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TO STOP SPANISH MAIL.

Postmaster Howarth has received
the following circular from the post
master general:
Ordered: That pending the contin-
uance of hostilities between the United
States and Spain. no letters, packages
or other mail matter originating with
in the United States and destined for
Spain, or addressed to any postoffice
port or other place within the jurisdic-
ton of Spain, or any of her colonies or
dependencies, or to any person resid-
ing within the jurisdiction Of Spain or
her colonies or dependencies shall be
dispatched from the United States to
their said destination; provided, how
ever, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to authorize the
seizure or detention of any closed
mails for Spain originating in any 9TH
err country, or originating in Spain and
destined for any other country (not her
colony or dependency while in tran
sit over the territory of the United
States.
THAT for the purpose of executing
the above the foregoing order post
masters at exchange offices of the Unit
ed States are hereby instructed to re-
turn to the writer's and senders thereof
whether the letter or package contain
the return card of the sender, all mail
matter prohibited dispatched as above
stated; and when such letters or pack
ages do not contain the return card of
The writer or sender, such matter must
be forwarded to the Dead Letter office
to be returned to the writer's in the or
binary way.
This order is hereby made to include
all mails originating in the United
States for delivery in Spain and her
colonies and dependencies, from, and
including Thursday, the 21st day of
April, 1898.
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SHOPS REMOVED.

Falls Village, Conn, April 29.-The
car repairing shops of the Consolidated
road, which have been located here, are
to be removed to Pittsfie1d. Mass, and
will take about $50 people from this
place. Thirty-five families will remove
to Pittsfeld, as well as number of
single men employed in the shops.
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NEW HAVEN ORPHAN ASYLUM
Donations from March 81 to April 2S,
1893

Discount on bills--Robert Morgan
Plumbing Co., 1852: the S. M. Mum
son Co., $2.42. George N. Alling, med
icines for the month; John N. Cham
pion & Co., large quantity of Easter
flowers; Mrs. Lee H. Bradley, two pots
of Easter lilies; Mrs. A. H. Ray, sec
ond hand clothing; Mrs. William Hor-
ton, carpet rugs; Mrs. D. Blake, knit
ting of five pairs of mittens.
Visiting committee for May: Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Ward, 1873 Temple street;
Mrs C. Purdy Lindsey, 81 Elm street
In behalf of the board of managers,
Ella c. Bradley.
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HIGH SCHOOL BALL GAME TODAY

At Yale field this morning at 10
o'clock the Hillhouse High school base
ball team will play the strong team
from the Springfield, Mass, high
school Last fall the Springfield high
school football team was the only one
which defeated Hillhouse and an eff
fort will be made to retrieve lost
honors at his mornings game The
Hillhouse lineup will be r. Hart, c.
Fessenden, p, Osborn 1b, Moves, Oh, J.
Hart and Burgess, S., Benham, 3D.
Brown, If, Ferris CT, and Bruce, IF.
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Remarkable Sale of Pillow Shams.

Several hundred pairs of handsome Irish Point
Shams, with embroidery and open work, double
threaded edges Who ever heard of Irish Point
Shams at such price, Remarkable, true. Worth
CSC Until sold, 59c. pair.
Bureau Scarfs to match at 3Oc each.
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ITEMS Shirts, $50.
Just 50 dozen Of our celebrated
Americas Best.

A grand good unlaundered white Shirt It's
the greatest soc. Shirt shown. Made of
cotton specially manufactured by the Wamsutta
Mills, reinforced back and front, all linen bosom,
long Or short, with heavy linen back. In sizes IA
to 49, TO call special attention to this Shirt we
saw Only Saturday at 36c. each.
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HOWE & STETSON.

prophets professional reputation, pro-
vided he seasoned his forecasts with
sufficient ginger.-Harper' Weekly.
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och. Emory Smith,

: IUSIIIlHSIbT -NeneTdI.
Persons having friends, relatives or
business relations with people in the
prohibited countries can, however.
probably correspond by sending the
letters via England or any other coun-
try at peace with Spain, possibly ad-
dressed in care of the consul or dip
lomatic agent of that country.
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Washington, April 20. = To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
$21S, 5O2, o66; gold reserve, $780, 743, 062;
net silver, s5,962,424; United States
notes in the treasury, $31, $50, $50; treas
ury notes of 1890, 1920, 500; total re-
ceipts this day, 81, OO9, 976; total receipts
this month, $31, 523, O48; total receipts
this year, 1899, 039,76 total expendi-
lures this day, S624,OOO; total expendi-
lures this month, s4S, AT, 900; total ex-
penditures this year, $346, S47, 27O; depos-
it's in national banks, s2S, 25,S72.
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AN EARLY SPRING MEET.

Wv AseNSS' W DC 1AciN ebt SlOAtuh l. Oil
Grounds on May Il.
The Shelton Driving association has
arranged for an early spring meet to
be held, on May IL, at the Union Agri-
cultural society's fair grounds. There
will be two classes, 2:55 and 2:40, and
the prizes will consist of one hundred
bushels of oats in each class, divided
fifty, thirty and twenty, for the first,
second and third horses. 1t is thought
that there will be a large number of
entries of local horses as we'll as many
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-30

There will be a special town meeting
held in East Haven Monday evening to
decide about the number of school Wis
itors for the coming year. The present
number is six.
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!. r.. c,, The price knife
has been at its
ruthless work.

Suits, Capes, Skirts, Coats
and Waists have been knitted.
Now comes exceptional pur-
chances.
Suits were $1,000, SIS. 90, $1,000,
$3.50, $4,000, $22. 50.
Now $3.50, SI2. so, SIS 90, SI8. SO.
Coats were $1,000, $Ia. 90, $3.50,
Now $3.50, So. so, SI7.5o.
Waists were 1898, $500, $3.50,
S7.eS, $1,000,
Now 2.o8, So. 90, SIS. so, 81. so.
Silk Skirts, were Sc. eS and So. 50,
Now SIS. 90.
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Two co44o, Cheap Yes, SO
W. oo,'o cheap that you'll
specials have to step lively

70 SCt any
case of one of the best quail
tiles of yard wide bleached cot
tons that sells at &C. regularly.
Saturday at 6Ac. yd.
bale of an excellent quality
brown yard wide cotton. Always
&c. Saturday at &c. a yd.
Percales-I case Of 27-in. and yard
wide Percales, regularly 8 and Ioc.
Saturday at sc. yd.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
No 70
A Luminous Tree

One of the most remarkable Of trees
or shrubs grows near some springs
about IL miles north of Tuscarora,
1t is six or seven feet high, with a
trunk which at its base is three times
the size of an ordinary mans wrist
It has numberless branches and
twigs, and resembles somewhat the
barberry Its truly wonderful char.
acteristic is its luminosity, which Is
20 great that on the darkest night it
can be plainly seen mile away. A
person standing near could read the
finest print by its light
Its foliage is extremely rank, and
its leaves resemble somewhat those
of the aromatic bay, tree in shape,
sizo and color. The luminous prop
crty is due to gummy substance,
which can be transferred to the hand
by rubbing and with tho tranfer tho
phosphorescent light, while that on
the leaf disappears. The luminosity
is thought to be due to parasitic
form. The Indians regard it with
superstition and will not come near
it even in daytime. They give it q
name which means witch troe."-
Horticultural Times.
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burial Armor and Shrouds.

The custom which still prevails OF
sewing up a corpse in flannel origi'
mated doubtless in tho act of parlia
ment, 1e and 10 Charles II, which was
passed for the encouragement of the
woolen trade and required all bodies
to be buried in woolen shrouds Two
amending statutes were passed-1G79
and 1850 requiring at the funeral ap
affidavit to be delivered to the priest
stating that the requirements of the
law had been carried out, otherwise
penalties were incurred. These acts
were repealed by 81 George III, al
though long before that time tho
penalties for noncompliance with
the law had ceased to he enforced.
During the operation of the acts for
bulying in wooden tho law was rome.
times evaded by covering the corpse
with hay or flowers, notification Of
which Is sometimes met with In the
parish registers. .:..:.
Burial in arlnor was not at all un-
common in The middle nges, and was
considered u most honorable form OF
burial. Sir Walter Scott in The Lay
of tho Last Minstrel thus refers to it:
eeemH aI on fro that chapel proud,
Where Rosl!n's chiefs uncohnd lie,
Each baron for sable shroud
shcathed in his iron panony.
Westminster Gazette.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Aluminium Faint.

It is stated that aluminium, when
reduced to powder and mixed with o
solution In water Of gum lac, gives
metallic paint which covers well and
may be shaded with anilinc colo1s
dissolved in water Tho solution Of
gum lac is made by bringing to boil
ing point mixture Of gum lac and
borax and an alkali such us soda or
ammoniac. Tho solution must con-
tain at least from Is to 20 per cent
of gum lac. Anilino colors are add
ed to produce the shade desired, and
aluminium is added in sufficient
quantity to produce a paint suffi,
GENTLY fluid for application with a
brush. Tho color is brilliant, very
durable and impermeablo and may
be applied to metals, paper, wood
and wooden materials. 1t may be
rendered supple by the addition Of
small quantity Of glycerin.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

The great German scientist, Herr
Rosenbaum, says that the anemic
condition Of tho brain is duo 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-
pccially matter Of nervous action
the fatigue Of the nerve cells which
communicate with tho heart and
bring about change in the circular
ton. The nervous cells are full OF
water when sleep comes on, which
during sleep passes into the venors
blood as waste while the nerve cells
receive nourishment from fresh ar
terial blood. When the process is en-
tircly, over tho sleeper s~akes, unless
he is disturbed sooner.
According to Rosenbaum's theory,
sleep Is not only healthy because OF
the rest 1t gives the entire body, but
actually invigorating in itself. Those
who have imagined that slllmber was
simply quiet and rest for an ovor-
worked and fatiguel mind or body
will DO surprised to learn that the
scientists arc divided in opinion as to
whether it is pressure on the brain,
similar to vertigo and other attacks
which produce Inconsistencies, or O
mild form of hydrocephalus. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
How bismarck Got There.

Bismarck has had some odd eXperi-
enccs in his varied life, but the fol-
lowing perhaps was tho queorest:
He had been invited to a court din
ner by the czar at the Imperial SUM
NOR palace. He missed the train
from St. Petersburg, and finding
that ho could not reach the palace in
time, and that the delay i'll heating
up q locomotive would be very great,
he jumped on a handcar. The sta
ton master and couple OF work
men assisted the prince to work the
engine he taking turns with the
rest Of them. He arrived safely is
time for the dinner, and Bismarck
expressed his thanks to the men with
80 rubles, while to the station master
he sent 1000 fine cigars.
When she saw him coming, she re-
membered her engagement, excused
herself from tho first young man
ond walked with the second. They
cnme to confectionery store, and
she remained outside while he went
in after chocolates. The third young
man came along while she waited,
and she graciously promenaded off
with him. Now she says she will be
more careful of her appointments
Lewiston Journal.
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How to Get Warm.

1t may not be generally known
that when exposed to severe cold a
feeling of warmth is readily created
by repeatedly filling the lungs to
their utmost extent in the following
manner. Throw the shoulders we'll
back and hold head well up. In
fate tho lungs slowly, the air en-.
te1ing entirely through the nose.
When tho lungs are completely
filled, hold the breath for 10 seconds
or longer and then expel it quickly
through the mouth. After repeat
ing the exercise while ono is chilly
feeling of warmth will be felt over
the entire body, even in the feet and
hands. 1t is worth while practieing
this exercise many times each day
and especially when in the open air.
Medical journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
THURM0NT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday August 10, 1885,


That Long islanders arc not wholly
devoid Of hunIor, which has been
charged against them, is clearly
demonstrated by recent occurrence
OF Riverhead, the Suffolk county
seat.
It seems that the local debating 80
ciety had under consideration tho
old topic, whether there is greater
pleasure derived from anticipation
than from realization9" This weighty
subject was discussed at length and
was finally carried In favor of antici.
patton by heavy majority.
Now, it happens that q favorite
dish Of Riverheaders is rabbit stew.
and that one Of the losing faction,
Nate Downs, Is esteemed as tho best
concocter of rabbit stew on, the east
ern end Of Long Island.
Not long utter tho fal nous debate,
Nate invited the whole company to
visit his house md partako Of the IA
vorite dish. Anticipation ran high,
nnd at tho appointed hour the club
assembled en- masse, but elias for 10
alization there was no rabbit stew,
only the usual paraphernalia Of
serving it--dishes, knives, etc.
Nate had sought by this practical
method to force the society to rccon-
slider its hasty decision and was en-
inently successful. Tho company
left, very angry, but with tho settled
conviction that 80 far as rabbit stew
was concerned realization would be
more satisfactory than anticipation.
New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
English View Of Our Cooks.

The American is an admirable cook
y in theory; in practice indeed he
may fail. The rush of modern ideas
is too great for him. Tho sewing ma
cline, the reaper and the corn ele-
vator take up too much time. The
application of electricity and steam
to the arts Of peace and the ever pres
ent cares brought on him by the
working of tho finest constitution in
the world distract him from his boil
ing and his baking. He has indeed
the same interesting reason for neg
lccting his clam chowder and bis
baked pork and beams, that most i'll.
gcnious and admirable of all .Ameri-
can kitchen products, that our King
Alfred had for letting his hostess
cakes burn-immersion In tho poll
itics of his country.
Nevertheless the native born Amer
lean has invented greatly. Clam
chowder itself, as mere work OF
art, reflects as much credit on his
nation as vol au vent u tinanciere
brings honor to France, Black and
White.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Tho Sea Horsc.

One little animal Il suppose it is q
faN figures a good deal in my work
the sea horse. Dried specimens
give you a poor idea of the things
alive. l went into ecstacies over
them. The first | saw at our old
aquarium, where they could be seen
and watched to great advantage.
They move their little tails like an
elephants trunk, and their inqulrlng
eyes, each moving independently of
the other, suggest that they know an
awful lot about the mystery of the
sea. They have formed a basis on
which l have constructed several
marine animals suitable for mer-
maid and sea nymphs to ride and
play with. -Sclibners Magazine.
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Almost n Tragedy.

He had asked her to te his wife
he tho humble clerk at tho ribbon
counter, and she, the scornfll aristo-
crat-and she had rejected him ut
terly.
"iIeartless wretch" he exclaimed,
shaking his clinched hands.
Leave me-" sho commanded i'm
periously.
Never, while I have life!" he
hoarsely Kissed.
II shall go mad' ho shrielied.
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 dislainfully.
Don't do it," she pleaded ironical
ly. $50 in good humor. There's
tho door. Ia ta," and as he turned
his eyes once moro upon her that i'm
perious finger transtixcd him, and lie
obeyed hcr.-Detroit Free Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
CFFiCE-MASONIC BUILDING.
East Nam Street
Church Directory,

Reformed Church h-llev. G. A, Whl'moic
as or. Services hi weekly alternE'lhG
morning and evening. Services rHnes
dav.7 y. IN Sunday Schoo. : =. m.
Guild each Lords Day 6 BOP m',o'heF ser
vices announced from the pulpit
Lutheran Church. Rev. A. Bredenhrk,pas
,,r. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ. and 6,oo /.
Sunday School, ,. p, VI Prayer Meet
VIZ, w cdncsday, Gas p.
United Brethren Church-Iev. William
Dauehcrty Pastor. Regular Services ty
oproin,mri from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at lo a III
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School PM
Mite Soricty 5 mi monthly. wednesday
evening at s o'clock. w. Mis-. Meeting
Mont. " at Parsonage.
Moravian Church: Rev. NJ +. ocrt"r, PAS
tor. Sunday School every Suuday,9a;, IN
Preaching services will bo held every o'hef
Sunlay rs hcrrtoforc alternating morning
and evening at 10 and $3.50 respectively
Nc;h,,i,st Npiscoprl Church - Rev
NJ H. Courtney Pastor. Services every alter
nate 5 nd&y At 10 \. NJ. and 100 T. NJ
sunday Srnool NJ . \. u. IiHrcr Mrcl'h@
yery WvlHc .lHy evening IT 90" NJ.
-, S,crhr,'s Church Protestant HNise"a'
- Rev. Ernr Mrtiil', Rector S'rvirr'
every SanlAy q, iao, p. m, At Walkers
viIe at 10 ; "A, ~
Service FRIDAYS at i:Co p m
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A Fable and a Moral.

A cock, scratching for food for
himself and his hens, found pro.
eious stone, on which ho said: 1T
your owner had found thee and not
|, he would havo taken thee up and
set thee in thy first estate, but l have
found thee for no purpose, would
rather have one barleycorn than all
tho Jewels in the world. However,
on second consideration, thou wilt
mako q good addition to the gravel
that Is in my craw and may help to
correct tho slight dyspepsia that has
troubled mo of late.' This said, the
cock ceased moralizing and swal-
lowed the jewel. .....
Moral are great many
people who wear diamonds for their
health. .-1Iallo
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

a friend Of mine who is quite well
known in literary circles, but who is
not willing that her name be given,
related to me u short time ago q
striking experience. She requested
a friend in whom she had great con
Gdonce and who possessed a certain
degree of physic power to try and
see where she was and what she was
doing on Il certain evening The two
individuals were many hundred miles
apart Tho friend i'll striving to ac-
cumplish this feat fell into pro
found trance, in which he was found
by friends, who thought him dead
and had him medically treated.
When ho recovered, he wrote his
frientl, saying: "Atsuch an hour you
were In your room. A visitor was
announced. He WIZ person had
never seen, but ! will describe him
to you" He then gave detailed de-
scriptiou Of the caller. All the facts
were exactly as stated. Arena
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
London's Pnupens aud Criminals

On Jan. /, 1891, tho paupers N
London numbered ll2,547, and the
cost of pauperism was in lsS99o,
f2,3l0,000, the cost Of each pauper
being E2l iGs. Id.
The number of persons committed
for trial during lsS9-90 was 2,906,
while lO9,7lS were convicted sum
marily. The habitual offenders
known to the police not committed
during the year numbered $500. The
total represents u percentage Of 81
to tho whole population. The cost
of the police was f1,799,o0 or els
l2s. Cd, per head of the incriminated
class. Industrial schools cost E20.-
652. Pail Mall Gazette.
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A Successful Artist.

A clerk from one of the govern
ment departments was in Detroit re-
Gently visiting a friend. ..,
"Who's the party l saw with you
yesterday2' asked q citizen Of the
host.
Hes from Washington" was the
ration. indefinite -erl7..
what docs he Go therc2"
"Ifc's an artist"
why, some ono told mo he was a
government employee.
He is"
'He isn't much Of an artist, is heT
"Of course. Why notw
Because if he were ho wouldn't be
in the government employ" :. :,
"Ho is just the same. and first
class artist too"
What does he do"
"IIo draws"
DRAWS what;"
Eighteen hundred dollars every
year. "-Detroit Erec Press.
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What We Owe to Fire.

It is worth while to note how few
of the things, besides the fire on the
hearth, that 60 to make up a modern
freside could ever have come into
being except through the agency OF
the fire. Trace the origin of the
book you have been reading in your
cozy corner Of tho hearth. Speech
itself is partly growth and partly
m invention, but were we not SO
familiar with them we should bow
our heads in awe in the presence Of
these wondrous arbitrary characters
we call the letters OF the alphabet,
by means of which we represent
thought and speech, so that ideas are
preserved age after age. We look
at these characters and straightway
in our minds ure reproduced the
Bpcculatiuns Of Plato, the poetical
imaginings of Virgil or the teach
ings of Jesus.
Through picture writing, hiero-
glyph, such figures as children play
with and call tho rebus; by steps like
these and the steps were many CEN
turics--the race climbed to the attain
ment Of a phonetic alphabet Then
many centuries still passed by, until
at last, after the bcnefcent fire had
helped men smelt and shape the
stubborn iron the movable type was
invented, and all the thoughts OF the
world are tho common property of
any who will learn to read. Measure
tho distance from the hut Of the bar
barian to tho fireside Of a modern
home, anu you measure tho total ad-
vance that man has made In civiliza-
ton. Rev. M. j. Savage in Peter
sons Magazine.