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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01
Declined with Than Ia.

Yes, Oscar. it is true many o! the famous
poets have suffered from dyspepsia. but it is
~n error to infer that dyspepsia Is al infali-
bic sign at genius. II is only an evidence of
An imperfect digestion and disorder liver.
Your poem, entitled The hrst Dsndrion Of
Spring. Us merely one Of the symptoms OF
bilious attack. The next time your system
is ont Of order, take DR.. Picrce's Pleasant
Purga,ive Pellets. They will restore the
liver to it's normal state, and promptly
cleanse the system without any dlsagreeab'e
after effects. The "Pcllets' are entirely
Aarmless-which il more than can be said
OF your poem, Oscar.
SrsGRsrIoNr ITO CLERK E.DHR.-Tnat
he select some one of the Frederick city week.
Nv aewHsspers in which to make the first
and Copy" n.rkcd insertiJ IN OF the Board \
publications. We have on two occasions
overlooked the notice for us to copy AN ad'
vcrtiscneut and w know of an instance 9th.
er than our axn. There arc 4 whole heap of
newspapers IN t4at 4own, some Of which are
irregular in thc1r c1sssif cation of new adyer.
tiscments, thus rendering it readily possible
that such oversight shoxld occur. When
the adv. is purely local, the MSS copy is sent
direct to the newspaper, 40 that II would not
necessarily appear uselessly 10 the one chos-
EN- rs above suggested.
The following timely and sensible suggcs-
tinn We take from the columns If the West.
mirstcr Adrocdte 1t is applica bic here.
AZ the warm season is approaching a few
hints. perhaps, will not be out OF place. Do
not usc the stree, sprlnklcrs after 4oclock IN
the afternoon, ~ the sun has not sufficient
power after that hour to dry the streets, and
the dampncss and odor are very unpleasant
and unhealthy. Do not allow the waste
water from your Kitchens wash houses, bath
rooms or yards to run into the streets. In
many places there are depressions and stag
nant water emlts anything else than healthy
olors If you have not y dry well, dig one,
and turn all your waste water into it. and
thus show that you are willing to do your
pact towards keeping our little city clean
An'l HfaNHy.
THE petition for the opening of East street
Shrough To Carroll, recently circulated in our
town, was laid before the Corporation officers
at a weeting held on Saturday evening last.
yfthsse interested ia tho opening of the stree:
fan secure tat right Of way through
without cost to the Corporation, the street
w1h w 0SaleA THIS is certainly right thus
far our town treasury Mas aeyer been more
than as- hS ,Mect rhe @.tnatsr* drafts upon
il for c4 tfent expenses and enEMet be relied
upon to buy lard W pay damages fr the
opunlng Of new streets. 1, is just this way
when new street is wanted it ia only want
&c b, Cause come one owns lapt that by 'ke
opening of new streo, becomes areilaSh,
that is to say, very much more valuable, ft'
building lot purposes. Tins being the case,
ifanv damages accrue in such opening, they
should be met by those benoGted not by The
Hcr"pration if the damages exceed the Len
..l.. % ',.j,,tfIf.- FL |N,tf. "'-' ~ y - new
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

4 quiet wedding look place Tuesday at
the Reformed parsonage on West Church
street. at 8 O'Clock p. m. The contracting
parties were Mr.. Job K. Sheppard, the well
kno Court street rcstauranteur, and Mrs.
Emily Il. Haller, Of this city. The marriage
ceremony was performed by Rev. f. r. Esch,
bach, assisted by Rev. Luther Kuhlman.-
Nesns Z"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01
If Sufferers frOmn COsu m pliOp

Coughs and Colds will try Pu ritan Cough
and Consumption Cure, they will find quick
relief and permanent benefit the medical pro,
fcsslon declare it \ remedy Of tho highest
value.
A large proportion Of the diseases which
cause human suffering, result from derange-
mrnt of the Stomach, Bowels and Liver. d..
Lees Liver Regulator removes all these
troubles. Trial bottles frec Mt DR. j. K.
WatcrsDrug Sore
DEATH OF Hon. JOHN f. SMITH.-Judgc
John f SHli,l, died after brief illness nj his
home III Westminster on Monday last at the
age of GO years. months and 0 days. He
was the eldest son of the late Joshua Smith
one of five brothers that had their possessions
in and near Wakefield Valley and who were
noted tor their fine physical and intellectual
manhood. Judge Smith was a graduate Of
Pennsylvania College and studied law with
Hon. J. NJ. Palmer in Frederick lie was
admitted to the bar IN Westminster in 1851.
He WAS \ fire orator and has .ecn largely
identified with political interests of his sec
ton. lie Was republican and stronger
than his party in Carroll County.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

Naiu's show exhibited here last Saturday
"A advertised A large crowd witnessed the
performance, considering the cold weather.
and all expressed themselves rs being well
pleased. Mr.. NJ. has some of the finest tum-
Llers and timber contortionlsts we ever saw.
His tricks horses are fiuc. Dan Rice, tho
spotted Arabian, is a perfect model,-Rock
Greek. iO,) Banner
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

The Woodsboro' pike Is to Ike continued
to Double Pipe Cr,ek. This is Il good move,
and will prove to he paying Investment
Citizen
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

IT, IInv" vonr rooma papercd Ivy HAL
LER & MATTHEW'S of Westminster. Look
for their advertisement In this paper
mch 20 1T
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

~ Miss Carrie Boblitz has just received
new line of Spring Millinery. Her patrons
are invited to call and examine them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

CI0ARRETTE LAW SoUND.-lt turns out
that the cigarette law is not null and VOID
as first reported, on account Of there being
no penalty attached. The act is SIMPLY an
amendment to the traders license law which
provides fine of not less than $50 nor more
than 800 for each ofiense, and on failure to
pay to serge twenty days in jail. The license
to sell cigarettes IS $50.
WIN Main s. Co.'S Show exhibited here on
Monday afternoon and evening to large
and highly pleased audience. 1t is said by
those attending to be the best one ring show
they eve. attended. 1t more than met the
expectations of the people. and should they
come again as they promise to do, come of
us will be obliged to stay vt home or hold
our best girls on our kuec.-Jeffrrson, 10y
Gazette.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

az lCE-The undersigned will furnish
ice delivered daily to consumers in Mcchan-
icstown. during the season. Those who
wish to engage it regularly will please hand
their names to me at once.
Abr. 24.2t, john F. D. Miller.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

tE SPRING FERTILIZERS Il an,
now prepared to furnish Super. Phssrhstcs
suitable for Corn, Oats aud the Spring Crops
generally. These fertilizers are prepared
specially for these crops and have given
general satisfaction.
mch 27tf GEO. W. STOCKSDALE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01
Every Home xhouId have 1t.

1t is not always CONVENIENT to call q
Physician for every lite ailment. Having
Red Flag o.! in the house you have Physl-
clan always at hand, it kills Rheumatism,
Neuralgia. Burns Bruises and all Aches and
Pains. Price IS cents.
There are few things in this life of which
we may I've certain. but this il one of them,
Puritan Cough and Consumption Cure has
10 equal for Coughs, Colds and Consump-
lion. Price q Cents.
At Dr. j 4 Waters Drug Store.
SUDDEN DEATH-Our people were saddcn'
ed ON Sunday morning last to learn OF the
death of Edward, son Of Nelson Wilhdc, liv-
ing about one half mile south of town. He
had not been we'll for several weeks, hut was
not sufficiently indisp 'scd to keep him from
his work: he had had the grip, but no one i'm
agined that he was suffering from any scr-
GUS disorder When found in his bed on
Sunday morning the body WAS warm, life
having left 1t but n short while before. The
deceased Was but 10 years of age and had
been n bright, strong, and healthy boy. His
body was inferred in the Hill cemetery on
Monday afternoon.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

u SHADES.-In speaking of Shades l
would advise all who are wanting any new
Window Shades or Blinds to call and look
OVER r. F. Witherow's stock. He has for
the past ten days been putting up for q
number Of parties handsome lot Of these
and the price is lower than ever knew.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

ny WELL-DIGGlNG AND CISTERN
BUILDING.-I am prepared to dig wells
build cisterns and repair pumps and warrant
all my work. Good references for work that
have done.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

Far adr'ittona! IotalS sec End page,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

a. NOTTCE.-Thisl ~ to notify the pub.
lie that have been appointed to attend to all
matters of busnrss that my father, Michael
Freeze, way have TO transact, inasmuch as
he Is no longer capable OF attending to his
affairs.
Apr l14t JOSIAH FREEZE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

NoTIcE.-On Sunday afternoon next at .
o'clock n special meeting of Trinity Reform
ed Sunday. school will convene, Mt which
time all Sunday schools ar: invited to be
present and take part IN the exercise.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-01

TIMELY RA:N-Rain fell during the latter
days of Inst week and relieved the garden
truck and sottene the soil in fields that had
become too hard for the plOw.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
A Man with a Lariat.

A man was found nearly buried in
the sand near San Francisco. Two
deputy coroners could not pull him
out. A horseman was sighted. This
is what happened: He rode up to
them, and when the situation wasex-
planned. calmly alighted, united Il
a long lariat which was coiled at the
back OF his saddle, and without a
word began to make one end Of it
fast about the upper portion of the
dead mans body. The rope was
passed under the arms and tied in q
knot at the shoulders. Having ac-
complished this the stranger paused,
and looked up at the astonished
morgue officials as much as to say:
whats the matter with that?"
what are you going 70 do next?"
asked the deputy coroner.
90? Why, I'm going TO pull him
out"
well, you might as well give up
that idea, returned the deputy. 1T
would take half dozen men like us
to move that man."
Maybe it would" replied the
stranger, with chuckle that was
certainly a little out OF place, consid-
ering the occasion; 'maybe it would
take u dozen men such rs we are, but
it will only take one horse such as
this is. /"
As he said this he pointed to his
steed, which had hitherto stood mo-
tionless, watching the movements OF
his master with evident interest.
Without moro ado the stranger
mounted his horse, and taking turn
around the horn OF his saddle with
the free end ofthe lasso, moved slow
ly ahead until the line was drawn
taut. Then, in response to a gentle
cluck from his rider, the animal set
tied his feet down into the sand and
steadily bent his strength against
the rope. There was no Jerking. 1t
was an even, steady pull. The line
vibrated rapidly under the heavy
strainas theintelligent equine hauled
away upon it. In n moment the loop
frightened about the corpse, and the
body was drawn, slowly at first, then
with aswish, from it's bed in the sand.
Having accomplished this the mys-
FERROUS horseman removed the loop
from the body, recoiled his lariat,
mounted his horse, and, after salut-
ing the wondering officials in high
ly dignified manner, rode silently
away, no one knew whither.--San
! Francisco Chronicle.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
The School Of Patience.

My dear boy, if a man can only
cultivate patience and strength, 1t
seems to me he will be good neigh
Dor, a pleasant man to do business
with, a safe man to trust, and the
kind OF a man the world loves, even
though he lack wisdom, and hath no
genius, and can't tell a good story or
sing note.
How much does fretful. restless.
hurrying old world owe to the pa.
tient man, who finds his strength sin
ouietness and confidence" who can
be patient with our faults, our IAN
cies, our wickedness; who can be
quiet when the sottest word would
have a sting; who can wait for storms
to blow over and for wrongs to right
themselves; who can patiently and
silently endure slight until he has
forgotten it and who can even be
patient with himself? That's the Eel.
| low, my boy, who tries my patience
and strength more than any man else
with whom l have TO deal. could
/ get along with the rest OF
the world we'll enough il he were
only out of it. | can meet all
my other cares and enemies bravely
and cheerfully enough. But wher
myself comes to me, with his heart
aches and blunders and stumbling $.
with his own follies and troubles and
| sins, somehow he takes all the tuck
out of me. My strength is weakness
and my patience is folly when come
to deal with him. He tires me. He
is such a fool. He makes the same
stupid blunders in the same stupid
way so many times. Sometimes
when think must put up with him
and his ways all my life. | want to
give up. And, then the next time be
CONES TO me with his cares and The
same old troubles, he seems so help
less and penitent that feel sorry for
him, and try co be patient with him,
and promise to help him all can once
more. All, my dear boy, as you grow
older, that is the fellow who will try
you and torment you, and draw on
oursYmpathy, and tax yourpatiencs
and strength. Be patient with him
poor old fellow. because think he
| does loveyou, and yet, as rul e you
are harder on him than any ne else
-Burdette.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
A Novel Request,

From the Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. A. is possessed of a daughter
who at the age of 5 seems likely to
show all the cleverness other mother,
mixed with certain arch mischiev-
BUSINESS, strong will, and wicked
ly inventive imagination which her
mother declares can only come from
her father. That she is not an easy
child to manage anyone who had to
do with children may easily infer
from this, but to appreciate fully the
difficulty of managing Betty A. one
must have the honor of that young
lady's acquaintance. She is one OF
the charming children whom every
body adores at sight, but she is an
imp OF mischief such as it is seldom
given to man to see.
Mrs. A. has an intimate friend, one
Mrs. b., who is as strongly orthodox
as Mrs. A. is liberal, and not "a few
discussions upon religious topics the
two have had together. The thing up
on which Mrs. A. reproached her
friend was that she was accustomed
to call her shocking and heartless
belief in a he'll" "a thing against
which all the kindly instincts OF Mrs.
A. reyolted. But one rainy day,
when the weather had for nearly a
week been such that Betty A. had
been kept in the house most Of the
time, that young lady's mother pre-
sented herself ut her friends house.
81 have brought the carriage.
she said, almost without prelimin-
airy, "and want you to come right
over TO our house and tell Betty
about hell"
Tell Betty about help" echoed
Mrs. B. in amazement. "What in
1 the world do you meant"
81 mean that i have tried every
thing else to make her behave, and
it hasn't done any good. She has
been acting so for these two or three
days that ! am nearly distracted
and i have come to the conclusion
that she is one of the children who
need TO be frightened, and she isn't
afraid OF anything that ! know, Sc
4 want you TO come and Brighten bel
with hell.
why don't you tell her about hel
yourself"
Il can't" Mrs. A replied naiyely
81 don't believe in it, and she knows
that don't. Besides, l cannot tel
her a liz"
"Well," Mrs B. answered, in term
which may sound proiane If takeI
without the context, but which wer
really nothing OF the sort, 81 am sor
~ to be disobliging, but really | do
feel called upon TO go about distribu
ting hell 10 children whose parent
, do not believe in il"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
Other Worlds,

BY means Of the spectroscope a
very wonderful discovery has been
made respecting Sirius. Astronom-
FRS had noticed that this star was
in rapid motion through space, and
it was found that year by year it
was changing its position in the
heavens, trayersing in about fifteen
hundred years space equal to the
apparent diameter OF the moon, at
velocity OF no less than twenty miles
per second. OF course, by actual OBJ
seryation the only motion capable
OF being detected would be that
which was square TO the line ofsight,
so that although Sirius appears to
us to move across the heavens. he
may really be travelling in a slanting
direction, either toward or from US.
No one would ever have expected to
be able to tell whether star was
approaching to or receding from
US, yet even this seemingly
insolyahle problem has OF late years
been accomplished by the spectre
scope. DIR. Higgins, our greatest
authority on this subject, having,
identified certain lines in the spec
trum Of Sirius as those of hydrogen,
found on comparison that these were
displaced in such a manner as to in
dicate that the star was receding
from US. Ii has been estimated that
this recession, combined with the
thwart motion of twenty miles pei
second. gives as the actual move
ment OF Sirius in space a speed o.
about thirty-three miles per second
These. then, constitute some Of thu
chief items Conformation about Siri
Us at present within our knowledge
There seems TO be no reason to doubt
that, in common with other suns, b.
has his system OF planets circlini
round him after the manner o
our own sun; and what a sys
ten! Vast as ours appears, il il
dwarfed into insigniticancec compared
with n system whose ruling orb i
5000 times larger than that whicl
does duty for us. There seems, also
no reason todoubt that these planet
are intended 10 be the abode of life
il may be that at the present mo
ment none Of them present any sign
OF life, but think we may safely in
Ter without improhability, that eacl
one OF those worlds has a destiner
period in it's development durint
which life, similar TO that which no'
prevails on our planet, would be j
existence. What "A world such n on
would be, in size perhaps not inferio
to that OF our sun, himself a millio
times large than our earth; and
may be that as this Sirian world
so vastly superior 10 ours in size il
inhabitants would be on a scale ]
proportion TO its dimensions, rnC
OF beings OF such intellect and civilii
alton compared with whom we al
but savages.-Chambers' Journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
Gentlemen.

What do we mean to-day by that
common phrase, a gentleman? By
the lights Of history, from gems, gen'
tilis, it should mean a man Of family,
zone OF kent house." one of a
notable decent, thus embodying an
ancient stupid belief and implying
modern scientific theory. The ancient
and stupid belief came to the ground,
with prodigious dust and the col
lapse OF several politics, In the latter
half of the last century. There fol-
lowed upon this an interregnum, dur
ing which it was believed that all men
were born "free and equal," and that
it really did not matter who your
father was. Man has always been
nobly irrational, bandaging his eyes
against the facts of life, feeding him
self on the wind OF ambitious false
hood, counting his stock to be the
children of the gods; and yet perhaps
he never showed in a more touching
light than when he embraced this boy
ish theory. Freedom we now know
for q thing incompatible with corpo-
1910 lllE anu a DAGcSllE pLObaDl1 RC-
culiar to the solitary robber; we know,
besides that every advance IN rich
ness of existance, whether moral or
material. is paid for by a loss OF lib
erty; that liberty is mans coin in
which he pays his way; the luxury,
and knowledge and virtue, and love
and the family affections, are all so
many fresh letters on the naked and
solitary freeman. And the ancient
stupid belief, having come to the
ground, and the dust OF its fall sub.
sided, behold the modern scientific
I theory beginning TO rise very nearly
! on the old foundation: and individuals
! no longer las was fondly imagined)
| springing into life from God knows
| where, incalculable, untrammeled, abb
] stract, equal to one another-but is
1 suing modestly from race; with yir.
/ tues and vices. fortitudes and frailties,
ready made; the slaves of their inher-
itance of blood; eternally unequal.
So that we in the present, and yet
more our scientific descendants in the
future, must use, wnen we desire to
praise a character. the oldexpression,
gentleman, in nearly the old sense
one OF happy strain of blood, one
fortunate in descent from brave and
self-respecting ancestors, whether
clowns or counts. And yet plainly
this is Of but little help. The intricacy
of descent defies prediction, so that
even the heir of hundred sovereigns
may be born brute or a vulgarian.
We may be told that picture is an
heirloom; that does not tell us what
the picture represents. Ali qualities
are Inherited. and all characters; but
which are the qualities that belong to
the gentleman? What is the charac-
ter that earns and deserves that hon.
orable style? And yet for all this am
biguity, for all these imperfect ex-
amples, We know clearly what we
mean by the word. When we meet a
gentleman of another class, though
all contrariety ofhabits, the essentials
OF the matter stand confessed: / new
er had doubt OF Jones. More than
that, we recognize the type in books
the actors of history, the characters
of fiction bear the mark upon their
brow; at word. by bare act. we
discern and segregate the mass, this
one a gentleman, the other not.-Rob
ert Louis Stephenson.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-21
Didn't Ike the Tune.

The Italian who runs the peanut
stand on Fourth street was turning
his peanut rooster one afternoon
with slow and measured hand,
when an old lady came to a halt and
carefully observed the operation.
After scrutinizing the rooster from
every side she finally gave it up, and
remarked: "No, sir, you don't get
cent out of me for no such music as
that. Why, / can't catch half OF
any of the tunes, and it smells as II
something was burning inside
Lake City Citizen.