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Patents

Caveats and Re- Issues secured; Trade Marks
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
to validity and infringement of patents; As
signmsnts, Contracts, etc, prepared and recor-
ded, and all business in the Patent Office in
the UNITED STATES and alt FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
scuted. Upon receipt of model or ststeh or
photograph of invention with description,
will advise as to patentability FREQ 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
ir the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
a specialty.-fEES MODERATE and exclu-
sive attention given to patent business Book
Of information and advice, and special refer
enees, sent without charge upon request
J. r. LITTELL,
Attornsy and Counse2or in Patent Causes,
Washington, D. c.,
Opposite U. 8. Pateat Office
Mention this Papsr.)
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Insects Faster Than Birds.

A common house fly is not very rapid
in its flight, but its wings make 800
beats second and send 1t through the
air twenty-five feet, under ordinary
circumstances, in that space Of time.
When the insect is alarmed, how
ever, 1t has been found that 1t increas-
es its rate of speed to over $50 feet per
second, If It could continue such
rapid flight for mile IN straight line
1t would cover that distance in about
35 seconds. ),
1T is not an uncommon thing when
travelling by rail in the summer tins
to see a bee or wasp keeping up with
the train and trying to get in at one
of the windows. A swallow Is con-
sidered one of the swiftest flying birds
and it was thought until a short time
ago that no insect could escape II, ,.,
A naturalist tells Of an exciting
chase he saw between swallow and a
dragon fly, which is among the swift
est Of insects.
The insect flew with incredible speeG
and wheeled and lodged with such ease
that the swallow, despite its utmost
efforts, completely failed to overtake
and capture 1t.
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Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A, Whitmore
ras or. Services bi.weekly alternating
morning and evening. Services ednes
dav. z d. m., Sunday School Up. M; ,,
Guild each Lords Day 30 Op. m. either ser
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek past
tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. M. and $50 r.
Sunday School, .. P. u Prayer Meet
ing, w ednesday, 6.45 P.
United Brethren Church-Rev William
Dsugherty Pastor. Regular Services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Class Meeting every two weeks at 10 a. m
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
Sunday School 2 r M.
Mite Society s mi imonthly. wednesday
evening at s o'clock. W. MIS-. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Mo.av,an Church: Rev. M. F. Oerter. Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, a; m.
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore. alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
M. H. Courtney Pastor. Services every alter
nate Sunday at 10 A. M. and 700 +. M,
SUNDAY School at 9 A. NJ. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 100 =. M.
III, Stephens Church, Protestant Episcoal
Rev. Ernest McGill, Rector. Services
every Sunday at 400, p. NJ, at walkers
VILE at 1880 a. m at Thurmont,
Service SATURDAYS at 400 p. m.
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7HURMONT, Frederick County, Maryland Thursday January H. $685.
EXPERIMENTING wID MEDICINE.

The other day Dr.. Warrington, = oolored
man, was arraigned before Justice Of the
Peace, charged with something like NAL
medical practice. He had given colored
man dose Of medicine, and the colored
man didn't live but one hour afterwards.
The Justice was oolored man, and prob
ably knew ~ much of law a. the doctor did
of medicine. When the Doctor had been
arraigned, the justice asked:
"Dr. Washington, how long IL you been
practioin' oh medicine
"Since de wah, sah." ,
"What books on de fxick an de human
reconstruc ion did yer study ?"
"Oh, / studud 'nuff-Cornstalk' ploso.
ply .'mong the number. Now, jedge, let
me AZ you one pint. What books on de
law did you studyP"
Use heah, pris'ner afore de bar, ter try
dis case, an not to stand 'zamination.
Comm down from the law language to
plain nigger an mule, what made you kill
dat man 'Splain yerself, sab, or III put
de clamps of my 'thority on yer"
''Ef dar's man in dis county can splain
hisself, Use de man." said the doctor aris-
ing. "some few days ago, vented new
medicine from roots dug outen de groun'.
Hit struck me dat de medicine would
cure de rheumatic, an when went to see
the man what Is dead now concluded to
Experiment. on him. No medicine amt no
count till you Experiment. wild hit. All
medical 'ventions has ter be proved. When
Bright vented der kidney disease, he didn't
know hit would work till he tried hit. /
figured it up 'jes dis way. Says to myself,
ef dis medic ne cures dis man hits good
but eff it kills him hit won't do to tamper
wild, or let lie roun' loose 'mong chilum.
Well, gin him der medicine, and about an
hour aftcrward he was dead. How would
I know dat de med cine was fitten for use
eff l hadn't tried it? Don't yer see the
geography of my gegement? Science must
be 'vanced, yer know"
'Dat's fack," said the justice, after
musing a while, de pint are well sus ain
ed Mr.. Constable, turn dis man loose,
and eau ion HIM rot to vent any ,noah medi.
cine in my to~nship."
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A Wonderful Choir.

In the choir Of st. Peters at Rome
there Is not a female voice. and yet
the most difficult oratorios and sacred
music Written are rendered In such a
manner as to make one think Adelina
Patti is leading. ....
The choir Is composed of sixty boys
They are trained for the work from the
time they get control of their vocal
chords, and some Of the best singers
are not over nine years old. At the
age of seventeen they are dropped from
the choir. 10 say that in that fam.
ous ediflce one hears the grandest
church music the world has never
known sounds commonplace, so fal
short does 1t fall Of apt description.
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WEIGHT OF DEEP sEAWATER
At the Depth Of Adi's Weighs the Same
As At tho Surface.

At the Depth of AIrs Weighs the Same
As At tho Surface.
When marine life began to command
notice, the question of the depth to
which life could extend divided scien-
tihc thought into warning camps.
About 1910 1t was generally believed
that the bathymetrical limit was about
800 fathoms, and some strange ideas
were current as to the physical condi-
ton Of water when under pressure
such as a depth OF two miles would
produce. It was thought that skeletons
Of drowned men, or even heavy cannon
and the wedges of gold" that popular
imagination places in the sea, foated
at certain levels. beneath which is
water SO compressed as to be impen-
etrable. In fact, water is almost in
compressible, and the weight of
cubic inch of it at the depth OF mile
Is very little more than at the surface;
but IL was assumed that no living be-
ing could survive a pressure which at
1000 fathoms is about O ton to the
SQuarV lncn.
We ourselves Iva under a pressure
Of about fifteen pounds per inch, and
gre unaware OF it. Indeed, we some
times waken on a morning when the
barometer has risen, say, half an inch
during the night, ard consequently find
ourselves sustaining an increased pres
Sure Of several tons not only without
suffering, but with positive feeling
Of buoyancy and good spirits. On the
other hand, If tn tremendous pres
sure under which we live be relieved
as by a surgical cup" severe injury
may follow. Aeronauts suffer from
this cause and marine animals dredg-
ed from great depth often reach the
surface in a most lamentable condition.
with eyes protruding and viscera dis
tended,
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A, Oak Tree 10, 600 Years Old

An extraordinary discovery and ons
which is Just now exciting considerable
interest in antiquarian circles IN Lam
cashire and Cheshire, has been made
at Stockport. During the excavations
in the construction OF sewage works for
the town some workmen came across
what has since proved to be massive
oak tree, with two immense branches.
Professor Boyd Dawkins, the we'll
known antiquary, is Of opinion that
the tree is one of the giants of prehis-
toric times, and he says that the tree
is certainly 10000 years old. The cor
poration of Stockport is at loss what
to do with the gigantic fossil, which
II supposed to weigh about forty tons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12

EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Of Great Britain than her grandson
knows 81 his country, and in the case
Of Austria and Russia it is equally
true. This is not such trifing mat
ter as 1t might appear.
In spite OF much evidence to the con.
trary, the Emperor is not tyrant, nor
has he manifested desire to WELD
power for the mere purpose Of making
other people uncomfortable. He takes
q positive delight in hearing Of good
things said or done by Others. He does
hot fail to read what Is said against
him.
It would be within the mark to say
that In the last ten years the Emperor
has conversed at length with every
eminent American or Englishman who
has passed through Berlin. 1t hae
never been heard Of such meeting but
that the visitor has been strongly I'm.
pressed by his imperial hosts speci-
allied knowledge. In the midst of the
rush Of festivities at Kiel In 1895, the
Emperor found time to dine on board
the fagship New York or the American
squadron. Her captain told me after.
ward that their imperial host stayed
Until t~o 5'clock in the morning, and
during his stay extracted from them
every manner OF information. He clos
Cd his visit by testing the capacity OF
the crew for manning ship and putting
out Ares at the shortest possible notice.
When Mahan published his great book
on the Influence Of Sea Power" the
Emperor at once read 1t, and sent him
q cordial telegram acknowledging the
Indebtedness of himself and his officers
for the lessons taught therein. There
is no doubt that the strenuous efforts
now being made to strengthen the Ger
man navy have received great encour.
agement from the study Of this Ameri-
can work.
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Longevity of Musicians.

A writer In a French newspaper the
other day made an interesting an
r,ouncement respecting the longevity Of
musicians. Those who died between.
sixty and seventy years of age include
Bach, Berlioz, Brahms, Bulow and Ru-
bfhstein. Living beyond seventy years
came Gluck, Gounod, Handel, Haydn,
Liszt, Meyerbeer, Rossini Spontini and
Wagner; whilst the great age OF
eighty-nine was attained by Auber,
and others dying at past eighty were
cherubini, Cramer, Lachner, Pales-
trina, Rameau, Schultz and Taubert.
The average age of musical celebrities
is about sixty-seven years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12
Nfadrid's Sums.

Madrid abounds In slums. which are
even greater eyesores than those of
Whitechapel. There are labyrinths OF
narrow old streets, bordered by the
most uninviting hovelsi and from the
sutialor of 'ithese sbodes spring the
components of the ferocious mobs
which are the bane Of the CITY, Even
the best sections of Madrid as disap.
nointing In appearances; the palaces OF
the grandees are dreadfully dilapidated
and magnificent buildings are few and
far betWeen.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12

A curious mode of catching turtle lie
practised In the West Indies. 1t con-
sists in attaching ring and line tc
the tail of species Of sucker-fish,
which is then thrown overheard. and
Immediately makes for the first turtle
&c can spy, to which he attaches him
self very firmly by means of sucking
apparatus arranged on the top of his
head. The fisherman then hauls both
turtle and sucking-flsh in.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12
Relied Iiis Watch

A well known professor had taken
his watch from his pocket to mark the
time he had intended to boil an egg
for his breakfast, when friend, enter
ing the room, found him absorbed IN
some dbstruse calculation, with the
egg in his hand, upon which he was
intently looking, and the watch sup
plying its place in the saucepan OF
hoiling water
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c.tt,,p tho Beat of Cabmen.

In Havana there is a device for
protecting passengers from the ex-
tortion of cabmen which might profit
ably be initiated In other countries.
The lamp posts are painted in various
cclors-red for the central district,
blue for the second circle, green for
the third, etc.--and thus the fare
knows Immediately when he has
passed the legal boundary, and pays
accordingly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12

EFFERToN TAFFY. This is favorite
English confection. To make it, take three
pounds of the best brown sugar and boil
with one and one. half pints of water, until
the candy hardens In cold water. Then
add one half pound of sweet favored fresh
butter, which will soften the candy. Boil
n few minutes until it again hardens and
pour 1t into trays Flavor with lemon IL
desired
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Getting Back His Loss,

A singular custom prevails among
the Tartars or KuEds. If man loses
his cattle or other property he pours
a little brown sugar into piece OF
colored cloth, ties 1t up, and carries one
such parcel to each Of his friends and
acquaintances. In return he is present
ed, according to circumstances, with
COW, or sheep, or q sum OF money.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12
Porp0tual Motion

The question of perpetual motion has
been solved by an up-to-date philoso-
pher:
Rags make paper.
Paper makes money.
Money makes banks.
Banks make loans. =.
Loans makes poverty.
Poverty makes rags.
Rags make well, you stop here and
commence over again, and keep on
going until the cows come home.
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Arsenic in Carpet.

In Sweden yarn is not allowed to be
sold IL 1t contains O.0009 per cent Of
arsenic. A carpet has been condemned
BY the inspectors because 1t contained
one-thousandth part Of grain Of ar
ssnic in sixteen square inches-that ia
one grain in piece Of carpet ten feet
e1iifiara. -.---- -. IL. =. 1.
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Ivory Yhneers.

Veneer cutting has reached such
nerfection that a single elephants tusk
thirty inches long is now cut into
sheet of ivory $50 inches long and
twentv inches wide, and some sheets
of rosewood and mahogany are only
about a fiftieth of an inch thick
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12
BUILD BALCONIES
A Good Suggestion to Owners Of Apart.
mont Houses.

A Good Suggestion to Owners Of Apart.
mont Houses.
Why are not all apartment houses
furnished with balconies? A man that
owns or rents house can sit on the
doorstep and enjoy the cool OF the
evening; but what . boon a balcony
would be to those that are now stified
in fats. ...
The poets are with you. When Tom
Clinch rode stately through London
streets to be hanged,
The maids to the doors and balconies
ran,
And said, Lack-a-day! he's proper
young man.
The loving wife OF Mr.. John Gilpin
spied him from a balcony. Byron
compared Venetian danes leaning
over the balcony" to Venuses OF Titan.
There are instances galore. o balco-
MES, guitars, serenades, the fall Of 9
handkerchief or rose, stock incidents
Of operetta! And 1t is indeed Joy to
smoke peacefully thus suspended In
air after sundown, dropping matches
or tobacco ash on those passing under.
Then the close presence of the adored
one in the dusk; with murmurous
conversation, with the sense Of isola-
tion!
But there are coarse, prosaic MEN in
petty authority who look askew at bal
comics save for purposes Of revenue.
Thus at Munster in Westphalia the
town council has decided to put tax
on balconies-$50 for those which pro-
ject beyond the walls, and $3.50 for
those that are less ambitious. "The
Council has decided that the balcony
is frivolous, lends itself to idle gazing,
a spirit Of criticism. and a tendency to
Impractical Irritation" This sounds
as though it came from the Connecti-
cut OF earlier years. But our friend
the Classical Scholars assures us that
the owner OF the first balcony built In
ancient Rome taxed personally his ten
ants. "Maenius," a Roman citizen, let
his house to the censors, Cato and
Flaccus. He then built out balcony
and came into personal residence there.
in order to keep an eye on them"
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y.soinnation in Japan.

In Japan vaccination Is compulsory.
and the government makes its own
lymph and issues 1t free of charge, Re-
vaccination at stated periods is also
rigidly enforced. Only calf lymph Ia
used
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smuEglers FOiled.

Even Saxon courtesy may be carried
a little too far. When about to return
from a Bohemian village to frontier
town in Saxony, the occupants OF a
sledge had their foot-warmers carefully
rinsed out and replenished with full
bodied Hungarian wine. Thus they
passed the guard post without let or
hindrance to the merry jingling Of the
sleigh BELLS. Laughing and Joking at
the success OF their little dodge, they
called at wayside Inn for refresh
ments. On resuming their seats one OF
the party exclaimed:
why. the foot-warfners are quite
hot!"
Then the boots of the inn stepped
forward and said, with friendly grin:
"The foot-warmers were quite cold,
gentlemen, so, just to oblige you, I
emptied them and filled them again
#fth hot water"
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A New Envelope

In a new envelope piece of string
ia inserted tn one end with the bottom
end made fast to the paper, the top
end being left free and folded down
when the flap is sealed, to be pulled
by the receiver and tear the letter
omen,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12

Jerusalem Is now nothing put
shadow of the magnificent city OF an
cient times. 1t is about three niiies
in circumference, and is situated on
rocky mountain.
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@E Hrahns.e OF India. -
Suicide at one Time was very COM
mon among the Brahmins Of India,
who held the body In contempt, regard
,rg ], merely as a covering for the SOUL
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that Is, in a wholesale fashion. Not
one mouse, but as many as three can
be taken in and done for. 1t Is pre-,
sumed that the homicidal bivalve
shown in the picture gaped for water
and that the mice, cycling the succulent
morsel, went for it with a result that
proved them to have been three blind
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-01-12

VXTANTED-SEVERAL TRUSTWOR-
w thy persons In this state to manage
our business in their own and nearby coun7
ties. 1t is mainly Office work conducted at
home. Salary straight 5000 year and
expenses--definite, bonafdc, no more, no less
salary. Monthly $75. References Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope, Herbert f
Hess, Pres't, Dept M, Chicago.
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An Oyster Bags Three Mice

zku VyVtoH HWY @1r17 "
You can send away your cat for
holiday at the seaside with perfect con-
hdence If you leave a couple Of oysters
lying about your partry floor. The
above picture, reproduced from pho
to. illustrates how the oyster works
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DoTTLE WITH SAFETY sTofPEN ),
The latest device Is bottle front
which poison is not likely to be taken
by mistake. The anchor safety stopper,
which Is now in use in many hospitalsI
has been contrived. which the accom-
panying illustration represents. The
anchor inside the bottle is Of heavy
glass and is attached to the cork by
an asbestos cord which neither affects
nor is affected by acids or chemicals
used in medicine. When the cork Is
withdrawn the anchor catches, and an
other warning Is given by the rattle
Of the anchor striking the neck OF the
bottle. The contents of the bottle may
be easily poured or dropped out by
holding the cork at the side with the
finger, as the anchor does not impede
the flow.
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STATIONS A M A M P NJ NJ

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
s28 and 10 40 m, and 8 81 and 6 SO p m.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro and
Chambersburg at 2 0s and II As a m, and
for Shippenssutg at 7S5 p IN.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at O6
m and 10 20 and 8 10 p IN.
Leave Brucevllle tor Frederick at 9 SO, 8 80
and 10 40 a m and 3S and 6 80 p IN, and for
Efttlestown. Taneytown, Wrlghtsville and
Columbia at 0 AZ a m and 8 As 5pm.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
M. HOOP. B H. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
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D,.,.nc. Coyered By bicycle Riders

On a fine day 1t is reckoned that the
cycle riders of the world cover the
grand total of 100,000,0OO miles, OF
4 600 times around the world
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EMPEROR WILLIAM.
KNOWS HIS COUNTRY AND LIKES TO
TALK WITH FOREIGNERS.

Has Converted With Every Prominent
Enslishman and American Who has
Passed Through Berlin in the Past Ten
YeArs-Is Not Tyrant.
It Is one great source Of the En-
peror's power that he knows person
ally not merely all his brother sover-
eigns, but every man Of official i'm
portance in his own country. There
is not a province in Germany with
which he Is not familiar. and his
memory for names and faces Is so
great that for him to see a man once
is to know him for the rest OF his life.
In his knowledge of his country he
surpasses any of his predecessors
on the Prussian throne, and all Of his
contemporary sovereigns. 1t is safe
to say that Queen Victoria knows
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Thick House Walls.

The outside walls of many of the
houses in Mexico are from three to six
feet thick to withstand earthquake
shocks.
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Western Maryland railroad.

ea5z5as ss|'sM a@R
Cohcdule in effect June 90, 1895.
TRAINS GOING WEST