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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

The mysteries Of vegetable life are
not all yet explored. An Indian
botanist has made experiments which
induce him to say that some plants
can SEQ. Whether the inference can
beaccepted or not, these experiments
60 to show that the plants made an
effort to reach supports placed at a
little distance and grew toward the
supports whcrevorplaced. The plant
was convolvulus, and when pole
was placed near it and in such a way
that the tenGrils would have to turn
away from the light to reach it,
they invariably did so and within q
few hours twined about it. That
certain plants have the sense OF
touch is well known. Medical Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Don't Stop Tobacco.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF Will"
USING, IT

HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
Using IT.
The tobacco habit grows on Il man unit
| his nervous system Is seriously affected, mn
pairing health, comfort and happiness. 10
uuit suddenly is too severe shock tN Tie
system. ae tobacco To m invtlrrutc user he
comes q eimulart that hssystcm continually
Graves. "Haco Caro- is Il scientific cure for
COMPOUNDED after The formula of an eminent
Berlin physician WHO has used it in his phi
ya,e practice SINCE 1872, without Il failure.
1t Is purely vegetable and guara: tccl per
{, ctly harmless You can use all the tu5ul Gu
Won want while taking "Baco euro. 1t will
notify YOU when to stop. We give written
guarantee to cure permanently amy case with
three boxes, or refund the money with ten
pcrrcnt interest. "Baco Curo' is not sub.
,ii,utc, but scientific cure, that cures with.
out the aid of will power and with no lncon-
ycnjrnuc. 1t leaves the system as pure and
free from nicotine is the day you took your
first chew or smoke
CURED BY BACo- euro and GAINED 30 lbs.
From hundreds OF testimonials, tie orlGi-
nails of which arc on file and open TO inspcc-
ton, the following is presented:
Clayton, Nevada Co Ark, Jan % 1895.
Eureka CnclnlCdi ~ mlS' W., LII SloSot,
Wis.-Gentlcmcn For forty years | used
tobacco in all its forms For twenty five
years of that time was great sufferer from
general debility and heart disease. For fifteen
Years | tried to quill but couldn't. | took
various remedies among othcrs,"No 70 Bac,'
"Thc Indian Tobacco Anidutr,' double
Chloride ofGold' etc, etc, but none Of hem
did me the least bit of good, Finally, /
a box of your "BaCo.Curo" and 1t
has entirely cured me of the habit in all its
forms and have increased thirty pounds in
weight and am relieved from all the numerous
aches and pains of body and mind. | could
write quire of paper upon my changed
ft elmgs and condition.
Yours resp'y, p. IL. MARBURY,
Pastor c. p. Church, Clayton, Ark.
Sold by all druggists al 81 copper box;thrce
boxes go days treatment S9,5 0,and IRON clad
cure, or sent direct upon receipt
Of price. Write for booklet and proofs.
Eureka Chemical & Mig. Co., Lacrosse,
wis and Bosium Mass
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
ONLY FOUR lMMORTAlS.-
Eunes Russell HOWELL CyaSns HONOR

Ennss RusacH lowell Cyasns Homer
Dante, Cervautes and Goethe.
There are certain books which it is
necessary to read, but thoy are very
few. Looking at the matter from an
aesthetic point of Wow merely, l
should say thai thus far only ono
man had been able to use types so
universal and to draw figures 50 cos
,nopolitan that they are equally true
in all languages and equally accept
able to- tho whole Indo-European
branch, at least, Of the human faml-
ly. That man is Homer, and there
needs, Ii seems to me, no further
proof of his individual existence than
this very fact of tho solitary unap
nroachableness of the ''Iliad" and tho
odyssey. The more wonderful
they arc, tho more likely to be the
work of one person. Nowhere is the
purely natural man presented to us
so 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 tho same
universal appreciation, Hero we
have tho spiritual and the natural
man set before us in humorous con-
tfasts 'Th the knight and his squire
Cervantes has typificd the two op-
posing poles Of our dual nature--the
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 the natural his
tory of tho human intellect, Mephis-
tophe1es 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 ..,.. ...
Ihavenot mentioned Shakespeare,
because his works come under DIFF.
ferent category. Though they mark
the very highest level Of human gen.
Jus, 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
OF Hamlet, and we appreciate their
sayings and deeds potentially, so to
sneak, rather than actually, through
the sympathy Of our common nature
ana not of our experience. james
Russell Lowell's Posthumous Essay
in The Century Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Eefore and After.

As an instance of the surprising in
crease in value that q picture &C.
ouires after an artist has become IA
nous, the following is interesting;
A dealer once went to the studio Of
David Cox and purchased painting
off his easel for G10 A few days
afterward the old man went to him
and said;
you are young and have a wife
and children. | think l have charged
you too much for that picture, and /
have brought you back e."
Not many years after that same
painting was sold for 450 guinness
London Tit-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 to riding.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
FARM NEWS

Regular Subscription Price 50 cents. Farm News
now reaches more than $4,000 families II hods TINS
large and royal following OF subrcrlbcrs, because
they regard il as ono OF the chief essentials oi their
success IN farming. 1t keeps in touch with The most
progressive agriculture OF the day, Is scientific IN
~ its spirit. and at the same time i, never obscure ~
il, meaning, sttcd in its style. 1t the KIND ct
a paper the farmer value, in his every day work.
because in he finds what other successful farmers
are doing, and how ncy do it. Its 10 pages contain
40 dead wcghl"--no ''illcrs.' Every linc counts
# You know anything about :he farm and farm lie
examine Farm: News and you will understand how
much its subscribers appreciate it. And /. grows
better every numhcr Compare il with any other
farm paper, and it stands ahead in practlcab'Ity ana
real value.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
A Poor Production,

Candid Listener-Good morning,
Janet. am sorry to hear you
didn't like my preaching on Sunday,
What was the reasonl
Janet-I had three vera guild rea-
sons, sir Firstly, We read ye ser
mon; secondly, ye didna read it well,
and, thirdly, it wasna worth Ieadip
at a. Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Christmas and Easter.

Christmas Of any year always falls
on the same day Of the 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 the first Sunday after the full
moon that happens on OF next after
March 81. 1t is not easy to see how
1t can occur earlier than March % or
later than April 26 in any year
Boston Home Journal.
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70 NEW AND OLD SUBSCRIBERS!
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We have made arrangements to get fer our subscribers
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Almost Free of Cost.
WON AN IiIN ID.

Regular Subscription Price 50 cents. handsom"
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bits Of travel and such general literary matter as APP
reals most strongly 10 the average reader who wants
pure end wholesome literature of the cntcr,a'nn"
kind. Its practical departments devoted !" the
kitchen, tic flower Garden, the care OF Children
drcssIuaknS, home dycurAion etc, are greatly val
ucd by every woman who has ever read them, EN-
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

The 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 20 years or SO.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
jolly Funerals.

Mr.. Porter must have had merry
funeral, with q great deal Of sack to
very little coffin.
Even town pauper was given
three gallons OF rum as libations at
his funeral-drank probably by tho
sheriff and Mr.. Bundle with their
friends,
Hawthorne tells us that the New
Englanders were the jolliest at tho
funerals of their friends and neigh.
bors-the only "boon companion of
the Puritan was Death. Baltimore
Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

Some Alaskan names are Ahgo-
methelanaghamute, Ahgulakpagha'
mate, acknowledgements, Kah-
lukhtughamute, Kennachanagham.
ute, Kyktoltowtin, Quiochogamuto,
Teeuabotozna and AkQtllnraqiglak
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

It is not always safe to be too con-
fident in your assertions, even to an
ignorant man, for be may get the
better of you in an argument.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18

After years trial in the st. Pan
cras vestry district of London, mu.
nicipal electric lighting has proved q,
financial success,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-08-18
Farm News Poultry Book.

"a Nv ""
Written to meet the need, and
demands OF the farm poultry yar
rather uun that ~ the h.n,irr
Ill,i,, AL AbuU, different breeds
iI.ir characteristics and what
may be expected ci them; tell,
about ha;chIng and icr9in q,
about diseases aal their cures
and IS In short, Il complete Guidc
i making The len, pay.
Price 2G cents.
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Wewiic onoo (kc
ug
in advance.
We selected them bocau would like them
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FRAZER Ak. j:
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PROSPECTUS FOR 1896.

Siucc the first number Of GOLDEN HoURs
was issued il has been conceded by juvenile
Readers to the best young peoples paper in
the world Although graliiicd beyond ex
preston by The hearty appreciation with
which his efforts 10 please hayc been met, the
proprietor shall i'll future strive to obtain still
more hearty enComums, and shall continue
to give to TIE youth of America paper that
will he both instructive and entertaining, and
n welcome weekly visitorlo every household
III the land.
On the staff of contributors to GOLDEN
Hours are such wcll.known writers ofyoung
peoples stories as: Weldon j. Cobb, Matt
Royal, .Iohn De Morgan, Cornelius Shea
lIarrie Irving Hancock, Fred Thorpe. Geo.
w. Browne, William G, Paltcn, "Scriplus,"
Burt r. Rraddock. S.A.D.Cox, Ad II Gibson.
Y. G. lIarbaugh, Walter f. Bruins. Arthur
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Price 20 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-12
NorthfeId.

r. NJ. Houston was in the Capitol on bus-
mess last week.
Arthur Ferris has completed his labors as
clerk at the Northfeld house.
Cadet Grant of South Ryegate has re.
turned to the University and resumed his
studies.
Company f was given the phys exam
ination Lost week preparatory to its muster
ing out.
N. w. Partch has purchased the interest
OF A. A. Joslin in the grist mill at the South
Village.
Cadet Capt Moseley was in Randolph
last Friday to drill the high school batal-
lion Of that place.
Mrs. +. Whitney and daughter Harriet,
are visiting friends and relatives in Me-
braska for few weeks.
Rev. G. j. Sutherland is in Brattleboro
| for a couple OF weeks. His pulpit is being
| occupied by Pres. A. d. Brown during his
absence.
Major Henry Hersey, formerly student
at the University now a member of the
famous Rough Riders, was in town one day
last week and spent some time in and about
the University.
A petition to the legislature for new
| trial on the change of sentence to life inn
prisonment for Mrs. Marsh and Mr.. Buzzell
Is being circulated. According to the num-
ber of names on the petition it seems that
the public sentiment is about equally di-
vided.
Fred II. Kathan passed away last week
Monday OF consumption, at the age OF 27
years. His life was mostly spent in this
place. and for several years past. Mr.. Kath-
an was a conductor on the railroad in which
Brotherhood he held apolicy. He leaves q
wife and son.
Much agitation has been made of recent
regarding lecture course the coming win
ter. This line of work is something which
the town needs and the canvassers OF the
project should be given the hearty support
of the townspeople. Prof e. A. Shaw, A.
@. Cady and W. o. Shaw will endeavor to
see what more can be done in relation to
the matter, and 1t is earnestly hoped that
the idea may be expanded into reality.
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale of any Salve in.the world This
fact and its merit has led dishonest people
TO attempt to counterfeit It, Look out Tor
the man who attempts to deceive you when
you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
the great pile cure. W. 4. Terrill Il Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-12
Barre.
e. G. French was in Boston last week.
G. r. Scott we3 in New York last week.

E. g. French was in Boston last week.
G. r. Scott we3 in New York last week.
Col. FL. r. Stoughton is recovering from
serious illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Duffey are visiting in
New York City.
Mrs. Horace Skeels is visiting relatives
in Whitehall, N. Y.
A son was born last Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank W. Leighton.
L. R. Hutchinson was at his home in
Randolph over last Sunday.
G. I. Jackson is in Connecticut buying
apples for the Barre markets.
Mrs. Harriet Davis of Lowell. Mass, is
the guest of N r. Davis, her son.
A son was born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs George Gillian of Graniteville.
The house Of James Caven, Not, Murray
street, is quarantined against diphtheria.
Rev. and Mrs. e. NJ. Fuller visited, last
week, at the home OF the former in Stowe.
Lieut. Gov. and Mrs. Fl. G. Bates were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. 81. Hale over lest
Sunday.
The engagement is announced of W. w.
Lapoint and Miss Laura M. Smith of Med
ford, Mess.
A new curbing and concrete walk has
been laid in front OF the new Currier block
on Main street.
The Ladies' union held successful Har-
vest Supper in hnigh'9 OF Pythl6S nall le3t
Friday evening.
LID. Bixby, an officer on the police force
of New Haven, Conn, is visiting Mrs. l.. A.
Houghtop, his sister.
Constable Buchanan is on the war path
| for delinquent tax payers, the day OF grace
having expired last Saturday.
Calvin Townsend went last Thursday =
Kasio, b. O., where he is to work on rail
road running through the mining region.
Rev. DIR. @. s. Dewing OF Boston, who has
been the guest OF Rev L. Ill, Mitchell
preached for the Presbyterians last Sunday
Mrs. j. W. Vaughan is a delegate from
Hedding church Sunday.school to the State
convention to be held to-day at Lyndonville
A handsome sarcophsgus was set las
week in Hope cemetery by Alexander
Bruce on the family lot OF William Howard
Rev. DIR. W. II. w. Rees OF Cincinnati
assistant editor of The Christian Educator
will speak at Hedding church next Sunday
evening.
Clan Gordon will hold its annual bel ant
banquet on Thanksgiving eve. Prepare
tions for the marked social event are al
ready in progress
Aaron johnson was before Judge Barney
in city court Monday morning charged will
intoxication lest Thursday. He paid thu
usual fine of $11.51.
W. II. Gale was given u pleasant SUI
prise party lest Thursday evening. 1t we
mis- forlieth birthday and the atfair wes
complete surprise to Mr.. Gale.
Peter Kerr, royal secretary OF the orde
OF Scottish CLANS, was in town last week
and visited the local lodge where he was re
ceved with the honors due his rank.
Frank II. Dyer, the accommodating post
man, Is taking his annual vacation. Ac
companied by Mrs. Dyer he went last Fri
day to Royalton to remain week or more
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-12
East Calais.

A Boon TO WEAK MEN.-The depression
caused by certain kinds of sickness is ter
ribly wearing, and weakens and runs you
down more rapidly than the physical dis
ease itself. Weak men know this. The
consciousness of having lost vitality and
vigor, perhaps foolishly, is simply madden
ing. Once, however, let the victim see a
prospect of recovery and this passes away.
The vigorless man sees light ahead, sees
renewed strength and vitality in the inn
mediate future and Ia soon cured. But 1t
takes the highest skill and the widest ex-
"a Temnls a. PLACE. 'IHS Rostop Mass the oie dis'
tlnguished specialist can accomplish this.
He cures the most desperate cases OF weak
ness and debility. You can consult him by
letter, free. Write to him and get his ad-
vice and you will be glad.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-12
Worcester.

Mrs. Fred Wood is sick, also little child
OF Tom Darby.
Revival services under Misses Billings
and Hartag continue this week
The deer hunters returned last Saturday
after a weeks outing in the northern part of
the State. Why do they evade the pertinent
question: "How many deer did you shoot?"
Among the party on the White Mountain
excursion October were Mrs. Della Put,
nam and Dean Hunt OF this place and Miss
Stuart of Calais and Miss Eta Hunt of
Montpelier
Cora A. Wedgeworth and Horatio Kellogg
were elected by the Methodist Sunday
school and Mrs. M. Bailey and Francis Alb
bott by the Congregational Sunday school
delegates to the State Sunday school conven-
ton to be held at Lyndondille, Oct. 1914.
Lee Templeton. son of #. e. Tempeton
deceased FIVE years ago, died October and
was buried October 6. A mother, three
brother, the Oldest of whom is in the West,
and two sisters survive him He was born
June q, 1879 and lived in Worcester After
graduating from the village school he enter
ed Montpelier Seminary and completed the
four years. course in two years, graduating
with honor at the age OF seventeen. He
taught school successfully; but he was eager
to push forward the preparation for his
chosen profession and lat spring began the
study of law with Mayor John Senter Of
Montpelier Too close an olcatlon to work
made his never robust constitution an easy
prey to the dread destroyer. typhoid fever.
He ives good son and careful for the we'll
fare OF others. Quiet and una3suming, he
was universally respected and loved. The
high esteem felt for him was attested by
the many beautiful floral tributes. Among
them was group of nineteen lovely carna-
tions, emblem OF nineteen lovely years.
Many gathered to listen to the words of
hope and consolation by Rev. j. Edward
Wright and to offer the last tokens of re-
spect to the departed. Interment in the
| village cemetery. The mourning ones have
the sympathy Of the entire community.
East Calais.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Green and daugh-
ter OF Brattleboro are guests of Mrs. Eliza
Bancroft. - Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. Lamt
are in attendance at the annual session oi
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars in ses
sion at Northfield. - Il. p. Nelson oi
Colchester is visiting his aunt, Mrs. A. ID
Pearce. - Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Whe,
lock are delegates from Moscow Lodge
l. o. G. T., to grand lodge. = O. e
Bliss and sister, Sylvia, leave today FOL
Waltham, Mass, intending to be gone sew
| eral weeks. - Cards are out announc
ing the wedding of Ivan w. Gray to Msi
Ola Leonard. 1t will occur ON Wednesday
October 10, at the home Of Lewis o. Leon
ard, father of the bride.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. II. g. Rowland, Elmer How
land and Mrs. Anna Robbins OF East Mont
pelier left for Chicago Saturday evening,
where Mr.. Rowland went on a business trip.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
WOMAN AND SOCIETY,".
BY ANNIE kERDRICK WALKER.

welcome us,' said, as a movement from the hoYse to the yard gate struck our anx- ious vision. That movement, as I recall, consisted of an. old lady, one, or perhaps two, younger ladies. several children and lot of darkies of various sizes. Intense ly high-wrought excitement sat upon each face in that group at the gate, which by no means was dispelled by our polite "good-evening' as we rode up. And who are your" queried the old lady, wrath that needed no nursing ito keep it warm
 We are confederate soldiers" was the quick response
 "Oh, yes,'' came back at us with renewed vehemence; you think to palm yourselves off as confederate soldiers, but you are miserable Yankees; that's what you are," and before we could particularize the state ment that i've left Lees army last Sunday after the surrender" etc., she had called "Henryi"' at the top of her voice, whom at the same instant we saw mounted and dashing for us at a gallop, accompanied by another horseman, both armed and ready for the emergency.
 The dialogue (not trialogue, for Bob had put me forward to do the talking) that im- mediately followed partook of the nature of rapid firing. I proceeded to establish our credentials, and that quick. After an energetic recapitulation of what I had started to tell the old lady as to the di- vision, brigade and regiment to which we had belonged in Lees army "Why mother" exclaimed her son Henry, "these boys all right, for find that while I was a member of Bar ringers brigade they belonged to Roberts brigade in the same division of cavalry"
 Need it be said that the grandmother and uncle of Lieutenant Hobson, of Merri- mac fame, were prompt enough to make the amende honorable to Bob and myself l when the truth became known? It were | putting it only mildly to say that the kind old lady showered blessings on our head, | and if the fatted calf was not literally in | evidence, the cake and wine and other things were.