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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
Among the Poultry,

An early, bred pullet will lay when
the hens are taking vacation.
The only benefit of corr in egg pro-
duotion IL that it helps to maintain
warmth.
Chickens are fond Of sand and lime
in the proportions commonly used for
plsstering.
Ono pound Of butchers scraps to
twenty hens. given three times week.
will be good ration for laying hens.
Hens wien moved from one place to
another do not begin to lay until some
days after the change Of surroundings.
If the hens are fed three times day,
one of the best feeds to give at noon is
whole wheat, especially when eggs arc
wanted.
Nearly all classes Of fowls thrive best
in high, dry localities. with q sandy or
gravely soil that is easily kept dry.
With little care in the management
a good proportion of the meat needed
In the family can come from the poultry
ward.
With turkeys, ducks and chickens
the males should be changed annually
in order to prevent imbreedlng. This
is not so necessary with geese.
One of the best ways Of feeding mid.
dlines is to mix it with bran and corn
meal and then scald thoroughly. Fed
in this way it makes splendid feed,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
Household Hints.

Next to a good range a good clock is
of paramount Importance in the kit
chez.
Coffee cake should be wrapped while
warm in a napkin and there remain
until cut.
To prevent mustard plasters from
blisterlng, mix them with the white of
an egg.
Keep sharp the knives used for cut
tins meat and bread ard for peelins
vegetables.
Folding towel racks set on the wall
near the sink are Il great convenience
in drying dish towels and dish cloths.
To brighten the inside of coffee or
teapot, fill with water, add small
piece of soap and let it boil about forty.
FIVE minutes.
Gliding on silver should be rubbed
as little as posslble; wlping 1t with q
soft linen cloth moistened with ammo
MIA is all that is necessary.
To clean teakettle. take 1t away
from the fire and wash off with II rag
dipped in kerosene, followed BY q rub
bing with dry flannel cloth.
When you have spilled anything on
the stove. or milk has boiled over and a
sutfocating smoke arises, sprinkle the
spot With salt and it will disappear i'm.
medinely.
TO clean brass, immerse it several
times in sour milk or whey. This will
brighten it without securing. 1t may
then be secured with a woolcn cloth
dipped in ashes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
How to 1 ell Bride and Groom

He always carries two new grips and
two umbrellas.
He always offers her his arm.
He's always clean shaven, and wears,
besides immaculate linen, careworn,
worried expression.
He always pulls out his watch, ,presum-
ably to see how much Of the honey.
moon is left.
When he registers at the hotel the
"and wifi" is written twice as large aa
his own name.
She never fails to ask him how many
Jumps Of sugar he takes in his cotfeo:
Never tasten the nests to the wall ;
it increases the work Of keeping them
clean.
Young hens sell the best in market,
but old ones are the best for farmers to
sell.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26

The health hest attitude for the single
woman to assume toward the marriage
question is also the happiest. She may
and should consider that true. pure
love is the greatest earthly blessing
that the Creator has to bestow OF her
sex--the one gift not lost in Paradise.
But to think constantly and with dis
content of this one blessing, when for
any cause it is either delayed or denied,
is the surest possible way to unfit ones
self for giving or receiving happiness.
Frankly grant to yourself and to
your friends, if you like, that some day
you hope to meet man whom you
can love and respect. but let discussion
end there. Anything more unwonan-
ly and revolving than cold calculation
Of possibilities. taking an 'inventory OF
the eligible men in ones circle Of ac-
ana,ntance, or deliberately planning to
attract or win another by assuming to
be what one is not, can hardly be I'M
agined. What true woman could for a
moment enjoy that affection which she
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
had deliberately plotted TO win by de-
ceit or misrepresentation

had deliberately plotted to win by de-
ceit or misrepresentation?
Having acknowledged her natural
desire for the common lot of her sex,
the single sister goes bravely aud hap
ply on her way, taking up the duty
that is nearest. and living perfectly
natural life, wasting no time in laying
plots, in idle complaining or wicked en-
w. 70 the married friend who boasts
of her home and family she accords full.
est liberty, but claims that she also has
great cause for happiness IN freedom
and golden opportunities. Her vaca-
ton days are not dependent on tho
school calendar or the demands Of any
mans business cares. She is free to
elect where she will 80, who shall be
her companion. and how long she will
stay. The sail or excursion party from
which her married sister is debarred by
an untoward attack of measles or
whooping cough in the nursery is pos
sible to her. Her dresses may be light
or dark, high or low, grave or gay. She
has no quarrel to settle with the neigh
boris children, no piles of little trousers
and stockings to mend. She may sit
down IN her easy chair when evening
comes with volume of Scott or Brown
ing very likely but since she has them
not, she has right to be happy in the
ways that naturally suggest themselves
to a woman Lying alone.
If marriage Fever comes. i her heart
never responds to any demands for its
affection, she may without bitterness
assert that for her single life has been
best, since it is the one chosen for her
by wiser One than herself. The un.
married woman who allows herself to
live in an atmosphere of unrest, envy
and discomfort, because she is not pro.
vlded with home and husband, can ev-
er learn the secret Of happy living. If,
instead of taking sensible view of the
matter. she constantly wears the willow
and longs for what has not been vouch.
safed her. she not only units herself for
present duties. but for happy married
life, if the opportunity is rcd.-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
Like His Mother.

II was born in Indiany." says a stranger lauk
and slim,
And us fc|lers in the restaurant was kind O.
guyin' him.
And Uncle Ike was sldin' him anothor
pu kin pic
And an extra cup o coffee. with atwinkle in
his eye
Il was born in Indiany--more'n forty years
ago,
And hain't been home in twcn.y-and I'm
workn bac'w ward slow;
But I've ct in every restaurant 'twixt hero
an Santa Fe,
And want to state this coffee tastes like
gittin' home to me
"Pour us out another, daddy, says the teler.
warmin' up,
A.speakin' c:ost q snuccrful, as Uncle tuck
his cup.
when seed your sign out yondcr," he
went on to Uncle jake
"'Comc in and get some coffee like your
mother used TO make
II thought Of my old mother and the Posey
county farm.
And me little kid agin hangin' on her
arm
AS she set the po, bilin'-broke the eggs
and poured em in"-
Aud the tellcr kind o. halted, with IL tremble
in his shin.
And Uncle Jake he fetched the fcllers coffee
back and stood
AS solemn fer minute as An undertaken
would;
Then he sort o turned and lp,oed to'rd the
kitchen door, and next
Here comes his old wife out with him, a.ruh.
b.n' Of her specs;
And she rusEes for the stranger. ard she hol-
lrrs on, Its him
Thank God', we've met him comm! Don't
you know yonr mother, Jim?"
And the feller, as he grabbed her, says. "You
bet han't forgot
But. wipin' of his eyes, says he, Your coE
fees mighty hot
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26

There never was a greater mistake
than the prevailing notion that because
a woman passes the first flush of youth
without joining hands at the altar with
some lord of creation she must be iney-
itably an undesirable creature thai
from hsnceforth will be called an old
maid and made the subject of silly jes>
and thoughtless ridcule.
AS a woman talking to women, and
mon as we'll, we give as our candid
opinion rather pronounced statement,
but one nevertheless that we believe in
namely, that no woman lives to the age
Of IS without at least having one offer
of marriage therefore the silly notion
that is coupled with the term old maid
is entirely wrong.
A woman has her own reasons for re
naming single. 1t isn't because nc
man wants her, but rather because SHE
does not perhaps choose to allay her
self with such ones that have done her
the honor to ask Ler. or maybe there
has been in her life some great disap
pointment. or finding out before it il
too late how much better 1t is to be ever
called an old maid than All unhappy
wife.
Charming, attractive women, many
there who are still classpd among tn,
sour vlsaged, vlneEary. elderly maid
ems. whom we are accustomed to seeing
on the comic valentines, yet who, per.
hapa, instead of being, according to the
general notion. mourning over thell
tate because they are not matrons rath
er than maids, could unfold many 4
heart story of love and romance to the
gushing youngsters who, just stal tine
out in life, think that to be all old maic
is to be OIL the human bargain counte'
waiting for any chance purch ser
Philadelphia Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26

Young hens sell the best in market,
but old ones are the best for farmers to
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26

This issue is devoted to symposium
on the "Old Maid" or what one of our
writer's more aptly styles in modern
phrase the bachelor Glrl.' One Of
these days when our sympathies are
tuned to a forlorn subject, we may have
IL word to say on the bachelor boy.
The opening paper by Mrs. M. j.
Cosgeshall of Des MONIES, Ia. was orig
mall read tefore the Womans Section
of Unity Club in that city, and was pro
nounced by the local press, one OF the
finest apologies for the single woman
that ever appeared in print.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
..ais the tt n,u f..

A..G TIRE Is, ..,N f.4..
MAEv;II 4, r. L.. March = lHsi.
/, the undersigned, suffered tyom epilepsy 10.
s ytsl"g, had ro appetite and could do wctt
whatever; con suited q number OF docto-a. iIt
ell said ,LCre ~ n" remedy for my d..GasS
t-I took East.f Kos,ts's Nerve Tonic nn'
a,I now i, perfect health. and work ell tbs time
lLousead thnnks to your -ercsdy.
PHII.Ip NONGEON.
81 PNosPECT ST., NEWARK. y. j.. harch9, 1921.
got Somo OF PGat,i Kusnig keryo Tonic
fo~ norvuuBoeas aLi slcepisssnass aud i,
lInipci me the ;irs. time ! took II ! Ind the
hrst sleep J hsd had for several L,on'hs |
also know fl:onis OF nliIe who used II and say
il Ia the bcSo nerve tonic they eyer used
write this that -u'f".er ru-y ;,ns you
medicine sno be helped by 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
Church Directory.

reformed Church-Rpv. G. A, Whitmoie
ras or. Weekly Lectures Tuesday eveniEs.
Meeting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
v elnesdav evening. Regular services
.rpointmcnt from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-I,ev. J. H. Barb, pas
TOR. Services Sunday 10 A. u. and $50 +.
II. Sunday School, 2. P N. Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, GAS p NJ
United Brethren Church-Mite Society
t4oond and Fourth Wednesday.
Sunday School 3 2. NJ.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening.
Reg guar Services by appointment from the
tripit.
Moravian Church: Rev J. J. R,ckseckcr,
stor. Services in Mechanicsown every
o weeks, alternating morning and evening,
aceham, every Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. j.
!. F. Gray Pastor. Services every alternate
Sunday at 10 A. NJ. Sunday School A. NJ.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at :
United Brethren Church-Rev A. n.
Horn, Pastor. Services every altcr"n'e
:.undav at 3 p. III. Sunday School every
Sunday at 2 p. IN. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at Up M.
st. Stephens Church Protestant Episco-
pal.-Rcy. Dewitt G. Loop, Pastor Ser
vices everv Sun 'ay Mt 1890 IL. NJ, except on
5lh Sundly in the mouth, then at night.
Evening Prayer, Fridays, ut Z.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
MEW q WNME.N.
PrR,ry, Jvsr,ck, TRUTH.
ANNA J. NORRIS, EDITOR.
The Revelation.

"An idle poet, here and there.
Looks round him but for nll the rest,
The world, unfathomably fair.
Is dul,cr than u witling's st.
Love wakes men, once lifetime each;
They lift their heavy lids and look;
And, 10, what one sweet page can teach
They read with joy, then shut the book.
And some give thanks, and some BIAS
phcme,
And most forget; but, either way,
That and the chId's unhecded dream
Is all the light of all her day
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Members of Philadelphia City
Councils receive no salary.
Chicago has the largest area Of any
in the United States
Coffee was introduced into Persia in
S75 and into Europe in I6I5.
One-third Of the worlds population
speaks the Chinese language.
Lake Urmiah, in Persia, is said to be
more salt than the Dead Sea.
There are twenty.six cities in the
United States with over 100, 900 in
habitants.
A cubic inch of gold is worth $aro,
cubic foot $365 $50, cubic y I'd,
$o,79h762.
Venice is built on eighty small isl
ands, has nearly 400 bridges, and lis
eighty miles in circumference.
The city of Client, Belgium, stands
upon twenty-sX islands, which are con
nected by ninetytwo bridges
The "digue," or breakwater, of Cher
DOulk 10 OllN VI lllC DOtbCol chg illOSl III =
feats ever performed.
There are thirtv.seven wards in
Philadelphia the area is 1898 square
miles, and the city is co extensive with
the country.
More cases of consumption appear
among needlemakers and filemaker'
than any other class Of laborers.
The EfeI Tower is oS4 feet in
height the Philadelphia City Hall will
be SAT feet 4 inches high when it is
finished
The Croton aqueduct is forty miles
long, having sixteen tunnels and col
lecting reservoir Of 5000, 900, 900 gal
Ions capacity.
The area Of Paramount Park, Phla.
delphia, is 279I acres Central Park,
New York, S64 acres ; Golden Gate
Park, 1913.
According to the tracks found in a
stone quarry in Connecticut a bird
with a foot eleven inches in length
once inhabited those parts.
The figures usually spoken o! as
ARABIC numerals represented by /,
2, 3, etc, are really Of Fast India
origin. They were first used in Arabia
by Mohammed Ben Musa in 600 d.
Out of seventy-sx Irish kings who
ruled between AID. and I172 ne
fewer than fifty.two died violent deaths
either in battle, by murder, or by
thunderbolts (by the latter three were
slain).
Bogota, the capital of the the Unitec
States of Colombia, located on the
Andes, near the Equator, and at ar
elevation of over nire thousand feet, is
said to be entirely exempt from con.
sumption, though dampness prevails tc
large degree.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08
The Queens Laundry Bill.

1t may not be generally known, says
London AHS70eyS, that the Queen has
a special laundry, but such is the case
and it would be difficult, indeed, to pick
a more picturesque spot than tina
occupied by the Royal laundry, on tn,
borders of Richmond Park
At the entrance to the drive is {
pretty UNCOVERED cottage, beyonc
which it is impossible for the unauthor
lied stranger to pass, as the ROyaI
laundry is almost as jealousy guarded
as the Bank Of England, and the drive
itself in Summer time is rendered
beautiful by the greenery and masses
of red roses on either side. Arriving
at the laundry, it is found to be large,
but rather unpretentious, ivy covered
building, and upon entering it the usual
smell of soap and soda peculiar to
washing day" is very much in evil
dence.
Along each side Of the passage are
large well.ventllated cupboards, ii
which the several kinds of soap are
kept, tons of which are bought at {
time, and tremendous chests filed with
soda and carbonate OF soda are also tc
be seen.
The ordinary linen, consisting of tow
els, tableCloths, etc, arrives al thu
laundry in huge square baskets These
are then emptied, the contents sorted
compared and checked, with the list
accompanying them.
The personal linen of the Roya
Family is sorted in special room, tn,
wooden boxes containing it bearing
brass plates upon which is inscribed
the owners name and number Of tn,
box, such as "Ihe Queen, No. 10,
"The Princess Of Wales, No. 81, etc
The washing apparatus is of the mos
perfect and recent manufacture, an,
the ringing, drying and manglin
machinery is most complete.
In every room order and the strict
est cleanliness are observed, and tn
different operations are conducted witt
clock work regularity and despatch.
When the clothes are properly driet
they are placed in big heaps, each hea
belonging to different palace,
Most OF the linnen is prettily marke,
in red cotton, o. H., B. c., B. P, wit
V. R. L. above but some of the mark
ings are now done with rubber hanc
stamps To show how the royal line
wears, the date 1860 may be notice,
on some of the tableCIoths, which ar
of exquisite fineness, specially made f.
the Queen, and the designs are exceed
ingly pretty, consisting as they do {
ingenious combinations of her Majesty
monogram and the rose, thistle an
shamrock, together with number {
royal armorial bearings
Some idea may be gathered of tn
extent of the Royal laundry when it j
mentioned that the Queens annua
washing bill amounts to very nearl
L6ooo
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08

The reason so many journalists" are
figuring in the police courts of Eng,
land just now is because it is the
peculiar humor of the time and courts
for delinquents to so describe them
selves, A little while ago it was the
fashion to describe every fairly we'll
dressed and not hagrantly uneducsted
prisoner as a medical student" This
is the explanation made by one promi-
nent newspaper
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08

That's what it is at
King Bros Art Empori-
UNI, a big week for the
house, and a bigger week
for buyers of everything
in their line. This week
they have an especially
fine display of pictures,
artists supplies, mirrors,
photograph and auto
graph albums, wall brack-
cts and easels, plush fancy
goods and novelties, the
latest styles of mouldings
for framing and cornices,
a full line of window pole
cornices, etc. Now is the
time to have portraits en-
larged in crayon or india
ink by first class artists
at lowest rates.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08
General advertisements.
1T is EASY
TO BRAG

but decidedly of more value to
have Your Work speak for
itself.
We base our claim upon the
actual Results obtained in the
past, in the correction of all
visual defects, no matter how
complicated.
We grind lenses specially
needed for complicated cases,
insuring an absolute fit.
Is this of any value to you,
or do you prefer buying your
Glasses at haphazard, not
knowing if they help or injnre
your eyes.
Would you give your eye
sight for all you possess? Not
if you know it. Then give
them proper care while you
have them; and when you feel
they need attention, always
consult
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-08

1t aims to cure Consumption,
Hits the Mark, too, and it
most efectually breaks Colds,
Coughs, Hoarseness and all
Throat and Lung troubles that
cause this disease.
1t is natural logic to conclude
that if WAMPOLE's PREPARATION
OF COD LIVER OIL has power
to prevent Consumption, it sure
ly is able to cure these lesser
emergencies.
This vigor-making, fat pro-
ducing preparation is Absolute
ly Tasteless, in SO far as Cod
Liver Oil is concerned. All
you notice is a delightful flavor
| of Wild Cherry and Anise.
But the purest Norwegian
God Liver Oil is there all the
same. 1t is great blood en-
richer. Best of all it is a natu-
raj food that in its stomachic
effects, actually assists its own
assimilation.
In Pulmonary or Bronchial
troubles it is unequalled. Nc
lone doubts the value of Cod
Liver Oil, but not every one is
able to take it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
The Power of Little Things.

Daintiness in trifles is very attractive.
A gift that is wrapped in good paper and
tied with pretty ribbon, for instance.
looks twice as tempting as the same
present caSelessly given. Every one
knows how table may be made refined
or otherwise by the mere setting of the
china, glass and cutlery and how the
touch of the mistress hand will convert
the clumsy disposition of an inexperi-
enced servant into an arrangement of
beauty and order. The same room with
the same furniture may look as widely
different as the desert Of Sahara and the
garden of Eden, according to the taste
shown by its occupant.
This power of little things cannot be
overestimated, and it is not only in
thingsinanimate, but in words and deeds,
that this most desirable quality of taste
may be manifested. A kind action may
be made graceful, generous gift may
be bestowed tactfully, by force of what
might be deemed a trifle, but which
sometimes is of the greatest importance.
On the other hand, careless, neglectful
manner will almost rob a kindness of
the pleasure it was intended to bestow
and render it absolutely distasteful to
the recipient.-New York Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
MY SCHOOL DAYS.

remember. remember, tho schoolhouse on
the hill,
Whar fust We got book rarnin. Thar was mo
an Tom an Bill
An Nancy Green an Mandy an Parson Jenkins
An the pedagogue. but nowadays they call
him principal.
! remember, l remember, how ho stood mo
more IN once
In the corner with FOOLS cap on to show
was the Ounce,
An 'casionally how no u.s. to dust our little
breeches
"To clear our brains" but nowadays they don't
use hick'ry switches.
remember, remember, it was pow,rful hard
To Earn the spel!in lesson an that pcsky rule
o. three"
With Mandy lookin love Mt me behind her book
-lcastwisc
/ hoped she werc-but nowadays We don't SEQ
no SIGH eyes.
remember, remember. how I'D SEQ her hum
at night,
AN set an watch her spinnin by tho tallow
candle light;
But when the old folks went to bed how sudden
itgrcN dark
Nigh the sofy seat-but nowadays they don't
know how TO spark.
remember, remember, arter schoolin days
was done,
An the banns rond, how the parson no made
me an Mandy one;
An now, when baby goes to school, all thro'
the lonely hours
we think, do me an Mandy, at thar amt no
babe like ours
An pears to me. a-lookin back upon our happy
lives,
That nowadays, nh, nowadays, they don't
make no SIGH wives!
John w. Low in New York Commercial Adj
vertser
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
Shattered Rom nance.

Just one" said the lover as he stood
upon the stoop with his girl, "just one"
Just l." said the mother, putting
her head out Of the bedroom window
above. "Well, guess it amt so late as
that, but it's pretty near 10, and you'd
better be going, or her father will be
down."
And the lover took his leave with a
sad pain at his heart.-Boston Courier.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
The Difference.

"You are charged with being drunk
and disorderly, but as this is your first
offense I will only fine you So or send
yon to prison for one day"
I'm obliged to you, your honor, but
really l haven't got cent of money"
See, that comes from drinking.
Now, if you hadn't got drunk you could
easily pay such small fine as So
Fliegende Batter.