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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
C0ASTING AND ITS GlORIES
Columbus Editor Grows Some Enthus.
iastie as He Writes on the
Subje

During the last snow spell the boys
had cut their sleds and did deal of
coasting There Is no memory of
youth as glorious as that sport. No.
body ever thought that the fun OF
sliding down hill was In the slightest
diminished by the labor of trudging
back uphill.
The swift and exhilarating Joy Of
fitting down the hillside was a grand
part of a boys experience. and will
never grow stale in the memory.
What q great thing 1t would be If the
spirit Of that sport would get into the
humdrum of life and brighten It up
some,
There Is one feature of this coast.
Ing business that stands out like q
promontory. That was "belly-bustin'."
There Is NJ use to feel squirmish
about the term or hesitate to breathe
1t aloud In literary column.
That was the exciting feature Of
coasting, and was INDUCED In mostly
by the boys of daring and patched
clothes. Get out Of the way" he
shouts. and lang goes the sled on the
slippery hillside. with the boys legs
stretched far astern the sled in the
epdeavor to guide 1t, but, failing, OF
he runs into boy here, knocks one
down there, and turns another end for
end out in the snow. Oh. but 1t was
glorious! One can hear that yell yet.
II men would do that to ore another
In the grown-up world, there would
be fighting and madness all the time.
but in the boy world it belonged to
the beautiful sanctities of life. To
this day we take off our hat to the
"belly-buster. "-Columbu Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08

creased by dividing the clumps. These
cone in green and bronze foliage, and
vary in color from white to rich GRIM
sen. Among the best for beds In the
different co!ors are Pennsylvania.
four and a half feet high, with green
foliage and big clusters Of huge scar.
let flowers; King Eumbert, five feet
high, with fine yellow clusters; and
Florence Vaughan, three and a half
feet high, with fine clusters OF flow
ers, gol1en yellow, spotted red.
The bed should be prepared by
spaiing deep, at the same time In
cooperating well.decayed stable ma
nure with 1t. See that it Is In a
warm, swiny exposure, and when Ma
ture does not water copiously, add to
the supply. The plants should be set
IS inches apart. They like an album
dance OF water On the approach OF
hot weather they will be benefited by
a liberal mulching of stable litter,
As the flowers fade cut them of, this
will insure continued bloom.
When frost spoils the bed cut the
tops of, after a rain, lift the clumps
with d rurtion of the wet soil adher-
ing, dry well, then place on a hanging
shelf in a dry, frostproof cellar Eek.
anime them occasionally. II too dry.
sprinkle; If too Wet, air.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
sRAlNED ICY BULLETS.
4 HaiIstorm In the Pyrenees 10 serI.
Gus Matter.


In letter to the London Times q
traveller tells of hailstorm that came
upon his party In the Pyrenees. ut
was as If night was devouring day be.
fore our very eyes-a night. too. OF
tempest and torn and trailing clouds.
Of storm. smoke and thunder" Mid
way in the darkness was 1.-The clear
cut straight line of cloud which in
variably tells of hail" Except for
the shelter OF Il small tree the travel
ers weie exposed to the storn's fury.
and when they examined the hail.
stones they found they were Of the
average size Of marbles. with sat
tering here and there Of much larger
stones. "as large as golf balls"
Thi'. however. was merely the pre-
Jude The rcu! storm came after they
had reaeAed their tents. "SuCGeny
the Whole land was .on:bGrGrd by
great hailStoncS as large as laEn ten
mis- balls" Thcse fell witI Cetfcniug
roar on the canvas Of the tent, and lit
seemed only /" matter y: Il tpW sec
OluS Tor us 10 Dp DiltNItI !i'o ne
earth. tcnt end all" An india rubber
bath In from; Of their Shp!er. with
it's sides bcn;pn down in places. WAS
half full of things like white cricket
balls"
When the storm had finally passed
the mountains arnund were white
with the hAilStnnrs The hail Was
weighed. six sores went to the
kilo" The :''re was that Of n tennis
ball and almost uniform" Seventy
sheep were killed on the heights above
the tra 'e.rrs shelter, and in neigh
boring valley thirty-tive cows and
some mules and the body Of child
that had been wandering in the noun
tains were brought down by
stream"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
TO. GIVE ,EM,,. GOOD. .SEND-0F
Camp Cook footed Funeral March 70
Call Men to. Diet OF
Wormy Pie.

"Hank" Peters, q veteran fife major
of the Civil war, has been cook In
a lumber camp for a score of years.
The old soldier has an irrepressible
sense of humor, and still preserves
the shrill fife which he used in many
battles.
A shipment Of grub" was received
at the lumber camp not long ago, n
which was q box of coarse raisins.
When the cover was removed Hank"
discovered that the dried fruit was
filled with worms and showed the box
aside to await orders for its condem.
nation from the woods boss" When
the gruff old Scotchman arrived. how.
ever, he received the suggestion with
indignation.
dump those raisins in the lake?"
he roared. yell do nawthin' O. the
kind. Bake some pies, We lazy rascal.
I'm thinkin' thatll keel the worms,
an as for the boys, they're worm.
proof"
Without word Hank" baked the
pies. AS the Cookie" was about to
take the long horn from above the
door and announce the evening meal.
the old cook stopped him and reached
for his fife.
I'll call the boys this evening"" he
said.
From the doorway the astonished
lumberjacks heard the old fife drone
the slow bars of civil war funeral
march. AS he turned to re-enter the
shanty Hank" remarked to his as.
sistants:
IF the boys have to eat that pie,
it's good send.off we'll be giving
them!"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
q Men the Biggest Seeuars.

Mrs. e. H. Hartman. at dinner In
New York, said OF the begging letter
nuisance:
81 am overwhelmed with begging let.
tiers. received five thousand begging
letters before | started on my recent
western trip. 1t isn't unusual for me
to receive one hundred begging letters
q day.
"And most of them are from men.
Women have finer, holder spirit than
they used TO have. The elinging. baby.
ish type Of woman is disappearing
the type Of woman, mean, who
writes begging letters and who, If
married. has for her motto:
Laugh and the world laughs with
you. Weep and you get what you
want"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08

cause of stumbling and very often the
sole cause. If a horse becomes fat.g-
ued it should be kept we'll up on the
rein If driven over rough roads. No
good horseman will ever take chances
Of allowing his horse TO fall down by
driving with sloyenly rein.
Stumbling often causes bad acci-
dents, not only to the horse, but to the
occupants of the vehicle he is draw
ing. We once saw fine looking car
rage horse who was being driven
by a woman who allowed the reins
to bangle loosely in her hands, fall
on the Lake Shore drive in Chicago.
He stumbled for more than 10 feet
before, ne finally fell He overturned
the carriage In his struggles and when
he was assisted TO his feet 1t was
found that both knees were broken.
and he was rendered useless for life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
MIX for Flesh Reduction,

The simplest article containing com.
plete nourishment Is milk That is DR..
Mitchell's cure for obesity, but he puts
his patients to bed while he gives it
to them. An amount OF milk sufficient
for the nourishment of healthy, &C.
tive person presents digestive Difficult.
ties for many. It Is not the simple
liquid diet 1t seems, Tut presents a
solid mass of curds In the stomach.
Lime water makes 1t more digestible.
In the form of buttermilk, 1t Is easier
to digest and makes very effective
reduction diet 1t Ia wise to take with
1t little gluten bread with butter,
since tho fats have been removed from
the milk-Harper's Bazaar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
Care of Roada.

Any. neighDtgh that does not
have enough enterprise to keep two or
three log road drags going for cou-
pie Of weeks during the late fall Is
sadly behind the times. Farmers WHO
are too lazy to do this ought to be
compelled to drag Lneir weary legs
through the mud to town-next
spring-as they surely viii.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
Her Susp;c;ons Aroused,

"My father persuaded me to take
course in domestic science"
"And how do you like the courseW
well. 1t looks like ordinary kitchen
work to me. If my suspicious are con-
frned | shall drop the course and
make father buy me fifty dollar hat"
Louisville Courier-.Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
Lockjnu I'm the Stable.

The chancellor of the exchequer was
putting up the, iron shutters while the
first Lord OF the Admiralty slowed
away the show case.
There's no use takin' chances"
says the chancellor. "Britannias shop
must be protected at all 'azards."
Right you are" remarked the ad.
miralty chap. IVY, them stone
THROWN lydies busted enough window
glass on their last .sufrin' rampage to
build battleship an arr dozen col.
Ners. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08

First Italian-What was he deco
rated, for?
Second Ditto-Bravery In the aerial
service In Tripoli. Ills machine fell
from a. height of two hundred feet
and crushed twenty Turks single
handed. Puck.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08

troughs. BY placing the swinging
gates the proper distance from the
doorway Of the ban entering steers
can easily be divided into equal lots.
'rhe divisions above each trough serve
in way as stapchions. This ar
.rangement has been found very con.
venient by Langdon Brothers, extern.
sive :arl,ers of Winona county, MINI.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08

The drawing illustrates combined
gate and feed trough that may be
used tosadyantage where, inside feed
ings isi allowed, says the New England
Homestead. Then,space inclosed by
the tropghs corresponds TO an alley
way In ans.ardiaary barn. The man
doing the feeding can easily distribute
feed, owing to the c,oseness of the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-08
The Puzzle.

Jlnks-Ffsnrep won't lie.
Binks--A-d often they wen; 1'%al
What arrayou, goiS" 10 do about It?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

MAnIoN,s Arsr1c1ors nrclxxIxc.

The most auspcousy
established
it's
Chough
Marion
$ o
While a o a Of
dprofes-
ona
the high
dustria world
needed realize least of possibilities
The fortunately taken the a
club
courage and high hopes Marion waking Let the
$
ay bu Is alive than In her hstory
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

one OF the strongest personalities in this country ana also one the
effective executives Massachusetts He is man
wonderfully remarkably capable will
hin should
f failing
revolutionary
Gov Foss nothing could beat him for the nomination
a Of
who in Amer
likelihood that much that
has richness the cobaut mines not true
truth was they not paying expenses As Quincy had been assistant
families OF
the country will call for more than usual comment
$
plain
understand The crowds
Hill out and listen There few that his philosophy won't aid and
there are few that don't need it in some degree f..f
January n history
about 1854 8? Anyhow
be
suddenly drop OUT without
premoniton
The friends of Governor are to be contemplating asking
Of
meeting next
remarkable the old twohds after being in
use for nearly century should be discontinued 5f Ft.
probably slpmendent
capable the big ee
ment in the board
proved clearly formed
The that they fought trial for ten
If the Chinese republic wants to make nit with The United
should have Yuan sh Noi change his name to John smith
Being ali
common criminal for law|breaking
Cleveland suffering a gas famine IN the
spell Of the year.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
ANornEn cIANmIoN FoR MoMAN srrrnAcE.

Notwithstanding
when gaining victories It %
o powerful
Robert NJ. a
recall politician
a
81 that the to men
DO
living by o
this they moral Of
taon and all that improve living
by legislation"
Those million battle.
They are new recruits they
which s
How does organization ana do.
mands but with both made effective
Woman
VIII" neither When has
real Justice particular
10 make good their right?
right The ballot the he ysaregu
1t paby unfair UNFRAMED physically
the
ALL
The sheltered exercise Of
her broadening responsibility
working needs
WIN ballot woman-nalng wonany?
Well Of relief from
conditions
nimsy n
It weight hcr
the ballot rom her
Battle Bob another
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
ERIE ENGINEER
IS INJURED

Erie Yerd Engineer Stauffer. Of
Gallon, WIS injured last night, while
running an engine in the southwestern
extremity Of the local yards, A cut
OF cars was standing close to the track
and as Stauffer reached the cars he
sTuck his head from the window Of the
cabin, against the edge of one Of the
cars. The shock knocked him uncon-
sclous into the cabin and the fireman
brought the engine on up to the Ken
ton avenue crossing. The injured man
was taken to the office Of Drs. Rhu
where an examination reyeared ~ badly
laeterated scalp His injuries will not
result seriously.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Current Comment. y
The Furthcr Away tic Bctter.


1t takes a large-calibred newspaper
TO tell the truth about the town in
which It is published such a thing
requires nerve as wcll as breadth.
1t Is seldom that the New York World
is charged with lacking in either. The
World prints the following in IN edl-
tlrial:
New York is the worst possible
place in which 70 hold the Demu-
cratic National Convention. New
York Democracy is Tammanyized and
Murphyized II is not i'm harmony
whh the Democracy Of the Nation. Il
has not kept step with the progressive
elements which are the hope Of DEM
ocratic victory in 1912.
II is true that the hope of Democ-
racy lies solely In the progre ssiye
movement The further Democracy Is
removed from the Influences of Wall
street and Tammany the better are
lis chances for success in the coming
campaign. n.-Birmingham News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Elrth Dny of CoIlI.

Minneapolis, Mlnn.. Jan. 6.-The NTH
day Of extreme cold was ushered In
today with the tamporl ture twenty
eight degrees below zero nj a. IN. The
minimum temperature during the past
twenty-four hours was twenty-five be-
low, the coolest IN o'ght Years. The
weather bureau holds out no immedi-
ate hope for relief and the condition Of
the poor is becoming critical Derail-
ments are being repoated in the north
west, caused It is thought by the split
tins Of The rails in the extreme cold.
Trains arriving in Minneapolis or st.
Paul are ten to twelve hours late.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

Washington. Jan. 6.-Flat contra
diction Of the report that Champ
Clark. speaker OF the house, had been
forced to bed with a threatened at
tack OF pneumonia, was made at his
residence today
'@rhe speaker Is all right" said Mrs.
Clark. Naturally, he did go to bed
last night. But to-day he is up and
ready for work There is no ailment
at all which win force him to bed
or keep him from his duties II is
true That he has a cold.but that does
not trouble him"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
DUNIILE TALKS AT
MARION CLUB MEETING

The meeting was presided over by
Judge w. II. Scoheld, with Tracy r..
Allen as secretary. Perhpas one OF
the most interesting addresses Of tho
evening was delivered by II. o. Dunkle
Of the Erie. Mr.. Dunkle dwelt at
some length at Marlon's good for
tune in securing the Gallon terminal
He thought It was a splendid thing
for the city and hoped Marion would
properly appreciate the change. Mr..
Dunkle explained that the change
was simply matter Of business ex>
pediency ana Marion was the city
that would profit. He thought the
change meant the bringing 20 this
city Of approximately $50 families
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
pEMocnAcY srILL on TRIlh

Democracy sn trial The
lie Libraries
inventions
service examinations
lost Prof William James That
glory of the English speaking
habits
themselves
perhaps than that
often pointed praised
opined
ngs 1t breaking this
wrecked
toward holding
habit the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
SUFFERING

The weather bureau promises no re-
Ief for several days from present con-
ditions.
Railroad motive power has been SO
seriously effected that on several roads
trains are from one to six hours late.
-Four deaths during the night are at
tributablc TO the severe cold, There
have been large number Of accidents
caused by the unusual conditions and
over score Of cases Of frozen ears,
hands or feet have been reported.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
The Best Editorial

We are going TO enter that contest
for the Joseph Pulitzer prize for the
best editorial in an Aplerican news
paper during the year. The editorial
has just been written. There is not a
Chance for the editorial not to win.
AS soon as the money is delivered we
are going to buy "a farm and use the
office waste-pot as water-trOugh for
the chickens. The editorial which 80
going 10 win the prize follows: Come
TO Texas
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

Cincinnati Jan. 6-The coldest
werther that Cincinnati mas experience
cd this season hit tbe city Friday
might. The temperature was three de-
grees above zero at G o'clock in the
evening. Forester Devereaux is not
hopeful for any Improvement in the
temperature Saturday. His prediction
Is that the mercury will hover very
close to zero for several days.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Reward for !, TIiG

BrIln, jan. ~ large reward was
offered today for the arrest of a thief
who broke into tho safe aboard tho
protected cruiser Stettin, III the har-
Dor at Kiel, and stole a number OF
secret naval documents. 1t is be-
lieved the culprit is one of tho for
eign spies who are active In Ger
many.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Notice OF Appolntment.

Estate Of Amanda M. shaffer de-
ceased.
The undersigned has been appoint.
ed and qualified as executors OF the
estate of Amanda NJ Shaffer, late OF
Marion county, deceased.
Dated at Marion, Ohio, this 4th day
of January A. D., 1912.
John c. Riley.
Green Camp, Ohio.
j. w Hoagland.
1-6-3t-sat LaRue, Ohio.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
An Artistic Appetite

"The young lady -eems rather
fragile" remarked the observAnt man.
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne; "she
has one of those artistic appetites
She doesn't care what kind of patent
food is in the box 50 long as the pic
ture on the label is pretty, Wash
lngfnn STAR
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Missed PIe,p.

Paris. Jan. ct was learned here
today that j. Pierpont Morgan had
been in railroad accident near
Cherbourg, but was uninjured a
ira mcar struck his special train but
no serious damage resulted. Morgan
was met at the depot here by Ambas-
sador Bacon who escorted him 70 the
American embassy
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Shnrt-Ill,c1l Snrrn,n

There Is something pathetic in the
simple ceremony OF tearing down the
old calendar, but we soon forget II in
the joy OF hanging up the new one
Toledo Blade.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Fonr Deiow In ToIedo.

Toledo. o., Jan. 6-The thermome-
ter in the government weather station
here registered four below zero at .
o'clock this morning. The highest
temperature here on Friday was nine
above. The last two days and nights
this location has experienced the cold
est weather I'm three years, according
10 weather Office statistics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
Adynntngcs of the sex.

A woman voter I'm Los Angeles
had to be carried 10 the polls. Mere
man sometimes has To be carried
away from the polls, II he votes in .
, tough district.-T}rooklyn Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06


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