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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-28

Total Tax $2O5,O32.75
WORTH LOOKING UP.-We have been
credibly informed that one of Frederick
Ctys best business men (whose name we
consider it best to withholdD has said that
he will invest 81 900 in the stock of com
pany formed here for the manufacture OF
wagons and will further undertake to say
that he will sell all the wagons the COM
pany can build.
This only goes to prove that which we
have always asserted as true, viz that any
marked display of enterprise on the part Of
our people will certainly attract the atten-
ton of foreigners with capital and business
experience.
Since writing the above, we have been
authorized to state, that under certain con-
ditions THAT can readily be fulfilled and
which we consider favorable proposition
rather than condition) one of our citizens
will invest $500 in the Wagon Factory
and further will directly interest himself
therein.
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WANTED--Twenty fresh milk cows
Parties having any for sale will please
drop card to the undersigned immedi-
ately. jeremiah Flohr,
tune % ct Mechanicstown, Md.
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The People are Saa1sne0.
OtPicrson, Post Oak Springs, Tenn, J
writes "March s, 1883, your Aromanna ls
introducing itself in our part of the coun-
try, very rapidly. find no trouble in sell
ing the second bottle to any one. To ex-
press myself briefly, Aromanna is as good
as il is represented to be- Price 25 and rs
cts. Sold by druggists in Mechanicstown.
june at
DELICIOUS HONEY Mr. j. II, Cover OF
this place has lately taken nearly one hun
bred pounds of honey from his hives and
has it for sale A section sent US war
rants us, after having eaten of it, in say
ing that it is not only the purest and clear
cst but the finest flavor that we ever
found in honey. 1t has been an excellent
sasson and Mr.. &c. bees have improved
thc;r oppoftr1 = inlT
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Quality Of Eggs.

A gentleman once demonstrated with
his marketwoman on the high price of
her eggs, to which she replied: Eggs
is eggs nowadays. l would have YOU
KNOW" meaning that they were scarce.
81 am very glad to know il" said the
gentleman, for the last / bought of you
were chickens
Eggs are eggs, whatever may be the
price, but there is a difference in the
quality even of fresh eggs. They are
all manufactured alike, but they are not
all made of the same material, and hence
the difference. It's well-established
fact that the food of fowls affects the taste
Of the egg as well as the taste of their
flesh. The flesh of water fowls that
live on fish has fishy flavor, and their
eggs partake of the same. So the odor
and flavor of onions may be detected in
the eggs of barn-yard fowls, and it does
not always require detective to per-
ceiVe it. All this might be inferred from
the slightest knowledge of animal physi-
ology, and it is proved by actual expert
eDce.
The quality of eggs cannot be ascer.
tanned in the market, excepting as to
whether they are fresh or added: the
proof is the same as in the case of pud-
ding lit is in the eating. But those who
keep fowls and have their eggs laid to
order. may know beforehand what
is to be their quality. If you have
the right kind of fowls it de-
ponds largely on their food. Fowls
should be kept in q clean, wholesome
place. They should have clean food to
eat and only clean water to drink. They
should not be allowed to live on the
dung hill, but should have plenty of good
and wholesome food. Corn and wheat
are good enough for staple diet. Buck
wheat will not furnish as rich eggs as
either of these. Fowls should have Some
kind of green food. In summer they
gather it for themselves when they run
at large; in winter it should be provided
for them. Cabbage and other vegetables
should be laid up expressly for their use
in the winter season. In order to ensure
their laying freely they require some
kind of animal food. In summer they
gather it by catching grasshoppers and
various kinds of insects, but in winter
they have no such resource. Refuse
pieces of meat, liver, ETC., may be OBJ
tanned at the butchers, and Scraps of
meat from the table should be given
them.
But whatever they feed on, care should
be taken to have it clearly 1t is well
worth the experiment to try different
kinds of food, and then test the quality
of the eggs. Great satisfaction will be
foundin theresult of good care and clean
feeding. N. Y. Observer.
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How Mark Twain Was Sold.

We. Mark Twain, Joe Goodman, Dan
De guile, Frank Mayo, Louis Aldrich,
Dennis Mccarthy, your narrator, and
other choice spirits, writes Charles r.
Pope, organized, while at Virginia City,
club appropriately named the .sVisi-
goths. Mark Twain was then LAYING
the foundation of his wondrous fame by
filling the columns of the Virginia CITY
Enterprise with the toughest though
richest kind of humor. 1t often took the
form of the most merciIess practical
jokes. None of us escaped his keen
tongue or trenchant pen. So, when one
day Mark announced his intention of
leaving us to seek his fortune in a LARGER
field, the ''boys' resolved to give him a
good send-off.
Mark was mysteriously informed that
the ''Visigoths' were going to do some
thing handsome. Twain, not to be out
done, bought box of champagne and
prepared himself with most pathetic
speech. We got ourselves ready for the
presentation by buying an elegant mo-
rocco case, properly inscribed, and then
quietly and insidiously placed in it a
nice clay pipe costing just fifty cents.
The case was locked and we threw away
the key.
| happened to be the Viking for that
week, and it devolved on me to make
the presentation speech, 1t was done in
the most dignitied and solemn manner.
Marks many noble qualities were en-
larged upon. His brilliant genius, his
bright future, how sorrowfuliy we parted
with the merry, genial spirit who was
wont to set ''the table in roar" Then
the meerschaum was handed over to him.
His response was so eloquent and pa
thetic that it moved him to tears, and as.
too-but no matter. The champagne
flowed freely and the fun was fast and
furious. But the great humorist and
champion seller did not become aware
OF his treasures till he got home and had
procured the services of a locksmith.
They say the air was filed with sulphur
Gus gases when Mark realized the sell.
Lie did not speak toHs for week.
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For Young Readers.
SKIPPED a LINE.


The boys stood up in the reading class
A dozen or so-and each one said
That those at the foot should never pass,
Or ind 1t easy to get up head. rEs4
Harry was studious; so were Jake
Jim, and Robert, and Tom, and Jack;
For Eaen of business they meant to make, III,
An it wouldn't do to be dull or slack.
There wasn't another boy on the line
More anxious than Jimmy TO keep his place;
For to be at the head was very fine, -
But to go down foot was a sad disgrace.
But Jim delighted in games of ball,
Polo, tennis, or tame eroquet Ea
And his mind was not on his books at all
When he took his place in the class that day.
Twas his turn to read, and he started of
With an air attentiye-a vain pretense;
For the boys around him began to cough
And nudge and chuckle at Jim's expense.
You've skipped ine,'' whispered generous
Ben, sHu sF
Who often had helped in this way before,
HoGue Satfpped liner shouted Jim; and
then,
Of course. the school-room was in a roar.
AS down to the foot Jim went that day y W
He learned lesson that any Ounce
Might have known; for we're sure to stray \
If we try to be in two places at once.
Sport. when you sport, in an earnest way,
With merry heart and cheerful face;
But when at your books think not of your
Or else, you'll certainly lose your place. seu
--Josephtlse Pollard, in Hasper's Young People.
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

Potash is necessary TO successful
potato growing. The easiest and besI
way of supplying it is in the form OF
wood ashes. 1t is also contained in soft
coal ashes and well rotted stable manure.
"A New York farmer says he has
found by experience that an acre of
Hubbard squashes will go farther in fat
tening hogs than the corn raised on the
same ground.
AT the recent meeting of the West
ern New York horticultural Society at
Rochester, the reason for the failure of
the apple crop of 1882 was summarized
to be the bad weather in the spring, the
apple curculio, the drought of the pre-
vious year and the severe wind and
hailstorms which blighted the blossoms
in some sections. These would appear
to be sufficient reasons.
Deep drains are best because they
secure the slow pereolation of the water,
giving the soil chance to take up or
absorb the nutritiye properties which in
the other case would go directly into the
drain and be lost. The drain first car
ries off the very cold water of the sub
soil, and the warmer surplus moisture
from above taking its place, warns the
land and hence offers large area for
the roots of the crops to amplify and
thus gather up greater stores of plant
food Chicago Journal.
Economical rice pudding: Two
large tablespoonfuls of rice to one quart
of milk, one small cup of white sugar,
one cup of cut-up raisins. Let it stand
in a warm place three hours and bake
one hour. The addition of one or two
eggs spoils the pudding, rendering it
firm and hard. Four eggs and half the
rice, previously boiled, will make de-
licious custard, with a few grains of
rice at the bottom. -New England Far
Hler. z..
Here is a recipe for a delicious pud.
ding sauce: Scald half a pint of sweet
milk; while still in the saucepan, pour
in the well-beaten yelks of two eggs; let
this boil until about like custard; then
let it cool, and when cool add the whites
of the two eggs beaten stiff, and table,
spoonful of vanilla. When beating the
whites of the eggs beat one teacupful of
pulverized sugar in with them. When
the eggs and sugar are added to the
sauce, it should be stirred vigorously
~ r Post.
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chat adzaetly. Ised thar warn,t no fight

chat adzaetly. Ised thar waIn't no fight
atween 'em that | seed.''
Counsel for Deftnse-"Well, Foster
didn't strike him, did he?'' 4o,
Witness well. you may bet your
bottom dollar, Squire, he did. After
he breshed the dust often the seat NV his
britches, he hauled back with his fist and
knocked Bill Truitt as cold as a wedge,
and nearly mauled the life outen him. /
believe in my soul he would have killed
him eff it hadn't er been fur me pullin'
NV him often him. Jacks as true grit
as ever cracked corn, and his daddy was
afore him."
District attorney (his face beamine
with smi.es)-"Well, what happened
after You pulled the defendant of
Truitt?''
Witness Well. Jack told him 81 he
didn't Far outen them diggins and ef
ever he sot eyes on him again be- brake
every bone in his dog-skin, and Bill
struck a dog trot. and / reckin he's
runnin' till yit, fur I've never sot eyes
on him sence. THE Continent.
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A MOuthful Of Money.

Mr.. Nicholas Langdon, welEknown
Eighteenth-ward politician, had funny
experience with a pet monkey yester-
day. He tells the story as follows.
''Along with two friends / went into a
beer saloon on Third Avenue. / called
for three beers and placed quarter on
the counter. A monkey was scratching
his ears at the end of the bar and blink
ing his eyes at the boss NY friend
turned around to admire several orna-
mental theatrical bills on the walls, and
l joined them. When we were ready to
go | said to the saloonkeeper, Where's
my. changer He said, 'Whatchanpe?'
| looked at him with surprise and told
him that | had put down a quarter on
the counter. The man said | was mis-
taken; but my friends, who saw me put
the money down, told him that had
tossed twenty-five cents on the bar. The
German was heard to mutter something
abouts 'dead-beats, and | was beginning
to get my Irish up. The monkey was
apparently taking in the situation, and
l thought his jaws looked little swollen.
II bet that monk took that quarter /
said to myself. Walking up to the ami
NAL | just gave him tap behind the ear
and he spilled 81. so in silver change on
the bar. The boss appeared to be dumb
founded, and as we went out he was
heard to remark that he would bet his
life that the bartender John had trained
the monkey and that he must be working
the customers as well as the drawer, bus
the combination was spoiled. M r.
HoFLd,
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but that his little niece Is sggssve tpyrs,.S
sick in a hospital N''O''gn
rs il meqn cries JenbE. n anss
breaking all over her face. HS@
YES, dear, it is you.
oh, and he is my unc;ep,s gsw
" Yes; he is your uncle
"Then | haze got somebody "a -, =,
own VI my
Yes shall bring him herepn
-. :" Yes, .yes!"f she exclaimed eara.,,.
her eyes like stars l1 lifttse
shall not even trya.to.=tleser;,, "a. !
meeting, even though it was Nv s.,ls
means demonstrative. Could I dsn; 70
her smile? That patiently pain.tans ~ NJ
smileP Could I-paint that pitifu I'1 mi.
on his face that told one lust wb lgU :
man he was, and that his great 5esr.
was both sorry and gladps M Int sts y 4
will speak of avisit L made ii l; IN
Jenny in the pleasant country. wber ,ss'T Z
found her out on, the. lawn IN 4 wheel
chair, visibly improved, surroundes H.
charming people and beautiful -tE;ao9
If the dreary hospital had been HaaTsn
to Jenny, what was this p- Yo,ltbss -, :
pdlliop. %ss-- OV''''
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Careless Way Of Speaking,

Among the eemnicn errors in, tl,a -.
OF language are-these: The mispro.
nouncing of unaceented syllableWt ss
terruble Tor terrible; the omission dr.
letter or short syllable, as goia9 for o.
ingand eY'ry for every., and the RIM.
ming of words together without Diivinc
to every one a separate and distinct pyGs
nunciation -ss--
/ know a boy who saws: u Han.
wanter,n when he. means: 81 den,t
want tor "Whatier sayP'' When
means; @What did Won rsavelS ana
did he go?'' fs'a 81
Sometimes you hear, ..feood.'' in.
stead of ''If 1 cotlld;'i .aWilfer,,a,,t,
instead of Il viii if Ican;' and q How
jerknow? for g How do you knowP''
And have you never heard ssm- m,,lA
instead of Eyes, y and ssui4-ni'a instead
of .'nopn
Let me give you a short conversation
l overheard the other day between two
pupils of our high school, and see Il
you never heard anything similar to ii.
Wherejergo lasnight? Pr
"Hadder skate. y D.eI Jss
'Jerfind th'ice hard n good?p 8.
Yes; hard nough.,1 y
E'Jer goerloneP" 9 e70ta go
e No; Bill'n Joe wenterlong. - t.s1
Howlate ierstay?''
( Pastate. - & F3iiE sasi1afE ais
Lemmeknow wenyrgoagin, won !
cher? ] wantergo'n' show yer howter-
skate.n ai5aGoR 9ls6pis8
Hem, fcoodn't skate Better'n yOue
I'd sell out'nquit. it,. $50.
We'll, Wei tryeraee N seefyeican.i
Here they took different streets, and
their conversation ceased These BOYS
write their compositions grammatically,s
and might use good language and speak
it distinctly If they would try But they
have got into this careless way of
speaking, and make no effort to Get out
of il. Whenever they try tolspeak cor
rectly they have to grope their lwayg
along slowly, and their expression seems
forced or eramped, as though lissweFsR
hard work for them to Ytalk.g.s~ s4n.sf
Almost every one talks enough to
keep well in practice, and those who
try to speak correctly on every occasion
soon find that the practice makes it Just
as easy for them to use the best lan4s
guage at their command as to use the
most common. ssN
Try il, boys, land see if you cannot
make some Improvement. Keep close,
watch over your conversation, and
when you discover any habitual erroFs
drop it and substitute the. correct word, a
phrase, or mode of expression. You
will find that it will sound much better
and be Just. as easily spoken. And, as
you get older and enter different and
wider circle of society, you can 3hsFss
acquired for yourself a command Of
language and correctness Of expression
of which you need not be ashamed
Cbf6SttnSa al Ror6. Bif08 9.s aisaI ~
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The Gnat.

Do you know what a gnat isl! 1t is
the little mosquito that troubles you in [
the summertime. What tease it is.
to be saret But why are mosquitoes 50
troublesome? When i tell you hoWg
queerly they are made, you will under 7.
stand IT, e a@ Lslie g 4 ca -
Their small bodies are lofig. and 4
shaped just like tube WhenGhey are
living quietly (and they do, sometime0
their, wings cross each other !queerly,w
If YOU could only look at these wings
through glass, you would think they J
were very pretty things. The edges
are all covered with scales shaped like
long plates, and beautifully InaTAed,
something like fishes.
Their antenne, or feelers. look as il
they were made of the finest feathersU
AS for their eyes, they are. 50 large as
to cover the whole head. They look
like lace. Some are green, and changs
with the light to red. ..,aae,na. Il
What the gnat uses for piercing the
skin is called the trunk, or proboscIs. II
1t is much like, the lancets in q doctor 80
or surgeons case. The trunk Is little
tube, split from end to end that it may
open easily. Inside Of it is . PerfeeF
bundle of stings, which look like need
les. They are very sharp, with i've
points, and bent just like crochet
needles. When Ifo Snat lights on ygEE
face or hands, in 20 those FIVE needles
They carry with them a drop Of poison
to your blood. which stiHgs well iiaai
If you are ever stung, let the naughty,
gnat 9raw the hooks out very carefuiiy.
You viii not feel the sting half as nqGn !
as if the insect left the five poison hooks
in your flesh OR Little Ones.
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LA man in Georgia II raising . msils
len crop, from which he expects g reass J
ize handsomely. He says mullen Tea y {
good for hog cholera, chicken-pox any
hydrophobias
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az. = re..eent JswIsh -weddaIag

AT recent Jewish wedding 10 I.
Newport the brides hair was crt oil inAr'l
mediately after the ceremonjt IN &C. +
cordance with the ancient custom. 4 ne
idea was to render the bride HnattEacEr !
i've to other men, so there would De go 4
inducement for her 70 prove Untrue @ !.
the man whoss slave she had Recofns, :
The custom is only observed By ing ;
most orthodox of the seet.AR 'ogsde'aDS !
or. ~ Journal a3f5a fl1ia
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FOR giving tobacco to giraffe in
central Park New York man was fined
$500.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-26
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
FILED FRIDAY, September 81

FLIED FRIDAY September 81, 1888.
September GOTH. A. and V. r. Parker to Noah
Cr1sher-S. ] N. E. ! and D. E. / Of the N Z. and
lot Of N. E. l. Sec. TO- I. N, f. E., containing
1856 acres; also E. J. Of s. W. /, and lot of N w.
! of Same section grant.
September 21st - John LOhmiller and Jacob Ruhl
TO Carl Strobel-A small tract east Of the city: $40.
September 21st.-D. ". Kleinhaus to J. W. Kase-
berg, I6l acres of swamp land northwest of the
city, designated surveys 80. 143, l39 and al ;
sl,l6l.
September 21st-carl Strobel to A. c. Ford
Small tract east of the city 81, 900.
FILED SATURDAY. September 22 1888.
September ed. II. Cutberth to John A..
Simons-W. Of E. Of E. of n. E. /, Sec 2, T. 7
n, R. E.; 81 Jas.
September s5d-Joseph and Ann Gray to Dwight
Holster-N. ! of Sec. 81, and n. W. of Sec g. T.
IN, R. E.; also N. (. of Sec. SO, I. N, R. 4
f., containing $40 acres $4,000.
September 22d.-H. J. jackson to L. H. Cut
berth w of E. Of the E. ! of (. OF N. E. / Of
Sec. 2, T. NJ, r. E.; $500
September 2lst-John Plat to ]. P. Counts,
grant the N lot s, F and @, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets, city.
MONDAY, September 24th
June Tho W. Clarke and Frederick Cox to
Martin Cash, the n W. Sec. 5, I. Q n, R. E.;
$500.
September 9th Martin Cash to Henry Becld,
game property 81, 600.
September Isth-Caroline Zsh to Samuel Cross,
grant; the N 50 feet OF t5 and H., Seventh and
Eighth streets, city.
September 24th-S. w Palm to L. e. Cutberth,
n (. Sec 81, T. 5N., R. 6 E.; 1915.
September 24th--S. W. PaiL to L. II. Cutberth,
small fraction Of S. T. Of Sec. 81 t. N, R. !;
1915.
September 24th-C W Reit to c. W. Cannon
tract Of land In Franklin Township; 81.
September 24th-John and James McWilliams to
james McNasser, 27s.6S acres in Secs. 3, and "a,
Is and N, R. 4 E.; s, 800.
September 24th--A B. Casey to r. ]. Brown the
s. u. Sec. l. T. N r.. 8 E. $500.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs A. j. Stevens, of this city, will arrive home
by the overland tain this afternoon.
Mrs. Captain easier, OF Woodland was in town
yesterday She returned home last evening.
o. P Goodhue will leave about the lst of October
for visit OF a month or two at Los Angeles.
Mrs. G. G. Todd and Mrs. W G. Curtis and
friends.
Dr. J. r. Laine left yesterday morning for Oak
land. Mrs. Lame has been stopping at the Bay for
week past.
Alexander Ayers N D., and wife, OF Fort Plain,
N. Y, are spending few days with Mrs: Barber
and Peaer. They are on the way East from the
Conelave.
Hon. ]. c. Stewart, present Mayor OF the city oil
Galesburg, Illinois, is spending few days in this
city as the guest of Dr. Nixon. He is accompanied
by his wife and daughter Alice.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yesterday
Frank Rodgers, Los Angeles; VIM. Johnston and
wife, Rchland; Albert johannes, New York J. A
Lawrence and wife, Lincoln; G. W. Curry and wife,
Denver Z. W. Moore. Pittsburg; P C. Hale, Sac
ramento J. r Darrell, Alaska; (. ]. Wilson, Val
lejo; Frank Dean S. T. Staglet, E. De Courcy II.
C. LHote and son, II. Shipman, |. II. Smith, Miss
Ester Jones, Miss Jones, c. Harrison, E. Cavaro NJ.
Cavaro, P. Seestine, Edward Artan, San Francisco.
George Westinghouse, OF Pittsburg, Pa, the IA
nous Westinghouse air brake man, with his family,
father and mother, John Colve aud family, Dr. J.
W. Dake, Miss Fannie E. Bates and Miss Bennett,
came from San Francisco in special car yesterday
merning and left in the afternoon by special en-
CINE to enable the party to pass the summit by day
light. They are returning from western tour,
having visited Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Colorado
Manatcu and Las Vegas Springs, stopping at Santa
Fe New Mexico and San Francisco