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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
How to Shoot y Rather.

The writer saw an Indian kill q
rattlesnake in very peculiar man,
ner recently. The rattler was about
10 feet from the Indian, who was
resting the rifle on his knee, appar.
emily taking aim.
Whenever he moved the weapon a
few inches, the snake would move
around and get exactly in line with
it. Then, to show how the thing was
done, the Indian moved about the
snake in circle, and the reptile
moved as if his tail were a pivot, AL
ways keeping his head and body in
line with the gun. The Indian then
agreed to bandage his eyes and shoot
the snake in the mouth.
The writer bandaged the Indian 8
eyes, and, holding the gun by his
side at arms length, the latter pulled
the trigger, and the ball entered the
snakes mouth and passed the whole
length of his body.
How did you take aimT" was the
query.
THE snake he take aim," was the
reply.
We have talked with an old hunt
er on this proposition, and he claims
that rattlosnake will always range
directly in line with a gun or sticK
pointed at it.-Carson Appeal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
Oysters az Food.

Speaking roughly, a quart of oys-
tiers contains on the average about
the same quantity of actual nutritivs
substance as quart of milk or q
pound of very lean beef or pound
and a half of fresh Goldfish or two
thirds of a pound Of bread. But
while the weight of actual nutri-
ment in the different quantities Of
food material named is very nearly
the same, the quality is widely diff
ferent That of the very lean meat
or Goldfish consists mostly of what
are called in chemical language pro-
tein compounds, or flesh formers"
the substances which make blood,
muscle, tendon, bone, brain and
other heterogeneous tissues. That Of
the bread con tains but little Of these
and consists chiefly Of starch, with a
little fat and other compounds,
which serve the body as fuel and
supply it with heat and muscular
power. The nutritive substance OF
oysters contains considerable of both
the flesh forming and the more ca
pecially heat and force giving ingre-
dents. Oysters come nearer tomilk
than almost any other common food
Their values for supplying the body
with material to build up it's parts
repair its wastes and furnish it with
heat and energy would be pretty
nearly the same.-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
Etching PhOto-rapha on Glnns.

It is now found that in the art Of
etching photographs on glass very
satisfactory result may be secured by
covering the surface with solution
of gum made sensitive with bichro-
mate of potash, and printing the same
under a negative. After the image
has in this manner been produced, it
is busted over with minimum or red
lead, and the red picture which is
thus obtained is fixed and burned &C.
cording to the usual process. The
easily soluble red glass which comes
from this method is treated with
strong sulphuric acid, when white
matte design is produced, and the pic
ture appears by transmitted light as
a positive. Some specimens in this
line by German artists are described
as exhibiting superior merit, as com.
pared with those produced by ordi
nary means. New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
Powdered Metallic Arsenic.


1t seems that recently powdered
metallic arsenic, which in the proc
ess of powdering had been moistened
with water to prevent busting, ex-
hibited the capability-not hitherto
recorded of spontaneous combus-
ton, according to an account in a
German scientific paper A quantity
of powdered arsenic had been re-
ceived in double paper bag late in
the evening and set aside over night
in basket containing other articles
packed in straw and sawdust
On the following morning, upon
opening the store, the peculiar gar
hclike odor attracted attention to the
basket containing the powdered ar
senic. An examination disclosed the
fact that the arsenic had agglutinat-
ed to solid glowing mass, and that
the paper containers had been
charred, a portion of the straw being
also scorched. A number of bottles
in the basket had also burst, owing
to the high heat, land upon the charred
paper bag were sublimed some beau
tiful crystals of arsenious oxide. A
fire, which probably would have been
attributed to some other cause, was
in this case averted. - New York
Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
How Rismarck Got There.

Bismarck has had some odd expert.
ences in his varied life, but the fol-
lowing perhaps was the queerest:
He had been invited to court din
ner by the car at the Imperial Sum-
mer palace. He missed the train
from st. Petersburg, and finding
that he could not reach the palace in
time, and that the delay in heating
up a locomotive would be very great,
he jumped on handcar. The sta
ton master and a couple of work.
men assisted the prince to work the
engine, he taking turns with the
rest of them. He arrived safely il
time for the dinner, and Bismarck
expressed lEs thanks to the men with
81 lubles, while to the station master
he sent 1000 fine cigars.
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COLLECTING DEBTS IN FRANCE.
Points OF Difference Between the System
There and In This Country.

Points Of Difference Between the System
There and In This Country.
The matter practiced in the colleo
ton of debts in France and in the
United States does not differ materi-
ally save in the collection and the
mode of procedure. The first step
which is necessary for a creditor in
France to take before he can use le-
gal means to collect debt due HIM
is to obtain judgment against the
debtor, which is rendered by JUS
tice of the peace, provided the
amount does not exceed $40. The de-
PENDANT is required toappear in court
on a certain day and arrange for
settlement of the account and pay
part or the whole of it or show cause
why.
If this arrangement is not made,
the defendant is 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
the summons, is betrayed by the
plaintiff and copy of the 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 well 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 tho
same varying according to the
length of the instrument and not &C.
cording to the Importance Of the
debt. Its average cost, however, may
be placed at $3.50.
In case the 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 a matter Of
opinion. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14

A cock, scratching for food for
himself and his hens, found a pre-
cious stone, on which he said: IT
your owner had found thee and not
I, he would have taken thee up and
set thee in thy first estate, but I have
found thee for no purpose. would
rather have one barleycorn than all
the jewels in the world. However,
on second consideration, thou wilt
make q good addition to the gravel
that Is in my craw and may help to
correct the slight dyspepsia that has
troubled me Of late" This said, the
cock ceased moralizing and swal-
lowed the jewel.
Moral-There are great many
people who wear diamonds for their
health Halo
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
Almost q Tragedy.

He had asked her to be his wife
he, the humble clerk at the ribbon
counter, and she, the scornful aristo-
crat-and she had rejected him ut
terly.
"Heartless wretch" he exclaimed,
shaking his clinched hands.
Leave me-" she commanded i'm
periously.
Never, while I have life" he
hoarsely Kissed.
II shall 80 mad" he shrieked.
Coward! Villain! Wretch!" she
muttered in threatening tones.
A cold, cruel, sarcastic smile came
into her high bred face, and she
looked down on him disdainfully.
Don't do it," she pleaded ironical.
ly. Go in good humor. There's
the door. Ia ia, and as he turned
his eyes once more upon her that i'm
porous finger transfxed him, and he
obeyed her.-Detroit Free Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14

Phillips Brooks was the one celebrk
ty who did not wish his photograph
put out for sale. you may sell
them to the Harvard students, but to
no one else," was his command.
Possibly this was one of the reasons
why "crimsons men" 80 reverenced
him. But the students were not
true to their trust. They could not
resist the coaxing of friends who
wanted portrait of the great pas
tor Of Trinity to rest upon their
mantelpieces.
There are two rules which must be
Invariably followed in order to make
a strong and true photograph. First,
the photographer must understand
the face of his subject; second, he
must know how to pose that face so
as to bring out its striking qualities.
Sometimes striking view is caught
in glance; again it requires a quar-
ter Of an hour.
Joseph jefferson is the same good
fellow when he is having his picture
taken that he is always. We chatted
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THE ILL FATED EVENING STAR.
One Of tho Most Pathetic Tragedies of the
Atlantic Coast.

Ono Of the Most Pathetic Tragedies of the
Atlantic Coast.
One of the most terrible tragedies
of the Atlantic coast was the loss OF
the steamship Evening Star with $50
Of her passengers and crew 240 miles
northeast of the Matanila reef, on
Oct. 3, 1866. The Evening Star was
on her way from New York to New
Orleans and was rolled about for a
long time in a constantly increasing
storm. At o'clock on the morning
Of Oct. 3 a vast mountain Of water
fell on the deck and stove in the
starboard forward gangway. A bulk
head was hurriadly erected to keep
the water out, but it was swept
away. Four times the crew rebuilt
the bulkhead, only to see the waves
tear it away. The rudder was thrown
out of gear, and the sea made clean
breach over the ship.
Men and women alike helped to
bail the water out of the vessel, but
tho sea poured in irresistibly. The
captain told the passengers that
there was little hope left, but urged
them to be cool. Among the passen
gers We're the members Of French
opera company, and the prima donna
worked at the buckets Ike the rest,
Just about dawn the captain sol.
EMMY addressed the crew and pas.
sengers. lie told them that the ship
must 60 down Men and women
rushed about the deck yelling, tear
ing their clothes off and plunging
into the socthing sea. There were
several lifeboats, but they could not
be lowered in such waves. So the
boats remained on the deck and
were loaded with people, who wait.
cd for the Evening Star to sink.
The captain wept and babe farewell
to his companions. The crew main
tanned good discipline. In an hour
the ship gave lurch and plunged
down into the ocean. The crowded
Lfeboats were sucked under, and the
sea was full of men and women call
ing in vain for help. Scores Of them
were crushed into shapeless masses
by tho driftwood that swirled around
the wreck The last person to leave
the ship before she sank was an Ital.
ian prima donna, who waited calmly
until all hope was gone, and when
she felt tho first CONFUSION Of the
vessel as it prepared to 60 down she
raised her hands, moved her lips as
if in prayer and plunged into the
roaring waters, never to he seen
again.
Only few were saved. They
drifted around without food or
drink, half mad with fear, until they
were picked up.-New York Herald.
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The Mate ~, J
=.
Of the Hindu

pirates aboa1u. The idea of a boy at
tempting to govern such gang would
have brought smile had l been ashore
and clear of consequences.
The passengers had table to them.
selves, while the three officers of the
ship and the doctor ate at smaller
one. We did not have our supper until
after the convicts had been served.
Captain Clark was not man to mince
words with any man living, though ne
was neither brutal nor lacking in good
manners. He had seen enough to war
rant him in opening the subject with
the doctor, and they were scarcely seat
cd at the table when he led Oft with:
"Now, then, I suppose this is your
first voyage as doctor?'
eyes, Sir.
"And suppose you have had no ex-
perience whatever with convlcts
ashore?"
mot the slightest.
"And yet you are expected to have
the government Of 60 as desperate vii
lains as ever wore chains-see through
all their schemes and plans, thwart any
attempt at mutiny, find work for them
every day for four or five months, pun
ish the refractory, look out for sickness
and land the gang safe at Botany Bay. "
"Why, l didn't know that all that
was expected of mel! exclaimed the
young man in tones of surprise and
fright. ~ didn't know that | would
ever como in contact with convict ex-
Cept he needed medical services. y
IL believe your name is Haxton?'
eoldly queried the captain.
eyes sir-Colchester Haxton.'
"Wcll, Mr.. HaXton, you are not only
the biggest fool it has been my misfor-
tune to encounter, but whoever helped
you to this appointment ought to be
down among the convicts. shall come
to anchor and refuse to sail until you
are replaced by man of experience. "
but, sir, my appointment was regu-
larly made after passing the examina-
ton, and have behind me such men as
the Hon. James Bolingbroke, the Hon.
George Farleigh, the Hon. -
BLAST your honorables" interrupted
the captain. 1.-THE question is, Are you
fit or unfit? If unfit, and everything thus
far points that way, then it's my duty
to my ship and passengers to come to
anchor at once and enter complaint -
fro BE Continued
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14

You meaner beauties Of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes
More by your number than your light
You common people Of the skies.
What are you when the sun shall rise'
You curious chanters Of the wood
That MARBLE forth Dame Natures lays,
Thinking your passions understood
By your weak accents. What's your praise
When Philomel her voice shall raiser
You violets that first appear
BY your pure purple mantles known,
Like the proud virgins Of the year,
As if the spring w re all your own,
What are you when the rose is blownI
So when my mistress shall be seen
In form ana beauty Of her mind
By virtue first then choice, n queen,
Tell me if she were not designed
TIL eclipse and glory Of her kind2
New York Ledger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14
WHAT TIE BIRDS EAT.
Professor Washburn Divides the Featherod
Tribes Into Three Glasses.

Professor WaShburn Divides the FeaSheFoo
Tribes Into Three Glasses.
Professor E. L. Washburn Of the
State Agricultural college read pa
per before the State Horticultural So
ciety on Birds and the HORTICULTURE
list, in which, after showing the re-
suit of many painstalzing expert
ments in examining birds stomachs.
etc., he goes on to say:
Summarizing from what has been
done in this line elsewhere and from
personal observation, it would seem
that we might classify the commoner
birds in rather vaguely defined
groups, it is true, under four heads.
We would, however, reserve the
privilege of condemning any bird
when it became a veritable nuisance
to the fruit grower.
Under Birds Worthy Of Our Pro.
lection" l would place the robin,
bluebird, all the sparrows except the
English SPARROW, bullocks, oriole,
all fycatchers and virees, swallows,
most of the woodpeckers. most of
the thrushes, the red tailed hawk,
the red shouldered hawk, Swainson's
hawk or buzzard, marsh hawk, spar.
row hawk, long cared owl, short
cared owl, barred owl and the
screech owl.
Under Birds Probably Beneficial
we might place the following: Black
birds, red shafted flicker, kingbird
found in parts of eastern Oregon).
cherry bird or cedar bird, the horned
lark, black winged yellowbird, OF
wild canary" China pheasants,
quail, rllffled grouse or native pleas
ant" blue grouse and great horned
owl.
Under Doubtful" l would place
the jays, crows, meadow lark, black
headed grosbeak, ground dove"
golden eagle, bald eagle.
And under Decidedly Bad"
should unhesitatingly place the pur
ple linnet, or cherry thief" the
woodpecker called the sap sucker"
Cooper's hawk and sharp Skinned
hawk.
In considering the above arbitrary
divisions it should be borne in mind
that many birds placed in the Doubt
full" column may really deserve
a better place, though the examina
ton of stomachs have not extended
through long enough time to show
this. The eagles, for instance, in To-
calities where their natural food is
abundant are undoubtedly beneficial.
It is only when this supply Is cut
off that they become injurious. The
China pheasant is reported to me by
some as consuming much grain,
feeding on fruit and garden stuff
and even pulling up young pear and
peach pits just sprouted. Yet the
bulk of testimony seems to point to
the fact that all Of our game birds
consume enough injurious insects to
more than balance their bad quail
ties. Gunners in this vicinity assure
me that they find many grasshoppers
in the crop and stomach Of Denny
pheasants and one man mentions
seeing these birds hunting field for
hoppers much after the manner OF
turkeys.
OF the English sparrow can say
nothing good and trust it may never
get foothold in Portland or else
where in Oregon. 1t is noisy, pug
nacious and dirty, and though it has
a penchant for canker worms it
drives away other birds which prey
upon pests for which an English
sparrow has no hking.-Portland
Oregonian.
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during the whole time of our last
sitting. Directly he looked up to
say, When are you going to take
the picture9" II have taken two al
ready replied. "Wonderfull" he
cried. Just as he closed his lips I
snapped the camera and got the best
picture ever made of him.-G. Pach
In New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-01-14

LILO ILlIOrIua MeulCa, an lUauttn
journal, gives results of long series
of experiments with the Brown-Se-
guard elixir and concludes that the
liquid, injected hypodermically, has
not the slightest lasting effect upon
the human organism; that the tri
fling aid transitory notifications of
circulation, respiration, temperature
and muscular power are expllcable
by the excitement and tension OF the
subjects nina; that any rare and
transient improvement observed in
the treatment of various organic dis
eases by this method was due to sug-
gestion and the influence of lmagina-
ton, to which causes alone is to be
attributed the cure of some cases of
hysteria and neurasthenia.
II is strange thing that the ma
tional airs of great countries are
short, while those of little countries
are very long. For instance, "God
Save the Queen is ii bars, the Rus
sian hymn 1G bars, and Hail, Colum-
bia," the foremost among the Ameri-
can airs, has Is bars. On the other
hand, Slams national hymn has 70
bars, that of Uruguay 70, Chili's 46,
and so on. San Marine, the smallest
republic in the world, has the long
est national hymn. The national
hymn of China is 50 long that, when
people want to hear it, they have
to take half day off to be able to
listen toits strains. london Million.
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Treasures of n Youthful Mind.

Inquisitive Tommy-Sunday is the
first day of the week, isn't it, PAT
His Pa-Yes, my son.
Inquisitive Tommy-And Saturday
Is the last day, amt it9
His Pa-Yes.
Inquisitive Tommy-Then how Is
it that Saturday comes before Sun.
day3-Chicago Record.
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SCHOOL IN OLD NEW YORK.
Laurence Huttons "reminiscences OF Half
n Century Ago.

Century Ago.
In 1850 or 1852 the boy went to another
DANES school. 1t was kept by Miss Kill
patrick on Franklin or North Moore street
From this, as he grew in years, he was
sent to tho primary department of the
North Moore street public school, at the
corner Of West Broadway, where he re-
manned three weeks, and where he con-
tractcd a whoOping cough which lasted
him three months. The other boys used
to throw his hat upon an awning in the
neighborhood, and then throw their own
hats up under the awning In order to
bounce the boys hat off--an amusement
for which he never much cared. They
were not very nice boys anyway, especial
" when they made fun of his material
grandfather, who was trustee Of the
school and who sometimes noticed the boy
after the morning prayers were said.
The grandfather was very popular in
the school. He came in every day, stepped
up on the raised platform at the princi-
pals desk and said in his broad Scotch,
"Good morning boys" on which the en-
tire body of pupils at the top of their lungs
and with one voice replied, 5000 d morn
ing, Mr. Scott This was considered q
great feature in the school, and strangers
used to come from all over the city to wit
ness It, Somehow it made tho boy IL little
bit ashamed, he does not know why He
would have liked it well enough and been
touched by 1t, too, if it had been some
other boys grandfather. The boys ia
ther was present onco-tho boys first
day--but when he discovered that the
president of the board Of trustees was CO.
ing to call on him for speech he ran
away, and the boy would have given all
his little possessions to have run after him.
Tho boy knew then as well as he knows
now how his father felt, and he thinks of
that occasion every time he runs away
from some speech he himself is called up.
on to make. Id rence Hutton In st.
Nicholas
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Heroic Salad,

This is plucly head of lettuce"
said Mawson.
"Plucky2' asks Hicks.
YES" returned Mawson. Full
Of grit. Cloak Review.
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For every quarter in mans pocket there
are dozen uses; and to use each one in such
a way as to derive the greatest benefit ia Il
question every one must solve for h mself
W. believe, however, that no better use
ould be made Of one Of these quarters than
to exchange it for bottle of Chamterlain's
Collc, Cholera and DiarrLBa Remedy, AIMED.
icine that every family should be provided
with For sale by DR. Waters.
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VIZ ANTED SEVERAL FAITHFUL
w men or women 10 travel for rrspon
sibe established house in Maryland. Salary
$3.50, payable SIS weekly and expenses.
Position permanent. Reference. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope. The Ma
tional, Star Building, Chicago.
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70 HIS LADYLOVE.

ITO BE CONTINUED