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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Spiders Cast Out Life Lines.

I took large spider from his web
under the basement of the mill, put
him on chip of wood, and set him
afloat on the quiet waters of the
pond. He Immediately began to cast
web for the Shore He threw 1t
as far as possible in the air with the
wind. 1t soon reached the shore and
made fast to the spires of grass.
Then he turned himself about and
in a true sailor fashion began to
haul in hand over hand his cable.
Carefully he drew 1t until his bark
began to move toward shore.
AS 1t moved the faster he the
faster drew upon it to keep his haw-
ser taut, and from touching the
water. Soon he reached the shore
and quickly sped his way homeward.
| tried several spiders and they all
came to shore in like manner.-Ch1-
cagO Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
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Salad With TomatOes.-Cut into
thick slices tho remains of any cold
boiled potatoes, and arrange on a
dish with layers Of fresh tomatoes cut
in slices. Sliced onions may also be
aided If the flavor Is liked. Make
dressing by mixing together little
oil, vinegar, pepper and salt: pour
over the salad and allow it to stand
for little before serving.
Cream SOup.-To make a delicious
tomato cream soup place a cupful of
tomatoes over the fire to heat, adding
pinch of soda and little water.
When heated through strain carefully
TO remove every seed and add to one
pint of boiling milk that has been
thickened slightly with -four and but
ter rubbed together until smooth.
Boil up once, season with salt and
paprika and serve with croutons.
Corn Bread.-A very nourishing
corn bread Is made with cupful of
corn meal, two cupfuls of cold boiled
rice, one cupful of milk, one egg, half
a teaspoonful of salt, tablespoonful
of sugar, butter the size of an egg,
and teaspoonful Of baking powder.
Mix corn meal, salt and baking pow
der together; add the other ingredi-
ents after melting the butter and put
ting the rice through the colander.
Bake half an hour.
Strawberry Margueritcs.-Spread
unsalted waters or ordinary crackers
with strawberry jam, leaving little
margin at the edge, to keep it from
running over when heated. Beat the
whites of two eggs to a stiff froth,
add half cupful of sugar, folding it
in lightly, half a cupful of chopped
nut meats of any kind, and flavor
with vanilla. Spread this mixture
thickly over the tops Of the crackers,
completely covering the jam and bake
Until firm in a slow oven.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Worse Than Useless.

James ]. Hill, the railroad presi-
dent, was once riding at night on
the rear end of his private car when
his train passed over long wooden
trestle. A freight train had gone
over a few minutes before, and Mr..
Hill remembered he had given orders
that after the passing of all trains
over this trestle track patrOlman
should go over the structure with
a bucket of water and extinguish any
embers that might have fallen from
the locomotive. Though the Hill
special was going along at forty
miles an hour, the alert eye of the
president caught sight of hole in
the bottom of the bucket as the
Waterman, in the moonlight, threw
the vessel over one shoulder. Mr..
Hill ordered the train back to the
trcstle and summoned the Waterman
to him.
"My man, you are to the Great
Northern Company just what that
hole is to the bucket you carry-a
good deal worse than useless. You
may throw the bucket away and look
for another job. Human life it too
dear to trust it to one of your kind"
From Human Life.
If you have more money than you
lao InN fri 10
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Helped by Our Company.

There are some men and some
women in whose company we are al
ways at our best. While with them
we cannot think mean thoughts or
speak ungenerous words. Their mere
presence is elevation, publication.
sanctity. All the best stops in our
nature are drawn out by their IN
tercourse, and we find music in
our soul that was never there be-
fore. If to live with men diluted to
tho millionth degree with the virtue
of the Highest Gun exalt and purify
the nature, what bounds can be set
to the influence of Christ?-Profes-
sor Drummond.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
TiuriGa's Cold Geyser.

Mr.. w. T. Chastain has drainage
we'll on his place at Seffner which is
quite curiosity for Florida. At in
tervals 1t throws streams of water ten
to twenty feet IN the air; subsiding,
spouts again.
The natives say that the we'll hap
pens to be directly over the DEVILS
furnace, and whenever the devil
builds his fires to do his cooking the
water In the we'll begins to boil and
spout. This theory is exploded by
the fact that the water is not hot, but
cold, but the natives explain this by
saying that the distance is so great
that the water has ample time to cool
before reaching the surface of the
earth.-Ocala Banner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Phil Your Boat Up Stream.

TO drift with the current or to
pull against it-this Is the problem
which is born anew with each new
day. Some of our daily duties are
easy to perform. We turn to them
as easily and naturally as water seeks
a level. There is no conscious ex-
penditure of will-power. There Is no
resistance in our nature that must
be overcome. But these are the du-
ties OF the day in whose performance
there is found the least merit.
Fortunately for us we cannot, or
at least dare not, always drift. Each
day has Its tasks which test the Will
and try the heart. Their perform
ance requires stern determinations.
They afford the best discipline and
develop the latent powers of the soul.
Inclination Is not always-in fact, not
often-a true test of the thing we
ought to do first.
Sometimes it has been source OF
wonder to find q preacher very :eady
in the use of language, and yet max
Ing no Roadway in his chosen profess
sion. In more than one case the ex-
PLANTATION has been found in dislike
OIL BLuuy anu IcuulH6 oh ITO pa'' ~
talk has been with him as easy as
to drift. To study-well, he has been
unwilling to pull against the current,
and he has failed.
To pull against the current devel-
ops muscle, lung and nerve. 1t in
creases the power of resistance and
endurance. To do the thing we dis
like because we ought to do 1t. Is to
give the will the place it deserves to
occupy. 1t Is to make conscience
master, and make us conscious OF
our own poWe'.
The hills of God are up htream.
not down. The mount of victory is
never reached by drifting. The ',ay
of success lies in the pull" not the
vulgar "pull" of the financier and
politician, but the pull against the
current.-Pittsburg Christian Ad.
vocate.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
A Bold Step.

~
To overcome tho wcll-grounded ana
reasonable objections OF tho moro intel
,""'o''"o.' w, $3.50. ,,.,i,,,no, cow
iigent 10 tilo use OF secret 'he' mn .',r
pounds, DR.. II. V. Pierce, OF Buffalo, N.
v soma timo apo. decided to mako O bold
, suo Sro,,, ,Io ,,suol course nursnod
departure from INC usual coulSo pui 'ueu
by the makers of put-up medicines Tor DO
nestle use. and. so has published broad.
-, - a., ,,,hoIo ,orId n full
cast anu openly W tne Wno,o "oiu, .u,'
and complete list OF all tho ingredients
cnterinr inSotbc compostIon OF his widely
$1,000 odio %oo Thne bo boe ,aken
celebrated HPoICHieS' AhuS ho H"s 'ohon
his numcrg1S PATRONS and patients INTO
bis fn,I SXnGs%nce. Thus too he has re-
u'e ~ XIia;,o. t,ou, amor, Socrot
mOVed/nlS1hcuicihes Aolh AWNING eeeiS'
nOStrkmkOf doubtful merits, and MADE
thcmLffcmcdtcs Of KnOtU1l Composition.
Nv this hold stem DR. Pierce has shown
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s7 - s,Hnt oSaoIioGc5
tnAt rS lQLn4!aS II " tfaII1 ~
t1at " i lQG -a1lalQ- 70 suolecS Glenl W
the iullrSt SCRUTINY.
Not only does the wrapper Of every bottle
OF Dr. Icrce's Golden Medical Discovery. the
famous medicine for weak stomach. torpid
liver or billousness and all catarrhal diseases
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

| If the inventor is successful in re-
ducing peat yarn to a still finer thread
1t will perhaps find greater use in ho-
siery manufacture, for which, as 1t is
a bad conductor Of heat, absorbent
and cheap, it is especially suitable.
Not only dress stuffs, but carpets and
other such like goods, which are ca
pable of being bleached and dyed,
are stated to have been produced.
Peat wadding is said to be specific
ally valuable for sanitary and surgi-
cal purposes, keeping wounds clean
and dry.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
If religion Is not for all Of Q man
It Is not for aught In man.

The longest distance the human
voice has been transmitted is believed
to be from Montreal to Winnipeg.
1880 miles. over Especial copper wire
along the line Of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. This wire, which has In
termediate connections only at North
Bay and Fort William, was installed
by the railroad company for Its tele-
graphone system, by means of which
two messages, one by telephone and
the other by telegraph, can be trans
United simultaneously over the wire.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Care of Human ProdigaIs.

Whatever retribution God has for
men on the other side of the grave
means love. not hate; it means re-
form, discipline, redemption, not
damnation. God is shepherd. No
sheep will wander from His fold In
any world that He will not seek, and
sooner or later find and bring back.
God Is a Father. We may trust Him
forever, sure that He will watch and
wait with deathless love, until the
last prodigal among His human chill
dren comes home.-J. Il. Sunderland.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
81 SNlis1AH HOUSEHOLD M1SYRS
@MR tlA1TrnS. 4N$'
SsyXoka 0ap 10 K~
To Stop q Leak.

A very good temporary stopping
for leak in either a gas or water
pipe may be produced by working
powdered whiting and yellow SOAP
into a paste. Press it into the leak
Ing part Of the pipe and put on suf-
flcient to make the hole air tight.
This is only a temporary remedy and
should not prevent the plumber be-
ing secured at the first possible mo-
ment.-Woman's Life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
Heights of Prosperity.

Believer, remember. heights OF
prosperity are safe, If only God be
with you, and the vale of adversely is
healthful to the soul. II God takes
you down into it.-Gordon Hall.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27
A FUTURE.

HAS Panama future?G
IL should say So" answered the
investigator. "All 1t needs is a hotel
and a bathing beach to be one OF the
worlds greatest resorts for tourists"
Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

The hands of the housewife viii
be kept soft and white and free from
all chap, redness or roughness II
boraX Is used.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

It's an easy matter to induce tho
world to laugh with you; all you nave
to do is to laugh at yourself.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

Some people want to be on a Jury
so as to get the testimony that Is
not printable.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

FITS, st. Titus' Dance Nervous Diseases Per
manently cured by DIR. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. III. r. Kline, Id, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

The easiest way to interest wom-
an in a 81 article Is to mark 1t down
from $1.50 to $l29.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-27

If you have more money than you
need you will also have more friends
than you need.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
PLATT'S POWER GONE

NEW YORK. July 25.-Aged.
feebled and crippled, Thomas Col
lier Plat, once the greatest politi-
cal power in the greatest political
state in the Union, the worshipped
king of New York, in whose train
followed hordes of big and little
chiefs, seeking for the smile that
meant success. now old and alone,
sits ON the veranda of the Oriental
hotel. Manhattan beach, practically
unnoticed by any of the thousands
who once did him homage. The
other day he celebrated his 74th
birthday. No once but newspaper
reporters noticed him.
The senator's voice has grown
weak. his fingers bony and a little
palsied, his form wasted until he is
but shadow of his former self.
But he says: II am not lonely.
feel well. In fact. feel 10 years
younger. The sea air does me lots
Of good. l expect to live another
10 years-and | want to-"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY UN-
FAVORABLE AND WHAT is
TOO BAD FOR SPOKANE
DOES NOT LOOK GOOD
ENOUGH FOR lNcoRPOR-
ATED TOWN.

Unless the council goes to the ex-
IRENE of repeating the anti-pooling
entirely the Warwick racetrack
gambling syndicate is likely to find
itself without home in this
county.
Prosecuting Attorney Barnhart
has decided that If the poOlrooms
are run out Of Spokane they cannot
move into territory under county
government jurisdiction. He would
not, however, interfere in the event
of an incorporated town admitting
the poolrooms. Hillyard is the only
incorporated town affording tele-
graphic and other facilities neces-
sary to poolroom operation, and the
Warwick people have figured on
moving to that place when they
learned that location at Mime
haha park would not be tolerated.
But the plan also strikes a snag
in Hillyard. The town has a strin-
gent law against all forms of gam
bling, and there is little possibility
Of any concessions being shown to
poolrooms.
There is general sentiment in
the railroad metropolis that what
is too bad for Spokane lacks a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
GIRLS FLEE FROM FLAMES

stated that included in the loss was
$4,000 worth of new machinery,
which was just being unpacked this
morning.
The Big Island lodging house,
which sets next to the laundry,
caught, but was extinguished with
out much effort by the department.
The loss to bedding is about $500.
Some few dodgers hauled out their
personal effects, but many lost
theirs by water and smoke. During
the operation of saving their goods
several were completely drenched.
A hose was trained on the crowd
that gathered closely about the fire.
Considerable complaint was
made of the fire departments delay
in turning on water. Firemen
claim the apparatus could not be
put in position for operation any
quicker.
The entire weeks washing was
burned in the building. The value
of this could not be estimated, but
the fire has created a clothes fam
inc in numerous families.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
JAPS COMPLETE.
KOREAN GRAB
Omitted Press Association.)

TOXIC, July 25.-The new ia.
panese-Korean convention was
signed at / o'clock today aftef
small opposition from Koreans. The
provisions are that Korea's admin
istration shall secure the guidance
of a Japanese resident general;
that all enactments, laws and ordi.
nances, also all important state af-
fairs, and appoints of all high Of
ficials, shall receive the approval
Of the resident general Demarka-
ton will be drawn between admin
istrative and judiciary affairs.
SEOUL, July 25.-The text of the
new convention between Korea and
Japan was made public tonight. ia
panese only will be appointed to of
fee, foreigners being ineligible ex-
cept by consent of the resident gen.
eral.
The terms created demonstra.
ton and Kokura regiments re-
belle0. A division was dispatched
to suppress them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25

Eventually, If plans now under
way are consummated, the Inter
state Fair association will come
under the direction and manage
ment OF a commission appointed
by the mayor. The suggestion
made Is that the commission be APP
pointed and exercise it's functions
as the park commission does. 1t
is argued that In this manner any
opportunity that might arise for
private graft, squabbles among
stockholders or others, any sort of
trouble in fact, will be stopped.
The fair would then be under a
board of control appointed for 10
years, members time expiring
each year. In this manner the sue
ceeding mayors would make their
appointments and no one would
control the commission politically.
1t is also suggested that the num-
Der OF stockholders be increased to
500, no one to own more than
shares. Just how many stockhold-
ers there now are is unknown. be-
cause the books of the association
are held to be private. 1t Is be-
lieved than number Is 257. In this
manner of distributing the stock
the few who might seek to control
would be Kept from 1t. The large
stockholders stock has been pooled
into an agreement that none shall
sell without the consent OF the
rest,
The principal advocate of this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25

The board of health last night
endorsed the new meat inspection
ordinance and the next regular
meeting of the council will be ask
ed to pass it.
This ordinance replaces that
which the courts declared invalid
because 1t provided that none
other preservative but saltpetre
should be used. The court held
there are several other non-poison-
Gus preservatives which could be
used.
The new ordinance compels
butchers, restaurant keepers and
all persons having anything to do
with meat, it's sale, cooking or
manufacture, to submit to inspec-
ton by the otrcer appointed for the
purpose.
The ordinance Is far reaching in
this respect, and includes milk,
game, fish, poultry and cattle.
No person shall sell or keep or
manufacture any tainted or poison
GUS or dirty meat, poultry, game,
fish, milk or vegetables. These ar
ticles must be kept out of reach of
pollution by dogs and cats.
The use of any injurious chemi-
calls in preserving is prohibited.
Toilets shall not be allowed in
rooms where food is kept, and
such places shall be kept clean.
All storerooms shall be clean and
sanitary.
1t shall be the duty of any person
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
WEARY BUT RESOLUTE
BARROW RESUMES PLEA
Explains Why SImpkins Is Missing and Adams
Was Not Put on the Stand ....s
Omitted Press Association.)


BOISE, July 25.--Clarence OAR
row, showed the strain he has been
labiffhg under in the past "a hours
when he resumed his final appeal
TO the jury this morning. His face
was drawn and his voice husky,
but this quickly wore off and he
was soon talking with his accus-
toned vigor.
Darrow plunged at once into the
Colorado troubles and In scathing
terms placed the entire RESPONSE
billty at the door of the mine OWL
ers. Explaining why Simpkins was
not here, Darrow said the best rea-
son he could give was that he was
afraid to be here.
The fact that he ran away, how
ever, barrow declared, by no
means proves him guilty. The
miners federation kept. Simplins
on It's board, he declared. because
he was not yet proven guilty.
In explaining why he didn't put
Adams on the stand Darrow de-
clared Adams was under indict-
ment for murder and by testifying
would prejudice his own case.
Adams was willing to do anything
for Haywood, but the sacrifice
would not be permitted.
Regarding Pettibone. Darrow de-
clared he Is not an officer or frac-
ton Of the federation, Just plain,
companionable, sympathetic man
who befriended Orchard.
Darrow said the defense put
Meyer on the stand because there
Is not an iota of evidence against
hi mexcepting Orchards word, and
this Is absolutely unsupported by a
single witness. Meyer insisted that
he be called, though he might have
jeopardized his own neck. Coun-
sci finally granted his request.
barrow then demanded to know
why MCFARLAND was not called. He
asked the same In regard to Ster.
ling. Both are detectives that fur
nished the prosecutions evidence.
Darrow spent more than an hour
discussing Orchards story of the
Bradley explosion, comparing his
testimony with that of Bradley.
From that he argued Orchard lied
there as he has in every material
point affecting Haywood. He said
the states contention of 2 separate
explosions was absolutely dis
proved by the story of all the de-
fense's witnesses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
INVESTIGATING
SEA HORROR
Omitted Press Association.)

SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.--The
San Francisco and Portland Steam
ship Co. has abandoned all hope of
adding to the list of survivors of
the Columbia disaster. Officials of
the company are convinced that
only those picked up by the steam
er Elder and the boatload that land
ed at Shelter cove at midnight
Monday escaped death in the sea.
Although the scene Of disaster
was thoroughly patrolled, no more
bodies have been picked up, and
the natural inference is that miss
ing bodies are washing about in the
staterooms and other closed COM
partments of the Inflated steamer.
Statements Of the San Pedro's Of
ficers have been received Dy the in
vestigating board of this city, and
will be offered at the inquiry,
which begins this afternoon.
The steamer City of Topeka ar
rived this morning with z of the
Columbia.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
Omitted Press Association.)


SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-The
official list of those who lost their
lives in the wreck of the Columbia,
compiled by the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship Co., was issued
today. The list shows known to-
tai loss of life Of 81 passengers: A.
Spielder, w. Todd, Miss A. S. Todd,
o. clamps, H. d. Winters, G.. F.
Wilson, Mrs. s. Waller, Hattie
Wright. Roland Winters, c. A.
Winslow and wife, VIM. Waller,
Edna Wallace, Bessie Wallace,
Miss w. White, R. Young, John
Miller, c. w. Merrill, Nj. Mayo,
Louise Make, Nellie Make, Mary
Parsons. J. c. Remus, George
Smith, Sarah Schulz, Clara Schulz,
George Sparks, Constance Schroe-
der, Mrs. VIM. Soules, j. d.
Springer, Elsie May Stone, Mrs. E.
Silva, w. j. Bachman, f. Butler
and wife, Gertrude Butler, Mrs,
j. Benson. Mrs. ]. f. Best, Miss A.
Bernal, Clara Carpenter, j. w,
Carpenter, Lena Cooper, Mrs. A. +,
Cornell. l.. Glasby and wife. Alma
Dahleeu, l.. l.. Drake jr., Mrs. X.
Fagalde, Mr.. A. Gray, stephen
CLASSIFY, Marion Glasby, Mrs. r. B.
Cannon, j. c. Durham, Mrs.
Blanche Gordon, Frank Giune,
Mrs. A.. Happ. G. H. Harrington.
Miss K Hayden. Mrs. G. A. Kellor,
Alma Keller, Grace Keller, Effie
Keller. e. o. Liggett, Florence
Lewis, Ray Lewis, Mrs. o. F.
Lewis, Lewis Malkus and wife,
John McFadyen. l.. Merlo. Mar,
garet McKeany. II, Crew--P. A..
Doran, captain; w. f. Whitney.
first officer; C. Christianson, quar-
termaster; M. c. Burpee, first as.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25

CLINTON, H., July 25.-Mar-
garet Magill, the Is year old daugh-
ter of Fred Magill, upon whose ties.
timony depends the fate Of her
father now accused of numbering
his first wife, broke her long ST.
lence this morning and declared
that her mother committed sui
eide.
81 know mother bought chloro-
form and strychnine," she said,
"and she told me she was tired of
living. She told friends she was
going to commit suicide. The let
tiers stating this intention now
held by the prosecuting attorney
are nto forgeries. They were writ
ten by my mother"
Margaret has been hiding in an
adjoining county while the officers
were looking for her.
The daughter is an intimate
chum of Faye Graham, the stenog-
rapher Magill married In mysteri-
Gus fashion shortly after his wife
was found dead in a room with a
note stating that she had taken
poison. The theory has been adj
vanced that Magill induced his
wife, who suffered from Ill health
to enter a suicide agreement with
him, and that after she had taken
poison Magill refused to carry out
his part of the agreement in order
to marry the Graham girl. Magill
was formerly wealthy banker OF
Clinton,