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Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
The Tale of the Telephone.

Tho first telephone that was ever
used was not electrical, nor was it a
scientific instrument in any sense OF
the term. a little more than 50 years
ago the employees of q large manu-
factory beguilcd their leisure hours
by kite flying Kites large and small
went up daily, and the strife was to
see who could get the largest. The
twine which held them was the
thread spun and twisted by the Ia
dies of the village.
One day to the tale of the largest
kite was attached a kitten, sewed in
canvas bag with q netting over
the mouth to give it air. When the
kite was at its greatest height 300
feet or more-the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding the
string. To the clearness Of the at
mosphere was attributed the hearing
of the kittens voice. This is the first
account we remember Of speaking
along a line. Sheffield Telegraph.
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MechanSown Frederick County, Nayand Thursday May H. 1898
THE ELDER SALVlNl SURPRISED.
When the Temple of Diana Fell, HI Became
Very Much Excited.

Very Much Excited.
= Alexander Salvini tells an amusing
story Of his experience while acting
as stage director for his father when
the latter began his last American
tour.
II took entire charge Of the stage
direction for father" said he in chat
the other day, "and so relieved him
of all anxiety on that score. l had
the most difficulty in getting proper
handling Of the temple scene in Sam
son, where Samson pulls the shrine
of Diana down upon tho heads Of the
people. superintended this and got
everything into working shape, but
did not have father rehearse the fall
ing in Of the temple.
Il knew that the mechanical effect
would take care of itself, SO far as he
was concerned, and merely placed a
dummy there SO as to arrange that
none of the debris should fall SO as to
hit Samson. The effect of this tum-
bling in of the scenery was rather
terrifying. 1t was the 'supers' whom
l expected to give me the most
trouble. Of course I wished them,
representing the wolyhipers in tho
temple, to make regular stampede,
but did not rchearse them for it.
well, when we played Samson
the first night l secured just the re-
suit wanted. You ought to have
seen those supers run off the stage!
They thought the whole house was
tumbling in on them. The way they
went off that stage was a caution.
At least they tried to go, but in their
terror they tumbled all over ono an
other in a heap. 1t produced = mag
niticcnt terror effect, and the audi
ence probably thought it had all been
rehearsed to perfection. But the Sill
pers knew better
"How did they act the next night"
"They didn't act at all. They were
so terrified that they never came
back. expected that and had new
lot ready. The most astounded man
of all was probably father. When
the whole temple tumbled down
upon him, he was perfectly bewil-
dered, and as soon as the ecurtain was
down he turned to me and energetic
ally exclaimed, sacramento! but
do you want to kill mei' When
cautious investigation showed him
that no piece of scenery could fall ON
him, he accepted the situation philo-
sophically Minneapolis Tribune.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
A street Car Idyl.

They were riding up town together
pretty, pink checked Ethel and her
red checked brother Ralph. In the
young woman's lap lay a daintily
bound volume with bit of winter
landscape etched upon the cover and
the words Winter Idyls' written
across it.
Say, Ethel inquired Ralph,
what does id-y-l spellf'
'1dyl," replied Ethel absentmind-
edly, looking out Of the car window.
Ralph pondered.
Are winter idles tramps, Ethel"
he went on. And the absentminded
Ethel said she guessed So New York
World.
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Offensive and Exasperating Expressions.


In our own opinion the use Of
common form" jocularlties is most
offensive in those who think of them
as wit, though most painful in per-
sons who use them unconsciously and
as mere methods Of expressing their
meaning. We feel that those who
try to force a laugh out of such ex-
pressions as my downy couch"
or committing matrimony," who
squirm into smile as they ask if
there ism t room for little one" or
who speak of "japanning their trot-
ter cases." might fairly be shot at
sight.
When some excellent mother of a
large and heavily facetious family
catches up and uses almost uncon-
sciously such phrases as getting
outside square meal, the clerk Of
the weather" she's no chicken" or
put on your warpaint,' and when
even the father mechanically talks
of performing his ablutions,' tho
sense Of pathos overcomes all others
-Loulon Spectator.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
C[!AS. E. CASSELL.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF
The CATOCTIN CLARION
OFFICE. -OsLER BUILDING, North.wes, corner
y, Church and Main Streets.
Church Directory.

Rcfnrmed Church Rev. G. A, Whi'm"it
,as or. Weekly Lectures Tuesday rvcnir :
N,e,ing of Ladies' Aid Society every. secono
y elnestlav evening Regular services :,
yrpointmrnt from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rcv J.H. Barb, pas
Tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ ana o..o +
VI. Sunday School, =. p. NJ. Prayer Meet
inr, Wednesday, 6.45 =. NJ
United Brethren Church-Rcv w. l.
M.rtin, Pastor. Regular Services ny APP
appointment from the pu|ph.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at IN u. N
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
SUNDAY School PM.
Nit Society every rcona and Fourth
Wednesday evenings
Missionary Meetings by regular appoint
mcnt,
Moravian Church Rev J, J. R'ckacckcr
stor Services in MeChAnicsown every
- weeks, alternating morning and evening
aceham, every Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev
Henry Mann Pastor. Services every alter
nate -unday at 10 A. NJ, and 80 L. NJ
Sunday School at 8 A. NJ. rayer Meeting
every "Wednesday evening a, 80 I. NJ.
ST. Stephens Church Protestant Episco
ral. = Rev. Dewitt c loop. Pastor. Ser
ices every Sun lay at 1890 II. M, except on
SIN Srnltv in the month, then Ut night
vcnins Prayer, Fridays, At :.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
FARMER BROWNS CONCLUSION

Well, tho first heard about 'em
Was through some boarders We had,
That talked about microbes and such things
TIL own was fairly scared.
We've lived on the farm for thirty odd year
And been middlin healthy, too;
We've raised eight good smart children
Nhich's Us well as most of folks do
But last summer we took some professors,
And they made NY blood run cold.
For ghosts and COLLINS warn, nowhere
Compared to the yarns they told
About microbes that swim In the water
And fly on wings through the air,
That have feet to walk about with
And can stick to your skin and hair.
They pecked over the edge Of the well curb
To SEQ If the bucket was clean,
And analysed the pertaters
To find the paris green
That put on the tops in early spring.
AfOre the pertatcrs was growed;
Then how they thought 1t could git inside
Was more than ever knowed.
They wanted our tomcat kept to home.
Because one of END heard Of n case
Whore cat brought home disease in Its fur.
Though there warn't one to ketch In the
place.
They went up into the paster,
To see if the cows eat weeds,
For if they did the milk we used
Would be full Of collie seeds.
They peckcd in the suller and aired the barn,
Though allurs took pains to keep clean
And sprnklch cleansin powders around
That smclt wns'n any old dreUn.
They hunted 'em faithful all summer,
Till kind OF pited the things
And thought to myself the Almighty was
wise
When on some OF the kinds he put wings.
Well, after they'd gone away in the fall
Matilda she says to me.
''The best thing we can do, Caleb.
Is to let the whole thing be-"
So we come to this conclusion.
No matter what microbes might bring,
a little bit of learning
lisa mighty dangerous thing.
Yankee Blade.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
An Enduring Publication.

An eminent artist, known for his
plain speaking, demonstrating with
Oscar Wilde on his undue admiration
of his own play, Lady Wnder-
meres Fam" remarked: II much
doubt whether such work could
live after the present season. Now,
the School For Scandal has lasted
100 years and is as popular to-day as
ever it was" "Ah!" murmured Os-
car, "hut so is 'Bradshaw's Guide. w
San Francisco Argonaut.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

vii! be found in Office next door to John
Roots store ut all times except oI davs men
toned below.
The following appointments Will be
promptly kept -
+ ITS BU RG-On Friday of each week
at Emmltt House.
WOLFSNILLE-'The Third Wednesday OF
each month,
ELLERTON & HAIR DNY--On Thurs.
day following the Third "Wednesday "I
ZACH month
June 10, 'Sh
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
How He Know of It.

II allus knowed woodcock time
had cum, once said a marsh farmer,
"when parson reads burning fiery
furnace in church lesson" He was
much more a sportsman than theo-
logian, adds the relater of this story,
but he meant the morning lesson (old
style) for the nineteenth Sunday att
er Trinity, which fell about wood
cock time. Baily's Magazine,
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
p A T E N 7 s,

f,yto:s, Re issues and 7raie Narhs secured
nlaH other patent causes in the Patent Of
r'rand before the Courts promptly and care
IA, attended to.
pom 7eceipt If mocld or sketch Of inecntion
ntt,rtr1fW errmtnGtt0n, and aduise as II
ton ,ta5iHty Free Of charge
FEES MODERATE, and | make No
CHARGE UNLESS PATENT Is SECUR-
ID. Information, advice and special refe.
&c sent on application
j. Il. LlTrELL, Washington, d. c
NcIr L. 5 Patent OHicc,
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

Good resolutions ara Pleasant
crop to SOW. The seed springs up so
readily, and the blossoms open So
soon with such a brave show, espe
cially at first. But when the time OF
flowers has passed. what "a to the
fruit 2-NIalet.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
He TELLS THEM ABOUT His Luck.

The brook he fishes All the day.
With bait or gaudy flies,
Comes home, to bed goes straight away
And there all night he lies.
Mex, morning in condition prime
He to his Office hcs;
His friends drop in from time 10 timc-,
Aud there all day he lies.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

1t is claimed that the hest handles
of small tools are made from tho
wood of the apple tree, which is very
hard when dry and possesses a fine
gram. Moreover, it is said, it does
not crack easily after it has been
dressed
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

Fishes swallow their food hastily
and without mastication because
they are obliged increasingly to open
and close the jaws for the purpose of
respiration and cannot long retain
food in the mouth when quite shut.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
EMMITSBURG RAILROAD.
, Daily Except Sunday.
MONOCACY VALLEY AIlRoD

New TINS IA sLE.-On an lfitr We'd.
''sdav August "2nd, 1887, trains on The Mo-
ocicy Valley R,llroad will run as follows
Lcayc Mecllanicstown
: 4. NJ. II A. NJ G55 p. VI
Leave Catoclin Furnaces,
225 A. NJ 315 p NJ.
Tickets tor sale at Mec.unicstcwn by Mr..
frank IIcs>on
Local Freight Will be delivered ON all
!aIns
). Schlcy, Pres. l.. II, Waeschc, Supt
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
Masculine Management.

Little Dicls-Go ask mamma If We
can have these crllsts she was goin
to throw away.
Little Dot don't want crusts.
Little Dick-Ncithtr do |. but if
we ask her for"em she'll give us IA
big piece OF ginger cake. -G"m
News.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

Of the entire human race 500, ,000,-
900 are we'll clothed, 250, 1000, 600 60
habitually naked and zoo, 900, 900 only
cover the middle parts Of the body.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

Little Darky bursting suddenly into
the ball ROOM Look here, >Ras'us, you
come straight away homs from dis Yer
dance. De gent am done sehd fer his
shirt.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11

The modern Italian wine jars, hold
ing about 20 quarts, are almost iden-
tical in shape and size with the am
phoras found IN Pompeli
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
fsMSl ti,A I,r.irctl EtYcCI. Il

MANrIII.F, Il. l., March y 1891.
/, tho undersigned, suA, rel from opin;sy ip!
years. la! 40 appetite and conld DO no wcri
wha.oyer cons ult"'i . nullbcr of doct)is, but
al rnil there Hf.s no RENE ty 'uI my disc.! SC
thon took Pastor Eoenigs Nerve Tonic aIV
nul Low IL we, RI, ct htnlih nn,! wUrh al tho t.;
THOUSAND thanks TO Your ron.iy.
PHILIP MONGEoN.
Jj PNolFECI ST., NEWaNa, \. J.. March lSll.
81 some d! Pas:o. Koou!ss Nerve Toni,
.or ncrvousnct8 ali 81 "llrBanass ani !;
l. lyei me the ftsl timt | took It h.i IL,
hes. sic - had hal Tor so, raj months |
alao knew friends OF mir, v no Ur>i =: .I.d rny
il II the brs nerve lou!c thy ever UG'I. }
writ th, that s"!.t- ~ .ol.r ,n'.y uGo your
usdscno and hc helped l., it.
Catoctin clarion., 1893-05-11
A REVOLUTION IN MUSIC.
WON DERS WILL NEVER CEASE,
$40 Worth Of Choice Music and
The Clarion One Year for %.

Tue New York Musical Echo Is quite Il
novelty in modern journalism and affords n
grand opportunity To amateur pianis's and
vocetists. 1t is n large quarlo musical publ'
cation, published monthly, each Eumhcr con
tanning Mirty t,oo fnu SIZE payes Of sheet music
the brightest, livrlest and most popular
selections of the day, both vocal and instru.
mental -logrincr with pretty cover ON
which is full page portrait OF some beau'i'
ful icrcss or singer. The music and por-
trait change each issue.
Here is II specimen of the contents of one
OF the issues Of this wondrf ful musical pub
max ing Mt the end of the year the most com
prehensivc and complete musical library TO
be obtained anywhere.
The portrait of Marie Tempest and the fol-
lowin" music in January issue;
INSTRUMENTAL.
La Glitarc.
Storm and Rain Gavottc.
Dance of the Gnomes.
Please, Another Waltz
VOCAL.
Farewell, Oh, Farewell.
The Song MY Mother Sang.
The Wild Rosebud
A YEARS SUBSCRIPTION
means 39i pages Of music ana twelve fine
PORTRAITS We want our friends to be care
full of each number, to bind il and preserve
: ii, as duplicate copies may soon bca thing OF
| the past. IT, you will bind the Echo you will
haye the finest selection of popular vocal and
instrumental music that could he bought for
any price. 1t viii bea constant source OF
pleasure and delight to yon.
/ We take great pleasure in making the an
nounccment that by special arrangement
made with the New York Musical Echo W,
can send the CLARION and this popular mus
ica magazine one year for a little more than
/ the price Of the Musical Echo The price o
the CLARION is 81 90 and the Musical Echo
/ 81 So Both may be had one year for 81 70
Sample copies Of the New York Musica
! Echo sent OH receipt of - cents,
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
srfui Hints.

THE white Of an egg applied will
a sponge will restore the lusJre OF
morocco.
/ STAINS caused by whitewash will
disappear If vinegar Is applied TO the
discolorations.
( IF YOU would preserve the beauty OF
plated Silverware, keep it in warm,
dry room.
PONGEE should be soaked in salt
and water for twenty-four hours and
then irOned before it is cut After
that IL may be washed when SOiled
without spotting or shrinking.
ANOTHER thing worth knowing is
that tiny bit OF cotton in the tips
OF silk gloves will make them wear
much longer by preventing the lInger
nails from cutting through the deli
cate fibre
RUFFLES promise TO be the favoriJe
skirt trimming for wash goods The
allowance for fullness depends upon
the material. One-half the width Of
the skirt is sufficient for the sheerest
fabric
lT Is well TO remember, for use in
cases of illness where the burning
thirst OF the patient cannot be as
suaged by cracked ice or water, that
a tcaspoonful OF glycerine will afford
prompt and comparatively long re-
lief.
A SIMPLE process for removing
fresh ink stains from garment Is To
cover them Immediately with paste
made OF starch and cold water II
the stains are noticeable when the
dried starch is rubbed Off, repeat the
operation.
A COVER OF doublciaced canton
flannel or table felt is considered in
dispensable. now between table and
linen cloth, and this is one reason
why table mats are no longer in
vogue. They are not needed for the
heavy cover protects the table COM
pletely.
a DOCTOR says that the proper com
mencement OF dinner should be the
old fashioned dish OF good soup, and
for the reason that IL is necessary
That the first food taken at dinner
should be quickly absorbed, so As to
stimulate the nervous system and
give tone to the stomach.
A LONG narrow bag OF white linen,
drawn up at the top with satin rib
bons, and with some long roll.sachetS
OF violet or heliotrope sewed inside,
is a parasol sachet, and is designed
TO protect the loving creations OF lace,
gauze, ana flowers that masquerade
under the title OF sun shades
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Operating the Incubator.

II you have an incubator do not
oblige your neighbors by opening the
egg drawer frequently, as the cold
air chills the eggs and causes the
chicks 10 die in the shells
DO not cool the eggs, as 1t is
not necessary and do not open the
egg-drawer 10 turn the "pipped" side
Of the eggs up When the chicks be-
gin TO come out do not remo;c any
OF them until all are hatched, but
leave them in the drawer They
will not injure each other as much by
trampling as will be done the chicks
in the shells by "A sudden lowering OF
the heat, which happens when the
chicks are removed, ds the bodies Of
the chicks contribute TO the warmth
OF the Incubator by the animal heat
given of. The temperature for
Matching is 1913 degrees. which is
quite high; hence draught OF air or
sudden chilling OF the eggs is severe
shock 10 the chicks, and especially
when they are breaking the shell.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
pcrsuasive,

DIR. Morell Mackenzie, the famous
specialist in diseases of the throat is
said 20 have had extraordinary power
over his patients, "A power which
sometimes appeared almost magnetic.
nee n death occurred in his con.
sulting -room-one OF those cases
which Sir James Paget used to cal
"calamities OF surgery" The brother
OF the dead patient was furious, and
FASTENED to Doctor Mackcn2ie's Office
determined To give him a piece OF his
mind.
Such was the fascination OF Mac
kenzie's manner, however that the
infuriated man cooled down by de.
grees, and in short time found him
self conversing quite calmly about
the fatal case. The triumph was
reached when, before departing, he
sat down in the operating chair, and
after allowing Mackenzie To examine
his throat, paid him his fee without
n murmur
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09

crop less sure and the yield generally
smaller. The root crop that English
farmers make the most OF Is the
turnip, including rutabagas or Swed-
ish turnips. This crop is far less
grown here than il was forty or fifty
years ago. 1t is an exhaustive crop,
much more so than corn, as the
turnip gets most OF It's root growth
directly from the soil, while all the
starch OF corn comes from the air
through corn leaves. English farm
ers recognize the exhaustive nature
Of the turnip crop by manuring it
heavily with phosphate. The turnips
are fed of the land by sheep. That
could not be done anywhere in tn is
country. as our winters freeze and
destroy this root, half hardy though
IL me
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Co-Onerafive Enrminr

Every step in the direction OF co op
erativc farming will be welcomed by
agriculturists, since farming is al
most the only industry that has not
been able To profit by the present
great syndicate tendencies 1t is
agreeab bic TO know therefore that syn
dicated agriculture is now estab.
llshed on "a firm basis in France. The
movement began very quietly ten
years ago It's organization consists
of separate societies called agrlcul
tural syndicates OF these there are
now 800 in all parts Of France, with
4 mem mbership OF 600, 600. The busi-
ness they do amounts TO $40, 900, 600 a
year There seems. however, in tn
rural skull an insurnOuntable obstacle
20 the successful selling OF the prod
ucts IL can raise In abundance. Co
operative selling has not yet brought
favorable results. But with buying
tits different The greatest success
Of the syndicates has been in the mat
ter OF purchasing cheaply and IN
quantity all The supplies needed
Fertilizers cost immensely in France
and by means OF the syndicateS the
poorest farmer has equal advantages
with the richest. The societies are
organized and managed by the
method OF shares and stockholders
The members elect their officers.
These, IL must be confessed, are
usually selected from the rich class.
But, on the other hand, many Of
hKs of no IN
services gratis TO the syndicates OF
the large advantages already gained,
Mr.. II. III. Wolff writes i'm the Econo-
mic Journal:
The syndcatcs help the vine grower and
the sugar beet grower. the horse breeder
and the market gardener: they lend u hand
in the destruction Of obnoxious insects the
embaDkment OF watcrcourses. fumgatiOn
for keeping OF the frost They have
even provided French agriculture with
boards Of Cancellation and arbitration. and
insurance OF laborors against accidents; and
above all things they have, in NJ Gataller's
apt words, wholly "domoCratzod' the use
.Of artificial mHnures, insecticides. feeding
stuils. etc, placing what was formerly
luxury reserved for tho rich within the onay
reach OF the poor improving the quality, re-
ducing Shc market price by from 20 To 30 per
cent. Hnd yet increasing the annual con
sumption from the paltry liyurc OF 52,OOOOOO
frnucs--barely moro than - 900 for all
Irdnce--to l20.OOO.O 900 francs. The co -oper-
alive purchase and uso Of machinery and
implements. the provision in some districts
If winter employment by means of domestic
industries banking and lending, arrange
ment OF technical lectures, provision for
analysis and field experiments. prizes for
the best managed farms and subsidies to-
ward the introduction Of improved machn-
cry and the construction Of liquid manure
tanks are among other services rendered by
Z hn sNnlinnin" !"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Wonderful Progress.

IL we never forgot anything, and
never learned anything which had 10
be unlearned afterward, what schol.
ars we should become
A little boy came home from his
first day at school in jubilant state
of mind.
go mamma" he cried, what do
you think; I've only been TO school
one day, and I've learned TO say
eyether' and neyether' instead OF
either and neither New York
Tribune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
ThoroughtrsiF Fowl. Tor Profit.

The farmer who keeps fowls is in
eXcusable for being contented with
any but the best. It'is but little ex-
penSe TO get a few settings OF eggs in
the proper season and maAe an entire
change Of sto k IN single year. But
it is still better 10 procure few
thoroughbred birds and from them
supply the eggs which are required
for setting. The old breeds can he
continued after the first year by not
keeping any males with them except
OF thsroughbreds. The mongrels are
best for settlers, and, indeed, many OF
them are little good for anything
else. We nave evoluted the artificial
incubator, and this makes ii unneces-
sary TO develop the settling instinct
In any class OF fowls The hens un-
der the new system will not be per-
petual layers, but they may be made
nearly so. Moulting has TO be gone
through with once year, but with
plenty OF food of the kind 20 make
feathers the days Of moulting may be
shortened and the fowl set 20 LAYING
again. >ome OF the best fowls have
in small ilocks produced an average
OF $50 eggs per year. That does not
allow any time for setting and rear
ing young, those operations in such
tiocks being left TO artificial means