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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
The Teachers Wisdom.

The ideal teacher must be in pos
session of wealth of accumulated
wisdom. These hungry pupils are
drawing all their nourishment from
us, and have we got it to give? They
will be poor, if we are poor; rich II
we are wealthy. Every time we cut
ouselves off from nutrition we en-
feeble them. And how frequently de-
voted teachers make this mistake!
dedicating themselves so to the i'm
mediate needs of those about them
that they themselves grow thinner
each year. We all know "the teach
er's face" 1t is meagre, worn, sacri-
fetal, anxious, powerless. That is
exactly the opposite Of what it should
be. The teacher should be the big
bounteous being Of the community
Other people may get along tolerably
by holding whatever small knowl-
edge comes their way. A moderate
stock will pretty well serve their pri-
vate turn. But that is not our case.
Supplying multitude, we need
wealth sufficient for multitude. We
should then be clutching at knowl-
edge ON every side. Nothing must
escape us. It is mistake to reject
a bit of truth because it lies outside
our province. Some day we shall
need it.-Professor G. H. Palmer, in
The Atlantic Monthly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09

him, cal y, him "Cur, Liar, Thief.
BlackguaNl& and similar rngentle-
manly names-taking, in fact, mean
advantage of his ghostlfness. He also
threatened vengeance in some unde-
fined manner, which made James feel
just as uncomfortable as Moab or
Ascalon might have felt when it was
reported in the Bazaar that Prophet
had been predicting woe for it's people.
James seized the decanter.
When he went upstairs, some time
after he awoke his wife-who was
sweetly dreaming tina; she was going
to live forever. always young and al
ways beautiful, with silk dresses
trimmed with lace, and every night
stall at the theatre-by banging his
chin against the sharp edge of the coal
scutte. This is enough to make most
pious man awake his wife.
"Good gracious, James," she cried,
"what is the matter? Can't you turn
up the gas?" ..
He replied somewhat thickly, rub
bing the injured part
"It's-it's Toms dead hand, my dear"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09

The records are here and may always

The records are mere ana may always
BIZ obtained.
"At rare intervals the department
is in receipt of the remains of bonds
that have been chewed up by rats or
chopped into bits by machinery. If
they are unrecognizable their owners
must give the Secretary a bond be-
fore they recover, just as they would
have to do were the bonds lost alto
gether,"
The Tribune printed on July 80
the fact that there is an old account
of $931,415.25 which is held to the
credit of claimants who may never
appear with the bonds that were
called in years ago. Add to this tidy
sum the five and one-third odd mil
lions of the 1907 fours and you have
little nest egg that even hungry
Wall Street would not despise. The
non-appearance Of the owners of this
amount ought to serve as an argu-
ment for the good times advocate. 1t
Is impossible to believe that many OF
the bonds were lost, and the only ex-
planation is that the owners are in
no hurry to collect the money that
they may have for the asking.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
"AMERICAN WOMAN JOCKEY"
The Paris Newspapers Make Dis.
covery Which Lacks Only Truth.


covery Which Lacks Only Truth.
The French papers look upon
America as the Romans did upon At
RIGA, as the place from which some
thing new is. ever to be expected.
Their latest discovery is briefly
summed up in the following head
lines: can Amazon" After the
female cabdriver the female jockey"
"She comes from America" "She
trains at Chantilly," ''Will she get
license?"
With these and similar heads the
Paris papers have been proclaiming
the arrival of Miss Mary Money
from America with the ambition of
rivalling Tod Sloan. They go on to
tell of how she was to have inaugu-
rated the Compiegne race meeting
last week with an exhibition ride, but
that slight accident prevented her,
and they discuss at length whether
the Jockey Club will or can grant a
license.
Unfortunately for this picturesque
story, which the French papers find
so essentially American, it has no
foundation. To begin with, the lady's
name is Miss Ethel Money; she is not
American, does not come from Amer
lea and is not dreaming of being a
jockey. She is members, of the well
known English family of Money,
which is closely connected with the
banking firm of Coutts and is we'll
known in the world of letters. 1t is
true that Miss Money has visited
America, where she hunted with Mr..
Golfers and other packs.
Almost the only true point in the
story is that Miss Money is staying at
Chantilly. But it was not her inter-
est in horses that took her there.
When she arrived in Paris she re-
membered story she had often
heard told that her great aunt, the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts and the
Duke d'Aumale had agreed that
should the French Gocernment ever
seek to take Chantilly castle from
him he was to say that he had sold 1t
W Iuc I1dIOuCSS, uC uSCCoolIy uCNCi
arose, and the Duke succeeded in CIV
ing his castle and grounds to the
people and at the same time avoided
allowing the State becoming it's own
er by arranging that on his death 1t
was to go to the Academic Francaise
in trust for the nation.
This recollection made Miss Money
wish to see Chantilly, where to her
surprise she found also town de-
voted to the training of racehorses.
Many of the trainers were only too
glad to entrust their horses, among
which are the finest steeplechasers
in the country, to so fine rider as
Miss Money, so that she quickly de-
termined to stay, until hunting really
begins in England, in spot where
she had perfect horses to gallop and
a perfect country to gallop in. And
this is the whole story of Frances
American female jockey" - Paris
Correspondence of the New York Sun.
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burst out. Il have been eating up your
money-oh! will run away and leave
you, at least to have all that is left"
Don't, Lily. We are all alone; let
us keep together whatever happens.
Lily let us only keep together. Let
us say to each other that we are not
quite alone in the world"
"What can we do? Oh! what can
we do?"
II do not know. There are too many
Of us, Lily. There is not enough work
for all, and somehow we do not seem
to get even our share of what there Is.
Let us have patience. Put away the
money, dear. There is whole fort
night before us. Let us try every
where. 1t isn't so hot now"
mo. But it will get cold soon, and
-Katharine"-she laughed
bitterly-"with no work to do, no
money for lodgings and food, and no
clothes fit for winter, I do not think we.
shall be the two happiest and merriest
and most light-hearted girls in all the
world" She laughed again, but hys-
terically. eve will go about hand in
hand, up and down the streets, laugh
ing and singing We will go to church
to join in the hymns Of thanksgiving.
Everybody will wonder to see such a
happy pair"
Don't, Lily"
81 must. Sometimes I must speak.
Oh! I must, when l think what has
happened to you and me, and what
happens to other girls. Somewhere or
other there are your cousins and mine,
sitting in ease and comfort, talking
about their parties and their lovers,
while you and l are looking forward
to starvation. What have we done
that We should be punished in this
awful way? I say, Katharine-what
have we done? What have we done?'
This was the question which she
asked herself continually.
She sprung to her feet and rushed
to the window and threw it open. The
cold autumn air blew upon her fore
head. Above the chimneys and the
roofs and the stars in the clear sky
there shone the calm, cold moon, full
and bright.
"Ohv' she cried, 81 am full of dread
full thoughts-of things horrible and
detestable. We have done no harm
to anybody, though we may have had
bad thoughts. Why are we so hor-
ribly punished?"
Don't Lily-what is the good of ask
ing?"
II must ask. have prayed--oh! I
have prayed for hours in the night, 1
have torn my heart out with prayer
Is it wicked to pray for work and
food? Why, there are thousands of
wicked women who have plenty of
food every day and no anxiety. Is
there any such thing as wickedness"
Don't Lily" 1t was all that she
could cay.
"The heavens are silent. Look; there
Is the cold face of the moon. There is
no care or trouble in it about us. Pray
-Katharine-pray, like me, till you
feel as il your words were echoed back
from the hard and senseless rocks.
Oh! why were we born? Why are we
allowed to live?"
She gasped and painted because of the
thought that kept coming again and
again.
"We are not obliged to live" she
went on. Katharine, am full of the
most dreadful thoughts. 1t must be,
because we have SO little to eat, sup
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09

ID keeping the property now
tnde " had found the heiress. She
must have been led, he thought, to his
office by the dead hand of Tom him.
self. James Rolfe was not a supersti
tious person, but he had read novels,
and he knew very well that dead peo-
pie do constantly visit evil-doers with
curses and bring trouble upon them,
especially when they have dealt wick.
edly with wards.
Yet, he thought, being a man of this
generation, and therefore little afraid
of dead hands, what harm could dead
mans hand do to him compared with
what he would do to himself if he
gave up the property. And in what
words should he explain to Harriet?
And how would that dear creature re-
gard the loss of three-fourths of her
Income and a return to the old life?
He put the torn scrap of writing in
the safe along with the old letter from
Miss Willoughby, the only evidence of
the trust; and then, though it was only
half past three, he took his hat and
walked out Of the office. He could no
longer sit there. When. he was gone,
some OF the former rest and calm re-
turned. The visit of the young ladies
had brought no work. The two old
clerks began to doze again. But the
boy, disturbed by the appearance of
youth and beauty, and no longer able
to sleep, read a penny novelette,.
In the evening, James argued out the
whole thing with himself over some
stimulant and pipe.
He was no worse off, he assured him.
self, than he had been before the young
lady turned up. He knew, to be sure,
who the heifess was; he was not
obliged, however, to know; there was
nothing formally and legally to connect
Miss Capel with the daughter Of Cap.
tain Willonghby. What did it matter
that he himself knew the fact prOvid.
ed that he kept 1t to himself? No
one could possibly find out that he
knew it. But oh! what a difference
there would have been If Tom had
known it before he went away! He
had promised Tom to give her all that
was left after the trust was paid.
A ridiculous promise extorted at
moment when his mind was not in
the usual judicious balance. Ridicul-
GUS indeed! But no one knew it
except Tom. Yet he though it would
be well to keep the promise TO limit.
ed extent. He might give her all the
money that was in Toms name in the
bank when he went away. How much
was 1t! Thirty. pounds or so. He
would send-and tnen he laughed, re.
membering most markable occur.
renee. He had quite forgotten to ask
the lady her address. Therefore he
could not send her anything. Nor
could he do anything at all.
1t was midnight. He sat in the IL
brary, which was perfectly quiet, be-
cause 1t was the back of the house,
and everybody was gone to bed. Sud-
dcnly-no man was more free from su-
Iperstition than James Rolfe-he felt
horrld tremor seize all his limbs,
and cold dews stood upon his forehead
IT seemed as il Tom himself--his dead
cousin Tom-stood beside him, invisible
hut audible, hurting reproaches at
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER X.
The LAST SHILLING.

The two girls sat together on Kath-
arine's bed. Spread out in Lily's lap
was all the money that was left-twen-
ty-two shillings and sixpence in silver.
The little heap meant a fortnight's
support.
"Let me reckon up," said Katharine.
"You are so stupid at figures, you poor
thing. There's three and sixpence for
bed and one and nine for breakfast;
that makes five shillings and three
sHnce each" She set aside ten shillings
d sixpence: "There-that is one
~. there is left twelve slhilings
pext week"
ere must be washing, Kath-
oh! bow can we live on q
of bread and butter taken
ping|
money is all gone, where
and butter to come from,
H.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
An Unwise Direction.
Jones-"I say, old man

jones' say, Olu mdh-
Brown-"Other side, old chap,
That's my bad ear, you know
Jones Changing sides as request
ed)--"I say, old man, can you let
me have $40 for few days?"
Brown-"I guess you'd better get
back on the other side again. Chic
ago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09

The Ohio Yearly Meeting is the
only organization of Friends that
does not claim membership in the
Five Years Meeting, it not having
accepted the discipline adopted by
twelve yearly meetings.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
KNEW MARGARINE.

Guest Waiter! Take this bread
away. There is margarine on 1t.
Waiter-"Are you sure, sir?"
Guest-"Of course. I've had plen-
ty to do with margarine in my time.
Waiter-"Do you make 1t, them"
Guest-"No; own butter fac
tory"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
crea, uritain.s Railroad Me,

The railways companies of England
and Wales employ between them 312,-
600 men. The Scottish and Irish
companies employ 1870 men between
them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09

A New York woman has recovered
S25,000 damages from two doctors
who pronounced her insane.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER TX.
Continued.

= SOhSAhuCus
katherine" said Lily, when they
were in the street once more, "there is
something wrong about that man. He
has done something. He can't look you
In the face, and he turned red and pale
and all colors at once; and why did he
keep winking with both eyes"
II believe that Tom and he were not
exactly friends. But he said he would
made inquiries"
"He certainly said he would, whether
he means to or not: but why shouldn't
he? He will send in a bill for his SER
vices, suppose. Katherine, If 1 were
you would put in that advertisement
as soon as there was money to spare
for it."
But of money, alas! there was none.
When the girls were gone, James sat
down with perturbed countenance
and an unquiet heart He had no
longer any desire to sleep.
Presently he rang the bell, and one of
the old clerks answered it.
II want" he said, pretending to
search among the papers, ITO find the
last receipt for an annuity which my
uncle used to pay to Captain Harry
HIiIii2ghby, who appears to have died
Six months ago.
clerk brought the book with all
9eipts.
Is is his signature, is it? Very
The last, dated January, Of the
mt year. Yes. Do you remember
ain Willoughby?" ~,
ery well, sir"
re did he live?"
NJ know. He came here once
~ drew his money"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
aoad Building.

They are going to have an oiled
roml leading to the fair grounds
from the suburbs Of Shreveport.
This will be an object lesson well
worth a trip to the fair and our
friends who are interesting them
selves in the Improvement of the
highways of this country should
study the process. the cost an
the effect. with view to adopt
ing the system if it can be made
"A success in the hills.-Arcadla
Argus.
The question of good roads Is
one of paramount Importance
and of special interest to all
classes of the country. 1t Is one
of those facilities for trade,
travel and traffic that has here
tofore attracted the least atten-
ton of those most vitality con-
cerned IN their construction and
perfection.
1t has become Il burning issue
of the present and will no longer
brook neglect. Those will show
the most wisdom and fOrethOught
who actively take hold Of it and
push it to an early solution and
contamination. Ii Is one of those
questions that most vitality enters
into the aids To human en,leavor
that will lessen expense. aid in
transportation, add TO rural con-
venience, facilitate the avenues
of trade aud general business and
convenience that cannot well be
longer ignored. Will the pro-
gressive people of Winn closely
study this important question
and then take prompt action To
the existing inconven-
fences that at present exist? 1t
Is u subject that will not down
aud must eventually be net with
a view to practical results.
Those communities will reap the
earliest beneficial result who take
hold ofthis matter of good roads
and push it to the most practical
solution.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30

: Try come II the fresh chees,
at " God GROCER Go.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Irish Potatoes.

The Sentinel has receis ell some
second crop Irish potatoes,
through the kindness of Secre-
tary j +. Whitley of the VIM
Parish Fruit and Truck Growers
Association, that were fine speci-
mems. They were raised by Mr..
w. s. Terral. D0dson truck
grower. Such object lessons in
dictate the possibilities of Winn
Parish soil, and solution of the
boil weevil problem, in the cul
tivation of other products besides
cotton.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Where Bullets Flew.

David Parker. of Fayette. n.
Y. u veteran of the civil war, who
lost foot Mt Gettysburg. says:
1.-The good Electric Bitters have
done is worth more than five hun
dred dollars tn me. | spent much
money doctoring for bad case of
stomach trouble, to little purpose.
l then tried Electric Bittere, and
they cured me. / now take them
NJ u tonic, and they keep me
strong and WE'LL" 30 cents ut all
drug stores.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30

Shreveport and elsewhere. The
body of the murdered bridegroom
was conveyed to Alexandria and
taken to the St. James Episcopal
Church. The funeral took place
last Saturday morning.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Holding Cotton.
ui.Gnry V.llau ~,
Southern Sentinel:


Southern Sentinel:
We have fourteen bales of
cotton under the shed AMI we will
wager the IA bales that the
present crop will be sold to the
spinner for 25 cents. There was
never a time before that the
farmers should hold their cotton
for spring prices, there has not
been a time since the war that
the markets needed cotton to fill
their future contracts worse than
just now.
As to the propriety of holding
cotton, the farmers should re-
member those who held timber
when first buy-rs were giving two
dollars per acre, then buyers
$3.50, and eight years later from
$lS to $2l in the same community.
We remember well how cotton,
covered with rye straw, stored in
an old house during the war.
brought Az cents per pound at
Newport. Two bales of the same
cotton brought 90 l.2 cents in
New Orleans. The slogan should
be. "War prices for cotton or no
cotton for market
Another evidence of holding,
we refer to the transformation of
the little cross roads court house
village in 1883 to the model little
city of Winfield in 1908, with it,
railroads, brick blocks, paved
sidewalks, etc. Those who held
their property have profited by il.
Should all the farmers hold their
cotton for three years it W II sell
for 30 cents u pound. then take
the profits and build cotton
factories in the cotton fields and
an oil mill at every factory with
refineries, this would be concen
tration and cheaper distribution,
or bridging the chasm between
the producer and consumer, one
freight and one profit. The twin
sisters of concentration of pro-
Queer and consumer are good
r0ais and water transportation.
There Is a movement on foot to
,nlist every. one favoring good
roads to petition the police jurles
to pass ordinances t0 make eff.
feciive Articles 29l to 294, in
of the Constitution of
this State. Should this be done,
motor power transportation and
water freigh.ing will be the cheap
freight lines, north, south, east |
and west. We endorse the no
'ition taken by The Southern
Sentinel ON good roads and water |
transportation. We have as al
motto: Concentration Of pro
iucer and consumer; good r,,,i,i>;
water transportation; Legislation.
hat will float warehouse ,l-pn.i,
: ceipts at 80 per cent # min
mum price of product. Tie
,nly hope of our SALVATION"
For pleasure aud full! treasure
Az PnALoNs.
DeWitt's Kidney aud BIZ oder
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Quite q Change.

We were pleased, last week. to
meet our friend Mr.. Mex.
Huston. formally a citizen tf
this parish but now a resident of
Natchitoches. He presented US
with copy of Southern Sentinel
No. Al, volume 1, dated July rs,
1884. making over twenty-four
years old. S NJ. Brian and Will
A. Strong were the editors. 1t
shows an advertisement of the
Red River and Coast Line Trans
portation Company with twenty
three steam boats IN commission.
aud row there are meme running
regularly In Rel River.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Miraco Did the Work.
Monroe. La, Sept. II. 10

monroe. La, sept. IL. l?Uo
Miraco Co. Ltd. Monroe. La.
Gentlemen: In trying to hen.
eft the public by stating an ex,
perience with Miraco it seems
have made a slight error. stated
that my mule was treated by Drs.
Cheney & Barham. To thus DIR.
Barham rebels and says that he
was not of the firm.
/ did not intend to do either of
the gentlemen any injustice for in
them jointly and separately have
faith. DR.. Cheney has my veter-
mary work aud he, it seems, saw
this mule and I feel that the
merits of Miraco are wonderful
when such able and scientific men
fail.
OUACHITA PLANTING Co, Ltd.
l09tf Z. A. Brown, President.
Sold by n. Bernstein.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
New Equipments.

The Clerks Office has recently
been ornamented with new file
boxes, record racks and other
facilities for convenience and
safety In the care of and pro-
lection of the records of the
prish. Clerk p. K. Abel aud his
veiy efficient deputies are justly
proud of these handsome inn
provcments and facilities for
transacting the business of the
Clerks Office. These facilities
were furnished by the wise fore
thought of the poIi.e jury. and
add very materially to the pre-er-
vatlOn OF the records and the
improved appearance of the
Office. Since their receipt the
vault for their protection and
safety has been thoroughly over
hauled and renovated. and pre-
sents q neat, orderly and attract
i've appearance. 1t sssuredIy re-
fleets credit on the officials in
charge Of this department of
bf justice.
: Try come 0f the fresh cheese
&C W God Grocer Go.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Groom, the widely
known proprietor of the Groom
Hotel, Vaughn, Miss, says: "For
several months suffered with a
severe cough, and consumption
seemed to have its grip on me,
when q friend recommended DIR.
Kings New Discovery. / began
taking it, ard three bottles affect
ed q complete cure" The fame
of this life saving cough aud cold
remedy, and lung and throat heal
err is world wide. Sold at all drug
stores. SOC. and Loo. Trial bottle
free.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-30
Deplorable Tragedy.

Fred Van Ingen, of New Or
leans, was murdered last Friday
morning on q Texas & Pacific
train near Plaquemine. by S. f.
Bouvy. Mr.. Van Ingen was ON
his honeymoon trip with his
bride, Miss Minnie Rhorer, of
Plaquemine, whom he had mar
ried the night previous ut that
city. Bouvy followed them ON
the train and in a fit of Jealous
insanity shot the bridegroom and
attempted to kill the bride. Mrs
Van Ingen was widely aud prom
inently connected with, the best
families in Rapldes aud was a
distant relative of Elk Governor
blanchard. Fred Van Ingen was
y nephew of Henry A. Boyce, q
large land owner m Bayce and its
vicinity. The murderer was taken
in charge by the passengers and
delivered to the authorities of
l6erville. This dcplorable trag-
edy created profound SORROW ia
Rspldes. Iberville, New Orleans,