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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-11
The Sery 70 Gooi.

The Servant I,o tooi.
The other day man of gentle
manly appearance called at a house
in we'll known suburb Of a provin-
cial town. In answer to his knocB
the housemaid came to the door.
us Mr.. P INF" said II gentle
man.
'''He's just gone out, sir"
.'Is Mrs. P at homer"
"No, sir. She went out with mas.
ter"
Dear me, how unfortunate! !
wanted particularly to sec one OF
them. Can leave note|
F: "Oh, yes, sir. Como in, please,
replied the girl, ushering tho visitor
into the dining room. But instead
Of leaving him alone she rang for an
other servant, whom she desired to
bring writing materials.
The gentleman wrote his note, en-.
closed it in an envelope, addressed 1T
and left it on the table.
This being done, ne departed with
q profusion of thanks to the maid,
who escorted him to the door.
On returning home Mr.. P found
the note awaiting him. It ran thus'
'eYour servant is no fool"
This compliment was fully JUST
fed by a paragraph in the next days
paper, giving an account of the
plumber of neighboring mansion by
o similar visitor.-New York Adver
tiSer
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ONLY -FOUR MINOR ! AIS.

flames R.ssen Lowell CroSrs Ho,hes.
Dante, Cefvantes aud Goethe.
There are certain books which 1t Is
necessary to read, but they are very
few. Looking at the matter from an
aesthetic point of view merely, I
should NY that thus far only one
man had been able to use types SO
universal and to draw figures 80 cos
lnopolitan that they are equally true
in all languages and equally accept
able to the whole European
branch, at least, of the human fami-
". That man Is Homer, and there
needs, 1t seems to me, no further
proof of his individual existence than
this very fact of the solitary unap
proachableness of the "Iliad" and the
Odyssey" The more wonderful
they are, the more likely to be the
work Of one person. Nowhere is the
purely natural man presented to lis
60 nobly and sincerely as IN these
poems.
Not far below these I should place
the "Divina Commedia" Of Dante, in
which the history of the spiritual
man Is sketched with equal COM
mand of material and grandeur OF
outline. Don Quixote" stands upon
the same level and receives the same
universal appreciation. Here we
havo the spiritual and tho natural
man set before us in humorous con-
trast. In the knight and his squire
Cervantes has typifed tho two op-
posing poles Of our dual nature-tho
imagination and the understanding
as they appear in contradiction.
This Is the only comprehensive satire
ever written, for it Is utterly indie,
pendent of time, place and manners,
Faust" gives us tho natural his
tory Of the human intellect, Mephis-
topheles being merely the projected
impersonation Of that skepticism
which is the invariable result of a
purely intellectual culture. These
four books are the only ones In
which universal facts Of human ma
ture and experience are ideally rep
resented. They can therefore never
be displaced.
have not mentioned Shakespeare,
because his works como under DIFF
ferent category. Though they mark
the very highest lowell Of human gem
ius, they yet represent no special
epoch in the history Of the individual
mind. The man of Shakespeare is
always the man Of actual life as he
Is acted upon by the worlds of sense
and Of spirit under certain definite
conditions. We all Of us may be in
the position of Macbeth or Othello
or Hamlet, and we appreciate their
sayings and deeds potentially, so to
speak, rather than actually, through
the sympathy of our common nature
and not Of our experience. James
Russell Lowcll's Popthumous Essay
In the Century Magazine.
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Before and After.

AS an instance of the surprising in
crease in value that u picture &C
q,lires after an artist has become ia
nous, the following is Interesting:
A dealer once went to the studio OF
David Cox and purchased q painting
off his easel for go. A few days
h'terward the CID man went to him
ana said:
~ on are young and have a wife
and ca ildren. I think l have charged
YOU too much for that picture, and I
have bro ught you back e."
Not m>ny years after that same
painting Was sold for $50 guinness
London TS-Bita
win many persons it would be a
great gain to health if they would
walk to and from their places of
business in preference 10 riding.
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Christmas and Easter,

Christmas of any>year always falls
on the same day of tho week as the
second of january Of that year, un-
less it be leap year, when it Is the
same week day as the third day OF
january Of that year. Easter Is al
ways tho first Sunday after he full
moon that happens on or next after
March 81. 1t is not easy to see now
It can occur earlier than March % ~
later than April 90 in any year.
Boston Homo Journal.
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A Ynor Production.

Candid Listener-Good morning,
Janet. I am sorry to hear you
didn't like my preaching on Sunday.
What was the reason1
Janet--I had three vera guild rea-
sons, sir. Firstly, We read We SER
mon; secondly, ye didna read it well,
and, thirdly, it wa,na worth readin
ct a'.-EXchange.
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Some Alaskan names are: Ahgo-
methelanaghamute, Ahgulakpaggha'
mate, acknowledgements, Kah-
lnkhtughamute, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
nte, Kylktoltowtin, Quiechogamute,
Teeuahotozna and Ak2ulura9iqlnh.
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Tho annual meeting of the Keely
motor stockholders is postponed for
a few months" in order to enable Mr..
Keely to perfect the motor. This
looks very like paragraph that has
been published at intervals for the
last 90 years or SO.
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After q years trial in the st. Pam
cras vestry district Of London, mil
nicipal electric lighting has proved 3
financial slccesa.
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Jolly Funerals.

Mr.. Porter must have had merry
funeral, with great deal Of sack to
very little coffin.
Even a town pauper was given
three gallons OF rum as libations at
his funeral-drank probably by the
sheriff and Alr. Bundle with their
friends.
Hawthorne tells US that the New
Englanders were the jolliest at the
funerals of their friends and neigh
bors-the only "boon companion of
the Puritan was Death. Baltimore
Sun.
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Price rs cents.
The herald., 1898-03-15
Issuing Bonds

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
ald-The Evening Express of recent date,
under the heading "a Years Work." says:
There have been no bond issues since
Mr.. Mckinley entered the White House"
This is not true for the treasury depart
ment is constantly adding to the interest
bearing debt by issuing per cent bonds of
1907 in settlement of accrued interest on
refunding certificates Of the act of Feb
ruary 26. 1879.
The law, as laid down in the United
States statutes. Section 369S, says:
The secretary of the treasury shall
cause to be paid out Of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, any interest falling due or ac-
crung on any portion Of the public debt
authorized by law.
I presume that this law is what the
president considers a technicality, and
therefore the discretion is to be given to
the creditor.
suppose the word "shalr' makes the
law mandatory, but then what are our
statutes when they are in conflict with
the creditors wishes in the matter?
Otherwise the article in the Evening Ex-
press is so misleading, and utterly parti-
san that it deserves no notice.
w. H. POLK.
The herald., 1898-03-15
Evidences Of High Living

A member of the police force came
across boy the other day who was wheel.
ing home load of oyster cans and bot
ties, and, curious to know what use the
lad could put them to, he made direct in.
quiry:
"Going to throw them over into our back
yard" replied the boy. II took two loads
home yesterday"
But what do you use them for?"
Its a trick of the family" grinned the
lad.
How trick?"
"I'd just as lief TELL" continued the boy
as he spit on his hands to resume hold Oh
the barrow. I'VE are going to have some
relashuns come in from the country. We
may not have much to eat, but If they see
these cans and bottles and boxes they'll
think we've had listers, champagne, figs
and nuts till we've got tired of 'em, anc
are living on bread and taters for healthy
change"
The officer scratched his ear like man
who had received a new idea.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The herald., 1898-03-15
A SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE

The Herald has a special and exclusive
telegraph service that fs unequaled by
any paper west of Chicago with the
single exception of the San Francisco
Examiner
Not only is to be found in these pages
tho full report of the Ass ociated Press,
the greatest newsgathering agency in
the world, but an exclusive service from
special correspondents at San Francisco,
Chicago, New York, and Washington,
who have exceptional advantages by
their connection with the greatest news
papers in those cities.
The full reports of tho Associated Press,
day and night, amount in all to an aver
age of $4,000 words. These are daily
supplemented in The Herald by exclusive
dispatches, which vary from 500 to 1000
words per day,
The herald., 1898-03-15
0!EYd3;yr1El>U E4rII7TS2lEY2)
FOREIGN NOTES

Lady Murray, mother Of the writer. Ce-
ell Murray, has bought country home at
| the Cap d'Antibes for home of rest for
newspaper men.
| Joan of Arcs trial, preliminary to her
admission to saintship is near at hand.
| Signor Minetti has been appointed to plead
her case, while Mgr. Lugari will be the
advocatus diaboli.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, has
beaten one record of his predecessor, George
(, ~. He is about to be elected grand master
of the English Free Masons for the twen-
] ty-fourth time.
| There has been a steady decrease during
the last ten years Of candidates for holy
orders in England, and among them the
proportion of Oxford and Cambridge grad
| yates Is also diminishing. The number or
dained in 1897 was 1926, which is the lowest
| in twenty-five years.
A 33-year-old hermaphrodite, born in Tu-
mis-, was recently exhibited by Berlin doc
| tor to the Berlin Medical society. Accord
ing to Borsenzeitung, it distinctly is Of
both sexes, was brought UP as girl, and
has been married for ten years to a man.
| 1t is on show at a Berlin variety theater.
Clerks in the house of commons will have
their morals looked after henceforth, No
one under "a years of age will be admitted
| to the civil service examination unless he
lives at home or his parents provide him
with such a place of residence as "shall
meet with the approval of the clerk of the
house of commons"
An ingenious stage waterfall devised by
NJ. Gailhard has attracted attention at the
Paris opera balls. 1t Is made Of tulle
stretched on frames, initiating the curves
| of fall. Behind 1t little streams of water
are discharged through perforated pipes
against a metal plate, so as to throw a
spray upon the tulle. When the electric
| light is played on this the effect IL magi-
CAL
| The Princess of Montenegro, the beauti-
| full mother Of the crown princess Of Italy,
| has been visiting Rome and startling the
Romans by wearing her picturesque ma
tional costume. When driving she wears q
bright scarlet silk cloak thickly embrold-
cred with gold, and on her head'a diadem
of black velvet glistening with gold coins
and gems For the opera she dresses In
cloth of gold.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1898-03-15
UNEASY RESTS THE HEAD

The complacency of the president, un-
der the most irritating circumstances, is
certainly phenomenal. Ever since the
Maine disaster, and by the employ
ment of every ins.rumentality within
his reach, he has impressed upon the
people the Importance of patiently
awaiting the findings Of the naval court
Of inquiry regarding the cause of the
calamity and the responsibility for it
that the tension might not be increased
or his administration embarrassed by
premature conclusions based upon i'm
perfect or partial information. How
completely the people have restrained
their passions and controlled their anger
in Difference to the known wishes of the
government and the proprieties of the
occasion, needs not be related.
But while the attitude Of the people
has been all that could be desired by the
executive, not nearly so much can be
said for the discretion of his own i'm
mediate official family, popularity sup
posed to be under complete subsection to
his will.
Secretary Long took early occasion tc
blurt out his opinion that Spain's re-
sponsibility had been completely elm
mated from the problem, and this view
given to the discerning representatives
Of the press Immediately following a cab.
met meeting, had all of the force and
effect of a presidential proclamation
announcing that there would be no war
The significance of the statement may be
judged by the fact that, although it was
made after the noon call on the stock
exchange, the list appreciated twenty
millions of dollars before the close
Hanna, the confidential friend of the
president, has missed no opportunity te
help out the stockholders by seasonablt
explosions touching the trend of events
which he is supposed to have peculiar, il
not exclusive, facilities for observing.
Alger has aired his shop-worn loyalty
in the most offensive manner, by pub.
licly declaring that if congress should
fail or refuse to appropriate money fol
needed war munitions, he would provide
the funds from his private purse, an in.
solent reflection upon the patriotism OF
the legislative branch, that could
scarcely fail to mortify the executive and
disgust the nation.
Roosevelt, too, by his offensive OBJ
sequiousness and lCquacity has brough'
the administration into ridicule.
And now the venerable senior senator
from Vermont-a man who has occupied
a cabinet position, and is supposed tt
| be familiar with official etiquette-ha.
The herald., 1898-03-15
An Ambassadors Tact

The late NJ Challemel-Lacour, a distin-
guished member of the French academy,
was noted for his tact and readiness in So
ciaI emergencies. Both we're severely tried
on one occasion. NJ. Challemel-LacOur was
sent as an ambassador from France to the
Swiss confederation. He called in due
form on his arrival, upon the president.
The servant who opened the door said that
his excellency was in the cellar bottling
wine, but that the visitor could come in and
wait. The ambassador hung UP his over
coat in the hall and went up into the salon.
Presently the president bustled in.
IAN ugly job, monsieur, drying his
hands-"an ugly job! But always bottle
my own wine. Pardon my coat. also; 1t
is poor fit"-glancing down. 1T is my
sons, to tell the truth-I hurried it on
without looking at 1t"
The ambassador bowed and smiled-it
was his own coat.
The interview being over he went home
shivering. and sent a messenger next day
for the coat-"the coat which he hung up
in the hall."-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1898-03-15

General Blanco Is said to be formulat-
ing report, to be sent to Washington,
regarding the condition Of the reconcen-
trados, which he declares in advance Is
Improving" 1t would be remarkable
circumstance if this report of the Spanish
commander should be given to the Amer
lean people before the long pigeon
holed reports of our own consuls are
made public. Is it intended to offset
and discredit the statements which those
officials are expected to make regarding
the effects of the concentration policy
on the island? Let us hope there Is no
taint of administration connivance in
this threatened forestalling of public
opinion regarding matter of such vital
concern.
The herald., 1898-03-15

at the head of 1t. 1t would be too much
to expect this OF his inexperienced dep
uty. whatever credit may be given to him
for honesty OF purpose or fidelity to
trust.
SO long as our relations with foreign
nations were undisturbed and no great
problems pressed for solution, the people
were patient and considerate and char
liable, but the momentous issues that
now confront the country fully JUSTIFY
the popular discomfort and apprehension,
and fully warrant the protest that is go
ing up from all quarters.
The herald., 1898-03-15
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city of
Los Angeles should own and control q
cGhpiSte system Of waterworks.
Tho Herald believes that tho city
ohoalh acquire such 3 system ut tho
earliest date possible and on tho most
sdvantsgeous terms possible, consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
Tho Herald believes that the con-
Sraot with tho Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to tho let
ter, and that, at the conclusion Of the
pending lease, the plant should be taken
ever In accordance with the PFovisions
hf that contract.
The herald., 1898-03-15
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Great Scott!

San Jacinto. San Gorgonio, San Bernar-
dino, San Antonio are the sentinels of the
valley, whose majestic proportions some
persons would stultify by such appella.
tions as "Greyback," "Baldy." 'Berdoo,"
etc. Out on such attempts! AS their lofty
submits receive the baptism Of the morn
ing sun long before the gladdening rays
penetrate the lovely valley, as their heaven
bearing peaks are kissed goodnight" by
the departing light Of the world. when all
below is wrapped in the gathering gloom
of the night, so let their birth names, the
old Spanish, musical names. be first and
last In the memory of man.-Redlands
Facts
The herald., 1898-03-15

talked all the way from Key West, to
Washington about what he saw in Cuba,
and what conclusions he has reached re-
garding the Maine disasteN practically
the official report Of the naval
board of inquiry, all the more significant
because he was widely recognized as
the personal representative of the presi-
dent on the island.
On account Of these and countless other
embarrassments, the patience and COM
rlacency of the president is all the more
occentuated. He is certainly to be COM
miserated without limitation.
The herald., 1898-03-15
Samples Of BritishsJustice

We have had lately many proofs Of the
inf1exible nature of British justice. Oscar
Wilde, sprig of nobility, a person Of
much literary repute, having a powerful
family pull, was sent to prison, condemned
to hard labor, and he went and he served
out his time. So will Lord Nevill. 1t is but
few months since countess was re-
leased from prison. where she had served
her time for criminal libel. When the
prince of Wales became mixed into the
Tranby Croft baccarat scandal and got
into court as a witness, no Difference was
shown him that would not be shown any
well-dressed man who bore about him the
outward seeming of gentility.-C -Chattanoo-
ga News.
The herald., 1898-03-15
woMAN's SIGH FOR A PocKE'

How dear to this heart are the old-fash-
ioned dresses.
When fond recollection presents them to
view!
In fancy 1 see the old wardrobes and
presses
Which held the loved gowns that in girl
hood knew.
The widespreading mohair. the silk that
hung by it;
The strawcolored satin with trimmings
of brown;
The ruffled foulard, the pink organdie
nigh it;
But oh, for the pocket that hung in each
gown!
The old-fashioned pocket. the
obsolete pocket,
The praiseworthy pocket that
hung in each gown.
That dear, roomy pocket. I'd hail as a
treasure,
Could 1 but behold 1t in gowns of today;
I'd find it the source of an exquisite pleas
But all my modistes sternly answer me
"Nay!
'Twould be so convenient when going out
shopping,
'Twould hold my small purchases coming
from town:
And always my purse or my kerchief I'm
dropping
Oh mel for the pocket that hung in my
gown.
The old-fashioned pocket, the
obsolete pocket,
The praiseworthy pocket that
hung in each gown.
A gown with pocket! How fondly I'd
guard it,
Each day ere I'd don 1t, ia brush 1t, with
care;
Not full Paris costume could make me
discard 1t,
Though trimmed with the laces an en-
press might wear.
But have no hope, for the fashion is ban
ished
The tear of regret will my fond visions
drown;
AS fancy reverts to the days that have
vanished,
I sigh for the pocket that hung in my
gown.
hung in each gown.
The praiseworthy pocket that
obsolete pocket,
The old-fashioned pocket, the
Carolyn Wells in jamestown Evening
Journal.
The herald., 1898-03-15
Sound Wine For Poets

Once Charles I sent Ben Jonson, as
poet laureate, G100 year and tierce
of Spanish canary. No such generous
drink comes from Victoria to lend SPAR
kle and vivacity to Mr.. Austin's verses.
Once DIR. johnson, "the real primate and
souls teacher Of England" says Car
lyle, declared roundly and without
shocking anybody. Brandy, sir, Is the
drink for heroes" 1t Is not thus that
primates and teachers of any and now
hearten their wavering disciples.
Once the generous publishers of MAR
mion" sent Scott hogshead Of claret
to mark their appreciation of his verse.
It is not In this graceful fashion that
authors now receive their tokens of good
will.-From 'Varia," by Agnes Repplier.