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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-16
tTeign.

\ state OF siege has been proclaim
ed at Port All Prince on account OF
the conflict between the Haytlan pres
idcnt and the chamber, the outcome OF
the discovery some months ago OF al.
legged extensive frauds i'll the issue oi
Haytian government securities.
Alter another angry debate, If
which Maud Gounc took part, the
Dublin Municipal Corporation reject
ed by vote OF 20 to 81 the motion tH
present an address to King Edward on
his arrival in Dublin.
1t is reported that the Scrvian All
thoritics have unearthed conspiracy
to ayenge the late King Alexander
and that all officer has been arrested
charged with making threats aGainsr
Colonel Maschin.
Orangemcn returning from a biz
celebration near Belfast were attacked
by Natonalists, and in the riot a mum
Der OF policemen and civilians were IN.
jured
The Venezuelan government troops
are reported to have taken Soledac
and to have defeated the rcvo.u ioniStS
under Gen. Antonio ParcdcS.
Thirty lives were lost i'll a Hood
which destroyed so houses at Graeten
berg, village OF Austria, i'll the Val
lev oi Frciwaldau.
Twelve hundred Turkish troops have
surrounded 200 Bulgar'ans. near h'ha
tova and the two leaders OF the bu'gar
ians were killed while attempting to cS'
cape.
Floods in Austrian Silcsia have done
immense damage Numerous village!
have been inundated and many house,
have collapsed.
Municipal bakeries have been trieC
with great success in the Town OF Cat
anla Italy.
Piscrjewski, the leader of the kishen
eff massacre is reported to have con-
mitted suicide.
NJ, Rall, the new Greek premier, an
nounced the personnel of the cabinet
Premier Zanardclli had conference
with the Italian Minister of Justice con-
corning the eventual right OF veto,
which the Italian government might
exercise at the next conclave. Three
Catholic powcrs--Spain, France and
Austria-enjoy this privilege: :,
The foreign offices of the French and
Italian governments are considering the
adyisabilitv Of postponing the visit OF
the King of Italy to Paris, owing to the
condition of the Pope
Financial,
If reports from Denver are to be be-
Iieved Colorado may yet become
rival of PENNSYLVANIA as producer OF
anthracite coal
The New York Subtreasury paid II
hanks $500. COO on tclegraphic order
from San Francisco against the deposit
OF Klondike gold at the mint
The Bank OF England rate remains
unchanged at 2 per cent The proper
ion Of reserves to liabilities is SLAP per
cent; last week 42o61 per cent; las!
wear $500 per cent. The bank lost i'll
bullion on week / $4,000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-16
Traine Going East.

Leuve Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg
at 8 26 and ~ j6 n. m, and , 81 and 6 81
p. M
Lave Edgcmont for Waynesboro and
Chambershurg ut 05 IN. and for Ship.
pensburg a A. a, in. and 35p m.
Leave Fred'r ck for Baltimore at ls
n. m. and 8 80 and - p. III,
Leave Brorr%iIr COR rc'erck nt 8 SO,
9 Sc and iG - II. N. and 4 A. and 80 p.
m. AMI fr Iittlcstown, Tanoviown,
Wrightsyiir an Columbia at Q 47a. IN.
and 45p. M.
*Daily nj! others daily except Sun.
day.
f. VI. IIowgLL.
Gen. Passenger Agent
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-16
URMONT FREDERICK THURSDAY JULY 16 1903

friend--aye. the best friend you have
on earth"
MAY heaven defend me from such
friends" said Kate, bitterly, as she
retired.
"This rebellion Is sudden and danger.
Gus. It must be crushed at once"
muttered Hammond, as he turned
down the gas and hastened to his
library.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-16

London.--A dispatch from Rome,
timed, midnight, says:
"rhe Pope is rapidly sinking. All
his relatives have been summoned 1t
is reported that he has re!apsed into
Inconsistencies.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-07-16

Rome.-The Pope called out several
times in his sleep and then awoke,
showing great signs OF depression and
with his ideas somewhat confused.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
The Wax Insect.

Trees afford the birthplace and era
die of the wax insect, scientifically
called Cossus pela. In the early spring
the bark of the boughs and twigs be-
comes covered with brown pea shaped
scales, which can be easily detached
and which, when opened, reveal the
fiowery looking mass Of minute ami
mails, whose movements can Just be
detected by the naked eye. In May
and June, however, the scales are
found to contain a swarm Of brown
creatures with six legs and two an
tenna each. Some Of the scales also
contain the white bag or cocoon Of
small black beetle, which, If left undis-
turbed, burrows into and consumes
the scales. The Chinese say that this
beetle eats the little wax insects, and it
appears certainly the case that where
the parasite is most abundant the
scales fetch lower price in the mar
Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
WHY HUMANS ARE NOT ALIKE.
The Possibilities of Diversity In
Every Respect Are beyond
ALI Limits.

Everybody is different from every
body else, and in all the world two
persons could not be found who are
exactly alike in every particular.
Often one man is seen who resem-
bles some other man, but he is dis
tinguishable nevertheless. Ofttimes
twins are so nearly duplicates that
people get them mixed, but yet all
their features are not identical, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Chicago man, l.. A. Vaught, has
been figuring to determine how many
different people there could be in the
world, and yet have no two of them
alike. The result he has arrived at
is startlingly large, and if the world
were to be the abiding place of so
great a population there would scarce
ly be standing room.
The possibilities of human diversity
is something extraordinary. There
are said to be AZ individual faculties of
genetic instincts composing the hu-
man mind. These AZ faculties may
combine in 2,s1o,O12, 2,235, sos, ,759, 1877
,2S5, ,212, ,4s9, ,023 129 $40, ,76S, ,O0O, 900,
different ways. This will account, says
Mr.. Vaught, for the diversity of the
human family in the past, at present,
and for millions of years in the future.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
wit of Horne Tooke,

1t is said that Horne Tooke, who ex-
,elled in that duellike controversy eX-
ibited by two disputants when pitted
against each other with only the
,readth of mahogany board between
aem, was exceedingly quick and sharp
4 retort. When he made his most
ieadly thrusts, it was with smiling
ountenance and without seeming ef-
tort or emotion. Replying to man
Who contended that only landowners
should be allowed to vote at elections,
.e said, pray tell me how many acres
,oes it take to make a wiseacreT
When asked by George III. whether he
yer played cards, he replied, 81 can
lot, your majesty, tell king from a
nave" What can be more uniquely
omic than his saying to his brother:
You and l, my dear brother, have in
,erted the laws of nature. You have
isen in the world by your gravity, and
, have fallen by my levity Saturday
evening Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
A PLUNGE IN ICY WATER.
Says 1t Is Not ms Unpleasant
rs Many suppose.

1t is the common impression that
one suffers keenly from cold if sud
denly immersed in a lake or stream
covered with thin ice. Such, says a
Philadelphia exchange, does not ap-
pear to be the case of the experience
of Philadelphian who got such a wet
ting the other day when skating. He
said: 81 was skating on ice that kept
cracking, and then-smash!-all of a
sudden l was overheard. / was in the
water, holding on to the jagged edges
of the ice. My first thought wasa feel
ing of surprise at the waters warmth.
had gone clean under, head and all,
and now / was immersed save for my
head, arms and shoulders; yet | wasn't
cold; the water actually felt little
warmer than the air. l guess that l
was in for six or seven minutes. A
plank had to be brought before could
get out. During those minutes the
only part of me that suffered was my
poor wet hands that clutched the ice.
After a minute or two they began to
ache with the cold. My body in the
water gave me no discomfort and per-
haps if had kept my wet hands in the
water they wouldn't have troubled me
either. But l couldn't do that or I'd
have been carried under the ice"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
His Friend GeoGrey.

The following story, told by the
Washington Post, leads us to wonder
rhich to condemn first, the boaster or
lis critics. 1t concerns a certain man
tho has a large collection Of auto
raphs.
Indeed, the envy and sometimes the
septicism of his friends have been ex-
tied by the number Of successful au-
nors who have set down familiar and
lattering inscriptions in his books.
some carpers have even gone so far
. to hint darkly at similarity of
iandwriting throughout the collection.
He recently purchased rare edition
4 Chaucer, and one evening when a
arty was gathered at the house the
recious book was passed from hand
% hand. The owner lost sight of it,
ut the next morning he found it lying
% his library table.
On the fly leaf was inscribed:
''ro Jack -, from his old friend and
schoolmate, Geof. Chaucer."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
MOTORMAN'S EXPERIENCES.
N Given Fair Notice He VIII MOI
Garry n Passenger BEYOND
the Crossing.

"People who complain that the car
isn't stopped just right for them at
the crossing" said motorman, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, may
really have themselves to blame Tor
II. They don't give the conductor
notice and so the conductor can't ten
the motorman time enough ahead
When he can the conductor gives the
motorman ample notice Of the street
at which he is wanted to stop; he
may pull the strap for the next block
almost before the car has got fairly
well started from the last, but the
motorman likes ample notice.
"T'he rails may be slippery and 1t
may on some days require more
space to bring car up in that IL
would on otheN. But the motor
man can stop the car anywhere un-
der any conditions with the rear step
square across the crossing If you
give him a chance.
"And of course he would rather
make good stop like that than to
make poor one; this on his own ac-
count as well as on the pas engers.
"rhe days when he runs by seem
always to be the worst days for the
passengers, days that are damp and
sloppy; but these days may be also
the worst for the motorman, the
hardest days, with slippery rails, on
which to run a car with exactness.
$50 as general proposition L
should say it would be wise for the
passenger who wants to get off at
the next block and who doesn't want
to be carried beyond the crossing, not
to wait too long but to tell the con-
ductor early, and he will tell the
motorman and the motorman will do
the rest, or come mighty close to it,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
ODD MESSENGER OF LOVE.
Manitoba widow Writes on an Egg
and Gets n Husband from
Liverpool.

Among the weekly consignments of
eggs lately received by a Liverpool,
England, warehouseman was an egg
bearing this message: Packed by
Mrs. Meade, lonely widow, age 80,
on Meade's farm, Belleview, Mani
toba." The warehouseman was a
widower, his age was AZ and he was
decidedly lonely, being without kith
or kin. He decided to try his luck
with the lonely widow. He wrote to
her, told her the story of the mes
sage having reached him, sent her his
photograph, described his own lone
liness in big city and limited that
they might neithey of them continue
pining for companionship, reports n
London paper, if they once met, and
giving references to several respon-
sible persons who knew his charac-
ter. In less than three weeks he re-
ceived cable. 1T merely said:
"Come out" He went out. The lone
ly ones met-and they are lonely no
longer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
SAVED BY STRATEGY.
Pioneer Drummer Had n Way of Dis
posing of Western
dad Man."

81 travelled through the west in
pioneer days." said Philadelphia
drummer, according to an exchange,
land though things were pretty
rough l never had but one close call.
l had an argument with Dakota
cowboy and he set out to wipe me
off the earth"
''But you shot first?" aueried lis
tener.
mo, was not armed. l simply re-
sorted to strategy. He looked like a
man who'd oblige, and just as his
finger was pressing the trigger | told
him that 1 much preferred to be
killed with knife. When he got his
knife out / changed to club and
from club to stone in a stocking,
and l finally got him all mixed up
and bought his whole outfit for eight
dollars and sent him off to get drunk.
There is really no need of being
killed if you keep your wits about
you"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
AMERICAN ABSINTHE.
.sThe Green Terror of France" Pro-
duced in Considerable Guam
titles in wisconsin.

"Absinthe, the green terror OF
France" said botanist of the ag-
ricultural department, reports the
Washington Evening Star, lis now
being produced in considerable guam
titles in this country and is being
used to an alarming extent. In some
sections of Wisconsin wormwood is
being cultivated, and it is from this
plant that oil is distilled for making
absinthe. There are several worm
wood farms in that state.
"The Wisconsin growers of worm
wood and distillers of the oil at first
shipped nearly all their output to
Europe, but now they find good
market for it in this country, and at
almost fabulous prices. OF course the
drug houses of America furnish a
ready home market. The oil is EN-
ployed in many ways, but its chief
uses are in the making of absinthe
and liniments."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
CITIES in NAME ONLY.
Aspiring Municipalities That Are So
Small as to ne Simply
Ridd culous.

The recently completed census Of
the United States reveals some singu-
lar facts relative to the towns and
cities that compose the nation at
large. There are quite number of
so-called "cities" which are so ridicu-
lousy small in population as to make
it matter of wonder and amazement
that they are really cities, says the
Washington Star. The population of
few such cities may be given as illus
trations. The city of Johnson, Kan,
has a population of only Is, and the
population of the city of Coronado, in
the same state, is even less, being only
ten.
There are several cities in Kansas
which have very diminutive popula-
tions, as follows: Bird, IS; Brainerd,
20; Ford, SO; Freeport, SO; Horace, 30;
Hugoton, Sd; Richfeld, 81; Tribune,
62; Ulysses, 40. The city of Sloan
Springs, Mo-, has a population of 9S.
The city of Brigantine, n. j., has a
population of 80, but, small as is the
popula ton of that city, it is nearly
five times as large as that of the city
of Lavallette, in the same state, which
has population of only 81. The city
which exceeds all the others in the di-
minutiveness of it's population is the
city of Rainy Lake, Mimi, which has
a population of only Z.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
THE WOOUCOCK.
where Does IL Hide During the Molt-
ing Seasonf

1t Is during the months Of August
and September that the mystery Of
the woodcock's life begins. This Is
the molting season, when the bird
changes its plunage before beginning
its journey southwark. At this time 1t
leaves the swamps. Where does 1t
60? That Is n question which has new
er yet received satisfactory answer,
although each sportsman and natural
ist has his own opinion, and many fine
spun theories have been advanced.
Some say that the birds move toward
the north, some that they seek the
mountain tops, coming into the swamps
to feed only after nightfall; some that
they seek the cornfields, and there
have been many other such theories.
Probably the truth lies In mean Of
all these statements. 1 think 1t prob
able that the birds know the loss Of
their feathers renders them to a GER
tain extent helpless and more exposed
to the attacks of their natural enemies,
and they therefore leave the more open
swamps and hide In the densest and
most tangled thickets. 1t Is certain
that they scatter, for at this season
single birds are found in the most un-
usual and unexpected places.
Years ago when shooting In Dutch
ess county, n Y. l knew one or two
swamps, which we called molting
swamps, where in August we were
sure to find limited number of birds.
These swamps were overgrown with
rank marsh grass and were full Of
patches OF wild rose and sweetbrier.
If we killed the birds which we found
there, we were sure in week or ten
days to find their places filed by about
the same number.-Outing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
The Worlds Largest Crab.

How would you like to have crab
Ike this squeezing your toe when you
% bathing? The gigantic japanese
rab, measuring twelve feet, is proba-
,ly the largest crustacean in the world.
rhe specimen is type Of the spider
rab, which inhabits the waters Of the
roup Of islands forming the empire
f Japan. The body portion is the size
( a half bushel measure, while its
w0 great arms or "feelers'' could cas-
y encircle the figure Of man. Its
light arms or legs resemble huge
,amboo poles and are extremely elas-
&C, and if strung into one line they
would reach to the top Of four story
partment building. One Of the ex-
:aordinary peculiarities Of this crab
the faculty Of assuming a disguise
y affixing pieces of seaweed and
ponges to the body.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
NEW STORY OF MARK TWAIN.
How The Famous Humorist Had the
Merry CachinnatiOn Turned
Upon Himself.

The following story aboutthe author
of "a Doubie-Barreled Detective
Story" is told by the London Publish
ers' Circular. One day, while Mark
Twain was connected with publish
ing house, he went into a book store
in New York, and, picking up volume,
asked the price. He then suggested
that as a publisher he was entitled to
so per cent. discount. To this the clerk
assented. "As an author" proceeded
Mark, 1T would appear that l am
again entitled to so per cent. dis-
count" Again the clerk bowed. "And
as a personal friend of the proprie-
tor" the humorist modestly contin-
ued, 81 presume you will allow me the
usual 25 per cent. discount" Once
more the salesman managed to pro-
duce an impressive bow. "Well,'
drawled the unblushing speaker, ''un-
der these conditions l think l may as
well take the book. What's the price?"
The clerk calmly took up his pencil
and began to figure industriously.
Then he announced the result with the
greatest obsequiousness. "As near as
i can calculate" said he, 1--WE owe you
the book and about 35h cents. Call
again"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
interchangeable l000-Mile Refund
Tickets.

Commencing June I, 1903, inter
changeable Iooo-Mile Refund Tickets
will be placed on sale, limited to one
year from date of issue, good only for
transportation of the owner, with usual
free allowance of $50 pounds baggage
over any of the following lines:-
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (Be-
tween all points east of Ohio River
and between Pittsburg and Kane.
Also to and from points on Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway and Central
Railroad of New Jersey between Phila-
delphia and New York;
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
EAST of and including Huntlngdon.)
Delaware, Lsckawanna and West
ern Railroad.
Erie Railroad. EAST of and inclu-
ding Jamestown and Suspension
Bridge.)
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
These tickets will be sold at rate of
$1,000 each, subject to refund OF $ro
on surrender of cover to Trunk Lines
Mileage Ticket Bureau, No. "a,
Liberty Street, New York, at any
time within eighteen months from
date of purchase.
This form of ticket will be issued
in Difference to requests of numerous
patrons of the lines in interest desiring
one ticket good over several lines in
stead of having to provide themselves
as at present with a separate ticket
for each line they desire to use.
Agents at principal stations of the
railroads named above will have these
tickets on sale and give all further
information regarding them that may
be required.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Eel Basket Law.

The bill making it lawfulNto catch
eels with baskets having wing walls,
was signed by the governor last week.
The provisions of the bill are that it
will hereafter be lawful to catch eels
in such baskets provided that every
basket has Stats not less than one snch
apart with movable bottom, which
snail be taken out at sunrise and be
kept out until sunset. The bill limits
the time to use the baskets from the
25th day of August to December 1st.
The right to catch eels in this manner
is to be secured by taking out OF
license from the county treasurer at a
fee of SIS and another fee of 81, the
latter to go to the treasurer for his
trouble. The SIS license goes to the
state fish commission for the enforce.
ment of the fish laws.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
WRITING THE SERMON.
srsday II the Minister'S Day For
Performing This Task.

hhsF
Probably few Of the good people who
isten with rapt attention to the ser
non which Is preached to them each
'unday, says the Denver Post, know
hat for nearly 300 years Friday has
cen the time honored day for the pas
or to go into his study, write the ser
ION which is to furnish food for
bought" to the congregation on the
Glowing Sunday. In speaking Of this
ustom a clergyman says
"When Christianity was first promul-
ated, all preaching was done extern
oraneously. Such thing as prepar-
1g n sermon was unknown. Many
fitted men expressed their views on
arious subjects, then added a few
lords Of good advice to their listeners.
his practice is still continued in the
.oman Catholic church Of the present
lay, and think that very limited
lumber of the priests ever write ser
non. Not all ministers, however, ad-
,ere to this rule by any means. When
Ienry Ward Beecher was asked on
that day he prepared his sermon, he
eplied, ON Sunday morning, Of
curse
~'well, Mr.. Beecher, don't you think
bat is a rather dilatory habit for you
o get intoT asked another.
"Oh, no, not at ALL replied Mr..
3eecher in his quick way. You see, ]
ook at sermon like some do on pan.
AXE. They can be served hot or cold
md like mine hot; that's ALL"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
STONES THAT ARE ALIVE.
One Species That shows Positive Evil
dence of Being Possessed
of Animation.

1t is generally known that stones
possess a species of life in at least
that they grow from small begin
nings frequently to enormous size.
There is one stone in particular,
however, that seems endowed with
greater degree of life than others.
1t is called 1.-The living stone' and is
found in the Falkland islands. Those
islands are among the most cheerless
spots in the world, being constantly
Subjected to strong polar wind,
says Nature.
In such a climate it is impossible
for trees to grow erect, as they do in
other countries, but nature has made
amends by furnishing a supply of
wood in the most curious shape i'm
aginable. The visitor to the Falk-
lands sees scattered here and there
singular shaped blocks of what ap-
pears to be weatherbeaten and moss
covered powders in various sizes.
Attempt to turn one of these "bowl-
ders" over and you will meet with
a surprise, because the stone is
actually anchored by roots of great
strength; in fact, you will find that
you are fooling with one of the ma
tive trees.
No other country in the world has
such a peculiar forest" growth, and
it is said to be next to impossible to
work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel,
because the wood is perfectly devoid
of grain" and appears to be a
twisted mass of woody fibers.