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Cold and Electricity.

That extreme cold paralyzes every
vital function is of course piece OF
everyday knowledge. But it has
been left to Professor Pictet, who
has been conducting some expert
ments on this subject, to discover
that at a temperature of $50 degrees
below the centigrade zero there is no
chemical action between nitric or
sulphuric acid and potash, between
oxygen and potassium, though, un-
der ordinary circumstances, the af-
finity of the latter metal for oxygen
Is SO great that it will burn if thrown
into water, owing to its combination
with the oxygen in that fluid. But
If the electric spark is played on bod
les which have thus lost the power
of chemical affinity, some new and
curious combinations result. The
latest investigations, the conclusions
of which, however, have been theo-
retically presaged for some years
past, may require us to reconsider the
question Of the temperature of outer
Bpace and the possibility of an at
mosphere composed of gases in COM
bination existing there.
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The Tower OF Pisa.

The famous leaning tower of Pisa
is campanile or bell tower. The
building, which is cylindrical in
form, is 1877 feet high and so feet in
diameter, made entirely OF white
marble. 1t is called the leaning tow
er from the fact that it inclines some
80 feet from the perpendicular, and
it is not generally known that this
inclination, which gives the tower
such q remarkable appearance, was
not intentional. At the time it was
about half done the error in meas,
urement was perceived. 1t was
guarded against by the use of extra
braces in the further construction OF
the building and an adaptation OF
the stone in the highest portion.
There are seven bells on the top OF
the tower, the largest of which
weighs 1000 pounds, and these are
so placed as to cOunteract as far as
possible the leaning of the tower it
self.-Firo and Water.
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Patents

Caoeats and Re- Issues secured; Trade Marks
and Coppights registered; Opinions given as
10 validity and infringement of patents; As.
signments, Contracts, etc, prepared and recor.
ded, and all business in the Patent Office in
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecuted. Upon receipt Of model or sketch or
photograph of invention with description, !
will advise as to patentability free Of charge
Main offices directly across from the U. s
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
to my perfect and long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose.
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care,
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
specially. ty.-FEES MODERATE and excu.
sive attention given to patent business. Book
of information and advice, and special refer
ences, sent without charge upon request.
j. r. LITTELL,
Attorney and Counsellor in Patent Causes,
Washington, D. c.,
Opposite z. s. Patent Office
(Msntion this Papsr)
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What Sleep Is Scientifically.

The great German scientist, Herr
Rosenbaum, says that the anemic
condition of the brain Is due to an
excess Of water in the cells Of that
body-a sort Of water on the brain.
Sleep, according to his theory, Is es-
pecially a matter Of nervous action
the fatigue Of tho nerve cells which
communicate with the heart and
bring about a change In the circula-
ton. The nervous cells are full Of
water when sleep comes on, which
during sleep passes into the venous
blood as waste, while the nerve cells
receive nourishment from fresh A.
terial blood. When the process Is en-
tirely, over the sleeper awakes, unless
he Is disturbed sooner.
According to Rosenbaum's theory,
sleep is not only healthy because Of
the rest it gives the entire body, but
actually invigorating in itself. Those
who have imagined that slumber was
simply quiet and rest for an over
worked and fatigued mind or body
will be surprised to learn that the
scientists are divided in opinion as to
whether it is pressure on the brain,
similar to vertigo and other attacks
which produce unconsciousness, or q
mild form Of hydrocephalus. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-07-29
Reading Shakespeare.

II Mr.. Dana would sound the tocsin and tell
men and women of all grades OF life what
pleasure and profit they might secure by read
Ing Shakcspeare's plays, lac would be bene-
fac tor to his race.-M. p. ii. in Tho Tribune.
Things that are better than pleas
ure, more valuable than profit, they
might thus secure. The soul would
be illuminated, the intellect broad
ened, the spiritual nature exalted,
the affections refined, the life Ggni-
fed, the whole Of the cherishable
powers of manhood or womanhood
inspired and augmented. The intlu-
ence of Shakespeare's genius is emo
bling. 1t pervadeth one and COM
passeth all it dealeth with the visi-
BILE world and the invisible, the right
and the wrong, the craft and tho
stuff, the passions and the reason,
the images of form and their shad-
ows, the beautiful and the hateful,
the spectcrs, the chimeras and what
ever else there be in SPACE, time or
fancy. We tell all men and women
that there is no other one like unto
Shakespeare. When he entereth the
mind and taketh possession of the
heart, there can be no place in the
thought or in the habit for aught
that is mean. Charles A. Dana.
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A Remarkable Case Of Psychic Power.

A friend Of mine who is quite well
known in literary circles, but who 10
not willing that her name be given,
related to me a short time ago q
striking experience. She requested
@ friend in whom she had great con-
fdonce and who possessed certain
degree of physic power to try and
see where she was and what she was
doing on certain evening. The two
individuals we're many hundred miles
apart. The friend in striving to ae-
complish this feat fell into a pro-
found trance, in which he was found
by friends, who thought him dead
and had him medically treated.
When he recovered, he wrote his
friend, saying: "Atsuch an hour you
were in your room. A visitor was
announced. He was person had
never seen, but l will describe him
to YOU" He then gave detailed de-
scription Of the caller. All the facts
were exactly as stated.-Arena
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THURMONT, Frederick County, Maryland, Thursday July 29 1897
Tho Servant 80 WOOL.

The other day a man of gentle.
manly appearance called at house
in a we'll known suburb Of provin.
cial town. In answer to his knock
the housemaid came to the door.
us Mr.. P ini' said try gentle
man.
"He's just gone out, sir"
rs Mrs. P at home2"
mo, sir. She went out with mas
ter"
"Dear me, how unfortunate! l
wanted particularly to SEQ one Of
them. Can leave a note7"
"Oh, yes, sir. Come in, please"
replied the girl, ushering the visitor
into the dining room. But instead
of leaving him alone she rang for an
other servant, whom she desired to
bring writing materials.
The gentleman wrote his note, en-.
closed it in an envelope, addressed it
and left it on the table.
This being done, he departed with
y profusion Of thanks to the maid,
who escorted him to the door.
On returning home Mr.. P found
the note awaiting him. It ran thus:
"Your servant is no fool"
This compliment was fully jush
fed by paragraph in the next days
paper, giving an account of the
plunder of a neighboring mansion by
similar visitor. New York Adver-
ticar
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nasko, and together they watched the
vast ball of light emerge from the black
earth and gradually disappear i'll a
great hole in the roof of the cavern. 1t
left broad stream of light behind it,
and now that the sun itself was out Of
view the silent spectators could see the
great, square hole from which it had
risen.
AS if by mutual consent, they rose
and made their way over tho rocks to
the verge of tho hole, which seemed
several thousand feet square. At first,
owing to the brightness Of tho sun over
head, they could sec nothing, but as the
great orb gradually disappeared they
began to see lights and the figures OF
men moving about below. Later they
observed the polished parts of stupen-
dous machinery-machinery that moved
almost noiselessly. Johnston caught
sight of great network of moving ca
bles reaching from the machinery up
through the hole above and exclaimed
enthusiastically:
"a mechanical sun! Electric day
lightl What geniusl A world in a great
cavel Hundreds of square miles and
thousands of well organized people liv-
Ing under the light of an artificial sun"
The Alphian looked at him, astonish-
ed. SIS 1t not SO in your country?' he
asked.
Johnston smiled. "The great sun that
lights the outer world is as much great
er than that ball OF light rs Alpha is
greater than grain of sand. But this
surely is the greatest achievement OF
man. Yet while now understand how
your sun goes over the whole Of Alpha
I cannot see how 1t returns
"Then you have not heard Of the
great tunnel of the sum-" replied the
Alphian.
mo What is it?"
lit runs beneath Alpha and connects
the rising and setting points of the
sun. There is point beneath the king S
palace where, by a staircase, the king
and his officers may go down and in
spect the sun as it is on it's way back to
the east during the day"
Wonderful"
And once year royal party goes
In tho sun over its entire course. 1t is
said that 1t Is sumptuously furnished
inside and not too warm, the lights be-
ing only innumerable small ones on the
outside"
The two men were silent for q mo-
ment. Then Johnston said:
Perhaps we might be able to get in
to 1t unobserved and be thus carried
over to the other side or reach the pal
ace through the tunnel"
Branasko started convulsively, and
then, as he looked into the earnest eyes
Of the American, he said despondently:
"We have got to die anyway. 1t may
be we'll for us to think Of it, but on the
othor side, in the Barrens, there is no
moro chance for escape than here. But
the adventure would at least give us
something to think about. Let's try it. "
"All right, but how can we get down
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-07-29
ITO RE CONTINUED.
COLLECTING DEBTS IN FRANCE.
Points of Difference Between the System
There and In This Country.

Points of Difference Between tho System
There and In This Country.
The matter practiced in the collec
ton of debts in France and in the
United States does not differ nateri-
ally save In tho collection and the
mode Of procedure. The first step
which is necessary for creditor in
France to take before he can use le-
gal means to collect q debt due hun
Is to obtain judgment against the
debtor, which is rendered by JUS
tice of the peace, provided the
amount does not exceed $40. The dc.
fendant is required toappear in court
on a certain day and arrange for
settlement of the account and pay a
part or the whole of it or show cause
why.
If this arrangement is not made,
the defendant is a second time sum-
moned to appear, and should he
then fatty refuse payment judgment
is rendered against him. The cost
Of Judgment, together with that OF
tho summons, is betrayed by the
plaintiff and copy of tho former
sent to the debtor. He then has
three months grace to appeal beforea
civil court from the judgment already
handed down. Failing to exercise
this privilege, the matter Is put in
the hands Of a 'huissier," whose
functions partake Of those of both
the bailiff and process server, but his
methods as we'll as his perogatives
resemble neither one nor the other.
The huissier upon request of the
creditor makes an abstract state
ment of the condition of the debt,
the fee for preparing and serving the
same varying according to the
length of the instrument and not ac-
cording to the importance of tho
debt. It's average cost, however, may
be placed at $3.50.
In case tho debtor ignores the doc
ument an designation" is served
upon him, and eight days thereafter
his furniture is seized and placed in
the hands of the huissier. The ex-
pense entailed in the preparation of
these notices is betrayed by the cred
itor, but if at any moment the debt
or agrees to liquidate in full he is not
only required by law to discharge
his original obligation, but to add to
it the costs of the Judgment and fees
of the huissier. Whether this sys-
tenn is better than the plan pursued
In tho United States is matter OF
opinion. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Russinn EtiuueIte.

If you invite Russian to dinner,
make point Of Offering him before
he takes his seat at the table certain
hors deuvres, and above all do not
forget to accompany these with a
dram of spirits. The stronger the
latter the higher the Russian guest
will esteem his entertainer, who
must pour the cognac out himself,
not into q liquor glass, but into a
bordeaux glass, and it is indispcnsa-
BILE that he should drain the entire
bumper to the health of his guest he
fore the latter has time to put his
glass to his lips. Each time you make
a speech at dinner, or at any repast,
be careful to have your glass filled to
the brim before you begin speaking,
and the moment you have concluded
your remarks drain your glass to the
very last drop at gulp, since that if
the slightest heeltap remains it means
in the eyes of the Russians that your
remarks have been insincere. Petite
Republique Franchise.
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OFF1CE-MASONIC BUILDING.
East Nam Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A, W hllmo1e
cas or. Services bi-weekly alternating
morning and evening. Services eohes'
day,7 D. m, Sunday School Up. IN.
Guild each Lords Day $50 D. ',ether ser
vices announced from the pulpit
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek pas
t,r. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ and 6,3o r.
NJ, Sunday School, 2. ?. VI Prayer Meet
ny, Wednesday, GAS 7.
United Brethren Church-Rev b., T. b.
Castle Pastor. Regular Services by APP
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at ~ H. H.
PRAYER Meeting every THURSDAY evening
Sunday School PM.
Mite Society S mi-mOnthly, Weune,uay
evening at o'clock. w. Mis-. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Morayian Church: Rev. M. F. Ocrter Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday,9n; III.
Preaching services will he held every o'her
Sunday as heretofore alternating morning
aud evening at 10 ard $3.50 respectively
Methodist Episcopal Church - Kew
NH. Courtney Pastor. Services every alter
nate $ nday at 10 A. NJ. aud 100 Z. NJ
Sunday School ut 8 a. ". Payer Mre''hs
every Wednesday evening at 100 NJ
st. Stephens Church, Protestant Ep'sco-
nol.-Rry. Ernest McGill, Rector. Ser,
vices every Sunday at lO:3o, Il. NJ, ana
Up. m
Service on FRIDAYS at 3 p m,
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=. ..hCop1R!6AT. 1897. 9r TA5 MERRIAM COMPANY.

thero where the sun starts to rlse!' ask
ed the American, peering cautiously
over the edge of the hole
"There must be somo way answer.
ed Branasko. "Ah, see! Farther to the
left there are some ledges. Let's see
what can be done that way"
II am with you"
Tho rays of the departing sun were
almost gone, and the electric lights
down among the machinery seemed afar
off like stars reflected in deep water
With great difficulty the two men low
cred themselves from one sharp ledge
to another till they had gone half down
to the bottom.
"It is 10 use," said Branasko, peer
ing over the lowest ledge. 'There are
no more ledges, and this one juts out so
far that even if there were smaller ones
beneath we could not get to them. y
'"That is true agreed the American.
but look! Is not that a lake beneath?
think it must be, for the lights are re-
fected Oh its surface" "
"You are right" answered Branas
ko, land l now see a chance for us to
get down safely"
"How?'
1.-THE WORKERS are too far from the
lake to see us. We can drop into the
water and swim ashore"
Would they not hear the splashing
of our bodics:'
IL think not, but first let's expert
ment with big stone"
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What a NewsbOy Thought.

Two dirty, ragged, wicked little
newsboys sat up in the gods gallery.
The play was Hamlet" The curtain
fell on the last act. Hamlet had killed
the false Claudius; the Queen is dy-
ing by poison; Laertes writhed at
the feet of the princely Dane, him.
self dying of secret hurts. Neither
boy had spoken nor moved from his
position clutching the grimy railing
with grimier hands. The crowd about
them rose noisily. twas time to CO.
Then the younger of the two spoke.
his eyes big with excitement:
"Gollyl Wouldn't that make a
bully extry to holler3"-Kate Fields
Washington.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-07-29
Can Plants See?

The mysteries of vegetable life are
not all yet explored. An Indian
botanist has made experiments which
induce him to say that some plants
can see. Whether the inference can
be accepted or not, these experiments
go to show that the plants made an
effort to reach supports placed at q
little distance and grew toward the
supports wherever placed. The plant
was convolvulus, and when a pole
was placed near it and in such way
that the tendrils would have to turn
away from the light to reach it.
they invariably did so and within a
few hours twined about 1t. That
certain plants have the sense Of
touch is well known. Medical Times
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EXTINCTION OF THE KISS.

Sanitary Science Invading tho Sacred
Realm of Romantic Sentiment.
The kiss of affection and romantic
love is celebrated in the song and
story Of all ages. Sacred literature
justifies and honors the holy kiss Of
religious sympathy and fellowship
The meeting of the lips has always
been with our race tho universal and
natural and spontaneous expression
of the most tender sentiment.
Now sanitary science pushes itself
forward to degrade the kiss to the
level Of sewer gas and the many
agencies by which noxious and infeo-
tious disease is propagated. It is de-
manding the abolition of the practice
as a remnant Of barbarous ignorance
of the laws of health. Itwould subor-
dinate romantic sentiment to cautious
prudence and forbid the lover to EN-.
brace his sweetheart, even as a seal
of their betrothal, until they are able
to produce medical certificates that
they are free from the transmissible
germs or disease.
For several years past prudent par,
ents, under the instruction of their
physicians, have guarded their young
children jealously against the indis-
criminate kissing which was once in
vogue, lest those poisonous germs be
transmitted to the babies It is a
reasonable precaution, for undoubted-
ly the danger exists, and as the germ
theory of disease is more generally
accepted peril Of such contact is ap.
preciated the more intelligently.
If, then, there is a serious risk for
children in careless kissing, say the
preachers of sanitary science, 1t Is a
risk which older people must avoid
also. Even the cherry red and pout-
ing lips of beauty may convey mate
rial poison along with the rapture Of
love they express 80 romantically.
The most ardent manifestation of
masculine devotion may bs the
means of planting the seeds Of dis
ease which will bring forth a fruit
full crop Of maladies sent down
through generations. So says science
Accordingly the secretary of the
Ohio board of health has been urging
the Pastors union of Sandusky to
use their influence to put a stop to
the practice of unscientifc kissing or
kissing which is not carefully re-
strained by sanitary laws. He also
warns them of the danger of using
the same wine cup in administering
the rite Of the holy communion to
different persons He would not let
women kiss each other after the pre-
vaillng fashion, and of course he dis.
countenances the kissing of babies
by every chance conner. and he would
prevent kissing among the babies
themselves
Thus cold and prudential science is
invading the realm Of tender and 70
mantle, poetic and religious senti.
ment and destroying as a pesthouse
the very temple in which the love Of
all ages has offered up its worship.
1t is an appalling revolution. New
York Sun.
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London's Paupous and Criminals.

On Jan. 1, 1891, the paupers IN
London numbered 1884 and tho
cost Of pauperism was in 1sss-9G,
92, $4,000 the cost of each paupee
being f21 16s. Id.
The number Of persons committed
for trial during 1Ss9-90 was 2,906,
while 109,74s were convicted sum-
marily. The habitual offenders
known to the police not committed
during the year numbered 2,S92. The
total represents percentage Of 81
to the whole population. The cost
Of the police was s1,799,ooo, or els
l2s. Cd. per head of the incriminated
class. Industrial schools cost 22O,-
652.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Before and After.

As an instance of the surprising in
crease In value that picture ac-
uuires after an artist has become IA
nous, the following is interesting:
A dealer once went to the studio Of
David Cox and purchased painting
off his easel for f10. A few days
afterward the old man went to him
and said:
"You are young and have wife
and children. think have charged
you too much for that picture, and I
have brought you back e."
Not many years after that same
painting was sold for 45o guincas.
London Fit Bits
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Away Ahead Of job.

heard an amusing story of Sir
Henry Hawkins from legal friend
week or two ago, but cannot vouch
for the absolute truth Of it. Sir
denry was presiding over a long, te-
dious and unilitcrcsting trial, and was
listening, apparently with absorbed
attention, to long, tedious and unln'
teresting speech from a counsel learn
ed in the law. Presently he made a
pencil memorandum, folded it and
sent it by the usher to the Q, c. in
question. This gentleman, on un-
folding the paper, found these words;
"Patiencc Competition n-Gold Medal,
Sir Henry Hawkins. Honorable Men
ton, job" Hispcroration was wound
up with as little delay as possible. -
Sketch.
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That incorrect spelling may be said
to be inherent in the understanding
seems to be proved by the fact that
when bad spoilers see inscriptions or
written sentences in their dreams
the words are misspelled as they
would misspell them. A notoriously
bad speller once related that he had
seen in dream a great black cat
with a collar round his neck bear.
ing the inscription, King Solomon's
Cat"
THAT is very interesting" said
friend, who was curious to see if by
any chance correct photography had
been revealed to the dreamer along
with his vision. won't you please
write that sentence down for me, just
as you saw it on the cats collar7"
The dreamer took pencil and
wrote, king Solaman's Catte. ~
Youths Companion.