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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

There is some promise of the rain all fall
ing that the clouds can spare prior to March
4th, and that inauguration day may prove
serene.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Mr.. John NJ Fisher will make his first
public sale. He has lived for forty-three
years on his farm near Logs Station, farming
it continuously during all these years. His
sons will take these duties upon themselves
now, but Mr.. Fisher will continue to occupy
the dwelling house on the farm.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Star Pointer the 202i PAGER will be sold
at public sale in New York In March.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Why do they say man is five feet ten
Gin his stocking feet" Stockinged feet
might not be wholly meaningless; even that
will not stand analysis nor is it very elegant.
Why not say his exact height is five feet ten
inchesl That would certainly imply that
he is not having boot heels of indefinite
height added to his stature
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25
Local Items.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
=: &Mz2z& e! : ::

Who can tell us why the Leap Year is call
ed "bissextile"l
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25
New Advertisements.

FOrd's.
Chas. ohipley--Bus. Loo.
M. G. Overholtzer-Bus. Loo.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

tE HOUSE FOR RENT.-My fathers
brick house ON w. Main street, Thurmont
For particulars call on the undersigned.
Jan21tf MISS CARRIE BOBLITZ.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25
Business Locals.

tB- FOR SALE.-Sevcral tons Of Clover
Hay.
Feb 25,f CHAS. SHlPLEY.
ny FRESH SAUSAGE, PUDDING.
Backboncs and Spare Ribs this week.
It. M. G. OVERHOLTZER.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Robt. Bggs Atty at Law, 213 st Paul
Street, Baltimore, Md.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25
.New Adrertisemenfs.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Arrangements are now being made for the
speedy collection of State and County taxes
for 1896, and for years still further in arrears.
Those who are DESTROYS of saving the costs
incident to forced collection, are requested
to make settlement on or before the first day
of March next. This notice applies to one
GA more years. No further indulgence can
be granted.
J. WIN. BAUGHMAN.
Feb 10 81 Collector.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

tB FOR RENT-The house now Occu
pied by Mr. w. A. Conner. Opposite Town
Hall. Inquire Of
Jan2l4t* CHAS. f. CASSELL.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Parties for whom Sale Bills, real or pei
sonal, are printed ut this office, secure place
in this Sale Register. free of charge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25


Most everybody knows that birds can sing
but everybody does not know that some
birds can preach as well as sing. There is a
Byrd in Myersville that can preach as good
a sermon as most any other preacher. In
this town we have Martin that has been
educated and learned to preach and is hard
to beat.-Boonsboro letter in Keedysville
Record.
SAFE RoBBERY.-On last Sunday night
the safe in Messrs Geo. w. Miller & Sons
store and warehouse at Logs was broken
into by burglars and between fifty and sixty
dollars secured. Forty some dollars in cash
and eleven dollars worth of postage stamps
These thieves seem to be raiding the W. M.
r. r., as they have tapped Walbrook, Mt
Hope and one or two others during the past
several weeks They skip those at which
the company has night operators; the next
in turn to the west should prepare for their
reception.
PERsoNAL.-Mss Marie Bale of New
Windsor visited her cousins, the editors
family this week.
Mr.. Robert Croft is at home nursing q
sprained ankle.
Miss Bessie Metz returned last week from
an extended visit in Frederick city.
Mr.. M. G. Gilbert has been seriously il
with the grip.
Miss Nora 10y was the guest of Mis-
-Sarepta Grimes on Sunday last
Mr. Thos. Wlncbfenner spent Sunday las
with relatives in this place.
Robt Rouzer of Baltimore city spent sew
eral days with his parents this week.
Mr.. Sanford Shafer Is home from Hagers
town suffering from the effects Of a sprainet
back.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
THE HOUSEHOLD.
How Moths Come and How to Prevent
Their Coning-Eow to Serve Straw
berries-Mere Mention.

An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, says the proverb.
Eggs which have been laid by the
pother moth hatch in due time with a
certainty which would fill the average
Ioulterer's heart with joy could he OBJ
tain like results with his incubator. I'M
mediately the little worm or maggot
begins his work by devouring all the
animal hair which comes in his way,
whether in form of wooden stuffs or
furs.
There is nothing to show that the
Larvae migrate after Matching. They
simply eat and grow wherever they
may happen to be. Evidently any en-
tire1y tight Enclosure, whether bag,
sack, box or trunk, will shut out the
moth, and so prevent all trouble. But
if the eggs have already been deposited
these precautions will fail, nor will
disinfectants and demoralizing odors
prevent the Matching of the little pests.
Now, as to preventive measures prop
er. The most dangerous period is be-
tween the laying aside of heavy winter
clothing with the coming of spasmod-
ically warm weather and the final put
ting away for the summer. Not infre-
quentIy such clothing is temporarily
slowed in dark closets and out of the
way places, whence it may he eXtricated
at call
1t is at this time that Mrs Moth-the
frst-is abroad and generally makes
herself useful. When the winters cloth
ing is finally taken in hand to be put
away for the summer, it may receive but
casual treatment, and when it goes into
permanent quarters carries with it the
little knots of eggs. In due time these
hatch; then something else happens,
and, perhaps, months later the good
housewife wonders how those vexatious
and ruinatious moths got into her strong
box. The unfortunate woman does not
realize that unwittingly she herself put
them there.
On a bright, sunny day the woolens
which are to be put away for the sum-
mer should be taken into the outer air,
given a thorough busting and brushing,
cleaned of any grease spots, If such
there are, and hung for several hours
in the bright sunlight If this has been
thoroughly done, the garments will be
free from eggs 1t remains, then, to
wrap them or pack them in such man
ner that the moths cannot get to them.
The simplest way is to enclose each gar
ment in stout paper sack, free from
rent or hole and SO secured that the
mother moth cannot find entrance. She
will not attempt to perforate the paper.
Immunity for the rest of the year de-
ponds almost entirely upon the work
done in May or June, when the pests are
comparatively few in numbers, con-
cludes writer in Good Housekeeping,
from whose interesting as we'll as use
full remarks the foregoing is reproduced.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
OUR FARMERS.
FARM NOTES.

The appearance of moss on fruit
trees indicates an excess of moisture
and deficiency of drainage.
Russia has 100000 hens. They
average yearly output of 4,000,0O
900 eggs and beat the French and
German layers by about 500, 100000.
The German agricultural papers say
that the imports of American apples
into Germany last year were twenty
times as large as in any previous sea :
son.
The strawberry plants will now be
throwing out runners, and if the soil
placed in the rows the work Of Guilt
waiting will be easier next season and
a fewer plants destroyed.
Keep the orchard fenced from all
stock, plant to hoed crops for three
years, and then SOW to clover. When
bearing give it load of manure for
every load Of apples taken away. Do
not expect it to bear without food.
A German horticulturist states that
he has found solution of sulphate of
lime in water, with glycerine added a
harmless remedy when used on trees,
but surely destructive of all insects
infesting them.
Do not run closer than 9 inches to
the newly planted strawberries or
raspberries with the cultivator, for
the newly formed roots will be dis
turbed. Be content to do the rest
of that cultivation with the
hoe and let it be quite superficial.
When it is possible to drive out of
the feed lots car load of hogs less
than 1 year old which will bring from
$500 to 5000, with corn at less than zoe
a bushel, it can be easily seen that
little energy and push is bound to
keep the bright side of the picture
away from the wall.
Keep the manure pile free from the
rubbish of diseased plants. DR.. Smith
of the department of Agriculture
mentions a case where the refuse
from a melon bed in which there had
been some disease, was mingled with
the compost heap, and when the in
fected manure was put on the melon
beds the following season, disastrous
results ensued.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Serving Strawberries.

Authorities differ as to the wisdom
of washing strawberries. If they are
dusty or gritty, they must, of course,
be cleaned. The mistress should do this
herself. A big bowl of ice cold water,
the berries popped in, always with bulls
on and few at time, taken out in
stantly and shaken between the fingers
and laid in big colander-this refresh
es and cleans them. The few drops of
water that do not shake off will drip
away while the hulling is going on.
Just before serving a heaping dish of
ripe red straw berries squeeze few drops
of lemon juice over the sugar. 1t brings
out the bouquet" and flavor, according
to one housewife.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

Along in the summer the late chicks
do not grow and some of them droop.
The owner examines carefully for
lice and finds none. He looks every
where for lice but at the right place
and discovers no lice. Where he
should look is on the skin of the
heads and necks and he will find lice
as large as feas, a single one Of
which can torment young chick to
death. In fact, SO annoying are they
that they prevent rest, and exhaus-
ton compels the chick to sleep dur
ing the time it should be running
about, hence the term, ''sleepy dis
ease" These lice come from the hens
to the chicks and are never noticed.
They are easily destroyed, one or two
drops of melted lard on the heads,
necks and legs, we'll rubbed in, being
sufficient, treating the hen in the
same way, but most persons suppose
that if little melted lard is effica-
cious, more lard is better, and then
the chicks are killed by too much
grease. Look out for the large lice
on the heads, and the losses of chicks
will be fewer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

800 reward, $780, The readers of this pa
per will be pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only pos
tive cure now known to the medical frater-
nifty. Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease, and giving TIE patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in Its curative
powers, that they offer hundred dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney 81
Co, Toledo, o. Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hal1's Family Pills are the best.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

Should the trees be full of young
fruit it will pay to pick off one-half
or more of the fruit when small, as by
SO doing the tree will be less taxed
and the fruit left on the tree will de-
velop and grow more rapidly. 1t re-
quires courage in fruit grower to
remove the fruit, as it seems almost
like va vandalism, but those who have
tried it report most satisfactory re-
suits and state they would not again
allow tree to bear a full crop.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

4deal-Cornmeal is easy: Barrel corn
#al, 81 1901 so; bag meal, 67@69c; yell
W granulated, S2@2 10; rolled and
ibund oatmeal. 81 95@3 So; cut, IS $50
IS; graham meal, 81 65@4 So; rye flour,
II $500 50; rye. 50@55c per blu.
2Hay-Hay continues easy. Straw dull
&llfeed easy: Choice hay, S17@17 so;
binary to good, s12@15; rye straw, s14
is; oat straw, 5000 so; sack spring
an, SO 1901; sack winter, S12 %.
Dats-Oats are steady. Track oats
i scarce and firm: Clipped, 40 to ~
to arrive, all rail, 30@301ac; SO to 40
2915c: So to SO 10, 2S1a@2S34c; 81 to SO
II 271h 627a.c; 81 10, 26A @27c.
Rotatoes-Fotatoes are easy for new,
Ia old steady: Hebrons, soc; Maine
lite, 75c; New York white, 65@70c; new
III. /, 1903 %; No. 2, $2@2 80; red, 81 500
.Pork-Pork and lard are quiet and un-
HRnged: Barrel pork, SO so; light
Hfks, SO rs; lean ends, s13; fresh ribs,
"a; lard, 4ss@415c; in pals, AS Q51sc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Mere Mention.

Numbered with other pleasing de-
signs are tea and coffee sets in the Ital-
Ian renaissance style.
Silversmiths have provided for hot
sauces and gravies low, shallow vessels
with long pointed lips, hinged covers
and ivory or ebony handles
Green is color much employed this
season in both glass and china
Vases in Austrian, Bohemian and
Carlsbad glass afford variety of
shapes, such as tall, slender vases, low,
cup shaped vases, large spherical bowls
and three handled loving cups.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
The Butter Spreader.

An authority in such matters tells in
the New York Times that the butter
spreade1 which goes with the bread and
butter plate is the one knife on the table
which is placed with the sharp edge
out. The plate is placed at the left and
just back of the regular plate, and the
spreader lies in front of it, with the
sharp edge to the front. 1t may be
placed at the right of the bread and
butter plate when it lies with the edge
in, as with the other knives. Thus
placed, the knife is most easily taken.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

If strength is what you want, you should
study what causes your weakness. 1t is prac-
tically lack of food. But you eat three meals
a day, and all you can eat at time. Yes, but
do you digest it? Food undigested, is not
food. 1t is not nourishment. It doesn't Gre
ate strength. To digest your food take Shak-
er Digestive Cordial at meals. After while
you will digest your food without it. Then
you will get well, and strong and healthy.
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures indigestion
and all its symptoms, such as nausea, head
ache, eructations, pain in the stomach, gid
diness, loss of appetite, etc. 1t makes your
food nourish you. and make you strong and
fat and hearty. Druggists sell it. Trial bot
tie 10 cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

Mrs. Rockingham-Well, Thomas, l
suppose young Mr.. Ellington called
upon you today to ask for our
Laura?n
Mr.. Rockingham eyes, he called"
"And you, of course, told him that
it couldn't be-"
''No, didn't tell him anything of
the kind''
"What? You don't want to give
our darling to such a person as that,
do your"
ooh, no. I just told him that every
thing had was mortgaged. A re-
fusal wasn't necessary .''-C Cleveland
Leader.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

The spraying of apple orchards for
the prevention of fungus and the de-
struction of the Goblin moth will prob
ably be neglected by most orchardists
this season. The large crop of fruit
last year will be apt to obscure the
necessity for this treatment, which
previously was becoming to be gen.
orally recognized. Nevertheless, it
will be found that only the persistent
and careful sprayer is successful
grower.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
4 CHEAP PAINT

An old weather stained, implanted
picture, but in reality its an eyesore
that no good farmer likes to have on
his place. Good paint is good in
vestment, for it prolongs the life OF
building as we'll as adding infinitely to
it's appearance. A cheap paint, suit
able for farm buildings and fences, is
made from skim milk and hydraulic
cement The cement is placed in
bucket and sweet skim milk is grad
ually added, stirring constantly, I'M
til the mixture is about the consist
ency of good cream. The stirring
must be thoroughly done in order
that the mixture may flow readily
from the brush, but if too thin 1T will
run when applied to the building and
look streaked. The proportions
should be based upon about a gallon
of the milk, as this will make a con-
venient quantity to mix when one
person is to apply it. If too much is
prepared, the cement will set and
harden before it is used. To this
quantity of milk add about quart of
the cement. Probably little more
than this will be required, the opera
tor using Judgment to have it thin
enough to flow from the brush and
yet not thin enough to run after it has
been applied.
A fat brush about four inches wide
10 a good implement with which to
lay the paint on. 1t is to be used just
as oil paint is used and can be appli-
ed to woodwork, old or new, and to
brick or stone. When dry the color
is light creamy brown, or might be
called a yellowish stone color.
The operator can try it first upon
an clubhouse or fence to see how it
pleases him, and to learn in an ex-
perimental way how to prepare and
apply it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Vinegar Bath For Round Steak.

A housekeeper claiming experience
gives the assurance that round steak
has more taste and nutriment and can
be made as tender as sirloin by giving
it a vinegar bath. Put several table
spoonfuls of cider vinegar and one or two
of olive oil in large fat dish, lay the
steak in it, leave for several hours, then
turn to soak the other side. A steak
designed for broiling for breakfast may
thus lie overnight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Jam Pudding.

Chop three tablespoonfuls of beef suet
fine, add half pound of sifted flour
and pinch of salt, mix with cold wa
ter to make stiff dough, roll out an inch
thick on we'll Toured bread board,
spread thickly with blackberry Or cur
rant jam, roll up in we'll Toured cloth
and steam for two hours and half.
Serve with foaming sauce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

TRY GRAIN o! TRY GRAIN o! Ask
your grocer to-day to show you a pack
of Grain-O, the new food drinkthat takes
the place of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult
All who try it, like it, Grain-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains and the most deli
cate stomachs receives it without distress.
4 the price of coffee. 15c. and Csc per pack
age. Sold by all grocers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Spice Cookies.

"A cupful of butter, cupful of sugar,
pint of molasses, teaspoonful of soda,
2 tablespoonful of ginger, tablespoon
fuls of cinnamon, a tablespoonful of
cloves and flour to make it stiff enough
to roll
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-07-22
The True Remedy.

w. NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, H.,
Chief" says: 1--WE won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex-
perimented with many others, but
never got the true remedy until we
used DR.. Kings New Discovery. No
other remedy can take its place in our
home, as in it we have a certain and
sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, etc" 1t is idle to experiment
with other remedies, even if they are
urged on you as just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery. They are not
as good, because this remedy has a rec
ord of cures and besides is guaranteed.
1t never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles
free at any drug store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-07-22
naughters Of the COnfederacy.

The State convention of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy was held at
Martinsburg last Friday, with a good
attendance Of members of the local
body and several State chapters. Mrs.
]. W. McSherry delivered the address
of welcome, and was chosen temporary
president in the absence of Mrs. Hill,
the State president. The Martinsburg
Statesman published the only correct
account of the proceedings that we
have seen, and from it We extract the
following
A discussion took place as to wheth-
er or not the State chapter would join
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. Mrs. Helen Plane, ex-presi-
dent of the Daughters fthe Confeder-
acy of Georgia, explained the object of
the organization and its relation to the
State organizations. The U. D. c. has
a membership of over 10000 and
about $50 chapters in the organization.
The motion to join the U. D. c. was
defeated. The delegates from the
Shepherdstown chapter expressed
much regret at the action Of the con-
vention, and stated as they had de-
cided to join the U. D. c., they would
have to refrain from joining the State
chapter.
Officers were elected as follows
President, Mrs. J. W. McSherry, Mar
tinsburg; vice-presidents, Miss L. D.
McCarty, Romney, Mrs. E. Boyd
Faulkner, Martinsburg; inspector, Miss
Octavia Moore, Wheeling treasurer,
Mrs. Robert White, Wheeling; CORE
spending secretary, Miss Sue COlston,
Martinsburg; recording secretary Miss
Ella McCurdy, Charlestown. The
next annual meeting will be held in
Charlestown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-07-22
To Look After the Bass.

DR.. George w. Massamore, secretary
of the Maryland Game and Fish Pro
tective Association, will leave this
week upon a tour of inspection along
the Potomac river to inquire into al
legged violations of the law in regard
to bass fishing. Up to the big rain OF
last week the bass fishing has been un-
usually fine, and reports of the good
sport have attracted numerous knights
Of the rod along the banks of the Po-
tomac. 1t is not these fishermen over
whom DR.. Massamore is concerned, as
their fishing is done in legitimate
manner with hook and line. But at
this time of the year the Potomac is
visited by numerous camping parties
from Pennsylvania, and it has been
reported that a number Of them have
thrown out lines and nets, and are TAX
ing hundreds of fine bass out of the Po-
tomac and tributary streams. The
native fishermen are exceptionally
careful not to violate the game laws,
and DR.. Massamore says they are eager
to prevent others from so doing. The
doctor will go up as far as Woodmont,
and work down the river.-Bahln'ort
american.
Our fishermen who are running out
lines contrary to the law will do well
to keep their eyes peeled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-07-22
A Bold Robbery.

Last Thursday night between eight
and nine o'clock while Mr.. ]. D. Bill
myer was attending to business in his
store he heard a rustling Of paper in
the ware-room in the rear. He walked
back and saw a negro calmly handing
out goods to two other colored men on
the pavement. Mr.. Billmyer ran for
his revolver and the three thieves
made off. They were subsequently
seen and recognized, but made their
escape before they could be arrested.
They stole, as near as Mr.. Billmyer
could tell, about fifteen pairs of trous-
ers and three or four vests. The
thieves are three negroes who make
their headquarters at Martinsburg and
ply their vocation of crap-shootlng
and gambling at the quarries from
Kearneysville to North Mountain. 1t
is said that they make practice of
robbing stores in this section and then
sell the goods to the quarrymen at
such low rates that no questions are
asked. Some persons believe they are
the fellows who have been robbing
Mr.. Wintermoyer's store. A warrant
was sworn out for the arrest of the
men, but the Martinsburg officers have
SO far failed to make the arrests.