Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-05-26

Several Of the Thurmont High School
pupils took the Teachers Examination in
Frederick this week.
Wheat that has grown rank has gone down
under the rain of the early part Of this week.
1t is just coming into head.
A PEST. III someone wi.hcs to impart q
valuable bit of information, send to this office
a sure extermInator OF ants in strawberry
patch.
Too BAD.-We are told that to Frederick
County comes the shame of having sent to
the Maryland regiment one of the two men
who flinched when it came to the irrevocabe
act of being mustered INTO the U. s. service
Our Thurmont boys were made of sterner
stuff
The overture presented to the Maryland
Chassis of the Reformed Church which met
at Walkersviile, Nd last week, by commit
tee from Trinity Reformed church, of this
place, for the purpose Of making Trinity
Church charge in itself, was acted upon
but in the judgment Of Chassis it was deemed
best not to make division.
UNDER A GRANT.-Thc Fifth Maryland
has been brigaded along with the LIST Mis-
souri and 18th New York. They compose
the first brigade of the first division Of the
third army corps. Col Fred. Grant, son Of
Gen. Ulysses Grant, will probably command
this brigade and proud indeed may be the
Maryland boy that fights under that illus
trious name.
r. r. MEErING.-A meeting of the incor-
porators Of the F. r. Il N. electric railway
company was held in Frederick on Monday.
There were several decisive steps taken and
the meeting was m.eresting-yes, more. it
was an enthusiastic one. After the business
had been transacted, the 1ncorporators pres
cnt were invited by the President, Col. L. V.
Baughman, to lunch, prepared by the City
Hotel caterer.
One should reserve to himself the right to
determine whether he has been misunder-
stood in any statement made, or whether
wlful misinterpretation has been put upon
his words.
If the former, he should carefully explain;
if the latter he should not explain at ALL for
if he does the explanation will either be in
its turn misinterpreted, or it will be distorted
into an apology. Those who wiltully mlsin.
terprct our words will have meme other
placed before them, upon which to exercise
their ingenuity. No.
WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, The gen
era climatic history of the United States is
recorded by that branch of governmental
service known as the Weather Bureau, which
consists of a central controlling station at
Washington, D. c., and number of we'll
separated regular meteorological stations,
about $50 in all; the whole forming a system
covering the entire country, of which each
station is in swift telrgraphic communication
with the others and with the Central Office.
The work of the Bureau has become familiar
to all through its widely distributed publlca-
tons, such as the daily forecasts and reports
of weather and river conditions; the snow
and ice charts; and cold wave, frost and flood
warnings; the weekly crop bulletins; the
various timely publications of special ma
nature.
The detailed climatic history Of the coun-
try, though subordlnated to the main pur-
poses of the Bureau, has been provided for
in the following manner: One or more States
are embraced under the control and super
vision OF regular meteorological station,
centrally located, to form Section. Points
are then selected throughout each section for
the location of voluntary stations making a
record of temperature and rainfall, and of
crop reporting stations rendering weekly
statements on the crops and farming opera
tons during the growing season. At least
one voluntary station is established in each
county when possible, and from five to ten
various portions of the same county in
well organized crop service.
After choosing suitable location for
voluntary station, the first point to be con
sidered is the selection of an observer com
pelent and willing to perform the duties. He
receives in return for his servicee the
Monthly Weather Review, issued from the
Central Office. and the weekly and monthly
publications of the Section center. but no
salared compensation. The observer being
secured, he is furnished with maximum
thermometer, minimum thermometer, rain
gauge, book of instructions, pad of blank
report sheets, and official envelopes. Toe
simple requirements can be mastered in an
hours study. The duties are of light and
agreeable nature, and do not occupy more
than ten minutes time each day. They con-
sist of reading and resetting the two Their
mometers and measuring the rain or snow
when any occurs The results Of the obser-
walton, that is, the highest and lowest tenn
peratures and the rainfall for the day, are
then jotted down on the blank report on the
proper date, and the complete report is mail
ed to the Section center at the end of each
month.
The work of the crop correspondent is also
purely voluntary, and of still lighter char
acter. He makes report once week dur
ing the growing season. A supply Of official
postal cards is furnished, having brief in.