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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-12-05
A Visit From tho Bayleys.

n SloAt rAOAAA eA0 AoyAoye
The servant at No. told the serv-
ant at No. 2 that her master expected
his old friends, the Bayleys, to pay a
visit, and No. 2 told No. that No. 1
expected to have the Bayleys In the
house every day, and No. 8 told No.
4 that it was all up with No. and
that they couldn't keep the bailifs
out, whereupon No. 4 told No. that
the officers were after No. 1, and that
1t was as much as he could do 70 pre-
vent himself from being taken in ex-
ecution, and that 1t was nearly killing
his poor, dear wife, and SO it went on
increasing and increasing until it got
to No. SO that the detective police
had taken up the gentleman who
lived at No. for killing his poor,
dear wife with arsenic. and that It
was confidently hoped and expected
that he would be executed at Horse
monger Lane Jail, as the facts of the
care were very clear against him.
London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-12-05
National AlrS.

It Is strange thing that the ma
tional airs of great countries are
short, while those Of little countries
are very long. For instance, God
Save the Queen" is IA bars, the Rus
sian hymn 16 bars, and Hail, Column
bia," the foremost among the Ameri-
can airs, has % bars. On the other
hand, Slams national hymn has 70
bars, that Of Uruguay 70, Chili's 46,
and 80 on. San Marine, the smallest
republic in the world, has the long
est national hymn. The national
hymn of China is 80 long that, when
people want to hear it, they have
to take half a day off to be ablo to
listen to its strains. London Million.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-12-05
Inherited.

The small boy who applied to the
Chicago physician to be vaccinated
was so bright faced the doctor asked
him who he was.
I'm Johnny Smith,, he said, "and
my pops detective"
"Oh," exclaimed the doctor, run
along, little boy! There's no need
to vaccinate you. You'll never catch
anything. "-Detroit Free Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-12-05
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has q Clear Gift Ola
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them I'm still
More.

Would YOU like to make twenty-five hun
dred dollarsP 1fyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way TO 90 IL.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous-
ands of applications for Inventions, oMt II
would like TO handle thousands more. lhere
is plenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but n oura e IN en-
to produce practical results. That enconr'
aeement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT SO HARD As 1T SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an appall-
ingly formidable thing. The IDEA 10 thaI an
inventor must be a natural genius, IKE Eol-
son or Bell that he must put years 10 delVlhg
In complicated mechanical problems and
,hat he must spend a fortune on delicate ex-
neriments before he can get new device 10
= natentable degree OF perfection. ibis de-
lus,on the company desires to dlspel. 1t de-
sires to get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that it Is not the
great complex, and expensive inventions
that bring the best returns to their authors
Int the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem 80 absurdy trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the fatent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous inven.
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of bis experiments. But the man who con.
ceived the idea of fastening bit OF ruoper
cord to a child's ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made for
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
ing.machine is miracle OF ingenuIty-the
product of the toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye Of the needle at the
nont instead of the other end.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-12-05
No Blanks In this Competition

This is q competition Of rather an unusual
nature 1t 10 common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the competitors risking the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize But the
Press Claims Company's 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.
peti:ive plan for q club house on a certain
corner Is not accepted has spent his labor on
Imethng Of very little use to him But the
erson who patents simple and useful de,
yice in the Press Claims Companp's Cumpe-
tltion, need not worry If he fail to secure The
prize. He has substantial result to show
for his work--one that will 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
patenting TIE simber the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the Press
Claims Companys twenty five hundred dol
ars.
The respons .biity Of this company may be
Judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about three hundred Of the leading newspa-
pers Of the United States.
Address the Press Claims COMPANY, John
Weddeburn, managing attorney GleF street
Y WselinUt0u - e. ,H4v
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PLEASE REMEMBER

that we send THE CAToCTIN CLARION tol
one year. THE ILLUSTRATED HOME GUEST
for one year, and the book, "Twenty Com
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This offer applies both to new subscribers ano
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Sample copies of THE ILLUSTRATED HOME
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ut this office. Address all letters:
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THE LITTLE THINGS THE
NTRST VALUABLE.

Compnratiyely few people regard them
selyes IA inventors, but almost every body
mas been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated TO reouce
some of the little frictions OF life. usually
such ideas are dismissed without lnrther
thought.
"Whv don't the railroad company make
ito car windows 40 that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backse" exclaims the traveller. III l were
running the road would make them in such
q way"
"What was the man that made this sauce
nan thinking off, grumbles the cook. he
never had to work oyer stoye or ne would
have known how it ought to have been liked
Hang such collar button p growls the
man who is late for breakfast "lfl were IN
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the pack
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 ioeas
about car windows saucepans, ana collar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
ATTEMPTING 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 q prize.
TO the person who submits to
it the simplest and most prom
Using Invention. from Il CONNER
cial point of view. the company
will give 1880 in cash, In al.
ditiOn to refundtng the fees for
securing the patent.
twill also advertise the In
ventiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entable, he can withdraw without further ex.
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat.
ent IN the regular way. The total expense
including Government and Bureau fees, VIII
be seventy dollars For this whether he Sc
cures the prize o: not, the inventor will have
a patent that ought to be valuable psoperty
to him. The prize will be awarded by "a 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:
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
WIMAN IS FREE.
New York Court of Appeals Decides
In Favor of the Duke" of
Staten Island.

Albany, n. Y, Dec 19.-The court of
appeals has decided to sustain the judg-
ment of the general term, reversing the
conviction of Erastus Wiman for forg-
cry. Wiman is free man.
Mr.. Wiman was born in Canada about
sixty years ago. He was first employed
in the composing room of the Toronto
Globe, and afterward became the market
reporter of the paper. In 1861 he en-
tered the Toronto agency of Dun & CO.
He proved himself so apt that he wa:
soon promoted to be manager and the
was brought to the home Office in this
city. The business grew at a marvellous
rate, and his income, it was estimated,
gradually increased until it reached 500
900 or 100000 a year. Intensely ambi-
tious to earn fame and fortune Mr.. Wi
man early went into enterprises that
made him conspicuous figure in the
metropolis. He retained his Canadian
citizenship and was the founder of q
couple of big telegraph lines in Canada,
a director in the Western Union Tele-
graph company, and connected with
scores of other enterprises. Mr.. Wlmar
came to be known as the Duke of Sta
en- Island" because of the great amour
of property he controlled there. After (.
time it became known he was treadinG
on thin financial ice and his power was
soon on the wane. The amount involved
in his final failure has never been def
nitely settled, being estimated all the
way from $750,000 to $1,5OO,OOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

who is in i'll health or ailing.
In the case of Mary E. Campbell, of
Albion, Noble Co., Ind, her suffering
was so severe, her relief SO suddenly real
lied, and her gratitude SO great, that she
wishes the circumstances published, in
the hope that others may be benefited
thereby. She says
My physician told me had dropsy
and falling of the womb. My stomach
and bowels were so bloated l could not
get full breath. My face and hands
were bloated badly. had that dreadful
bearing-down pain, backache, palpitaticn
of the heart, and nervousness.
"One of my physicians told me had
something growing in my stomach; and
the medicine that I took gave me relief
only for short time. I thought l must
die. began to take Lydia E. Pinkhona'S
Vegetable Compound, and it worked like
a charm. After taking the first bottle
I could walk across the street, now | am
well I advise all my friends to take it. ;"
MARY e. CAMPBELL, Albion, Noble Co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
STRIYE is STILL ON.
DiSorderly Element Getting the
Best Of the Po-
liCer

Philadelphia Pa, Dee 21.-The agree
ment by which the trolley strike was de-
claIed off was practically repudiated
early this morning by President Welsh
and General Manager Beetem, who re-
fused to put all of the men to work as
agreed upon by a portion of the Traction
management at conference with Mayor
Warwick last night
AS q result OF the failure of the men
TO go to work this morning riOting is re-
ported from several localities. President
j. L. Welsh made the following state
ment this morning regarding the an
nouncement that the strike was ended:
I'VE will take back all the men we can
use. We nave 1000 men whom we must
keep. We will cancel all contracts out
side the city not actually filled. settling
With those men. We Will give the 1000
men we cannot now take back Il chance
for employment ahead of strangers pro-
vided they are efficient and of good char
acter. -Four thousand five hundred men
are on strike. We can take back $500
of the 1900 today
I'VE believe today. rs we have all
along. that our men have been deceived
by outsiders The proposition to treat
with committee from the ranks of our
employees is one not new. but one we have
always been ready and willing to con-
cede and we haze SO stated before and
it is right we have always conceded.
The executive committee of the Strlk-
ing street railway men today issued the
following statement:
ITO the public and employees: The
truce has been dishonorably broken.
Men refused to work The strike is not
settled. All strikers report at labor "
ceum tonight at o'clock. Our interests
will best be served by continuance of
public peace. To our sympathizers we
charge you avoid violence. 1t is now a
strike
Employees: Keep away from the de-
pots
Chairman J. 2. Mcclure of the Car
penters' union was in consultation with
the strike leaders today. but the result
of the conference could not be ascer-
tanned.
Reports from various parts of the city
are to the effect that the situation is
growing more serious. The disorderly
element is getting the best of the police
and it is reported that the city will cali
on the sheriff for assistance The lat
ter, it is believed. will not attempt to
use deputies but will ASK Gov. Hastings
to call out the militia. The latter are
prepared to go on the streets almost i'm
mediately.
At Tenth street and Washington ave
nue.. down town, Il loaded car was
stopped on the street railway track.
blocking the progress of Tenth street
car. The lob attacked the car with
bricks, completely wrecking it. Dan
gerous crowds are reported as gathering
III various portions of the down town
district where the rougher element re-
sides
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and ST bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
MESSAGE CONSIDERED.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittae Tackles the Prob
lem.

Washington, p. c., Dec 21-At 1906
p N. the House of Representatives adj
iourned until Monday Chairman Ding
Icy called meeting of ways and means
committee of the House Immediately
lie said the committee would organize
and might discuss the Presidents mes
sage. but that he would propose no bill
today. At l o'clock the Senate went
into executive session.
House Committees.
The following are the House commit
tees:
Foreign affars-Republican: Hit dllD.
chairman; Draper &Mass;l. Adams r Jr:.
(o), Smith (Iich.), Heatwole (N1inn.), Pear
son On. CD Democrats: McCreary (Ky.l,
Price LAD, Tucker (ya.), Densmore ark.
Ways and means-Republicans Dingley
CMe), chairman; Payne On. ". Dalzell
Pennl, Hopkins Qll), Grosyenor 90, Rus
Johnson g. d.. Evans (Ky), Tawney
Mimi Democrats: Crisp tGa), Mcmillan
CTenn:), Turner (Ga), Tarsney (Io). Wheel
neutrality-suspicious.: Speaker Reed, chair
man; Henderson DAD, Dalzell penn.l Dem
ocrats: Crisp (Ga), Mcmillan Crenn.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Cannon
Qll). chairman; Bingham (Penn). Grout
VT, Northway 90. Stone PENN, Arnold
x. u, Hainer (Neb). Blue lkan,(. Pitney
Denlocrats Sayers (TeS.l Dockery Mo-,
II liEng Rdotot tGa * Robertson Ha) Layton
Banking and currency-Republican
Walker (lIass.), chairman; Brossius PENN.
johnson qnd.l. Van Noorhis 90. McCleary
Spaiding (Mich) Gaide s cad ( K Hill
Comm, Coke CID Democrats: Cox Tenn },
Cobb (AIa9, Black Gal Newlands tNev),
Coin, weights and measures Republicans:
c. W Stone PENN. chairman: Hartman
GMont); LoQdenslager g. -, ~, Hunter
Clure 90, Southland (O), Fairchild q. ",
Cannon OJtah) Democrats: Allen (AIich.) J,
Bankhead (Ala.l, McRae (Ark). Sparkman
Rivers and Observation-Disclosures; Hooker
N. ", chairman; Herman (Or). Stephen
sen tMich.). Reyburn PENN, Cooper (Wis.),
Burton 90. Barrett (Mass.l, Reeves lll.l
Towne tMinn.). Dovener CIV. Va. Clark
tMo). Walker tVa.) Democrats: Catchings
tMiss.l, Lester (Ga), Clark tAla.). McCul-
Railways and canals-Republicans Chick
cring q. ", chairman: Cook wis.,. Lessen
ring PENN, Warner QIl), Foote q. ",
Lacey Qa), McEwan, Jr. On j., Calder
head (Kanl Democrats: McLaurin IS. O.
Lockhart IN c., McGann Ql), Mckinney
Immigration and naturalization Republic
ans: Barthold OIo). chairman; Danford
tO.), Acheson Penn), Tracewen qnd.).
~ y Democrats: Cowen Md, Wilson
IS. O.. Henderick Gly.), Buck la
Indian affairs Republicans: Sherman CN.
Meiklejohn (Neb), Gamble IS. d. boo
little (Wash). Fisher On ". Eddy lMinn.),
Stewart (Wis.), White Qlll. Hyde GWash).
Alien (AIiss.), Maddox ,Ga.). Pendleton
(Tex). Little (Ark). Owens (Ky)
Public buildings and grounds-Republic-
(Alass.), Mercer (Nebl Hicks PENN, Hit
born (Cal.). Keifer (AIinn). Gillett n. W
White Qll). Hyde QFash(, Henry dnd;)
TO P.lTll ( 10 HnV
Skinner N. c., Sparkman Fla.), Little
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

Gen. Skobeleff. the famous Russian
soldier, was a notorious son. His father
happened to be a general also. Skobe
while Skobeleff. Jr.. had no regard for
money-that is. when he had any. So
long the father was the sons supe-
rior in rank things went all right for the
father. but when the son was promoted
over the fathers head there came a sad
change. Whenever his martial progeni-
tor refused TO give him money Skobeleff,
Jr., threatened to order the poor old man
under arrest, and sometimes did not hes
itate to execute his threat. despite the
prayers and tears of the unlucky parent.
He always had money henceforth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
SUNK AT SEA.
Liner Berlin Runs Down
the British Ship Willow


London, Dec 23--The American line
steamship Berlin. Capt. Lewis, from
Southampton for New York, collided
with and sank the British ship Willow
Bank, Capt. Young of Glasgow, thirty
miles southwest of the Isle of Portland,
at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning.
H. NJ. S. Blake arrived upon the scene
at o'clock this morning and picked up
a water-logged lifebOat. She sighted the
Berlin, hove to and rescued the crew of
one of the Berlin lifeboats which had
lost control Of her rudder IL the heavy
sea.
The American line telegraphs from
Southampton are as follows: 1.-THE Red
Star steamship Berlin from Antwerp fol
New York. has returned here with heI
bow damaged by a collision with the
Willow Bank. whose crew We're saved
and are aboard the Berlin including the
captains wife. The Falmouth pilot on
the Willow Bank. who went below to
save his clothes, drowned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
A HEAD-0N COLLISION.
FOrgetfu!ness of Philadelphia Con-
ductor Costs Three or
More Lives.

duCtOr costs Three or
More Lives.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. o1.-The local
northbound train on the Reading rail
way, which left the station in this city
at S:15 this morning, reached the SUBJ
urban town of Frankfort at 6s44 and
started from the frankfort station with
out waiting, as is customary for the
down train, which arrives at 6:44 and
the result was a headon collision at
Sellers street, two block north Of the
Frankford station. Two persons were
killed and several injured, three of them
fatally.
Killed:
DANIEL HART, aged 20 years, of Frank
GEORGE ANDERSON, 1e years, of
Frankford
Injured:
Edward Stott,. aged &c, Of frankfort;
both legs crushed; will probably die
Samuel Sievers, Frankford; both legs and
one arm crushed; will probably die.
George Lee, Is years, Frankford; both legs
Charles Guard, aged %, Philadelphia; bag
gagemaster; injured about legs and shout
ders.
Herbert Fray. aged II, of Frankford; one
leg crushed. body badly bruised.
William Mosley, Is years. FraDkford; both
irwin tidal. aged 10. Frankfort; both
legs and one arm broken.
Several others were less seriously
hurt
All the killed and seriously injured,
with few exceptions, were in the combi-
nation car on the outbound train. The
orders. as a usual thing, are for the out
ward bound train to wait at Frankfort
for the train due at the same time from
the north. The conductor of the north
bound train. it is said, ordered the en-
gineer TO go ahead. The train had
barely left the depot when the engineer
sent the fireman back to ask Conductor
Lewis Jarrett if orders had been re-
ceived to go ahead, as he (the engineer)
had heard of none. As soon as the fire.
man spoke to the conductor the latter
jumped up and pulled the rope for the
train to stop. But before the engineer
had time to reverse, the down train
crashed into it. The force of the col
lison was so great that the bumpers of
both engines were smashed to splinters.
The tender of the northbound train was
driven clear through the baggage COM
partment of the combination car into the
smoking compartment, which was crowd
ed with passengers and this is where the
slaughter took place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
UNCLE SAM is FIRM.
Britain Must Back Down in
the Venezuelan Matter.
President Cleveland Sends a Thrilling
Message to Congress.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 17.-Presi-
dent Cleveland this morning transmitted
the following message to Congress:
To the Congress-: In my annual message
addressed to the Congress on the Sd inst.
I called attention to the pending boundary
controversy between Great Britain and the
republic Of Venezuela and recited the sub
stance Of a representation made by this
government to her Britannia majestyS gov
eminent suggesting reasons why such dis
putes should be submitted to arbitration
for settlement and inquiring whether 1t
would be so submitted.
The answer of the British government,
which was then awaited has since been
received and, together with the dispatch
to which it is reply, is hereto appended.
Such reply is embodied in two communi-
cations addressed by the British prime min