Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-02-21

bask in the sunshine Of his smile, and
then ended her own miserable exist
cnce.
People gay that there ia no truth in
the theory Of hcredity. Jennie Almy's
case afords proof Of the stability Of
the theory. A reliable police Official
tells me that che never knew her par
ents, that che was bat the adopted
daughter Of Mrs. Almy. Furthermore
she was subject to epiIeptic fits in her
younger days, which az all authorities
On nervous and brain diaeascs are
agreed on, lead on to insanity in some
one of its many forms and phases
That ghe hag known other men, that
she is divorced wife is also beyond a
doubt; but whatever wrong there may
have been on her side in these transac-
tons, she il to be excused on the
ground Of that terrible bent Of mind
towards wrong for which her parents
we're responsible. Her shooting Of the
man whom she loved with an insane
love, and her own suicide became un-
der these circumstances the direct con-
sequences Of her own parent g wrong.
Londoners temporarily in New York
must have felt as if they had been sud-
denly transferred back across the briny
deep and dropped into their own be-
loved city. The fog which, with but
few days intcrmission, has now hung
over the city for over two weeks is I'M
precedented. On Wednesday and
Thursday it was 80 dense that one
could not see five steps in front of ones
self. The view from the Brooklyn
Bridge was iairy.likein lie picturesque
ness. Looking down from the prom
cnade one could see nothing but mass
Of thick whitish clouds. Now and then
one could make out the spars and
yards OF a large vessel, glimmering
through the chaos with a weird and
CHASTITY ndistnctivencss like the arms
of dead men trying to raise themselves
to the light The din made by fog
horns, bells and steamboat whistles,
dulled as it was in making its way
through the banks Of mist was indie
scribable, and the source Of it being in
visible, filled the mind of the foot pas
scnger with vague sense Of uneasincss
and apprehension. Ferry travel has
been delayed from fifteen minutes to
an hour on each trip. Fortunately no
accidents have occurred this week.
Last week fcrryboat run into a tug
boat and sunk her. The authorities
promptly deprived the pilot Of his H.
cense and the company discharged all
hands at once. Since then masters
have grown more careful.
A great deal Of amusement has been
created in literary circles by the ap-
pcarance Of the new book Men Of the
Times" published BY the Routledges of
London and New York. In it General
Meredith Reads Life is given eight
columns, while Bismarck gets but five,
and other noted men are passed off
with even less. At the Century Club,
the leading literary association Of the
Metropolis, the thing was regarded as
a good joke, and everybody seemed to
be agreed that the General furnished
the matter himself. Gen Reads pre-
tcntons to fame rest mainly on the fact
that he has once been United States
Minister to Greece, that he has travelled
extensively in Europe. and that he has
conversed with all the crown heads and
lealing statesmen Of Europe. He
comes Of good stock, is well educated,
a fine looking man, and clever con-
yersationalist. But all his accomplish
ments are over endowed, by an over
weening vanity and self esteem. While
Minister to Greece, he sent very alb
surd dispatch to the government in
which he described q court ball at
length, and detailed infinitely how
nicely he had been treated, how he
danced with the Queen and what she
had said to him. This famous dispatch
forms q part of the contents of our blue
books. At Clubs and reunions General
Read is an awful bore, because he
knows everything and wants to show
you that he does You are introduced
to him and exchange few words with
him. You may happen to say prunes.
"Prunes ST. says the General in deep
rich voice, stroking his fine yellow
beard. "Ah yes. that reminds me,
when | was in Turkey the Sultan sent