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thread, using some white kernels and
staining other kernels red. blue and
other colors with dress dyes, or any
coloring material that you have at
hand. Two cranberries strung on the
thread between every five or six ker-
neis of popcorn make pleasing va
ration in the popcorn chain idea. An
other chain that is of novel form Is
prepared by coating a piece Of string
with glue or mucilage, and the sprin-
king bits of colored paper over the
glued surface. Cut up any colored pa"
per that you can find, or buy a small
roll of colored confetti. Use plenty of
mucilage or glue so the bits will stick.
Fruits and nuts belong among the
Christmas trees trimmings, and there
are many unique methods Of hanging
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these from the branches. None are
more popular, however, than stockings
cut and sewed up out of pieces OF tarle-
tan Gig. 81, and hung by pieces OF
ribbon; and cornucopias made OF col
ored paper and hung by means of rib
bon Gig. g.. Figure Z shows how to
cut piece Of paper for cornucopia.
Coat one edge Of the piece with mu-
cilage, then starting with that edge,
roll up the piece of paper into the
form shown in Fig. and paste to the
outer edge. Paste, small colored pic
lures upon the outside of each cornu.
copia.
The little goblin shown in Fig. 8
is only one of the many funny little
people that can be made with orange
heads and cardboard and paper
clothes. Cut away the outer portion
of the orange rind to form eyes. nose
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HOMEMADE TRIMMINGS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.

g5a -t .s & : :.
It is lots Of fun trimming the Christ
mas tree with homemade ornaments,
much more fun than with the, kind you
buy in stores, and planning and max
ing tree ornaments that will be both
novel and attractive provides interest
ing work for several days.
In the illustrations below are shown
several clever forms of ornaments
that are easily made. The tip of the
tree should be crowned with single
ornament, and double five-pointed
star made after the fashion Of that
shown in Fig. / is most appropriate.
The double star is prepared in two
pieces cut from cardboard box Gigs.
2 and 81. Mark them out alike with
ruler and pencil. making the distance
between opposite points inches. Cut
them with knife or scissors.
Each star must be slashed so one
will MT over the other. Slash one as
shown in Fig. 2, from point A down to
B, which is one-half OF the distance
from A to c.; and slash the other as
shown in Fig. 8, from C up to B. You
will see that by now crossing the pair
OF stars, and slipping the slash made
In each over the uncut portion Of the
other, the star ornament will be put
together to look like the one In Fig. /.
The cardboard must be covered with
tinfoil to make it nice and shiny, but
before putting this covering on, cut
two slender sticks for support, fasten
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TO SANTA CLAUS

Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way moment pause
Here's test for you:
Do you linger round the spot
Where the sunshine cometh not?
Do you seek the hearth that's cold
With your treasure-stores untold?
Is your smiling visage seen
In the howell poor and mean,
Or are you the guest elate
OF the ever-fortunate?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
With your pack Of cheer,
Are you solid gold or gauze?
Democrat OF Peer?
Do you seek the squalid lane
OF the pauper and the plain?
Do you take your Christmas joys
To the pallid girls and boys,
Little maids and little chaps
Clad In rags and housed in traps?
Do you load the Christmas Trees
With rich gifts for such as these?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Whittier are you bent?
To the frigid upper-doors
OF some tenement,
Where upon bed of grief
Lies one thirsting for relief,
Thirsting for some little rift
In the clouds that seldom lift
Do you carry drafts Of life
To these scenes of pain and strife,
Or are you the guest alone
OF your sister Fortunes own?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way moment pause
Here's test for you:
Do you give to those in need?
Do you to the weeping speed,
Scattering your gifts Of cheer
Der the weary and the drear-
Or do you your treasures pitch
Into laps already rich?
That, dear Saint, beloved and gray,
That's the test Of Christmas Day!
John Kendrick Bangs. Harper
Weekly.
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the upper ends Of the sticks to oppo-
site faces OF the star, and bind the
lower ends together with thread.
When fastening the star h the tree.
run the ends of the sticks far enough
below the tree top to enable you to
bind them securely In position.
The four lower points of the stars
serve excellently for attaching the up
per ends Of the ornamental chains to,
that go to make up q large portion Of
the trimmings OF q tree.
There are various ways of making
pretty chains: String popcorn on
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inches wide and 26 inchei long was
used for this base. Fig. 2 shows the
first step in it's construction-the form
ing of a pocket in the bottom of the
box to receive the end Of the tree.
This is made with two pair of boards
nailed together crosswise as in Fig.
8. Any boards of narrow widths will
do. Cut pair A exactly as long as the
inside width of the box, and pair B
exactly as long as the inside length of
the box For the end of tree Of me-
dunn size, the pocket should measure
two and one-half or three inches
square. This means that the strips
should be placed two and ono-h~ Ii or
three inches apart. If the pocket
proves to be bit too large, the end of
the tree can be wrapped with strip
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and mouth, and make the ears out of
cardboard and stick them into Sits cut
in the orange rind.
Figure 9 shows a pattern for the
ears, while Fig. 10 shows how to cut
the cardboard body. Stick the neck
of the body into a slot cut through
the orange rind. To hang up the little
figure, stick a hairpin into his head,
and tie a piece Of thread to the loop
end figs. 8 and 11). Paint the clothes
of the body with water colors or color
with crayons II you make several OF
the figures. provide some with hats.
and some with bonnets.
Copyright. by A. Nicely Hall)
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of cloth or paper to make it fit tight.
This pocket frame does not require
fastening to the box if it is made to
fit snugly.
The bottom pocket holds the end of
the tree in position. A similar pocket
in the top of the box is necessary to
keep the tree from topping over, and
this is made by fastening one pair Of
boards between the sides Of the box
even with the top edge &C. Fig. ~,
then crossing them with pair nailed
to the top of the box Cd, Fig. 81.
The base can now be completed by
covering it neatly with cloth, but it
will have a much more attractive ap
pearance if you slant the sides as they
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FIXING The CHRISTMAS TREE

A base for the Christmas tree is one
If the simplest things in the world to
make when you know how to go about
the con ;truction. And you can make
one for the home tree that will be
every whit as good as one bought.
A grocery box and few box boards,
some cloth covering material. ham
mer and saw, are all tina: = required
in making the tree base shown In
Fig. 1.
An cblong box 10 inches deep, 90
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are slanted In Fig. 1. This is done
by mailing a pair of boards to the bot
tom of the box (B, B, Fig. 81 SO they
project beyond the sides and ends as
shown, ane then mailing strips F to
the ends of these boards. The pro-
jections of the frame thus formed
should be equal. Now, when you COW
er the 5o~ bring the CLOTH from the
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waterspouts Escort ship.

Officers of the steamer Borinquen.
from San Juan, Porto Rico, reported
that just as the ship was entering the
Gulf Stream four waterspouts were
seen. Two were in the southwest and
two in the east, and travelling at a
high rate of speed before westerly
wind. The water temperature at the
time was 7s degrees and that OF the
air IT, -.
At first the lower parts Of the spouts
were vertical, and the upper parts hors
izontal. Later On more sponts ap
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-10
EASY TO DARkEN GRAY HAIR

When your hair sarns gray. streal<ed with gray
white faded, brittle, falling out, itching scalf
or dandrun. try the following: On retiring fRl
NOR ing the gray has disappeared and anothes
appAcaf1oa or two of Q-Ba' the hair 10 beaud
f0fly darkened and becomes fluffy g!ossy and
dandrun have stopped. O-Ban stops falling
hair and promotes its growth. @ Ban b NOS
sticky and messy, and can not tnjure the nais
scalp. DeIiahfful to use and sure to dsrksn
rraly hair 90 evenly and naturally no one Gan
tell Sc for Z OF. bottle. Hart Drug Co
High Point, N. c.
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Imports of Salt.

Imports OF Salt.
Common salt continues to be Inn
ported in considerable quantity, more
than one million barrels coming to
Atlantic ports last year, according to
the United States geological survey.
The country is amply able. however.
to supply the entire home demand. az
the capacity of its salt mines and
works is in excess Of the present out
put. The imports last year were only
80 per cent of the total coIlsumption
whereas in 1890 the 2ercentage Waa
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peared on either side, about two miles
away. They were solid and nearly
vertical. The dark clouds from which
they appeared to descend were about
1000 feet above the water. After
about forty minutes conditions be-
came normal again. New York Trib-
une.
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TOP down over the edge OF tie bottom
frame. and tack,-it to the under side.
care must be taken when putting on
this covering material to stretch the
cloth tightly and evenly. Bring It to-
gether at the corners and sew the
edges nelly.
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COMING EVENTS.
Annual Live Stock Meeting, Statesville-
January 1921, 1915.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-19
Democrats Allegc Deficit.

Washington county is disturbed over
harges preferred by the Democrats,
who claim that irregularities have exist
ID for the " years the Republicans were
in control Of the County Commissioners
and the tax collectors office. The
:harges are denied by the Republicans.
The grand jury investigated the charges.
While reporting large floating indeht-
edness and the discovery that the county
had paid the premium on the tax collect
or's bond and on the bond given by the
custodian of the county's money the jury
stated that there was no evidence of any
unlawful administration of the county's
finances.
The Democratic organ charges that
the Republican Commissioners levied
1928, 900 for the year ending June l, 1914,
and that in six and half months they
expended $20l, 1856. 81; that the school
fund is nearly depleted; that the SheritI's
office was left without means of support
and the Sheriff was forced to negotiate
his own notes to feed and care for the
prisoners; that debt due Montgomery
county for court expenses in a removal
case and debts due the Springfield Hos
pital for the care of insane were left un-
paid; that they levied $53, 900 for roads
and spent $65, 600, and that ar indebted
ness of $l25, 600 was left as an inherit
ance to the new Democratic Board of
Commissioners, to be met either by a
bond issue or by raising the tax rate.
The Republican organ alleges there is
no basis for the charges; that when the
Republican Commissioners retired from
office there was not an obligation which
was not paid or provided for, and tina,
instead of deficit in the revenue there
will be surplus.
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STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

NOIlCE III CONlRAClORS.
Sealed Proposals for building One Sec
ton of State Highway. AS follows:
Frederick County: One section of road
along the Emmitsburg Pike, from
near Harmony Grove five miles north,
about 5 miles in length. Resurfacing.
will be received by the State Roads Com
mission, at it's offices, COL Garrett Bldg,
Baltimore, Maryland, until IL M. on the
oath day of February, 1914, at which time
and place they will be publicly opened and
read.
Bids must be made upon the blank
forms contained in the book of speciica-
tons. Specifications and plans will be
furnished by the Commission upon appli-
cation and cash payment of $l.OO, as
hereafter no charges will be permitted.
No bids will be received unless accom-
panied by certified check for the sum
of Five Hundred $500 Dollars, payable
to the State Roads Commission.
The successful bidder will be required
to give bond, and comply with the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland,
respecting contracts.
The Commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the State Roads Commits
sion this 3rd day of February 1914.
o. E. WELLER, Chairman.
VIM. l.. Marcy, Secretary.
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SabiIIasviIIe News.

The entertainment pictures in the
Fire" which was to have been given on
Friday evening February 18th, because
of the great snowstOrm, was postponed
to Monday, Feb'y 10th. About O'Clock
on that evening word reached the village
that "grandmother" as well as half
a dozen others participating, were snow
bound. The pictures will be seen at an
early date.
Foreign Mission Day was observed in
st. Johns Reformed church Sunday eve.
Despite the fact of many snowdrifts an
unexpected number were in attendance.
Rev. Firor kept all his appointments,
walking to ard from Highfeld Sunday
afternoon At St. Stephens, Highfield,
he confirmed Is adults, received five by
confession of faith and received ten by
infant baptism.
Mrs. Robert Harbaugh was called to
Deerfeld on Sunday by the serious illness
of her father, Mr.. Josiah Willhide.
A special Washington's Birthday SER
vice will be held on Sunday night by the
Y. P. S. of St. Johns church.
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Snow Blocks Public Roads
Railroads i'm County Drifted.
Cars Derailed.

The first real snow of the season be-
gan falling last Friday about noon, 1t
being of the very fine variety. The fall
continued throughout the afternoon and
we'll into the night, and it seemed the
longer it fell the faster it came. A
strong breeze from the north added to
the discomfort of those who were out
and drove the snow into protected places
to such an extent that many roads were
drifted so badly that travel was almost
impossible. The wind continued blowing
Saturday and more snow was piled on
railroads and public roads.
The Thurmont division of the H. & F.
railroad was almost at standstill. The
Frederick and Hagerstown division was
blocked but men were kept on the road
throwing the snow out of cuts and thus
relieved the situation.
A number of persons were detained
from home the greater portion OF Satur-
day night, the cars running into drift
and leaving the rail- The car leaving
Frederick at $40 p. m. for Thurmont
left the rail and ten or more Thurmont
people did not get home until A O'Clock
in the morning.
The public roads were drifted badly,
and it was with difficulty that the rural
mail carriers made their trips Monday.
About eight inches of snow fell Friday
night and Sunday night about two inches
came down.
The State Road from Emmitsburg to
Frederick is badly drifted and had to be
shoveled open. The Emmitsburg railroad
closed Sunday and operations were sus-
pended until Tuesday.
The Frederick trolley road was tied up
Monday from about noon until midnight,
the worst drifts being encountered be-
tween Lewistown and Yellow Springs.
Cars were running Tuesday morning but
not on schedule time.
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Celebrate Golden Jubilee .
Chancellor Lodge No. g.. X.
of p, Hold Interesting Ex-
ercises in Town Hall.

February 18th, fifty years ago in the
city of Washington, D. c., the order ot
Knights of Pythias was founded. Today
the order is in numerical strength third
in large list of benevolent organizations.
At this time the order Knights OF
Pythias throughout the world are cele-
brating the Golden Jubilee or fftieth
anniversary of the founding of the order,
the National Convention being held at
Washington this week.
For this purpose the Supreme Grand
Lodge prepared an appropriate ritualist-
ic program for all subordinate lodges.
This program was given in full by Chan
cellor Lodge No. 67 of Thurmont in Town
Hall Tuesday evening before a large
gathering of members of the lodge and
their friends.
The committee in charge of this event
spared no pains il. decorating the audi
forum and stage, the colors of the order
red, yellow and blue-being used ex-
clusively. On either side of the room
were placed shields bearing the letters
F., c., B., Friendship, Charity and
Benevolence. Bunting of these colors
was used in an artistic manner for the
stage decorations.
At eight O'Clock the meeting was call
ed to order by acting Chancellor Com
mander, Prof H. D. Beachley; Mr.. Roy
|. Fogle filling the Vice Commander
chair, M. L. Creager, Prelate, and Sam'l
Bennett, Sargeant-at-Arms.
These officers read the ritualistic part
of the program. Other than this pro-
gram included reading by Miss Lima
McGuigan, a Duet by Miss Hazel Wolf
and Mrs. H. d. Beachley and a solo b,
Mr.. Paul Beard. Two numbers were
sung by Miss Wolf, Mrs. Beachley, JAS
H. Firor, Paul Beard and Geo. j. Damuth
The address of the evening was deliv.
cred by Rev. Hummelbaugh, Chancellor
Commander of Mountain City Lodge X.
of P, of Frederick; Mr.. Reno S. Harl
not being able to be present. The adj
dress was loaded with thoughts founda-
ton principles of the order-all # which
were driven home in very forcefu
manner
In the last two months Chancellor
Lodge has almost doubled its member
ship, and efforts are now being made to
further increase the membership.
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Sumner Well Attended.

The supper given by St. Stephens Guild
Saturday evening in Town Hall was well
patronized. The supper was delicious
and the Hall trimmings very pretty.
The "Hobos Convention" the playlet
given after the supper attracted many
persons to the hall. The dozen or more
gentlemen dressed as hobos came rolling
out of large box and made good ap-
pearance, their costumes and general
makeup looking much like that of the
genuine article. Like the average Knight
of the Road" they were well supplied
with papers. but they lacked the ability
to get off good joke-a trait not ap-
plicable to the hobo.
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Local Items.
Many Added To Churches.
WaynesborO Pastors Receive
converts Last Sunday.

Owing to the recent revival services
held at Waynesboro, Pa, by Rev. Bed
erwolf, at which there were nearly $500
conversions, the preachers of that city
are now busy receiving members into
their respective churches. Last Sunday
935 persons were received, the Lutheran
church leading, the pastor, Rev. Austin
Kelly, receiving SO by baptism, IS by
confirmation and 70 by letter and renewal
of faith.
Rev. J. l.. Grimm. pastor of the First
United Brethren church received 254. Of
this number AZ were baptised.
Rev, Thomas S. Wilcox, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church received 235.
Trinity Reformed church, the pastor,
Rev. F. F. Banner, added CT. Of this
total Al were baptized.
Rev. Ezra M. Funk, pastor of the Of
terbein U. B. church took in SO new men,
bers.
The Presbyterian church, Rev. W. H.
Orr pastor, added IS to its membership;
Ia were baptized and one taken in by let
ter.
The Church of Christ, Rev. c. A. Frick,
pastor, received Is new members.
The First Brethren church, Rev. Wit
ter, pastor received 20 into the church,
nineteen of this number were baptised.
More than hundred were taken into
the several churches several weeks ago
which brings the number up to about
100 to date.
Many more will be received into the
various congregations next Sunday.
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Eggs For Sale.
STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE ROADS COMM ISSION.
PROPOSALS FOR OILING.

h'l ooalAO TWIN olISlINb.
Sealed proposals for oiling one section
Of State Highway aggregating 6S. 72
miles in length and requiring approx
mately 1919, 022 gallons of oil, as follows:
County Miles Gallons
Frederick
Frederick Carroll 6S " 1899, 022
Resdency Howard
will be received by the State Roads Com
mission, at its Offices, col Garrett Build
ing, Baltimore, Md, until II M. on the
26th day of February, 1914, at which
time and place they will be publicly open
ed and read.
Bids must be made in writing for the
work outlined in above Residency and
upon forms which will be furnished by
the State Roads Commission. Specifca-
lions will be furnished by the Commits
sion upon application.
The successful bidder will be required
to give S., 900 bond and comply with
the Acts of the General Assembly re-
speeding contracts.
The Commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the State Roads Commits
sion, this 10th day of February, 1914
VIM. l.. Marcy, O. E. WELLER,
Secretary. Chairman.
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Broken Wire Causes DELAY.

A hundred men, women and children
were forced to spend the entire night in
trolley cars when broken wire late
Sunday night tied up six inward and out
ward bound cars of the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis Railway. The ac-
cident occurred near Naval Academy
Junction.
The damage could not be fixed until
early Monday morning. 1t was not until
after 7 o'clock that the first of the stall
ed cars reached Baltimore, and not until
about the same time that the first out
bound car reached Washington.
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Indicted For Libel.

Alleging that no justice could be OBJ
tanned with Judges Keedy and Hender-
son on the bench and charging the jurists
with perjury in paper called the Spirit
of Justice recently issued, A. e. Fuss,
of Williamsport, publisher, has been in
dicted by the Washington county grand
jury, for libel. In the paper, which was
shaped as a memorial to the legislature,
Fuss also claims that the judges, by
their actions, had defrauded him out of
large sums of money by deciding suits
against him. The papers were circulated
in Frederick county.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-19
Valuable Mare Dead.

Friday afternoon of last week the val
liable dark brown driving mare belong
ing to Mr.. M. l.. Creager, of this place,
was found dead in the stable. The ami
NAL had been used in the morning, was
apparently alright at noon and ate her
feed as usual. Late in the afternoon
upon going to the stable she was found
dead. On Saturday DR.. Geo. c. Zinkhan,
veterinary surgeon of this place, made
an examination of the body and found
that blood vessel had been ruptured.
Death must have come very sudden,
there being no indications of struggle
about the stable.