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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-11
OFFICE-MASONIC BUILDING.
East Nam Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A, Whitmore
pas or. Services bi.weekly alternating
morning and evening. Services " ednes'
day, D. m, Sunday School Up. m:
Guild each Lords Day p. m. Other SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rev. J. Il. Barb, pas
tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ. and 6.So r.
NJ. Sunday School, 2. P. u Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, GAS T.
United Brethren Church-Rev E. 9. s.
Castle Pastor. Regular Services by ap'
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at lo a. H.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School PM.
Mite Society Semi monthly, Wednesday
evening at s O'Clock. w. Mis-. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church: Rev. M. F: Oerter, fas-
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, a; 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 altef' e[
nate Sunday at 10 A. NJ. and 73o +. M.
Sunday School at 8 A, Nj. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.3O +. NJ
81. Stephens Church, Protestant Episco-
nal.-Rey. r. Whtlingham Rector. Ser,
vices every Sunday at 1880, a. NJ, and
Sp. M.
Service on FRIDAYS at 8 p, m.
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Mrs. Ludlow listened eagerly while
her husband recounted the meager facts
Of Ringbrand's sudden infatuation.
the color coming and going in her
cheeks and her eyes sparkling with the
keenest appreciation. When he had
finished, she clasped her hands over his
knee and looked up at him in rapt
ecstasy. "Oh, Tom! isn't that perfect
ly splendid? just to think OF it!-and
after I've been shut up in this dead lit
tie village without q breath of excite
ment for four years. OF course,
therell be difficulties; they're just as
different as they can be; and what
would they do without some one to plan
for them?"
Helen Ludlow had been the pretty
girl of her set, and she had thrown
away the chances of matrimonial pre-
ferment which come naturally to pretty
girls for the sake of the struggling
young mining engineer, whose first
opening had condemned the young
couple to social exile. There
was touch of pathos in her
enUnuSidSIll, uiu LuuIO" uAS"SiSu
it with an affectionate smile. "You
are born matchmaker, Helen; it's
pity YOU couldn't have n wider field.
ltut If were you, shouldn't interfere
too much in the present case; they are
not children, and the difficulties you
apprehend will not be the common
misunderstanding of pair of foolish
young lovers"
what will they be, Tom?"
"They'll be much more serious, I
imagine. You know Hester, perhaps
better than do; she is the incarnation
Of the southern ideal-impetuous, self
willed, high-strung and impulsive, with
temperament that will be antagonis-
tic at many points to the more thought
full turn of mind of our story-writer.
And as for Ringbrand, he must be
greatly changed from the man used to
know at the university if he can't make
himself believe that Hester Latimer
embodies his ideal"
The wife's laugh had a ripple of de-
rision in it. THAT shows how ridicu-
lous you men can be when you apply
your ponderous methods of logic to
things you don't understand" she said.
'The very things you call obstacles are
the best reasons in the world why there
should be no difficulties. Don't you see
they are perfect opposites?"
perhaps you are right; but it doesn't
look reasonable. And then, besides,
there is the feud."
II don't see how foolish quarrel be-
tween the colonel and his neighbors
can have anything to do with Hugh
and Hester"
II do. If Ringbrand marries into
the family, he'll have to shoulder his
share of the fight; and, as remarked
n moment ago, he'll have to be changed
very much from the man used to know
if he consents to assume any such re-
sponsibilities."
Mrs. Ludlow laughed again. you'll
see," she said, hell do anything that's
necessary"
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No. 8

taining his own standing.
"Oh! l wouldn't say anything so
radical as that" she replied, stroking
her horses name; "only, it seems to
me, there are many reasons against it.
You don't understand--you can't un-
derstand-how much sectional feeling
there is in the SOUTH"
II know there used to be, but I
thought it was thing of the past,
since the war;"
ut is, in some senses, suppose, and
in others think it is as strong as ever.
My father fought for the south; and if
you could know how strongly my sym
pathies are enlisted upon the side of
some of the things which you think are
dead issues, there would be only one
word in your vocabulary that would fit
mean ugly little word of five letters"
"I hope l am broad enough not to ap-
ply it, Miss Latimer. l think can put
myself in your place sufficiently to un-
derstand that there may be many and
honest differences of opinion"
"It's right kind of you to say that
especially as your side has the better of
the argument; though I'm not so sure
about that, either. It's one thing to
starve people into submission and quite
another to subjugate them."
81 believe can appreciate that, too"
Neither of them spoke again for q
few moments, and then Hester called
his attention to a jutting crag project
ing far out from the cliff-line at their
feet. DO you see that point over yonder
to the right?" she asked.
"Yes; and was going to ask you if
it has a name"
1T has; it is called Toms Jump
It's not a very poetic name, and it could
hardly be called a Lovers Leap al-
though the story is dreadful enough"
'1'ell me about it,"
"It's short and quite prosaic. There
used to be moonshiner's still some
where in this neighborhood, and one of
the men was young Tom Cragin, the son
of the mountaineer who owned the still.
One day the revenue men were trying to
arrest the party, and they chased young
Cragin out into this road. He ran
down that way, and two more officers
came out into the road ahead of him.
When he saw he was surrounded, he
climbed out to the point of that rock
and flung himself down."
Ringbrand looked surprised. II didn't
know the penalties were severe enough
to warrant a man in doing that" he
said
Pm not sure that they are" replied
the girl, though a long term in the
penitentiary is hard enough after the
free life of the mountain. But in Graz
gins case I think there were other
things; there was long story OF blood
shed and violence leading up to the
tragedy, and perhaps he had reason to
fear something worse than prison.
Youdon't know anything about the saw
age history of these mountains, MI.
Ringbrand," she added, turning her
horses head homeward. Nearly
every family in the neighborhood is or
has been mixed up in some dreadful
trouble; even our own has not escaped"
She did not offer any further explana-
tions as they rode back to "Thc
Laurels," and Ringbrand felt instinct
lively that it was a matter about which
lie could not ask questions. What she
had said, however, made him thought
full, and he resolved to ask Ludlow if he
knew the story.
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"Do you rectity mistakes here?'asked
a gentleman as he stepped into drug
store. YVES sir, we do, if the patient
is still alive" replied the urbane clerk.
Never was druggist called upon to
answer such a question after selling a
bottle of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Do not be hopeless although
you are thin and pale. In spite Of a
dry hacking cough, night sweats and
slight splitting of blood, you need not
fill consumptiye's grave. Take the
"Discovery" and you will soon be rid OF
the troubles which harass you. Do not
delay. Delay may mean death and
that mistake you cannot rectify. Sold
BY druggists more largely than any
other medicine.
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

Down the post Office steps Rev. Dr..
Fyfthly carefully picked his way and
then mis- feet suddenly shot out, and he
went down right in the midst OF
group of stockholders. =.
"Ah, good morning, doctor" laughed
the stockholders, recognizing the min
lister, "you remind us of the wicked
man, whose foot slippeth."
"Nay," retorted the good minister
"but rather do seem like the man who
went down to Jericho
"IIow is that?" chorused the brokers.
because he fell among thieves
murmured the doctor as he got up and
moved decorously away.-N. Y. Record
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[Copyrisht. 1895. by J. B. upplneoW Col

him as we'll as do-if you could have
seen him when he was struggling for
recognition, with everything against
him and no encouragement outside OF
his own conviction that the gift of au-
thorship was in him; when every fresh
disappointmentonly made him more de-
termined to succeed-if you could have
known him in those days, you wouldn't
have thought him commonplace. And
even now, If you'll give him hint of the
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Ready for B1siness.

Customer-A friend of mine has :r
big diamond which he wants to sell.
Dealer-Big diamonds cost moneys.
l puy Won last week, und 1 bay dree
tousand tollars. Is your friend bank
president, eh?
NO; he's hotel clerk. What will
you give?'
"Haluf a toller"-N. Y. Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-11
Unhsndsome Trick.

In the dead of night Mr.. Billus heard
faint scream.
Maria" he said, rousing himself, II
forgot to tell you I was carrying my
money in one of those trick pocket
books that run pin in your thumh
when you try to open them. Press
it on the left side, just below the
clasp.'-Chicago Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-11

1t it required an annual outlay OF
$4,000 to insure a family against any
serious consequences from an attack OF
bowel complaint during the year there
are many who would feel it their duty
to pay it; that thev could not afford to
risk their lives and those of their family
for such an amount. ANY one can get
this insurance for 25 cents, that being
the price of a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
In almost every neighborhood some one
has died from an attack Of bowel COM
plant before medicine could be procured
or physician summoned. One or two
doses of this remedy will cure any ordi-
nary case. It never fails. Can you
afford to take the risk for so small an
amount? For sale by DR.. J. K. Waters.
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Western Maryland Railroad

m % ssg'ss;za137 80! 49, 8 ssE@R
Cchedule in effect September 30, 1874.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
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Hans Was Satisfied.

Hans had climbed up into the cherry
tree to gather cherries. Meantime q
storm came on, and the father called
out to the lad:
Come down, Hans, it is beginning to
thunder"
'There's no need. father" shouted
the boy. Il can hear it where am
n. Y. Recorder.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-11

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitshurg at
926 and 10 40 a m, and 81 and "a p M.
Leave Highfe'd for Gettysburg, Hanover
York and B and H Div. Z so and IL 40 Il m
and So p m.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro, Cham
bersburg Shippensburg, and intermediate sta
tions at Z O6 aud II as a m and Z 35 p m.
Leave Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at w
m and 10 IS and 8 10 pm.
PRR Leave Brucevi'le tor Frederick at 40
m and 5 40 p m and for Littlestown Tan
eytown & Columbia at 44a IN and 8 45 p m.
Daiy-all other.daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers for Baltimore
tStops only to land Baltimore passengers.
JIM. HOOP. B II. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Geul, Passenger, Agen
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
Frederick's Interest IN the Freder-
lex Division of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad.

The discussion at this time of the
investment of the corporation of Fred
erlck in the Frederick Division of the
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, may at
least serve the purpose of calling to
mind the predictions made in reference
to the future of the road, when our
people so wildly voted the taxpayers
money away. 1t should be remem-
bered that it was generally conceded,
that we could well afford to lose the
amount appropriated, if we could only
get a new road into our city. The
price of coal and lumber and reduced
rates of travel and general transporta-
ton would, it was claimed, more than
pay the people, even if we should never
realize anything on the investment
There is a six per cent. mortgage BOND
of $3.50, 900, and the road has defaulted
in the interest so long that the cou-
pons due exceed the principal Of the
bonds We elieve there are about
779 100 shares of stock, of which the
city of Frede' lex owns $3.50, 600, ana
the balance is sc ttered among corpor-
ationssand individuals. The company
has been insolvenU for some time and
has asked for decree of safe; the road
will therefore be sold out under fore
closure proceedings We are somewhat
at loss to understand what the cor
poration can gain by going to any ex-
pense to employ lawyers to investigate
what has become of the money so in
vested. We have the road; the people
wildly voted the money away; they
claimed at the time they never expect
ed any return, so, now, we again call
the attention Of our authorities to what
we conceive the folly of placing any
more money in an enterprise which is
known to al business men to be insol-
vent. What is to be gained by the So
called investigation? If any one here
believes in the future of the road they
can form a syndicate and become bid
ders or purchasers at the sale, but to
spend any money at this juncture in a
useless investigation, we are frank to
say, we consider the height of folly
1t would have been well had the peo-
pie thought of all this when they did
the voting MANY wears AGO
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
Think it over.

Well, gentlemen, you can once more
look upon the ruin you caused your
party. Yes, look over the crowd at
Annapolis and tell us if you ever saw
such an assembly of law makers con-
gregated in the old time-honored State
House? Your Governor has just APP
pointed Republican Judge in place Of
Judge Robinson. The Legislature will
be called upon to extend Judge Bry-
ans term Think you they will
do so, and then we will have another
Republican Judge in the Court of
Appeals. Besides there will be two
other vacancies in the judiciary and
Governor Lowndes will fill the
places by two more Republican
Judges. Yes, gentlemen, think it
oyer, and see what you have done.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
Governor Lowndes Yields to Wei
lington.

The action of Gov. Lowndes in
appointing Capt. Tyler, Liquor Ii
cense Commissioner of Baltimore, on
the sole recommendation of the We'll
lington men Of the Baltimore delega-
ton in the midst of the heated Sena-
torial contest, settled the question of
what could be expected by delegates
who refused to vote for Wellington.
Speaker Mudd led the break, and, as
it was easy to foresee, all who wanted
to stand in with the new boss of the
Republican party changed their votes
and recorded them for the Governors
man. This attitude on the part of the
Governor was most surprising to many
who looked upon Gov. Lowndes as a
man of decided firmness and courage.
Wellington has bOssed him from the
start and is now likely to play the role
of boss in the most approved style.
Think Of the Speaker of the House
holding back his committees until the
Senatorial contest should be settled
w HdC Woulu nave OScn Satlu ny Une
press Of Maryland had such a thing
been done under the so-called German
Rasin machine? There has been a di-
rect disregard of standing law, utter
Indifference to public opinion, and
yet the Legislators swore to carry out
the laws of the State as they found
them A time honored custom
trampled under foot simply that an
ambitious man should be gratified in
his selfish aims. Yet, why should
Wellington be abused; he had the cour-
age of his convictions; he wanted the
place and he had the nerve to say he
intended to have it, in spite of Cover
nor and people.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Davis, o:
Washington, is one of the gradually IL
creasing number of women who know
more about mathematics than is re-
CURED in bargain-counter transactions.
She is about to complete the calcula-
tons of the cphemeris or alumnac of the
sun, scientific publication of the
United States observatory. These cal,
culations bring this work up to the goth
century.
Prince Bismarck, in a recent inter-
view, said of Tom Ochiltree's message
Of coincidence from congress on the
death of Lasller: "Yes, | remember the
affair. Lasler was an able little man.
though he was often wrong-headed and
tried to interfere with the logical devel-
opment of things. / was asked to de-
liver that resolution to the reichstag,
and was not willing to play the part of
messenger. That was the whole of the
dispute"
Mr. Robert Barr, who, as "Lulze
Sharp" is popular author in the old
world and the new, has, the London
American tells US, just become landed
proprietor in England, having bought
large piece of ground on the top of the
Surrey Hills, and is building a hand
some residence for himself. He is quite
cosmopolitan as far as land-holding
goes, having winter place in Florida
and large grape farm and residence
on the Canadian bank of the Detroit
river.
The duchess of York has won the
affection of every one about Balmoral
by her kindly manners and her will,
ingness to have her little son go in
and out among the people. The Brit
ish Weekly tells story of a working.
man who was heard telling a friend on
rived in the Highlands: 81 got bon
net frae the book and a bow frae the
duchess, and / knew it was for me, for
there wasna anither man in the road"
First editions of Robert Louis Stew.
enson are already fetching high prices
At the recent sale of Philip Gilbert
Hamerton's library and etchings, which
brought in only $3,370, n presentation
copy of "An Inland Voyage" 1878, was
SOlu 1OT pOos anu TIE 0TSb eOlJlOn OF the
''New Arabian Nights" two volumes,
1882, for $40. +. Seymour Haden's
"Etudes sur l'eau forte" sold for $3.50,
the highest price obtained, Hamerton's
own books and manuscripts obtaining
very low bids.
1t has been asserted that the late
Edward Everett was disappointed" in
Abraham Lincoln's wonderful speech
at Gettysburg, and spoke disparaging.
ly of It to Mr.. Seward at the time. AS
a matter of fact, Mr.. Everett wrote to
President Lincoln the day after: "Per-
init me to express my great admiration
of the thoughts expressed by you with
such eloquent simplicity and appro-
priateness at the conservation of the
cemetery. should be glad If could
hatter myself that came as near to
the central idea of the occasion IN two
hours as you did in two minutes.s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
What They Think of It.

Mr.. Jas. A. Carey, of Baltimore City,
and one of the most prominent and in
f1uential Republicans in the State, in
speaking of the election said:
II have no feeling i1 the matter per-
sonally. My action in the matter was
actuated purely through interest in the
party. As is pretty we'll known, con-
tended that to ignore the Eastern Shore
law would prove extremely detrimen-
tai to the party all over the state.
"There can be no doubt of my
staunch Republicanism, and it was
this feeling that led me to extend my
counsel to my party colleagues at An
napolis. OF course, / am not gotistic
enough TO put my individual judgment
up against the wisdom of the combined
houses of the Legislature. Neverthe-
less, as your editorial so well put it this
morning, there is, indeed, very grave
side to the question which should have
been well considered before the cleo
ton Of Senator from Maryland"
Col. Jas. Mulliken, who was one of
the candidates from the Eastern Shore
for the Senatorship, has this to say
about WellingtOn's election
IF the Democrats succeed in carry
ing the. flrSJ congressional ulStrlcI tnlS
fall, which / think they will, it can
justly be looked upon as the result of
Mr.. Wellington's election TO the Sen
ate. You can already see that the
Democrats are going 10 make capital
out of the thing. We will not have
the next House, that is assured, and |
doubt seriously whether we will carry
the next Seuate. The Democrats will
surely charge the Republicans with
bad faith in ignoring the Eastern
Shore law, and will dwell at length
upon the charge that the people have
changed bosses Ia exchanging German
for Wellington.
II do not think that Mr.. Yelling
tons election will strengthen the Re.
publican party on the Western Shore.
Western Maryland and Southern
Maryland are Republican any how,
aud u should have been the effort Of
the party 20 build up the Eastern
bhore and the weak places. All
through the contest the Eastern Shore
has been kept divided. The people
who were against the Eastern Shore
law addressed themselves 20 keeping
the candidates from that section from
un.''pg On one man by encouraging
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24

ONE of the most delightful entertain
ments given this season in Washing
ton, was the charming dance given by
Miss Stewart, at Stewart Castle, one
evening last week Miss Stewart is
one of the brightest and handsomest
society women of Washington; her
father represents the great Silver State
of Nevada, and has made himself ia
nous by his bold advocacy of what he
believes to be right and his determina-
ton to protect the interests of the peo-
pie, who have selected him as their
representative. Senator Stewart is
recognized as the leader of the silver
men, and will make a determined
fight during the present session to
claim some recognition in the fnan-
cial PLANK which is to be inserted in
the Republican platform during the
next campaign.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
The Same Old Fight.

Mr.. Rouser, of this county, presented
to the Legislature, petition signed 10y
a few hundred people of Woodsboro
District, asking for the passage of an
Act prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in that district. When the
question of local option was presented
to the people of this county, full and
fair vote was obtained on this question,
and Woodsboro District gave decided
m jority against local option. Last
session the question was presented to
the Legislature, two p titions having
been sent. one for and the other against.
The Local Option Committee declined
to grant any further legislation on the
subject A counter petition will again
be sen to the Legislature, and it strikes
us that inasmuch as this question has
already been settled by a vote of the
people, it is about time to stop this con-
slant agitation. 1t can do no good,
and only engenders bad feelings among
citizens who should be friendly and
neighborly with each other. Most of
such movements result from spite
against same individual, and we do not
see why the Legislature should be APP
pealed to to carry out any such feel
ings. There are no saloons IN this dis
trict, and but two hotels sell liquor.
All visitors speak in high terms of the
manner in which these hotels are con-
Quoted 1t would be well to let this
matter rest.