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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
Creage,stOwn Items.

There was no preaching here on Sunday
on account of the dedication of Union
church at Utica, and quite number of our
people attended including your scribbler
On next Sunday Rev. G. A. Whitmore will
hold communion here. Preaching to COM
mence on Thursday evening previous
On Sunday evening the Missionary Society
will render an Faster Cantata, and from our
knowledge 0: the programme, will be quite
interesting to those who may favor them
with their presence,
Miss Cora Grinder lief, here on Saturday
for Washington to spend the summer with
her cousin.
Mr. f. w. Warner, the landlord, will
move today to New Midway and 4 man
from Virginia W III take charge of the hotel
here, and that about completes the corners
and goers Of our town, as we have no one
who is patriotic enough to serve his country
in the Baltimore custom house, so we will
hayc no sudden exit. but we haye been cx
pecting to hear of some from Mechanicstown.
Messrs Thomas Albaugh of Walkersvlle,
and j. A. p. Matthias of this place, are
engaged TINS week invoicing stock at Mr. j.
NJ Ncwman's at Woodsboro. which was
recently sold to Mr. Elmer + Powell Of
Utica Mills. PATRON.
DEDICATION OF A CHURCH On Sunday
morning last the new Union Qtcformed and
Luthcran) church at Utica Mills, this county
was dedicated with impressive ceremonies,
The following ministers attended: Lutheran
Rev. DR. Conrad of the lutheran Observer,
Rev, S. Hedges. Rev j z Zerger Rrformed
Rev. j. w. Memingcr, Rev. s. NJ Hrnch
and Rev G A. WhtmOre Methodist; Rev.
VIM H. Todd The following order Of cxer-
cises WAS observed:
Opening Scripture Lesson, Rev. Zergcr.
Hymn, Hedges.
Scripture Lesson, Whitmore.
Conservation Service, Ierger.
Hymn, Meminger.
Ded catory Sermon,
Collection, Conrad.
Doxology and Bcnediction.
Work began on the church dnrlng the past
fall and was continued to completion during
the winter. 1t is a brick cdificc, composite
in architecture, substantially built, with main
auditorium and Sunday School Annex. II
was built Mt cost of about $4,000, of which
about 81 600 in value is allowed for material
from old church. On Sunday last there yet
renamed debt of about $4,000; at the
morning service 81 ,S35 was raised. and in
the evening all save balance of 1864, which
was divided equally between the two con-
gregatlOEs worshiping there
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03

There is more Catarrn in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years Doctors pro-
nounceI it local disease. and prescrlb.
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires constitu.
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney g. Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken inter-
nal,y IN doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the
blood and mucus surface Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, Ohio.
Er Sold bv Druggists, 75c.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
ngr Sold by Druggists, 75c.

The Grand Army of the Republic
has pure based the tract Of land COM
prislng the Cedar Greek, Va, battle
ground.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
March 5th 3 mos.

An application has been made to the
Hugerstown City council for the right
to lay street car tracks upon the streets
Of tie town.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03

THE Western Maryland Railroad Co.
will erect new junction at Frederick
junction.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03

4 CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY.
n Salary and Expenses paid, Commission if
- preferred Statesmen wanted everywhere. No
experience needed Address, stating age,
H. w FOSTER & CO., Nurscrymen,
inch At Geneva, New York.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
HENRY KAPPK9,
- REpAlREE OF --
Watches, Clocks, Jcwelry, &c..
Mechanicstown, Nd.

Special attention given to the repairing af
MUSICAL 30 x FS.
that cannot he repaired elsewhere,
CYLINDERS REPLIED!
TEETH REPLACED IN CONES!
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
| have references to prove that the work
that do in musical boxes is Of n character
this country Parties reporting 10 me the
trouble with their musical boxes, viii 10
able to tell them in advance the cost Of the
repairs.
ang2-!y
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
w A N 7 E D!I
Order Ni2i OH Sales,

In the matter of the sale In the Orphans
of the Real Estate Of Court Of Fredrr-
Henry Ramsburg, decd, J ick CO., Feb, term
ORDERED by the Orphans Court Of
OFrcdrrick County this 10th day of
March A. ID. 1890 that the sale of the Real
Estate OF Henry Ramsburg late of Frederick
County, deceased, this day reported to this
Court by his executors.
be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary I've shown on or before
the 18th day of April A. d. 1890, provided
copy Of this order be published is some
newspaper published in Frederick County
for three successive weeks prior to the said
7th day of April 4. ID. 1900
The executors reports the sale Of the Real
Estate, of said deceased, for the sum of Seven
hundred and twenty dollars and eighty cents
($720S0)
George W. Shank Judges of the
Benz &. Fitzhugh Orphans Court.
Test Hamilton Lindsey,
Register of Wills.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-04-03
VEGETABLE PZaJNTS
:3.FO
l9' "a o Wy LEI q 81
c. |. CREEGER'S Greenhouse,
Mechanicstown, Nd.
VEGETABLES, For SALE IN SEASON
Wholesale AND RETAIL.

Fifth Year Of highly successful plant
raising. Early and Late Cabbage, Tomatoes,
Lettuce, Beets, Egg, Pepper, Sweet Potato
and Celery Plants in season. Flowers, Smatt
Fruits, Grape Vines and Strawberry Plants.
These plants have heretofore given general
satisfaction. Orders solicited
Local Agencies have been established as
follows:
T. +, Eyler, Sabillasville, Nd
NJ. E. Adelsbcrger, Emmitsburg, Md.
Dr. j, G. Troxell, Mt. St. Marys, Md.
James b. Black, Rocky Ridge, Md.
Geo. II. Glen, Lcwistown
VIM. j. Cramcr, Creagerstown.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
AN UNKNOWN LAND.
a Seetlon aR the United States Never
Trodden by white Men.


Washington has her great unknown
land like the interior OF Africa.
SAYS the Seattle Press. The country
shut In by the Olympic mountains.
which includes an area OF about 2. 500
miles square, has never, 10 the positive
knowledge of old residents OF the ter
ritory. been trodden by the foot OF
man. white or Indian. These noun
tains rise from the level country within
ten TO fifteen miles of the straits Of San
Juan de Fuca In the north. the Pacific
ocean Ia the west, Hoods canal In the
east, and the basin OF Quinault lake In
the south, and rising 10 the height of
&. 900 TO g. 600 feet, shut In a vast unex-
plored area.
The Indians have never penetrated
II. for their traditions say that ID Is
inhabited by very fierce tribe. which
none OF the coast tribes dared modest.
Though IL Is improbable that such
tribe could have existed In the noun
tain country without their presence be-
coming known TO the white men. no
man has ever aseertained that II did
not exist. White men, too. have only
vague accounts of any white man hay-
ing ever passed through this country.
for investigation of all the claims Of
travellers has invariably proved that
they have only traversed its outer
edge.
The most generally accepted theory
In iegarl TO this country Is that Il con-
sisted of great valleys stretching from
the inward slopes OF the mountains to
a great central basin. This theory is
supported by the fact that. although
the country around has abundant rain.
aud -. q st...
mountain tops. all the streams flowing
toward the four points of the compass
are insignificant. and rise only on the
outward slope OF the range. none APP
pearing TO drain the great area shut in
by the mountains. This fact appears
TO support the theory that the streams
flowing from the inner slopes OF the
mountains feed great interior lake.
But what drains this lakeP Ii must
have an outlet somewhere, and Ms all
streams pouring from the mountains
rise on their outward slope. il must
have subterranean outlet into the
ocean. the straits. or the sound. There
are great discoveries in store for some
OF Washington's explorers.
A gentleman named Drew, now re-
siding At Olympia, states that he has
climbed TO the summit OF the eastern
range from Hoods canal. and looking
down could see great valleys stretch
ing toward the west. A party of rail-
road prospectors claim TO have pene-
trated the interior. but could give no
account Of il. and appear only TO
have skirted the outer slopes ten or
fifteen miles from Hoods canal A
party of United States soldiers are said
to have trayersed the country from
Port Townsend. but NO data is obtain
able as TO what they saw.
Numerous attempts have been made
10 organize exploring parties, but they
have invariably fallen through, the
courage of the projectors oozing out at
the hist moment There is fine OPP
portunity for some of the hardy cifi-
zens of the sound TO acquire fame by
sunveiling the mystery which wraps the
laud encircled by the snow-capped
Olympic range
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
Tracking snakes Is, scent

When the Australian black fellow is
pushed aud can find no other game he
catches snakes, lizards. iguanas and
Kangaroo rats. the widest aud most
agile of all wild animals on their own
ground and amid surroundings the
most favorable TO their concealment.
by simply exercising their faculties of
a superior wild animal.
With those wonderful. great brown
eyes of his he can see the faintest trail
where a snake has zigzagged through
the dry moss and leaves. or the slight
est footmark where an iguana had lied
from his approach to its refuge in
hollow tree SAYS the Forest and Stream.
When daylight fails him and the dews
of evening begin to fall, his broad nos
trils take up the chase. and. STOPPING
down among the bushes, with tough
forked stick in his hand to support him
in his firing attitude, he follows the
track as unerringly as any bloodhound.
When he runs a snake to earth, if he
cannot surprise il in the open and kill
it by a sudden blow of his stick, he
squats over its hole, holding the fork
ell end of his stick downward. aud
makes a low, kissing or whistling
sound with his lips.
Soon the snake puts his head out OF
the hole and peers around. In an in
stant the forked stick descends and
fixes it to the ground by the neck, and
the black fellow, seizing it firmly by
his muscular hands Just behind the
head, so that it cannot bite him, drags
it out of the hole and twists its head
off; or. if it is to strong for that, pounds
it on the ground till its back is broken.
So with the igaunas and all the other
animals. The black fellow never loses
their trail when once he gets upon it.
and having followed them to their lair,
he patiently awaits until they come out
or until he is able to get hand in and
put them out.
The black fellows declare, and prob
ably with truth, that not single ami
NAL can escape them if they have time
to hunt piece of desert country thor
oughly. When they want to return to
camp they can follow their own trail
by sight with the greatest ease. but
they say they cannot follow their own
trail by scent at all. 1t has no scent
for them, though another mans has a
strong scent. This is one of the most
curious facts connected with these
strange people; but it is only in accord
with the well-known natural phenom.
ena.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
Bumbiethorpe aud the Bull.

Gen. Bumblethorpe is certainly q
very big man big in statue and big
ger still in his own conceit. brimming
over, as he constantly Is. with his own
importance, says the Boston Transcript.
Gen. Bumblethorpe was never in the
army; he never was even in the militia.
But he was surveyor-general once. a
good while AGO, aud has of course worn
the title Of general ever since. aud has
always insisted upon il. He has been
shade more oyerbearing since he be-
came general in this way, though he
was sufficiently oyerbearing before
that.
One fine afternoon last summer Gen.
Bumblethorpe was taking a walk
through the outskirts of the country
town which he had honored hy ehoos-
ing il as his place of summer soiourn. In
the course of his wanderings he came
upon pair of bars leading into q
grassy and inviting meadow. The
bars he let down and walked into
the meadow. He had but half crossed
the meadow when he saw. to his
horror, a great black and white
Holstein bull emerge from the dark
shade of an apple tree and advance
toward him. Gen. Bumblethorpe
is not an active man, but the steady
advance of the enormous animal stim-
ulated him for the moment to great
activity. And his own rapid flight
also served to stimulate the bull who
lowered his head and charged fero-
ciously. believing the while.
liz was a mad chase, but Gen. Bum
blethorpe had some good rods of ad-
vantage in the start, and the opposite
fence of the field was not far away.
The general ran rapidly aud succeeded
in turning somersanlt over the fence
Just in time to escape the infuriated
animal.
And then il was Gen. Bumblethrope
was infuriated. From the safe side
of the fence he stormed and ragged
at the bull, and. seeing farmhouse
not far away, he stalked over to it.
The farmer was choring around the
barn when the general rushed up to
him.
'.Is that Your bull over there, sir?''
exclaimed Gen. Bumblethorpe.
wal. / guess It's. said the farmer.
"Well, sir, do you know what it's
been doing?n
..Chasin' We. mebbe"
Yes, sir, cha sing me; and it is an
outrage l will not tolerate-an out
rage, l tell you. that | should be pur-
sued and humiliated in this way?"
'.Wal. - says the farmer, Its thing
that bulls will do; We can't help it, ye
know
Help itrn said the general, black
with indignationi do you know who
amp"
mo, don't"
"Wel, sir. am Gen. Bumble-
thorpe"
"Is-that-soe" said the farmer, with
a great deliberation; "is-that-so:
Why in thunder didn't We the the bull,
gen'rala"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
$500 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
ske1cHlno ERoM rae nupE.
A Peep Into the studio Of Chicago a.
Cfass.


On a platform raised about tlres
feet above the level Of the floor stood
what appeared NJ the first glance TO be
a magnificent model OF woman IN
wax. One hand rested lightly on :
table, the other on her hip. The figure
was OF robust build and beautifully
proportioned. while the pose was
graceful. easy and as immovably maiu-
tained as that OF a statue. A faiut
wave of color mantling the cheek was
the only thing which warned the re-
porter that this was no triumph on the
wax-worker's art. bat In reality a living
woman clad in nothing beyond bushes
and her native fnodesty.
As the .J0urHaf man made u tour or
the easels aud diiiidently compared the
different studies with the original. not
a word was spoken. and the work went
on as uuconcernedls as il the living
model had been nothing more than one
OF the plaster casts from which the
Young women In the antique class were
working. As for the model herself.
after one furtiye glance al the stranger.
she again fixed her eyes on q point
high above the heads Of the students
and devoted all her energies 10 the ex-
trenely difficult task OF standing per-
AS[AAf GlaAis 4aitr lCtiENCL LflE new -
paper man from his natural embar-
rassment. end he was able TO critic ally
examine the various sketches.
The human figure is one of the most
difficult things TO draw. and perhaps
for this reason the sketches were not
nearly SO uniformly good as the work
had been in the other rooms At the
same time some of them were vigorous.
accurate aud effective. and one study
in oil was particularly strong piece
of work. A strange fact noticed was
that no matter how slight an amount
OF work had been put on the face. and
notwithstanding that the whole figure
had been sketched in every case, thurs
reducing the head to small size. every
student had caught likeness of one
of the most entirely unattractive faces
1t was ever the reporters lot 10 look md
Apart from a head OF magniiicem
blonde hair there was nothing even in
teresting in the dull, cold features.
The model was evidently quite used TO
posing. the students treated the matter
as one entirely OF business. and after
the first uncomfortable embarrassment
had passed away even the reporter
forgot the entirely unconventional
presence and made his notes with even
more sang froid than had been the case
in some of the other class-rooms--
Chicago Journal
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
The Deadly Cold Bed.

If trustworthy statistics could be had
of the number of persons who die every
year or become permanently diseased
from sleeping in damp or cold beds
they would probably be astonishing and
appalling, says Good Housekeeping. 1t
is peril that constantly besets travel
ling men. and if they are wise they
will invariably insist on having their
beds aired and dried. even at the risk
of causing much trouble to their land
lords. But the peril resides in the
house and the cold 'tspare room" has
slain its thousands of hapless guests.
and will go on with its slaughter till
people learn wisdom. Not only the
guest but the family suffer the penalty
of sleeping in cold rooms and chilling
their bodies at time when they need
all of their bodily heat by gettiag be-
tween cold sheets. Even in warm sum-
mer weather cold, damp bed will get
in its deadly work. 1t is a needless
peril, and the neglect to provide dry
rooms aud beds has in it the element of
murder and suicide.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06
aie fiaa lne iIocuments.

We were waiting at Trenton for the
cross train TO Long Branch, when a
lame and sorrowful-looking man began
to circulate among the people and
solicit aims on the ground that he bad
Just buried his wife after long illness,
which had. coupled with ill-health, re-
dnced him to poverty.
Look here. siri'' said the third
man he came to. ''you are liar and an
impostor~
But am not" quietly replied the
man.
"But you arei You told me this
very same story in Buffaloa a year agor
'sAnd he told il to me in Pittsburgh
about two years agor' added second.
.'And he related il to me and got
money in Patterson three months agoi"
exclaimed third.
Gentlemen, | am truthful mani"
protested the beggar.
but you are telling mighty old
story"
no. amt. My last wife died four
months ago."
Your lastP How many have you
hadP"
Three. told this story in Buffalo
because lost my second one there.
Please read this document"
1t was doctors certificate of the
cause of death, with newspaper notice
pasted thereon.
''But you told it TO me year previ-
Gus in Pittsburgh" said the Pennsyl-
vanian.
mo doubt of it, sir. Please read
this. 1t relates to the death of my first
wife"
1t was some such document as the
other, and its genuineness could not be
doubted.
''And the story you told me at Pater-
son relates to the death of the third, ]
suppose?" queried the third accuser.
ut does. Here is the document" "
That paper was also straight. and the
first aceuser scratched his head, looked
puzzled, and finally said:
"Well. take it all back. You are
not an impostor. but excuse me and ac-
cept this half-dollar. when rise to re-
mark that you are stopping in house
next door to q fool"
And the thrice bereaved was sent
limping away with purse of about So
IN. !. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-06

over one hundred eonfonntled pink
with green. Two persons could not
recognize white-to them It was green
or pink.
An officer high in army circles sne-
gests that rs solution of the Indian
question the red man be enlisted in
the regular army. He says that they
make good soldiers but very poor farm
ers. The American army has found
the former to be a serious fact. while
the Interior Department has made al-
most an utter failure of converting
them into farmers.
When MIR. Browning's friends first
made known the poets Intention of be-
ing buried by his wife's side the Flor
enee authorities stated that Ii would
require an act OF parliament TO re-open
the old cemetery where Mrs Brown
ing was buried; but they have since
announced that, out Of respect To the
poets wishes they are willing to re-
move Mrs. Browning's remains and the
monument over her grave TO the new
cemetery.
An American lady who recently
visited Count Tolstoi, the great Rus
sian novelist. complains that he Is not
quite consistent in praeticing what he
breaches. He holds that there is some-
thing degrading in the mere handling
Of money and property, and according
~ delegates 10 the countess the control
OF the household and the entire man.
agemeut of his pecuniary affairs. She
observed, however that he has lux
uriopsly furnished study, and horses,
carriages. and servants NJ his COM
mand- although they are his wife's.
On the whole, the great man would app
pear to have been rather disappoint-
Ment