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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Burial ArmOr and Shrouds.

The custom which still prevails Of
sewing up a corpse in flannel origi-
mated doubtless in the act of parlia-
ment, 10 and 10 Charles II, which was
passed for the encouragement of the
woolen trade and required all bodies
to be buried in wooden shrouds. Two
amending statutes were passed-1G7S
and 16S0-requiring at the funeral an
affidavit to be delivered to the priest
stating that the requirements of the
law had been carried out; otherwise
penalties We're incurred. These acts
were repealed by "a George III, al
though long before that time tho
penalties for noncompliance with
the law had ceased to be enforced.
During the operation of the acts for
burying in woolen the law was some
times evadcd by covering tho corpse
with hay or flowers notification of
which is sometimes met with In the
parish registers.
Burial in armor was not at all un-
common in the middle ages, and was
considered a most honorable form Of
burial. Sir Walter Scott in THE Lay
of the Last Minstrel thus refers to it:
Seemd all on fire that chapel proud,
Whore Eoslius chiefs uncoflin'd lie,
Each baron for a sable shroud
Sheathed IN his iron panoply.
Westminster Gazette.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev G. A, Whitmoie
PAS or. Weekly Lectures Tuesday evenlrs
Meeting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
Wednesday evening. Regular services
D pointment from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rey. J. II. Barb, pas
ar. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ. and $50 T..
NJ. Sunday School, 9. P. u Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, 6.45 +.
United Brethren ClArch-Rey w. L.
Martin, Pastor. Regular Services oy ap'
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at lo a. H.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
sunday School PM.
Nine Society every econd ana four'h
Wednesday evenings
Missionary Meetings by regular appoint
ment,
Morayisn Church: Rev. M. F. Oertcr, Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sundays Il: M
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore, alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard 7:3o respectively
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev
Henry Mann Pastor. Services every alter
nate sunday at 10 A. M. and 7.30 /. NJ
Sunday School at 8 A. M. rayer meeting
eyery Wednesday evening at 7.3O I. NJ.
St, Stephens Church, Protestant Episco-
nal,-Rey. r. Wmttingham, Pastor. Ser
Vices every Sunday at 1890 Il. ~, except on
5th sunday in the month, then at night.
Evening Prayer, Fridays, at :.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Not What They Seemed.

A surprising discovery was made
by Food Inspector Mellor not long
ago. An honest Scovill avenue groces
had become suspicious of prepara-
tions which had been sold to him as
being raspberry jelly and honey, and
he took samples of them to the in
spector. The jelly was made from
corn starch and was colored with
cochineal and favored with raspberry
extract. The alleged honey was made
from glucose sirup favored with OK.
ahc acid. No flavor is necessary in
the production of honey. 1t is only
required that the glucose and oxalio
acid be mixed in the right proportion
and in a few weeks tho result is
honey, at least SO far as taste and ap-
pearance go. The stuff had been
sold to the grocer as strained honey.
Cleveland Leader.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
M. 4
The Servant NJ iu.t.

'1'SN
The other day man Of gentle
manly appearances called at a house
in O well known suburb of a provin-
cial town. In answer to his knock
the housemail came to the door.
"Is Mr.. P in:' said the gentle
man.
''He's just gone out, sir.''
rs Mrs. p ct ho,ne3"
"No, sir. She went out with mas
ter"
Dear me, how unfortunatel !.
wanted particularly to see one Of
them. Can I leave notel'
"Oh, yes, sir. Come in, please"
replied the girl, ushering the visitor
into the dining room. But instead
of leaving him alone she rang for an
other servant, whom she desired to
bring writing materials.
The gentleman wrote his note, en-
closed it in al envelope, addressed it
and left it on the table
This being done, he departed with
u profusion of thanks to the maid,
who escorted him to the door
On returning home Mr. P found
tho note awaiting him. 1t ran thus:
"Your servant is no fool"
This compliment was fully justi-
fed by a paragraph in the next days
paper, giving an account of the
plumber Of neislboring mansion by
a similar visitor. New York Adver~
fisar
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Man Milliners Hired by tho Day.

It is not generally known, perhaps,
that there are man mllllners who
hire out by the day or week as trim
mers to New York modistes. 1t goes
without saying that these tlimmers
are artists. Their greatest value lies
in what they call original designing.
The frames or shapes in stock are
taken with whatever decorative ma
terial may be available. and unique
bonnetS and hats are evolved which
may serve as models or be used for
special orders. The men trimmers
command salary Of $50 week or
$40 a day of six hours. They are
regularly employed by modistes
who, in connection with dress and
cloak making, do some millinery
work, but the largest class of patron
age comes from the millinery shops.
The intruder is scorned by the wom-
en- in the workruom, who not only
make personal remarks, but depre
cate everything he turns out.-New
York World
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
7HURMON Frederick County, Maryland Thursday May TO- 1884,
Unrealized Authorizations,

That Long Islanders are not wholly
devoid of hun1or, which has been
charged against them, is clearly
demonstrated by a recent occurrence
at Riverhead, the Suffolk county
seat.
It seems that tho local debating So
ciety had under consideration the
old topic, "Whether there is greater
pleasure derived from anticipation
than from realization?' This weighty
subject was discussed at length and
was finally carried in favor of antici.
patton by q heavy majority.
Now, it happens that favorite
dish of Riverheaders is rabbit stew,
and that one Of the losing faction,
Nate Downs, Is esteemed as the best
concocter Of rabbit stew on the east
ern end of Long Island.
Not long after the famous debate,
Nate invited tho whole company to
visit his house and partake of the fa-
vorite dish. Anticipation ran high,
and at the appointed hour the club
assembled en- masse, but elias for re-
alization there was no rabbit stew,
only the usual paraphernalia Of
serving it--dlshes, knives, etc.
Nate had sought by this practical
method to force the society to recon-
slider it's hasty decision and was en-
inently successful. The company
left, very angry, but with tho settled
conviction that so far as rabbit stew
was concerned realization would be
more satisfactory than anticipation.
New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Gold and Electricity.

That extreme cold paralyzes every
vital function is Of course piece Of
everyday knowledge. But it has
been left to Professor Pictet, who
has been conducting some expert
ments on this subject, to discover
that at a temperature Of $50 degrees
below the centigrado zero there is no
chemical action between nitric or
sulphuric acid and potash, between
oxygen and potassium, though, un-
der ordinary circumstances, the at
fnity of the latter metal for oxygen
is SO great that it will burn if thrown
into water, owing to its combination
with the oxygen in that fluid. But
if the electric spark is played on bod.
les which have thus lost the power
of chemical affinity, some new and
curious combinations result. The
latest Investigations, the conclusions
of which, however, have been theo-
retically presaged for some years
past, may require us toreconslder the
question Of the temperature OF outer
space and the possibility Of an at
mosphere composed Of gases in COM
bination existing there.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
COLLEGE GIRL y FUN.
A Lot of Freshwomen Give Il Sensational
Rise to the President.


Rise to the President.
"They may talk about tho college
boys and their hazings and tricks,
but for real, genuine fun you can't
beat the college girls, " said a young
freshwoman the other day. Last
year-you know the mems college is
right near our seminary and so they
call on us every evening-the presi~
dent made a new rule.
"He declared that we must dismiss
our guests at 8: 80, and we decided we
would not do it. After great deal
of plotting and planning, we hit
upon delightful plan, and tt was a
great success. The boys secured n
big basket and two ropes and pull
ley for us, and this we hid during
the day and at night fastened two
great hooks on the sill of our study
window. The boys sent up their
cards in the basket, and then after
inspecting them with a lantern to
make sure they We're not burglars
we hauled them up.
"But one night the grave and dig
nified president caught us and
planned a little surprise for U.s. He
found one of the boys cards in our
rooms and placed it in the basket. 1t
worked beautifully, and we hauled
him half way up before any one
thought of using the lantern,
"Then Miss Flyaway held it out
the window and took peep at him.
One glance at the spectacles and bald
head was enough. 1t was lucky for
that president that we did not let
him fall to the ground in our horror
and amazement, but we held on to the
ropes until we decided what to do.
"We couldn't let him down again,
he would only come up and catch us,
and we couldn't drop him, bad as he
was, and we certainly didn't intend
to help him carry out his plan by
hauling him up, so we compromised
by securing the ropes and letting
him hang there in mldair.
HE begged and implored to be let
down, offered us any brlbe we could
wish for and wasted more cloquence
on us in that first hour than he did
during his yearly lectures. But we
had no visitors that night. He
amused us, and we wanted revenge,
so we left him.
He tried to jump, to climb down
the wall aud up on the rope, but
failed in everything. At last he
howled, yelled like an Indian, till
every one IN the town was aroused
and even the boys turned out to see
the terror of their worst nightmare,
crimson with rage, suspended in
midair in clothesbasket. New
York Advertiser.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
How to Get Warm.

1t may not be generally known
that when exposed to severe cold a
feeling of warmth is readily created
by repeatedly filling the lungs to
their utmost extent in the following
manner: Throw the shoulders we'll
back and hold head we'll up. In
tlate the lungs slowly, the air en-
te1ing entirely through the nose.
When the lungs are completely
filled, hold the breath for 10 seconds
or longer and then expel it quickly
through the mouth. After repeat
ing the exercise while one is chilly a
feeling of warmth will be felt over
the entire body, even in the feet and
hands. 1t is worth while practioing
this exercise many times each day
and especially when in the open air.
Medical Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10

The mysteries Of vegetable life are
not all yet explored. An Indian
botanist has made experiments which
induce him to say that some plants
can see. Whether the inference can
beacceLted or not, these experiments
90 to show that the plants made an
effort to reach supports placed at a
little distance and grew toward the
supports wherever placed. The plant
was convclvulus, and when a pole
was placed near it and in such way
that the toudlil5 would have to turn
away from the light to reach 1t,
they invariably did so and within a
few hours twined about it. That
certain plants have the sense of
touch is we'll kuown.-Medical Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Almost n Tragedy,

He had asked her to be his wife
he, the humble clerk at the ribbon
counter, and she, the scornful aristo-
crat-and she had rejected him ut
terly
"H "Heartless wretchI' ho exclaimed,
shaking his clinched hands.
Leave me-" she commanded i'm
periously.
Never, while l have life!" he
hoarsely hissed.
Il shall go mad" he sh1ieked.
Coward! Villain! Wretch!' she
muttered in threatening tones.
A cold, cruel, sarcastic smile came
into her high bred face, and she
looked down on him distltiafully.
Don't do it," she pleaded ironical-
ly. GO in good huinor. There's
the door Ia to, and as he turned
his eyes once more upon her that I'M
perious finger transliHed him, ard LIE
obeyed er.-Detroit Free Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
The Sea Horse.

One little animal q suppose it is a
fish, figures a good deal in my work
the sea horse. Dried specimens
give you a poor idea of the things
alive. l went into ecstacies over
them. The first l saw at our old
aquarium, where they could be seen
and watched to great advantage.
They move their little tails like an
elephants trunk, and their inqulring
eyes, each moving independently of
the other suggest that they know an
awful lot about the mystery of the
sea. They have formed a basis on
which l have constructed several
marine animals suitable for a mer-
maid and sea nymphs to ride and
play with. -Scribners Magazine,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
AHay Ahead of dob.

1 heard an amusing story Of Sir
Henry Hawkins from legal friend a
week or two ago, but cannot vouch
for the absolute truth of It, Sir
Henry was presiding over long, te-
dious and uninteresting trial, and was
listening, apparently with absorbed
attention, to long, tedious and unln'
teresting speech from a counsel learn
ed in the law. Presently he made q
pencil memorandum, folded it and
sent it by the usher to the 9. G. in
question. This gentleman, on un-
folding the paper, found these words:
"Patience Competition Gold Medal,
Sir Henry Hawkins. Honorable Men
ton, job" His peroration was wound
up with as little delay as possible
Sketch
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
uoxr TismarcE Got There,

Bismarck has had some odd expert
ences in his varied life, but the fol
lowing perhaps was the queerest:
He had been invited to court din
ner by the czar at the Imperial Sum
mer palace. He missed the train
from st. Petersburg, and finding
that he could not reach the palace in
time, and that the delay in heating
up locomotive would be very great,
he jumped on a handcar. The sta
ton master and a couple of work
men assisted the prince to work the
engine, he taking turns with the
rest of them. He arrived safely in
time for the dinner, and Bismarck
expressed his thanks to the men with
80 rubles, while to tho station master
he sent ,0O0 fine cigars.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10

Tho famous leaning tower Of Pisa
is cumpanile on bell tower. The
building, which is cylindrical in
form, is 1917 feet high and 50 feet in
diameter, made entirel y OF white
marble. Il is called the leaning tow"
er from the fact that it inclines some
80 feet from the perpendicular, and
it is not generally known that this
inclination, which gives the towet
such q remarkable appearance, was
not intentional. At the time it was
about half done the error in meas
urement was perceived. 1t was
guarded against by the Use Of extra
braces, in the further construction OF
the building and al adaptation of
the stone in the highest portion.
There are seven bells ON the top of
the tower. the largest OF which
weighs 1900 pounds, and these are
SO placed as to counteract as far as
possible the leaning Of the tower it
self.-Fire and Water.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Aluminium Paint.

1t is stated that aluminium, when
reduced to powder and mixed with a
solution in water Of gum lac, gives a
metallic paint which covers well and
may be shaded with aniline colors
dissolved in water. The solution Of
gum lac is made by bringing to boil
ing point a mixture of gum lac and
borax and an alllali such as soda or
ammoniac. The solution must con-
tain at least from Is to 90 per cent
Of gum lac Anilino colors are add
ed to produce the shade desired, and
aluminium is added in sufficient
quantity to produce paint suffi-
GENTLY fluid for application with a
brush. The color is brilliant, very
durable and impermeable and may
be applied to metals, paper, wood
and wooden materials. 1t may be
rendered supple by the addition of a
small quantity of glycerin. n.-St,
Louis Globe e-Democrat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
WHAT THE BIRDS EAT.
Professor Washburn Divides the Featherei
Tribes Into Three Classes.

Tribes Into Three Glasses.
Professor E. l.. Washburn of the
State Agricultural college read q pa
per before the State Horticulturalso so
ciety on Birds and the Hortic;sltur-
ist, IN which, after showing tho re-
suit of many painstaking expert
ments in examining birds stomachs,
ETC., he goes on to say:
Summarizing from what has been
done in this line elsewhere and from
personal observation, it would seem
that we might classify the commoner
birds in rather vaguely defined
groups, it is true, Under four heads.
We would, however, reserve the
privilege Of condemning any bird
when it became a veritable nuisance
to the fruit grower.
Under Birds Worthy of Our Pro-
lection" I would place the robin,
bluebird, all the sparrows except the
English SPARROW, bullocks, oliole,
all fycatchers and virees, swallows,
most of the woodpeckers, most Of
the thrushes, the red tailed hawk,
the red shouldered hawk, Swainson's
hawk or buzzard, marsh hawk, spar
row hawk, long cared owl, short
cared owl, barred owl and the
screech owl.
Under Birds Probably Beneficial"
we might place the following: Black
birds, red shafted flicker, kingbi1d
found in parts of eastern Oregom,
cherry bird or cedar bird, the horned
lark, black winged yellowbird, or
wild canary" China pheasants,
quail r,lf1led grouse Or native pleas
ant" blue grouse and great horned
owl
Under Doubtful" l would place
the jays, crows, meadow lark, black
headed grosbeak, ground dove
golden eagle, bald eagle.
And under "Dcciaedly Bad l
should unhesitatingly place the pur-
pie linnet, or cherry thief" the
woodpccker called the sap sucker"
Cooper's hawk and sharp Skinned
hawk.
In considering the above arbitrary
divisions it should be borne i'll mind
that many birds placed in the Doubt
full" column may really deserve
a better place, though the eXamina-
ton of stomachs have not extended
through a long enough time to show
this The eagles, for instance, in To-
calities where their natural food Is
abundant are undoubtedly beneficial.
1t is only when this supply is cut
off that they become injurious. The
China pheasant is reported to mo by
some as consuming much grain,
feeding on fruit and garden stuff
and even pulling up young pear and
peach pits just sproutod. Yet the
bulk of testimony seems to point to
the fact that all OF our game birds
consume enough injurious insects to
more than balance their bad quail
ties. Gunners in this vicinity assure
me that they find many grasshCppors
in the crop and stomach Of Denny
pheasants, and one man mentions
seeing these birds hunting a field for
hoppers much after the manner of
turkeys.
Of the English sparrow can say
nothing good and trust it may never
get a foothold in Portland or else
where in Oregon, 1t is noisy, pug
nacious and dirty, and though it has
q penchant for canker worms it
drives away other birds which prey
upon pests for which an English
sparrow has no liking.-Portland
Oregonian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
John Hopes Methods.

The late John Hope of Edinburgh
was a man of many peculiarities,
He had peculiar horror of boys
smoking in the streets. Whenever
he met an urchin with pipe in his
mouth, he would stop and lecture
him on the evils of smoking. Gen
orally he finished his homily by pur-
chasing the pipe and destroying it in
the boys presence, This method Of
advancing the cause of the Anti To-
bacco league did not meet with
much success, as the boys usually in
vested the money in new pipes and a
further supply of tobacco.-Edin.
burgh Correspondent
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
p,,.,,,re and After.

As IN instance Of the surprising in
crease in value that a picture ac-
Quires aftar an artist has become IA
nous. the following is interesting:
A dealer once went to the studio Of
David Cox and purchased painting
off his easel for $40. A few days
afterward the old man went to him
and said:
"You arc young and have wife
and children. ! think have charged
YOU too much for that picture, and I
have brought you back e2. "
Not many years after that same
painting was sold for 45o guineas-
London Iit-Bits. !!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10

A somewhat pretentious youth was
charging in Professor Jowett's pres
ence on "our debt to France" To
France we owe our art, the best of
our literature, etc. "Do you know, J"
said Jowett, what is inscribed over
the gate of hell7" The youth quoted
Dantes well known line. NO, was
the reply, 1.-The inscription is Lei on
parle Francois. "-San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Exec ssive Meat Eating.

Zone deplorable result of excessive
meat eating" say Mrs. Ernest Hart
in The Hospital, lis the i'll temper
which is said to be chronic com
plant in England. In less meat eat
ing France urbanity is the rule;
in fish and rice eating Japan harsh
words are unknown and an exquisite
pohteness to one another prevails,
even among the children who play
together in the StNets."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-10
Waiting.

Doctor-Excuse me. Which of you
gentlemen has been waiting the
longer7
Tailor-I believe ! have. 1t is
more than a year since you ordered
suit of clothes and got it, but you
haven't paid me yet.-Stockholms
Tidningeu. ..-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

The republicans of Vermont have
settled with wonderful unanimitv
and good judgment, too. upon can
didate for governor this year and are
now looking around for suitable
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS They are natu-
rally looking to this section Of the
state for candidate, and St. Johns
bury can furnish them an excellent
man in Hon. Henry c. Bates. For
20 years he has been a resident of
this town, during which period he
served the public as states attorney
for one term and county senator for
two terms Each term he was presi-
dent pro tenn of the senate and filed
the position with ability and grace.
As lawyer he has few equals in
Northern Vermont. AS a soldier he
has a creditable record as a member
of the Fourth Massachusetts Heavy
Artillery AS an all-around man be
is all right.
For lieutenant governor, Hon.
Henry c. Bates of St. JOhnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
Catarrb Cannot be Cured

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country for years and is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed OF the best
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mucous surfaces. The perfect combipa-
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F. ]. CHENEY, & CO., Props, Toledo o.
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