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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
EXPLAINING THE WILD Man
Curious Individual Learns All About
Him, Including Reason for His
Witness.

THE wonderful curi-os-i-tee which
you see before you, lay-dees and gen.
tle-men," announced the sideshow lec'
turer, in tones admirably adapted for
talking down from great altitude TO
the subnormal understandings OF the
masses. at the same time waving an
indicatory hand toward the hyperpes'
simistic looking parsonage in the steel
barred cage, lis the Wild man OF the
Everglades, captured at the cost OF
seven lives and eleven thousand dol
lars in gold! Thu-ree times day
this savage monster leaps upon CUR
reat hunks of r-r-rraw and r-r-r-reeklng
flesh and devours them with terrible
ferocity and bloodcurdling yellS!'
What caused the cuss to go wild
and live on raw meat?' asked sharp
nosed ruralist, interestedly.
He lived on his brother-in-laW Tor
five years and 1t made him wild when
his long suffering relative would no
longer support him. He eats his meals
raw because he is too lazy to COOK
them himself."-Kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
chanolnq Diet Of the Chinese.

Americans who have been inhu-
enced by the Orient to the extent OF
taking their tea clear, without milk
or sugar, Will be astonished to learn
that the Occident Is now bent on
teaching the Chinese to use milk with
their decoction of tea leaves-and con-
densed milk at that.
An enterprising condensed milk
company is pushing the campaign and
expects to be successful. This con-
Germ has already introduced con-
densed milk ice cream to the Chinese,
and they like it so we'll that many
of the restaurants keep it always on
hand.
Practically no fresh milk is to be
had in China, although the natives
seem familiar enough with the virtues
of both the fresh and the condensed
article
Perhaps after all Of the Orientals
have taken their tea clear because
there was no milk to put in 1t and
not because they thought the addition
of milk ruined the beverage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
TAINTED POLITICS
BY Peter Radford.

This country Is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There Is
scarcely a campaign speech made,
platform demand written or a mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the faint Of personal gain OF
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky in cam
paign promises Of many politicians
running for office than was ever con-
tanned in the pr0spectuses of the bold
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret COM
binations formed by politicians in the
name of my Country" than were ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE 1t en-
acted" than were ever concealed I'M
der any and all other DISCUSSES.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress IN
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law.
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than political party
that seeks to make junk of an in
dustry or cripple business for party
success, through tariff measures, po'
litical supervision and ofttimes de.
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with It's
pot of gold and their contamination
about as far-fetched. Self-gain is the
first law in politics. There are many
men in office today who, If they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut a melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public.
The country is surfeiting with patri.
OTIS, who will bare their breast to bull.
lets in defense Of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast to voters or run
the gauntlet of party disfavor in de-
tense of agriculture or industry. NO
representative of the people, who will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor Of a political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation OF our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
lean voter should seek these attri-
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star Of Bethlehem and
they will often ha found to rest over
the stable: the blow or the stan or
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule Is
fresh air and sunshine and these i'm
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers.
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership in Legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
appear.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
RID THE FARM HOUSE OF THE
FLY lSANCE-CLEAN UP.
r. B. SYMONS,
Maryland Agricultural College.

II is most important to kill the early
appearing flies and to remove their
breeding places. The task OF COM
batting the pest in rural districts
around farm houses Is largely an In.
dividual one and its presence In large
numbers or to limited extent Will
depend upon the sanitary conditions
that are maintained around the house
and barn
Since house flies may carry germs
of typhoid fever. dysentery, tuber-
culosis and other diseases, we would
do well to observe the following
rules
l. Keep flies from breeding (a) by
hauling stable manure out each day
and scattering it Immediately over the
fields, or 10 by putting the manure
In a vault or screened room.
2. Keep all outhouses from breed
Ing or communicating flies.
8. Keep all filth and garbage in
closed receptacles.
L. Screen all FOODS exposed Tor
sale.
s. Do not lot flies come in contact
with food.
6. Screen all doors and windows.
especially those Of kitchens and dining
rooms.
7. Notify the Health Department at
once Of a nuisance In your netghbor.
hood.
& Let all unite In fighting the pest.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
Bamboo Blooms Slowly.

Certain species of bambocs ia~er
only once in about ffty-fve years, and
strangely enough, all the trees in
locality flower about the same time.
Those in Burma began Towering last
year, and now they are all in blossom.
The last time this species Powered
was in 1S59-6O. They will now die
and those that spring from the seeds
born of this Towering will take their
places and will not flower until about
1870. They may flower sporadically
at other times, but the seed does not
mature, for the bamboo cannot ferti'
lie itself
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION
BY Peter Radford.

The recent investigation Of the
United States Commission Of Indus
trial Relations brought together the
extremes of society and has given the
public an opportunity to view the rep
resentatives of distinct classes, side
by side, and to study their views In
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glaring at each other over CULTS OF
misunderstanding and If the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm, it will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital and labor fight
for many years and incidentally furn
ishing the sinews of war and it Is
quite gratifying to find them talking
with, instead of about, each other.
When honest men smile and look into
each others souls it always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory to the farmer, who in the end.
bears the burden Of conflict, than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges and counter
charges.
The love for Justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding is an
arbiter far more powerful than the
mandates of government, for there is
no authority quite SO commanding as
an honest conscience; there is no de.
cree quite SO binding as that of the
Supreme Court of Common Sense and
no sheriff can keep the peace quite so
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by the light.
ming flashes of avarice or frightened
by the thunder peals of discomfort.
But Understanding is Prince Of
Peace that ever holds out the olive
branch 20 men who want to do right.
A mans income Is always a sacred
thing for in 1t are the hope, ambition
and opportunity of himself, and fam
lily, but there is nothing in human
heart quite so divine as Justice and
Understanding is its handmaiden.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
THE : BATTLE OF
+. THE TIRES

Horticultural and Commercial Press Service.
It Is interesting to watch the forces
Of civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest Of the TWEEN
,tieth Century.
The struggle Is silent one and
there are no war correspondents to
write vivid descriptions of the con
fict but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen
erations than the war of Europe.
J The rubber tire has been maneuver'
ing for point of attack for several
years and has captured few unim
portant positions in traffic, but 1t has
now pitched a decisive battle with
its iron competitor by hurting mil
lion "jitneys" at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
to ocean. Upon the result OF the
struggle depends the future OF the
rubber tire. If it is compelled to re-
treat, it's doom is sealed. but If 1t wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
transportation methods of this nation
II the rubber tire conquers the
street traffic it's next struggle is with
the railroads of the country, and then
the greatest battle between economic
forces ever fought out on the face
of this earth is on, for iron is the un'
disputed master in transportation, and
DO hahinl hillinnc nf dollars
and millions of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
to an iron rail in 1914, but it was 1863
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bound
the country together with bands OF
steel. 1t took the iron tire tifty-five
years to creep from ocean to ocean.
but the rubber tire while warm from
the creative mind Of the inventive
genius sped across the continent like
an arrow shot from the bow of Ulys-
ses. The roadbed was already pre-.
pared and therein lies the power Of
the rubber tire over that of iron, for
government builds and maintains the
public highway.
But iron Is q stubborn metal and
1t has mastered every wheel that
turns; has fought battles with every
element above and beneath the earth
and has never tasted the NORWOOD
of defeat, and when rubber hurls its
full force against this monarch of
the Mineral Kingdom, it may rebound
to the factory stunned beyond recov.
cry.
The rubber tire first made its ap.
pearance on the bicycle, but it proved
q frivolous servant and was dismissed
for incompetency. 1t has always been
too much inclined to revel in luxury
to be taken seriously as a utility ma
chine and its reputation is not one to
inspire confidence in heavy traffic
performance.
But to those who care to watt into
dreamland, it is enchanting to note
that there will be a marvellous differ
ence between a rubber and an iron
age. The rubber tire will scatter the
cities throughout the valleys for with
Transportation dl every IndH uooi,
why city? 1t will traverse the con.
tinent with a net work of Macadam
highways as beautiful as the boule
ward built by Napoleon. 1t will par
alyze the law making bodies of this
nation for how could the legislatures
run without the railroads to operate
on?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
New Uses for Old Rope.

Old rope, like old tin cans and
other things generally considered as
waste, has its special market and uses,
and in every seaport the collecting
and classifying of old rope is an i'm.
portant business Rope that is COW
cred with heavy graphite or tar Is
even more valuable today for making
oakum than lightly tarred material,
while hemp rope with the original
heavy coating of tar worn of by
weathering is often used for bag pa
per A small percentage of untarred
hemp rope, used in it's prime for hoist
ing and other purposes, is being con-
verted into cigaret paper in Europe.
Scraps and waste from old tarred
rope, and also old oakum removed
from seams of ships, are now used for
making boards
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
Testimonial as Proof.

How do you like your typewriter?
asked a salesman of one of his Gus
toners.
Its most satisfactory" was the re-
ply. II wonder how l ever got along
without it,"
That's fine! Would you be willing
to give me little testimonial to that
effect?"
why, certainly l WILL and accord
ing to Everybody's Magazine, he
pounded out the following:
after Using thee automatic Back
action atype writer for tire emonths
an Over. l unhesittattinggly pro-
nounce it promo nee it to be al ad even
more than thee Manufacture claim? for
it. During the time been in our pos
sessio e. i. tn rec month";! i'd has more
tn an paid for for itself in the Saveing
OF time an labrr? john Smith,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
Working a Ship to Death.

A curious instance of craft being
worked to death is reported from Bal
timore, where the schooner Johnnie
Green was seized for claims by the
crew. There was due the six men the
sun of $19330, which under normal
conditions might be raised by mort
gage on the boat. But she's got
enough mortgages on her now to sink
her." said Captain White, land
could not borrow another cent. There's
$500 or $500 lent on her already
When told that the Johnnie Green
was forty-two years old, and had been
In the bay service all of that time,
Marshal Stockham was ready to be-
1ieve that no more money could be Dor
rowed on her He ordered her taken
In charge and Waterman put aboard.
Nautical Gazette.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
For Refreshing Sleep.

A common cause for restless sleep
Is a bed with sagging springs and cob
ble-stone mattress. For the victim
OF insomnia money spent for good
springs and mattress is we'll invested.
1t is difficult to relax your head rest
ing on a hill, your feet on another
and a bottomless abyss between.
There are countless schemes for
forcing relaxation when sleep comes
reluctantly. Sometimes it may help
to count imaginary sheep filing
through a breach in stone wall, or
Just to count slowly until you for
get yourself. But We imagine a bet
ter plan is to think away back and
try to recall memories of childhood
and the little incidents Of childhood
days.
A dark room, cold air, warm night
clothing, warm feet, comfortably filled
stomach, a good spring and mattress,
and, above all, clear conscience, will
permit relaxation and refreshing
sleep.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
EXPERT ADVISER ON DRESS
Woman Has Achieved Success In 90
eupatIon That 10 Something OF
Novelty.

I heard lately of plan adopted by
one young woman that has worked out
we'll with her, and might be OF use 10
someone else, says writer IN INC
Pittsburgh Dispatch. She lives at
home but must help the family excheq'
uer, and this is how she does 1t:
Her one talent lay in her good taste
in dress. She had an instructive reel
ing for what was becoming, not only
for herself but her friends, and was
often called in to consult over pro-
spective new gown. So that Is what
she determined to do professionally.
She let her friends know that for
certain sum she would give advice on
costumes, helping to arrange a whole
wardrobe, and from friends she soon
branched out to regular clients.
She goes to the house of her en-
ployer and looks over everything the
lady has. She gives definite 1nstruc-
lions as to what each dress or suit or
waist requires to bring 1t up to par
She advises as to the most becoming
styles and colors, and lists what new
garments are necessary. or course she
regulates the expenditure according to
the purses of her various clients.
She has made success. Many wom-
en- do not know what to wear, what
suits them best, what to put together
She tells them. She also saves them
a good deal by her cleverness in adapt
ing what looks hopeless. She can also
tell where you should 60 for mate
rails; she has addresses OF tallors,
dressmakers and sewing women, ana
knows they can do what they promise,
She is thoroughly up in her chosen
Job, in fact She also makes point
of attending carefully to the details
of costume, making sure that each
item will harmonic. The work Is ex-
tremely interesting, and it pays both
her and her clients.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10

hatch some late chickens. The space
he takes up might better be used by a
laying hen. 1t 10 not strict economy
to feed him while getting no returns
from him. And what Is most import
ant, the eggs laid by hock in which
no male bird is kept. are Of better
quality. They will keep longer especi-
ally in warm weather.
All who have ever operated an in
cubator know that the infertile eggs
will come out of the machine on the
fifth or seventh day apparently per-
fectly fresh. Furthermore, most in
cubator operators keep these infertile
eggs until the machine matches and
then boil them up for feeding the
young chicks. This, to my mind, Is
rather good proof Of their keeping
qualities.
If you can't get rid of your rooster"
In any other way, boil him and make a
meal of him. If he is especially valu-
able as breeder, fix him small run
away from the hens. Keep him out
of the flock if possible.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10

SUMMER SPRAYING NECESSARY
FOR PERFECT FRUIT.
How To Prepare Self-BoIled Lime
SuIphur-Time For Applications.
T. B. SYMONS.
Maryland Agricultural College.

The wise grower will aim to secure
sible. In securing such fruit, the i'm
portance of summer spraying cannot be
over-estimated. We have hundreds of
instances where the hopes of remunera-
ton from a good peach crop have been
blasted by brown rot, and good sized
peaches have brought poor returns,
owing to a bad infection of scab.
Moreover, 1t is a common sight to see
apples seriously affected by one or.
more disease, making the crop from
many trees practically unstable. In
order to prevent these losses, growers
should practice late spring and sum-
mer spraying.
In this connection, the adoption Of
the lime and sulphur mixture as a
fungicidal treatment for fruit trees in
foliage, especially for peach, can well
be considered one of the greatest mod.
ern advances in preventive treatment
Of disease. 1t can be prepared by the
grower In the following manner:
Use eight pounds of flowers or -four
of sulphur. eight pounds Of stone lime,
to fifty gallons Of water The mixture
should be made In kettle, barrel. OF
receptacle Of sufficient size. Better re-
suits can be obtained with larger guam
titles. The necessary amount OF un.
slaked lime should be placed in the
receptacle and sufficient amount OF
water poured on the lime to start 1t
shaking. When the lime begins to
slake, add the eight pounds of sulphur.
Stir the mixture and add water as
needed to keep pasty condition until
the lime is all slaked Do not allow
any dark, yellow color to form, as 1t
will, II the heat becomes too great at
may be put In a finely divided condi-
ton by passing 1t through fine mesh
sieve The heat generated by the
stacking lime causes the sulphur to
mix physically with the lime in very
fine state, but should not be continued
to form much of the sultide combina'
ton indicated by the yellow or brown
color. Therefore, 1t Is essential that
the proper amount OF water be added
to cause a violent boiling Of the mix
ture for a few minutes and as soon
as the lime Is well slaked. add cold
water to make the required amount.
The self-boiled lime sulphur is now
ready for use. The time to allow the
mixture to boil will vary accordingly
to the lime used, as some lime will
slake more quickly than others. 1t
should show only faint yellow color
before diluting.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
NITRATE DEPOSITS OF CHILE
Many Things to Which the Users OF
the Supply Should Give Close
Attention.

The worlds supply of nitrate, for
use in the manufacture of fertilizers,
explosives and other chemical prod
ucts, is now derived almost entirely
from the deposits Of sodium nitrate in
northern Chile. These deposits are
vast, as compared with any probable
future demand and even the best ef-
forts of q close monopoly supervised
by the Chilean government have not
been able to do more than keep output
and prices under some small degree OF
control In ordinary times the Chilean
deposits can swamp any possible COM
petitive supply, and in the past this
has operated to prevent the develop.
ment of small or less we'll located de.
posts elsewhere.
The Chilean deposits have, however,
one marked defect which is brought
into prominence by the present Euro
pean war; and which would have come
out In still more disastrous form In
case of war between the United
States and any power having an active
feet in the Pacific ocean. The defect
Is that the distribution of the output
is entirely by sea, and that the steam
ers carrying the nitrate must make
long run along open coasts. We must,
therefore, consider that nitrate, though
the supply is more than ample, Is like
ly to be entirely cut off under war
conditions.
In default of supply Of Chilean nj
trate, country would have to fall
back upon either (a) local or other
supplies of natural potash or soda nj
trates, (b) nitrogen extracted from
the air, or (c) nitrates manufactured
from coal tar products. All OF these
are technically feasible, and none are
absolutely prohibitive as to cost under
war conditions, though in normal times
none of them can at present compete
with the Chilean supply.-Engineering
Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
Defective.

A farmer, in looking his car over
one day, thrust lighted match into
the gasoline tank The ensuing explo-
sion laid him up for several weeks.
On the first day that he was able to
be about he visited the storekeeper
who had sold him the stuff and de-
manded compensation.
why should pay you anything?"
asked the merchant hotly. 1t was
your own fault You knew it was
gasoline
That's all right, but this accident
was caused by defective gasoline"
defective gasoline?"
Yes, sir. I've been sticking
matches into gasoline that I've bought
here before, and this was the first
lot that ever acted that way"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
Canton Ivory Shops.

There are about forty shops in Can
ton, China, where articles of ivory are
made and sold. The industry may be
divided into tw) stages, cutting and
carving. Tusks imported from Siam
constitute the raw material. These are
first cut with saw to the shape capa-
BILE of being worked up by carving.
The carving apparatus consists of
wooden block. saw and tub of wa
ter. The ivory is secured firmly, mois-
tened with water, and cut the required
shape. The cutting finished, the blocks
are then carved into shape with knives
OF many different shapes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10
WEED OUT THE MALE BIRDS
FROM THE FARM FLOCK NOW.
ROY II. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Unless you have an especially fne
male bird with your flock of hens It is
nearing time now for you to dispose
of him. There are several reasons for
getting him out of the flock. He isn't
necessary unless you are going to
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-06-10

What IL needed and should be re-
CURED Of every rural teacher in either
experience or training which acquaints
them with the facts about farm crops.
soils, farm animals, sanitation, asd the
best methods of presenting them in
the school Our Agricultural College
Is helping to solve this problem
through it's summer training school for
country teachers, which opens for .
six weeks session June the E1st.