t. be kept tor late spring sales
should be frequently examined and
all sprouts removed; for as soon as a
potato begins to sprout it looses its
solidity, dryness and quality.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-10-30

A small piece Of charcoal in the
pot with boiling cabbage removes the
smell.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-10-30
,ESsc Art EG,ssowEaa.
MIR, AMOS LUCAS,

~ ENE FIR BEHIND.
TIE American Watch Computes hay
ing agai0 reduced the price, OF nearly al
their movements,
CllAS. II. O. FOX,
is prepared to sell at Lowest figures no
only American, hut all other Walcirrs nn
a w other goods in his line corrcSponJinsIA
low.
No. 1t West Patrick street.
Not to be uMdursoll in amy goods.
&. II. u. F.
mnr2,f
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-11

to take hold of the article and pull while
the girl strokes her own arm vigorously
from the wrist upward On her enter
ing room perceptible influence seizes
hold OF all others, and while some are
anected to sleepiness others are i'll and
ndgety till they leave, and even for a
considerable time afterward. A sleen-
ing babe will awake up with a start at
her approach, but with 3 stroke of her
hand she can at once coax it to slumber
again. Animals, also, are subject to her
influence, and pet dog of the house
hold will be for hours at her feet as
motionless as in death. A curious part
of the phenomena is the fact that the
electricity can be impaired by her to anv
article with which she habituaIIv comes
IN contact. The other day Younger
sister while doing the housework, took
up pair of corsetS belonging TO Caro-
line, and on her hand touching the steel
she was compelled to drop them with a
loud cry and an explanation to the effect
that she had run n needle into her finger.
wooden spoons have had to be made for
her, as she cannot touch metal. Alto
gether the case is a most remarkable
one and attracts scores of visitors to the
house of Mr.. Glare. Medical men are
especially interesting themselves, and it
has been stated that DR.. Tye, ofThames
vile, Will read paper on the subject at
the meeting of the provincial medical as
soclation, which is to be held in London
IN the course of this summer. Mr.. Glare
Is the father of seven children, none of
whom except Caroline show any abnor-
NAL qualities.
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WITTICISMS.

A man in Utica has been detected in
the act of translating "PinafOre" into
Welsh. Wghat! mgr! well hrdgly
evjr.-N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
An art critic, d escribing recent COL
lection OF bricta-brac, says: "The visit
or's eye will be struck on entering the
room with porcelain umbrella"
Mr.. Kindwirts recently died at St. Pc
ter, Mich, aged one hundred years. We
are sorry to hear this, for in our youth
We were taught that "Kind-wirts" can
never die.
Yes" said a Texas lawyer who was
defending murderer, ''the prisoner at
the bar Will prove an alibi. Gentlemen,
we shall prove that the murdered man
wasn't there"
Mrs. Darlington has been reading the
health officers weekly report, and thinks
"total' must be an awful malignant dis
ease, since as many die of it as all the
rest put together.
Diner at fashionable restaurant, call
ing the walters attention TO his plate =
"What do you call this stuff" Waiter
That's bean soup" Gent-"Well, |
don't want to know what it has been :;
what is it now:'
Hotel reading room. Gentleman-"I
beg pardon, but where in HI have
seen you beforeE' Gentleman, looking
up from paper-"I'm sure | can't tell,
sir. What part of HI are you from W
San Francisco News Letter.
At the marriage of an Alabama wild
over, one of the servants was asked if
his master would take a bridal tour.
Dunno, sab when ole missus was alive
he took paddle TO her; dunno if he
take bride TO de new one or moi"
They were soon 10 be married. He
had vague ideas of housefurnishing, and
he asked her what kind of carpets he
should get for the parior. She answer
ed, ADMINISTER" Then he warmly pro
tested that it was none of the minister's
business.
A man coming out of a newspaper of
flee once with his nose spread all over
his face, replied TO policeman who in
terviewed him: 81 didn't like an arti-
Gle that 'peared in the paper last week,
and went to see the man what writ 1t,
and he war thar"
A man fell into slough and his friend
called loudly for assistance. The latter,
who was engaged in cutting bog and
wishing to procrastinate, asked: "How
deep is the gentleman in ?' up to his
ankles" "Then there is plenty of time,
mo there's not, for he's in head first!"
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gross receipts if the show is a success ,,
The circus agent seemed greatly aE.
fected. Isn't it rather steepY'' he said.
1T would be perhaps, for a small pro
Vlnclal journal like the New York Her
aid or even the London Times, but we
circulate such mammoth edition that
the price is comparatively trifiinp-
Fourteen freight cars come up every day
with paper for our edition, which is
worked of on five big Walter presses
lightning geared Our expenses for
steam alone, sir. is $4,000 a day. We
have more carriers than you could pack
IN your largest tent. Our eastern circu-
latlon has been increasing at the rate of
l,OOO day for the last two wears. By
simply cutting down the size of the ps-
per an eighth of an inch our proprietor
has saved enough money to build four
schoolhouses, worth $4,000 each, and
endowed an orphan asylum in each
county in the state. He doesn't run the
paper for money, but just simply for his
health and because he likes the country.
Our mailing and folding machinery
would remind you of the Risdon iron
works."
Is it in this buildings"
"Oh, no; this is simply a branch Office
the place where we write up circuses.
Our principal establishment"
The circus agent groaned as if in
agony, and fed from the office.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-11
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.

The public conveyances of Paris are
arranged on the most perfect system.
For three cents you may ride through
the city for miles and miles, comfortably
seated on the top of an omnibus, by far
the best way of seeing the interior of any
great metropolis. Six cents secures YOU,
in your regular turn of application, a
very cOmmodius place inside this We
hlcle. The same sum will take you
around the city on diverse ncircling belts
OF rail IN a luxurious tramway car; half
the amount gives you an excellent place
on top, and a regular railway (the "Cen-
ture') girdles the city still further out
and will drop you in any of its suburbs.
And without extra payment you can
double your ride on any line of 'busses
or cars with which yours corresponds. :"
For three cents you can dart through
the heart of the city and past Its finest
structures, passing under some Of the
grandest bridges that span any river, on
long, narrow little steamers that seem to
fly over the bosom of the Seine. Every
stopping place OF bus, car and steamer is
called out distinctly, so that one can't
miss them, and the fare payable is plain
ly presented ON each check that the trav-
eler receives. And we guarantee that
all your fellOw-paSSengers in every pub
lie conveyance will, ifpolitely addressed,
cheerfully give you all the information
they possess touching your route and
every object of interest you may pass in
its course, expecting only ''merci mon.
sieur" in return. And no matter how
green, inexperien ced or ignorant of the
language you may be, this driver dare
not and cannot cheat you, for he must
hand you a printed card bearing his des-
ignated number and rates of fare as fixed
by ordinances, from which he will not ven
ture to depart-nO, not by a Centime.
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INGENUITY OF FRAUD.

In 1870, a gentleman of eminence in
the mercantile world was grieved by the
contents of q letter which he received
from correspondent at Hamburg, the
post-mark of which it bore. From the
statement it contained, it appeared that
y person most infinitely described had
detRauded the writer. under eXtraOrdin-
AIRY circumstances, of q, 900. The letter
continued to say information had been
obtained that the defrauder-the dress
and person of whom it described-was
occasionally to be seen on Dutch walk of
the road exchange. The object of the
writer was to induce his correspondent
to invite the party to dinner, and by any
moral force which could be used, compel
him to return the money; adding, that if
he should be found amenable to reason.
and evince any signs of repentance, he
might be dismissed with a friendly eau
ton and five hundred pounds, as lie was
near relative of the writer. As the
gentleman whose name it bore was
profitable correspondent, the London
merchant kept b keen watch on the
Dutch walk, and was at last successful
In meeting and being introduced to the
cheat.
The invitation TO dine was accepted; ;
and the host, having previously given
notice to his family to quit tile table
soon after dinner, acquainted his visitor
with the knowledge of the fraud. Alarm
and horror was depicted in the counter
ance of the young man, who with tones
apparently tremulOuS with emotion.
begged that his disgrace might not he
haue pubic. To this the merchant con-
sented, provided the e3 900 was returned.
The visitor sighed deeply; but said to
return all was impossible, as he had un-
fortunately spent part of the amount.
The remainder, however, he proposed to
yield Instantly, and the notes were han
ded TO the merchant, who, after dilatine
on the goodness OF the man he had rob.
bed, concluded his moral lesson by han
ding him check for $500 as a proof of
his beneficence. The following morning
the gentleman went to the banker to de.
posite the money he had received, when
to his great surprise, he was told that
the notes were counterfeit His next in
qpiFies were concerning the check. but
that had heel caShed shortly after the
opening of the bank. He Immediately
ssnt an express to his Hamburg corre9
pondent who replied that the letter was
q forgery, and that no fraud had been
committed upon him. The whole affair
had been plotted by gang, some of
whom were on the continent, and some
in England.-HlstoEy Of the Bank of
England.
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A HUMAN ELECTRIC BATTERY.
Strange Starry From . Canadian Village
"A Girl Charged with Electricity.
Rondnn. ONT Advertiser

* Girl Charged with Electricity.
BOudOn, Ont, Advertiser,
We have been favored with the details
of one of the strongest cases of which we
ever heard, and one which is sure to ex.
cite good deal of interest among medi-
cal men. The particulars of the case are
given below:
1t seems that about two years since a
daughter OF Mr., Richard Clare, Caroline
by name, and then seventeen years OF
age, living on lot No. %, ON the second
concession of Rodney, was taken i'll. Her
disease could not be correctly diagnosed,
and had many peculiar features. Her
appetite fell off, and she lost flesh till
from strapping girl 100 pounds weight
she barely weighed 81 pounds. There
did not seem to be any organic COM
plant. The bodily functions were not
impaired, and although she ate less than
formerly, the falling off in this resnect
was not such as in itself would alarm
her friends. After the lapse of a few
months she took to her bed. Then it
was that change occurred in her men
tai condition. Formerly she was noted
rather for lack of conversational powers,
but now fits or spasms came over her, on
the passing away of which her eyes
would become set and glazed, her body
almost rigid, and while in this state she
would discourse eloquently, and give
vived descriptions of far off scenes, far
exceeding in their beauty anything
which she had ever seen or presumably
ever read of. On the passing away of
this state she exhibited a great degree of
lassitnde and indisposition to move and
was taciturn and surly in reply TO any
questions. This continued tilt about a
month since, when an extraordinary
change occurred. The girl, although
still not gaining flesh, appeared to rally.
She became light hearted and gay, and
her friends anticipated an early release
for her from the room to which she had
been confined so long. Their expecta-
tons were in vain, for she is now about
the house apparently as well bodily as ev-
er, but a most remarkable DEVELOPMENT
has occurred. She Is constantly giving off
electrical discharge, aud seems 10 be a
perfect battery. A person, unless DOS
seSSed of the strongest nerves, cannot
shake hands with her, nor can any one
place his hand in pail of water with
hers By joining hands she can send
sharp shock through fifteen or twenty
people in q room, and she possesses all
the attraction of q magnet. If she at
tempts to pick up knife the blade will
jump into her hand, and q paper of
needles will hang suspended from one of
her fingers. So strongly developed is
this electrical power that she cannot re.
lease from her touch any article OF steel
which she may have taken I'D. The on.
~ method yet found Is for second party
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lin correspondent says that the harvest
IN Germany is very promising.
Gen. Grant in Japan.
YOKOHAMA, July 5.-Ex-P President
Grant and party arrived to-day from
China.
Liberals losing ca ould.
VIENNA, July Sin the election for
members of the Reichstag thus far, 1876
Liberals and $50 Conservatives and Ma
tionals have been chosen. The Liberals
lost 80 seats.
Bad Prospect for Foreign Crops
PARIS, July 5-The National SAYS that
in the Council of Minister, Lepere, the
Minister of the Interior, estimated that
IN consequence of bad crops, the purchase
of foreign grain would amount to TWEEN
ty million pounds sterling.
Nihilists.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 5.-Four hun
dred Nihilits were arrested at Kief, on
the night of June 26th, and a great
store of weapons seized.
Minnesota and Wisconsin CycIOned
ST. PAUL, July 5.-A later account or
the terrible storm in GOOdhue County.
Wednesday night and Thursday morn
ing, is to the effect that its greatest vic
lence was at the village of Vasa. An
orphanage at this point containing TWEEN
ty four inmates was demolished and
three persons killed and seven wounded,
three of them fatally. Several buildings
were destroyed or badly damaged q.
III. Holmes and wife, Erick Stephenson
and another person name unknown, and
q Child, making eight killed outright
and four moro not expected to live.
At WarrentOn about thirty, more or
less, were injured, three houses blown
down and three persons, names not given,
killed. At Lake Emily, Niedlette 81 Co.'S
Darrell house and other buildings were
blown down. Alexander Talk, wife and
daughter were killed, and some six or
eight persons badly injured. In Pierce
county, Wisconsin, across the river from
Red Wing, the residence of w II. Rush
was carried away, and himself and
grown daughter drnWend. A daughter
OF John DAVIS was also drowned.
SHOOTING of John F. Seymour.
NEW York, July SIN reference to
the shooting of John F. Seymour, broth
er-in,law of Bishop Seymour, in the
Seminary grounds, the Bishop says it
is his belief that his bFother-in-law sur
prised some one on the grounds, and
tried to drive the person or persons off,
and was shot during the quarrel. A
man and woman were seen to leave the
premises soon after Seymour left the
house
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OVER THE STATE.

Lawrence clamors for free bridge.
Leavenworth is producing "PinafOre"
Howe's London cireps is coming to
Kansas,
A paper is to he started at Oimarron,
Fonte county.
The new depot at Atchison is to cost
$4,000.
COffey county has clipped 10000
pounds of wool this year.
A Graham county girl of IA was mar
ried the other day to the boy of her
choice.
The Olathe progress hOists the name
of Dillon for president and Hartranft for
Vice-president.
Judge @. G. Foster, of Topeka, q. s.
judge for the district of Kansas, is the
recent father ola girl,
Several buildings, including the opera
house, were struck by lightning during
recent thunder storm In Topeka
Col. Robert A. Friedrich, of Topeka.
has been commissioned brigadier gener-
al OF Kansas militia by Gov. St. John.
G. w. Brown, who published the Her
aid OF KEee1Qm mt Lawrence from 1854
to 1858, IS nov practing medicine at
Bedford, Illinois.
An eight-year old son of Duane Hall,
in Pleasant Grove township, Greenwood
county, was killed by q runaway team,
one day last week.
A change of venue in the case of the
Cheyenne Indians, who were on trial in
Dodge City for murder, has been grant.
ed and the case now goes to Douglas
county.
Mr.. IL. c. Clements, who, during the
receivership of Mr.. S. T. Smith, was act
ing and assistant auditor of the Kansas
Pacific railroad, has been appointed to
the full position of auditor.
Neal Decker, ono of the oldest settlers
OF Sedgwick county, committed suicide
one day last week, by drinking concen-
trated I've. Financial troubles was the
cause. He leaves wife and two child
rem.
The new town at the forks of the Solo,
mon river, and which point was reach
ed by the iron horse Saturday night, has
been formally dedicated as Downs, in
honor of the superintendent Downs
promises to become a very important
point, as it is at the end of the first di-
vision, and the junction of the two prin-
cipal branches.
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UNCLE SAM TOO HAS PERPETUAL
SUNSHINE.
Philadelphia Record


Few people are aware that the proud
boast of En- glishmen that the sun never
sets on the British Empire is equally ap-
plicahle "a the United States Instead
of being the western limit of the Union
San francisco Is only about midway be-
tween the furthest Alutian Isle, acquired
Me. y
Our territory extends through 1877 de-
grees of longitude, or seventeen degrees
more than halt way round the globe.
The Rocky Mountain Presbyterian in
commenting on this fact says:
When the sun is giving its good night
kiss to our westernmOst isle on the con
fines of Behring's sea it is already food
ing the fields and forest of Maine with
its morning light and in the eastern part
OF that state is more than an hour high.
AT the very moment when the Alutian
fisherman, warned by the approaching
shades ofnight, Is pulling his canoe to-
wards the shore the woodchOpper of
Maine is beginning to make the forest
echo with the stirring music of his axe"
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DAWN.


pee on the mountain tops the morn is spread.
ana tWlnght steals away with noiSeless Tread :
FAINTER and fainter in the flush OF daV
Inc shy stars twinkle, and their pale. pure
ray f' PAiS
Fades in the splendor of the rising sun.
AS conscious that their nightly work is done
Whlle at his kiss. sweet Nature lifts her ewes
anu smiles into his face. The blushing skies
scatter their roses on the clouds until
me sunny garland Wreathes from hill to hill
Anu morning sits enthrOned amid her fioW-
Fresh with the rainbow ints of angel-bow-
And down below the earth reflects Heavens
grace; N
Bright diamonds sparkle on the lakes calm
face, o--'A
Pearl drops are glistening on the forest trees.
growers toss their dewY petals in the breeze
ana corn-neids in the valley laugh and sing
For JOY that life should be so glad thing
Thou, who dost bid the morning light to shine.
ana thrill all nature with q warmth divine
Let not the shades of sin our souls enshroud'
But with thy brightness scatter every cIoud
me 1alrest dawn without thee is as night:
Say to our waking hearts, LET there be
light
GEAEVIEVE N. 1. IRONS
sunday Magazine,
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tits often supposed that Chinese rice
paper is made from rice. 1t is really
made from the pith of a tree which grows
to the height of twenty feet, and which
is also used for the manufacture of arti-
fetal flowers and certain toys and fancy
articles
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SnNG.

SONG.
Said the wind, 81 know she is fair,
For toyed with her golden hair,
And the ringlets' unhretied flow
Rested light on breast OF SHOWS
And the rosebud whisl Tered, @She's sweet
For in kisses her lips l meet
s pd my fragrance the deeper grows
From the TO OF her lips that CLOVIS"
For gaZ, in her eyes 30 blue,
men she lifts them to me in prayer,
And all heaven is mirrOred there.'
And my heart-my heart said to me,
II that wind, Ky and rosebud see,
Fairness, fragrance and truth are thine,'
For love her, anu she is mine
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