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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
A Remarkable Funeral Procession.

When Tsching Tschu, the grand
chamberlain and brother-in-law Of
Prince Kung of China, was buried, he
was followed and preceded by q. .rer
markable procession. The bier was
carried by 80 men, each pair OF whom
had poles Of different lengths unde.
It. These 80 men were preceded by
ls flag bearers, 8 camels. and, "a
milk white horses. Behind the pail
bearers came 100 men, each bearing
their portion Of 10. long planks:
These planks or boards were painted
red, and over this In yellow letter.
were the names and titles of the dc
ceased nobleman. Louis Re
pi1hlic
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Family newspaper independent Devoted Literature Local and General News
THURM0NT, Frederick County, Maryland, Thursday August 1898.
4 SALAD or 1REESAND THE MASTER.

into the woods my Master went,
Glenn forspent, forspent,
Into tho woods my Master camo
Fofspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind 10 him,
The little groy leaves were kind TO him,
The thorn tres had mind to him,
When into the woods hc canN..
Out OF the woods my Master won't,
And he was well content;
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame.
When death and shame would WOO him Last
From under The trees they drew him last,
Twas on tree they slew him last,
When out Of the woods he came.
Sidney Lanies.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Daudet's Dete NOir.

Alphonse Daudet's thorn In the
flesh Is the letter writer. No other
novelist, he declares, can be so pes.
tered by unknown correspondents a.
he is. Women and young girls are
the chief delinquents, their object in
writing being to get him to use them
as heroines in his next novels. They
invariably inclose photographs. One
Of NJ. Daudet's admirers, a mailman,
possibly in confinement, has for
about Is years written regularly to
say that he has caught grasshop-
per, and having taught it the novel
!sts name let it 50. Another fancy
Of his was to write M. Daudets
name in the snow.-London Stand
ard
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
a, ! u
No | B
ltailrORu E.ngilb~.

Sang expressions generally orig1-
nate with the railroad men, and q
person not versed in slang might
listen to a crowd Of railload men
talking for an hour without getting
the slightest impression Of their
meaning. Consequently. when an
Atchison girl received the following
letter from her. Apollo, brakeman,
she was somewhat puzzled: MY
dear, / pushed the cons face yester-
day, and he told the sl1pe, who put
me on the carpet and finally put tho
can to me. will have to lay over
on the hill for 10 days and will b
down tn see you soon. ."-Atchiso1
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Between the Acts.

Low Here's the latest
Who is it that both pleases and scares
the public7
Soubrette - Terry-fie! Give -
something easier!
Low Comedian-Well, how's thisi
Who plays the devil with William
Terriss1 :
soubrette-Irving, in Faust" Tai
Tal-Hallo.
Fast Takers. ..... -, =. =,
When Charles Mathews was In this
country, the rapidity Of his speech
was q cause Of much astonishment
but there was no loss of distinctness
on that account. He was said to be
the most rapid talker and singer on
the stage. Sarah Bernhardt talks al
q furious speed sometimes, but every
speech that is to be spoken fast Il
practiced again and again, little
more quickly each time, in order to In
sure clearuess Of utterance.-Nev
York Sun.
some women are 80 oevored 20 rz.e
man they love that they become sel'
fish to others in his behalf. demand.
ing Of them what he is unentited TO
aud what they have no right to claim.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
How Hs Know OF Il.

II allus .knowed woodcock time
had cum," once said q marsh farmer,
when parson reads burning fiery
furnace In church lesson" He was
much more a sportsman than theo-
logian, adds the relater Of this story,
but he meant the morning lesson (old
style for the nineteenth Sunday att
or Trinity, which fell about wood
cock time. -Baily's Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
vorJ Thin

The Berlin gold beaters at the Paris
exposition showed gold leaves 80 thin
that it would require 2s3, 900 TO pro
duce the thickness Of single inch,
yet each leaf was so perfect and free
from holes as to be impenetrable by
the strongest electric light.
change.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Hard Water.

Aunt Jane-Is the water where you
live now soft or hardl
Wee Niece Il guess it's pretty hard
The girl spattered some on tn lamp
chimney the other night, an it broke
all to nieceA Good News
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
A Drawing Room ldyl.

strephon-Win you accept this
ring as an emblem of my love, be-
cause 1t has no ending2
Phyllis No; becauseit is also an
emblem of my love, for it has no b.
cdnnino. Bazaar
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04

The death rate In London in 1891
was o. per 1000 Of the population,
which comparesfayorably with other
large towns, Liverpool rising as high
as ~ per 900.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Western Maryland Railroad.

@iK @s
Schedule !" effect June s'' 1885,
TRAINS GOING WEST
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04

Marshal Breze once accidentally
killed a relative while both were Sab-
bit hsnting and ever afterward
would swoon at the sight of hare.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Tho Advantages Of Dead Peers.

The emperor of China has ennobled
the ancestors Of Sir Halliday Macart
ney for three generations. I con-
tratulate these posthumous noble
men, wherever their disembodied
spirits may be. Honor will no doubt
be most gratifying to them. The
Chinese are more sensible than we
are. It II far more reasonable to
convert dead men who can DO 20
harm into noblemep than to make
unborn descendants Of living men
into legislators, In which capacity
they may do much har,n.--S
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
Patents

L ~ CSll w
Caveas and Re Issuss secured; Trade Marks
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
10 validity and infringement of patents; As
,iignmsnts, Con!raets, etc, prepared and recor,
ded, and all business ip the Patent Office in
ths UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecutca. Cpon receipt of a,odsI or setteh or
photograph of invention with description, 1
Will advise as to patentability free Of charge
Main offices directly across from the y, s
tutent OHe6 and attention is specially called
to my perfect and long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
especially. FEES MODERATE and exclu.
sive attention given to patent business Book
of information and advice, and special refer.
eGces, sent without charge upon request.
J.. r. LlTTELL,
,fttorney and Coanselor in Patent Causes,
Washington, D. c.,
Opposite U. S, Patent Office
fMsation H1 Paperl
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
lie Hesitated and wos.

~ ucStAtcu oou WV
Tho young man heatated. Tho
clock struck 10.
MY dear Miss Hattie" " he said. II
am going"-
He hesitated again.
"Oh, don't be in hurry, Mr.. Fe-
hx; it rs early yet.
He hesitated again
II am go;ng"--
80 earlyl" and there was regret
In her, voice.
He hesitated once more.
II am going"-
Don't" she pleaded.
He hesitated more than ever.
Then he braced himself.
y II am going to ask you to marry
me-, " he exclaimed.
DO" she whispered yearningly.
And he did with phenomenal suo
eaA-Datroit Free Press
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-04
The Odor Of an Old Library.

The library has its own odor-to
the born student as alluring as that
Of the salt and springing waves to
the born sailor. Old leather, curl
ous dampness, grave and wise antiq-
uity embodied in scent. Habitues
Of the Atheneum library know it in
its perfection when they climb the
corkscrew stairs and grope through
the narrow, echoing galleries and
half Lit rooms packed to the ceiling
with faded, dirty volumes whose
very names are lesson in ancient
history. Boston Commonwealth
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

On Monday morning people commenced
to worry about the Portland. By Monda5
noon the Office of Manager Liscomb was
beseiged by friends and relatives of the
people on the steamer and at two O'Clock
that afternoon this Office was continually
busy answering the telephone calls from
the anxious ones. Nothing was known of
the Portland's whereabouts, no word
could be obtained from Gloucester or any
point south of Boston where she was like
ly to be, and it was hoped by the man
ayers of the line that the Portland was
all right and would turn up during the
day. Monday was a bright, pleasant day
and it was not dangerously rough out
side. Still the Portland did not put in an
appearance, and then the steam eoat COM
pany took steps to ascertain whether or
not she was af1oat.
Captain Dennett, commanding the
United States revenue cutter Woodbury.
was called upon by Mr.. Bartlett and
asked to look for the Portland. The
Woodbury. was getting ready for her regu-
llr winters overhauling There were only
two officers. Lieutenant Satterlee and
Assistant Engineer Wright on board the
ship besides Captain Dennett. The cutter
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

fishing town who stare widowhood in
the face every time the wind blows lit
tie harder than usual, were out in the
crooked and winding streets of this city,
gathered in little groups and despite the
cold, taking excitedly together. Answer
ing the reporters questions the Portland
man climbed the hill and headed pro-
cession which stretched out some squares
behind him.
Gloucester Fad not had bit of news
from the outside world since Sunday
morning. All the telephone and telegraph
wires were down The railroad trains
were blocked aud the bridges weakened
so that they could not run. The women
aud children were almost crazy with anx-
iety regarding the safety of their hus-
lands and parents. Business was at a
standstili and the Woodbury. brought
almost the first news from the outside
world into this big city of fishermen.
MONDAY night the railroa people got
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
THE WOODBURY. UNDER WAY.

~ in the path Of this terrific hurricane,
for it was nothing less than hurricane
in that section of the country Every
where was to be seen the wreckage of yes
sells. the ruins of homes, the upheaval Of
forests, the damage to wharf and similar
property, the annihilation of railroads
and telegraph and telephone lines and in
fart devastation and destruction on every
hand
From Eastport to Jersey there is mourn
ing in every town and hamlet along the
coast and especially is this true of Port
land which has suffered more loss o
life than all of those places put together
and had.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
Cutter Woodbury's Trip Looking
for the Lost Steamer.

any number of small fishing vessels.
They were heapea upon the beach in pairs
and In sets Of three. Some were SO far up
on the rocks that they will never come on
unless it be in pieces. Others were
jammed stern foremost into the rocks anti
all were keeled over on their beam ends.
Gloucestsr's wharves were wrecked and
the big fish houses in this quaint old
town, wers coated over with snow which
had been blown up against them with
such force as to give them coating OF
two and three inches of pure white
GIistening in the early morning sun they
locked beautiful indeed. but their beauty
did not create any comment on the Wood .
bury. Every one felt very anxious on
board OF this ship as she steamed into
Gloucester and found that the Portland
WIS not there. as it was hoped she would
be. The terrible scenes along the shore of
Eastern FONT and Ten Pound island did
not have tendency to lessen this feeling
of anxiety and as the Woodbury's mud
hook splashed down into the cold waters
Of the harbor, Captain Dennett's face
wore an expression OF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

(By Staff Correspondent of the PRESS. J
1t is utterly impossible for people iere
in Portland where only the tail end of
Saturday and Sunday hurricane WINS felt
to realize the condition of things along
the coast of Massachusetts, from Cape Ann
to Chatham. The writer had an oppor.
tunity to see the greater part Of this coast
between Monday night and Wednesday
afternoon and in this time traversed by
sea and land over that part of Cape Cod
and Massachusetts, Bay which was direot-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

her course. At twelve o'clock that night
Captain Dennett changed his course and
ran nearly south until three or four
o'clock Tuesday mornsng
1t was beautiful moonlight night, but
although the officers and vigilant quarter
masters kept their eyes open and scanned
the horizon constantly in hopes of seeing
the lost steamer, not sign Of her was to
be found. At three clock Captain Den
nett headed the Woodbury. into Gloucester
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

was getting ready to clean her bunkers
ants. had
NOT ENOUGH GOAL ABOARD
for long run and it was necessary to
coal up before starting.
Captain Dennstt at once said he would
go out and look for the Portland as soon
as he could get ready for sea. Things
were hustled aboard the revenue cutter
and at a little before seven o'clock that
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
Local weather Report.

Portland, Nov. 30.--The local weather
bureau Office records as to the weather
are as follows:
ter, 30; dew point, 20; humidity, " !;
wind. N; velocity, Is; weather, threat
ing.
8 a. Barometer, 29 Ss1; thermome- ne
ter, 35; dew point, IS; humidity, 90;
wind, NV, velocity 8; weather, oiouoy.
Mean daily thermometer, 81; maximum
thermometer, 81; minimum tnermoineosJT eo 81
70; maximum velocity of wind, ~ ~
total precipitation, trace.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
woather Observat.on.

The agricultural department. .o Wea.ner a. a.,
bureau for yesterday, November ~, aaxen y
at p. m, meridian Time the opseroaSion ozSen.
for each section being given in TINS oraso; ,a :;
TEN perature, direction OF wlna, ssase -
weather:
Boston, 81 degrees, NV, CLOUDY, ,ss Mew y
York. AZ degrees. NV, clear; Iu TnIiaus.-
phia, &c degrees, W. p. cloudy Masnins "a
ton. "a degrees, SW, clear; aipany, aag,..ss ~
degrees, W, snow: huffaio, SM yS 1 cIonav:
Chicago. q degrees. W, clear; %. % aaal' ~
l6 degrees, W, clear; Huron, Dak. ,sSsas - me-
arees. n. cloudy; Bismarck, ~ aeeie1S' y
N, cloudy; Jacksonville, 81 degrees' ~
clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
ALARM AND ANXIETY

which he did not try to conceal
The dingy was called away and lowered
into the water and the PRESS reporter
clambered over the Woodhury's side and
dropped into her. His instructions from
CAPTAIN Dennet were to hasten ashore
and get telegraphic or telephone COM
munioation with Boston or Portland il
such a thing were possible and find out If
anything had been heard from the Port
land.
At the dingy neared the Gloucester fish
ing docks a crowd of men and boys gath
cred about the ends of them watching the
boats approach. 1t was yet very early in
the morning and the reporter wondered
why III, Wood bury's arrival in this fish
ing town had created SO much interest at
such an unseemly hour.
sWhat is the nswss" shouted one man
when the boat was within hailing
distance of the wharf
sHaye you seen anything of the Port
land?' asked the reporter.
whats the Portland::''
"The Portland and Boston steamers"
The mon on the docks shook their heads
and the reporter's heart came up into his
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Nov. 30.-Forecast f r
Thursday for New England: Fair, brisk
north westerly winds diminishing in
force.
Boston, Nov. 3O.-Forecast for Thurs
day: Fair weather, westerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01

night the Woodbury. was ON her way in
search Of the Portland. 1t was Captain
Dennett's idea when he started to cruise
off shore after reaching Boon island and
this was done. 1t was rough outside the
harbor ana the cutter rol ed and pounded
about not Il little, but kept steadily on
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-01
throat. If shs hadn't been seen in
Gloucester and couldn't be heard from in
Boston, then

60Sbons bneh
But by this time the newspaper mar
was climbing up the slippery spiles to
the top of the deck where he found one
of his own ilk. This Gloucester newspa-
per man muffied to the ears in his big
ooat and wearing big pair of rubber
boots. began to fire questions at the Port
land newspaper man almost as soon as
he had landed. He asked after eve r
fishing vessel that had sailed out o.
Gloucester during ths year. They were
all
OUT IN THE TERRIBLE BLOW
somewhere, he said. People in Glouees-
ter were very anxious about them and
there were a thousand stories flying
around the city. The women of this
The record-union., 1898-01-30
USE FOR POPCORN.
a Natural and Ilealthful Proceed ing.

Those who prefer good food and ma
tural living as a means of health,
rather than the drug habit will be in
terested to know that many obstinate
cases of constipation are greatly
helped by eating good quantity (say
a double handfuD of popped corn.
1t should be thoroughly masticated
and eaten perhaps in place of the
evening meal.
The effect is likely to be felt in the
morning and generally produces re-
suits satisfactory to the user.
Then the far back cause of the trou-
BILE should be sought out and remedied.
Very often indeed the cause comes
from a weakened condition of the del
icate nerves and muscles of the intes-
tines and they are simply powerless to
do their work.
Coffee is, in the majority of cases,
the active cause of this weakened con-
lition. as will be plainly shown by a
return to health and strength in these
parts when coffee is left off for a month
and Postum Cereal Food Coffee used
The latter furnishes the food elements
needed TO quickly rebuild the delicate
gray substance in the minute nerve
centers all over the human body, and
a bounding, vigorous health is the re-
suit.
The record-union., 1898-01-30

Third and Fourth streets: 2iS acres near
Davisville.
c. w. Clarke and Fred Cox and wives
to j. w. Wilson. trustee-Block 20, Fair
Oaks townsite.
Eleanor Webb estate of distribution
Arthur Webb, lots and 4, r and S,
Eleventh and Twelfth streets; south half
Of northwest quarter and south half of
north half of northwest quarter section
%, and part section29, township north
range east, 130 acres; to George Webb,
lots and q, r and S, Eleventh and
Twelfth streets; south half of south
west quarter section 21 and north half
of north half of northwest quarter sec
tion %, township Z north, range . east,
120 acres
Margaret Worthington, formerly
Breen, to James T. McNiff-North half
of west quarter lot ), ] and K, Fifth and
Sixth streets; $1,000.
c. w. Clarke and Fred Cox and wives
to j. w. Wilson, trustee-Lot 10, block
10. Fair Oaks
j. w. Wilson, trustee, to B. F. Hulings
Lot 10, block 10, Fair Oaks; 81 .243 20.
j. G. Vantine to George L. Vantine-
Lot =, S and T, Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets.
w. L. Pritchard ct ux to A. B. Pegg
ct ux-Lot 40. Oak Grove tract.
A. B. Pegg ct ux to John Steen-Lot
40, Oak Grove tract.
Paul Paulson ct ux to ePter Paul
son-26.5 acres in lot = of Survey 1,023
and Survey 1872.
The record-union., 1898-01-30
NO SELECTION YET.
But Democratic Committeeman
Seem to Favor Sacramento.

Mayor Land returned last evening
from San Francisco, whittier he had
gone with several other citizens to
urge before the Democratic State Com
mittee the claims of Sacramento as
the place for holding the State Conven-
ton Of that party next summer.
No said the Mayor, when seen on
his return, I'VE did not succeed in get
ting the Democratic Committee to Sc
lect Sacramento, because the commit
tee did rot consider the matter at ALL
TT seems the committee met for a
specific purpose-the dropping from its
roll of several members who had not
paid ths.r last years party assessments.
Nothing else was taken up, and of
course that leaves the matter of a
meeting place for the convention un-
settled.
But we did our work, all the same, "
added Mayor Land. I'VE hustled
about before the committee got toget1-
er and did some strong electioneerins
with the individual members. and I feel
confident we accomplished a great deal.
Indeed, rearly every committeeman to
whom I spoke declared himself in IA
vor of Sacramento
The record-union., 1898-01-30
A CRAZE DID IT.
Flew Against the Wires and
Formed a Short Circuit.

For the space of about three minutes
between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock
Friday night, the electric lights in the
city We're blotted out and darkness
reigned supreme. Then, without warn
ing, the full current came along again,
and every carbon, touched by the
spark, became alive and things moved
on as though there had been no hitch
When the city was plunged in dark
ness, those in the vicinity OF Twenty
ninth and NJ streets, noticed an unusu-
ally brilliant arc form on the upper set
of transmission wires. The arc was
exceedingly large, and those who
knew anything about electricity, under
stood that some object had connected
the wires and formed short circuit
The arc threw out a grand light while
1t lasted, but after a few minutes it
disappeared and when il did so there
was light in the city.
Employees of the power company made
a tour of investigation but found moth
ing, but when the sun put in an ap-
pearance yesterday morning as usual.
another search was made and on the
ground beneath the spot at which the
phenomenal arc had blazed, lay the
cause of all the trouble
An ordinary, scrubby, everyday blue
crane had missed its bearings, and
striking across the wires had formed
the short circuit, and incidentally the
arc light, and had been eminently sue
cessful in 'dousing the glim'' of city
of 10000 inhabitants. 1t was an cleo
trio execution without mourners, and
no flowers were sent to the condemned
before the voltage leaped through it,
burned off it's feathers down to the
pins, roasted its wings and burned it's
legs to crisp, so that the bones
snapped across like chalk.
When viewed by n Record Union
reported yesterday, the crane was dead.
1t wore q peaceful expression and il
is believed that death W instantane-
Gus, and that it did not suffer. Death
by hanging distorts the features. but
death by electricity merely stamps upon
them the look that was there when the
volt fell. The crane was evidently glad
it was alive when it formed the short
circuit, and the smile remained even
after it had been brought into the city.
1t is understood that no autopsy will
be held.