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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-05-31

The following bill was published in
Scotch newspaper in l707 representing
that it was made out by printer for
work done in church. 1t gives the
items but not the charge and likely was
only intended as hit either at the su-
perabundance of pictures in the church
or the parsimony of the congregation.
The Vestry of--Church, DR..
To Solomon Rex:
To filling up chink in the Red Sea,
aud repairing the damages of Pharaoh g
hosts.
To new pair of hands for Daniel in
the lions den. and new set of teeth
for the lioness.
To repairing Observation-Disclosures beard
To cleaning the whales interior. var
nishlng Jonahs face and mending his
left arm.
To a new skirt tor Joseph's garment.
To sheet anchor, jury mast, and
long boat for Noah's Ark.
To giving blush to the cheek of Eve
on presenting the apple to Adam.
TO painting new city in the land of
Nod.
To cleaning the garden Of Eden after
Adams expulsion.
To making bride for the Good Sa-
maritan's horse and mending one of his
legs.
To putting a new handle to Moses
basket and fitting bulrushes.
To adding more fuel to Nebuchad-
nezzers furnace.
ReceiYed payment,
SOLOMON REX.
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penver'a Great Chimney.

The tallest chimney of the Grant
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every visitor of Denver 1t Is by far
the tallest smokestack in the United
States, and has Dut two rivals in the
world. The following facts will give
the reader an adequate idea of the
immensity of this chimney: 1t is 352
feet inches in height. There are
1,943, 900 bricks in this immense shaft,
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A correspondent tells of the loss of a
steamer through the carelessness of the
captain, who stood upon the pilot house.
A rock appeared ahead; in trepidation
he rang two bells, one to go ahead and
one to go astern.' The engineer obeyed
both bells, and the boat parted IN the
middle.
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WORTH STUDYING.
Sex and Nationality in Crime and In.
sanity,

Sex and NatIonaiity IN crime ana IN
sanity.
Four persons out OF every 5000
men, women and children In the Uni.
ed States are either In jail, or out In
ball. or are fugiives from justice.
Their total number Is 10000, out Of
a population estimated at 100000 900.
American women make an excellent
showing-or rather, lack OF showing
in crime statistics. Only per cent Of
all those who have fallen foul Of the
law are women.
The sex is most prominent In what
are known as crimes against society.
including bigamy. To this class Of Of
tenders 1t contributes rs per cent, OF
the total.
The total number of crimes commit
ted against the person, running the
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Mrs. Potato Bug-"What are the
weather probabilities for to dayT
Her Husband-"Strong winds and
heavy showers of paris green."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-05-31

She-Shall l go and hold your hand
in mine when you ask papa Cor me?
He-If you don't mind. Id rather
you'd hold papa's feet.
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Mamma said Bobby, the incorigible
papa says that whenever he whips me
it hurts him worse than it does me-
Yes, dear
u don't believe it"
'Bobbyr
u don't, cause if it did he couldn't
sit right down on hard chair and eat
his dinner. | cant.
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Cruelty Surprised.

When the gentleman at the desk had
attended to the cases of various appli-
cants he turned to a pleasant faced well
dressed man who was patiently waiting
his chance to gel in.
WELL he said with a smile, what
can I do for you todaY?'
Nothing was the quiet response.
'Ah, that's pleasant;every body seems
to want some sort Of favor. Come in
ind sit down; you are relief
'On the other hand, I want to give
you something
That's nicer than ever smiled the
host, I've heard it was better to give
than to receive, but I've never had much
chance to try both
v want to give you the chance to put
your name down for the finest work ever
sent out by any publishing firm in
but he never finished the sentence.
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ecuted. 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
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for the most vigorous and successful prose-
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in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
especially. FEES MODERATE and exclu.
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Of information and advice, and special refer
ences, sent without charge upon request.
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Washington, D. c..
Opposite U. s. Patent Office
Mention thm PaperA
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmltsburg at
s28 and 10 40 m, and 8 81 and 8 "a p m.
Leave Edgemont for WaynesboIo and
Chambersburg at 705 m, and for Ship
pensburg at II As a m, and Z 35 p m.
Leave Hagerstown for Cherry Run and
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 10
m and - Is and 8 05 pm.
Leave Brucevlle tor Frederick at 38, 9 35
and 10 40 m and 8 SO and 80 p m, and for
Littlestown. Taueytown, Wrightsville and
Columbia at 8 AZ m and s45pm.
Daily-ail other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
J M. HOOP. B H. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
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ENIMITSBURG,M MD.

Buys direct from the Manufac.
turer. Distilled from carefully
selected grain, therefore is strictly
pure and guaranteed free from
any adulteration. Sold at reason
able prices.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
The Summer Sash.

The possibilities of the sash are
varied this summer There is the
First Consul" sash. of soft black or
white sash, loosely knotted about the
waist, and having gold fringe on the
ends. 1t is not confined to a Directoire
garment, but is worn now with serge
or light wool dresses.
Another pretty idea for a sash to be
worn with summer gowns is a strip
of Powered silk or ribbon, which is
widened considerably at the ends.
This gay strip is bordered with plain
taffeta silk or ribbon to match the
main coloring of the flower, and the
ends are decorated with a silk fringe
of the same color. This sash should be
tied in q quaint Ii tie bow at 'he
back with very short loops, til ends
falling nearly to the foot of the gown.
Some of the prettiest varieties Of
sashes are made of mousseline de soc,
tied with perky" bow high from
the waistline, with streamers to the
edge of the skirt. These ends are
varioIsly finished with pleatlngs,
rows of narrow velvet or satin ribbon,
spangled effects or lace motifs,
gown of fine null over a primrose
yellow slip is charming, with yellow
mousseline sash floating either at the
back or at the left side.
"The military" sash of scarlet crepe,
is extremely effective with seashore
or mountain gowns, as nothing is
more pleasing to the eye than touch
of scarlet in the woods or by the sea.
The military sash is made of one
width of crepe doubled and gathered
in at the ends, with full scarlet six
tassels, and is always knotted at the
left side.
No prettier sashes are seen with
summer gowns of plain fabrics than
those of the old fashioned chine taffe-
tas These are in white CT pale
colored groundings, Powered with
''posies' in blurred effects. A width
of silk may be cut in half for the
sash. having the edges finished with
delicate tom Thumb" fringe, or rib
bon from three to five inches in width
may be preferred.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Where much budding is done, boys
go ahead to clean the lower part of
the trees of sprouts, leaves, trash or
dirt. Then. after the builders follow
the tiers. Have your ties cut before
hand; the most convenient length is
about seven inches. Be careful to dis
criminate between leaf and blossom
buds. Leaf buds are more pointed,
and are what you want, as they con-
tain the germ of a sprout, tree.
Blossom buds are plumper and more
blunt, and Rounded on the end, and
will produce only blossoms-on the
parent tree they would probably set
fruit.
Plainly label your trees with the
name of bud variety, with stakes at
end of row, and cultivate until Au-
gust, being careful not to injure the
bud.
The following spring cut the seed
ling top off about three or four inches
above the inserted bud. 1t is a good
thing to tie the sprout, as it grows, to
the stub, to keep winds from breaking
it out. This inserted bud will soon
grow and form a new tree, and the
variety will invariably be exactly like
the parent from which the bud was
taken. These young trees with budded
tops are ready the next spring to be
set in the orchard.-The New England
Homestead.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
T0ZlHsh!oh fo8>


Square hat crowns are one of the new
phases in millinery.
Crepe de chime is a popular material
for wedding gowns.
Trim your dimity gowns with hem
med frillings of white point d'esprit
accordion plated.
Very modish and inexpensive gowns
are made of pongee silk. If simply
constructed they will wash very we'll
Sashes of China silk tied at the back
with loops turning up in the old
fashioned way are worn with muslin
gowns.
Very stylish gowns are made OF the
old-fashioned pOngee silk, trimmed
with handsome embroidery matching
it in color.
Jackets are given a summary touch
by white collars placed over the revers.
These collars can be found ready made
in the leading shops.
Serpentine insertions cut out of all
over lace and finished on the edge with
either black or white silk cord are used
to trim crepe de chine and yelling
gowns.
A new edition of the poionaise, which
in shape is very much like a cape worn
as an apron has appeared in Paris.
The rounded ends finish little below
the waist at the back and in some in
stances it Is covered with tucks.
Nothing is prettier than black hat
and every woman looks better in them
than a befowered head covering. Black
hats are effective worn with white
frocks. and they are also the means OF
making many co,ored ones more styl
ish.
Lingerie skirts and blouse waists
made of fine white lawn with in
Vulnerable tucks and many rows OF
valenciennes insertion are one of the
special features of thin gowns, and are
extremely chic worn with a cloth OF
gold bolero.
The latest thing in haudkerchiefs is
a very tiny square of cobweb lawn
edged with lace. The absence of a
rocket in gowns is the incentive fol
this change in size. which makes il
possible to wear the handkerchief in
side the glove.
Enamelled jewelry has come hack
to us again more beautiful than ever
and the special chic thing is shown in
the belt buckles. either turquoise blue
emerald green or red, oval in shape
and quite plain if you Ike. Some OF
them are ornamented in tiligree designs
or with flowers and birds.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
A Unfuue Continuance,

First, take u coffee pot holding about
one gallon. Take off the ordinary spout,
and cover the opening formed securely
so that nothing can leak through. Then
fasten three spouts on near the bot
tom of the pot about one and half
inches apart. These spouts should be
like tubes, larger at the bottom and
tapering TO the top, which should be
large enough to fit a nipple on nicely.
The spouts reach from the bottom up
even with the top of the pot and should
extend out five inches from the top.
Stay each spout to the pot with a tin
brace, about three inches below the
top of the pot. Take wire about No.
20 and solder around the top of each
spout to hold the nipple on. A string
tied around the nipple below the rim
will hold it securely. Have the bail
on the top of the pot to carry it by.
Fill the pot with fresh cows milk, and
let the lambs take all they will. Be
sure to let the milk get out of his stom-
ach before giving him any more. This
will be from four to five hours. Then
feed again all the lambs will eat We
have never lost lamb raised in this
way. We can raise them as easily and
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

your knees, with your back to the
south and the row on your left. Allow
the top of the young tree to rest back
of your left shoulder and with your
left hand grasp it near the ground
and. bending it toward the SOUTH hold
it there while, with the knife in the
right hand, you make an incision
through the bark across the tree about
two and one-half or three inches from
the earth (see Figure la, and another
from its centre downward, from one
to one and one-half inches. See Fig.
1b.
The bent position of the tree will
slightly. With the reverse end of the
knife handle-some use a goose quill
or a piece of ivory bone-press the
bark gently from the wood (see Fig.
1b), and having cut a bud from the
twig (see Fig. 1c) insert it under the
bark in such a way that the bud it.
self projects from the perpendicular
cut in the bark of the young tree.
Push the bud and shield of bark
well down in the slit. and then, with
bass mat, yarn, or tow string, pro
coed to wrap above and below the bud
Zig. Id. l like to wrap above the
bud first, then crossing behind wrap
and tie below the bud, being always
careful not to injure it. The tie does
not need to cover all the cut parts;
it is simply to hold them for the heal
ing which nature brings. No wax or
covering of any kind is used. You are
now ready for the next tree. In cut,
ting buds take off slight piece of
the wood with each bud and do not
remove it.
After three, four or five days ex-
anime your work. and, if necessary,
cut the tie, as such young trees are
often so thrifty that the string will
check growth in three or four days.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Peach pits are usually planted in the
spring in rows three and one-half by
four feet apart and about six inches
between each pit in the rows. They
come up quickly and make rapid
growth. so that by Jnly l they will
be two or three feet high, when they
will do to bud. Be sure to get buds
of the variety you want-true to name:
these buds are of the present seasons
growth and should be sufficiently ma
tured for use. Cut the new twigs con-
taining the buds, describing the tips
and butts, using only the healthy,
strong middle buds. Cut the leaves
off. leaving the petiole or leaf stalk
with the buds. Now, beginning at
the south end of a row of the seed
ling trees. which should be from two
and one half to four feet high, get Cd
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Some useful reforms have been eff
fected in the newest dress skirts, but
the folly of an inconvenient length
of the walking skirt still remains I'M
changed. Constant attention to the
street-sweeping gown greatly inter-
feres with the pleasure of walking,
and very few women can raise their
skirts gracefully from the pavement.
They usually clutch the massed fo.ds
anywhere and anyhow, and this lift
ing-if one would preserve her gown
must be persevered in from the time
the wearer steps upon the pavement
until she leaves it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

The cultivator of to-day largely sup
planted the hoe and the farmer can
as q result accomplish nearly twice as
much work in working the soil around
his garden and field crops. The hoe
is too slow and antiquated an imple-
ment for modern farming, and while
it has its place in small gardens and
for plants that cannot be reached with
the cultivator, it is not as useful an
implement as formerly. There is one
good Ipractice caused by the general
use of the cultivator. We now sow
seeds and set out the plants in rows
wide enough apart to enable the cul-
tivator to pass easily between them.
When the hoe was the chief imple-
ment for cultivating the tendency was
to rob the soil too much. The rows
were planted close together, and the
plants never did so we'll Now we
are more generous with our soil, and
we plant the crops farther apart and
they do much better. We raise prob
ably less numbers to the acre, but
they are better in quality, and the
results are better.
We cannot afford to be stingy with
our lambs any more than we can af-
ford to bother with the hoe where the
cultivator will take its place. Rows
for nearly all crops should be wide
enough for the cultivator to pass be-
tween them, and in some instances
far enough apart to permit a wagon
load of straw or manure to drive be-
tween them. All this lessons labor
which to-day is the prime considera-
ton on any farm. More money is
| spent in labor hire than for manure
and seeds put together, and anything
that tends to lessen the amount of
labor required is a distinct advantage.
Farming is gradually moving toward
the same end that all manufacturing
has been going for many years. More
and improved farm machinery is be-
ing invented to save time and labor,
and each invention helps to make the
cost of raising bushel of potatoes less
expensive. But there are many ways
to save time and labor which farmers
could adopt themselves without max
ing further expense for new machin-
cry. One of these is to have such
roadways through the farm as will
permit wagons to pass without en-
croaching upon the growing plants.
By being able to reach every part Of
the field during the growing as well
as the harvesting season we may save
many dollars. Overcrowding not only
has its disadvantages in making the
plants less healthy and vigorous. hut
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

and eight students. its four months
course. and its building opening on
a back alley has grown until it has
for nearly 80 years had its own build
ing and hospital. Its graduates are
to be found in every land and their
practice has gO-e on in the Orient
where men are excluded altogether
from the care of women. The hall
century in which the college has been
opened has reversed the public verdict
on medical education. In 1S45 DR..
Elizabeth Blackwell could gain adj
mission nowhere but in the little IN d.
cal college in Geneva. y. Y, and then
only by the caprice Of students. To-
day, while all doors are not yet open,
Germany is the only land denying a
medical education and medical eX-
aminations to women"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

safely as we can a calf. The advan-
tages of this manner of feeding are:
/. Air follows the milk right down
into the pot, and makes a continual
flow, and the lamb has only to make
the motion and swallow.
.. You pour milk from the pail into
the top of the pot.
3. The amount Of milk holds the
heat.
4. You can put the pot into a kettle
of hot water, and have the milk heated
in three minutes.
5. You are feeding three lambs at
one time.
This is unique and the only success
full method 1 have found of raising
lambs by hand. Fed in this way we
have had lambs make fifty-four pounds
at eleven weeks of age. This feeder
had much to do in knocking out the
royal winners of England when we
met them in the show rings. Ii.
Todd, in National Stockman.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

ers in Germany has Increased over
one million, and so this most indus
trial country of the Old World leads
Europe today in the progressive
movement among the feminine por-
tion of its population. BY far the
largest number engaged in any one
kind of work are those following
agriculture for living. Next in order
come the domestic servants, followed
by those engaged in the work of adj
ministration and cleaning of public
buildings and Offices. The remaining
workers are engaged in textile indus
tries, in trade, the professions and IN
inns