Catoctin clarion., 1911-03-16

the season of short fare and colo
nights.
Persons afflicted with tuberculosis
would do we'll to keep In mind the
curative power Of fresh air. whethe:
In the east. west. North or south Many
people of limited means might better
stay at home. using the precautions
they would take elsewhere OF sleeping
and living in the open air. In the mean
time enjoying the comforts Of home
than to go tn some far away. strange
place without means sufficient for real
needs. Still another class might aS
we'll stay AT home. those who have
money. but who go and live In stutTy
boarding houses In some large city,
keeping late hours and diSregardtng
the fundamental requirements OF
health with the expectation that ell
mate alone will work a cure. and that
without its being given a fair chance
Any farmer living near a railroad
track would do well to carry insur-
nnce on his stock. as he never can tell
on what day gate may be left open
and valuable stock be killed by pass
ing train We read Of farmer the
other day who lost four fine colts ut
one time In such manner While
the railroad can usually be made to
nav damages, they do not always Gov
er the loss.
1t IL a pretty sensible thing to steer
shy Of the fellow who Is dead anxious
to sell you something that is going to
fetch you health or wealth by short
cut and with the investment OF rela.
lively small amount of money. In nine
cases out Of ten he does not belong 10
the benefactor class ut all. but Ia
plain CRATER and eager to get his
hands on your hard earned money
At the national corn show held the
latter part Of January at Columbus.
O.. the first prize of 81 0OO for the best
ten ears OF corn exhibited was award
ed to ROY ClOre. a lad nineteen years
old, OF Franklin. Ind 1t will he re-
membered that his father. L. Is Clore.
won the championship prize In EE'7
and 1909 and was barred from com.
peting. but it Is fair assumption thnt
the boy had some OF the old gentle
mans seed corn ny well as the benefit
Of his many years Of experience
In serving as a Judge OF an exhibit
OF grains at farmers institute
short time since the writer weighed
sample of Swedish select oats that
tested forty-two pounds to the bushel
and two OF her samples OF white oats
that weighed forty pounds to the
bushel each Several samples of
wheat examined showed like plump
ness and soundncss OF berry. which
furnished proof that the heat moisture
conditions for the maturing or the
grain were as nearly ideal rs could be.
In the mining of gold and silver ut
Leadvile Colo. for years past little
attention has been paid to the thou
sands of tons OF oxides or other met
ais which have been cast aside as
worthless Lately. however, II has
been found that this waste contains a
very large per cent OF zinc oxide of
very high grade, while there are lit
orally millions of tons of II untouch-
ed in the neighborhood II is estimat-
ed that this newly realized source W
wealth will bring to Leadville more
revenue than was ever received for all
her silver and gold
To one who has made the rail trip
across the Utah deserts II seems i'm
possible that men from the more hn.
mid eastern states would have the
hardihood to locate there and under
take dry farming. and yet this IL ex-
actly what is being done As a result
the biz sheepmen who have herdrd
their focks on the mountains In the
summer months and In the winter on
the deserts. where they subsist on
sagebrlsh and cactus. contend that
this movement of settlers to the desert
means the ultimate extinction OF the
ETdZlllS DuSllcSS uS u uhS oSch hho"n
in years past.
Among the diseases which are
known to be caused by microbes are
tuberculosis. pneumonia. diphthera.
typhoid fever. lockjaw. blood poison.
ing. malaria. sleeping sickness. bubon'
ic plague. cholera. dysentery and cere-
bro-spinal meningitis. Other diseases
not yet proved to he caused by germs.
but believed by scientific men to he.
are scarlet fever. measles. yellow fe-
ver rabies and infantile paralysis. Or
all these maladies several have been
deprived of their former terror by
the serum treatment. chief among
them being diphtheria. for which the
antitoxin treatment is now given with
most gratifying results.
In a general way that type OF farm
ing has most to commend II from the
standpoint Of the welfare Of the soil
and the owner Of II In which tho
amount paid to railroads for transpor.
tation Of products Is reduced to mini.
mum. It IL because of this fact that
raising hogs. sheep and cattle Ia a bet
ter type Of farming than grain selling
and why butter production il better
than either With grain the value or
the shipment is from cent to cent
and N half a Mound with sfnrk z fO I'D