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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
What Causes "Snak es. I"

The familiar symptoms of delirium
tremens, known as the Snakes" have
been made the subject Of study, with
some interesting results. 1t appears
that what have been supposed to Re
Authorizations have certain sort Of
evidence In fact, Certain blood vessels
in the eyes become congested and as
sumo dark color. These, when they
appear on the retina, which is ordin-
arily transparent, suggest to the, ner-
vous and overwrought patient the
presence Of some moving, living
creature. Imagination, Of course, in
creases the nervousness, and finally
the mind becomes So disordered that
the form OF an offensive creature Is
suggested. AS these fancies grow by
what they feed on, 1t is easy to see how
creeping and crawling things may fill
the soul Of the victim with the most
horrible sensations.
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4 &&A
NxT~I3
A Convsrsational Subterfuge.

"No, SIR" said the man with heavy
mustache and slouch hat. II don't
ever associate with man who
swears; that is, If can help It,"
But 1 thought you were an old
ranchman," said the young man to
whom he was talking.
$50 l am. But l amt one Of the
kind you read about. I'm too busy
raisin' cattle to spend my time think
in up curious and amusin' things to
say"
But I thought there was always q
great deal Of profanity on a ranch"
mot necessarily. You'll only find ii
when some special people is talkin'.
An, as l said, never hang around
where it's goin' on"
"Well, there is no doubt about the
propriety Of discouraging 1t. Pro-
family is unquestionably very demoral-
ling"
'Yes. An the meanness Of 1t Is
what hurts my feelin's. 1t doesn't
give the other feller fair shake In
the conversation. The one that uses
it always wants to do all the talkin'.
An. there's no use in tryin' to buck
against him. If he happens to run
out of ideas he doesn't give you q
chance. He goes ahead and swears q
few while he thinks up some more and
then starts in where he left off with
out lettin' you say word" srs
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
SLIGHTLY Mixed.

1t occurred the other night and has
caused many laugh. One Of the
boys in the crowd Is a fiend about
Shakespeare, and thinks everything
In the world that was worth saying
was said by the bard Of Avon.
Another of the boys is crank on
the subject Of the "Rubaiyat" Of
Omar Khayyam. The other fellow
dotes on Laura Jean Libbey and other
IMMORTAL authors Of that class.
The three Of them were out for q
"time." 1t was about 8 o'clock In the
morning, and getting out of the hack
the Omar fiend, pointing, pointing his
finger at the hack driver, commenced
quoting Omar:
"Ah, make the most Of what we
may yet spend"
The next day the Shakespeare crank
accused him Of spouting shakespeare
at hack drivers, and the Libbey man
silently acquiesced,- thinking thereby
to display his knowledge of things
literary.-Louisville Commercial.
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man Is unique. He dislikes civiliz.
alton. He hates to wear collar. Yet
his clothes are of the most expensive
importations. He prefers broadcloth,
and generally swims river or wal
lows in the dusty veldt the first day he
puts ON a new suit. After that 1t Is
discarded. 1t Is popular saying that
one-half of Creech's niggers wear some
Of his clothes.
He seems to have no conception OF
the value of money. His earnings are
marvellous. The bank at Beira stands
ready to cash his check for 10000
pounds ($200,O0O). As a rule he has
no savings, but his credit is good.
"This man Creech Is never happy
unless he Is broke" remarked Jameson
to Rhodes whom the former left the
telegraph Job. "But I'll back him for
any amount" the latter Is said to have
answered, because we can't &c. along
without him."
Creech got start in South Africa
by leading an expedition in to the
Murchison Range, q new gold field
north Of the Transvaal. He discovered
some rich claims and got hold of them
for his company. He aftervard went
up the east coast. He walked inland
for 200 miles, living on the spoils OF
his rife, and eventually got in with
Cecil Rhodes.
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ABOUT BALLOONING.
come CURIOUS FACTS RELATED evAN
..4 .u.s OLD AERoNAuT.

Men who Pierce the Skies Fearlessly Can.
not Look Ovef the Edge OF an Ordinary
Building without Tsrror-TroublsD Duo to
self-COnsciousness. ..
"Few men or women who sail up to
the skies in balloons with entire fear
lessness could stand on the ledge Of
third story window without expert
sncing that faintness and nausea which
terror inspires or feeling an almost ir-
resistible desire to fling themselves
headlong to the pavement below" said
the old aeronaut. t 'a1r
why is 1t thusi" I asked in sur
prise. .....J ....... ,,.. -.
1T Is, I think" returned he, due
entirely to the fact Of self-conscious-
ness. Balloonists are all more or less
self-conscious.+ It Is that way with
every person who Ia favored with con-
slant public notice or with supersensi-
tive, highly cultivated or intellectual
folk. In close proximity to their fell
low men and things Of earth their SEN
sibility to surroundings Is invariably
acute. There are few OF such persons
who could walk along the edge Of a tall
building or who could peer down from
the brink Of q precipice without suf-
fering vertigo and that strange hysteric
impulse to Jump OF. This Is because
they are too thoroughly aware Of their
own personalities, or, In other words,
because they are always thinking of
themselves.
"Now, a person who is not self-con-
tcious may parade up and down on the
tops Of cliffs, climb steeples or cling to
the ridge Of a skyscraping building
without the slightest degree Of fear or
incouvenience His sensibilities are
blunted; he is not sufficiently imbued
with the idea Of his own personal
worth to heed the perils and discom-
torts Of q lofty position. But put that
same individual into q balloon and
send him up into the sky for couple
Of miles and, most paradoxically. he
at once becomes nervous, restless and
eventually evinces the liveliest fear.
He ib liable to become sick and faint.
and manifests all those disorders COM
mon to the self-conscious man at an
eminence Of hundred feet or go.
1.-THE latter, however, the moment
you get him'a thousand feet above the
earth, the moment all familiar objects
begin to recede from his view. loses all
fear and tendency to vertiginous dis
turbances. A strange exhilaration
possesses him, and likewise an impulse
to dare and do. II there be a trapeze
attached to the balloon he wants to
climb down and swing In 1t.
"That is why professional aeronauts
escend to great heights and swoop
down to earth by means OF the para
chute. They have lost all conscious
ness of themselves among the clouds.
and boldly trust themselves to the hy-
pothetical safety OF the big umbrellas
without a tremor OF fear. Yet ven-
ture to say not one Of these profession
ais would trust himself to leap from
building $50 feet high with para
chute. I doubt II many Of them at
such q height could be persuaded even
TO venture close enough to the edge to
peer into the street,
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GEMS AND THEIR STORY.
Some Pretty Stones and Tales Connected
With Them.

with Them.
Who could wish for prettier stone
than the delicate blue turquoise, the
gem which In Russi.- ia set in every en-
gagement ring, and with which the
wearer must never part II she values
the love and fidelity Of the giver? 1t
is said to be far more precious II given
and not bought. and is credited to
change color when the wearer is sick
or sorry or when danger is near. Its
meaning Is success and fatthfulness. =
The topaz is much valued by rlari-A
ners, because 1t is supposed to possess
an inner radiance which will give light
In darkness, and IL worn around the
neck will act as charm against magic
spells, will Danish melancholy and calm
terror and madness. Therefore, it be-
hooves every maid to see that a topaz
Is among her possessions.
Another exquisite gem Is the opal, its
beautiful creamy surface lit with red,
blue and yellow rays scintillating in
the light and giving 1t place in the
front rank of precious stones. Unfor-
tunately, the opal has bad name, and
we know the proverb about the dog
with the unlucky cognomen. Supersti-
ton credits this beautiful stone with
bringing misfortune to its owner, and
superstition will Win its way so long as
the world lasts.
Next we come to pearls, the costly
product Of the pearl fish Of the Persian
Gulf. These lovely gems are obtained
from the bed Of the sea by divers, who
bring up as many Of the oyster-like
shells as they can, and then place them
In heaps on the shore covered with
sand. They are left for several days
while the fish decay and the shells
open, after which the sand is sifted and
the pearls found. They are then
cleansed and polished. The value Of
the pearl depends on It's size. round
ness, color and brightness. The most
renowned pearls were the two which
formed Cleopatra's earrings, one of
which she dissolved in goblet Of vim
egar and drank to the health Of her
guest, Marc Antony.
The remaining pearl became the
property of the Emperor Augustus, who
had 1t cut in two for earrings for his
daughter Julia.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Tho Attentive Listener.

The eminent exhorter came down
from the pulpit at the close of the
servic" Many people pressed for
ward to shake him by the hand. He
accepted their congratulations with q
smiling face, but his eyes were on
certain auditor who fingered in the
aisle. The great preacher pressed
through the throng about him and ex-
tended his hand to the waiting man.
II want to thank you," he said IN
his deep musical tones, "for the close
attention you gave my remarks. Your
upturned face was inspiration to me.
I am sure you never changed your
earnest attitude during my sermon"
"No," said the man, II have stiff
neck" 49, 4
,sftSt ,.. . - !
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s,s1THUuRM0AT frederick County, Maryland Thursday May $685.
THE gBicYcLisT's HUMP.
Assumes This Position in Blind ObsdiencS
to Law Of the Lungs. -

Assumes This Position in Blind ObsdiencS
to Law Of tho Lungs. -
+. It has been generally believed that
fast bicycle riders lower their heads
and bend their bodies to reduce the
wind resistance Of the body, but now
comes a French scientist who says that
this belief Is wrong. ..,.
DR.. Eifer, well known in the medical
world of France, has been experiment.
ing with cycle riders to discover the
reason for the hump-backed scorcher.
He finds 1t in q blind obedience to the
law that the lungs seek to draw in air
with the greatest ease. In fast riding
the air assumes new felation. to the
lungs and the human body adopts a
new position in the saddle. This posi-
ton is, considering the new work, the
only rational one.
DR.. Eifer says q profound savaht has
declared that "a horse runs with his
legs and gallops with his lungs" This
proposition is equally true for runners
and cyclists. An inexperienced runner
stops not by reason of fatigue but be-
cause Of being "winded." II breathing
is less rapid on the wheel 1t constitutes
none the less an obstacle. The sue
cessful cycle crack must learn to
breathe slowly and deeply to oxygenize
his blood, and must avoid being sur
prised into quick, jsrky breaths, which
prevent the play of the lungs. This Ia
the primary cause Of stitch in the
side" In the middle-distance race
with Starbuck at Manhattan Beach last
summer Fred Titus before he reached
the tenth mile suddenly clapped his
hand to his side and had to leave the
track. Thoughtless persons Missed him.
According to DR.. Eifer the fault was
not in Titus's spirit. but in his way OF
breathing. He dashed of from the
start, and wise people knew that
"Star's" time would come. Titus could
be seen swallowing" the air. No man
who does that can get his second wind,
and no man can win long. we'll con-
DR.. Eifer says he has lived among tho
Indians and has never seen one finish
breathless. The Indian may finish
tired, but it will be his muscles, not his
lungs, that give out. ..
DR.. Eifer shows that the principal
obstacle to respiration Is speed, which
is greater with the cyclist than with the
runner. So, not only is nasal breath.
ing recommended, but the inclination
Of the head is best adapted to salts
factory breathing. Nose breathing is
from the bottom to the top, while
mouth breathing ia the contrary. So
the roof Of the nose acts as wind
break. When the cyclist. as speed in
creases, lowers his head, the head
forms a shield against which the shafts
of air beat harmlessly.
As speed gets greater the cyclist
lowers his head still more, until at his
maximum OF effort his nose is almost
parallel with the course. The tendency
to lower the head to influence breath
ing is unconscicu cusly shown by any pc
destrian who faces a stiff wind.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Pansr Floors.

Now we have paper floors. An I'M
portant advantage Of paper floors con-
sists in the absence Of joints or seams,
whereby an accumulation Of dust, ver-
min and fungi is done away with
These new paper floors are bad conduc.
tore OF heat or sound, and have soft
feeling to the foot. The costs are con-
siderably lower than Of hardwood
floors, the paper mass is shipped In
bags in powder form, with small ad-
dftion OF cement a. binder. 1t is
stirred into stiff paste, spread out on
the floor, pressed down by means Of
rollers, and painted the oak wood OF
mahognay color, after drying.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
TRAINS GOING EAST.

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmltsburg at
20 and 10 40 a m, and 3 81 and "a p NJ
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro and
Chambersburg at 05 and II 45 m, and
for Shippensburg at Z 35 m.
Leave Hagerstown for Cherry Run and
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 O5
m and 12 20 and 8 05 p m.
Leave Brucevllle Tor Frederick at 8 3S, 8 81
aud 10 40 a m and 3S and 6 80 p m, and for
Littlestown, Taneytown, Wrightsvile and
Columbia at 8 AZ m and 3 45 pm.
*Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
J NJ. HOOP. B III. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
THE WoMEN's CONVENTION;
Ono Elderly Gentleman Thought he Knew
Their Reasons for Holding 1t.

Ono Elderly Gentleman Thought He Know
Their Reasons for Holding 1t.
The women Of the strong minds
were about to hold convention, and
as preliminary thereto a committee
was moving around among the down.
town business men collecting funds
to assist in the ceremonies. The com:
mittec had been to a lot Of places and
had met with very fair success, not
withstanding there wasn't good
looking woman in the entire combin-
alton, which shows how much men
think Of woman for herself alone than
for her beauty, which is SO evanish-
ing.
However, at one place 1t was differ.
ent, and the women were treated In
a manner to make them feel as II they
would almost rather not be men at all
than to be the kind of men this par
ticular man was.
1t happened in the Office Of an ell.
derly gentleman, who has no patience
whatever with the man.lady kind of
woman, and he was sitting in his
private Office when the delegation ar;
rived in the outer room. One Of the
members very briefly stated the OBJ
ject Of their visit to the clerk at the
desk. -.
"And may inquire" said the clerk
politely, for he was kindly man
and wouldn't do anything in the
world to hurt anybody's feelings,
"Yhy are you going to hold q conven-
tfonF
Just as like as not the man had q
wife at home and he wanted to tell
her about it, but before the commit
tee had an opportunity to reply the
elderly gentleman's rasping voice was
heard rising high over the partition
separating the two offices.
"I'll tell you why" came the words.
"it's because they haven't got any
babies to hold. Tell em so, with my.
compliments, and say tnat we give
nothing to the cause Of perverted pet
ticoatism."
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A Grateful Soul.

Tourist--"So you lynched him for
stealing bicycle, eh? What were his
last words?' n.
Cactus Cal-"His last words was pa.
thetic, stranger. II they'd Of been
anybody else around to string up we'd
of let i'm 20. They was words OF
thanks to the committee fer usin'
lariat on i'm instead Of rope what
come from Manila before 1t was took
away from Spain.'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
ltaIx,a Poor.

Marvellous economy is practised by
the poor of Italy in looking after the
wants Of the inner man. Coffee grounds
from the wealthy mans kitchen are
dried and resold to the poor. In a sim
liar way oil is twice, and sometimes
three times used, the drippings after
each successive frying being gathered
from the pan and sold to the poor. !;
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
KING THE NIGGERS
ROLAND CREE ECt, Ek.AMERicAN cow.
W BoY,APOWERih.s SOUTH AFRICA

y h-AES Eakai.4aaesA
He Il Ceon Rhodes Right Hand Man
! Dislikss Civilisatisn-Hh Earnings Are
y AIsssslous.. and Aifhs shsh He Saves Little
~ His Credit Il Unlimitsd.
~ After. Cecil Rhodes ana "ocm Paul"
Kruger, the most Interesting charac-
ter in, South Africa is an American
4, Cowboy. His name is Roland H.
Creech. Before, emigrating to johann
nesburg he lived at Butte. Mont, and
as a product Of the wild and woolly
west he is a concrete type.
Though a resident Of 4outh Africa
but five years, 1t is no exaggeration to
say that Creech is now dividing honors
with the great EnSlish pioneer In the
matter OF developing the lower end Of
the dark continent.
No prime mtnieters extract him from
critical positions. fionewspapers sound
his praises. He ID not famous. He
may not figure in history.
But from the Zambesisto the Orange
. river over, the breadth of Africa he is
known as king of the Niggers" and
a. when Cecil Rhodes visits the province
Of Mozambique or Eastern Moshona-
land he stays not with the wealthy
English merchants or the government
officials, but In this modest abode Of
Roland. -Creech. wherever that may
3 chance to be! s d.
Mr.. Rhodes intense fancy for Creech
Is attributed to the latters abruptness,
his utter Indifference to ell conven-
tionalities and to his value as a worker.
Creech treats the man who holds the
destinies, of half = continent In his
hands with very little more consider
alton than the blackest of his Basutos.
The personality and career Of this
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Biggest Sun Dial.

An immense sun dial, certainly the
largest in the world. is at Hayon
Horoo, large promotory extending
5000 feet above the AEGEAN Sea- AS the
sun swings around the shadow Of this
mountain 1t touches, one by one, a
circle of islands which act as hour
marka
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Behind the Scenes.

"This world Is all feeting SHOW"
l don't care what YOU say,
And everybody takes q part
In life's deceptive play.
Perhaps your neighbor has role
That seems to suit him well,
AS viewed from where you have your
seat,
But you cannot always tell.
The comedy at which you largh
May simply be a means
OF covering some tragedy
That's played behind the scenes.
And so the humble jokelet that
You smile at as you read
Might never have been written out
But for the joker's need.
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A Trick Phot ograph.

A correspondent sends very re-
markable photograph. II held upright
It looks exactly as II a man were stand
Ing on the side of the house, and view
ed In the ordinary way 1t appears as II
he were projecting from the wall Of the
house, without any visible means OF
support, as the police say about the
tramps. It might even do for an "ani-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04

The laws Of Mexico provide that g
Mormon who wishes to take a second
wife must present certificate, signed
by his first help-meet, to the effect that
she is willing; and he must also have
the express consent of the sencond wife
and her parents. e n&
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04

Natural gas has been flowing for
ages In several sections of the Caucas-
ian provinces bordering the Caucasian
Sea. Many of these gas wells have
constantly emitted aames for period
beyond the memory Of living men, and
are superstitiously spoken of as the
eternal fires"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
NO ]

VXTANTEn-SEVERAL TRUSTWOl
WN.-. ,rsons in this state to mana
our business in their own and nearby coun!(
lies. 1t ia manly Office work conducted al
home. Salary straight 5000 a year and
expenses-defnite, bonafde, no moreno lesa
salary. Monthly SIS. References, Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope, Herbert E
Hess, Pres't, Dept M, Chicago. .....
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Germans in Spain.

There are only about five hundred
Germans in Spain, but many Of them
occupy prominent business positions.
The electric business, which Is begin
ming to assume great proportions in
Spain, is almost entirely In German
hands. The Germans Of Madrid have
their own club. II.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Cheshire Cheese.

Cheshire cheese owes its excellence
partly to geological causes, the red
sandstone and boulder clay, with its
immense salt deposits, OF which the
country is formed, producing an herbi-
age peculiarly suited for cheese pro-
ductioh. a.n a. STA
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
An Unhappy Reminder.

"There were some remarkable old
carvings In that collection Of bric-a-
brac," remarked the art enthusiast.
'T'm glad I didn't see EN-" re-
marked the young man with black
trimmed eyeglasses. II have too much
to interest me In that line whenever
we have spring chicken at our house"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Never Seen There.

Shetland what business are you
In, Mr.. lie Skullion"
Hell am q poet"
She-"Oh, how lovely! But I won
der how it happens that have never
seen any of your poems in print?"
Hell write only for the maya"
zines"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
Tngsnious Tabisware,,

Sugar bowls. salt cellars and other
dishes requiring spoon or fork to
distribute the contents are formed ". :
a central tubular receptacle 'astened
to the interior of the bowl to receive
the spoon. .,5...t. ..t.s..s.r..H .t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04

A Japanese auction is most solen n
affair. The public do not call out their
bids. but write their names, together
with the amount they are willing to
pay, on slips Of paper and put them
into box. These are looked through.
and the article awarded to the person
who has made the highest offer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-05-04
What Kissing Signifies.

Kissing means different things, ac-
cording to where ysu happen to be at
the time. In West africa the natives
hiss when they are astonished; in the
New Hebrides when they see anything
beautiful. The Basutos applaud pop-
ular orator in the assemblies bv hiss
ing at him. The japanese, again, show
their reverence by a hiss, which he's
probably somewhat the force Of the
hush" with which we command
silence. r. t.... d
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Not a Pleasnnt subiect.

"Why Is 1t that people never talk
about the thermometer except when 1t
is very cold or very hot?" s>.
Because they And 1t possible to
think of other things except at such
times. guess #-E RA;#
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Australian Aborigin "a.

The Australian aborigines are now
ranked by ethnographers as fifth or
sixth in the list Of so called natural
races, the Veddahs Of Ceylon being the
lowest in the scale Of savage culture.