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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Patents TO Inventors.

Messrs Benedict & MorselI, solicitors
Of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
waukee. report patents issued to West
ern inventors October 81 as follows:
]. W. Bettemdorf, Davenport Ia, check.
rover; FL. w. Bolens. PIT. Washington, Wis.
grinding machine; Frederick Bredel, Mil
waukee, improving quality and increasing
quantity of illumination coal-gas;. Z. G.
Charles, Oshkosh, Wis, glue-applying ma
chine; w. f. Cochran, Osborne, Kas., har-
row; P. $. Elliott, Lawrence, Kas. fast
ener; j. NJ. Germanson, Milwaukee, revolv-
for securing crank-arms to shafts; FL. T.
Kay, Topeka. Kas.. tire-tightener; III. III.
Mount. Whittier, Ia, baby-walker; O. L.
Madison, Wis, handle for washboilers; T.
Casselmann, Milwaukee, corn-cure trade
mark; Listman Mill Co., La Crosse Wis,
wheat -four (trade-mark); H. e. Holmes,
Burr Oak, Kas., door-fastener
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
List Of Dead.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1.-Gen.
Otis today reported to the war depart
ment the followingdeaths:
Oedema Of larynx, Nov. 6, James Koran,
cook, A, Ninth infantry; trammatic cere-
twenty third infantry; apoplexy, Fourth,
Eli Price, Sixth artillery; chronic dysentery,
8th, Gotfried Elfghan, c, Fourth infantry;
chronic diarrhoea, James Hamilton, ser
geant B, Twenty first infantry; nephritis.
Michael Walsh, II, Twenty first infantry
aortic anxeuriam, 18th, Samuel NJ. Bittel-
zeel, E, Sixteenth infantry; acute dyson
terry, 18th, Martin Hebron, /, Fourteenth
infantry.
Gen. Davis at San Juan has Informed
the war department of the death OF
Corp. Atalino Marcado of the Porto Rice
battalion, who died on the 9th inst of a
gunshot wound in the face.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
CIRCUS PAID THE MORTGAGE
How q Kansas Editor Pulled His Paper
Out OF o Financial Hole.

How q Kansas Editor Pulled His Paper
Out OF = Financial Hole.
When the advertising agent OF one
Of the greatest shows on earth" visited
q town in Kansas last summer, he call
ed upon the editor of a local paper and
asked the cost of double column dis
play advertisement In the next two is-
sues. 1.-TWO hundred and eighty dol
lars" was the reply, without a mo-
ment's hesitation. Great Scott! Are
you crazy?" cried the agent. What will
you charge US for a full pager" 1.-TWO
hundred and eighty dollars, just the
same" But how do you figure it,"
expostulated the circus man; haven't
you any settled rate for space advertis-
ing?"
"See here, mister" earnestly remark
ed the editor, Il don't pay any attention
to space in this deal, but do know just
what an advertisement In this paper
will cost you. You can have column,
page or the whole blamed paper, just as
you like. There's mortgage for $3.50
on this blamed shop, and your circus
has got to help me out with it. II 1t
doesn't I'm goner, that's all. You
may move right in here and run the
whole shooting match for couple OF
weeks to suit yourself, out we've got to
ante up $3.50 before next Saturday
night. Now, then, are you friendly
Indian or are you hostile?'
All the date" and extra posters
that season by that show A.
the west were priv
newspaper of1c"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
How to Tell nm Oyster's Age,

He who wishes may find out the
exact age of an oyster, though he has
not the telltale evidence in teeth. The
lines In the groove of the hinge Of
the shell tell the whole story, each line
representing a year. An oyster Is Of
age at four years-that is, he is old
enough to vote, take care Of family
and go to market. Going to market Is
a disastrous undertaking, for four
year-old oyster Is particularly pal
atable. By this 1t must not be sup
posed that after an oyster has passed
the four-layer period, and has five,
six or even ten wrinkles on his shell,
he Is back number. Indeed, there
are records of oysters being eaten
just after celebrating their thirtieth
birthday, and in most cases they form
ed a delicious meal. Thirty is an un-
usual age for an oyster to attain, be-
cause few are given an opportunity
to live so long. If left to enjoy life
in his own way, it is quite probable
that the oyster would become an octo-
genarian or even centenarian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
AdulteratinH Rice.

So cheap and common an article OF
food as rice is adulterated The purpose
Is to give the grains an attractive color,
the articles used being oil and paraffin.
but the effect on the rice is deleterious.
Those oily substances soak into the
grain and make it hard. The result is
that more cooking is needed, and even
then the rice often remains hard, and,
to that extent. is made indigestible. In
addition, the oil adds to the weight Of
the grain, and thus again the buyer Is
cheated. The Louisiana Legislature,
at Its recent session, undertook to cor
rect the evil by making the use Of oil
or para1f1n in the cleaning Of rice a mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment. The law Is more drastic
than a German one on the same SUBJ
iect, the German statute merely requir-
Ing that the adulterated rice be labeled
"oil finish" or "paraffin finish"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

Nothing perforates bombastic ora
tory like a sharp question. When
Burke, in the height of labored pero-
ration in Parliament against France,
drew a dagger and threw it on the
floor, somebody made the act absurd
by saying. Eyes, that's the knife.
Where's the fork?"
Equally sharp was the reply Of Pope
Plus TX, when the cardinals met and
eloquently condoled with him on the
sufferings in certain villages from
earthquake and famine.
How much are you sorry, my breth-
REM" he said. How many lire does
your sympathy weigh?"
The only answer possible to this
question was the relief of the villages.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
The Baltimore Weekly Sun

The Weekly Sun publishes all the news
of each week, giving complete accounts OF
al events of interest throughout the world.
The Weekly Sun is unsurpassed as an
Agricultural Paper. 1t is edited hy writers
Of practical experience, who know what
farming means and what farmers want in an
agricultural Journal 1t contains regular
reports of the work of the Agricultural ex-
pertinent stations throughout the country,
OF the proceedings of farmers clubs and in.
stitutcs, and the discussion of new methods
and ideas in agriculture. Its Market Re-
ports, Poultry Department and Veterinary
column are particularly valuable to country
readers Every issue contains Stories,
Poems Household and Puzzle Columns, a
variety of interesting and selected instrnc
tive matter and other features, which make
it welcome visitor IN city and country
homes alike.
One dollar year Inducements to get
ters up Of clubs for the Weekly Sun. Both
the Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free OF
postage in the United States, Canada and
Mexico. Payments invariably IN advance.
A. S. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore, MI.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
AUSTRALIAN TRAMPS
AN IDEAL COUNTRY FOR "WEARY
WlLlIES."

Tho "sundowner" and His Mode Of Exis-
tonce-As Rule He ID Well Informed
and Fairly Moral--He VIII Work at Times
hut Loves His Rest.
Australia Is an ideal country foI
tramps because of it's universal hospi'
tality and delightful climate. There are
no hardships Of weather. no dangerous
wild beasts to contend with, very few
clothes required, and there Is seldom
night, up-country at least, that man
may not roll himself in his blanket and
sleep in comfort
The sundowner, SO called because HI
invariably claims the hospitality OF
station" (ranch) at sundown-an hour
when he knows he will not be turned
away mpty-handed-is the white
tramp Of Australia. He has 30 long
been recognized as necessary evil
that at most stations a travellers hut
is now provided for his special accom-.
modation; and regular ration, usual'-
a pannikin Of -four and po"
meat, is served out to eve"-
In other places.
the sundowne-
table in
al
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
The Queen Uee.

According to paper read before the
Scientific society at Preston, England,
a queen bee sometimes lays at the rate
Of two eggs a minute, and the total
weight of the eggs is one and a-half
times that of her own body on sum-
mer day. AS she lives four or five
years, she must lay about 100000 In
the course Of her life. Her eyes are
smaller than those of the other bees.
owing to her long residence in the hive.
Her sting is three hundred times small
Ter in diameter than pin, and as she
can seldom draw 1t out after stinging
a person, she leaves it In and dies az
terward.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

-y the road
80 be but few
..s In genuine holiday
.or the day, perhaps, under the
..ade of a giant gum tree and arrives
at the station homestead, with all the
appearance Of long days walk, just a.
the sun Is setting.
The Australian tramp Is OF type
wholly different from the ignorant
low-bred scum of humanity that one
meets in some countries, and from the
whining, professional beggar Of Europe
and America.
AS class these tramps are we'll in
formed, fairly moral, and, as the world
goes, honest. The sundowner stands
apart from the rest OF his kind, mas,
much as he never begs for money.
He will ask for a pipeful of tobacco
or a drink, a meal or a bunk, but fol
the coin of the realm he does not pc.
tition. He Is contented philosopher
with all the instincts Of a nobleman;
born, OF course, under an unlucky star
yet satisfied with his lot so long as ht
is not obliged to work, and so long al
the "squatters" feed him.
One is constantly surprised at the
speech and manners of those whom one
meets ON the road, and 1t is probable
that fully one-third are men who werl
born of gentle parents In the "oldeI
countries" Australia being an English
sa
native Of the British Isles. though
there Is a sprinkling Of other nationali.
ties In proportion to their number In
the colonies. 1t lie due to the native
born Australians to say that they sci.
dom turn tramps.
Although against his principles, II
must be said, to the sundowners credit
that he does sometimes work. Therl
are times when even he feels the need
OF a change.
At shearlng time, when the shedi
are full OF jolly nhearers and good
wages may be demanded, he will otter
work for few weeks; or he may fint
some other easy way that suits his fas
tidious fancy.
With the proceeds he buys himself
few clothes, perhaps, and "knockt
down" (spends) the remainder in tn,
first bush public. Some there are whs
wander aimlessly from one colony te
another, ever seeking new paths;
others, more meth odical. have a regu.
lar route laid out, which takes from
two to three years to cover. In thii
way they do not visit the same station
often enough to be recognized.
Sundowning is the outgrowth OF the
boundless and unequalled hospitality
Of the Australian bush. The occasional
sundown petitioner of the old days
however, has now become an army
To-day the squatter fears this wander.
ing tramp, and feeds him under protest
knowing we'll that by refusing him h,
runs the risk OF having woolshet
burned down or some Of his fat sheer
killed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Patents

Caveats and Re Issues secured; Trade Marks
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
TO validity and infringement of patents; as,
agnments, Contracts, etc, prepared and recor.
ded, and all business in the Patent Office in
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecutea Upon receipt of model or sketch or
photograph of invention with description, |
will advise as to patentability free Of charge
Main offices directly across from the U, S
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
TO my perfect and long established facilities
for The most vigorous and successful prose
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
specially FEES MODERATE and exclu-
sive attention given to patent business. Book
Of information and advice, and special refer
ences, sent without charge upon request.
j. r LlTTELL,
Anornsy and Counsellor in Patent Causes,
Washington, D. c.,
Opposite o. s. Patent Office
HoNtion nis Papsr)
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lavorite domestic medi-
-A the working classes in Rus
=. II cockroaches will cure us, there
Is no reason why spiders should not be
tried also. AS a matter Of fact, they
have been used by the homoeopaths for
years. Solomon told us we could find
spiders even In kings palaces, but now
adays we can trace them in innocent
looking tinctures and sugar pills. Tar
antula pilules is title that should be
worth fortune If we'll advertised, and
tincture prepared from the mygale-
the great bird-eating spider Of Mexico
ought certainly to possess equal vir-
tues. Our choice, however, Is not con-
fined to giant spiders.
The garden spider, with the gold or
silver body, so common In the sum-
mer, will yield useful preparation
II we may trust to the homoeopa-
thic pharmacopeia. A few of these
insects rubbed down In a mortar with
q little spirit, will make moth
er tincture," from which countless
dilutions can be prepared. II this will
not suffice, the black curacao spider,
from West Indian orange groves, or
the gray spider OF Kentucky, may be
used, according to taste. The homoeo-
paths are fond of beetles, and they
treat ladybirds In the same way as
spiders. They also get an essence from
the Colorado beetle-the insect which
ruined the potato crops a few years
back. 1t Is one thing to rob the bees
wholesale and secure their wax and
honey, but 1t is rather hard lines on
poor apis mellitica, to turn her into
medicine as we'll. But she has to 60 in
with the rest, and yield her life in the
cause of science. OF course, anyone
who has felt bees sting knows what
a powerful drug its poison must be.
It's rather dangerous work robbing a
hive of bees Of their stings and poison.
The method recommended In books Is
simple, but exciting. The bees are to
be caught in bottle as they leave their
home in the morning. They are then
deprived of their poison bags and
stings by means Of scissors, and the
severed portions are soaked in spirit
to make tincture.
Besides insects, other queer things
are used in medicine at the present
time. To give only two examples, rem
edies are prepared from the starfish
and the crayfish. Snake venom-no-
tably that of the cobra, the rattlesnake
and the adder-is sometimes used.
Nowadays a great many drugs Of ami
NAL origin are being experimental
with, and some people prophesy that
they will eventually oust all the rest.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

Luzon-Coal, gold, copper, lead, iron,
sulphur, marble, kaolin.
Cataanduanes, Sibuyan, Bohol and
Panaoan-GOld only.
Marimudquo-Lead and silver.
Mindoro-Coal, gold and copper.
Carraray, Batan, Rapu Rapu, Sema-
rara and Negos-Coal only.
Masbete-Coal and copper.
Romblon-Marble coal and gold.
Panay-Coal, OIL gas, gold, copper,
iron and perhaps mercury.
Bilirom-Sulphur only.
Leyto-Coal, oil and perhaps mer-
curry.
Cebu-Coal. oil. gas. gold, lead, sill
YER and iron.
Mindanao-Coal, gold, copper and
platinum.
Sulu Archipelago-Pearls.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Jopancse Are Ruthless.

The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature. If they decide
that they want bird or an animal OF
a certain shape or color they set about
manufacturing the article, so to speak.
by the exercise Of exceedingly clever
ingenuity and untiring patience. Here.
for example, is how the white sparrows
are produced. They select pair of
grayish birds and keep them in a white
cage in white room, where they are
attended by a person dressed in white.
The mental effect on series of gener-
ations of birds results in completely
white birds,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
What the Bride Said,

An English rural clergyman says
that one day a bride startled him by
promising, in what she supposed to be
the language of the prayer book, to
take her husband ito ave and to old
from this day fornl't for betterer
horse, for richerer power, in siggerness
health, to love cherries and to bay"
What meaning this extraordinary VOW
conveyed to the woman's own mind,
the incumbent said, bafled him to con-
lecture.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
oFFICE-MASONIC BUILDING.
East Main Street.
Church Directory,

Reformed Church--Rev. G. A, Whitmore
ras or. Services bi-weekly alternating
morning and evening Services " ednes'
day. p. IN. Sunday School 2p M:
Guild each Lords Day Bop. m other SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek past
tor. Services, Sunday 10 4. M. and $50 r.
Sunday School, O. P. VI Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, Gas T.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
Daugherty Pastor. Regular services ny
appointment from the pulpit
Glass Meeting every two weeks at 10 a. IN.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School 2 PM.
Mite Society Spmi-monthly, Wednesday
evening at s O'Clock. w. Mis-. Meeting
MontAly at Parsonage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
THURMONT, Frederick County, Maryland Thursday March 80, 1899.
THE CHOPSTlCK.
Antiquity and Usefulness of This Aslstic
Implement.

Antiquity and Usefulness of This Asistio
Implement.
With the evidences Of Asiatic contact
supposed to be so strong in Central
America, one might have imagined that
so useful device as the simple chop
sticks would have secured footing.
These two sticks, held in one hand and
known in China as Fasteners or nim-
BILE lads" are certainly the most useful,
the most economical and the most eff
cient device for their purposes ever in
vented by man. Throughout the vast
Asian region, embracing population
Of five hundred million, the chopstick
is used as a substitute for fork, tongs
and certain forms of tweezers. Even
fish, omelet and cake are separated
with the chopsticks, and the cook, the
street scavenger and the watch repaire"
use this device in the form Of irn-
bamboo and delicate ivor''
boo chopstick was "
B. c., and sh
ivory TO-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Russian Hattie Songh.

Russian battle songs are written In
minor keys and instead of being bril-.
liantly martial are sad, telling OF the
soldiers fate. The Turks have nc
war songs except those they have
translated from other tongues. Ger.
many has much military music anG
that those in power appreciate the in
fuence music has on soldiers is showr
by the fact that the German army con
tains 10000 musicians.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
The Riahon,s prOteet.

A great many Episcopal clergymen
probably would sympathize with the
English bishop who said recently:
1.-THE two things OF which l am the
most tired are The Church's One
Foundation and cold chicken. The
hymn seems al ways to be chosen
wherever / go, and kind hostesses,
with quite extraordinary unanimity,
provide cold chicken for luncheon"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

The carrier who serves the Klondike
Nugget to subscribers In Dawson has
considerable trouble In finding their
residences. A few of the dwellings are
thus described in the subscription
book: 1.-THE cabin with the screen
door," "the slab house facing the
river" 1.-The big tent with two stove
pipes" and "the cabin three doors
south of where all the dogs are"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Jews of the world.

The Jewish year book estimates that
there are about 100000 Jews in the
world, half Of them still under Russian
Jurisdiction, notwithstanding their
wholesale expulsion from the empire.
OF the race in general 1t may be said
that, numerically speaking, 1t is ex-
tremely small for its age, its chance
Of getting bigger apparently not in
creasing with its years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
A French Device.

A French railroad company has
painted the outside of its passenger
coaches with poetic devices, or the i'm
ages of stars, fishes, birds, etc, sketch
ed large and in emphatic colors. The
object is to enable the passenger who
gets off for refreshments to recognize
his carriage and class from amid the
crowd and in the gathering dusk.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
1899, THE SUM-. 1899,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Tie Paper of inc People, For the Peo.
pie and with the People.
Honest in Motive Fearless in Expression
Sound in Principle.
Unswerying In Its Allegiance to Right The
ories and Right Practices,

vNp C,-n PUBLISHES ALL THE
he DUN NEWS ALL THE TINE
but il does not allow its columns to be de-
graded by unclean, immoral or purely sen.
sational matter.
Edltoruly. The Sun Is the Consistent and
Unchansing Champion and Defender OF
Popular Rights and Interests against polit-
cal machines and moncpoles Of every char
acter. Independent in all things, extreme
in none 1t is for good laws, good govern.
mcnt and good order.
By mail Fifty Cents month. Six Dol
lars Il year.
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Recommendation of Prisoners.

The transportation of prisoners tc
their own country by the vlctcSs Is
not novelty in warfare. In 1903, after
the defeat Of the French at the battle
of Vimiero, Portugal, the victorious
English deported $4,000 French prison.
ers. with their equipments, from Porto
and Lisbon, and landed them at Brest
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

fall of Manila. Bo .llza for agents. Brlm
full of original pictures taken by. government
photographers on the spot. Large book.
Low prices. Big profits. Freight paid
Credit gwen Drop all trashy unofficial war
books. Outfit free. Address f L. Barber.
Secy Star Insurance Bldg Chicago.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Yau Can't Hear II.

There are many sounds animals can
hear which are inaudible to man. Mr..
Galton, the famous anthropologist, has
invented little whistle with an adjust
able plug, by which it can be rendered
more and more shrill till it ceases to
give any note to our ears, yet dog will
hear 1t as a whistle still and answer
readily its call,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30
Did Its Work Mt Lnst.

In 1912 a British warship on Lake
Erie fired shell which failed to ex-
plode. It was treasured as relic in
Ashtabula for years, but accidentally
it got into a pile OF scrap iron deliver
ed to the Phenix iron works foundry
and performed its functions so well
that the furnace doors were blown to
smithereens.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

.SeW
A friend
.ne specimens OF
Lies Of bug from the
states Of South America. The
,roscopist was busily engaged when
the insects arrived and simply provided
temporary quarters for the creatures'i in
a glass jar having metal top in which
the porcelain cap was wanting. With
in less than forty-eght hours they had
cut holes in the metal sufficient to get
their heads through and would soon
have escaped had their operations re-
NAMED undetected. BY careful expert
ment Mr.. Devoe found that the force
necessary to do such cutting was equal
to 1863 grammes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-03-30

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmrsburg at
s26 and 10 40 m, and 81 and "a p NJ
Leave Elgemont for WaynesboIo and
Chambersburg at 7 05 and II 45 m, and
for Shppensburg at 80 m.
Leave Hagerstown for Cherry Run and
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 o.
m and - 20 and 05 p m.
Leave Bruceylllc tor Frederick at 80, 8 81
Lttlestown, Taneytown, Wrigh,svile and
Columbia at 0 AZ m and 3 45 pm.
n Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
J NJ. HOOD. B H. GRIswoLD.
e,enl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen