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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
THE WIDOW GR|GSBY.

Texas journals announced not long
since that Sam Curtis, the genial and ef.
fcient general manager, of Texas Trans
continental Railroad, had severed his
connection with that company, he hav,
ing received more advantageous Offer
from a rival company. The real fact
of the case, however, warrant the i'm.
preston of that Sam was bounced.
One morning the president of the
company requested the presence of Sam
IN his private Office. Sam complied,
and found the old man to be in state
of mind, so to speak.
MIR. Curtis, | have something very
important for you to attend to, some
thing that will require the exercise Of
great discression,' said the president.
Il shall endeavor to do my best, re-
piled Sam.
Perhaps you remember that one day
last week a man was struck by one of
our trains near Lickskillet and killed ?
Yes, | heard of it,
well, I have been investigating the
matter, and I find that the engineer
was entirely to blame
That my impression, too
And the worst of it is the man WAS
married, and his wife has got Il clear
case against the company. We are IL
able to be mulcted-yes sir, actually
mulcted in heavy damages.
Very likely
And, what is mora. the people of
Lickskillet are fanatically opposed to
railroads. A Lickskilet jury would
give that woman $4,000 as quick
as they would cent. They are
down on the Trans scontlnental on gener-
al principles. And if we took I'm ap
peal that would do US no good, for she
has clear case of damages. Why, Mr..
Curtis, Lickskilet juries have given YER
diets of $500 against lis for running
over razorback hog worth Sl.25.'
L know it, replied SAm. 'What, do
you wish me to do ?
! Go to Lickskillet and see The widow
at once and get her to compromises
Luckily, the matter has not yet got in
to the papers, and possible the lawyers
have not yet tampered with her. Ii
one of them Austin lawyers gets on to
the case for a contingent all hope OF
compromise is gone
1 understand
Use AL your persuasive powers tc
get her to compromi e. Here is $1,000
in cash. If you can compromise the
matter for that, you will be entitled to
the gratitude Of the company. These
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
Mechannswn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday October Il, 889
Tire Arizona Kicker.
A Few SHARP REMARKS FROM AN
HoNORED CONTEMPORARY.

~~'~~-~-N
DON'T BLAME HsM.-Last Tuesday
night the city treasurer Of this town
jumped out with all the public moneys
he could lay hands on. The aggregate
sum was only $65, but no one should
blame him for skipping out with that
small sum. It was all thas be could
get, and he had become so disgusted at
having to associate with the members
Of the common council that he would
probably have gone with $25.
FUN AHEAD.-Alderman OGrady
didn't take our remarks Of last week in
The right spirit. We called him thief,
liar and drunkard, and instead Of ad-
mitting the charges like gentleman
he indulges in threats Of personal vio-
lence. Come on, Mr.. o Grady Well
try and make it lively for you.
And, by the way, while on this sub
iect, we feel to observe that of all the
corrapt, dishonest, knayish. drunken
public bodies ever convened IN room
together our town council caps the
climax. Next week we shall begin II
war of determination on these vipers,
and if the fur don't fly it wont be our
fault.
| 1T CAN'T Be DONE Now.-For a
year or more after we struck this town
we could be kicked and cuHed with
perfect impunity, even by a low down
Indian. We were knocked down, boot.
ed up and down the street, and had our
nose pulled out OF shape two or three
times per week, and we never thought
Of resisting. We were tenderfoot of
the tenderfootedest sort, and it was a
question whether we should pull
through or not.
Let some one attempt to tweak our
nose today! The offer of hundred
dollars in cash wouldn't tempt Il man IN
town to try it on. We are no longer a
tenderfoot. The man who sets out to
Gift" us now has got to beat chain
lightning. Every chap who has piled
into US for the last ten months has had
to be carried off on shutter, and two Of
them, as the town records show, sleep
peacefully among the daisies.
A New DEPARTMENT-As will be
noticed by all we add a department tc
The Kcker-that Of forecasting the
weather. We have arranged II signal
office on the roof of our own building
and shall take observations hourly. We
have also purchased NIP Of the Uni
ted States and have arranged program
by which We expect nine-t -tenths OF our
predictions to be verified. This has
been a long felt want in this locality
and the enterprise of The Kicker will
no doubt be duly appreciated.
We shall start out at slow pace and
do no rushing until the harness fits
we'll. Our first prediction-"Clearer
warmer; cloudy; cool (; may rain and
may not is il sort Of Il iceler, and we
do not advise any of our readers to
give up'a fishing excursion or a Sunday
school picnic on account of it. We hope
in time to get used to the hang OF the
thing, and after we have we guarantee
to beat the government out of sight or
wear one shirt all winter Detroit Free
| Press.
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
$elett 4aottru,
Teaching Public School.

Eighty little urchins
Coming through the door,
Pushing, crowding, making
A tremendous roar.
Why don't you keep quiet
Can't you mind the rule?
Bless me this pleasant,
Keeping public school.
Eighty little pilgrims
On the road to fame;
Ifthcy fail to reach it,
Who will lie to blame?
High and lowly stations,
Birds of every feather,
On common level.
Here are brought together.
Dirty little faces,
Loving little hearts,
Eyes brimful of mischief,
ChlliCi IN ull viz ui'o
That's precious darling!
What are you about
May pass the watcr,?'
"Please, may l go out?"
Boots and shoes are shutfiing,
States and books are rafting
And in the corner yondcr
Two pugilists are battling!
Others cutting didocs,
What bothcration!
No wonder We grow crusty
From such association.
Anxious parents drop in
Merely to inquire
Why his olive branches
Do not shoot higher:
Says he wants his children
Tomind thcir.p's and as.
And hopes their brilliant talent
Will not be abused.
Spelling, reading, writing,
Putting up the young ones,
Tanning, scolding fighting,
Spurring on the dumb ones,
Gymnastics, vocal music
How tho heart rcjoiCes
When the singer comes
TO cultivate the voices.
Institute attending,
Making out reports,
Giving object lessons,
Class drills Of all sorts;
Reading dissertations,
Feeling like fool =
Oh the untold blessing
Ofteaching public school,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

Customer-"I want to get a mixed
suit ; what hev We got in that line ?"-
Proprietor-"l haf pants from Pansal.
yania l haf vests from Vest Virginia
That collars from Colorado, l haf coats
from Dakota; haf neckties from Con-
necktecut Mixed suits vas my spec
in]tvr'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

How do you like your new saddle
horse, Miss Mabel?
why, I'm fairly carried away with it
Mr.. Dolley.'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

A young lady at Athens, Ga, has
invented lamp that will cease to burn
exactly at 10 o'clock. The average
Georgia lover has no fault to find with
the lamp in fact he would be better
satisfied if it would 90 out as soon as he
came in. If the young lady wants to
make real ten strike she should invent
a father who will go to bed at Q clock.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

A Mexican g'rl has three we'll devel.
oped arms. She can do up her hair
without examining her mouth full of
hair pins.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

Barber (out west)-Your head is
very
Cowboy (showing revolver)-Eh:
Barber (hastily)-Very clean, sir.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

An Indian woman lost her speech for
a month, and the rest Of the family
gained fifteen pounds each.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
WINGED WISH.
She-I would I were a bird.
He-I wish cats flew.

If a young man sits alongside pret-
ty girl and squeezes her, would you call
him side her press?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17

TedIy(aged eighU-I say, papa
Papa--Yes, my boy, what Is it:
Teddy-Is the world round? ?
Papa-Yes.
Teddy-Then how can 1t have all
end ::
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
No. 26
SUMNER BETTER THAN WINTER.

SUMMER BETTER THAN WINTER.
Rejoiee, Oh, lover, when the days
Are hot, when flows the preparation ;
When painting In the solar rays
Men sigh for summers termination.
Wish not the frigid winter nigh,
That tingles ears and reddens noses,
For ice cream does not come so high
As sleigh rides balls and hot house roses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-10-17
CHANGE OF TIME,
WESTERN MARYLAND R ROAD.

"a 3sEsaa ;sIsa:ls ~ ;4E@s
'I'o take effect 0" December y ) D.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
Fish and game at Brooks market.
She Still Mourns Her Lover.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner-D Dispatch
NEW YORK, Dec. 23-Poor Miss Kitty,
the chimpanzee, is not well. 1t is feared
she will soon follow the late lamented Mr.,
Crowley to the grave, Superintendent
Conklin, of the Central Park zoo, believes
Kitty has consumption. She has poor
appetite and spends the greater part of her
time swinging listlessly from the bar in her
glass-incased cage. She never has been
quite her old self since the death of her
sweetheart, Crowley. Keeper Jake Cook
is greatly exercised over Miss Kitty's con-
dition. ''She caught cold last September, +"
said Keeper Cook today, "and she hasn's
gotten over it yet. Since then we have
put a glass case around her cage, which
keeps the temperature even. | don't
think she's got consumption, although
MIR. Conklin does. 1 am treating her for
very severe cold and give her t1axseed tea
codliver oil, molasses and other specifics.
She takes them very willingly, and think
1 noticed change for the better in her
these last few days. She is quite frisky at
times, just as she used to be-" Kitty has
been in this condition since June, 1887.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
THE SEASON.

The days are now gradually becoming
longer. The sun reached the most southerly
point il mis- apparent march up and down
the heavens Saturday night and calling a
halt, without further ado proceeded to re-
trace his steps. This retrograde movement
will come to halt on June 81 next, which
will be the longest day in the calendar, and
then his solar majesty will again reverse
and proceed upon his tireless march the
other way.
In South America, Australia and all
points south of the equator, they are now
at the beginning of their midsummer just
as we on this side are at the commence
ment of our midwinter. To call either the
commencement of the season, al
though frequently done, is not cor
rect; for the sake of convenience, at
least, the three months constituting each
season embrace all there is of that season,
however different and contrary the wea-
Their may be. If any other condition were
to be the gauge, in this country particular
ly we would often have winter running
almost into summer, while in more north
erly ATTITUDES there would be but few
weeks of summer and no spring weather
at all
The earth reaches its ''perihelion" about
the 3lst of this month 1t is then nearest
the sun, which is therefore said to be in
''perigee." On the 21st of March the sun
reaches the ''equinoctial'' at the vernal
equinox; that is, he is directly
overhead at the equator and the days
and nights are of equal length,
whence the name-pQuus, equal, and nor,
light. The equality extends over the en-
tire earth at this time as also at the au-
tumnal equinox (on September 22d), ex-
cepting small space at each pole, where
tie days and nights each hold continuous
reign of half year.
The southern summer is warmer than
the northern, for the reason that the earth
being then in perihelion is about 5000, 1000
miles nearer the sun than at any other
time, the SUMS rays being then about one
thirtieth warmer than when in aphelion !;
their winters are correspondingly colder,
and by this means about the same mean
temperature for the year is preserved.
The foregoing are only few seasonable
suggestions containing no deductions and
arriving at no discoveries. They are
among the rudimentary lessons of astron-
omy and thus presumably within the knowl-
edge of all educated people. And yet how
many who read this article will not have
been informed of something he either did
not know or had forgotten! The fact is
astronomy is such a vast, abstruse and
complicated science to those who have
not made it life calling that it is
entirely impossible for even the other
wise educated to know much of it or
to retain great deal of what they ever did
know; and yet nothing is more interesting
than the study of the heavens, no demon
strations more wonderful and satisfactory
to the general reader and student than
those worked out by the thorough astron-
omer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
SENATOR PADDOCK.

1t is presumed that Senator PADDOCK, of
Nebraska, thinks he is entitled to praise
from the people of Utah in general and
those of Salt Lake in particular. He has
introduced in the Senate bill providing
for an appropriation for the erection of a
federal building in this city, and because of
that he assumes that we should be grateful
to him. Perhaps there are those here who
regard the Senator as friend to the terri
tory, on account of this action of his; but
THE HERALD entertains for the Nebraskan
the most supreme contempt. We don't like
to say this of a man sitting in the United
States Senate, occupying one of the fore
most and most honorable positions in the
government, but PADDocK's course is ex-
cuse and justification fer the sentiment. In
addition to the bill referred to, and which
we are inclined to think he believes will
never pass Congress, he has introduced a
deprivation of the people of the
right to select even their petty Off
GERS, the privilege of choosing their
other officials having already been taken
from them. PADDOCK would now take from
the people, not the right to pay taxes, but
the right to say for what their taxes shall
be expended, and the right to direct the
expenditure of the money. Utah is part of
the foremost republic of the earth and her
people are American citizens, the great
majority of them having been born under
the stars and stripes. These facts, how
ever, have no weight with the Senator,
nor do their rights stand in the way of his
uurepublic; n and,outrageous scheme. Ought
there to exist any respect for such a man
Certainly there should be none in this
country.
A public building, or dozen of them,
cannot compensate for the robbery of our
entire community of every county officer
that is worth having. There are some
things in this world that are of more value
than houses and lands, not excepting pub
lie buildings, and one of these and the
greatest is liberty.
When a man says he loves his country
and at the same time introduces aibill in
Congress to take away the liberties of an
entire people he proves beyond the posi-
bility of doubt that his claims are false
and that lie is simply political shyster, I'm
worthy the name of freen an and true
American.
Senator PADDOCK has some knowledge OF
the affairs of this territory, and he is not
unfamiliar with the local situation; he
knows just how big set of frauds the rule
and ruin crowd are, and this knowledge
which he is in possession of makes his bill
all the more outrageous, and him the more
contemplate. There are many fpeople in
different sections of the country who have
been stuffed with lies about the people Of
Utah all their lives, and who feel that they
would really be doing heaven a service t.
labor to bring the majority of the citizen:
of this fair territory into bondage: sucf
people are more to be pitied than blamed
but when a man has lived here for years
and is acquainted with the outrageou.
lies that are constantly circulated regard
ing the people AMI the wrongs they are
suffering under. and who knows also thai
lnnsszhe;e 10 fhe uninn can De fnDnd q more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

issue of THE HERALD is the announcement
of Mr.. GRADY's death, the news of which
will be received with establishment and
sorrow all over the republic. Mr.. GRADY
might almost be regarded as one OF the
great men of the day. Still young in years
he had achieved wide and enviable fame
in the newspaper and political fields, and
gave promise of greater distinction. He
was one of the few men much talked about
in connection with the second place on the
ticket with Mr.. CLEVELAND in 1888, and
it has been predicted that if in his time the
senseless hate against the south were
to pass away he would receive the nomina-
ton for President by the Democratic
party. As journalist Mr.. GRADY was in
the front rank, his Atlanta Constitution
having long occupied foremost position
among the great journals of America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
Cave in the Tame Mine.

SAN ANDREAs, Gala, Dec. ga cave oc-
courred at the Tame mine, Angels camp,
Calaveras county, yesterday afternoon,
burying sixteen men. There is no pros
pect of getting them out alive. Nearly all
the victims had families.
At late hour this evening but little in
formation has been received regarding the
mine disaster near Angels camp, beyond
what is already known. A special dis
patch from Milton says word reaches
there that twenty men were imprisoned In
the cave in Utica mine, two miners escaped
without injury and one with serious in
juries. The remaining miners, with the
possible exception Of two, are supposed to
have been killed outright.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

We HAVE been asked to treat the drink
ing habit as a disease for long time past.
If the London Standard can be accepted as
authority, the idea was first started by
W1RTJUNG in a book published in 1917.
Among other novel deductions this writer
arrives at the conclusion that drunkenness
is to be classed next to the plague in the
catalogue of diseases, and recommends &
treatment similar to that in vogue at the
present day In earlier days, however, this
view did not prevail An early Dutch
method vita female inebriates was to sus
pend them by pulley and duck them three
times in the nearest horsepond. Charlie
magnets method was of still more heroic
kind. For the first offense the drunkard
was tortured privately. a second was
punished by public torture. If this die
not effect cure and a third relapse oc
CURED the offender was killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
HOT LUNCH
At Gallacher's from IL to 4, 25c. Short
orders speciality.
Oh, What a Cough.

VIII you heed the warning? The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that
more terrible disease consumption
Ask yourselves if you can afford Icr
the sake of saving so cents, to run
the risk and do nothing for it. We
know from experience that Shiloh's Cure
will cure your cough. 1t never fails. This
explains why more than a million bottles
were sold the pastyear. 1t relieves Group and
whooping cough at once. Mothers, do not
be without it. For lame back, side or chest,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster Sold Is &. G..
Smith g. Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
Dyspepsia.

makes the lives of many people miserable,
and often leads to self-destruction. We
know of no remedy for dyspepsia more
successful than Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t
acts gently, yet surely and efficiently.
tones the stomach and other organs, re-
moves the faint feeling, creates a good ap-
petite, cures headache, and refreshes the
burdened mind. Give Hoods Sarsaparilla
fair trial. 1t will do you good. 259
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
GOVERNOR THOMAS POSITION.
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.

"Some Federal agency should be author
lied to appoint the following county Off
GERS: Selectmen, clerks, recorders, super
intendents of district schools and assessors.
Arthur L. Thomas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

Itching Piles are known by moisture like
perspiration, causing intense itching when
warm. This form, as well as blind, bleed
ing and protruding, yield at once to DR..
Bosancos Pile Remedy, which acts di-
rectly on the parts affected, absorbs tu-
mors, allays itching and effects perma-
nent cure. SOC. Druggists or MALL trea-
tise free. DR.. Bosanco, Piqua, o. Sold by
2. G. M. l. drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
c. C. washburn's Mills Reported Sold.

MINNEAHoLIs, Dec. 23.-It is reported,
apparently on good authority, that the c.
c. Washburn flour mills have been sold to
the English syndicate which recently
bought the Pittsbury mills and elevators.
The syndicate now controls the -four pro
duction and storage capacity of the north
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

with them he places himself in position
to Justly merit the scorn and contempt of
every fair-minded and respectable man in
the land, and especially of all who have
the least regard for American principle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
COLONIZATION.

NEPHI, October IS, 1889.
o. ". PotUers, Esq,
DEAR S1R:-The bearer of this wants to
vote, look after Job for him.
JOHN WITBECK.
Tony, Levan, Juab CO., Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
SCHEDULE OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF
MAILS IN SALT LAKE POSTOFFICE.
MAIL
Arrives. Closes.
Among the incidents of childhood tt

Among the Incidents OF childhood that
stand out in bold relief, as our memory re-
verts to the days when we were young,
none are more prominent than severe sick
ness. The young mother wildly remem-
bers that it was Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy cured her of the Group and in
turn administers it to her own offspring
and always with the best success. For
sale by z. G. M. l. Drug Department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

Do not forget at the Xmas season the
children at the Orphans Home and Day
Nursery. All provisions, clothing and
toys are acceptable. Please send all dona-
tions to the residence of Mrs. Judge Nc
Bride, No. 1876 West Temple street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
THE PEOPLES POSITION.

'sThe basis of free government is the
right of the people to govern themselves"
-People's Party ''DeclardtiOn of Principles. F"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
A French Governmental MonopoIy.

PARIS, Dec. 23.-The minister of the
interior to-day read in the chamber a de-
cree closing the session. The senate has
agreed to the law by which the govern
ment assumes the monopoly of the manu-
facture of watches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
CONE AND SEE

An elegant line to choose from at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
OPERA GLASSES.

gold and silver headed canes and UNI
brellas. Largest assortment in the terri
tory. Prices the lowest at
JosLIN & PARKS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

Real duchess aud point lace handker-
chiefs g to $40 each, too lovely for anything
considering the low price,. Auerbach &
Bros.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
THE FISK Jubilee SINGERS,

The most widely known colored concert
troupe throughout the world, will give two
concerts at the Grand opera house, De
cember y and rs, under the auspices OF
The Scott Zouaves.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24
A Sure Cnra for Piles.

Of sideboards and dining tables, either
makes nice present for Xmas Call at
X