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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
MODERN ROB|NH00D
Highwayman Gained Notorlety
in Pennsylvania.
chIvalrous Sort OF Robber Who Had
Good Qualities Enough to Keep
His Memory Green in Region
Where He Was Known.

In recent issue of your paper
and his lookout which Is Of great in
terest to me, as in my childhood Davie
was second only to Robin Hood in
our list Of heroes, Mary H. West
writes in the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
He was not a creature OF the imag-
nation, but veritable forest ranger
who waylaid and robbed travellers by
day and night His plan by night was
an ingenious one. He had a window
Of the kind then in use Of eight or ten
small panes Inside Of this he placed
lighted candle, and when a belated
traveller came by the window was
placed where one seeing 1t from the
road would think house was In
sight. AS the traveller approached the
window was moved back until he was
far enough from the highway to serve
the purpose Of the brigand when he
would be assaulted and robbed.
Davie Lewis was never a murderer
and In many ways resembled his
great English prototype. He never
robbed the very poor and allowed his
rich victims to retain enough money
TO pay innkeepers or other expenses.
Once he encountered Quaker mer,
chant whose ducats iingled and dan
gled in leather pouch suspended
from his belt. Davis demanded the
nd hn
huge blunderbuss and the Quaker was
without weapons the purse was oblis-
ingly thrown to the side OF the road.
But, alas for Davie! AS he stopped to-
pick It up the well trained horse OF
the merchant kicked him into the un-
derbrush and sped away, while the
discounted, limping highway picked
up the wallet to find 1t full Of nails,
broken pieces OF slate and other jim.
gly things
Once the sheriff OF Bedford county
(Which at that time included Somer.
set. Cambria and Blair, as WELD, had
sold out the household effects OF a
poor widow who was unable to pay
her taxes Davie heard Of her sad
plight promptly visited the officer at
his home, robbed him and restored the
money to the widow in an anonymous
manner
At last Davie was caught through
the treachery OF an accomplice and
lodged in the Bedford Jail He was
allowed to exercise In the jail yard,
where one day In broad daylight he
scaled the high wall dropped into an
unfrequented street and walked out OF
town before he was missed But he
was recaptured and paid the penalty
Of his crimes HANGING at that time
being the punishment.
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Brent INHERITANCE
Case Made Lawyer Famous and
Happy.
By HAROLD CARTER.

Eyes, the Brent case made me IA
mrus, | suppose" said the old lawyer
thoughtfully. "At any rate, l ain sure
that it was the foundation Of my for
tunes. Also, 1t gave me more real
happiness than any case | have under
taken. You see, young Mrs Brent
deserved the inheritance. If ever any
woman deserved one. She had actual
ly redeemed her husband, had made
a man of him-hut let me tell the
story in my own way.
"TheCdore Brent was one Of those
pompous, se,f-suili cient, heartless, and
withal scrupulously honest men whom
Massachusetts used to turn out IN the
middle of the last century-a sort or
transplanted survival of the John Bull
type. | believe 1t Is still flourishing
in the old country. He had two sons,
Ralph and Jack. Ralph inherited his
fathers business instincts and was
Slate for succession to the company
after the fathers death. Jack was
spendthrift, a wild young fellow, who
was dismissed from Harvard, drank,
gambled, and broke his fathers heart
what there was of it. Withal, he
had done nothing worthy Of being dis
inherited. However, his father sent
him west for five years to make man
of himself, failing success In which
operation the money was to go entire
ly to the elder brother.
when Jack Brent wrote home,
couple Of years later, that he was mar
ried to an actress the father, with the
old prejudice against the stage, wrote
back informing his younger son that
he had cut him out of his will for good
and all. He politely invited him to
go to the devil and told him never to
show his face In the east again.
Ralph was not quite SO quiet as his
father imagined. In fact, where Jack
was openhearted and open-handed.
Ralph was close-fisted and secretive,
and that was mainly the difference
between them. Jack had never had a
chance When old age softened the
old mans acerbity somewhat Ralph
began to initiate him into the pleas
ures of life. Among other things, he
inspired him with passion for motor
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
MORE TEACHERS NEEDED.

The national welfare depends on
agricultural prosperity; agriculture Il.
self Is daily becoming more and more
Of a science; and these two factors
reinforce the pressing demand for
more and better agricultural educae
ton among the rural population. But
where are the teachers Of agriculture
coming from? This question is raised
by A. G. Monahan, specialist in rural
education of the United States bureau
of education.
"At present nearly two thousand
high schools are teaching agriculture.
the course being taken by an aggre-
gate of some $4,000 pupils" says Mr..
Monahan. But in all these schools,
only a very few besides those giving
four-year courses In this subject have
instructors with a college or normal
school training in scientific agricul'
ture. while large percentage Of the
active teachers with this training
have had no training in psychology OF
pedagogy.
Probably no ono factor has had
greater influence In retarffng the
Introduction Of substantial courses IN
agriculture In all those higher schools
whose pupils are drawn in large num-
bers from farming districts than the
shortage Of properly qualified teaoht
ers."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21

of this sort of girl have sought the
stage as the easiest way to fame and
fortune.
So be it with the others, but not
Miss Natalie Siddons Randolph. AS
was intimated, she Is not an ordinary
girl
AS proof Of this, here are some of
the things she will have to give up
when she begins 'careerlng" as barn
stormer:
The social prerogatives OF debu'
tante Of last season.
An income of $4,000 year.
Her friends.
Her beautiful home.
Her maid and the personal services
to which she has been accustomed all
her life
Her automobiles and horses.
And the thousand and one thinga
the feminine mind craves-not over
looking the creations" of a French
chef
What Miss Randolph gains for her
sacrifice certainly has all the appear
ances Of mess Of pottage, or in the
language of the United States-a LEM
on. The greatest promise 80 far held
out tC her is that If she succeeds as
transformer" she will be given a
prominent part in one Of the Broad
way productions.
II she succeeds? Even II she does
In a large way, will it recompense her
for the toilsome path she first must
climb?
What she gives up as q debutanta
will be replaced by this:
Association with a company Of tai.
ent," probably OF the most mediocre
sort.
Work-and work Of the hardest
kind
Long Jumps" at night and often
in an i'll smelling day coach. at that.
Impossible hotels.
Still more impossible food
Rebukes from stage managers who
have long since forgotten the gentle
manners OF the ball room
And what VIII probably be hardest
Of all-"cuts" and sneers, the latter
not always yelled either, from those
who are constantly her companions on
the stage and for the most part OFF the
boards" as well.
Now, can any one doubt that Miss
Randolph heard the call OF the
STAGE
Miss Randolph is an exceptionally
pretty girl-her friends insist that
she was the "fairest bud Of all the
debutantes" of last season. She is the
ward Of Baron Henri Natalie, one OF
the few really wealthy mobiles OF
France her family name Is one of the
proudest either In Europe or America.
With an income Of $4,000 a year.
and all the luXuries that such an In.
come can command, she seemed to be
one of the happiest young persons In
the world. Sultors for her hand In
marriages are said to have been num-
bered by the score.
But she was not happy. She longed
for career"
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cars. A strange fancy in an old man
but we lawyers are used to these
strange streaks In human nature.
"They were on an automobile tour
when the accident occurred. The car
ran into a ditch somewhere along the
boundary between two states OF tue
middle west, and both men were killed.
Witnesses proved that the father died
instantly, while Ralph Brent lived just
ten minutes longer than his father.
THAT was where l came into the
story. For the will was SO drawn
that If the father died first all the
property-valued at about six millions
went to the son and his heirs. AS
there were no heirs this meant that
some distant relatives would inherit
it. If the elder son died first the Will
became null and void, and the prop
erty went to Jack, who was then
ranching in California. His wife had
made him successful man In small
way-but I wanted her to get the
money with all my heart. And | did
rot want it to 20 to the flock of vul.
lures who came out of the uttermost
parts of Massachusetts, greedily de-
manding their moiety. You see, had
sought out and found Mrs. Jack, and
her soft voice and gentle ways went
right into my heart, and stayed there.
And the thing that most astonished
me was that she did not seem to care
whether she got the money or not.
well, the case came up for trial.
Ferdinand Quipp, the famous legal
light, appeared for the claimants, and
the decision seemed inevitable. Wit
ress after witness swore that Ralph
Brent had survived his father by sew
eral minutes. l went home feeling
pretty blue the evening after the other
side had rested its case; and yet, the
harder thought, and the more hops-
less our chances seemed, the more l
determined that Mrs. Jack Brent
should get what ought to have been
coming to her.
I'VE had offered to compromise for
a quarter share, and our offer had
been most impolitely laughed at. The
claimants seemed sure Of their case,
as did Quipp, who bullied Mrs. Jack
numerically, dragged out her past
into the light. and called her design
Ing actress and worthless schemer-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
SIeeplessness Cures.

II you are troubled with sleepless.
ness, try one Of the following simple
remedies before going to doctor with
the plea that he give you something
to make you sleep:
Drink a glass of warm water before
going to bed instead of the usual glass
of cold water. Sip 1t slowly, and II pos.
sible eat a small biscuit or cracker
with it.
Avoid all mental exercise for at least
half an hour before retiring; allow the
brain to rest and become calm before
you attempt to sleep
Stand before an open window and
breathe deeply, inhaling through the
mouth and exhalihg through the nose;
then lie down and continue doing this
until sleep overtakes you.
Keep the eyeballs looking down, or
roll them from one side to the other,
counting each time they move.
This is the principle by which we
are told to count sheep leaping over
log. The sound of water dropping
slowly into pan or the ticking Of a
clock will occupy and quiet the brain,
and looking steadily at one object or
a point of light will bring the blessing
of sleep to weary, wakeful eyes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21

Martin Of Virginia.
The christening of the Proteus, the
twenty-second collier in the navy, was
marked by even more than the usual
formality attendant upon the compile
ton of vessels of this class because
Of Secretary Meyers recently an
nounced decision to perfect this
branch of the sea service and the i'm
Iportance with which naval officers
generally are beginning to surround
the despised supply ships Of the feet.
Upon the colliers, unarmed and un-
armored, depends the efficiency of the
big gray fighting ships which get the
credit for victories and, realizing this,
the navy department is endeavoring
to bring the coaling vessels to the
highest possible state Of perfection,
The vessel upon the bow Of which
Miss Martin broke the traditional bot
tie of champagne, is made of steel
and is equipped with the finest re-
cprocating engines in addition to two
masts for use In case of emergency.
She Is b22 feet In length, 81 in
breadth, has a hold SO feet 8 inches
deep, a draft of 27 feet 8 inches and
a displacement of 10000 tons. She
can carry 10000 tons Of coal in add
ton to 1000 tons for her own use.
Her contract price was $990,000.
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Cromwell Bible.

There was a Bible prepared at the
instance Of Thomas Cromwell. earl OF
Essex. In 1889, known as the Great
Bible, copy OF which would have
an undoubted value. One of his fol-
lowers Of Welsh descent, named VIII
liams. took the name OF his patron.
and served him as special agent IN
suppressing the monasteries A de-
scendant Of his, Oliver Cromwell, Of
historical memory was born in 1897,
and died in 1858. Our authorized
version Of the Bible appeared in 1911
There Is nothing to give special value
to an edition OF this version appear
ing In Cromwell's time. Ruling by
machinery is a comparatively late dis
covery, and in those days and for long
after the line dividing the two col
umns on a page was drawn by hand
Copies of Bibles of that age are by
no means uncommon.
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FOOD WE ALL USED TO HAVE
Remembrance Of Childhood Feasts
Spoiled Wealthy Mans Expensive
and WelI-Ordered Dinner.

Zona Gale, writing story called
zine, presents a broker named Casso-
day dining at his club in New York.
While he dimes, Cassoday is visited by
mental reincarnation Of himself
called Littlechild. The story then goes
on:
whats this?' said Littlechild over
the soup. Green turtle. But | remem-
ber the chicken soup we used to have
the day after mother had had boiled
chicken dinner and dumplings. What's
that? | don't know sole" The fish we
used to have was baked browner out
side and whittier inside, with no hot
gravy-oh. not like this at all. What's
that? Mother wouldn't have done any
filet tricks But can smell the roast
beef when she was th!ckening the
brown gravy just after she took the
pan out of the wood stove oven-dont
you know how we stopped to snifr
with every armful Of wood we brought
In? Endive? can't place it-you
know we used to run out and pick the
lettuce last thing before We sat down
at table-we got it from the shady part
of the patch toward the well-house.
Glace what? Yes, but don't you re-
member her apple puddings with Gin
namon in the sauce? Apples off the
Seeding that grew by the corn crib
"Cassoday pushed back his chair.
Il rfph iro'
waiter anxiously.
"'Devilsh right, thanks" said
Cassoday.
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Book Exercises for Voice Culture.

A student asks: Are books Of vo.
calizes really useful in voice culture?
That depends on how they are used.
A student might learn all the exer-
cjses of any book without benefiting
his voice. He would help his reading
and gain facility in phrasing, un-
doubtedly, but unless he applied his
knowledge of the use Of the voice to
them, he would not materially assist
his vocal growth. Some people think
that II they get book and sing its
exercises, they will cultivate the voice.
1t is a mistake. No amount Of such
singing will affect the result. The
voice should become well set In good
habits before any book Of vocalizes
Is taken up. Then the student should
apply his knowledge, and do 1t very
critically and carefully to each and
every phrase of the vocalizes
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
Profits In Forestry.

The Vanderbilt experiment in fores-
try near Ashevillle, N. c., seems to be
turning out very well. By sale made
of large timber on $4,000 acres of
mountain forest land at $12 an acre, or
$4,000, to Louis Carr and w. F.
Decker. George Vanderbilt will re-
ceive a profit of $68O,OO0 on an invest
ment of $4,000 made twenty years
ago when he bought this land at 81 an
acre. In addition to this he retains
the land itself and all timber under
fourteen inches in diameter. The pur-
chasers have twenty years in which to
remove the 250,000.000 feet of lumber
estimated to be on the tract. Mr. Van
derbilt retains about $4,000 acres i'm
mediately surrounding Biltmore house
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
Made Vegetable Plot of Grave.

In a churchyard in Dumbartonshire,
Scotland visitors attention was at
tracted recently to a grave on which
was growing a splendid crop of let
tuces. Being scandalized at the use
made of the sacred ground, he cleared
the lettuces away. 1t Is now stated
that the grave-digger had received
handsome gratuity to keep a certain
grave in order. SOW nice smelling
border and otherwise decorate 1t.
Knowing. however, that the friends of
the man whose remains were buried
in the grave had removed from the
district and were not likely to see 1t
for a considerable time, the grave-dig'
ger thought he might as we'll make
use of the good soil to rear vege-
tables and, therefore, he sowed the
lettuce seed.
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FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 1872
much to the delight OF the opposing

party.
! "As I've said, went home and
thought and thought and thought, and
at last-I don't knew why-I got out
my big map Of the United States and
pored over 1t. Then l got my state
map and pored over that. had hoped
to create some effect by the point
which I had noted"-namely, that the
two men had died In different states.
In fact the road was the dividing line,
Ralph Brent fell into one state and
the father in an adjoining one. But
that didn't seem of any particular
va!ue-merely curious.
81 dozed off In my chair-and sud
denly the significance of those maps
came to me In the middle of dream
in which Quipp and ! were fighting for
the possession of a ghostly carbureter,
which persisted In trying to get into
Quipp's pocket. l jumped up, yelling
like a madman.
"'Your Honor said, next day, the
defence VI bring forward no wits
nesses. We accept the contention
that the father died before the son.
But wish to point out that they died
in different states
Here | brought out map and
cross-examined few of the witnesses
of the other party. Nobody saw the
significance Of the event.
"'What is your point?' asked the
Judge impatently.
"'This,' | answered. These states
are divided on some maps by thin
line of red 1t does not run parallel
with any meridan--it Is a purely ar.
bitrary line, zigzagging from right to
left as men have drawn it. 1t signi.
fles that the standard time is one
hour later on one side Of the boundary
than on the other. So the father died
some fifty minutes after the SON.
"And the court went wild.
Eyes, | don't mind admitting that
we compromised rather than fight the
matter out In the higher courts. But
it was for half and half, not three
quarters and a quarter, | said that
this case was the foundation Of my
fortunes. didn't I? You see, after
Jack Brent died I-Oh pshaw! come
home to dinner and let me Introduce
you to my wife. But don't mention
the Brent case to her.
Copyright. 1912. by W. c. Chapman)
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21

Reports from Greytown, Weenen
and Curry's Post, Natal, describe cu-
rious phenomenon In the form OF a
daylight meteor which burst with q
loud explosion audible at places thirty
or forty miles apart The meteor.
which took the form Of a ball Of fire
hind was seen about two o'clock in
the afternoon, few days ago, The
sun was shining brightly at the time,
The meteor appeared to have fallen
close to Weenen. but no trace Of II
could be found when a search was
made of the locality.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
RICH SOCIETY GIRL TO
90 OUT TRANSFORMING
Miss Natalie Siddons Randolph, de-
butante of wealth, has determined up

on q stage ca
reer." And she will
start the aforesaid
career as a barn
stormer."
Now, all this
would arouse but
little comment il
Miss R an d O | p h
were an ordinary
girl, endowed with
but a modicum Of
good looks, less
money, and an ev'
cry day desire to
get on in the
world, Hundreds
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21

round the official
birth of his fight
ing ships, the col
lier Proteus, lat.
est and most
modern Of I h 9
auxiliaries of the
navy, slipped from
the stays at New
port News, Va,
the other day into
t h e waters of
Hampton Roads,
sponsored by Miss
Lucy Fay Martin,
daughter OF Sena-
tor Thomas 8.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-21
DAUGHTER OF VIRGINIA
SENATOR CHRISTENS SHIP

With all the ceremony with which
Uncle Sam is accustomed to sur
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TRESPASS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
not to trespass with dogs, guns, fishing
or cutting down of any timber upon my
mountain land, home place or the Will
hide place, or on any land belonging to
me wherever situated, as the Law will
be strictly enforced against such person
or persons.
MRS. CHARLES SHIPLEY.
july l6 If
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ORGANIZED Is 10.

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Home Insurers.
eb. Is Tyr.
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FREDERICK RAILROAD
ThurmOnt Division

Schedule In Effect October 27, 1912.