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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
IS CALLED DUTCH THACKERAY
Work Of Maarten Martens, Says
Eastern journal, viii Live az
Long as "Pendennis."

Holland lost in the death of Joost
Marius Willem Van der Poorten
Schwartz, known to the world of let
ters as Maarten Martens, the one
great novelist Of whom 1t mad right
to be proud, writer in the Brooklyn
Eagle declares. In some respect he
was the leader of the world in novel
making. His breadth of sympathy,
his keenness of observation, his ha.
tired OF sham, his gentle humor. made
Gods FOOL THE Sin OF Joost Ave-
lingh,' "Dorothea,' The Healers"
and a dozen other works familiar to
readers In every land, and there was
a grave loss to the world of letters as
we'll as to his native country in his
passing.
"Maarten Martens" lived much in
Paris. He loved to be in the world
and Of the world. But his work was
mostly done in the old castle of Zon-
heuvel, near Doom. With Maurice
Maeterlinck, the Belgian, he kept the
literary art of the low countries in
the worlds van. To Americans his
skill was delight, losing little in
translation. He might be called the
Dutch Thackeray without much
stretching of the imagination. He had
much in common with the author Of
Vanity Fair and his works are
bound to live as long as "Pendennis"
Or "Ianrv ESmond
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Good Done by Birds,

The department Of agriculture In
forms US that out of so species Of
hawks and owls, only four are actu-
ally injurious to crops. Our observer
tells us that he has seen with his own
eyes an owl Of his acquaintance swal-
low nine field mice, one after another,
until the tail of the last remained in
evidence. However, in few hours,
this meal having been digested with
no apparent effort, the owl was ready
for four more mice. The old hawk
and his wife will consume round
dozen of mice each during single
day, and in two months time their
youthful brood will devour similar
quantity. 1t has been stated that
colony Of hawks will kill 10000 ro-
dents In three months time. We all
know what damage mice perpetrate
in our grain fields. The farmer may
we'll spare a chicken or two from his
henyard in payment for service rem.
dered him by these birds Of prey
Life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30

A MOONLIGHT |DYL
Bv MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD
RIDGE.

Hans Breitung, fat, slow to move,
q first.class musician but better
gourmand, seated himself at the stern
of the excursion steamer Dryad with q
grunt of satisfaction.
He was glad to rest and to be away
from the noisy clatter of band music
martial, rag time and sentimental
Hans was the violinist Of the excur-
sion boat band. At the picnic grounds
he and his fellow musician had dis.
coursed varied melodious strains at in
tervals all day long. Now returning
after dark, the celebrants were too
tired out to dance, the instruments
were packed away, and, his cherished
violin in his lap, he settled himself to
take a nap after the arduous exertion
of the day.
Alas for poor Hans! The camp
stool he sat in had not been made
to sustain the weight of two hundred
and forty pounds avoirdupois. The
rail against which it rested was flex-
ible. The stool collapsed, Hans was
thrown under the rail, he rolled
Splash!
The water choked him and prevent.
ed an immediate outcry. That part
Of the boat where he had sought Sc.
clusion was deserted and dark. He
went under the surface to come up
with the boat lights fading fast and
far.
Ach! the instrument-my Cremona!
was his first thought and he shot out
hand to seize and stay his drifting vic.
lin case
Its floating qualities might have
helped sustain him. His feet assisted.
He was too clumsily built for an ex.
pert swimmer, yet he managed to
keep afloat. Then hope shone in his
eyes. The bright moonlight showed
land not fifty feet distant.
But not the mainland. AS Hans,
painting, dripping, well-nigh exhausted,
struggled up a sandy incline, sud.
den shock assailed him.
"Ach!" he gasped, II remember now
the haunted island!"
He stood spellbound, an eerie chill
overspreading him. On the way down
the lake a fellow musician had told
him a weird story Of the little island.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
The Enqlish Of the Irish.

Until something less than 100 years
ago the inhabitants of Forth and of
Bargy spoke language different
from that spoken in the rest of
Wexford or in any other part of
the country. 1t was language that
Chaucer and Spenser would have un-
derstood. To this day some of the
old words still survive, such as "let"
for "hindered," "kennen" for KNOWN"
"uatc" for meadow" fash" for
SHAME" "ractsome" for fair" "redes-
men" for adviser" Choir" for "lewd"
for ashamed" Any angry person will
still say, ,"Tll make gobbets Of fyou!" 9th
er Wexford expressions, rarely to be
heard in other parts of Ireland, are
"reQegged," meaning change of mind"
"coknowsure" for a knowing person,
"rNmshogues" for foolish stories,"
"shandrumdandy," for broken down."
"sharoose" for "displeased." d."-Maude
Radford Warren in Harper's Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Tho Mirror and tho World.

The glass reflects the features OF
him who looks therein. Smile Is re-
turned for smile or tears for tears.
With the world as with the glass, one
finds what he brings to it. Is
man suspicious and looking for evil?
He will meet 1t on every hand. Does
he seek goodness? He will find it all
about him, lurking in unexpected
places. The traveller intent on watch.
ing for obstacles or enemies misses
the wayslde flower, the song of the
bird, the music of the brook, the
smile of child. II he Is on the
lookout for evil it seems to meet him
and the good Is unseen. Are you pos.
sessed of fear? You see danger in
every shadow; you hear threats In
the wind. Smile on the glass. Smile
on the world. Hope and fear not.
Believe in good and expect good in
others and you will find it, Look for
sunshine, look for Joy, look for love
and kindness. Do not miss the good
while repining over wrongs, real or
fancied Be yourself what you would
see in the mirror. Be yourself what
you would find in the world.-Milwau.
kee Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
MARKED CHANGE IN OPINION
Naturalists Claim That Ideas Held by
Former Colleagues Were Based
on Wrong Conclusions.

Naturalists are not pinning their
faith to all the theories Of the Dar-
winians, as they were a few years ago.
They are ready to discard any theory
as soon as it Is demonstrated to be
incompatible with facts. One of the
latest ideas to be cast into the dis
card is that every part of plant or
of an animal had definite value and
played a part in securing its survival.
This change in attitude is well illus
trated by an article in the Journal
of Heredity in which the editor ex-
presses the opinion that the extra
floral nectaries found on cherries,
cowpeas and other legumes, castor
beans, ferns, ETC., lust happen" they
have no particular reason; once there
they remain, for they are Of no disad.
vantage.
hectares are the glands that
secrete nectar. They are found in
most flowers. but in many are also
found on the leaf stems. Many theo,
ries as to their use have been ad-
vanced. but long experimentation has
proved each of these theories to be
erroneous.
I'VE can hardly avoid the conclu-
sion in many cases. writes the edi-
tor, that they have no vital func-
ton and that the plant would proba.
bly, get along just as we'll without
them," although he admits that it is
dangerous for man to assume that
he can understand all the ways OF
Nature and decide by his own stand.
ards whether or not certain struc
ture is of value to a plant"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3O 1916

doned by Hans in his mad flight. He
water and opened it.
In the clear moonlight strangely
subdued expression crossed the classic
face of the recluse.
Five years." he murmured in
hushed but intense tone-"five years!"
All! what did they not comprise OF
anguish and sorrow and heartbreak?
Like one in a trance he stood, dream.
lily, reverentially regarding the first
violin he had seen since he had dashed
his own favorite Stradivarius to atoms
in a mad fit Of fury.
Music! How foreign had 1t become
to that musc-loving soul! He re-
called the effort of his life, love
cadenza, composed only for the woman
he loved. He recalled that last night
Of their meeting, just such night as
this, when he had rowed her out into
the lake and had played for her ears
only his great composition.
Memory seemed to leave him. And
most involuntarily he carried the vic.
lin to a mosscovered rock seated
himself, wiped the wet and damp from
the instrument, and, his bosom heav-
Ing, his eyes blinded with tears, drew
the bow across the strings.
His heart cadenza! All, he could
never forget it! Like sob it began.
its mellow tones growing into solace
and then the wild passionate longing
of triumph and love. He was abb
sorbed, his soul seemed telling his sad
story to the mystic spirits of the
night.
So lost was he in his weird occupa-
tion, that he did not notice small
boat rowed by woman, another wom-
an seated at its stern, approach the
spot The latter was dressed in deep
mourning. Was it coincidence or des-
tiny that had brought this being upon
that fateful night, widowed only a
short time SINCE to the scene of her
early girlhood, to revive sad memories,
while they foated along? Was she
thinking of Adrian Hope? Aye, and
of the cruel persistency Of her selfish
father, who for the sake of wealth had
forced her to wed man she despised!
And now that music-the love ca
denza! 1t seemed to wrench her heart
strings. The frail boat floated ashore.
She sprang out, sobbing, in tears.
"Adrian-it is l, Roselle!"
A new form came stumbling along
towards the spot as those two stood
facing one another, and explanation
and pleadings for forgiveness poured
brokenly from the lips of the woman
at whom the recluse stood gazing as
though she were wrath from the
unknown.
The woman in the boat sat spell
bound. The man coming down the
beach, Hans Breitung, heard all, mar
veled at it all, and then comprehended
all.
AS the two so long separated drew
nearer and nearer until their arms
entwined, Hans Bretung reached out
and took up his precious violin.
He was wet, he was cold, but his
heart was warm, aud sterling, and
true.
"Ach!" he whispered, softly it is
like a play on the stage. 1t Is love
and happiness in the moonlight-it is
romance -cadenza, So"
He drew the bow softly, and there
stole forth upon the ambient air, soft
and liquid as vesper's echo, the mel.
low notes of wedding fantasie.
Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapman)
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
He Was Glad to Rest and to Be Away
From the Noisy Chatter.

1t was called haunted. Years agone,
the story ran, young musician and
virtuoso in the refined arts, had lived
in the select summer resort over the
mainland. He was q genius, he had
money, he was an idolized pet OF So
ciety, but all soul and sentiment.
He had loved the fairest Of the fair
among the aristocratic coterie. The
end was disappointment and heart
break. She had welded another. The
stricken lover had Immediately aban.
doned the social world. He had pur-
chased the lonely isle. He had be-
come recluse. Hans recalled warn.
ing signs, forbidding trespassers, scat
tered over the little body Of land. He
had been told that the exiled lover was
rarely seen. Perhaps he was dead
now. At all events, old settlers on the
mainland spoke gruesomeiy Of the des.
olate island.
So Hans wondered, in his super
stitious way, II he had not jumped
from the frying pan into the fire. FL
nally he summoned up the courage to
advance farther to where the beach
melted into the green sward. He
tripped over what seemed to be
taut string set low in the grass
Bang!
With resonant yell Hans dropped
his violin and ran. He dashed wildly
through nest Of underbrush. He was
out of breath, frightened and weak.
He got into the middle of prickly
copse. The wiry thorns held him a
prisoner. He sank with crash to
the ground and declined to keep up
the fight.
Had Hans gone hundred feet farth'
er, he would have come to clearing
and in its center he would have dis.
covered a neat rustic hut. Through
its doorway, as the spring gun went
off, human form passed. The ex-
plosion warned Of intruders. The her.
nit of Lone Isle set forth to investi-
gate.
He was a thin, pale young man, but
his eyes, burning like two animated
Goals of fire, told Of vast pent up emo
ton. His restless probing glance
roved everywhere as he strobe on. At
last he came to the beach. He halted
as he came to the violin case aban.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30

II you will take pavement that Is
clear, and walk briskly In the center,
you will find that before you have
gone so yards you have unconsciously
veered very much to one side. To
make this test accurate you must not
use any effort to keep in the center.
II you think of something else and
endeavor to walk naturally, you will
find that you are not able to keep
going in straight line. In the same
way a person lost in wide expanse
of level country will describe a COM
plete circle as he keeps walking on
and on. The explanation Of this lies
in the propensity Of one foot to walk
faster than the other, or to take a
longer stride than the other, causing
you to veer to one side or the other.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Wealthy Germans,

Germany nowadays has large class
who belong to that increasing number
of extraordinary people who want
money without even knowing how to
get on without it. The only satisfac-
tory test of the right to wealth is the
ability to get on without it. One of
modern civilizations most dangerous
pitfalls is the subversive doctrine that
all men shall have wealth, even before
they have proved their ability to do
without 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30

Rag-time music, being in no wise
serious" is the reverse of depressing
1.-The African jingles Of the present
day create an emotional atmosphere
of restlessness and excitement which
Ia typically American, and which is
opposed to health only so far as our
national restlessness and lack of poise
tend to make us people whose ma
tional disease is nervous exhaustion
Roughly speaking, lively music.
such as rag-time, Is likely to rouse de.
pressed persons from their melan-
choly; sad and pathetic music will
soothe the excitable and hypernerv.
GUS,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Takjnu TO tho Woods.

Mrs. Flatbush-"I see Sweden is
being urged to pass law giving
women the right to propose mar
riage"
Mr.. F1atbush-"Well, I only hope
the woods in Sweden are convenient
to the towns"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Scared.

Il believe that woman is trying to
fiirt with me. wish you would tell
her | am married"
Il did tell her"
What did she say?"
She said you looked it."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Offered a Compromise.

Househusband-Ye I'll give you
a good, square meal after you saw
some wood.
Trampette-My backs too lame, but,
instead, could lecture on suffrage
before your literary society.-Life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30

Note-All trains arriving and leavin
Thurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land s. ion
Note-All trains arriving AM leavlni
Frederick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
Western Maryland r. r
Schedule In Effect September l9, I9I5
GOING WEST.

q. liam 6O7am 20am +10. 25am
800 1912 II 04pm
40 40 l2.3l arl lbs 400pm Sloan
ia. O4pm 6 2lpm arr. 40
t7.lO 922 l0.45
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-09-30
GOING EAST.

+6. 55am 8 liam 10. 25am
HIS ~ 55pm 3.l3pm 5.4lpm
'S.00pm l.3Opm $50 4.5l 6.45
*4l5 5.33 S.l4
'Daily. tDaily except Sunday. tSunday
Only.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
s3,25,000 IN colo
RECEIVED FROM
DOMINION
Total Late ImportatiOns of Pre-
ciOus Metal from Canada
Now Reach Eight and a Half
Million Dollars.

New York. Feb. 26.-Announcement
today 81 another gold importation
from Canada-tS.2sO ,0OO-making a
total OF about Ss.5OO,O 600 received
from across the border In the last
few weeks directed renewed atten-
tion 20 the abnormal conditions now
existing In all the marketA OF foreign
exchange.
All the gold thus far received from
Canada has been taken from the vast
sum sent to- ottawa By american
bankers In he early stages Of the
war placed TO the credit OF the
Bank OF England. That Institution
showed a loss OF ss,s0O,Ooo gold in
it, hast weekly statement and its hold
ings OF the metal at this time are less
by tt3.500.OO than they were three
months ago.
virtually an the gold re-imported
from Canada has been taken By ont
Of the leading banking houses which
has close relations with the nank OF
France.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
PROBE STORY THAT
LODY GOT PAPERS
FROM iTTACHE
Federal Agents Investigate Re-
port from Teamster's Coun-
sci Thai Capt. Boyd Gave
Spy Passport.


New York. Feb. ss.-Foderai au-
thoritios today wero investigating ..
statement made by counsel for Rich
ard II. Stcgler. the German naval re-
,servist. arrested in this city wednes-
day night, that Captain Boy-Ed. naval
attache OF the German embassy in
Washington. had furnished an Amer
lean passport q Carl Hans Lody. the
German spy. who was put 10 death
In the tower OF London lass NOvem-
Der. In his general denial Of steRier's
statements involving him. Captain
Boy-Ed referred 10 this allegation as
trash"
Charles S. Grimths. former assist
ant United States attorney. who was
assigned BY United States Commits
sioner Houghton to defend Stegler.
linked the names OF The German naval
attache and Lody In a statement given
out after n conference with Steglcr
In the Tombs.
'stesicr told me" Mr. Griniths said.
that on one occasion. white he was
on his way 10 keep an appointment
with Captain Boy-Ed. a Dr. Fuehr
told him that Captain Boy-Bd had
carried through the scheme that made
II possible 60 obtain M American
passport for Lody and that Boy-Ed
sent Lody TO England. where he was
executed
Stesicr also said that Dr. Fuchr had
told him Boy-Ed was the only per-
son who knew all the details OF the
LODI plot because he had planned the
whole thing.
MI. Crinths gave out this after.
noon what he sale were further de
ais Of Stcgicr's confession. He said
that SteRler had refused 20 accept the
mission which Boy-Ed had asked him
To undertake In England as a SPY. be-
cause he learned that he was 10 be
made use OF AZ dummy TO deceive
the English and that the real spy In
the case was to be another man.
"stcglef's original Instructions were
that he was to find out the number OF
British ships In ~. Georges channel
and All the Information Of the MAYA
situation that he could. then take =
hOat to Rotterdam. proceed To the
German border, there meet SOME
German officers 10 whom he was "a
make himself known by a secret num-
her. deliver his Information n ther
return TO America. Stegler said III
had received explicit Instructions ~
the case from Boy-Ed. Upon discov'
crlng that a secon man vas 20 fol.
low IN his footsteps and having heart
that Carl Lody had met his fare n
the operation OF this tWU-man spl
system he declined To go
stcgler said further hat The SECOND
man IN the use. who had gone on thu
Frnnconia, previous 10 his departure
had asked him for his passport
stegler also was told that Lody's wife
an American woman now living II
Omaha, had received $4,000 from IN
German government as compensation
for the death OF her husband.
MIR. Grifilths added that stegler ha'
ltold him the name OF the alleged spy
who had gone over OF the Franconia
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
CONCERNS
| PUT NO BURDEN
. ON C.R.L.&P
Daniel ]. Reid, Head Of Group
That Assumed Control in
1901. Describes Condition
Prevailing at That Time.

Washington. Feb. 2e.-Daniel :.
Reid. head OF the group which took
control Of the Rock Island Hallway
system IN 1901, declared today al the
interstate commerce ccmmiaslcN'a in
v~catlgation Of the roads financial at
airs that o-rganization OF the two
holding companies with total capital
lzation Of $4,000, put no additional
burden on the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific Halfway company.
Mr.. Reeds assertion came on cross
examination. During hts direct ex-
animation. Mr.. Reid asserted that
conditions had 80 changed In the raft
road world Of recent years That he
would not now accept as a gift control
% any western Or southwestern rail-
road.
when you cut the earning powers
% railroads by nxlng rates, and every
thing else goes up In the way Of taxes,
conditions are WORSE ne said. Il am
not complaining OF the wages We
must pay. but Of what we get to pay
wages with"
Yet US look at tho wages at the
other end 81 the line" said Chief
Counsel Folk. for the commission. Hc
pointed a that officers OF the COM
pnny had received during the period
under investigation. SALARIES ranging
from st25.OOO down 10 s35.OOO a
.n. ..n ,ho.o h,rh
..,a.,.ass 800
$3.50 10 1870
Thcrc was not q man thcre VIM
vas NOT worth Nhat ~ Was set''nh,
SAID MI. heia, Ana'hs ma men cap-
able or operating an e,Vo" nhie Ish
WY Ats'sm were en't'cu 20 ~ .Hey
Neh ~" wen u " va" " mhi"" I"
year
Mr.. Polk pointed out mat II, a.
Jackson. a retiring director. got a
present Of 100000 from the com
pany In addition TO a SALARY OF ssb.-
600. Mr.. Reid said jackson had beer
paid $4,000 a year. not $4,000. ana
that h 100000 was Tor services
rendered.
why dsdn't you give him more 20
asked SIR. Folk.
'Bccause he did not ask for IT,
snapped the wi,ncsa
Later. MIR. REID aaId that what tho
| railronda needed WIS more rates.
more tariffs and less legislation"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
FARMERS HAVE BEEN
SELLING WHEAT
BELOW COST
Joseph Letter, Noted Speculat-
or of Is Years Ago, Testifes
Before New York bread Cost
Probers.

New York. Feb. 96.-IOseph Letter.
noted wheat operator Of hfteen ear
ago, testified today al the state in
quiry into the increased cost OF bread.
American farmers had long been
selling wheat for less than what Il
cost. The farmer. Mr.. Letter said.
has nothing to say concerning what
price he shall receive for his product,
That Is usually done az the terminal
markets or exchange. he added and
the Liverpool exchange OF the world
usually fixes the price.
Letter said that although he had
been n heavy SPECTATOR In wheat la
1897 and 1898. he had not speculated
In grain since. lie admitted he had
not forgotten ANY Of the tricks Of
the trade" and said he had been in
terested In grain since he was a boy
''In 1897 | saw that wheat was sell
ing at less than COST he said. Il
realized that this could MOI 80 on.
Being young ana vol knowins as
much as l know now, ! thought I'd
make money by storing and holdins
the commodity until l could sell u at
a profitable price.
nut my plans didn't work. | sost
money on II and the only ones TO
make money we're the farmers
The production OF wheat In this
country n gradually being reduced.
Letter testified. The average farmer
twenty years ago devoted 3O0 acres
to wheat CROWNS, while today he de-
votes only 100 acres
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
NEUTRAL AMI ANTI.
NEUTRAL FACTIONS
IN A RI0TI0US

Genoa. via Rome, Feb. 90 0;2s a..
ml-One person was killed n
many were wounded during riots at
Yentlmiglla, which resulted from a
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26

THE CONGREGATIONAL ladies will hold
a house cooking sale In the room next
to the Leader saturday afternoon.