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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-07
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Colonial Laundry 90.
ONLY the best. We strive TO please
We launder anything. Phones 3909.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
Short and Sweet.

Perhaps one of the shortest court
shipS was lat Of an eminent juriSt.
He was on ais way to hold court in
town when lie met Il young woman
returning from market.
How deep Is the creek and what
did you get for your butter!" asked
the judge.
UP to the knee and ninepence." was
the answer as the girl walked on.
The judge pondered over the sensi-
bic brcvity of tn, reply. turned his
horse. rode back and overlook her
Il liked your answer just now.' he
said. "and like YOU. ! think you
would make good wife, viii you
marry me?"
She looked him over and said Yes"
"Then ge. up behind me. and we viii,
ride to town and be married"
She did sc, up behind. and they rode
to the courthouse and were made on,.
1t Is rec' rded that. brief though tue
courtship had been. the marriage prov
ed pre-eminently happy one
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
WIDTH CT A KIVII.r..
A Way to klcasure Il Without the Use
of Instruments.

A Way to sleasure Il Without tho Use
ot instruments.
1t Is neces AIRY to i.lake use only of
the eyes and the brim Of hat to
measure the width of any ordinary
stle..,n Or eyen Of good sized river
aIL here Is the way to do 1t:
Select par. II the river DanH where
the ground rum 'a'k ie,ei hehild
you and staL,.ii:g at the water edge
tx your eyes on the orlmsre bank
Now move your hat dUWa over your
brow until the edge OF the brim Is
exactly on II line with the water line
on the other side. This will give you
a visual angle that may be used on
any ieve! surface. and II. us has been
suggested. the ground Oh your side OF
lAe river be fiat you may "lLy Off
corresponding distance on Ii. To do
this you have only to held your head
Drrfe, tly steady, after getting the an
gle with your hat hrim. supporting
your chin with yonr hand il neces-
sary and turn slowly around until your
back Is toward the river Now, take
careful note Of wher" your hat brim
,nts the level surface Of the ground
ns you look over the latter. and from
where you stand to that point will be
the width of the river, Al di> tlnce that
may readily he measured y steppil g.
If You are careful in all these de-
tails you can come within few feet
0f the rivers width.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
+ arm ona
Garden
FIGHTING POTATO CANKER.

Canada Sends Warning Dreaded Eure.
psan seourgs Has Crossed Sea.
The serious potato blight known a.
'black scab." "warty disease" and ''po-
tatO canker." which has ravased the
potato fields Of Europe for thirteen
years. has appeared on the American
continent, In Newfoundland Farmers
In the United States are warned TO
look out for It and to make every ef-
fort to stamp 1t out at the first sign
Of its appearance The extraordinary
rapidity with which the potato canker
has spread over nenrly the whole OF
Europe and the virulence 0f the dis
ease combine to make the Canadian
department Of agriculture fearful lest
the infected seed. imported from across
the sea to Newfoundland. should find
its way southwark and give the canker
q foothold ON lower Canadian and
American soil.
This diSense. wherever 1t Ia permit
ted to establish itself. makes the sue.
cessful cultivation Of potatoes extreme
ly difficult There IL said to be no
hope Of saving crop that Is once at
tackled. Moreover. when q crop IL de-
stroyed bv this blight the ground re-
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
SENSE OF HEARING.
Sound Wavss and the Way They Act
Upon the Ears.

Sound Waves and the Way They Act
Upon the Ears.
The detection Of the direction Of a
sound by tlse sense Vt hearing is like
the rapid focusing VI the eye on oh-
jects at different distances. one 1t
those instin' tive operations which are
continually done without any conscious
method.
Sound waves traverse the air IN rip
pie, stir the water. and the ear by OK.
perience acquires some slight power of
detecting the direction In one case. as
the eye does with fur greater accuracy
In the other. Usually we unconscious
ly receive assistance from other senses
as well. Often we full to locate ut
once some hidden source OF sound.
such rs singing bird. and then our
instructive ingenuity displays Itself.
The intensity Of sound Is. Of course.
by no means SO great behind u screen
as In front Of 1t. and every one carries
with him the screen Of his own head.
which may prevent II particular sound
from being heard 80 well by one ear
as by the other. II. then, the head IL
turred until this inequality disappears
and both ears hear equally we'll we
know that We must be directly facing
or turned from the source Of sound.
and our previous rough Idea Of Its
whereabouts generally prompts us to
face II,
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
Wind and Temper.

There Is q closer connection between
wind and temper than ut first sight ap-
pears. 4 goldfish wind has a bracing
effect and. on the whole, Is beneficial.
In countries where hot winds occur
periodically. on the other hand. these
are regarded as nuisance. II not q
curse. Every one almost gets cross,
weary and done up and has d head
ache daily. In Egypt the season when
crimes are cOmmOnest IL when the hot
khamseen blows. Nearly always dur.
ing severe sirocco the Arabs In Al
geria were restless. II they did not at
tempt an actual rising. The solano.
which now and then rushes across the
Mediterranean In fiery blasts from
Africa. upsets every one In Spain and
Is the worst wind In that country.
And even In the Pearl OF the An.
TILES the fierce hot wind Is such
pest that 1t Is recorded Of family
living in Havana that they made 1t
rule In the household to preserve alb
sOlute silence until the wind disap.
peared. 1t was the only plan they
could think Of to avoid family quar-
rels.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
4 RARE COIN.
L 10 -caissd q -"Misstr,ks" and 10 Very
esldom sessn.


'See this penny got today at the
postofice." said the cashier. There
aren't five other pennies like 1t IN the
United States"
He handed out cent piece with the
die Impression half of the face Of the
coin and with big half moou Of
blank metal sho wing along one side.
"They call It misstrike." he con-
tinued. Perhaps once In lO.OOO.0OO
times the two little notche<l fingers on
the minting machines that grip the
blank disk aud draw 1t forward to the
die foil to spring away. In this case
the left hand hnger stuck and pushed
the coin halfway over the die. That
IL how the impression Is only half on
the disk.
"You can see the raised edge on the
blank portion Of the metal" the cash
ier went ON as he took up his pen. 1T
isn't everybody knows that each coin
goes under the dies twice The first
time 1t IL struck with a blank. dome
shaped set ~ dies to put an edge on
the disk. Then It gets the regular die
with the familiar head on 1t.
whats 1t worth? Oh. I'll say prob
ably $25 Or 80. zee it's been In cir
culation for nine years. lts a wonder
some coin collector hasn't nabbed 1t.
I'm going to keep 1t as a rarity
New York Times.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17

mains infected. SO that for at least
six years 1t Is impossible to grow q
crop Of potatoes.
Where the disease Is prevalent prac.
tically no healthy tubers will develop.
The tubers. when lifted. show signs Of
various degrees Of injury. Some ap-
pear on casual examination to bs
sound But the "eyes" Of the tubers
should be carefully examined. Those
are the places where the disease IL
first noticeable. The eyes Of affected
tubers show an abnormal development
Of the dormant shoot. A careful un'
trained observer can easily recognize
the presence Of the disease In this
stage. At the same time 1t Is In this
condition that the disease IL most like
ly to escape detection and to he spread
BY means Of infected tubers used for
seed. In the earlier stages Of the dis.
ease the eyes will be found to be
slightly protruding In the form Of a
single or compound group Of small
nodules varying from the size Of
pins head to that Of a pea.
When grower finds his crop at.
tackled he may hesitate to destroy poe
tatoes which appear sound or but lit.
tie affected. although total destruction
would be the best means Of preventing
the spread OF the disease. yet those
tubers may be collected. boiled and
be fed to pigs. Under no circum-
stances should unboiled or decayed
potatoes be given as food, not only
because the feeding value ia sure to
be reduced. but mainly because the
spores are still capable Of terminating
after passing through the body Of an
animal. In removing the potatoes
from the field the greatest preeaution
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
I'M INNOCENT VICTIM.


The oriainat,..af. sqnssras Died -es =
= Broken Heart.
The grossest injury which Dickens
ever, inflicted on fellow being was
his. too accurate portrait Of an Juno
cent man in his Squeers. That York
shire schoolmasters were. as u rule,
cruel and wicked enough 1t Is true. but
the particular, schoolmaster who was
recognized and who recognized him.
self as the original SQueers seems to
have been an exception to the rule.
1t will he remembered that Dickens
and his Illustrator Travelled together
to the north Of England for the pur-
pose Of collecting material for Mick
leby" and especially for the Dothe-
boys episode. AT Great Bridge they
visited boarding school known as
Bowes academy. The master, William
Shaw, received the strangers with
some hauteur and did not as much as
withdraw his eyes from the operation
Of penlnaking during the interview.
Phix sketched him In the act; Dick
ems described the act. The personal
pecularities Of William Shaw We're
recognized In Squeers. Shaw became
Il butt Of popular ridicule. lost his pu-
pills and finally died Of broken heart.
Yet there Is abundant evidence to
prove that he was really excellent
and kind hearted man. who was made
to suffer for the misdeeds Of his neigh
bors.-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
the STAGE DRINK.
Some Sarcastic comansnts Upon its
Terrific Potency.

Some Sarcastic coms,snts Upon Its
Terrific Potency.
What we have always noticed about
the stage drink is It's terrific potency.
That there are other points Of interest
in this thing we do not deny, and we
are inclined ts agree with a writer IN
one Of the weekly papers who says
that "our actors. even the best and
most experienced Of them, haven't the
,faintest notion OF how to drink nat
urally and with the air Of men who
are enjoying the process" And we
have frequently noted that curious un'
spillable quality in the musical comedy
drink. In this particular type OF po-
tation, which is set to music and
which we may call the gay drink. the
careless gestures Of the fagop holders
who do not actually drink until they
have waved the goblet upside down.
have been known to make strong and
thirsty galleryites burst into tears,
commingled with reproaches. When
falsely accused, Frederick suffers mo.
mentary attack Of depression and de-
cides to set out for territories exclu.
sively canine he pours into q small
liquor glass little very pale brandy
and. with a desperate cry OF frenzy
and despair, drinks 1t at one 60. Some
times 1t is half glass Of noncorporeal
claret. But the result is the same.
Falsely accused Frederick instantly
starts his Apache dance with the
grand pianoforte, and friends who be-
lieved In him, entering at that mo-
ment, say. Good heavens. he's drunk"
The drink Is potent. 1t cannot always
be case Of weakness Of head.-Lon-
don Glnha
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17

The Aetrsss Spoiled . Scene, but
sesthsd the Angry stsr.
There IL a pretty story Of Modjeska
and a new leading woman who was to
play the part Of Elizabeth tn schiller's
dreary play. MARY Stuart"
The new leading woman. who was
to assume the part Of the red haired
sovereign, was Z beautiful young per-
son whose acting experience had been
limited ID few seasons In modern So
ciety plays. On the night Of the first
performance in the most Important
scene Of the drama, where the captive
Mary confronts Elizabeth In Fotherin.
gay park, all was not well. The new
leading woman, wearing a wig for the
first time In her career and looking un-
comfortable in the high Elizabethan
rufr, was III at ease in the beginning,
and, losing one Of the chief words AID
thereby the meter from her opening
lines, she began to founder and soon
'dried up" completely.
This left Schil)er's unhappy Mary
standing IN the center Of the stage
waiting to be adequately insuited. But
Elisabeths mind was blank, madam
could see that, aud. jumping to her
last speech. the curtain was brought
down. Everybody on the stage was
distressed. But instantly the beautiful
young woman, disguised as the irate
IeIiva hath rushed to the stars side
and said:
Dear madam, l am so sorry, but you
know you do look so lovable IN this
part 1t was impossible for me to say
those terrible things to you"
For a second there was q mixed e1-
preston ON Modjeska's face, and then
she forgivingly patted the speakers
cheek and walked away.-Metropolitan
MaRazine.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17

1t Is not hard to understand why,
when a book makes you laugh. you
want to read It, and to read It over and
over again. But It is rather puzzling
to find that one also enjoys reading
and rereading books that make one
want to cry. What can there be In US
that likes to be made to feel unhappy?
In real life we don't try to do things
that will make US suffer-nOt at all!
But there are books that you cannot
think Of once you have read them
without tears coming to your eyes. and
yet you viii. find that you love those
books perhaps more than any others.
To feel deeply ia one Of the best
things in life. and there maybe lies
the explana lion Of why we do love
sad stories. They make us unhapp.'
In way. but they do not leave behind
any bitterness or sense Of personal
loss. And they usually have a special
beauty Of their oYn.-st. Nicholas.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
PLEA FOR THE TOAD.


-sdiana Eatsmelssist ssys Little Free.
Este Dad lnsssts.
B. W. Douglass. state entomo'eg1st
Tor Indiana, who IL the bitter foe OF
every insect that lives on the fruit ana
foliage Of the. state and the friend OF
every agent that tends to destroy sucn
pests, is out with plea to the farmers
and gardeners to protect the American
toad. or Mr.. Bufo Americana. to bs,
explicit. In making laws to protect
insect eating birds. observes MT. Doug
lass, no one has ever proposed to pre-.
vent legally the enthusiastic small
boy from killing as many toads as he
cares to. The plea will appear In the
annual report from the chronological
department. which has gone to the
state printer and which Mr.. Douglass
hopes to have In the hands Of large
number Of farmers and gardeners by
the time early. spring preparations be-
gin for the 1910 crops.
"As matter Of fact" says Mr..
Douglass. "the common toad does more
to rid our fields and gardens Of noxious
insects than many Of the feathered
songsters Of which we hear 80 much.
But simply that he Is ugly-emphatic-
ally and most Enthusiastically ugiy-the
toad has all manner Of defamation ana
libel heaped upon him.
"Early superstitions have charged the
toad with about all the vicious quail
ties possible for one creature to pos.
sess. Some Of these traditions, how
ever, are Of such nature a. to render
the toad an individual to be avoided
rather than to be sought and killed.
But In spite Of his ugliness the little
animal is about as harmless AZ any we
can find in our woods and fields. and
~ a destroyer Of insects his value has
been established beyond q doubt.
Ninety-eight per cent OF the food OF
the toad consists Of animal matter,
and Of this the greater part is injuri-
GUS insects"
Mr.. Douglass advances the idea that
farmers and gardeners should provide
artificial ponds or water places In their
OelUS Auu kdTucus WuciC tnc So"o Ah"y
breed. The little animal possesses the
home instinct and when taken from
the ponds or creeks and placed In
garden or field is likely to desert his
new quarters and return to the old.
To obviate this Mr.. Douglass believes
the gardeners and farmers should
provide breeding places in order to
make the fields and gardens the actual
home Of the toads.
In addition to the good which may
result from having the toads feel at
home In the fields and gardens. Mr..
Douglass sees another good In the
hatchery idea-that of robbing the
children OF their propensity for slay-
ing the toads whenever they find them.
He believes that the average boy. BY
watching the development Of the lit
tie animal through the tadpole stage
to that Of the adult toad, will soon
have a scientific interest in the toad
which will insure 1t life and prOtec-
ton. This protection. the entOmOlogist
observes. Is something the farmer and
gardener cannot afford to disregard In
these days of constant and rapid In.
crease Of insects which prey upon farm
and garden products.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
Discussed Hands Always Bad.

Here In u truth says a handwrit-
ing expert that is rs widespread as
the ether: A disguised hand always
tries to be poorer than the real hand.
That axiom Is great help to us ex'
perts For instance. when letter
done in disguised hand is brought to
us we always know that the writer OF
the letter is In higher station than
the hand would lead us to infer; hence
In our detective work we are able to
save much valuable time by eliminat-
ing all persons socially below the II"
pearance OF the letter and concentrat-
ing our attention on those only VINO
are above it,"
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
eneovrauinQ.

A Philadelphia clergyman tells OF
an inciden' In connection with his
first visit to town In Pennsylvania,
where he expected to be called as pas
tor.
While tramping along dusty road
he was 30 fortunate as to encounter u
man In wagon who gave him
lit. During the conversation that
ensued between the two the divine
ehanced to ask:
do the folks hereabOnt enjoy reli-
gion?"
II don't know exactly" replied his
companion. but l s'pOse that them
that has 1t enjoys It."
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17

should be taken to clean thoroughly
and disinfect ones boots and the farm
carts and Implements used.
The process Of disinfecting may be
carried out on boards laid on the field.
so that no reinfectiOn takes place ait
erward. The grower should then pro-
ceed to dig hole In the field and collect
all refuse from the vines and all dis
eased tubers. The potato straw should
be destroyed by fire, but the tubers.
being too wet to burn. may be dealt
with rs follows: The hole that has
been dug must be big enough to hold
all the tubers collected. 1t should then
be covered with layer six inches
deep Of gnslaked lime. then a portion
Of the t4bers may be thrown in and
covered by another layer Of unslaked
lime. and 40 on till the hole Is hhed.
The last layer should be formed. OF
course by the lime In this manner
the tubers are put out Of harms way.
Under no circumstances should seed
potatoes from diseased crop be used.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
No Beaaars In Copenhagen.

Copenhagen is city Of 10000 In
habitants. During weeks stay !
have seen no seller Of matches or
boot laces, no gutter merchant. no
blind or other aflicted persons about
the streets asking for aims-not one
single sign of distress due to poverty.
] have explored the artisans quarters
by day and late at night There Is not
u single spot in the whole Of Copen-
hagen that could be compared even re-
motely to the slums In our large
towns. The 9 are no unemployed hang
ing about the street corners. no un-
kempt women standing idly at the
doors. no ragged and dirty children
playing in the gutter. There are no
dirty houses, with dirty or broken
windows, mended with bits Of paper,
and a ragged apron or a torn bsdcloth
doing duty for curtain.-Denmark
Letter In London Express.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
BOTH WANTED TO KNOW.

But the. Beautiful Daughter Got the
Better Of the Contest.
Maria" said the choleric father Of
a beautiful daughter, who was th"t
young fool who called on you last
night and stayed until midnight? |
want to know at once"
"You shar know In due time" said
Maria. but first j want to know some
thing. Was he young fool simply
because he called on mef"
What
"Or was he young fool because be
thought me attractive enough to talk
to until midnight?'
Why
II suppose you think that any young
man who comes to this house at all Is
a young fool. but why?'
Now. see here
us II because there are so many
girls who have sensible fathers that
any young man who calls on the
daughter Of an III natured old curmud-
geon is young fool?"
"For goodness sake
But suppOse--(sob)-IO ought to-"
(gurgle)-be grateful - sob - becaus"
you didn't call him fool to his face
for coming to see me. l know 20"
despise me (bOo- hoo hOO). hut
But Maria was talking to space. The
choleric father had fed to the cyclone
cellur-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
Funny For Her.

A New England lad was intently
watching his aunt In the process Of
making pies and cake. He seemed
very much inclined to start a cOnver.
sation, an inclination, however, which
the aunt in no way encouraged. She
continued In silence to assemble the
ingredients of a mammoth cake.
"Tell me something funny, auntie,"
finally ventured the boy.
Don't bother me. Tommy" said the
aunt. How can l when ! am making
cakeY
"Oh, you might say, Tommy, have q
piece Of the pie I've just made That
would be funny for you."-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
profans History.

tOp.
"Weli. what IN 1t now? II It's fool.
ish question No. 9.897 Ill spank you
and put you to bed"
"NO. pop: just want to know what
Is prOfane history"
"Profane history. eh2 Weil-Hs-
It's just term to distinguish It from
sacred history"
But Why Is 1t called profaDe. pop"
"How the-that is how do ! kno :!
l suppose it-say. you know when lit
tie George Washington cut down his
fathers pet cherry treeF'
"Yes. pop"
"Well. what little Georgie's father
said to little George Is prOfane his
tory. should think you could get
your lessons without b0thering me
with your fool questions. York
Times,
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
|W,.F. & G. Ry Sthtdu|e

Schedule in effect Sunday, Sept. &C.
1909. This schedule is for the informa.
tion of the public, but is not guaranteed.
Leave Thurmont for Frederick and way
stations, week days, g. is and 8. AZ a. M,
2.45 and 6.25 p. m.
Saturdays only 7 80 p. m.
Leavn Frederick for Thurmont week
days, 7.O5 and 9.O5 a. m.. 130 and Ais
p. m.
Saturdays only 9.15 p. m.
Sunday Schedule.
Leave Frederick $50 a. m., arrive at
Thurmont 9.25 a. m.
Leave Thurmont ZOO a. M, arrive at
Frederick Z SIS a. m.
Leave Frederick 2. so p. M, arrive at
Fhurmont 3. as p. m.
Leave Thurmont l.3O p. m., arrive at
Frederick 2.25 p. m.
Leave Frederick 73O p. m. arrive at
rhurmont 825 p. m.
Leave Thurmont 625 p. M, arrive at
Fl ederek 7.2U p. m.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
The Thirtssnsr.

A nervous little man stepped briskly
into Euclid avenue Jewelry store
the other morning with medium
sized clock under his wing, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. He placed
the chronOineter on the counter. turn
ed the hands around to about one min-
ute Of 12 o'clock and told the expert
behind the counter to listen. 1T keeps
perfect time" the customer said. but
| want to find out II you notice any
thing wrong with the way II atrikes."
The jeweler listened. There's moth
ing wrong" lie replied. with grin.
after the clock had struck, except
that she strikes thirteen instead OF
twelve. That can easily be remedied."
The customer looked as relieved as II
he'd Just awakened from bad dream.
That's Just what I've always thought
ever since we've had the clock" he
burst forth. i've always felt sure 1t
struck thirteen. But no one else In the
family ever spoke Of 1t. and was
afraid to say anything about II for
fear there was something wrong with
my own works. Well, it's worth the
price OF having the thing repaired just
to ind out was right"
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-17
A Double Break.

Wife, saw Mr. Chacer this after
noon. and he looks very bad. What's
the matter with him-do you know!
Hubby-Componnd fracture. Wife
What sort of compound fracture?
Hubby-He's broke. and Miss Dough-
bag, discovering that fact. broke her
Inquirer.