Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-07-24
Miscellaneous Items.


ebrated the Fourth of July by hanging
six horse thieves.
Dodge City. Kansas, celebrated In
dependence Day by a bull-fght.
Every brute got drunk except the
bulls.
Abraham Lincoln was once coun-
try postmaster with a salary of less
than 800 year. The pay docsn't look
very large now, but then Lincoln did
not have to read peck Of postal cards
every day.
Mr.. Pibard, bird charmer, is as
tonishing the boulevarders of Paris
with his powers. After being alone
with a bird fifteen minutes he can
make it fly wherever he wishes. Any
one who has ever tried to chase hen,
will appreciate the value of this gift.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Floyd are the
only remaining members of the famous
colony of 1853 persons who left America
in 1866 to bring about the restoration
of Jafa and Palestine. Mr.. Floyd says
that the experiment failed on account
of the rascality of the leaders, who
swindled the people out of their money.
Palestine is no longer the land of
milk, though possibly of honey. 1t
imports most of the milk used from
Switzerland in the condensed form. Its
butter also comes. from Switzerland,
and costs a dollar a pound. On the
other hand, the Holyland is sending
out queen bees, which are proving for
midable rivals to the italian queen
bees that have so long been popular
with beekeepers.
A small whiskey bottle and some
human hair were found in the stomach
of dead shark recently washed ashore
on the Californiaoast. Having found
the human hair it is easy to account for
the whiskey bottle being there. If the
cork had not come out of the bottle the
shark would probably have still been
alive, but California whiskey is too
much for the delicate stomach of a
shark.
General Greig, descendant Of one
of those many Scotchmen who have
risen to fame and fortune in Russia, is
great horticulturist, and under his
auspices as president of the Horticul-
tural Society, St. Petersburg had lately
grand show which their Imperial
Majesties came from Gatshina express
ly to attend, Brazil ground on axe
thereat, an exhibition Of their various
coffee plants and berries being the
Special feature Of the show.
Dean Burgon says that in 1880 the
University of Oxford "withdrew her
self from God, and now God has with
drawn Himself from her. All this
is because women have been admitted
to the examinations. This cocksure
Dean says that "thc charming spccim-
ems of womanhood who made these
halls their temporary home proved ir
resistible as an argument. :" If that be
the case, they vindicated their right to
get in.
A Belgian hotel keeper is especially
Sweet on Russian customers. ''They
are large, you see" he states; "they dis
pute not the accounts. Once lodged
himself with me Count he re
latcs. "When he arrived was not. |
returned home from my circle; my
wife was all frightened. She cry to
me 'tGo speak to the Mr.. Russian; he
beat all the walters he is in anger;
but what an anger ask Of what it
is question. One tells me the count he
insist that the walters take him Oft his
boots They are brave Belgians they
will not He strike them and say stern
follies. had courage |. | feared me
not of him. | got to his room and say:
"Mister, the count, | am the proprietor,
what will you?' "Sir J." he say, 81
will thank you pull me off the boots
NV first idea is de lui allonger une claque
- to give him smack but master
myself and say "Wait only two min
utes, Mr.. the Count have an order
to give" So l run to my wife and tell
her to give me my dress coat, my glow
es gray pearl, my gibus, my pantaloons
black. In two minutes behold me, OF
great tenue. l 60 back to the count;
I say to him "Only in dress of gala
can the proprietor of this hotel take otf
your boots" and, my faith, take them
off in one two. He raise himself, bow
himself and thanks me very politely.
BY and by, IN three weeks, he ask Tor
his bill. I insoribe on it as extra: 10
H.