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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
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BLOTS ON THE LANDSCAPE
Good Reasons Why Disfisuring Signs
Should All Be Removed From
the Public Roads.

The city beautifiers who have ex-
tended their pulchritudinous measures
to the country will be delighted,
though somewhat abashed, to note
that the state of Pennsylvania has an
tedated them for some years.
An old and forgotten enactment OF
the commonwealth forbids the placing,
erecting or maintaining along any
road within the state, whether state
highway, state or county or township
road, of signs of any description.
Road employees have been instruct
ed, since this old law has been dug
up, to tear down all signs that may be
fastened on trees, fences, posts or
powders along the roads. Where
these dsfiguring signs are painted on
the fences the workmen are instructed
to paint them out.
But what of the equally disfguring
signs within the lands inclosed by the
fences or bordered by the roads? Is
1t the idea Of the state that only land
owners may have license to distigure
the landscape? That law needs amend
ing. OF what avail will 1t be to paint
out the sign, Take Mapleton's Pills.
when it occurs on a fence bordering
the highway. and leave untouched the
glazing announcement: "a dose OF
Humfuddlers' Bitters is just the thing
you need" simply because 1t stands
inside the highway fence? - Fort
Worth Record.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
MOUSE BITE KILLS BABY
Slioht Wound lnfects Washington, D.
c., Infant With Blood Poisoning
Coroner Warns People.

There are occasional instances
where rodents, both the house rat and
mouse, have been known to invade
the bed or crib occupied by young chill
dren, especially Infants when left
alone sleeping. Such an incident Is
recorded in the death Of William Web
ster Jackson, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William w. Jackson of Washington,
whose death is reported in the vital
statistics as due to virulent blood
poisoning from the infection OF
mouse bite on the childs neck.
One night while the infant only two
weeks old, was sleeping in his crib be-
side his mothers bed mouse crawled
into the crib and, biting the baby on
the neck, inflicted what was then
thought to have been an insignificant
wound. A simple application was made
to the scratch or wound inflicted by
the little rodent, and nothing more
was thought of it for the time being.
However, the bite resulted IN an In
lection which spread so rapidly that
physicians found 1t impossible to save
the child's life. A high fever rnvel-
oped, and the child died.
Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt, who in
vestigated the case, is satisfied that
the child's death was directly trace
able to the bite Of the mouse In COM
menting upon the case he said:
1T Is a fact widely known among
medical men that rats and mice carry
disease, and householders should make
every effort to rid their houses Of them
as matter of personal and public
protection. Cats, likewise, are men,
ace to public health, carrying germs
of disease to a marked degree. The
determination of rats and mice should
be undertaken by the local and public
health service"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
His Strange Seizure.

A burglar broke into the residence
Of Professor Rasp Sunday evening
while the family were at church, and
when he heard them returning con,
cealed himself behind the cabinet or.
gan. He remained there for nearly an
hour while Miss Kettle, the prof.'s
charming daughter, played and sang
hymn tunes for the edification Of En-.
nett Pertwhistle, who had accompa,
MED her home. At the end of that
time dull thud was heard and the
intruder was found unconscious on the
floor. Doctor Slade, who was called,
pronounced the attack acute indiges'
tion.-Tywoppity correspondence Kan
sas City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
STRANGE FASHION FREAKS
Women's Styles Follow Stage Fads or
National Costumes-Garter Helped
One Young Lady.

In nine cases out of ten fashions
are born, not made, and they can or
ten be traced to the influence OF pass
ing events. It would seem that the
short, full skirts which are now IN
vogue originated with the Russian bal
let which has been so popular of late,
in the same way as the tight skirts fol-
lowed the craze for oriental plays and
dances. Following up the Russian in
fluence, the Paris fashion experts in
troduced the Cossack coat and high
Cossack boots.
Dress experts keep changing the
fashions, as it We're, in self-defense.
At one time elaborately-worked and
and-embroidered blouses were the
vogue. Then machines were so per-
fected that machine embroidered
blouses outrivaled the hand work, and
fashion experts retaliated by design
ing blouses as plain as they could be
made.
The fashion for uncurled feathers
was the result Of wet day Curled
ostrich feathers were on every hat
when, at some fashionable function,
the rain descended in torrents and ev-
cry feather was soon absolutely
straight. Milliners, always alert for
an idea, were struck with the appear
ance of these feathers, and uncurled
ostrich plumcs became the demand.
The fashion for wearing ribbons in
termingled with curls piled on the top
of the head originated in the reign OF
Louis XIV of France. A certain Mile.
Fontange was out hunting with the
king and court, when branch OF
tree caught her hair and pulled it
down With quick resourcefuness. she
leaned down, pulled off her ribbon gar
ter, and twisted up her hair with 1t.
The king, noticing the pretty effect,
complimented her on her charming
couture, and from that moment the
"fontange," as 1t was termed, became
the rage.
1t cannot be denied that most OF the
more extreme fashions originate with
the stage, but the most lasting fash
ions are due to royalty. The vogue
for black and white, which has not yet
died out, was the result of the death
Of King Edward.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Geographical Changes.

Biologists tell us that during the
Eocene era, when the shores of the
Gulf Of Mexico lay considerably farther
inland than at the present time, long,
baylike extension of the gulf filled the
present valley of the Mississippi up to
the mouth of the Ohio, says bulletin
of the United States geological survey.
The boundaries OF this ancient bay
were not stationary, but shifted slowly
back and forth from time to time. 80
that open sea was gradually replaced
by brackish water, and this by swamps
and peat boys. The succeeding ad
vance of the sea buried these old peat
boys beneath Accommodations Of clay,
sand and sea shells.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
AN ENGLISH WOMAN PRAISES
Taste In Clothing, Homes, Art
and Can Sing DivineIy.

An English woman writes: If you
want to see things that are new and
unusual you must come to America
The women dress as beautifully as the
Parisians, paint their furniture like so
many Angelica Kauffmanns, sing-at
any rate, good number of them-di-
vinely, dance like ancient Greeks and
furnish their houses with" taste that
| can only describe as exquisite. You
will think | exaggerate. All can say
is, come and see! The majority Of the
country houses here now are adapta-
lions of Italian houses, long and low,
with two side wings jutting slightly
forward. The one at which am stay
ing is of hollow tile finished with warm
stucco. There are blue-green blinds
and the roof is brownish red. l can
not tell you how pretty! The interior
hall is paved with white and green.
The woodwork is white and the walls
gray. Big lounges are here with love-
ly cedar pillows, bringing smell re-
dolent of the forest. In many rooms
they have floors of red tile intersected
with white. The idea is Italian. In
summer the tiles are cool, and in win
ter, with thick rugs put down, the red
color at least looks warm"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Don't Knock Your Homo Town.

The man who talks against his town
makes a serious blunder, serious mis-
take. To do so is to help to create a
sentiment against the place where he
makes his living, place which means
much to him at all times and especial
ly when 1t Is prosperous, and this 1t
cannot be II the citizenship is continu-
ally finding some excuse to deplore its
existence. One Of the essential things
In all towns is a successful business
organization. To attack this organiZa.
ton upon all occasions means that the
town is on the downgrade and that the
persons making the attacks are assist.
ing the town to go further down. No
organization can make Roadway with
the citizenship out campaigning
against it when they ought to be out
speaking praises for 1t. If the citizen
ship expect to build town by fighting
its way for growth and prosperity they
are badly mistaken.-Greenville (Tex.)
Banner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
OUR GREAT NEW INDUSTRY
An Unprecedented Demand for High
Explosives Developed Trade In
Benzol and Toluol.

In response to the unprecedented de-
mand for high explosives new indus
try, the recovery of benzol and toluol,
suddenly sprang into existence in the
United States in 1915. Benzol and
toluol, Indispensable raw materials
from which explosives, dyestuifs and
other chemical products are manufac-
tured, are oils similar to gasoline in
appearance and smell and are present
in the gas that is driven off from coal
when it is made into coke. Before the
European war the demand in the Uni
ted states for these products was so
small and the price so low that but one
company engaged in coke-making
sought to recover them on q large
scale Late in 1914 the price Of ben
zol, and particularly toluol, rose to
such a point that many other COM
panies began to build plants to recover
these oils, which were then being
burned with the gas, and by the end
Of 1915 there were 10 new plants for
benZol recovery in operation and 9TH
ers in course Of erection. 1t Is esti-
mated that between 100000 and 81
100000 tons of coal were carbonized In
the ovens that furnished the gas from
which the oils were recovered.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11

wonder then, that the market milk
dealer must produce that milk in
room approaching the kitchen in
cleanliness
The type Of structure used by the
professional dairyman is now clearly
known and in the main, adhered TO.
The problem is the barn for the man
keeping a small number OF cows and
marketing only the cream or butter.
The returns from the latter do not
justify costly barns, neither is it now
considered necessarily essential to
have the most sanitary structure.
While this Is true now, there is no
warranty of its truth decade or two
hence. Possibly the most modern
barns will be considered poor make
shifts Is years hence, in the light or
new developments in sanitary science
yet to come. Be that as it may. it
is advisable for the professional dairy.
man to build only the best and the
smaller dairyman to so build, that, as
demands require, he can remodel to-
ward the best structure.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Health SiqnS,

Some public-spirited citizens in Vir.
ginia have started a system of health
advertisements along the roadside in
opposition to the unsightly patent
medicine advertisements which have
to great extent obscured the view
and defaced the scenery in many sec
tions of the country. The former meet
with approval generally and have been
the means Of bringing about changed
condition as far as the public health
is concerned. G. of the signs reads
as follows: "The best farm in this
county is the one OH which the health
of the family is best protected. An
other contains the legend, Beware
mosquitoes. They breed in stagnant or
slowly-running water"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Small But Useful DYNAMO.

Farmers and others living on the
banks of small streams are showing
much interest In the new invention of
A. G. Watkins of Philadelphia, which
is small waterpower plant floating
on the surface Of the stream. This
generates sufficient power to operate
a small dynamo, which will supply
the current to light a modern house
of moderate size, or do other useful
chores around the farm or suburban
residence. The plant consists of two
triangular floats secured together so
that there is a gradually narrowing
channel between them. The broad
end Of this is turned upstream and
the narrow end is equipped with
water Wheel The water enters the
large opening, and in passing out acts
on the wheel, which is in turn geared
to small dynamo.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Americas "Fairy Stone"

Perhaps the most curious mineral
found in the United States Is staurol-
ite otherwise known as the fairy
stone This Is an iron-aluminum
silicate found only in Virginia and
North Carolina, the reddish-brown and
brownish-black crystals occurring in
well-defned single and double crosses.
There is some commercial demand for
the crosses as curios, which are worn
as watch charms or on chains In the
manner Of locket or lavalliere-a de-
mand perhaps stimulated by the
quaint legend which is told Of their
origin; the fairies living in the caves
of the mountains, on hearing the sad
tidings of the death Of Christ, fash
toned these crosses as mementos OF
him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
FIRST-CLASS DAIRY STABLES
Quarters for Milking Cows Are Sep
arated Entirely From All Other
Kinds of Live Stock.

The standard now set for the first
class dairy barns is high. The quar-
ters for the milking COWS are separat-
ed entirely from all other stock, even
from the younger dairy stock. The
barn must be narrow, not housing
more than two rows of cows. The
window surface is to be relatively
very large, the walls smooth, floors
not absorbent and easily washed.
Ventilation by a systematic arrange
ment of ducts, has to be provided.
The new order. Of construction is
the result of the more general under
standing of the power Of sanitation
and cleanliness in the prevention Of
disease Milk is perhaps the most
widely used uncooked food Little
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11

The Extension Service of the Mary.
land Agricultural College, in co-opera'
ton with the L. S. Department Of Az,
riculture, is prepared to conduct lin.
tied number Of cooperative spraying
demonstrations. These are for the
purpose Of teaching the methods OF
mixing and applying the spray ma,
terials and for demonstrating the
value of the operation. In these dem
onstrations, the obligations of the
growers are to furnish the equipment
chemicals, labor and to keep record
of the quality and quantity of fruit
produced on both the sprayed trees
and the unsp"ayed or check trees. Or
the other hand, the Extension Service
viii arrange for a man TO 20 TO the
orchard as often as is necessary tt
supervise the work at no expense
the grower.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
silk Culture In Colombia.

The government Of Colombia has
just made an appropriation of $4,000
annually for the encouragement of silk
culture in the republic. Experiments
are to be made with native plants to
see if they can be used in the indus
try in place of mulberry plants. Silk
spinning machinery imported into Co.
lombia will be exempt from duty for
ten years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Poetry VS.. Prose.

The poet raves Of her beautiful hair
that crowns his fair idols head, and
calls the man prosy old bear who ig.
nores its splendors instead. Yes, the
poet of it makes fad-its glories in
verse he will group; but, like other
mortals he's mad If a strand of it gets
in the soup.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Old Term Now Widely Used,

The term minister was first applied
to churches of outlying English par
isles in the tenth century. 1t is now
given to a number OF the important
cathedrals, York, Ripon, Lincoln and
Southwell, and to few large churches
and abbeys, such as Sherborne, Win
borne and administration Mail
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Motor Car Service Station, Make
It Attractive, Rather Than an Eye.
sore to the Nelshborhood In Which
II Is Situated

shacks or frame structures, most Of
them unsightly buildings which de-
tract from the appearance of the
neghborhoods in which they are To-
Gated. In California, and particularly
at Los Angeles, this condition is be-
ing ameliorated by the erection Of
small attractive structures designed
after the old Spanish missions of the
Pacific coast and Southwest.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
AVOID COMMUNICATING MILK
Cow Should Not Be Groomed, Bedded
or Fed Immediately Before She
Is TO Be MIXED.

The cows should not be groomed,
bedded or fed Immediately before
milking.
SO doing fills the stable air with
dust and germs which gets into the
pail while milking and so contain
mates the milk.
The grooming is as good for the
COWS as good bedding but do 1t some
time during the day when ample time
will be left before the next milking
to allow the dust to settle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Monkey Made Happy.

Hoolock, lonesome monkey In the
Central park zoo, New York, was mis-
cradle until the curator conceived the
idea of taking photographic records
Of his whining chatter. Now Hoolock
listens to his own talk, thinks he has
companion and is perfectly happy
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
ADD TO CITYS APPEARANCE
Motor Car Service Depots That Are
Of Artistic Design and Excellent
Construction.

Motor car supply stations, at which
gasoline, oil and a limited variety of
accessories are dealt in, have been
springing up throughout the residen-
tial districts Of nearly every city Of
prominence. Often these depots con-
sist of small brick huts, sheet iron
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
ADVANTAGE With Sheen.

Though the raising of sheep gives
the advantage over other meat-produc.
ing animals, in that flock of ewes
not only produces lambs, but also a
crop of wool, with well-managed flocks
the crop of wool just about pays for
the keeping of the ewes. This will
leave the lambs as clear profit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Anqler's Lucky Day.

Mrs. John Roberts, while fishing
from the municipal pier at Hermosa
Beach, Cal, caught i've different kinds
of fish on five hooks at the same time.
The fish were taackerel, bass, jack
smelt. yellow fin and barracuda.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11

To this should be added the amount
which would have to be paid a sur
veyor and assistant. 1t requires about
two hours to run the proper lines by
these two men.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11
Won Hls Bet,

Bill-A flea bet kangaroo that II
would go as far on a jump as the kan
CARGO.
Jill-Of course the flea lost the bet
mo; when the kangaroo jumped Mr..
Flea hoped onto MIR. Kangaroo and
went the same distance"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11

I7IWlIIDIHg, IHCIUUITIB VWO dHlI
freezing Kemp toilets. ....$ 1855
Two hundred and sixty feet of
six-inch sewer tile in place. 5140
Septic tank complete. ......... $40
Mechanics, overseeing time. $500
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-05-11

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-03-30
THE GUNS THAT FAILED.

The war department has issued an
explanation of the non availability of
the machine guns which enabled Villa
and his bandits to get off comparative
ly immune on the occasion of their
night raid on the city of Columbus.
The reason for the jamming of the
machine guns was not the failure of the
mechanism to function properly, but
was due to the fact that the night was
dark and it was difficult to load the
guns. In loading, the feed strip has
to be inserted in narrow slot or guide.
If this strip is not inserted properly in
this guide, the gun will fire about five
shots and will then jam This happened
TO two of the guns, as it was so dark
that It WAS almost impossible to get
the strips in the slots.
A great pity that there WASH Boy
Scout at hand to lend the men in charge
of the guns his electric flash. The
New York Sun, which has not entirely
survived the trick of sarcasm that it
acquired in Dana's time, observes that
the machine guns evidently We're day
light guns, not TO be depended upon af-
ter twilight, and suggests that Villa
should be requested to time his attacks
to hours when the orb of the day IS rid
ing in the heavens. Fix.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-03-30
BILE. Huxtable, Engels, Meserole. Ire
week, Kirst. Opposed. no vote.
On motion the council adjourned.
j. p. PARMLEY, Mayor
II. G.. JACKSON, Clerk.
Commercial Club Notes

A regular meeting of the club was
held at the club rooms March 20.
Eight new members were voted in.
A letter from W. c.. Redfield, secretary
of the Department of Commerce, read
and ordered published:
''The attention of the Department
of Commerce is called. by the president
Of large paper manufacturing COM
pany, to the fact that there is a ser
ious shortage of raw material for
the manufacture of paper, including
rags and old papers. He urges that
the Department should makeit known
that the collecting and saving of rags
and old papers would greatly better
existing conditions for American man
ufacturers.
Something like 10. 900 tons Of differ
ent kinds of paper and paper board are
manufactured every day in the United
States and large proportion of this,
after it has served it's purpose, could
be used over again in some class of pa
per. A large part of it, however is
either burned or otherwise wasted.
This, of course, has to be replaced by
new materials. In the early history of
the paper industry publicity was given
to the Importance of saving rags. 1t
is of scarcely less Importance now. The
Department of Commerce is glad to
bring this matter to the attention of
the public in the hope that practical
results may flow from it. A little at
tention to the saving of rags and old
papers win mean genuine relief to our
paper industry and diminishing drain
upon our sources of supply for new
materials.
A list of dealers in paper stocks can
be obtained from the local Chamber of
Commerce or Board of Trade.
WILLIAM c. REDFIELD, Sec. :"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-03-30
LINDEN NOTES
Continued from eighth page.


ing for new motor. They expect to
resume operations this week.
Optimo No. on Rolling property is
now milling 8 to 10 tons daily.
Ross Bros. at this writing continues
good producer running 10 to IL tons
zinc and to tons lead per day.
The new shaft of Vinegar Hill Min
ing Co. on Wicks property is now down
to about depth of 40 feet.
The Milwaukee-Linden Mining Co.
have very good cuttings on the Jacobs
property. On the Kickapoo property
they have one of the largest and most
up to date drilling machines ever
brought into this district.
New motors and jigs are being INSTALL
ed Weigh property. This mine will be
in operation soon.
Drilling machines are getting to be
very common in this district, new
machines owned by local parties have
been laid down here the past week.
Today, Linden is one of the greatest
mining camps in Southwestern Wiscon-
sin. The pay roll for February month
being close to s23, 100000.