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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-08-29

A Bro SUMMER HOTEL will lie erected in
or near this town in time to accommodate
boarders next summer, unless our judgment
il more at fault than it has usually proven to
be in such matters. We give this as our
opinion with little fenr that we will Ike call.
ed uponto explain away the faultlcssncss OF
our Judgment.
ACCIDENTAL terrible accident occurred ut
Edcnvilc on the 9Th instant which ended the
life of Miss Sarah Snyder, lady between
twenty five and thirty years Of age. She
poured kerosene from we'll filled can upon
lighted fire IN order to lissten its burning.
The fire quickly communicated with the oil
in the can and an explosion followed. The
oil was thrown over the young woman. who
survived but a short time Cdtoctin Neses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-08-29

Tie nex INstal cards to be issued will
VARY ia size. There will be three s,zcs--one
tire, detcptc card for ladies' use, much
smaller than that now in circulation and of
much finer quaii,y. A card of the same size
uf the one now in use will I've retained, and
new large card will bc introduced that can
be used for business purposes. and will he
large enough to allow bllhead to nc print
Cd thereon besides the other matter. The
contract for furnishing the cards has been
awarded to Albert Daggett of New York.
SPECIAL EXCURSION There will I've n
special excursion on the Western Maryland
Rail Road, on FRIDAY, August Both, 1880, to
the Sixteenth Annual Interstate Exhibition
at Williams Grove, Pa. The excursion
being via. Gettysburg. the train will pass
over the celebrated Tapcworm Railroad,
which passes through section of country
noted for picturesque sceneTy and historic
interest. Two dollars for the round trip :;
seven hours and II half at the Grove and re-
turn the same day. Remember that no ad
mission fee is charged to the Grounds, and
this low fare of 81. 90 carries you from your
station to Williams Grove and return. This
IL a fine opportunity for the farmers Of this
section to visit the greatest agricultural cx-
hibition in the country. Trains leave this
Mace nj !. OF a. M.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-08-29
NGE3HT7S

OIL will buy an elegant Suit in
W 3 Cheviot, Cashmere or other
choice fabric good enough for patior.
church or travel. and looks (and is) the
equal of any $12 to $l5 tailored suit
It's an elegant suit, talk as you will,
and hasn't a cheap thing about it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

SEVERAL Alliances in Mississippi have
 resolved to raise their own tobacco.
 STEPS are being taken to establish cot
 ton seed mill at Forrest City, Ark.
 OPPONENTS of the River and Harbor Bill
 assert that it will not pass the House. | TIE contract for fireworks to be used at | Washington on the night of inauguration
 day, has been awarded The cost will be | f11000.
 | A BILL is being prepared by the Senate Committee on Epidemic Diseases, provid- ing for the establishment of National | Board of Health in connection with the | Treasury Department.
 1 REPUBLICAN members are a unit in their | opposition to an extra session of Congress. Democrats, too, think there will not be any, and say that the reason for it will be
 not from any exigencies for it.
 THE little town of Newport, county seat of Cooke county, Tenn, is all excited over the discovery that Ben Profiitt, ex trustee Of the county, is short from Sl000o to | Sl5000.
 | THE southern Construction and Quarry Company, of Nashville, Tenn, was on the 2Gth awarded the contract for building the Custom House wharf at Charleston, $. C., | for Sl32, GOO. 1 THE Board of Trustees of the Arkansas ! Summer Normal School held their first an-
 nual meeting in Little Rock on the 26th The school is to be erected on Mt. Nebo, in
 Yell county, the highest point in the State. JUDGE J. H, WYNN, who has since March, 1886, occupied the bench in the Cir
 cult Court of the Fourth Judicial District of Mississippi, has forwarded his resgua.
 ton to Gov. Lowry
 Bora branches of the Arkansas Legisla. ture have adopted resolution iustructing l the Arkansas Representatives in Congress 1 to vote for the bill in Congress to provide l for a deep water harbor on the northwest
 ern coast of the Gulf of Mexico THE White Caps have made their first demonstration in Dallas, Texas. Their 1 first notice was served upon an inoiiensiye negro woodchopper, who was ordered to ] leave town atonee.
 TIE section of country above Shreve- port, La., is threatened with overflow. Tue bottom swamp lands are all under water, and quite lot Of stock has been reported drowned.
 TIE combination of Southern pig iron
 manufacturers has been effected. It is to
 be known as tue "American Pix Iron Storage Ware Company" with capital of S1 ,b00,O00.
 RICHARD SMrTH, Gaoetaw Indian, was
 hanged at Fort Smith, Ark on the25th tol Cue murder ot lhomas Pnngle. of Ohio, last March. Geo. B. AIiiedon, the hang man, has presided at sixty executions.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
Physicians in Russia.

Dr. c. Yaroshevski contributes 10 the Russkaya Meditsina as article on the state of the medical profession in Russia. He points out that there are
 nly 1S,000 doctors for population of 100, 900, 600, or one medical man to every $500 persons. This number of doctors in proportion to the population is very much less than in other Euro pean countries, yet the destitution among members of the profession is alarming. Of late there have been numbers of suicides of medical men who were without the bare necessities of life. The fees for medical attend ance are very low. Still, in Odessa, 40 per cent, of the whole pop ulation and 9i per cent, of the very poor died without having had medical attendance. A similar state of affairs exists at Kostrome. Dr, Yaroshevski attributes this deplorable condition of things to the ignorance of the Russian people, who prefer to consult sooth- savers and magicians rather than edu- cated medical men, to the monopoly enjoyed by the pharmacists, and to the large number of Feldshers who are al- lowed to practice. The Feldshers a, c men who have some rough knowledge of surgery and the use Of few drugs, They are generally rien who have served in the Ambulance Corps or have been hospital attendants, and on the strength of this slight Knowledge they are licensed to practice.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
An Ample Apology.

Through some unaccountable care lessness in the composlng-room of q rural journal. the obituary of one of the towns livest citizens creut into the paper one morning. 1t was not many hours after the issue of the edition that the ''lamented" himself crept into the sanctum, and vigorously demanded correction in the next mornings pa- per. It appeared as follows:
 Our yesterdays edition contained the announcement of the death of our esteemed fellow-townsman, Colonel Jones. It is with profound regret that we state that our announcement was premature. The Colonel still lives, and we beg to assure him not only of our distinguished consideration, but that it shall be our constant effort to see that he shall not be annoyed in this manner again until the last dread hour has in very truth arrived To this end we have ordered the standing obitu- ary Of Colonel Jones to be distributed
 -HarpeF' sM agazine.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
pITH AND POINT.


 A hesitating, vacillating man never dies with any celerity, because 1t takes him so long to come to a con clusion. Texas Siftings.
 The man who prays that God will make him honest in his business trans- actions needs watching. He may forget to pray once in awhile. We don't pray for that which we have.- Martha's Vineyard Herald.
 Some men are like silk hats. So long as they battle against the wind they are smooth enough; but with the breeze of fortune at their backs B thousand rough places bristle up that were never seen before. Puck.
 It is not the least advantage of friendship that by communicating our thoughts to another we render them distinct to ourselves, and reduce the subjects of our sorrow and anxiety to their just magnitude for our own con compilation. IN. Y. Ledger.
 --Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the faculties and to bauisb reflection. Whatever entertains usual ly awakens the understanding or gratifes the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively in it's nature, and sometimes tumultuous in it's effects. --Crabb.
 The responsibilities of life are gauged not by what we are, but by what we may become, The man who has ventured only to the limits of his conscious force has only reached the threshold of his possible attainments. F G. Clark.
 An idle word may be seemingly harmless in it's utteranee; but let it be famed by passion, let it be fed with the fuel of misconception, of evil in- tention, of prejudice, and it will soon grow into sweeping fire, that will melt the chains of human friendship, that will burn to ashes many cherished hopes, and blacSen more fair names than one.-Charles A. Dickey.
 At least seventy per cent. of the troubles we meet with in ordinary life are imaginary. That is the difficulties seen worse and worse as we ponder over them and try to see how bad they are. We can make just what we like of our everyday life. If we look for the dis agreeable features we'll get them null tiplied dozen times. If we think only of the bright, happy parts of life we will find just what we are looking or-Rural New Yorker
 In the employment of men, that class of labor that is purely mental commands higher price than does that class where only physical strength is wanted. One brain may design a steam engine, but more than one is necessary to build it Hence, then, among brain workers experience and originality are factors of success. Neither can we gauge mans worth commercially speaking-by lapse of time, for one man with frosty locks may have travelled a shorter distance along the highway of observation than his neighbor with half his years.- American Engineer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
JAPAN'S SOVEREIGN.

 tho s..ssdo's Ancestry. His Personal Ap-
 pearance aid His Ha1its-
 The Mikado has the bl1ssa Reoel of any ruler on the lace of the 9Sg1 6f ke present dynasty of Japan runs b@4|E TT the gods and His Imperial Majestt1 the 12lst Emperor of Japan. The Japanese have their history and their mythology, and the present Emperor comes from Jimmu Tenno, who was the first Mikado, and who ruled Japan 660 years before Christ was born. This man was descendant Of the sun god dess, and Mutsuhito, the present Elm peror, traces his descent directly from him. Japanese history gives the story of each of the 120 Emperors between the two, and if you will think moment you will see how far back 660 B. c. is. This was before Rome had becom an empire. England was unknown even to the Romans, and hundreds of years were yet to elapse be- fore Caesar penetrated Gaul. The. present Emperor was born at -Kiota, November 3, 1852. He was declared heir-apparent to the throne when he was eight years old, and he succeeded on the death of his father in 1867. He was crowned in 1868 and was married at the age of seventeen in 1869.
 His Imperial Majesty is now thirty eight years old. Let me tell you how he looks. He is taller than the aver age Japanese and his appearance is not half as imposing now as when he wore the rich Japanese costumes and sat cross-legged on his mats of state. He has a dark brown cafe-au-lait com plexion and his eyes. which look out through almond slits. are of brill iant black. His hair is very thick and he parts it in European style. It is combed we'll up from good fore head and His Majesty's eyebrows have the decided arch which IS indica- tive of Japanese beauty. His nose is large and inclined to natness. It has the wide nostrils of the Japanese and His Majesty's lips are thick. He is of medium size, but is inclined to stoop, which l imagine may come from the earlier part of his life having been spent in sitting upon the floor. He wears a mustache and chin whiskers and these, like those of most of his race, are thin. The Court Chamber lain tells me that for the past sixteen years he has worn nothing but Europe an clothes, and has to large extent adopted European ways. His dress is that of General of the army, and he takes great pride in military matters, He reviews his troops several times 8 year and is thoroughly up in the organization of his armies. When he goes out to ride he is always accompanied by his im- perial guards, and he has lately pur- chased several new state carriages which are tue wonder of Tokio. -- Frank G, Carpenter, in Chicago Times.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

RECENTLY the custom-house employees at Matamoras, Mex, received half a months pay for the first half of Septem- ber 1888. The government is now in- debted to them for four months pay.
 ON the 2lst the United States steamer Vandalia left the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, bound for the Samoan Islands, the present seat of warlike dis turbauce.
 Ar Bockport Ind, on the Fist, cOnsid- erable excitement was caused over a White Gap warning received by the grand jury. The notice, which was prepared in the usual style, was tackled over the door of the grand jury room, and warned the members of that body to walk straight or git"
 TIE British Museum has received, on loan, from the University of Utrecht, Holland, picture and description of the Swan Theater, London, by a Dutchman, recently discovered in manuscript in the Utrecht library. This is the only picture extant of this theater at the time of Shakespeare.
 ON the 22d au earthquake, accompanied by a violent gale, occurred at Athens Megora aud AF8oh0ya, Greece.
 Ar Lancaster, Pa, on the 2ld, a jury sitting in liquor case decided that cider was not vinous or spirituous liouor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
TURNING THE TABLES.
How a Thoughtfui Lover OutSyitted Ills
 Best Girls Father.

Best Girls Father.
 Mir. Hummer had appeared to be nervous for some time.
 Ever and anonymously he would lower his paper and look over his spectacles at the clock, and his face would take on a more. cruel and deter mined expression.
 Mrs. Hummer said nothing, as she rapidly piled her needle, but occe,e. ;.s,::..- ally she also would a-srr iurtive and anxious glances at the clock and her 111u.soand's s face.
 Neither the husband nor the wife broke the silence, until the old-fash- toned clock on the mantle-piece had 2 mysterious inward copvulsion, and chimed out the hour of eleven. Then, with sudden gesture, Mir. Hummer threw down his paper, and turned to his wife, with suppressed fierceness in his manner. and asked:
 .,Is that young Beauman in the par Tor yet?n
 Mrs. Hummer could only nod in re- ply, while her face assumed an even more anxious expression.
 A moment MT. Hummer hesitated, and then, rising with but poorly con cealed anger, he drew upon his good right foot the heavy boot which had covered it during the day, and, while dear, timid little Mrs. Hummer con cealed her face in her handkerchief, tipped softly out into the front hall. and as silently closed the door. All was still. The silence seemed almost painful to the tender-hearted little mother waiting in the living room. and she longed to warn her daughters lover of his peril 7 4
 Minutes passed, which seemed as hours, but there came to her ears no sounds of violent altercation. The sus- pense was terrible.
 Suddenly the door opened softly. and old Mr. Hummer tiptoed in again. like the "Son John' of history, with one boot off and one boot on, and stood be- fore her.
 For full minute he stood gazing silently at his wife, with a puzzled ex pression upon his face, while faintl and indistinetly from the parlor cam the soft sounds of sweet converse still unbroken.
 "Wen?" interrogated Mrs Hummer at length.
 We'll answered the old man, "what do you b1'eve that impudent young shipper snapper has got, but short-nosed, lop-eared, eross-eyed, bow-legged, white bull pup layin' on the mat in front of the parlor door, that wont let fond parent come with in ten feet of him. N. Hood, in Drake's Magazine.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
- . THE CROPS OF 1888.

Figures Collated From the Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture Showing the Extent of the Crops of Last Year.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The annual crop report of the Department of Agriculture shows that there is larger aggregate product of cereals than has ever before been recorded. It will amount to about 3,200 900, 900 bushels or fully 50 bushels per head. This is about three times the average supply per capita of Europe from home production, and receipts from other continents amount to only about one 5ushel per head.
 The aggregate potato production is 200,- 100000 bushels, the sweet potato crop about 40, ,000, 900 bushels.
 The production of cane sugar is small; sorghum a medium crop.
 Owing to the abundance of moisture and the moderate temperature of spring, the hay crop was very large.
 The cotton crop is of medium yield with increased acreage.
 Fruits have been abundant, although variable in production locally. It is the ''eyen year." and apples are plenty for domestic use, while their cheapness has favored exportation.
 The wool clip of 1888 was slightly re- iuced in consequence of the reduction of docks in Texas and elsewhere. The esti- mated product is 269, 100000 pounds.
 The meat supply has been very abund- ant.
 The area of maize, as estimated for the crop of 1888, makes an increase of 3,2SO,- )i3 over the crop of 1887, and 13,3Oi,259 acres over the census crop of 1879, indicat- Ing a gain of 2l per cent. in nine years.
 The estimates of wheat area make reduction of 305,645 acres from the breadth of 1887. The aggregate is 37,336,- l3s, an increase of only 1,905,s0j on the area of 1879, or little more than per cent. The exports will probably be less than those of 1879-s0, by at least 100 000,- 900 bushels, quantity more than ample for the annual supply of all the increase of population since 1880.
 There appears to be q further increase of the area of oats amounting to l,0ll,- 376 acres and about 4l,000,0 900 bushels in crease in the quantity produced. The yield per acre is 26 bushels, against PA bushels in 1SS7
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31

{q s&t4ar r~mcnt of q kS " L " @iii malls went to them to 1ndahe ht6hethe e Weather. When the OK was Asked whether the winter was to be open or vigorous he Invariably replied:
 'I can not say for Certain just now Please call Again."
 The Ass, on the Contrary, was Prompt to reply:
 "This is going to be very, very open winter, and buds will start in February Or,
 This is going to be the Coldest win ter we have had for twenty years, and we shall get no Spring before June" !"
 When Winter was over it was always found that the Ass had missed it, while the OK had gained further Reputation for wi sdom by refusing to express an opinion. 1t thus came About that the Ass was spoken of in Ridicule and Contempt.
 MORAL: This also includes Wiggins and the Kentucky Goose-Bone.
 THE WOLF AND THE HARE, A Hare which had been seized by a wolf uttered loud Lamentations and Besought him to spare her life.
 ''Give me one good reason," replied the Wolf.
 Because we are both Hunted by Man. Even now 1 may be Pursued by some Boy Seeking my life.
 "Ah! then. it will be Favor to put you where he can't find you," said the Wolf, as he bit her in two and Bolted the pieces,
 MORAL: When you are the Wolf it is safe to Argue. When you are the Hare, it is wiser to run for it.
 AN UNGRATEFUL PUBLIC.
 An American City Treasurer having been absent from home for Three Whole Days, the Common Council ordered an investigation of his accounts. It Was soon Discovered that he was defaulter and had Absconded to Canada. He was Located and interviewed by a com mittee, whom he Received with great Dignity and Courtesy.
 Gentlemen, this speaks i'll for your Manners, he said, as they Referred to the little Shortage of $100, 900. 'I did hope you came here to show your Grat- itude, but you insult me. Some De- faulters would have buried that Money or used it for Personal Expenses. I laid every dollar of it out in buying Wheat, and encouraging the Agri- culture of the Country. Go Hence, base Ingratesn'
 MORAL. L.-Agriculturo must be En- couraged at any cost. Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
rno l1ectorlal Vote of Texas.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-rhe Texans, &C., cording to the report telegraphed from Austin, are much exercised about the jeopardy in which the electoral vote of their State was placed when the presiding officer of the Senate refused 10 receive it in the condition in which it was brought to this city. They arc ignorant appar- ently, of the fact that the return of tho vote was not only sanctioned but practice ally requested by Senator Coke and Sen at0r Reagan The Texas Senators were very anxious that the vote of their State should hs counted, and it waa on q teie- gram from them that the Governor of Texas reconvened the electors of the State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
co, Tncro win I1is Gnn.

NEw York, Jan. 25.-Henry Schulhof, of Vienna, recently invented repeating rifle, and spent all his money trying to sell it to continental powers. His attempt was failure. Then he borrowed money enough to come to New York. He got Lawyer John R. Dos Passes interested in his invention. Dos Passes had it patented and tested by the United States Govern. ment. stock company was formed and Mir. Schulhof sent back to Europe to boom the rife. The announcement is now made that the Italian Government has ordered i50,000 rifles, costing upwards of & 900 GOO.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
Misplaced Sympathy.

Citizen-Why are you in this cond l. tionp
 Tramp-It is not long to tell, sir. l can't live with my wife.
 Citizen (hlled with sympathy be- cause he has just had quarrel with his own) )--Poor mani l deeply feel for you. Here's quarter Tell me why you can't live with your wife
 "Because she won't support me. Ia. tag'--N. Y. Weekly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
 AnnIhar SIrike.

NEW YoaK, Jan. 25.-The feather manu- facturers have formed a combine to fight the Feather Girls Union and the scale of wages the girls lately submitted to their employees. All but three of the firms noti- fed the girls this morning that they would return to the old rate of wages, and in these factories the girls to the number of about one thousand went on
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31

The farmers around Elberton, Ga i, know the worth of persimmons, and for years have made it point never to cut down persimmon tree. In places so many trees have been left standing that the fields look like orchards; and indeed they are, persimmon orchards, the trees of which bear fine crops of fruit almost as valuable as corn for fattening hogs. The farmers say that the persimmon tree draws but little strength or moisture from the soil, and that excellent crops are grown even be- heath their shade.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31

A buzzard which was caught and belled in Georgia nearly twenty-four years ago was captured the other day near Paris, Ky. It was old and couldn't fly, and was captured by some little boys, who afterward turned 1t loose On its neck was leather strap, to which was attached a small brass bell inscribed; Atlanta. Ga, April 2l, 1865"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31
AMERICAN FABLES.

Good Stories with Morals That Can Be Understood by Every Body.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-31

An n-a an Ass dwelt together il X th q saatv r~ueni q | ssT,sai'y o1 tne am
 F mais went to them fo 1ndii he hb0 dS th'