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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-21
Good Market for Flour.
TrOutville Items.

Mr.. Samuel Young and Miss Lettie and
Miss Norma Pittinger spent one after
noon last week with Mr.. Jesse Winpisler.
Mr.. Clifford Main and sister Of Middle
town spent last week with Mr.. Jesse
Winpigler and family.
MIR. Mlilard Philips and family of New
Midway, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Long of
Creagerstown spent last Tuesday with
Mr.. John Phillips and family.
Mr.. John Wnpigler and son of Freder-
lex visited his parents in this place.
Miss Wilma Trout of Mt. Pleasant spent
last week with her brother, MI. Cleve-
land Trout.
Insurance Agents Meet.
The Home Insurance Company of New
York will hold meeting of it's agents in
the State of Maryland at the Hotel Bel
vedere, Thursday, January 28lh, 1909.
The meeting will be addressed by the
officers of the Company, Geo. Whitelock,
General Counsel for the Company, Ed
ward B. Creighton, Secretary, Assoca-
ton of Fire Underwriters of the Mid lie
Dept and other we'll known speakers.
Following the meeting a banquet will
be rendered the representatives OF the
company, at which it is expected Govern
or Crothers and the Hon. Benjamin f.
Grouse, Insurance Commi ssioner OF Mary
land, will be present and speak. Albert
G. Hancock, State agent for the company
will welcome the agents.
The company's representative in Thur
mont, Senator John p. Il. Matthias, will
attend. Such meetings are prod tctve
of much benefit in the exchange OF views
relating to fire underwriting.
If you will take Foleys Orino Laxative
until the bowels become regular you will
not have to take purgatives constantly,
a; Foley's Orino Laxative positively cures
chronic constipation and sluggish liver.
Pleasant to take. DR.. Jas. X. Waters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-21

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A1oOrncy.nl.1H w.

Al0Orncy.Nt-s INV.
ATTORNEY for Thurmont National Bank.
At Thurmont Every Thursday.
Offices SEBoLD BLDG. Emmitsburg, Md.
Both &C. & P. Emmitsburg, 22-4.
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The oasis., 1909-03-27
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, !

l, Phil Herold, County Recorder in and for
Santa Cruz County, Territory OF Arizona, do
hereby certify that have compared the fore
going copy with the original articles of incor-
poration OF the BLACK DIAMOND COPPER
COMPANY, filed and recorded in my office ON
the 10th day of March, A. D. 1909, in Book
Volume Seven ~ OF Miscellaneous Records at
page--et seq, and that the same is full,
true and correct copy Of such original and OF
the whole thereof
WITNESS my hand and seal OF Office this 10th
day OF March, A. d. 1909
lsEALl PHIL HERoLD,
March l3-Aprll County Recorder
The oasis., 1909-03-27
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,

Before me, E. K Cumming, Notary Public
III and for the Territory of Arizona and County
John T. Roberts Jr. and S. +. Noon, known 10
me to be the persons whose names are sub
scribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purpose and consideration therein
expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this
10th day of March, A. D.. 1909
tSEALl. E. X. CUNNING.
Notary Public
Ny commission expires the 2nd day Of No.
yember, 1910.
The oasis., 1909-03-27

WILLING uiO llpO anu nave UOGu III
the local markets for some time.
The crop this year will be large
one and the quality is superfne.
Asparagus from the valley is an
other delicacy for which there is a
constant demand, and the supply
is becoming weekly more album
dant.
Tombstone Prospector: When
advices were received here that
Gov. Kibbey signed the substitute
of the Duffy anti-gambling bill,
construed to permit the playing of
cards for cigars or drinks, the card
tables about the saloons were again
busy scenes, and slough, temper
arily suppressed, is again in vogue
as of yore.
Graham Guardian: In addition
to the heavy settlement of the
Sulphur Springs valley between
CORTLAND and Douglas, including
in this stretch of fertile lands the
communities which have come in
from Globe, FL Paso, Georgia and
other places, there has been an un-
precedented rush of homesteaders
in the valley in the vicinity of
Wilcox, where six real estate men
have been busy filing for home
steaders at the rate of twenty-five
sections day for the past month.
Washington Dispatch: Delegate
Cameron introduced bills in the
house as follows: To erect public
buildings at Douglas, to cost $780,
600; at Globe to cost $125,000; and
at Nogales to cost 100000; grant
ing right of way over certain sec
tons of the Grand Canyon govern
ment reserve to the Grand Canyon
Scenic Railway Company; also a
bill authorizing the appointment of
a commission consisting of the
governor, secretary of the territory
and supervising engineer of the
reclamation service for the settle
ment of titles to certain school
lands in Arizona.
Copper Era: The entire roof OF
the skating rink building fell in
with crash Thursday morning
about $50 o'clock, under the heavy
weight of snow. 1t was fortunate,
indeed, that the roof fell when no
people were in the building. Had
it occurred during the evening, in
the midst of an entertainment, loss
of life and great injury would have
resulted. The building is the prop
erty of Paul Becker, who purchased
about two years ago at a cost of
$4,000 from syndicate Of Morenci
people. OF the purchase price Mr..
Becker said there is still outstand-
$1,000, making loss to him of
$10,500.
Bisbee Review: The city coun-
Gil met last night and signed the
contract with the United States
Pipe company for the pipe to be
used in the new fire protection
system that is to be installed as
soon as possible. The pipe is manu-
featured in Birmingham, Ala, and
when laid down here will cost be-
tween forty and fifty thousand
dollars. The representatives of the
E. P. & S. W. were at the meeting
last night, to further discuss the
routing of the pipe, but as the
council had already decided on the
method of shipment, no change
was made. One of the railroad
The oasis., 1909-03-27
ARIZONA NEWS.

Arizona Seminal: Yuma straw
berries are ripe and have been in
the local markets for some time.
The crop this year will be a large
one and the quality is superfne.
Asparagus from the valley is an
other delicacy for which there is a
constant demand, and the supply
is becoming weekly more album
dant.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
WHERE WOMEN LOSE CHARM.
Too Many Do Not Realize the Neces
sity for Maintaining a Pleasant
Expression.

A more than profitable way Of en-.
tertaining ones self while riding
down town of a morning is to scan
the faces OF the women passengers on
the other side of the car. At least
one-half of them have that tired, wor-
ried look. Watch them intently for
a minute or so and it will get on your
nerves. Then glance at the other WON
en-, whose expressions are pleasant.
Isn't it relief?
Just because those pleasant-looking
women are pleasant looking is no as
surance that they ought to look pleas
ant. For all you know, the woman at
the end of the car with the most Sc
rene expression is worrying about a
thing a thousand times more vital than
that which troubles the sour-faced
woman just across from you. One
woman has acquired the art of looking
pleasant and the other has not.
If woman only knew it, one of her
chief charms is placid, pleasing ex-
preston when her face is in repose.
The average woman finds it easy to
look pleasant when her shoes pinch
or an unreasonable pin is making its
presence felt; but she gives up in
despair If the cause of her unpleas
ant expression be mental worry
Philadelphia Evening Post.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
....ci THAT EL3 NO OWNER.
Strip Of Land in the South May Pos
sibiy BE Part Of the Realm of
England.

There is a strip of land of consider
able area lying between New Church
and Pomomoke City, Nd, that for
more than a century truly has been
called mo Mans Land" 1t is not
within the recollection of the oldest
resident Of Accomac county, Va, or
of Worcester county, Nd, that any
there any records of it in the courts
of either county. Even the question
as to which Of the two states the land
belongs to never has been considered
seriously.
Not a few OF the older residents
hold to the opinion that the land
does not even belong to the United
States, some Of them going so far
as to say that If it belongs to any
country at all it is England's, as the
mother country owned everything
down that way before the Declaration
Of Independence changed ownership
and they think 1t more than likely
that in dividing up Virginia and Mary
land overlooked mo Mans Land"
leaving ii out in the cold and making
of it miniature territory without
a ruler.
There are between 800 and 400
acres of virgin soil in the tract that
could be made to produce bumper
crops, but no one cultivates it, and
so far as is known to-day there is
no one who has any desire to do SO.
For some unaccountable reason it
does not appeal strongly to the farm
ers and truckers of this section and
they always take good care to steer
clear of the apparently hoodooed land.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
What a Girl Learns.

Katherine Eggleston complains in a
taught about mems work and not about
womens. Even in the kindergarten
they learn about Lincoln and Wash.
ington and even the pictures show the
lion and forget the lioness She
learns history in the high school with
all the brave ideals of men, and cour.
ageous women are completely ignored.
Then she learns carpentering, although
she may rot be able TO cook an egg,
and she knows all about higher math-
ematics, but is cheated by the butcher
She learns political economy. but does
not know who are members of the
local school board.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
JUST WENT ALONG AND LIVED
Aged Enelishman Can Give No Par
ticuIar Reason for Attaining the
Age of 1903 Years.

James Carne of ST. Columb Minor,
England is receiving congratulations
on the attainment of his 109d birth
day. which came this month, and is
giving advice to those who ask for it
on how 70 live to be a hundred AS
Mr.. Carne is still in possession of all
his faculties and attending to his
business as parish clerk of st. Columb
Minor, he speaks with authority, but
his rules are rather upsetting to mod
ern health theories. He eats just or
binary food, he says, and if he chews
it in any but the ordinary way he
doesn't mention it. He says nothing
about the virtues of sour milk, but
confesses to a drop of whisky grog"
for supper. But he cant bear smok.
ing" and doesn't believe in it. He
doesn't care for fruit, and even de-
clined to eat oranges when the doctor
ordered them, but he has always
taken plenty of fresh air and exer-
else. Mr.. Carne received endless con-
gratulations on his 103d birthday,
many being from people he didn't
know The prince of Wales sent him
a signed portrait, and Mr.. Carne sent
his own photograph to the prince.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

Implicit Obedience Everywhere AZ
corded the Issuance of an I'm
perial Rescript.

THE loyalty and implicit obedience
of the japanese to their government
is something far in excess of what we
understand by patriotism in America"
said w. r. Olney, a retired San Fran
cisco merchant according to the Bal.
timore American.
Not long since, while was in
Tokyo, an imperial rescript was issued
recitipg that the people were not
practicing frugality sufficiently and
directing everybody to be more care
full in the expenditure Of money. Now,
the Japanese never were an extrava-
CANT race, but just the contrary, and
yet on the publication of this paper
every mothers son of them began to
tighten up and In a little while the
decrease in buying was 80 marked
that the merchants made a big howl,
which got to those in authority-the
elder statesmeh-witht the result that
second rescript was proclaimed alb
rogating the former and telling the
faithful subjects of the mikado they
might use their money more literally.
This put matters back on the old foot.
ing ere much harm was done. 1t was
wonderful example of popular re-
spect and Difference to the will of
their sovereign"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Gold from Sunken Ships.

In the most boisterous part of
Mounts bay. and almost unapproach-
able except by sea, lies Dollar COVE,
where for the past three months a
treasure seeking expedition, sent down
by London syndicate, has been quiet
ly working, says the London Chron-
icle. The company of seekers some
three or four weeks ago suspended
operations in order to get more pow
erful pumps and gear. These are in
working order, and although the sal
vors have little to say about the mat.
ter, they appear TO be hopeful of sue
cess. In the year 1888 a Spanish ship
went ashore there with about 90 tons
of specie aboard.
Everybody who lives on the coast
is familiar with the appearance of the
dollars, as large numbers have been
washed up on the beach from time to
time Gold pieces are said to have
been discovered recently by people
walking on the beach
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Had No Use for Flowers.

A big box of peonies, roses and lilies
Of the valley had come to a New York
East side school through one of the
flower missions that do what they can
toward equalizing things between PEG.
pie who live where flowers grow and
the unlucky ones who don't. One of
the teachers was doing her best to dis.
tribute the blossoms fairly among the
grimy, eager little hands that reached
out ravenously for them. But there
was one mite of a child who seemed
quite Indifferent to the gift; she just
sat stolidly looking on while the 9th
ers gloated over the blossoms.
Don't you want some roses. An
nie?" the teacher asked her. Here S
a nice bunch"
\ pair of unresponsive eyes looked
up from the sharp little face, and the
frowsy head shook slowly.
Nom" she said. shortly, 81 don't
want no flowers. I amt dead"
She had never seen flowers used eY
cept at funerals, and that, she sup
posed, was what they were for.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
TRAPPING THE ELUSIVE FLEA
Bureau Of Entomology Claims to Have
Discovered Method Of Cireum.
venting the Pest.

The bureau of entomology of the de-
partment of agriculture in Washing
ton has hit on a plan to circumvent
the irritating little flea. According to
Van Norden's Magazine, the govern
ment has discovered a method by
which any housekeeper may rid her
self of fleas within a short time.
Fill glass three-fourths with va
ter, on top of which pour about an inch
of olive oil, then place a night float Ca
little wick inserted in a cardboard
disc or in a cork disc) in the center of
the oil. Place the tumbler in the CEN
ter of a soup plate filed with strong
soapsuds. The wick should be lighted
at night on retiring, or may be used
in any dark room. AS the soup plate
soapsuds trap is placed on the floor
of the room it does not interfere with
the sleeper, and the fieas which are on
the floor are attracted to the light
For outbuildings, such as barns, ETC.,
a large milk pan may be used, and in
stead of olive oil and a glass, a stable
lantern may be placed in the center of
the pan, while instead of soapsuds a
scum of kerosene may be put on the
water in the milk pan.
Pleas, like tramps,. dislike soap
suds. That's the secret.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

The Roman senate, said to have
originally been composed Of 100 mem
bers, was raised to 800 by Tarquinius
Priscus, to about coo by Sylla. about
81 B. C., and to 900 by julius Caesar
1t was reformed and reduced to coo
by Augustus, and gradually lost its
power and dignity under the emperors
The mere form existed in the reign OF
Justinian. A second senate formed
1T Constantinople by Constantine, re
tanned its office till the ninth century
5. p. Q. r. on the Roman standard
stood for "Senatus Populs que Ro
manus' Cthe Roman Senate and PEG
ple'). 4 senatus consultum was a law
enacted by the senate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
ASHES QUICKLY DISPOSED or
Ocean Liners Expel Them Through
Ships Bottom by Means Of Com
pressed Air.

The newest liners now dispose Of
their ashes by forcing them through
the bottom OF the hull by means of
compressed air. The old method of
hosting them and dumping them
overheard was disagreeable to the
passengers, and an attempted i'm.
provement by which they were mixed
with water and pumped overheard
vas equally so when the wind was
in the wrong quarter.
In the new "expeller" a hopper re.
ceives the ashes and clinkers and de-
livers them into a crusher, which
breaks up the large pieces. Below
this is a drum revolving in a water.
tight casing and open as it turns first
70 the crusher chamber and then to
the discharge pipe below. In order
to counterfeit the upward pressure OF
the water compressed air at about
70 pounds to the square inch is di
livered to the interior Of the ash
filled drum Just before its opening
comes opposite that in the discharge
pipe.
Thus the ashes are expelled with
such force that they are swept clear
of the bottom of the vessel. This
expeller will get rid of the ashes and
clinkers from forty-eight furnaces
under forced draught, amounting to
eight or ten tons an hour.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
ARE MARVELS OF ENDURANCE
Light Of Feats That Would Stag
ger Mule.

A carrier costs about 10 cents a day
in our money, with few red bananas
and green stuff thrown in for his food.
One will tote" load of sixty pounds
through a place where a Missouri
mule would lie down in disgust, &C.
cording to a writer in Putnams. Tot.
ing here means good many things.
The packers will follow an elephant
road, cut their way through flags and
reeds high above their heads, wade
through black mud up to their necks,
and when they squat" the bundle
from their heads it will be dry and
clean. There are man toters in the
cavavan. Mr.. Roosevelt is a rather
heavy weight, but the Baganda car.
riers have back muscles like iron that
will hold him above the water un.
aided, for they are among the strong.
est men in the world, and "Ndulu" is
the song in which they brag of their
ability to do Stunts" like this. II
Kermit takes a snapshot of his father
sitting OH the shoulders OF toter, his
legs astride his neck, it will probably
not be published, but this sort Of
thing is common enough in the
swamps.
Some funny things go into those
bundles. Not only food and clothing,
dishes, bedding, even stoves, but they
tie live goats and calves by their legs,
curve them like links of the letter 6
and make pack as snug as a blanket
roll.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
GIVE UP NICKELS By TOMS.
interesting Facts Brought Out Regard
ing System Of Rapid Transit
In New York

II each of the 1850, 100000 passen-
gers who rode on the surface cars
of Greater New York last year had
paid nickel there would be enough
coins to carpet Madison Square park
to the depths of an inch and half.
A column l ,035 miles in height could
be built out of the nickels if placed
one on top of another End to end
they would reach a distance of 10000
miles, a distance as great as that from
New York city to Shanghai, China.
These are among the many curious
facts regarding New York transit con-
ditions brought out by the graphic
chart prepared by d. l.. Turner, chief
inspector OF the public service COM
mission. Assuming that each passen-
ger paid five cents, the total would
be 100000, about $3.50 tons of
nickels.
The chart, arranged in half.mile
zones, shows that of 100000 pas
sengers boarding surface cars within
a given period within the half-mile
about the city hall 100000 were
bound for Brooklyn and 100000
went northward in Manhattan. This
did not include elevated and subway
travel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
PASSING of the Hostess.

The decay of the fine art of enter
tanning is much bemoaned by Lon
don paper Once no woman would
think of entertaining at any place but
in her own home. Now she goes to a
restaurant to save the trouble in the
home. Moreover, there was a time
when the hostess prided herself on
her own conversational powers and
upon her ability to draw out her
guests, who were generally chosen
with regard to some ability in this di
rection. Now nobody talks, but some
body sings or plays and the concert
or rhetorical entertainment has taken
the place of brilliant conversation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

From this time onward the sword
fish will live precarious life. for this
noon the first of the swordfish fleet
got away, the schooner Valentinna
which fitted out at T wharf. Another
schooner is slated to start tonight
and in few days a good sized fleet
will be patrolling the waters all the
way from Edgartown, Block island, on
the south, to Cape Shore on the north
The territory embraced is somewhat
more extensive than usual on account
of the backwardness of the season
This means that the fish are not get
ting into the more southernly waters
as early as customary. The swordfish
are harpooned, and many exciting con
tests have been waged between men
in dories and the fish with the sharp
point.-boston transcript.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
WORRY OF TIE DRUG CLERK
Curious Mania Some People HsVe TOT
Getting Medicine Prepared and
Not Taking 1t.

The woman left the prescription
and said she would call for the med
icine in half an hour.
III bet FIVE dollars she won't" said
the clerk. "She just looks like the
kind that gets medicine put up for
the fun of the thing"
II didn't suppose there was anybody
foolish enough to take her fun that
way" remarked the next customer.
"Oh! yes, there are such people, lots
OF Them" said the clerk. Seldom a
week passes that we do not put up a.
prescription that is never called for
Why in the world the people who thus
neglect their remedies after ordering
them compounded will go to the trou-
BILE and expense Of consulting doctor
is more than can figure out. II they
don't want to take the stuff prescribed
they certainly don't have to- but they
might at least have the grace to come
in and take it home after we have
gone to the trouble to prepare it, and
not throw it back a dead loss on our
hands. Why, I've got regular morgue
back there for the repose Of uncalled
for bottles of medicine. keep the
stuff indefinitely, hoping that in case
the customer has not been carried of
by sudden death she will show up
again some time and ask for the bot
tie. II happen to know the delin--
Quent's address / send 1t around G. o.
D., but people who make a practice Of
ordering medicine that they never in
tend to take are not apt to leave their
card with the druggist
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Worlds Oldest University

The University of oxford has the
honor of being the oldest of the
worlds great seats of learning. 1t is
supposed to have been founded by
King Alfred in S72. although the early
records Of the institution are not ex-
tant and the exact date of its founda-
ton is not known. 1t was not until
nearly 400 years later-1257-tha Ok
ford's rival. Cambridge university, was
founded. Meantime the University of
Paris had been established by King
Philip H., a distinguished patron of
learning for his time, in about 1900.
Harvard university is the oldest in
stitution of learning in the United
States, having been founded in 1886
at what was then NeWtown, Mass,
now Cambridge. William and Mary
college came near being the first in
this country. The initial steps for its
foundation were taken as early as
1917, but il was not until 1898 that a
charter was granted and the college
opened at Williamsburg. Va.
The first Of the public schools es.
tablished by legislation were in Mas
sachusetts, 1915, but the pioneer town
school was opened at Hartford about
three years earlier.