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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

Paul Mauser. inventor OF the rifle
OF that name, who has just entered
his seventy-fourth year, began work
as an unsalaried apprentice so years
ago In a small German arms and am
munition factory. He is now presi-
dent and chief proprietor OF the plant
In which he started his career. and
has the degree OF doctor OF engineer
ing from a dozen colleges and uni
versites, in addition to poss essing the
coveted German title Of privy coun-
cilor OF commerce. In honor OF the
sixtieth anniversary of his entering
the factory, ten government arsenal
workmen erected a monument in the
factory yard bearing In bronze relief
his portrait He was present at the
unwilling.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

Boom! A-a-ah! Princeton! Princetonl
Princeton!"
This ebulltion of spontaneous en-.
thusiasm in rapidly acceleratinS
tempo Is popularity supposed by New
Jersey undergraduates to be a correct
and lilelike imitation Of the Twentieth
Century Limited getting under way.
and Is known as the locomotive cheer
or "Old Nassau"
Mr.. McCombs Is the Princeton Alum
nj association. He Is the first, last.
and Anal expression Of graduate sen.
tment He Ia all Of these things and
more. And II you don't believe 1t. ask
Gov. Woodrow Wilson.
McCombs has been assisted in his
labors In behalf of Gov. Wilson BY
natural ability to Judge men and BY
the possession of unusual tact and
fnesse in approaching those whose sym.
pathies he desires to enlist. He has
been handicapped in his work as cam.
paign manager by reason Of the lack
OF funds at his disposal but has not
hesitated to call upon Princeton alum.
nj every where for financial assistance
wien 1t was sorely needed.
Thus the locomotive has been the
most valuable asset of Gov. Wilson's
canvass for delegates.
What. no." would calculate the ex.
rerienced accelerator Of alumni senti-
ment when Informed by his assistants
haf
Hand me list OF Princeton grad.
yates and send me stenographer."
Then for an hour Mr.. McCombs
would dictate letters Of appeal to mem.
ters OF the tribe of "Old Nassau"
which were calculated to wiring tears
from a wooden image. Can we stand
idly by and have |, said that Yale has
furnished a president of the United
States and Princeton has never found
tenant for the White House? Are
we to see Big Bill Taft. Yale rs, or
Teddy Roosevelt. Harvard. class OF
umpty-ump, fight each other to a stand.
still without mixing In with locomo-
tive cheer for Woodrow Wilson!
Never!"
Mr.. McCombs is only Sc years old.
having been born in the little town
OF Hamburg. Ashley county. Ark. on
December 26, 1875 He received his
early education in small, ungraded
country school and later prepared for
Princeton and the locomotive cheer
at the famous Webb school in Ten.
or cd
Princeton In 1898
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
New Idea in CoiorInu Maps.

Herr Freytag Of Vienna, has devised
certain improvements In the stereo-
scopic effect of relief maps by means
Of a color scheme The effect Is said
TO be we'll shown when square is
colored with the reds in the center
and the yellows, greens and blues
ranged outside the red In the order
named Such square appears to the
eve to be raised In the center. If the
order of the colors is reversed, the
central part of the square appears to
be depressed. In arranging the colors,
the tints are varied by careful gradu
alton and VIC. ut contrasts ara
avoided
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
BEST FORM OF DIET
Meat Eaters and vegetarians
Ride Their Hobbies.
french Writer Insists That Abstinence
From Flesh Food improves Ones
Resistance to Fatgue-Ex-
periments Made.

The recent experiments to discover
the effect of diet on physical endurance
are regarded by writer In the Revue
Scientifique as clearly indicating that
srtire or partial abstinence from meat
greatly improves ones resistance to
fatigue. He remarks that there is al
ways lively contest Oh between meat
eaters and veg tarians but all question
oil theory or self-appreciation apart, he
believes 1t Is interesting to inquire
whether fesh-eaters resist fatigue bet
tor than abstainers. He notes first a
series OF experiments made By our own
Prof Irving Fisher on healthy subjects
chosen from among both flesh-eaters
and vegetarians. showing that the lat
ter lesis fatigue much longer than the
Others, MS tact having been
duly established" he says. 1T remains
to Investigate the cause" He con.
tunes:
Or. A Haig thinks that this resist
ance is acquired by all those who give
up foods that are able to form
uric acid; for. according 10 him. 1t is
tE.s that causes fatigue. His the
cries have found both adherents and
opponents
According to Haig the action OF
uric acid is due to the fact that 1t
makes the blood viScOus, and that
therefore the heart finds difficulty In
forcing 1t through the capillarles, so
that there Is all increase OF blood pres.
sure. Observation shows. in fact.
that persons who have great endur.
ance have often low blood pres
sure.
Another theory that Haig has Is
that flesh food contains fatigue poi
sons which accentuate the effects OF
those produced by the muscular &C.
tvity of the organism
Finally according 10 a third the
ory. that of Prof Chittenden, as noted
by Prof. Irving Fisher, the fatty sub
stances and carbohydrates are burn
ed entirely In the organism. being re-
duced TO carbonic acid and water.
which are easily crystallizable resi-
dues. among which is uric acid. Now,
theoretically. these products are the
cause of fatigue.
ITO sum up, the problem OF alimen-
tation remains still to be solved. but
1t Is at any rate proved that when
the food Is poor In albumen. as is the
case with abstinents from flesh. the
endurance Is more considerable.
Physicians are tending to dimin-
ish the quantity of meat in prescribed
diets. and are thus In accord with
the theories of partisans OF
non-flesh alimentation.
"A large number OF persons. without
being subjected to any special obliga-
terry diet, have cut out meat from their
evening meal, without inconvenience
and even with benefit. Abstinence
from animal food would be observed
much more generally If the adoption
OF this new regimen were brought
about progressively and not suddenly,
as often happens: 1t Is necessary to
habituate the stomach to it. and this
habit is quickly acquired.
ut may be adde's that experience
shows that when meat has been drop
ped from ones diet one feels better
and never desires to return to it,
Literary Digest
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29


of the corral wagon, and he struck his
tent near what Ii now the town OF
Flagstaff. Ariz.. when the pioneer
needed his gun In one hand to nght
the Araches and an ak In the other
to clear the wilderness.
my residence In Arizona" said
Mrs. Ashurst, came after those ex'
citing days and when railroads had
replaced the trails and modern civili'
zation had penetrated through the
country from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. Left a widow with a young
child, obtained a position In the
weather bureau and resided In Wash
ington for few years. In 1873 !
was sent as the first woman observer
In the weather bureau at Flagstan.
Ariz, and i remained there until 1904,
when my marriage to Mr.. Ashurst &C.
Cured.
81 count that time when ! was the
sols woman at the bureau with stan
OF young men under me, among the IN.
teresting and profitable years OF my
life. 1t WAS such wonderful expert
ence, coming, as / had, first from the
lovely, quiet country about Kilkenney.
in Ireland, and later from Baltimore
and Washington.
THE grandeur Of the mountains and
the free, unrestrained life OF the west.
with its exact valuation OF real things
and the ignoring of artificial ones,
made a deep impression, and ono
which has never failed me. think In
the west that people make more OF an
appeal and externals less. Many
young men came to Arizona In those
days in poor health and fortune and
II was as II the entire country was
organized into vast cooperative So
niAfV"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
Worthy Example,

When Louis Mann first met his
farmer neighbor. Shag Rossman. up.
state, Shag was very much interested
In the Thespian.
so yer a actor. eh?" he asked
Indeed, It's true" replied Mr..
Mann.
Good one?"
"Ahem!" came from Mr.. Mann,
Some people say am"
well, you gotta go some to heat a
actor seen In show one time,
said Shag.
$50? Who was he?"
tive forgot his rc"c." Sid ~"
rwitching hi: chew - ~" ''e"''
"lut g. on him ~
..I~r - H. ~ $1,000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
JUST A 'CUSS WORD
But It Broke Up Mifey's Threat
ened Crying Spell.
An Instance and Warning for the
Married, Against the "slns Of the
Tonpue"-Sense of Humor
Saved the Day.

II never can understand why a WON.
an wants to keep a room as dark az
pocket"
And | never can see why man
can't read paper without having
every blind In the house wide open!
Sunday noon-a cloudy Sunday
when Paul had felt too tired to go
Returning in the state OF readiness tor
Irritation that often follows spiritual
uplift, she found her husband in the
parlor haloed by tobacco smoke and
encompassed by Sunday papers. Every
shade was up to Its full height. every
curtain pushed aside.
The sermon had been on The Sins
OF the Tongue" II 1t hadn't been tor
that, Frances felt she would have said
volumes as she went about the room.
Strengthened curtains and shades. AS
her efforts narrowed the light which
fell on her husbands paper, he looked
up with some annoyance.
You make 1t SO dark | can't read
he commented.
There's no sense in having every
thing sprawled wioe open like that 1t
makes the house look horrid to have
the shades clear up to the top OF the
windows!"
And Frances LETT the room with dig.
nifty. her head very straight. To 30 to
church and say your prayers and come
home feeling happy and good. and
theE tc be met by thing like this
the moment you got into the house!
What was the use?
Like profane echo came the muir.
muir from the room she had Quilted:
"Oh. hell what's the use?"
Frances stood still. Should she 60
upstairs and cry or 20 back and laugh.
Then-was 1t the sermon or the swear?
she began to giggle. That saved tAe
day. She dropped into a seat on the
bottom step and broke into shrek
of laughter.
'Hullo! What's the matter?" from
Paul.
Its SO funny Here come home
feeling pious and prayerful. and lose
my temper the first thing and scold.
and you swear! Say. isn't 1t tunny?"
Pauls mouth twiIched.
If that's the way you look at it"
Well, 1t is! Leave your old papers
all over the room. II you want. and
put the pesky shades out of the win
dows If you like. don't care Id
al a b,n
Let's be comfortable!"
Paul made a circular grab at the
papers
They may 60 hang for all me! l
thought you were going off to cry"
Il VAS"
We'll. I'm glad you know how 10
break up a weep. One little 'cuss
word worked the cure BY George.
I'm glad ! married a good SPORT"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
Connection.

royalty has its difficulties" re.
marked the Lord High Keeper of the
Buttonhook Yes" replied the un.
easy monarch. ut has gotten so that
a court function finds it hard to com.
pete with the scenery and costumes
Of a big musical show"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

teresting t h a n
Mrs. Henry Foun-
a In Ashhurst.
wife of the sena-
tor from Arizona.
She was born
Elizabeth Lillian
McEvoy, a native
OF Ireland, but for
the past 10 years
a resident OF Ari-
IONA.
Senator Ashurst
Is the son OF VIII.
liam Henry Ash.
urst. who emil.
grated from Ken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

"Isn't that Miss Yawler singing
across the way?" Yes. | wish she
belonged to the grand opera company"
"You surely don't think she can sing?'
mot at all, but grand opera COM
panies never come to this town. Dir.
mingham Age-Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

uSut Ill tno h0ieS
more convention,
people everywhere
have been asking
each other this
question.
In answer to
the query several
thousand loyal
Princeton alumni
leap to their feet
In bra 8 s : lunged
frenzy, and we get
the reply:
Ray! Ray! Ray!
Tiger! Tiger! IT,
ger! Siss! Siss!
Sissi B O O m
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
For the Cheerful Worker.

TUT t'Tc NF'ceTTUI VVUTNST.
Give us, oh, give US, the man who
sings at his work. Be his occupation
what 1t may, he Is equal to any OF
those who follow the same pursuit In
silent sullenness He does more in
the same time-he will do 1t better
he will persevere longer.-Thomas
Carlyle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
Accident Brings Total Blindness.

A distressing accident occurred re-
Gently in Marlton, N. j., when young
man, who was holding bottle of
blasting powder, lost the sight Of both
eyes, and was horribly mntilated by
an explosion which was caused by
spark from a cigarette an unknown
passer-by was smoking
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
Under SUSPICION,

II am afraid that man we sent to
congress is losin' his sympathy with
the plain people" said the backwoods
constituent What has he been
doin'?' "Iuckin' his napkin under his
chin an usin' knife instid O pickin
his pie up with his hands"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
MaterlaIism Of Today.

Earth has become so attractive that
heaven, II not disbelieved in. is sin,
ply forgotten. --Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
FIRST WOMAN OBSERVER
IN WEATHER BUREAU

or the newcomers In the senatorial
set at Washington. few are more In.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29
YOUNG PRINCET0NlAN WHO
engineered WILSON BOOM

"Whc is McCombs?" since the SEN
sstional ending Of the long-drawn-oue
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-29

Some Good In Dull Times.
Great lessons Of thrift may De
evolved from a period OF Industrial
ression.-Exchange.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

While some of the convicts stood
guard over the officers, others rushed
to the fifth floor Of the cell house
and got Wigfall. A long rope sudden
ly made its appearance and one end
tied around Wigfall's neck, the other
fastened to the railing of the corridor.
Cursing loudly, their yells mingling
with the cries of Wigfall for mercy,
the prisoners cast him over the rail-
ing. The negro fell twenty-five feet
and was killed instantly.
Satisfying themselves that Wigfall
was dead the prisoners formed in line
and lock-stepped to the main floor
below, released the guards and turn
key and indicated their readiness to
begin the days work in the broom
factory, but other guards, who had
reached the scene, ordered the con-
victs TO their cells. Quiet was soon
restored.
Coroner Bennett formed jury
which vewied the remains, which were
removed to an undertaking shop.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03
NEGRO H|END LYNCHFD
BY WYOMING CONV|CTS
Frank wgfa Nego Assaulted White woman Age 70, Jailed Mob
Prepared TO Storm the JAIL Negro Rushed to Pententay for Safe
Keeping, Word Passed Among Prisoners that the "Mggr'
Was There and Early This Morning the Con" Over
powered Guards and Hanged the Brute

Western Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. Frank
Wigfall, the negro ex-conyict and as
saulter of women, was lynched by con-
victs in the state penitentiary at Raw
Inns at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
Wigfall was placed in prison for
keeping when mob attempted to
storm the county jail, following his
capture at Fort Steele for assaulting
Mrs. Julia Higgins, white woman,
73 years old, Sunday night. The ne
gro's victim is recovering.
Wigfall was taken to Rawlins at
midnight and placed in the county
Jail under strong guard, headed by
Deputy Sheriff Mills.
In less than an hour mob of more
than 200 business men gathered and
demanded Wigfall. Sheriff Campbell
refused to surrender the prisoner and
while the mob scattered to procure
battering rams, Wigfall was taken to
the state penitentiary, three blocks
away. When the would-be lynchers
learned of this they disposed, as the
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

emma. There Prilukoff and the count
ess caused it to be shown to Maum-
off, and the latter, in frenzy of rage
hurried to Venice to take vengeance
on the supposed slanderer.
Naumoff made his way to the
counts villa early in the morning of
Sept. a, 1907. Brushing past the
maid, who opened the door, he STROBE
into the counts bedroom. The lat
ter, awakened by his entry, cried out
in alarm. Naumoff, without word,
fired at him five times with revolver,
nflicting mortal wounds. Naumoff,
his rage spent, confused, helpless and
remorseful, made only half-hearted
attempt to escape, and was captured
at Verona.
Prilukoff was witness of the MUIR
der. He had shadowed Naumoff to
Venice, watched him enter the villa,
and heard the shots. Sure that the
deed was done, he returned to Vienna.
But the address of the countess was
discovered by the Venetian police in
the rooms of the murdered man, and
both Prilukoff and the countess were
arrested. Naumoff, broken in spirit,
confessed his crime and told of his
passion for the countess after some
vain attempts to shield her. Priluk-
off sought to commit suicide, but the
prison wardens were vigilant and his
life was saved. Only the countess
preserved an mistaken calm. The
trial of the trio of conspirators took
place in Venice and consumed nearly
six months. All three were convicted.
The jury found that Naumoff and
the countess were not fully RESPONSE
BILE for their acts. They were SEN
fenced to three and eight years i'm
prisonment respectively. Prilukoff
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

guards were patroling the peniten-
tiary walls with instructions to shoot
any one approaching.
Inside the walls of the prison the
word was quietly being passed from
cell to cell that ''the nigger is here"
and by daylight every prisoner in the
cell house was informed and ready
to do his part.
At the usual hour the prisoners
marched out to breakfast but there
was not sign to indicate that the
storm was about to break. Every
man appeared calm and all breakfast
ed in the usual deliberate manner.
Then followed the morning cleaning
of prison. This gave the prisoners
their opportunity to locate Wigfall,
who had been placed in the fifth tier
of the cell house.
At $3.50 after the prisoners formed
in line, preparatory to marching to
the broom factory to begin their days
labors, there was sudden rush, and
guards and the turnkey were over
powdered and bound.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03
DENVER
DU[l|ST IS
- 4 go -
IN"
MAYNARD BOY is FATALLY IN
JURED IN FIGHT WITH
FATHER-IN-LAW
Western Press

Western Press
DENVER, Oct. 2.-Joseph Volker,
aged 20, is dying at the county hos
pital as the result of quarrel with
his father-in-law, Charles Ronaldson,
a carpenter. Last night the two men
fought duel with knives. Ronald
son is locked up in the city Jail.
Volker, who is paroled convict
q ON the t.ansay 1eformatory, came
to Denver last lly sfter he haI gain
ed his freedom. Since his arrival
here he has been living with his wife's
parents. He told the girl-wife and
his father-in-law that he was work.
ing nights at the Denver & Rio Grande
ice house. Ronaldson learned that the
boy was not working, but had been
acussed of breaking into freight cars
in the Rio Grande yards. When he
questioned the boy about his a:tioiis,
Volker became enraged and the fight
followed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03
WOMAN
GUNMAN
SHO0TS2
SPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF
HER POSITION
Western Press

Western Press
ALBUQUERQUE, Oct. 2.-Mrs. J.
E. Carley, formerly night operator
for the Santa Fe railroad at Ricardo
:.tation on the Belen cutoif, shot and
killed George Brislingham at that
place, and fatally wounded Miss Cora
Zimmerman, the postmistress. Mrs.
Carley was arrested and taken to San
ta Rosa where she is locked up pend
lag inquiry into her sanity.
Jrs. Carley declares she lost her
position with the railroad company as
tile result Of Vaccinations of b,.th
Rr,siingham and Miss Zimmerman.
Miss Zimmerman denies .be charge.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03
CAMPAIGN
DONORS ON
CARPET
SENATOR DIXON SAYS OTHER
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS WILL
ALSO BE QUESTIONED
Western Press

Western Press
WASHINGTON, ID, c., Oct. a.
When the Clipp commission investi-
eating campaign funds met today to
examine Senator Joseph M. Dixon of
Montana, Colonel Roosevelt's political
manager, it's members were discussing
the senator's announcement of last
night that he would ask the commits
sion to call Chairman Hilles of the
Republican national commission and
Chairman McCombs of the Democrat
ic national committee. The senators
announced they would call those two
men, as well as the financial man.
ayers of Oscar W. Underwood and
Champ Clark.
Besides Senator Dixon, those to tes-
tify before the committee today, were
Congressman Weeks of Massachu-
sets, and j. G.. Cannon, president of
the Fourth National bank of New
York. Mr.. Cannon made the audit of
accounts of the late Cornelius N. Bliss
as treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee in 1904. His audit
does not show the names of contribu-
tors to the Republican national cam
paign that year and the senators want
to ask Mr.. Cannon if he remembers
any of them in the original records
which he destroyed.
The members of the Clapp commit
tee will obtain some interesting in
formation from Dixon, although his
testimony scarcely can equal that of
William Finn of Pittsburg yesterday
who admitted that he had spent about
S150,000 in the primary campaign
waged by Roosevelt for the Republic
an nomination. Making a reluctant
admission that he gave that immense
sum of money out of his own pocket
for the primary campaign, Finn OBJ
tained place in American history as
the premier campaign contributor of
all times.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

LONDON, Oct 2.-War is newt.
able in the Balkans unless the powers
by cajolery, if possible, or by threats
and by real armed action as last re.
sort, succeed in staving off the gen.
eral conflict.
Montenegro has joined the anti
Turkish Balkan league and ordered
the mobilization of her entire army
Russia has issued orders for imme-
date preparations for the big hospi-
tai service to take to the field.
Austria threatens to call out her
army.
The army mobilization, which is but
prelude to the real conflict, proves
beyond doubt that the Balkan league
consisting of Bulgaria, Servia, Greece
and Montenegro is acting in concert
That at last these nations have put
aside all blood fueds among them.
selves to attack Turkey, their ancient
foe. Their chief argument is that the
cross instead of the crescent, must
rule in Macedonia.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03
NO HOPE.
FOR PEACE
Y0RkSTATf
DEMOCRATS CANNOT FIND THE
RIGHT MAN TO LEAD EN-
PIRE STATE TICKET
Western Press

Western Press
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 2.-Pros-
poets of battle over the platform
and the selection of permanent
chairman monopolized the interests of
delegates to the Democratic state con-
vention today, almost to the exclusion
of the problem of the ticket.
A declaration of county chairmen
last night against Governor Dix help
ed somewhat to clear the situation in
asmuch as it is thought to furnish
the leaders with some definite ground
for the elimination of the governor as
a candidate for denomination.
Congressman Sulzer appeared in the
lead for the prize today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

Mrs. C. +. Stollsteimer and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Harmon, and the lat
ter's little daughter Thelma, left for
their home in Denver this morning,
after spending week in the city,
the house guests of the Reals in
North Durango. The Stollsteimer fam
lily was the earliest white settlers in
the vicinity. Col. Stollsteimer came
here in the early sos, while his wife's
residence in the section dates back
to '63.