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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
Invisible Clock.

A public clock which can he heard
but not seen Is one of Londons curl
Gus possessions. 1t is In the tower
of ST. Mary Abbot's church, Kensing
ton, and is the only public clock in the
immediate neighborhood. 1t chimes
the quarters and the hours, but COM
mlts itself no further. 1t has no dial
no hands, no outward and visible sign
Of any kind to show that 1t Is clock.
This eccentricity. 1t is explained, Is the
result of two causes, one eSthetic, the
other financial. When the tower was
built in 1879 clock was suggested
as an afterthought, but the architect
protested that 1t would mean the ad
dition Of Is feet to the tower, and the
ruin of its cherished proportions. A
second point was that the church, hay
ing but slender funds, could not afford
Il clock with dial. A compromise was
arrived at by installing the works of
Ginning clock In the belfry without
dial or hands.-London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
REGULAR FEEDING FOR cows
Greatest Degree of Contentment in
Herd Can Only Be Secured by
Strictest Regularity.

1t is of great Importance that strict
regularity should be observed, both in
feeding and in milking, in order to So
cure the greatest degree of content
ment in the herd. First give the grain
mixture, and milk the cows while they
are eating it. This routine is recon-
mended because, with some cows, the
milk comes more freely while they are
eating that portion of their ration
which has the most relish.
Cured rOughage should he fed after
milking because it fills the air in the
barn with dust. Succulcnt feed, like
siage and roots, should also be fed
after milking, because of the Odor that
1t gives. Feeding twice II day will
bring better returns than more fire.
quent and wasteful feeding. Give half
the concentrates and half the roughage
in the morning and half in the eve
ming.
In the winter they should be allowed
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
THROWING HAND GRENADES
Baseball Training Helps the Work
Americans In the Foreign
Legion.

Paris.-Throwing hand grenades
has become an important factor in
modern trench warfare, and all troops
are trained in the practice. Companies
are drawn up face to face ut a dis
lance apart which makes 1t unlikely
that anyone will be hit by the dummy
grenades and the command is given
to let drive as rapidly as possible.
Americans in the Foreign Legion.
thanks to their baseball practice, have
distinguished themselves in this line,
and practice companies have to be
placed farther apart when they in
clude any Americans.
L'Auto organized Il championship in
Paris for the young men who have not
Yet been called up. An Armenian
Frenchman won with throw Of 40
meters Q32 feet 3 inches).
The record at the front was report.
ed to be 81 meters or feet 1R
inches) but letter from the front
says that at competition organized
by officers, who did the measuring, a
zouave named Legrand threw 81 me-
tiers rs COO feet lnches).
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
JOKE WASN'T ON 'STONEWALL'
Great Soldier Evince Even
Slight Sign Of Fear.

"NIaj. Thomas ]. Jackson, later the
famous 'Stonewalr Jackson, was our
instructor In mathematics and drilled
the students in artillery tactics said
General Armistead,a an ante bellum grad
uate of the Virginia Military institute.
"'Old Jack as the students called
him, with his worn uniform, faded
cap, usually pcrchcd ut II ridiculous
angle upon his big head. rusty old
cavalry 'saber and ungruceful gait, was
In appearance far from our beau ideal
of soldi,r. Nevertheless, 1t was pos
sible even then to guess ut the real
greatness of the man.
"The guns we used in our artillery
drills We're pulled by hand. AS the
drill proceeded. our instructor would
become transformed into the very SEM
blance of Mars himself, as, with form
erect, waving sword and flashing eye,
he would give the command Fire ! in
voice that rang over the campus like
the blast of Il bGgle.
"One day. in Il spirit Of mischief, the
students who We're drawing the gun
pretended to lose control of it as 1t
moved rapidly down gentle incline.
directly toward Major Jackson. But
the commander, instead of scuttllng
out of the way as the boys had glee-
fully anticipated, stoad stcrnly erect
and immovable right in the track Of
the gun.
II tell you there was some lively
hustling and just in the nick of time
too, to keep Old Jack from being run
over That was our only attempt to
play practical joke at Major jack
sons expense. Companion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
TAN NOW SUCCEEDS ROUGE
English Society Women Consider Ii
Badge Of War Time
Service.

London.-In these days when women
are taking up the work Of men gone to
the front pink and white are no longer
considered desirable in womans COM
plexion and tan has become the fash
ionabfe shade.
you've either got to wear Red
Cross uniform or canteen workers
brassard or munitions badge, or a
tanned face" remarked pretty girl.
eff you come back to town with cheeks
that are as brown as the earth, people
Immediately believe you've been help
ing to make hay or picking fruit. You
don't need to bother about your COM
plexion. People don't expect you to
have one If you've been helping farm
ers. And think what 1t saves at the
chemist'sW
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
To Increase Good Fortune.

Rejoice and give thanks for every
strength. "Thou shalt call thy gates
Praise" Behold, l have set before
thee an open door, and no man can
shut It," This is the door of Praise.
No man can shut this door for you, and
when you open 1t wide all good flows
in to you. Your part Is to keep the
door open. Praise every indication OF
good, even though 1t may seem small.
and it becomes magnified in your con-
seriousness. This is the way the things
of the Spirit grow and increase In your
life and affairS.-Unity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
INJURY BY RED APPLE BUGS
Comparatively New Pest, But Has
Done Enormous Amount Of Dam.
age In New York Orchards.

The apple red bug is a comparative
ly new pest, but it has done an enor-
nous amount of damage in apple or
chards in many parts Of New York for
the past two or three seasons. 1t Is
not often seen, but the results Of its
work are all too apparent at picking
time, when the fruit Is found to be
more or less deformed SO that It will
not pass for "a" grade. The injury Is
caused by punctures which the insect
makes in young apples in order to
suck out the juice. The tissue does
not develop normally around these
punctures and slight depression Is
left in the fruit. A small greenish
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
KEROSENE MADE INTO SPRAY
Hard or Soft Soap and Boiling Water,
With Oil Added as Desired, Fa-
vored for Aphides.

Dissolve half pound of hard soap
or one quart Of soft soap in one gal
Ion OF boiling water. Add two gal.
Ions of kerosene and churn with a
force pump by pumping it back and
forth for five or ten minutes until the
oil is thoroughly emustied, forming
a creamy mass with no drop of oil Wis
lble. This stock emulsion may be
Of kerosene.
For aphides one part of stock solu-
ton should be diluted with from ten
to fifteen parts of water, giving from
four to six per cent kerosene in the
spray.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
KEEP CREAM CANS COVERED
In Summer Weather Ordinary Piece Of
Wet BurIap Will Keep Tempera-
ture About Right.

A great part of the value of keep
ing cream cool ON the farm and at
the station or creamery is lost if the
cream is exposed to the direct rays
Of the sun while being hauled from
the farm to the point of sale. Far
too few people stop to realize the i'm
portance of covering their cream cans
when bringing them in to town.
Expensive jacketed cans are not
necessity to keep the cream cool. In
summer weather just an ordinary
piece of wet burlap thrown over the
cans will keep the temperature of the
cream as much as 20 degrees below
what it would rise to if left uncovered
while beng TRANSPORTED over the aver.
age hauling dist ..,e,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07

to spend the day in the stall, and for
two or three hours about midday they
should not be disturbed. Turning them
out into the yard, or giving them ac-
cess to Il strawstack or field of corn
milk, no matter how much or how we'll
they may be fed in the morning and
evening. No more feed should be given
them than they will eat up. The man
gers should be absolutely clean and
free from any feed during the day and
night.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
PLANS OF EXPERIENCED MEN
Buy Only Standard Varieties Which
Have Done WeIl-Not Caught by
Fake Nursery Agents.

Experienced fruit growers buy only
the standard varieties which have been
tested and have done well in their
vicinity. They experiment only in the
smallest way with novelties. They are
never caught by fake nursery agents.
They deal only with statesmen and
nurseries certified to by the state as
dealing in nursery stock that is free
from insect and fungous pests.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
In a Dry State.

A Portland man saw Il neighbor 3
cat playing with Il catnip ball. whats
that?" he asked. "Catnip ball" said
the neishbor. "Where do you get
'em?" "Any drug store" He wanted
apothecary and he said: "Gimme
catnip ball" "A whatW said the drug
ger man. "a catnip ball" "By gosh,
you got me-" said the other, II never
mixed One."-Portland Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07

core may also be seen when cutting
across one Of these depressions, OF
on IA single apple. The Northern Spy
seems to be especially subject to at
tack by this insect.
The remedy is to spray with some
contact insecticide, when the insects
are present and before they begin to
work on the young fruit. Experiment
stations agree that a tobacco extract
Is effective in controlling this insect.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
CAP PROTECTS MILK BOTTLE
Sanitary Device Placed on Market to
Exclude All Dirt, Flies, Etc,
While in Use.

In order to keep milk bottles while
in use, free from dirt and flies, SAM
tary milk-bottle cap has been placed
on the market. This is arranged so
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
Its STYLE.

"This is certainly fine clubhouse,
but its ventilation Is bad. BY the way,
what is this room to be used for?"
II don't know, but judging by its
present temperature, it must be the
grill room"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07

that, by moving the stop, milk may be
poured without difficulty. When closed
he milk is kept almost alright.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07

Great 0" ne n Ptg. & Mfg. 70
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29

81 want a cake of the best toilet
soap you have" a shopper in one Of
the big New York department stores
said to a saleswoman the other day;
"how much is it, please?" 1.-TWO dol
lars and ninety cents" was the stag
gering reply as the clerk brought
forth from a case a small, daintily
wrapped package; "and you're lucky
to get this, for we're not getting any
more of them now" It was a French
soap, and the high price, it was said,
was due to the exquisite perfume.
used in its manufacture
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29

TOLEDO STREET CARS TIED up
UNION WANTS RECOGNITION
Toledo, O., March 29.-One hope
for walkers of Toledo today, follow
ing complete tieup of street car sys-
tenn, is conference which Mayor Mil
roy is attempting to arrange between
officials Of Toledo Railways and Light
Co. and carmen's union.
Not a car wheel has turned since
late yesterday afternoon when men
took cars to barns after company
had refused to allow employees to
wear union buttons while operating
cars.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29
..TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

LeadviIIe, CoI.-Fire threatened to
destroy most of city's business sec
ton. Dynamite being used in an eff
fort to check spread Of flames.
London. - 10000 Mersey dock
hands went on strike, following dis
pute concerning pay for overtime.
New York.-Petition Of realty men
to have name of Bowery changed to
get rid Of memories of "scuttles of
suds" and gang fights turned down
by aldermen
New York. - Funerals by aero
planes will soon be style, an under
taIxer announces. He will accept or
ders for them soon.
PittsbUrgh.-There will probably
be no dangerous flood in Ohio river
valley as result Of present rise in the
three rivers here.
HOUSE SIDESTEPS SUFFRAGE
Washington, March 29.-Federal
suffrage amendment known as "cock
robin" is dead. House judiciary COM
mittee postponed it Indefinitely.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Central West Side Y. P. S. L. meets
tonight, West Side Socialist hall, 1903
W. 18th.
what is Wrong With Our State
Governments" lecture by Prof. A. R.
Hatton, Western Reserve university,
City Club luncheon, Thurs.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29

800 YARDS OF GERMAN TRENCH
TAKEN BY FRENCH
Paris. - 300 yards of German
trenches in southern end of Avocourt
wood were captured by French
troops in violent attack early today.
French also captured important fort
flied German work.
Berlin, - German troops have
broken French front for more than
1000 yards, capturing several lines
Of trenches in fighting north of Ma
lancourt, 10 miles northwest of Yer
dun.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-29


CHARGES OF ADA COX
Without the jury leaving the box,
Rufus Edwards was today found not
guilty of violating the Mann white
slave act with Ada Cox. Judge An
derson then dismissed the case.
w. Rufus Edwards, the st. Paul
lumber millionaire, told his story in
court about the affair with Ada M.
Cox which cost him $17,500 after
breach Of promise suit and resulted
in his trial under the Mann act
He laughed almost all the while.
The man on trial smiled as he told
the court of his spooning with Miss
Cox in an automobile just a few
hours after the girl, under the influ-
ence of liquor, went to roOming
house with him.
His defense was that he took Miss
Cox to st. Paul on business and the
night in the roominghOuse was as
much her fault as his.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

they might reasonably be expected TO send
against us. Anything less than that would be
worse than useless, for it might give false
sense of security likely to invite trouble.
The United States has at the present time
seven drcadnoughts of the first line in full
commission one in reserve because OF faulty
engines, three under construction and prac-
tically completed one approaching completion
and three others under constructions total
of fifteen. Two more were authorized at the
last session of Congress. but work will not be
begun on them until next winter.
OF the old pre-dreadnought type, now called
battleshps OF the second line, there are fif
teen in full commission, seven in reserve and
three out of commission. Most of the last two
groups are undergoing repairs, are without
compliments and could not be called into ser
vice on short notice
The navy has Ave armored cruisers on the
active list and four In reserve. These ships
would be valueless in time Of war until the
main battleship feet had disposed of the
enemy's capital ships, except that in the event
of an American defeat they might be used as
commerce raiders until the enemy ran them
down. There are also in the navy FIVE first
class cruisers, two second class and fourteen
third class, more than half of which arc in
reserve.
The navy is divided into fleets and squad
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

that every vessel in commission on the At
lantic coast could be spared for the work
1t is apparent, therefore, that any nation
bringing a force of more than seven dread
noughts and fifteen second line battleships,
with the usual complement of scouts and aux
iliaries, could destroy the American Atlantic
fleet or force it into hiding, taking control of
the ocean and driving American commerce
from the seas. On the Pacific the same object
could be accomplished with smaller force,
even when allowance is made for the tremen-
dous distances on that ocean as compared with
the Atlantic.
Either Great Britain or Germany could, II
unhampered by other European powers, bring
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

sIncluding seven now in reserve and three ou,
of commission.
The figures for the British navy have been
omitted purposely The General Board of the
navy in 1903 formulated naval policy which
assumed the friendship OF Great Britain That
policy called for the forty-eight capital ships
by 1919. Secretary Danies's programme falls
far short OF that ideal, and il would be ldl;,
therefore, to pretend that it is intended to
form bulwark against Great Britain.
There are reasons, however, why the paper
force of the present American navy cannot be
utilized Immediately in case Of war. The first
Of these is the shortage OF officers and men,
which according to figures compiled BY As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, now
totals $4,000 men. That means that to put
every ship in the navy in condition for war
service and to man properly the shore sta
tions the navy should have nearly 10000 men
instead of the present number OF $500.
THE SHORTAGE OF MEN
Admiral Fletcher, commanding the Atlantic
feet, estimates that there is shortage OF $50
officers and 5,2Io men in the Atlantic tiee'
alone, without including 1900 or 5000 sdal'
tonal TO fully man the ships which th'nE
ought to be fully manned upon the opening Of
hostiities."
The most vital weakness in the Ahanue
fleet" Admiral Fletcher says, rs the Shortage
of officers. 1t takes approximately ten Yeas
to educate and train an officer, and no amount
OF legislation can provide officers when uou'
BILE is imminent. Expansion OF the navy
limited by the number OF officers avsllaols-
I'm January, 1915, reported that every Os'
tleship Of the Atlantic feet should have u'
number of officers increased approximately
per cent to enable the vessels 10 attain 'ne'
greatest efficiency. This shortage OF or1ce's
still continues and exists in other divisions O
the feet, though more pronounced IN the osF
tleship squadrons."
Admiral Fletcher compares the nunoer %
officers on a typical American dreadnougo|
the Delaware, with similar ships OF the nFlusD
ard German navies in time OF peace. in'
Delaware has 80 officers, the Bellerophon ''
and the Helgoland s4. A personnel ooafo sP
Continued on page hve
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

rons, each Of these divisions being, theoretical
ly, assigned 70 particular duty.
The Atlantic feet, in which the principal war
strength of the navy Is concentrated, is now
performing manoeuvres at the naval base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Guacanayabo
Bay nearby. 1t is subdivided into four battle
ship divisions, of which only the first consists
exclusively Of first line dreadnoughts.
With the dreadnought Wyoming, as Admiral
Fletchers flagship the first division consists OF
the dreadnoughts Arkansas. New York, Della
ware and Texas. In the second division, which
Is at Guantanamo Bay with the first, are the
dreadnoughts Florida and Utah and the pre-
dreadnoughts Michigan, South Carolina and
Kansas. The third division, consisting OF the
pre-dreadnoughts Virginia, Nebraska, Rhode
Island and New Jersey, is in Guacanayabo Bay
with the pre-dreadnought Louisiana, attached
TO the fourth division. Four other pre-dread-
noughts of the fourth division are in navy
yards-the Connecticut and Minnesota at Phil
adelphia and the New Hampshire and Vermont
at Norfolk
The dreadnoughts are the only effective fight
ing units OF our Atlantic patrol.
On the Pacific there is not al present
single first line ship with the feet The main
Pacific feet consists of an armored cruiser,
two gunboats transport and FIVE third class
cruisers. The Asiatic feet, nearly all of which
is in the Yang-tse River, has one frs. class
cruiser, two third class cruisers and nine gun
boats.
IN the present condition OF the Panama
Canal IT would take weeks TO mobilize an
effective feet in the Pacific. even supposng
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
NAVY SHIPS ON THE HOSPITAL LIST

According 10 the Navy Departments
of
commission or rated "nnseryiceabie for war;
Following are fhe names of tho vessels:
Oreadnough North Dakota
Pre-dreadnoughs
kearssrge-5.
Armored cruisers pfsburg
First class Louis
Third class Salem, AfarbIehead Raleigh
OrIeans-5
Destroyers Duncan Smith,
wake Lamson Reid Perkins,
SteWart-I7.
Submarines D, d., G- G2 G.3 G4 Ill.,
Transport Hancock
Converted yacht RagIe
Gunboafs
Tenders BUSHNELL
Torpedo boats BagIey, Nor
F"eI ships Kanswha. Neptune, Brufus, Nero,s
Monitor Ozark.
Supply ships Celtic Supply.
Torpedo practice ship Vesrius
Tho effective fighting navies of GERMANY the
Oh"eo >faIeS ana Japan Is as fohoWs Battle.
Dreadnoughh Pre- dreadnoughfs cruisers
Granting Germany buYdng
COMPLETED
me comparative Strength IN 1873 should be: Battle
Dreadnoughfs Pre-dreadnoughE cruisers
Germany
in three out of
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
of Uncle
Government Records Show Only Nineteen First Class
Fighting Ships Available, All i'm the Atlantic---
Intellectually of the Daniels Pro-
Demonstrated.

much larger force than that against the
United States, despite the necessity Of leaving
large part of the feet in home and colonial
waters to guard against possible eventualites.
Japan could easily defeat the American Asiatic
feet and proceed against Hawaii and possibly
the Pacific Coast, clearing off American mer-
chant shipping as she went, before an Aneri-
can dreadnought feet could round the Horn.
When the American feet did arrive the Japa-
nese would be disposed in the most favorable
strategic positions and with presumably su-
perior forces probably able to control the situa
ton.
The Atlantic feet, the principal battle feet
and only effective fighting machine against
modern enemy which the United States pos
esses, has nineteen dreadnoughts and pre-
dreadnoughts in fighting trim One first class
battleship-the North Dakota-is laid up be-
cause OF serious engine troubles, which will
necessitate the replacement Of her turbines
and place her out of commission indefinitely
Of the FIVE second class battleshps of the
fourth division OF the Atlantic feet only one
was able to attend the man9uvres this year,
the others being kept back for repairs.
The Connecticut has never been successful,
owing to torsonial vibration OF her crank
shafts at normal cruising speed and it is de-
clared that several other vessels in SINH
lar condition.
Of the destroyer divisions, particularly inn
portant in the United States Navy because in
the absence Of fast scout cruisers the duty of
scouting falls largely to them, twenty of the
fifty units carried on the navy list as in full
commission are operating with reduced COM
pements, and of the thirty remaining only
eighteen attending manouvres with the
main battle feet. Many OF the others are laid
up for repairs; just how many cannot be told.
Secretary Daniels refuses to make public the
list of ships undergoing repairs.
The effective fighting strength of the United
States Navy. compared with the navies OF
Germany and Japan is as follows at the pres
ent moment:
Dread Pre-dread- Battle
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Dread Pre-dread- Battle

Although Japan is still slightly inferior to us
in the number of dreadnoughts, she more than
offsets this difference by her four batte-cruis-
ers, fast armored ships carrying armament as
heavy as that of a dreadnought and rated by
naval experts as equal to a dreadnought un-
der most conditions and superior in certain
situations