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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-06-13

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-06-13

81 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, 1895-06-13
The Art TOnsOr1a
MR.. AMOS LUCAS, II.

tot Long BranchJ 10"
Having arrived at the conclusion that the
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il the motto of this enterprising artist and
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-06-13
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

Comparatively lew Peopio Aos"i" 'i
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
mas been struck, at one time or ahotner'
with ideas that seemed calculated TO reouce
some ofthe little fric,ions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without inrther
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." eXclaims the traveller. III were
running the road would make them IN such
q way
"What was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking off, grumbles the cook, ne
never had to work oyer stoye or lie wouin
have known how it ought to have been hXcd.
"Hang such collar button p growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "lf were In
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, 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, saucepans, ana co'lar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves Us
independently wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or The one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has reso we'd to
offer prize.
TO person who submits to
il the sin. plest and most prOm-
Using invention. from IL CONNER
ciaI point Ofyiew. the company
will give $500 in cash. In adj
dition to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
Xviii also advertise the in-
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
dilinns
Every competitor must obtain a 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 nnpat-
entable, he can withdraw without further eX-
pensc. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
cnt IN the regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees, will
he seventy dollars For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize O: not, the inventor will have
q patent that ought to be valuabcptoperty
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
-" .- --, 1915.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
interviewing by Telephone.

Many Frenchmen nowadays live
in Brussels, some because they find
it convenient to quit their native
country, others because Brussels,
while wonderfully like Paris, is as
yet far less expensive place to live
in. This being so, the telephone be-
tween the French and Belgian CAPT.
tails is extremely important, and one
of tho moro go ahead of the Partisan
newspapers has hit upon the device
Of publishing interviews by tele-
phone" with celebrities across the
frontier. These interviews differ in
nothing from interviews obtained
in the usual way. Thus in one Of
them politician was asked by his
interviewer, What do you intend to
do?" and the account thus continues
"'Why, shall simply watch events,
he replied, rubbing his hands." PEG.
ple are now wondering how the tel
ephone has been brought to such
perfection that man can DO heard
rubbing his hands hundreds of miles
away.-London News. <
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Early Glasslnaking,

The first attempt at glassmaking
in this country was some years be-.
fore the Revolution and was made
at Quincy, in this state, by q compa-
ny of Germans. Some specimens of
their articles still exist, says Mr..
Deming Jarves. The place in Quincy
where their mandatory was estab-
lishcd acquired from them tho name
of Germantown, which name it re-
tains to tho present time. The site
Of their mandatory Is now occu-
pied by tho institution called "Tho
Sailors Snug Harbor.
About 1885 Robert Hewes, a we'll
known citizen of Boston, made prob
ably tho first effort to establish a
window glass mandatory on this
continent Mr.. Hewes carried his
works to the fuel and erected his
factory in the forest Of New Hamp
shire. Boston Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Youthful Gallantry.

Little Harold, who lives in Florida
avenue, is one of the brightest little
fellows in town. 1t is really O pity
that tho profession of courtier has
fallen into decay, for Harold has the
instincts Of Raleigh. He has a sis.
ter Margery, two years his junior,
and Margery is his ideal. The other
day at luncheon Margery was eating
bread and sugar, and some of the
sugar remained On her lips. Harold
told her Of it, and she wiped it off.
There's something else sweet on
your lips" went on the 5-year-old
beau. Margery drew her napkin
across her mouth again.
"Oh, you can't wipe it off" said
Harold. "You were born with it. ~
Washington Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
An Old English Custom.

The nomination of sheriffs accord
ing to the present mode dates from
1851. The "shire reeve" was first
appointed by Alfred the Great to as
sist the aldermen and the bishop in
the discharge Of their judicial func.
tons in the counties. In Edward
Ills reign 1t war enacted that they
should be ordained on the morrow
Of All Souls by the chancellor, treas.
urer and chief baron of the excheq.
uer." The only instance Of fe.
male sheriff is that Of Anne, count
ess of Pembroke, who, on the death
Of her father, the Earl Of Cumber
land, without male heirs in 1913
succeeded to the Office in Westmor
land and attended the judges to Ap
pleby.-Phlladelphia Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
In Chancery.

The funds in court amounted in
1894 to the huge total of i6i, 075, 1877
As. ID, but the proportion Of this
sum In want Of owners is not stated.
It Is interesting to note that during
the preceding year payments were
made to successful claimants and
others amounting to 916, 1924, 1852 IS.
There is also large sum in court
undor the heading Foreign curren-
cies,' made up of rupees. crowns,
dollars, forms, francs, guilders, lire
and marks. Reference should also
be made to a long list Of boxes and
other miscellaneous effects remain
ing in the custody of the Bank Of
England on behalf of the supreme
court of judicature.
An official list of the titles of chan
Gerry causes undealt with for IS years
or upward is published triennially,
but as the names of the testators or
persons entitled to the funds are in
the majority Of cases not stated the
information is of little value to the
general public. To give an instance:
In 1928 Nathaniel Briggs, one of the
next of kin of Thomas Storke, who
died in 1880, was advertised for by
order of the court of ohancery. The
fund was not claimed, and In the
latest list of dormant funds we find
the title of the chancery suit given
thus: "Pomoroy versus Brewer No
mention is made that the next Of
kin Of Thomas Storke are wanted.
An idea Of the largo number of
similar cases may be gained from
the fact that the list of unclaimed
funds fills 1877 pages. This list is
only an index to the titles of 40
counts and is not in any sense a reg.
lister of next of kin wanted or of
lapsed legacies, intestates' estates,
unclaimed dividends, prize money,
etc.-Chambers' journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
ADVERTISING RATES.

Transient advertisements $l.00 per
square for first insertion, SO cents for
each subsequent insertion.
All advertisements of a political ma
ture must he paid for in advance.
All notices of u personal character will
he charged for ut the rate of Is cents
per line.
Marriage and obituary notices, not OK
Ceedng ten lines, will be published free ;
exceeding ten lines, will be charged at
regular rates.
Personal cards, double regular rates.
Communications solicited, but we dis
claim any responsibility for the views or
correspondents. All communications
must be sent in by Saturday, otherwise
they will have to lilo over for next issue,
Correspondents must invariably sent
us their real as we'll as assumed names.
A failure to comply with this rule will
consign all such communications to the
waste basket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Artistic Conference.

Tho Chicago plutocrat was show
Ing an eastern architect some of the
great buildings of the Windy City
and getting his opinion of them.
II think" said the architect after
his tour Of investigation, that
while your buildings are lofty and
luxurious they lack artistic coher-
ence."
"Some Of Them" admitted the
plutocrat, mo doubt do, but notall. !"
"Of course not all.
well, l should say not. Now,
take that last ono we looked at It
belongs to me, and 1t has been pay
ing 10 per cent on tho Investment
ever since it was finished. detroit
Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
A Rust Resisting Wheat.

Pisciculturists who look forward
hopefully to the evolution of the
bonoless shad will probably derive
some encouragement from the fact
that a new rust resisting variety of
wheat Is being eagerly sought for
as seed by Australian farmers. 1t
was noticed by farmer in South
Australia several years age while
reaping badly rusted field of wheat
that among 1t were some heads.
wholly unaffected. He picked and
carefully saved them and sowed the
grain the next year. It yielded we'll
and showed no sign of rust. From
that beginning the stock was in
creased until 90 acres were raised
last year, the crop Of which was
taken at good price.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
THE DEACON's DAUGHTERS.

The deacon had three daughters. 1.-THE and
fair.
Girls with three story heads, handsomely
donieI.
Loyahle, beautiful, spiritual that could
Bring down in Joy the best Of heaven TO Garth
And raise the hearts Of earth in thanks to
heaven.
Humanity reached higher plane In them.
Yet had no cause TO blush at its success.
Certes they had to cat. to drink to sleep.
To sew, to scrub, maybe sometimes to delve
In the old fashioned garden full OF flowers.
Ye. mover seemed they wanting much in that
All understandable that Is from heaven
No less than EARTH that subtitle comeliness
Belonging only tG:she high belongings
Above the cadences Of this great world
What shall we say about them-praise OF
blsIreP
Blame them for clarifying this our enrth7
Praise them for blooming Nike three lovely
tiOwers2
Let us give thanks that such as thoy exist
Let us give thanks that we. too. are alive
To comprehend, admire and freely bless.
Edward s. Dreamer in New York Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03

The habit of using tobacco grows on a
man until grave diseased conditions are
produced Tobacco causes cancer of the
meuth and stomach; dyspepsia; loss of
memory; nervous affections; congestion Of
the reti,la; and wasting of the optic
nerve, resulting in impairment of vision,
even to the extent of blindness; dizziness
or vertigo; tobacco asthma; nightly sutfo-
cation; dull pain in the region of the
heart, followed later by sharp pains, pal
pitation and weakened pulse, result
ing in fatal heart disease. 1t also causes
loss of vitality.
QUIT BEFORE IT is TOO LATE.
TO quit suddenly is too severe shock
to the system. as tobaccO-tO an inveter
ate nser, becomes a stimulant that hi
system continually Graves. "BACCO
CuRO' is scientific and reliable vege
table remedy; guaranteed to be perfectl,
harmless: and which has been in use TO
the last % years, having cured thousand
of hahitual tobacco users smokers, chew
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YOU CAN USE ALL THE TOBACCO
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euro" 1T WILL NOTIFY lOU WHEN
TO STOP. WE GIVE A WRITTEN
GUARANTEE to permanently cure an.
case with three boxes, or refund thu
money with ~ per cent. interest.
"BaCCO-CURO" is not a substitute
but reliable and scientific cure-whicl
absolutely destroys the craving for to
bacco without the aid of will power, an,
with no Inconvenience. 1t leaves tn
system as pure and free from nicotine, a
the day you took your first chew O
smoke.
Sold by all druggists, at $1.Oe per box
three boxes, (thirty days treatment, am
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direct upon receipt of price. SEND ST
TWO-CENT STAMPS FOR SAMPL]
BOOKLET AND PROOFS FREE. Enre
ka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
Manufacturing Chemists, Lacrosse, Wis
ronsin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Tea In Russia.

Russians are very careful about
the way their tea is made. They
make it in a porcelain OF esrthen
teapot and drink it from tumblers
of glass SO annealed that there is no.
danger of the hot liquid breaking
them. Their tea Is always made Of
water at the first boiling-an i'm
portant matter. The tea brewed in
the teapot is made quite strong, but
the tea glasses are but one-third-
filled with this tea and then filled up'
with boiling water. This gives q
delicate, fine favored cup of tea not
strong enough to have rank taste
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Won Ono.

An intelligent foreigner is said to
have expressed himself after the fol-
lowing fashion in regard to the Eng
lish language:
when discovered that if / was
quick was fast, if stood firm I was
fast, if spent too freely l was fast
and that not to eat was to fast, /
was discouraged. But when l came
across the sentence, Tho first one
won one guinea prize, I was tempt
ed to give up trying to learn the Eng
lish language. Youths Compan.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
A Slip.

A Harlom girl distinguished her.
self by a terrible "broak" the other
evening. Her victim was, of all per-
sons, young Apropos, he who is tho
idol of tho designing damsel and tho
maneuvoring mother. It may also
be remarked that he has served q
long and honorable apprenticeship
at speechmaking. He happened to
raention to the Harlem girl that he
was down for q toast at dinner
upon tho following evening.
eyes, and I don't much fancy the
idea of getting up and making a fool
Of myself either" he added, with be-
coming modesty.
"Oh, shouldn t think you'd mind
it much" said the Harlem girl.
"You done it SO often before, you
know. New York Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Knew Some rnelisb. hut Not That.


A Frenchman was boasting that
he had thoroughly mastered the Eng
lish language when no was asked to
write from dictation the following
choice specimen Of our eccentric ver-
nacular:
"As Hugh Hughes was hewing a
yule log from a yew tree man
dressed in garments Of a dark hue
came up to Hugh and said, Have
you seen my ewes?' To which he
replied, If you will wait until I hew
this yew, will go with you to look
for your ewes. >"
After an attempt tho Frenchman
admitted his mistake. He used tC
imagine he was used to English
speaking, but he would be more care
full how he used tho language in fu'
ture.-Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
CLARA MORRIS START.
Her Early Career Described by the Man
Who Taught Her.

l
Who Taught Her.
Whom Clara Morris was baptized
in an Episcopalian church recently,
people began asking how long she
had been on tho stage. Theater GO
ers who are now mon and women re-
call the furore she created at Days
theater years ago when they were
boys and girls. Clara Morris then
was hardly more than a girl. but sho
already had several years Of stage
experience, If the 8 Try of old John
Ellsler, tho veteran ex-actor and the
atrical manager, is truo. Ellsler is
now in Philadelphia, whore he keeps
o littlo shop untroubled by the va
carries of dramatic ventures.
A reporter for tho Washington
Post ran across tho old man in Kan
sas City few days ago and listened
to the following story of how Clara
Morris got her start:
"she drifted upon the stage" said
old John as he filled his queer little
brier root pipo and lighted it.
"Clara's name wasn't Norris, but
Morrison. At the time l met her
first I was the owner of the old
Academy Of Music On Bank street in
Cleveland. Clara's mother was, l
believe, from ireland originally, but
Clara was born here. Her mother
was cook in a boarding house near
the theater, and as soon as Clara got
into her teens she was very anxious
to do something, earn some money,
to mako life little easier for her
mother.
In tho many years that I knew
her and even as q girl Clara Morris
was possessed by two strong ideas.
One was that she herself had but a
short timo to live, and the other that
she must work md slave and save
and scrapo together money enough
before sho died to make her mother
securely comfortable. Vol, she's
not dead yet, and she has her mothor
safe and well in q house on the Hud-
son, oil in tho old lady's name.
Clara's temperament was melan-
choly, and that and the trouble with
her back may havo induced her to
look only for short life. The in
jury to her back arose from some
body striking or kicking her before
she was old enough to recollect it.
"When Clara Morris came to me"
continued Ellsler, "she was merely
looking for work. Sho wasn't think
ing of the stage. She came to the
theater just as she might have gone
into a restaurant as waitress had
she known Of such place. The the
alter merely CHANGED to be near at
hand. l had her trained and put her
in my ballet For three years Clara
danced in tho ballet. She put in
good bit of timo at my theater even
when she wasn't working, and as
she was very quiet and careful and
we'll behaved / used to have her on
q great deal in walking parts when
tho ballet WASH t on the bills.
"To mako long story short, !
could not tell when Clara Morris
spoke her first lines on the stage,
neither the play nor the occasion.
The first rocollect on that point is
that she was acting small parts and
acting them we'll. In five years after
she began to speak lines she was the
best actress in my company-too
good, in fact for any part / could
give her"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
mo-. &c;
PAR5ON AND GATAMOUNTS.
The Minister Found Pair Of kittens and
Had to Fight For Thorn,


Had to Fight For Them.
Rev. DIR. Daniel Hudson is we'll
known Campbellite preacher Of San
Bernardino county. He has sought
souls among the hardest mining
camps and tho toughest numbering
localities among the mountains Of
Arizona and southern California for
two decades. He had Oil uncommon
experience one day es he was coming
on horseback down the grade of tho
San Jacinto mountain. He saw at
the edge of tho ohaparra1 two little
oatamount kittens playfully rolling
and tambling over each other OH the
creek bank.
The preacher wanted to catch the
pretty, bobtailed, innocent looking
punches Of fluff and fur alive and to
take them home rs curiosities. He
succeeded and consigned Them To
one side Of the sadllebags, the con:
tents Of which consisted of hymn
books and Bibles. Mr.. Hudson start:
ed his horse for tho house of tho
nearest ncighbor, a distance of six
miles or moro. The reverend gentle-
man was riding slowly along through
the deepening gloom of the forest in
thoughtful, half shopping mood
whom @ shriil screcch behind hind
and up tho motntain side reminded
him that it was growing dark and
there was rapidly approaching
prospect of q fight with the parents
of the kittons.
Dismounting, no secured a heavy
hickory club before tho cats arrived.
but not any too soon. Both tho old
cats appeared at the same time IN
the road ahead of the preacher.
They had undoubtedly scented tho
kittens and made directly for their
captor. One of the catamounts. an
unusually largo and feroeious male,
made spring for tho dominio's
throat, but received whack with
tho hickory which laid him on his
back. Before DR.. Hudson could re-
cover his guard the female caught
him by the shoulder as it leaped and
raked him, tearing q section of his
coat and about six inches of his skin
and flesh into ribbons.
BY this time the male had got on
his feet again, and both cats prepar-
ed to spring at once. Hudson, see-
ing that the affair was getting ser
rious, backed up against Il tree and
awaited their onslaught. He didn't
have to wait long, as shemale, snarl:
ing with rage, made a leap at his
throat, While the female orept to one
side as if to flank him. This FACT
saved the preacher, as It gave him
time to receive the bigger one,
which he skillfully did by jumping
to the right and striking 1t just as it:
struck the tree where he had stood.
The blow knocked it senseless. The
female made flying leap, but an
other quick movements allowed her
to strike the base OF the tree where
the preacher had stood. He gave it
one hard blow on the side, but Slip
ped and fell, when the cat buried her
teeth nnd claws in his leg 1t was
now rolling, tumbling fight for
very brief period, but the dominie's
good luck did not desert him. He
finally killed both animals. San
Francisco Examiner.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Appreciation.

"That girl in front of us is very
fond of the opera, said the young
woman at the theater.
"She must be, " replied the young
man. From the size of her hat
you'd think she was afraid some of
it might get past her. "-Washington
Star,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
Symbols of Trade.

In Scotland it was for a long time
usual to place on a man s tombstone
the symbols of his trade. Especially
was this the case at Dunblane,
where, in the burial ground of the
abby, it has been found that of
those tom bstones which are from
100 to 200 years old about one-fourth
are thus marked, the symbols being
in low Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03

Aristotle was the first philosopher
to suggest the real cause of the phe-
nomenon of dew. He said, 1.-THE
suns heat raises the vapor, from
which the dew Is formed as soon as
that heat Is no longer present to sus.
tain the vapor."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03

The Wisconsin river was first call
ed the WISCONSIN, wild, rushing
channel. In the books Of the early
explorers the name appears as the
Ouisconsin, WISCONSIN, Ouisconche,
Mesconsing and Missouissing.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03

There is something among men
more capable of shaking despotio
power than lightning, whirlwind, or
earthquake-that is, the threatened
Indignation Of the whole civilized
world. Daniel Webster.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-07-03
She Got Even.

Miss Pretty with soathing sur
oasm)-You seem to prefer the CON-
pany Of youths much younger than
yourself.
Miss Beauti with QUITTING severi-
ty)-Yes, ! am not 80 anxious to
marry as some girls know.-New
York Weekly.