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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
SALE REGISTER.

Under this head will appear, free of
charge, the date and character of public
sale, for which bills have been printed
at this Office. Space herein may be Sc
cured when bills are printed elsewhere
at the rate of $1.00 for the season.
On Saturday, January 81, 1914, at l
o'clock, Ross Eigenbrode will sell person
al property at his home near Thurmont.
John Kebaugh, auct.
On Saturday, Feb'y Z, 1914, DR.. Jas.
K. Waters, Trustee, will sell real estate
in Thu, mont. See adv.
On Saturday, Feb. 21st, 1914, at l
O'Clock, Mrs. Matte Collitower will sell
personal property at her residence in
Graceham. Geo. E. Willhide, auct.
On Wednesday, Jan. %, 1914. at 10
O'Clock, }. p. Harbaugh will sell live
stock and farm implements near Sabill-
asvile. C. d. Adams, auct.
On Tuesday, March3, 1913, at 1Oo'clock,
William A. Fogle will sell horses, cattle,
farm implements and household effects
near Thurmont. Harry Shook, auct.
On Monday, March 8, 1914, at 10 o'clock,
George j. Crum will sell at public sale
on the Favorite farm, horses, cattle and
farm implements. E. l.. Stitely, Auct.
On March 16, 1914, John H. Moser will
sell live stock and farm implements near
Thurmont. Mercer, Auctioneer.
On March Il 1914, Eyler and EiSen-
brode will sell horses, cattle and farm
implements on the Holt farm north of
rhurmont. Mercer, Auctioneer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
MAY REVEAL BIG TREASURES
Evacuation of the Old I4arbor of Pom
pelI Should Yield Many Relics of
the Catastrophe.

The excavation of the old harbor OF
Pompeii, now about to be undertaken,
should result in veritable treasure
trove of relics of the great catastro'
phe. The harbor is now long way
from the sea, and the lava and the
ashes that cover 1t are twenty-four
feet deep, but the results would GER
tainly justify the labor. Pliny tells
us that large numbers IF refugees
laden with their household goods and
valuables made their way to the sea
fornt and there met the death that
they were trying to escape. Doubtless
they still lie where they fell with their
pitiful treasures around them. The
true position Of the old harbor has
only lately been forrd, and 1t is 1000
feet from the present shore line.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
ADVERTISER is TOWN BOOM r
Reaches Out for Trade and Thus In
directly Advertises Ills
Own City.

The difference between dead town
and live town is the difference be-
tween dead merchants and live mer-
chants. Some merchants are SO dead
or free from enterprise that 1t takes
sizzling hot thrusts to awaken enough
life in them to even penetrate the out
er most rim of business progress.
They will sit around endeavoring
to catch trade that comes to town
without Offering inducements to draw
business. They tell the public that
they do not advertise in the news
papers, but give their trade the benefit
of the little money they might
spend for advertising by giving
them more for their money than the
advertiser-which they know is false
hood
The advertiser always gives more
and better goods for the money than
the merchant who doesn't advertise,
for the advertisers goods are turned
quicker and are always new and up.
to-date Besides. the advertiser is the
town boomer, while the non-adver-
tiser is the town sponge.
The advertiser, through the medium
of his ads, is reaching out and bring
ing new people to town to trade and
Is thus both directly and indirectly adj
vertising the town.
There is way in which every per
son trading in this town can help the
town and that Is to encourage enter
prise by patronizing the merchant
who does advertising, That's one way
to boom town that should have our
admiration.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
The Proper Way to Dig Large Tree
for Transplantins.

do not receive a perceptible shock.
Fall planting has been successfully
used in many localities, and where all
conditions are favorable, it Is a safe
venture.
Large deep holes with plenty of
moist earth in the bottom should be
provided for any tree. During trans
planting, the roots must never become
dried either by the wind or from the
sun. Another very important phase
in tree-transplanting is to make the
soil very, very firm around its roots.
II the soil is well prepared and in
proper condition, 1t Is impossible to
make it too firm. More newly trans
planted evergreens die on account of
the planter failing to make the soil
firm about the roots than from any
other single cause. This Is the only
safe way to exclude sthe air from the
roots, and unless this is done, failure
is sure to follow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
CONSTRUCTION OF PIT SIL0
Most Satisfactory When Located IN
Light Open Ground Where Soil 70
Not Inclined to Be Moist.

Last year we had several art''les
about underground or pit silos. IN
some parts of the country this feSm
Of a silo seems to give general sat $
faction. We should judge that the'
are most satisfactory when located IN
light, open ground, where the drain
age is very good, or in naturally dry
countries where the soil Is not In
clined to be moist, says the furai
New Yorker. Where such silos are
dug into heavy and naturally wet
ground they do not appear to be sat
isfactory. Bulletin 1873 from the Ne
braska experiment station at Lincoln
describes number of forms OF the
sio which are adapted to the condi-
tons prevailing in that state. Among
other forms the slo wholly or partly
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
DAIRYNV!!IS
White clothing Is ideal for the milk,

White clothing Is ideal for the milk.
ef5.
Study your cows needs and feed ac'
cosdingly.
s,reaky butter is one result of work.
Ing 1t when too soft.
Let the cows take their own time
TO and from the pasture.
Cows may be dull, but the under
stand and appreciate kindness
The runty or pot ellied calf Is
product of irregular or over feeding
The man, the COW, the feed, are the
three essentials to successful dairying.
Cream allowed to become oversour
loses In quantity as we'll as In quality.
nlled silo will prove a good invest
Ioent.
Dairymen who are selling milk find
the Hoistein a good breed for their
purpose.
The milk check Is the salvation OF
many farm and 1t Is always the re.
suit Of good, careful, systematic plan.
ming.
Hurrying the cows when handling
or driving them does not stimulate the
milk flow but rather has the opposite
effect
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
MOVING LARGE TREES
impossible to Exercise Too Much
Care in TranspIanting.
Tramping Of Earth Around Roots Is
One of Most Important Features
Early Spring Is Best Time
Where the Soil Is Wet.

The transplanting of tree, whether
1t be small or large, usually checks
it's growth, and while this check is
not always detrimental, yet it usually
reduces the total growth for the sue
ceeding two or three years. This gen
eral check is caused by the loss of
roots which takes place in digging the
trees. 1t matters little how carefully
a tree may be dug, it will suffer a
severe loss of roots and in many cases
from one-half to three-fourths OF Its
entire root system, and practically all
of it's feeding roots will be lost. 1t Is
impossible to exercise too much care
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

A positive assurance of early spring
development by a number of the pur-
chasers in the erection of large number
of houses and buildings on this site, make
the prospects of a big enhancement in
value of these lots something tangible.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
Bush Fruit Easy to Raise.

Blackberries and raspberries will
thrive on almost any soil and under
a variety of conditions. 1t Is com.
paratively easy to propagate them, so
there is little excuse for not having d
small garden patch of this fine fruit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

The record breaking sale Of the major.
ity of these lots within the past few
weeks, is evidence of the faith express
ed in Thurmont's future prosperity, by
the many persons of this locality and far
distant points who have seen and taken
advantage of this unusual opportunity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
Poor Fertilizer.

Certain enterprising fertilizer men
In the west are selling fine ground
rock and sand as fertilizer. Some Of
this stuff they call stone meal and
stone dust.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
The Importance of Keeping
Posted
Wasted opportunities!

"How many times we have
proposed to do, how many plan
ned, yet how we loiter In our
nobIest purposes! You may be
always successful If you do but
set out we'll and let your
thoughts and practices proceed
upon right method"
You have often made up your
mind to buy something for the
person or the home, but have
put off doing so from time to
time. Then one day you pick
up week-oId paper and dis
cover some especially worth
while offer of the very thing you
needed.
This emphasizes the Impor-
lance Of keeping posted on
when and how to buy to advan-
tage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
Save the Hen Manure.

Save the hen manure carefully for
your garden. If your soil is heavy
add wood ashes to The hen manure,
but if the soil is light and sandy use
!eaf mold or rich loan.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
OF the serious parasitic diseases af

OF the serious parasitic diseases af-
fecting sheep, stomach worms prob
ably cause the heaviest losses to
sheep raisers.
More than in any other branch OF
farming, success In poultry raising de-
pends on regularly and faithfully do
ing the little things
Dairying brings its best returns
when 1t is made systematic line Of
work, not merely an incidental to the
other farm activities.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

All these lots are improved by fine
cement walk, and the streets leading to
same graded, and the section of which
they are part fits in admirably with a
well defined scheme of near future de-
velopment which will make for the bet
terment of Thurmont and this section of
the county in general.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22
SANFORD |. SHAFfER
Licensed Real Estate Agent and Broker
THURM0NT, ND.
January First. 1914.

A most appropriate date to present some
member of your family a
DEED and TITLE
to Desirable Building Lot on Elm street,
"WOODSIDE"
Thurmont's Newest Residential Section
and Development.
Only few lots remaining unsold.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

The prices of these lots if purchased
at once leave good margin of profit to
the purchaser in the near future.
SHALL IT BE A LOCAL INVESTMENT or
are you more interested in the welfare
of some other town?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

"a HcE w iU' 4 ". x 3
81 s'sICK So
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-18

anyway. BY your refusal to give
me the information you only put
yourself In the light of his ac-
complete"
Say. look here. Accomplish In
what?" Billy demanded fiercely.
lie hadn't had time TO hear the
accusation the detective had made
against monsieur to me.
Accomplish In what? In the
greatest diamond robbery of mod
ern times" he replied imperturb-
ably.
lie sketched the story rapidly:
An impecunious Indian rajah Wis
ting Paris owned the stones and
through De Ravenol, an impecu-
NOUS nobleman and ex-diplomat
who'd run through his own
money and his wife's dowry, sold
them to Pittsburg millionaire
name not mentioned - who In
tended them as gift worthy
himself and certain lady OF the
operate stage. The stones were
SO badly cut that De Ravenol in
duced his friend to send them to
Antwerp for recruiting by Van
Routen.
On the day OF their return they
mysteriously disappeared.
The detective continued. 81
then turned to the most unlikely
person associated in any way with
the owner, and II was the gentle
man whom you know. l traced
his movements to Vevey, to
America. | shall be thankful for
your cooperation in recovering
the stones-particularly II we can
keep the matter quiet. You see,
there is his wife in Pittsburg-''
"Will you promise me that II I
succeed in getting him to return
the diamonds the case will be
dropped" | asked.
Gladly"
BILLY, you go after him-but
don't let him know what he's
wanted for"
Five minutes later he and Billy
| were In the room.
Now monsieur" said | cool
ly, "well help you out of your
difficulties II you'll confess the
truth. Did YOU steal those dia-
monds from the Pittsburg gentle
mani"
Monsieur clasped his hands.
ut was re impulse of moment
re temptation of single in
stant." he walled.
But why did you tell me they
belonged to the Emperor Will
liam?"
"Oh, madame. l beg of you to
put yourself in my place." he
cried. II have done criminal act
on impulse of moment. Zose dia-
monds would be return long since
| from my own conscience II |
could but find gem. But ! could
mott dared to do nossing."
1T was the same with u.s."
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NEXT WEEK--THE CLOVED HAND
ny BURTON Il. STEVENSON.
detective story that will keep you guessing I'LL the las
full Of thrills.

admitted. and then I asked the
detective: Are you satisfied II he
returns the diamonds now"
Certainly. It's all I ask"
motioned to Billy and point
ed toward my table.
Billy produced the blue box
and placed II In monsieur's hand.
''Heavens!" he calculated,
tearing II open and dumping the
contents into his palm. q mixture
of pens and diamonds. And yes
terday pick up els box myself
and hold Il In my hand!"
He handed the diamonds to the
detective.
Silence fell on all of us for
moment, In which Claire lifted
her tear-stained face from my
shoulder. her eyes encountering
an ardent gaze.
"Oh, Mr.. Rivers" she cried, In
answer to Il. You're been 20
good to dear papa!"
Billy! Mrs. Delario and I had
nearly killed ourselves and Billy
got the only thanks that were
worth anything!
Billy has forever since main
tanned monsieur was all right
that he gave us romantic ad-
venture We ought to be thankful
for. the sort of thing that hardly
happens once In a lifetime---and
his death a real loss!" he was
thrown from his horse and killed
a year after he returned to Paris.
The diamonds were returned
and the case hushed up; and now.
but one little reverberation of Il
fingers In my life: Claire permits
me alone In the whole world to
call her husband billy"
THE END.
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''DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND"

noon?" he asked.
Tomorrow at nine," In an
swered. Shall / expect you."
| saw he was about to demur
at this, but the rumbling of the
elevator coming nearer and near
er had attracted his attention.
Nine" he whispered. and dis
appeared.
The car door opened and Billy
jumped out. l hastily undid the
chain-bolt and he bounded in with
What do you think? Monsieur
has flew the coop!"
You mean he's gomez"
Gone bag and baggage!
Evaporated! Took a carriage
and told the driver the Waldorf.
He left the hotel at seven in the
morning-seven mind you, be-
fore anybody was out of bed. He
hadn't registered at the Waldorf
by cleveland he hadn't regis
tered at any of the other big ho-
tells. And | bet you, too. you get
your scare inside an hour!"
Perhaps I've had it already"
I cried, suddenly recollecting my
mysterious detective, and / told
Billy the story. But when I came
to my suspicious that 1t was
Claire the man was after Billy
flopped down all in a heap on the
| divan.
Good lord" he gasped. at
might be! This is awfully serious.
Why couldn't this man be the en-
peror's follow-up? Now why?"
HE could"
Then had an inspiration.
THAT mans trying to steal the
diamonds himself," said.
Billy received this announce
ment first with stare and then
with whoop.
why not?" he chuckled back.
mo reason! | bet you've hit it,"
l was ready to weep. was
saved from it by the ringing of
the front bell.
/ put up the chain-bOlt before
| opened it and then | cried,
"You!" and received sharp,
Ssh! Let me in, quick"
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

Though | chap med Claire. an
utter stranger, Uom Vevey to
Paris. where she was met by her
father. NJ. de Ravenol, I refused
to be responsible for the child on
the trip to America. Mrs. Delario,
clairvoyant. accepted the charge.
The girl was to be met in New
York by her mother.
The mother, however, failed to
appear at the dock. In the ex-
element caused by Claire's disap-
pointment, Mrs. Delario dropped
from her suitcase, opened for in
spection by custom officials, q
slipper. Inasmuch as she and |
had both purchased slippers alike.
j thought 1t was mine and slipped
1t in my suitcase.
Several days after arriving in
New York, nj. de Ravenol having
come over in the meantime, | call
ed on Mrs. Delario. She showed
me seven diamonds worth mil
lion dollars. Just then a detec-
tive appeared on the scene. She
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MI.
Monsieur Gets a Shock.

1t was Mrs. Delario. | let her
in and whisked her into my bed
room and shut the door on us.
You can't guess what's hap
pened!" she cried. Monsieur has
simply dumped Claire back on my
hands and decamped-without a
word of real explanation! He
came last evening and told me
he's just seen you and you told
him / had the diamonds"
what a lie!" | burst out in
voluntarily.
And then this morning-be-
fore I'm even out of bed-this
comes by a messenger" She had
drawn a letter from her bag.
Dear Madame Delario:
81 was unable to return
according to promise because
of telegraphic communica-
tion notifying me that my
wife-Claires mother - is
probably i'll with a fatal ILL
ness and I am leaving for
California Immediately. My
child knows nothing of her
mothers illness and the rea-
son of my so sudden depart
ure."
And Claire followed 1t in an
hour!" Mrs. Delario whispered,
as l raised my eyes from the
sheet.
Il declare, the plot has
thickened to JAM" said |.
Hes such liar" she observed
irrelevantly. And yet l do pity
the girl from the bottom of my
heart--I can't feel she's his &C
complete in what she's been set
to do for him-he's deceived her. :"
And you think he didn't go to
California;"
"Tm sure he didn't. And that
isn't ALL mean Claire's being
thrust on me: there's a new man
come ON the scena-I'm more
troubled about him than almost
anything else"
"a new man? What sort of
new man? When did he ap-
pearl"
Last night-just after got
back from here and was waiting
for monsieur; so l let him in
and she described the very man
who had just been to see me.
but the diamonds?" said I.
will you take them home with
your"
She recoiled from me. "I can't
-now-how can II" she gasped.
And what could say but, "I'll
stand by you though the heavens
fall" and wonder what new
bizarre line of conduct I was COM
hitting myself to. l didn't try to
think, but told her Billy was
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BY JANE BUNKER.
Copyright, 1918, The Bobbs-NIerrilI Co.

here and suggested that she meet
him.
won't you let Mr.. Rivers go
home with you, Mrs. Delario, and
find out how Claire is and come
back and tell me?" / asked art
lessly; and to him, you'll do
that for me, won't you, Billy"
Billy's eyes were popping and
his feet were almost dancing.
saw her and Billy to the ele-
vator, pushing my hall door flat
against the wall to keep it from
blowing shut on me, and waited.
idly waving a good-by and watch
ing her till the car had sunk out
of sight.
had just stepped into my hall
again and laid my hand on the
door knob, when | heard a sharp,
imperative Watt"
jumped and wheeled. A man
stepped out from the stairs back
of the elevator shaft. His face
was concealed in a pulled-up col
lar and a pulled-down hat. With
three quick strides, he was with
in the doorway. He pushed me
out of the way, seized and slam
med the door on us. Then he
carefully put up the chain-bolt.
l recognized De Ravenol. He
removed his hat and motioned me
to precede him along the hall.
Madame" he began abruptly
II may tep you Eat l have re
name and re address of re one
who have zose diamonds in his
possession: 1t is Mr.. Eugene Del
ario-ze young son OF Madame
Delario-who offers-or at least
seeks to have valued-zose dia-
monds last Saturday at a deal
er's on Maiden Lane.
Monsieur Eugene does not
even take zose diamonds out of
Eat box to show zem!-a small
white box, about re size"
Monsieur glanced over my table
and his eyes fell on-the box with
the diamonds!
about re size of zis," and
he picked it up.
| jumped half out of my chair
and exclaimed, "Oh!" and fell
back again. l heard the pens
rattle. I thought, Suppose he
opens it-suppose he drops it,"
1t took about second for
these words to flash through me,
and before I had decided = or
had need to decide, he exclaimed
Pardon, madame-did | fright
en- your" and laid the box back
on the table.
He waited a moment for me to
recover my self-possession and
then went on briskly:
II have played bold stroke. I
have send my daughter to her
house-as / presume you already
know-and Claire will plead wis
Madame Delario. Meanwhile, /
ask of you zis-zat you go to her
and tell her of zis interview you
have wis me-zat you prove to
her l have re evidence Eat will
put her son in prison and Eat |
am now prepared--in re name of
re Emperor William-to act i'm
mediately."
An involuntary exclamation
burst from me. Monsieur sat
back in triumph; then with ven
emous concentration, he informed
me:
At that instant of perplexity
my eye lighted upon the note sent
up by my recent mysterious call
er-the supposed detective. NV
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All Is Explained

Il can trust you to keep my
confidence Eat | have gone to my
apartment below" monsieur
asked finally.
You'll have to go down by the
dumb-waiter, and you'd better do
1t as soon as possible-in case
that man comes back" an
swered.
The dumb-waiter was rumbling
up and up-apparently it was
stopping at my flat. It's door
burst open just as | reached the
kitchen and | found myself look
ing into the eyes of my just-dis-
missed detective
| bounced back into the hall,
slamming the kitchen door after
me and locking 1t. In two sec
onds more had up the chain-bolt
and had warned monsieur to keep
still.
Il have here a warrant for the
arrest of that gentleman, De Rave
MOL" the detective said through
the keyhole.
'I'll give you five seconds to
get out the way you came in,"
called, II shall fire through the
door when | count five. Ready!
One two ~
"Goodby, he shouted. you
will see me again."
/ heard him scrambling onto
the dumb-waiter and then the
cumbersome, cloggy sound it
makes when 1t goes down loaded.
/ threw off the cbain-bolt,
dashed for the dumb-waiter and
began pulling it up, hand over
fiat
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

| CONTINUED from Yesterday
saw a rather short, very light
man-pongee coiored, to be accu-
rate-with an intelligent, honest
looking face.
You received my note" he
began.
"Well?" repeated grimly.
81 wished to see you about
Mademoiselle de Ravenol-the
young lady who crossed in the
steamer with you"
"Well?" said |.
''She has disappeared"
"Well?"
He gave the door a little push
as a hint to me.
1T is her father who has
placed the matter in my hands, &"
he said. you will understand
why the greatest secrecy must be
maintained"
"Oh, of course-if she can be
found without publicity, that's
the thing to do. Now, when did
she disappear?"
Shortly after landing"
/ realized that the fellow could
have no possible connection with
monsieur.
l must get rid of this detective
Immediately, so l told him with
affected cordially, II see just
how it is-and that you wish to
keep this secret as long as posi-
BILE. I'm sorry-but 1t isn't con-
venient for me to receive you at
this moment"
"Can Won make IL this After