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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-02

A public sale of thoroughbred stock six.
teen In number, took place at the FAIR
Grounds III Frederick Tuesday of last week,
oil the animals sold being the get Of stations
at the Tuscarora Stock Farm, G NJ, DeGar"
mendis, proprietor. Captain Walter Saun.
ders was the auctioneer. Fourteen OF the
sixteen were brood mares, and prices ranged
from $50 to $11250 each. The attendance
was small.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-02
Again Monday brought rain.

II that mysterious chemical process, known
only to Nature, has progressed without drop.
ping stitch our Kraut should be about ripe
and as we have succeeded in borrowing a
section of swipine spine, we're somewhat
liable to get sassy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-02

DOUBLE TIME.-On Monday night last
the Crescite Excelsior Works at this place
began running double turns, night and day.
The two forces will alternate weekly, those
doing the night turn this week doing the
day turn next week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-02

~ FOR RENT-From October nth to
April lst, Dwelling House on E. Main street.
Inquire at
sept 23tf CLARION OFFICE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-02

NOTICE TO GUNNEKS.-Gunni will
not be allowed on any part Of my mountain
land or home places under penalty of law,
~ wish the birds and game to have some
paradise uumolestsd.
oc9iu CHAS. SIMPLIFY.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Mhere the Trouble LIen

The Chicago city council is discuss
ing the question of ways and means
for doing away with the great depart
ment stores which are crushing out
the little merchants scattered over the
city. 1t is expected the legislature at
Springfield will be called upon to pass
laws for the restriction and control. In
all of which the promoters of this agi-
tation show how little they apprchend
the real source Of all the trouble.
Among the great stores in Chicago
is the "Fair," which occupies an entire
half-blocl, very centrally located. For
portion Of this block (G6xl0S feet OF
it) the owners of the Fair" have con-
tracted to pay for ninety-nine years
the sum of $40, 900 year, and to erect a
building to cost 5000, 900, which at the
expiration of the lease shall revert to
the holders of the fee. What legislation
can reach the case when the laws up
hold the fee owner in such extortions
as that? And how can the owners of
this emporium do anything else but
run department store SO large that
business enough may be done to meet
this tremendous fixed charge?
Where is the source OF the trouble?
In a system which permits private
monopoly of the great privileges which
exist in the land in all the trade CEN
tiers. Who gets the benefit? Certainly
not the city, for Chicago today needs
SEQ, 100000 for needed improvements
The laudlord-the lord Of the land
absorbs every penny Of increment, and
the lords OF the land, by standing to-
gether in combination, holds up
the ground rentals to a point where
only those already millionaires can pay
them, thus making it possible for the
rich to grow richer while the door Of
opportunity is closed forever in the
faces of the poor.
It Will pay the law makers, and the
men who make the law makers. TO
study up this question little Farm.
ers' Voice
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Tho TOoth-Brush Plant,

One of the most curious plants In
the world is what is called the tooth
brush plant Of Jamaica. It is a species
Of creeper, and has nothing particular
ly striking in appearance. BY cutting
pieces Of It to a suitable length, and
fraying the ends, the natives convert It
into toothbrush; and a tooth-powder
to accompany the use of the brush
is also prepared by pulyerizing the
dried stems.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

said we've Il en- the option Of signing
the contract or refusing to work, and
they signed it rather than see their
families starye. They had been ex-
pecting to get IS cents ton.
Now, II any other employer except
Mr.. Hanna had compelled his men TO
sign a contract to accept the lowest
rate of wages for the next IL months,
the fact would have been interesting
but it would have possessed no public
Importance. But Mr.. Hanna is known
and recognized everywhere as the
drum major Of the republican process
ion. He caused Mr. Mckinley to be
nominaed by declaring in the west
that his candidate was for protection
and bimetallism, and in the east that
NJ. Mckinley was for gold and fair
ly reasonable amount Of protection.
The nomination was made accord.
ingly, and when the campaign was un-
der way Mr.. Hanna declared that Mr..
Mckinley was 'the advance agent of
prosperity" All the orators and Or
gans took it up and hailed the Ohio
major as ''the advance agent of pros
perity. Mr. Mckinney himself, accept
ing the title with a smile, announced
that he and his republican friends
would "open the mills to labor" and,
by raising the prices of manufac-
tured products, make better markets
for the farmers" On numbers of oc-
casiOus he asked the crowds that as
sembled at the front door; Have the
democrats made you rich? Well, put
your trust in the republican party.
We know how to make the people pros
porous"
Now, the question arises, and II iS q
very serious one, does Mr.. Hanna be-
lieve that Mr. Mckinley is really the
advance agent of prosperity? Does he
really think that the republican party
can restore prosperity? If so, it is In
deed passing strange that he should
bind workmen in his employ to accept
starvation wages for IL months. Did
Mr.. Hanna realize, when he set about
this business Of compelling the unfor-
tunate miners in his employ to bind
themselves to accept panic wages for
another IL months, that his position as
the great drum major of the republi-
can jubilee band would leave q horri-
bly, bad taste in the mouth of the pub
lie? Or did he feel that his great feat
of electing Mckinley gave him the
right to apply the screws to the en-
ployees?
There is but one reasonable infer
ence 10 be drawn from Mr., Hanna's
action in this matter. He knows that
the republican programme will not re-
store prosperity, and he is taking
time by the forlock. He knows that
the depression now prevailing will
grow deeper, and he therefore makes
haste to protect himself by compelling
his miners to accept starvation wages
for the next 10 months,
And is this the answer that the
great republican manager gives to
the hopes and expectations of the peo
pie?
Meanwhile we hope Mr.. Hanna is
mistaken in his private views We
hope the republicans will restore
prosperity before the year is out.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
ITO BE coNTlNUED.I
An Apple Problem.


Once upon time there were two
old men who sat in the market early
every morning and sold apples. Each
one had thirty apples, and one Of the
old men sold two for cent, and the
other old man sold three for cent.
In that way the first old man got If
teen cents for his basket Of apples,
while the second old man received ten
cents; so that together they made TWEEN
ty-ave cents each day. But one day the
old apple-man who sold three for a
cent was too sick to go to the market,
and he asked his neighbor to take
his apples and sell them for him.
This the other old man very kindly
consented to do, and when he got to
the market with the two baskets of
apples, he said to himself: II will put
all the apples into one basket, for it
win be easier than picking them out
Of two baskets" So he put the sixty
apples into one basket, and he said to
himself: Nov, II sell two apples for
one cent, and my old friend sells three
for one cent, that is the same thing as
selling five apples for two cents. There
foreI will sell five apples for two cents"
When he had sold the sixty apples he
found he had only twenty-four cents,
which was right; because there are
twelve fives in sixty, and twice twelve
are twenty-four. But If the other old
man had been there, and each one had
sold his apples separately, they would
have received twenty-five cents. Now,
how is that explained?- Nicholas.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18


cruel. pitiless worldp
Jules knelt down before her, and
drew the dropping head to his breast.
''ChlOtilde, dearest, that is ungener.
Gus. Here Is one who is ready TO sac
rlflce everything, even life itself, iE
your defense. You force from me the
secret / meant to declare to your un.
Gle before breathed 1t In your ear
that ] love you, dearest one, with a
love purer and truer and more feryent
than had dared to hope should bright
en- my desolated life; that would
choose you, though were a king In
the land, before the proudest lady, the
most royal princess--you, peerless
daughter Of the people"
The startled girl had drawn away
her hands from her fearful face-her
soft smile was like rainbow in a
summer.
us it possible, Jules?" stammered
she.
"Ah, you are angry, you are vexed,
you have no love in response" said
Jules, in troubled voice.
She had drawn herself away as II
startled by her own discoveries; her
face was half aVerted, her beautiful
eyes downcast, rich rose slowly
flushed her cheeks.
II am astonished, / am perplexed,
but angry, ali, no, indeed, Jules. I
am rather grateful"
But you have no love for me in re-
turn; alas! why should have VEN
tured to hope sO?"
She turned her face toward him
slowly. What a sweet hope lighted up
the lovely features!
II am cruel to withhold the truth. /
will not be Outdone in generosity.
What I could not say to a marquis ]
can answer to you, Jules, do love
you; yet, you must forget that have
said 1t until we see Emile, or learn
that something has befallen him."
Jules was kissing her hand in the
extravaganza Of delight.
Nov is the world a paradise, though
I am a hunted refugee, and know not
how many hours Of security are left
to me-"
Felicie ran away to her little retreat
as soon as possible, and sat down there
in perfect bewilderment Of mingling
emotions.
Half Mortified at herself for being
capable Of this feeling Of Joy, quite
frightened at the words she had
spoken, it was long ere a feeling Of
peace and serenity returned to her.
Then 1t almost seemed her mothers
spirit returned to her and. breathed
upon her a sanity benediction, as in
approval Of her course.
1t is true she scarcely dared to think
Of her father; she shuddered as she put
aside the thought Of his anger and hor-
ror Of the betrothal Of Languedoc to
the humble Jules, representative Of
the class the count had looked down
upon with such aristocratic scorn.
But her mother had been her guide
and oracle in life; 1t was not likely her
sentiments should be held less sacred
now that death had made her memory
sanity.
This little love episode gave new in
terest and life to their tagging spirits.
But as the fourth week crept on, the
pair began to distrust sorrowfully the
likelihood of Emile's death, or impris-
onment.
Jules grew grave and careworn, feel
ing the responsibility resting upon him
acutely; and his fair companion though
she sedulously avoided any expression
of despair, showed plainly by her pal
ing cheek and heavy eye the anxiety
which oppressed her.
lTo BE coNTINUED.I
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Woodeoek Egg in sweden.

Owing to the inhabitants Of Sweden
being very partial to the eggs Of the
woodcock it is more than probable that
the breed will be greatly diminished.
II not at last totally extirpated. The
eggs Of the above species are to be
seen for sale in large numbers in the
various markets in Stockholm.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Ham, Don't Believe 1t.

The news that Mr. Mark A. Hanna
who heralded Mr. Mckinley as the ad-
vance agent of prosperity, has forced
the men employed in his mines at
Pittsburg to sign contract to work
for year at 60 cents a ton is Of con-
siderable public Importance, says the
Atlanta Constitution. The men, it is
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
CHAPTER XVII.

EFT alone, the
day after Emile'f
departure to the
town, the young
people were rather
gloomy, but each
en- d e avored to
cheer the other.
~ know what an
insignificant pro
tectOr I must seem
to you in compari-
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

right speedily. He sprang up at length
with frightened face, and began ex-
aiming his pistols.
After that he went out to find his CO.
adjutor.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

A great many have wondered why
Englishmen took such an active part
in our recent gold-standard campaign.
1t has been ascertained by the New
York World that English investments
in this country amount to s3,1O3, 400.
600. 1t was certainly a campaign Of
wealth VS.. commonwealth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Nearly six per cent of the veterans
in the soldiers homes died last year.
A Lancaster, Ky, man has lost a
valuable ham. He offers 81 for the
ham and $500 for the hide of the thief.
There is a Waldrbore, Me, woman
carrying on a farm of 100 acres and
making money when most men are
complaining of hard times.
The relative values are such now IN
Weston, Mo, that the traders swap
halters and throw in the horses to
which they happen to be attached.
A sign in New York cigar store is
rather striking. It reads: five hun
dred dollars accident insurance policy
with every package Of our genuine
Havanas."
Germany gains very little population
by immigration, yet the natural in
crease is so great that the empire
gained 1851, 431 Inhabitants between
1890 and 1895. The total is now 81
279,901
A society has beer formed in Shang-
hal to counteract the crime of stealing
women to be sold into worse than sla-
very which is alarmingly. common,
and on the increase in some parts Of
China
The remains of General Ely S. Par
ker, the Indian chief, a. member of
General Grants staff who was buried
in Fairfield, Conn, cemetery, were re-
Gently removed to Buffalo, there to rest
with the remains of his fellow Indians,
members of the famous Seneca tribe.
Some time ago Amador Cardenas
found a collection OF skeletons of i'm
mense mastodons in a ravine near
SaltiJlo, Mexico. He has just forwarded
the collection to the City of Mexico,
where they will be placed in the
National museum. The mastodOns are
the largest ever found in Mexico.
Rev. A. H. Burroughs, commonly
known as "Parson Burroughs" who
keeps the Nickels house, just across
the state line in Tennessee, established
matrimonial altar there several years
ago for the benefit OF clipping couples
from Virginia. He has officiated in the
marriage of 615 clipping couples from
Virginia and West Virginia, and has
made upwards of $4,000 out of this
business.
After waiting three years a South
Paris, Me-, man has just received his
diploma for the exhibit Of corn which
he made at the worlds fair. 1t was
lost in the mail, and it took about one
year to go through the red tape neces-
sary to find it and deliver the diploma.
Another instance of the rapid pro-
gress the Japanese are making in
modern civilization is shown in the fact
that the native babies have learned to
cry in the improved American or Eu-
ropean fashion. In the palmy days be-
fore the Japs had learned so much.
their babies were models of property,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04
SKUNKS INTERFERE.

During football game at Osgood
Thanksgiving day, where the Hartes-
vile and Moorskill college teams were
playing, the first half being finished.
some boys and dogs just outside the
line, in the edge of the wood. were
having sport with some skunks in a
hollow log.
Finally the skunks were induced to
come out of their hiding place, some
half dozen strong, and they made a
rush" for the field, breaking the lines
just being formed for the second half.
Longhaired skunks and long-haired
football players were mixed up for
! half minute. When they were sep
arated the boys rushed wildly aud fur
iousiy, shifting and yelping off the
field
Several hundred visitors were pres
ent, and large number lost all inter
| est in the game and many of them had
perfume reminders given them by the
kindly victors.-Greensbur Qnd. J
Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04
FASHION FRILLS.

Smoked-pearl buttons and strapped
seams with choker collar are noticed
on some of the most stylish black
jackets.
Some of the gowns of the toughest
cloth have vests of white satin or of
glace silk covered with applique lace
figures.
The carriage boots of brocade and
velvet, lined with fur or quilted satin,
! are respondent and are the very thing
/ for the part going grille.
A waist of emerald green velvet, with
vest and collar braided in gold and
edged with sable, is exquisite with a
skirt of brown satiny cloth.
The fashionable fan is a veritable
approved style in the tiniest size, and
it is more beautifully ornamented than
ever.
Handsome silk stockings are greatly
priced by the girl of today, and she has
now chance to add to her collection
by buying the new hosiery in very
bright pIaids.
| A lovely dance gown has a skirt OF
Nile green chiffon plaits over white
satin and waist of the chiffon having
green iridescent sprangles and ara
! besques of gilt cord.
j Quite an amount of Lierre lace is
being used this season, both for mil
| linery accessories and for dainty dress
ing sack trimmings. For 80 cents a
yard one can get beautiful pattern
for trimming a hat.
The sleeve which was worn in the
early part of the century is the latest
model shown just at present. 1t is
close-ftting from the wrist, where it
flares over the hand to the elbow, and
above this is a puff, which gathers full
! into the armhole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04

one crime, and his profit was f2 IS:
Rossell, one crime, fl los: Ducret, one
crime, rs worth OF jewelry; Cathelin,
one crime. about 5s. These are not
princely profits, but they are large
compared with Others. Three men, for
| example-George, Noty and Franck-
committed a horrible crime, and only
| made about sixpence apiece. Several
| others were less fortunate, for they
gained nothing at all. Other knights
of the road found to their dismay after
| dispatching their victims that they
had no money on them, and they were
consequently bound to be satisfied with
such booty as they could obtain in the
shape of watches and other jewelry,
| which, of course, is less desirable than
money. as it is not always easy to dis
pose of
True, a few aSSassins have made a
considerable sum of money. Three
Martin, Begheim and Lapommeraye-
were especially fortunate, or unfortu-
nate, in this respect. Martin found
f2OO in his victims purse. Begheim
got fl, 400 worth of jewelry and Lapom-
meraye also acquired a large sum of
money at one stroke. These men, hoEa
ever, did not live long enough to enjoy
their wealth, as justice overlook them
and quickly dispatched them to another
world. Such men are rare, however,
so rare that a careful calculation shows
that the average amount made by
French assassins during the last thirty
years does not exceed nine or ten shill-
ings for each crime.
Such being the case, the wonder is
that there are so many murderers. And
a greater wonder is why, if they are de-
termined to kill for the sake of obtain
ing money, they do not arrange to kill
persons who are known to be wealthy,
and do not seize an opportunity when
their intended victims have their
pockets stuffed with gold. A distin-
guished official of the police force in
Paris says that the assassins act in
their usual foolish manner simply be-
cause they are mbeciles-LOndon
Mail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04
PAYMENTS IN EUROPE.
Some Observations by a New Yorker on
Material and Method

A New Yorker, replying to several
statements Of Gen. Coils about wood
pavements in European cities writes to
The New York Herald as follows:
''The general says that defects in the
payements are Immediately reported by
the police, but fails to say that they
are Immediately attended to, which is
always the case, and the repairs are
done in such a rapid manner that it
would make the average New Yorker
stare.
"Why, l saw a half mile of the
Champs Elysees torn up and repaved in
four days, and as they first did one
side and then the other there was no
interference with the traffic. In London
also, in one of its busiest spots, in front
of the Charing Cross postoffice, the as
phalt sidewalk for the space of thirty
feet was torn up at 8 o'clock one
morning and relaid and persons walking
on it by 1 o'clock the same day.
wouldn't that make some of our
contractors stare? AS a comparison,
just look at the state that Fifth avenue,
between Forty-second street and Fiji
tieth street, has been in for the last
three months. l suppose the general
found out why this kind of work is
done over there so expeditiously. If
he didn't, I can tell him.
ct is because all the large municipal
tiles of Europe believe it to be better
policy to hire a hundred men for one
day than one man for hundred days.
Il hope the general noticed in both
cities the efficacy of the wooden pave
ments. They are used in most streets
where the traffic s the greatest. Take
the Strand, for in. lance, where there IS
mere traffic in al hour than there IS
IN any street in New York in two
1t is paved with wood, and is a great
success. It's advantages are numerous.
1t wears well, is quite smooth, makes
very little noise, is inexpensive, and
last, but not least, it is very quickly and
easily repaired. As soon as a depression
or rut appears it is Immediately re-
ported. In less than an hour everything
is all right. l could tell you a lot of
things the general saw and could have
told you about if you had only asked
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04
PROFITS OF MURDER.
Grimes for Sixpence and Others Net
ing Large Returns.

Much has been published in English
about the professional ass9ssins of
Paris, writes cur Paris CORRESPONDENT,
and in many cases fabulous gains have
been attributed to them as the result Of
their crimes; but these exist more fire.
puently in fiction than in fact. Sta
tlstics recently complied by the pre-
feet of Paris police thrown a good deal
OF light on the assassir's trade as prac-
ticed in modern times. Especially in
teresting are they in view of the Dopu-
lar but very erroneous idea that the
assassin's trade is a profitable one.
That it is quite the reverse seems to be
clearly proved by q record of the pro-
fits gained by notorious assassins dur
ing the last thirty years.
Biographies Of a large number Of
French murderers. some Of whom paid
the penelty Of their crimes on the
guillotine, while others were trans
ported to new Caledonia, show that
the average murdere4, makes far less
money at his abCn -patle trade than is
made by a third-rate artisan, or even
day laborer.
Here, for example, are the names Of
a few criminals and a statement as TO
the actual money profit that resulted
in each case: Seicu1net committed