Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-02-18
MT. st. MNry's Items.

VII LIlc JtL luSS UkI. hCllhOltL
near Emmitsburg, aged II years
On the 14,h inst. Mrs. Susan Reeves in her
93rd year.
Recently in diminishing, q Mrs. Favoritc
quite an aged lady.
Mr.. Harry Althof is visiting his parents
arriving unexpectedly: he IS looking quite
well.
Ice harvesting is again the result of this
cold snap: the ice ls about three inches
thick.
CAUSE AND EFFECT during Friday and
Saturday nights last brilliant aurora ap.
peared in the northern heavens. 1t has been
noted that during the period of sun spots
that electrical and magnetic disturbances OIL
the earth are more pronounced and the i'm
mense spot that appeared on the sun last
week was followed by the aurora.
These sun spots are but the mark of i'm.
mense eruptions of the molten and gaseous
envelope that surrounds the sun and are
thousands Of miles deep and tens OF thous.
ands of miles IN diameter. The violence OF
these erLptions is inconceiyabe, the white
heated gases being e)ected with velocity
more than 1875 times greater than that OF the
swiflest cannon ball and reaching up in col
umns hundreds OF thousands OF miles in
height.
SHOULD HAVE ITS WEIGHT THE resolu-
tions adopted by the Taxpayers Association,
aeains, the hurried and inconsiderate sale Of
Baltimore City's interest in the w. NJ. r. r..
should have some effect governing the action
of the City Council We know too little
con corning the members that seem to be 30
active in this matter, to impute to them i'm
proper motives or to assert that they have
been "nAuenced," but their persistent en-
deayors to force or pro, ide for the sale of the
road, in the face Of the fact that there has
been no certain evidence pointing to gen.
eral desire upon the part Of the people Of the
CITY TO haye the road change hands and while
the reverse has been shown, puts the action
Of these men before the public for judgment
and as their persistence implies strong mo.
tive, 1t is hut fair to ask what motive2 We
believe that the underlying impulse is 10 he
found outside of and wholly foreign to Bal
timore CITY aud it's interests and while these
city officials may be earnestly endeavoring to
serve the clty's best interests in the matter,
we believe that they have been conyerted to
their present views by men who have self
ish interest in it and who have no thought
or care for Baltimore.
AT LAST, AFTER Gu! How LcNG THE
The Louisville Courier Journal offers q
sewing machine the New York Press gives
Sacred Sunday Concerts, the Frederick
Ne,cs gets School Marms' votes, the baby
gets the measels and the homely girl gets LETT;
after confusing barrels upon barrels of mid
night oil and Transforming tons upon tons
OF gray BRAIN matter into Transferable English
thought, we have at last lured from its Ep.
opten shades the potent sprite that wins
subscribers, shekels and success for country
newspaper publishers.
Like every other master effort OF the d..
vine principle of ingenuity, 1t has evolved
success upon lines 30 elementary and sym.
metrical. that it requires supreme effort, \
sort Of stick a. pin into. yourself operation, to
convice us that the idea is original, and a
rat ia tat Of the same thought upon our sen.
k0rium before our finite intelligence 10 in.
duced to accept the dictum a. one having
been ratiocinated according to the single
rule of three" Of mental processes 80 to speak.
And what is it.?
Be worth to your community and every
individual In 1t, more than they can, 10y OBJ
verying any standard rule OF business, be
worth to You!
This is the great Shek,nah, the Delphic
Oracle uttcrance, and we want 1t distinctly
understood that THE CAroCriS CLARION
Owns tho cppvright. Sclah