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EXPLANATION Of y Sword Trick.


A trick in which a sword is appar-
emily passed through persons alb
domen is explained as follows: The
sword employed is a thin, fed-
bic, dull blade. The prestidigitator.
whose body the sword will simply
pass around, but not pierce, carries
concealed beneath his'vest sheath
that consists of a hollow tube, semi
circular in shape, the two extremities
of which arc bent in contrary direc-
tons in such a way that they are
situated in the same straight line, the
two orifices opening in front and be-
hind at right angles with the abdo-
men. This tube runs around the
farther side Of tho man, who, appear
ing instinctively to grasp the point
OF the sword as if to protect himself,
directs it into the metallic tube. The
flexible sword makes its exit between
the tails of the coat. 1t is necessary
to operate rapidly, so that the spec
tators shall not have time to sec that
the length of the sword has dimin-
shed, the curved line that it follows
,ot being the shortest passage from
one point to another. Cincinnati En-
unirar
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No "a
Railroad lLiiHilo.-.

Slang expressions generally orig1-
nate with the railroad men, and a
person not versed in slang might
listen to a crowd of railroad men
tal]xing 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 supe, who put
me on the carpet and finally put the
can to me. I will have to lay over
on the hill for 10 days and will 10
down tn see You soon. "-Atchison
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Daudet's Bette Noirs

Alphonse Daudet's thorn in tho
flesh is the letter writer. No other
novelist, he declares, can be so pes
tered by unknown correspondents as
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
lists name let it 60. Another fancy
of his was to write M. Daudet's
name in the snow.-London Stand
ard.
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The Tale Of the Telephone.

The first telephone that was ever
used was not electrical, nor was it a
scientific instrument in any sense OF
the term. A little more than so years
ago the employees Of a large manu-.
factory beguiled their leisure hours
by kite flying. Kites large and small
went up daily, and tho strife was to
see who could get the largest. The
twine which held them was the
thread spun and twisted by the la
dies Of the village.
One day to the tale Of the largest
kite was attached a kitten, sewed in
a. canvas bag, with a netting over
the mouth to give it air. When the
kito was at it's greatest height-2O0
feet or more-the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding the
string. To the clearness of the at
mosphere was attributed the hearing
of the kittens voice. This is the first
account we remember of speaking
along a line. Telegraph.
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Politics devoted to Literature. Local and General News
THURMONT, Frederick County, Maryland Thursday July H. $685.
THE ELDER sALvlNl SURPRISED.
When the Temple Of Diana Fell, He Became
Very Much Excited.

When the Tomplo Of Diana Fell, He Became
Very Much Excited.
Alexander Salvini tells an amusing
story Of his experience while acting
as stage director for his father when
the latter began his last American
tour.
II took entire charge Of the stage
direction for father" said he in chat
the other day, land SO relieved him
Of all anxiety on that score. had
the most difficulty In getting proper
handling Of the temple scene in Sam
son, where Samson pulls the shrine
Of Diana down upon the heads Of the
people. Isuperintended this and got
everything into working shape, but
did not have father rehearse the fall
ing in of the temple.
II knew that the mechanical effect
would take care Of itself, so far as he
was concerned, and merely placed a
dummy there 80 as to arrange that
none Of the debris should fall so as to
hit Samson. The effect Of this tum-
bling in Of the scenery was rather
terrifying. Itwas the 'supers' whom
/ expected to give mo the most
trouble. OF course I wished them,
representing the worshipers in the
temple, to make a regular stampede,
but did not rehearse them forit.
"Well, when we played tSSamson'
the first night l seecf6 Just the re-
suit wanted, you ought to have
seen those e:pers run off the stage!
They thought the whole house was
tumbling in on them. The way they
went off that stage was q caution.
At least they tried to go, but in their
terror they tumbled all over one an
other in heap. 1t produced a mag
nifcent terror effect, and the audi
ence probably thought it had all been
rehearsed to perfection. But the su-
pers knew better"
"How did they act the next nightT
''They didn't act at all. They wore
60 terrified that they never came
hack. expected that and had new
lot ready. The most astounded man
of all was probably father. When
tho whole temple tumbled down
upon him, he was perfectly bewl-
dered, and as soon as the curtain was
down he turned to me and energetic
ally exclaimed, Sacramento! but
do you want to kill me9' When
cautious investigation showed him
that no piece Of scenery could fall on
him, he accepted tho situation philo-
sophically."- minneapolis Tribune.
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A deaf Man Mt the Opera.

When opera was running in New
York, there was no moro attentive
member of the audience than a
slight, fair man, who was perfect in
dress and had a pleasant suavity OF
manner. He was always present
with his wife, but it was noticed that
they rarely talked together, and he
never seemed to take offense, as so
many of the audience used to do, at
tho talking and laughter in the
boxes He was stone deaf. He en-
joyed color and dancing and pictur-
esque groupings, and he went to the
opera to see it. He could sometimes
get the gist of a sentence by watch
ing the lips of speaker, but he had
not even that comfort at operas
where tho singing was done in Ger
man and Italian. New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21

Some 60 odd years ago the cashier
Of a Liverpool merchant received in
tender for business payment a Bank
of England note which he held up to
the scrutiny of the light, so as to
make sure of its genuineness. He OBJ
served some partially indistinct red
marks or words traced out on the
front of the note beside the lettering
snd on the margin. Curiosity tempt
ed him to try to decipher the words
so inscribed. With great difficulty,
80 family written were they and SO
much obliterated, the words were
found to form the following sentence:
IF this note should fall into tho
hands of John Dean of Longhill, near
Carlisle, he will learn hereby that his
brother is languishing a prisoner at
Algiers."
Mr.. Dean, on being shown the note,
lost no time in asking the govern,
ment of the dey to make intercession
for his brothers freedom. 1t ap-
peared that for II long years the lat
ter had been q slave to the dey of Al
giers, and that his family and relar
tives believed him to be dead. With
O piece of wood he had traced in his
own blood on the bank note the mes
sage which was to procure his re-
lease. The government aided the
efforts of his brother to set him free,
this being accomplished on payment
of ransom to the dey.-New York
Home Journal
Animal Worship.
Mr.. j. McLennan, in his paper on
'The Worship Of Plants and Ami
mails" calls our attention to many
evidences that the early Romans, as
we'll as the Greeks. worshiped to-
TENS. The Old Testament records
show many indications Of animal
worship among the Israeltes, which
must have lasted for ages before the
prohibition inculcated in the second
line of the decalogue was formulated.
At a comparative late date Jehovah
was worshiped under the popular
symbol Of a bull, while the IL oxen
upholding the laver in Solomon's
temple as well as the horns adorn-
ing the altar, were drawn from the
prevalent bull worship" Modern
research has also proved that the
cherubim were represented in the
form Of winged bulls. NJ. Lenor-
mant, in his famous book on the
Beginnings Of History" says that,
during the time of the kings and
prophets. most assuredly the cheru'
bim, as there described, are ami
mails. Popular Science Monthly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21
A Queer Rainbow Superstition.

The Kurds and Armenians, whose
many folklore stories and tales Of
superstitious fancies far exceed those
of the gypsies, have some rainbow
beliefs which are perhaps not dupli-
Gated in the popular notions of any
others among the races of mankind.
They hoot at the idea of its being a
witness to Gods covenant with man
that the earth will no more undergo
the ordeal of food and declare that
it was made for the express purpose
of letting the first man and woman
down from heaven, the man securely
fastened to one end of the great va
riegated band, the woman at the
other. The end of time, according
to the Kurds, will be ushered In by
the appearance of four rainbows,
which will cross at the zenith, fur
nishing eight passageways for God
and his hosts.-St. Louis Republic.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21
Three Infectious Diseases at Once.

DR.. J. T. c. Nash writes to the
British Medical Journal that he re-
Gently had under his care child of
81 years in whom were developed
within week the following infeo-
tious diseases, in the order named.
Whooping coogh, chicken pox, mea-
sles. The incubative period of per-
tussis is stated to be few days; that
of chicken pox to be variable, and
that Of measles from seven to ten
days, and the point of interest, the
writer holds, is that three distinct
poisons should flourish in one corpus.
vile and come to full maturity at one
and the same time.
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Between the Acts.

Low Comedian-Here's the latest [
Who is it that both pleases and scares
the public9 So.
Soubrette - Terry-fe! Give tls
something easier!
Low Comedian-Well, how's thisi
Who plays the devil with William
Terriss1 ;.
Soubrette-Irving, in Faust" Tai
Ta!-Hallo.
Fast Takers.
When Charles Mathews was In thia
country, the rapidity of his speech
was a 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
furious speed sometimes, but every
speech that is to be spoken fast u
practiccd again and again, a little
more quickly each time, in order to In.
sure clealuess Of utterance. New
York Sun.
como wornen are 30 devoted 70 rf1v
man they love that they become sell
fish to others in his behalf, demand
ing Of them what he is unentitled 70
and what they have no right to claim.
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Very Thin.

The Berlin gold beaters at the Paris
exposition showed gold leaves 30 thin
that it would require 2S2,00 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-E1-
change
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21
How He Knew Of 1t.

II allus knowed woodcock time
had cum" once said q marsh farmer,
when parson reads burning fiery
furnace in church lesson" He was
much moro a sportsman than a theo-
logian, adds the relater Of this story,
but he meant the morning lesson (old
style) for the nineteenth Sunday aft
or Trinity, which fell about wood
cock time. .-Baily's Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21

Aunt Jane-Is the water where you
live now soft or hard1
Wee Niece 4 guess it's pretty hard.
Tho girl spattered somo on tn lamp
chimney the other night, an it broke
all to pieces. News.
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A Drawing Room Idyi.

strephon-Win you accept this
ring as an emblem of my love, be-
cause it has no ending3
Phyllis-No; because 1T is also an
emblem of my love, for it has no bo
pinniug. Bazaar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21

The death rate in London in 1891
was 21.4 per 1000 Of the population,
which compares favorably with other
large towns, Liverpool rising as high
as 81 per 900.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21
The Odor OF an Old Library.

The library has its own odor-to
tho born student as alluring as that
of tho 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
It's 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 a lesson in ancient
history. Boston Commonwealth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-07-21

Marshal Breze once accidentally
killed a relative while both were yab-
bit h.Ating and ever afterward
would swoon ct the sight Of hare.
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He Hesifased and Won.

The young man hesitated. Tho
clock struck 10.
MY dear Miss Hattie" he said, II
am going"-
He hesitated again.
"Oh. don't be in hurry, Mr.. Fe
lix; it is early yet"
He hesitated again.
Il am go.ng"-
$50 early3" and there was regret
In her voice.
He hesitated once more.
Il am going"-
Don't" she pleaded.
He hesitated more than ever.
Then he braced himself.
II am going to ask you to marry
me- he exclaimed.
DO" she whispered yearningly.
And he did with phenomenal suo
eaaa--Detroit Free Press.
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m. Aav.ntapes of Dead Peers.

The emperor Of China has ennobled
the ancestors of Sir Halliday Macart-
new for three generations. l con-
pratulate 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 Is far more reasonable to
convert dead men who can do no
harm into noblemen than to make
unborn descendants Of living men
into legislators, In, which capacity
they may do much harm--
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
$40 and 10 40 a m, and 8 81 and Sc p m
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro and
Cham bersburg at 70s and II As m, and
for Shippensburg at z 35 m.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 3 O6
. m and 12 20 and 10 m.
Leave Brucsvllle for Frederick at 8 80, 0 35
and 10 40 a m and 81 and 8 80 p m, and for
Littlestown, Taneytown, Wrightsville and
Columbia at 8 AZ m and 345 pm.
Daly-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
I'M. Hoop. B H. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agcn
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ncg s,sEa'E' 8 Q
q chedule in effect June 90, 1893.
TRAINS GOING WEST
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07
: viii You Lend a Hand ?

Will you not write to the editor Of
this department and give her your ideas
as to what will make it most interesting
to you? 1t is the aim Of the editor of the
Advocate and News to make paper for
each member of the family; and Of
course this page is very important fea-
ture. The editor desires to make it just
what its readers want it to be, just what
they will look forward to each week and
read with interest and profit, and there
fore makes this referendum" of the
matter Please don't wait to let some
one else write If you are at all inter
ested in this department, but send in
your own ideas and suggestiOns--yo can
give them better than any one else.
The editor of this paper asked his sub
scribers some time ago to give him their
opinions Of what the paper ought to be,
and he received a great many valuable
suggestions which he believes have en-
abled him to add to the value Of the pa
per. Now, can you not do as much for
the editor of this department? She will
give you better service in return. OF
course, 1t must be remembered that there
are contingencies and details that arise
in the management of the paper which
may make impossible the adoption Of
some of your suggestions, even though
they are of value. But your letter will
receive the earnest and grateful consid-
Grafton of the woman who is in charge
of this department. Will you help her?
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07
Afternoon Tea.

Detroit Free Press,
A fashion that ought to find favor and
be "taken up" by farmers wives and the
ladies of small towns and villages is
that Of afternoon tea. Many a tired wo-
man longs to meet her friends, and
knows just how much good a change Of
thought produced by company would do
her. But her soul faints at the thought
Of getting up company tea" with all
It's spread Of the best china and napeTy,
and the making of cakes and dainties.
But II she'd just be stylish, invite her
friends, serve the simplest of refresh
ments and make them feel she wanted
to see them and enjoy them, not show
them her skill as a cook and the re-
sources of her linen closet, entertaining
would not be such bugbear
All you need to do is to fill the vases
with flowers. And If you haven't gar
den to go to, there's the clover field. A
big bunch of clover all fresh and pink,
loosely thrust into jar, with a sprink-
ling of June grass and timothy-why
you don't know how pretty 1t Is. BY the
roadside there are daisies, to be had for
bAIE plChluSs vi LlCAC - AAC pAASA bSAA J
bushes to be rifed Of their creamy cymes.
Any one will give all the floral decOra-
tior necessary, though I'll whisper that
if you can combine mignonette with your
daisies you have white and green COM
binatiOn that is lovely.
Make the tea table as pretty and dainty
as you can with flowers and your pret-
tiest china and silver Napkins are not
provided; you will not have to grOan in
spirit at the thought Of having to do up
couple of dozen on hot Tuesday. All
you need make ready is the tea-which II
hardly seems necessary to say should be
the best you can obtain, the sugar, cut
loaf, a plentiful supply Of sliced lemon
and cream for the few who can't en-
Joy the natural flavor Of the tea, or who
object to the Russian fashion. Then you
want some delicate sandwiches please
don't tie them with baby ribbOn-Or
beaten biscuit, and some kind Of crisp
cakes-not more than one.
Just, you see, refreshment enough to
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07

The women Of to-day are not as strong
as their grandmothers.
They are bearing burden in silence
that grows heavier day by day, that Is
sapping their vitality, clOuding their hap
piness, weighing them down with the woe
Of III health.
MIS-. Alexander B. Clark, of AT Miehi-
gan Avenue, Detroit, is a typical woman
Of to-day A wife with such ambition as
only loving wife can have. Bot the
Joys Of her life were marred by the eX-
istencc Of disease.
Suffering as thousands Of her sisters have
suffered, she almost despaired Of life and
yet she was cured.
To-day she is we'll
She wants others to profit by her ex-
pefience, to grow wells to enjoy healthj
TO be as happy as she Is.
"For five years | suffered with ovarian
trouble" Is Mrs. Clark's own version Of
the story. ~ was not free one single day
from headache and intense twitching pains
in my neck and shoulders.
"For months at time ! would be con-
fined TO my bed.
AT times black spots would appear
before my eyes and would become Blind.
My nerves were in such a state that step
on the floor unsettled me.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07
To the Stay y-at-lIOme Woman,

1t is the stay-at-home woman, the
woman who does the same round of du-
ties each day and finds no time for visit
ing, that needs something TO help her
look up and be lifted up, some good book
or the hint of beautiful thought which
she may work out for herself. Inward
growth cannot be obtained from others;
it Is something we must do for ourselves,
and is as possible to the stay-at-hOme
woman as to the one whose life is filled
with social duties or to an active busi-
ness woman.
Thomas, Carlyle tells us that 'Litera-
ture is the thought of thinking souls" :"
Then that is what we need, and at once:
good literature for our moments of dis
content and Encouragement; it will lift
us out of our own little sphere Of thought
and give us new ideas, new impulses,
new ways of looking at things and fresh
fR0d for thought. 1t is SO easy to drift
into a narrow way of thinking, and so
hard when one has drifted to stop and
make an effort the other way, but we
must do it for ourselves first and for our
hDmes as well
ssNeEer be too busy to spend few mo-
Ments each day with some good book
It is time well spent, and, too, every wO-
man owes It. to her family and 1t should
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07

Eminent doctors, Slsillful nurses, thG
best food and medicine all failed. Then
! consented to an operation. That, too,
failed and they said another one was nee.
essary. After the second was worse
than ever and the world was darker than
before,
at was then | heard of Dr.. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People.
III heard that they had cured cases like
mine and l tried them
"They cured mel They brought stin-
shine to my life and filed my cup with
"The headache Is gone, the twitehing
Is goneJ the nervousness Is gonej the
trembling has ceased, and l have gained
twenty-six pounds.
Health and strength Is mine and ann
thankful TO DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People for the blessing"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have proved a
boon TO womanl1ind. Acting directly on
the blood and nerves, they restore the
requisite vitality to all parts Of the body,
creating functional regularity and perfect
harmony Throughout the nervous syStemo
The pallor Of the checks Is changed TO
the delicate blush Of health; the eyes bright
enj the muscles grow elastic, ambition 10
created and good health returns.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists, who universally consider them
the most important remedial agent they
have TO dispense.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07

be as much a part of her duty as the
housework. To the farm woman this
may seem impossible, but it can be done
and oh, it gives such richness OF
thought and means everything to any
woman, but more so to the stay-at-home
woman. Here is little quotation which
is we'll for us all to remember:
I'm reading authors when you find
Bright passages that strike your mind
And which, perhaps, you may have rea-
son
To think on at another season,
BE not content with the sight
But take them down in black and white
Such respect is wisely shown
That makes another's sense ones own.