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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-05-25
Mechanndown Frederick County, Maryland Thursday May Is, '893

All. those were terrible hours that l
passed. and, night coming On, brought
nr 10 relief. Can you not guess what
| vas nleditating2 Coward that | was,
| had at last resolved on sofdestruc'ion.
! commenced my preparation with
the same calmneSs and deliberation that
| would have used in the most common
transaction. Iwrote short explana
ton for Carrie, another for Mr. Winston
and Il third for my poor mother, and |
sealed them all. In IL folrth envelope
enclosed he receipt to Mr.. Anderson
All bis accomplished | went to my
sccgetaire and took out my revolver.
HAyin; examined the cartridges to
make sure that there woulu be no fail
are sat down before the fire, and
lifting the revolver. | placed ITS cold
death like m,lZzle against my forehead,
In another second should have been
Iiteics,; bat just as my finger began to
u"e>s the trigger, there came Il tap on
my door. 1t startled ne, aud, hastily
concerning my weapon. called out that
| could admit no ont.
Not me, Fred .
knew Carries voice. and a
yearning to look Oh hes loved face, got
he mastery Of me. Quietly slirpln5
the telltale letters, which ! had eft on
the tabI, INTO my pocket, opened tie
door.
oh, Fred, You are really ilN
exclaimed Carrie, the moment the ligh:
fell on my face. Why did you hot
S,nl for me ? Aren't you better :?
'Wo,se, | answered. huskily; 'bn,
Carrle-good heavens.
a | uttered this reclamation start
ed back, aud then forward; and then
| Scarc'Iy know whatfor hanging across
Carries arm Was ny oyercoal. Recover
lng from my establishment. drew ont
81 $50 %.
You have heard about, and pethauc
cen, the 81 suIar capers Of Il mAdrnaJ
nr the wild antics of those Crazei with
rum. or groteaque danrinG Of saYages.
Well. Judging from what Carrie tod
'.e and from the Appearance Of my
apartment after it was over, am led -
believe that, We're it possible to con
crntratc the three above mentioned
species Of demons into one | was pos
sessrd thereby.
But cooled down after awhile. and
lust in Inc to savr Carrle's head a
thump from the chair had selected in
MY crazy waltz.
Teen asked for an explanation. It
"as the simplest thing imaginable, |
10 not know why had not thought OF
II before It was simply bIunder Of
Carries father. He had mistaken my
coat for his own, and worn it down
toNn, never dreaming that small for
tune was lying idly IN the pocket
sent Mr.. Anderson his receipt,
handed oyer the money to Winston,
and Went right on with my duties, a
wiser, and, | hope, better man,--
Brakes Magazine.
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P A 7 ( N ! S,

C"'to:s, Re- ISSUES and Trale Ntrks secured
nd all other patent causes in the Patent OF
Il and before the Courts promptly and care.
,ully attended to.
pon receipt If mabel or sketch IF inrsntion
ptt. 'tr'fH sstn,nGton, ami ndrtse az h
IN 'tfjNHy Free If Charge
FEES MODERATE. and | make NO
4 IlARGE UNLESS PATENT Is SECCR-
ID. Information, advice AMI special rctc.
e sent on application
4 LITTELL, Washington, d
NrAr t : Patent rtiice
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Henry l.. Pierce and President Grant.

Henry Wilson and Henry L..
Pierce" said we'll known teller Of
political stories, "wcrc great friends.
think Mr.. Pierce did what no other
man ever did with Il president of the
United States. Without consulting
Mr.. Pierce, President Grant made an
appointment in Boston which was
very distasteful to Mr.. Pierce, who
was at the time in congress. AS soon
as he heard of it he sought out Mr..
Wilson and both called on the presi.
dent, who refused to change his IDEAS
on the appointec.
with firmness and respect Mr..
Pierce, arising. said:
"'Mr. President, consider this ap.
pointment personal insult to me,
and | shall never forget it.
He never did, at least so far as
President Grant was concerned, ~
Boston Globe.
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Urinary Decoration.

In libraries rich hucs are necessary.
There arc, for example, reds, browns,
golden greens and orange, gobclrn
blue, sage green and terra Gotta.
Salmon pink and all light, delicate
colors are good for parlors. Deco
ratOr and FUrnisher.
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EMMITSBURG RAILROAD.
Daily Except Sunday.
NONoCkCY VALLEY AILROD.

%Kw TINS TAsLE.--Dn m after Wed
.siay Augu c2nd. 1897, trains on the Mo-
,oc.cv Valley Railroad will run as follows
Leave MechanIcstown
: \. NJ. Ii a. NJ. 655 =. NJ
Leave Catoclin Furnaces
s.25 A. NJ 3l5 p. ii.
Tickets Tor sale at MecaanicstG wn by Mr..
! ank Ilcsson.
Local Freight will be delivered on all
I; MS.
Z. Schlcy, Pres. l.. r. Wacschc, Supt.
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The MISSING COAT.
BY THOMAS G. MITCHELL.

| near i WAS 10 NcatH tllaI HlSho, JUG" "
year ago but as can now look back
and calmly recall each word, eact act, |
will write it down as a wa hing to al!
who may find themselves similarly cir.
cumstanced. hoping with all ny heart
tina, the number may be few.
In the first place, m name is Fred
erick Putnam am, and have been
for the last ten years, the foreman aud
book keeper of the large numbering es.
Establishment Of William Winston u Co.,
and hope to be for another decade, IN
! less something better turns up. Mir.
Winston is the resident partner ami
manager of tt manufacturing part of
The business. The other members OF
the firm, OF whom there are two, I'VE l"
tie city, at he foot of t.e lake, and at
tend to the sales Of lumber, which We
send them BY vessel,
THIS is by far the largest share G!
what the mill cuts, though the amount
of our sales directly from the MIL to
supply the county to the west o. us IS
quite large.
Well, one cold evening, just as was
preparing for home, heard footsteps
on the crouching snow outside, and
presently the office door flew open, AS
ihougL some one IN haste had gwen II
push, admitting II tall, stout, WELL
dressed man. with It small travelling
bag IN one hand and Il shaw oyer his
arm.
was alone. Mr.. Winston having
gone to the house some half an hcnr
before, locking the safe, IN winch we
kept our books and papers, and taking
the KEY with him as usual. had al
ready closed the damper to the stove,
PIT on NY overcoa; and was ust in the
act Of turning down the lamp-but 0:
course, | waited.
Good evening". sand the mali, bust,
ling up to the stove, and kicking the
damn Ell open with his foot. Has WIN
ston gone to the house:
answered that he had.
'Whcw 7 was afraid OF It.
He drew out his vatch-A very flee
one, | thought.
i shall not have time to 20 up, hr
SAID. The train is due in fifteen nn-
utes
is there anything can do? | asked
i want to leave some money with
Winston. / intended to stop in town
day or two, but have just got dss
patch that calls me home.
What name, sir =?
Anderson, Of AnuersonvlIie
knew him then, though | had seen
him bat ouce before. II" hat brrn
one of our best Western customers.
say had been for the reason tina, during
the pas; year his payments had not
been 80 prompt. In fact, h" was con.
sdered behind, and " lnston had that
very day told me to wrl.e to lam, and
punch INN up little, us lie expressed
it, The letter Was in the breast peck.
ct of my overcoat
You can leave the money WITH me,
sir, and | will give You receipt.
lie seemed to hesitate, which mettled
me somewhat. never blamed any.
BODY since, however.
How much IS my bill :: he asked,
eyelng me sharply.
answered promptly. for had
struck the balance not more diam half
an hour before.
Eleven thousand seven lnndIel and
tir,y dollars and twenty.thIee ccuts.'
.Humph Less than ! Supposed
Write me out receipt for that
amount.
lie left the stove and came and
looked over my shoulder while
wlote.
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bank.
closed the danger again, drew on
my gloves, took he Office key from the
nail lust over the door, and stepped up
to put out the light. AS | did so J
saw Lit Of paper on the floor, which,
on picking up, saw the receipt J
wrote for Mr.. Anderson. He had
dropped it in his hurry. | rut it IN
my packet, and thought no lnore about
| il, only that | would mail it 10 HIM.
! would hnye done it tncn, but as the
last mail for hat day had gone out On
the train which took Mr.. Anderson, !
could DO It Just as we'll in the morning.
Thea, too, | was lii sometnlnS Of hur
ry that night, tor mad an appoint
,nent; and | may as well stay here that
1t WAS with Il young lady who ! hoped
woGll be ny wife before many months.
FASTENED to my boarding house,
ate mY supper, and then Went over to
! Mr.. Warner 5, wearing the coat WITH
The money in it. as | did not feel easy
about leaving it in my rcon. Carrie
was at home. Of course, as she WAS eI
pecting me, and, leaving nv nat and
coat in the hail, | went into the parIor.
do not think repetition Of our COIL
vcrsation would be very interesting, so
will pass it over, Eerc!y remarkng
that nothing occurred to disturb me
until | rose to take hay leave.
Carrie went into the hall for my coat
and hat, that might put them on BY
the warm fire; but she came back with
only my hat.
why. Fred, you certainly did not
venture out on such IL night as tins
/ without in overcoat''
No coat exclaimed, in Il daz"d
soy: of way; tor The Thought u he"
money flushed uron me 30 sul,.cnIy
that it almost stunne ne
The next moment !rre llst her IKE
a u.udman, as | wa: the coat was
gone,
Then | was nnnervei. grasped a,
the starr hell, tud caught It ust in time
to support myself. Carrie came ran
ming out. her face pale with alarm.
Oh. Frpvd' are yon i'll? Let me call
mother and ,he Avcrur, Iou are As
white 50 i sheet
40 40, C4rriy!' | eutrea'r,i. There,
/! am better now
And was better. was strong, ali
at once -lesperatvly strong. And what
brought about tits ch,uee9 That sim
ple receipt which had in ny pocket
Andersen had nothing to show that the
money had not been paid: aud Wa not
INV uu,lied word AS good as his?
was foolish enough to believe that
| conlI brave II tLyouah, and Grew
confident and cutie easy at once.
9Th, re- Carrie | am much better
now. The room Was too warm, Guess.
So some sua.kln, thief has do,lr.d in
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Captain Williamson was shooting
III India, with q spaniel, which APP
parcntly found some game which his
master guessed to be a hare. "1he
dog came to q stand over a bank,
wagclng its tail, with cars up and
his whole frame Ill state of ecstasy,
! expected that hc had got q hare
under the bank, and as the situation
was in favor Of getting a shot ran
toward him with more speed than l
should have done had | known that
! should find a tiger sitting up and
staring Paris in the face. They were
not three yards asundcr As soon as
the dog found me 1T his side he bark
ed, and giving a spring dashed at the
tiger
His owner admits that his own
alarm was so extreme that he did not
observe the further demeanor of
either till he saw the tiger cantering
away, followed by the little dog bark.
ing. 1t is of course just possible that
the tiger was nervous and that
the little dog merely exhibited the
impudence habitual to little dogs, who
know that they can worry horse or
Il bullock into beating retreat when
quietly lying down in field. LION
don Spectator.
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means 3Sf pa res of music ana twelve fine
portraits. We want our friends to he care.
full of each number. to bind it aud preserve
IT, as duplicate copies may soon hca thing of
the past. If you will bud the Echo you will
have the finest selection of popular vocal and
instrumental music that could he bought for
any price Ii will be n constant scarce Of
pleasure and delight 10 you.
We take great pleasure in making the an
nounccmcnt that by special arrangement
made with the New York Musical Echo we
can send The CLARION and lhis popular mus
lea! magazine one year for little more than
the price of the Musical Echo The price OF
the CLARION is 81 90 and the Musical Echo
81 90 Both may he had one year for 81 20.
Sampn copies of the New York Musical
Echo sent ON receipt ~ - cents.
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NO. D
. FILTHY lUCRE.
Many Prefer II Dirty Note to q New One.
Especially In the West.


The raid that was made on the
treasury department for new notes
and coins by the visitors in Wash
inGton during the Grand Army en-
camplnont and the 100000 and
more old torn bills which they left
behind indicates what rarity a
crisp, new note is in the west. In
Washington people have got to be
quite fastidious about their money.
That which is fresh and clean is
right at their hand, and when note
begins to get q little soiled they do
not care to handle it. Notes such as
are regarded as in good condition in
Chicago and other western cities
would not circulate for day in
" ashingtOn. Pocketbooks are sci.
dom used there except for small
change, the correct thing bcinS for
those who have money to carry the
new bills in an envelope without
folding them, so as to preserve their
ncWness.
y Washington man going west can
mark the stages of his progress by
the changing condition Of the money.
Ii tn" cities Of The iar west it is bad
enough, but in the country places
and among the farmers generally
after passing the Ohio new note of
small denomination is a thing almost
unknown. Even in Minneapolis men
from Washington who carried crisp
Sl'notes in the original packages"
just as they came from tho treasury,
found occasionally places where they
could not pass the money because it
looked "too new to be good A
good many of the street car conduc-
tors refused to take the new notes,
but dirty bill, all patched and al
most free from design, was taken
without question as the proper thing.
1t is said at the treasury department
that comparatively little money
comes in from the west for redemp-
ton.
Great quantities of these notes
don't come back for redemption, and
III the final run Of years the govern
mcnt is much the gamer by it. Tho
trouble is that, while the treasury is
always ready to destroy the old notes
and give new ones in their place,
there Is no provision for tlansporta-
ton Of the notes, and the amount Of
express charges from distance pre-
vents their being sent i'll for reclemp-
ton, IN lSs2 congress made an APP
preparation for the payment of such
express charges, and for once the en-
tire country got q new set OF GREEN
backs. Since then there has pccn no
appropriation for that purpose, and
the national currency is sadly in need
Of repairs, Cor. Philadelphia Telc-
graph.
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Volume XIII.
CHAS. E. CASSELL.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF
THE CA1OCTIN CLARION
nrr,CE .-O,I.ER BUILDING, Northwest corner
of Church and NJ lin Streets.

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INSI fsU iE.HTA

INSI UyiE.ETA
La Guitare.
Storm and Rain Gnvotte.
Dance the Gnomrs.
Please, Another Waltz.
VOCAL.
Farewell, Oh, Farewell.
The Song MY Mother Sang.
The Wild Rosebud.
The herald., 1893-07-16

Methodist church, and not q spiritual
ist, was in the city the other day and
narrated the following remarkable Incl
dent, says the News Of Fcrt Wayne. IL
is now published for the first time, and
will be eent to the Forum and the Re-
view OF Reviews for republication
at was in 1885," says Mr.. Moses, land
l was running from Garrett, Ind. to
Chicago on the night run and pulling
the limited | LETT Garrett at l O. m.
for Chicago on the night in question.
We left G.. in good condition, but a few
minutes late, and l endeavored to make
up lost time on what is known as 'Su-
mans grade,' which ia come 20 miles
long and terminated at Salt creek. The
last three miles is perfectly straight to
the Salt creek bridge. When my train
reached this straight track l noticed
a white pillar or cloud occupying
the place of the bridge and reaching
quite high. l took it to be fog, but
neither above nor below the bridge was
the same visible. asked my fireman
if he saw it, and he eaid yes, but
thought it was fog. About this time
felt as if some one were in the seat be-
hind me, but on turning around no one
was visible. l then felt hand upon
my right shoulder and then heard my
mother say, Charlie, that bridge is
burned l felt the fingers very plainly
upon my shoulder. I knew my
mothers voice; can anyone for
get the voice of mother? I?
At once supplied the air; or at least
as soon as recovered my astonishment
The train came to standstill about 20
feet from the east approach of the
bridge. told my fireman that 1 would
take my torch and walk across the
bridge, and that he should not move the
train until 1 aignaled. l walked about
Is feet, when 1 came to the end of the
bridge and found that 81 feet had burned
and dropped into the water and
put the fire out. What l saw
made me go weak that did not
have strength to move and l sat down
on the end of the remnant of the bridge.
The conductor soon came to where
was and related to him what 1 have
just told you" Joseph Stewart was the
conductor and ia still living and con-
ductor on the Saginaw road. Mr.. Moses'
mother died in 1875.
The herald., 1893-07-16

lined with eatin and has 30-inch strip
Of muslin as etifieping but no trim
ming whatever. The bodice has loose
fronts faced with elk and vest of
faille fastening beneath the boxpleat
adorned with gold buttons. The back
is plain with q pointed plastron of the
faille. In front is belt fastening with
bow OF ribbon. The bodice is trimmed
with full feetooned bretellee, marrow in
front and back but wide over the
shoulders. sdsasa ni
Here is a coming new trick in wells
which is worth mentioning, and which
you can adopt safely IL it seem attract
i've. Make your veil carefully to fit the
hat. Both ends are finished with ro-
settles which fasten at the back of the
hat. From the fosette to the right
long scarf of the veil is attached This
either floats in thefbreeze,i winds shout
your throat, falls over your shoulder, or
you can hsld it in your hand. Use the
width of the goods for the width of the
veil. The eelvage Of such goods is usu-
ally delicate and pretty. You
may run very narrow real lace
on the edge or you may finish IL with
the tiniest little bows of very narrow
ribbon. The upper edge Of the veil may
be turned in dainty hand-made hem,
and ribbon inserted, By Which the ful.
ness is arranged. Thefibbon comes out
in two ends at the middle point of the
upper edge, there to tie and make Che
veil as tight as you like. Or it can only
pretend to tie there. and the little
bow can be just make believe. All
this takes time and trouble, but the
effect is charming, and it cannot be
bought as yet. The one I saw had not
even been worn, and it WAS an exclusive
importation. Now is O chance for you
to be among the very first to obtain this
pretty device.
The fourth picture presents pretty
and simple house dress in moss green
crepe atreHn with g figuring OF tiny
black flowers. 1t is made princess, per-
fectiy plain and is lined with satin. All
the seams in the skirt are biased and
the dress hooks In the back. Its sole
trimming consists Of q draped fichu col
The herald., 1893-07-16

lar arranged in folds and caught up here
and there. The right end is short, but
the left hangs down for some distance,
being held in place at the waist with
fancy pins. The collar is arranged in
pleata fastened with jet straps having q
long jet fringe.
The material employed in the calling
dress OF the last illustration is black and
red changeabe silk, set off with black
velvet and black lace. The bell skirt ia
lined with silk or satin and ia stiffened
throughout with muslin; around the
bottom there is very full ruffle OF silk
edged with velvet and attached to
the birt with two rows of gathers. At
the back the fullness arranged in two
deep box pleats. The round waist goes
inside the skirt and has no seams cave
those under the arms, although the
fronts may have darts if necessary. Each
front must be cut considerably wider
that the lining to allow for the yoke-like
shirring at the neck. The stuff Is then
drawn to the waist line and laid in tiny
pleats. The back is treated in the same
way, save that there is no ehi rring. The
sleeves are finished at the wrist with q
band OF velvet and the belt and stand
ing collar are of the same velvet. The
waist is garnished with full jabot Of
black lace.
Copyright, 1898.
The herald., 1893-07-16

and is finished around the bottom with
a pink ruflle about six inches wide.
The waist has silk lining. There
is equare yoke of embroidered
tulle with an insertion of very
fine lace laid over green ribbon. At
the waist it is shirred four times in
groups OF two rows each and ornamented
with four ribbon bows. The cuffs of the
sleeves are also covered with embroid-
cred tule and garnished with lace frill
and bows; at the top is large puff.
The standing collar 10 green ribbon COW
cred with lace. The gown hooks from
top to bottom in the front. The second
costume follows cureent modes closely,
and is more elaborate than the usual
travelling drees. Its fabric iH mode col
ored rough diagonal, trimmed with
cloth in the same shade. The skirt Is
composed OF three parts, each one fin
ished with band of cloth over an alpaca
lining. With the suit ia worn sleeve
less vest, made OF mode and red striped
woollen pique, and high at the neck.
The front may be buttoned on as shown,
in case a variety is wished, and the re-
mainder is made of satin, each side
having two pockets and hooking in
the center beneath the plas-
tron or vest of pique. The
top of the satin lining near the neck is
covered with brown silk and brown
silk tie is worn. The toilet ia completed
by q short jacket having revers and
turned down collar faced with cloth.
The jacket is cut off at the waist in front
and the back and the points adorned
with two buttons. The balloon sleeves
are ornamented with two strips Of
cloth.
At mention of gardening, ones
thoughts would more naturally turn to
some old dress and coarse protecting
apron than to the stylish gown OF the
third picture, but it, nevertheless, is in
tended for wear among the flower beds,
in company with the trowel and water
ing pot. Its material is sand coored
woolen shifting, trimmed with white or
palest pink faille. The skirt is very
wide around the bottom but snug over
the hips. 1t is gathered in the back,