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Died From Mouse's Bite.

For the first time probably in the
history of science a doctor has died
from the bite of mouse which he
had inoculated In the course OF his in
vestigations into contagious disease.
There have been many martyrs OF sci
ence, some of them only recently hav-
ing fallen victims to Rontgen rays,
while others have been bitten by dogs
and other animals; but DR.. Simon,
son-in-law of the German Socialist
leader, Herr Bebel, is the first to have
met his death from the bite Of a
mouse.
DR.. Simon had been conducting bac-
THEOLOGICAL researches at Zurich for
several years past. A few days ago
mouse which he had inoculated bit his
hand. Blood poisoning set in, and he
died.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
"Booby" Eggs a DeIIcacy.

Trade in BOBBY eggs is one Of the
sights Of Kingston, Jamaica. Long
ago the British seamen gave the name
"booby" to several species Of gannets,
because these fowls are regarded as
stupid. The eggs are gathered in vast
quantities on the islets at certain
seasons Of the year and taken to Port
Antonio by the boatload. The arrival
of a boat with BOBBY eggs is the oc-
casion of no little excitement among
the negro women, who buy them by
the box and then sell them by retail
chiefly in Kingston, though they are
also sold in Spanish Town. Port Anto-
nio, Montego Bay, and In other towns
on the island. Though sold mostly by
the dozen to housekeepers, BOBBY eggs
are also peddled. hardboiled, on the
streets Of Kingston, salt and pepper
being provided that the purchasers
may eat the eggs at once. These eggs
are about two-thirds the size of an
ordinary hens egg, and are quite pal,
atable.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
Wonderful Mecca.

Mecca each year has visitors In
such numbers that 1t must be ranked
in this particular with London and
New York. Even the worlds metropo-
lis on the Thames can boast no such
cosmopolitan character as is impaired
to this mysterious city Of Arabia by
the myriads of Moslem pilgrims, who
annually crowd into it's confines. Yet
of all the millions who have visited
1t not score of Christians are known
to have come out alive. No flag Of
citizenship would save mans life
were he known to be Christian
within the sacred precincts of the city,
where the Prophet himself decreed
that no unbeliever would set foot.
Mecca" says DR.. Samuel M. Zwemer
of Arabia, has become the center Of
universal pilgrimage for one-seventh
Of the human race"
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ASTHMA cATARRH
CURED

Expert Medical Scientists Announce
Startling Results Obtained by Senpine
New York Thousands are taking ad-
vantage of the generous offer made by
The Woodworth Company Dept. G 1l6l
Broadway, New York City, requesting
an experimental packing of Senpine, the
great discovery for Asthma, Hay Fever,
Bronchitis, and Catarrh, which is mailed
free of charge to all who write for it
It makes no difference how long you have
been suffering or how severe the climatic
conditions are where you live, Senpine
will cure you.
If you have experimental with other
treatments and have failed to find cure
do not be discouraged but send for trial
of this wonderful truly meritous remedy
which is a scientific compound discovered
by Professor of Vienna University, and
is being recommended by thousands.
apr Tyr
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Much More Simple.

Miss Alice Carpenter, the Boston
woman who stumped Massachusetts
In behalf of woman suffrage, telling
of the opposition she met in some OF
the rural districts Of the Bay State.
on her recent visit to Philadelphia,
said: Most of these people object
chiefly because they do not under
stand and their misrepresentation at
times are highly amusing. 1t Is like
the English woman with whom
CHANGED to be travelling in this coun-
try some time since. AS We. were
passing through the railway station
of one of our large cities she saw the
sign, Inward Baggage How odd
you Americans are,' she said. Tn
ward baggage is such a humorous
way Of announcing ones wares.
Why said l. -!how would you an
nounce the same thing in EnglandT
Looking at me with some surprise.
why, restaurant. Of course she an
swered."
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MANY FAMOUS BIBLES
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMI
NARY HAS FINE COLLECTION.
Largest and Most Complete In This
Country, II Not In tho World
Gutenberg Volume tho Pride
Of the Institution.

In the General Theological seminary
is to be seen the largest and most
complete collection of Bibles In this
country. probably in the world, says
the New York Sun. In the Bible room
on the second floor. arranged on
shelves or displayed In show cases.
they exhibit scarcely a lack Of any
OF the famous editions Of the world.
The valuable collection originated
with John Pintard, who started 1t by
purchasing the volumes from his own
funds and from funds he collected for
the purpose. He secured several i'm
portant copies, including one of the
famous Jay polyglot edition, but the
collection remained inadequate in both
numbers and Importance Of the Bibles
until 1893, when the Copinger collec-
tion was announced for sale. The late
Dean Hoffman then interested the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the two
men purchased the collection and pre-
sented 1t to the seminary.
The collection was now the largesr
in the world in its number of editions,
but still many important Bibles were
not represented. Dean Hoffman un-
dertook to make 1t complete, and per-
sonally visited old bookshops in Lon
don and on the continent, poring over
old folios and following up sugges-
tions from bibliophiles. He purchased
several valuable editions, among them
a copy Of the famous Gutenberg Bible
of 1850, the first book printed from
movable metal types, for which he
paid $4,000.
All the Bibles purchased for the col
lection since 1893 have been the gift
of Dean Hoffman, and since his death
his son, s. V. Hoffman, has continued
contributions to add to 1t. The col
lection is not confined to Latin Bibles.
but includes a representative collec-
tion Of Greek Testaments,, copies OF
the Bible in Hebrew, Syriac and poly
glot and in most Of the modern Ian
guages.
At the last formal enumeration Of
the collection, though many valuable
additions have since been made. there
were 1,206 different editions Of Bibles
in 2,373 volumes. OF these there were
$50 Latin editions in 1,055 volumes;
SO polyglot editions in 527 volumes;
302 editions of the New Testament,
chiefly in Greek; 96 editions OF the
Hexapla, Goddess, etc.
The most interesting and valuable
book, of course, is the Gutenberg copy,
printed at Mainz, 1450-55, by Johannes
Gutenberg.
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of the procession, yelping like he had q
can tied to his tail.

OF the procession, yelplng ike ne nad
can tied to his tail.
II don't know how the rattler came
to get mixed into the combination, but
he sure was good slayer. The ten
derfoot was too scared to do anything
but run, and he'd got SO in the habit
of going eight times round the oval
that reckon he didn't have sense
enough to switch off for the house.
Bucephalus was death on snakes
rattlers in particular-and was doing
his best to catch up, but the pace the
tenderfoot cut out was too swift, and
Ben Hur stayed in the game, guess,
because he was too good sport to
throw up his hands.
II watched 'em twice around the
oval and then l yelled at the tender
foot, Break for the house, you idiot!'
He heard me, guess, for he threw me
one agonized look as he went by the
third time, but instead of heading for
the house he started plumb for the
middle OF the desert, six feet at a
jump, and yelling every time his feet
touched the ground. And so l watched
them fading gently away toward the
purple sunset-the tenderfoot In ad-
vance, his pipe-stem legs working like
engine pistons, and his gaze fixed on
some illimitable distance yet to be at.
tanned. Behind him toiled the rattler,
spurred by fear Bucephalus, head
down and tight-coiled tail bobbing like
the white flag of an antelope in flight,
pursued. Ben Hur. with his tongue
lolling in distress, galloped on behind,
protesting with spasmodic yelps at
every bound.
1T was a poem, symphony in mo-
ton. pastoral and yet tragic in its
theme. For hours watched for their
return in vain. Days passed and they
did not come. The weeks glided into
months and the months into years,
and still l saw them not again. Wear
lily l have watched In vain. Perhaps
on some still moonlight night, wan
dering in the desert, shall see them
pass, pale wraiths pursued by fear,
flashing meteor-like across my path
TO disappear in the vast immensity OF
the night"
The stranger relapsed into medita-
tive silence. Anon he sighed. At the
next station left him, still brooding
on the past.
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his home on January 22?'
And the query invariably brings one
Of two answers, the first Of which Is
that Mrs. Astor is tired out in main
tanning her position as the bride OF
one of the foremost leaders Of so
ciety, despite the fact that she Is
splendid athlete, her diversion being
tennis playing -.
The second answer-and this with
a slight lifting of eyebrows-s that
the charmed circle had not extended
the warmest hand Of greeting. to her.
The much-talked-of dance was plan
ned by Colonel Astor to launch his
bride into the social season, and was
one of the first events which the col
onel had in mind, for her entertain
ment during the winter. y
But he suddenly Cancelled the af-
fair, and on January 2e he and Mrs.
Astor left on an extended trip up the
Nile In his yacht.
While the seasons round Of social
gayeties has been under way for sew,
eral weeks. the Astors have taken but
little part in them. -
Naturally the society gossips are
asking "why?" and "wherefore?" They
point out that the Astor dinner dance
has always been one Of New York's
most brilliant functions, and that q
season has rarely gone by without It
being held. &c.,,
Last years the colonel, aided in re-
ceiving by his sister, Mrs. M. Orme
Wilson entertained between 600 and
700 guests at his home at dinner and
dance. and the affair was one Of the
most brilliant of the season. This
year, 1t is understood, Colonel Astor
had expected to surpass all previous
attempts at entertainment In honor Of
the debut of Mrs. Astor as a. social
hostess. Extensive preparations had
already been made at considerable ex'
pense, 1t Is said
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To Scared to Do Anything but Run.
sneak into the house and hide under
my bed, whimpering like frightened
puppy.
We'll! The dry air and the good
grub seemed to agree with the tender
foot, and after he'd got his lung
sprouted he began to take exercise.
Laid out an oval running path back OF
the corral, like the race tracks they
have back east. Eight laps to the
mile it was, and when he got SO he
could jog around 1t eight times In IL
minutes fiat without losing his breath
he was mighty tickled. Wore a red
sweater and dinky little pair of knee
pants and shoes with nails an inch
long in the soles. His legs was about
as big round as mysthumb, and 1t got
to be q common sight to see a half
dozen cowboys sitting around on their
ponies watching him exercise his lung
"Bucephalus and Ben Hur took to
the game as natural as ducks take to
water. First you'd see the tenderfoot
come Looping along down the home
stretch with his head on the back OF
his neck and his elbows out, and back
of him Bucephalus paving the sand
with his tail up, grunting at every
jump, and then Ben Hur with his
tongue hanging out and his little short
legs working overtime to keep up with
the procession. And all three OF 'em
as serious as funeral. Funniest sight
I ever saw wake up nights even
now, laughing at 1t in my sleep.
"Only one thing disturbed the ten
derfoot's enjoyment. Snakes was the
particular fly In his ointment. Reckon
some one of his ancestors, way back,
must have been q monkey-he was
that afraid of them. And snakes are
about as scarce around the edge OF
the desert as flies around molasses
Jug. I've seen him jump four feet In
the air when he heard a grasshopper
whirring, thinking 1t was a rattle
snake.
We'll! One day was sitting on the
porch, smoking, peaceful and content
ed. when I heard the most awful
racket down by the running path
Sounded like a fire and riot and
camp-meeting rolled into one. Reck
on I never made quite such quick time
in my life az did getting to the place
of trouble. There was the tenderfoot
piking around the oval at 2:40 clip
screeching like hoot owl. and about
ten feet behind him a rattlesnake hall
as long as telegraph pole, and be
hind him Bucephalus. squealing like
he vas stuck. and Ben Hur In the tai
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)NT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 49, 1872
most any place in the country outside
of the cities.

most any place in the country outside
OF the cities.
Everyone knows, OF course, that
myriads Of all varieties of the parrot
family and monkeys can be found
there. There are dozens OF different
kinds of parrots. Among them is the
largest parrot In the world-the ma
caw-which measures several feet in
length These birds are black, with
bright red heads and tails and wings
tipped with red. A more beautiful
bird l never saw. They fly in pairs,
and popularity of the species Is
that while flying they hook their bills
together
Along the Amazon and Lake Mara
caibo, which. by the way, is as large
a body of water as Lake Erie. there
are all varieties of large snakes. The
boa constructor Is a native of that
country. The anaconda Is another
huge reptile that Is met frequently.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
PLAN MODEL ARMY POST.

Plans have been approved for and
work Is about to start at Fort SEQ.
field. near Honolulu. on what is to be
the model military post of the army.
The buildings will be of reinforced
concrete, 80 designed that each regi.
ment will have building of Its own,
including barracks. storerooms and
everything necessary for Its mainten.
apce as unit.
The officers quarters will be apart,
with double houses for married off,
GERS and one house for each four or
five bachelor officers. At the post
will be concentrated most of the
troops now scattered through the Is.
lands, so that drills and field exer-
cises on a large scale may be under.
taken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
ECONOMY TIES BUILDING PLANS

Congressman who are depending on
having obtained appropriations for
public buildings to help them on their
way back to another term, are much
exercised over the dismissal OF 80
craftsmen from the treasury depart
ment. No fault was found with the
men or their work. but the appropria.
tion ran out, thus severing their con-
nection with the pay roll. This brings
work on plans for public buildings to
a standstill and turns 80 government
employees out of their positions 1t Is
going to be little hard for congress.
men to explain why promised public
buildings are delayed but not half as
hard as 1t will be for some Of the 80
men out of Job to connect with
another where the duties were as light
and the pay as heavy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
NEW CIVIL SERVICE 1ULE.

In future. civil service employees
proposed for dismissal or reduction In
grade or compensation will be fur
nished with a copy Of reason or
charges and granted a reasonable
time to make answer in writing. This
right is granted under an amendment
to the civil service rules, the adop-
ton of which has just been made pub
lice. Heretofore employees have have
dismissed or reduced without notice.
The new rule provides that removal
or reduction may be imposed for any
cause which will promote the eff
cheney of the service, but that like
penalties shall be imposed for like Of
fenses, and that no discrimination
shall be exercised for political or re-
ligious reasons. s-
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Sacks Return of Wild Goose.

Ed Bickenhauser has lost wild
goose, and the boy who returns 1t will
get a reward. Several years ago when
Ed was on a hunt he shot and wound
ed a goose and after a while Ne got
another one. The two have been on
parade up at the Bickenhauser home
and have become domesticated. They
can foretell the weather, come In
handy to keep intruders from the
home, as they can make terrible
noise when startled at night, and they
are taken out during the hunting sea-
son and used as decoys.-Junction
City (Kan.) Union.
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.Lo! on a narrow neck. Of land
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand
Secure, inSensfble.
Canels In Postoffice Service.

1t is not generally known that for
many years past the Cape of Good
Hope government has used camels as
a means Of postal and police commu-
anication in the more remote and arid
districts Of what is now the cape pro-
vince, stretching away north to the
area of Gordonia on the Orange river.
The authorities at Cape Town have re-
Gently replenished their. herd by the
purchase of a dozen, which are now
being shipped from Suez, in charge of
the Bedouins who accompanied them
from the stock Of these ships Of the
desert" by Sudan.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
ENCOURAGE Study Of Aeronautlcs.

The British Imperial College Of
Science and Technology. South Fen.
s,ngton, anroiluces that the go ,.erncrs
are p.epared to award two research
scholarships to advance stud It's de-
sirous. of undertaking research work
in scientific problcms .,c .,c.-lnee;e,! viii
aefot auticf. s....t..&
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four hundred are
throbbing with
gossip concern
ing Col. John ia
cob Astor and his
bride, who was
Miss Madeline T.
Force. !:
The question
buzzing a b o u t
the d r q W 1 n g
rooms Is: why
did the colonel
call OF the great
dinner-danc0 at
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schel G. Parker.
of Columbia uni
versity, is now on,
his way to Seat
tie. Wash, where
he will board a
steamship for
Alaska. In this,
his third, expedi-
ton he will be
accompanied by
Belmore Brown.
t h Q T a c o m a
mountain climb
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FaithIess.

fdItnTCSSs
mo-" said the disconsolate girl; u
am sure Algernon does not love me.
His mind Is not on me as 1t should
be-"
How do you know?"
II played bridge at the same table
with him and he could remember what
the trump vas all the time"
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wsaIev,. "Narrow Neck Of Land"

WesIeys marrow Neck Of Land"
The actual First and Last house in
England is a shed where a woman
sells specimens Of rock. Just below
this as one goes down the zigzag path
between the rocks, on the neck Of the
peninsular is fat stone about two
feet square and rising six inches
above the ground. This, tradition as
serts,, is that upon which John Wes-
ley sat when he composed the hymn:
'Twixt two unbounded seas stand
d" Secure. insensible.
1t is also stated that Wesley wrote
other hymns there. Apparently he
had at this time (July 80, 1743) ex-
perienced "a bad spell Of weather at
Lands End, for he writes II saw
a strange sight, the sun shining In
Cornwall" = '..>.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
The New Woman.

"Children. who is your father?"
"Why. he's the man who stays at
hore with us on Sundays"
"'."i I'D your mother?"
i,"G1 = IS - ,'1;sv he tells us about
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
ASTORS SAIL FOR AFRICA;
BIG DANCE CALLED OFF

The outskirts Of that unsociably so
cial circle technically known as the
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WILL TRY TO CLIMB
PEAK MORE THAN ONCE

In another attempt to scale the
peaks of Mount Mckinley, Prof. Her
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,aily. I'd .ilv except Hday. S9unday
O v. t5atuHday onIv. VHein"hs AZ
,Aa"mGnt
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FREDERICK RAILROAD
Thurmont Division

Schedule In Effect September "a, 1911
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
GENERAL sAvOFF
Is the Won Moitke of Bulgaria, a Ma
ton Of Fighters.

The name of Gen. Michael Savoff
which but a few weeks ago was hard
ly known, is now on everybody's lips
Even in his own country he had been
forgotten, and to many it will be a
surprise to hear that until the order
for general mobilization was issued he
did not belong to the active army,
having resigned his commission in
1909. He might we'll now repeat Lord
Byron's words that "he awoke one
morning to find himself famous" says
the correspondent Of the London Eve
ming News.
For once fortune has not proved
blind in her bounties. If ever there
was man who has won a right to
her smiles that man is Gen. Savoff.
There is some appropriateness in find
ing him at the head of the victorious
Bulgarian armies, which owe to him
more than to any one else their ex-
traordinary efficiency. Before under
'' viz 's'oh VI Nollke nc naQ
done the drudgery of Room, and
during his two terms as Minister OF
War had laid the foundations on
which was built the superstructure of
Bulgara's military organization.
When, in 1891, the omnipotent
Stambouloff entrusted to him for the
first time that important office, the
Bulgarian army, although it had al
| ready emerged victorious from a bat
tie ordeal, still lacked most of the ele-
mcnts of modern military force. Fo,
three years he consecrated all the re.
sources of an indon1itablc will to re-
modelling the system and making ur
the deficiencies
The Mannlicher repeating rifle witt
which the Bulgarian infantry is armed
was first introduced in his time, anC
the entire material of the artillery wa:
| replaced by the then best Krupp guns
In the spring of 1897 Gen. savof
left the lettering Cabinet Of Stanbou.
loft, in consequence of y private af.
fair, and spent three years out o
i public life. He had left behind him
the reputation of a first class organ,
lzer, and nobody was astonished wher
! in 1897 he was placed at the head O.
| the division Of Shoumla.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. Sunday afternoon at $3.50
o,cloo,- ~. &r,l,h;.ho,, or1,,,; p;.+orod

Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. Sunday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock the Archbishop administered
the sacrament of Confirmation at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
and Sunday evening at $3.50 o'clock he
administered the sacrament at the
Church of ST. Lawrence, German
Catholic. Monday morning at 10
o'clock he administered the sacra nlent
at the church of the Sacred Heart,
French Catholic. After dinner he
drove to Shieldsvillc, where he adj
ministered the sacrament at o'clock
p. m. at st. Patrick's church.
Graceville, MINI. - John J. Higgins
and Miss Catherine Bernadettc O'Con-
nor were united in marriage at the
Church of the Holy Rosary on Tues
day. Nov. 5. 1912, at $3.50 o'clock,
a. m. The ceremony was performed
by their pastor, Rev. r. V. Kennedy.
Miss Josie Fordc, organist. played
Lohengrin's wedding march and dur
ing the nuptial mass Miss Margaret
Grove sang the Ave Maria. The bride
was given away by her brother T. l..
CConnor, of Appleton, and was pre-
coded to the altar by her cousin, Miss
Nellie O'Connor who acted as brides
maid. The groom was attended by
Eugene Beaulieu. After the ceremony
a wedding breakfast was served to
the bridal party and relatives at the
O'Connor home. Mr.. and Mrs. Hig-
gins left for a brief wedding trip and
on their return will make their home
in the O'Connor house on Bird street
The bride received many handsome
and valuable presents. AS both have
lived in this vicinity nearly all their
lives, they have many friends who
join in congratulations and wishes FOR
a happy welded life.