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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-07-07

A double team, plowlng corn one and one
half miles north of this place on Tuesday. be
came frightened at a passing railroad train
and made the entire run, with the plows at
tached TO them. to their owners, Mr. d. w,
Zentz', stable in town. They came through
with the outfit intact.
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Dividend Notice.

The directors ofthe Citizens Savings Bank
have declared dividend for nine months at
the rate per cent per annum, payable on
the 18th day of July.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-07-07

Through the courtesy Of one of Mr.. Saml
NJ. Birey's old schoolmates he will take a
vacation on the 18th day of July for four
days in the mountains of W. Va. 1t was a
pleasant surprise to Mr.. Bire'y and one most
highly appreciated by him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-07-07

The tax rate, 90 cents, is the highest ever
paid in this county. 1t is an increase OF i've
cents over last year. The Increased demand
for school purposes is largely if not entirely
responsible for the increased rate.
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New Advertisements.

Citizens Savings Bank Statement.
Thurmont National Bank.
Wanted-Sour Cherries.
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Festivals.

The citizens Of Grace hum together with
Oh patrons of the public school of that place
will hold festival on the school grounds at
Graceham on the evenings of Thursday and
Saturday, July 20 and 80. The proceeds will
20 toward paying for a well recently dug On
the property.
The Franklinvllle Union Sunday Bel oil
will hold festival on Thursday and Satur'
day, August 4th and 9th. See posters.
A writer in the Hagerstown Globe, who
has taken great care in the matter says that
but Al per cent of Hicks weather predictions
were verified, while So per cent fthe Wealth
er Bureaus were verified. He also took note
OF the "conjectures" in Gruber's Almanac,
and found SO per cent verified. In other
words, more than double the number by the
Weather Bureau and onefourth more by the
Hagers,own almanac, and yet there are those
who swear by Hicks. BY the way: look up
Hicks for the first week of July and see how
entirely he missed his guess everywhere.
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PUBLIC SALE.

BY virtue OF decree of the Circuit Court
for Frederick County, passed in No. 1859
Equity, the undersigned, trustees, will sell at
public sale on
SATURDAY, JULY 1904,
at l O'Clock p. m,
ut the Postofficc IN Sabillasvile, in Frederick
County, Maryland, all that valuable farm
land, together with the improvements there
on, known rs the John Gall home place, ly.
ing about one mile southwest of Sabillasyillc
and containing
81 Acres Of Land, more or less.
This farm Is well watcrcd and will make
a very desirable home, being convenient to
Penmar and the railroad.
TERMS OF SALE:-Onchalfo of purchase
money cash on day of sale or ratification
thereof, balance in six months from day Of
sale, the purchaser giving his, her or their
notes with approved security for the same,
and bearing interest from the day OF sale, or
all cash at the option of the purchaser.
Fifty dollars cash will be required from
the purchaser on day OF sale. C0nveyancing
at tho expense Of the purchaser.
S.A LEWIS,
CIIAS. c. WATERS,
Trustees.
:. A. Lewis & y. Princeton Buckley,
Solicitors.
James o IIarne, Auct. june IL At
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Mrs. Edward G. Morrison and daughter
Margaret, left June Both for the Exposltlon'
st. Louis.
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restaurants in the city use only city dressed
meat, and seemed satisfied.
Another opened box discloses long rows Of
cheeses, and the guide explains that nearly
every variety of cheese is made in the United
States, although few varieties are imported.
Most Of the produce OF a restaurant like
the one in question comes from the dealers
in the city. 1t is only one or two or the ho-
tells that import direct from foreign coun-
tries.
The mushrooms. white, big and firm, are
shown as the one vegetable that comes
direct from the growers, Lansdale. Pa,
is the great mushroom centre, and it is
from there most of the cities are supplied.
Some of the salads lettuce, romaine, es-
carole, come from the acres under glass,
the forcing houses in New York State and
those near Boston.
We only employ two women down.
stairs" interrolates the guide while the
respective merits Of different salads are
discussed we have woman to make
coffee and one to attend to the salad. You
see, a woman is so much more particular
about little things, and salad must be
perfectly clean. The least bit of earth on
it must not be overlooked so We have
a woman seems to have natural bent
when 1t comes to making coffee, at least
we have found it So
Another Improvement in kitchen service
was pointed out.
"You know how a bit of toast can be
spoiled by letting it remain on the fire too
long, and how much time the oldfashioned
cook spent in scraping of the black? BY
this new arrangement of asbestos the toast
simply cannot be hurt, 1t is put on when
the toaster is red hot and the heat is me-
chanicaIly applied and taken away
The machine for cutting slices Of toast
and sandwiches is also exhibited Then a
glimpse is given of the ices all ready to he
served from the deep pals in which they
rest imbedded in nests of ice. The whipped
cream looks like snowdrifts.
After that is pointed out the weighing
machine. where the steward each morn
ing weighs carefully every bit of produce
that is brought to the basement door.
Meats, butter, cheeses, milk-all arc sub
iected to this test of honest dealing.
Have you any special dishes?' inquired
the housekeeper Of the chef. 1T liz the
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Hereford cattle. He wishes to see as much
OF the plantations as he can, 30 / Invited
them to spend the day with me at Casa
Blanca, as it Is a good natural pasture.
took down everything with me for a nice
luncheon, and they seemed to enjoy the
day. Mr.. s. said my cattle were in fine
condition, and that the grass was very
good.
While they amused themselves wander
ing about the grounds and over the rambling
old house went TO see Marcus. He told
me he had all the hands he could get mind
ing birds and picking grass out Of River Rag
and that he had taken the water OF to-day
as he hoped to cut 1t day after tomorrow.
After lunch when we went out the look
OF everything had changed-it had been
a perfect morning. with little white clouds
fitting about, Just making you wonder
at the blue Of the sky In contrast to their
airy wilderness. but now thoy had heavy
dark edges and they rushed heavily and
wildly about, and there was something In
the air that made one sniff coming storm.
Mr.. L., who knew the signs we'll, asked
mo to have his carriage got and left at
once, advising me to do the same; but !
had some things to attend to before leav-
ing, and 80 was nearly an hour late. /
told Marcus to put the water back on the
rice or 1t would be whipped to pieces by
the wind, which was now tremendous.
My twelve mile drive home in an open
wagon was a race with the storm, wildly
exciting and celebrating, in spite Of the
danger from falling limbs and flying
branches. All along the way the cattle
we're gathered In the middle Of the road,
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IL thrown open.
All kinds OF bread are made In this Kitchen
the long French loaves, the rye bread with
caraway seeds, the Vienna bread which
IL baked in a moist oven and does not have
the hard crust of the French. Then there
are the loaves for sandwiches and for toast.
great many families nre supplied with
tho bread. which brings high price. but
IL guaranteed to be made Of the finest
-four.
Some more cold storage boxes were opened
and the game laid in long shelves and hung
about the walls pointed out. 1t In the game
season, and the supply is generous enough
to satisfy an army.
Another door, and huge sides OF beef
mutton, veal, are disclosed. Small pigs
look sauciy from their round eyes and
spare ribs fill the rest OF the space. Tho
housekeeper signs.
Il never see a lot of uncooked meat that
don't Immediately become vegetarian
she says. There il something 80 revolving.
in 1t. 1t Is only when the exhaustion that
won't be appeased by vegetables gets the
best Of me that succumb."
There is life principle, said the scien-
list, "even in beet or carrot"
Miss Knowing inquiries II the beef Is city
dressed.
you know the best beef she explains
to the chef. SIS brought from the places
right here where the steers are slaughtered.
The beef that comes to us from the West Is
not considered so fine, for it loses much OF
its favor in storage"
She was assured that the best hotels and
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The silver Is held against the flying brush,
which has first been covered with the clean
ing powder or paste as the case may be.
In less than a minute a blackened chatting
dish can be made to look like new.
The silver Is ready for the theatre supper
calls and is ranged in long rows along the
shelves Copper L. at present the most
swagger thing for the table ex oept. of course,
for knives forks and spoons, and the clean
es complain Of it. Some Of the silver with
a little furnishing needs only to be cleaned
thoroughly once a week. Copper. on the
contrary, must be touched up every day
to keep 1t in proper trim.
the flying brush:
think OF the time that Mary Anne has
to spend every week on her silver; half
day, and sometimes more. II had one Of
those machines it would not take her q
halt hour"
A man in the party with a scientific
turn to his mind announces that in few
years these costly machines will be brought
within the limits Of every household, no
matter how small. and the drudgery OF the
kitchen reduced so per cent.
The housekeeper hands over the dish
washing machines and begs the party to
wait while she sees dishes washed as they
ought to be.
Think OF it, no using your hands. no red
fingers to cold cream afterward, no scalds
no burns, no grease" she says.
She can hardly be dragged away from
the apparatus which, no matter how USE
full it may be, has little attraction for the
undomestic mind.
Underneath one Of the plate warmers a
cat stretches herself lazily. She has found
the most comfortable place In the huge
kitchen and does not desire to be disturbed,
The yawning cat gives quite homelike air
to the place.
Every bit Of space on the way from one
department to another Is filed with cold
storage boxes or icechests. The house
keeper fingers over the little pats Of butter,
each wrapped carefully in oiled paper, with
the name Of the creamery stamped on. The
guide gives the information that little
salted butter is served now. the taste hav-
ing changed within the last five years, and
that sweet butter Ia finding growing favor.
The scientist points to the pipes OF the
cold storage boxes. coated an inch thick
with ice.
How often does that have to be scraped
OFF, he asks, pencil and note book in hand.
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the topping tide, for 1t seems tho water
was brackish, and the rice was just in mix;
Marcus was Dragging about this, rice; and
my hopes were high, but now he shakes
his head and looks solemn.
Some years ago lady in Saratoga sad
to me: 1.-THE Lord does not seem 10 have
much respect for you rice planters;
answered: Il think Jobs friends and ac-
quaintances said the same thing to him
Certainly IL behooves rs to imitat met
worthy's patient endurance Of the Gallant
ties which fell 80 thick W on him for years
and his firm faith in his Maker.
In the Old Testament the promise =
worldly prosperity az a reward of obcdicane
to Gods law was very distinct. but in tie
New Testament 1t Is different sorrow,
adversely, tribulation are mcntionci aId
the promise is of peace within, Of rover
to be ndismayed by seeming disaster.
strong In the faith that He doeth ali tlirrs
well.
God moves In mysterious way
His wonders to perform.
He plants his footsteps on the sea
And rides upon, the storm
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense.
But trust him for Ills grace:
Behind frownng providence
He hides smiling face.
PATIENCE PENNINGTON
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SUPPER ID SERVED.

spoons each month to the restaurant. He
says that silver spoons are the one thing
that pigs will not eat.
The empty bottles are packed in crates
and removed, a special arrangement being
made with dealer for this kind Of mer-
chandise.
After the scullery more Ice chests are
visited, in some Of which the fish are packed
away, fish requiring a lower temperature
than Is afforded by the ordinary cold stor-
age compartments. The guide here gets
in some information about Holsters.
HOLSTERS have not yet been propagated
artifciallv with success, he says. While
the cultivation OF oysters has been remun-
erative 80 far that OF HOLSTERS has not.
Consequently, with the increased demand
and the corresponding scarcity, the price
each year gets higher and higher Terra
pin are rapidly becoming extinct, and
probably Holsters in time will also become
extinct. But the theatre crowds are spe-
cially fond OF them. To-day Holsters are
rs cents a pound dearer than they were a
couple OF years ago which shows the future
OF them pretty we'll
1t is one OF the proprietors who at this
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because they were the first oysters ever
served ON the half shell. No?'-th this to
Fritz. .-..
Fritz explains that while part Of the
statement is true, the rest is not, and the
Blue Points stiQ comes from the place after
which 1t was named in Great South Bay.
.aS.Wefl, AWAY Miss Knowing continues
sthe B lie Points are not nearly 30 salt
ms the Cape Coea, for instance, The latter
are distinctly saline and larger. The Blue
Points are almost fresh and very small
In comparison. Am | right?'
The oyster man hands an oyster to each
of the party and mods an assent.
One Of the party is not domestic-her
taste runs a different way.
III L should coma down here and open
oysters would, find any pearls'' she
Very likely says the oyster man, who
does not stop his work for second. while
I've beer working here I've found about
two hundred in the oysters and CLAIMS both
There IL great deal told about them pearls
that ain'ttrue. I've give most Of 'em away,
and guess didn't lose much, not more n
$500 apiece,
Fritz winks blandy, heaps more half
shells on platter, which Is whlsked away
while the last word is on his lips, and the
party moves on in the wake Of the spokes-
man, like personally misconducted group.
Thenext stop is made in front Of the egg
boiler, a mechanical appliance which Is the
joy Of the connoisseur, who can tell to the
fraction of second whether his egg has
been cooked over or underline. This
automatic machine drops the egg into the
boiling water, the clock arrangement is
set, and when the three, four or five minute
interval is up the egg Is lifted in a little
pan out Of the water. There is long row
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to name a special dish"
"Two.' Is the prompt answer. We
have the famous chicken La Rochelle
and Hungarian goulash, which Is really,
you know, only a ragout but we add to
own favoring."
The wine room Ia next visited. The
party goes from one compartment to the
other and notices In passing the varying
temperatures.
1T is quite true" says the guide, that
some people are very sensitive to this.
Last week we had a man leave because the
changing from one room to another In the
performance Of his duties made him i'll.
There are probably more than eighteen
employee in going from the roasting splits
to cold storage box is apt to be over
come. In the wine rooms the men natural
ly have to change oftener than In the other
departments.
FOR instance, the cheaper wines can
at 80 degrees. Then the Hungarian Tokays
at the time Of the harvesting OF the grapes
have a sympathetic action which Is called
in the trade growing and 1t has to be care
fully watched. The heavier bodied wines
will break the bottles at certain tempera-
lures all these things have to be known
and looked out for"
The guide tenderly touches some cob
webs from bottles OF a rare vintage and
allows the housekeeper to touch them
tenderly, too, with a gloved finger. Near
the wine caves, a door, opened, discloses
the siphon arrangements by which COM
pressed air il forced into the kegs Of beer
to replace the liquid drawn out. The
scientist is intensely interested In this and
can be drawn away with difficulty.
The walters lockers are along one side
OF the centre room. Here the clothes Of
those who serve are kept when they go
away at night they are searched and the
men have to be o X d by the steward.
A record of each waiter is kept in the Office
book devoted to that purpose and when a
reference il given from one hotel or asked
for by another, a simple look at the book
tells the story.
Near the stairway sits the checker, who
has big chart before him and a supply Of
rubber stamps with the dollars and cents
marked on them. A waiter announces
his order, it is stamped on the space de-
voted to him and corresponding number
stamped on his personal check. AT the end
of the evening these numbers are compared
and any error has to be rectined.
4 short stairway leads to the raths-
keller where the women of the party have
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and nv companion said she had always
heard that was q sure sign OF an approach
inc storm; ordinarily they are in the woods
and was greatly surprised at the number.
I knew the negroes owned good deal
NJ cattle. but did not know there were such
herds
The horses were greatly excited and 1t
did not take us long to reach home. Though
Il had rained all the way it did not pour,
and the wind being 80 high seemed to blow
the rain away, and we we're very little wet
The wind increased in violence every
hour, a.ld now at 10 o'clock 1t is terrific
gale. l have been all over the house ex-
aiming windows and doors to see that
the fastenings are secure, and am going
to bed, for am very tired.
Sept. 1.-THE storm ragged terribly all
night; sleep was impossible. The rafters
creaked and groaned, the windows ratified,
the house shook, the wind roared through
the pine trees while the cracking Of limbs
sounded like musketry and now and then the
loud thud OF falling tree like cannon.
These sounds kept the ear and mind on
prolonged strain. In the dawn OF the
morning looked out-a gloomy, dark sky,
trees down In every direction, not fence
In sight; but no houses down. I am very
anxious about the island, where there was
such a loss Of life in 1893. fear they have
suffered greatly.
Later in the day went forth to find
out how my neighbors had Jared, and found
every one so thankful to find themselves
and their families alive and unhurt that
every one was cheerful and bright. Most
people sat up oil night and all seemed to
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down, en- had to climb FOR get yuh, but
l amt hab a nail, en- de fench bin down,
en- me tetta, en- me little crap o corn bin
mussiful dat night en- confuse de critter
mind, all God gone. Yes, my missus,
eberybody fench bin down, but not a
COW nor hog amt eat nothing. Amt
yer zee? De Lawd confuse dem mind to
dat; win Is mussiful fer true. Dat night,
my missus, de house shake en- rock so tell
me en- Tom git up en- set down by de fab,
en- we pray, en- we pray, but de fiah cu'dn't
burn, kase de rain po' down de chimbly.
We des pray, en- de house rock en- de single
dey fly, barn dis way en- barn dat way, en- Tom
cry out EN- e say, Yes, my Lawd, we is
sinna 70 tru, but spare we dis time en-
den teck up de disclose en- l say. Lawd, !
know is wicked, but ri me anoder chanst.'
En- de waiter gone trough de house, en- de
shed blow of, en- de wedder-boa' d blow Off,
en- detree all round dey crack en- dey fall, en-,
my missus, wen de mawning come was
sLsprise wen see Tom de day, en- me
de day, en- de house de day, en- | hol' up
my han en- cry, My Lawd, yer is too mus
siful, yo' jes' trow down de load en- de
shingle, now eff dat bin a man, strong like
you, him God throw down de hol' house.
Yes, ma am, Use thankful to de Lawd," and
with a deep courtesy she went to mend her
fence.
Sept. 2o-Harvest is going on at Casa
Bianca-the much tried River Rag field
is being loaded into the flats in spite OF its
being soaked in salt water in July and
swept by the gale last Tuesday. / cannot
help hoping it may make something, it
looks so pretty and golden as it Is being
"toted" into the nat. The night Of the gale
I thought II wo lid be completely destroyed.
because It was dry, but tremendous tide
rushed over the banks and topped the rice,
thereby SAY wing II from complete destruction.
The June rice, however, fifty acres Of which
was very fine, has been greatly injured by
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have had me much on their minds.

have had me much on their minds.
Such a terrible night for you to be alone
in the house; we thought of you constantly
/ had been thinking with such anxiety
about people on the islands and at sea
that did not feel frightened for myself;
but / found the servants had been very
anxious about me, and jim had walked
round the house several times, but finding
all still and no light had gone back to the
servants hall. l hear Of many marvellous
escapes, houses falling and pinning people
down, without single death and with little
injury.
All the planters went out very early
to the plantations, carrying axes to cut
their way along, and We shall not hear much
until evening.
to-day ,as the road is impas ,able for a vehicle.
There are twelve very large pine trees
across the road in the four miles from the
village to Cherokee. There the stormplayed
havoc; the immense oak trees are down In
every direction; some uprooted, some split
into several sections. just back of the dwell
ing house there was a large oak heavily
draped with ivy that had been snapped off
about ten feet from the ground and the top
split into four different parts, one OF which,
in falling, narrowly escaped the house.
Two other very large oaks to the north
east of the house are down; they evidently
broke the force of the wind on the house,
which is not injured as all The earth IL
strewn with gray moss and small green
twigs and leaves, SO that it looks like huge
gray and green carpet.
A two story barn is down at the barn
yard also another building, and the screw
l. badly twisted and in falling condition.
The corn, which was 80 fine, has been torn
and tangled, and great deal Is lying on
the ground partially buried in the mud,
the heavy beating rain having left the