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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rcv G. A, WhtmoTe
nas or. Weekly Lectures Tuesday evening.
Meeting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
Wednesday evening. Regular services ny
appointment from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rev. J. H. Barb pas
tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ. and $50 p.
NJ. Sunday School, 3. P. M. Prayer Meet
ing, "Wednesday, GAS P. NJ.
Moravian Church, (Mcchanicstown) Rev.
T.. W. HrYbst Pastor Preaching every Sun
,ay, alternating morning and evening"
] raycr Meeting every Friday evening Sun
day School 9 o'clock. a. m.
Moravlan Church (Graceham) Rev. II. W.
Herbst, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday, alternating NOR
King and evening.
Mite Society every Monday evening.
PRAYER Meeting every Wednesday evening.
United Brethren Churcll-Mite Socicly
Second and Fourth Wednesday
Sunday School 2 p. NJ.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
Regular Services by appointment from the
tulpit.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. }.
F. f. Gray Pastor. Services every alternate
sunday at 10 A. NJ Sunday School 9 A. NJ.
Ersyer Meeting every Thursday evening At :
=, NJ.
United Brethren Church-Ilev G. j..
Roudabush Pastor. Services every alternate
Sunday at y. IN. Sunday School every
Sunday ut . p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at 7 p ~.
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WHICH ROAD.

If you could 60 back to the forks of tho
road
Back the long miles you haYe Car ried the
load;
Back to the place where you had to de-
eide
BY this way or that through your life to
abide;
Back of the sorrow and back of the care !;
Back to the place where the future was
fair
Ifyou were there now, decision to make,
Oh, pilgrim of sorrow, which road would
you take?
Then, after you'd trodden the other long
track,
Suppose that again to the forks you went
back,
Afcr you found that its promises fair
Were but Il teluslon that led to Il SNARE
That the road you first travelled with signs
and unrest,
Though drcary and rough was most gra-
ciously blcst
With balm for each bruisc and a charm for
car ache
On, pilgrim of sorrow, which road would
you take?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12
No. IS.
Good Nature.
(WoMAN's ILLUSTRATED WORLDLY

(WoMAN's ILLUSTRATED WORLDLY
Perhaps there is no quality of the
human character which Is at once so
Familiarity spoken about and so little
understood as good nature. Nothing
in the world is easier than to establish
q claim to the possession of this excel
lent gift; nothing in the world is more
difficult than to disprove pretentions
thus grounded on appearances. and
by showing that what processes to be
good nature is merely vanity or laziness
reduce them to their proper level.
"Oh, he is so good-natured " We hear
people say Of some man whom we know.
to be good in no sense of the word
except, indeed, that he is good for moth:
ing; he would never stir a finger to
help fellow creature he would never
deny himself IN the smallest particu-
lar to rescue his nearest and dearest
from want and misery. How, then,
has he gained the cogno.hen by doing
nothing at ell to deserve it. A pleas
ant, easy going manner, that gives the
impression of Willingness to do much
for those around him, while at the same
time 1t commits HIM to nothing
sympathetic smile, a jovlal laugh these
are all that are necessary 70 convince
the world of his good nature, and am
ply do they serve their purpose. An
easy temper is the one indispensable
qualification without which no one can
ever be credited with the possession Of
good nature in this sense, and 1t Is a
characteristic which is very otter con-
founded with it. Thus natural lnd)-
lence and apathetic indifference-by
no means fine or attractive qualities IN
Observation-Disclosures assume VIZ
tue though they "have it not, and
pose as good nature so successfully that
it takes keen eye and sympathetic
heart to detect the imposture. Ill
temper alone dlsquali6es man or woman
for the assumption of this character.
and the fact that person may possess
a dozen nobler and better gifts can
never compensate for this one defect.
Thus many of the noblest natures the
world has ever known were not good
natured in this sense of the term, quite
the contrary. Those who take life
seriously, who are in earnest about it
themselves, are rarely easy going; they
can not look on with careless inuitfer-
ence at folly and sin; they can not take
things lightly and smile indulgently
while bad grows worse, and white turns
gray, or deepens into black. They
must be up and doing; where they dis.
approve they must interfere; when
they feel. they must speak, and speak
strongly, too. Such natures as these
are good-thoroughly good, but they
are not good natured in the ordinary
acceptation Of the term. They are too
conscientious for that, and this very
conscientiousness will often make them
not little difficult to get on with.
They may not be bad-tempered, far
from that, but they will be too much in
earnest to be easy tempered, and to
many persons who fail to understandor
appreciate their motives, this appears
to be very much the same thing.
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and nll other pat cnt causes in the Patent Or
flee and before the Courts promptly and care
fully attended to.
Upoa receipt Of model or shetch cf inoentton
! make caretul erap,,nntio,,, and ado'se as to
l,ateatabt5tty Free of CAa,ge
FEES MODERATE, and I make NO
CHA RGE UNLESS PATENT IS SECUR-
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Near US, Patent Office.
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An old philosopher SAID {: He never
once regretted having held his tongue,
but very often felt sorry for having
srokcn.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

Chicago girls never find 1t hard to
elope. They make rope ladders Of their
shoe strings.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

The boy who expects to be prize
fighter lets his mother carry the mark
ct basket.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

Corn is an emblem of peace, but 1t
is never appreciated until it gets OH its
ear.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

A grass widow is not a woman whose
husband died from hay fever.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

Ignorance is not disgraceful if one is
trying his best to learn, but like power.
ty it is very inconvenient.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

A wise editor wants to know why
people say man feels his oats when
he only feels his rye.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

Don't take too much interest in your
neighbours affairs. Six per cent will
do.
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Poets take in the beauty Of nature.
Their wives take in washing.
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R|ON0CACy VALLEY ABROAD.

New TINE TAsLE.-On an ,ftcr Wed
,c>day Augu.t 23nd, 1887, trains on the Mo-
! ocacy Valley Rulroad will run as follows:
Lcaye Mechanlcstown
Z 4. NJ. II a. NJ. q % T. Nj.
Leave Catoclin Furnaces,
go A. NJ. 3i5 p. NJ.
Tickets Tor sale at MecnanicstCwn by Mr.
rank IIcsson.
Local Freight will DE delivered on all
rams.
5. Sch1cy, Pres. L.R. Wacsche, Supt.
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Whv do hens always lay eggs in day
time They are roosters at night.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

1t Is easier to take care Of a peck of
tleaS than one woman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

A woman's right--the right to a
husband, if she can get one.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-02-12

If you intend to be a mill olalre new.
Ell visit church fair.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
A NEW FREAKIS TOWN.

A most amusing character appeared in
town yesterday. He came in from one of
the western counties. He came in with
an old fashioned OK team. His wife wore
a sunbonnet, and his covered wagon was
filed with children. There was lean
dog under his wagon as he trailed across
the Big river bridge. His team showed
hard times and his beard, long unkempt
and shaggy, held fine accumulation of
western sand and cookie burs. Our rural
friend entertained crowd of people at the
corner of Douglas avenue and Water
street for fully an hour. He discussed the
most stupendous economic questions of the
day. Finance to him was mere bagatelle.
He favored the sub-treasury scheme.
He had the national debt at his
tongues end He revealed in figures.
He was way up on the Botkin
case, and looked upon Jerry Simpson as a
patron saint. He said among other aston
ishing things, that the crops had been
light in his locality for several years past,
but this he regarded as special dispense
ton of Providence, because the farmers
had been idle, and had not been detained
in their crops. The had had plenty of time
to read up on the great economic ques-
tions of the day, and said the man from
the western county in burst Of enthusi-
asm, 1--WE now know what our rights
are" Some farmer in the crowd who lives
in Sedgwick county, and who has just put
eighty acres of very fine wheat into the
stack. said that such man should be
taken out and shot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
CITY TENNIS CHAMPIONS.

The finishing games in doubles were
called at 6:3S p. M, yesterday, the courts
having been rolled since the rain, were
in good shape. Evans and Hallowell VS..
Lewis and Knight were first called. E.
and II. lost the deciding by score of G
to 2. Total score 6 to 2; 0 to 6; B to 2.
Anawalt and Cushman then played
their deciding set with Kelly and Moffat
and lost by q score of to g. their total
score being 2 to 6; 6 to 1; 6 to 3.
The finals were then called and the con-
testants Lewis and Knight VS..
Kelly and Moffat took their place
Much brilliant playing was done on both
sides, but the superior net play and placing
of Knight won the first net for l.. 7.
Knight by a score Of so The second wa s
a very hard fought one, but was finally
won by Lewis and Knight by score of 60,
thus making them the champions in dou-
bles. Mr. Knight was then prese nted with
a neat silver medal, on which was en-
graved: "Wichita championship. singles;
July 4, 81" by virtue of his winning the
singles on the 4th, and Fritz w. Lewis
and Mr.. Knight were each presented with
a similar medal as tokens of their being
the champions of the city in doubles. The
play was then adjourned, to play again on
the first occasion.
1t is rumored that Messrs Breden s. Co.,
Of Runnymede, are to be soon invited up
to play with our boys
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
THAT RAIN AND THE CORN.

And it rained all night night before last,
all through the night, from little after
dark until o'clock next morning, twelve
long hours. It hadn't rained for nine
days, but there had been two days of high
winds and dust had begun to fly. The all
nights rain was very quiet saturating
drizzle-drizzle without wind and with but
little electricity. The rain was not want
ed particularly, but still it was a big thing
for the corn, which would have needed
rain before the present week was out prob
ably. The corn stand is immense Much
of it would mature in a big yield should
no more rain fall But to make it the big
gest yield per acre possible another rain
within week or two would just ELL the
bill. There have been some phenomenal
corn crops raised in this valley, but an
other big rain between now and the first
day of August will result in some enor-
nous yields Of anywhere from seventy to
one hundred bushels to the acre. BY the
fifteenth Of August, or one month from
now, seventy-five per cent. of the corn of
the half dozen counties of this lower val
ley will be matured. The great harvests
OF wheat and oats and fruits and grasses
already secured are all valuable and all
right, but a big corn yield means big fat
steers and numerous pigs, which in turn
mean money, profitable money and much
money
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
AT THE TABERNACLE.

The usual service of song, directed by
! Prof. Halves, awakened The minds and
hearts of all and could not fail to prepare
| them for the more earnest reception of Jh Q
seed Of the kingdom-God's holy word
Modern evangeliZing songs are for more
! potent and lasting in their influence and
results, than the inconsiderate participant
or nearer may think. Many hard heart
and Indifferent conscience has been pierced
and moved to holy desires and resulted in
their conversion.
! Subject of discourse was, There is no
! difference" In the discussion Of this
theme we were very especially re-impressed
with the versatility and seeming con-
trariety of topics and methods of anal ysis
that characterize Evangelist Updike as
public speaker. The unwearied and
constant attendance of hundreds
and even thousands of people
for weeks and even months night and day
is not attributable to the fact that the
Bible is not equally an open book to other
men, but to the happy faculty with which
he is especially endowed by which with
great simplicity and even greater empha-
sis he brings all to bear on the minds and
hearts of all who wait on his ministry.
In partial application of his subject this
evening he quoted the Scripture, There is
no difference between the jew and the
Greek for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all who call upon Him" Just so it
is in the evangelist's preaching-"There is
no difference; old and young great and
small, rich and poor, wise or
unwise-every class, clan or tribe
and nationality are the same to
Him in the light of the divine
word and will. In word He is a great
religious ''commoner" There is no diff
ference" Christ died for au-God loves
all-the Gospel is for all-"whosoever will
may come and drink of the water of life
freely" Death knows mo difference.
he says as / write. Death will not know
the difference you may cherish. Death
exclaims there is no difference" Judg-
ment says The dead, small and great,
shall stand before God aud the books
shall be opened and every man shall re-
ceive according to his works" There is
no difference"
Twenty-three persons responded TO the
invitations. An unusually large number
of men of mature age and some men and
women with whitened locks responded to
the Gospel call.
Meeting at South Lawrence avenue
church at $50 and preaching at the taber-
nacle at S p. m. Subject, What Little
Child Can Do"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
A FEEDER RATE FOR OUR STOCK YARDS.

Some time since the Wichita Union
stock yards began proceedings before the
state board of railway commissioners, ask
ing that the same rates be accorded the
Wichita yards as heretofore given to Kan
sas City on feeding steers. All of the rail
way companies centering at this city were
made respondents in the complaint. The
rate on feeding steers out of Kansas City
has always been IS per cent of the in-ship-
ment. This rate was asked by the yards
here. Without bringing the case to a
hearing the rate has been accorded to the
Wichita Union stock yards. AS shown by
the following letter received yesterday by
Senator Bentley, counsel for the yards.
The prayer of the complaint was brought
before the Trans Missouri Freight associa-
ton, was considered by that body and
notice was at once given to the state board
of railway commissioners. Here is the
letter to Senator Bentley:
TOPEKA, Kan, July IA. 1891.
Hon. O. Il. Bentley, Wichita Kan.
DEAR SIR:-The board direct me to in
form you that they are in receipt of infor
nation that at the last meeting of the
Trans Missouri Freight association, all
lines agreed to place Wichita on precisely
Uno same OASIS, Win reference TO SGOCk
cattle shipped out as now enjoyed by
Kansas City; that is, on stock cattle
shipped in, when re-shipped west to points
in Kansas, they are taken at rs per cent of
the east-bound rate.
BY reference to local live stock tariff
3815-B, Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe,
taking effect August l, and amendment
to tariff &c applying from Missouri river
it will be found that the rates to Wichita
and Missouri river have been lined up. 1t
therefore leaves that part of the complaint
having reference to the seventy-five mile
limit to be considered. Kindly inform
the board of your wishes in the matter.
Yours truly, CHAS. S. ELLIOTT,
Secretary Kansas State Railroad Commits
sioners.
AS will be seen the rate takes effect on
August l proximo. This rate, with the
abundant rainfall and the sure corn pros
pect ahead, makes the cattle men at the
yards feel very jubilant.
Gradually the great question of railway
rates is being solved by this city. OF late
all that is within reason has been granted,
and in a most graceful way. As a promi-
nent business man of this city said yester-
day, ''the rate question is the key to the
whole situation, and we are getting there"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
A Mrss1vE FROM a wANDERER.
STARVATION CAMP,
NEAR WAGON WHEEL GAP,


July II, 1891.
Dear Colonel
On the 9TH inst, our progress on the
Catamaran came TO determination, as
no further advance could be made, owing
to the ice pack, which surrounded US on
all sides
We disembarked off Cape AIamoea,
and made the rest of the journey on dog
sledges hired of the natives After facing
danger of freezing, and attacks from Polar
bears which environed us for some hours,
we discovered an abandoned cairn, which
afforded us shelter until our supply of
pemmican gave out, when we were COM
when we had almost despaired, Max
killed wallrus, which saved US from the
pangs of hunger. Early this morning our
eyes were gladened by the sight of the
Rio Grande. The river was frozen solid
in an hours time. With the aid of
a diamond drill we sank a ten
foot shaft. and were rewarded
by the discovery of a true assure vein of
speckled beauties, an assay proved it to be
703 ounces to the ton. We charged drill
hole with a dynamite cartridge, which
loosened over hundred ton of ice, encom-
passing several hundred two and three
pound trout, which scattered in all direc-
lions as soon as released from their icy
confinement. With the use of a pack of
grey hounds we captured over two hun
dred head in few hours. The sledge dogs
we found useless for this exciting sport.
The oldest and most knowing fish. with
wonderful accumen and agility, run up
trees overhanging the water, while the
dogs sat at the foot baying for them to
come down. Instead of so doing, how
ever, they simply jumped from limb to
limb until an overhanging branch
was reached, when they dropped in
the prospect hole, from thence the
transition to their native element
was quickly accomplished, and the dis
gusted dogs howled over their disappoint-
ments. Lieut.. CORN has just taken an
observation but found the observatory had
been frozen and the observe, rendered
useless for scientific or medicinal pur-
poses. We are located on the west side of
an immense iceberg AS soon as it will
move we shall move with it.
Frigidly and hungrily yours,
o. w. A.
P. S. The above is not for publication
under any circumstance.
P. P. S. Should have written you before
but was afraid you would publish it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
6 |! Z {
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How a Chinese DrugEist Prescrlbo..

How n Chinese Druggist Prescribos.
The Chinese druggist and his clerks
wear the same naughty and secretive airs
which so become their Caucasian co-labor-
ers.s Should an ailing fellow countryman
call at the establishment TO have his pains
relieved and his ills cured, he merely steps
into the store. The druggists knowledge
Of Monaghan diseases enables him 90 dag
nose ut once where the seat OF the suffer
ing mans ailment lies. The wise and al
discerning pharmacist shrugs his should
ers and mutters word or two.
A clerk steps up 20 box and draws
forth dried snake, coiled and held in that
position by skewers. lie passes IL 10 an at
tendant, and while the patient is counting
out his two dollars the snake is reduced 20
powder and put in a paper package. Tho
sufferer goes his way with CLEAN Of hope
in his eyes, for every Chinese knows that
snake powder is a determined foe TO rheu-
matte pains.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Choppr LlttIe Gotham .

A New York lady said in my hearing the
other day, New York Is such a small
place after all" l asked her why. She
answered: "All there is of il Is from TWEEN
ty-third to Thirty-third street and from
Broadway to Fifth avenue. One meets the
same people every day, just as Ia small
town. New Workers, 10 avoid meeting
anybody they don't want 20 see. go over To-
Sixth avenue or below Twenty-third street
on Broadway, and it is just as effective a.
if they had gone over to Jersey City,
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
The -. rna.rst.na Human Natur..

One reason why saarpers succeed - vel
IN preyinE upon couatTy folks who CONS
70 the city seems 70 BE- that Strangers %
not knox how q say nc. They fssl alone
and unsupported and they lose their nerve.
50 that they can - Jed % 90 zaAaT foolish
things which they voaia net d s. hoDe-
This is wei illustrated az the ferry ho1ses-
Ldttle strees Arabs stand AZ The street
crossings in front q the ferries AID aecost
the strangers who have vslisFs, saying.
LET ne czrry tb2f for yo1. siFf'
TIE smsrtest q them DO ncE solclt AZ
al, bat rush Up and seize ths stranger
bagz, even uksag q little force. Il l. notice
able thai "a AZ lezss bali such cases the
csouzt-y uaea j.. the bays hare their way.
They arr abe - carry TIER oTn b7r5enz,
and really want 70 % 70, bot they seecs to
grow heipless with the frs wlin 81 the
city Gtmosphere.-SeyT York Eua.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

H. l. Jackson. Esq, chief engineer of
the Hutchinson and Southern railway
company, left for Hutchinson yesterday on
business. Mr.. jackson reports the proba.
bility of very early extension OF the
Hutchinson and Southern railway for 10C
miles into the Indian territory. II viii be
remembered that Wichita taps the new
line at Anthony by direct railway connec-
ton. The extension proposed will give 20
this city another feeder and another field.
Il will really mean another railway line
into the Indian territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
4 Cement Which n..i.t. Ala.

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