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Safe Roof building.

An architectural expert has recently
given some sound advice in the mat
ter Of safe roof building He premises
that the true principle is, first, to uI'-
derstand what the purpose is in the
building proposed, and to build to that
purpose. The ordinary method of
building should be reversed and the
roof planned first. The purpose of the
roofis not merely to keep out rain, but
it should also protect from changes of
weather, fire, etc. The ordinary roof
meets none of these points. The slate
cracks easily under either heat or cold,
admitting rain, attracting heat and in
viting contiagration.
Some Of the very best roofs are over
the Oldest factories, with solid framed,
Matched boards, covered with lined
mortar, upon which the shingles were
laid. The ideal roof is nearly tlat-an
entirely fat roof will shed rain. The
best way is to pitch the roof of indus
trial buildings toward the center, with
a pitch of only half an inch to foot.
This carries the water away through
charmed not exposed to frost, and ad
mits of much better advantages in the
matter of light in the upper story
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27
yVhv Some PeOple Mnrried.

The reasons that some men give for
having married some women are only
to be surpassed by the reasons some
women give for marrying Some men.
There was the man who married his
wife because she was left handed, and
it amused him to see her sew with the
off hand, us he said There was the
young woman who married her lius
band because he was fat, and was so
handy to sit on her books of autumn
leaves in the fall and press them. Then
there was another woman, presumably
not so young, who finally married the
man who had courted her faithfully
for eleven years, because, as she after
ward Accounted for it, ''he had wore
his chair in their scttin' room plumb
out a settin' in it SO many years, an
since the he'd to be a new one bought,
she thought 'tmight is we'll be fur
themselves, n on their own account"
New York Evening Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27
Two Sides Of a Subject.

This Is what Il Partisan marquise
writes of the American girl: ut is her
life before the public, begun at the
earliest possible period at day school
and in boarding houses, which bestows
on her the free and easy manner which
makes her remarked upon whenever
she appears As soon us she enters SO
ciety she does exactly what comes into
her head. She goes alone to tn doe
tor, the dentist, the music master and
enrolls herself in the lists of clubs for
fencing, German, skating, reading,
baseball, singing, etc. She prefers the
society of men to that of women, etc. :"
And this is what the American girl an
sWers, IF she does all of which this
writer has pronounced her guilty it is
because of her security from insult in
thought or deed, in the true and never
failing courtesy of the American inan,
wlro, unlike the French critic, reter-
ences wo,nanhood itself more than the
,onventionality with which we would
surround and guard it. New York
Eveniiry Sun.
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A Carload Indicator.

A device that will enable railroad
elnp1oye to determine when car is
loaded consistent with safety or with
economical wear has been a long felt
want" in railroad circles An appara-
tus has been invented to supply this
demand, and owing to its simplicity it
is likely to come into great favor. The
device consists of two distinct parts,
the upper part being attached to the
truck, above the spring on the side of
the car, while the other part is fixed
below the spring. An adjustable pin
is carried by the top part, and the bot
tom end of this touches an index finger
that works over the dial of the bottom
piece. When the apparatus is once ad-
justed the index, as the car is loaded,
will indicate ON the dial full load" or
"overloaded," as the case may be-
Philadelphia Record.
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Select Siftillgs.
cent. were coltred.

The mean height of land above sea
level is 1880 feet.
Chinese physicians prescribe cats
meat as a remedy for lung diseases.
Tobacco was taken to Europe by the
Spaniards early in the sixteenth cen
tury was introduced into England by
Raleigh In 1855.
Checkers or drauShts were kHowa to
the ancient Egyptians. and pictures
1000 years old represent quarrel over
the game.
james Eunciman is said to haye
written his "Dream of the North Sea-
which contains 10000 words, in eight
days and with one pen.
When child dies in Greenland the
native parents bury a irving dog with
it, the dog to be used by the child as a
guide to the other world >s..' ~.
1t is stated as curious fact that su-
icide is more prevalent in warm than
in cool weather, Extreme heat breeds
both melancholy and desperation.
Stockings made from human hair are
worn by Chinese fisherman as the best
preventive of wet feet. They are
drawn over ordinary cotton stockings,
being to rough tor putting near the SKIN
The largest sum ever asked or offered
for single diamond was 50 10000,
which the Prince of Hyberadad, in In.
dia, agreed to give the jeweler who then
owned the Imperial which is considered
the finest stone IN the world.
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DiSappOinted.

\ dear old lady who was taken to
see the sights, not long ago, in the city
where her children live. was one night
passing with her daughter hugo build.
ing full of electric light plant" They
paused by basement window and
looked down among the swiftly whirl.
ing bands and moving wheels.
''ls this a fhctoryf asked the mother.
mo; it's where they mako electricity
for the electric light. don't know
just how they do it, but John will ex-
plain it to us when we get home"
What turns tho machinery, Nal
viny?"
''Steam, suppose. There's an en-
gine Oh the other side of the room. I've
often seen it from the back windows"
"And does all this have to go on,
night arter night, for the city to be
lightedr'
"Yes, mother"
"WelI, don't want TO hear another
word about electric lights" said the old
lady emphatically. Il thought cleo
tricity was gift of natur'. FREQ to oil,
but accordin' to- this, you've got to
work as hard for it Us if twas common
gas or kerosene. youths Companion
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Mehanutown Frederick County, Maryland Thursday October Il, 1892
THE TOUGH AND THE DUDE.
A Very Rash Bum Goes Into an 1nvOlun'
tary Sleep for q Foolish Act.

A Very Rash Bum Goes Into an Involun-
tary Sleep for q Foolish Act.
Probably one of the most surprised
bullies that ever attempted to make
game of a man now nurses black eye
and a broken nose down on the South
Side, where he lives. He was standing
in the doorway of Grand avenue store
a few nights since talking With another
tough man and leering at every man
and woman that CHANGED to pass that
way, when under the electric light
which bids the weary wayfarer welcome
III front of the Plankington House, he
saw what he was pleased to call a dude
coming in their direction smoking
cigar.
"D'ye see ther dude comm, Nsbys"
he said to his companion.
eyes, an tink it's dirty shame dat
he is spoilin' dat nice cigar when he is
only fit to smoke cigarettes"
Oats fact, me boy, an I'm blamed
If intend to stand it. See7"
"What you going to do about it7''
'tust watch ME an if don't have
dat cigar inside of a minute den III eat
me hat, dat's ALL"
As the young man drew hear the
bully stepped from the door, and, ap-
preaching the uns,ispecting pedestrian,
said
Say, me lad, let me take your cigar
will you?"
The young man, thinking that the
fellow desired Il light, knocked the
ashes off his weed and handed it to the
stranger, who, with a smile, placed it
between his teeth.
"What do you mean by that3' asked
the astonished young fellow rs he saw
the use his cigar had been put to.
"Oh! dat's all right, bub, " said the
tough man, "dis is pleasant little
way dat have when time hangs heav-
lily on my hands. Run on home now
or your mother will be worried, seer
''Ycs, think that see," replied the
young man, as he stepped up in front
of the loafer, but, strange as it may
seem, my mother is not in the habit OF
getting worried, and there Is no occa-
sion of my shortening my stay with
you. Besides, I, too, have n pleasant
little way of my own to pass away the
time when the same hangs heavily
npon my hands. 1t is something like
this'--
In another moment the bully was
stretched out on the sidewalk with one
eye closed. and when he arose q blow
on the bridge of his nose once more
laid him out The young man whom
he had sized up as d,!de turned out
to be one of the crack boxers in the
gymnasium. and two blows of his Scicn
tihc list had been sufficient to put the
tough 10 siecp.-Pecl's Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27
No. 28
NJ issing Links.

The best draft horses in the country
are reared in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The favor of an ostrich egg is excel
lent. and one egg makes all ordinary
meal.
More than l,3OO,0 900 copies of Zolas
novels, exclusive of tra,,slations, have
been sold.
The fvst folio 1923 edition of Shake.
speare is under process Of reproduction
by photography.
During the last financial year the
German Government paid away 81,
5000 IN pensions to naval and mill
tary officers.
Out OF ffty-two artists who have
been singing this season at Covent Gar.
den (London) Italian Opera only four
are genuine Italians.
The religious fatalism in the Hindoo's
life extends also to their intellectual
state. In grammar, as IN faith, Kismet
rules supreme.
The great cantilever bridge at Mag
ara Falls is entirely composed of stelI.
1t is $40 feet long, weighs 5000 tons
and cost 100000.
In England they do not chew gum,
looking at the habit as vulgar and low,
but the Australians have already
taken kindly to 1t and are ndulging
freely.
The Military Weekly Of Berlin says
that there have been 1874 ministers Of
war in SPAN during the century, the
average time Of service being six
months.
A Dexter woman became 80 inf;.tua-
ted with the Christian scientist theory
that she land away her false teeth,
thinking that her natural ones would
grow agaitl.
Out of total of 1904 paupers in
almhouses in the United States in the
year covered by the eleventh census 9l.-
l5 per cent were white and 8 IS per
cent. were coltred.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27
THE CASPIAN CHANGING ITS LEVEL.
At the Neginnin. of the Christian Era 1t
Was Level will, the Ocean.

At the Beginnin. of the Christian Era 1t
Was Level with the Ocean.
The Caspian sea lies eIghty-fivc feet
below the level of the Black sea, and is
the greatest body of water in the world
lying below the sea level 1t is remark
able not only for this fact, but for the
changes that have occurred in it's level.
About the First century of our era there
is no doubt that the level of the sea
stood eighty-fve feet above its present
horizon, and of course spread over a
vastly more extensive area than at
present. The Russian Geographical
society has printed a treatise, written
by N. M. Philipof, on these remarkable
changes of level. Since the early part
of the Christian era a general and grad
ual decline of the level Of the sea has
taken place,
In the Eighteenth century, however,
there appear to have been a few
periods when the level rose. From the
beginning of the present century there
has been fall, but since 1866, Judging
from recent observations, the level has
been higher. Lieutenant solSolof, Il
naval officer, while working in the Cas-
plan region from 1S43 to 1S4S collected
much information. He found that in
the present century the level had stead
lily fallen, just as in the last century it
had risen, catsing great apprehension
among the inhabitants of an inunda-
ton and giving rise to the belief in
periodical variations every thirteen
years.
Lcrch. while in Baku in 1874 and
1747, found submerged buildings which
had stood on dry land thirty years be-
fore, and he mentions a saying Of the
Persians that the sea rose and fell al
tcrnately every thirty years.
Mr. Phiipof has made a special study
of the whole question. Inquiring into
the causes of these changes of level, he
finds variety of influences at work,
such as wind driving the water toward
certain coasts, temperature of the mir
causing in summer evaporation and
consequent fall in level, and in winter
cold producing a rise in level. Rivers,
rain and earthquakes are also among
the active agencies, causing tiuctua-
tions from month to month and from
day to day.-Goldthwaite's Geograpil-
ical Magazine.
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Domestic Measurements.

Soft butter the size Of an egg weighs
one ounce.
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to one
tablespoonful.
One pint of coffee A sugar weighs IL
oahces.
One pint Of best brown sugar weighs
l3 ounces.
One quart of sifted -four, we'll heaped,
weighs one pound.
Two teacuptuls, level, Of granulated
sugar. weigh one pound.
Two teacupfhls of soft butter, WELL
packed, weigh one pound.
One and one third pints Of powdered
sugar weigh one pound.
One pint, heaped, Of eranulated sug-
ar weighs fourteen ounces.
Two tablespoonftt's Of powdered sug'
al or -four weigh one ounce.
Two and one half teacupfuls. leYel,
Of the best brown sugar wergh one
pound.
One tablespoonful, we'll heaped, Of
granulated, coffee A or best brown sug4
ar, equals one ounce.
Two teacupfuls, we'll heaped. of coffes
A sugar weigh one pound
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27
The Lesson of Love.

Our lives would be better, our
thoughts nobler, our hearts larger, our
faith more real, odr words more chari
table, if we would, once for all, learn the
lesson of the law and the prophets,
which is not to glide along the razor's
edge of scholastic doglnas, nor to wear
formulas threadbare by conventional
iteration, but to love God and to do
good to our neighbor. or.-Farrar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-10-27

1t was bff Friday that Columbus set
sail from Palos. Friday he first saw
the new world. Friday he reached
Palcs on bis return. The 40Oth ami
versary of the discovery falls on Friday
and on Friday this country was chris
tened after Americus Vespucius. the
Flo,eutine dlscoyerer.
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Ants We're Excom mmunlcatcds

On more than one occasion ants have
done SO much damage in converts and
elsewhere as to be formally excormnu-
nicated by the church of Rome. In
South Africa the hills of the white ants,
known as ''termites," have often been
employed for the purposes Of torture,
the human victims being partly buried
in one of the heaps and left there until
his flesh was eaten from his bones -
Interview in Washington Star.
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Hillie's Lesson.

Given school has its pleasures" said
Willie.
"You have found that out, have
you2" asked his teacher.
eyes. l amt been to school yet but
what it let out before tha day WIS
over. - uarper's Bazar.
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IHE CATOC7IN CLARION
Church Directory,

,,crormcd Church-Rcv. G. A, Whitmoic
.as or Weekly Lectures Tuesday evenlr=,
/ Getting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
v elncsday evening. Regular services
Yrpointment from tho pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rev. J. II. Barb, pas
tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ and 65O +.
N. Sunday School, 9 P M. Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, GAS p. NJ
Unitcl Brethren Church-Mite Society
,econd and Fourth Wednesday.
Sunday School ; P. M.
Prayci Meeting every Thursday evening.
Regular Services by appointment from the
,ulpit.
Morayian Church: Rev J. j. RIckscckcr,
stor, Services in MechaniCslown every
% weeks, alternating morning and evening,
accllam, every Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. j.
+. F. Gray Pastor Services every alternate
Sunday at 10 A. NJ. Sunday School A. NJ.
Irayer Meeting every Thursday evening ut :
/. NJ
United Brethren Church-Rev A. N.
tIorn Pastor. Services every alterln'e
sunday at 3 p. M. Sunday School every
sunday ut p. M. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at Z p NJ.
81. Stephens Church Protestant Episoo-
nal.-Rev. Dewitt c, Loop. Pastor. Ser
vices every Sun 'ay at 1890 H. M, except ON
tn Sunday in the month then at night
Evening Prayer, Fridays, at Z.
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,Ehe Art TOnsOri:il
MIR. AMOS LUCAS,

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arrived ut the conclusion that The
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he can bring lis business to the
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POONING AND DTEING
In the latest style o1 the art tonsorlal.
SHARP RAZORS AND A CLEAN
SHAVE
Is the motto of this entcrprising artist, and
by strict attention to business can't hclr
but please all. win be IN his shop at MI
times,
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No British sovereign has vetoed Il
Parliamentary bill during the past lo5
years.
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hi0NOCACY VALLEY DAD.

New TINE r, s1n.-On anA 'f,cr Wed,
,'stlay August 22nn, 1887, trains on the No
ocaoy Valley Railroad will run as follows:
I4eayc Mtchanlcstown
7 A. VI. II A. NJ. 6 50 p. NJ
Leave Catoclin Furnaces,
e.2) A. NJ. SIS p. Nj.
Tickets Tor sale at MecaanicstoEn by Mr..
] ank Hcsson.
Local Freight will Ire delivered on all
trains.
). Schley, Pres. l.. r. Wacsche, Supt.
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NANSILIl, II. l., March T. 1871
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Thousand THANKS to your renedY.
PHILIP MONGEON.
05 PROSPECT ST.. NEwAilk. N. j.. harch2, iSJl.
| got so,,a Of ras:ol Kocrig Ner9e Tom
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n!so know friends OF Mia" "ho used ii aiIl SOY
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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-27
AS ACANDIDATE-

One can believe anything prejudices
or interests desire about Mr.. BLAINE
in his relation to the Minneapolis can
didacy or his physical condition. 1t is
not matter of great concern TO Demo-
Gratis whether BLAINE, HARRISON or
some other man IS nominated by the
Republicans. BLAINE is the only
man the Democrats have been able to
defeat in thirty years, and the fancy
that he has become political cyclone
since his defeat, and has tremeildous
bosom that will sweep away all oppos-
ing forces. is purely romantic.H may
be doubted that the men who are work
ing the BLAINE racket SO furiousIg lust
now really expect to effect more than
to make the nomination of HAIR.
RISoN impossible, and bring in some
plant servitor Of the bosses. But if
BLAINE should surprise them by taking
the nomination, the pyroteehnics and
hullaballoo over it would not shake the
Democratic forces. 1t is doubtful If he
would prove as strong candidate as
last time. 1t would be impossible to
dissipate the impression that he had
played a deceptive role at the ex-
pense of the president and his own
honor. Early transactions would come
up in an ugly way ,eonfirmatory Of sinu-
Gus characteristics. In the fierce light
of the intense campaign, the charity
that cloalIs unpleasant things SO often
would not get in much work. The
method Of reaching the nomination
would be source of embar-
rassment and weakness. In the