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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09

CASH CAPITAL AND ASSETS.
Cash Capital. ........ .S25O,OOO.OO
D1 Insurance wi pep' t. l. .'.ssoo'ooooo
Assets June 30th 1885,. S736.OS1.00
Reserve for Re- Insurance. 80. $3l4O69 81
Net surplus June Both, 80 S6O,659.70
Losses Paid. ....... Sl,20O,572.63
One of the reasons why you should insure
with the above Company Is the sound finan.
cial condition that it is in and another reason
IS tho special features 1t offers, for instance
policy Of 5000 will cost $sl 90 per year and
guarantees $500 weekly indemnity in case
of accident for 50 weeks.
For death by Accident 100000
For Loss of both Ewes 100000
For loss of both Hands 100000
For loss of both Feet 100000
For loss Of one hand and foot $5,OOO.0O
For loss of one hand or foot 1856 66t
Smaller amounts Of insurance in proper
ton.
MoRAL.-lnsurc in the Fidelity &. Casual
ty Co. of New York for,
Railroad trains will be wrecked,
Boilers or lamps Will explode,
Horses will take fright and run,
Brick or timbers will fall
Fire burns and Lightnings strike,
Machinery will crush or manglc,
Tools or Glass will cut
Splintcrs or Nails will wound
Slips or falls will happen,
Hammers and Weights will bruisc,
Ladders or staging will give way,
Limbs will be sprained or broken.
The unexpected is what always happens
"Be wise today tbs madness to defer"
For further Information call upon,
FRANK HESSON
Mechanicstown Md.
S-Insurance tickets for Sale at Rail
Road depot by F. Hesson's at rs cents per
day. $3.50 per mo-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09
MEETING.

Board will meet MONDAY, MAY Goth, at II
G. clock A. NJ :, and continue in session sew
eral days.
All claims against the county for the Levy
of 1889. must be passed upon at this meeting
and all persons holding certificates for bills
already passed will present them to the Clerk
unless heretofore entered. During the sitting
they will hold a session as Board Of Health
and will appoint the County Health Officers.
BY order,
E. A. GITTINGER,
may92t Clerk
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09
OEHM'S ACME HALL.
COMPETITION RETIRES.

COMPETITION RETIRES.
Three hundred thousand dol.
lars, worth Of superbly made
clothing, due to our large facili.
ties in buying and manufacturing
(second now to none in America)
enables us to offer the largest,
the richest and the most varied
stock in spring and summer cloth.
ing, at prices simply inimitable.
MEMS SUITS.
Every mill Of worth, at home
and abroad, is represented in our
stock of clothing.
Business Suits $3.50 to $4,000.
Working Suits 500 to 1900.
Dress suits 1000 to 1000.
Spring OvcrcOats
600 to 5000.
JUVENILE SUITS.
Our Boys Department never
was so beautifully and bountiful-
ly stocked as at present. Extra.
ordinary values, $500 really for
Sl.o0, are bound up in many of
our offerings.
Norfolk Plain
Biouses, Sailor Bloases,
Pleated Suits, Plain
Kills, braided Kills;
Short Pants and Long
Pants Suits
$500 to $500.
FURNISHINGS
FOR MEN AND BOYS.
New importations Of Neck Wear
from Soc. to $l.25
Our White Shirts SOC.
Gold Headed Silk Umbrellas $l.45.
Our "Wearwell" Hose, 9 for Csc.
Tennis, Bicycle, Baseball and Outing
Suits and Shirts.
CLOTHING MADE TO
MEASURE
at one.third less than exclusive
merchant tailors' prices. -. - Write
for samples, catalogue and self
measurements.
Waiting, baggage, toilet rooms
for visitors.
OF interest to visitors-Our
Electric Cash Cable System and
Electric Lightning.
ACME HALL,
8 4 ? W.. Baltimore Street.
DOOR FROM CHARLES
BALTIMORE, MD.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09
1hE CA7ocrlr CLARION.
CHAS. E. CASSELL.
Editor and Publisher.
Thursday, May 8, 1889.
Tewspaper Law Decisions.

4. Any person who takes paper regularly from
the postuhce-whether directed to his name or an
other or whether he has subscribed or not-tS re-
sponsible for the payment.
If any person orders his paper discontinued. he
c1she pay all the arrearages or the publishef
may continue to send 1t until payment Is made
and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is
,aken from the office or not.
No paper will be discontinued until paid up.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09

lH0NTNV made easy manufacturing Rub.
NVJVhY Der Stamps. Send for Price
lHVASLA List of Outfits, 20 J. +. w.
Dorman, No. eli East German Street. Balti-
more, Maryland. U. S. A.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09

Rupture cure guaranteed. Ease at
once. No operation or business delay.
Thousands cured. For circular, DR..
]. 3. Mayer, 83l Arch St., Phila. At
keystone Hotel, Reading, Pa, End Sat,
of each month.
Jan Oath Tyr.
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NOTICE.

Route No. 10,337 from Mechancstown to
Frederick having been awarded to Mr.. Cas-.
tlcman, Spectator, expect to run
AN EXTRA CARRIAGE
independent of the Mail, after July list, when
the time of my contract will expire.
Thanking my patrons for their past fayors.
hope they will remember me then.
may 8 2mos. j. U. FOX.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-05-09
EXAMINATION Of TEACHERS.

The annual examination OF applicants tor
Teachers Certificates will be held at the
Court House, In Frederick, Nd,
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
the 22nd, 2Srd, and24th days Of
MAY, 1889.
The examination for First Grade Certifi.
Gates will begin OH Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock, and continue two days; for Second
Grade Certificates at 8 O'Clock Oh Friday
morning. Applicants are requested to ap.
pear as carly AZ possible on the mornings
named, so that their names may be register
ed without causing delay. All applicants
will be required to make 70 per cent. both
in arithmetic and in grammar, with gener-
al average of 80 per cent. in the First Grade,
and 70 per cent. in the Second Grade in
order to pass.
Teachers will he examined IN the princi.
pies and methods of teaching in addition to
the usual branches.
Teachers whose certificates will expire ON
or before the 3lst day of August, 1889, and
are not renewed before the day Of cxamina-
ton, must be re.examined. A special exam
nation, to be held in July, will be granted
those who produce writing from the prin-
c,pal Of Normal or Select School, stating
that they have attended school for at least
one month during the summer, for the
purpose Of qualifying themselves for
teaching.
No other special examination will be
granted unless for reasons satisfactory to the
School Board.
Teachere for c0lorcd schools will he ex.
amined ON Monday, June 3rd.
GLENN II. WORTIIlNGTON,
Examiner.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17
Uncle Mates Funeral.


Twas not at aIl like those you see of ordinary
men;
( Twas such as never could occur. excepting
now and them
For Uncle Nate had studied hard upon it,
night and day.
And planned it all while yet ai,e-in his Pc
culiar wsv.
I've managed other mems remains" he said
with quiet tone,
And now III make tirst-cass try to regulate
my own"
And SO. mouth before his death. he wrote the
detail, down.
For friend. to print. when he was dead. and
mail throughout the town.
The paper said: 1--we figured close. and done
the best knew.
To have good large funeral when ih, short
life was through;
I've thought about II night and dav. I've
brooded DER the same.
Until il almost seemed Il task To wait until II
came.
Especially my good wife ha> wandered on
ahead.
And all the children We possessed have manV
Wears been dead:
And now IN tell YOU What | want my friend,
and foes To do
I'm sorry that esn'i be here to push til ar
rangement though;
II do not want to hire hearse. with Grape
around il thrown:
Fin social like. and am not used 10 riding
round alone.
Bring my old wagon, into which the children
used 20 climb,
Until I've taken on a drive full twenty at u
time
We've loafed around the country roads for
many pleasant hour-,
And they have >rAmpcrcd far and near, and
pickcd the freshest ilower-
And would like to have them come, upon
my burial day.
And ride with me. aud talk to me, and sing
along the way.
II wanr my friend The minister the best II
preacher-folks.
With " HON I've argued. prayed and wept, aud
,wsprcd thousand jokes
To f0iA a sermon to the friends. and make It
sweet. but strong
And rrcoilcct. don't believe in spcccht. over
long
And tel, him. noiw iih,tandin- al hi, elo-
quence and worih.
Twont be the first time have slept whcn he
was holding forth.
Id like two ieXt>: and one shall be by Bible
And Oh, from outside, that shall read, He did
his level best
And any ono I've given help-to comfort or
10 save
Ju>, hrin. flower. or ,prig OF green and
throw 1t IN the grave.
Please have pleasant, social time round the
subscribers bier
And no onc but ms enemies must shed a -iu
glr tear
You eimpl, >ay. 'Uld Uncle Na,c. whatever
NAV befall
l. having probably to-day the bet time Of
all,
He. shaking hands two At d time. with ,c,rr-
al hundred friends.
And giving u no STAY behind good gilt
edged recommends ="
They tried 10 follow All The rule, ihat unr'c
Nate iaid down:
when BE- Wa d'ad. thvy came 10 him from
every house IN town.
The children did their best fo sing. but could
hot quite be heard
The par-on had ,,rmon there. but did not
speak a word.
OF cour>. the, buried him III flowers, and
Kissed him a. he lay.
For not >"ul in All that town but he bad
helped some WAY:
But " hen they tried 10 mould hi mound With
out The tear sweet heaven.
There ru>, loud >ob- that Uncle Nate could AZ
most hear in heaven.
H7rperS Weekly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17
Extraordinary Letter From Greeley to Lin
coin,

The following extraordinary letter was
written by Horace Greeley to President Lin
coin after the battle at Bull Run, aud is
printed for the first time in the Lincoln
Life in the June Century, 1t will be re
membered before the battle Mr.. Greeley
had kept a standing headline in his paper
urging the armies Forward to Richmond.
Forward to Richmond
New YORK, Monday, July 30, 1861.
Midnight.
DEAR SIR This is my seventh sleep
less night-yours, too, doubtless-yet |
think shall not die, because 1 have no
right to die. | must struggle to live how
ever bitterly. But to business, You are
not considered great man. and | am IL
hopelessly broken one. You are undergo
ing terrible ordeal and God has thrown
the gravest responsibilities upon you. Do
not fear to meet them. Can the rebels be
beaten after all that has occurred, and in
view of the actual state Of feeling caused
by our late awful disaster: If they can
and 1t Is your business to ascertain and de-
cide,-write me that such is your judg-
ment, so that may know and do my duty.
And If they cGHH0t be heatcn,-if our re-
cent disaster is fatal,-do not fear to sac
riice yourself To your country. Ii the
rebels are not to be bcatcn.-if that is
your judgment in view of all the light You
can get,-then every drop Of blood hence
forth Shed in this quarrel viii be wantnuiy,
wckedly she'd, and the guilt will rest hrIv-
lily on the soul Of every promoter OF the
crime. pray you to decide quickly and
let me know my duty,
II the Mon i, rrevocabIy gone. an
armistice for 3d. co. 30, l2O days -b,ttcr
still for year-ought at once 10 be pro-
posed, with view To = peaceful adjust
ment. Then Congress should call M
ttonal convention, to meet al the earliest
possible day And there Should be an .m-
mediate AMI mutual exchange or relyl- Of
prisoners and Il disbaudmcut of forces.
do not consider myself at present Judge
Of anything but the public sentiment.
That seems to me everywhere gathnrV
and deepening against pros acutinn Oft
war The gloom in this city is fuutr-tl+ j.
for our dead at Bull Run were many. au
they lie unburied yet. Du every brow sits
sullen, scorching. black despair Il woud
be easy To have Mr., Criitandcu move ANY
proposition that Ought to de- adopted -r 10
have it come from any proper 4uli,rr.
The first point is to ascertain what i- n.>t
that can be done which l. the measure. .oI
our duty and do that thju- ut the earliest
moment
This letter j. written III the stv,c-,-,
confidence, and j. for Your ryc alour But
you are at liberty to say to mnuN.r- of
your Cabinet that ypu Enp0r / Wltl rHi
any III YOU mty see tt tp utl-r i}8g
do notn,ug tiuidly nor by baI,r-. ~t
me word what 10 do. Wul live ..U
can hear it at all events. II l' is Y.-l tur
the country aud tor mnnAiud that VIZ w1..
pehCt vita the rebels at puca auH .. fI.lr
terms, do hot shrink even irpm lu.t But
f...4t rl
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

hands, you can't take care of Yourself
you know you can't, but | want to take
care of you always. May |, Edna"
And what Edna said we do not know
but they appeared at dinner time As uncon-
cerned a. il nothing had happened, and
Sadie Preston rode home on the blackboard
that night. white Edna smiled triumphant
ly from the cushions Of the buggy
All this happened two years ago, and
now, when Mr.. Phil Darrell wants tp tease
his pretty little wife he wonders if the
heels of her shoes are fastened securely
for You know pu>s YOU would want TO
run if you met Snider"
But Edna only laughs and threatens him
with some awful punishment, should he
ever disclose to anyone her adventure
that day at the picnic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

FL. .imfFicaR
Grand are the beauties of the landscape,
here, just now Early rains and the warm sun
have brought forth the grasses and wild
flowers earlier in the season than usual.
Our country seems to be changing anyway
We have observed the stepping aside from
the ordinary course of things in the wealth
er for the last few years This is doubt
less due t" increase in population, the Use
to which the mountain streams are put
on the plains, the cultivation Of the soil
and the planting of orchards and forests.
1t has been but a few years since thunder
and lightning introduced themselves.
The first fash and roar of the thunder
almost frightened us out of our wits, for
NE had quite forgotten the old-time thun-
der storms of New England; but thunder
and lightning are comTon here now, and
baked beans and brown bread" are work
ing their way in with no slow pace; so
are New England ideas and it cannot be
long before portion of this place will be
thoroughly New England, l. e., like her
and her people in her summers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

IHHEREAe, Atherton Day, OF Ellsworth, coun-
wv Is Of Hancock, state of Maine, by his mort
gage deed dated the 2:5ru day of November, A D.,
lss7 and recorded in the Hancock Registry of
Deeds, vol 220. page 1884, conveyed to me, tn un-
dersigned certain lot or Darce! of real, estate
situated IN Oriand in said county and state, and
bounded and described as follows, TO wit: Be
ginning on the northwest corner of a home lot
owned by heirs Of John A. Buck on a street lead
ing from the county road to Methodist meeting
house, thence by said street north 81 and one
half degeees west five rods and seventeen links
thence south nineteen degrees west Eve rods
thence south siNty-one and one half degrees east
hVe rods and eight links to the aforesaid home
~ thence y said home lot to the place of begin
hing containing twenty seven square rod s
more or less with right of way thereto belonging,
and whereas the condition of said mortgage has
been arokea now therefore by reason of breach
OF The condition thereof | claim foreclosure of
said mortgage
ALEXANDER c. HAGERTHY,
BY Il. I. SowLE, his attorney
Dated Jan. End, A. ID. lss9. 3wl
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

CoNFINING THE BABY.--A Pennsylvania
woman has an ingenious plan for keeping
the baby out of mischief, hef method is
to remove the upper drawers. and seating
the child in the lower drawer, gently slide
it shut and turn the key. Tine child then
sat up of its own accord and with its head
in the space vacated by the upper drawers
crowed merrily away for hours. Not in
frequently the mother thus left the child
to attend to her duties in some other room,
or even to go on shopping expeditions re
quirng an hour or two. Confined in this
improyised cradle, the child was not al
WAYS quiet, but it could neither harm it
self nor any of the objects about it, and
this the mother knew.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

UNDERTAKING. HIS INTELLIGENCE.-The
typewriter is very useful but not always
a safe instrument for candidates for Office,
as certain United States Senator who is
a candidate for reelection this winter can
testify. Not long ago he wrote letter to
a member of the legislature of his State
from one of the back counties, soliciting
his support in the approaching contest,
and, as is usual, dictated 1t to his stenog-
rapher, by whom it was transcribed upon a
typewriter. He received the following re-
ply:
Dear Sir.-I have received your letter and
when you write to me again you need not take
the trouble TO get your letter printed, for can
read writing as well as you can.
Yours respectfully, BLANK.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

UNDER THE FIFTH RIB.-''All the prss-
ents you have ever given me, Mr.. Samp-
son." said the naughty girl, Twill be re-
turned to you tomorrow: save of course
the caramels and ice cream. Would that
l could return them too!' You need not
worry about the caramels and cream, Miss
Smith, he returned with equal hautear
.my share of the responsibility for the
broken armchair will balance the cost OF
them"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

A LITTLE GREENHoRN. A very little
girl in the infant class of one of the Sun
day schools at Hartford, Conn. came home
last Sunday and told her mother that the
teacher had taught them new song. On
expressing a wish to hear it, the mother
was much astonished at the following SEN
tence, which was all the child could re.
member Il am little greehorn among
a half cheese" The words which had
been misunderstood by the child were
these I'm little cleaner among the har
vest sheaves."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

ga man came in one day." said an
apothecary, and asked for raw she'll pow
der; he meant Rochelle powder. On an
other occasion a customer demanded a
'side-light' powder. He got it. A lady
came, and holding up pint bottle, said
What will you charge to fill this with
pneumonia2r
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

-'Did your son take the valedictory il
college:" said a gentleman to lady who
was enthusiastically praising the ability O.
her offspring. NO. indeed, he didn't" she re
piled with pride. He didn't take anything
He is the healthiest boy you ever saw"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Jan. s, 80.
Mr.. Blaine after having been several
times reported on his way to Washington,
arrived here last week AID is now the guest
/ of Representative William Walter Phelps
Hi, visit here at this time is said to be
without any political motive, and only the
/ carrying out of arrangements made long
/ before the election to spend the winter in
| this city A. usual, Mr.. Blanes quarters
| are ovcrrun with callers There are few
! prominent Republicans now in Washing
/ ton who have not called to see him since
/ his arrival. Senators Hiscock and Plumb
who are fresh from a visit to General Har-
4 rison, have had several conferences with
/ Mr.. Blaine, and there are any number of
/ rumors in regard to Mr.. Blaincs making a
\ visit TO the PrcSidenteleCt. One thing is
\ very noticeable Of late. and particularly 50
/ since Mr.. Blaine came here, that is the
very decided change of opinion on the part
1 of the Republicans who are opposed TO Mr.
Blaine~ entering the Cabinet They all be
I licvc now that he will be asked to take the
/ portfolio of the Secretary of State and
4 that General Harrison could not do other
wise without putting an unmistakablc
/ Slight upon >cvcu-tenths Of the Republican
/ party. You ask what has brought about
/ the great change? Several things, but first
aui foremost j. the fact that Senator Sher
Ean, ,Nho iS perfectly satisfied with his
r g, i.,i, in, ,..l
/ ing a ti4ht against MIR Blaine and the
1 small number Of anti Blaine Republicans are
/ therefore losing no time in joining tae big
+ procession. still all this does not prove
that Mr.. Blaine will be the next Secretary
/ of state, He may decline the place If it hc
offered him. Many think hc would hot ac-
crpt it,
The Senate bin Incorporating the Nirara-
qua Canal company ha~ been passed bv the
House with several amendments, ana i
now in the hands of a conference commit
tee. The bill aS passed BY the House in
corporafe~ u private company for tile con
>trnction and operation of i ship canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean,
through Nicaragua or Costa Rica The com
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

The story goes that the poet Whittier
once lent volume of Plato to a neighbor-
ing farmer and when the book was re-
turned, asked: ''Well friend, how did you
like Plato?' "First-rate," said the farmer
II see he's got some of my idees." Wat
erbHry american.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

A NELLY CHLIsMAs.-A Chinese servant
at san Francisco wished to draw a dis
tinCton between the servant and The
friend. He had a Christmas present for
his mistress, but lie did not propose that
it should be rendered in any impolite way.
1t was dinner time and they had gone into
the dining-room The Chinaman was not
there. They called him, but there was no
sign. just then the door bell rang and
one of the family had to 90 to the door
When the door was opened there stood
the Chinaman with a package, which he
handed in with polite bow. ''For miss
is; nelly Cnlismas. :" Then he disap-
peared, and before they could quite under
stand the affair he had gone through the
garden and was in the dining-room ready
to wait on the table.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

-Countryman Ito furniture dealerl --s'I
want to git bed an Mattress Dealer
Yes, sir; springfield and mattress, |
s'pose, sir?" ountryman-"No; / want
the kind that kin be used all the year
around. d."-Epoch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-17

An Egyptian sergeant who left khar-
tonm on November % has arrived at Sua-
kim; he says that Emin Pacha. instead 0 T
being captive, had repeatedly defeated
the derwishes in the Bahr el Ghasal Prov
ince.