Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12
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New Advertisements.
Fords.
The Cosmopolitan.
Order Nisi on Sales.
Programs for the Farmers Institute tc
be held in Thurmont on January ss. are
now out. 1t will be printed in full In mex
weeks issue.
We publish an advertisement OF kodo
Dyspepsia Cure in our columns this issue
and wish to say to our patrons that we be-
leve this preparation is warthy of trial BY
any person suffering from this agonizinQ
complaint We honestly believe that tbii
preparation will DO for you all the manufac
turers claim for it.
The State Comptroller made quarterly
distribu of the public school fund on the
2nd inst. The total distribution amounted
to $lS7, OOO-$l00,O00 to the white schools OF
the State and S37, 900 to the colored schools.
The white schools of Frederick County ro'
ceive $4s1S'3s and the colored schools OF
the same county $1,14s.S4.
On Thursday evening last Mr.. and Mrs
Irving Macklcy entertained number OF
friends at their residence in honor OF the
seventh anniversary Of their marriage.
Refreshments were served and after spend
ing very pleasant evening the guests de
parted bidding their host aud hostess kind
farewell and wishing them many happy
returns of the day.
We haye arranged to protect our readers
against the nuisance Of borrowers: we will
hereafter print an extra number Of CLARIoNs
each week and we urgently request those
who habitually borrow it, to borrow 1t OF
US, not of our readers they don't ike 1t, but
being neighbors won't speak Of it, while we
have no feelings and you can borrow it here
and not make US turn hair.
Charles Memberger, 81 years Of age, who
was found lying by the New York Central
tracks in Buffalo, with his skull fractured, Is
dead. On the evening of the day on which
he received his injuries he began to whistle,
though he was wholly unconscious and
remained SO TO the end. He whistled all
sorts of tunes and without cessation for G
hours, and never ceased until shortly befor
he died.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is prepared by the
well known and reliable firm of E. q. De-
Witt & Co, Chicago, and from our long
experience in n business sense, we feel safe
in saying that they would not place on the
market preparation for the cure of dyspep-
STA unless they had remedy of the highest
merit and conscientiously believed IL would
cure this we'll known and almost universal
complaint.
WORKING Hours Our bank. from 0 a..
m to 3 D. H., 6 hours; our merchants, a.
m, to $50 p M, 1874 hours; our factories, 9
A. m to 9 n M, 10 hours; railroad men, z D..
m, to $50 p. M, 10t hours, day laborers,
a. m. to s p m, 10 hours; ourselves, 9 o. m,
to 70 midnight, Is hours, Ofihis Is hours
we utilize 8 for eating, 4 tor drinking and 8
for gossiping, so that we do not have such a
hard days work after all during the three
remaining hours
A very curious presentation Of the mum.
Der of Irishmen. of the stamp of WOlseley in
Eng land, the Duke of Tetuan in Spain, Gen
O'Brutscheff in Russia, Viscount Taafe in
Hungary, who are leaders in many nations,
ia gwen In the January Cosmopolitan under
the title, Irish Leaders in Many Nations. "
1t will be found interesting to all who have
even drop of Irish blood in their veins.
"The Jews in Jerusalem" Is another article
in the same number possessing interest for
q large class
The annual reunion of Coles Cavalry
Maryland Volunteers, which was fixed to be
held in Hagerstown on Tuesday was post
poned The soldiers, whe were never kept
from an engagement by human enemies, have
given away before the forces of the grip. and
no reunion will be held this winter Recent
inquiries brought to light that twenty of the
gallant veterans were sufferers from the grip
or had severe colds and the committee in
charge of the reunion thought 1t better under
the circumstances to postpone the affair.
The time honored custom of the co!ored
people of Willamsport, Md, of marching
through the streets singing appropriate
hymns early Christmas morning was OBJ
served again tins year. Rev. G. M. Mathews
and his flock held services In their church a,
4 o'clock, after which they started out led by
the minister to observe the annual jubilee
nS CUSTOM mas Dccn III SOSuC III tiot pIdCc
for nearly century, and Is a distinctive
feature Of Christmas which is not observed
in any other town in that section, OF possibly
in the State
A sale of the Miller estate, better known
to tourists as Clermont, in the Blue Ridge
was made Saturday 3lst ult. This was the
estate of the late Sarah Miller. A stone
cottage near Monterey was purchased by
Miss Caroline Miller for $500. Another
house was purchased by Benjamin Solliday
of Hagerstown for 81 ,450. The mountain
land contained 81 acres and was sold at IS.
~ per acre. An effort was made to sci
that old established hostelry. the Clermont
House, but satisfactory bid could not bt
secured.
The MyersviIle Sayings Bank of M yersvillt
this county, organized Tuesday and COM
menced business. Tho officers are Ezra
Routzahn, president; Geo. Bittle, treasurer
and E. A. Young, secretary. Articles o.
incorporation will be filed in few days
for the opening of another bank at Myers
vile, which is being organized by Joseph
W. Gaver and G. F. Flock. The two bank
ing houses are rivals. and the outcome II
watched with much interest, as II is generally
conceded In financial circles that the plac,
is too small for two banks to conduct
profitable usiness.-Brunswick Herald.
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