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Catoctin clarion., 1890-10-02
What would 'Euey Say Sd tzous:
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"Is the saId nice, dear 20
"Lovely. Perfectly superb! And
yours
Heavenly"
These we're the words that met nv
ear IN restaurant tod ~, and as | look
ell at tie two enthusiasts / tried to I'M
agine what their speech would be, for
instance, We're they looking on Lake
Como in a silver !no0nrise OF uuon the
skinner of IA sunrise tinted sea, or upon
a flock Of ruby clouds lriycn by lazy
wind across a dallodIl sky, or upon
Mount Blanc with a storm flag unfurled
from its hoary blttlements and purple
IN the shadow of descending night. Ii
a said Is lovely If q compound Of hard
boiled egg and oll, with dash Of pep
per and pinch Of celery, is grand,
what is left for nature, or what can be
said in behalf Of hcroi5m, courage,
faithfulness, and love? Verify the
wasted adjectiye and the suporobnn--
dant smile make the heart tired
Chicago Herald.
Catoctin clarion., 1890-10-02
Vital Nics&s,

@There are three wicks to the lamp oil
man s;life braio, blood and breath.
Thus writes an eminent Amarican auth
or. The most frequent arrangements
occur in the blood and in the liver, by
which when in healthy condition. the
blood is purified. Lookout for the ter,
rible Chain of diseases that owe their
inception to torpid liver and consequent
impure blood. When tie symptoms of
liver and kidney trouble, consumption
Nung scrofula), bronchitis and dropsy,
make their appearance, the system is in
immediate need Of course Of Dr.
Pierce 8 Golden Medical Discovery. lis
marvellous effects have been tested and
proven IN the cure Of tens Of thousands
of cases 1t purifies and cnrichcs the
blood, restores lost vitality, and effect
ually erAdIcatea the ,on' p1 lie w.r,t
lnaiadies that 1;ii.rt H..E,al
Catoctin clarion., 1890-10-02
More Bk,an Hr asarEsired i'Ssr.
He WAS CHIEF SURGEON, PHYSICIAN

He WAS CHIEF SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
AND NURSE WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
ave had Il case Of smallpox in our
lower camp once said the Colonel,
(which gave us good deal Of trouble.
You see there were on y six Of us and
we did not want to lose any more ,ncn
than possible. We determined to send
the case to the upper cHmp, five miles
away but the problem which worried
us most was who should 20 along It's
nurse.
"Bob, the cook was hard drnker,
and us soon as he heard Of the case pro-
ceedeu to drown lis cares in whlskcy.
lie was terribly frightened at first but
the more he drank tie more resigned
he became to cirCmsjanccs.
"When Bob was drinking he could
beat any man in Colorado at boasting
and before long he began to declare that
smallpox had 10 terroys Cor him. In
TACT he had nursed nineteen patients
at one time when every one else had de-
serted them. He had brought them
safely through TOO. In the end he
gravely asserted that he couldn't t catch
the smallpox anyway for he had already
had it.
Five of the boys looked at me sig
ni6cantly and | nodded my head. We
bundled the sick man up carefully and
put him In a wagon. Two hours later
we had established hospital at the
upper camp, with the cook as chief
surgeon, physician and nurse. The
cook, by the way, was sleeping as peace
fully as child when We left the hos
pital.
"The next morning we heard wild
shouts and saw Bob tearing for the
lower camp, halt dressed. We imnle-
diately established a shotgun quar0n-
tine.
Hold up, Bob, one Of the boys
shouted, this camp is quarantined.
You cant come past the whlstling
post
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COOK, tna' man mas '''c Sln"'FoA'
"el'' yo" Vo'""' 'VF'o % nurse
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Catoctin clarion., 1890-10-02

WEATHER SIGNS. An Umbrella car
rled over woman head, the man
getting all the drippiuss, signifies
courship.
An umbrella carried over man s
bead, the woman getting all the drip
pings, signifies, too often, marriage,
An umbrella carried ever a Dream
bnhtor, to SHIELD the baby eyes from
the sun, means happiness attained.
-.--t = 9s,---~
A Ilirting WOWan can cause more
trouble to mankind than devastating
army, but she is very much nicer than
the devastating army, after all.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
"A Pig in a Poke"

The other evening while the audience
at the Baldwin were listening SPELL
bound to the famous scene where Barry
more is discussing the foibles of women,
couple of San Mateo residents in the
front row of the dress circle began an
earnest discussion as to the merits of
certain prize sow one of them had for
sale.
Despite the angry looks and s-s-s's of
those near by, the conversation waxcd
louder, until at last a gentleman sitting
behind the takers touched one of them
on the shoulder and quietly said;
"Excuse me, my friend, but what will
you take for that SOW of yours9"
The man stared for a moment and then
said:
"About Sc, s'posc."
"EXactly," said the gentleman, taking
out his pocketbook and handing over
greenback.
"Here is twenty. Now that sow's
mine; just let her alone, if you please"
The audience snickered, and though
the man made woful attempt to turn
the joke by gravely poclleting the note
and handing over the S14 change the
snub was crushing in its effect and in the
dead silence that followed the phiian-
thropic millionaire leaned back and
moderately enjoyed his popularity.
But what the delegation from up the
bay said when, after the performance,
they tried to buy beer with the twenty
and found it bad counterfeit is unfit
for publication. San Francisco News
Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
Joyless Childhood.

The streets of Antwerp, Belgium, are
paved with stone. What is striking in
the inhabitants at first sight is their
small size. The Belgians are short race
and exceedingly industrious. Their
country is said to be the most densely
populated in Europe. Wages are very
low, and on the farms and in the gar
dens the women do the same laborious
work land sometimes more laborious)
that the men do. They are excellent
gardeners and nothing is allowed to go
to waste. In a sense they may be termed
the Chinese of Europe.
The children in Antwerp show the
effect of the heavy monotonous life of
their parents. They dress in clumsy,
awkward garb which gives them an old
man look, and they wear wooden shoes
which prevent any of the light frisky
movements of gamboling childhood.
Their games are few and simple; in
fact, they seem to believe they were
made to work as soon as they could
stand, and their play bears the air of
those who think they ought really to be
doing something else.-[New York
Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
It Seemed Like a Rebuke.

Residents in certain seaport town of
Lincoln county remember singular cir
cumstance connected with the erection
of its oldest church. There is deal of
superstition as native to these ledges as
the ill-smelling rock-weed.
The townspeople were very poor when
the old church was built. The actual
amount of money given toward it was
very small, indeed. Hardly a person
in town but contributed some material,
however. In the no -Gcrn part, close by
a cove whose banks were mantled with
beautiful moss after the first few feet of
cliff, and crowned with sturdy trees and
straight, stalwart pines, lived man
noted for other things than generosity.
The soliciting committee put off asking
for his contribution until Others had
poured in and the church was a sure
thing. Then they waited upon him and
said:
'Mr. Blank, we want that monster
pine of yours for your contribution to
the church; it will make an excellent
sill. Will you give it for your part2"
"Give my best pine tree; give any of
my pine9 No, sir. Not one of them
shall come down"
Nothing could shake this determine
tion. In less than q week arose one of
the heaviest storms ever known on that
coast. And not one of those proudest pines
in the mans forest was left; and the tall
est pine, the one wanted for sill, was
riven from top to bottom by the thun-
derbolt.- Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
the wooded districts of Sullivan, Ulster,

the wooded districts of Sullivan, Ulster,
and Delaware counties.
One of the porcupine's peculiarities is
its inordinate fondness for leather, which
it seems to think one of the daintiest of
tid-bits, and it not infrequently happens
that one of them, if it gets a chance at
set of harness, will destroy it in single
night, and many trout fisherman, who
has left his water-soaked boots or shoes
out of doors at night has risen in the
morning to find them chewed to pieces
by porcupine's sharp teeth.
1t is not often, however, that these
animals enjoy such feast as the one that
lives somewhere in the vicinity of Jim
Gibbons blacksmith shop at Stockport,
Delaware county, has partaken of, for
twice within year, the last time but q
few days ago, the "pesky critter' has
entered his shop and eaten up his bellows.
Any one who has seen blacksmith's
bellows knows how much leather there
is in one of them, and when, as it hap
pened last week, the porcupine, in a
single night, ate up more than half of
one, it will be seen that he had indeed
sumptuous feast and must have been fair
ly gorged with leather Middletown
IN. " Argus.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
The Most Powerful War Ship.

The italian battle-ship Sardegna,
which was launched at Spezzia, is de-
scribed by continental dailies as the
most powerful war vessel afoat. Its ex-
terror is similar to that of the Lepanto,
till now the finest ship in the Italian
navy. Its interior, however, is full of
improvements not known when the Le-
panto was built.
The Sardegna has four engines, with q
combined horsepower of %, 800, and
twenty boilers. 1t travels eighteen knots
an hour, and carries "a, 900 centners of
coal. 1t contains little world of ma
chincry-hydraulic apparatus for the
artillery, dynamo for the electric light,
steam fire engine, mechanical devices
for ventilation, etc.
1t carries also a little navy of its own,
consisting of three steamboats,, two of
which are torpedo boats; sailboat,
three big rowboats, two of which are un-
sinkable, and a canoe. At each end
there is big turret, protected by iron
plates fourteen inches thick, and de-
Tended by four huge ships cannons of So
tons. The artillery consists of eight six
inch guns, placed in smaller turrets, and
16 five-inch cannons, IL of which also
occupy turrets. There is also on board
almost any number of rapid firing can
mons, torpedo guns and mitrailleuse.
The Sardegna is 440 feet long, 81 feet
wide, and Of 20t feet draught. 1t is
manned by 81 officers and $50 men. The
keel is entirely of steel, and all the
rooms are connected by pipes, through
which, in case of accident, the water
may be pumped and expelled by ma
chimes of tremendous power. The battle
ship has only one mast, which is iron
and carries a huge electric light. The
cost of the Sardegna was So, 400, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20

strange scene, and it was positive re-
lief when the slaughter was completed.
Not one of the herd of buffalo had es-
capped. Had the slaughter been other
wise than complete, the Indians would
have believed it very bad medicine.
1t was now noticed that the hunters
were busy opening the carcasses of the
animals, from which they quickly cut
out the llvers, eating them in their raw
state, as they came smoking hot from the
dead buffalo, the bodies of which the In.
dlans used for seats as they talked over
the success of the hunt. Seventy-six
carcasses lay on the ground-this being
considered small killing, but inasmuch
as the entire herd had been slaughtered
and adjacent herds Of greater numbers
mad not been disturbed, the hunters were
jubilant over what they considered to be
''good medicine"
After all the carcasses had been claimed
and while the bucks were busily engaged
in masticating liver the sGuaws put in an
appearance, each accompanied by several
ponies dragging travois, hitched to wag
ons or carrying crude pack saddles with
which to transport the meat and hides to
camp. These poor creatures seemed to
enjoy the general butchering which fol-
lowed, most of which was done by them
By o'clock on the afternoon of the same
day all the bucks and squaws had re-
turned to camp, after which the squaws
were kept busy until dark in cutting up
and jerking the meat into thin strips,
which they hung on poles to dry in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
B eggar- Priests in China,

1t is no uncommon sight to meet one
going about begging with four or five
long iron skewers run through his fore
arm and little ribbons hanging there
from. Two have met had long iron
rods running through their cheeks, and
they had made an oath to remove them
only when they had collected a certain
sum Of money sufficient to repair their
temples. One had had the iron rod
through his face for over four months,
living the while on soup and tea only.
Another way of raising money is for a
priest to take his seat in little brick
sentry-box and let himself be walled in,
leaving only small window through
which he can see and can pull rope by
which big bell is sounded and the at
tention of passers-by attracted. Here
he will sit for months. have known
one to remain in his box for nearly a
year without being able to lie down or
stand up, but apparently perfectly happy
and always ready to have a bit of
gossip Century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
A New Vehicle.

There is plan on foot to organize a
company to run line of carettes in Bal
timore. The plan, if well managed,
should be a success. The carette is a new
passenger vehicle unlike anything in this
city. 1t is the length of an ordinary
street car, but it is wider. 1t is fitted
up on the inside on the model of street
car, side seats, standing straps, ETC., but
is, if anything, of finer finish, and its
appointments are more comfortable. The
windows are large, the glass clear, and it
is finely finished in white ash. 1t has a
rcar'and front platform. The rear one is
like that on a car, and this is separated
from the interior by sliding door.
The body is set upon "A low running
gear. The wheels are about as large as
ordinary wagon wheels, but, for the con
venience of passengers, the body is but q
short step from the ground, or about the
same distance as that of street car.
These vehicles, artistically painted and
vanished inside and out, are decidedly
handsome. There is one in Baltimore,
and it will be driven about for exhibit
ton. Baltimore (Md.) American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
SOME SUNDAY SUBJECTS.
MATTERS PERTAINING TO RE-
LIGION.

A Compilation Calculated to Interest
Those Who Want to BE Good-Somo-
thing for Those who Pay tho Preacher.
PEOPLE have all heard or read of
churches which took the palm for being
wonderful either in their exterior or in
terror; in their greatness or minute
ness; of the remarkable underground
places of worship in the far east; of the
pagoda under the waters Of clear lake
in Siam, or of the ice devotional" built
10 crafty the whims of Catherine of
Russia None OF these, however, ex-
ceeds in uniqueness the wheeled
church" now being built at the car
shops Of the Transcaucasian Railway at
Tifis, Russia. 1t is designed for rail
way use; has eight wheels, and is two
stories in height, each story having seats
for seventy persons. The floor of the
upper story raises from the altar, max
ing it possible for one speaker to ad-
dress the entire assembIage. One end
of the church is surmounted by cross,
the other by belfry and three bells.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
ADOCTOR'S CONFESSION.
He Doesn't Take Much Medicine and A,
yises the Reporter Not To.

He Doesn't Take Much Medicine and Ad. g..
vises the Reporter Not To.
"HumbugP OF course it is The so-called
science of medicine is q humbug ami has
been from the time of Hippocrates to the
present. Why the biggest crank in the In
dian tribes is the medicine man."
VERY frank was the admission, especially
so when it came from one Of the biggest
young physicians of the city, one whose
practice is among the thousands, though he
has been graduated but q few years." says
the Buffalo Courier. VERY cozy was his Of
fee too with its cheerful crate fire, its Queen
Anne furniture, and its many lounges and
easy chairs. He stirred the fire lazily, lighted
q fresh cigar, and went on
Take the prescriptions laid down in the
books and what do you find! Poisons mainly
and nauseating stuffs that would make q
healthy man an invalid. Why in the world
science should go to poisons for its remedies
cannot tell, nor can l find any one who
cam
How does doctor know the effect of his
medicineg he asked HE calls, prescribes.
and goes away. The only way to judge would
be to stand over the bed and watch the pa
tent. This cannot be done. So really l
don't know how he is to tell what good or
hurt he does. Sometime ago, you remem-
Der, the Boston Globe sent out reporter
with q stated set of symptoms. He went TO
eleven prominent physicians and brought
DshSh cioNou Pi oSA'Ps'Nio'
Just shows how much science there is in
medicine"
There are local diseases of various charac-
ters for which nature provides positive reme-
dies. They may not be included in the regu-
lar physicians list perhaps, because of their
simplicity. but the evidence of their cura-
tive power is beyond dispute. Kidney dis
ease is cured by Warmers Safe Cure, strict
ly herbal remedy. Thousands of persons,
every year. write as does II. j. Gardiner, of
Pontiac, R. l., August Z. 1890:
"a few years ago l suffered more than
probably ever will be known outside of my
self, with kidney and liver complaint. 1t Is
the old story-I visited doctor after doctor,
but to no avail l was at Newport, and DIR.
Blackman recommended Warmers Safe Cure.
commenced tho use of it, and found relief
Immediately. Altogether took three bot
ties, and l truthfully state that it cured me-"
A big pack of tomatoes has been put up in
Naw
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
A Big Crop of Icebergs.

Twas talking to an old sea captain,
one of those men who, although they
have abandoned active work, yet listen
to every story they hear which relates to
the business of their lives. ''Do you
KNOW" said he, "that in ten years there
has been no such number of icebergs
seen in the lane routes to Europe as DUR
ing the past Summer. Nearly every
ship that came in from the first of June
to the end of September reported ice.
OF course we suppose we get most of our
Atlantic ice from Greenland and the OPP
posite Hudson Bay country, if there be
glaciers to the far north on this side.
Exactly why the formation of glacial ice
to the North should have been so great
during the Winter of $3.50 l do not
know, but it must have been something
unusual to account for the crop of bergs
we had last Summer. A berg, you know,
is the broken off end of a glacier. The
glacier moves slowly down the sides of
the mountains, forced to travel on by its
own weight. 1t pushes its end into the
sea and goes ahead until the lifting
power given to the water by the differ
ence in specific gravity between water
and ice is sufficient to overcome the CO.
hesion of the mass. Then the end sim
ply cracks off and floats, and berg is
born. From the number of bergs seen
we can argue back to the amount of gla-
cial ice formed. see that Captain Roc
quet, of the British steamer Maine, re-
ports having seen berg 1900 feet long
and 450 feet feet high. That would
make fair-sized berg, but not great
one. Bergs have been seen five miles
long and 600 feet high. Captain Roc
quet's report is interesting from the fact
that the bergs seem to have turned up
again after having disappeared for some
six weeks. y New York Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
Something About Friendship.

The talk about making friends is
largely misuse of language. Friends
are found, not made. They are dis
coyery, not creation, says the London
Saturday Reuie1C. For any friendship
that is worth the name is predestined
and foreordained affair. 1t is not all
matter of rational choice nor of we'll
considered reason, but rather of mag
netism and temperament. We make
good will as mental atmosphere sur
rounding US, and whether we have this
Or not depends very largely on our
selves. We make pleasant acquaint-
ances and well-wishers by exercising
certain qualities of self-control, gener-
osity and courtesy; but o friend is found,
not made. No observance of polite
form, or even tho deeper influence OF
noble qualities of mind and heart, can
determine this, nor hardly can the lack
Of these change that friendship which is
simply recognition. 1t is unchanging
and eternal in its very essence. 1t can
bear everything of friction, trial, an
noyance or pain and yet spring up again
with even new vitality. Such friend
ship is gift of the gods and it is not
commonly found. People talk lightly
and carelessly enough of their friends,
when they do not know the meaning of
the word, when they are not themselves
the stuff that friends are made of, and
know no more the strength and devo-
tion and infinite sacrifice that the word
oomprehends than they do of the ONO
tions of the inhabitants OF Mars. To
exchange calls and dinner invitations;
to be members of the same club or the
same church; or TO have views in COM
mon regarding the Wagner operas and
Ibsen dramas is by no means friendship;
although many relations, even more sfl--
pericial than these, masquerade under
the name. There are plenty Of people
fitted outwith relay of substantial
qualities and pleasing attributes, who
fill we'll the place of that extensive
outer court of acquaintances. Society
requires, for its cohesion. polite con-
formity. cultivated taste, and powers
of selection and self-control. OF friends,
in any genuine sense, one can inevita-
bly, have but few. Even one is quite
enough to make life beautiful and re-
deem it from materialism. And even
one Is iuoie thau, peIuupo, pho maJoIley
of people possess, although they who
least know the higher possibilities of
friendship, would be the first to deny
this assertion. That life is rich
which holds one perfect friendship in
which mutual sympathy is almost mu-
tual clairvoyance, and in which sacrifice
would be personal luxury, if done for
the good of one another. Trust and
tenderness are the two factors of this
finest and most sweet of social relations.
Yet it is relation for the most part
that defes analysis, deties explanation,
defes all known laws of the chart of po-
lite society. But its strength is the
one great stimulus of life; it is inspira-
tion. We can do for our friends that
which we could not do for ourselves;
we can rise with him, or for him, to
heights otherwise unknown.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-20
An Accomplished stowaway.

Robert Wade is the name of a chubby
15-year-old little English boy, who re-
Gently completed his tenth surreptitious
voyage across the blue Atlantic. He
arrived in New York on the steamship
Etruria. Robert had quite an adven-
turous career for one so young in years.
At the age of 10 he was left an orphan
in England and his re atives set him at
the plumbing trade. That didn't suit
him; 80 he stole ride on a steamer
across the Irish Sea and went to farm
ing in Ireland. He soon tired of that
and returned to Liverpool just in time
to board an Americana bound steamship.
He hid himself on the vessel and when
the ship was far out to sea put in on
appearance. 1t didn't take him long to
capture the hearts of the seamen and
he got to New York all right. After
strolling about the big city for few
days he boarded another vessel bound
for England and repeated his previous
performance of hiding and appearing
when the vessel was far from land He
has since made eight voyages as stow
away and says he has lots of fun.