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, 1888-10-30
The Gnded Rowdles of Gothnm.

There Is a choice gnng of these gilded
toughs that makes it's headquarters in
certain prescribed resorts, and distin-
cuisines itself by many acts of rowdyism
that the police have hitherto winked at.
Scarcely a day passes without the report
of some explosion on their part gaining
currency about town, and every now and
then a grave family lawyer is sent skur-
rying among the newspaper offices to use
his influence to keep specially fragrant
episodes out of print. He generally sue
ceeds, too. If he did not, the public
chronicles of the year would present some
curious reading.
They would tell of assaults that nearly
ended in murder, of forgeries and thefts
committed to secure the means to prolonp
designations, of the marriages of sappy
heirs to well known millions with ballet
women and servant girls, of shocking
brawls in evil surroundings-the whole
category of offenses, in brief, in which
reckless and unprincipled youth can in
dulge, and wealth and influence be Law
ished to ward off exposure and punish
ment. 1t would be Interesting to know
the cost to which our Mohocks put their
protecting families, by the way. From
$4,000 to $1,000 is known to be the
price of a divorce for a m~illionaire's son
from a ballet girl. But it is only when
the law fixes the expense that the public
gets wind of it, and even in these cases,
conducted with the greatest secrecy and
settled without delay, information is very
difficult to procure.-Alfred Trumble in
Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1888-10-30

/ came Upon a picnic party of deaf mutes
In the woods along the Harlem river the
other day. They were all young people,
and some of the girls were very pretty.
They were camped on the green sward in
true picnic fashion, and had an abundant
supply of solids in big baskets. To their
invitation to Join them, which was ex-
tended, / nave no doubt, because they
thought me an artist, for L had a sketch
book in my hand, l complied so far as to
drink a bottle of beer that they offered
me. The uncanniness of the company
became too oppressive, however. Amid
the vocal -bgauty-ef-RatgFe-wh ere
everything had a voice, from the birds
to the ripping water and the rustling
leaves, the silence of my entertainers
proved too much for my nerves. Turn
wherever l might, there were faces that
had expression, but lips that uttered no
sound. The swift movements of their
hands in the sign language only made
matters worse. Perhaps If l could have
used my hands as deity I might AVE felt
more at home, but doubt it. The silence
had something awful about it and 1
finished my beer, gave proper thanks for
it and went away. / fairly yelled with
relief when the thickets hid me from
sight and then blushed at the thought
that they might have heard me, if they
Hdu idu cars. FOOLISH as I0e lQea was IL
made me quite miserable and | should be
ashamed to tell exactly how many glasses
of beer were required to cause me to for
get the encounter.
actually realized that afternoon, OF a
waking moment, the dreadful sensation
of n nightmare, when one struggles frant-
ically for speech, and cannot find it, and
while a nameless horror weighs down
ones body while it suffocates the soul.
Talking over the experience that night
with n medical friend he told me that my
case was not an uncommon one. With
people who can speak speech becomes a
positive sensation. Many doctors cannot
be got to assume duties in deaf and dumb
asylums. They claim that the unnatural
stiffness completely upsets nerve. Even
the less imaginative and more stolid
mental classes are difficult to be got for
service in such establishments. Work
under such unusual conditions wears
them out faster than the eriou and
arduous labors of hospitals and insane
asylums, and men and women who will
toll for years amid the most distressing
and depressing surroundings, will, on
this account, reject opportunities for
comparatively easy and comfortable serv-
Ice. After my picnic experience / GER
tainly cannot blame them, either.-Alfred
Trumble in New York News.
, 1888-10-30

One of the favorite places wherein to
hide precious stones are in the small tele-
scopes used in connection with the mas
ter's sextant. The glasses are unscrewed,
stones packed securely in the cylinders
and everything replaced. But few S
toms officials would venture to trouble a
valuable scientific instrument.
Another method is to have a malacca
stick bored out, through the wonderfully
skilled hands of a Chinese mechanic. The
space is then filed in with precious stones
packed in cotton, the joint replaced and
detection is almost impossible. 1 will
show you, a boot heel made of iron, to
which is attached an iron clamp. The
leather heel is removed, then the iron
one, filled with diamonds, Is secured to
the clamp. 1t is an old trick, but might
have passed muster, except that the
smuggler's courage failed and his ner-
vousness betrayed him. The government
was richer by so, 900 duties in gold coin.
New York Star.
, 1888-10-30

The raid which Larkins' dog made
upon camp was amusing rather than
annoying. He was a very friendly and
intelligent shepherd dog, probably a collie.
Hardly had we sat down to our first lunch
in camp before he called on us. But as
he was disposed to be too friendly, and to
claim too large a share of the lunch, we
rather gave him the cold shoulder. He
did not COM again; but a few evenings
afterward, as we sauntered over to the
house on some trihing errand, the dog
suddenly conceived a bright little project.
He seemed to say to himself, on seeing
us: There come both of them now, Just
as l nave been hoping they would; now
while they are away l will run quickly
over and know what they have got that a
dog can eat"
My companion saw the dog get up on
our arrival, and go quickly in the direc-
ton of our camp, and he said that some
thing in the ours manner suggested to
him the object of his hurried departure.
He called my attention to the fact and we
FASTENED back. On cautiously nearing
camp the dog was seen amidst the pals
in the shallow water of the creek, ~investi-
eating them. He had uncovered the but
ter and was about to taste it when we
shouted, and he made quick steps for
home, with a very kill sheep" look.
When we again met him at the houss
next day he could not look us in the face,
but sneaked off, utterly c~restfallen. This
was a clear case of reasoning on the part
of the dog, and afterward a clear case of
the ens of guilt from wrong doing. The
dog will probably be a man before any
other animal is.-John Burroughs in The
Century.
, 1888-10-30
Thurman Goes to Wheeling.

WHEELING, w. Va. Oct. 29.-Judge
Thurman, his son Allan W., and the
newspaper representatives left Columbus
this morning and until GAINESVILLE Was
reached had a quiet time. At that place
400 or 500 men had come to greet the
"Old Roman" He thanked them, and
in a brief speech told them to vote ac-
cording to their conscience, adding that
he should vote for that great and good
man, Grover Cleveland.
Another small crowd assembled at Cam
bridge, and some one asked, how about
the Sackville letter." The Judge re-
piled 1t is too transparent a trick to
have any influence on the people"
Small gatherings were also addressed at
GAINESVILLE and Belaire. Arriving at
Wheeling, Judge Thurman was driven to
a hotel amid showers OF fireworks and the
din Of enthusiastic cheers. Tomorrow
he will speak at the rink.
, 1888-10-30

On application of the Wyoming Cop
per company, ct al, Judge Maginnis has
issued an injunction restraining the Sugar
Loaf Mining company from taking ore
from the old Green Mountain Boy lode in
the Hartville mining district. The latest
move in what has become a celebrated
case locally, will bring matters to a direct
issue and the ownership Of the claim in.
volved will be settled in the near future.
The mine is the Green Mountain Boy,
which has been rechristencd the Sugar
Loaf.
, 1888-10-30
The Actors Ideal Life.

People who prate about the glorious
life of art which an actor leads, devoting
himself to ideals and to teaching the pub,
lie how to be good and great, should take
q look at the Rialto. A more fippant set
of seedy young men, most of them intent
upon nothing more ideal than beer, it
will be hard to find; the old men are not
flippant, poverty having sobered them,
but they are no less seedy. If the object
of life is to wear flashy clothes, to drink
beer, and live in cheap hotels, the average
actor gets along pretty well-for a time.
If he cares nothing for a home, n wife or
children, or the future, he may be happy.
| do not sympathize by any means with
the attempts of many well meaning peo-
pie to put the actor outside the ban of
society; but | must confess that in pro-
portion to the number of actors there are
remarkably few of them who attain what
the ordinary man would call prosperity.
And a very brief visit to the Rialto any
OF these fine days would afford ample
illustration New York Graphic.
, 1888-10-30

Many persons are familiar with the
common remedy for a cut, of sewing it
up. 1 have seen persons suffer great in
c~onveniences from a comparatively small
wound at the end of a finger and thumb,
because they did not know how to apply
the remedy. Wait till the bleeding has
ceased, and then with a fine cambria
needle with a silk thread not more than
an inch or two long, or three inches at
most, take up a small stitch in the skin
and not into the flesh, draw only toward
the cut, right and left, which tends to
draw the parts together. and never draw
from the cut, which only opens it. The
relief thus afforded is understood only
by those who have tried in. A hired
man had cut the end of his thumb.
while engaged in mechanical work, and
1t annoyed him excessively. 1 drew the
parts together with n fine thread and
needle; he was astonished at the relief,
and had no further trouble with it
Herald of Health.
, 1888-10-30
Adams, wife.

Yesterdays Laramie Boomerang con
tains a lengthy interview with Mrs. n. l..
Adams, wife of one of the two hide hun
tiers lynched on Snake river, in Carbon
county some ten days ago,
The woman and her husband had sepa-
rated five years q on account of Adams
drinking proclivities. They formerly re-
sided on a ranch near Laramie and did
well. She does not believe that her hus-
band bHFaed- certain nay stacks as charged
by his murderers. Mrs. Adams is rather
inclined to the belief that the dead man
was about to come into a fortune from
relatives.
, 1888-10-30
In a Old Flemish City.

No one was in a hurry. Tho very beg
gars had a lazy whine, The shopkeepers
mostly stood at their doors. listlessly
chewing the stalk of some flower or star
ing before them with lack luster eyes,
while humming a tune, nobly Indifferent
to business. There was one curiosity
shop that it was difficult to pass, SO
crammed were its windows with carved
ivory and carved oak, with brass and
bronze tortured INTO shapes beautiful and
grotesque. with majoiica ware and Japan
porcelain. missals gorgeous with color,
cobweb laces yellowed by age and ancient
weapons and books and other relics of the
Past-But here. too. the venerable owner
of these treasures, with horn trimmed
spectacles to assist his bleared eyes,
sat in a high backed Fifteenth century
chair, porting over a tome which was pro
badly printed at a similar date, and
scarcely deigned to glance at the stranger
who was inspecting his stock in trade. 1t
was delightful to mark the indolent en-
joyment of the red shirted boatmen who
lay languidly smoking on the raised poop
of the gaudy barges which lay mocred
here and there on the wide canals, the
quays of which were shaded by lime trees,
amid the rustling leaves of which the
bees hummed noisily. 1t was lard to be-
lieve that this was the bustling. feverish,
Nineteenth century, and that u own in
sular Babylon was but a few hours jour
ney from this drowsy town.
At last, however, 1 found myself in a
street wider than the rest, along which
painted country wagons, full of lace
capped and kerchiefed maids and matrons,
of brass cans, baskets and empty crates,
were j%olting and r~attling with thunderous
din over stones, drawn by sleek, wild
looking horses, which seemed to wear the
minimum of harness and the maximum of
bells, and which pranced and snorted in
their exultant strength. These belonged
evidently to well to do peasants who had
sold their poultry and their tame rabbits,
their butter and general dairy produce,
and were nov returning to the far off
farms where they dwelt among the polders,
and the willows, and windmills, and fat
meadows, grazed by red and white kline.
the Year Round.
, 1888-10-30

You cannot afford to waste time in ex-
perimenting when your lungs are in dan
ger. Consumption always seems, at first,
only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to
impose upon you with some cheap imita-
ton of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be
sure you get the genuine. Because he
can make more profit he may tell you he
has something Just as good, or just the
same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon
getting DIR. Kings New Discovery, which
is guara teed to give relief in all Turoat,
Lung and Chest affections. Trial bottles
free at DR.. W. n. Hunts drug store.
Large bottles 81.
, 1888-10-30

The fact is not generally known, but it
Is nevertheless a fact, that there is a pris,
oner in the county Jail serving a life SEN
tcnce. The convict is no less a parsonage
than the notorious Jack Hamm, and
his offense was creating a disturbance.
For his crime Jack was fined and com
mitted until payment. In his case this is
equivalent to a life sentence. But the
officials are Just and will liberate unfortu-
nate Jack when the alcohol leaves his
sYstem.
, 1888-10-30
The Old style Tobacco Barn.

The methods of curing tobacco have
undergone n great change in Virginia
since the introduction of tlues, but on this
old plantation they are as primitive as
when the colonists first learned the use of
tobacco from the Indian. The barns of
the farm are unlike any other used for
farming purposes in the world. They
have no agricultural p%retenses, being
generally II perfect square, with a height
several times the width or length, and
surrounded by a steep matched roof.
There are no windows and but one door,
just large enough to admit of an entrance.
The caves of the house serve the purpose
of chimneys, and otherwise there is no
ventilation. Without exception these
barns are built of unhewn logs, the
c%revices being plastered over with the NOR
tar made from clay, making the structure
as nearly air tight as it could well be.
The interior of this peculiar building is
lust as unpretentious as it's exterior.
There is no floor other than mother earth
affords, and in the center is a deep trench
in which a fire is built. Around and
ebove this primitive CRATE are stretched
numerous beams, from which the plants
are suspended. Then the fire is started
and the work of curing is begun. In the
opinion of the old time planter the fire
must not be allowed to blaze. 1t is smoke
that is wanted, and so the Goals are kept
in a continual smOlder. Oak and hickory
are much used for curing purposes, but
many of the old planters preferred sassa-
fras and sweetgum, under the impression
that it improves the flavor of the weed.
Those who have adopted the modern i'm
provements, however, scout the idea as
ridiculous, but many of the older planters
still believe in a tradition that was
handed down from the Indians.-R. S.
Clutter in Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-10-30

What on earth is the reason people
will not, can not, or do not see any differ
nee in nheap nostrums put up by Cheap
John houses or irresponsible parties at
enormous profits, rather than take a med
icine of world wide reputation and one
that is giving universal satisfaction at
equal price, No medicine in the world is
giving such unparalleled satisfaction for
purifying the blood as Beggs' Blood Pu-
ritier and Blood Maker, and every bottle
that does not do its work will cost you
nothing. For sale by w. N. Hunt, drug
riSt-
, 1888-10-30
An Absolute Cure.

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively sure
all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIG.
NAL ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold
by DR.. w. n. Hunt, at % cents per box
by mail 80 cents.
, 1888-10-30

The Rawlins Journal reports the find
ing of the dead body of John Groshart, a
Snake river pioneer, in an isolated spot.
There was a bullet hole in his brain and
everything pointed to assassination. Gros-
hart had trouble with hide hunters during
the summer and it is supposed that they
Eaylaid and shot him.
, 1888-10-30
HIS Father Dies.

Isaac Bergman was called to the bedside
of his dying father at New York by wire
last Friday night and at once boarded an
east bound train. Mr.. Bergman had
about reached Omaha when the sad intel
ligence was received here.
, 1888-10-30
EcNs In Lock Eoxes.

There is a Waterman in the New York
postoffice whose chief duty is to collect
the keys of lock boxes that are left in
the locks by careless men and boys. Gen.
Chicago Herald.
, 1888-10-30

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrhna. Twenty-Five
cents { bottle.
, 1888-10-30
Know all Wen by these Presents

That the Union Pacific, ''the Overland
Route, and the Chicago, Milwaukee x
st. Paul Ry.. commencing Sunday, Oct
Is, will u Pullman Palace Sleep
ers through daily from Denver to Chi
cago via Omaha and Council Bluffs.
, 1888-10-30

Cheyenne Transfer Co.-From five
pounds per day to a carload at a time.
Reasonable reductions to large consumers.
, 1888-10-30

A large line of fall overcoats just re-
cived at Hellman's.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21
A Model Agricultural! Society.

A new departure Of Frederick Coun.
tv Agricultural Society was adopted at
their meeting last week. Hereafter nc
liquors Of any kind will be sold on the
grounds. Gambling of every descrjp-
ton is prohibited !; even selling pools
on the races will not be allowed, and
some crank, we are told, enleayors TO
have the premiums offered for trials Of
speed done away with.
While this action of the Society will
no doubt effect their receipts to con-
siderable extent, Vet this commcndable
action Of this society will take away
one Of the most dlsagreeable features
attending those meetings. Rum and
beer selling should never be permitted
in such gatherings. The gambling de-
vices attending the Frederick exhibit
tions heretofore have been scourge to
tie community and Il disgrace to the
Society. Such scenes are visited large
]y by the unsophisticated young men
and girls from the rural districts, who
are open to those, (to them, apparently
innocent temptations. Many many
times has the writer seen those country
boys roJJc0 Of their hard earnings by
some new dodge, operated by city sharp
ers, under cover OF the Society s licenco,
and many Il county hummer has taken
his first beer Oh the fair grounds.
The action Of the Frederick County
Society is conmendabIe, indeed, and
the better classes of the country should
see to it that they are not looser by
this action,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21
Washington Letter
From OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

FROM OUR REG UIAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, JUNE l1th, 'SS.
The fashionable girl of Washington
is anything but the puny that the en-
vious men have made her out. 1t ism t
really true that she will scream when
she sees a mouse, or gather up her
skirts and skcladdle yelling "a snake :"
ga snake' when she tramp3 on a
crooked stick. When she goes in for
anything nowadays she goes in heart
and soul--she p)unges. She goes in for
horseback riding now, and like every.
timing else she extracts every atom Of
pleasure from it. This has been the
fad for a year at least, and the sagca
predicted that The hot weather would
Kill il; but it hasn't SO far. There is
not II girl in the olty who has a really
trim figure and IL stylish habit, who
Will quit riding ;uat because it Is hot
work. Ne, indeed! She gets up eur
~ in the morning AMI takes tlot or
cantor through the woods anil ever the
roads, and generally Returns in time for
breakfast VITA the family. She has al
appetite Ike u COW boy and checks
like juno roses. II she is an cEpnrt
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21

He has Just had a carriage house
built at Oak View, and from its top
floats an American flag with II red BAN
danna tied below the National colors.
Oak View is an attractive spot IN its
summer dress. On the broad veranJa
there are number OF hospitable look.
inc splnt bottomed rockers, the sward
comes up to its edge, and all around
there are beds of old fashioned pinks
a d roses, pansies and geranlnms.
From the front Of the house the Cap
itol may be seen, the Washington Mon.
ument aud indeed the whole city, u
magnificent panorama, After his drive
and his dinner at Oak View the Presi-
dent strolls about his small domain,
and exhibits interest in every change
that the season produces.
So many visitors to the Capitol in
quire for the spot where John Qnincy
Adams fell in the old Hall of Repre-.
santatves IN his fatal illness. that tie
Architect Of the Capitol has marked
the place with u bronze tablet. The
inscription gives the name and date in
Il circular form, upon the tablet, and
in its centre is the word "Ilcre.'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21
Emperor Frederick Dead.

On Friday morning last at / o'clock
the royal sufferer, Emperor Frederick
III of Germany died. He was permit
ted to sit upon the imperial throne 5ut
little oyer three months when he fol,
lowed the first emperor to The grave.
His death was occasioned by an at.
tack of cancer in the throat, an autopsy
fully proving what had been a dSpot-
ed question during his life. lie ssu
cecdcd by Emperor William II, a nam
of harsh disposition compared with his
father and whose idol is the army and,
it is believed, whose tastes are for war.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21
Administrators Notice.

This to give notice that the subscriber
hath obtained from the Orphans Court OF
Frederick county, Maryland letters OF ad
minlstratlon on the personal estate Oh
JOHN w. MARTIN
late of Frederick county, Md, deceased.
All persons having claims against the cs-
tate of the said deceased are hereby warned
TO exhibit the same with the voucher Thereon
legally authenticated to the subscriber on or
before the 18th day Of November, 1883, they
may otherwise by law be excluded from AL
benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this LIST day OF
May, 1888 ,,,r
ABRAHAM LOllH
Administrator
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21

" i'll stand during the season of 1883 Tor
the service Of Il limited number of mares,
commencing April 9th, for the season. The
rates of service are as follows:
SIX DOLLARS TO INSURE,
$500 for the season, $500 for Single Service
\ Groom Fec of $l0o, payable at time of
first service will Ec charged the Insurance
money, $4,000 to be paid as soon rs the
mare is known to be in toal, tho Season mon
~ 5000 TO be paid during the Season and
the Single Service money at time Of service,
Persons parting with mare before she is
known to he with f,nl will he responsible for
the Insurance money. ANY one putting q
mare and not bringing her promptly, forfeits
the Insurance money. Old and uncertain
mares positively refused. The greatest care
will be taken bat will not be responsible for
accidents or escapes.
Morgan will stand at the following places
Monday and Tuesday until 10 o'clock ut
Jacob iIillcr's near Wclly's Distilcry Tues
day afternoon and "Wednesday until . o clock
at Jacob Stouilcl's, near Stouttrr's Mill
franklin CO.. Pa. Thursday and FRIDAY UNI
til noon "A; r. $. Zcntz near Zentz' Mil; on
Friday afternoon and Saturday at H. l..
| Blacks near Blacks near Blacks Mill.
MORGAN is years old, IS hands high
weighs 400 pounds, bay in color, fine dis
position and in every way valuable as u sire
| We ask Judges to come and sec the horse.
| l.. II. BOYER, JAMES WOLF,
Keeper.
Anr T. IL