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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-08-06

Schwn@'s Music School.
Baltimore, Nd. Feb. !, 1855.
This to certify that
MISS ETTIE ANDERS
has been for about fifteen months Under my
instruction in playing ON the piano and in
Harmony and that by her talent ard unir
ing energy she has enabled herself 10 play
music Of the highest order. Her skill and
knowledge is such that She can teach Others
and perfect them to Il HI III degree,
Henry SThwing,
Or@anist Mt Vernon Place
NJ l. Church,
and Author of
"Tuncs for Worship
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
PERSONAL.

MARX TWAIN saws he set type in the PhiIa-
delphia Ledger Office more than thirty years
ago.
SENATOR ANTHoNY's obituary and the Con-
gressional eulOgles are about TO be published
by the State Of Rhode Island.
MISS ISABELLA OATES has been appointed
Aacclnatlon officer at FOrdingbridge, Eng.
She is not OF the wild variety.
JOTHAM JOHNSON is a centenarian of Dur
nam. Maine, who read newspaper without
the aid OF glasses on his recent birthday.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, whose health is
now improved, Will unyel a bust Of the uoet
Colcridge in Westminster Abbey on May Z.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent handsome
basket OF flowers 10 Senator Morrill,, OF Yer
mont, on the occasion OF his 10Th birthday.
LIEUT.. GREEDY is said 20 be haunted day
and night by visions of his long period OF star
walton IN the Arctic regions. and his physi-
clans assert that the only way he can preserve
his sanity is to mingle freely with others.
MIR TmDENs private secretary says the
health of the Greystone sage is better than
that OF most men OF his age. lie walks or
drives every day, and follows the progress OF
public events with the discerning eye that has
made him famous.
JUDO, the French star who will visit
America next autumn, is nearly 40 wears Old,
with q vigorous form almost bordering on the
heavy. She has purely oval face and \
pure white teeth. In manner she differs from
many other French stars. pronouucing the
riskiest words with childlike innocence.
RIGHT Hon. SIR EDWARD MALEr, at the
age 1l a., is regarded as the especial favOrite
Of fortune. lie is the son OF second class
diplomat with no powerful relatives. but now
occupies the highest position In the British
Legations. In addition 20 this, he Is soon to
marry the daughter 81 very wealthy Duke,
thus adding TO his own ability. which h great
the prestige OF noble connections and addi-
ti0nal court influence.
GEN. GEORGE -. WILLIAMS, who was found
wandering In New York city on SATURDAY
night, was arragned at the Harlem Police
Court on sunday. lie SAID his helpless con-
ditiOn was due 10 dose Of morphine he had
taken before having some teeth extracted.
tie stated that he came from Luzerne county.
Pa. was we'll enough on Ia worldly goods. and
was the guest OF the llayemey ers, the sugar
reiners. lie was discharged.
THE death was lately announced OF Mr.
John Campbell, Of lslay, Scotland. lie was
brother Of Lady Granville. and was COM
atantly looked 10 by her for advice, When
Lord Granville asked for her hand I'M mar
riage she would not give him an answer until
she had consulted John. But John was trav-
cling. somewhere In remote parts OF Russia.
Secretary, ~ once directed the British Mia
istcr at ST. Petersburg TO find out whore Mr..
Campbell was, and tell him he was wanted &C
home on urgent business. This was done, bat
when John got home and found ont what the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22

The spiritualistic mediums, who have
been making what appeared to superficial
/ observers to be most remarkable exhibit
tions in different parts of the country, can
now have chance to submit their alleged
I powers to scientific tests. The American
Society for Psychical Research has APP
pointed a committee to collect evidence
regarding TIE ''medumistic phenomena"
the chairman Of which is Prof. James, Of
Harvard University, and the three other
members are men of equally high scen-
tifc standing. 1t is believed that they
are men who will give the subject faith
full and fair investigation, and that they
can not be imposed upon by ingenious and
skillful impOsters.
There is every shade of opinion in the
world on this subject. The number of
blind believers who accept every sleight-
of-hand trick performed by clever frauds
as a manifestation of some mysterious
power from the spirit world, is large and
apparently increasing. 1t is true that
the ranks of those who believe that all
these performances are either bold decep-
tiOns, or else that they can be produced by
natural causes, are also increasing. Both
extremes Of belief on this subject are
gaining strength from the many middle
grounds of partial faith and doubt.
The committee has announced that it
will be pleased TO witness exhibitions of
mysterious power by the best and most
reputable private mediums in the cOun-
try or the world Professional mediums
are not desired, as it is not thought proper
to interfere with or to advertise them.
The committee does not want testimony,
no matter how well supported by a1lida-
Wits, as to what has been done in the past.
Actual demonstrations are considered the
highesteyidence, and nothing but the high
est evidence will be admitted. the state
ments of acknowledged spirituallsts and
superstltiOus persons should be received,
the committee would certainly obtain a
most remarkable collection of ghost sto-
ries. There are thousands of people who
would swear that they have seen spirits,
and felt them, and talked with them, and
received prophecies from them, and who
would believe that they told the truth,
and yet in the light of our own personal
experience their evidence would be entire
ly valueess. Is there a person in the
world who has not at some time in his or
her life seen ghosts, and even felt their
presence, and who. has not afterwards
found out that the strange phenomena
was caused by the swaying of a shadow
or the rustling of a curtain moved by the
wind.
No doubt the committee will be well
entertained during the various sittings by
table tipping, rappings, strange reyela-
tiOns, unseen music and the various cabi-
net and rope tricks, and perhaps some
bold medium may even attempt the ma
terialization Of departed spirits. The
tests, however, may be expected to be be-
yond question, and the report Of the COM
mttee, which will not be made under
year Or two from date, viii be looked for
with great interest.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
The widow Garfield.
Letter in Cincinnati EnQuirer

Garfield once said to me about this woman:
81 have never had in my life, although there
would have been plenty of excuse If she had
made such a mistake, to apologize for any
thing that my wife has had to say concerning
me. My constituency has its own sensibli-
ties, and a very little thing Mrs. Garfield
might say that was ILL timed or hasty would go
very far against me But she has been so dis
Greet that have not a single instance Of that
kind on record. She is never stampeded, -
said Garfield. "She IS the coolest when things
excite me the most. Now" said he, ''she is do
ing at present what l did for her; taught her
Latin at school, and she is now teaching our
children Latin and preparing them to go to
entertaining at Easter the orphan children of
Garfield. This is one of the best testimonials
have seen to Cleveland's upright domestic
Intentions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Setting a Trap for Yankees.

From D00er, (1fe.) Special.
Among the lumbermen, whose camps have
been pitched in the ArOostook regions this
winter and spring, is one in charge of a Cana
dian, one Chanlrau, a handsome young man
who enjoys joke, especially if the Yankees
are the butt of it. About six weeks ago the
story was circulated that Chanfrau and his
men had cooked and eaten a male child, the
bones of which were said to have been hidden
in hollow pine near Chanfrau's camp. Three
Of the Maine lumbermen, who spoke French
heard the rumOr and went to Chanfrau's
camp to investigate the matter. Chanfrau in
some way discovered their purpose and so he
and one of his men held several consultations
to which, as far as possible, they attached an
air of mystery. One night the Maine lumber
men went TO the supposed tree -sepulchre
and instead of the bones OF a child they found
carefully sewed into an old blanket the body
Of a dead skunk to which a card was pinned
bearing the words, yankee trap" In tine
morning the Investigators were gone.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
An Ashantee Gentleman.

From Chronicles of No Nuns Land.
The Ashanti gentleman has neither a fat
nose, nor thick lips, nor ebony skin. To take
Bossoonogo as specimen. he - not darker
than many Spaniards, has features Of the
European cast,and an eye that prOtrudes I'm the
manner admired by French people, and called
d.HeHr dc tete. His dress, even when prisoner
as l saw him. IS miracle OF taste, uneQuallpd
since the Roman tOga vanished. One single
piece OF "clOth' ~ rs, cotton print, home
spun and home dyed. Your native gentle
man, whether from east or west, would not
condescend to wear Manchester stulTs, and he
Is conspicuously right. To see Bossoonogo
was 10 see picture Of antique grace Ii was
marvel how he kept so clean that sheet of
cotton, adorned with blue arabesques and
flowers on white ground. Nothing else did
he wear by day except the "breech-clopt.r
fringed with silk, the ends Of which fell below
his knees. At night he rolled 10 round him.
and 40 slept, but the stincuing never went ouL
OF 10, and It's folds were always statuesqus.
He looked a swell, every inch bright and
wholesome, and courteous, though tied by his
wrist, and trudging barefoot through the
mud.
when permitted the use Of carriage haur.
mock INSTEAD OF walking chained TO CONF
mon soldier, BOssOOnogo stepped into his
conveyance with "A courteous bow toward the
marine. Through my interpreter he expressed
regret that circumstances over which he had
no control forbade him 10 reward Private
smith Tor his uniform confederation etc.
The face OF that gallant soldier when he
thoroughly mastered this parting shaft Of
pOutenesa, did Ona good 10 see. "Why-why.u
he said, "ths niEger-he-oh. blow itl" Words
would not come to him ittng to describe his
sentiments. saw him again two days after,
with his remaining captives still IN tow
Private Smith had changed into n thoughtful
man; the sublimity Of Ashantee manncrshad
oyerpOwered him,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
BRIGHT BITS.

"WHAT is an episte?" asked a Sunday
school teacher OF her class. 1.-THE wife of an
apostle" replied young hopeful.-EschGn0e.
II WISH 1 had wings like an angel" said
little boy on farm, who had taken a strong
fancy TO the young chickens. And what
would you do if you had?" II bet you
wouldn't leave no chicken hawks on this
place. "-Chica90 Ledger.
A LITTLE BOY. a resident of our village.
when passing our prominent undertaken was
rather reticent in answering his queries; but
when his mother asked him If he did not know
the gentleman, he answered: "Yes. that is the
man who takes dead people to heaven, p
PtdttSburg Sentinel.
ALBERT EDWARD, Albert Edward,
Sure to Erin straight did go,
And in Dublin, loyal city.
Scarcely found bitter foe;
But when he wandered southwark,
On his journey sweety bent,
From the jar of irish feeling
Flew the Cork of discomfort.
Boston Budoet.
COACBMAN meeting an eX-coachman:
'Helo, John, where's your driver"
"Quit"
NNo?"
eyes"
''Why?''
SCOT job rs skatiug rink professor"
Better jOb?'
"No. Better chance to pick your girl.-Cin-
ciandti Merchant ZTG6eller.
SIS this Mr.. O'DonOvan ROssa?"
Yes, sir: that's me-"
81 called to see if l could get you to blow up
something for me-"
'Well. l am in Chicago for the purpose of
lecturing, but | don't mind blowing up
building or two in an incidental way. What
IS IL you want blown up, an orphan asylum
or the home for decrepit wOmenY"
Neither; it's loon."-Cbicd00 NelCs.
FIRST ELDERLY MAIDEN-HOw do you like
the new minister? Second elderly maiden
Oh. ever so much. His sermons are so beau
tifully wOrded. Don't you like him? First E.
M.-Not very well; his whiskers are 50 stray
gey, you know, and he doesn't wear any
mOustache. Second e. M was so interest
ed in his sermonI didn't notice how he looked
By the way, they say he is single man. First
f. MINI, MN! Did YOU notice what
splendid eyes he had? He seems to be lust
the man we want; don't you think so?"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
ADVICE TO YOUNG POETS.-
Peer not into the Pierian spring;
Think little on the Utmost Thing;
Do not the Protoplasm sling;
Come of!
Let Sun come up, and Ocean roll;
Fret not thy summer-run- down soul;
Thou needst not calcimine life's goal;
Come off,
Do not lament thy lyric lot;
Think once Of us-1ce redd thy rot;
Use less l-know not what-Great Scott!
Come of!
Sweet poet, what speak to thee
Is for thy welfare-yes. STREE!
Therefore. pray, say not to me;
Come of! -Chjcag0 Current.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADMINISTRATION Rule Lodge No. l2,
]. O.O.F.
RAILROAD sCHEDULE-City and Suburban
r iilway.
ANU EMENrs-G Grand Concert and stereop-
tic Exhibition Friday Evening.
ExCURsIoNs-Chatham U. d. Camp No. l,
LO.O.F.
AUCTION sALEs-Oats, Five Acres of Land,
C.. II. Dorsett; Underwriters Sale, Furni-
lure, etc, j. mclaughlin & Son.
Personal To Writer of Anonymous
Letter.
WANTs-Lumber Inspector; White Nurse; ;
Experienced Book Canyasser; two Dress
makers.
For RENT-Furnished Room; Two Small
Brick Houses.
For SALE-Two Dollar Lots.
LOsT-Canvass Dray Cover.
FOR RAFFLE.-A Winchester Rifle.
STRAwBERRIEs-A. NJ. & c. W. West.
ENGISEs-Geo. r. Lombard Il Co.
UPHoLsTERER, ETC.-A. Goss.
BASE BALL GOODs-G. NJ. HEIDI & Co.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS

The MORNING NEWS is served by
carriers to subscribers in the city at
$40 ayear IN ADVANCE. For some
time past this cash system has not
been strictly enforced, and the re-
suIt has been the accumulation of
undreds of almost uncOllectablc
accounts. Hereafter the MORNING
EWS will not be sent to those who
20 not pay their subscriptions
promptly.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Wholesale Mormon Conversion.

IFOh tftc CNtcu9O HeTuCUs
''Talk about change of heart" SAID long
haired and big whiskered man at the Rock
Island depot. "Ive just come from the big
gest revival you ever see"
"Where was that?' asked a bystander.
"Why, out in Western Utah." the first
speaker continued. 1--WE had a Mormon set
Element in Willard county and we thought we
were getting along mighty slick when all
of sudden the United States grand jury fell
on us like a snowslide and clapped us all in
jail. There was more'n hundred of us, and
when we come to talk the matter over we came
to the conclusion that it was a good time
to repent. So we held a revival right there
in the Jail and sent for the preacher, one Of
the MethOdists, and Pm blamed if he didn't
have us all enrolled inside of an hour. The
District Attorney parOled us just then and as
we filed out we ran onto the women, Do you
see that welt just over my ear? Well. that's
where l caught the broom that my third wife
busted me with; The other follows took to
the mountains"
"Will the conversion be permanent" asked
a listener.
The stranger hitched up his trousers and
taking long breath observed: "As to the
others l don't know, but the Jail and the
broom cured me. Pm of for Jersey, and it
VIII take the whole United States army to
bring me back again."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Bismarck's Associates Mere CLERKS.

T FONt tILe LO7tUOIt IFUIt.
Prince Bismarck, like Frederick. has con-
verified his Ministers and Ambassadors into
mere clerks, and, once he is gone, the whole
machinery of his government and policy will
fall into utter and hopeless confusion. The
Crown Prince is a mere 'dud," and Prince
Herbert Bismarck is simply the puppet of his
sire, who gets on well enough when he is
dancing to his piper; but he would come to
woeful grief if he were himself the director Of
the foreign policy of the empire. The mill
tary despotlsm under which Germany has
groaned for the last twenty years cannot pos
sibly last much longer, and it would not have
lasted till the present day but for the venera-
ton which is universally felt for the aged
Kaiser. There will be a crash in Russia be-
fore long, and, as in 1913, the infection will at
once spread to Germany, which has long been
ripening for revolution.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
why She Dressed Like a Man.

fTCt UoOFDo cttfEU 8 n utOOto9fUl"g'
My thin boots were out in a few days. l
forgot to hold up my dress, and covered my
petticoats with mud. My bonnets were spoiled
one after another by the rain. l generally
returned from the expeditions | took dirty,
weary and cold; whereas, my young men
acquaintances, some OF whom had been the
companions of my childhood in Berri. had
none of these inconvenience to submit to.
therefore had long gray cloth coat made,
with a waistcOat and trousers to match.
When this costume was completed by gray
felt hat and a loose wooden cravat, no one
could have guessed that l was not young
student in my first year. My boots were my
particular delight. l should like to have gone
to bed with them. On their little iron heels
wandered from one end of Paris to the other;
no one took any notice Of me or suspected my
disguise
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Cleaning out the P. o. d.

IHtlIdeIDHld IlWe8 lInU.J
1t IS impossible to commend too highly the
vigor and intelligence which Mr. Villas is
b lnging TO the management of his depart
me me posi- once mas become Dy an o1ds
more important in fact than all others. But
1t has had no man at its head since Montgom-
cry Blair left it who has studied and mastered
its details. II the new Postmaster General
shall succeed in dong this he viii be able to
do great public service and to get quite as
much reputation for himself as any one man
can reasonably ask for
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22

1t is stated that the change in political
sentiment in New England since the cleo
ton has been continually going on, and
it is believed that it will not be many
years before Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, with Connecticut, may be
united on as safe Democratic States.
Phe evidences increase every day that
when the Republicans lost control of the
government patronage they lost all.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
VIII Take the Risk.

N6tO IOTN Sun lI1lI.J
The administration has peculiar facilities
for understanding the politics of New York.
and 1t is in its power to remove all cause of
apprehension, if any exists, and to give a
powerful encouragement and stimulus to the
Democratic canvass. Very probably it will
do this even ut the risk of abrading the ten
der sensibilitles of the mugwumps. Very
clever people are these, but they VIII not be
able to persuade the Hon. Daniel Manning,
for instance, or the Hon. William G.. Whitney,
that it is not decidedly important TO have New
ork go Democratic this year, and that the
administration has not vital interest in the
nlpefinn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22

While England has been buying i'm
mense quantities Of canned meats in the
United States the Canadian authorities
ppear to have been extremely IMPROVE
dent, and the troops who are supposed to
he marching against the Manitoba rebels
are already SAID to be suffering for food.
They have been robbing provision stores
along their line of march, and thereby
making more rebel sympathizers if not
more actual rebels.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Some Pertinent Questions

C0EuTH5la q. q Negl6ter 7DeN.)
What is to become Of MS? With the NOR
Prime habit making a host Of liars; the
qulnine habit a ghostly band Of nerveiess.
would be suicides; the tobacco habit giving
us a tendency to cancer and what not; the
whisky habit taking people by crooked ways
TO early graves; the money habit filling the
country with avariciOus speculators. thieves
and bank robbers: the Office seeking habit
turning honest people away from honest work
10 getting an office, 10 does seem we are gene
rally in bad way
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22


A curious case came before the Derbyshlre
Quarter Sessions. Mr.. j. b. Rowclitie, man
facturer. GlossOp, appealed againt q decision
of magistrates, who fined him IS. and costs
for indecent behavior in Charlesworth
Church. The appellant "smiled" at the sur
pliced choir, and. as they were marching
back at the end of the service, he observed
that they ''looked well in their night shirts"
Mr. Horace Smith argued that there was no
indecency or disturbance Of the service within
the meaning of the act, and the court held
that the conviction could not be maintained.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
Where owe" stood and Stand.

Ratei9h ". o. Ne'os tDem.)
We were a Confederate soldier. and we are
proud TO have been one. We take an honor
able pride in the glory of the Confederacy.
But when the Confederacv ceased to nave an
existence we ceased to be Confederate. and
at a later date we became. as we had been
before the war, a citizen of the United States,
as truly ana as fully as any other man can be.
u Is the veriest bosh for 2 man who occupies
the position of Gen Hill to declare that he
expects to live and die Confederate
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22

Men have been erecting marble monu-
ments and statues in this country nearly
ever since its discovery, yet not until re-
Gently has it been generally admitted that
such monuments were not durable, or
even beautiful after being exposed few
years to our climate. The monument OF
the future will probably be of bronze.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
benevolent Mrs. Russell Sage.

From q Ne10 York Letter.
1t is a singular fact that Mrs. Sage is as
noted for her quiet but active and liberal be-
neYolence as her husband is for his sharp
dealing and parsimonv. She participates in
the direction of the WOman's Hospital and
Child's Nursery and in that of several orphan
asylums. She is frequent visitor at these
and even other institutions with which she is
not officially connected, and her visits are
anything but perfunctory. Having no chill
dren of her own. she is passionately devoted
to the children Of the poor, for whom she has
done and Is still doing much. She carries
with her, in her very presence, a charm and
cheeriness like sunshine. No wonder, then.
that its reelection lights up the faces of the
sufferers, to whom she is not only the lady
bOuntiful, but the soothing friend and COM
forter, and brightens the eyes and the hopes
of the orphans. Not content with giving lib
orally Of her time ana money for the relief of
suffering, Mrs. Sage frequently makes with
her own hands clothes for her prOteges, and
going into her kitchen puts the cook aside TO
prepare with tendercare nutritious and CRATE
ful delicacies for "her patients" Not alittle
proud Of her skill with the needle and in other
homely household arts, she makes not only
her own clothes, but her husbands shirts, and
takes infinite pains TO tickle the grim old
SPECTATORS fancy by herself cooking some
faYOrite dish for him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22

1t is stated that ex-President Hayes
win be sent to the Ohio Legislature this
I'll. What has Hayes done now that he
should demand a yindication? Is he going
70 leave poultry raising in order to incu-
bate some great political plot?