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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
Oysters rs Food.

Speaking roughly, Il quart Of oys-
tiers contains on the average about
the same quantity Of actual nutritive
substance as quart of milk or a
pound of very lean beef or pound
and a half OF fresh goldfish or two
thirds of q pound Of bread. But
while tho weight Of actual nutri-
ment in the different quantities Of
food material named is very nearly
the same, the quality is widely diff
ferent. That of the very lean meat
OF Goldfish consists mostly of what
are called in chemical language pro-
tein compounds, or flesh formers"
tho substances which make blood,
muscle, tendon, bone, brain and
other heterogeneous tissues. That of
the bread contains but little Of these
and consists chiefly of starch, with a
little fat and other compounds,
which serve the body as fuel and
supply it with heat and muscular
power. The nUtritivc substance Of
oysters contains considerable OF both
the flesh forming and the more es-
pecially heat and force giving ingre-
dents. Oysters come nearer to milk
than almost any other common food.
Their values for supplying the body
with material to build up it's parts,
repair its wastes and furnish it with
heat and energy would be pretty
nearly the same. Exchange.
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No Blanks in this Competition.

This is a competition of rather an unusual
nature 1t IS common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the competitors risklng the loss OF their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount Of the prize. But the
Press Claims Companys offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewarded for doing it. The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing It, The architect whose com.
petitive plan for club house on a certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
something of very little use to him. But the
person who patents a simple and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Companp's Compc-
tition, need not worry if he fail to secure the
prize. lie has a substantial result to show
for his work-one that win command its val.
ue in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to I'M
prove it than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point of
view. Get rid of the rid Of the idea that an
improvement can be too simple to be worth
patentng. TIE simber the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the Press
Claims Companys twenty five hundred dol
lars.
The responsibility of this company may be
judged from the fact that It's stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa'
pers of the United States.
Address the Press Claims Comaany, John
Weddeburn, managing attorney, 6lS street
N. W, Washington, ID. c. my4
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c, Ar. NOTICE.

We take this oppoltun ty of informing our
subscribers that the ney Commissioner of
Pensions has been appointed. lie is an old
soldier, and we believe ha,.soldiers and their
heirs will receive justice at his hands. We
do not anticipate that there will be any rad
ical changes in the administration of pension
affairs under the new regime
We would adyse, however, that U ). SOL
diers. sailors, and their hers, take steps TO
make application at once, if they hayc not al,
ready done so, in order to secure the benefit
of the early filing of their claims in case there
should be any future pension legislation
Such legislation is seldom retroactive. There
fore il is of great Importance that ApplIchllohs
he filed in the Department at The earliest pos
sihlc date.
IfU. =. Soldiers, Sailors or their
Widows, ChiltlrcD. or Parents
desire information in regard to pens on mat
tiers, they should write 10 Ehe E'ress
Claims Conn paRy. ns I8@Sisang-
ton. ID. g., and they will pI,parrhnd SEND
the necessary application, ii they find th'hi
entitled under the numerous laws enacted
for their benefit Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY.
JOHN wEDDERBURN, MANA ATfoRNEy.
r. O. BOX 3s5. WASHINGTON, DC
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The Adrantares Of Dead Peers.


The emperor Of China has ennobled
the ancestors of Sir Halliday Macart-
ney for three generations. l con-
graduate these posthumous noble
men. wherever their disembodied
spirits may be. Honor will no doubt
be most gratifying to them. The
Chinese are more sensible than we
are. It is far more reasonable to
convert dead men who can do no
harm into noblemen than to mako
unborn descendants Of living men
into legislators, in which capacity
they may do much harm -@"
A Photographers "reminiscences.
Phillips Brooks was the one celebri-
ty who did not wish his photograph
put out for sale. "You may sell
them to the Harvard students, but to
no ono elsc," was his command.
Possibly this was one of the reasons
why "crimson's men" SO reverenced
him. But the students were not
true to their trust. They could not
IeSlSJ luc COGAiIo VI lliCl-,to WIN
wanted a portrait Of the great pas
tor Of Trinity to rest upon their
mantelpieces.
There are two rules which must be
invariably followed in order to make
q strong and true photograph. First
the photographer must understand
the face of his subject; second, he
must know how to pose that face SO
as to bring out it's striking qualities
Sometimes striking view is caught
in q glance; again it requires quar-
ter Of an hour.
Joseph jefferson is the Same good
fellow when he is having his picture
taken that he is always. We chattcd
during the whole time of our last
sitting. Directly he looked up to
say, when arc you going to take
the pictrrcI" II have taken two al
ready" replied. "Wonderful!" he
criad. just as he closed his lips !
snapped the camera and got the best
picture ever made Of Llm.-G. Pach
in New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
Patents
Notice to Invetors,

There was never a time in the history of
our country when the demand for Inventions
and improvements in the arts and sciences
generally was so great as now. The con-
veniences Of mankind in the factory and
work shop, the household, on the farm, and
in Official life, require continual accessiOns
to the appurtcnances and implements to each
in order TO sage labor, time ard expense
The political change in the administration
of government does not affect the progress
OF the American inventor, who beng on the
alert, and ready to perceive the existing
Deficiencies, does not permit the affairs Of
government to deter him from quickly con-
cciyng the remedy to overcome existing
discrepancies. Too great care cannot be
exercised in choosing Il competent and skill
full attorney to prepare and prosecute an
application tor patent Valuable interests
haye been lost and destroyed in nnumerable
instances by the employment of incompe-
tent counsel, AID esp, cia'ly Is this advice
applicable to those who ador, The "No pat
cnt, no pay" system. Inventors who cntrust
their business to this class of attorneys do
50 at Imminent risk, rs the breadth and
strength of HE paten! is never considered in
view OF q quick cndeavor to get an allowance
and obtain Tie fec then due. THE PRESS
CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wcddcrburn.
General Manager, GlS f street, n, w., WASH
inSloa, D. G., representing Il large number
of important daily and weekly papers. as
well as general periodicals Of tie country.
was Instituted to protect its patrons from
the unsafe methods heretofore employed In
this line of business The said Company is
prepared to take charge ofall patent business
entrusted to Ii for reasonable tcs, and pre-
parcs and prosecutes applications generally,
including mccmnlral inycntons design pat
cnts, trade marks, labels, copyrights, inter-
fcruncc3, ;nii;n%r,mc:ds, validity reports, and
glycS especial a.rrt on to regretted cases.
ii il; also Ir' pared tn trtel into competition
with any firm in securing foreign patents.
Write for Instructions and advice
JuUN WEDDERDuRN,
Gl9 r Street,
p. o. Box $50. Washington, ID. 9.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
Earned a Coffin.

A Winston citizen employed col
ored man to help him move his house
hold effects. When the job was COM
pleted, the employer told the man
that he had no money to pay him
that the only thing he had to spare
for his services was coffin. The old
darby, after considering the PROPOSE.
ton for some time, accepted the Offer.
He picked up the coffin and carried it
to the colored undertaken, with whom
he made a trade to sell his piece Of
property on commission. - Winston
On. c. Sentinel.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
4 Race CUP.

A well dressed man entered @ jew
eler's and asked if he could see
chose cups i'll tho window" point
ing as he spoke to some silver cups
lined with gold.
"These, said the jeweler, handing
him one, ARE race cups"
Race cups2 What are race cups"
why" replied the jeweler, they
are cups l had ordered to be made
for prizes for the best racer"
well, if that's SO, suppose you
and I race for one" and with a cup
he started, and the jeweler after
him.-London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
A Fable and u Moral.

A cock, scratching for food for
himself and his hens, found a pre-.
cious stone, on which he said: IF
your owner had found thee and not
l, he would have taken thee up and
set thee in thy first estate, but I have
found thee for no purpose. | would
rather have one barleycorn than all
the jewels in the world. However,
on second consideration, thou wilt
make a good addition to the gravel
that is IN my craw and may help to
correct the slight dyspepsia that has
troubled me Of late" This said, the
cock ceased moralizing and swal.
lowed the jewel.
Moral-There are a great many
people who wear diamonds for their
health. Halo.
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y. ID. HOX 1873,

sailors who vl ninety days Or over in the late
ordinary manual labor whether
sailors entitled Gf not mareD whether soldiers
dependent o Tor support
entitled soldiers death was que 10
en under sixteen years. almost all cases where there WI" II"
wilo she has remarked ,n
neither widow child provided oo
effects Ofseryice and they dependent upon
difference late
n
higher rates
9th ~ losing rights.
of OLD law
disabilities for which
also whether due service or not
Survivors, Hawek and Cherokee and
u act.
widows entitled sxytwo yearof
ageo disabled dependent
whether been granted under
Rciectdcl opcnedan secured, ,fvI
soldiers sailors OF late VINO
los he
No unlssuCccsu Address
The Press Claims Co.,
Holm yyetlGlerburD, Managing Attorney
p o. BOX 465. WAsHlNG1"N
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21

NONrEnS With NEVER CEASE.
40 Worth Of Choice Music ana
The Clarion One Year for 81. 10.

The New York Musical Echo IS quite
nov l1y in modern journalism and affords
grand opportunity to amateur p'anlsls anu
vocalisis Ii is large quarlo musical publ
cation, published monthly, each number con-
tanning thirty too fill size pages of sheet music
the brightest, lvelicst and most popular
selections of the day, both vocal and nstru-
mental together with pretty cover on
which is y full page portrait OF some beautl-
full actress or singer. The music and por-
trait change each issue.
Uclc is Il specimen of the contents OF one
of the issues of this wonderful musical pub
lica,ion. Every month a complete change
making at the end of the year the most COM
prehensive and complete musical library to
be obtained anywhere.
The portrait of Marie Tempest and the fol
lowing music in January issue:
INsT a:UMESTAL
La Guitare.
Storm and Rain Gavotte.
Dance of the Gnomcs.
Please, Another Waltz.
VOCAL.
Farewell, On, Farewell.
The Song My Mother Sang.
The Wild Rosebud.
A YEARS SUBSCRIPTION
means 3S4 pages Of music and twelve fine
portraits We want our friends to be care
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has Il Clear GIFT Ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may
Bring them in still
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun ,1l
,lred dollars? IfyOu would, read carciuiiy
what follows and you may see way TO 90 H.
The Press Claims Company devotcs much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous-
ands of applications for inventions, but u
would like to handle thousands more. Ihere
is plenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but cnco ag Gu
TO produce practical results. That cnco"r'
aremcnt the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT 50 HARD As III SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an appall'
inrly formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edl-
son or Bell that he must put years 10 dclVlhg
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend a fortune on delicate eA-
perimen,s before he can get new ueVice 70
n patentable degree OF PERFECTION ms ~
luslon the company desires to dlspe!. ~ de-
sires to vet into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the tact that it is not the
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
That bring the best returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-thc
things that seem so absNdly trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the fa'cht
Office. .,
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous lnVeh'
tions have not been sufficient topay thc cost
of his experiments. But the man VINO con
ccived the idea of fastening u bit or rupper
cord to childs ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made 1or'
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ing.machine is n miracle of ingenuity
product of the toll of hundIcds busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, but me
whole brilliant result rests upon the siihpie
device of putting the eye Of the needle al inc
noint inc1nod of the other end.
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THE LITTLE THINGS TIL
MOST VALUABLE.

MOST VALUABLE.
COMPARATIVELY few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almCst everybody
has been struck, at one time or announcer,
with ideas that seemed calculated 10 reouce
some ofthe little fric,ons OF life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows so that they could be Slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?' cxclaims the traveller. "lf were
running the road would make them IN sIch
way
"What was the man that made tins sauce
pan thinking OF p grumbles the cook "lic
never had to work oyer stOye, or he would
have known how it Dug to have been fixed.
Hang such a collar button y groWis the
man who is late for breakfast. off were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break OFT, or gouge out the back
Of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think OF some
thing else. If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put Their IDEAS
about Car windows, sauccpanS, ana collar
buttons into practical shape, and then Apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
independently wealthy rs the man who in
vented INC iron tlHblCllh IlI5, vi WV WY
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
1t the simplest and most profii-
Using invention. from II CONNER
cial point Of view, the company
will give 900 in cash, in adj
litiOn to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the in
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
dilions:
Every competitor nust obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for a preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entabe he can withdraw without further eX-
pense. Otherwise .hc will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
ent IN the regular way The total expense
including Government and Bureau fees, will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize o. not, the inventor will have
patent that ought to be valuable property
to HIM. The prize will be awarded bya jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application
49," -, 1893.
II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
Etching photCcraphs on Glass.

1t is now found that in the art OF
etching photographs on glass very
satisfactory result may be secured by
covering the surface with solution
of gum made sensitive with bichro-
mate of potash and printing the same
under q negative After the image
has in this manner been produced, it
is busted over with minimum or red
lead, and the red picture which is
thus obtained is fixed and burned ac-
cording to the usual process. The
easily soluble red glass which comes
from this method is treated with
strong sulphurie acid, when white
matte design is Produced and the pic
ture appears by transmitted light as
a positive. Some specimens in this
line by German artists are described
as exhibiting superior merit, as COM
pared with those produced by ordi-
nary means. New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-21
The Art TOnsOrial
MR.. AMOS LUCAS,

MIR. AMOS LUCAS,
(ot Long Branchl
Having arrived at the conclusion that the
columns of the CLARION are the only means
whereby he can bring his business to the
proper standard gives vent rs follows:
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING, SHAM
POONING AND DYEING
In the latest style OF the art tonsorial.
SHARP RAZORS AND A CLEAN
SHAVE
is the motto of this enterprisng artist, and
bv strict attention to business can't help
but please all Will be IN his shop at al
times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

News has reached this Office that
there was an election in Eaton and
Bonnerport last Tuesday. We are
frank to state that Of the ten men
elected there were two whose choice
was disappointment to us, and
we feel over it a good deal like the
boy who got a licking in school-too
bad to laugh and too big to cry.
However, majority Of the mem
bers of both boards are men who
will labor for the best interest of
the community and conduct affairs
on the square, and this paper will
take pleasure in seconding their eff
forts in that direction. This paper
is no sorehead concern and advises
all to turn their eyes to the future
and endeavor to pull together fol
the welfare Of Bonner's Ferry.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

In reference to the confirmation
Of David G.. Brown as collector Of
customs for this district the dis
patches yesterday said: The SEN
ate committee on commerce yester-
day considered the nomination of
David G. Brown to be collector of
customs for the district of Montana
and Idaho which has remained un-
acted upon for the year because of
the opposition of Senator Power.
The committee again postponed
action. Brown rendered his resig-
nation to the secretary Of the treas
ury few days ago, but it has not
yet been accepted.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

man has given such general salts
faction that we look to see him re-
nominated. Shoshone has re-
publican aspirant but we have not
yet learned who it will be.
S. E. Henry, G.. L. Hoffman, R.
e. Mcfarland and Alex Mayhem
are down on the list for the district
attorneyship. The two former are
republicans and the two latter are
democrats.
We hear James e. Dolan men
toned for county honors, but we
incline to the belief that Jim has
an eye on an official residence at
the state capitol.
Frank o. Hill will be a candi-
date for reelection to the office of
county treasurer, and has no opo
sition from republican sources.
There are quite a number OF
candidates in this vicinity who
have an eye on the legislature, hut
we will note their names at later
date.
Judge Horner, Of Priest River, is
said to be a candidate for probate
judge.
We have heard Thos. j. Jones,
S. B. Wright, ]. A. Ball and Capt.
F. M. Lucas spoken of for county
commissioner in this district, but
we do not know that any of them
are candidates. N. G.. Sisson, OF
Hope, is a candidate for county
commissioner in this district
Speaking of the coming cam
paign, it may be said that the re
publicans have the best of the fight
The democrats are demoralized anC
the populists are yet weak in this
county. The only fear the repub
licans need have is a fusion in som
of its various forms. OF cours
radical populists and radical dem
ocrats want straight tickets in tn
I field.
1t is too early yet to predict tn
outcome, but we apprehend that
any decided fight is made agains
, the republican ticket, it will b
] through the agency Of non-parti
! Fan citizens ticket. We heard
e prominent republican from tt
I south end of the county make tn
!. remark, not long ago, that, if Il
: time-servers and ringsters didn
a give the rank and file Of the part
4 a fair show this time, there woul
2. be healthy sized revolt and the
d would 60 in with the populists an
o democrats and put -partiza
d citizens ticket in the field, an
d show them that the people-not tt
e politicians-should rule