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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
A Man In the House.

There Is a young criminal lawyer IN
Memphis, Tenn, who on the occasion
of his becoming Of age began the cele'
bration of his birthday In way that
caused his household great deal of
CONSERVATION.
On the eve of the fete, shortly after
midnight, the young mans family were
suddenly startled from their slumbers
by a loud voice in the house calling:
'There's man In the housed There's
a man In the housew'
The valiant pater famfllas rushed
from his room, bearing in his hands a
heavy billet of f1rewood, to learn the
cause of the disturbance and to cap
ture the intruder. His son was stand
ing in the hall, shouting at the top OF
his voice.
"Where's the man" exclaimed the
old gentleman.
"Here, sir; herew proudly replied the
Young man. "This is he. At last I'm
twenty-onev'-Memp Scimitar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17

One of the most curious palms in the
world is called the tia and Is very
abundant on the banks Of the Amazon,
Rio Negro and Orinoco rivers. In the
delta Of the latter it occupies swampy
tracts, which are at times completely
inundated and present the appearance
Of forests rising out of the water. The
swamps are inhabited by tribe of In
dams called Guaranes, who subsist al
most entirely upon the produce Of the
tree. During the annual floods they
suspend their houses from tops of the
tall stems Of the palms. The outer skin
Of the young leaves is made into cords
for hammocks, and the soft inner bark
yields a nutritious farinaceous sub
st0nce
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Setting Moody Right.

Among the stories treasured by the
people Of New York's east side Is one
about Dwight L. Moody, who once
conducted a revival meeting at the Al
len Street Methodist church. At the
close Of an unusually eloquent talk
Moody said to his audience, "Now,
how many persons here are Christ
tiansH
Instantly there was mighty stir,
and every man, woman and child In
the crowded house stood upright.
Moody was visibly impressed and said
in tones of greatest satisfaction, I'm
all my thirty-hve years experience
have never seen such showing"
At the close of the meeting the pas
tor of the church took Moody aside
and said: 81 say, Mr.. Moody, you
don't want to be too pleased over that
showing. Down here there are only
Jews and Christians, and the people
wanted you to understand there
wasn't a Jew among them" - New
York Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
80 - - :
ONE HORSEPOWER.
How This Unit Of Mechanical Force
Came to he Adopted.

HOW VuIo Oult Oh mechAhAChA - VECO
Came to he Adopted.
When men first begin to become ia.
miliar with the methods Of measuring
mechanical power, they often speculate
on where the breed Of horses Is to be
found that can keep at work raising
$4,000 pounds one foot per minute, or
the equivalent, which is more familiar
to some mechanics, Of raising $50
pounds 100 feet per minute. Since 3d.
600 pounds raised one foot per minute
Is called one horsepower 1t Is natural
that people should think the engineers
who established that unit Of measure
nent based 1t on what horses could
really do. But the horse that can do
this work does not exist.
The horsepower unit was established
by James Watt about century ago,
and the figures were fixed In a curious
way. Watt found that the average
horse of his district could raise $4,000
pounds one foot per minute. At that
time Watt was employed in the manu-
facture Of engines, and customers were
10 hard to find that all kinds of arti-
fetal inducements We're necessary to
induce power users to buy steam en-
gines. As n method of encouraging
them Watt offered to sell engines reck-
onlng $4,000 foot pounds to hSgsepow-
er. And thus he was the means of CIV
ing a false unit to one of the most i'm
portant measurements in the world.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Frosting Aluminium.

To give a frosted surface to alu;
minimum articles remove all grease and
dirt by dipping them in benzine. After
this dip them first into a solution
strong enough to blacken the metal OF
caustic potash, next into a mixture OF
two parts nitric and one part sulphuric
acid, then into concentrated nitric acid
and lastly into mixture Of equal parts
Of vinegar and water, finishing by
washing them thoroughly In water and
drying in hot sawdust.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Terrific Thunde

The largest rainfall on earth has been
recorded at Chera Punji, on the bay OF
Bengal, but the most violent thunder
storms ever observed are probably
those of French Guiana. At Cape Or
nnge, some forty miles south of Cay
cnne, a French naval officer saw the
rills of the coast hills turned into wa
terfalls by cloudburstlike storm,
while the crashing thunder peals were
incessant and often almost deafening,
so much So indeed, that some OF the
sailors began to mutter long forgotten
prayers, probably thinking the day OF
Judgment near at hand.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Piper Legends.

The Wends, who, we believe, are the
ancestors of the modern Prussians, are
the center of many legends. The Pied
Piper of Hamelin was Wend; SO also
was the piper Of the Harz mountains,
who appeared so many days a year and
played unearthly tunes and whOsoever
heard at once fell into frenzy, from
which there was no escaping. All these
bied and weird pipers assembled once
year at the Broken, where there was
general carnival, the arch fiend lead
ing the concert on violin, witches
rolling around and flddling on the
skulls of horses and the pipers adding
the concert of their unholy instru'
ments.-Chambers' Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
When Woods Decay.

Tests have been made to determine
the variations in the length of time
that is required to produce decay in
different kinds Of woods when buried
under the surface Of the ground. The
birch and aspen were both found to
decay in three years, the willow and
the buckeye in four years, the maple
and the red beech in FIVE years, elm
and ash in seven, while the larch. ju-
niper and arbor VITAE were uninjured
at the expiration of eight years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
The Champion Thin Man.

A knot of men was gathered in the
smoking room at the club the other
evening. All ordinary topics had been
exhausted, and they finally entered
upon a contest to see who could tell
the most remarkable story about the
fat men or the lean men they had seen.
A veritable Ananias was awarded
first prize without dissenting voice
when he asserted that he had met in
his travels man so thin that he could
Ego through flute without striking
note"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Eskimo Mourning Customs,

All Eskimos are superstitious about
death, and, although they hold festi-
walls in memory of departed friends,
they will usually carry dying person
to some abandoned hut, there to drag
out his remaining days without food,
medicine, water or attendance. After
the death Of husband or wife the
survivor cuts the front hair short and
fasts for twenty-five days.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Achieved.

Remember. young man." said the
practical friend, that in order to sue
coed you must teach people to trust
you"
II have done that" answered the
gloomy young man. 81 have succeed
ed in getting into debt beyond my fond
est expectations. Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Studfed Indifference.

"Why did we arrive late and leave
before the opera was over?' asked
the youngest daughter. 1T was very
enjoyable"
"Of course it was" answered Mrs.
Cumrox; "but, my dear, we had to
show people that we didn't care
whether we got our moneys worth or
not."-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
No CauSe For Care.

A Welsh editor had misspelled the
name of a famous poet of Wales.
"Why do you spell Llywarch Hens
name Llwyarch?" asked friend of
the editor.
"Why? Does he object?" asked the
editor.
"Objectw echoed the other. "Why,
he has been dead 1000 years."
"Oh, then, don't care toss," said
the editor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Satisfactorily Explained.

"John, when you came home last
night you talked and acted very queer
ly. You were lifting your feet endeav-
oring to step over imaginary obstacles"
ooh, yes, my dear. All the evening
I felt as If were walking on clouds.
You remember we had angel cake for
supper."-Chelsea Gazette.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
A Peep Into the Future.

John B. Clark expresses his belief
In The Atlantic Monthly that hun
dred years hence Manhattan Island
will have streets in several stories and
that rifles, cannon, warships and the
wasteful burning Of coal to make
steam will be things Of the past.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
A Pecuniary Fatigue.

"Don't forget" said the willing
worker, that money talks"
EYES," answered Senator Sorghum
little glumly, "but can't help wish
ing that you boys would select anoth-
er monograph occasionally" - Ex-
change.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
Get What You Ask For!

When you ask for Cascarets Candy
Cathartic be sure you get them.
Genuine tablets stamped c. c. c.
Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is
always a cheat and fraud. Beware!
All druggists, 1oc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
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His Last Venture.

"What is our old friend Hardup doing
nowadays"
ooh, he's gone into real estate"
''Thats the very last thing ! should
have supposed he'd do"
ut was. He's .dead."- E.A -,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-04-17
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
Latimer and Evans
WorGy War Between Them Flows
Right Alongside of
Copper Stock.
Special to Charleston Post.

~pSSioi w Siia' iCStou OSt.
Union Aug. 2.-The Senator
ial campaign resumed It's session
today at Union. County Chair.
man c. II. Peek p cslded, and
about 400 people we're in atten-
dance, including ladies'.
Latimer and Evans had q scrap
.py time. Latimer said that Evans
has said that some of his (Lati-
mer's) friends have complained to
him (Evans). about the copper
stock which Latimer sold them.
He then lead letter signed by
Messrs. Brock, Trlbble, Towns
send, Hill, Cox and Horten, say
ing that his sale of green copper
stock to them was an open and
legitimate transaction and that as
far as he was personally concern
ed the transaction was satisfac-
tory to them. He asked Evans
to give the name of one of his
friends VINO had complained to
him about the stock.
Evans replied, 81 have said if
you will put in writing and en-
dorse your statement made on the
stump that you will buy back
that stock at forty dollars n share
l will sell you fifty thousand
shares. Your friends have com.
planned to me and now l repeat
my proposition"
Evans said Latimer had been
preaching all over the State that
we mustn't cuss the Republicans.
Today he made a Democratic
speech and it gave him indiges-
ton.
The other candidates made
their usual speeches. D. S. NJ.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
Conductor Lamotte MangIed By
His Train.

Columbia State, Aug. 18th.
A dreadful accident happened
Yesterday afternoon about Q
O'Clock in the yard of the Atlantic
Coast Line in this city, whereby
Yard Conductor j. w Lamotte,
one of the most popular employees
of the road, lost his life. The
victim was Columbian, the eldest
son of Col. Thomas j. Lamotte,
and leaves a widow and several
children, who were not in the
city at the time. He was about
45 years of age.
The accident happened in this
way: Conductor Ldmotte was tax
ing number of cars down to one
OF the phosphate mills. He was
standing on the top of the second
car when suddenly he lost his bal
ance in some way and pitched be-
tween the cars. All nine cars
following passed over his body
before the train was stopped.
Those who reached his body first
found him dead. The body was
practically cut in twain across the
waist. There was head but no
other signs Of wounds. -, ~.
Mr.. Lamotte's widow was tele ,
graphed for, and she arrived last
night from Saluda, N. G. .,.
The coroner's inquest was held
last night and the verdict was
that civilian Lamotts came to
his death by accidentally falling
between cars while moving on the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad. :" =,
Mr.. Lamotte has been with the
Coast Limo for many years and
was highly esteemed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
A Special Session
Early In November.
President Will Call the Senate
Together Then-To settle
Cuban Reciprocity.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 12.-
Advices here indicate that Presi
dent Roosevelt will call the Sen
ate in extraordinary session early
in November.
Ever since it became evident
that nothing would be accomplish
ed as to reciprocity with Cuba at
the recent session of congress,
rumors of a more or less definite
nature have been in circulation
that the president would call an
extra session, either of the entire
congress to enact Cuban recipro-
city legislation or of the senate to
ratify if possible reciprocal trea-
ty with Cuba.
During the past week it has
been stated that it was the pur>
pose of President Roosevelt to
call a special session of the senate
as early as September. 1t can be
stated by authority that be has no
such intention. His time and
that OF many members of the SEN
ate of both political parties will
be completely occupied during
September and October.
AFTER THE CAMPAIGN.
1T is understood to be the be-
lief of the president that session
of the senate held fel the purpose
OF ratifying a reciprocity treaty
with Cuba would be much more
likely to be fruitful of results if
it is held after the November cleo
tions than if it was held, before.
1t is assured that the questions of
the relations of the United States
with Cuba will enter largely into
the approaching campaign and it
ls stated that the president feels
the Democrats will be likely to
offer less serious opposition to a
reciprocity treaty after the cleo
tion than they would before that
time. A treaty with Cuba prac-
tically has been prepared. 1t re-
quires only the finishing touches
and the signatures of Minister
Quesada and Secretary of State
Hay to make 1t ready for pressn-
tation to the senate.
No definite date, it is UNDER
stood, has been fixed for the
meeting of the session in Novem-
ber, but that it will be soon after
the election Is reasonably certain.
The president, it is said, hopes to
have the reciprocity question
cleared away entirely before the
regular session of congress.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
The Crop Review.
Weather Bureaus Summary Of
Conditions in the Country.

Washington, Aug. 12.-Ths
following is the weather bureau
weekly summary for crop condi-
tions: Portions of Virginia, tho
Carolinas, Georgia and Northern
Alabama continue to need rain.
The principal agricultural districts
elsewhere east of the Rocky noun
tains have experienced very fav-
orable conditions with respect to
moisture. The corn crop has OK
perienced another very favorable
week, and the general outlook in
the principal corn States continues
promising. With general alb
sence Of rain in Texas aad scat
tered showers over central por.
tions of the middle and eastern
districts, tho progress of tho cot.
ton crop as whole has been fav-
orable. Complaints of rust and
shedding, however, are quite gen
orally indicated and some prema-
ture opening is reported from
portions of Georgia and South
Carolina. EARLY cotton is open
ing rapidly and picking Is pro-
crossing in Texas and in the east
ern districts under favorable con.
ditiops.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
Four American School Teacher
Murdered Near Cebu.

Manila, Aug. ID. An investi-
cation made by the constabulary
to clear up the facts in the killing
of a Cebu coaching party of four
schoc. teachers, shows that the
party was ambuLhed 12 miles from
Cebu. Two teachers were shot
and killed at the first volley, q
third, who ran, was shot in the
back and a fourth who was captur-
ed, was shot in the chest while he
was praying for mercy.
1t is suspected that the fourth
man was buried alive, as his
wound was slight, and probably
would not have caused his death.
Dogs dug up two of the bodies
and devoured the flesh. 1t is be.
lieved that sufficient evidence has
been secured to convict all the
participants in the crime.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16

seys, Holiteins, in order named.
For beef: Short Horn Durham.
Hereford and Black Hornless.
Best not to invest In new costly
breeds to begin with. Begin
with what you have and impro We.
Learn to judge cattle.
Things beef growers know:
l. Never let steer get hum
CRY.
9. Feed cheap coarse food.
Schedule for a model farm: Put
onethird of land in Bermuds
grass: oneslxth in cotton, one
sixth in corn and cow peas; one
sixth in sorghum, followed by
COW peas; one sixth in winter
grain, followed by cow peas.
More grain can be raised after
cow peas than after any other
crop. Deep plowing in prepara-
tion, shallow In cultivation.
DR.. Spillman answered many
questions. Some of the farmers
remarked that his lecture alone
was worth the trip here. His
earnest appeal to the farmers will
have its effect.