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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
WILL ARRANGE PEACE
The President Announces The Names OF
the PIenipOtentiarieS.
JAPAN GAINS A STRONG POINT.
Russla's Representatives Are Empowered to
Conclude a Peace Treaty-Japan Would
Not Stand for Any Tentative Agreement
Diplomats View Arrangement as Diplomatic
Triumph for President Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special).-- .--Off'-
cial announcement was made by fresi-
dent Roosevelt of the names of the Rus
sian and Japanese ENJOYS to the Wash
ington Peace Conference. The charac-
ter and ability of the men selected by
both bcllgercnts is an earnest OF the
desire of their respective governments
to conclude, it possible, the tragedy be-
ing enacted in the Far East. The plclll-
potentlarics are:
Observation-Disclosures Muravictf, Tor
mcrly minister of justice and now am
bassador to Italy, and Baron RoSen, re-
Gently appointed as ambassador TO the
United States to succeed Count CasslnL
Japancse-Baron komura, minister OF
foreign affairs, and kogoro Takaflra,
minister to the United States.
BY direction of the President, Secrc-
tary Loeb made the formal announce
mcnt in the following statement:
THE President announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments have
notified him that they have appointed
the plcnipotcntiarIes, to meet here as
soon after the first Of August as posi-
blc The two Russian plcnpotentiarlcs
are Ambassador Muravictf, formerly
minister OF justice and now amhaSSa
at Rome, and bas,ador Roscn The
Japanese pIcnlpotcntiaricS are Baron 10.
mura, now minister OF foreign affairs,
and Minister Takahira.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
For the Quiet Hour.

"If cny man say that he has no sin,
he dcceiveth himself and the truth is
not in him.
Attachment to Christ is the only Sc
crct of detachment from the world
A. ]. Gordon.
1t was the vision of the perfecct,ii",. ,.,, -,
Christ which made me ~ ,, nIor~a, Ny ~" -
aoo,, ,infrInoec -. odhlpDell Morgan.
oerp sii'i'" VII! cause 4 man to cease
. thh' Ii Shining even as sin will cause a
man TO cease from praying.-Frances
Il. Willard.
One thing is clear to me, that no i'll
diligence of passion destroys the spir-
itual nature so much as respectable
seltishness.-George Macdonald.
No man ever lost anything in this
world by attending properly to the
next. Indeed, it is only by that means
that we can understand or see this
world aright.-Janes Hinton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
CHAPTER Y.
MISS ROGERS, OF DETROIT

Mr.. Gryce's intutionS were seldom
at fault He had said to Mr.. Byrd
that the unknown would not be found
with the heircSS who had fed from
Miss IIadden's school. and behold.
within the course of the next day
came word from Miss Haddcn herself
that Miss Rogers had returned to the
school with the crcStfallen air of one
who had suffered great disappoint-
ment.
The inspector at once notified Mr..
Grycc, and advised him TO visit Miss
Rogers and see If he could not obtain
from her such particulars of her late
escape as would assist them in deter
mining upon the identity of the gentle
man who had instigated it,
The elderly detective who was both
by nature and appearance cmincntly
adapted for this work, AT once depart
cd for Miss Haddcn'S school. where,
after short interview with its mis-
lreSS, he was admitted to a small
apartment, where he was requested to
await the appearance of Miss Rogers.
The delay was short. In few min
utcs a young lady entered in whom he
had no difficulty in recognizing the
somewhat pretty and decidedly willful
girl in whose crratc adventures he
at present took so strong an interest.
Miss Rogers, | believe" said he,
with an air at once respectful and en-
couraging.
"Oh, who are you:' she asked,
changing in moment from the half
pettish, half coquettish creature he
had seen enter into Il woman both
startled and frightened.
II am your friend, to begin with"
was his reassurng reply, land next.
am an old man who has seen much OF
life, and who has a world of compass
sion for them who have as yet all it's
experiences before them"
She had not sat down. and was
standing. before him in an attitude that
betokened more readiness for Hight
than desire to listen. But you are
stranger" she declared; Il do not even
know your name. Why do you speak
to me of compassion? | was not
AWARE Her voice broke; she was
too young and inexperienced to be a
good actress.
Il speak of compassion," said he,
because of all gricfs we mortals are
called upon to endure that of losing
pnfiInnno N ann fuin L. ice, 4 tl,
deepest and the kccncst. | know that
you have suffered such Il loss. No, do
not go. | have something of too much
Importance to say to you to depart
without hearing it,
He looked so benevolent and smiled
so reassuringly that she Immediately
took courage. Flngng caution to the
winds she gasped out in sudden excite
ment:
Have you brought me a message
from him? Does he regret" She
paused. Ignorant as she was of life
she felt that she was on the point Of
compromising herself, "You do not
answer she pettshly exclaimed. II
have made a mistake: let me go.'
She was NOT beautiful girl, attIac-
tive as many considered her who saw
rothing but her dazzling complcAi9..
and the abundant masses of her il2e' e
brown hair. But she was a S,4
one, and at this moment o,, oo 1ato
so haughtily that s'''"" o''' 'e'ec-
nnmanage4466'b be continued.
tive
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
COST OF BIG WRECK.
That at Mentor, Ohio, VIII Foot Up Nearly
SI,008,0 900.

Chicago (Spccia).--As result of
the wreck of the Twentieth Century
Limited at Mentor, Ohio, two insurance
companies have diSbursed to heirs of
the dead $4,000. OF this 100000 was
paid on life policies and 100000 on ac-
cidcnt policies This brings the total
TIP to nearly $I,ooo,ooo.
How much the railway company af-
fcctcd by the wreck must pay is a qucs-
ton, but the figures on the street today
show that $o5,ooo will be paid for 10
deaths without litigation; injury claims
are estimated to represent at the present
time without litigation 100000; the loss
of the engine stands for $4,000, and the
loss OF the library car for $4,000. To
these figures is to be added for Incl
dental losses not enumerated, such as de-
lay of trains, track repairs, investiga-
ton expenses, etc, $4,000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
Degraw stopped him just at the door.

Degraw stopped him just at the door.
"Your knowledge of the original of
this picture has given another interest,
to it. Miss Aspinwall-since you say
that it is her namc-is the lady whom
saw strewing flowers over the signor-
ina when first went into the room.'
"YOu don't say so. Well, must hear
about that"
There is not much to hear. We in
terchanged no words, for / was too
much astonished at her presence to he
master of my usual sclf-possession,
while she was only too glad to escape
from the room and what must have
seemed to her my somewhat importu.
nate gaze
but she is friend of Signorina
Valdl; must be. or she would not have
been showing her such an attention"
IL do not think she is Il friend. The
signorina, whom | questioned on the
subject, said she did not know who
she was, but thought she must be
pupil of her old master, who had for
merly shown secret interest in her"
"Well. am glad to have located this
person. Something may come of it.
Who can tell? 1t is often the most I'M
likely clues that lead to the desired
knowledge"
And with bow and good-day Byrd
finally disappeared.
Early in the afternoon Hamilton Dc.
graw went out to buy paper. Turn
ing at once to the local news column
he found that the autopsy in which he
the result prophescd by Byrd. 1t was
great relief. for had the girl been
found to be the victim of violence, he
would not have had n minutes rest in
regard to the signorina, notwithstand-
ing his opinion in regard to Mon
telli. OF the plot or conspiracy of
which he had heard while at Police
Headquarters, there was no mention,
the authorities, for once, having sue
cecdcd in battling the reporters in re-
gard to matter which it was desir-
able for the present TO keep secret.
But of the SiGnorina Naldi he found
this trace in one corner of the great
paper:
"The report which was current this
morning concerning the death of Sig
norma Na.di. whose disastrous attempt
to sing the role of Marghcrita will he
remembered by many of our readers,
has been proven false. She is not
dead, but absent, having left her late
apartments at 39l East street
for other quarters at present un-
known"
Gained in a measure the artist went
back to his studio. There We're yet
hope to get any decided news.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
IL Lives Lost In Floods.

Del Rio, Texas (SpcciaD .--u"prece'
dentcd rains, supplemented by c,nc"eL
burst near the head Of Las V" ,.,. nave
small stream on the Mei1bwning Of IS
resulted in The, 'tom were Mexicans, and
r. probabIc death OF many more. Great
property damage resulted, the town of
Las Nacas being largely submerged and
many buildings and contents washed
away Rio is doing its utmost to aid
the sufferers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
Choir'c Thapkenivipn

The following notice appeared OIL
the notice board of London chapel
few days ago: Next Sunday even.
ing Rev. - will deliver his farewell
sermon and the choir will sing an
anthem of thanksgiving specially com.
posed for the occasion"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
God the Comforter.

The only final comfort is God and
He relieved the soul always in its suf-
ferng, not from its sutfering-nay, lie
relieves the soul by its suffering, by
the new knowledge and possession of
Himself which could only come
through that atmosphere of paln.-
Phillips Brooks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-06
AGED Minister to Carry Mails.

Rev. J. N. Crane, a Methodist min.
lister of Flatlands, near Riverhead l..
l., has contracted with the govern
ment to carry the mails on the River.
head-Flanders star" route He is
nearly 20 years old. Previous to
preaching there he was stationed in q
Rmall Connecticut TOWN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

in the annual number of deaths, the deaths in 1903 being less than in any year since 1893, with the exception oI 1897. While in France the excess ox births over deaths in 1901-2 was 21 per 10000 inhabitants, the ratio in Ger- many was 153. in Holland the same, tn Norway 150, Austria 125. Hungary, Fl and Great Britain 119.--A. NJ. Thackarav Consul, Havre, France.
 At a trial in London police court recently in which a man was charged with stealing money from penny-in- the slot or prepayment gas meter, 1t was shown that the practice of using automatic gas meters for savings banks is quite common among poor peope in London. particularly in some of the foreign quarters. A penny tz cents) put through the slot in pres payment gas meter enables the tn- habitants of the house to use certain number of feet of gas Gin Birmingham 1t is twenty-six feet of gas if the cor- poration supplies the gas fixtures ana thirty-one feet If the user supplies them.) One employe of a London gas company has stated that he knew of as much as fs (s40) being deposited in q meter. and the newspaper account saw said that when gas company em~
  ters 1t is customary to take out only the amount due in each case. according to the index, and return the additional amount of money to the hirer of the meter.-Marshal Halstead consul, Bir- minRham, England.
 English newspapers are giving inter- esting details of a process whereby radishes are transformed into pota- toes. The process Is the invention of a Frenchman, M. Molliard of Paris. He takes a very young radish and culti- yates 1t in a glass retort. after pro- cess invented by Pasteur. in a concern trated solution of glucose. Starch then develops plentifully in the cells of tha radish, which swells out, loses It's pep- periness, and acquires practically tha consistency, flavor and especially ths nutritive properties of the potato. It is not claimed that the latter veEetabla will be at once superseded. or yeA that it will be cheaper to change rad- ishes Into potatoes than to cultfvats the latter on the ordinary way. Bu1 M Molliard's discovery is regarded as one which may have far-reaching oon< sequences.--Frank w. Mahin, consul Nottingham, England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

Farmers in some districts of south eastern Yorkshire. England. are threat ened again with large losses in the potato crop. The outlook is serious for many of them, as the nearly total fall ura of the crop last year gave them had financial setback. Up to a few weeks ago the prospect for a large and fine yield appeared good and the far mers were confident of recouping the losses of 1903. The last two weeks have clouded this prospect and now a loss or from one-fourth to one-half the crop in the above named districts is antici- pated.
 The failure is. however, not nearly so yidesnread as it was last year. Enouph potatoes will be grown for horne consumption and 1t will probably not he necessary to import from France and Germany, as was the case in 1903. Rut there will be few, if any, for ex- mort AS to the cause of the disease no very definite answer can be given. There are, perhaps. several causes. Drouths and untimely rains have done their share and 1t is probable that some taint was left in the soil from last wear. when the rot" was so gem aral that many acres were not even dup over. Whatever the cause ar canses. the result is only too evident.
 
 The more significant feature of the potato failure Is the discovery that the better the variety of potato the greater the liability to disease. This fact was pretty well established last year and 1t has been verified this year. All the finer varieties have shown themselves peculiarly susceptible to disease. They have been improved to such an extent as to be unable to re- sist infection. The general experience has been that of all the many fancy varieties that have come upon the mar ket hardly one has proved to have staying powers. The conclusion that "hish breeding" renders potatoes sus- ceptible to disease is strengthened by the fact that the coarser sorts have been found to be immune.
 This is a valuable lesson, although 1t has been taught the farmers here abouts at high price. Much time, ef- fort and money have been spent in getting the best seed potatoes Large sums have been paid for new and im- proved varieties. but in the greater number of instances the result has been unremunerative There may be some thing unpropitious in the climate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

Corea possesses gold mines whose output has increased from s1.15s.Ooo in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

OF All the Stampedes YOu Eve. S.
 ent, after giving the sultan cola inlne' and that may be the old mar would be so mad, if he decIjned tha wives that he would tie stones to onr iegs ana sink us in the Bosphorus so oao rallied and said, on behalf of bis government he would accept the Kind ly and thoughtful glft of his bi1hnas. and that he would cable for s wsr ,,aS ger 10 take the wives to his own Ameri- ca ara he would notify the sultan when to round them up and load them or the vessel 'ein
 We'll sir. do not know what pos- sessed me to make a scene. befora ,,,o got out of the presence of ,be s,',. we but 1t all came to me sudden 1Ii-a NI inspiration comes to a poet. ,,.s Deen eating some fruit that I bouqbt i1 paper bag, and when had eaten tha last or IL, l wondered what I vouId 5s with the bag, and then I thouebf wha run 1t would be to blow the ba1 ,,,' and suddenly burst it, when ali u,a. still. So I blowed mp the bar an It was as hard as bladder. and tied a strins around the neck, and waited
 did not think how afraid evar,,hoS.. Tn these old countries is nr to.S e. never would have done It. honns+
 ly. ' "o"est-
 The sultan was signing some paners ana looking out of the corners of bis eyes, to see if anybody was present who was suspicious. and dad was get ting ready to make a salam. and bacL out of the presence of the rular os Turkey, when got behind some of inc officials who were watching the sul- tan and l laid my paper bag on the marble floor, and 1t was as stilI as death. and all you could hear was the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27
MONTGOMERY THEATRE
Wednesday Night,
 March 20.

Radium, Liquid Aair and Wireless Telegraphy.
 The most marvellous. instructive and pleasing entertainment of the season. Read what others say about 1t: Extracts from Numerous Testimonials.
 All were highly pleased and much profted."
 body satisfied
 ''Eoually interesting to young and old, t6 educated and uneducated.
 "One and all were wonderfully de. lighted with Prof. Patty and his work
 ''The whole evening was full of most Instructive entertainment for all
 ''Entertaining and instructive indeed; fulfilled the most sanguine expecta- Tt is at once simple and marvellous, spectacular and instructive; one gets more than his moneys worth.
 ''He tells exactly what thinking peo- pie want to know about these modern wonders, in language at once scientlhc and simple enough for child to un- derstand."
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scratching of the pen, when I jumped up in the air as though had fit. and yelled Allah" and came down with my whole weight on the paper bag, and of all the stampedes you ever saw, that was the worst.
 You know what a noise 1t makes to burst a paper bag. Well. this was the toughest old bag l ever busted. and 1t sounded like a cannon fired down eel lar somewhere, and the air was full Of dust, and before I could get up the sultan had tipped over the table and run yelling into another room, praying to Allah" and all the staff had. lit out for tall timber. and there was mo- body left but dad and the unique and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

lNIM919N lG6l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

the unique that was showing us around saved dads life by pushing him along. before the woman got a chance to brain him with the washboard.
 The women mostly had on these bag gy Turkish trousers. like the Zouaves wear. and jacket, and they acted as though if the next meal came along all right they would be in luck. We saw few women pretty white, and they were Circassian slaves. with big eyes and hoops in their ears. and a little different clothes on, but there were none that dad would buy at an auction, or at a bargain sale, if they were marked down to 99 cents.
 We passed one woman running an American sewing machine, and dad said he'd bet she was an American, and he went up to her and said: 'Hel- To. sis!" She stopped the machine looked up at dad with a sort of Bowery expression, and said: "Gwan, Chauncey Depew. you old peach. or I'll have you pinched." and the unique took dad by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

the arm and pulled him along real spry. but he hung back and looked over his shoulder at the woman, but she went on sewing, and dad said to me: Well, wouldn't that frost your And we went on making the inspection.
 don't think l ever saw so many children, outside of an orphan asylum, all about the same size and all looking exactly alike. They all had the same beady black eyes that look as though they were afraid of getting caught in a trap, like muskrats, and their noses had the same inquiring appearance, as though the owner was speculating as to how much money the visitors had in their pockets, and whether 1t was fast ened in. Race suicide is impossible in Turkey, but a race of bandits is grow ing up that will let no foreigners with a pocketbook escape.
 It took us an hour to go through the harem. and 1t was more like going through the quarters of the working women of a home laundry in the tene- ment district of a large city, than a comic opera, as we had been led to expect by what we had read of harems. When we went into the harem I think dad was going to insist on having the women dance for him, while he sat on a throne and threw kisses at the most beautiful women in all the world, but before We had got around all the box stalls I think if any of them had start ed to dance dad would have stampeded in a body.
 We finally got back to the great marble room, where the sultan was sleeping in a stuffed chair, surrounded by his staff, and one of them woke him up, and he asked dad what he thought of the home life of a crowned head, and dad said 1t beat anything he had ever seen, and he should rec ommend to his government that the harem system be adopted in America, and actually the sultan seemed pleased. He said as an evidence of his love for America he wanted to present to the president. through dad. fifty of his wives, and if dad would indicate where he wanted them delivered. they would be there. Johnny on he spot. or words to that effect.
 At first thought dad would faint away. but I whispered to him that 1t would be discourteous to decline pres
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27

Constantinople. Turkey. My Dear Grocerpasha: When I wrote you last thought you would be mourning for dad and I before this. as there seemed nothing for the Turks to do but to kill us after we had stampeded the sultan and all his soldiers by giving them a university yell, but after we had been confined in a sort of jail over night, dad and I had a heart to heart talk. and my diplomacy saved us for the time being. I told dad that what we wanted to do was to tell the Turks that dad represented the American peo- pie. and had a communication to make to the sultan personally, which would make him rich and happy.
 Well, say, they bit like bass, and the next day they took us before the sultan, at the palace. Dad dug up a package of blank gold mining stock. in mnie that he was going to pro- mote, though the mine was only small hole in the ground, and the stock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27
CLEANED BY
 AMERICAN CONSULS

or 1t may be that the long continued crops of potatoes and the liberal use of fertilizers has changed the character of the soil materially.
 Perhaps the farmers in America may learn a valuable lesson from the ex- perience of their English brethren Walter c. Hamm, Consul. Hull Eng land.
 There has been practically no de- mand for American agricultural imple- ments in China up to date. and present indications are that 1t will be long time. except in Manchuria and north China, before the conditions will be such that modern farm machinery will be useful to the Chinese with their small garden farms and cheap labor. But 1t is probable that modern Ameri- can garden implements will soon be welcomed and that there will be wide field for enterprise in this line. At present the native tools are such as have been fin use for centuries. They are not good tools, perhaps. but they are made cheaply and are used by cheap labor. IT. several instances within my observation small garden force pumps have been welcomed by progressive gardners. and I am of the opinion that small garden hand blows will also be we'll Received. It is possible that cheap but substantial American rakes and hoes could be sold. It Is well to bear in mind that the general introduction of a single one of these articles in China would mean the sale of an im- mense number. Chinese farmers are commencing to consider foreign ideas and methods. and there will soon be a breaking up of present methods and a turning to new tools. All land cul- ture In China Is intensive and the tools must suit intensive methods of farm ing.-George E. Anderson, consul Hangchow, China.
 Because of the enlistment of large numbers of Japanese workingmen fin the armies operating in Manehuria many women are forced to sustain themselves by means of industrIaI work in their homes. This has created a large demand for the lighter kind of machines and can be manipulated bv women. Sewing machines. knitting machines and hand looms are reported to be in great demand
 corea possesses gold mines whose output has increased from $1.15s.O0o in