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Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
American ClothesPins.

Whenever the wash is hung out %
dry, all the world over, 1t more than
likely to be pinned on the line with
American clothespins. Americans sell
clothespins practically everywhere
all over Europe,in South Africa, South
America, Australia and elsewhere.
Some clothespins are made for the
supply of local markets in Sweden and
in Scotland, but they are big and
clumsy pins, twice the size of the Am
ericans, and whitfield out by hand, and
American pins are sold In both these
countries in competition with the
home production. Clothespins are
made chiefly of beech and of maple;
some are made of tupelo wood. They
are made entirely by machinery
counted into boxes containing E2o
each by machinery, and the boxes eve
oailed up by machinery. 1t might e.
most be said that blocks of wood fen
to machines one end come out poxeo
clothespins at the other. They are
made and sold wonderfully ch zap
There are two grades of clothespinS,
frsts and seconds. First-gra"e pins
can be bought for thirty-two cents
box. The production of clothespins S
Recommendations Of boxes annually.
The consumption in this country
keeps pace with the growth of the po"-
ulation, and great numbers are eX-
ported. Even people IL the trade
wonder what becomes Of all the
n1othaSDinS
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
academy of Women In Paris.

There is some talk of instituting an
Academic de Femmes in Paris and the
idea is, of course, attributed to the
march of the nineteenth century. This
is by no means the case. Nearly 200
wears ago Nine. de Maintenon wrote:
"At Nine la Duchess de Bourgognes
all devote themselves to saying clever
things and the duchess Is delighted
with the conversations that take place
logic, rhetoric, physics are all dis
cussed and examined into. 1t is pro-
nosed to form an Academic de Fem
mes, composed of forty members.
There are already twenty on the list
So it seems probable that had the pro-
iect of the Duchesse de BOurgogne not
been cut short by death we might now
have had an Academic de Femmes of
two centuries standing. But who
were the twenty ''immortelles already
on the list?" Nine. de Sevigne, whose
letters were not yet published, died in
1896; Mdlle. Scudery, "the tenth muse"
in 1701; and Nine. de Genlis was not
horn. In this century the twenty
would be more easily found and would
certainly include the names of Nine.
de stael, Nine. Swetchine, Nine. de
Segur George Sand Nine. de Girardin
and Nine Craven. Much OF the liter
ary talent of earlier days was devoted
to the writing Of private letters-now.
alas! thanks to kilograms, post cards
and the pace" necessary to keep up
with this flying century, almost lost
,,t
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THURMONT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday October n $685.
SOLDIERS LIFE EASIER.
Protection, Weapons and Food Much 1as
proved Of Late Years.

Protection, Weapons and Food Much Iap
proved OF Late Years.
Although soldering would seem to
be a more perilous business than it
ever was before, in consequence Of the
greater force, rapidity and range OF
weapons, and the higher power of ex-
plosives. the result may show that
modern battles are not more deadly
than were those in the Civil War, since
an attempt has been made to counter
act the destructive forces by stouter
projections in forts and by system
Of tactics that replaces the old solid
formations with something like the
skirmish order of former times. 1t
may be, also, that the troops will fight
at further distance, allowing for the
longer carriage of bullets and shells.
But of one thing we are certain. II
the perils Of war have been multi.
piled the comforts Of the camp have
been increased until they are partial
Offset. Clothing is stouter, II the
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
ABOUT YOUR WATCH.
FACTS ABOUT TlMEPIECES WHICH
MANY ARE NOT AWARE OF.

A Wonderful Piece of fMechanism-springs
and Screws That Arc Only Visible Under
Magnifying Glass--They Are Also Very
Costly.
Open your watch and look at the
wheels, springs and screws, each an
indispensable part of the whole won
derful machine. Notice the busy ball
ance wheel as 1t flies to and fro day
and night, year out and year in. This
wonderful little machine Is the result
Of hundreds of years of study and ex-
pertinent.
The watch carried by the average
man is composed Of ninety-eight
pieces, and its manufacture embraces
more than 1000 distinct and separate
operations. Some of the smallest
screws are so minute that the unaided
eye cannot distinguish them from
steel filings or speckS of dirt.
Under powerful magnifying glass
q perfect screw Is revealed. The slit
at the head is one-fiftieth of an inch
wide. 1t takes 100000 of these screws
to weigh a pound, and a pound is
worth 1900.
The hairspring is strip of the
finest steel, about nine and one-half
inches long, one-hundredth of an inch
wide, one-four-hundredth Of an inch
thick. 1t is coiled up in spiral form
and finely tempered.
The strip IS gauged to one-ffth Of
an inch, but no measuring instrument
has as yet been devised capable of fine
enough gauging to determine before
hand the size Of the strip what the
strength of the finished spring will be.
A one-fve-hundredth part OF all
inch difference in the thickness OF the
strip makes a difference in the run
ming of a watch of about six minutes
Ger hour.
The value of these springs when
finished and placed IN watches is enor-
nous in proportion to the material
from which they are made, ton o.
steel made up into hair springs when
In watches is worth more than twelve
and one-half times the value Of the
same weight in pure gold.
Hair-spring wire weighs one
twentieth of grain to the inch. One
mile of wire weighs less than half
pound. The balance gives five viora-
tions every second, 800 every minute,
$4,000 every hour, $4,000 every day,
and 157, ,6S0 900 every year.
At each vibration it rotates about
one and one-fourth times, which
makes 107, 100000 revolutions every
year. Take, for illustration, locomo-
tive with sixfoot driving wheels. Let
its wheels be run until they have given
the same number of revolutions that
watch does in year, and they will
have covered distance equal to tWen'
ty-eight complete circuits of the
earth.
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The Demand for Army Horses.

For the first time since men began
stringing trolley wires through the
streets horses-sound ones, Of course
are in demand. The United States
government needs war horses, forty
thousand of them or more, and, need
ing them badly and speedily, is willing
to pay good prices for them. In an
article in Lesie's Weekly Mr.. ellison
Willets describes the kind of horses
that will be accepted. No white horse
need apply, for it was a white horse
which Death rode in the Apocalypse,
and Death would speedily overtake the
soldier foolish enough to bestride so
conspicuous a beast within reach OF
the enemy's sharpshooters. Only dark
colored horses will be accepted in the
army-dark sorrels, bays, browns,
blacks, and dark roans. They should
be intelligent and gentle in disposi-
ton. not given to kicking their friends.
The age should be from to years,
and the weight from thousand to fif-
teen hundred pounds. After the horse
Is purchased he mIst go through
course of instruction. just as any other
raw recruit. He must learn to obey
commands, even when he Is ordered
to lie down and convert himself into a
breastwork for his rider. That is the
most difficult accomplishment to teach.
But those who have observed the per-
feet training Of the horses in the fire.
engine stations can readily understand
how thorough the drilling Of army
horses can be made.
The intelligence o. the trained and
experienced war horse Is remarkable,
and many wonderful stories are re-
lated to illustrate it. 1t was recog-
nized milieniums ago, as is shown in
the Book OF Job: "Canst thou make
him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory
of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth
In the valley and rejoiceth in his
strength; he goeth on to meet the
armed men. He mo,:keth at fear and
ia not affrighted; neither turneth he
back from the sword He swallow
eth the ground with fierceness and
rage: neither believeth he that it is
the sound of the trumpet. He saieth
among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he
smelleth the battle afar off, the thun-
der of the captains and the shouting"
There are numherless instances
which show the fierte delight of the
trained cavalry horse in battle.
It will be far morn difficult now for
the government to obtain horses than
It would have been five or ten years
ago. The electric railways not only
did away with the demand for car
horses, but, in consequence, Of their oc-
cupation of the streets, there is far less
demand for driving and riding horses,
and the bicycle also has contributed
to the destruction of the horse mar
ket. The demand having decreased,
of course the supply decreased with 1t.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
EFFECTS Or TEA DRINKING.
Tho Majority OF Physicians Contend That
1t Is Iniu inus.

Tho Majority OF Physicians Contend That
1t Is Iniu ious.
Moderation is the best temperance:
temperance is the best diet, and diet
Is the best DOCTOR" says an old New
York physician, "and some authorities
insist that tea Is most potent des-
troyer of the digestive organs, willis
others insist that 1t is comparatively
harmless If taken in moderation, and
that It is only in exceptional cases that
1t has this injurious effect. But the
majority Of physicians and scientists
are unanimous in conceding that the
action of tea, If used in large quanti-
ties, is more or less injurious for the
nervous system for the them, which is
the organic basis of tea, is a potent
nervine and many cannot use 1t with
out injury to themselves. Numbers
of people are dyspeptic and nervous
from the continued use of tea"
DR.. Edward Smith, of Indiana. says.
"In reference to nutrition, tea Increases
waste, since it promotes hetrausform-
ation of food, without supplying nutri-
ment, and increases the lost of heat
without supplying food" therefore,
he thinks, tea should should only be
taken after full meal. There is no
doubt that the action of tea Is stimu-
lating in its effect. 1t increases the
action of the heart and arteries, and
furnishes a transient increase of vital
energy; but it is not nutritive, and the
very fact that among the poorer classes
the addition of acupOf tea to an other
wise meager diet, makes it palatable,
is misleading, for while it allows one
to live on less food for a time, the re-
suit, sooner or later, must be injur-
iouS,"
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THE bIbbE GUM
three varieties--seven-inch siege NOR
tars, seven-inch siege howitzers and
hve-inch breech-loaaing siege guns,
mounted in their carriages on heavy
wooden platforms, behind earthworks
or emplacements. Heavy sandbags
will be used for this purpose.
The five-inch siege rifle Is used for
straight firing against city's defenses
when it Is desired to destroy the earth
works or masonry. The seven-inch
siege howitzers and the mortars are
used for high angle firing. They will
drop shells and shrapnel behind the
intrenchments into the midst of the
enemy.
The charge Of the five-inch siege
gun Is 121s pounds Of hexagonal pow
der, with a projectile Weighing 45
pounds uncluding high explosives);
for the 7-inch howitzer the charge is
10 pounds of hexagonal powder, eject
ing a missile Of 105 pounds weight and
for the 7-inch breech-loading mortars
5h pounds of powder Is used to throw
a 125-pound shrapnel she'll.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
No 70

VXTANTED-SEV TRUSTWOR-
w thy persons in this state to manage
our business in their own and neal b. coun-
ties. 1t is manly office work conducted Mt
home. Salary straight 5000 year and
expenses--deiinile bonafide no more, no less
salary. Monthly $75. References. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope, Herbert E.
Hess, Pres't, Dept M, Chicago.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27

A German ornithologist enumeratee
twenty-three species of birds that have
recently become extinct, and twenty
others that are threatened with early
extinction. The destruction is chiefly
due to man, cats, rats, and hogs.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
Patents

Caueats and Re- Issues secured; Trade Marks
and Copyrights registered Opinions given as
TO validity and infringement of patents; As
signnaents, 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, l
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
eution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected eases
a specialty.-FEES MODERATE and exclu-
sive attention given to patent business. Book
Of information and advice, and special refer
enees, sent without charge upon request
j. R LITTELL,
attorney and Councillor in Patent Causes,
Washington, ID. c.,
Opposite U. S. Patent Office
Mention this Paper)
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
A Human Faced Clock.

An ingenious matchmaker in st.
Petersburg has just finished an extra.
ordinary specimen Of his art and has
put 1t on exhibition. It is human.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
$40 and 10 40 a m, and 3 81 and SO p M.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro and
Chambersburg at 7O6 and II As m, and
for Shippensburg at 35 p m.
Leaye Hagcrstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at %
2. m and 10 20 and 8 10 m.
Leave Brucevle tor Frederick at 8 SO, 8 81
and 10 40 m aud 5 Ss and 8 80 p m, and for
Littlestown, Taueytown, Wrightsville and
Columbia at 9 AZ a m and 345 pm.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
JIM. Hoop. B H. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
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With the arrival Of the American
troops in Cuba a new factor in the
war appears-the siege guns.
The besieging forces are composed
of infantry, cavalry, dismounted caval-
ry and light artillery batteries Of the
United States Army. The work Of the
last-named arm of the service will be
of high Importance.
The heavy siege guns used are OF
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Western Maryland Railroad

@%s s&R
Ccheduls in effect June 20, 1898.
TRAINS GOING WEST
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MAN.EAEED CIOIK

HCMAN-FACED CLOCK.
faced clock, with the hands pivoted on
the nose. Any messages spoken into
the ears of the clock are repeated by
monograph through it's mouth.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-27
Asl,ns-How ia your cold to-day?

Cofin-Much better, thank you. I
cough only all the time now, while be-
fore I had to stop coughing every now
and then In order to breathe.
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A Freak of Nature.

"A TTFHk vi -~H'HTVs
A we'll known Cleveland man, who is
never without his camera, was visiting
in the neighborhood of Plattsburg, N.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
FURLOUGHED SOLDIERS.
Warning to Convalescents to Eat Nothing but the Sim
 plest Necessary Food.

The following suggestive instructions were received at military headquarters yesterday afternoon from Adjutant Gen. eral Corbin:
 Tt having been reported to the War Department that many convalescent sol- diers who have received furloughs and started for home have been taken i'll on the way, and to avoid further occurrences of this kind it Is suggested in the strong est possible terms that all soldiers tray cling homeward on furloughs will exer- else their best judgment in caring for themselves. especially those who have been Ill with fever; Their appetites are very keen, and unless they deny them selves everything except the necessary food of the simplest character they are in great danger of relapse. This instruc- tion is sent out hoping that it may catch the eye of those men en route and also for the instruction of surgeons at hos pitals. It Is ordered that no man will receive a furlough whom the surgeon in charge believes to be unable to travel alone. and that no furloughed soldier shall leave hospital without receiving full Instructions as to his diet while en route to his home from his surgeon.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
SMOKE AND sooT NUISANCE.
Residents Near Seventeenth-S Street
 Pumping Station Signing Petition.

Property owners and residents In the neighborhood of the pumping station of the Spring Valley Water Works, Seven teenth street, between Noe and Sanchez, are signing petition to the Board of Su- pervisors asking for the abatement of a nuisance caused by the smoke and soot from the chimney of the pumping sta- ton.
 In the petition 1t is alleged that the smoke and soot have blackened the houses in the neighborhood of said pump ing station and have prevented and still prevent the residents in the neighborhood from allowing their windows to remain open and from drying their household washing in their yards or from enjoying any portion of their homes outside of their houses. That TO such nuisance existed until within about three months since. at which time a change was made either in the quality of fuel consumed or in the manner of burning the same by which said nuisance was caused.
 It is claimed that tenants refuse to re- main in the houses owing to the nuisance, and that unless it is abated all the houses will soon be vacant.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
ORGANIZED LABOR
 WILL CELEBRATE
MONDAY WILL BE WORKING. MANS DAY AT SHELL MOUND.
Speeches on Labor Questions and the Usual List of Picnic
 Amusements.

Labor day this year is both a State and national holiday, and the trades unions have united to make the celebration one to be remembered. As this day was made holiday at the request of organized la bor. the wageworlSers think it but fitting to let each Labor day mark some progress sive step and call public attention to the work accomplished by the trades unions and the necessity of more perfect organ iZation of wageworkers This year tho voice of organized labor throughout inc world will be raised in demand for a shorter Workday-rnore time to rest for those at work and more opportunity to work for the many thrown out of em ployment by labor-Saving machinery
 A Joint committee was appointed three months ago by the two central bodies and it has been working zealously ever since. . It has been decided to hold a picnic in Shell Mound Park Monday, with literary exercises in the afternoon, when good speakers will tell of the objects and work of trades unions t0 ali who desire to hear. For the others there will be the custom ary amusements-gameS, races and danc- ing. John Hill of the Pattcrn-makers' ard will make the opening address. This will be followed by an address by I E McDougald of the Marble-cutter's Union a selection by Bium's band and the clos ing address by W. J. Macarthur, the we'll known orator of the Sailors Union of the Pacific
 The committee of arrangements consists of: P. J. McCartney. J. E. McDougald, W H. Wood. M. Davis, c. H. Johnson. Ed Rosenberg, c. Husey. H. NJ Beggs. ! Hill. F. l.. Clapp, G. karnena and W. C. Bloomfield
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
IRISH TURF.
Pieces of the Sod of Old Ireland in
 Demand as Souvenirs.

The boys of the League of the Cross attended the Irish Fair last evening in command of Colonel William P. Sulli- van They entered the Pavilion to the strain of martial music. and as they made the circuit of the hall they were saluted on all sides by the applause of fair maid ems and the admiring smiles of the moth CTS of the young men.
 Last evening d number of bright young ladies, who were stationed at the map of Ireland, did rushing business in dis posing of small square pieces of peat at rom 10 to 50 cents a piece, according to the size. This was the opening sale of lot of Irish turf that came across the water in ten casks. IL was cut from the bogs in the various counties Of Ireland some months ago. Each piece was tied with a green ribbon. These mementoes of the fair are in great demand.
 The photograph booth, in charge of Mrs. J. T. Bertrand, Is one of the great at fractions Of the fair, and is very fiber ally patronized. Mrs. Bertrand who is one of the most popular ladies of the fair Is direct descendant of an Irish King.
 This afternoon there will be a prize baby show, under the direction of Enter tainment Committee No. 1, consisting of R. P. Doolan. Joseph NJ. Cumming. George R. PressaW and Charles NJ. Plum The weights will be under the supervision of Nellie F. Sullivan and Josie T. Malloy. The judges will be Miss Cumming, Miss Wallace, Miss Doolan and Miss Donahue in attendance, in plaids, with pipers and dancers. The Governor and his staff will be present, the reception of these dis tfnguiShed guests taking place at S:30.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
This Weeks Wasp.

That astute politician Senator Mulrooney makes startling revelations as to the pre- sumed unanimity of the would-be Democratic bosses In San Francisco, the same topic also forming a subject for the cartoonsts brush The center picture is illustrative of the marked change that has come the military ma d maidens since the war has ceased and its hero making chances have passed Random Sketches treats In a humorous manner all the local hap penings in which the comic element predomi- mates, and there are other illustrations of an interesting character. Paul Pry discusses the latest club gossip, especially in relation to the sources of income of numerous men-about- town. and hints broadly at the methods Mr. Guinness Beech employs to replenish dinln- ished exchequer. The political editorials are strong and to the point. and the financial article contains prophecy that should prove of value to the investor With piquant ex- tracts from the Old Maids Diary and crisp musical and dramatic criticism the number Is fully up to its usual average.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
NAVAL HOSPITAL
 AT MARE ISLAND Plans for a Very Fine
 Structure. TO BE THE BEST ON COAST CALIFORNIA REDWOOD, WITH STONE FOUNDATION. Anticipating Recurrence of Earth quake, the Authorities Have
 Taken All Due Precau-
 tions.
TO BE THE BEST ON COAST
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD, WITH
 STONE FOUNDATION.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office. Riggs House,

Call Office, Riggs House,
 Washington, Sept. ?. Under the appropriation of s100, 900 the first and best-equipped naval hospital on the Pacific Coast Is to be located at Mare Island navy yard.
 The building will be superior to the best Government hospitals on either coast and is to be so constructed that its capacity for treating the sick can be doubled in emergency.
 The plans provide for building of beautiful architectural design, to be built of California redwood with stone foundation.
 Anticipating a recurrence of earth quake the naval authorities have di- rected that the new hospital be con- structed as light as practicable. Pro- vision will be made for eighty beds, di- vided into four wards, but when neces- sary the number can be doubled. Be- sides this there will be eight suites of rooms for officers fitted out in luxurious style The servants quarters are to be separate from the main building, to which will be attached a chapel. The buildings are to be completed in six months.