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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-10-17
skill In Throwing or Mail Bags.

The busiest clerk in any crew or car
is the one who Is detailed to receive
and throw Off the sacks and pouches.
To lift heavy mail sack and throw 1t
from a car moving at the rate Of mile
q minute is matter Of good target
shooting. "Looks easy enough" COM
mented one Of the veteran clerks at the
letter case, land 1t does seem as If a
man should be able to hit a station
platform without much difficulty, but
you see that station is passed and gone
in about one second. Then, the suction
of n train running at this speed is some
thing terrific, and until the knack OF
throwing a pouch is learned a man Is
liable to feed the wheels with few
s."-Saturday Evening Post.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-10-17
Historical Divisions of Time.

For convenience time Is, by his
torians, usually divided into three
great eras-ancient, medieval Tor mid
dle) and modern. The ancient period
Is considered to extend from the earli-
est times down to the fall Of the Ro-
man empire in the west in A. d. 47G;
the medieval from that date to the
discovery Of America by Columbus In
1902 and the modern from that time to
the present. Some historians prefer to
put the end Of the medieval period at
the capture Of Constantinople by the
Turks, about 40 years earlier than the
Columbus event. The dark ages are
often held to be coeval with the me-
di9val era, but some authorities think
that the term should be applied only
to the part Of the era extending from
the downfall Of the empire Of Charlie
magne, In the ninth century, onward.
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Origin of the Word Sterling.

The origin of the word sterling" is
very curious. Among the early mint
ers of coin in northern Europe were the
dwellers Of eastern Germany. They
were so skillful in their calling that
numbers of them were invited to Eng
land to manufacture the metal money
Of the kingdom. The strangers were
known as "easterlings." After time
the word became Sterling" and In
this abbreviated form 1t has come to
imply what is genuine in money, plate
or character.
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Confederation.

"My wife is very considerate," said
the newly married man. "She Is al
ways buying me neckties and colored
shirts"
"And l suppose you are considerate
and generous in your turn"
"Yes. / wouldn't hurt her feelings
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USING HIS WITS.
Showing How People May he Guided

Showing How People May he Guided
by Inference.
"You see," said the man with the
bullying forehead and prominent nose,
III people would only be guided more
by inference it would save lots Of Use
less trouble"
II don't understand you," said the
man who had been tickling a pimple on
his chin.
"Why, for instance passed frozen
pond one winter day. On the ice l saw
q pair Of skates, boys cap and a NIT
ten. Out in the middle Of the pond the
ice was broken. Did I jump to the
conclusion that boy had been drown
ed and raise great hullabaloo about
TT"
"Of course you did, or else you ought
to be prosecuted. You don't mean to
say you passed on and said nothingp
II d." calmly replied the man Of the
forehead. II inferred instead Of jump
ing to false conclusion"
"But you had to infer that the boy
was under the Ice" protested the 9TH
er.
mot bit Of 1t. If the boy had fallen
in, the skates and cap and mittens
would have gone with him. I simply
inferred that he had seen rabbit and
given chase. was right too. In the
course Of five minutes met him on the
road"
"Oh, you dbl And maybe you infer
red something else"
"Of course did. AS he had the nose
bleed, l inferred that he had fallen over
a log in the chase and got left, and he
admitted that such was the case"
"Then you ought to have wound up
the performance by inferring whether
It was q male or female rabbit"
ut wasn't necessary, my captious
friend. AS passed on I found the
rabbit, dead from overexertion, and 1t
was ale."-Washington Post.
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Where the Fault Is.

These complaints Of bad cooks-have
you observed that they all come from
elderly people? Children are given the
scraps around home, say nothing and
get fat The world Is all right; the
cooks are all right; it's your stomach
that is out Of order.-Atchison Globe.
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Quits.

He-You women have such q ridicu-
lous habit Of screaming ooh" on every
occasion.
She-And you men have such ride
ulous habit Of saying 81" on every &C.
casion.-Indianapol Press.
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The Worst of His Sort.

Wigg-Longbow Is hard case.
Wagg-I should say he Is. The only
once when he was caught telling the
truth.-Exchange.
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Other Allurements.

other Allurements.
Mr.. Goodman-Why don't you take
the pledge, my good fellow?
Jaggsby-Because there are too many
other things to take.-Denver Times.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04
CLOSING NEGOTIATIONS.
Indemnity Claims Are Now Practically
Completed,

Indemnity Claims Are Now Practically
Completed,
Pckln, April D. As soon MS the generals
OF the powers notify the minister's ns 10
what disposition Is desired OF articles is
aud 10 OF the protocol, everything viii he
practically concluded, except the indcmui-
ties, the only claims not ready being tho
British, German and Japanese The Ger.
mans say they can be ready In two days
aud the Japanese assert they can be ready
ut moments warning. Private claims.
however, can he filed until May H.. \ ma
jorlty Of the ministers are In favor OF
making n general claim as soon rs the Ger
man claims are Ia, making allowances for
II few thousands for possible future claims,
although It Is believed that all private
claims are now filed.
III Hung Chang and Prince Ching have
sent to the court for upprovn! list "
names presented by the ministers of the
POWERS fer punishment, The death list has
boon reduced four names for degradation
aud to nlnety one for loss Of office. Ma
objection is anticipated. as the men are
only prominent In local communities.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04

what took place. as the story he had
told was largely fictitious
DO you mean to Say, interrupted Mr.
Moore. that what took place on INC 1af
Mt the police headquarters did nor in-
press you Enfheienily 10 be retained GU
Jone. said his recollection was very
Mcurc. addressing Justice jerome. raid
he did not want TO know whether the
story Jones told on thai day was true or
fictitious, but he did want 60 know Just
what 30 make reply. This was q mhttec
for the court 10 decide. whether tho Jones
statement was true OF hctllious.
Justice Jerome then told witness Ia
state the question Of Moore To ~" pest
Of his recollection.
Did you say anything TO Captain Nc
Cluskey about the checksF asked Mr.
NO the best Of my reeoIIee,ion.", yIit
nss; Eepllga - dId 'G t5a 5"a me D. On
saturday 10 give TO Mr.. Patrick"
did you Tell Captain Mccmskeg my
thing about having GoS Sof ,Se on go ng p''"'"
"Dd sou Know ~ The time that II woud
4 be important e., you to he guHfde" 10
your stntcmenlsT"
If did; yea
And SIN you made your answers 80. so
! even rcmonher what those answers werey'
Justice Jerome objected TO thls question.
Nv questions Mr.. Moore brought out that
I
| Baker arranging an interview with captain
Baker Ia the district attorney Office.
Ibid YOU ask him 10 arrange the inter
~ did NOT. il was rather at tho in
stlgatiou Of Record that ! consented 70
have him write the letter TO captain
You are easily Influenced are you no.r,,
Il am easily Influenced. olGerwise !
would never have gotten myself INTO ms
And you got captain Bakers answer
through. RecordF'
jones ssid he did not know mar flccor !
| was \ genuine prisoner lie saiu mar cap
tain Baker had written before. incloslng a
letter from JldgG g., a9'q gsIcad "h'H 'o'''
fudge Hammond. witness said, gave MN
good advice ~ the .ettcr
! TN consequence " your thirty minutes
talk with Baker, did you agree to meet
him againT"
~ did"
4 was not MI your conversation regardin2
this case End the death Of OLD Mr.. lt'ceF
what id you say on this matterT :,
~ told him what J had told captain Me
were All right ana ihai Patrick had ans
charged me upon he death OF Hlcf zap
tain I,akef seemed 70 nave no sush,iol ra
gardlng She death OF Mr. Rice, bot he WA
conyipeeH that the checks ana Wits "s''
forgerleG," -
did not Captain BAKER tu y"H. fNpH
Charlie we had better comnromise lnl
maiicr / can control tho district attOr
ney's office and / think 7 can conviaci
them that yoh are an rightT
"No. slr. he said nothing Of the Kind
: Jones said that some time between 20
, tober oG ana ~ he was sent 10 the us
trirt attorneys Office AMI kent until
o'clock IN the morning Of his first confes
sion. Assistant Distrlct Attorney pNDofl
produced The statement made ny Jones q
, that OCCASION mud n was marked for ideat
hoaflon Mr. Moore asked The witnrN
whether he could swear that TINS Nnr Z"
r II could not swear positively unless 80
recall some Of the featureF
Ibid ron rot think when you inl,e
: false statement that II would be wei 1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04
FRANCE And ITALY
Are Getting Very Close Together in a
Political Way.
FRANCO. ITALIAN FETES
Are Chief Topic in Press and Politi.
cal Circles.
THE FETES WILL BE BRILLIANT
And Will Rank as an Important Historic
Event.
BETTER FEELING WILL BE CAUSED
Between the Two Countries, but II 10
Denied that France Is Seeking
an Alliance.
THE FETES WILL BE BRILLIANT
And Will Rank as an Important Historic
Event.
BETTER FEELING WILL BE CAUSED

MI ,up . ,rho rro,co.ttaiien fctes
,,s,,,aa na.. vc,k ava NOW rho chief
,o,,l., ~ totorcs, In tho rrcncb nrcss and
Xxx snht,,t ,s much ,uscusscd In nolltIcAl
',,,, ,t,,Ian,o,i, n,rcIcs snoctornlor,y the
Sl,,,,., I'm r, ,r,u,,nt u,bIlc II
..,a,,,,. ,',,,.,,.., ,,,ot tho onc.slon win
al. .no ~ ,,,, roos, Imnortant historic
.,.,,,t' .ir,, ,to Ironco. RnssIan demonstra-
tton -. ma s,,,e mort
Nn,o,gh therc Il no question OF an al.
,,nco ho,vcen the two countries. vet tho
mce,lny az president Iouhct and the duke
ne ronno vim bn an Incident az the er5t
,a,,o t,c,rsc II ru ofsJ,lIr mark tho
,,ont,,, AZ nm ora Of rond fpcllnr between
France and I,oIv
.,r,r,,cc 10 rot see,lps nm alliance with
rt,l,, " soid A., rrnpcb atnlotnnt who Is IA
Ioso tonch wt,h ,hr ofnclol relations or
thr t,vo cnuntrios ."rhc co.Itailan
demonstration at Toulon does not Imply
thar mn We hnvc no roason to expect
I'm, ttory Mi, dctoch herself from tho
u,plc alliance. ON the contrary. the triple
a,m,,,, l.. ,,,, a., ,,,,,t, 90 M, ,,nc,ced AZ
=, ..,,i, ,,,,, ,h, s,,, riu r,sc tor,nr.
1t - ',, ,''' ,,"' NJ. ',. -,
,VM' Nu,u '"s t,,,,,,.,, -,
''"''' 'h"u' ,,,.,.t.
SUPPOSE .nNl lau'' We ~, ~
, nvr '',I'V"F' -, -
| VII" lthS' 'l',Nlu,v """h
,,V"'F u'c',"'' ''""'g' NV Wv
N'IlhahN' WI" ''"p'" w" "'"o",''
ltNiN pnlu tue 'oslS' ''u"f ''S
Nu'eu u tn' P"''uo
"'" -
| lercStS olher man her "'lu"l s"''D'
| meantime AnStro mas anhounc'" "er W
tehuoh "t om'ttlng the 'lauH' III her WrlU
laws giving preferential duilea to italian
wlpcs This *, ~ course, ono OF ltaly
most Important Industries ana ahs desires
10 protect II. The Declaration or Premier
sanordcllt, therefore. In regard To ltaiy's
position Is regarded ns fine specimen of
diplomatic bluif.' aud rs showing ltaly's
determination To re-enter the triple alliance
on fair terms.
Italy forceccs tho danger II her con-
ncrec Ia excluded from tho Balkan penin.
| ,niiu hy tho southern extension of tho
influence Of Austrla md Germany This
cnu bc connicrar,cd nv Joining hands with
Russia npd hence King Emmanuel hns In.
| re.trd largely in the AutIyari. SOPHIA and
yarnln railway.
,Frpnoo looks on the renewal Of thc
,rl,i. alliance. WIN, Tho utmost Indifference.
lL.Iioying that the compact does not contain
ron,nnct slpnnd hy Italy which IL aniagr
onisur TO France. The report that Italy IS
~ onter an alliance with France and Russia
e. ntro uooushlno md only tends 10 cm-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04

remember It 40 as 10 lac able 10 repeat. IT.
81 cum not say what J Thought Jones
"Whal did YOU think when YOU chloro.
formed old man Rice your bpucluriorf ll'd
YOU think that was rishtT asked MI
Moore,
Did You say that short and Meyers
Witnessed the VIM"
u think / mndc such a statement"
''Dld you say thar old man Rice mad IL
gtructcd Patrick TO draw new Wlilf
81 may have made such a statement
"Do you mean 80 say that Patrick cared
at your house IN tho afternoon once u
Vecck aud sometimes nrtcner IN Nnycmpef'
1879, without ever seeing Mr., rice
81 don't know how many times rAls'ch
may have seen MIR. Rice. | SAID thni 10
ny knowledge Patrick never saw Rice ca
cent upon two occasions.
'Wbcp was thntT
Some time during the spring or summer
Of 1900"
Jones then, In answer TO questions dchleu
that other statements Inade ~ an IN III"
fawS"r Moore passcd TO the original com
plalnt I'm which Jones sworc that PBtricH
administered "mercurial ana otlfr po's"ns
TO Rice. thus causing his death
"Did you not know when you swoIt ~
the complaint" asked Mr.. Moore. will
those other poisons wereI , ovoIl,.
- dld not ! did not know II was oKahe
"Whnt promise was made you TO get you
20 mako ynur confessunF
"a good many promises have been nmHo
! to me- hut none ot dcnnite nature ,,,,
DO yOu mean 10 tell nae thai YOU WlNlhs'
| f. make thls confession, knowing m ~
| would bring You 10 the electric chhli H.,
II dd not exactly mink u Wnnlh bTlhs
| me to tho chalr" witness fnltercd,
"Do you not know that murder INC griinc
20 when yOu have c0nfcssed-lf II conlu Nc
| established. * punishable by clectrocuton
1 10 the State 81 New York;
81 do; yes" al,
witness Anany said that he made ilii'
| confession because he would not perJur'
/ himself and because Mr.. Battle ms -
| torney. had told him II hc told anything 20
must tel the truth and nothing but th'
! truth. No.,
"Mr. Battle told me witness said, "thai
II ! told the truth would receive less
| punishment"
''You wanted your story that you chl3ro
formed poor old Rice corroboratedF ASKED
! Mr.. Moore, .,,,
II suppose II wonld have TO ne corropo
! rated 10 be believed witness said
you wanted to he corrObOraied 10 ge
hanged" broke IN Mr.. Moore. Were yol
| not promised that II you made this state
ment your punishment would he less -
we're: that, In fact, you would eseap
II was told that nothing could be don
for me unless / told the truth" the Wit
ness replied.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04
Nloerov Much pisturbod.

Canton, April al, Is reported here that
the viccroy has received telegram from
the court to tho effect that pcaceablc
settlement OF nffnirs Is Impossible. Tho
vlceroy is der crbed as much disturbed by
this information.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-04

rekin, Arril s,-The Chinese government
has formally notified Russia that Chlaa
owing 20 the attitude OF tho powers. Is
not able 20 sign the MNnchurIan convention
ut Is Chlnas desire" says the formal
notification, 80 Keep on friendly terms
with NIL nations. At present she Is gopg
through a period which is thc most pcrllous
IN the empires history and It Is necessary
that She should have the friendship OF alt
However much she might he willing to
grant any speclal privilege to one power,
when others object Il is impossible that
for the sake of making one nation friendly
she should ALLEVIATE the sympathIcs of all
others"
II Hung Chang says his letter settles
the matter definitely and that Russia was
informally notified TO the same effect.
Prince Ching asserts that every China
man except IL Hung Chang was agolnsf
signing the convention.
Washington, April 3.--TheAt. Petersburg
dispatch to the Associated Press printed
this morning has aroused Interest In Off
cia circles here For the same reason that
prevented the correspondent from quotins
any authority In the Russian government
MS source Of the suggestion contained IN
his Dispatch It is not possible to elite of
fetal authority for the comment that has
been passed here upon the suggested RuS-
sian plea This, in brief Is that tho ae.
ton Of the powers in opposing the Man
churian agreement viii make It impossible
for Russia to leave Manchuria at all. Tho
comment upon this suggested plea Is that
Russia deliberately proposes 20 commit Il
I greater oflcnsc IN tho permanent seizure
of NIanchuiia " tho powers VIII not con
niye at lesser one, In allowing her to
make a secret and private agreement with
/ China. This plea. II is said, would hc laugh
ed ont Of any court of international law, 90
d,sinFenuous Is &c. Russia is displeuscd hr
cnusc the powers discouraged China from
signing the agreement, yet Russia herself
Joined with the other powers In undertake
ing TO avoid any such private arrangement
involving the acquisition Of Chinese tor
ritory. Even II she persists--eyon " she
forces CHM to sign the ManchuIan agree
ment-there IL no obligation upon the pow
ers, aud certainly not upon the United
states, to whom this IIusslan pledge wa'
given TO look upon II as hlnding at any