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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

Eyes. since Mrs. GotroX broke a mir
ror yesterday she is convinced that it is
very unlucky."
How superstitious-'
Not at all. 1t was French plate
mirror and cost .S4O0." - Baltimore
News
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

Magistrate-And ] understand that
you prefer charges against this man.
Grocer-No. your worship; prefer
cash, and that's what l brought him
here fOr.-London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
GALVESTON INCIDENT CLOSED.
The Government Safeguards the Creditors
and the Ship Is Released.

Richmond, Va. tSpcciaD i he United
States has graciously made a conceSS,on
with respect to the removal of the cruiser
Galveston. The situation is fully as sat
isfactorv to all hands as it is remarkable.
The government acknowledges the all
thority of the state court and is permitted
without further hindrancc to take the
boat and complete it while the claims OF
the Trigg creditors are saicguardcd
pending decision in Tie court OF last
resort.
Judge l.. l.. Lewis. United States dis
trict attorney, appeared before Judge
Grinnan. of tho Chanccry Court, and
obligated the government to recognize
the boat as the property of the rigG
Company until the matter is finally dc
cidcd in the courts. and Judge Grlnnan at
once filed all order diesoIving his inJunc-
tion and freeing the Galveston.
The agreement governing the Calves
ton also applies to the Benynard, an
ocean drcdgc also building at the 1rgg
yard for the government.
Washington (SpcciaD The Navy
Department has been informed of the re-
lease of the Galveston, and steps will be
taken to launch the vessel as soon as pos
siblc.
The creditors of the Trigg Company
contcnded that the government would be
put to additional expenses i'll completing
the Galveston at Norfolk Should extra
expenses be occasioned the government
will call on the sureties of the Irlgg
Company 10 pay any excess of cost over
the limit fixed by Congress.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Tho Dcrellcts on tho Ocean.

The currents of the North Atlantic
Ocean bear always on their rufllcd sur
faces. year in and year out, ut least
two score of dcrelicts-half sunk and
abandoned vessels that drift aimlossly
over the sea, helplcssly, lonely, pitiful
menaces to navigation, as fatal to their
sister ships as sunlicI rocks, fog-bound
icebcrgs or hurricanes.
Why the currents of the North Allan.
tic should be so plentifully laden with
these lonely carcasses Of once gallant
ships, to say nothing of numerous
spars, tree trunks and misguided,
truant buoys, Is not altogether because
that part Of the sea is so full of COM
mcrcc, but on account of the nature
and direction Of the currents them
lelves.
The waters of the whole ocean-of
all the oceans, for that matter-1ow
slowly but surely through grand sys.
tenn Of currents and counter currents
as regular as the cycles of the blood
| in oar veins, and the countries that Dor,
them, and the ships that sail over them
are fully as dependent Oh them. The
Gulf Stream, with its river of warm,
blue water, everybody knows, but that
! Is only part of it. Where does the Gulf
| Stream come from? That is a long
story that never has been all told, even
by the scientists and photographers.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Lutheran Church-Rev. w. S. T. Metz
ger, pastor. Services, Sunday 10 A..
M. and 500 p. M. Sunday school, $50
A. M. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday,
7:3o P. NJ.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
L. Martin, pastor. Regular services
by appointment from the pulpit
Class meeting every two weeks at
10 a. m. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. Sunday school, p. M.
Mite Society semi-monthly, We'd
nesday evening at 8 o'clock. w. Mis-.
meeting monthly at Parsonage.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rev W.
L. Orem, pastor. Services every alter
nate Sunday at 10 a m. and 7 p. m.
Sunday-school at 9 a. m. Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday evening at 7.3o
p. m. Epworth League at 6.3o every
Sunday.
Moravian Church-Rev. Mr. Kaiser, pas
tor. Sunday-school every Sunday, 9 a.
m. Preaching services will be held
every other Sunday, as heretofore, al
ternating mornings and evenings at 10
and 3.3o respectively.
NeIOIHleu SlluI Cll-NeN' ". ~. w lllt-
more, pastor. Sunday school go a.
m. Divine services alternate Sundays,
1880 a. M. and 7,45 p. m.
Guild every Sunday evening, 6.45.
Mid-week services. Wednesday, Jas.
St. Stephens Church protestant Epis-
copaD Rev. Ernest McGill, rector.
Services every Sunday, alternating
monthly, at 1890 "a M, and 4 p, M.
Service Friday at 4 p. IN.
Catholic Church-Rev. Father J. B..
Manley. Mass at 8 a. m. on Saturday
during May. Services third Sunday III
each month at 8 a. m. Sunday school
3o'clock p. III.
German Baptist Church--Elders T. J.
Kolb and Joh1 S. Weybright Serv-
ices each alternate Sunday at 4 o'clock
p. m.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
IGNORE The REGICIDES
United States Government Will Follow:
the British Course.
Colonel Mischief IS hONORED.
For the Present Minister Jackson viii Not
Present His Credentials to King Peter
France and Holland VIII Also Await the
New Kings Action Toward the Assas'
sins.

Washington, D. c. (Special) The
United States government has adopted All
attitude similar to that of England to-
ward the new Servian dynasty 1t vii
,e in no haste to recognize government
,reated by assassination in the absenc'
If some exhibition of disposition t.
punish the guilty Therefore Mr.. Jack
;on, who. besides being minister tt
Greece, is also United States MINISTER tt
Scrvia, will not present his crcdential
the government of King Peter
present.
In fact, these credentials have not beef
prepared. He had credentials to klnl
Alexander which he had never presented
and he was actually on his way iron
Athens to Belgrade at the time. OF tn
assassination of the King TO whom h'
vas about to present his papers.
1t happens that the trade between the
United States and Scrvia is triiling, ant
The interests of the two countries touct
at few points, so that there is really LITTLE
embarrassment likely to follow the fail
urc to establish diplomatic relations.
Paris (By Cable).--Forcign Minister
Dclcassc's colleagues express the beiic'
that he is likely to dcprccate the Servlar
tragedies by an expression similar tc
those of Russia and Austria; but it Is
pointed out that King Peter took the ~
itiativc in the cases of Russia and AUS.
tria by tclcgraphing to the Gar and En-
pcror Francis Joseph. thus affordins
them the opportunity for Austrian res
ronscS. whereas the Scrvlan king ha'
rot addressed the other powers, and, con
scquently, has Hot given them an oppor'
tunity to make rcjoindcrs.
The opportunity, however, will come
when the question OF the recognition OF
King Peter arises. In the meanwhile the
French Minister at Belgrade has been IN
structcd 10 restrict his action to current
rout."c affairs and to maintain neutral
attitude toward the new regime until the
question OF the Kings recognition Is
formally decided This will not come to
tie front until after King Peters arrlval
in Belgrade, his formal, assumption OF
power and his notice Of that assumption
to the foreign ministers.
The Hague (By Cablc).-1hc Dutch
representative at Belgrade has been IN
str,lctcd to assume the same attitude as
Great Britain toward the provisional
government of Scrvia.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
THlJRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, Md, Thursday JUNE 25,
inglc of many a bribe in his uncleap

Jingle of many bribe in his uncleap
palm.
That night, covered by revolver IN
the hand of the deputy, Jim walked out
free man. He had no intention OF
getting off without paying over the
money. but he had no confidence IN
the man who was helping him and was
determined that he would not pay the
price until he was sure Of freedom.
He had promised the amount when
they reached Witches Hill. and had
given no intimation of being III pos
session Of any money.
Arrived at the hill, they found jimmy
there, tied to tree. She whinnied
with joy at the sight Of jim. There
was no sign Of Martina or the children,
and for this he was very thankful, for
he could not have stood the parting
He must ride for his life far away,
and they must not know where. till
his escape blew over. He commended
her good sense and vowed in his heart
to live a straight life for her sake
thereafter.
He had placed his hand on Jinny's
bride when the deputy colared him.
"Pay up, man, pay up. or I'll save
you from hanging. right now and
here. l don't risk my life for nothing.
Shell out and he quick If you've got
it. I don't see but you've fooled me
after all"
He cooked his revolver just as jim
drew out the gold piece. The next
moment one quick shot sent Jim Flack
reelng into the dust, but 1t was not the
deputy who fired it. The sheriff had
| tracked the two men to their rcn.
devious, and now put up his gun and
said
"Sce eff that jail breaker is dead and
done for"
"IIe's dead enough" answered the
| deputy. turning Jim over and shaking
with fear.
"Then we'll bury him like soldier
where he fell. and he'll tell no tales,
Much too good for such carrlon. Get
| to work"
They dug n shallow grave and laid
Jim in it. The gold piece was made
tributary to military law-thc sheriff
took 1t. When their work was finished
the deputy waited for orders.
"rakc the mare and ride for your
life. and see that you go clear of the
State-the farther you ride the safer
you'll he. And don't come back here
till send for you
| Tho going Of the deputy made no
stir and he never came back to tel
what he knew. Martina lives in her
| little home and waits for news or
Jim. Her patient eyes have strained
look from gazing long and eagerly after
every horSeman or foot passenger In
sight on the long, straight road that
leads nowhcrc-and everywhere. Her
pretty brown hair is faded more than
cvcr-ndecd. II has grown to yellow
tint from the burning sun. and Jim's
kids have acquired her hnhlt of stand
ing IN the doorway Of the shack and
from under Il shielding arm watching,
Watching One of them is always on
the watch for pap" What welcome
would be his-if he over came.-Mrs
NJ. l.. Rayne, in the Chicago Reco"'
| Herald
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
I;reathitt's River Loop.

As there is more or less interest iutt
now in the town of Jackson. Breathllt
County. kentucky. let me mention one
fact in connection with the place which
may have been overlooked in the rush.
At Jackson, or in its immediate envir-
ons. the small boy who finds 1t diillcult
to throw a stone across a vacant lot, or
the baseball player who is making
record when he throws ball 10 yards
can stand within IL few feet of the
Kentucky River and throw stone or
ball seven miles down the stream,
then turn around and throw one seven
miles up the stream. Doesn't seem TO
be possible. docs it? Yet it is. and |
have done it. Let me explain: The
kentucky River ut this point runs
among the hills. which are steep and
rocky. and at Jackson it strikes the
hills opposite the town on the upper
side and bounds back. so to speak, in
great loop around territory of bottom
land seven miles in circumference, com.
ing back to the lower side Of the sharp
dividing ridge to within few feet OF
itself seven miles above by the meas
urc around. This ridge is 200 or 300
feet high, and is so narrow that one,
for 200 or 300 yards on It's top must
walk carefully OF Ec will slide into the
wat T. below. A tunnel sixty eight feet
long has been cut under the "saddle'
and il mill ut tho lower end gets seven
miles of fall in siXty-cight feet. There
are a good many rivers with loops In
them, but I know Of none equal to tho
Kentucky River at Jackson. - Core
spondent in New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Killed In Mine Disaster.

Ration, N NJ. (SpeciaD.-Five men
we're killed by an explosion which
wrecked Mine No. , OF the Ration Coal
and Coke Company, at BloSsburg, N.
NJ. The dead are Joe Ehesnic, Tony
Nation, Jack Stolm, Tom Poiser and
Alfonso Demc. Jack Bell, fire boss,
was bady burned ard Harry Mussch
had several ribs broken. The expo
sion is believed to have been caused
by windy shot, The mine was in
>pcctcd less than two weeks ago.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Gen. Diaz Rcnomin a.ej.

City of Mexico (SpeciaD The Ma
tional Liberal Convention placed in the
hands Of General Porhro Diaz the
nomination for the Presidency oi the
coming term. The spokesman, Ga
briel Mancer, made the presentation
Nd dwelt on the hopes placed by the
.'orntry on General Diaz, The Presi-
dcrt in reply said that it is the duty
OF every citizen to serve his country
for as long and i'll as many posts as
his fellow citizens may desire.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Man Fall, Fifty Feet.

Omaha, Nch. CSpcciaD The jury i'll
the case OF Line Lnnicr, Company |,
Twenty fifth Infantry, charged with the
murder OF Sergeant Robert Yours, OF
the same compc y, has brought in YER
dict OF murder i'll the first degree. but
eliminating the sentence OF capital pun
ishment. The verdict, under United
States laws. carries with it imprison-
mcnt for life. he killing occurred at
Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, April II, 1908.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
VOLUME XXXIII.
CONCERNING HUMILITY.

Low in town yard, grassy paved,
A humble dandelion grew.
Above her head tall lilacs waved,
Proud in their plumes of blue.
The dandelion's beaming face
Was upward turned, yet all in vain,
The lilac's contemplated space
In naughty, cold disdain.
"Ah, WE'LL" the dandelion sighed,
Far rather would lowly be =.
Than faunt my blossoms high and wide
For all the world to see."
And did gentle little child
Ignore the lilac's higher claim
And pluck the dandelion mild?
No, reader; not the same.
Nor did a wicked youngster tear
The lilac bushes with his knife,
And leave the dandelion there
To lead the quiet life.
Humble the dandeion lay,
Yelling her face in verdant screens,
Until a man came by that way
And dug her up for green's
In ostentatious vanity
The lilacs evcrmore aspired.
Therein they showed their sanity
And got themselves admired.
And this, dear reader, goes to show
That men don't gain thro' being swabs
We mustn't hold ourselves too low
If we should hold our jobs.
The Newark News.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Queen Draga's Sisters.

Belgrade (By Cable).-Queen Draga's
sisters, who arrived at Vienna, Travelled
second class OH the train to Vienna.
They say they are rui7cd They were
only given $4Co to defray the expense OF
,hc Journey, and they do not expect to
receive anything more They intend to
eek an audience of Emperor Francis
Joseph and try to obtain justice.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
.Japan's Demand for Open Ports.

Yokohama (By Cablc) ),--Thc Japanese
minister at Picking filed formal demand
on the Chinese Foreign Office Tor the
opening Of Mukdcn and 1ai--ung Chou
to foreign trade The Chinese official ;
replied that circumstances were not iav-
orable to the opening of the cities mcn-
toned The American and BRUSH rep
rcscntativcs are supporting Japan'S de
mandS. Minister Ccngcr is also dc
tic opening OF Harbln, Man
>L,1ri1
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Strikers Must Work.

linton, Ind (SpeciaD,-Thc 600 strik,
ing miners who stopped work i'll the
Island Coal Company's mines last
week have returned to work in COM
pliaucc with the ultimatum OF Prcsl-
dent John Mitchell 1t is understood
that the miners were compelled to re
turn to work or surrender their char
tcrs and suffer other workmen to take
their places
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 46, I. o.
o. F., meets every Thursday
Acacia Lodge, No. I55, A. F. & A. NJ.
meets every second ard foHrth Monday.
Chancellor LodEe, - =. l. of P.
meets every Saturday.
Columbia Council, No 81, Jr. o. u. A.
NJ, meets every Friday.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
Financial.

The Pennsylvania has applied to list
$7o,cooooo new stock on the New York
Exchange.
The United States 1reasurcr's surplus
for the first half of June was $7,cooooo
The total surplus for the year ending
with this month will be about $53,ooooco
Unless the Treasury can pay out some
money c., Panama Canal purchases Sec
retary Shaw will have to evolve some
plan for getting this surplus money out
OF the Treasury He may again &C into
the market and purchase Government;
bonds.
Catoctin clarion., 1903-06-25
TOWN DIRECTORY.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
President of Board, J. F. D. Miller.
Commissioners, Frank Hesson, w. J.
freeze, J. T. Waesche, c. A. Weller.
! Bailif-Benedict Knott.
Justice of the Peace-John Jones.
Notary Public-W. w. Zimmerman.
Postmaster. Henry Cover.
Agent w. M. R. R.-Frank Hesson.
Thurmont National Bank-Sam'l M.
Birely, Cashier.
High School-H. D. Beachley, Princi-
pal.
Public Schools-H. J. Kefauver, Prin-
eipal: Misses M, Beth Firor, Mary Lam
ders, Grace Henshaw, Assistants.
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these growls disturbed him. But they
-,

these growls disturbed him. But they
did not unbend his dignity.
My man he began sternly. The
listeners did not even brealnc. The
next time you desire to borrow my
carriage, remember TO obtain my per-
mission through the proper channels
Gently. but still n a dignitied fash
ion, he bent and kissed the startled
girl on the forehead. Con permiss0
di listed. sonora" he said.
Then pandemonium broke loose in
three languages. English. Spanish ard
Tagalo. The band. which had been
waiting with its instruments 1cr the
coming concert, struck up '.There'li be
a Hot Time the anthem Of the Eighth
corps.
And to think that we've been blam.
ing the colonel because the corned
beef we got was rotten. and the regu-
lars got good stuff. said one Of the
men. Hes the only colonel in the
army"
And he waste that regiment-Sap
Francisco Argonaut.
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ELECTRICITY AND NATTER.
Remarkable Qualities Possessed by
Newly Discovered Radium.

Newly Discovered Radiur.
Sir Oliver Lodge, principal of the
University OF Birmingham, recently
gave lecture at Bedford college on
Electricity and Matter" A quarter
Of a century ago he would have said
that electricity had 4 property re
sembling inertia. Now ne would not
only say that electricity had real liner
tia just as real as matter, but that
there is no inertia but electricity. and
that the ineria OF matter had to be
explained electrically. In other words.
what We We're now arriving at gradual.
ly was the electrical theory Of matter
We were endeayoring to explain the
properties OF matter in terms OF and
by means of what We know OF elec.
tricity
Although it might sound a paradox
to people vino had not studied physics
more was known about electricity than
about matter. This idea of electric
inertia first took shape in a mathemat
ical paper by ]. J. Thompson of Cam
bridge. which. when il appeared. in
1881. was simply regarded as mere
mathematical curiosity. He Should
also mention that Sir William Crookes
had called attention to a phenomenon
he had observed of matter in fourth
stage. which was neither solid, liquid,
nor gaseous. Further research sug
gcsted hypothesis. not yet by any
means completely evolved. that all
atoms of matter may be composed Of
these substances-corpusc or eiec
irons.
Passing rapidly along the various
phenomena found along the line OF
his subject. Sir Oliver referred to the
important developments made by II
and Nine. Curie in France. Having be.
come familiar with the remarkable
radiatory powers of uranium, they
then discovered polonium and. later,
radium. which had the property pos
sessed By Uranium in a most remarka
bic degree. The rays given off by this
substance had marvellous penetrating
powers even more Intense than the Y
rays, and would blister the skin. They
will penetrate not only aluminium or
wood. but three-inch thickness CT lead,
and then be as strong as the rays from
uranium. Sir Oliver Lodge finally en.
deavored TO give some conception Of
the size of electrons, the smallest
bodies known. by asking his audience
10 conceive OF the atom as being the
size of q chunk geo feet long, so feet
broad and 40 feet high. and the cleo
iron the size of a fullstop.-LOndon
Standard.
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gives employ IUeHt 10 ooU Uleu SIMPLY
in recovering materials that would Or
dinarily be destroyed.
There is q mysterious coffin-shape1
grave in the churchyard at MontgCm-
cry. England. on which the grass re-
fuses to grow. According to the local
legend. a young man of Montgomery
was hanged for numbering his sweet
heart He asserted TO the las; that he
was not guilty. and on the scaffold &C.
clared that no grass would grow over
his grave until his innocence was
proved. The prophecy. it is alleged. has
besn fulfilled to the present day.
strange spindly plant with noddine
little flowers was sent from the city of
Mexico to the Madrid botanical garden
in 1884. and. being new to the botanists.
was named Dahlia, after Dahl. Sved-
ish botanist. Florists soon noticed thu
great possibility of variation in the
flower in color and size. but it was rare
in Europe unit! Humboldt brought
from Mexico quantity OF the seed.
An eccentric old man named Tasino.
living in a small village near Naples
offered his hand and his purse some
weeks ago to the lady who knew how
to cook macaroni to suit his palate
AS Tasino was reputed very wealthy
no fewer than 120 ladies entered the
contest. with the result that the sue.
cessful macaroni specialist was led tc
the altar by Tasino. who presented his
blushing bride with $500 as a wedding
present.
Those who have most carefully
studied the inscriptions on Egyptian
monuments and manuscripts which
have been discovered in the land Of the
Nile arc unable to say what was the
first book ever written in that part of
the world. One of the earliest. no doubt
was the Book of the Dead" a ritual
of which portions are quoted here and
there in other writings. and which was
itself built up gradually. While there
is reason to think that this work. n
its original form. antedates most other
ancient Egyptian literatares, TO one
can say just how the first version read.
There is On excellent copy. for instance,
in the British Museum. but nobcdy can
tell how closely it conforms 10 tho
carliest form.
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Hailrndn8.
BALTIC. Chesa. & Atlantic Ry. Co.
RAILWAY DIVISION

Connection made with steamer lines 81
Easton, Salisbury and Vienna.
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In addition to the collection of old
junk, from private houses the Saliva
ton Army colony in London is now
Systematically gathering up waste pa
per- Nearly 6000 tons of this material
was collected last year. sorted and re.
sold. nearly 1000 business houses be-
ins visited every week. The colony now
gives employment to $50 men simply
in recovering materials that would Or
dinarily be destroyed
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Persons OF great stature and web
constituted physically and mentally are
exceedingly rare. Giants are usually i'll
formed and short lived.