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STARS BRIGHTER THAN SUN
There Are Many Several Times
More Luminous. !

Astronomers estimate that IN .
sphere with a radius Of 100000
times the distance from the earth
to the sun there are nearly 1000 stars
which are from ten to one hundred
times as luminous as the sun.
In the same sphere are no less than
23,200 stars which are each as lumin-
GUS as the sun, and the enormous
number of $4,000 stars which have
one-tenth the brightness Of the orb
which lights our earth by day.
For convenience in studying them
astronomers have divided the stars
into six main classes, known as B,
A, F, G, X and M stars. These classes
are named in the order Of their tenn
perature, the B stars being the bluest
and hottest. and the M the reddest
and coolest.
The stars In class G are the most
like the sun, their spectra being full
of metallic lines, and with broad lines
due to calcium.
All the red stars are divided into
two subdivisions known as giant and
dwarf stars. The former are thought
to be stars which are in an early stage
of evolution and increasing in tenn
perature, while the latter are growing
older and darker. Taken altogether
the red stars average 100 times a.
bright as the sun, and this is the rea-
son why we can see them although at
great distances away.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Difficult to Please,

They had been engaged only few
weeks, but little GOODNESS had arisen
between them.
There is nothing that makes me so
thoroughly angry" she cried, tears Of
rage in her blue eyes, "as to have any
one contradict me. just simply hate
to be contradlcted"
WELL" he said, in a conciliatory
tone, then l won't contradict you any
more, Isabel"
Il don't believe you love me-" she
asserted.
Il don't" he admitted.
"You are perfectly hateful thing!"
II know It," he replied.
you're trying to tease me, aren't
you, SAM" she queried.
Yes he conceded.
She was silent for moment. Then
she said: "Well, certainly do despise
man who is weak enough to let
woman dictate to him. A man ought
to have a mind of his own."-Harper's
Magazine.
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reason why he had never made love
to her until three nights before. Then
the realization of the impending sep
aration had unstrung him. Perhaps
it was also the influence of the peace
full night scene, the crisp air, the
sparkling stars, the wind among the
cactus. He had turned to her and
suddenly she was in his arms and
their lips together
And the two days that followed
were heaven for both Of them. But 1t
was different from heaven, because
it ended.
81 am going away, dear" said
Ralph.
She was too proud to try to detain
him. But, remember" she said, hal!
crying, half jestingly, "'The Miners
Rest is always open to wayfarers.'
A pressure of the hand, and he was
gone toward the coach stables. After
ward Juanita saw him riding away in
a cloud of dust She put her head
down on her arms and cried.
A year before Ralph had been sent
west with lung trouble. He had been
engaged to Mary Leeson; his father
and hers were partners In number
of mining claims. Both men were
millionaires. 1t was natural thing
that Ralph, fresh from college, should
fall in love with Mary.
He had gone the pace, too, in his
last year. A cold, neglected, had
spread to his lungs; the upshot was
that he was given the alternative be-
tween death and New Mexico He
had made the sensible choice. He
went with regret, because he was IN
love with Mary, and he dreaded the
rivals who flocked about the wealthy
heiress.
Marry me and come with me-" he
had urged.
Mary declined. Cold-hearted, she
was not going to bury herself in New
Mexico. with a man who might not
live out the year. But she promised
to be true to him.
And her letters, gay and full Of
stories of the home life, had made him
incredibly homesick-until he met
Juanita,
Now, riding homcward, he knew
that Mary was only the pale shadow
of his love; that Juanita had his
heart and always would have it. He
was going home because as man OF
honor there was no other course. And
he was going home cured.
He had not heard from his fiancee
for several weeks. And Ralph had
dared to hope what he had once feared
that she, too, had learned that her
heart lay in another's keeping
A week later he stepped off the
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,"And SOL am going away, Juan.
ita.'
The girl looked at him in dim, un-
comprehending way. During the six
months that he had spent in New Mex
leo, at the hotel where she assisted
her father, Ralph Brunton had come to
mean everything to her.
Her indolent father, having amassed
a comfortable fortune as the landlord
Of the most prosperous hotel along
the coach route, had had the means
to educate his daughter at the con-
vent at Santa Fe. Juanita had ali the
Spanish charm and grace; now, with
the education and refinement got from
the good sisters, she could have picked
her choice of the wealthy suitors for
her hand
But Ralph Brunton seemed utterly
different from the rough ranchers and
prospectors who stayed at the hotel,
tried to firt with her and went away.
He had never attempted any liberties
with her. In his presence, under his
respect, her high spirits were subdued
to timid, wistful endeavor to win his
regard.
And she, too, had come to mean ev-
erything to him, though he dared not
admit it to himself. Because
II know why you are going" said
Ju&nita. There is some girl In the
East, isn't there, Ralph?"
He admitted it. He had not told
her, but she had always guessed the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
CARE IN FASHIONING BUGLE
Making Of instrument Used in the
Army Is Delicate, Complicated
Process.

From start to finish, the making OF
an army bugle is a process of much in
genuity and interest. A bugle may not
at first sight present striking re-
semblance to its cousin, the coach
horn, but the one is practically
curled-up version of the other, for, be-
fore the bugle is bent into shape, 1t
consists of narrow tube, 81 inches
long.
In the first stage of manufacture
the bugle is cut out of sheet copper
and rolled into two thin cylinders,
technically known as the bell and
the branch" The narrow tube, which
is the bell" is gradually shaped out
on molds until the opening is the regu-
lar 4-inch diameter. 1t is then spun"
on wonderful machine, and an expert
workman takes the rough edges off the
copper.
Both sections are afterwards filed
with molten lead, preparatory to the
bending stage, and it Is this solid
stuffing which prevents the tube break
ing in the process, and allows it to
keep its shape. The expert workman,
with the aid of formidable lever and
hammer, bends the bugle into the IA
miliar shape, the lead being subse-
quently melted out at charcoal fur
mace after which the instrument Is
sent off to the polishers.
One of the most intricate parts OF
the bugle is the mouthpiece, which Is
made of nickel silver and turned out
on special lathe With the mouth
piece fixed, the instrument Is ready
for the testingroom.
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NO.. 18.
MACHINERY BAD FOR NERVES
Bound to Wear Away Vitality in
Those Constantly at Work Amid
a Perpetual Whir.

A great many men and women who
work in busy factories, where there
is perpetual whir of machinery, are
facing as great hardships as any work
can bring. Consciously or unconsci-
ously, the noise is wearing away their
vitality just as q grindstone wears
away the steel Of the blade that is
being sharpened.
There is certain regular rhythm
in all the simpler kinds of work. This
is seen in the fact that most of them
have developed songs of their own
Sailors have their "chanties," SOL
diers march to the beat of the drum;
spinning, weaving and farming labors
have inspired songs and dances. Man
is in tune with nature, too, and while
the storm may produce awe 1t does
not fatigue the brain.
The rhythm of machinery, however,
is altogether too fast for human
rhythm, and the body never actually
becomes accustomed to 1t. No matter
what may be mans natural pace, he
must follow the speed of a nonhuman
power which, like a tireless demon,
drives him night and day. And, all
the while, the whir Of the machinery
around him CRATES upon the brain un-
ceasingly.
Sometimes we think we have got
used to 1t.
Not so. We may have become
dulled but that Is a sign that some
thing is lost, some sensitive feeling
gone 1t is a sign of wearing out.
1t is the myriad voices Of the over
busy modern worlds machines that
are doing more than anything else to
wreck our nerves
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
THURMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD THURSDAY JULY 15 1915

platform of the Grand Central station
in New York. AS he rode in a taxi
cab toward the home of his fiancee
the solution of his problem came to
him at last. Why should he make
two lives unhappy lift Mary did not
care for him He would be as frank
with her as she had always been
with him.
He descended at the door. When
he rang, the butler stared at him in
amazement; the man remembered him,
and had thought that he would never
return.
I'll tell Mrs. Leeson, sir" he STAN
mered.
mot Mrs Leescn, but Miss Mary"
explained Ralph.
The butler did not seem to hear
him. Ralph walked into the parlor
and sat down. His heart was beating
fast, and there was an undefinable
sense of change Ralph thought the
butler had seemed less courteous than
formerly The furniture was covered,
the room had not been busted for
some time. Ralph wondered-he was
conscious of something which added
to the pain of the approaching inter-
view. When 1t was all over he must
hurry home to his folks in Albany,
stay awhile, tell them of Juan.
Mary stood before him. She had
come in so quietly that Ralph had
not heard her There was strange
look in her eyes. She shrank away
from him, staring hard.
II happened to be home," Ralph
heard her saying
"But, Mary-Mary-"
you have not heard?"
Heard what?"
"Sit down." she answered calmly.
II see you do not know. | am poor
woman, Ralph. My father was in
volved In the crash of the banks last
month. / couldn't write-I didn't know
what you would think"
The young mans heart sank, his
hopes ebbed, vanished He seemed
plunged into an abyss from which
there was no escape. He understood
the coldness of her greeting now. She
was prepared to release him. She
thought he would not want to marry
her when her father was bankrupt
And that was what made his plans
impossible. How could he ask her
to release him now? The face OF
Juanita shone upon the background Of
his spiritual vision.
Mary it doesn't make any differ
ence," he heard himself saying.
She was staring at him. Amy diff
ference?" she echoed
Il mean-did you suppose that |
would not want to marry you because
you are poor?"
She was still staring at him. She
rose and put her hands upon his shoul'
inrs.
"Ralp, you-you have met another
girl you care for, haven't you?" she
asked frankly.
Why, the light of understanding in
her eyes was amazingly sweet,
Shamefacedly he nodded
"Ralph, | was married last week."
she whispered. Il know 1t was wicked,
Ralph. But II loved him and l felt
that you didn't love me and were too
honorable to tell me so. You see,
your letters had grown different. And
I knew that we were not suited to-
gether And as soon as-as father re-
covers from the blow we are going
somewhere upon our honeymoon.
Ralph caught her by the hands.
"Mary!" he cried. you are the wisest
woman In the world, and the second
dearest. And do you know where
your honeymoon will be spent? In
New Mexico, at The Miners Rest 1t
Is always open to wayfarers"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Farmers And City People
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
THE RANMOND-OLIVER CO..

TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
THE RAIMOND-OLINER CO..
General Contractors and Constructors,
5l5-5l7 w. Pratt St., Baltimore,
having decided to discontinue using horses
and mules in their business transactions,
and having no further use for their stock,
Must Positively Sell
AT 0NE-HALF THEIR ACTUAL VALUE,
22O HOrses-Mules 22O.
Been use1 in wagons, trucks, carts,
plows, scoops, grading, and heavy haul
Ing etc.
HORSES. S25, S35 and S45 Up.
MULES. $50 to S75 A Pair Up.
Also 2 Mares in foal, cheap; ages 6 to
years old; weighing 100 pounds each
P. S.-Considered the best lot of accl-
mated work. Horses, Mares and Mules
to suit all purposes for sale at the prices
in Maryland
NoTICE-A guarantee and trial allowed
with every Horse and Mule sold N. B. -
To be sold at the rate of 20 head weekly.
See Superintendent, at the company S
main office and stables.
5l5-5i7 w. Pratt Street,
above Paca. st. c. & P. Phone St. Paul 1893
jan 7 5mo
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Modern Ruslneaa.

Oh, business, what sins are com
mitted in thy name! Thou art like
charity, for thy magic formula doth
cover multitude of SINS" Many
are the men who fall down and wor-
ship thee (and none other)! Not only
time and talent but hearts blood are
sacrificed on thine impious altar!
Thy shrines are cold with dead loves
reeking with forfeited joys. Mercy
and pity are vanished far from the
portals of thy temples. Sweet char
ity falls dead, stricken by the glare
Of thy polished brass. Thou slayest
ideals and murderest sympathy and
dost crowd the spirit Of service out
of the road of life. Thou killest with
surfeit and mad passion Of contest:
thou dost suffocate the timid and weak
with want and fear Of age. hunger and
infirmity. Thou art blasphemous.
arrogant. heartless idol and tyrant OF
man.--Rev. G. I. Browne.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Not AItouether Unconscious.

In one of the industrial towns In
South Wales a workman met with
serious accident. The doctor was sent
for, and came and examined him, had
him bandaged and carried home on
stretcher, seemingly unconscious.
After he was put to bed the doctor
told his wife to give him sixpenny-
worth of brandy when he came to him.
self. After the doctor had left the
wife told the daughter to run and
fetch threepennyworth Of brandy for
her father.
The old chap opened his eyes and
said, in a loud voice, "Sixpenn' orth.
the doctor said London TitBits.
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She Was clingrns to the Keel OF an
Upturned Boat.

chosen this life deliberately. Yet such
is the case. l used to be quite a diff
ferent sort of man In fact, was
what Is called a college man. | be-
lieve, though the words awaken no
pride in me now. Yes, chose de-
liberately to herd with men of this
stamp, because-here alone I find
frankness, loyalty, friendship. /"
He broke off suddenly and looked
moodily at her.
Tell me-" the girl whispered.
"He was my friend, and she-well,
we had known each other all our lives
and were engaged to be married.
came home Unexpectedly and
found that he had betrayed me.
That is all 1t happened five years
ago. But about the same time my
trustee robbed me Of my fortune.
That was why she was false If it
had been love for him l could have
forgotten. So disappeared from my
world and chose this one. Now run
away to your friends, little girl, and
play" he sneered brutally.
He might as well have sneered at
one Of the patient cattle, for all the
effect it had.
And you think that you are free? ?"
she asked. you have no sense Of
law, of citizenship, of public duty?"
Hardly" he said, scoffing. YES,
We are free equally, you In your gild-
ed luxury, and | in my comradeship
with the outcasts of the world"
81 free?' she cried, beginning to
laugh. He heard the catch in her
throat and his eyes softened mo-
mentarily. Listen, then. We shall
never meet again, and ! can tell you
what cannot tell anybody else. My
father is many times millionaire"
YES, that can be seen,' he said,
looking at her dress, her jewels. He
saw the flush creep up under her
skin. His penetrating glance seemed
70 dissect her.
"You know the lives of US women?"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Out of a
Past
BY H. M. ECBERT
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)

NCOpyTl6Ht, l3lo Wy w. W. Shoph'o'"'
The cattlemen aboard the big trans.
Atlantic liner looked with dsfavor
upon the parties of saloon passengers
who come between decks to watch
them feed and water the steers. They
resented the intrusion, and the evi-
dent curiosity of these beings from a
world wholly alien from their expert.
ence
Perhaps 1t was the look upon
Maynes face that struck the girl who
had fingered behind
"You--you don't like us to come
here?" she asked timidly.
He shrugged his shoulders. "lf the
sight of our poverty and menlal labor
affords you atisfaction-yes, madam
You speak like gentleman" said
the girl, looking at him curlously.
Il used to be one" he answered In.
differently.
She still stood looking at him. He
had refined face, but an embittered
expression on it. He was perhaps
thirty years Of age. She looked at
his hands: they were white, but hard
ened by toll Undoubtedly he had
been a gentleman.
Mayne, for the first time, raised his
eyes to hers. She saw now that
there was a furtive expression in
them, as though the man wished to
hide something-as If he were
ashamed of something. He saw a
pretty girl Of about twenty-five, fash
ionably dressed, but little hard, he
thought. They watched each other,
while the cattle lowed and the wran.
Cling voices of the cattlemen in the
c'stle seemed to blend into harmony
with the throbbing screw and plash
of the waves.
1T is never too late to change" said
the girl softly, placing her hand upon
his sleeve.
mot when the wish remains" he
answered. but when hope is gone"
What them" she cried, and he
saw her face momentarily distorted,
as If she remembered some terrible
misfortune.
1T would surprise you he said,
If l were to tell you that l have
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Peculiar Incubator.

China is probably the only country
where an incubator and bed are em-'
ployed in combination, but In the
Shantung district this sight is COM
mon. Chickens are for the most part,
Matched by a native process Of incu-
baton, consisting in placing eggs in
earthenware jars, which are set upon
kongs or beds built of brick and clay
and within which slow fires, generally
of coke or charcoal, are kept burning.
The eggs are carefully turned from
time to time. The kongs used are
generally those which serve the family
for beds, each family throughout the.
country districts rearing a number OF
chickens In this way
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Precocious Job.

Father" inquired the little brain
twister of the family, when will our
little baby brother be able to talk?"
ooh, when he's about three, Ethel"
"Why cant he talk now, father?" "He
is only baby yet, Ethel. Babies
can't talk" ooh, yes, they can, fa-
ther," insisted Ethel, 'for Job could
talk when he was a baby" Job!
What do you mean?" Yes said
Ethel Nurse was telling us today
that it says in the Bible: Job cursed
the day he was born STRAY Stories. :
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Teeth That Won't Stop Growing.


One of the most extraordinary cases
known to dental science is that Of .
Virginia man whose teeth won't stop
growing. About five months ago he
discovered that his teeth were becom-
ing longer and more prominent. He
consulted dentist, who advised him
to have them trimmed. He. did 80, and
soon after they began to grow faster
than at first. He had them sawed on
again, but they continued to grow.
The best doctors were called in, but
none can tell the cause of this strange
atfliction. At this time his teeth are
almost an inch long and are turning
backward in his mouth, 80 that eating
is difficult; hence there are fears that
the disease may result fatally.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15
Why Cement Walks Are Not Slippery.

There is a reason why cement pave
ments are not as slippery during a
sleet-storm as bricks or paving stones.
A cement sidewalk which has been
properly constructed is laid with a
considerable foundation, placed few
inches under the crushed stone Gin
ders or sand. The paving is laid on
top of this, and the heat from the
earth has a chance to warm the foun-
dation material.
The cement being a degree or two
warmer than stone or brick, and re-
ceiving the heat of the earth through
the foundation materials, ice will melt
on the surface quicker than on most
other paving materials.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15

Note All trains arriving and leavin.
lhur n1nt scheduled from Western Mary
land station
NJ e-AiI trains arriving AMI leaving
Frederick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-07-15

More Chance to Win.
Never bet on sure thing when you
can take Q chance.
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-19
90 1871

Foxes will need all their cunning,
and much more, II the demand for
their pelts does not abate. Just now
1t seems that every girl wants to wear
red fox, or white one, coiled about
her neck, and q fox mum in which to
embed her hands. She dimes in airy
gowns, but, having removed coat,
her graceful fur is retained, not be-
cause the public dining room is cold
but because her furs are becoming,
and fashion allows her to wear them.
White fox Is in demand on evening
coats in collars and deep cuffs. Or
very light colors and white coats en-
ploy fox fur dyed black. 1t is long,
soft and rich fur but not SO durable
as some others.
Red fox is especially becoming to
authenticated, fair-skinned women,
and when brown eFes are added to
these the effect is SO good that even
the fox might be reconciled to his
fate, could he foresee it.
One of these natural fox sets is
shown in the picture. The scarf is
held in place by fastening the claws
together. In the muff the head is
used, but tail and claws are omitted.
Fox fur is dyed into several colors,
the very dark browns and blacks be-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-19
G.1~ 2zz,a&z
Modes in Hair Dressing.

The modes in hairdressing change
quite as much as the modes in mil
linery or clothes. Indeed we have to
keep modifying our couture to suit the
everchanging hat shapes. When the
crowns are high we must needs wear
our knots on top of our heads to fill
in the high crowns. When the fat
crowned shape prevails it means that
the hair must be slowed away around
the nape of the neck somewhere.
But though hair style changes fire.
quently, this does not mean that we
must follow them blindly and obedi
emily regardless OF how they appear
on us. There is nothing which SO
girls face as the right
kind of couture.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-19

Hobart King of Walla Walla is Wis
iting his brother, Geo. Vanince.
Jeff Nicely, cattleman of Pomeroy,
Wn., is in the neighborhood buying
cattle.
H. G. Call recently purchased 40
acres of improved land from the Pot
latch Lumber company. The land is
near Deary, Ida.
A public dance was given at the
Woodman hall and was largely attend
ed Music furnished by the Vanice
and Lewis orchestra.
Roy Call and Mae Balderson, both of
Avon were recently united in mar
riage at Lewiston.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-19
| As Soon asNations
Fight For a Princi-
pie That Principle
Is Lost :. :. :.
By Dr.. DAVID STARR JORDAN |
Chancellor of Leland Stanford
Junior University

\ THING of Importance in the
~ present situation is to keep
the United States out of the
wal. AS soon as a nation begins to
fight for any principle whatever the
is lost, and those who fight