Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-08-14
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New Advertisements.
Mortgages Sale.
BF. Stewart, first page.)
Basket Picnic in Druid Hill Park.
Mechanicstown Female Seminary.
In1ans Facinus-It is not often that words
are coined for real use except from legitimate
roots, which are easily traceable and when
Joined in a new and euphonious word show
by their component parts the full and proper
meaning Of the word.
In our last issue we gave new word and
its meaning; not however az We had derived
it from the word itself, but from the use to
which 1t had been put. We refer to the word
"teepheme" As the words telephone, tele-
graph and telescope are erected from the
Greek tele, far and phona, sound: grdphe'n,
to write and skopien to see: we had expected
to find a satisfactory root for the second syl-
liable of the new word. telephone.
The nearest, however that we have been
able to arrive at II satisfactory analysis OF the
word is to find in "ephemeris' possible
root that would supply the intended mean
ing. The word ephemeris itself means,
journal, a record, an account Of daily trans
action from which might be forced mean.
ing, an account or statement sent to dist
ance. We cannot think it possible that the
word has any reference to the lady operators
at the different exchanges and that the sylla'
bic "pheme," is more pretentious spelling
of the French feme and that the word really
is "tclefemc' meaning "a girl at distance y
if il is, it should never come into popular
use, nor do we believe it will the dear crea-
lures no "at distance" about it; the near
or the better We call upon the Carlisle Her.
aid to enlighten us at once as to the derva-
ton of "telepheme;" it was in those columns
we found it.
Mr.. Simon Shook died vt his residence
near the Lewistown toll gate on Tuesday
last, at an advanced age.
Rev. C. C. Lanius will preach his first SER
mou in the Moravian Church in Gnceham
on Sunday morning next and on the even
ing of the same day in Mechanicstown.
WE EXPERIENCE AN EARTHQUAKE.-On
Sunday afternoon last at about PAS We sat
in our office, reading, when we were startled
by most unusual occurrence, the swaying
of the building to and fro and the Earring of
articles in the work room. Absolute quiet
rcgning in the building lead us to the con-
clusion that We had experienced the shock of
an earthquake and we at once descended to
the street and communicated that impression
to others, but were unable for awhile to find
any one who had noticed it, but finally found
that Mr.. Thos. Anlers and Mr. Robert Will
hide both Of whom were lying down at the
time had noticed the disturbance. We were
facing south at the time and the vibrations
were at right angles with the direction that
we faced we witnessed the swaying Of the
building, first by all opening in partition
in front of us and second by the swinging of
the wires on the ear-picce of our telephone.
The undulatons had a motion directly east
and west, or nearly so, lasting as best we arc
able to Judge from 4 TO 6 seconds, the last
second of which was n tremulous motion,
which conveyed decidedly disagrceablc
sensation. We are in a position to be posi-
tive to say that no noise accompanied the
disturbance of the earth's crust, for novel as
was our experience, we at once became as
sured that it was an earthquake and our first
thought was to listen for any subterrancan
sounds that might occur and as We were in
building entirely unoccupied save by our
selves, perfect silence rcigned and any rum
bling would have been distinctly heard, but
save the jar of some loose article in the press
room, no sound was heard.
The shock was distinctly felt along the
eastern slope Of the Appalachian range Of
mountains, from Maryland to Maine, most
unusual phenomenon; biologists have
claimed that the carth's crust in that section
had cooled to a thickness too great to be af-
fected by any force that the fiery heat of the
interior could generate and this little shake
up would tend to prove that there was an
unusual activity in the subterranean regions
at the time and that had so much force been
generated where the crust was thinner, dis
aster would be recorded, where simple vi
bration is reported.
Mondays dailies brought full reports and
from them we learn that it was more severe
ly felt ut some points than others, but no.
where sufficiently to cause disaster.
SARcAsM-W admire the following le-
Ultimate bit Of satire INDUCED in by the
Chronicle Of last week it quotes as follows {:
1.-THE man who is anxious to get his name in
the newspapers can easily do so by not pay
ing his taxes and waiting" and comments as
follows: This however don't apply to
Frederick county, Md. There they confiuc
such matters to the narrowest limits, and
save competition at the sales" The founda-
ton of that remark is solid as that of the
statue of Liberty Enlightening the World on
Bedloe's Island and is nothing more or less
than the fact that delinquent tax sales are
published in Frederick papers regardless of
the fact Tin fact no questions are asked)
whether or not those papers circulate at all
in the locality of the property SO advertised.
while the local papers are never considered.
Just as soon as Frederick county makes
up its mind to choose for its officers, men