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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-09-22
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Dissolution of Partnership.

TnuRMoNT, MD, AUGUST 2G, 1904
Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship lately subsis,ng between John NJ. row
ell and G O. n. English OF Ihurmont, FREQ,
crick County, Maryland, under the firm OF
Powell and English expired and was d's
solved bv mutual consent on the 23d day OF
August 1904 All debts due or OWING TO .he
said partnership are to be received ny me
said partnership are to be pres"n'ra 10 y MN
G,r n,vmpnt The said John NJ. Powell as.
sumrs NIL the liabilities of said firm and Will
hrr,aftcr conduct the business at the same
location in his own name
JOHN NJ. POWELL,
sep At GEO EN"hi7'i'
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FOR SALE.

A desirable property near E'cho!tz Mill
This property is improved and will be sold
reasonable. For particulars address
CHARLES Z. WATERS,
Attorney for Owner,
Arrest frcuerick, No'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-09-22
FARMER

Should read good local weekly news
paper to keep him in touch with the do
ings of his neighbors, the home markets
and town and county news.
The home newspaper is necessity.
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|EVRRY PARMBR

Needs high class agricultural family
weekly for information which aids IN
securing the largest possible profit from
the farm and gives amusement and in
struction to every member of the home.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

We have on our trains what we call
a doctors medicine chest 1t contains
simple surgical instruments. bandag es.
lotions. antiseptics. antiseptic cotton.
and anesthetics. There are two of
these chests on every one of our trains.
One is carried in the cab of the engine.
the other in the caboose Of the freight
trains, or the baggage car Of the pas
senger trains.
You might think that the ordinary
trainmen would not know how to handle
the various articles. We have tried 10
provide against ignOTancefn this respect
for we have in every chest a small
book giving instructions on first aid q
the injured. The work Of the trainmen
Is necessarily crude, but we have found
il TO answer exceptionally we'll until a
company surgeon could arrive. In sew
eral cases lives have been saved and
blood poisoning has been averted hun
oredS OF times, especially with employees
on the freight trains who OFTEN are in
jUred.
AS an instance OF the fact thar the
railroads are doing all in their power "a
avert accidents il may be said Thai
many railroads have schools at various
POINTS along its !iue for the purp0se az
nstruct.nS employees in the new rules
which the company has adopted foI
operating its roads. These rules have
much study and experiment A different
set is used for each branch Of the scrv
ice, and engineers. hremen brakcnpD
Telegraph operators, Do Eg Rgemen. ans
other employees have been ordered 10 re-
port Tor course Of instruction"
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

that there wouldn't be much comedy
In our lives, but such is not the case
Here is only one example. young
woman sued the company fo- which [
am a surgeon for damages said TO have
been incurred from a derailment. The
examination which I made failed to
Justify her claim, but believing my tes-
timony would not go as far with a jury
as that Of an outsider, | had a detec-
tive employed on the case. The detec-
tive Went TO the summer resort where
she was supposed to be recovering from
her injury. was introduced to her as a
New York broker. and soon became her
chief escort. one day when the two had
been in bathing, the detective proposed
taking her picture diving off a high
raft The dive was made and the pic
ture vas heartlessly exhibited later in
court The young woman lost her suit
BIZ the work of the railway surgeon
is not confined TO attendance on casual
ties as the result Of accidents Cur en-
ployes ara required To pass a rigid eX-
animation in their departments before
they are put on our rolls. The exami-
applies FOR promotion. say from fire
man to engineer. he is forced To take an
examination. We realize that "A man
may cram for the examination and get
rusty after a time. When we grow sus-
picious Of man. and we watch g., -
an closely. we call him uD and II ~
fans 60 pass he is suspended.
This schooling the employees in the
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
PLATT'S WOODCHUCK STORY

Q ONE ONE asked Senator Plat To
repeat Fay Templeton's word puz-
- zle, How much wood would a
woodchuck chuck II a woodchuck would
ch1ck woOd2 a woodchuck would chuck
all the wood he could chuck If a wood
chuck could chuck wood" The Senator
did so, and then he venturcd the opin-
ion that he knew more about wood
chucks than Fay TempIetOn. or anyone
in New York.
When 1 was a boy" said the Sen
ator, my uncle had fine field OF clo-
yer. and he discovered that woOdchucks
were making sad havoc with ii. on the
field was a log, and near that log the
destructiCL was the greatest Nv uncle
told me L must XIII those woodchucks
L went to the field a number OF times
but could not get a shot at them. I
came to the conclusion that I must usa
a little strategy, so one morning 1 vent
TO the field before sun-up. With nv
gun. both barrels loaded with beavv
charges. 1 got in a position where I
could make range OF the log length
wise As II began TO grow light the
woOdchucks gathered for their morning
frolic- They mounted the log. sat Up
and looked around 10 see that there was
nothing 10 disturb them When
thought the log was nearly covered with
them i pulled both barrels at once The
charge nearly knocked ME over. When
4 recovered 4 Wenl % the loG and picked
NO fourteen dead s. coach Ic-ss. And that
" ASH any great los Ior wOOdchucks,
either
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

rules will minimize the number OF acct
dents, but IL viii not eliminate them.
OF course. the officials are anxious
enough to avoid anything of this sort.
but too much depends on the employee.
For instance. a red signal means danger.
II an engineer runs by that all the
instructions in the world won't head
him off. AS 20 prohibiting the use of
tobacco, 1 hardly think we would at
tempt it."
Many of the Northern railroads are
now operating hospital cars for the ben
eft Of those injured in accidents. but 1t
has not been found practical by the
Pennsylvania and the Southern.
The Pennsylvania is fully as progress
i've in the care of those injured an ac-
cidents, but II employs another system,
better suited the officials say, to their
needs They have no hospital car. In
explaining this a Pennsylvania surgeon
said:
While we can see the value of the
hospital car for a railroad OF limited
mileage, or one which passes through a
section of country containing few hos
pitais, we do not find it practicable. In
stead Of this we have contracts for beds
in hospitals Of fifteen towns and cities
between here and New York These
beds are used for the Pennsylvania Ran-
road and no one else. II an accident oc-
t-oiu and hurry them to the nearest
hospital. our line - divided into sur
slCai districts ana the surgeons are sub
Iect To immediate call.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
.SELf-DPOPELLED AIRSHIPS

rived first by running and then by grav1-
tation
When the Wright brothers went to
Kitty Hawk in 1900. they began by try
ing TO fy their machine kite fashion
They remained on solid ground. and
let the aeroplane go up under the inhu-
ence OF the wind. which often blows at
the rate Of fifteen or twenty miles an
hour in that locality In summer. In the
subsequent attempts the operator-only
one man tried the apparatus At a time
would make mis- start in such way as
to face the wind, thus securing an addi-
tional lifting effect which would not be
felt IN n calm. Lilienthal hung from
his framework with his body in a per-
pendicular position The Wrights de-
cided that a horizontal one was prefer
able. because less rcsistance from theS
atmosphere would be encountered. That
change Of program made necessary,
another. The operator could not rum
with his machine when about to make 4
fight. q he lay fiat. Hence the aid OF
two assistants was necessary in launoh5
ing
The site selected for the first gliding
experiments was the Kill Devil sand hill.
which rises fully one hundred feet above,
AiAI RSdI-il anu 9AANtS AVA 70 the
east ut an angie OF ten degrees. A
dozen attempts were made when the
wind had jsIbsided 70 fourteen miles an
hour. and all were successful Neither
operator ncr machine was hart when
they landed. although their speed was.
often twenty miles an hour at the criti4
cal moment. The aeroplane always,
cbeyed its helm beautifully while aloft,
and its stability was perfectly main
tanned.
With the renewal OF experiments in
1902 a change Of pattern was decided
upon. IiienthaI began with single
horizontal plane. and later adopted the
double deck style Of construction Thus.
he secured twice the sustaining power
for the same lateral and longitudinal
extent The Wrights followed the same
policy. In 200 they moved with a sin
gle aeroplana. and in 1902 they operated
with two. Their machine IN the latter
years measured thirty-two feet from tip
10 tip, sideways. and FIVE feet fore ana
aft. The Total area secured was 3o5
square feet
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
Feminine Nerves OF Steel and Robust
Constitution Essential TO All
Work in the Field.
Both Food and CIOthing F1edgor and
Chances OfDGdth Lille Less
Than With the Troops

patients seemed to brace UP IN eager
anticipation Of seeing the Chief Execu{
tive, and the nurses were spick and
span in their white costumes.
In Cuba there was a particularly
pathetic scene at a hospital camp az
Quemadva, situated on a high blufR
overlooking the Atlantic When the
poor fellows raised themselves in the.z
hunks they caught a glimpse OF thu
feet of Admiral Sampson going home
to the land which these soldiers had
left so far behind
In the Philippines and in China there
were many exciting experiences which
the army nurses went through The
only one in my party who followed the
allied armies 10 Pekin was Miss Alice
Kennier, of Indiana, who nursed pa
uents in an old pagoda in the heart of
the besisged city.
There will be no drinking OF tea In
pagOdas for US. It is 10 be downright
hard work. and We fully expect to do
our part.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

fore. but wants to try H. The man IS
then turned over TO "A surgeon. who
carefully examines the applicant accord
ing 20 the rules of the company: the
man must be physically sound 20 secure
employment. Before organization has
gone very far the surgeon remarks with
"A smile:
Il am afraid you won't DO. You have
a rupture"
The applicant has left the room. and
then the surgeon turned TO the reporter
and said:
THAT fellow did not recognize me.
He's an old-timer. He's made a small
fortune out Of that rupture It's his
game to get a job on railroad. thea
hurt himself somehow. and bring a
$4,000 suit for damages based on his
rupture"
tragedy and comedy in the life OF a
railway surgeon. The great travelling
public knows little Of him. although il
derives innumerabIe benefits from ms
labors. 1t is not alone his duty 70 aid
the wounded and dying in train wreck
or examine Applicant for employment
on a railroad. The railroad surgeon
guards the public against disease by
providing for the sanitation OF cars. He
makes a special duty Of the peculiar
ailments following railroad accidents.
and is constantly working 20 fsnd a still
quicker and surer way Of curing or cor
rccting them.
You would think" said the surgeon,
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

trouble than severe case Of typhoid
fever. A surgical case. you see, is very
quick 1t is either all over or else de-
cided Improvement as a result Of the
operation. II IS a womans part to stand
ny the Doctors side ready to apply the
" ndages. to soothe the patents suf-
fering. 20 see that he gets bis nourish-
ment, and very often 10 prepare it for
him.
The trained nurses who 20 with me
are used to all the sights and sounds Of
field camps, where wounded men are
brought in. They viii not shrink from
the sight of manned and wounded
bodbes which apparently must be the
penalty the combatants are 20 pay in
this deplorable war.
Pathetic Scenes.
Il have seen some pathetic scenes in
the camp
AT Montauk ] will never forget the
day before President Mckinley came tC
make his inspection. when even the
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
Surgeon Of Local Railroads Tells of Many Queer Experiences

(THERE is one branch Of the
railway service little known
TO the traveller, but which IS
OF as much Importance as any other.
and at times decidedly more So said
DR. A p. Rixey. an old railway SUI
seon. TO a Times reporter yesterday. Il
refer 10 the surgical department. where
there Is an organizati ton Of physicians
ana surgeons ever on call to be rushed
10 the relief OF the Injured i'm anv
wreck or casualty that may occur along
the line Of the road. These orRanlza-
tons are maintained by the Southern.
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio. Sea
board. Atlantic Coast Line Norfolk and
western, and. in fact, all well regulated
railroads.
Frequently during the night I have
gotten out OF bed TO answer the telc-
phone. when such a message as the
following would be read 20 me:
Wreck near -- Station. Rear end
collision OF two passenger trains. -Four
or more scalded and killed Rush relief
car instantly
This was a hurry call. and you can
imagine how quickly 1 donned my
clothes. and lit out for the station.
where n wrecking train had been got
ten ready TO hurry 10 the scene Of the
disaster"
A dark-haired worl1ingman enters the
office OF n railroad and makes applica-
ton for tho job Of switchman. He say :
he has never worked on a railroad be-
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
A NEW SPECIES OF RAT
TX THEN cold storage was first in
Nv troduced into this country
the chilly STORAGE rooy,, NO..

absolutely free from rats and mice The
temperature was kept considerab lv be-
low the freezing pot. -i ..t cid
surroundings rats a..u &. ne were unable
to live
In time. however. the rich stores pack
cd away there proved too tempting for
thieving rodents. and they BEGAN 10
make inroads into the cold storage
rooms. at first paving a hurried call
and as soon as thcy had taken a few
nibbles rushing with a SILVER cut into
warmer places.
Gradually. however these visits WEI e
heightened and became more frequent.
not without considerable mortality
among the rats. but in the end there
grew into being what IS known as the
cold storage rat This animal has
neither tail nor ears. both having been
frozen for his ancestors, resulting In
their total loss 20 the families Of the
first intrepid pirates OF cold storage.
These earies~ and tuificss cold storage
rats aT1 .-,---.t.y az nome ia a ternpera-
|. ture below the zero mark. They thrive
on wilt~r atmospheres. and very prob
ably were driven out into the
warmth a heated room they would
suffer q ~ deal and perhaps many
would perish.
This fact may be regarded as one OF
the most striking examples OF how the
animal kingdom IN the wise economy OF
Tulcre can adapt itsclf to the most Sc
ssrs UrrguEdinzs.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

THOUGH Wilbur and Orville Wright
have been actively experimenting
( for a considerable period with the
aeroplane for aerial navigation. they
have been fortunate enough TO avoid OBJ
servation and criticism sntil they were
ready TO take the public into their con
idence. These brothers live at Dayton,
Ohio. most of the year. but during the
summers OF 1900 and 1902. and again in
October 1903. they were quietly working
in a secluded place on the North Caro-
lima coast The scene Of their opera %
tons was about four miles from Kitty
Hawk. where the United States Wealth
er Bureau has a station. The success
achieved on the occasion of their latest
attempt has been SO inadeQuately re-
ported by the press that the particulars
: now supplied BY them in the pages OF
| The Independent Will be welcomed by
everybody interested in this sort of ad-
venture
The Ohio men frankly admit that they
have been simply following up the work
OF Herr Otto Lilienthal, as Chanute ard
1 Pitcher have done, but they have gone
one step further Beginning In about
1890, Lilienthal made short nearly hori-
zontal flights with a light framework
to which We're secured widely extended
stationary wings. He also had a rud-
der to steer 10 the right or the left
Inasmuch as the sustaining influence
OF the air upon such a mechanism :
chiefly exercised only while it is NOV
ing, Lilienthal would acquire headwa :
at the outset by running a few steps. II
was also necessary to start from some
elevation. like a housetop or low cliff.
because there would be a slow, gradual
descent after launching This sort OF
fight was called gliding. Prior 10 his
death which resulted from an acciden-
t. one of his machines, Lilienthal made
about 2.00O such journeys through the
air. In a few cases he managed TO
cover 1000 feet before landing DuTinS
the time he WAS at work he changed
the shape of his machine. but the prin-
ciple remained the same. Eventually
he intended to add motor and screws
TO propel him. but he did not live 10
carry that purpose into effect The for
ward impetus for his flights was de-
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

Local physicians report that Of all the
cities of the United States none is made
I'D OF people who suffer so much from
insomnia as do those of Washington
The physicians make no attempt 10 ex-
plain this condition except 10 assert thar
II Is probably due 10 the greater amount
OF brain work in ratio to the population
IN Washington nearly the whole popuIa-
1on Is composed Of brain workers. The
hDoref- ne OF the factories. who makes
10 so much or the population OF the
other cities, Is unknown I'm Washington
According 20 the physicians. insomnia
is durable only by three methods: nrone,
rest, the use OF drugs and by hypnotic
suggestion As TO the rest. the doctors
sag that a comfortable nights rest de-
Ponds upon a soft bed for one thin,
The bed should be soft enough to Weld
70 every muscle OF the body. II there
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

sleep like a top until I. find that do
not need more than seven hours sleep. -
That" said the physician, has cured
half the insomnia patients in this coun-
try. There are people who need nine
hours sleep night, and others that do
not need over seven II is all a matter
Of personal idiosyncrasy.'
Prepare yourself slowly and comfort
ably for bed. Do not go to bed until
yen are sleepy. And then make your
self perfectly easy. These are the rules
for getting a good nights rest
The woman who counts sheep jumping
over wall In the hope OF getting sleeD
VIII IND relief in this way. The man
VINO says the alphabet the nervous
woman who cannot keep her mind or
the house, and the head of the family
whose affairs disturb him to the point OF
discretionary Of these viii find thar
sleep Is not so far away II only thew
know how To WOO IL hither
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

Those who have been sleeping with
the head fat should try the plan Of
lifting il gradually. At first the neck
viii be uncomfortable. but soon II will
be a habit to sleep with the head
raised
If you are "A light sleeper, and m5St
people at some time or other have
trouble getting to sleep, you may try
the pillow cure. This calls for soft
pillows, Of two sizes. One is to rest
under the head and the other is TO
make the neck comfortable
The rule is to make your neck COM
Portable when you go to sleep. Make
your head as easy as you can Then
make your neck comfortable" was the
advice given by a Washington physi-
clan TO an insomnia patient.
If you go TO sleep with the neck
unsupported you will not sleep long "
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

its heating qualities. In a house that is
kept too hot I'm winter the body would
be heated beyond endurance by a feather
bed.
But n the restless sleeper Will get a
thin bed OF feathers osr Of down and will
Keep 1t we'll shapen up and will sleep
in a moderately cool room. then the
first step toward the banishing Of in
somnia will be taken
The second step comes in the finding
OF the correct pillows
There Is no one general rule to be
laid down on the pillow question. Brain
workers and all full-blooded people
should sleep with the head high.
1t is positively Injurious to sieeD with
the blood rushing, into the brain Rush
OF blood TO the head will cause head
ache, and many persons are made I'll
by no greater thing than sleeping with
the head too low.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

said a physician to a Washington
banker. After your head IS comforta-
BILE, begin and prop up your neck
place a small pillow under 1t. twist
and turn the corners of your IillOw- and
keep on until your head is perfectly
supported. Then fall asleep and you
will sleep until morning"
Pleasant Thoughts.
A great many women and men, too,
sleep better sitting UP in a chair than
I'm a bed. THE reason" said a physi-
clan. lis that the neck is supported bet
ter when they are sleeping in that way
But before she goes to sleep the wo-
man who wants to he pretty will COM
pose her features. She will try to think
Of pleasant things. The woman who
goes to sleep worrying will wake up dur
ing the night Pleasant thoughts will
make a sound sleeper.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

Is an aching spot, the bed should not
be hard enough 10 hurt II.
A feather bed was not without its ad-
vantages. Indeed, in these days. feather
Deds would do a great deal toward ban
ishing insomnia
mere are many people whose nerves
are so delicate that the body cannot rest
comfortably at night I'm the ordinary
oed- Each nerve seems strained. and
the slightest movement wakens the
sleeper. Once awake It is not easy to
go TO sleep again.
fealher beds for invalids are good
I ,II also for brain workers. and for
all who get very tired every dav
Some Objections.
The trouble with the feather bed. the
great objection to ii. is that It is difficult
10 renovate II. The second objection is
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

the wants Of a patient with dellrium,
or man with a bullet through his
head? 1t is by observation. There Is
a language about a sick room which
has no dependence on nationality. For
example, many OF our nurses have been
sent on emergency calls TO boiler ex-
piosions. mine disasters, and similar &C
cdents, where men Of every nationality
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

course a little harder 20 look after. but
there are a thousand ways to amuse
them without talking to them A nurse
can put her patient to work making
splints, or rolling bandages. whiting
sticks, or anything else to keep them
from brOOding.
Strange as il may seem, a man who
is wounded on the battlefield is less
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

a o a o.
ZOO an how cook it after ngH
@ il or 90 sick al
b a gth
a surgery NJ mtad hsngeos
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above Il the p haosmw ahumans
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
Too Much Sleep.

1UU MuCH OIttP-
A woman afflicted with insomnia went
to a physician for n cure. i go TO bed
every night at 10 O'Clock" said she. "and
I waken at 8 From that time until I
lie awake. Then 1 sleep an hour very
heavily"
TRY going to bed at L O'Clock for a
WHILE said the physician.
a week later the woman came to his
office with beaming face and bright eyes
Il have tried your remedy" said she.
and IL worked. Il go to sleep at u and