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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01


The vote by which the Senate took
up the Quay case-54 to %, is regarded
as having settled two things First
that majority of the Senate upholds the
claim that anything affecting Senator'S
right to his seat question Of the high
est privilege and can be called up at any
time, regardless of what is before the
Senate, and second, that Mr.. Qusy will
BE- awarded his seat.
Another striking example Of legisla-
ton by conference is finished by the FL
nance Bill, reported from the Confer
ence Committee. 1t is practically a
new bill, embodying the principal feat
ures of both the House and Senate bills,
but expressed unlike either. 1t is more
fiat footedly in favor Of the gold stand
ard; provides for refunding the bonded
indebtedness of the government in two
per cent gold bonds, upon which Ma
tional banks may issue currency to the
full face value, and it retains the Sen
ate BimetalIic amendment, but in q
more meaningless form. There Is no
doubt of the adoption of the bill, re-
ported by the conference committee, by
both House and Senate, probably before
the close of the present week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01
vHr CA7ocTla CLARION.
CHAS. E. CASSELL.
editor and Publisher.
Thursday, Mich. !, 1900
Newsnaper Law Decisions.

l. ANY pc, son who takes paper regularly iron
.he Observation-Disclosures directed to his name an
,her,. or wheth has subscribed or not re-
sponsible for the payment.
If any person orders his paper discontinued ne
q, abe must paw all the arrearages or the publisher
NAV continue to send it until payment is made ane
collect the whole amount whether the paperis taker
from the Office or not.
No paper will be discontinued until paid up.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

At meeting of the directors in Hagers
town OH Thursday of last week it was de-
cided to hold the annual reunion of the Re-
form I'd Churches OF Maryland, Virginia, w.
Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District OF
Columbia at Pen Mar on Thursday. July ID,
1t was decided to have four speakers, one OF
whom will likely be Rev. II. G Miller, awell
known foreign missionary.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01
Who would think there

Who would think there
was insanity behind a drop n
of water? But there is. 1t
was favorite torture in the
old days to fasten the victim
where water should slowly
drip on his forehead In l+
little while he was howl ~
ing maniac.
Women do not, as rule, kI
realize how the steady
drains which sometimes
af1lict them must at Last react on the
mind Sometimes, 1t is only fretfulness,
irritability or psevishness. At other
times the condition passes beyond I'M
reasonableness to irrationality.
With the relief of the body, from dis
ease, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
gives also cheerful mind and contented
spirit When the drains and pains are
stopped the mind scars up like balloon
from which dead weight has been cast
out. Mothers who never knew happy
moment when the birth hour confronted
them, and younger women doomed each
month to period of mental depression
as we'll as physical suffering, have found
a perfect cure by the use of Favorite
Prescription" 1t contains no alcohol.
neither opium cocaine or other form of
narcotic.
~ suffered with female weakness about eight
wears tried several doctors but derived no
benefit until began using DR., Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription" writes Mrs. John Green, of
Danvlle Boyle Co.. Ky. This medicine was
recommended to me by other patients. have
taken six bottles and feel like another person"
II took your medicine six months aud feel
now like a new person" writes Miss Annie
Stephens Of Belleville, Wood Co., w. Va. " Have
no headache no backache no pain anywhere.
took seven bottles of Doctor
Piercs's Favorite Prescription,
and seven bottles OF his ~
Golden Medical Discovery" RNh
think there is no medicine like
Doctor Pierce's. / cant speak TAEA
highly enough of yonr medt EfSfA
cine for it has done me so much IIE#J&A
good, don't feel tired as ! nM
used to, nor sick. ] feel well EN "a
aud think there Is no medicine Et5yEEIt
equal to DR., Pieree's Favorite HE7iI~
Prescription" W
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant sssas-f \
Pellets are graduated to MS
the sensitive system OF ~
women.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

M. B. Smith, Butternut, Mich, says, De
Wits Little Early Risers are the very best
pills ever used for costiveness, liver and
howell troubles Dr. Waters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett will
fight in the Seaside Sporting Club at
Coney Island on May 18th.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

Twenty FIVE women have been hanged
in England during Queen Victoria'f
reign.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

To secure the original witch hazel salve,
ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye, well
known as a certain cure for piles and skin
diseases. Beware OF worthless counterfeit.
They are dangerous. DR.. Waters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01
n,....s. Of tho Blood and Nerves.

Diseases of tho Blood and Nerves.
No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease is quickly and permanently cured
by Browns Iron Bitters Every disease of
the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic
Bitters. Known and used for nearly q
quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore
most among our most valued remedies.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

Lewis Alderman, Goshen Ind, says, :De-
Wits Little Early Rsers always bring GER
tain reliefcure my headache and never grippe"
They gently cleanse and invlgorate the
bowels and liver. DR.. Waters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

ILLITERACY-There. are 1880 voters in
this county, of which 1921 are illitcrate, or
something more than IL per cent. OF the
white vote, II ,742, $40 or per cent. ure il
literate, while of 1 ,60S colored voters, ne or
4S per cent. are illiterate.
Carroll county's percentage of illiteracy
(white) is per cent, while that ofthe colored
vote is almost precisely the same as in this
county; here it is 4S and in Carroll AT per
cent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

A census of Brunswick, this county, taken
on February last, showed the number Of
inhabi,ants to be $500. There were 5lo
houses, of which 81 were vacant. census
taken on February /, 1899 showed n popula'
ton of / 1913 and sill houses. The decrease
in population is due to the removal ola num-
Der of railroad men to Cumberland.
How is the decrease in the number of
houses accounted for?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

Winter was crowded into the month OF
February, rs in 1899, 10 an extent that will
shortly deprive II of its old time name Of the
month of thaws. Practically all OF the snow
and about every cold wave worthy of the
name came to us this winter during Febru-
ary- -.-s.. .....,.,. .,.
The Hagerstown papers tell of Mr.. q. o.
Cushen of Dawson City, who is laying away
$40 day as weigher in the Gold Hill gam
bling house at Dawson, where they gamble
with gold dust each bet having to be weighed
The thermometer has been as low as % de-
grees below zero. The daylight is with them
from $50 a. M, to 2:45 p. m.
---~~--~-~--~-
RAILROADS.&C. PATENTs.-A single firm of
Patent Lawyers, G. A. Shows Co, of Wash
ington, y. c., have IN the last year procured
1880 patents for their clients, many Of them
for rejt cted inventions. G. A. Snow & Co.,
have been accused of railroading patents
through the Patent Office, but they insist
that THE locomoton is better than OK carting
them for by the latter process the inventor
often dies before he gets his patent j83m
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

Work on the Blue Mountain Iron and
Steel Companys plant at Catocin is pro-
crossing The severe weather OF the past
the exceptionally favorable winter gave them
an opportunity to press the work and it is
now approaching completion. Two orthree
weeks of favorable weather, and the furnace
will be ready to 20 into blast The superin
.endent, Mr.. L. r. Wacsche. will remove his
family there as soon MS the work ofrepair on
the dwelling is completed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-03-01

A private detective who had been posing
at Mddlcburg as II prospcctor, last week
went to Creagcrstown where he and another
officer arrested Benjamin Sherman, who was
taken with them The detective made the
arrest on the alleged charge that watch,
several hundred dollars and some clothing
were taken from the house of a dairyman,
near Pittsburg, while they were attending a
funeral, for whom it is also alleged that Sher-
man had been working, The people of
Creagerstown and vicinity are of the impress
sion that the detective got the wrong man -
Woodsboro AdUdnce.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-11

builder" the men had momentari.y stop
ped work to shy cents and nickels and a
couple of dimes a dirty Italian who had
been grinding a traVesty on Patrick 5
Day" out of his hand organ, and who
then. by way of thanks, gave them a rep
resentation of a wretch dying by slow tor
ture, from which, by a desperate stretch
of Imagination. they were supposed TO
fancy The Wearin' of the Greenland
went on. Myles had remained half a
block away until the agony was ended.
and when he came up he found that a
hunch-backed old fellow who was at work
by the side-path had stuck up a little 10
cent Irish flag on q barrel by his side.
Myles stood looking from the man to
the flag, and from the flag back to the
man.
That's a gay mornin, Misther," the
old fellow said. going ON with his work
After little Myles Mcguire asked,
How long are you from Ireland, fren' %
An, roth, too long. Nineteen years,
come May"
An, TIL me, do We liver think of Irelan'
now?"
The old fellow looked UP at him side
ways for moment. Isn't it early in the
mornin yere beginnin' yer larkin?" he
said then.
do We ever expect 10 go back to Ire
lan'?"
The old fellow sighed as he said it, II
name to die in lrelan'. | was back there
seven years ago this summer. If money
was plentier it's few summers would miss
me that l wouldn't be back. | have me
wife an children there, and I've got TO
save for"
Il suppose you send them money every
year?"
Every year! I struggle to SEN them
with Gods help, a thrifie of money every
month. When I'm in constant work / can
well afford 1t. 1 earn big pay, $40 a week
We have two as brave sons as ever God
blessed a father an mother with, and were
givin them good schoolin' and sthrivin
to make somethin' respectable out iv
them; we're putin wan iv them on for
the clargy, an the others goin' to be a
school-ma sther. An when 1 help to pay
for the Twin an edication of them both
for the little patch of land wouldn't go
far to keep them, let alone edicate them
l can't afford to go back to our Irelan
often. Another few years hard work, an
meself an the our woman II never know
want or woe afther.'
Myles Mcguire was reflective for some
time
Are We goin' to the parade to-day?" he
said.
och sweet good luck to the con-
thractor, no. Bad wind to him! An he's
on Irshman, too, they say. His name
Irish enough. But the heart in him--if
he's got the like at all, at ALL which
misdoubt-must be black Sara saize
himl II a tinth of the bad prayers the
men has been prayin' on him these two
days be heerd, ! wouldn't like 10 be in his
boots. A niggard he is an he'll never be
anything else" Mr.. Mcguire was feeling
slightly uncomfortable. May Saint Pat
rick chalk It up on the cross-bar by heav-
ems gates, to stare the villain In the face
an turn him away If he has the irhpl-
dence to thravel torst there afther he
gives his last gasp No, I'm not goin';
an that's the second time only. that I've
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-11

out in green ribbons, and squandherin' a
couple of days pay for the pleasure of
throttin behind a web of green Calico
throWin' out their chests and THROWN up
their chins, and steppin' on time to some
ouP rantin' air that their great -grandfath-
er's used to dance to. And then here's
these people in Irelan-ne own slsther, me
own Sither Ellen, no less-turnin' a child's
head with foolish notions about becomin
a priest or a praicher. when IL would be
filter (both for themselves and HIM that
they were teachin' him which fist TO put
foremost on a spade-handle; and keepin'
him at school every day. when it's in the
ditch-sheugh they should have him half
the time. No Wonderi no wonderl Small
wonder there's poverty and hardships in
Irelan, and plenty of want in Amerikv.
It's seven an thirty years. Gavigan, since
l and me little bundle were thrown out of
the ship on American soil, without the
face of a friend to greet me or as much
as an acquaintance to say, There we are,
Myles Mcguire, and the divi send We may
prospect l was 16 bare years Of age. bent
my back and put my hands to. The day
afther l landed. and for hard years
wrought the very soul of me cut through
me fingers. / met no friends ana |
made none-what's more, / wanted no7e
and wouldn't have them. / kept myself
clear of all from home they're never a
help. always ihindhrance. If they came
wouldn't keep warm for a second Wis
&c: and so they were soon shaken off
saw that in Ameriky If a man wanted 20
go ahead it took him TO think of himself
and himself only all the time; forget Ire
land. it's Patrick's days an its poverty
] did that. And so signs on ii. Myles
Mcguire the poor delicate child that then
jumped onto a quay al the foot of New
York with his belongings under his arm
and twenty-five shillins and sixpence ha-
penny in his pocket is now Mr.. Myles Ma
guire. contractor and builder, honore1
and respected. and wan of the leadn' men
in his line in New York city, with several
hundred men in his employ and a bank
account that I'll say nothin' of bekase I'm
not a boastin' man. Gavigan. there's an
example for yer foolish Irish to copy
afther! What de We SEE to that Gavi-
GAM"
Johnnie. os he strOked his beard. did
not reply audibly. But he was thinking.
Il am only a poor clerk myself, worth
Just SIG week. and with a wife and
family and a struggle with the wurrP
always on me hands-yet Myles Mcguire,
with the big bank account and no wan
in the wurrl' to fret about but yerself. l
would cry bittheriy If l was compelled to
swap places with you, an have 90 take
over your heart into the bargain"
johnnie Gavigan was. of course, one OF
the foolish Irish.
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"A MOUNTED MARSHAL ORDERED HIM ACK."

and IL one of your men lifts the tail of
their eye to look a them, I'll be there
10 order you give him his dismissal Let
Pathrick Aloysius O'Rourke put that in
his pipe and smoke It,"
Johnnie Gavigan sighed deeply, but soft
ly, as he wrote;
271 Broadway Tuesday Morning
Dear Mr.. 'Rourke-Much as should
wish IL Otherwise. ] regret extremely that
] cannot possibly afford to let the men
get holiday on the occasion of the COM
ing festival, which. as Irishmen, we all
honor. / sincerely trust the good men
and true who on that day turn out to do
honor TO 81 Patrick aud ireland, wilIsbe
favored with glorious Gather and that
the procession will surpass-if that be pos
sible-those of former years in numbers.
respectability. order and general eclat.
Very sincerely. Myles Mcguire"
Mr.. Mcguire, contractor and builder
had been knitting his brows over another
letter, while Johnnie Gavigan was. with
elamarous pen. scratching the forego-
ing.
"Gavigan," said he, 'the wuri is go
ing mad"
Johnnie was not as much startled as
might have been expected by this piece
of amazing intelligence-and for the
good reason that mis- master had been
spfinsing it on him every morning for
the last twenty-five years.
Just read that"
Johnnie took over the documentary
evidence, first impressions from which
only tended to prove that the world
was going inky and going smoky. Where
biobs of ink did not conceal il, the paper
displayed that rich yellow coating which is
only 10 be obtained by careful seasoning
In cabin where a considerable quantity
OF the turf smoke instead of going out as
Intended by the chimney, crawls and
creeps and curls, with loving fonduess.
around the household goods before max
ing its exit by the deficiency at the door
head. The Renaissance that from the
document penetrated Johnnie's nostrils
brought a big tear into his eye; the roar
of Broadway died suddenly Myles Ma
CURES Office melted away, and Johnnie,
a gossoon, barefoot ragged and happy.
was siostog of strak on an Irish hill
side. and a clear-sk!nned, bright-faced
woman in a linen cap was spinning and
grooming a soft song in Gaelic. All
"Gavigan, wake up! or what the divil
are ye dhreamin about? ] asked ye to
read that letter"
some difficulty. the ca.igraphy was GER
tainly immatuTe):
"Corracamp Upper Meepadbfing p o.,
County of Tyrone.
June the g. 1893
Dear Unckle Myles-I take up my pen
TO write you these few Ines, hoping it
will find you as thank God il leeys us at
present In The best OF helth except wee
Iaimsie mas the hoop-and coff. Dear Un-
ckle Nyles, 1 go 10 school to Master
Ra'ney every day IN my life and he says
am a notorayus scollar and that ] was
born 10 BE- a priest which want TO be
very bad. Bur OF course my poor father
he has not the muney 90 spare 10 make a
priest out of me. Michael Burns of Tul,-
yah that was in America ten years and
five Ia Penclvadny says il is far cheeper
to be priest in the States. So, as every
one comes home tells how rich Unckle
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH H. 1900

ter Mr. Mcguire had only Just saved him
| self from being thrown off the car, Mr.
Mcguire felt he would like to KICK that
conductor A poor workingman' with ms
little bunch in his hand coming on the
car here raised his hat to the shamrock
whereat Mr.. Mcguire muttered something
impolite, and fumed inwardly as II per-
sonal insult had been flung in his face.
And maybe" he added to himself, that
poor fool hasn't the second quarter to rub
again the first" A few blocks farther,
an old woman. who had been helped on
by a policeman, fixing her eyes on the
shamrock, nluttered prayer in Gaelic.
The conductor plucked from his hot
sprig of the shamrock Though 1t cost him
q pang) and presented 1t to the old wo-
man, who kissed 1t passiona tely. Mr..
Naguire, disdaining even to convey an or
der TO the conductor himself pulled the
cord, and bounced from the car at the
next corner. Damn yez ali!' he said.
I'll walk it," He DID walk it, But the
reverence of that poor workingman and
the passionate love of that old woman
for bit of a green weed preyed upon
his mind-preyed upon it. Here am I,
Myles Mcguire, contractor and builder,
and rich man, without either time or in
clination for this-tis-uamned nonsense;
and there's people as poor as God made
them, en- the wurrl' against them, and
they-they-O. damn IL alli' Flung out
from windows were green flags. to which
the burly driver of two wagons raised
their hats as they passed, their eyes dane
ing with some gleeful remembrance. Most
Of the wagoners had stuck upon their
horses harness little green flags, each of
which represented two schooners Of lager
beer foregone Hotel walters. motormen,
hundreds of<hurrying foot passengers,
sported some piece of green--a very few.
with pardoneble pride, displayed the
shamrock The brightness of heart that
shone out And, strangely, the very
poorest seemed to sport as bright face
the most well-to-do
Mr.. Myles Mcguire. contractor and
builder. and rich man, could not help
seeing this, though he would like 10 have
shut both his eyes and his heart to II
with whom he worked ages ago used to
excite his sarcastic laughter by declaring
that half-an-ounce Of happiness was worth
a wagon-load of gold. And now here
were many poor devils with nousht bu,
their bare hands between them and star
Walton. and the sun wes on their faces ana
in their hearts, yet here was he, with his
money bags, and for twenty-five years
lie had not known how 80 smile! Evident
ly these people were leboring under the
delusion that money did not mean every
thing and was not the aim and end of
existence. Somewhere there was some
thing radically wrong. Myles Mcguire con-
fessed TO himself.
At the Victor building on Twenty-third
street and Fourth avenue, which sported
the sign ''Myles Mcguire. contractor and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-11
WHY PRIESTS DO NOT MARRY.
Celibacy of Catholic Priests Ex-
planned by MOnsignOr MartinelIi.

Mgr. Martinelli in Harpers Bazaar.
Celibacy has been an immemorial Gus
tom of the priests and bishops of the Cath
Ollie Church, dating back to the time Of
the Apostles. Taking the words of our
Divine Lord, There are eunuchs who
have made themselves eunuchs for the
kingdom of heavens sake. He that can
receive it let him receive it," the Church
has enforced celibacy on her ministers.
There has never been a time when she
did not command in unmistakable terms
that those who desired to become shep-
herds of the flock should deny the flesh
and give themselves up to the higher life
of self-abnegation and sacrifice. There
have been times when owing to the hard
ness of heart and the perversity of hu-
man nature, she has been Obliged TO toll
crate the marriage of portions OF her
priesthood in certain countries and under
certain conditions, but she has always
done this unwillingly and for the sole rea-
son that 1t would prevent greater evils.
The life of chastity led by the greae
Teacher of Mankind was the life which
the Church ordained from the beginning
as suitable one for her pastors. Inc
earliest successors of st. Peter recon-
mended the example of John, the beloved
disciple who so closely resembIed his Mas
ter. OF the twelve whom Christ called
only Peter was married man. Trad
ton tells us that notwithstanding, ST.
Peter followed the higher life. There have
been but few pontiffs who have not legis-
lated upon this subject. The most re-
cent ana important utterance was maaS
by Plus TX at the time of the Vatican
council, when he stated in unmistakabe
terms that the celibate rule had always
been commanded by the Holy Roman
Catholic Church from the beginning. Tha
early Church fathers record many IN
stances Of supreme law on the subject ana
testify that it was universally command
ed and taught, If not always universally
obeyed.
Since the rumor concerning the permits
sion extended to the South American
priests to bresk the law of celibacy 1t has
frequently been said that the Pope had
no power to rescind this established order
that it would require a council OF the
church This is another error growing QUO
of a misconceptlon of the discipline which
prevails Leo XIII has the same power 70
withdraw this order that Gregory VII had
to issue it. Nothing, however, is more
unlikely. The South American priests 40
not desire and have never petitoned Tor
such a dispensation. Through the prelates
which direct them they sent their wishes
TO Rome last spring. A council was hell
in the vatican and there It was decided to
take measures to re-enforce all the disci-
plinary regulations which have made the
Roman Catholic priesthood such power
for good 1T is safe to predict that should
Leo XIII issue such a radical order not
one in ten thousand Of the Catholic priests
hood would take advantage of this ner-
mission.