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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Jet Passementerie Made It HON

I Jet Passementerie Made ut Home.
Jet trimming Of all SORTS is ex.
tremely fashionable this winter, and
Is not only used on black gowns Of all
sorts, but also on colors. 1t Is an
expensive garniture to buy ready
made. but very effective bands and
motifs of the sort can be made by
sewing jet beads and spangles on
strong black lace or net. Lace fs
easier to work with, because, in this
case, the outlines or the design are
followed. II plain net is used, a pat
tern traced on paper is usually placed
on the net and the beads put on by
this guide. These bands, when COM
plete, can be used for insertion, pas
sementerie or can be even made into
waists or entire dresses for evening
II there is enough of them. Jetted
belts are also very pretty made in this
way. A jetted lace dress, II the Jet
be of good quality, is one of the safest
investments for lady of limited
means who goes out socially a good
deal. 1t will last and look handsome
for several years at the very least,
and 1t can be worn over black, white
or colored lining.-McCall's Maya.
zine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Ten Chances to One For the Baby.

Ten Chances to One For the Baby.
"A century ago the anxious parent
of the newborn babe had good reason
to be uneasy" says DR.. Woods Hutch
inson, in writing on "The Irrepressi-
BILE Tendency of Babies to Grow Up y
in the Woman's Home Companion.
"That was still the age of dirt and
huge infant mortality.
LESS than half the children born
lived to be FIVE years old--in London,
in 1850, 74.5 per cent. dfed-and
more than one-third perished in the
first year. Now such condition is
rapidly disappearing, and remains
only In our slum and most ignorant
peasant communities.
To-day the average mortality in
the first five years of child life in
the entire United States is less than
twenty per cent The mortality for
the first year, about ten per cent, and
eliminating the slums and our for
eign population, the rate is nearly
three per cent. lower yet. So that
your baby, gentle reader, has ten
chances to one OF reaching his first
birthday, five to one of reaching his
fifth, and three to one of attaining
adult life. Surely this is not an out
look to Justify serious worry or con-
stant anxiety for fear that something
dreadful will happen"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
HOW CAMPHOR is MADE.
Simple Method by Which the Oil il
Extracted From the Wood.

Extracted from the WOOC.
"To make camphor," said re.
turned traveller, "you put in chips
at one hole and out of another hole
you draw the crude product in coarse
white grains, like salt.
Wherever camphor trees grow
you will find camphor distilleries.
They are low buildings of mud brick
and their odor is so aromatic that
it can be detected two miles off.
in each building there are a
dozen fires. On each fire is kettle
of boiling water, with perforated
lid. Fitted to the top of this kettle
is an iron cylinder, filled with cam
phor chips of the size Of your little
finger. Fitted to the top of the cylin-
der is an empty inverted jar.
There is your whole apparatus
a simple thing, which works simply.
The steam of the boiling water pass
ing up through the cylinder extracts
from the camphor wood its oil. This
oil, mounting still upward with the
steam, settles like brine on the sides
of the inverted jar at the top. This
brine, when the fire goes out, dries
into a substance like frost or snow.
White and aromatic, the frostlike
substance is the crude camphor. 1t
is scraped off the sides Of the jar
and refined and pressed into those
attractive balls and cubes that you
buy at a high price everywhere. 7"
louisville Courier-Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Ruskin and Master Dollars.

't
Miss L. E. Stearns. in her lecture on
the aThankless Child" pleaded for
children to have time to be children.
II know of Milwaukee mother
who was surprised lately to find that
at birthday party which her daugh-
ter Ca child OF eighty had attended
two liyeried pages stood at the door
to receive the gifts the children
brought.
The same little girl who was
hostess at the party, when in formal
mood, is apt to go to call upon some
child Of her own age in her mothers
carriage, accompanied by footman
and driver, and when she arrives, pre-
sents her visiting card before seeing
her friend.
Miss Stearns compared this compli-
Gated existence with that Of the great
John Ruskin, who had but four toys
during his entire childhood, but who
spent many enraptured hours With
these, and he attributed his taste for
architecture to the fact Of his blocks,
one of the toys, having interested him
in building at SO ea<sg an age IL
yRukee Free Press,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Japanese Woman's Clothes.

"A Kobe newspaper gives the cost of
the wearing apparel of Japanese
woman of fashion. She wears $3.50
worth of clothing under her kimono,
which costs $25. The obi costs an
other $25. Numerous tying para
phernalia sum up to $3.50, and a
set of footgear amounts to So. Combs
and hairpins, ornamented with gems.
cost $245; shawl, $3.50; diamond
neck clasp, $3.50; handkerchiefs,
twenty-five cents each; gold watch,
$150-about 1913 in all for season.
A middle Gloss woman wears about
$3.50 worth of clothing each year.
Montreal Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Picture Styles.

The picture styles are prominent
in the fashionable wardrobe and the
picture wraps and coats are particu-
larly attractive. There is a velvet
shoulder cape which has caught the
passing fancy because of its beauty
and convenience. 1t is made with
long ends hanging down the front of
the gown, while the back comes only
to the waist line. There are no
sleeves, but the arms are thrust
through shawl-like pieces which fall
from the neck something in dolman
fashion. Large, handsome ornaments
fasten the front. This picture gar
ment can be worn day or evening.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Keeping O Cook.

What are you laughing at?"
grumbled Carleton G. Crane, all in
one word, as he Strengthened up. red
in the face, with handful of clear
ing house certificates recovered in
fragments from the New York Cen
tral waste-basket, into which he had
cast them, thinking they were cigar
coupons.
"Not at you," chcukled John A..
Gill, soothingly. This letter here's
from an old friend of mine, Captain
Hutchinson, an Englishman living
down at Lindsay, near Porterville.
He's the man that planted the first
orange seed that raised the first
orange blossoms for the first mar
riage ceremony ever performed at
Lindsay. Listen to this:
leave my Chinese cook. All Lui,
his regular check for fifty dollars.
He took it to the bank. All they'd
give him was five dollars in cash, rest
in certificates. He came back, threat
ened to throw up his job; fine cook,
too; had him a long time.
"'"All lite, no go, you make me
one check five hun dollar.
a.ssFive hundred dollars, All Lui!'
j exclaimed. II can't afford any such
prices as that"
.''.No affiod. takee CHECK five
hun dollar, blank he pey me fifty
dollar all same he play me five dollar
one fiifty-dollar CHECK"
so he handed me back the five
dollars and the certificates, and !
wrote him q check for five hundred
dollars and telephoned an explana-
tion to the bank. Ah Lui got his
fisty dollars in cash, and he's still
cooking for us.'"-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
CHAPTER XVII.
THE SEARCH.

Then the advertisements begun,
They did not appear, this time, in
dark tunnels and on inaccessible parks,
but were duly displayed in the second
column of the Times, and In the
"agony' columns of the Standard,
News, Telegraph, Post and Chronicle.
James was now honestly anxious In
his own interests that the girl should
be found. He was satisfied that Tom
would ask no nasty questions when
the statement of his affairs was pre-
sented to him, and there was a great
difference between handing over the
trust TO the heirs of Miss Willoughby,
deceased, and retaining the papers and
acting as the family solicitor for Kath-
arine after she was found. This, to-
gether with the indirect methods, SO
to speak, which he had already pro-
posed to his wife, seemed to be a nat
ural and easy way out Of the mess.
But every day, as this young man con-
templated the pile of papers connected
with the estate, he cursed the luck that
brought his cousin home again: And
every day when he went they
remained at Russell square, but the
establishment was reduced to one mis-
erable old woman, and there was no
more dinner parties Harriet received
him with gloomy looks and sullen
speech. AS If 1t was his fault that
Tom had returned! He put this to her,
but she made no reply, except by that
kind OF look which makes a husband
at once wratllful and small.
The advertisement began. Before
long the whole country knew that one
Katharine CapeI, aged twenty-one, had
disappeared; that when she was last
seen she had OIL black jacket, black
wooden dress, a hat trimmed with black
velvet, and gray kerchief round her
neck; that she was five feet in height,
and light curling hair, regular features
and gray eyes; and that she was ac-
companied by a young lady, also miss
ing, named Lily Doran, Of dark com
plexion, dressed In brown serge, with a
black jacket and a red handkerchief.
Yet the whole country combined was
unable to produce either Of tlies eng
.NII
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
CHAPTER XVI.
Continued.

He was at the same time thinking
how this new turn Of affairs suited his
own line Of action, in very delicate
situation. Fortunately he had told no
one but Harriet of his own discovery.
It now seemed as If nothing could fall
out better. OF course the girl would
be found Immediately - probably
through his own agency he would be
the benefactor; that would create q
bond of gratitude and friendship.
"It may be true" he repeated. "What
kind of a man was this Mr.. Capel, or
Willoughby, if that was his name"
"A a tall man who had once beer,
handsome and was still good-looking;
about fifty-six years of age; with
aquiline features, and eyes very clear
and keen; he used to dye his hair,
which was brown"
James Rolfe rang a bell. One of the
clerks came in.
'Will you tell this gentleman" he
said, ''what sort Of man to look at was
Captain Willoughby--you know-the
man who came once quarter to draw
his money!"
The clerk described him almost in the
same words as those used by Tom.
"The description corresponds" said
the lawyer, with the astuteness of his
profession, which never fails to per-
ceive that things which are equal to
the same thing are equal to each other,
and that two and two make four. Il
remember him quite well, and I rec
ognize in your description the man
who used to come here for his money.
But I wanted the corroboration OF
second witness. Upon my word, Tom,
I begin to think you must be right.
Remember that we could find no rela-
tions to Mr.. Capel; and when l adver-
tised for the heirs Of Captain Henry
Willoughby, We got no answer, be-
cause, as we know pretty well. MS
own family have long since cut him
off. believe, Tom. that you are right.
In that case-lucky dog!-the inherit
ance will be yours after ALL"
"Katharine's, you mean."
"The same thing, my dear boy, IN
spite of the Married Women's Poverty
Act; Just the same thing. Well, I'd
ask you home, but Harriet, who is a
woman of highly sensitive nature
she used to see your ghost at night
when you were first reported as killed
has become so touched with thankful
ness at your safety that do not think
it would be wise to bring you home
without first preparing her." lie
thought of the moonlight dagger scene,
and was afraid. "After you went away
I therefore took temporary possession
of the house in Russell square. l hope
you approve?"
"Oh, yes! Why not? Somebody must
live there, and why not you? Besides,
1t is not my property"
"Well, Tom, we don't know yet. Be
sides, you gave me power Of attorney,
and of course I have been administer
ing the estate. But l should not like
to do anything without your knowledge
and approval"
oh, James! and the cellar of wine!
and the jewels, and the old silver mugs
and the books and the pictures!
Find my Katharine-only find my
Katharine, Jem."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
The FIRST Stitch.

A curious distinction belongs to
Miss Elizabeth M Kilbourne, Of Win
sted, Conn. She claims to be the
first woman who ever took stitch
on the sewing machine. She was for
merly a teacher In Hartford, where
she visited Elias Howe's shop and
was given a chance to try his new in
vention. He told her that she was
the first of her sex to use the machine
which has done SO much to relieve
the household toll Of woman.--Les-
lies Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
The Height of Queens.

Nearly all the sovereigns of Europe
are shorter than their consorts. Our
own King, for example, is not quite
as tall as Queen Alexandra, the
Kaiser is decidedly shorter than the
German Empress. Queen Amelia of
Portugal is a head taller than Don
Carlos, the King of Spain Is quite
half head shorter than Queen Vic
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
Tho Trouble with Carr.

II rather like your friend" Mrs.
page said, graciously, after Carr had
gone home. He is good looking and
agreeable, put you can't call him q
brilliant conyersationalist. The Law
ton girls talked all around him.
sUnfortunately,H replied Mr., F'ge,
4Carr cannot talk on a subject unless
he knows something about IT."
Youths compsnion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27

The French Government has adopt
ed method Of treating macadamized
roads with hot coal tar thinned with
about ten per cent. Of oil. The cost
is said to work out at about four
tenths OF penny per square yard.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27
sixty Million Comics Sold.

The publishers say that nearly 60,-
100000 comic valentines are sold
yearly, the bulk Of them being dis
posed Of in this coxxtry.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27

The viceroy at Canton has sane
toned the installation of wireless
telegraphy In the various parts Of
that city. A wireless telegraphy
school Is to be opened.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-27

Ellie Metchnikoff. of the Pasteur
Institute, needs more chimpanzees.
They are quoted at $3.50 each, and
are scarce at that price. Professor
Metchnikoff needs them for his ap-
pendicitis experiments. as he fancies
he IL on the track of the appendicitis
germ. The chmpanzees must suffer
in the cause of science, II he can get
them.
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pendicitis experiments, as he fancies
he IL on the track of the appendicitis
germ. The chmpanzees must suffer
In the cause of science, II he can get
them.
According to contemporary,
brick which contains sixty per cent.
or more of silica expands on heating.
but brick containing fifty-three per
cent. or less of silica contracts at tenn
peratures above 5000 degrees F.. On
this account, If high silica brick is
used in lining cupola, there should
be layer of sand between the shell
and the brick in order to make an
elastic lining.
Experiments made by Professor
Frederic Bordas, of Paris, showed
that quartz and flint were tinted rose
color by the action of radium, that
uncolored corundum was tinted bright
yellow and that pale rubies had been
frightened. The experiments showed
that oxygen of the air was not af-
fected by the action of radium.
Weight being simply the assertion
of the force Of gravity, and this
force acting according to mass and
distance it follows that pound is
not always pound. On the moon
a pound of lead would weigh far less
than pound, while on Jupiter or the
sun 1t would weigh far more, since
the force of gravity is much less on
the moon, and much more on Jupiter
and the sun, than 1t Is on the earth.
Hence, weight is relative thing, de-
pending upon position and the other
things about it. AS the portions Of
matter are always changing their po-
sitions, it follows that the weight Of
a given mass of matter never re-
mains constant for two successive
seconds.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
D0RMIT0RY Is NOW
NEARING COMPLETION

The dormitory that is being
built by the Baptist college i'll
Alamogordo, is rapidly approach
ing completion.
The stone work, of which the
entire building is constructed is
completed and the carpenters
will now begin putting on the
roof, laying floors, etc.
Frank Falcone, who had the
contract for all of the stone work
has completed his contract and
all Of the work has been accept
ed and paid for.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
CHANGE IN
DESERT LAND LAW

The following is a concise
statement in regard to the new
desert land law, as taken from
the newspapers:
By act of congress and in
structions just received, second
desert land entries may be made
under the same conditions gov
erning second homestead entries
which are governed by the act of
Feb. 5, 1908.
Desert entries can no longer
be made on unsurveyed lands,
but where a claimant has settled
upon land and begun its reclama-
tion by means Of irrigation, prior
to its survey, such claimant is
awarded the preference right OF
entry for ninety days after the
filing Of the official plat in the
land office, the same as in home
stead cases. Heretofore desert
entries could not be assigned in
part, but this cannot be done.
provided the assignee is qualified
the same as though he was max.
ing an original entry.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
AMENDED MAP OF
ALAMO TO BE FILEI

Next week the Improvement
company will file with the coun y
commissioners a slightly revised
map of Alamogordo the revision
being necessitated by the fact
shat Florida avenue from Tenth
to Eighteenth street was not
accurately laid out originally.
The amended map will alsC
show the subdivision Of the large
vract OF land formerly used as
golf links. This tract being di-
vided into acre ira IT'S with sew
eral streets passing through the
forty-acre area. When this
property is placed upon the mar
ket for sale there will be an eX-
cellent opportunity for invest
ment for the wise ones who can
see any distance into Il stone
wall.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
BETTER STREETS
AND ROADS

Our newly appointed road
commissioner, w. X. Edison, has
commenced to show what can be
accomplished by simply using
good business judgment in hand.
ling the road question.
One of the first things done
was to purchase three modern
and very effective road grading
machines which will be used in
the 3 road districts. Work has
been commenced on the streets
of AlamogordO by using the
grading machine to remove those
Insightly ridges of earth whicI
we're formed on both sides Of the
streets by earth taken from the
irrigation bitches. This one
improvement adds wonderfully
to the general appearance of the
streets, and if the property own,
ers would only clean up in front
# their places from the lot lines
to the street, the effect would
be even more startling.
Every road will be put in good
shape and before long Alamo
gordo and vicinity will have
real roads.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
o B TT U A r Y.

MIS-. Emily Schofeld died
Wednesday, May 13, at her home
on the Penasco. Deceased was
"A years of age and is survived
by her husband and two sons.
one Of whom arrived from Mis-
souri, recently and attended her
last hours. Funeral services
were conducted by the pastor at
the NJ. E. church and the body
was laid to rest in the Alamo
gordO cemetery Friday morning.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
DANGER FOR OUR
CANTALOUPE CROP

While there is not the slight
est doubt about the quality and
flavor of the cantaloupes thai
can be raised in the AlamogOrdo
valley, there is an actual danger
of spelling the flavor of the mel
ons unless precautions are taken
to prevent such conditions. The
planting and growing of the
common musk melon or the
pumpkins in the vicinity of
cantaloupe crop will absolutely
ruin the delicate flavor of tn
cantaloupe. This condition is
brought about by the bees car
rying the pollen from the BIOS
SONS of the pumpkin and musk
melon to the blossoms of the
cantaloupe, the mixture proving
rulnous to the cantaloupes.
We learn from relia bic source
that in the Rocky Ford distric,
of Colorado the cantaloupe grow.
ers maintain a regular patro
system to prevent the planting
of either pumpkins Or common
musk melons within a dangerou.
or infectious distance.
This precaution may seem
severe and unreasonable, but il
Alamogordo is to succeed in es-
tablishing the reputation fol
unusually fine cantaloupes, steps
should be taken by the melon
growers association to prevent
a failure from so small a cause
as just explained.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
SMALL FARMS ARE
PROVING POPULAR

The proof that small farms are
actually more productive and in
greater demand than large tracts
is proven by the number of sales
of this type of place i'm the past
six months.
The Improvement company
has sold many of their one, two
and five acre tracts, and recently
NJ. II. Fisher decided to- sub
divide his 100 acre place east of
the cemetery and on The edge of
Alamogord0. Since placing this
property ON the market about
two weeks ago, Mr.. Fisher has
disposed Of II tracts of ten acres
each with a strong inquiry for
more property Of like character.
Tie time will come, and with
i'll FIVE years, when the small
places with from one to ten acres
will produce more actual returns
and be worth more real money
chan any Of the 100 acre wastes
Of mesquite and cactus.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
MR.. TODD ADDRESSES
THE FARMERS

The Farmers society met at
2:3O p. m.. May 8. After the
reading of the minutes, Mr..
Todd, of Colorado, the melon ex-
pert, addressed the meeting dis
cussing the outlook for can
taloupe crop this season. Mr..
Todd stated that there was no
reason for discOuragement on the
part of the growers as the sea-
son is backward in other sec
tions as well as here.
Proposed amendments to the
constitution and bylaws of the
society were then read. These
will be voted on at the next
regular meeting, June 6. There
will be no meeting on May % as
Mr.. f. S. White, the Rock Island
agricultural expert will be pres
ent on May q and address a
meeting i'll the Business Mems
club rooms at 2:30 p. m.
All farmers and particularly
all members of the Farmers
society are urged to be present
at this meeting. May 81, at
2 80 p. IN.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
SUIT AGAINST
WATER WORKS co.

The taking of testimony will
be resumed on next Monday be-
fore Referee Roy Prentice in
the case of Hill and Shepherd
versus the Alamogordo Water
Works company.
This suit has been dragging
along for the past year and is
one i'll which Hill and Shepherd
seek to establish a fictitious
claim to a portion Of the water
OF the Alamo and Caballero
c0nNOns.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-05-16
FRUIT KILLED IN
NORTHERN PART

The following report of the re-
cent cold snap comes from Santa
Sc. 1t makes the people Of this
vicinity think more of the valley
chan ever before:
The heavy frost in the Santa
&c valley Sunday night has prac-
yically destroyed all prospects
or an early fruit season. The
,oss will be keenly felt not only
n financial way, but by
he scarcity of fruit the fruit
;rop having been totally de-
stroyed a year ago.
In an effort to protect at least
part OF the crop the fruit grow
ars built smudge fires but a sud
den shifting OF the wind blew
yhe smoke and heat in an op-
posite direction from the orchards
and a total loss Of the crops will
result. The temperature be-
yween midnight Saturday night
and Z O'Clock Sunday morning
registered as low as p degrees.