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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
The Battle of EOntenOy.

Thrice at the heights Of Fonenoy the English column failed
For town and slope filled with fort and Aankng battery
And well they swept the English ranks and puh auxiliary
The French artillery drove them back diminished and dispersed
The bloody Duke of Cumberland beheld with eye,
On Fonteno Fonsnoy how fast his generals rde
And mastering his chosen troops like clouds evende
Their cannon blaze front and flank Lord Hay at their head
Steady they step adown the they climb the hill
Bs~x ts s woo d Fnenoy s rons % Blast
Through trench and paad the bullets showerng FAST
With ready grim resolve that Knocked at hostile FORCE
Past Fontenoy past Foneoy while thinner their ranks
idly than aes French aleurs rush around
As ubbe the ya tide French squadrons rew the ground
Bomb she'll and and round still they marched and fired
Fast from each voy g'enader and " voItgsur retired
To death they rush. but rude their unavengd they died.
On through the camp the column odwKne LOUIS turns his rein
And Fontenoy, famed Fontenoy had been Watelloo,-
Were not these exes ready then fresh vehement and true?
The Marshall almost smiles furiously he goes!
How fierce the look these exles wear want to be
treaty broken the ink wherewh twas writ could dry,
Their pundee homes their ruined sn their womens parting
% T @ % svn % m en ns 1 on
On Fontenoy. on Fontenoy nor ever yet elsewhere ,
voice hoarse with joy, as haing he commands
"Fx bayone Charg Like mountain rush these fiery brands
I M @ n M their rens y hp ey ~ae gallant show
They their ranks the hill to face that battle wind
One voy their line when through the u;ging smoke,
empty guns uced their hands the had]ong Irish broke
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, bark to that fierce huzza
Revenge Limerick dash down the SassanachT p
Like lions eaping at fod when mad with hungers pang,
Bright see bloody their guns filled with gore;
Through ranks and severed fs and ampled flags they
The green hillside matted close with dying and with dead
Across the plain and far away passed on that hideous wrack
While cavalier and fantasin dash in upon their track
On Fontenoy, Eontenoy, like Eagles in the
With bloody pumes sandhe field fought
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

Major Mclaughlin put new man at
work at his mine the other day drying
out dynamite.
Now" said he, by way of explana-
nation, you've got to keep vour eye on
that thermometer in the heater. If it
gets above IS, you're liable to hear a
noise around. When it reaches 50 de-
grees you have just 8 minutes in which
to work, for it takes 5 minutes for it to
rise to S."
An hour later the major returned to
see how the man at the heater was do
ing.
"Well now is it getting along?' he
inquired.
"Oh, first rate"
"Do you watch the thermometer?
you bet your life do and I'm keep
ing her down"
He reached in the heater, pulled out
the thermometer.
"Whew, she's up to 81, there, that'lT
fix it,
He iammed the thermometer into
bucket of cold water and hung it back
on the heater. Then he wondered what
Mclaughlin was running for.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
KELLY.

In Cow Mountain Camp the popula-
ton was divided into three main divis-
ions-miners, gamblers and lawyers.
There we're, it is true, other unimport.
ant classes of people, like grocers,
ba1ders, &c., and small group Of pros
pectors, the latter a very interesting
class, to which Kelly fairly belonged.
Prospectors were again subdiyided
into curbstone prospectors, prospectors
proper and one legged prospectors.
This was Kelly s own classification and
he called himselfa one legged prospect
or, but everybody else called him one
of the best men that ever stood pan
handle OF clawed country rock with a
pick.
They called him "Rocky Mountain
Kelly" because he knew the whole
country from Pixies Peak to Mount
Hood. He had been twice to Old Mex
leo, once to Alaska and all over Wyo.
ming, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah,
New Mexico and Arizona-in short, for
5 years he and his broncho (or burro)
had travelled every passable gold field
and climbed accessible passes and some
that were not accessible.
He had met snow and cold alone in
the wintry waste of peaks men call
'" The Divide" He had partner slain
by an avalanche in the mountains and
had carried the dead body hundred
miles through the wilderness in order
that it might be properly buried. This
illustrates his resource and fearlessness.
He was a man of splendid parts. The
f1ex of his side was as fine as that of
boy, and his mighty shoulders, swelling
chest and muscular legs were scnlptural
in their harmony of proportion.
He wore the laced boots of the miner
and mountainer, which display the legs
without being pretty. His hat was
soft and wide trimmed which he carried
with unconscious dramatic grace. 1t
was capable Of expressing all his moods.
If he gave it touch on the side and
cooked it oyer his eye, be was ready for
a joke. If he hit lick behind and
gave it dark slant in front, it was we'll
then to leave the trail clear for Kelly.
He knew everybody in Cow Noun
tain and had his joke with them all.
His. gray-blue eyes had sunny light
in them when he was good natured,
which was almost always, but they
could be cold and terrifying on occa-
sion.
He knew rocks. He could run down
a vein of gold as another man might
track deer. lie could look at the sur
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face Of landscape and see the veins
under it as sculptor sees Worms" un,
der apparently unrelieved surfaces
To see Kelly crawling about hill with
his hammer in hand, was worth while
His eye was as quick for a piece Of
"hoar as another hunter might be for
bears slot, or an Indians for white
mans trail.
The trend of ii "dike," the slant Of a
ledge, the "faulting Of veins did not
trouble him long. He ran his overland
tunnels, as he called his little trenches,
and sank his shafts and run his tunnels
Irelentlessly till he found his vein and
took its drift.
To talk with him was privilege and
an education in self reliant manhood.
He knew so much that other men
didn't know. His speech was the rich
estin metaphor of any man on the range,
and yet he used it easily, unconsciously,
as though his thought broke through
on those llnes-in other words, he used
figures to express his thought, not to
embellish it.
He rode horse as we'll as cowboy,
but with difference. A little more
sober in effect-with less Of wild grace.
He would have made a superb bas-
relief in bronze to be called "Rocky
Mountain Prospector."
With all these things to body forth
the man he was, it is singular that a
scrub speculater like Tainter should
have gained wrong impression of him.
1t arose, no doubt, from the fact that
Kelly was away in the Wind River
Mountains for eight months. during
which time Tainter settled in Cow
Mountain.
Kelly had said to friend that he had
few thousand to invest in mine and
Tainter Jumped him" with beautiful
chance.
VI have mine," said he, (which a
friend has placed in my hands to sell.
He don't want it. He lives East. He
will sell for 81, 800 if he can get the cash.
It's sure 'nough bargain, Kelly"
Kelly said, w'll look it over"
He looked it over and shook his head.
where's nothing in it," he said. W.T.
won't run 10 cents"
"Yes but it does. Come with me to
Marshalls office. He assayed 1T and it
run Is ounces.
Kelly saw the assayer and was un-
convinced. WI don't like the locks of
the rock. There's not color in it.
However, If you'll give me six days to
look it oyer, and if my assay holds up
III take it.
He hung about the tunnel all the
next day examining the rock. 1t sat-
isfed him less than ever. At night he
took some of the rock to be assayed. 1t
ran nearly 20 ounces to the ton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
THUMNT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday October a. 1895 m9
No. 28

Wood mornin'" he says, 'how's the
trade this mornin'
looked him in the eye. Oh! but
he was cherub, that wan.
I'm about ready to trade said I.
%, are ye,' says he, and his two eyes
Of him glistened like cat lookin' at
bird.
'Yes,' says, I'm stuck on the pow.
der your usin',' says I. Pm thinkin'
I'll do better to buy the powder instead
Of the mine
What do yer mean by that" he
says pumpin' up.
Don't get funny said, and don't
pretend. | can't read, but can speak
so ye can understand me. / can say it
in two words. You've tried to salt a
mine on me, ye sneakin' thiet.'
Ifyou accuse me III break you in two
pieces
AT that some wan sneaked and l
turned and there was Tom Rowan in
the doorway. He was lookin commuk
and he says soiemnly:
Kelly he says, I'll see ye decently
buried, the two pieces together he
says,
The sneak turned red and white to
wanst, but he was fer shown fight. I
see that and got red headed meself.
l walked over to him and put me left
fist on his arm and shut up on it till he
squirmed.
YOU know the penalty in this state
for saltin' a mine.' l says, fxin' him
with one terrible eye. It's new wan
on me, this is, so I'll let you go, but you
60 tonight and you keep goin' till
Chrismus. Or by the liyin' God I'll pile
Cow Mountain on top O. ye.'"
"He's goin' yet," Kelly is accustomed
to cay, with a comical twitch of his
eve,
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Know ThySclf.


How important this injunction to ev-
cry young. How many ruin their health
and future happiness through pernicious
practices contracted in ignorance. and
renpented of when too late. Parents,
guardians and humanitarians can do no
better service to the rising generation
than to place in their hands the infor-
nation and warnings contained in a
little book carefully prepared by an
association of medical gentlemen, who
have had vast experience in dealing with
the grave maladies here limited at, and
who feel that they owe it to humanity
to warn the young of the land against
certain destructive habits which are far
more prevalent than any layman can pos
sibly imagine and which if persisted in
will gradually undermine the constitu.
ton and health and destroy the future
happiness Of the victim. Cut out this
notice and enclose it with ten cents in
stamps (to pay postase) to Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main
st., Buffalo, N. Y, and the book will
be sent secure from observation in plain
sealed envelope.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

"How much are these oranges" asked
an old lady of fruit dealer.
Twenty cents dozen, num-"
"And those?"
Thirty cents"
whats the difference between them"
"Ten cents num-
Although the answer was undeniably
mathematically correct, the questioner
went away in great indignation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

Wet me 20 in alone, Waush."
They did not object and he secured
some of the freshly disIodged rock. This
held 18 ounces of gold and yet he could
not believe it. His keen eye educated
to Is ounces of gold and yet could not
be CONVINCED by even this apparently
conclusive test. He mounted his horse
and took some of the rock over to hia
friend Selden, on Saddle Rock Hill, and
they held seacbing Inquest on it.
.Selden was assaying rock as was Kel-
ly in his prospecting. He deliyered
himself undinchingly.
VT assays II ounces to the ton. But
that isn't all, that gold is malleable
gold placer gold"
Kelly started, "The hill it isl Sure"
VIM perfectly sure"
"Then how did it get there ?"
Selden shrugged his shoulders.
Whats your problem"
Kelly broke out. "See here, Joe,
you know me. I'm no bow-legged dude
from Columbia College. I'm looking
out for saIted mines. That rock I got
after the blast before any other man
went in. If them fellys are trying to
do me, I'll cut them off at the pock.
ets."
"They've changed the samples on
you," said Selden.
"No, but that's impossible. I meyer
left me grip on it till I delivered it to
you"
well, I can't do any more for you,
Kelly. I've put you on your guard"
He turned to his furnaces.
Kelley walked away with bent head.
He thought he knew all the tricks of
mine swindlers. He was now con-
vlnced that the men were trying to do
him, but he could not for the life of
him see where they got i'll front Of him.
He went down in the mine again 20.
ing over every conceivable plan for
sailing mines. After each blast be " ent
in and examined the rock. 1t was
without color or sparkle of gold or sill
yer.
As he was going out he picked up one
OF the cartridges to see what sort it was,
he noticed dimly something peculiar
about it, but had not the the time to
consider it critisally. He went out, but
on his way home that cartridge troubled
him. Early in the morning, after
lestless night, he rose hastily and hur
ried down to the mine. He slipped
couple of the cartridges in his pocket
and returned to his cabin.
II panned out them cartridges" he
said to Selden in great excitement.
"And got hands. breadth Of gold. The
divils had salted the powder and livery
explosion shot the gold into the rocks
that no more gold the grindstone into
thin. Holy Poker' but wasn't that
smooth? 1t was a new wan on me. 1t
made me feel like tendegfut.
well, then, down l goes to the mine
about 9 o'clock. They was just gettin'
ready to charge, and I casually re-
marked to the foreman. I said
"'Smith, don't believe y'r using the
best powder. 1t don't make suction
enough in the rocks 'Try some Of
of this and I whipped out some fresh
cartridges of the same kind-with
difference.
He winked jovlal)y.
well, sir, the man looked about
foot high. He wriggled his toe in the
dirt minute, and looked down, and
then he said: VI guess ye better see
Taintor-me pardner"
VI will" said Land up goes to town
Taintor was lookin' oyer his mail.
More swindling games, Of course. He
smiled sweet as babe when came in.
Know ThySelf
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

In many cases, the first work ofAyer's
Sarsaparila to expel the effects of the
other medicines that have been tried in
vain. It would be saving of time
and money it experimen ers took Ayers
Sarsaparila AT FIRST instead of AT
LAST.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
Western Maryland Railroad.

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st .sass ssaass s.;isz....S1I1.. z=a1S---5x
Cchedulc in effect September 80, 1894.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

VI wish you'd help me with this
Bread" said the baker.
VI never promised to be your business
assistant" said his wife.
"You promised to stand by me in my
hour of knead," said tie baker,-Ex-
change.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

We know whereof we affirm when
we state that Ayers Pills, taken prompt
ly, at the first symptoms of colds and
feyers, arrest further progress of these
disorders and speedily restore the stom.
ach, liver and bowels to their regular
action.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
S2G and 10 40 m, and 3 81 and "a p M.
Leave H. shfield for Gettysburg, Hanover
York and B and H Div. Z 50 and II 40 m
and So m.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro, Cham
bersburg Shippcusburg, and intermediate sta
tiOns at 7 06 and II 45 m and 35 p m.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 0G
NJ and 1s 35 and s 10pm.
PRR Leave Brucevic tor Frederick at 40
Il IN aud 40 p m and for Littlestown Tan
eytown & Columbia at A a m and 3 As p m.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers for Baltimore.
tStops only to land Baltimore passengers.
M. Hoop. B II. GRIswoLD
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
The state herald., 1895-01-11
DEMAND WORK OR BREAD.
Thousands of worklnEmen Parade Ia
Streets of ST. Johns, n. 4.

Thousands of workIn gmcn Parade tal
streets of ST. Johns, n. 4.
st. Johns y. r.. Jan. 7.-.This morn.
ing crowd OF about 5000 working
men. who had been thrown out of eul-
ployment by the financial collapse.
gathered before the legislative cham
bcrs. Later they formed into line and
paraded the principal streets. At the
head of the procession was borne Il
white iiag bearing the words: Work
or Bread"
The movement created CONSERVATION.
Al first the police prepared to dispersc
the crowd. but as their actions were
peaceful nothing in this direction was
done. After hootlng the government
the procession went To the dry docks
where Is bcrthed the British wurship
Tourmalinc which was sent here 10
help preserve order. \ committee OF
The unemployed boarded the ship and
represented 10 Captain POOR how they
and their families We're starving. They
declared they were willing 10 work. but
II no worl, was available they Insisted
the government should feed them. They
threatened 10 take the nccessarles
from the stores. Captain Poore init.
mated such attempts would be- reprcss-
ed with a stern hand. his orders being
10 preserve the peace and To allow no.
Interference with private property. lie.
however. expressed his willingness TO
help the workingmcn rs far rs he
could. lie promised TO write TO the
government representing their ease aud
urging that help be extended them.
He said he would have an answer to-
morrow to his letter and would com
munlcate II 10 them. With this assur.
ancc the delegation withdrew.
Starvation is becoming more gen
cral daily. The government was wait
ed upon 10y committee Of the clergy.
In reply To the committee the govern
mcnt said arrangements were making
10 provide employment for the relief
OF the people. Lady O'Bcrne's commit
tee started two soup kitchens to-day.
one In each end Of the city.
Protested bills of exchange 10 the
amount of thousands of dollars were
returned 10y yesterdays mail, The rev
enue during the past month was mol
1.-THE OF what II WAS during the CORE
spending month last year.
The state herald., 1895-01-11
RISING WATERS.
Prospect Of n n,g Flood In tho ohio
River.

Prospect Of n nig Flood In tho Ohio
River
Clnrgsburs. W. ". Jan. G.-At mid.
night io-nlgh, the West forf river IL
fifteen feet two Inches deep and rising
rapidly mt the hendwnierr. There h
much destruction OF property nlong the
line of the river above this place, mud
particularly nj Weston, where the en-.
Tire lower portion Of the valley Il ~.
ported la bc Hooded aud all the rnil.
road bridges nrc IN danger OF being
washed AWAY. Persons living In the
lowlanis along the river nrc preparing
IN hot haste Ia yncntc their rrriirncun
too. nnd there N every indication of u
Hood TINT VIII equal that of iSss.
~, Louis. Ian. IA special to the
Republic from Wheeling, West Virgin.
IN. says: The warm. heavy rain which
begun IN this vicinity last night Inns
continued almost unin,crrnptcdiy since.
and the snow II nearly NIL OF tho
ground. Reports from MI parts OF the
ohio river basin show similar cundl.
iionr, mud there II no longer amy doubt
Of Hood,
The Ice IN the river broke III nboui X
o'clock this evening, ANA the water
rose eighteen Inches IN twenty min.
uira. II II expected by river men that
the river win rnlHr from ,llriysfiyc Ia
forty feet. nnd maybe morn.
cincinnati. Jan, 1,-At midnight there
In serious apprehension of another
Hood. At u o'clock tonight the ohio
was eight feet i've inchea. At midnight
n wns fourteen feet i've lnclirr, mud
the Indications were TINT tho rise
would average foot M hour for the
rest Of the night aud for Hnme days Ia
come. II VIII only take dry or Hucl,
rising 10 reach the danger point of
forty feet OF water IN February. 1881.
the river reached lta high water mark
here VI seyonty-two feet
The state herald., 1895-01-11
oooDYKooNTz suRReNpERs.
Issues tho Much Wanted Warrants fol
the soidit rs' and sniicrS' Home.

Issues tho Much Wanted Warrants for
the soiditrs and sniiers' Home.
Denver. Jan. G.-Auditor Goodykoontz
accepted the ultimntum OF the court
and issued four warrants on the state
treasurer for 5000 each In favor OF the
treasurer OF the Soldiers and Sailors
home commission yesterday afternoon.
Although the Ninth General Assem-
bly, appropriated money to dcfray the
expenses OF the home for the two years
past. 1t appropriated 80 much more
money than the receipts OF the state
treasurer amounted 10 that the auditor
found that he could not meet all the ap-
preparations and refused TO issue war
rants that could not be paid. The COM
mlssioners of the home met the audi.
tors refusal To recognize their claim TO
the 100000 by instltuting suit for n
mandamus 10 compel him 10 draw the
warrants. After litigation extending
through several months. II decision
against the auditor was secured, but
GoodykooniZ was unawed by II and
went before the Supreme Court with
an application for superccdcas. Last
Thursday the court again ruled against
him. and yesterday the litigation ended
by the auditor issuing the desired war.
rants.
The warrants Were presented TO the
treasurer late yesterday afternoon. and
h. gave assurance that they would all
bc purchased for other funds on Mon.
day.
While kept ont OF Its funds the com.
missioncrs OF the home were forced to
run the institution by mourning debts
and the 100000 will fall short about
si.5oo Of meeting the outstanding bills
IN appropriation VIII be asked from
The legislature sufficient 10 cover the
debts. rs well as provide for the OK.
pcnsc OF the next two years.
The state herald., 1895-01-11

Washington. ian. 1.-The gold re-
s.ryc IL down 10 SSo.0oo,OO0 nrnin, II
luss OF S'biooo,ooo during unc last forty
days. and nj this rite II viii reach 500.
10000 by Feb, /. when the govern.
mcn, must borrow money again. The
total receipts fer the last six months
were si50,3so.i5T. while the cxpcndi.
turrs We're sis6.n53. ia2. showing that
the government has run behind more
than s2I.aop.VoO. although some Of tue
heaviest obligations were postponed In
order 10 keep the balances n- high Us
possible until the Increased revenues
Tint nrc hoped FOR COME. on Jan. ~
s2,5o0,Ooo Pacific rallrond bonds must
bc redeemed; the January interest now
due amounts 10 over s6.OOO.VOO. and
sI2,OO0,OoO VIII have to b. paid NJ pea.
slons within the next few months.
The net Increase In the public debt
durin. December wnH SiO.O2i. I'M,
some Of The bonds included IN the No.
vcmbcr loan not having been delivered
Tho net lncrcnrc In the bearing
debt during the calendar year 1891
was sDi.i2s.s2o. tho loiul now being
sBID. los. 100