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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-05-27
MY FATHER WAS A SOLDIER.

MY FATHER WAS SoLDiER.
Well, boys, this is Memorial Day!
See! There they come,
With fife and drum
Led by a hero, silver gray,
Somehow I'm proud,
OF this grim crowd
Ny father was soldier.
Cant take the time to march," you say?
Pm sorry, boys.
You'll miss the joys
That fill my heart this sad, sweet May
Perhaps L. too,
Would feel as you,
Had not my father been soldier.
1.-THE cemetery road is long,"
But not as far
The wndings are.
AS once these brave men marched with song.
know it well,
I've heard them tell
NV father was soldier.
This spring day may be chill or hot
The heat and damp
Of trench and camp
Have ever been the soldiers lot.
If so, what then?
Let us be men
My father was soldier.
'Twould seem, think, to one who gave
This day to sport
OF any Sort
Like trampling on his fathers grave.
I'd feel it So
But then, you know,
My father was a soldier.
There dawns no holier day than this:
The very air
Breathes out prayer,
AS sacred as mothers kiss;
If as feel
I'd act, I'd knee
NV father was soldier.
How strange the world forgets so soon!
The nations night
Fades in the light
Of our resplendent prosp rous noon.
Eternal shame
On our fair fame
If we despise our blood bought boon!
1t seems not long ago, the day
His regiment
All hearts intent,
Marched, colors flying, down the way
Scarcely an eye
From tear was dry
He never asked if it would pay.
o boys! is not the flag the same?
Is not "Old Glory" still it's name?
Have patriot hearts now ceased to beat?
Is freedoms breath no longer sweet?
Are Shiloh, Henry, Donelson,
Antietam, Vcksburg which they won,
Mere names expressing only sound?
Is Lookout Mountains Handicapped crest
An idle fancy like the rest?
Is Gettysburg's dark crimson stream
The vision of summers dream?
No, boys the witnesses are here
The scar, the crutch, the deafened ear,
The empty sleeve, the sightless eye,
The memories that cannot die!
Beneath unnumbered hilocks, low,
Like sleeping comrades, row on row,
Yon hero dead in patience wait
Our coming, be it soon or late.
Wen strew their graves with rarest flowers,
Fresh springing as this love of ours.
Our country's flag within the sod
Wen plant, till sounds the trump of God.
o, boys, tits nought what others do
Long as | live
This day III give
To service for the men in blue!
My father was a soldier.
BY WILLIAM B. HORTON. Pr, D,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-05-27

REPoRT
/ THE CONDITION OF THE THuRMoNT
NATIONAL BANK, AT THURMoNT, IN
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
APRIL 20, 1909.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts ,....... $152, 254 IA
Overdrafts, secured and unse-
cufeu ................. Dol 10
u. 5. Bonds to secure circula-
ton. 49,. ........... 2l,25O 90
Premiums on U. S. Bonds. 400 90
Bonds, securities, etc........ 53,O3l 23
fixtures .............. $4,000 90
Due from National Banks,
mot reserve agents. ..... 1852 SO
agents. .'...:........ :. 1876 72
Checks and other cash items 1876 10
Notes of other National Banks $50 90
Fractional paper currency,
nckels and cents ... 16l SO
Lawful money reservoir bank
viz:
specie ..... 10, $40 10
Legal-tender notes Z4O w Is, 1886 Is
Redemption fund with u. S.
Treasurer Is per cent. of cir
culation) ........... 1862 so
Total. 1910. TO 20
LIABILITIES.
Capital. ..................... $25, 900 90
Surplus. 1880 90
Undivided profits, less expen-
ses and taxes paid. ... 4.40l So
National Bank notes outsrand
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1,000 90
ers ................... 3,279 "a
Dividends unpaid. ........ Is 90
individual deposits subject to
check ... 247, 449 O2
Certified checks ....... 800
Cashiers checks outstanding 80
Total 1910, TO 90
STATE OF MARYLAND, COUNTY OF FRED
ERICK, IS:
|, Jno. G. Jones, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief
JNO. G. JONES,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
LIST day of May 1909.
Grayson r. Shaffer,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
MORRIS A. BIRELY,
JOHN r. RouzER, Directors.
l.. S. BIREIY.
c. & P. Phone Thurmont paw
Md Phone-23 La
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
"sTUFF" UPSET PRETTY NURSE.
Makes Bed on the Floor Of Strange

Makes Bed on the Floor Of Strange
House Until the Police Arrive.
New York.-Miss Caroline Hillin, O
comely young nurse. staggered into
the residence Of William Jones, 1919
East Eleventh avenue, last evening.
sank to the floor and proceeded to
make herself comfortable and take a
nap. Thinking she was i'll, Jones
summoned physician, who pro-
nounced the case one Of too much
booze and advised that the police be
notified.
Captain Lee detailed Patrolman
Maxwell on the case. Maxwell learned
that Miss Hilin had been employed
at the home Of r. L. Gray. 118S Wash
ington street. He conducted her
there. but when Mrs. Gray saw her
condition admission to the house was
refused her. The officer then conduct
ed her to her own apartments at 1866
Sherman avenue. where he left her.
Miss Hillin explained that she was
sent by Mrs. Gray to obtain medicine
and while in the drug store took .
drink of something" which caused
her to become intoxicated. She did
not know the stun was Intoxicating.
she said.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Affinity Under Ban.
Law Maklbg II Felony for Married Persons to
Elope in Kansas.

Affinity" business will not be
popular in Kansas hereafter. 1t is
certain that the law making it a
felony will pass the Legislature,
and Governor Stubs has promised
to sign il.
1t makes it felony for a mar
ried woman to run away with an
other man, and vice versa. Even
temporary affinity" may be pun
ished with a Jail sentence. Any
man who deserts his wife or legiti-
mate child under ID years of age
will be guilty of a crime punishable
by Jail or penitentiary sentence.
The same punishment is to be met
ed out to a wife. If man refuses
to support his wife or child he
must go to Jail.
Another bill which seems certain
of passage provides that brides and
grooms must be subjected to strict
questioning by the probate Judge
before they are granted a license to
marry.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
The New Cabinet.

The following is the latest slate
or the cabinet of President Taft:
Secretary of State, Philander C..
Knox, oi Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury,
George M. Reynolds, of Illinois.
Secretary OF War, Luke e.
Wright, of Tennessee.
Attorney General, George W..
Nickersham, of New York.
Postmaster General, Frank H.
hitchcock, of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the Navy, George
ION. L. Meyer. of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the Interior, Rich.
rd A. Ballinger,, of Washington.
Secretary of Agriculture, James
wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and La
or. Charles Nagel, of Missouri.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
800 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
. last one dreaded disease that sci
nee has been able to cure in all its
tages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
.atarrh Cure is the only positive
ure now known to the medical
( ,aternity. Catarrh being con-
8 itutional disease, requires a con-
/; litutional treatment. Halls Ca
srrh Cure is taken internally, act.
1 ag directly upon the blood and
aucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation
IF the diaease. and giving the pa,
lent strength by beilding up the
constitution and assisting nature ir
soing its work. The proprietor.
ave SO much faith in its curative
overs that they offer One Hun
red Dollars for any case that i
ails to cure. Send for list of tes
imonials. Address;
:. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
>tipatipn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Three Weddings to Three Thousand
Girls.

In the February WOman's Hone
Companion Mrs. Anna Steese Rich
ardson shows conclusively that sue
cessful working girls do not marry,
Her conclusion has been reached
after fifteen years Of intimate con-
tact with working women, and
after very careful analysis of cou-
ditions. One investigation was in a
department store employing three
Thousand girls. Mrs. Richardson
asked the welfare secretary at the
store how many girls had resigned
to marry the past year. She bit her
pencil and thought few minutes
"Three. she announced finally.
Three girls out of three thousand
married in year! That store is no
haunt for Cupid, evidently.
well, what in the world do
your girls do?" / demanded.
DO? Why, we have, the smart
est girls II the country in this
stoce. Do? Why, didn't you hear
about Miss Blanks being made
bnyer for the underwear when Mr..
Jones died! And you know Miss
Smith is now head of the store
in Pittsburg. She is getting five
hundred more a year oEt there.
You remember that CIR, with the
gray eyes who used to help me-
Miss G.-well, she has taken a
course in philanthropy and is now
a charity investigator"
The welfare secretary was wax.
ing truly enthusiastic. "Yau see,
our girls,do things"
i Everything except marry
| Why don't theyImarry?"
| Because they don't wart to, u
snapped the secretary. "Any mar
would be glad to get one OF Jthem
d course
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
All Wood Trunks.

An all beechwood trunk is now
being offered in some OF the shops
with the assurance that it will posi-
lively withstand the rough usage of
much travel. These trunks come in
three sizes and they have rounded
corners, which are neither painted
nor fancifully decorated, but the
plain and heavy sections of wood are
finished naturally with more wood
braces and brass reinforcements.
Even the trays are of beechwood
overlaid on both sides with small
patterned linen in tan or gray. They
are comparatively light and look as
II they would stand good deal Of
hard wear and tear.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Newest Diamond DiaoInos.

Kimberley, South Africa.-At Chris.
tiana. little town in the Transvaal
an alluyisl deposit has been discov.
cred bearing diamonds, and the en-.
tire area has been staked out In
claims, which are granted by the gov
ernment, each fifty yards square. The
digging" for diamonds. which are
found In the surface deposits, is some
what similar to placer gold mining
There some three thousand diamond
miners, representing every national
ity, are living in huts and tents with
shetr families.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
GREAT FORTUNES ON TRIAL
schurman In His Speech Says Few
Rich Men viii Determine
Future LEGISLATION,
Future Legislation.


Omaha. Neb.-At the National Corn
Exposition Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman,
President of Cornell University, gave
an address on "the Problem of Great
Fortunes" The immense concert hall
of the exposition building was packed.
Colossal fortunes are on trial in
this country" said DR.. Schurman.
Whether and how far it is worth
while to encourage and protect them
is a question for the future. There
is fundamental fact which is apt to
be overlooked by radicals, though it
is essential to a Just consideration Of
the whole question. l allude to the
circumstance that, not only are great
fortunes usually safer in the hands
of the people who have made them
than in any other hands, but in obedi-
ence to economic laws they must be
employed in the maintenance of pro-
ductjve enterprises which benefit the
consuming public and pay wages to
employees as well as earn profits to the
owners.
Il believe that the conduct of few
mulfi-millionaires now living is likely
to determine the attitude and shape
the policy of the public toward the
phenomenon of colossal fortunes for
many years to come. II they use them
for the aggrandizement of family or
the consolidation of private interests.
we are likely to see attacks on the
existing laws of bequest. Nor will
these attacks be met by the state
ment-true though 1t is-that these
fortunes are engaged in productive
enterprises and are, therefore, bene-
fetal to the public. That would be
true whether ownership were central
lied or diffused. And the question be-
fore us is whether the ownership In
single hands of such vast fortunes Ia
a benefit or an injury to the Common
wealth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Bran Water a Cleaner.

Few people know how useful bran
is for cleaning. For painted and var
nished woodwork It is invaluable, re-
moving the dirt without destroying
the finish.
Colored goods, which usually fade
when washed, will not lose color if
washed in bran water. 1t is excel
lent as a scalp cleanser and is good
for the hair, making 1t glossy.
Used instead of soap 1t whitens
and softens the hands.
To prepare bran water, fill small
bag-an ordinary salt bag is ex-
cellent for this purpose-with bran,
place 1t in pail, cover with boiling
water, and 1t is ready for use.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Announcing Engagement.

A clever hostess announced the
the forthcoming nuptials of a young
daughter in the following manner:
The table was beautifully decorated
with a bank of white roses and as
paragus ferns in the center. while
suspended from the Chandelier was
a bisQue Cupid carrying small sill
yer dart. He was seemingly watch
ing the effect of his silver dart that
pierced two tiny white hearts i'm
bedded in the bank of roses, contain
Ing the names of the two young peo-
pie. likewise the date of the forth
coming nuptials. The best yet"
exclaimed an enthusiastic guest. "for
1t is simple pretty and nothing over
done about It,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04

Hon. w. T. Greasy, the new
master of the State Grange, has be-
come by virtue of his office editor
OF The Grange News. A. Nevin
Detrick, who was private secretary
to- Colonel w. F. Hill, former mas.
ter of the State Grange, has moved
back to his former home in Cham
bersburg, where he will continue
the management of The Grange
News. That publication had been
entered in the Huntingdon post
cffice and for six months past had
been mailed to its many thousands OF
subscribers from that point, but
henceiorth it will be mailed from
Chambersburg, where it is printed
by The Valley Spirit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
EVILS OF CITY LIFE.
Prof. c. r. Henderson Discusses
Morals in Large Communities.

Atlantic City. N. J.-Speakers at
the Joint session of the American
Economic and American Sociological
Associations agreed that city life was
detrimental to the welfare Of the
great majority Of people. and that the
effects Of city life upon the morals of
those who went to make up large com.
munities were bad. rather than good
None pointed this out more strongly
than did Professor Charles r. Hen.
'derson, of the University of Chicago.
He showed by statistics that disease
was more prevalent, proportionately,
in large communities. He said there
was SO much poverty, so much de.
graduation, so much vile and so much
disgusting disease. that 1t made the
question of marriage and child bear.
Ing one of the most serious and i'm.
portant of the age.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04

Considerable opposition has a.
risen to the hill in the Legislature
which proposes to increase the
marriage license fee to s.. What
prompted the !author of the bill to
take this step has not been ex-
planned. All that he has publicly
said on the question is that any
man ought to be willing to pay s.
for the privilege of getting married.
Most nlen pay mach more. There
are other expenses besides the
marriage license, as any one who
has been through the proceedings
knows very well. The modest fec
originally fixed for a marriage Ii.
cense was merely intended to cover
the cost of maintaining the neces.
sary bureau from which to issue
such licenses. The main purpose o.
the license act was to provide &
public record of all marriages
which in many ways is desirable
The present system answers that
purpose very well, and in most, i
not all, counties the present fee.
are sufficient to cover the cost O,
issuing licenses. Es.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
GOOD ADVICE;
Parents, do not Ridicule your Boy.
The February Success Contains an Article
Every Parent Should Read

The following taken from the
Success Magazine for February, is
reproduced here because it makes
some points that ought to go home
to hundreds of fathers and some
mothers, who thoughtlessly ridi-
cule the efforts of their boys. Ma
ny boy has gone to bed in tears
because his father denounced his
effort at playing the violin; made
fun of simple little composition
or story he wrote; discouraged his
attempt to make some little me-
chanical device, or threw wet
blanket on his dreams, laughing at
his prediction of what he would do
in the future. A man who has re-
Gently come into great prominence
in his profession says that when,
tremblingly, he told his father
what he wanted to be, he was told
that a padded cell was the only
place for a boy with such crazy
ideas, and that he was forced for
years to do that which God had
forbidden in every fiber of his be-
ing, and against which every drop
of blood in him protested. The
father who has made up his mind
that his son must continue his bu-
siness and keep his estate intact, is
not in position to decide on the
boys bent-his special aptitude.
He is prejudiced atthe very outset.
The reason why there are so many
mediocre men and women in the
world, and SO many failures, is be-
cause they never found their right
places. Everywhere we see men
and women, capable Of much better
things, who were discouraged and
diverted from their natural bent
when young. Their own families
did not take stock in them: they
laughed at their young ambitions,
and strangled their aspirations, Ell
ther by harsh treatment, or, what
is even worse, ridicule; and their
teachers did not understand them.
You cannot read the sealed mes
sage which God has wrapped up in
your boy or girl, and you should
regard it as sacred. You should
respect the dreams of future great
ness of your son, because the Gre.
ator may have intended him for "a
grand and far-reachiyz mission.
You cannot tell wha. is going on in
ais mind; you carmot tell what pos
sibilities are locked in his brain.
He may be perfectly conscious at
this moment that he was intended
Tor much higher place in the
world than you are occupying your
self, and to denOunce him, to scoff
It his dreams, to laugh at his pre-
1ictio-s for the future may be a
source OF great humiliation to you
'ome day. 1t may also work meal
'ulable anjury to your boy. A
housand times better strike him
With yorr hand than blast his hopes
~ ridicaile or by cruel, chilling,
utting wcrd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
The Peruna Almanac.

The druggists have already been
supplied with the Peruna almanac
for 1909. In addition to the regu-
lar astronomical matter usually fur
nished in almanacs, the articles on
astrology are very attractive &c
most people. The mental charac-
teristics of each sign are given with
faithful accuracy. A list of lucky
and unlucky days will be furnished
to those who have our almanacs,
free of charge. Address the Peru
ma Co., Columbus, o. at.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
NOTES FOR CARFAREs.
Minneapolis innovation VIII Save tke
PennIless from Walking.


Pennlless from Walking.
Minneapolis. Minn.-H you get on
a Minneapolis street car and find
that you are broke or have a $40 or
$40 bill that the conductor cannot
change .yon will not have to get of
and walk. No. indeed, the conductor
will merely give you a little slip Of
paper, which will be a note promising
to pay the street railway company the
amount Of your fare at the first op-
portunity.
Street car conductors were furnish.
ed with these slips, which read: "This
certifies that ! am indebted to the
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
five cents non-payment of fare.
promise to forward this amount i'm.
mediately to the office Of the com.
pany."
Passengers who persuade the con
ductors to trust them and then for
get to remit may be sued if the com
pany finds it needs the money.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
MOUNTED NURSES.
MAY BECOME A FEATURE OF
THE ENGLISH ARMY.

Trained to All the Arts of missing
To Bind Up Soldiers Wound aud
Ride with Him TO Hospital.
Army nursing may be revolution
lied as the result OF course of train
ing instituted at the North London
Riding School, where the Islington
Drill BSigade Girls Yeomanry, twen-
ty-five strong. is showing what
mounted horses could do in the field.
The innovation will be brought
unofiicially to the notice of the Brit
ish military department at the next
annual show of the navy and army,
and It is believed the army medical
corps will give the idea more than
passing consideration. The work of
the girls brigade is a revelation to
every army officer who witnesses it.
They are trained to all the arts of
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work
is to bind up the wounds of any sol
der found helpless in the field, hoist
him upon their horses and ride with
him to the field hospital. All this
they do in their regular drills with
surprising proficiency.
Army officers are already discuss
ing the practicability of the plan.
The most reasonable objection urged
is the question of being able to
mount nurses where every available
horse Is needed for fighting and
transport work. Most of the officers
admit that the women would be in
valuable If they could be equipped
and 80 maintained.
Admittedly ii would be out OF the
question to have such a mounted
nurse corps in desert fighting, such
as English troops are frequently re-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
A Homemade Dressing Table

A pretty dressing-table may be
made at home by using low, plain,
wooden table and screwing on the
top wooden lapboard. Cover the
top with dimity, chintz or muslin,
with ruche or lace founce> around
the edge. The legs OF the table may
be painted or stained. A looking
glass; should hang over the table.
Using the lapboard for top allows
one to sit close to the table.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04

1t has invariably been the great effort
of the Week edition of the New
York World to publish the news impair
TALLY in order that it may be an accurate
reporter of what has happened. 1t tells
the truth. irrespective of party, and for
that reason it has achieved a position
with the public unique among papers of
its class.
If you want the news as it really is,
subscribe to the Thrice a-Week edition
of the New York World, which comes to
you every other day except Sunday, and
is thus practically daily at the price of
a weekly.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only $I.oo
per year and this pays for 1856 papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper and
THE COLUMBIAN together for one year
for $I.6s.
The regular subscription price of the
two papeIs is $2.oo. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04
Trespass N Offices.

Gard signs mo Trespassine'' for
sale at this Office. They are print.
cd In accordance with the late act
OF 1903. Price S cents each, If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04

NURSE AND WOUNDED SOLDIER.
quired to engage in. but on Euro
pean battlehelds there Is no reason
why they could not be used to dis
tinct advantage.
Tho Islington brigade has been
ofacially invited to attend the next
military tournament. and 1t Is by
no means improbable that they may
ultimately be the nucleus Of similar
corps throughout the army.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-02-04

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