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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
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VnSealised Antictputiuns.

That Long islanders are not wholly
devoid of hun4or, which has been
charged against them, ia clearly
demonstrated by recent occurrence
at Riverhead, the Suffolk county
seat.
1t seems that the local debating So
ciety had under consideration the
old topic, "Whether there is greater
pleasure derived from anticipation
than from realizationl" This weighty
subject was discussed at length and
was finally carried in favor of antici.
patton by heavy majority.
Now, it happens that a favorite
dish of Riverheaders is rabbit stew,
and that one of the losing faction,
Nate Downs, is esteemed Us the best
concocter Of rabbit stew ON the east
ern end of Long Island.
Not long after the famous debate,
Nate invited the whole company to
visit his house and partake Of the far
vorite dish. Anticipation ran high,
and at the appointed hour the club
assembled en- masse, but elias for re-
alization there was no rabbit stew,
only the usual paraphernalia Of
serving it--d,shes, knives, etc.
Nate had sought by this practical
method to force the society to recon.
slider it's hasty decision and was EN-.
inently successful. The company
left, very angry, but with the settled
conviction that so far as rabbit stew
was concerned realization would be
more satisfactory than anticipation.
New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
No. 50.
ONLY FOUR u....-..~-o.
Sames Russcll Lowell! CrH va, Homer,
Dante, Cervnntes aud Goethe.

yames Russcll Lowell! Crrsa. Homer,
Dante, Cervnntes aud Goethe.
There are certain books which it is
necessary to read, but they are very
few. Looking at the matter from an
aesthetic point of view merely, I
should say that thus far only one
man had been able to use types so
universal and to draw figures SO cos
mopolitan that they are equally true
in all languages and equally accept
able to the whole Indo, European
branch, at least, Of the human fami-
ly. That man is Homer, and there
needs, it 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 us
so nobly and sincerely as in these
poems.
Not far below thsse I should place
the "Divina Commedia" Of Dante, in
which tho history of the spiritual
man is sletched 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
have the spiritual and the natural
man set before us in humorous con-
trast. In the knight and his squire
Cervantes has typified 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 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 nu
ture and experience are ideally rep
resented They can therefore nnve'
be displaced,
have not mentioned Shakespeare
because his works come uaier a d3f
ferent category. Though thev mark
the very highest level of hunan gcn
ius, they yet represent 10 special
epoch in the history of the ind.vilu"'
mind. The man Of ShaEcsp2are "a
always the man of actu>i l.f", a,ls
is acted upon by the worlds OF aeu5c
and of spirit under certain definite
conditions. We all of us may 10 ii
the position of Macbeth or Otuci!o
or Hamlet, and we Appreciate their
sayings and deeds potentially, 10
speak, rather thar actually, throu h
the sympathy Of our common nat"to
and not Of cur experience. James
Russell Lowell's Posthumous Esas,y
in the Century Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
uh,rycxe Prefer the Moslem Faith.

Our Odessa correspondent says that
the Russian orthodox missionaries
have SO failed in their proselytizing
efforts among the Khirgese that the
missions will probably be shortly
withdrawn. Nearly the whole of the
steppe tribes, generally described as
'heathens, are now adopting, al
most zen masse," the Mohammedan
faith, which is spread among them
chiefly by Tartar teachers. The Mo
hammedan Tartars have always en-
ioyed the right of free prosely tisns
among the natives of the hhrgaaf
steppHs.-Londop News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
Treasures of q Youthful Mind.

Inouisitive Tommy-Sunday is tho
FIRST day of the week, isn't it, par
His Pa-Yes, my son.
Inquisitive Tommy-And Saturday
is the last day, ain itf
His Pa-Yes.
Tnduisitive Tommy--Then how is
it that Saturday cones before Sun
day -ChicaHo Record
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
Christma as 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 oil.
ways the first Sunday after the full
moon that happens on or next after
March 81. 1t is not easy to see how
It can occur earlier than March % or
later than April &c in any year
Boston Home Journal.
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New Interpretation.

In one of the Utica schools the 9th
or day the teacher gave out some
authorizations for the children Of a
class to write. Among them were
M. D., B. e. and B. A. When she
looked over the papers of one Of the
pupils, she found that M. D. was prop.
erly scheduled physician" B. c. re-
ferred to the period Before Christ"
and B. A. indicated Before Adam.
Utica Observer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
Waiting.

Doctor-Excuse me. Which of you
gentlemen has been waiting the
Iongerl
Tailor-I believe / have. 1t is
more than a year siuce you ordered
a suit of clothes and got it, but you
haven't paid me yet -Stockholms
Tdpingeu.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06
A Credible Witness.

prosecutor, will you tell me who
was present when the defendant
slapped you in the faoe?"
"Myself, parbleu, your honor. -
Charlvari.
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A Good Recomm Q nd alton.
Charlyari

Resident--Hcalthyi should say
it was. Why, there's only been one
death here in 10 years.
Vlsitor-Who was it died1
Resident-Dr Barker: died of
starvatior. Exchange.
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Patents

uaseats and Re Issues secured: Trads Marks
nnd Copyrights registered; Opinions given
10 validity and infringement OF patents; AS
iignments, Contracts etc prepared and 'ec"r
ded and all business in the Patent Office III
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecuteA Upon receipt of motel or sketch or
photograph of invention with description,
will advise ms To patrntahiity free Of charge
Main Offices directly across from the U 5
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
10 my perfect and long established facilic-
for the most vigorous and successful prose
eutlon of applications for patent md for
tending to all business entrusted to nv care
fn the shortest possible time. Rejected ca'e'
aspecfnhy FEES MODERATE and eSclu
sive sttehton given to patent business. look
of information and advice, and special refer
cnees, sent without charge upon request
j. r LITTELL,
attorney and Coanselor in Patent Causes,
Washington. ID G
Opposite U. S Patent Office
(.NGatS,a h& PuDer)
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Leave Rocky Ridge TOR Emm'shu'5 AT
SEQ and 10 40 II IN, and 9 81 and 80 p M
Leave Elgelnonl for Waynesbol", Cha'.
bsrsburg Shippensburg, and intermediate sta
tions at Z OG and II As m and 35 p IN.
Leaye Hagcrstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 90
AKIN and 25 and 8 10 IN.
Leave Rrucevllle tor Frederick at 8 80, 9 70
aud 10 40 q IN and 80 an, 6 % p m, aud for
Li,tlestown, Taueytown, Wrighlsvile and
Columbia at 8 ~ a m and 845 pm
Uaily-all other daily except Sunday.
tS,ops to land Passengers from Baltimore
I'M, HOOP. B II. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agcn
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-01-06

Mr.. Porter must havo had g merry
funeral, with a great deal Of sack to
very little coffin.
Even town pauper was given
three gallons Of rum as bati0ns at
his funeral-dranll probably by the
sheriff and Mr.. 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 "boou companion of
the Puritan was Death. Baltimore
S,1n
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jolly Funerals.

Here is bill of funeral expenses
containing items not uncommon at
the time. 1t is the burial expenses
of one David Porter of Hartford,
drowned in 1878:
ea
By pint of liquor for those who divcd for
Bya quarto' liquor for those who brought
him home me................. ........,..,........
BY two quarts Of wine and one gallon cider
to Jury of inquest. t..........................
BY eight gallons and three quarts wine for
funcral. ...........................1 10
BY barrel cider for funeral. 10
One coffin .......................... II
Winding ,,:...:...................... IL
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hG CATOCTIN CLARION.
ClIAS. E. CASSELL.
EpITon AND puBLIsHnR OF
OFFICE BUILDING.
East Man Street.

t,v,..--rns trocrlN CiAaioH IA published every
4 ,,,saay morning, at $loo per annun in advance
WAC M.a, viii be charged. The publisher as
We: the risk of re eu,ittance by mail. n" snostrip-
recsived for less than six months,nor any paper
oet,nm.d until arrcarages are paid. Advertise
mi, veil di>pla,ed at the following rates;
nNr Snuare, tour insertions or less. ........lso,
e,cl subsequent insertion rs
TWO monthS,... ....'.. = 20"
toree morths, ......'' 3'3o
six months '."'o"
vCaI........ J'ao
rwcjve lines constitute square
~ Ibern, deduction made to yearlyadvertisers'
LEGAL or special notices cents a line.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
NOVEL STRAWBERRY BED.

Mr.. ]. P. dinner OF Dayton, o., has ;
novel method of c%ultivating strawber.
ries, which may prove we'll adapted tt
the kitchen garden, even if it SHOULD
not be vAIable for field purposes. HI
grows them in barrels instead Of II
the ground, and he claims many ad'
vantages for this plan.
Mr.. Dinner takes iron hoped barrels
sets them end up, and bores row o
holes around them. He then fills then
up with good earth and sets rows O
plants in the earth through the holes
All that is then required to secure
good crop Of berries is a liberal suppl!
OF water for the plants. Each barrel
he declares, will produce a half bushe
Of Strawberries, and the fruit is cas-!
to pick, and is, of course, always fire.
from sand, and we'll exposed, so tina
it can grow and ripen properly.
The barrels are set four feet apar
from center to center, and an acre O
land will hold $500 Of them. Thi
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
HOW TO GET THEM:

All purchasers OF three Decent or six
scent packages of Elastic Starch (Flat
Iron Brand, are entitled to receive from
their grocer one OF these beautiful Dame
Plaques free. The plaques will not be
sent by mail. They can be obtained only
from your grocer,
Every Grocer Keeps Elastic Starch.
Do not delay. This offer Is for a short
time only.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
Via Rio Grands wcstorn Railway.

Commencing February 8, the new time
card OF the Rio Graude Western goes into
effect. The Atlantic Express leaves Salt
Lake City at 9 q. M, arriving at Denver
at $3.50 a. IN. the following morning and
Chicago at 2 10 p. m. the third day max
ing connections with limited trains from
Chicago to New York. The evening train
leaves at 7:40 p. M, arrives at Denver ut
9:l5 p. m. the following night and Chicago
at s a. IN. the third day, making close con-
n~eations with the fast morning trains for
New York and Boston. Both Of these
through trains are splendidly equipped
with all latest appliances and conveniencee
and carry Pullman Palace and Pullman
Tourist sleeping cars as well az free Re-
clining Char Cars. Ticket oftoe, No. 109
West Second South street. (Postoffics
coIner.1
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
SPINSTERS BECAUSE HEROINES

THE consciousness of seeing her own
charms reflected in a mans eyes Ia
something which appeals to every wo-
man. writes Edward w. Box of "They
Who Never Were Brides" in the Ladies'
Home Journal. Nothing else eveI
makes her SO proud and so happy in
exactly the same way. But that con.
seriousness is not always for expression:
sometimes it is a thing for ones innel
self, to be enjoyed at the time and to be
lived over in the years to come. No;
women do not wilfully turn away from
their own happiness. But they dc
sometimes darken their own lives to
make brighter the lives Of others who
may be close or dependent upon them
Some higher and fundamental duty
sometimes calls, loftier motives some.
times quiet the deepest heart-longings
a God-given task sometimes points
oma in the opposite direction to hel
own instincts. There is such q thing
not known to the young, albeit year,
bring the knowledge-as a woman turn.
ing way from great happiness to in
sure the great comfort and happiness
of others, choosing their comfort as hel
life-work. Men do 1t now and then
But women oftener do it. Memories
take the place of realities, and in thos,
memories, sweet and tender, many wo.
men are living today. They have new.
err been brides. But they might hav,
been. At one time in their lives tn,
necessity of choice came to them. Pray.
erfully and tearfully, and yet resolute.
ly, they made the choice. Today they
are not wives simply because they are
heroines. And who will say which IL
the greater?"
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one of whom had found a job in the
kitchen of the post q~uartermaster and
ascertained the objective point of the
next mountain raid. In order to ac-
complish her purpose Mrs. Velasco
had to cross the dead line of the close
ly-guarded town and then make her
way across rivers and mountains to
the highlands of Maguayras, where her
husband commanded the forage COM
pany of an intrenched rebel camp. 1t
was at the end of summer, when ber-
ries are scarce; but the Spaniards had
trained her in an effective school of
abstinence, and excitement made her
fatigue-proof till she reached the up
lands, where she could venture to ap-
proach a herder's cabin now and then
to ask for a mouthful of food. Her
shoes were in shreds when she reached
the camp, the fifteenth day after her
flight from ManZanillo, and her chief
anxiety was removed when she learned
that her husband had just finished a
successful foray and was expected to
return that same evening. He did turn
up early the next morning, and at once
volunteered to start out again and line
the crest of the Sierra with picket posts
enough to checkmate the scheme of the
Spanish surprise party. His wife ac-
companied him on that trip, and her
timely warning proved the salvation of
the brigade; the lynx-eyed scouts es-
pied the smoke of the Spanish bivouacs
and when the raiders finally reached
the ramparts of the rebel nest the birds
were flown-why, and whittier? re-
naming unanswered questions. For
nearly a year Mrs. Velasco shared the
fortunes of the roaming guerillas. They
had turned eastward, toward the ave
region of the Sierra Maestro, and en-
joyed a few weeks breathing spell in
a lair at an altitude of nearly 5000 feet
above the tidewater of the Caribbean
sea; but soon were ordered out again,
and had to take what luck there was,
bivouacking in ravines and ruined vii
lagos. Besides accommodating the
roads in advance of his comrades, Cap
tain Velasco had to lead foraging expe-
ditions in all directions, and on one of
these raids got separated from his wife
and avoided capture only by ~plunging
Into a reed-thicket and taking his risk
Of perishing in the quicksand drifts. He
reached the bivouac about an hour after
midnight, and before morning two
birds OF the missing foragers returned,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
The hTisaion Of a Flower.


NO n ever spoke TO the old lamp
lighter. and If they had he could not
lave heard them. for he was as deaf
Is n OF his own lamp posts. A lone
" ole man, the only brightness and
sheef In Tens life were the village
street lamps which he loved to set
islow in the dusk of evening.
Occasionally Tom had spells Of
drinking, whereupon some kind neigh
Dor interested in his welfare would
send him a letter Of warning and ad-
vice, which Tom read meekly and never
answered, being as dumb with his pen
as In hiE speech.
1t happened that Frances Willard
WAS spending the winter in Toms VII
lage. seeking quiet and rest, and she
noticed the old lamplighter trudging
past her cottage door, faithfully light
ing the street lamps which we're so few
aud far between and yet battled so
b~ravely against the gloom Of a stormy
evening.
Frances Wizards thoughts we're
most earnestly engaged in her work at
this time, with every mail bringing her
letters from Iceland, Australia. Japan,
and the farthest corners Of the earth,
but she did not forget to have mutton
tallow tied up In the little maple tree
outside her window to feed some hum
CRY birds. Frances Willard never for
got anything that was lonesome or
hungry, and she did not forget Tom,
the lamplighter.
She did not think of sending him
q lecture on temperance or any words
Of warning or advice; no, not even q
tract. Tom was lighting lamps out in
the darkness and night, and she was his
sister, also at work lighting lamps il
the darkness and storm Of night, 81
she sem him an exquisite white rose
A lovely girl carried 1t to him, and yoI
should have seen Toms face, which To-
days afterward lighted up with a radi
ance like n of his own lamps when
ever he met the girl who brought hin
the rose. At this warm touch of sym
pathy such a lamp had been ligh.2.
In his heart as will not go out through
eternity.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
SALT LAKE CITY DIRECTORY.
Utah indictment Co.. Ss'1 I ios p 4
NELlEN, IulS0N DRUG co,

The only Wholesale T'Tug House between Dem
yer and the coast. Manufacturers of the famous
Keller Balance and dealers in all kinds assayeTs'
supplies. Mail orders solicited.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13
THYME.

One result of the Spanish-American
wal is the scarcity Of binding Irvine
and the rapid advance in price. There
Is every Indication that before we &c
10 press again the retail price will be
Is cents per pound. All the Eastern
Ind Western Trade and 'Cordage Jour
nals report a scarcity of raw hbre and
The manufactured article exhausted;
Ind in one implement house we read
rom a prominent eastern manufac-
lurer a letter to his selling agent in
Utah.
Thirteen cents is our lowest price
10 any one in any quantity and the
only trouble is we haven't got hard
ly any Irvine at this figure to dis
pose of."-Ex,
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France has 14O, 600 school teachers.
NEW SLEEPING CARS
To Denver, Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago and
Boston.

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
Scenic line Of the World-announces new
and important additions to their already
well arranged sleeping car service. In the
future, this popular line will run through
weekly Pullman Tourist sleepers to Oma-
IA, Chicago, New York and Boston, also to
st. Louis without change. These cars
will start from Portland, Oregon, thus
giving beneato of through service on Ore
ron Short Line, as well as from all Utah
points. The excursions are personally
conducted and furnish all the c~onveniences
ef regular Pullman sleepers at less than
half the cost. The st. Louis car will leave
D. s.. l.. stations every Thursday and Og-
Don via Rio Grande Western railway,
every Friday morning. The Omaha, Chi
cago, New York and Boston sleeper will
leave O.. S.. L. stations every Wednesday
and Salt Lake every Thursday evening,
thus affording the inestimable privilege of
, twelve-hour lay-over in Salt Lake City.
Fol rates and all details, write to b. F.
Noyins, General Agent, or H.. M. Cushing,
i. P. A, d. Il r. @. Railway, Salt Lake
City, or any Oregon Short Line or Rio
Grande Western ticket agent.
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no
heroes.

TVnaWritpre s 81, mf bssv 90 "; sagRlis,
ITpUHiIlUlO ExoHANGE, Denver. Colo.
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however, can combine the two claims,
and some of the fair countrywomen of
General Gomez would not be afraid to
emulate the Maid of Saragossa, or even
the Cherokee squaw who liberated her
lover by climbing the stockade of a
Georgia mountain fort under cover OF
darkness. Juana Rivas, "Garcia's
weasel" as the insurgents called her,
entered the Notifications of Holguin in
broad daylight in a cart load of fodder
that had been hating at the roadside
while the foragers were indulging in a
noontime nap. But how did you get
out AGAIN." an American trader asked
her.
"Oh, there's no difficulty about that"
paid she, because you can watch the
centres; I crawled into a patch of
weeds when the noe rose, and waited
till the soldier on guard was at the
further end of his beat. Then I used
my short handsaw, and cut down a lit
tie tree just long enough to make a
good climbing staff. 1 knew about the
depth of the bitches from what I had
seen in daylight, and the next time the
sentry had strolled out of sight l jump
ed down in the trenches, and was up on
the other side before he could get half
way back. He did not hear me, I'm
sure, and / suppose they never knew
what had happened till they found the
pole the next morning" She he'd been
wandering about the town all day in
the guise of a begging reconcA9trado,
storing her memory with data on the
location Of the main forts, the number
OF guns and the probable strength of
the garrison, besides sounding the SEN
timents of the civilians and the bag
gard-looking conscripts that had been
dragged from their homes in the Span
ish Sierras. Her employer, Gen. Her
nan Garcia, often assigned her to pio-
neer duty as a guide of his vanguard,
and just laughed at the report of an
orderly who brought him word that
Miss Rivas had warned his scouts to
fall back and then deserted to the enc
my. She's gone ahead on some err
rand that cannot be deputed to every
lubber," said he, and took it as a mat
ter Of course when his weasel" did slip
back the next night with a bit of news
that changed the main plan of his cam
paign.
Mrs. Susa Cor Jesusa) Velasco took
ever greater risks in crossing the tro-
chas to warn her husband against a
projected surprise of his camp. The
Spaniards had sequestered her in Man
Z~anillo, with some 200 other suspects
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-08-13

(From the Cincinnati Commercial-Trib-
une.)
This is the tale of a Harvard lover,
Kind to a fault, his generous mind
Thoughtless of self. 'er planned for
another.
Sweet and demure-you know just the
kind.
"Coms out Next Thursday to Vespers."
he wrote her.
Joy was his lot when she answered, Il
will"
Cleaned he his room then. with broom
and with duster,
Brushed we'll his hair, too, with won
derful skill.
Patient he waited her radiant comingi
Shouted for JOY when her dress he de-
fined.
Oh, what Is that so chilling and numb
ing?
Woe to the lad! TITS her mother be-
hind
Murray ~Seasongood.
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No inferior gOOUs. VIC Ulrfy FhOnogfaphS
Craphophoncs and supplies. Parlors and sales
room 32IMain ST. salt Lake City. Utah Phono-