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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Cause for Doubt.

We rested our sleeve against the wet
paint.
"But did you not see that sign?" So
licitously inquired the proprietor of the
corner grocery, (which says that the
paint Is fresh?"
"Certainly!" we replied with biting
sarcasm, for we were greatly annoyed
"But we have often beheld placards in
your accursed establishment announ-
cling fresh eggs, butter, vegetables and
so on, and usually found them errone-
GUS and deceptive. So why should we
suspect that this sign was anything
but a pleasant fableT'-Kansas City
Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28

per steer. The cottonseed meal gave
much better results than oil neal and
tended to produce firmer flesh with
slage.
Where there is not an abundance Of
grazing when cattle are fed the sllo
will be almost Indispensable to econ
omy in feeding. The amount saved in
feeding silage will soon pay for the
silo. 1t helps utilize the coarse feeds,
and it takes the place of green pasture
when this Is not available.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
MULBERRIES OF MUCH VALUE
Many Birds Prefer Them to Cherries,
Raspberries and Other Fruits
Remove Complaint Cause.

Probably the chief value of the null
ms, jays, catbirds and many others
prefer it to cherries, raspberries and
the fruits which they eat when no null
berries are available.
Plant plenty of mulberries and you
will have very little cause for COM
plant regarding the damage done by
birds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
FATTENING OF BEEF CATTLE
Value Of silage Strongly Emphasized
by Indiana Standardization for
Substantial Gains.

The value Of the silO In fattening
cattle was strongly emphasized by the
Indiana station. In this experiment
substantial gains were made on the
following ration:
IS pounds cottonseed meal.
"A pounds clover hay.
14.4 pounds shelled corn.
27.7 pounds corn silage.
When silage was fed the cost OF
gain was one-half cent a pound less
than with dry feed and the increase
in profits amounted to from So to IS
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Complicated, but Easy.

allow do you get your husband to
do what he doesn't want to do when
you want him to do it?" "That's easy.
I make a big fuss over something he
has already done which l didn't want
him to do or remind him of some
thing which I have done which he
wanted me to do and didn't want to
do and soon he is doing what want
him to do just as though he wanted
to do 1t all along."-Detroit Free
Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
The Sun Danced MerriIy Upon Ito
Shiny Surface az She Read.

paper made me feel like q st. George
whenever looked at them. The work.
men were doing something to the let
ter box when they found the letter I
am sending you. You know what an
antediluvian affair the box was. One
Of the panels was loose and the letter
in some amazing way had slipped be-
hind it. 1t looks bit yellow, and no
wonder, considering the time it must
have been there. Anne will persist
the address is in her fathers hand
writing, but I told her it is nonsense.
don't believe you ever met the old
chap"
Miss Emmeline read no further. With
trembling hands she picked up the Sec
ond letter. Two little spots flared sud-
denly in her cheeks as she stared at
the envelope. Yes, 1t was the hand
writing of the man she loved that
stared back at her. She had not cried
for years, but now she felt the sharp
sting of tears behind her eyelids. The
brassy clang Of bells turned suddenly
into the droning OF bees. She was walk
ing in garden, spring garden, gold
en- with daffodils and sunshine and
youth, with man young and dark,
as she was young and fair; little
stream ran bubbling at the end of the
garden.
1t was just here he had taken her
into his arms and kissed her swiftly,
and Miss Emmeline's soul had drowned
In the kiss, as the shadows Of the bud
ding trees overhead drowned in the
water of the stream. He had spoken
no word. There had been no time. In
terruptIon by others had followed i'm
mediately on the kiss, but as they sep
arated he said to her: Tonight"
And the night had come, dressing
the April sky in pale stars, and Miss
Emmeline in satin and pearls. But
the man himself never came. She had
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Raw Food Must Be Washed.

"Gritting of sand between the teeth
while eating vegetables raw is GER
tain sign that they have been cleaned
improperly, if at ALL" says the New
York Medical Journal, and adds that
because of improper washing it Is Of
ten not safe to eat raw vegetables.
salads or fruits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
MIGHT Have Been Worse.

Helen asked her grandfather to hold
her candy while she went into the
house. Since it was warm day, the
candy melted little in his hand.
When she came out he said: II am
sorry that the candy melted some,
Helen, but it might have been worse"
YES" she replied, lit might have
been ct"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
BLACKBERRY IS WELL LIKED
Preferred to Raspberry for Orchard
lnterpIanting Because Of lmmu-
nifty to Crown Gall.

Because of the marked immunity OF
blackberries to crown gall which may
be transmitted to fruit trees, that crop
orchard interplanting.
At the Ohio station 65 rows Of rasp-
berries, including black, purple, yellow
and red varieties, were all infected
this year by this disease, while none
Of the blackberries showed any infec-
ton.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28

the tree Is a. large one, only part of
the top should be removed the first
season (the remainder to be taken
off the second Year,, and this part
Of the tree grated. In these six or
eight limbs there should be 25 or 30
CRAFTS set.
Care should be exercised that the
CRAFTS are evenly distributed over the
top, so that there will be well-bal-
anced head of the new variety.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
SLIGHTLY Mixed,

My friends little niece's mother
took her to Sunday school and seated
her with the other little children. The
lesson was about little Samuel. Her
mother noticed how unusually quiet
she sat. She seemed to be taking in
everything. So, when they got home,
the mother said, Mabel, where did
Samuel's mother leave him?" All at
once her face frightened up, and she
said. "At the picture show."-Cleve-
land Leader.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Making Him Take Exercise.

"You say my husband needs exer-
else, but he won't take any, and don't
know how to make him. said wom-
an plaintively. us there any way in
"Did you ever try, on windy days,
making him wear hat that will be
sure to blow Off" asked the DOCTOR
Buffalo Express.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Remarkable Breed of Cattle.

Ireland has a breed of cattle that
seldom grows more than three feet
high and thrives on the poorest of pas
turage, yet the cows yield 20 quarts
Of milk daily.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Two Dcep Wells.

Did you know that there Is well
in Sperenhcrg little more than four
thousand feet deep, and that there is
one in 81. Louis, 3S40 feet deep?
This is the deepest well in our coun-
try.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Patriotism.

Some people are content to look at
a moving-picture film that smells to
heaven and then stand up for patriot.
ism when national hymn Is sung
Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
Daily Thouuht.

lier and more beloved for the imperfec-
lions which have been divinely ap-
pointed, that the law of human life
may be effort and the law of human
Judgment mcrcy-ltuskin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-28
SUNSHINE IN CATTLE STABLE
Anima. -, Sunlight Takes on Flesh
More ReadiIy-Southern Expos.
ure Is Favored.

A farmer, whose cattle have always
of the barn, well lighted and venti-
lated, had occasion to enlarge his
stable, building the extension with
southern exposure, into which the di-
rect rays of the sun were permitted to
enter with no obstruction.
He discovered by accident, what he
subsequently demonstrated by repeat
ed experience, that the same creature
in the sunlight took on flesh more
readily, ate less and produced more
than when kept In the stable where
the direct sunlight never entered.
More than this he proved conclu-
sively that creatures suffering with va
riOus diseases, or reduced physical
condition from divers causes, recov-
cred more readily when afforded the
energiZing influences of the sunshine.
Make an inventory of the farm prop.
erty. Get ready to start the new yeaI
on a sound business basis. Get in
wood supplies. Keep the splt-los
drag at work Fix up walks and roads.
Look after fences and remove stumps
from the fields. Begin to make plans
for the next year Lay out crops de-
eide as to what tools, stock and ferti-
lizers may be needed and prepare to
get them. These suggestions are from
Elementary Vocational Agriculture.
Maryland State College Of Agricul.
turA
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HE bells were ring.
ing, for 1t W a 8
Christmas day. Out
side upon the fro
zen path a robin
hoped, the sky
was clear, cold and
blue. The tall
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Evening journal., 1916-04-21

But all the while we have been liv-
ing under an era of "strict account
ability" The notice of February 10,
1915, so far as the public is informed,
has never been either modified or
withdrawn.
In the first Lusitania note Mr.
Wilson told Germany that this gov
ernment would "omit no word or act
necessary to the performance of its
sacred duty of maintaining the rights
OF the United States and its citizens
and of safeguarding their free exer-
else and enjoyment" This warn
ing was repated in different phrases
IN the second and third Lusitania
notes. each time very "solemly." II
is still uncancelled-an still un-
hooded
Words from Washington have had
no weight in influencing Germany's
submarine policy, because the Ger
man government quickly discovered
Secretary Bryan was considerate
enough to advertise the fact to
foreign diplomats in Washington
that words on Mr. Wilson's part were
not to be associated with deeds.
Americans. too. were gradually forced
: to recognize, to their own bitter hui
initiation. that the peremptoriness of
/ the Presidents phrases was usual
/ ly in inverse proportion TO his readi-
ness to translate them into action
/ We are therefore still waiting to see
/ the facile rhetoric Of the Administra-
I tons many protests against Ger
many's barbarOus sea policy trans
/ formed into practical and successful
measures of reprisal or resistance.
/ The Presidents message and his
note to Berlin bring us one step
nearer to the point at which words
may at last have to give way tC
acts. Yet so far as we are still
! dealing only with words-a little
more definite in implication than be
I fore, yet essentially no stronger
than the many other strong words
! which preceded them.
Germany may yield now to oul
! just representations, il they are made
with an uncompromising earnestnes'
which is more than verbal. Sh'
probably would have yielded Ions
ago III there had been anything reall!
serious really menacing to her inter
ests and safety, behind our protests
i If there is a definite result at las
4 -whetker diplomatic relations arr
I broken off or intercourse is cOntin
! ued on the basis of German disavowa
Of the policy Of murder on the higl
u seas-we shall owe nothing to th'
II long orgy Of words which has passed
in Washington for the last fourteen
, months as modern American diplo
macy.
Our issue with Germany can b,
settled now only by a display Of de
termination backed by force. And i
should have been settled that wa!
without parley or faltering as sooi
as it became clear last August tha
! Germany never intended to respon'
to Mr.. wilson's words with an ade
quate offer OF reparation for th'
Lusitania Massacre.
Evening journal., 1916-04-21
On The Western Front
CFrom The New York SUM

their great efforts at Verdun seem to
be holding their own. Day by day the
British losses have signified some
thing more than "nibbling' On April
IA twenty-four officers were killed and
107 wounded. but only a few words
that disclosed nothing we're devoted
to the days work. The censorship
lets no word through that sheds the
faintest light on what is going on be-
hind the curtain. Spring is well ad-
vanced i'm that part of France and
the ground is hardening for the Op-
portunity OF the Allies. They must
soon strike with all their resources or
be reconciled to a deadlock on the
western front as the most favorable
issue OF the war for themselves That
they will attempt the greatest of their
Offensives, before which Loos, Neuve
Chapelle and Champagne will pale in
importance, may be assumed. On
what part OF the line it will be
/ launched General Joffre has probably
decided and the German staff may
suspect.
As the French have hitherto done
the lions share of the fighting for the
Allies, it is the turn of Kitcheners
| armies. OF late the British troops
have been constantly engaged in mi
nor but still costly operations. It may
be the case that General Haig is feel
ing for a weak spot Any day the
die may be cast. when we shall hear
OF a great thrust at the German line
ON Verdun scale.
Evening journal., 1916-04-21
AMERICAS WEALTH.

From the Washington Post.
The surplus reserve now held by
the national banks of the country
would be sufficient TO give a further
loaning power Of $4,000, 100000 to S4,-
600000,00O should the growth and de-
velopment of American commerce, ag-
riculture and industries call for so
huge an enlargement of credit. The
report of The comptroller of the cur
rcncy shows that the financial pros
perity and strength of the United
States is greater now than ever be-
fore in its history and is rising rapid
ly to new levels.
The increase in resources of the ma
tional banks within the past 12
months alone exceeds the entire re-
sources of the Reichsbank of Ger
many, and the aggregate resources of
the Bank of England. the Bank of
France, the Bank of Russia. the
Reicbsbank of Germany. the Bank of
the Netherlands. the Swiss National
Bank, and the Bank or Japan"
AS recently as 1896. the statement
says, the entire amount on deposit in
national banks within the United
States vas less than the increase in
deposits within the past u months
Total reserves held by national
banks March l were $2,2S7 600. 900
This is $993, 900 900 more than the law
requires, and is more than 100000,
Evening journal., 1916-04-21
The Ominous Warning of the
PdYaI Attack
From the Washington Post)

The pursuit OF Pancho villa has
been suspended, if not abandoned.
From the moment when General
Pershing became aware of the treach-
cry of the Carranza force sat Parral
he stopped his operations against
Villa and began certain movements
which could have had no. other object
than the safety Of the American
troops. Pershing returned to Mani.
quipa and called in small cavalry de-
tachments, increased his guard over
supplies, strengthened his communi'
cations and called for IN additional
regiment of cavalry. Som of the
American troops are actually dig
ging in" as if in anticipation of an
attack by a superior force.
II is reported that a trainlOad OF
supplies sent by rail to Pershing was
seized by Carranza generals some
where along the line.
Long reports from General Funston
have been received by the Washing
ton authorities. These reports are not
made public. but il is quite evident
that they constitute forewarnings OF
a clash with the Carranza troops and
give details of the steps being taker
to prevent massacres of American
troops. Funston and Pershing at least
have been put on notice by the treach
erOus Carranzistas One experience
like that at Parral, where Carranza
troops tried to murder unarmed
American soldiers, is sufficient. II
Evening journal., 1916-04-21

does not matter whether Carranza and
Obregon cannot control their troops
or whether they are secretly directing
their hostile acts The rsult is the
same.
Pershing is perfectly able to stand
off any force that may attack him. so
long as his troops are concentrated
and well supplied. The question OF
supplies is all important. The line Of
communication must not be cut, and
there must be a constant flow Of sup
plies to the front. With the line cut
or the supplies held up, Pershing
would soon be in a perilous position.
in spite of possessing plenty OF men
and ammunition. He would be forced
no retreat nearly 400 miles over q
desert country. fighting cunning enc
mics who know the country well and
are skilliul i'm planting ambuscades.
There should he no delay in in
creasing the forces at the border Gen.
Funston may need several additional
regiments TO reinforce Pershing or
maintain communications. The Par
raj attack is a plain warning that
Carranza's assurances are worthless.
If American troops remain in Mexico,
I it is now practically certain that they
will be attacked. They will not bo
Withdrawn so long as Villa is not
disposed Of. Therefore while there is
doubt the time should be utilized 70
the utmost in increasing the forces
under Gen. Funston.
Evening journal., 1916-04-21
More Strong Words
CFrom the New YORK Tribune)

The Presidents speech TO Congress
explaining the character of the note
which he had just dispatched to Ger
many. contained many strong words,
The strongest were those in which he
told Congress that he had threatened
to break off diplomatic relations with
the German government. This was
his demand on Berlin, as Ae himself
described it: "Unless the imperial
German government should now inn
mediately declare and effect an aban-
donment of its present methods OF
warfare against passenger and freight
carrying vessels, this government can
have no choice but to sever diploms tic
relations with the government of { >
German empire altogether"
This warning goes further than Mr..
Wilson had previously gone in his
correspondence with Germany, mas
muck as 1t fn.lly suggests ringing
down the curtain on an over-extended
exchange of futile diplomatic notes.
But it does lot 90 ary further than
the President was entitled to 90 three
months ago, or even six months ago
Mr. Wilson now puts up to Germany
a choice which could have been put
up to her with equal propriety at al.
most any moment since tho Arabic
was sunk-which, without giving
ground for any imputation of undue
heat or haste on our part, could have
been put up to Germany after the ad
ministratiOns third formal appeal for
disavowal of the Lusitania mas
sacre had failed to bring anything
like a satisfactory response.
The President has urged strong word
ever since he began 10 write notes t.
Germany on the subject OF submarine
warfare away back in February. 1915
No diplomatic communication could wei
have been brusqucr in tone or more nm
compromising in substance than tn
original protest of February 10, 1916
against Germany's plans for conducting
submarine warfare in the 'war zone
proclaimed in the waters about Grea
Britain and Ireland.
The German government was told il
advance by MIR. Wilson that it would b
held to "strict accountability for an.
act in violation of the recognized rule
of warfare at sea by which American
lives should be lost, or even put il
jeopardy. The theory of "strict account
ability" went into effect more than four
teen months ago 1t must have mean
as much i'm February, 1915, as it mean
today. Vet in his address to Congress
yesterday the President said
"Aeain and again, ina manner whcl
the government of the United State
cannot but regard as wanton and with
ont the slightest color OF justification, III
limit of any kind has, in fact. been Sc
TO the indiscliminate pursuit and de
stuction of merchantmen of all kind
aud nationalities within the waters
constantly extending in area, wher
those operations have been carried on
aud the roll of Americans who have los
their lives on ships thus attacked an,
DESTROYED has grown month by mont
until the ommous toll has mounted int
the hundreds
Evening journal., 1916-04-21

After fifty days Of fighting about
verdun the issue is still in doubt.
General Petain. the French command
err, says i'm a general order to his
troop congratulating them upon their
splendid resistance to the enemy's as
saults: "The Germans no doubt Will
attack again Let each work and watch
to obtain the same result as before.
On les aura" eve shall get them). But
by acting upon the defensive the
French can never get "them." Unless
the Allies undertake a great offensive
on the scale OF the German operations
in the verdun SECTOR there will be no
hope OF even expelling the enemy from
his lines that extend from the sea to
Switzerland.
The bulletins issued by the French
War Office since the first gun was
fired in the battle of Verdun could be
condensed into one sentence Of relief;
1T might be worse" The Germans
have occupied a great deal more ter
ritory than the French took in the
Champagne offensive in the latter part
Of 1915. and the German total of pris-
oners is from 10000 to $4,000 greater
than that OF the French. Stin, the
Germans have neither taken Verdun
nor opened a way to Paris on the other
side of the Meuse. II has been bad
enough for the French. but it might
have been worse In spite OF the great
slaughter on both sides and the cap
| ture of nearly 10000 prisoners by the
! Germans. Verdun throws no light upon
the issue Of the war.
william IL. is quoted as having said
at a review of a division the other
day: "The present war ought to end
at Verdun." But nothing can be
made out OF this declaration except
| encouragement to the German troops
| engaged in the battle Obviously the
| Emperor was thinking of grand
victory that would demoralize the
! Allies, and not of a last offensive
against them.
II there is TO be a smashing attack
anywhere that will end trench war
fare and bring the combatants to-
gether for strategic battle in the
omen apparently it must be some
where else on the far flung line than
AT Verdun. If the French have had
the worst of the fighting in that
sector they have demonstrated their
ability to thwart the German plan
to isolate Verdun and break through
on a wide front preparatory to an
advance on Paris. For consider
bic time the intentions of the Germans
were only to be conjectured, but the
fighting about Verdun developed on
such a colossal scale that there could
be no doubt il was a major operation.
a mighty cast for victory. Two such
offensives spontaneously would be inn
possible.
In the meantime there has been no
lull, but almost constant fighting on
the front held by the British, now es-
timated to be one-fourth of the whole
line. Here the Germans in spite OF