Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-08-18

The Chinese pay Cnclr NOCtOI OlIy 81 U"S
as he keeps them in health They believe, ii
preventing rather than curing disease. Ills
IS sound sense, and one of the strongest rec
ommen cations of Ayers Sarsaparlla. med
,cine which not only cures diseases but pre-
vents them.
SERENADE.-The Mechanlcstown Cornc
Band stopped in town on their way home
from the Rocky Springs picnic Saturday .ant
rendered free concert in the Court House
Park. The music rendered was Of the high
eat order, and of especial note was the rendi
ton of "Annie Laurie" and "Home Swec,
Home" which was fully mastered by theiI
able leader, Prof G.. F. Fleishhaucr.-Ne'os
TEACHERs.-The following ASST tan'
teachers haye been appointed:
Creagerstown-Emma Dcvllbiss.
Emmitsburg-Fannie Frallcy.
Wolfsvillc-John o. Hays.
Sablllasvlllc-John P. Harbaugh.
Neutrality-suspicious. Shaw.
Franklinville-MissB yrdc Jones.
Mechanicstown--F assistant, Fannie
Landers second assistant, Ella M. Pampcl
third assistant. NJ. Beth Fir0r.
The recent hot weather has been death
warrant to the fish in the Potomac river in
and about Cumberland. The water Is shall
low, and has got so hot that the fish crowded
into the streams and inlc,s in great quantities
in some small place being so closely packed
together that they were scoopcd out with the
hand. Along the banks thousands of dead
fish arc floating, and many are languidly
lying in the shade along bluffs hardly living,
-Williamssort Leaaer.
The Sunday law Is being enforced IN Ha-
gerstown. Two druggists have been fined
$22 90 apiece for selling soda water. Under
the law first otfense suffers penalty OF
$50; second ofcnse $50 TO $500 and Toto 30
days in Jail; the informant gets half of the
fine but no part of the time in Jail, which was
probably al oversight III the drafting of the
law. Even medicines. except upon the pre-
scription of physician are prescribed under
the law, so that if baby gets the collie, par
egoric can be purchased only by paying for
a prescription first, Hagcrstown Is nothing
if not radi al.
The interrogation mark or point (?) was
originally 90 and co. the latter placed
under the former. They were SIMPLY the
first and last letters of the Latin word
"qucslio" SO, too, with the sign of cxca'
nation or interject,on O. In its original
purity it was a combination of "i' and 20
the latter underneath rs III the question mark.
The two stood for 40" the Latin cxclama
ton for joy. The paragraph mark is Greek
"p' the initial OF the word paragraph. The
early printers employed dagger (t) to show
that a word or sentence was Objectionable
and should be cut out.
Mr. Thomas Bate. editor Of the Graphic,
Arkansas, has found what he
believes to he the best remedy IN existence
for the huX. His experience IS well worth
lie says: "Last summer |
had very severe attack Of i]ux. I tried al
most every known remedy, none giving re-
lief Chambcrhin's Collie, Cholera and Di
arrhca Remedy was recommended to me.
purchased bottle and received almost I'M
mediate relief continued to use the med
ic,nc and was entirely cured. take pleas.
urc in recommending this remedy to any
person suffering with such disease, as in
nv opinion it is the best medicine in exist.
ence. % and so cent bottles for sale at
Waters Pharmacy.
NUISANCE AT BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT. The
County Commissioners are in receipt of a
communication from Secretary Chancellor
of the State Board of Health, referring to
them, as OK officlo a local board of health
for this county, a complaint received by him
OF the sanitary condition of Blue Ridge Sum
nit, caused by the condition of hog pens, out
houses, &c. The board IS requested to in
vcsligatc and abate the nuisance complained
of in accordance with the act Of assembly OF
1886, or direct the county health officer to dc
so under the provisions of the rules and reg
ulations established by the State Board OF
Health under the act of 1892. He enclosed
copy of the law of 1886 and also rules and
regulations for the sanitary protection OF
towns and villages
Got the Mitten Es cry Time.
II can marry any girl please was his
exclamation, but unfortunately then he did
not please any; and there wasa plain reason
for it. He had contracted catarrh of the
worst form, and, although a wealthy, cduca
ted, attractive person every other way. he
was positively repulsivc to his lady friends
q number of whom rejected his offers OF mar
riage. A friend advised him to use DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Hctook his advice
and now is the most popular beau in town
and he really can "marry any girl he pleas
e." to ask. 1t made his breath pure and
sweet, he has no headache, no offensive dis
charges from the nose, in short, is IN perfect
health, and all from using few bottles OF
DR.. Sagc's Catarrl.
THE "SUN" INCoRpoRATED.-That bright
luminary-thc Baltimore Sun was incor
porated Tuesday the 9th INST, with the CAPT
tai stock at 100000 Messrs. Edwin Abel
and George w. Abel, the present owners
and publishers, and the same parties as trus
tees of the infant children of the late Walter
r. Abel, filed the certificate OF incorporation