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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
The Grace That Brings Happiness.

The Grace That Brings Happiness.
Let us seek the grace Of cheerful
heart, and even temper, sweetness
gentleness and brightness of mind. as
walking In His light, and by HIS
grace. Let us pray to Him to give
us the spirit of ever-abundant, ever.
springing love, which overpowers and
sweeps away the vexations Of life by
its own richness and strength, and
which, above all things, unites us to
Him who is the fountain and centre
of all mercy, loving kindness and JOY.
John Henry Newman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
To Wash Chenille Curtains.

Have plenty of warm rinse water.
With the hands rub loosely together.
When taken out of first water
squeeze lightly in hands; when taken
from rinse water do not squeeze but
hang on the line in shade dripping
wet. AS they dry, frequently brush
them from right to left and from top
to bottom with whisk broom. This
will raise the nap and they will lool.
like new,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
Stained Hands.

II lemon juice and cornmeal were
kept on the kitchen sink and the
hands thoroughly wet with one and
rubbed we'll with the other immedi-
ately after preparing vegetables and
fruits, and before soap is applied, the
hands could always be kept clean and
smooth,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
In the Sewing Basket.

Use a common bottle cork and
common thimble, push the cork into
the thimble, small end first, then hol-
low out the cork enough to admit the
point of your scissors. When your
scissors are not in use keep the cork
on the points of your scissors and you
need not be afraid they do any dam
age to your sewing in your work
basket. This will also keep your
fine scissor points in good condition.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
Pantry Blackboard.

A most excellent help for House
keepers with "forgettery" memories
is blackboard made by painting
black the inside panels of the pantry
door. Then with bit Of chalk
handy, the list of necessary supplies
will be always ready.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
Household
Matters.
Irvine Spool.

Take a large empty spool and put
it on a nail in the kitchen closet.
When you unwrap your parcels take
the Irvine, tie It together. and wrap 1t
on the spool. You need never look
for a piece Of Irvine when you want 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

says: II had been
showing symptoms Of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus
tered out of the ar
my, but in all my life
I never suffered as
In 1897. Headaches,
dizziness and sleep
lessness, first, and
then dropsy. I was
woQk md ho1p1ooo
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
Ambiguous.

Parson-Whcrc is the other man
who used to be here as keeper?
Park Gatekeeper-He's dead. sir.
Parson with feeling) - Dead?
Poor fellow. Joined the great ma
jority, Ell?
Park Gatekeeper-Oh, | wouldn't
like to say that, sir He was
good enough man as far as l know.
Punch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How . Veteran Was Saved the Am
putation of Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran, OF
Roosevelt Ave-, Indianapolis, Ind,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA
For Over Two Ycars-Patent Medi-
cines, Quack Cures, and Even Doc
TORS Eail-CutiCura Succeeds.

81 was very badly afflicted with eczema
for more than two years The parts at.
fected were my limbs below the knees.
tried all the physicians IN the town and
some in the surrounding towns and l also
tried all the patent remedies that ! heard
of, besides all the cures advised by old
women and Quacks and found no relief
whatever until commenced using the
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticura Rem.
edies | found immediate relief and was
soon sound and well. {. V. Beltz, Tippe-
canoe, Ind, Nov. Is, 1905"
Give the inchworm time and it Will
gain q foothold.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15
Sidewalk OF Mahogany.

William II. Trip, of GAINESVILLE.
Wis, is believed to be the only man
in America who can boast of having
a mahogany sidewalk in front OF
his home.
Recently he had consignment OF
goods from the West Indies. The
goods came in mahogany barrels,
from which he had a sidewalk built.
FITS, st. Vitus'Dance: Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. H. r. Kline, Id. 1921 Arch St, Phiia, Pa.
Many a government forester has
been badly weather-beaten.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teothing softens thegums reducesintlamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
A woman's idea of political ambition
Is how you would have to dress for It,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

Kisses that are to be had for the
asking are seldom worth taking.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

And the man who sells parasols Is
engaged in a shady business.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

Virtue is it's own reward because
nobody else will give any.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-15

A fool can answer questions that q
wise man would be ashamed to ask.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-10

Of you, but charity Work ism what
! want
Say, it want any Of my funeral
but that broom tact'ry proposition
stayed with me quite sometime The
thoughts of anyone haVIn to 90 back
TO a place with a name like Mime
keegan was bilious enough; but for
girl that had laid out to give Mac
monnies a run for the gold medal, the
label pastin prospect must have
doomed up like a bad dream
There $ one good thing about other
folks 5 troubles though-they're easy
put on the shelf Soon's | gets to
work forgets all about Cornelia Ann
| has 10 run out to Rockywold that
afternoon, to put Mr. Purdy Pell
through his reg lar course of stunts
that he's been takin since some one
told him he was gettin to be forty
fat There was a whole bunch Of
swells on hand; for its gettin So,
now they can 90 and come in their
own tOurin' cars, that winter house
parties are Just as common as in sum
mer
Thank heaven you've come -
says Mr. Pell 1t gives me a chance
TO get away from cards for an hour
or 50
Guess you need it, saysI You
look like the trey of spades -
Then Pinckney shows up in the
gym, and he no sooner sees us at
work with the basket ball than he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-10

tant professor Of phySl-
"a. .ulture IN the country. but
She avs if he don't mind She Il
~ her hand on him first and
'aea maybe III let her do one
~ ue Now, you'd thought
oHntt. with that before-takIn
mug IF his, would have hid IN
nc ellar fore he d let anybody
make a cast Of it, but when
The proposition is sprung. he 5
a. pleased as If II was for the
front page Of Fox $ pink
That was what fetched me
~ 70 that seven by nine
JOINT Oi hers. next the roof 70
have a look a. what She d
done 10 Swiftly Joe He tows
me up there And say,
blamed if She hadn't GOT him
~ The life, broken nose, in
grown forehead. whoppcr
Jasy, and ali!
How about it,, says Joe.
GRIMM at me as proud as if
4e q broke into the Fordham
Heights Hall Of Fame.
] never see anything hand
soIaer-of the kind SAYS /.
Then ] got 10 askin qucs-
lions about the sculpturin
business, and how the market
was; 50 Miss Better and me
8e's more or less acquainted
one was a meek. sllnpsy little
lAing, with big, hungry looBin'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-10


begins to peel off L say there" SAYS he Count
me in on some of that or | II ice pulled into another
rubber"
About an hour later after they'd ioIlcd me into
stayn' all night put, on "a sweater and starts our
for some hoof exercise ia the Young blizzard thar
was maxim things white outside. Sadie holds me
up the door Her checks WAS bldZIn, and could
see she holdIn the Sullivan temper down with
both hands
Hello! say, | What's been stirrjn YOU up
Bridge snaps She guess if you'd been
glarcd at for two hours and called stupid when YOU
lost and worse names when YOU won, you'd feel
like throwing the cards at some one
Well why didn't YOU says /
did, says She, and there an awful row on;
but don carei And II YOU don stop that grim
ming I'll
Well She does it. That's the way with Sadie.
words IS always too slow for her inside OF a minute
shes out chasn me around the front yard and
peltln me with snow balls
See here says l. diggln a munh OF snow "uj 81
one ear, that KIND uf sport al To lhc merry, put
ii | was YOU d dress for the part SnowbaIlm III
slippers and silk stockln and lace dress Is pneu-
monia bid, even II you are such warm one ON
top.
no a req mead says 3h ne, 10" Jus' N3i'
minute: shorty MC''pc' ana u ''''Ac l"" S"'iH
LOT tha'
1t va 4 minute, II was nearer HJctH, hul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-10
By SCI WELL FORD

eyes and double hank Of cinnamon cal,~ri HAIR
that should have thought would have made her.
neck ache TO carry around
Tudgin by the outfit in her ranch the sculp game
amt that brings in sable lined coats and such
l,nicksnacks There a bed couch IN one corner.
a single burner gas stove on an up ended trunk IN
another, and chunks Of clay all over the place
Light housekeepin and art DOM 70 mix very
well Maybe they re just tasty, but Id as soon
have my eggs cooked IN trl',n pan that hadn
been used for Il mortar bed
We passed The time of DAY regular after that. and
now and then shc'd drop into the front office %
show me some piece she'd made | finds out that
drops the Miss Better and calls her that
Father always calls me that too, says She.
That leads up TO the story Of how the old folks
out in Minnekcegan have been backn her for a
two years stab at art in big city. Seems Il has
been awful drain on the family gold reserve. and
way, but she'd jolhed EN- into lettin' her have a
show to make good, and now the time was about W.
Welt SAYS J. YOU ain I all IN, are YOU,
Her under lip starts 10 pucker up Al that, and
them hungry eyes gets foggy; but She takes a
grip on herself. makes bluff GRIMM. and says,
throaty like It. no use pretending any longer,
says She II m failure
say that makes me feel like an ice cream sign IN
a blizzard | hadn't been lookin To dig up any
private heart throbs like that But there II was,
50 | starts cheer her up the best | knew how
Course" says l. its 4 line | couldn't Shake 4
nickel out Of in a year, but if it suited me. and
thought l onto my Job, I'd make ii yield the
com or 90 good and hungry tryln
Perhaps | have gone hungry, says She quiet
like
Honest" says
That steak lasted me for week" says She
There was more particulars followed that throws
Cornelia Ann the screen in new way for me
Grit Why, She had enough to sand tarred roof
She'd lived ham knucklcs and lined eggs and
Swiss cheese for months She'd turned her dresses
inside out and upside down, lined her shoes with
paper when it wet. and wore long sleeved
shirt waist when there want another bein used
Tn de of he
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
WHY HILL SUCCEEDED.

james J. Hill entered the rail-
road business in 1881 as general
manager of the St. Paul and Pacific
railroad, and a clew to the reasons
of his success may be found in the
following from an article in Every
body's Magazine:
'sHe was baggageman, conductor,
engineer, track walker, fireman, pas
senger agent, freight agent, traffic
manager and everything else on the
road at different times" one of the
men who was with him as assistant
at this time told me- ''He looked
after every detail until those who
watched him were appalled,. Not
box of rubber bands was bought
that he didn't O. K. the order and
supervise payment. He not only
learned how the work was being
done, but devised methods of doing
it differently, doing it better, more
economically, more expediently. Sys-
tenn followed in his wake, system in
every department. Railroading as
he found it was an involved, cum
bersome, chaotic affair. He made
it a science.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
When to Wean Pius,

The proper time to wean little pigs
is from six to eight weeks of age. The
pig is then at an age when it digests
solid foods and will grow just as well
as if it were still nursing its dam, says
a writer in Farm Life. The constant
drain on the sow's system has been
quite severe; consequently she should
have all the time to recuperate be-
fore she has to nourish another litter.
Furthermore, a good brood sow should
raise two litters year, and if the pigs
suck longer than six or eight weeks
this would be impossible. If the SOW
is heavy mixer the pigs should be
weaned gradually, otherwise there is
danger of injury to the sow's udder,
but, as rule, this does not give any
trouble.
Little pigs always do better when
not more than six or eight in a single
pen. Separate the smaller ones and
give them every possible chance to
grow. Give them dry sleeping place,
a roomy pen, a spacious yard in which
to take exercise and spray frequently
with an antiseptic and insecticide solu-
ton and keep them free from lice.
And if similar care is given until the
pig is six or seven months old it will
weigh from 225 to 275, or just the prop
er weight to market.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
THE FEEDER.

Every one who owns a flock of
sheep should make provision for clo-
yer hay, oat and pea hay, for variety.
Bean vines are also relished. Give the
breeding ewes wheat bran. 1t will
make the lambs strong.
Salt For the Hogs.
When 1 salt my hogs, which I do
three times week while they are eat
ing, I throw salt broadcast on their
back, says an Ohio breeder. The result
of this is that they get the salt with
their food, which seems to be the prop
er way to have it, and what salt re-
mains on the hog forms a brine that
destroys the lice. By this means of
sailing I get better result from the
fattening Of the hog and at the same
time rid it of lice, which is one of the
worst pests of the hog lot.
Crushed Oats For Colts.
Crushed oats are all right for colts,
but it does not pay to feed them to ma
tured horses with good teeth. Never
keep a large supply on hand After
being crushed the oats soon lose their
freshness and palatability.
Carrots For Live Stock.
Carrots are good for all farm ami
mails, and, while their chemical analy-
sis may not show very much nutritive
value. they are somewhat in the same
line as are leached ashes when used
for fertilizer, having in them a value
that chemist does not find. OF one
thing I am sure. says a breeder, after
feeding carrots several years to horses
and cattle-they have a very much
greater value than most men would
suppose. Besides their nutritive value,
they are a very wholesome tonic for
live stock, much more SO, think, than
any Of the prepared stock foods.
Grind the Feed.
You often find that whole grain pass
es through stock in an unmasticated
condition. Fields enriched with such
fertilizer have shown a fair stand Of
grain. The Michigan experiment sta
ton carried on a test to demonstrate
the value Of this grain. The expert
ment was made under the most favor
able circumstances and showed three
thingS-frst, the cattle fed corn, oats
and bran wasted the largest percent
age, while those fed oats alone wasted
the least; second, the composition Of
the grain was practically unchanged
by its passage through the digestive
tract, showing that the animal gets no
benefit from it; third, the germinat ting
power of the grain was affected consid-
erably. Only 4.3 per cent of the corn
and 10.6 per cent of the oats germinat-
ed after the treatment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
Midair Photography.

Cameras on the wing are flying
through Germany. A projectile to
take photographs and claimed to
have been successful at heights Of
half a mile is the idea of Herr Ma
rie, a German photographer. A
camera having the form of the usual
kind of conical shell is thrown into
the air by means of kind of trap.
At a predetermined angle as the
camera turns to make its descent
and is pointed slightly downward
the shutter is automatically re-
leased, and a picture is taken of a
broad epanse of country. In still
air the flight and spot at which the
aerial camera will fall can be calcu-
lated with much precision. Precau-
tions are taken to avoid damage by
conclusion, and the results are ex-
pected to be of great possible value
in military operations. - Chicago
Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
KEEPING HOGS CLEAN.
Kerosene Emulsion Said to Be Excel.
lent For This Purpose.

lent For This Purpose.
Those who object to kerosene in its
full strength as a disinfectant and de-
stroyer of parasites should try it in the
diluted form, says writer in National
Stockman and Farmer. Kerosene can
not be diluted by simply adding wa
ter, but it must be first broken up by
suspension by the water. When this
is done it is called an emulsion.
This can be cheaply and easily made
in this way: Take one-fourth pound of
soft soap and dissolve it thoroughly on
the stove in a quart of water. Pour
this into closed five gallon coal oil
can and add two quarts of kerosene.
Close the can and shake it vigorously
for about minute. When this is done
fill up the can with rain water.
The mixture will have milky ap-
pearance, and it will be found that the
oil is distributed throughout the solu-
ton. 1t is ready for use and is milder
than the pure kerosene. 1t is excellent
for keeping the pigs clean and will
cure mango if taken in time. 1t has
been found that solution of kerosene
as low as 10 per cent will instantly
kill hog lice when they are plunged
into it.
The emulsion costs but little and
you cannot put too much on the pig
to injure him in any way. This mix
ture will freeze, and the can should be
kept in a heated room in severe
waathnr
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
Twas Hetty Green.

"Who on earth is that woman pr
asked a depositor of one of the
clerks in the New York Chemical
National bank the other day. He
nodded in the direction of a shah
billy dressed elderly woman who was
behind the railings examining one
Of the ledgers over bookkeeper's
shoulder. '"That woman?" whis-
pered the clerk. F'Why, she's Hetty
Green" 'Isn't she good deal Of
nuisance?" continued the depositor,
who was lacking in the Aamp of rev.
erence for money as typifed in the
person of the richest woman in
America. 81 don't suppose I should
say SO" replied the clerk, 'sbut, be-
tween ourselves, she is. But then,
you know, she keeps balance here
of something like $5,000,000, and
people with accounts like that can
be any kind of a nuisance and no
one will think it advisable to re-
mind them Of it, .''-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
From a Dairyman's Notebook.

Try carding and brushing these days
and note whether the COWS enjoy it.
Note whether the grain is relished
better if pinch of salt is added. Salt
on inferior hay will make it far more
palatable.
This is the time when 'grub in back"
begins to appear. Squeeze 'em out.
If roughage is getting short or of
very poor quality and grain is fed, feed
more literally of cornmeal than would
otherwise be done.
1t sometimes occurs cows feet are
in poor condition. Where toes are alb
normally long or the sole jagged the
hoof should be trimmed by some one
who knows how.
The horn button of every bull calf
ought to be treated with a stick Of
caustic potash. Keep off the horns
from the bull.
In selling milk, butter or cream re-
member the nearer you get to the con-
sumer the more there is in it for you.-
American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
WILD TOBACCO OF COLORADO.

Professor Fritz Knorr of the Col
orado Agricultural college has found
tobacco growing wild in greatest
profdsion in the Montezuma valley
Of Colorado. Professor Knorr is a
native Of Kentucky and knows to-
bacco culture all the way from
planting the seed to breaking the
necks of the big green worms.
While attending the farmers insti-
tute at Cortez, in the Montezuma
valley, Professor Knorr was asked
to suggest a method for eradicating
a very troublesome weed. He took
a sample of the weed to examine
and was amazed to see in it a very
1fue specimen of wild tobacco. It
seems that none Of the farmers
there was familiar with the tobac-
co plant and did not recognize the
obnoxious weed as the ancestor of
the cigars they were smoking. It
is believed that tobacco was raised
extensively in the Montezuma val
ley ages ago by the cliff dwellers,
the lost race that left so many evil
dences of their civilization and yet
not a line of their history. The
wild tobacco plant fourishes there
in greatest profusion in vicinities
thought to have been cultivated by
the mysterious race and along what
are believed to have once been their
irrigation bitches. - Kansas City
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
The Greatest Inventors,

Professor Alexander Graham Bell
of telephone fame the other day
was in Washington, where as he
strolled along Pennsylvania avenue
his snow white hair and beard, rud-
dy face and easy carriage attracted
much attention. A newspaper cor
respondent long known to the pro-
fessor Joined him and in the course
of their chat asked Mr.. Bells opin-
ion of newspaper men. 'EYou know,
professor" said the correspondent,
'Fbut for us you great inventors
would not be so widely known" :"
''That's very true" conceded Pro-
fessor Bell, who added dryly, "And
do you know I sometimes think you
newspaper men are the greatest in
ventors in the world"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
Proper Lightning Protectors.

In an address to the Royal Engi-
neers at Chatham, England, Alfred
Hands said that too much impor-
tance is attached to the form and
composition of lightning conductors
and not enough to the fact that the
efficiency depends almost entirely
on the way the apparatus is attach
ed and little on what it is made of.
Lightning conductors in the hands
Of experts, he said, may be ikened
to drugs in the hands of doctors
they must be suited to the particu-
lar case. AS to the relative value of
iron and copper for conductors,
there is but trifing difference ex-
cept that for conductors expected to
last long iron is too perishable.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-07
Florida Shark Story.

A tarpon pursued by shark near
Garden key, in one of its tremen-
dous leaps fell across a skiff con-
tanning two fishermen, who were so
busily engaged with a net that they
did not notice its approach. The
skif broke in two, the fishermen be-
came entangled in the net, and the
shark took a huge bite out OF the
side of one of them, Bolton Larkin,
cutting his body nearly in two. 1t is
thought the shark mistook Larkin's
body for the tarpon it was in pursuit
of, for sharks in those waters have
never been known to attack a man.
-Punta Gorda Herald.