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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-03-04
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DOWN THE LIGHTS AND BE
CAREFUL.

It may seem strange, but It fact, that
with all the snow and rain of winter stuts'
tics prove that there are more fires then
than at any other season. Protect your
selves against loss or damage by fire insur-
ing in companies mot MUTUALLY in which you
pay for your insurance at once for any time
agreed upon, and that's the end Of it, No
, assessments Of premium notes to annoy you
We represent the following companies:
INSURANCE COMPANY Of NORTH
AMERICA, Of Philadelphia.
PHOENIX, Of Hartford. s.
WASHINGTON FIRE and MARINE, Of
Boston.
GERMANIA, Of Ne.e York.
AGRICULTURAL, Of Nes York.
PEOPLES. Of Neso York.
FlREAEN' s Of Baltimore.
We refer to leading.men like the follow.
ing: G. A. I. Snouffer, r. J. Dutrow, Buck.
eystown.
Col John B. Thomas, Louis fMcMurry,
Geo II. Riz"r, John kGlkcy, Frederick.
John T. Rudy Middletown,
Chas. Stevens, G. l.. Firor, Creagerstown.
Joseph Byers,'D. II. Rciman, Emmissburg
Rufus K. Day, VIM. II. Purdum, urbana,
]. Dorsey Jones, Liberty.
John T. Meridith Howell 6hipley, New
Market.
Daniel Buhrman Henry Buhrman, Levy
Buhrman. Hauvcrs.
Robert Barrck, Shank & Long, Woods
bOro'.
]. Columbus O'Donnell, 'Petersvllle.
George A. Stevens, Eugene L. Derr, G, L..
Ramsburg Mt Pleasant.
John II Rozuer, r. c. Stocksdale, Simon
Lohr, Mcchancstown:
H. T. Hoogc & Son. townsville.
Thornton Poole, Linganore.
Charles Brnatlrup. VIM. Stull Tuscarora.
FREEMAN g. THOMAS.
GENERAL INSURANCE. AGENTS,
Office with Jno. b Thomas Il Son No 30
Yves, Patrick Street, Frederick.
Jan 10 1885 If
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-19
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The Republicans of Nevada.
in convention assembled. re,f.
firm their unfaltering loyalty to
the. principles of the party as
enuacia.ed in all their Nationa,
Platforms from Lincoln to
Blaine. We believe liberty is
the inal;cnabie right OF every
man, whatever his race or color,
and in the equality of every man
before the law, witt! the unre-
strie.ed righ. Of every ci:izra TO
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-19

tempt Of tho Democratic majority
ia the National House of Rep
resentatives to pass the Morri-
son Bill reducing the tariff on
the prod uct of our mines and
placing wool on the free list.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-19

1t is the duty OF this State 10
maintain free schools, not only
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

From John Burroughs paper on Bird
Enemies, in the December Ccntuyu, we
quote tho following: "Ona day u traec-
dy was enacted few yards from where
was sitting with book; two song
sparrows We're trying to defend their
nest against Il black snake. The GU
rlouS, intcrrogating note of n chicken
who had suddenly come upon the scene
IN his walk, first caused me to look up
from my reading. There were the spar
rows, with wings raised in Il way DC
culiarly expressive of horror and dis
may,rushing about y low clump of grass
and bushes. Then, looking more close
", saw the glstcning form of the
black snake, and the quick movement
OF his head rs he tried to seize the birds.
The sparrows dartcd about and through
the grass and weeds. trying to beat the
snake of. Their tails and wings were
spread, and, painting with the heat and
the desperate struggle, they presented
most singular spectacle. They uttered
no cry, not a sound escaped them; they
were plainly spccchlcss with horror and
dismay. Not once did they drop their
wings, and the peculiar expression of
those upliftcd palms, as it were, shall
never forget. 1t occurred TO me that,
perhaps, here was case of attempted
blrd-charming Oh the part of the snake,
so | looked on from behind the fence
The birds charged the snake and har-
rasScd him from every side, but were
evidently under no spell save that of
courage in defending their nest. Every
moment or two | could see The head and
neck OF the serpent make a sweep at the
birds, when the one struck at would fall
back, and the other Would renew the as
sault from the rear. There appeared to
be little danger that the snake could
strike and hold one of the birds, though
l tremblcd for them, they were so bold
and approached so near to the snakes
head. Time and again he spranp at
them, but without success How the
poor things painted, and held up their
wings appr"l;n&Iy. Then the snake
gildcd OF TO the ncar fence, barely es-
Gaping the stone which | hurled ut him.
found the nest riiicd and dcran1cd;
whether il had contained eggs or Young
] know not. The male sparrow had
chrcrcd M many day with bis song,
and blamed myself for not having
rushed at once to the rescue when the
arch enemy was upon him. There is
probably little truth in the popular no
ton that snakes charm birds. The black
snake is the most subtle, alert. and
dcviliSh OF our snakes, and have never
seen him have any but young, helpless
birds in his mouth"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
Concerning Nan es.

The fact is, scarcely any Nuisance is
n greater nuisance than that pertaining
to ill-assorted names. Why, for in
stance, with our beautiful and musical
Indian nomenclature, should we have
our Syracuse, Memphis, Thebcs, Toledo,
st. Louis, San Francisco. Cairo, Baby
lon, JerusalemP What an uneuphoni-
Gus, ill-assorted name is New York
when VIC can have Manhattan for the
taking! Why should racing mares be
named Miss Woodford and Flora Tenn
ploP-or an Indian Holc-in-thc-WaIl,
Man -Afraid-of-His-HorsC etc.p Why
should harmony composed for q reli-
gious hymn be named Federal street
and another Bowdoin square? Why
should two of our gunboats be called
Terror and Vixen? Why should SO
many names of hamlets, villages, towns
and cities be repeated in thirty-eight
states and seven territories, and give
rise to innumerable Washingtons, Jack
sonvillcs, Jefforsons, Adamses, and so
onp--ChriStiGn at HOrk.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
Tho Adventure of n Mouse,

A mOthcr-mousc, when hor children
had nearly reached the age at which it
became time tor them to seek their own
fortunes in the world, cautioned them
particularly against the traps and dan
gers that would lie in their paths. "My
children" said she, 'the cheese looks
very tempting, and is even sometimes
toasted, but beware of it; for it will
bring misfortune to YOU"
One time the whole family of younger
nice came upon trap. This, sup
pose, said the eldest and wisest, "is
the trap against which our mother so
carefully warned us. And yet" he
continued, "the cheese looks very tempt
ing. doubt extremely if there be any
real danger in it. And even if there
be, think that, by q proper amount of
self-control and warincss, one might
avoid a.. i'll consequences. Because
some have been caught, it does not nee
eSsarily follow that like fate must
ovcrtake all. At least shall inspect
the trap to satisfy myself whether there
is really as much danger in it rs our
mother said. You know she is apt to
be over-cautious very often" And
with this remark, in spite of the urgent
warnings Of his brothers, the ovcr-wise
mouse deliberately entered the trap.
II cannot sec," said he, when he was
within, that there is any real danger,
and it is very pleasant here. One need
not eat of tho cheese, you know"
But even as he spoke the delicious
smell of the cheese ovcrcamc his eau
ton; he concluded there could be no
danger in taking the smallest nibblc.
No sooner, however, had he touched
the tempting morsel, than the trap fell
and he was q prisoner.
"Alas!' said he 10 his weeping moth
ter, who had fastened to the trap upon
learning the fate of her son, II now
discover, when it is too late to repent,
that the experience of age is safer than
the presumptuous wisdom of youth. ~
Christmas 81. Nicholas.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
What Hanging Is Like.

The following account of the scnsa-
tions of hanging is sent us by n CORE
spondent who is a member of kind of
Suicide Club" and was actually, he
says, partly hung the other day. in tho
presence of several friends:
A good stout rope had been obtained
This was securely fastened to the rafters
of tho barn roof Ipulled at the rope
with my hands to make sure that il
would not break. Then Ipermittcd my
self to be blind-folded and mounted on q.
chair. For the moment, admit, I was
weak enough TO tnrn pale and tremblc.
soon, however, recovered my presence
of mind. Putting my head through the
moose, gave the signal. felt the chair
drawn from under me, There was q
great jerk, and felt a violent pain in
my neck, as though my scarf had all of
a sudden become tight. Now comes
the most curious part of my experience.
After the first feeling of torture, which I
admit was decidedly very severe, | lost
consciousness. I seemed to be trans
ported into new world, more beautiful
than anything imagined by the poet I
was swimming, mcthought, in a sea of
oil. The feeling was exquisitely de-
'i"ious. AS l swan easily and without
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
Somo Strect-Car Nuisances.

Men who have been eating onions.
Men who smoke bad cigars on the
front platform.
Men who chew and cxpcctorate in tho
cars. 49,
Pedlers who fill the cars with their
wares and smell badly.
Men who whistle.
The starcful dude.
The awful masher.
Men who talk so loudly that no ono
Dor.
Men who sit sideways when people
are looking for seats.
Men who crowd the platform so that
people are squeezed nearly to death in
getting on or off the cars.
Men who pick their teeth in public.
men who clean their tingcr-nals in
public.
Juveniles who insist on sky-larking.
Boys who eat peanuts.
The small boy who, on muddy days.
insists on knccling on tho seats
Squalling babies.
Men who hum all the way.
Men who want to know where tho
car is going to and when they get there.
Women who tlirt with the wrong fol-
low.
The girrwho hangs on to him all the
way.
The bundle woman.
The lady who has Just been doing q
little shopping and bought out the store.
Giggling girls.
ihc umbrella ticnd who always pokes
the driver in the back or the conductor
in the stomach.
The stout lady who, when the car
lurchcs, subsidies in ones lap.
Tho shrill-, diced female.
The mother of six who brings the
whole six along.
The lady who will mistake the bell
rope for the strap.
The woman who at every street corner
asks where she is to get out.
The gum-cating girl.
Inc women who after stopping the
car only take five minutes to kiss and
say good-by.
The old young girl.
The musical enthusiast.
The stagc-struck girl
The girl who captures the conductors
attention so that he has no eyes or cars
left for his business.
The loud girl.
The women who paint.
The stalwart party who challenges YOU
for your seat
The girl who looks at you too hard.
The girl who won't look at Won at
an.-N Y. Graphic.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
Flattcring Recognition.

A memory of names and faces not
only contributes to social success, but
70 eminence in official positions. A
teacher who always succeeded in memo
rlHlng the names of her fifty pupils
within the first forenoon of the torn,
has declared that in that faculty lay one
cause OF her effective discipline.
III can say" she explained, "on the
very first day of school, Mary Jones,
what are you doingp' Tom Brown,
where is your bookP' the scholars begin
TO fear my quickncss of thought. Each
one has an ill-defined feeling that /
may not only know his name, but all his
traits"
The man who aspircs to be loader
OF the people will do well to cultivate a
memory of faces.
President Van Buren, was said to DOS
sess that faculty in high degree of
perfection. A gentleman was once in
Producing party of friends to him, and
when he reached the fourth member of
the group, Mr.. Van Buren, anticipated
him by saying
This is Mr.. Thompson"
Yes" said the gentleman, II was
once introduced to you, but did not SUD-
pose you would remember it."
"Oh, yes, certainly | do. You were
introduced to me at Syracuse, in 1885,
on the occasion of the visit of General
jackson to that city, and with you were
three other gentlemen. You were the
second presented" "a statement which
the gentleman confirmed.
On the occasion of the meeting, at
Montreal, of scientists from all parts of
the world last year, many of these
learned gentlemen desired to be prc-
scnted to General Grant, who according-
~ received them; but their guide was
greatly. astonishcd at finding that he
recognized many Of them before their
names were mentioned. A frequent
form OF salutation was, How do YOU
DO, Professor? l met you Mt Liver
pool" or, II saw you last in Manches-
ter"
When the guests had taken their leave,
the generals friend asked where he
could have become acquainted with so
many foreigners.
"Oh, met them abroad" was the
answer. They had been introduced to
him there among crowds of other stran-
gers, but he had fixed their faces in
delibly upon his memory. At another
time, he recognized lady whom he
had seen for u few moments only, years
before, and then rs one of several hun
dred schoolgirls.
A delicate fattery is implied in tho
fact that ones name or face has made
so deep an impression upon stranger
that he has been able to retain Through
q period of years. And since it shows Il
truer kndllncss to preserve gracious
attitude towards the world at large
rather than a hostile one. such tlattery
OF strangers may spring from something
nobler that mere scif-intercst.-Y YOUTHS s
Companion.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

as he, with the assistance OF the tele-
graph operator OF this station U leave o
blank for her namc), used the said line
without the consent of this Company,
and for other than railway business:
at is resolved that he be suspended
permanently lyp from his position as en-
glncer, and that the said operator be
requested to rcsEn--'
A murmur OF di&approbation filed the
room, but the president commanded
silence, and the State director went on.
''--rcsign her place.
at is further resolved, and is hereby
ordered, that the said John Mills be and
is appointed chief engineer of the new
repair shops at Slaws0n.''
A tremendous cheer broke from the
assembled company, and the resolution
was passed with shout of assent.
How it all ended they never knew
1t seemed like II dream, and they could
not believe it true till they stood alone
in tho winters night on the track be-
side that glorious 80" The few cars
the engine had brought up had been
joined TO the train, and $50" had been
rolled out on the siding. With many
handshakings for John, and hearty
kisses for Kate, and round of parting
cheers for the two, the train had sped
away. The idlers had dispersed, and
mono fingered about tho abandoned
station save tho lovers. "59" would
stay that night on the siding, and they
had walked up the track to bid it long
farewell.
For a few moments they stood in the
glow of the great lamp, and then he
quietly put it out, and left the giant to
breathe away its fiery life in gentle
clouds of white steam. AS for the lovers
they had no need of its light. The
winter stars shone upon them, and the
calm, cold night seemed a paradise
below.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
Autumn Scenes.

noy aMS tho oonst .hs S,s ,slstSn0' aS
dreaming becometh part of existence,
p;ela And mosneth the wind as 1t shiyors away.
hustlin8 the mRplcs till leaves fall and culver
AND rattiing tho blades OF the brown -tasseIcd
sTf{nH the sod spBFg the
The stillness is startled by sound of nuts drop.
The creek is halfcovered with butternut
leaves;
White cows In tho sunshine and shadow are
Tho thfesheris grinding tho gold from the
Now sail through tho azure tho spirit of fowl
With white wings outspread In a glorlfied
Moths neryously Tit for their few happy hours;
Day.
And hnrkl at the sunriso tho chanticlcor's
That sInsesi MS sweet as pure 1srafeors
~ school, now. the shouting, gay children aro
going
Al SRy re e1hsS hs sGS5 and p9S sS e
The boy fighting hornots, who taketh no
Now pointing his name with tho riponod poko-
Now trying to slip in the fair!
The off: frog and tho sereeoh-owl-and fro-lies
Tho moon in pale sossalner stiiiotn und gasp
30 filled with her passion and sorrowed by
She loohoth on lovers and soomoth rs sad
,,A AS II she had lost and was ever moro drear;
1ho Nights lustrous eycs are oil troubled and
And down on the marigold trickles teari
&C. L. Phifer, In Tho Current.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
A story is oOinp the rounds about tho

A story is going the rounds about the
unique Mr.. Henry Prouse Cooper, the
tailor, who has figured somewhat in
New York courts in times past. One
day, just aE,rr Mr.. Cooper had been ar
rested at the instance of somebody who
didn't like the way that Mr.. Cooper
spent his own money, young man who
happened to be running an Ishmaelitc
sort of paper printed an cditor;Hi para
graph pitching into Mr.. Cooper's wicked
enemies and setting Mr.. Cooper himself
up for little less than an archangcl. Mr..
Cooper saw this paragraph in duo
time, and made a call upon the young
man to render thanks. 81 believe you
have an account with me-" said Mr..
Cooper before he left 81 asked my
bookkcepcr for it before I came down
town to-day, and here it is, all rccciptcd.
my friend. Take it as n token of my
appreciation; your bill is all wiped out. ."
"Recciptcdr' calculated that practical
journalist. Wiped out! Wiped out be
blanked! What you want to do is to set
up new suit right quick Don't come
around here with your ancient history.
wiped out that bill myself eight months
ago" This sort Of financicring capti-
vated Mr.. Henry Prousc Cooper, and tho
young man got just what he wanted.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

The ministers, it seems, trouble the
librarians as much as any other class of
persons. At n recent conference of libra
rians in New York Dr. Bucl, Librarian
OF Union Theological Seminary, was
asked how no got along. He said he
was afraid that ministers were as bad as
any one else, for since he had been lib
rarian more than 1000 volumes had
been taken. "One minister" he said,
kept book twenty-threc years, but
finally returned it, with note to the
effect that he needed the book no longer,
as he had obtained better edition"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

The Pail Mall Gazette gives the follow
ing as n 'curiouSly com prchcnsivo list
of English Socialists ": Edward Car
pcntcr,thc millionaire; Edward Avolinp,
the economist; Michael Davitt, the aGi-
tator; Bclfort BaX, the cssayist; Kegan
Paul, the publisher; and Walter BeSant
and Mrs. Lynn Lanton, the novclists;
Shelley, Keats, Jones, Brough, Dobcll'
Browning, Swinburnc, William Morris
and Edwin Arnold, the poets; Ruskin,
the art critic; Charles Kingsley, the
clergyman, novelist, and gc0logist,
Brontcrro . Bricn and Fergus O'Con-
nor, the chartists; Robert Owen the
phIIanthropist; and II. NJ. Hyndman,
the Journalist; Herbert Spencer, John
Stuart Mill, r. II. Huxley, and Charles
Darwin; John Tyndall the scientist: and
William Kingdom Clifford, the NOR.
alst. 0i
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

- Nine. Adclina Patti will be married to
olg' Nlcolini III June ncxt--that is to
say in tho legal period of ten months
after her divorce from the MARQUIS de
Caux. Nicolini's real name is Ernest
Nicholas and he belongs to humble
french family. His wife, from whom
he has just been divorced by mutual
consent, and from whom he had been
separated many years, is an Italian ladv
named Maria Annata, '"''
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

The fact that commercial agency
has been beaten in suit to collect dam
ages for an injurious report and ordered
by a Montreal court to pay $4,000 ought
TO have g wholesome effect on concerns
Of the sort. Mercantile agencies are
useful institutions beyond doubt but
they blunder miserably Mt times and
ought to suffer for it when they injure
business regulations. - Chicago Tribune.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

Baroness Burdctt Coutts has the satis-
faction of knowing that her young Amer
ican-born husband beat the marquis of
Lornc for q seat in the house of COM
mons. The marquis is the queens SON.
in-law, and it was her majesty who
snubbod tho baroness because she mar
ried o young man.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

A party of French scientists is search
ing for remains Of the roc, the gigantic
bird so infinitely described in the cara.
bian Nights" Fragments of eggs have
been found, but no skeletons or bones,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04

one OF theu moulu -o-I~-..o !. -, ,nJ cN-
pertinent. They all considered my con-.
duct heroic, but absolutely refused to
emulate me. They said | looked SO
ghastly! Mall Gazette.
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NEWS OIERC0AIS.


- --N &C AttNiti "a Ht ~
Or s3 90 coat is . regular S.
garment.
Good serViccable oNer1oats al
S equal 10 4nythine sold iast
yea II 81 So.
From So 20 S6 we show an
immense line oi subs anual.
wear Resisting ctercoals would
be good v4Iue az $40.
Al the popular prlce oi $40 VIC
hsve stacks gf Casluerss
"a oIstets Beavers. Ctireli ias,
cou J f- sry $40 src SIS over
coats 81 thc city
oar SIS. $40 sle anc $40 tai-
'or nad> -cl sey are rlr Beaver
Ovsrcc sts are tae be.t value
oblailable
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-16
STATE CONVENTION.
OFFICE OF
REPUBLICAN STArB CENTRAL COMMITTEE
VIRGINIA CITY, NEv. May 20, 1856
A IA MEETING OF THE REPUB-
IA lican State Central Committee of
Nevada, held this day, it was resolved
that
REPUBLICAN
State CONVENTION
BE held at
CARSON CITY
ON
Friday, September u, 1886.

At o'clock p. m,
For the purpose of nominating a full State
ticket, viz:
Member of Congress.
Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State.
Justice of Supreme Court,
Clerk of Supreme Court,
Attorney General,
State Controller,
Surveyor General,
Superintendent of Public instruction,
State Printer,
Three Judges of the First Judicial District,
The appointment OF State Central Commit
tee. and the transaction of su III other business
as may properly come before the Convention.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-16
AYERS PILLS

contain no mineral nor poisonous sub
stance, and do not grippe unless the
bowels are irritated, and even then their
influence is healing. To continue theil.
effect in constipated or chronic cases. they
need only be taken in diminishing instead
of increasing doses. For seamon. ard in
habitants or travellers in srarseiy settled
countries where physicians are not at
hand. they are of inestimable value
There is hardly a sickness they will not
alleviate. and in most cases cure, if taken
promptly. To young girls Just entering
upon wOmanhood. and to women whose
period of maternity is DRAWN" to a close,
Ayers Pills, in moderate doses. merely
sufficient TO ensure regular action of the
bowels will be found of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-16
MORNING APPEAL.
ssued every morning. Monday excepted, ~
y. =. DAMS.
A Daily Newspaper, devoted TO Politcss' "o'''
eral News and Local Affairs
ogF1oE-second Street, opposite the Southern
front of the State Capitol.
Terms OF subscription:

~, ,,a,I SO 90
G.,e copy six months By mail ......... 4 OO
one copy, three months, by-mail go. W
subscriptions must be paid in advance
TN. APPEAL will be delivered to Tn" citizehs
Carson at 2J cents per week.