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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-09


AMEN SAY WE, "A lady writing to the
Baltimore Neus says concerning the prosti-
tuition of the American Flag to purposes OF
advertising:
ut is seen on everything to eat and drink
in the land, every article for barter and sale,
every latest fad, patent freezers, patent med
icines, patent corsets, the newest chewing
gums and ices and bonbon boxes, but not
until its red white and blue spendors met
my eyes, pasted across the glass transom OF
common sleeping room, did patience cease
to be virtue and patriotism rise in its
wrath to ask if this ignoble decoration OF
our country's flag cannot be stayed, The
law Of the nation it protects should make
such base uses Of the Star Spangled Banner
misdemeanor. punishable by law. The
orihamme that today is unfurled in the
name Of humanity, fighting the good fight Of
freedom, an emblem of the purest self sacri
flee, the nobest courage, the loftiest pride
q glorious past and greater glory to come
is dshonored into advertising lodges, brand
ed into sugar candies or used as a stop. gap
to keep the wind away" Shame|
We are in full accord with the sentiment
herein expressed; no one, individual or or.
ganization has the pretense Of right to adver.
tise themselves or their business through the
use of our National Emblem and those who
do it are the farthest possible from being
patriots. The Flag to all true patriots is an
object of reverence and when it comes to
using it an advertisement, or when it be.
comes the insignia Of professional" pa.
triotism, as we all know is habitually put
upon it, then it is that the Flag is dragged
down to the level of a bill board poster and
any one so using it is equally debased.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-09
July 5, 1898.

At s o'clock of the same evening at the
same place, there will be meeting of the
stockholders of said company for the pur'
pose of elccting seven directors to manage
the affairs of said company.
8. NJ. BIRELY, VAN B. OSLER,
Secretary. Prcsiden
Inno Off
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-09

Two car loads OF tools to be used the con,
struction of the Myersville s. Catoctin Rail
road arrived in Middletown on Tuesday.
The outfit includes twelve or fifteen scoops.
Mr.. Douglass, the contractor, is here getting
things in shape TO begin work next Monday.
Mr.. Douglass and his wife, have engaged
boarding at the residence of Mrs John W..
Michael. Contractor Douglass has posters
up offering So per day for team of two
horses, harness and driver. 1t is understood
that as many as 200 hands will be put to
work, and home laborers will be employed.
Work will begin at the railroad terminus in
this place where the new road will connect
with the F. &, NJ. line. Twenty-Five teams
are expected to be ready to go to work on
Monday morning Valley Register.
Commemorative acknowledge the
receipt of invitations to the commencement
exercises at Pennsylvania College, Gettys.
burg, Pa.
The commencement exercises will begin
on June 18th and close June 10Th. The pro
gralnmc for the exercises is as follows: Sun
day, June 10, 1880 a. m, Baccalaureate
Sermon by Rev. Prof F. N. " Painter, PHI.
D., ID. D., of Roanake College, in College
church; 7:45 p. M, discourse before the Y.
NJ G. A. by Rev. Edwin Heyl Delk, of Hag-
erstown, in College church; Monday and
Tuesday Entrance Examinations and Tennis
Tournament Monday-A German Comedy
entitled die Journslistcn." by twenty mem
bers of the Junior Glass, in Brua Chapel, at
.. m. Tuesday-Meeting Of Board of
Trustees; Athletic Sports; Concert bv the
college Musical Clubs Observation-Disclosures
Glass Oratorical Contest for the Reddg
Prize; Senior Glass Day Exercises; Social
Reunion of Alumni and former Students;
Annual Business Meeting of the Alumni
Associations; President Meningitis Recep.
ton to the Graduating Glass, Alumni and
Friends Of the Colleges Thursday-9 a. M,
Orations by Ten Members of the Senior
Glass, followed by the graduating exercises,
comforting of degrees, etc.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
Deafness.

Among the few ear troubles that
may be fittingly spoken of in this jour
nal comes, first and foremost that
greatest of all ear troubles-deafness
And deafness arises from number of
causes, only one or two Of which can
be indicated in this paper. A leading
aural surgeon states that numbers of
people travel hundreds and thousands
of miles to consult him about deafness
which is entirely due to a collection of
wax in the ears, which is easily and
safely removable with a syringe and
warm water. This experience is fully
borne out in that of other practitioners,
and patients who come to us in great
concern about their deafness are sent
away perfectly satisfied and comfort
ed by the application of Some softening
material to the wax and the removal of
the softened mass by careful Swinging.
This leads us to another cause of
deafness-a sore and congested throat,
and enlarged tonsils. quinsy, etc. The
deafness that not infrequently accom-
panies a cold is in many cases traceable
to the blocking of these little tubes,
which convey air and sound to the ear.
Hence 4 gargle of alum and water,
port wine and water, or alum water
with a little cayenns pepper, may re-
lieve this form of deafness by improv-
ing the condition of the throat; or a
wet bandage round the throat, covered
in turn by gutta psrcha tissue or fan
mel; or a linseed poultice may cure
the same condition; and in cases of
chronically relaxed threats, with ac-
companying deafness, the cold douche
to the throat is in valuable, IL systemat-
ically used; and a chlorate of potash
or carbolic acid lozenge, eaten oeca-
sionally, will also be beneficial.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

sound. Better take 1t away from all
gossip. from all SANDER, from all In
nuendo, from all bad influence Of evil
association. Better put 1t to school,
to church, to philharmonic. Better
put that ear under the blessed touch
of Christian hymnology. Better con-
secrate it for time and eternity to him
who planted the ear. Rousseau, the In
fidel. fell asleep amid his sceptical
manuscripts lying all around the room,
and in his dream he entered heaven
and heard the song OF the worshipers,
and it was so sweet he asked an angel
what it meant. The angel said This
is the Paradise of God, and the song
you hear Is the anthem of the redeem
ed" Under another roll of the celes-
tial music Rousseau awakened and got
up in the midnight, and, as we'll as he
could, wrote down the strains OF the
music that he had heard in the won
derful tune called THE Song OF the
Redeemed" God grant that 1t may
not be to you and to me an infidel
dream but a glorious reality. When
we come to the night of death and we
lie down to our last sleep. may our ears
really be Weakened by the canticles of
the heavenly temple, and the songs
and the anthems and the carols and
the doxologies chat shall climb the
musical ladder Of that heavenly ga
nut.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
Clay Eaters of Various Lands.

Baron Won Humboldt says that in all
tropical countries the natives show an
almost irresistible desire to swallow
earth; and not alkaline earths, which
they might be supposed to crave in Or
der to neutralize acid, but unctuous and
strong-smelling clays. Women on the
Magdalena river, while shaping earth
en- vessels on the potter's wheel, put
large Jumps Of clay in their mouths,
and it is often necessary to conline
children to prevent them running out
TO eat earth Immediately after fall of
rain. Humboldt, in descending the
Orinoco, passed a day with the earth
eating tribe of Indians called the Oto-
macs, and thus describes the peculiar
diet and habits of this people: THE
earth which the Otomacs eat is a soft
unctuous clay, true potter's clay. of
a yellowish-gray color, due TO a little
oxide Of iron. They seek for it on the
banks of the Orinoco and Meta, and
select ii with care, as they do not con-
slider all clays equally agreeable to eat
They knead the earth into balls Of
about five or six inches in diameter,
which they burn or roast by a weak
fire until the outside assumes a reddish
tint. The balls are remoistened when
about to be eaten. A very intelligent
monk, who had lived twelve years with
the Indians, assured us that one of
them would eat from three-quarters of
pound TO a pound and quarter in a
day. If you inquire of an Otomac
about his winter provision he will
point to the heap of clay balls stored
in his hut" After mentioning other
instances, Humboldt concludes as fol-
lows: Eve find the practice of eating
earth diffused throughout the torrid
zone, but accounts have also come from
the north, according to which hundreds
of cart loads of earth containing in
fusoria are said to be annually con-
sumed by the country people in the
most remote parts of Sweden, and that
in Finland a kind of earth is occa-
sionally mixed with bread" The Pc
ruvians. according to Nodlina, eat a
sweet-smelling clay. The inhabitants
of Guinea mingle clay with their bread,
and the negroes of Jamaica are said 20
cat earth when other food is deficient.
According to Labillardiere, the inhab-
itants of New Caledonia appease their
hunger with a white, friable earth,
said to be composed of magnesia. sill
ca, oxide of iron, and chalk. We must
add TO this list Siam, Siberia, and
Kamtschatka as countries of clay
eaters.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
MICHIGAN NEWS SUMMARY.
Doings of the Week Recorded in a
Brief Style.
CONCISE AND INTERESTING.
Costly Saw Mil Fire Near Traverse City
A Number of New Postmasters APP
pointed by the President-Conven-
tion OF Baptist Young People.
Lumber and Mills Burned.

Fire broke out in the sawmill at
Sights siding, eight miles south of
Traverse City, and in two hours the
saw and planning mills were a total
loss. The only means of fighting the
fire was a with small private water
works plant which worked well, saw
ing SIS, 900 worth of lumber. The loss
is $4,000, insurance about IS, 500. 1t
is supposed to have been incendiary.
The mills will not be rebuilt, as the
company has exhausted most of the
timber in that locality. The property
was owned by the John c. Lewis estate.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The superintendent of Chicago pub
lie schools has sent out from the>ofice
of the board instructions to teachers
to begin teaching the effects of alcohol
and narcotics, particularly nicotine, in
accordance with the new law pass
ed by the last Legislature. The instruc-
lions in the first, second and third
grades will be oral, the teachers to lee
ture for ten minutes, three days each
week for ten weeks, beginning April 1.
First-grade work will include "eare
and cleanliness of the body; the Or
cohOl and narcotics" Second-grade pu-
pills will be told how to care for the
body, especially the eyes, ears and
teeth; proper and improper food and
drink: the injurious effects of alcohol
and narcotics" Third-grade children
will learn the parts OF the body: their
relations to one another; bones and
muscles; circulation, breathing and
the necessity for exercise; injurious
effect of alcohol and narcotics" From
the fourth to the eighth grade there
must be at least four lessons of fifteen
minutes each week, children in the
fourth and fifth grades studying the
Young Peoples Physiology" while the
higher grades will use THE Human
Body and How to Care for It." Each
OF these books has twenty-five pages
on the subject of alcohol and its effects
on the human body.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
1t VIII Pay.

1t will pay to carefully read the de-
scriptive advertisement OF Alabastine
appearing in this paper. ev"'0ining the
difference between those goods and
kalsomines. Consumers should bear
in mind that Alabastine is unlike all
the various kalsomines sold on the
market under different names. Ala
bastine stands pre-eminent and alone
as durable wall coating, and all con-
sumers in buying should see that the
goods are in packages and properly
labeled.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste. and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ~. Esw YoRk III
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The act providing for the union Of
the Australian colonies, on a plan
closely resembling that of the United
States, has been adopted by the con.
stitutional convention, and will now
be submitted to the people. Its ratifl-
cation seems assured, and thus sort
OF United States of Australia, or OF
Australasia, will come into being, and
we shall be step nearer the "federa-
ton of the world"
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
New Michigan Postmasters.

Some new Michigan postmasters:
Aral, Benzie county, Charles II. Bag
ley; Arm, Bay county, A. G. Morrel;
Fulton, Kalamazoo county, Robert w.
Burns; Elmdale, Ionia county, Edison
L. Grant; Kinde, Huron county, John
Kinde; Noko, Sanilac county, Frank
Hall; Morley, Mecosta county, Mrs. Cora
Harden; Reese, Tuscola county, Mabel
IL. Parks; Riga, Lenawee county, Adam
Dreher; Suntield, Eaton county, Joel
III. Bera.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
Baptist Young Peoples Convention.

The convention of the state Baptist
Young Peoples Union was held in the
First Baptist church, at Jackson, with
a large attendance. The time was
given up principally to the reading of
papers and the delivery of addresses
on various phases of young peoples
work. There was considerable enthus-
iasm over the proposed assembly at
Orchard Lake. Among the resolutions
adopted was one for the freedom of
Cuba.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

1t has long been the fashion to place
upon menu cards sketches and quota
lions to suggest topics of conversation,
but Partisan hostesses the past month
have adopted an opposite course. Their
formula reads, while sitting at table,
speaking on the subject of the Dreyfus
question is forbidden. In like fashion
Catherine II. once posted on the walls
of the Hermitage: 1T is forbidden
to have an ill-tempered air, to ex-
change unkind words. to Speak i'll of
any one whatever. All quarrels must
be left at the door with hat and sword"
How beautiful 10 be a dictator! Yet
even in the land of free speech, the
De LONE indiscretion suggests the wis
dom of dictatorship over ones own
tongue.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Miss Amelia Sommerville, Gotham
actress, appears to be a peculiarly cir
cumspect and self-restrained young
woman, with more than the usual re-
gard for the proprieties of life. AS we
understand it, she absolutely refused to
marry again until full twenty-four
hours had elapsed after the receipt Of
the decree of divorce that she secured
last Saturday 1t is always well to
have all appearances of haste elimi-
mated from affairs Of this description,
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

All hope of a compromise of the big
cloth mills strike at New Bedford,
Mass, has been abandoned. The reply
of the manufacturers made recently,
has put an end to all thoughts of com
promise, and, while it was pointed out
that they could not run their mills at
a profit even under the 10 per cent re-
duction, there is no disposition mani
tested on the part of the stanch union
lists to return to work.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without IT. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin today TO
Danish pimples, boils, blotches blackheads,
and that siokly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets-beauty for ten cents All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc Soc
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
british Ne,,spaper Statistics.

The Newspaper Press Directory"
for 1898 states t1at there are now pub
lished in the United Kingdom 2,41s
newspapers, distributed as follows:
England Lonoon 47O. provinces /, 40S),
1873; Wales. IO3; Scotland, 236; Ire
land, 179; ISes, %. or these there
are 1856 daily papers published in Eng
land, six IN Wales. 10 in Scotland. 20
in Ireland and four In the Isles.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The bicycle industry is one in which
there has been very marked develop
ment as the result Of inventions made
within the last decade. In 1890 only
twenty-seven establishments were re-
ported as engaged in the manufacture
of bicycles. Five years later more than
200 establishments were engaged in the
manufacture. and the output OF wheels
for 1895 was about 100000, increasing
in 1897 to over 100000 wheels. In
1880 a large proportion of the bicycles
used were imported, mainly from Eng
land, but in 1897 the exports of cycles
and parts thereof to England alone
were valued at SIPS, 421, while the to-
tai exports were valued at $6,902, 1856.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Cissie Fitzgerald confessed in court
the other day that her real name is
Marie Kate Tipping. She is certainly
an expert at tipping the wink.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The terrible atrocity recently perpe-
trated by a mob OF several hundred
cowardly citizens of williamsburg
County. South Carolina, whereby a de-
fenseless negro and his family were
ruthlessly murdered, for no other rea-
son than that this man had been ap-
pointed postmaster of Lake City, and
that his color was black is, we think.
the most powerful argument against
the liberation of lynch law that IS
possible. The shocking details OF this
latest mob savagery SAVIOR more OF an
Apache massacre than of an occur
Tence)among civilized white men.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The castles in Spain" which take
the form of vain imaginings Of glory
won in war are a hideous type of day
dreams.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The report that a New York firm
sold Gen. Weyler 5000 pounds of dyna-
mite seems to account for the generals
terrific verbal explosions.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
A. MEKzIEs, Published.

The sympathy of England is a good
thing to have; but our fighting must.
like charity. begin at home.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

FITS Permanently No FITS or nervousness after
first day of DIR Kline Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

1t is often better TO have great deal OF harm
happen to one than little; great deal NAV
rouse you 10 remove what little will only ac-
custom you to endure.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The death penalty might be abol-
ished, but the reform should begin
with the victims of the murderers.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

misunderstanding possessed by the man
who never argues with woman.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

shall recommend Pisos Cure for Consump-
ton far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligan. Plumstead,
Kent, England, Nov. 3, 1895.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The book that Is not worth reprinting becomes
in time rare literary curiosity.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

The fabric OF ready-made suits may not be OF
the best, but the fabrications OF the dealer are
usually the real thing.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Some men seem TO be using up all their energy
In giving the other man a chance.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
Beauty is Blood Deep.

Nobody really knows anything about women
except babies and dry coed, clerks.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Star Tobacco is the leading brand OF
tie world, because it is the best.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22

Hoods pills are the best after-dinner
ilOOSa . iiio pills. aid digestion. 25c.
The Yale expositor., 1898-04-22
Hoods SarsaparilIa

Is Americas Greatest Medane 81; six for S..
Prepared by c. /. Hood s. Co., Lowell Mass.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08

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I9idt perben tpiirbe, Die &egierung bsrat6e
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pen in 8ereitI9aft gebalten, UNI, io6alb ite
Oerlangt t%pirben, ieber 3eit our 4bfa9rt be-
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briD erFd6rt, miro Der ipanii4e 9of ben
CONNER in benz berii9mten Pulaft Ga Sra
MIA, San SGoefonIo, in Der PsoOin3 SegObia,
etma 40 Meilen ~norOneitli9 bon W}aorio,
perbringen, a%nItatt, tp;e gep09nli9, i'll Dem
Seebare San Se6aitian. SIS gei4iebt bies
pegen Der lsi9teren 8~erbinpung nit Der Re<
g%ierung.
Sin BON benz berii6mten republitaz
nii6en Staotsmann, Genor Gmilio
@oitelar unter3ei9neter Nrtifsl, Der tiraliA
in Der nPetite Gepue SnternatiCndlP" erf9ien
unb bon mebreren ipanii9en 3eitungen na9z
georudt pur0e, gegen Die bespe5en gsri9ili9
oorgegungen puroe, bat grobs5 4uie6en err
regt. Senor Gaitelar greift in benz &rtifel
bic &0ni9inz9Reqentin On, tpirft i9r por, o1B
lie zine QusldnDerin unb unpopular lei uno
ii9 ii6er @ebiibr in pplitii6e 4ngelegenbeiten
einmii9e. Gr Derglei9t lire iebige Stel@
lung nit berienigen Der 8Onigiu Marie In@
~toinette am 8orabenb Der frun3DII4en Ste
pollution. Die Sabe t am i'm Senat
CUR 8eIpre9ung. 9er3og be Roca perlangte
bic geri9tli9e @erfOlgung Gaitelar's, pd9@
renb unbere Senutoren in I4arfsn 8orten
i6rer GntriItung iiber @aitelar's 8%ene9men
Qusbrud gaben.
Die &Dnigin>Gsgsntin fat ii6rtgtns Senor
@agaIta erfldrt, lie piini6e ni4t, oaB Senor
emilio ga telar tpegen Oes &rtitels perfol9t
tperbe.
Cine prp6e bon Der Gntftequng Der Sbate
laden in ben ipuniI6sn &riegsberi3ten TT
folgenoe amtIiGe 9epei9e aus 9abana iber
bic erite 8ef6ieBung 9antiugos:
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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08
Jnlano.
gus ner Ba1nnRHbnuptItnnt.
Sendt.

Qm 9isnitag brd3t. Der Senat einen Sag
nit fru6tloier Debate iiber bic &riegs>
TteuerDorluge fin.
Maion befirtportete einen 3uIab gu Der
@prIuge, pel6er Oerfdlidtes Wei5enmsbI be-
Iteuert unb unterbreitete cine langs QIseins
anberieBung Der Observation-Disclosures umeri=
tanif9er MiiGer our 8etrdfti9ung ieiner Be-
peisfibrung.
2Obge bate beubfi9tigt, feline @inrsi9unq
Der batpait'f6en Observation-Disclosures alS
3u1aB gu Der I6pebenben 8prlage 81 Ders
tbeiOigen, unterlieB es aber, neil, ME el
fagte, cine 9ebeime Sibung p~erlang: perber
tpiirbe, tpenn iene Debate begonnen lotrbs
Mpnep iiberrei9te Die 8eglau6igungs>
I9reiben bes pom 9ouberneur Mc2uuriu an
@tene beg oeritprbenen Gbmaro s. @althd0
gum 8unbesfenatpr e%rnanuten Diatam 9.
Guatpdn. Der neue Senator purbe bpr
8icezpraftbent 9pbart bereibigt.