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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-07
THE FUR CROP.
How Animals Are Trapped in North.
western Connecticut.

The method of trapping foxes near
Winsted, Conn, is unique. large
stone is placed In the centre OF pool,
lust out of the foxes reach. On the
stone is q piece of meat for bait In
the water nearby steeljawed trap is
hidden and piece of green moss four
or five inches square put on the pan
of the trap. The trap is under water
and the green moss hides It, The fox
doesn't like going into the water in
this weather, and when he sees the
bait he figures out that he can get it
by jumping on the moss, but he doesn't
succumb all at once. He begins to trot
around the pool, trying to md some
other way of reaching the bait. If he
Is very hungry, or very young he Will
stop after a few laps and, standing
on the moss, get himself Immediately
caught.
The trap is not fastened to any
thing, and the fox carries 1t out, but
he cannot go far with 1t, owing to the
pain inflicted by the jaws and to its
weight. He is soon tracked down
and captured by the hunter.
The old willy foxes are not deceived
by the green patch of moss. Some.
times they will trot around the pool
until they have worn path about it.
A coon which has less intelligence
than fox, can always be trapped by
the pool and moss game, but even
when trapped he is not always caught,
for he will gnaw his leg off, and, leaV'
ing it in the trap, get away with the
rest of himself
The quotations in the market this
year are as follows: Raccoon skins,
from 90 cents to 25 cents; mink, from
$3.50 to so cents: red fox, from $500
to 60 cents; beaver, from $500 to
$3.50; skunk, from $3.50 to As cents;
muskrats, from 4 cents to cents;
gray fox, from 81 to 40 cents; black
bear, from $25 to SIS; black bear cubs,
from S12 to SO; otter from $40 to 81;
fisher, from So to Sc; silver fox, from
$3.50 to $50; cross fox, from $40 to
$40; lynx, from $40 to IS; wild cat,
from So cents to 20 cents; tame cat,
black 80 cents; badger, 40 cents;
civet cat, 80 cents.
Now and then a lynx is bagged on
the New York border but not often.
But foxes, red and gray, a few cross
foxes, minkS. otter, skunks, wild cats
and 'coons are plentiful enough, and
are shipped from all the towns here
abouts in large quantities. Nearly all
the minks and many of the other an
mals are secured by trappers,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-07
Color of LIQUID Air.

The color of pure liquid air is beau
tiful pale blue. Before an Eastern coll
lege recently was exhibited two sam
pies of liquid air in glass tubes; one
was made from air which had been
washed to purify 1t from dust, SCOT
carbonic acid and other impurities.
This, when condensed. was a pale blue
Iiauid the other sample was made by
condensing some of the air of the lee
ture room in which the audience was
assembled, and was an opaque, black
ish fluid, resembling soup in appear
ance. 1t would appear as il condensed
sempes of air might afford an easy
means for comparing different kinds Of
contamination. 1t may be possible some
day to supply the hospitals of tropical
countries where the natural air supply
Is bad, and the necessity for better
one very pressing. with beautiful blue
country air guaranteed absolutely pure.
This can never be accomplished. how
ever, until some means have been pro-
vided for transporting liquid air TO con-
siderabl distances without enormous
losses, caused by It's return TO its for
mer state.-Exchange. ... ..
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LIFE PROLONGED.
More About Metchnitkoff's Serum,
for Old Ace.

for Old Age.
DR.. Ellie Metchnitkoff, Of Paris, has
reason to believe that he will discover
Berums which will feed the human
cells so accurately that the life of
man may be prolonged to two hundred
and fifty years.
He said the other day: "At present
we are only in the theoretic stage, but
the surprising success that has at
tended our experiments thus far gives
hope that we shall soon be far be-
yond mere theory. Unless the best
serum for use to the end of strength
ening and invigorating the nobler cells
of the human body is found, we shall
be defenseless against old age, but
this once discovered, the cells needing
it are armed for the conflict with their
destroying neighbors. Then death
will become less terrible, for we can
adjourn the final hour until the tired
body calls for rest. The time assured
ly will come when we shall be able to
maintain for an indefinite period the
equilibrium between the constructive
and destructive forces of the body.
am not prepared to say that man
ever will be able to live always NO
one would want that. Some force APP
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-07

parently outside ones self but really
within now commands that one should
die. All of us will be glad of death at
some time, just as we wish 10 stop
eating when we are satisfied
DR.. Mirey, the newly elected presl
dent of the Academy of Medicine, ex-
presses regret that this socalled dis
covery has received such wide public
ity thus early. ut has not yet come
before any scientific body for examin-
alton" he says, land until this hap
pens scientific men will pay no at
tention to newspaper talk on the sub
;Cct."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-07
HE RODE FOR HIS LIFE.
A Bicyclist Globe Trotter Is
Pursued By a Tiger
HE WAS BADLY SCARED
Result of an Hours Spin Near the
Jungles of India-He Had a Good
Wheel and Says Steep Hill Saved
Him,

A bicycle race against tiger with
his own life as the stakes, was the
unique experience of M. Henri Gilbert,
who has just arrived in Paris France,
after seven years walking tour of the
globe.
He was encamped near the village of
airing, in India, where he met a tourist
with whom he was soon on friendly
terms. and whose bicycle he borrowed
for an hours spin, the first In two
years. NJ Gilbert says:
Il left the camp about 1 o'clock in
high glee," he says, "the machine run
ming beautifully. After going some lit
tie distance | suddenly found myself in
a delightful open glade, which was one
mass of verdure and flowers. Here |
dismounted from the machine, and,
placing it against "a bush, selected a
nice spot on which to rest Then, TAX
ing off my hat, | sat dowA and stretch
ing myself out at full length, l pre-
pared for a nice little nap. Suddenly /
heard a curious sound in the bed of tho
watercourse, as though some animal
were nlovin.~-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-07

A complete History of each of
the Ships tn the American
Macy, by Edgar Stanton Mac
Law. Historian u. S. Macy.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-29
Standard Print Cloth Drops 10 3 10.

Fall River, Mass, May 2S-The
manufacturers selling committee. to-
day, marked down the. price Of standard
print cloths to SIS cents. The nominal
price for these goods in the local mar
ket has been 81 cents for the past two
months, but little of any sales have
been made at this figure since the pro-
duct Of most Of the mills had been
contracted for up to June and July. In
maintaining this quotation, therefore,
the selling committee has been simply
essaying to brace up the general mar
ket and hold the umbrella over outside
manufacturers who had spot goods to
dispose of without material actual loss
of trade to the local mills. Standard
have been selling of late in outside
markets at considerable under 31a
cents. in some instances as low as
3 cents. and now that contracts here
are expiring, the committee in est2b-
fishing this new price is adjusting
matters to conform to business ccndi-
tons.
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NEWS NUGGETS
Brought b. The Wires from the North, East
South and West.

Judge John z. Rea, commander-in
chief of the G.. A. r. in 1SS7-SS, died ut
Minneapolis, Mimi. Monday night.
from a disease pronounced hardening
of the brain.
Ellen Jane Brown, aged years, dauSh-
ter OF James Brown, was burned to death
at Amsterdam, N. Y, Monday. by being
pushed into a bonfire by ColOrcd boy
named Lewis. Young Lewis is pYro-
maniac. having recently burned little
boy in the face with 4 blazing stick.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston. Will celebrate It's
262d anniversary, On Monday. June 1,
with the usual Old-time ccremoni s.
There will be the customary parade to
the New Old South Church, Boylston
street, in the forenoon. followed BY Il
march to Faneuil Hall and dinner. the
day ending with the drumhead election
to be held on Boston Common, and the
commissioning of the newly elected Of
ficerS by Gov. Crane.
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MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MaRKC-,
The Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

Ncw York. May 2N.-The opening III a
ucw week showed no material change in
tn" speculative conditions and the stock
market of New York. London, Paris and
Berlin continued dull and neglected. In
New York another brokerage firm an
nuUnCed its suspension the failure being
announced. Is WAS that VI Price. Me
CormiCk ~ CO. on tn" Cotton ana Stock
Exchanges almost simultaneously. The
closing out of the firms contracts on the
Stock Exchange under the rule resulted
in transactions in about 10euo shares
That prices were inclined to advance I'M
der the influence of the settlement WIS
sufficiently explained w the fact that the
buying oil stocks Tor the firm outnum-
hcred the selling fully to ]. The only
notable movements during the day were
the advances in Sugar, supposed to he on
bear covering. ana in burlington on a re-
sumption Of buying of tho same charac-
ter that which has given the stock its
recent strength. These advances prompt
ed some sharp rallies At other points in
the market and some of the earlier losses
We're recovered. The market was semi
stagnant at times and the closing was
dull and irregular. London sold small
amounts Of stock. although that market
as a whole showed some strength on the
advance of the British into the Trans
Vaal The bond market was very dun and
showed weakness in sympathy with
stocks Total sales. par value. 81 .161, 900.
United States bonds were unchanged in
bid quotations
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BLOW TO FOxBOR0, MASS.
Union Straw Works Burned with $4,000 o
Loss and Will Not Be Rebuilt.

Foxboro. Mass, May 2S.-The complete
destruction of the Union Straw Works y
fire, tonight not only caused a loss to the
company of nearly Sl50,O00 but has proved
a most severe blow to the community, as
the straw plating was the principal, in
fact he only industry of this little town.
The fire started probably from what Is
known as the slug furnace in the center
of the plant, and as the entire works
were filed with straw in different pro-
cesses of manufacture. it was only a few
minutes before everything was ablaZe,
and 1t was only through the hard work
of the local fire fighters, assisted by en-
gnes from Taunton. Mansfield and Wal
pole that the rest of the town was saved
from destruction. AS it was, one dwell
ing house and barn were also badly gut
ted, while two other buildings We're bad
" damaged by the fire. Three hundred
hands were thrown out of employment.
The place has been in the hands of the
A. F. Bemis Hat Co. for some years and
lately the works have been run to their
full capacity. a. F. Bemis Of this town
is the president of the company and T..
y Lane the treasurer. The latter stated,
tonight, that the plan was about one-hai !
covered by insurance and that 1t would
not be rebuilt.
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Base Ball Notes.

Firms Youngstown team is last In the
Interstate League.
"Caliiope" Miller has supplanted the
veteran jack Glasscock as manager OF
the Fort Wayne club. Columbus Will
give Glasscock chance
The veteran Bobby Wheelock has been
released by New London. He has sus-
tanned injuries that will probably keep
him out of the game most of the season
INDIANAPOLIS leads in the American
League and is playing great ball, despite
the fact that Cincinnati took several OF
its best players of last season. Detroit Is
still tail-ender.
Hanlon says of Catcher Robinson: So
far as Robinson Is concerned, 1t is need
less to pass any comment. There is no
club in the league that he would not ald-
He may not play ball much longer. but
while he remains in the league he viii
be of undoubted value to any team with
which he is connected.
The grand stand of the Cincinnati base
ball club. Western avenue and Flndlay
street, Cincinnati, was almost totally ue-
stroyed by fire at an early hour MONDAY
morning Only 4 part of the stand WAS
saved. The loss is about $l3,eO0. Inc
for afternoon was postponed As the
Cincinnati team will 90 on 4 long Eastern
trip Tuesday, the stand Will be rebuilt
by the time it returns.
Boston Herald The fielding of the Bos-
tons improved during the past week. That
the team as been weak in this RESPECT
is shown by the large number of errors
made. The stickwork has fallen oil
slightly, but the team has still larger
batting percentage than its opponents.
Clarke Hamilton, Collins and Lowe, VINO
we're the first four last week, still retain
their positions Stahl is fifth, having re-
placed Freeman, who has dropped INTO
eighth place.
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MAINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Program for the Annual Meeting 10 Be HELD
in Portland in June.

| Following ) the program for the meet
ing Of the Maine Medical Association II
Portland, June 1915:
| Wednesday, June 13-Morning. prayer
reports OF visitors to the Portland Schoo
for Medical Instructions; to the Medical
School of Maine; and 10 the Maine In
sane hospital; Meningitis" by s. j. Bass
ford N. y. Biddcford; discussion opened
| by a. II. Weeks VI. ID, Bar Mills. H. T..
| Merrill. NJ. D.. Portland. a. X. r. Me
serve, NJ. D., Portland. Daniel Driscoll,
| NJ. D., Portland; Surgical Practice in
the Country by 6. +. Sylvester, VI. D..
Harrison: discussion opened by ". *.
| Oakes, NJ y, Auburn. +. n. Gerrish. NJ.
German, n IT.. +. q. Thayer, NJ d.. wa
tcrVille. Afternoon session. reception Of
delegates from other societies; president
address "A New Operation. Suggested
for Obstructive Dysmenorrhoea, By ".
Il. Cousins NJ d.. Portland; discussion
opened Nv s. G. Gordon, NJ. d. Portland.
A. Palmer Dudley NJ. D.. New York. J.
Bray, NJ. D., Portland, Alfred King. NJ
D., Portland; "Lithaemia.' by j. D.
Cochrane N. T., Sac2; discussion opened
by r. w. Searlc, NJ ID. Portland. k.uwin
NJ Fuller. NJ. d., Bath. Richard y. Small
NJ. D.. Portland. J. +. Walker. NJ d.,
Thomaston; The Subjective Conscious
ness in Its Relation 10 Practical Thera-
pcutics" by j. G. Gchring, NJ. D., Bethel
Evening The Diagn0stic Features Of
cutancous syphilis. Illustrated with the
stereopticon." by George Henry Fox. NJ.
Therapy Of thu Future by Edward ].
McDonough NJ D.. Portland; discussion
opened BY Charles q Hunt, NJ p. Port
Land. Aug :. Thayer. n n. Portland
Alfred Mitchell. NJ d.. Brunswick; TIL
berculusis" by 4. f. BcsScy. NJ D.. Wa
tervillc: discussion; Early Diagnosis Of
Pulmonary tuberculosis by Addison :.
Thaycr. NJ D.. Portland. Clinical Treat
ment Of TuberculosiS br J.. a. Robin
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THE man who comes to his work in

The man who comes to his WORK 10
the morning with headache, VINO
suffers all day from dullness, drowsi-
ness or nervousness, or who losses
restlessly through sleepless night
should seek the QuietiDg. power
producing help Of DR.. Miles Nervlne.
IA few minutes work would make
me SO nervous and exhausted that !
trembled and could hardly stand
alone; but after using DIR. Miles
Nervine for six weeks / could WORK
full time and felt hearty and strong"
w. a: MATTHEs, Appleton, WIS. ,,
DR.. Miles Nervine Is sold at all
druggists on a positive guarantee.
Write for free advice and booklet to
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
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New York Produce Market.

FLOUR-Receipts. 22I7o bbs.; exports
l2,lI0 bbls.; sales. 1900 pkgs. duh bnf
steady, having no pressure TO sell.
RYE FLOCR--Quiet.
CORN MEAI-Dull.
REY-Steady.
BARLEY-Quiet
BARLEY MALT-Nominal
WHEAT-Reccipts 100 800 bushels. er-
ports. $3.50 bushels; sales, 2f55 400 bush
els futures. 130. 900 bushels exports. snn,
steady; No. ? red, S2ls fob. afloat: spot
entirely nominal; No. 2 red 77I4 elevator.
No. ! Northern Duluth, 7i9s fob afIoat
prompt; No. l hard Duluth, 76ls FOB.
C0RN-Rtceipts. 239.soo bushels; ex-
ports. 1881 bushels; sales. 1900 bushels
futures $4,000 bushels exports; spot
firmer; No. ?. i4ai fob. atloat and Az eIe-
VatDr.
OATS-Receipts. 1880 bushels: exports
80 bushels; spot weak; No .. 26i5 no n
%; No. white. M; No. white, ~;
track mixed Western, 2Gl@G2S; track white
27izM3f2.
BEEF-Quiet; cut meats. dull
LARD-Easy; Western steamed, s712J5:
refined. quiet; continent, $3.50; S. a.. 500
PORk-Easy.
BUTTER-steady; state dairy, 16a19;
do. creamery. l6lzfi20l2.
EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
lfM14la.
POTATOEs-Q New York, $1,000
l.5G: Jersey sweets, $3.g0T450.
SUGAR-Raw, steady; fair refining. 4:
centrifugal, AZ; refined, firm.
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Cti:ago Markets.

Chicago, May %.
The grain and provision markets were
quiet, today. Wheat was easy early on
predictions Of rain in the Northwest to-
night. and on favorable crop advices from
the Southwest. but later steadied on de-
crease in the visible. July closing Il un-
der Saturday. Corn closed n up and oats
a shade reduced. Provisions closed steady
ana practically unchanged.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-May. 65@4 July, 667s.
CORN-May, 3G3s; July, 81; September.
6ATs-May, 2l1s; July, 2lAQaA; Sep
PORK-JuIy. S113O.
LARD-July. S6.S2t4; September. s6.S21z.
RIBS-July. $3.50; September, $3.50
Cash quotations closed as follows:
WHEAT-No. } spring, 62G651a; No ?
CoRN-No. :, a614a37; 10. , yellow, 3sa
OjA'Ts-No. >. 2l1za2z.; No. ? white. "a
as: No. white. 259sd2i.
RYE,-No. ?. 55i4.
BARLEY-Good feeding. 36l- n37; fair to
choice mailing. 4OIHla.
FLAXSEED-No. / ana Northwestern,
Sl.>0
TIMOTHY SEED-s240.
LARD-$6. 7GGi6S2l5.
PORK-Mess. $161501125; ribs, $3.50
f.G5; shoulders, Gl-d62I; clear sides. $500
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National League Standing.
Other Games.

At Buffalo-Buffalo, 4: Cleveland, 2.
At Montreal-Toronto, Is; Montreal L.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 6; Rochester, I.
At hartford-Hartford, 9; Providence, :.
At Observation-Disclosures 3; Minneap-
oils, S.
At Observation-Disclosures 10: Holy
Cross, 3.
At delphia-Michigan Z; University
of Pennsylvania, 2.
At Observation-Disclosures Freshmen, II;
Harvard Juniors, 1.
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LAW COURT DECISION.

In the case of the Winterport Water
Co. VS.. the Inhabitants of Winterport'
concerning The validity OF a hydrant con-
tract executed by a committee chosen in
town meeting. when the enabling act OF
the Legislature provided that the con
tract should be executed by the select
men, it is ruled by the law court that
the town may use either its selectmen o,
its committee to execute the contract
Defendant defaulted."
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New En- gland intercollegiate Prts' Assccis tior

Boston. May 2S.-The 18th annual meet
ing of the New England intercollegiate
Press Association was held at the Copley
Square Hotel. this afternoon, and officers
elected include President Chas. +. Be
latty. Bowdoin Orient. There was a ban
uuet at the hotel, this afternoon. Toasts
were responded to by G. III. Seward, WeS-
leyan; Miss Sherman. Wellesley; Stanley
O. H. Fitch. NJ. /. T., and w. X. Bartlett.
University of Maine.
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Cuban Customs and Treasury All Right.

Havana. May 2S.-Gen. Wood received
today. a report from the auditors wh'
have been investigating the treasury anC
say they have not finished their worl
but believe that everything so far as they
have gone IS satisfactory. Although tn,
has not been completed
much qualification il felt by the official:
at the provisional report.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-29

In the ]. =. Squire cases at Boston
Monday. the court granted a motion con-
solidating the several cases against the
corporation and also those against the
partnership. His honor would not
send the cases to a referee. some of the
petitioners having objected to such refer
ence.. The cases will probably not be
heard until fall.
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Ernest Durgn, aged 10, Of The Forks,
Me. died in the hospital at Bangor,
from injuries received while at work on
the Kennebec river drive near Moose
head lake, Saturday. His skull was
fractured by a flying winch handle,
and he never recovered consciousness.