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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Criticized the Wrong House.

"I've made bad breaks before, but
certainly eclipsed all previous efforts
out in Cleveland the other day." said a
we'll known business man. "a business
friend met me at the station and said
we would drive around bit before 60
ing to his new home. He slowed up a
bit as we drove around curious look
ing mansion in which several styles of
architecture had been mixed with ter
rible results. I was forced to exclaim:
"'What fool was unkind enough to
put up that monstrosity?"
"My host then took me to his club for
dinner. He said in explanations:
awe will dine here, because I have
a headache, and the fresh paint odor of
my new house might make 1t worse
1.-THE next day another friend showed
me my first friends new house. 1t was
che monstrosity Of the day before."-
New York Tribune. -,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
To Cure the Stammerer.

It Is said that stammerers rarely II
ever show any impeachment Of speech
when speaking in whispers. On this
fact q method of treatment has been
advocated, which is as follows: For the
first ten days speaking is prohibited.
This will allow rest to the voice and
constitutes the preliminary stage Of
treatment. During the next ten days
speaking is permissible in the whisper
ing voice, and in the course Of the next
fifteen days the ordinary conversation
al tone may be gradually employed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
A Test of Friendship.

A gentleman has tried the following
peculiar way Of probing the ties Of
friendship. He sent letters to twenty
intimate friends asking for loan of a
pound. Thirteen Of the two dozen
friends did not reply at all, five de.
tl1ned to lend the money, two promised
to send It on the next day and did not
do It, one sent his last 10 shillings,"
and only three sent the full sum asked
for. The supplicant and all the
"friends" he had written to are well
of.-St Petersburg Novoe yremya.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Not Put Out.

was not successful In the attempt
to eject the cook from my house.
But what nettled me was the unruf-
fed demeanor Of the woman.
'You might at least have the good
breeding to act put OUT" cried and
left the kitchen, slamming the door be-
hind me,-Puck.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Extreme Cruelty.

Employer-Mr. Slack, would you like
to have an increase in salary?
Employee-Would l? l should say
would!
Employer-Well, let me tell you, then.
that unless you get down here earlier
and work q great deal harder you'll
never get 1t in this world.-Chicago
News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Not to Blame.

She-Saturday is our silver wedding.
Don't you think we ought to kill the
pig and have feast?
He-Kill the pig? I don't see why
the poor animal Is to blame for what
happened twenty-five years ago" Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
His Hope.

II hope" said the serious man, "that
you haven't been betting on the races"
Il hope SO, too," said the young man
with the red necktie and the restless
eye. II hope I will wake up tomorrow
and find out that the whole thing was
wild dream, but there's no use hop
ing. "-Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
The Forb caring Dog.

"a good dog is the best friend man
can have" remarked TIE tobacconist to
the wooden Indian. "When you get
sick, he doesn't tell you what 70 take,
and when you get we'll he doesn't tell
you how much worse he had the same
sease."-Syracuse Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Advice.

Advice Is a good thing, but 1t will al
ways be something Of a nuisance until
the givers of 1t accept responsibility
for the bad as readily as they take
credit for the good.-Saturday Evening
Post.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
A Way to XIII.

Fashionable Doctor tout for n days
shooting) - Never saw such luck.
What's the matter with the birds? l
can't kill one of them!
Host-Write 'em a prescription, doc
tori
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
His Fall.

Customer understand that your
Rhef has been discharged.
Waiter-Yes, sir. He has gone to a
place where they call him a cook
Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation or diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped C. C. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
One Sign of Old Age.

Henry-How can a man tell when he
begins to get old?
John-Well, man has begun to get
old when he finds out that he would
rather sit by the fire than so sleigh rid
lng.-Detroit Free Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-03-20
OF Absorbing Interest.

He-Do you find 1t an interesting
story?
She-Oh, very. I'm so anxious to get
to the end that really can't help skip
ping nearly every other page.-Chicago
Record Herald.
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Nerve Required.

Perdita-Did you say. "This Is 50 sud-
denr'
Constance-I didn't have the nerve.
You know how he chicago
Record Herald.
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The oasis., 1902-07-19
A Fine Mining Proposition.

The Tubutama Mining and Re duction Company (the articles of incorporation of which corporation appear in TIE OASIS this week. has taken over valuable mining prop critics in the Altar district, adjacent to and surrounding those of the Sonora Mining & Milling Com pany, and are preparing for prose- cution of operations upon an ex- tensive scale. The holdings of the new company include 39O perte- nencias of ground upon all sides of the already highly developed prop erty of the Sonora Mining x Mill ing Company, and competent ex- perts declare that ore bodies already developed in that ground doubtless extend into the ground of the new company. Extensive development will be inaugurated to demonstrate the correctness of the experts re- ports. The properties are dntlguas of rare merit, and the extensive surface workings show that the antiques extracted vast quantities of ore, which old records go to show were very rich in value. Like all other antig,,a mines in Sonora, these were abandoned when they ceased to be profitable to work with the crude methods and appliances then in operation. Modern meth ods and machinery now make 1t possible to follow the great ore bodies to much greater depths, and at far more profit Without donbt the operations of the new company will be productive of most satisfac- tory results.
 The incorporators of the new company, as stated last week, are Colonel T. J. Bryan, l.. F. Swain, J. s. Hurst and w. k. Vanslyke. These gentlemen are we'll and widely known, command the con fidence of the public, and with fine property are assured of a per manent and gratifying success.
 The officers of the new company are Colonel T. J. Bryan, president; A. Proto, vice-president; J. $. Hurst, general manager; L. F. Swain, secretary, and John Dessart, treas urer.
The oasis., 1902-07-19

edge of anything (which hadn't ought to be-"
 Quite t delay was caused by an effort to find Anita Martinez, a criada, by whom the proof of much which is only surmised was pre- dicted. But the gentle Anita was non est incentus, and the case was hung up without her
 Then the case against Mir. Eph- raim was called, and the complain ing witness, Mrs. Field, was placed upon the stand. By way of pre- liminary she was informed by her own attorney and the prosecuting attorney that she was not com pelled to reply to any question or questions which would incriminate herself.
 After testifying to her name, the length of time she had been mar ried, etc, the witness was asked a question, which she declined to answer, and there her testimony ended, while a great grin spread over every face in the audience.
 Mir. Nave moved dismissal of both cases, saying there was no fur ther evidence to offer, and that of fered was of no consequence. So the court commissioner granted the motion and the incident closed.
The oasis., 1902-07-19
A Comedy.

Wednesday afternoon the court room of U. $. Commissioner R. D. George was the scene of bit of comedy that was fully as amusing as had it been presented upon a stage with all the settings and &C., cessorIes.
 The warrant for arres: of K. L.. Kiel and Isabel Fields, oi which mention was made in these columns two weeks ago, and its issue after wards denied, last week, was finally served before the ink of the denial was dry, and on the day named the two accused appeared for examina- tion.
 The complaining witness in the case, Mir L. Ephraim, was made also defendant in another, the com plainant being Isabel Field, one of the defendants ia the other.
 The government was represented by U. s. District Attorney F. s. Nave; the defendants in one case by Rochester Ford; in the other Mir. Ephraim appeared without an at torney.
 When the first case was called the complaining witness. MT. Eph- raim, went upon the stand, but he could not testify to his own knowl- edge of any violation of law by the defendants.
 Messrs. John Gates and M. NJ. Conn were also called, nor could they testify from their own knowl-
The oasis., 1902-07-19
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

SEIII-. Fl Ec MOLD.
 NOTARY PU6Lc Nogales, Arizona. 0Hce i1 Court House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03

known as light housekeeping for the sale
small quantities, ready cooked and hot, and
at them one may now buy a whole meal
ready to serve, wholesome and palatable.
One West Side shop sells at times hun
bred roast chickens daily, which, by the
way. the shopkeeper himself raises At the
same shop you may buy slice of hot roast
turkey, a slice of cooked ham and other
meats, besides sausage, potted fowl, hot
baked beans, Clipped potatoes and a va
riety Of other articles hot and ready to
serve.
The Partisan rotisserie of which the DELI
catessen shop is the nearest counterpart In
New York, sells slices of any size directly
from the Spit butter and cheese in penny
dabs, tea, sugar and other articles in like
small quantities The delicatessen shops
have hardly come down to the system of
the rotisserie, but they do sell butter and
cheese In 5-cent pieces, and some other arti-
cles in corresponding fashion The result
or this system has been an increase Of light
housekeeping in the region within easy
reach Of the delicatessen shops. Light
housekeeping Is cheaper than any other
method Of life, save what the cheapest
boarding houses have to offer. The delica-
lessen shop, the bakery and the fruit stand
can supply dinner which for abundance
and excellence is not to be had at double
the money elsewhere.
Even rents may be kept down by the CO.
operative plan, and furniture may cost what
you will. All the crockery of household,
for example, may be had on the East Side.
or the West, for 81 or s., and the crockery Of
charm of its own. Even the maid servant
problem seems to be in the way Of being
solved for such light housekeepers as in
dulge in the luxury of hired service 1t is
possible, after the Partisan fashion, to hire
a. maid by the hour to wash dishes and put
the rooms in order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Advertising Pays.
From I,eslie's Weekly.

From Leslies Weekly
The bankruptcy of the American Bicycle
Company furnishes the best evidence that
advertising pays. or rather that failure
to advertise does not pay. The success of
the early bicycle companies when the
newspapers and weeklies were full of their
advertisements, was phenomenal; but when
the bicycle combinatio was formed, in
Guiding all the leading American companies,
the managers undertook to retrench in all
departments and began by almost abandon
ing the advertising field. It Is to the credit
of Col. Pope, who was connected with the
new combinat ton. but who was not active
in Its management, that he objected to the
elimination Of this publicity. He knew by
his own experience that advertising paid
most handsomely and he realized precisely
what would happen If advertising were dis
conttnued-that public interest in the sport
would diminish, as it did, until it almost
died out. The failure Of the American BIZ
cycle Company, with enormous liabilities
and small assets, is therefore not surpris-
Ing, though when 1t was organized, only
three years ago, it's prospectus set forth
that the company would probably earn 20
per cent on It's common shares. Instead Of
this 1t was unable to pay the interest its
bonds, and Its common and preferred shares
have practically been wiped out. The les
son to be derived from this humiiating ex-
per1ence Is too obvious to need to be fur
Their impressed upon the reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Plays as They Are.
From the Topeka Journal.


1t becomes more evident each season that
melodrama is losing grace in the eyes of
the theater-going public. The mortal COM
bat. the spasm of over-done rage blood
curdling revenge, the old stock struggle
scene where the hero and heavy villain col
Tide. seize each other by the wrists and do
a right and left movement to low rumbling
music, have all ceased to cause cold chills
and bated breath. Me chee-ild, me long
lost chee-ild." means the injured mother
and the heartless audience grins audibly.
AT last says the long suffering hero, II
have you in me power! Does he get ap-
plause? Not SO you could notice it. What
the people want is something laughabe
They have troubles Of their own, and can
weep most any time without effort. When
the average citizen visits theater it is for
the purpose Of seeking amusement. How
does he know he will not be confronted by
a slaughter-house scene, a few death-bed
confessions and display Of alleged agony
which will cause dyspepsia? The worst Of
these melodramas are the best. Some Of
them are bad enough to be fascinating
They are worth seeing, If the spectator has
a properly cultivated sense Of humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
TOO GREAT EXPENSE
NOT THE REASON.

1t Is not because Pyramid Pile Cure is 60 ex-
pensive that many people decline to give it a trial.
but because they find 1t tco great tax their
credulty believe that the published letters bear
ing testimony to the merit of this remedy are gen.
time and bona ide; especially to those who have
realized the suffering incident to piles is it in
credible that any who has been afflicted TWEEN
ty-fve and thirty years with the worst forms of
protruding and bleeding piles SHOULD be cured by
the application Of simple reInedy, when III ir
physician has sured them that the only relief is
in a surgical operation. This is fghtfuly viewed
with dread by all those afflicted 1t means at
the least great shock to the nervous system,
with more than a possibility Of utter collapse and
death; in the majority of -cases,-tco, there is a
return Of the complaint, owing to the fact that the
cause is not removed
The propretors of Pyramid Pile Cure agree to
forfeit one thousand dollars, to any one who will
show single published testimonial to be not gen.
uine and unsolicited this latter feature IS most
gratifying inasmuch as these letters are written
solely out of gratitude, and with the hope that
those who afflicted the writer's have been
may learn that relief is at hand, at a cmpara
lively triaing expense Pyramid Pile Cure is for
sale by druggists at fifty cents package, VIII
be mailed by the makers to any address upon
ceipt OF price.
Mr. VIM. Lichtenwalter, head Of the largest
printing house in Canton, Ohio says: at is with
the utmost pleasure and satisfaction. that l
say believe am cured CT p otruding and bleeding
piles after suffering more than twenty-five years.
1 have been in bed for two weeks at a time
l have not suffered in the least for a year.
and used only three fifty cent boxes of Pyramid
Pile Cure. advise every person suffering with
this distressing and painful complaint 10 give this
remedy trial. l have every confidence in it,
Write the Pyramid Drug Co., Ma. SHALL Mich for
their book the and Of piles. se30&oc3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
SUIT CASES NEVER so CHEAP.
Machinery Has Revolutionized the
Cost of the Popular Travelling Bag.


From the New York Sun.
Prosperity has created a great demand
for travelling bags and trunks, and all sorts
of men have gone into the manufacture Of
these articles. The demand for suit cases
continues SO great that the manufacturers
are unable to keep up with 1t.
These cases are now made In a greater
variety of size, shape, weight, quality, ma
terial and price than ever before. And
they never were so cheap, because never be-
to the manufacture of such articles. Really
very little skilled labor is required in these
processes, especially in the manufacture OF
the cheaper cases. The frames, usually OF
iron, are made by machinery. The paste
board lining, which forms part of all save
the sole leather cases, Is cut out by ma
chinery. So Is the leather covering. The
corner pieces are shaped by ma chinery, and
the rivetS that hold the parts together are
clinched by machinery.
The cheapest cases are made at whole
sale for about $40 dozen Better cases,
covered with a thin sheet of sheepskin,
wholesale at prices varying from s12 to $50
come a little higher. The best of the cheap
cases are made of whole cowhide. They re-
tail at from $3.50 to s. apiece. After that
come those of better quality. made of va
rious kinds of leather, and selling as high
as $40 or s12. The most durable are those
of sole leather or pigskin.
Most Of the suit cases. especially those Of
canvas and sheepskin, are made to be car
ried by hand and never to be checked or
in the first long journey in baggage car.
Even the cowhide cases will not long en-
dure the treatment that all baggage re-
ceives in the baggage car and at the rail-
way station. The sole leather case alone
can be checked habitually, and even that in
time will succumb to the baggage smasher.