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The bee., 1913-04-15

We are authorized to announce the
name of Fred Hoffman as a candid
ate for the Office of County Court
Clerk. subject to the action of the
democratic primary, August End
1918
We are authorized to announc
the name of Ed l.. Young for the
office Of county attorney, subject To
the action Of the Democratic party,
August 2, 1918.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
We are authorized to announce
Cass l.. Walker as a candidate for
School Superintendent, subject to
the action of the Democratic pri-
mary.
We are authorized to announce l..
r. Ray as a candidate for School
Superintendent for Hopkins County
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party.
LEGISLATURE
We are authorized to announce
ROY S. WILSON as a candidate for
he Legislature from Hopkins coun-
v, subject to the Democratic pri
nary August, 1918.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
We are authorized to announce
q. w. Sypert as candidate for re-
lection as county Attorney subject
20 the action of the Democratic
Primary.
ASSESSOR
We are authorized to announce
Rev. w. N. Clark for the Office of
Assessor of Hopkins County, subj ct
to the action of the Democratic pri-
mary.
MAGISTRATE
We are authorized to announce
James A. Parker for the Office Of
Magistrate OF the second district
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary August End 1918.
We are authorized to announce
Esquire James Priest, of this city
for reelection for the Office of Magis-
trate of the Second District primary
to be held Saturday August End.
FOR CITY JUDGE
We are authorized to announce A.
]. Bennett as a candidate for Police
Judge of the city of Darlington, KY.
Subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary.
The bee., 1913-04-15

Quite number of miles Of road
work was let az the meeting of the
Fiscal court in Madisonville last
week. II they keep up the good
work II won't be long before Hop
klns county will have some as gond
roads as other counties In the Wes.-
cru part OF the state.
The bee., 1913-04-15
WOMAN'S ILLS
" DISAPPEARED
Like Magicafter taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
North Bangor, N. Y.-"As l have

used LYDIA Il. Pink
hams We getable
Co m pound with
great benefit ! feel
it my duty to write
and tell you about it
l was ailing from fe-
male weakness and
h ad headache and
backache nearly all
the time. was later
every month than l
should have been
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
MAN PROVES HIS SUPREMACY
Aviators Outstrip the Swiftest Birds
In Their Marvellous Flight
Through the Air.

Nature has long put the air first in
the speed OF living creatures. Next
to the birds came the land animals.
The fishes trailed behind.
1t has come to that already with
mans speed records. Tuesday a
French aviator named Guillaux drove
a flying machine 11S miles in an hour,
from Savigny-surBrave to Paris, and
thereby beat the best record ever
made by an automobile in this coun-
try or Europe by about six miles. No
railroad train ever came anywhere
near the sustained speed Of the bird
man." who averaged almost two miles
q minute for 60 minutes.
The fastest racing boats, it is need
less to say, are far behind the record
of the automobiles and the railroad
trains. Their feats are wonderful, In
view of the conditions they have to
contend against. but their limit, 30 far
is less than a mile a minute, for any
distance, however short
So the air becomes the field for
mans swiftest travel. Flight leads in
human devices for fast movement
from place to place, just as 1t does
with the birds, the beasts and the fish.
es But it is still an open question
whether or not the record flight of
118 miles an hour surpasses the fast
est flying ever done by bird,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
GOOD DEFINITION OF "CHIC"
Visiting En0Iishman Well Describes
the Elegant Women Who Arc the
Pride Of New York.

Lord Morley, at a luncheon at the
Ritz-Carlton in New York. said Of the
American woman:
The American woman as she
glides in her motorcar down Fifth
avenue, or as she hurries from her
jewelers. to Sherry's, is perhaps the
most elegant woman in the world
Fifth avenue Is perhaps the most
elegant street In the world. Broad
and straight, bordered with splendid
shops and hotels Of pale stone.
drenched with sunshine and rooted
with a luminous blue sky. Fifth ave-
nue. Is fitting promenade for Ameri-
cas- beautiful women.
But these women dress, perhaps, a
little too boldly for the street. Take.
for example, their tight gowns with
slit at the side-a slit through which
advances and retreats slim foot in
a patent leather shoe and a supple
ankle in gossamer silk stocking.
This Is perhaps too overwhelming a
costume for street wear
yet in such costume the Ameri-
can woman is undoubtedly chic. And
this raises the question: What Is
chic?"
Lord Morley paused and smiled.
Then he continued:
Chic. would reply, is the art OF
wearing a bold gown modestly."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
PUT BEST FOOT FORWARD
No Better Advice Can Be Given IMAM
to Present a Brave Front to
the World.

II every pair for whom wedding
bells are to ring this June Would
take to heart the thought that their
private affairs are their own, not 10
be told to outsiders and not paraded
to the world, they would insure and
safeguard their self-respect and the
permanence of their home.
The temptation may arise when
first there is a little friction to seek
sympathy from mother, sister, or inti'
mate friend.
That temptation should be trampled
under foot.
Confidential friends are not inva'
riably to be trusted. With or with
out the best intentions the third party
intruding in the affairs of married
couple is in peril of making mischief
Make 1t rule to contide wholly
without secrets or reserves In one an
other from the hour that you become
husband and wife, and you will have
little to fear, though the four winds
should blow around your house. 1t
will stand against any tempest and
prove itself strong and hallowed, your
sanctuary and your castle, II you con-
fide in and defend your union. Never
let quarrel last over night. Present
a brave front to the world. There Is
common sense in the homely advice
to put the best foot forward.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
"WaY Of the Tree of Life"

Thou shalt have none other gods
but me- II man had been able
to keep that one commandment per
fectly the other nine would never
have been written; instead, he has
COMPREHENSIVE disregarded 1t, and
perhaps never more than now In the
twentieth century. All, well. this
world In spite of all its SHINING, Is
still the Garden of Eden where the
Lord walketh with man, not in the
cool Of the evening, but in the heat
and stress Of the immediate working
day. There is no angel now with
flaming sword to keep the way Of the
Tree of Life, but tapers alight morn
ing by morning in the Hostel Of God
to point US to 1t; and we are as
gods knowing good and evil, partake
OF that fruit whereof whose eateth
shall never die" the greatest gift
of the most awful penalty-eternal
life.-From THE Roadmender." by
Michael Fairless.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
GREAT NEED FOR LONELINESS
CommerciaIism Threatens to Destroy
Much That Is Beautiful In
the World.

In our terrible haste to make liv-
Ing nowadays We are apt to forget
that it is even more important to keep
life worth living The desire for
wealth and for comfort the forgetful-
ness of beauty ard art, which began
as symptoms of a purely American
disease, are spre aiding rapidly over
the world.
Ruskin and Matthew Arnold only
century ago expressed fears that
America would vulgarize the world.
Whether we have done it or not, at
any rate it is to a great extent &C.
complished Imagine modern pas
sionate pilgrim" who, reaching the
far famed, much sung Como and, rails
ing the glance from the dome OF the
cathedral, finds in large black letters
across the mountain an advertisement
Of Tot--a digestive tablet-and of YER
muth!
There could be no finer work in the
world today for women than to band
themselves together into league for
the preservation Of loneliness. For
you may take 1t as fact: all that Is
noblest and best in the human spirit.
all that IL gentlest and strongest and
bravest, feeds upon loveliness
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
BUT He MET THE GREAT MAN
Insurance Agent Had Something to
Drag About, Even II He Didn't
Get Any Business.

A wellknown insurance official said
the other day in Chicago:
In the beginning Of my career,
when | was only a humble insurance
agent, I gained access one morning to
the august and formidable presence
Of J. Pierpont Morgan"
mol"
yes" the official insisted; yes, it's
4 fact Don't ask me how l did 1t.
though, for that's a secret. But at
ten O'Clock one morning. behold me, a
young insurance agent, standing be.
fore the desk Of the great ], Pierpont
with my big envelope of life-and-death
statistics, twenty-year endoWmenta
and 30 forth in my hand, / was,
have since learned, the first and only
insurance agent who ever managed to
meet Mr.. Morgan face to face"
WELL what happened?"
"Mr. Morgan began hurriedly,
you ought to carry more life insur'
ance. You see, SIR
And lucidly and cogently laid my
insurance proposition Derore the great
man.
He listened In silence. Those fierce
blue eyes of his bored me through
like lances. When | stopped at last
all he said was:
"'How did you get in here?
"I walked in | answered.
"'Well,' said he, walk out"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Art of Economy.

All economy, whether of state,
households, or individuals, may be de-
fined to be the art Of managing labor.
Now, we have warped the
word economy" III our English Ian
guage into meaning which 1t has no
business whatever to bear. In our
use Of it, it constantly signifies mere
ly sparing or saving; economy OF
money means saving money-econ-
omy of time, sparing time, and SO on.
But that is wholly barbarous use OF
sense, for it is not English, and it is
bad Greek; barbarous in treble
sense, for 1t is not English, It Is bad
Greek, and 1t is worse sense.
Economy no more means saving
money than 1t means spending
money. 1t means the administration
OF house; it's stewardship; spend
ing or saving; that Is, whether money
or time, or anything else, to the best
possible advantage.-Ruskin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Aviation Inspires an Opera,

Aviation the most up-to-date branch
OF science has excelled all other mod.
Embellishments In that 1t has in.
spired grand opera. This, however. Is
not surprising for classic theme lay
to the hands of libertist and COM
poser In the Greek tragic story OF
Icarus, who was killed while attempt
ing a fight, and 1t is on this ancient
legend that the aviation opera, which
was produced at Nice recently, was
based. The author OF the libretto, NJ.
Henri Cain, shows lcarus In the cen
ter Of the maze constructed by his
father, Daedalus. Despisng the
allurements of nymphs and naiads,
the youth makes pair of wings with
the feathers OF an eagle and tries to
fly from the top of cliff. In the final
scene, in which lcarus dies from his
fall. the genius of science appears
and in a vision shows HIM the final
conquest Of the air
To show how the opera Is identified
with modern aviation it may be added
that the music was composed by NJ
Henri. Deutsch de la Meurthe, the
wealthy Frenchman who was one OF
the first to have an airship built for
his own use.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
SEEK BRIGHTNESS OF LIFE
Excellent Idea Is That Recently Put
Forth by an Eminent English
College Professor.

A professor In one of our famous
universities has suggested a chair Of
smiling and course in good-fellow-
ship.
We have courses In decorum and
courses in composition, and courses
In the direction of energy. Then what
reason is there against inaugurating
course in optimism? Why should
not our young people be taught to
think along the path of sunshine, to
look for the brightness in life in u
scientific, methodical way?
Too much of the presentday learn
ing is inclined to make gloomy peo-
pie of us. Smiling, which is a sort
of banner of optimism, has too long
been the uncertain matter of temper
ament instead OF a reliable habit Of
life.
AS a rule, the majority of persons
are attracted to Others who smile cas-
lily. These smilers succeed in bust
ness, SO that success is often said
to be the cause of their smiling when
perhaps 1t is the opposite which is
true.
They seem to radiate happiness and
cpulence, and we say their paths lie
in pleasant places.
But maybe they light the paths with
their own smiles,
There must be way in which
thought can be brushed up with light
touches. Athletics teach the man to
control his temper; the gymnasium
braces up his muscles; a course in
ethics sets his face toward the moral
standard. There surely is place for
a course In smiling
And there is no reason why it
should not come into the medical de-
partment, for smiles make light
hearts, light hearts aid digestion, and
digestion is the root of health.--Lon-
don Tit-Bts.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
No Standardized Dress.

1t is a pleasure to stamp desp!teful-
ly on the praise Of Prof Walter Sar-
gent of Chicago for the Chinese Gus
tom of "one established style Of dress
for women"
Life might be cheaper under such
a dull, gray provision OF costume.
But 1t would certainly not be worth
living. The whole trouble with cos
tunes today is that the! are too much
alike Instead of designing dress
that is becoming to her own dimen-
sions, proportions and other endow-
ments of nature the average woman
accepts the fashion of the hour, what
ever it may be-large sleeves, small
hips, no waist or whatever the fash
ion may decree.
What is needed Is not more stand
ardization, but more individuality In
dress. A declaration Of Independence
is the crying feminine need OF the
hour-not a uniform designed by any
board Of economists.-New York
Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
AND HONEY STILL is THERE
CaIifornian's Attempt to Rob Hive Re-
suited In His Losing Fourteen
Chickens.

Arthur j. Holmes, a. Beresford
(Cal) farmer, whose establishment Ia
near the summer home of Antoine
Borel, was not cut out for bee fan
cier. Some time ago while pruning
some trees on his farm. Arthur was
overjoyed to discover colony Of bees
ensconced in hollow limb. busily en-
gagged in making honey.
Recently he decided that the time
was ripe to sample this unexpected
luxury, 80 he proceeded to the tree
and began operations by poking in tho
hole with large stick. Then things
happened
The bees, alarmed and angered at
this treatment, came forth to do bat
tie, and In a trice Arthur was hitting
the high spots for home, followed by
the buzzing swarm. An hour later he
thought it safe to come out again, and
cautiously approached the bee tree.
which was near the chicken pen,
Stark and stiff in the Enclosure lay
fourteen newly Matched chickens. The
bees, having lost their human prey.
had wreaked their vengeance upon the
defenseless chicks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
KNOX'S TRIBUTE TO BEAUTY
Stern Old Scotsman Felt Its Charm
but Was Able to Withstand
Its Appeal,

Secretary Knox's name suggests old
John Knox, the only man who was
able to withstand the charms Of Mary.
Queen Of Scots, one of the truly great
women of the world. Knox. says Les.
lies Weekly, wore long beard, de.
scribed as flowing to his waist, and he
was noted as lady's man and for his
wonderful eloquence. He possessed
the unusual trait of being fond of his
mother-inlaw. Mary, Queen of Scots,
sent for John Knox. She hoped, by
her own beauty and the beautiful
women of her court, to dazzle the man
Of charm. When the full splendor
burst upon Knox and as he took the
hand Of Queen Mary, he was heard to
say: "Oh. how beautiful you are, II
only the beauty could last. But fie
upon the knave Death who would
come in and rob the eye Of its luster,
the cheek Of its bloom and make II
food for the worms, Lay up your
treasures in heaven. where neither
moth nor rust doth corrup or thieves
break through and steal
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Convict Made Pets Of Mice.

An interesting story OF a convict
and his two pet mice Is told In the
report of Captain Hanson, the prison
commissioner Of London.
Captain Hanson said the con-
Wet who was imprisoned at Park
hurst, had two pet mice, but was or
dered to another prison, where he
was unable. to take his pets. Cap
tain Hanson promised to have them
cared for. and himself went to the
cell for the mice.
Never shall l forget the parting
scene" continued the officer. The
man took each of the mice, calling
them by name, kissed them. and then
put them in little box he had lined
with flannel, and with them piece
Of bread and a piece Of cheese he
had saved"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
SLOW DECISION A FAILING
Too Many Allow Doubts and DIM
cultles to Hamper Them In Doing
Good Work.

81 have often noticed" Bismarck
once said, that my will had decided
before my thinking was finished IL
may be as wrong to think too much
as to think too little. When there
ia need for instant decision and quick
action he who hesitates is lost-and
loses.
The "malady of indecision" is rec
ognized by neurologists. Its victims
need to have their minds made UP for
them. Left to themselves, they would
never choose. They would continue
to weigh pros and cons, to raise rldi-
culous objections, to conjure up
bogies. to be assailed by doubts and
years very real and painful to them
selves, though laughed to scorn by
others. II we are physically and
nervously below par" our minds seem
to take flend's delight in playing
tricks we are ashamed to confess to
anybody, lest we be considered crazy,
We think how fortunate Is every one
else we meet who is not so plagued
and harassed. If We could look into
their minds we should be astonished
to find in many cases chaotic dis
array rivaling the confusion that pre-
walls In our own storehouse of fact
and fancy
Much is said today Of the control
of the mind over the body. Many
persons hold that the body has no
rights In the pay of disease and de-
crepitude which the mind Is bound
to respect. Along with deal OF mis-
chief much undenable good Is done
by those who hold to this theory. 1t
often does the recalcitrant body good
to be told that there is nothing the
matter with it, complaint must cease
and it must now be up and stirring
courageously. II the mind Is to read
"a salutary lecture now and then to
the body the mind in turn needs occa-
sionally to be reminded Of few
things by the "unconquerable soul
The mind itself, paradoxically enough.
needs minding.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
CUSTOM IS CENTURIES OLD
Slipper Thrown Today After Newly
Married Couples Had Its Origin In
the Far East.

According to French historian the
custom of throwing the slipper after
the newly married couple originated
in the far east, thousands and thou
sands OF years ago, and from there
spread all over the world.
1t is still practiced in the oriental
countries, but has developed into more
an act of remuneration. A father, for
instance, who would renounce his son,
would do so by taking off his shoe,
and if he were near enough, strike
him with it, or II he were too far
away, throw it after him.
In the Roman days the loosing Of
shoe from a foot was the legal form
Of renunciation, and came orig
inally from the popular folk lore.
Stories are on record in Egypt of col
lections of shoes and sandals being
made at the wedding of a rich man
and woman, and the vehicle in which
they were carried away fairly deluged
with them. 1t was all done in much
the same spirit in which such frolics
are carried on in modern days.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Popes and Newspapers.

A short time ago the managing ed
itors of our newspapers demanded in
great haste a complete article on the
pope Plus X, in fact, was for As
hours passing a grave crisis. 1t was
believed that death was near, but
very happily he has regained his
health.
In 1890 suddenly the rumor ran
that Leo XIII. was near death. lmme-
diately all our journals compiled a
neurological article on the holy IA
Their, written in haste. But Leo XIII.
did not die until Is years later, and
one could name Partisan journal
that kept this article ION the marble
(the composing stone)-that Is to say,
in reserve all these 10 years. We
hope that the biography Of Plus X,
like that Of his predecessor, who died
at the age Of ninety-three years, may
likewise remain on the marble for Is
ycars.-Le Cri de Paris
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Shorter Name Lowered Taxes.

The city government at Tampico.
the second largest seaport in Mexico,
recently decided to tax all publicly
displayed signs in foreign language,
Only names of firms were exempt.
The tax was ten cents month on
each letter.
The proprietor of The American
Saloon" was particularly incensed
when he had to pay the first $1.70.
He aired his grievance at the Colonial
club 80 loud that 1t attracted atten-
ton.
Make 1t eel Cantina Americana
and save the $40 someone sug.
gested
Wont do It," replied the saloon
keeper, Must have sign In Eng
lish to make 1t homelike."
Then make 1t U. S. Bar
He did; and saved $120 month.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
patent No 1.O48. $50.

A longfelt nursery want has been
supplied at last by Jessie May Mitch
ell OF Clayton, Mass.
The Scientific American says that
she has procured patent, No. l,O4S,-
$50, for thumb and finger sucking
preventer, in which there Is a stall
fitted on the thumb or finger, and
round disk, too large to be inserted
In the mouth, is held by the stall
on the end of the thumb or finger so
that the latter cannot be put IN the
mouth.
Wonder If 1t can be used on the big
toe?
If not. there Is chance for some
fond and ingenious mother to secure
patent No. 1.04S.670.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Reduction.

Charles L. SinniXon, a London adj
vertsng expert, was praising In New
York the change that has come over
the advertisement.
in advertising as in other things"
he said, 1T has been found that hon
esty pays. and today. throughout the
world, the successful advertiser is
modest and conservative in his state
ments.
advertising is no longer mistrusted
Things are no longer as they were in
Phatt's day
You know Phatt, our 40O-pound
bookkeeper?' said one man In the
street to another.
Yes What of him.
well, he saw an ad in paper
Fat folks reduced. sand he an
swered It,
did he get any reply?'
"'Oh, yes; 1t was just as adver
tised.'
That's good. And how much was
he reduced?'
Why. just as the advertisement
said. S."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Worthy Scottish Emblem.

The Order of the Thistle, of which
Lord Haldane, lord high chancellor
Of Great Britain. Is to be made a
knight, dates only from the last Of
1903. Centuries earlier, however, the
thistle was the national badge of
Scotland. and the origin of its en-
blematic use Is ascribed by tradition
to the Danish invasion of Scotland
The invaders planned a night attack.
and. marching barefoot, had contrived
to creep close up to the Scottish
forces unobserved, when one Of them
stepped on a thistle and uttered cry
of pain. The alarm was given, and
the attack failed. Out of gratitude
the thistle was adopted as the insig-
MIA of Scotland
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-06-26
Hot Stockings.

A certain large engineering firm
lately received an order in Russian,
and, although the receiver Of it had a
fair knowledge Of the language, there
were two words he was unable to
translate. Somewhere in the works,
however, a real Russian was EN-
ployed. They brought him along, and
he read the letter carefully, but was
still puzzled by these two words Lit
orally. he explained their meaning
was hot stockings" which seemed
absurd, but was presently seen to be
the nearest-known Russian synonym
for fire hose "-Manchester Guardian.