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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
Local Mi>rule.
It's Cause and Its Remedy.

There can Bono questioning the no"
r?tent fact that in this county of Fred
cri X. there are methods regularly OBJ
served, by those who control it's affairs
directly, the officials, and BY those who
control them indirectly, the political
leaders and bosses, which result in a
waste misapplication and worse than
unintelligent directing Of the revenue
of the county.
Yeor after year we see an enormous
Ia. levied and collected, upon the sec
ond largest assessment in all the co"n-
lies of Maryland; we do not recognize
seemingly crushing debt for so
wealthy county, and we certainly
have examined each recurring state
ment, eagerly and closely, to find where
large investments are being made IN
valuable and permanent improvements,
vet without having been rewarded by
the discovery of aught sufficient even
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crck ana those VINO a'd III '"e'' exc
cutlon in the districts; th2 leaders, 'he
active men IN conventions ana az We
polls, the very men who trst shape tl't
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Newspaper Law Decisions.

:. ANY prreo, who take. paper regularly from
No, post ,hc.a whether directed to his name or an
ether whether ne has subscribed or n"t-lS re
spon>iblc ipr the payment
1t any person orders his paper discontinued. T."
sire must pay all the arrearagrs or the publisher
nav continue 70 Send II until payment IS made
and cosc. the whole amount, whether tho paper IS
taken from thr Office or rot
No paper vii! be discontinued nAtl paid up.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30

Til re is a friIhtInl epIlenic o; t
phoid fever IN Wi!krsbarr" Pa. It
caused Ivy bad sanitary conditions
the tom.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
1atice 10 { rctsi;t,.s.
No. aG57 gssAGsLIYtA.

. tie LHrrU CDnt ,tIr Fruitrr& Comfy
T. Clayton ste chsJalt,
on Petition.
\~OTICl, il hereby gwen u lhc Creditors:
!. \ Of Iaibcrt Clayton S,ochs'i"l", al insol
vent debtor Of Frederick County, to fl
their claim, against SAID Insoiytnt, duly an
thtntica,cd with the C,rri, q: the Circui
Cour, for Frederick county, on or before thu
2ist day Of May, A. d., 1855. They ina,
otherwise be dybarrrI FROM all participation
in the trust finds Of Tia estate Of sid iito
vent.
john r HrUIEt,
"pr IT. l'e lnun 1T lrlatet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
ss,srll.en'S ArHics. Naive.

The greatest medical wonder of the
world. Warranted to speedily cure
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers, Salt
Rhenln, Fever Sores, Cancers Piles,
Corns, letter, Chapped
Hands, and all skin erupt,ons, gnaran,
t"od to cure in every instance, or mon
ey refunded 25 cents per box. For
,oic az NJ. i. iloa'hermaN.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30

Two opponents, one # IN re
woman and one death frJu over eH"I
ton is tie week 5 roller skating re or
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30

indigo color. A-.wool Black CheVlot Suits, $3.50
and $1,000 Black Corkscrew and Diagonal Norsted
Suits, 81 $780, $500, $500, $40 co. S22.5o $500
$500, $1,000 Brown, Wine, Blue and Dahla
Worsted Suits SIS 90, $4,000, s225o $780, S29oo.
lust SO through all the stock the three great Es
Elegance, Excellence, Economy prevail
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
To You.
From Oak Hall.
The Samson of the Period.
Imperial power

Imperial power
rests with the Farmer.
The great freight cor
porations seek him
that they may take
toll upon his ample
stores. We traders
seek him to take eur
stuff. His staples are
down, his face long
but why? No reason,
while his dollar will
buy so much. The
Oak Hall stock
proves this. Our
story for this spring
is a tale Of cheapness.
Note these examples
in Mems Suits;
Blue Flannel Suits,
So 50, $40 90, Sl2.oo,
$500. They are all,
except the low est.
Atwood and all full
r., = no
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30

Tins .1eek l.a; ( week
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
Men Think

they know all about Mustang Lin.
o. inent. Few do. Not to know is
w. have e: ~. .
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
NATURAL CURATIVES.
Popular Faith in the Medical Profession
on the Wane.

Popular Faith in the Medical Profession
on the Wane.
1t must be confessed that for some
reason or other the popular faith in the
medical profession is not growing. 1t
is being found out they can not cure
chronic diseases, and it is suspected
that acute diseases would not neces-
sarily prove fatal even if a physician
was not always called in. Doctors are
now valued, not for the drugs they
give, but for their knowledge of the
sanitary and hygienic conditions which
alleviate fatal disorders or help to
restore to health those who can be
cured by diet and proper nursing.
There is growing faith in the value of
curative waters, and the various health
resorts in the summer season are now
visited by tens of thousands who for
merly staid at home and depended on
drugs. There is an immense future in this
country for Saratoga, Poland, Me-. the
Sulphur Springs of West Virginia,
Richfield, Sharon, Waukesha. the Hot
Springs of Arkansas and the Excelsior
Springs of the same State. There are
numerous minor resorts vet destined to
become famous for their curative waters.
The Pacific coast is rich in mineral
springs of great therapeutic value. DR..
o. Z. Davis writes to the Cincinnati
Lancet and Critic that, having been
sufferer from blood poisoning until he
became a total wreck, he visited Las
Vegas, New Mexico, took the mud
baths" administered there, and recov-
cred his health. 1t seems that these
baths of mnd are made Of earth through
which the hot mineral waters of the
place have percolated for ages. The
patient is dropped into cavity in this
earth, and becomes really ''poulticed.
The doctor should be familiar with the
subject, for he went through the process
sixty-eight times. Tens of thousands
cf sick people now visit Europe to profit
tyy the virtues of Carlsbad, Vichy and
other waters who will hereafter patron
ize American watering places, where
the remedial agencies are far better
than abroad Monthly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
UNDER A THORN-TREE.

Wife, you see kept them snugly, --7s
Our old pictures Of lang syne-
Oid il ieals grow often ugly,
Not this cottage one of mine
Yours color in September
Wife, It seems but yestar morn
When we sketchcd, do you remember?
Underneath that crimson thorn.
Yes. that large white owl was near US,
IN our woodland painting place,
Seeming 10th to see and hear us
With an interested face;
Looking. o, so wise and wOOlly,
We could fancy he might say:
''Ah, ] knew loves frenzy fully
In my young and needless dayH
Did Sir Robin too deride us
Up against that Autumn sky,
On tree which could not hide us
From his bright and merry eye?
"BOh." you said, seems sketching boldly
In his mind larder bare,
With us twain both CRYING cOldly:
Not crumb for Bob to spare"
Then you questioned archly, sadly:
''MuSt loves summer always gO2
Can it he that love loves madly?
Owl and redbrcast tell us sou
And drew 2 robin peering
Through "A cottage window pane,
Singing DER his crumb-feast cheering:
True loves summer does not wane.'
o, the owls cynic. dearest,
And a satirist is Bob
Love-" said. "Oft sees the cleareSt
All its wealth which none may rob
If to Heavens Gate we take il,
Asking for its blessing there,
Love will have a fonnt to Slake il
That can keep it fresh and fair
So we left that thOrn-tree gayly,
Happyplght. hand in hand.
And our love has since been daily
To us twain summer land.
Now the bells of age are tinklcd
In our ears, my white-haired wife,
But though old love grows not wrinElcd
If its summer is for life.
H. f.. WGTing, in Good Words.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
The Anamese aristocrat.

The upper class of Anamese have
modelled their life and manners as
closely On those of the same class in
China as their circumstances would
permit. They dress much the same,
but in silk of less glossy hue. They
never wear their hair en- queue. They
either wear sandals or go barefooted
When they appear in public it is with n
certain number of huge umbrellas or
parasols, some before or beside them to
indicate their rank. The number has
been considerably abridged since the
occupation of Tonquin by the Chinese
The vehicle in which they travel is Il
horselike palanquin or hammock
covered by an oval roof, bent down at
the sides. The dignitary always Fe-
clines, and is entirely screened from the
vulgar gaze by curtains that entirely
fiji the uncovered openings. He is at
tended by multitude of coolies. who
carry, beside the parasols, his betefnut
box. spittoon and any other articles
which may be wanted during the excur-
sion.-Cor- ST. Loais Globe Democrat
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
CHANGHI.
Visit of Traveller Who Enjoyed His
Surroundings.


Surroundings.
A scene / cherish with especial ten
dcrness is that passed at Changhi, be-
hind Singapore. A Malay fishing village
lay beneath our bungalow upon broad
and snowy beach. In barbarOus regions
of the North men live underground, but
these dwellings were suspended in the
sunny air among plumes of cocOanut
and betel; behind them rose the shadOwy
Jungle. There was no cultivated land
in sight, for the Malay finds his harvest
and his garden in the sea. The smooth
sand below high water mark was par
terre of SpOnges, green and red, and
purple blue, intermiXed with coral. Old
fashioned people in Europe cherish
certain round masses of limestone,
daintily tluted, and put them under a
glass case for ornament. Imagine their
beauty in the spot where nature places
them, every lip and hollow on the cream
white surface traced out in vividest
pencilling of green. with the seafiowers
of sponge around them.
But after the first impulse of delight
one almost comes to overlook this charm.
ing foreground; for beneath the water
lives tangle- and 4 maze of all things
lovely for shape and color and growth
and motion. Coral takes hundred flow
cry forms, weeds branch Ike trees or
wave like serpentS; spOnges are cups of
amethyst and ruby. When waves lie still,
one sees just as clearly into the depths
below as into the air above. and almost
as far as it seems. The vegetation is
gigantic in its lovelineSs. There are
coral growths shaped like an Egyptian
lily and as white, Eut three feet in di-
ameter, wherein a mermaid might take
her bath. Others break into a thicket,
each twig,cOvel-d with snowy rosettes
which bear morsel of green velvet in
their bOsOmS. Others are great round
hillockS diapered with emerald, with
here and there 4 bush of scarlet thorn
springing from their sides. Through
and over the garden long silvery weeds
tremble and culver in a net. Small fish
as quick as humming birds. and almost
as gay, dart to and fro. Water snakes
float past in coils like Indian enamel of
every shade. in rcd and brown and vel
low and purple. am grateful that fate
allowed me three weeks of life at
Changhi.-FrsdericL BOYLE, IN Bel
0r01.in
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
Do You Mind This, No~2

The Young man who knows how TO
lay OFF corn and cotton rows, and to
regulate the distance of the same so as
to get the largest crops, is worth q
cowpen full OF nice, kid gloves, fancy
oyercoated fellows, who paay know how
to lead the german or caper around at
a fashionable waltz. Siding cotton,
setting plow just right and adjusting
gears so that shoulders and backs of
horses will never hurt, are worth a
thousand-fold more TO the country than
knowing how to pose in parlor, or to
adjust the shade of the cravat to the
complexion of the wearer.-Cdroliaa
Is. CO. Spartan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
THE CHARMING WIDOW.

How She Impressed Hard Hearted
StOrekeeper, as She Always Does, with
Her Dainty Sobs and fearful Chances.
She was pretty and sweet, so much
so that the several clerks nearly broke
their necks in struggling to see who
would be the one to wait on her, L.Ht
she ignored them all, and, sitting down
on a stool, drew from her pocket a
handkerchief which she held in readiness
for an application to her eyes, and sent
for the manager. He soon came up to
the lady, who, with the handkerchief to
ore eye, flashed the other brilliant orb
at his, and told her story thusly:
'Mr. b, Charley, my husband
(sOb. is dead and | have no suitable
(sniflle) mourning. l came down to
see (gulp) if you would trust me for a
(sob) mourning outfit (Sniffie.
Here the other eye was lid behind the
handkerchief, while kind of cold chill
shudder passed over her.
But, my dear madame, dom know
YOU. 1t would be rather departing
from our rules to comply with Your re-
quest" replied Mr. B, politely.
'.How much OF bill did you wish to
buy?"
Il want (sob) everything as nice
(sniffle) as l can get (sob) about (an-
other sniffle) $500. 1 (sob) guess.
Il am sorry, bpt as you are stran-
ger to me shall have to decline unless
you can furnish security or come recon-
mended by some one known to us.
'Do YOU (sob) know Mr.. (two sObs)
Mr.: Richfe,low?" 1.-TWO snifffes.)
"Yes, madame, l know him; do you
think he would guarantee the payment
of the bill?''
Il don't (sob) want (sniffie) want
you to (sniffie) ask him (saiffle) because
| am going (two sniffieS) to marry him
(sob) when my (sob) mourning has ex-
pired." (Sob.)
'-Wefl. in a case of that kind of
course we will trust you; we can pre-
sent the bill to- him after your mar
riage-"
80. thank yoa (brightening up).
thank you; indeed, that will be all
right. Now l want q box of black
gloves number six and a halt, fourteen
yards of cashmere, thirty yarrls of Grape
cloth, twelve yards of yelling. two boxes
nf black silk hose (aumber eight and
the necessary trimmings; please fix it
up nice. Don't YOU think will look
nice in mourning?"
Mr.. B looked into her ewes. his
heart began to jump, and thinking dis
cretiOn the better part of v&lor. he
assured her that her order would he
filed and the lady departed smiling.
Mr.. 3 after the flash OF the pretty
widows eyes would have filed thous-
and dollar order and paid it out OF his
own pocket. He is bald-headed.-
Brooklyn Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04
DALAI LAMA.
something of Interest Concerning the
Head of an Asiatic Religion. $50.

Head of an Asiatic Religion. ss
As to the Dalai Lama never dying,
yet being successfully buried and born
anew, he is installed in Poto La, so ver-
liable an infant that his mother neces-
sarlly accompanies him in order to
suckle him, but, being debarred from
the sacred premises of the Pota La on
account of her sex. she is lodged in the
vicinity at Shyo, and is permitted to
visit her son only between the hours of
nine a. IA. and four p. m.
Whatever accomplishment he may
acquire, the Dalai Lama need never ex-
hlbt them, for he is taught to be chary
OF speech, and. indeed, necessity COM
pels this course, since his worshipers
are IN thousands, and it is only to those
who are wealthy or of high degree that
he can afford to address even a brief
sentence or two. This is always done
in a deep, hoarse voice, acquired by
training, in order to convey the idea
that it emanates from maturity and
wisdom. Seated crosslegged on plat
form some six feet high, he is dressed
to be wOrshiped in the usual colOrs of
the prieSthood-that is. red and yellow,
and with bare arms. as required of all
Buddhist priests, and holds rod, from
the end Of which hang strips of silk,
white, red, yellow. green and blue.
The pilgrim coming in at the entrance
door advances with folded hands as lfin
prayer, and, resting his head against
the edge of the platform above him,
mentally and hastily repeats the peti-
tions he would have granted. These
unuttered prayers the Dalai Lama is
understood to comprehend intuitively.
He touches the pilgrims head with the
bunch of silk in token of his blessing,
and the worshiper is hurried out at the
exit door by attendants. only too happy
if he has passed, say. half a minute in
the vicinity of the great priest. This is
the common procedure.
Persons of rank or substance are per-
mitted to mount the platform and to
perform obeiSance. there receiving the
required blessing by actual touch of the
Dalai Lama's hands; subsequently such
worshiper may be allowed a seat below
the platform, where few hOarSe utter
ances of inquiry may be addressed to
him by the Dalai Lama, and some food
may be also given to him.-LOnct0n
Tunes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04

"An communications for this paper
ehould be accompanied by the name of the
Ruthor; not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good faith on the part of
the writer. Write only on one side Of the pa
per. Be particularly careful in giving names
and dates to have the letters and figures
plain and distinct
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04

During the recent Franco-Chinese
difficulty the latter country was for the
first time in her long history compelled
to borrow money from foreign sources
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04

According to the Salt Lake Tribune
he lineal descendants of Brigham
Young now number 10. ZOO
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-04

As rule, longevity is less frequent
,,han people think. The age of so is
reached only by one person in Is, the
age of 100 by one in $500, and the age
Of 10 by one in 100000. Out of / 900
individuals "a die between so and 20,
about % between 20 and 80, "a between
50 and 90, and not more than one be-
tween 80 and 100. The average of life
seldom exceeds 80 years. even in the
best regulated and temperate COM
munities. Post,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16

to shut out the vision of his pleading
ewes. Oh, if she had then the courage
to tell him all! But she still remembers
his sweeping assertions Of contempt
and her courage fails. >,
He seizes her hand almost roughly,
Nina, [ believe you love me. VIII
you not be my wife,"
He rises quickly, but a glance at her
white, panied face restraints him
Again he pleads for n word of love;
Nina becomes desperate. She rises
and faces him.
Philip Cameron, when we met here
a few weeks ago, you told me my face
seemed familiar, and that we must have
met before. We had met before. 1t was
a little more than a year ago., IN the
public park of Newton. Do you re.
member two foolish girls who tiirted
with two equally foolish young men? Z"
He has risen again, and she knows
by the expression of his face that he re
members all.
Nina"
She stops him with a gesture.
Il have another confession to make,
A week ago l was in the little summer,
house near the drive. and overheard
part of your conversation with Mr.. Lat
inner. I learned then, what | already
suspected that you despised any woman
who would lower herself to do as l have
done, and that is why [ cannot be your
wife"
For a moment they stand facing each
other, without a word.
Philip Cameron is greatly surprised
He has studied Nina all these weeks.
and he has exalted her above all WON,
en-. He has thought her the exponent Of
of pure w~omanliness, and would have
sworn that she was incapable of the
boldness to which she confessos.
He is silent so long that she tries tc
leave him.
Nina" he cries out, II can forgive
you anything; only tell me you are mo-
in the habit of doing this thing. l re-
member thinking that the blonde youna
lady was the leader. Wa it not SOP"
But Nina does not utter a word il
self-defence.
Tell me, have you engaged in tina
kind of Irritation since?"
"Mr. Cameron, you have no right t.
question me thus"
II have a right, for you are to be m!
wifel" And before Nina could remon
strate, Philips arms were about her
and she has to acknowledge herself van
pushed.