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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
A Sad Story Of Il Wrecked
Life,

The most thrilling and sadly sug-
gestive temperance lecture is the :, 5ht
Of once noble, talented man, left in
ruins by intoxicating drink. A Wash
ington paper tells Of a ragged beggar
we'll known in the streets Of that city
who once held ar important command
in the army, having been promoted,
for personal bravery, from cavalry
lieutenant to nearly the highest rank
in military service. One night recent
", when lie had been too successful in
begging liquor to safe his craving, and
while lying helplessIy drunk in the
rear part Of a Third street saloon some
men thought to play a joke on him by
stealing his shirt, aud proceeded to
strip him.
Under meath his shirt, and suspend
ed by a string from his neck, was a
small canvas bag, Which the men open
ed and found it contained his corr
mission as brevet major general, two
congratulatory letters-one from Gen
eral Grant and one from President
Lincolu-a photograph Of a little girl,
and curl Of hair--a Chestnut shad.
ow" that doubtless one day crept over
the brow of some loved one.
When these things were discovered,
ven the half-urunken men who found
them felt respect for the man S for
mer greatness, and pity for his fallen
condition, and quietly returned the
bag and its contents to where they
found them, and replaced the sleep.
er's clothes upon him.
When a reporter tried 20 interview
the man, and endeavored to learn
something of his lite IN the past tew
years, he declined TO communicate
anything.
He cried like a child when told how
his right name and former position
were ascertained, and with tears trick
ling down his cheeks, said.
"For God s sake, sir, don't publish
my degradation, or my name, at least;
if you are determined to say some
thing about il. 1t is enough that |
know myself how low | have become.
Will you promise that much? 1t will
do no good but will do my friends a
great deal Of harm, as, fortunately,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
Remembered Exactly.

A lying witoess will often tell a
very glib story, but he generally fails
to guard all his weak points. At a
recent trial in court the following took
place in attempting to prove an abb:
Attorney S. - You say that Ellis
plowed for you on the Goth Of Novem-
ber?
Witness referring to bis note book
Yes.
S-What did he do on the 3Oth?
W.-We chopped wood.
Son the 3lst?
W.-That was sunday, and we went
squirrel hunting.
S.-What did be do on the 32d?
VILE thrashed wheat on that
day.
S.-What did he do on the SD?
Wit was raining and he shaved
out some handles.
S.-What did he do on the 34th?
VILE chopped wood
S.-What did he do on the.
But before the question could be
finished, the witnesses wife seized
him by the collar and whlsked him
outside Of the witness box, yelling in
his atfrighted ear
"You old fool don't you know there
are only thirty days in the month Of
November?'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

"TuE NATIONAL CITIZEN SoLpIER,pub
lishcl at Washington, d., is an ably edited
monthly, devoted tothc interest of the sol
uicr, and every soldier in The country
should have the reading of it. 1t defends
the men who shoudcrcd their guns in tln'
of danger; it keeps them posted on al mat
tiers pertaining to pensions, back pay ,boun
ties, land warrants &c. 1t also pleads t"l
them with the people, and does no, forge,
10 call the attention of Congress to THEN
claims. IL boldly advocates every measure
whereby the soldier, viii be benefited, anC
dcn.unccs every action that is detrimental
TO their interest. Twenty five cents pays
n years subscription. Sample copies cal
hc had by addressing the CITIZEN SoLDIEI
PUBLISHING Co., Box 5jS, Washington, D
{.
mar25 st
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
Railroad EnislllAs.

The travelling humorist Of the Bur-
lington Haarheye gives these passage
in one Of his letters:
II WISH" the cross passenger said,
"there could be law passed rrohlb"
iting the use Of binding initials and
delusive terms by railroad corpora
tions. Look at this, now; | read my
ticket and it puzzles me; ! gaze out
of the window and the inscriptions on
the box cars mystify me. Why do they
paint things on their cars TO distract
the minds Of travellers? See that car:
C. r. N. Y. Series A What do l
know about it? What is the
Chats the car trust company OF
New York., ," said the brakeman.
"And then what is "A NJ. c. L. on
the next carr demanded the cross
passenger, but the brakeman was gone.
"And what is car trust company?
asked the passenger with the sandy
goatee, adding, that he'd like to find
some good trust company that would
trust him for new ulster and seal
skin cap.
There you 80 again the cross
passenger replied, What DO know
about it? And see there, what is the
Z. & P. Dispatch? And great guns,
he AIDED with sudden enthusiasm, as
we swept past a snow white car
look at that white car, white "a
snow drift, with Great Central Speci-
al Blue Line painted on it? Blue line?
and here; let me out; | want to walk;
see on that box car, Weight, q l,275;
Hoist Hoist? By George, do you
mean to tell me that any corporation
has the souless cheek to ask any man
to hoist a car that weighs ten tons?
The biggest man in America couldn't
lift one end of it. Id like to hoist the
man who painted that on the car.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
rail-. !. !. 7 "a |. !, VI !

Thr 'rs, gun Of the Campaign Of 1850
in M,cl,nics,own. We Ialc just opened
a large lot of new goods suitable for Tia,
season, most Of which have been hough,
before the recent rise in prices, to whjcl
We wish to call the attention of the Public
Spring Goods of Beautiful STILES, Cotton
n,lcs, Dress Goods SC. Remember we aTt
head quarters for Shoes, Largest Stock
and best makes, Call And See
feb 26 IT, JOHN ROOT.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
Selected Aoehy.
Fading.

watched in the glad spring tide,
When buds were bursting forth,
The girl who should have been my bride
The failrst gem of earth
She faded like the tender leaves
When the frosty wind is north.
watched her when the golden haze
Lay soft on bank and brae,
And in the summer of her days
She faded fast away
The roses died from ont her cheeks
Like a sunsets flush in May.
AT last, when autumn's withcrcd leave
Lay sere upon the ground
The swallows had left the caves,
And night was closing round
Her soul departed ere Tie dawn,
And her angel home she found.
When earth lay meath the carly snow,
stood beside her grave;
The funeral Chant rang sad and slow
Throughout the ancient nave
mourn, bu, owned that God is Just,
When lie took back the soul inc gave,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
GIiitfion.
In Old Maids Story.
by AMY ItANDOLF.

II want a piece o bread
How we started, Margaretta and !
as we sat in the cool, vine. shaded pi
azza, with the canarybird singing in
his little gilded cage above, and oul
white dresses gllmmerlng in the sun
light that glinted through.
Sister Margaretta was reading
aloud in "Marmiou we both pre-
ferrel the sweet, old-fasAioned melo-
dv of SCOTS immortal verse to the
fA,se jingle Of modern rhyme and !
MAS embroidriing strip Of deinty,
ny whole soNl wrought MP to the key
of wild Scottish romance, when the
quick, abrupt voice broke on our ears.
Sister Margarrtta dropped 'Marmion
on the gray kittens head-it was the
blue and goll edition, so | may ven
,ure to say it dill not hurt our gri,nal
KIN mucL--aAd pricked my finger
violently.
A strange, sunburnt face was star
ing in at us through the dancing vail
Of vine leaves, and two little hands
were clutching at the lattice, up to
which their owner had swung herseli
with monkey-Gke agility.
GO away, chlld.' cried Mar.&retta
sharply. My sister never liked to be
startled in any way, since the sat
news came 50 Suddenly, Of Brian
Willingford's being drowned at sea
Climb down, child, and come in at
the door like a Christian, said |
and | dare say cook will give you
something 10 eat.
i asked her, and she said, Clear
out. and threw stick Of kindlin
wood at me, responded the queer
little figure, as it scrambled down, anc
stood before Inc child Of nine or tel
years old.
What i your name? | asked.
Marianne.
How o!d are you?'
DO know. How old be you?
'Rosalnd, SAID my sister sharply
why do you encourage the senseIes
impertinence Of child who knows n,
better? Send her to Chloe, at once
But there was something in th'
round, wistful face with its thatch
ing Of curly black hair and soft blacl
eyes, that appealed directly to th'
maternal spot in my heart. | alway
believed | should have made a gooC
mother, if Heaven had seen fit to b.es
me with husband and little ones. Bu
there-I can hardly expect people il
general to be interested in the love
and hopes Of two blighted old maid
like Margaret and me, so III JUS
keep to the thread Of my story.
No, said I; its baking day, yo,
know, sister Margaretta, and Chloe
tenn er is always as hot as her ovel
on baking days. Sit you down OIL
the door-sill, child, and I'll 60 ant
get you bowl of bread and milk
The child devoured the meal
brought her, like Ls!f- f-}am;shsd ami
ma.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

Il don't know what you mean by
not being an Irishman, said the gem
tleman who was about hiring boy,
but YOU were born in Ireland Och
your honor, if that's all, said the boy.
small blame to that. Suppose your
cat was to have kittens in the oven
would they be loaves Of bread?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

-"Tll make you prove that" said
a man to another, who had accused
him Of theft. Don't" said witty
bystsnler, "for you'll feel worse after
it than you do now
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

they think died in South America,
where I went at the close Of the war.
Intemperance and the gaming table,
he said, had wrought his ruin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

said:
If it hadn't been for this thimble,
Mariana, we never should have had
youP
For sister Margaretta and I are
neither of us growing any younger,
and Marianne is the light of our eyes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

The height Of industry-A girl so
industrious, that when she has notLlng
else to do, she knits her brow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
Does it taste pood?' I asked.

answered.
I hadn't eat nothin since las
night
How did you come to be wonder
ing about the country by yourself?
asked Margaretta gravely.
i run away, was the frankly utter
ed answer.
Ran away? And, pray, frou
whom
From the circus company. I rod
the pie bald pony, and jnmpe'
through fourteen hoops runnin,'
Margaretta looked shocked.
laughed.
And you did not like it?'
No. They beat me. Look an'
she showed us her knees and elbow
covered with yellowish purple bruises
That where fell off the pony. An
then old Mike Steers beat me, ant
wouldn't give me no supper. guess
wasn't goin to stand that So rur
away. There want nobody but me
could ride the pIebald pony, and
But where were your parents
Marianne? your father and mother?
'Ho! | ant got none
and where DO YOU stay at nights?
Wherever can. In barns, down
side o stone walls sometimes; and
once slept in an old house where
nobody lived, aud the roof blew of
afore mornin.' Wasn't | scared
thought
Where are you going?'
A misty, far.oN look come in the
great black eyes, as | asked the not
unnatural question.
40 KNOW "'osS Il 'e'OD W
somewhere
| looked imploringly at Sister Mar
garetta. Sister Margaretta shook Her
Neau ''eAoF"o'y az me- '"u "' =
venturcd to DO was to pour out glass
oi Ire IL sP''"o ',' 'o' ''0 WV
ParcAea I'ps' ana S'yIy sup " soo''!
sIce OF plum CAKE ln'o 'Ne o'o""
hand, when my wiser ana less 'hp0''
'No ''"'e' was '0'"'",o ''
'o's'er MarB'fel'"' 9'''' ""''
the Son"a o' '"7 P','e'''5 '''' l''r
n'' n'en away ~, '''' -, :,
the roadside l 'n'''o 80 nave ''"e'
TO Keep 'na' c'''''
"oSa''n'' my S''''' "''s"''sI i.I, ''
P"a''cS''y' YOU d" ~ . WIS
l ""o" ~ N'' S"''',"' ,,1 m J.,
"A P'e''! "0"'0 We s''''' ,,, ,',
II Il 20" IA" your "'9' '"''rV v,
g"e''a' 'a"H ''n9 !" Sl'''e % "e''v' ',,
ou WANT 10 '''oN'' ''I'' '''"' N'
cog cav u 'N''Ns" 'A"'
way. ,.,.,
hol sne i''u Su'n \ S"ee' "'"'l''''
lace sister
l""a". "a circus c''''''
1ha' ml8hV nave oee' ''e' .A'''0'
'""' '1''' '''
'''"' ~, a.,
W. "0"'v"',' ,;r, n,1
A0'O'o''' w
0''|' a 49,. "'"al .'I,: "'s :. ,,oro,to sno
w" 1''''' ~
'''" S'p' '"r'' ""N ,,.
, w., 49,, a,rora to,;nc noo
| ,I,,a o1 an,,;,;os ,or or,ntod
io,oon,ornot Iyhoro,y
NV hook? Lets 90 on with the poem.
Whit are you looking for now
My gold thimbIe. thought | had
it here Just now. lam sure it was on
nv finger inst before
stopped short. NV sister was
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

"Ive gota bawl ticket, D." said neigh
Dor John, ruetully.-It turned out
there was a new baby in the family.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

A New Haven, Conn, establish
ment last year, it is said, turned out
25,O0O,000 FISH hooks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08

Westminster, Nd Oilice-neXt door to
Carroll Hall, where those seeking OF :ru
tivns upon the teeth arc invited to call.
DIR. Toukr will visit Mrchnnicslown on
the I'd Wednesday, of each month
remaining over Thursday if requested
lie will alsn visit Emmi' ,hurg on the All,
"Wednesday Of each mouth and remain
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-08
CHANGE OF TIME
WESTERN MARYLAND K. ROAD.
- -I-ECy,s.31 yy;;.;f-- r = -1.z-..---s1
& sta1i..szS sesli,-n.e.its n --ESSs ..---=.Ss.s

" ES Elm NJ AiIl LhND II, lUiD.
u ;sl::ssas :s.lI...::i &. .sx ss:,: :@;5.s
HN and after Sunday, March %, 1880
~ Passenger Trains will run rs fol-
LEAVE MECHANICSTOWN
For Baltimore and Westminster at $50 a.
NJ. and 3;07 =. NJ.
For Hagerstown and Williamsport 1l;.O
A N and 7:30 2 NJ
ARRIVE MECIlANICSTOWN
From Baltimore and Westminster at |
10 A NJ and 1901 NJ
From Williamsport and Hagerstown at
$50 a IN, and 3:07pm
Emmitshurg Road eaye Emmitsburg
at 6;25 and 9;55 IN, and $40 m, and ar
rive at Rocky Ridge at 6;55 and 1925 a
m, and 3;l5 p NJ. Trans north will leave
Rocky Ridge at 725 and 1862 IN, and
7;l2 p m, and arrive at Emmitsburg at 7;5j
and 1l;2O m, and $40 p m.
Trains for Frederick will leave junction
at $40 and l0:40 m, and 1:22, 5:35 zoo
p, III.
J. NJ. HOOD,
Gen'l Manager.
=. II. GRISWOLD,
Gent Ticket Agent.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-06
Our Mineral Wealth.

Tue AMOUNT OF GOLD AND SILVER MINED
IN THIS couNTRY-THE OUTLOOK.
In the opinion of some experts the
production Of precious metals in the
United States is but just beginning. In
the last ten years we have advanced
from $l7. 800, 600 in silver, and $33, 750,.
600 in gold to $45, $40, 100 in silver and
S44 ,SS0,223 in gold, but il is said that
the next census item years. will more
than quadruple this production. Dur.
ing the first seven years from 1870 to
1877 the production of gold exceeded
that Of silver in our country, but since
then the production of silver has ex.
ceeded that of gold $j.562, sos. This
was caused in part by the discovery of
the great silver mines at Leadville,
Colorado, and in part by the decrease
OF the gold production of the Comstock
lode in Nevada. II is fact not gener.
ally known that in the production of
the Comstock lode III 20-l00 is gold.
The decrease of yield in Comstock was
$l2,464,4S in silver and gold during
lS7S-lS79, while the increase of silver
production in Colorado was IS, 200. 900.
The exact production of gold and silver
during the last census, as near as it can
be ascertained, was as follows:
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-06

brown hair and gentle manners.
Though naturally Of modest and re.
tiring disposition, she possessed great
spirit and determination, and which
shown forth in times of trial or emcr.
gency. Years after Mr. Dickinson
had attained his fame he visited the
little academy at Oxford where his
wife had been educated. To the a..
sembled magna,es of the village who
came TO greet him he said that though
he had never studied at their institu-
ton, he had carried off its greatest
prizp"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-06
Our Boys In Idleness.
From the N. Y. TrIhnne fR.nl.

From the N. Y. Tribune (Rsp).
Applications are sent in, far beyond
tho sunply OF emigrants to fill, for
mechanics OF every grade, carpenters,
weavers, gardeners, workers in every
kind of metal, etc. As our readers
know, bodies OF skilled workmen hay.
BEEN imported during the last six
months by our manufacturing firms by
the hundreds, to 30 large an extent as
to close many of the mills in England.
Yet every American town and village is
crowded with idle boys and young men :;
not idle OF their own choice, but seek.
ing vainly TO tind work as book keepers.
clerks, or perhaps starving as briehess
lawyers and patientless doctors. Com.
fort and competence await the foreign
mechanic, while the American OF the
same class goes hungry. The principal
cause OF this is that our trades n eener.
alton ago closed their doors on ai,pren.
tces in order to keep down competition.
The owner of the largest printing estab.
lishment in Philadelphia tried in vain,
few years ago, TO find admission $or
his son as an apprentice to his own
establishment. The same rigor has
been observed in almost every trade.
While, however, they can keep their
own and their neighbors' sons out, they
cannot exclude the foreign mechanic,
who, as we have shown. is coming by
the hundreds and the thousands to step
quietly into the comtortabl. places
from which our own people are shut
out. 1t is time our working people
should waken to the folly of this sui.
cidal policy. 1t is Rll very well for us
to boast that America offer. a refuge for
the oppressed of every nation. She has
done 1t in the pact and long will con.
tinue TO do it. But it j. hardly consist.
ent with such character of universal
benevolence that her own children
should be the only ones forbidden TO
earn their bread in the manner which
seems best 10 them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-06
Turns OF Fortunes Wheel.

Ups and downs in Leadville life are not
as they are elsewhere, the ups being
rather steep and the downs decidedly
perpendicular. 4 few months sgo, &C.
cording TO the Leadville Democrat, John
W. Wilson was regarded as one of the
wealthiest men of Omaha one day last
week he called at the Sisters Hospital
for crust of bread. lie had attempted
to become a carbonate king.
$50 quickly sometimes" said Sterne,
'has the wheel of fortune turned round
that many a man has lived 20 enjoy the
benefit OF that charity which his own
piety projected A dozen years ago n
New Orleans banker, the founder of one
OF the principal railroads in Louisiana.
helped to build a charity home. lie
was induced subsequently to enter into
the scheme OF establishing gas works at
Havana. He lost his whole fortune.
Dater he became an inmate of the estab.
lishment his fortune had helped to build.
Now he has recovered and accumulated
another fortune.
During the flush times Of 1869 Ozias
Bailey was one of the richest men in
Kansas. He didn't know what to do
with his surplus money and so put il ia
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
stock. The stock was then selling n,
three dollars a share. When the hard
times followed Bailey lost every dollar
OF his money in one way or the other.
His fortune was at the ebb, and he only
continued to hold his railroad stock
as so much worthless paper. Recently,
upon the consolidation of the st. Louis
and San Francisco with the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, he cold out for
n round million.
The three brothers who have Just
struck such rich gold in the Nachoohee
valley, White county, Ga. have reason
TO believe the lines:
"Many strokes, though with little axe.
Ilew down and fell the hardest iIInbersd-oak.-
They had been digging for months,
with the rudest kind Of tools and with.
out sign Of gold. They were thin
and haggard but persistent, and now
they are taking out 81 900 week. The
vein struck IL one hundred feet wide
and IL has been tested for thre9 miles.
In one "pocket," no larger than mans
head, they found $3.50 worth of nuggets.
Inc Louisville CoWrieT-.JouTHdI tells of
a lady living in that State who bought
a lot Of Louisville and Nashville stock
sf S3S a share. When the stock had
advanced 10 AL she wrote to her brok.
er TO sell. She forgot 10 send the Ger.
tiicate Of stock, and the broker replied
that he couldn't sell without the certii.
cate. Meanwhile the stock had ad
vanced to so. The lady found that the
certificate had been mislaid. She search.
ed high and low, her heart bounding
as the stock kept bounding, until when
the latter sailed into the nineties she
was frantic. Nowhere could the csrti.
ficate be seen. Meanwhile the stock
vent to 10, 100. l30 and Just as Il
reached l4l, $50 per cent. above what
she first desired 70 sell, the missing Ger.
tificate turned up. She cold at III.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-06
4 SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

For ingenuity Of all kinds the Yam
kee race has been 50 characterized that
1t Is synonymous with the term Of in.
vention. A New Englander and a
novelty generally go hand in hand,
and If there was ever any doubt as to
the genulneness Of this popular belief,
or any dispute as TO the val led style of
their notions, it should be dispelled hy
the remarkable selfguillotining, on
Tuesday last, Of Stephen Pillsbury Of
Chelsea, Massachusetts.
lbe young man was scarcely thirty
years of age, Of most excellent char
acter, great student, fine temper
ance advocate, but morbid on the
subject Of crime aud criminals. Fine
looking, and Of good social and cheer.
fnl disposition, his act is the more
remarkable, especially as he was an
unmarried man. Yet. on the day and
date assigned, his head was lying loose
alongside of his body, and his life
blood had wcIIcd out, and all bv his
own handiwork.
He had builded him in the farm
barn rude but periectly-workine
machine Of death, on the stvle Of the
French guillotine. Two uprights of
Ioists twelve feet ip length he bad set
from the floor TO the ceiling. The
upper ends were spiked to the ceiling;
the lower mortised in solid blocks of
wood about four feet long, and in the
center of which he had scooped cut a
neck rest. Fitting between the up
rights in a smooihly-sliding board was
carpenters broad axe sharpened to
a razor-like condition. This slider
rested on a lever, which worked upon
pin secured in the left upright, from
the end Of which, suspended by cord
some three feet in length, was a water
ing-pot which had been filled with
water.
The bottom of this pot the suicide
had perforated so that the water would
gradually leak out and release the
lever, and the axe would drop. The
fall of the axe was nearly seven feet
but, TO make things dead sure, Pills
bury had placed on top of the slider
box of stones about fifty pounds in
weight.
To prevent any charge of suicidal
intent, he had at the base of the up
rights inserted piece of fbroom.handlc.
running through both joists and COM
pletely imprisoning his neck. By his
side, on the block, he had dug out n
hollow, in which he had, poured about
a pint of ether. Having finally per-
fected arrangements by placing two
large boxes of stone close against the
sides of his murderous machine, quiet
ly smoked a cigar, filled the watering
pot, placed his head in position, with
his nostrils close TO the ether fumes,
and, as the water leaked away. the
lever was sprung. the slider started.
and the thud of the axe announced
decapitation.
Being a temperance talker, it was
but consistent and proper that he
should die hy water.