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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-10-20
CHAPTER AT.
AN ACT to amend section five Of article
tour of the Constitution of this State:

AN ACT to amend section five of article
four of the Constitution of this State:
I SEC. /. BE it enacted dy he General As
semdly Of Narytand, Three tiflhs OF Ill the
members of the two Houses cnncnrring,
that the following section be and The same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of this State, and il adop
ted by the legal and qualified voters there
of as herein provided, it shall superccdc
and stand in the place and instead of SEC.
tion five Of Article four of said Consttu
ton.
SEC. 5. After the election for Judges as
hcren6ctore sproyidel. there shall be held
in this State IN every fifteenth year there
after, on the Tuesday after the first Monday
in November Ut such year, an election for
Judges rs herein provided; and in case OF
death, resignation. removal or aisqrlica-
ton, by reason OF age or otherwise. of any
Judge, the Governor shall appoint a person
duly qualified to fill said Office, who sl,a!
hold the same until the next general elrc-
llon for members of tneGrnrial Assembly,
when succt ssur shall be elected, whose
term of office shall be the same as hcrelnbe.
fore provided; and upon the expiration OF
the term Of fifteen years tor Which any judge
nlny he elected to fiji vacancy, an election
for his successor shall take p ace at The
next general election for members OF the
General Assembly to occur upon or ai,cr
the expiration of the said term: and The
Governor shall appoint a person duly quail,
flied to hold said Office from the expiration
OF such term %! fifteen years until the elcc,
ton and qualification of his successor.
SEC. 2. And be it rurther enacted Jy the
authority aforesaid, That the said torego-
ing section hereby proposed as an amend
mcnt to the Constitution shnll be, at the
next general election to be held IN this
State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rcjrc'
ton, in pursuance of the directions con
lained in article fourteen Of the Conslitu
ton of this State; and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amend
menl to the Constitution Shall he bv ballot.
and upon each ballot there shall be writes
or pllntei the words for the constitutional
amendment" against the constitutional
amendment" AS the voter shall elect; and
immcliat ly after said election due return
sha! he made to the Governor Of The vote
for and against said proposed amendment,
as directed 10y The said fourteenth article of
the Constitution
Approved April 10, 1880
JOSEPH :. b. HARTSOCX,
Sheriff of Frederick county.
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Itls clauorous, greedy place that
! Dolly and her mother st-p ont into,
where hands are constant y reaching
for more, and where it seems that
there is not room enough or things
enough tor the creatures He has made
Like the figures Of dream, melt
away stately houses and luxurious APP
pontments.
1t is the day before auction a
bleak morning that must be misery to
itself. Dolly is busy about some Of
the many things that have fallen to
her to DO, when she hears we'll
known step in the tiled ball and flies
down stairs to meet her lover. Her
dress is marred BY specks of dust, and
the room is in disorder so far, and
chairs are ~ unusual places, pictures
and mirrors have slid from the walls,
and draperies have disappeared. He
looks twice at the marble slab before
be ventures to let the edges Of his hat
rest upon It. There is dust there also.
Bat Dolly thinks of neither dust or
disorder She is only conscious that
he is here, and comes forward with
both hands extended to hun. They
are im, dimpIed hands, and her
cheeks and lips are abIoon, and there
is tender light in her gray eyes.
Handsome, loving Dolly has never
dreamed how this meeting viii end,
for she judges him alter her own heart,
ana is both sincere and fai hful. 1t
is not exactly words tha, give her the
key to his feelings; it may be his man
ner, or posslb y something more sulta
lie st,l; but she has the key, holds it
.rrpsolute a moment and then looks
into that mercenary organ he calls his
heart, and her own near y breaks III
dong so
II Is only question o: money,
SIZE filings out bitterly. You never
loved mr at. ali; you are coward, a
Iar, SIR.
Poor Dolly hardly knows her own
voice speaking to hlm so; and she IS
conscious that her heart aches hi ough
It all. They are the last words he
ever ears her speak.
Two years nav" Avd Two seasons
OF onrN II It nua Irtarlhess. Two
ed ou, ol flowers. blue skies aud
.-nu-r ,!,y- We ieJ Dolly :ttndlr4
,lun- IN rup llSorderIy drawing room
w.ln tears Oh her face She NIped
the tears away, and dll nothI & more
rrdgIc than g. np stalis and finish her
WI ~ -A'''' ''0 '''' - '''''' w., 0'' -
goods, they moved into a little and
'"'ne' 9'i'''S ''''' - '''I
aud lived existed, rather-un a
P''''"cV' p''''"'e' ~ ''0 way '""'
e'e 'o"o "0''>' 20 '"''' :,
an ne "0' ~ 10 wv" w P''N
enter 'se' ~ ! easy " 1 - = Y "'''P
po'n'meh'S a"" 'a''"io'' III ne" SUI
9 3d. Do''y Id" ''' '"' ''''iV' u
e'e"e' " - Me- - 'u"' g '''''s5 " ~"
ere" "''''F' 70 "''T' N'' '"o"5"''
'lI''''' '.'''' '''' '''N'7 -, D..
II '"'''' '''"' III '''N way 'NeS
nave 4 u " u 1'''o '' ''' '''S III W.
e'''' "'''o,' w ''''"',' '' 49, 9''''' ''
nome ne Is a '"''F'H' u u 'e''" {
aho "''''"' "'o l''s"Ne' Il 'n'"'' ~,
Tar n'n8 lie 'qn'"a''S " Soo' 'e"
OF money per "'''''''' VI" nus ''o'''''''
acres o"' ''''' - o' ~ consequence
h'ls'hS poultry Is '"o oh'y par 'n''
pays, Dolly Eeard h'h remark one
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MI u 5 L G..

take great pleasure in informing the
citizens of Frederick county that | have
been authorized to sell the Matchless Estey
Organs at the lowest prices for cash or
easy payments. Also orders for sheet mu-
sic and musical merchandise will be
promptly filled Call and see me at Me
chanicstown Md. >r
GEO. II. s. WELLER, Teacher
of Vocal and Instrumental music.
July 143m#
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NOTICE TO HOTEL KEEPERS AND
ALL OTHERS WHO DEALI IN
LIQUOR.

For the information OF all persons con
cerncd, the following Act If the Legisn-
lurc, passed March "A, 1865, is published:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-10-20

For Baltimore and Westminster at 6 m
and 8 00a. m, and . 80 p. M For'H r'Hagcrs
town and Williamsport at lrl5 a. nj and
6 80 p. m For Blue Ridge on Saturday
at 8 40 D. m.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-10-20
ARRIVE MECHANICSTOWN

From Baltimore and Westminster at # II
a. IN, and 6 35 and 40p nj From VII
Transport and Hagerstown at 900 q. m,
and So p. m. From Blue Ridge on Mon
day at 6 90 a. IN.
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Election Notice.

NJ Office is hereby given to the Judges
~ Of Election and to the voters Of
Frederick county, that an Election will be
held and take place in the several Election
Districts of Frederick county, Maryland,
On TUESDA Y, Noucn,ber Sth, 1881.
for a Comptroller Of the Treasury of the
State of Maryland for Chief Judge of
the Sixth judicial Circuit of the State of
Maryland. for five delegates to represent
Frederick county in the next General AS
sembly of MARYLAND, for five County Com
missioners Of Frederick county. for Sher-
it Of Frederick county. and for Surveyor
of Frederick county
Voters will also cast their ballots For
the Constitutional Amendment ia
guinst the Constitutional Amendment" in
accordance with the following Act of the
General Assembly. passed AT January Scs
sion, 1880, for amending the Constitution
oflhe State:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
Mineral Riches of Alaska.

Rather sooner than they were expect
ed come contradictions of the tales
about fabulous mineral riches in Alas
ka. The mountain of gold upon which
the eyes of hungry prospectOrs were
fixed has diappeared, and there arc no
more boul,lcrs waiting to have the pure
mineral knocked out of them with
sledge-hammers. But rs the structures
of the imagination topple over, evil
denccs of the existence Of valuable ore
deposits come into view. A cores
pondcnt of the San Francisco Chronicle,
who has spent couple of months in
investigating the subject, writes from
Harrisburg, the first of the Alaskan
mining camps, that in his opinion the
region possesses extensive mineral re-
sources and that the conditions for de-
vclOping them are favorable. He re-
ports that the mineral belt seems to be
about two miles in width, has been ex-
plOred distance Of about six miles
nOrtherly and southerly, and is estimat-
ed about four miles inland from the
coast at an elevation OF from one thou
sand five hundred to two thousand feet
above the sea level. Little work US yet
has been done on any Of the numerous
locations. Nearly all the labor thus far
has been expended in cutting trails,
building houses and getting ready to
mine. The lodges are all gOld-bearing,
carrying q large percentage OF galena.
Some Of the ore is exceedingly rich in
gold. The formation is slate, and the
lodges, which run with the northwest
erly and southeasterly trend of the
mountain range, vary from two feet to
eight feet in thickness with an easterly
dip Of about 60.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
The Fortified Fern.

In valley, centuries ago,
Grow u little fern loaf, green and slender
Neining delicate and flores tender
Waving when the wind crcpt down SO low;
Riishes tall AMI moss nnd grass grew round II
Play full sunbcams dartcd Ia and found Il;
Drops of dew stole in, by night ANA crowned II
hut no foot of man e'er trod that way;
Earth was young, aud keeping holiday.
Monster fishes swan tho silent main,
Stately forests waved their giant branches,
Mountains hurled their snowy avalunches,
Mammoth creatures stalked across the pair
Nature reveled In grand mysteries,
but the little fern was not Of these,
Did not number with the hills and trees;
Only grew and waved, Its sweet Wild way
No one came 10 note II, day by day.
Earth one time put ON frclic mood,
Heaved the rocks, and changed the mighty
motion
or the deep, strong currents Of the ocean,
Moved the plain, and shook the naughty
wood,
Crushed the little fern I'm soft, moist clay,
Covered Il and hid II safe away;
oh, the long, long centuries since that dayl
oh, the agOnyl Oh, LIES bitter cost
since that useless little fern WIS lOsti
UselcssY Lost? There camc thoughtful man
Scar ching Natures secrets, far and deep;
From u assure In n rocky steep
lie withdrew u stone, DER which there raD
Fairy pencilings, a quaint design,
Winnings, LEAKAGE, hbcrs clear and fine,
Aud the ferns life lay In every line!
So, I think, God hides some souls away,
Swcctly to surprise us tho last day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
Modified BY Circumstances.

There is no doubt that the early riser
accOmplishcs more work than does his
less, energetic neighb0r; for rs the old
proverb has il, the morning hour has
gold i'm its mouth. Still it is one of
those things which by common consent
are set very high i'm the list of desirable
virtues, and yet which are open to GER
tain doubts and objections. Early ris-
ing, unless preceded by early bedtime
and sound sleep, may be unhealthful.
Delicate children should never be
wakened until they have had their
sleep out, and nature will then awake
them. We do not underestimate the
pleasure and propriety of having the
family all seated ut once ut the break
fast table, but in many homes an elias
tic breakfast hour would be boon.
If one or two people in the house, by
reason of engagements, must sally
forth very early, it is often better to let
them have their morning meal by them
selves, while others rise and breakfast
later. Many worn and ailing mother,
whose sleep is disturbed by the cares of
her nursery, owes il to herself and TO
her family TO take her morning nap,
and to make up the arrears OF repose
by late rising. No one who regards his
health will sit up till midnight and rise
ut dawn. Overwork is slow suicide.
1t is better TO rise at eight O'Clock in
the freshness of renovated powers, than
TO rise at five, jaded, aching. and half
asleep. TO drag through the first quar-
ter of the day, doing nothing well, and
exaspcrating ones friends by fretful-
ness and fault-iinding. If you wish to
indulge in the luxury of carly rising,
go to bed early, that your rest may be
sufficient for your strength.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
Ever Your Annie"

She left the elevator with an energy
that sent the platform rebOunding sew
eral feet, and flashed into the humble
den of the city editor with rush that
made even the portraits OF celebrated
baseball clubs turn pale. Then she
lowered over the pale young man ut
the table and said:
II want to see good reporter, --one
that's got some getup in him!
The young man managed to insist
that ali the local staff were energetic
young fellows who were working them
selves into early graves, over which
the tears Of great sorrow would fall
from many eyes.
"Oh, l know all about them," she
continued. "SOme of them can get at
some things that others couldn't get
near"
"Well. MADAME" suggested the young
man with pause.
my husband" she continued, itali-
cising the my, "lOoks considerably
younger than he is, and he is carrying
on flirtations all the time. l found a
letter in his pocket last night, and it
will give you a good article for the pa
per If your reporter can find out who
the poor little fool is. She thinks my
husband is a single man."
well, madam. to what extent has
the ENHANCEMENT g0nep'
"rm sure l don't know; but she
ought to know that he is a married
man. haven't got the letter with me,
but she said in it that she was apicture
of death, and that she was much obliged
to him for the book no had sent. but
she wasn't able to read, and for him to
send her basket Of fruit and bottle
OF medicine; and just think of q girl!
wanting her sweetheart TO send her
some medicine! Why, think it's
shameful, and the most ridiculous
thing ever heard of, and!
But" interposed the weary jour
nalist, sit would appear to be your htis-
bands fault and not the girls, il she
thinks him unmarried. He has evt-
IDENTIFY been decciving her."
'Now, don't you fret yourself about
tbat!' answered the business-like young
woman. "lf you can just manage to
let her know, I'll attend TO my hus-
bands side of it. Pm just waiting for
him to come home this evening""
"What was the name signed to the
note?"
".Ever your Annie,'" and she
smiled a grim smile rs she uttered the
confiding phrase. "Pll make him ever
her John when he shows up. You just
put that in to show 'em I'm on the
racket, and If hear anyi moro I'll
come for reporter TO hunt it down."
And SO Annie had better lay mighty
low and keep very dark, if she does
not want the picture of death improved
upon by an irate and energetic wife.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
Durability Of Timber.

As showing the durability Of timber,
tho fact is cited that the piles of q
bridge built by Trojan were found, af-
ter having been driven some sixteen
hundred years, to be petrified four
inches, the rest of the wood being in
its ordinary condition. The elm piles
under the piers of London bridge
have been in use more than seven hum
dred years, and are not yet materially
decayed, and beneath the foundation
of Savoy Palace, oak, elm, beech and
chestnut piles and planks were found
in q state of perfect preservation. after
having been there for six hundred and
fifty years. Again, while taking down
the walls of Tunbridge Castle, Kent,
England, there was found in the mid
die of o thick stone wall q timber curb
which had been inclosed for seven hun
bred years; and some timber of an old
bridge was discovered while digging
for the foundations Of . house at Wind
sor which must have been placed there
prior to the year 1896.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
Buried Alive,

At Ballwyl, Il village near Lucerne,
i'm Switzerland, well has been sunk,
and the sides supplied with stone walls.
One of the masOns, of the name of
Xaver Mattmann, on the twenty-first
of February went to tho bottom Of the
well, in order TO see if the work was
done all right. While he was down,
the side walls gave way, but Fortunate
ly beginning with the bottom part, 9TH
erwise the falling stones must have
killed tho man ut once. AS it hap
pened, the stones falling upon him
pressed hard upon him, but did not
kill him.
'Thc upper part of the wall came
down by degrees" Mattmann report
cd; 81 heard the noise for about ten
minutes, one stone following close up
on the other. was pressed with my
back against board, my right arm
about my head, the left arm upon my
chest, the right leg bent back in the
knee joint, the left leg stretched out
straight. A big stone was resting up
on my head. slanting toward the fore
head, u big round stone was upon eth
Oh cheek, u big one just under the chin
forcing my head q little upward
against the top stone. The biggest
and heaviest stone / had upon my
chest. Every limb of mine was pressed
in tight with stones--a movement, ever
SO small, impossible. In this fearful
condition stopped from Monday Mt
four o'clock in tho afternoon until Fri
day evening at siX-that is fully nine
ty-eight hours-;t q depth OF q hun
bred feet below the surface, and with q
load of stones eighty TO ninety feet
high, resting upon me. My hat was
pressed down upon my nose, my pipe
was stuck fast in my mouth. The rope
which was TO have lifted me out
passed along upon my chin, mouth,
nose and forehead, and may have been
my best protection against the stones
pressing together upon my head. Up
on me was perfect darkness. But my
presence of mind did not fOrsake me, q
most remarkable sense Of my rescue
being quite certain sustaining mo in
my desperate position, and inspiring
me with the determination TO stand it.
l suffered no pains, but very hard
pressure, and felt very thirsty. l slept
repeatedly. heard the sound OF bells.
l also perceived when the labors of
rcscuing me were commenced. 1t was
sound like hens picking corn upon
wooden board. The sound becoming
clearer made mo perceive the progress
of the work, although not clearly.
When l thought that the workmen
were within hearing Of me. l called out
to them"
Friday. at noon, the first stone from
the head of the man buried alive was
removed; ut three o clock his head and
chest were free and he could take some
thing to cat. At six o'clock he was got
out. Mono of his limbs were broken;
there were only some Commissions ON his
body, but tho skin was perfectly insensi-
bic for length of time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
The Beauties of POlygamy.

Some of the beauties of pOlygamy are
brought out by the Salt Lake Tribune
through published interview held
with Mrs. Raleigh, wife of one of the
lights of the Mormon church, from
whom she is endeavOring TO obtain u
divorce. The plaintiff is described us
an intelligent, fine-loOking lady. whose
hair is but just tinged with gray, the
combined result of years of life and
welded bliss. Her story is like that of
q great many Of the women who have
married into the Church. She first
went into Mr.. Raleigh's family as q
nurse to his former wife, who was up
on q bed OF sickness, from which she
never rose. She declined to accept the
proposal Of marriage when first made,
but in obedience to the mandate of
Heber G. Kimball, then one of Presi-
dent Young's counsellOrs, and to whom
disObedience was worse than contempt
of court, she at last acceded. Her
honeymoon was not particularly
bright one. but she took upon herself
tho care of her husbands children by
his first wife, and was mother to them
during many years that followed. She
was allowed to work all she pleased,
and sometimes more, from the begin
ming, and, as stated in the complaint,
aided in every way to build up the for
tunes of her lord and master. As q
specimen of what was expected of her,
one instance may DO related alone.
Shortly after their marriage one of the
cows died down in pasture-lOt at the
edge of town, it was supposed from
having in some way become poisoned.
She was sent with Danish boy to skin
the dead body, which they did, and
Mrs. Raleigh carried the hide over her
shoulders to the house, her husband
meantime standing with linen buster
on and walking-cane in his hand, SUI
perintending the work.
In the course of time new wives were
added to the household, the number
eventually reaching eight, and at one
time six Of them occupying one house
and working and eating together in
one small room, which served as kitch-
en-, dining-room. sitting-rOOm and par
lor. Each had separate sleeping
apartment. They were all expected to
earn living, and if they wanted any
thing special in the way of clothing,
etc., they bought it themselves from
money made at washing or otherwise.
The head of the household bought his
supplies by the quantity. and kept them
under lock and key, dealing them out
with a sparing hand. He was sus-
picious always that his wives were try
ing TO rob him, and on one occasion,
when he thought he missed dress
pattern off of bolt of common heavy
goods, he searched the apartments of
his wives, examining the bed-ticks,
looking in small drawers that would
not have contained the bulk of the
dress, and when urged sarcastically
by the plaintiff, even peering into n
pair of stockings which were hung up
In the room.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22
An Ohio Girl Marries A Ohinaman.

A very interesting event took
place at Wesley Chapel last evening,
it being the second wedding in this
city in which a Chinaman and an
American woman were the contract
ing parties. The groom was Wah
KOon, better known as Ben Hope
Lee, and the bride Laura Cleary.
They were attended by Wah Hing,
Wah Lee, zee Wing, Jang Gu, and
.JOw Hong, and Misses Helen and
Belle Cleary, of this city, sisters of
the bride, and Miss Ida Davis, of
ChillicOthe. The ceremony was per.
formed in the chapel by the Rev. A.
G. Hirst in the presence Of a large
audience. The affair soon became
nOised about on the street, and there
was a great rush of people to the
church, but most Of them arrived
after the ceremony was over. There
was, however, a general prOmenading
around to congratulate the parties.
During the ceremony the mother of
the bride was greatly affected, and it
was throughout a serious ceremony,
but after it was over all were gay
and lively. The bride is 18 years old,
and was born here. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Cleary is a plumber
by trade, and the family is in good
circumstances for laboring people.
The bride had been working in her
husbands laundry for the past year,
and she is highly spoken Of by all
who know her. Ben Hope Lee was
dressed in full conventional style, and
the bride in black silk. with lace
trimmings. The presents were very
rich, consisting Of q seven.stOne
cluster diamond ring, worth 800,
from the groom diamond ear.drops
and gold bracelets from JOw Hong,
and others of less value. The brides
presents in the way of jewelry were
rich. She wore an elegant gold watch
and chain which her husband had
presented her some time ago. After
the cOngratulating at the chapel, the
party repaired to Schneiders restau-
rant. There were twenty guets Mt
the tables, and an abundance was
served, including wines from all parts
of the globe. The Chinese rice wine
was pronounced the best ever tapped
in this locality. The tables were
served in all that could be obtained.
The parents of the bride are Cath.
Olics, and it is stated that Ben Hope
Lee will espouse that faith. There
was social gathering at the home
of the parents Of the bride In the
evening. They will board at the
Capital Hotel, and the husband has
an ample bank account for the future.
-COlunlbus (OhiO) Journal.