Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-08-06
oWhat a Piece of Work is Man !"

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a moving mass ofscrofulous corruption. All
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If the guest chamber Is sufficiently large it
is better to have two single beds in it than
one of the regulation size, for it is sometimes
necessary that the room be shared by two,
and most persons prefer to sleep alone. A
couch will add much to the comfort Of the
room, and there should be bureau, wash
stand (supposing there is no dressing robm,)
a dressing table with mirror, chairs, small
footstool. and pretty, well made table or
writing desk. If a table, get one with shelf
or two underneath for the books your guest
NAV wish to take from her trunk. In an
ideal guest-loom know always find on the
table, besides daintily bound Bible and
prayer book, the very newest book-thc one
my hostess feels sure will please me. And,
too, on side.shelf Of this same little table
always pretty china biscuit jar, IN which
are perfectly fresh waters and home made
cookies; not musty, dsgustingly moist ones
left over from some time honored occasion.
There is, too, on the table top, a small, shaded
lamp, a china inkstand, and carved box in
when may be found pens, postage stamps,
post cards, and some Of the charming hostess
own note paper. unruled, with the name OF
her home embossed at the top Of the letter
sheet.-From "7He Guest Room," IN Demon
ests Magazine for Au0uzt.
M1NGo, MINGERE, MIxI, MJNcTUM. We
are by no means safe on our twenty -six.ycar-
old principal parts" but daily, we read
something that recalls "mlngo, mingcre etc, j"
as we scan the political news of this marvel.
lousy messed up campaign,
Talk about strange bed-fellows Humph
The bed don't hold them: there's a house
full "a whole country full. The swapping OF
"party lines begets sound similar to run
away clod roller in q field sown with pipe
stems and macaroni and the whilea ci dcvant
patriot and statesman all at once undergoes
p metamorphosis truly Ovidian and becomes
traitor and blatherskite, while one hitherto
held up before the truly loyalas an cnsample
of political yillainy and trickery, now looms
up before puzzled peoples giant in intellect
purist in politics, patriot and a statesman
Why streak a lightning could get through
glass factory and double all the turns in an
india rubber storage warehouse and make
fewer breaks in the matter Of direction than
he who cndcayors to maintain consis-
tency of views, expressed within a twelve
month, as they appcrtan to the measure put
upon the political honor and greatness OF
certain public men now becoming specially
prominent through that pre- eminent Amcrl'
can prvilege-to flop.