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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
BIRD WIGWAGS LOVE SIGNALS
Racket.TaiIed Hammer Also May Be
Said to Use Flags to Challenge
lts Foes.

Signal officer of the birds army
corps is the racket-tailed hummins
bird. For his duties nature has
equipped him with a pair Of purple
flags fashioned out Of two long and
peculiar tail feathers. He wigwags his
signals from one tree to another, is
sues his challenges to battle and courts
his mate When he's not signaling he's
slipping honey from the flowers and
trying to keep his tail from entangling
itself in the briers.
He's midget Of the South American
mountains. He has short wings, which
he operates at lightning speed, hum.
ming song with them as he dives into
a flower and comes out again with q
biliful of honey.
His tail is combination Of two wire
like handles. with purple tuft OF
feathers at the end of each. He crosses
them near the middle and sometimes
he brings the pair Of "rackets" at the
ends to his head, as though trying to
fan himself.
The male birds have a sort of love
dance which they engage in during the
mating season. Then they play all
sorts Of tricks with the rackets.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Lead Cables Perforated by Beetle.

A discovery of much importance to
telephone and electrical engineers In
the United States was recently an.
nounced by Albert Schuler, general
manager Of the Santa Barbara (Cal)
Home Telephone company. After five
years of persistent effort to determine
the cause Of minute holes in the lead
armor of aerial telephone cables, Mr.
Schuler established beyond question
that the holes are bored by compare
lively small beetle with powerful man
dibles. For years the telephone COM
pany was troubled by short circuits
In the aerial cables due to minute
holes In the armor, resulting from
some unknown cause. Electrical ex.
perts who were consulted ridiculed
the suggestion that the holes were
caused by insects and laid the trou
BILE to electrolysis. Several men who
were detailed to travel along the line
and watch out for suspicious bugs
We're soon rewarded for their trouble.
They captured number of bugs in
the act Of drilling into the lead armor
Of the cables. Specimens Of the bug
were sent to Doctor Van Dyke, en-.
tomologist at the University of Cali.
fornia, who classified them as Sin.
oxylon declive, a kind of beetle that
ordinarily attacks wood, particularly
live oak logs or cord wood.-Scientifo
American.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
FISH FALL UPWARD TO DEATH
Some Deep Sea inhabitants Construct
ed to Withstand Great Pressure,
Come to Surface by Accident.

Perhaps the most curious accident
that can befall any Of Gods creatures
is the strange death sometimes visit
ed upon deep-sea fish. They seem to
reverse the ordinary law of gravita-
tion and literally fall upward, just as
land creatures fall downward, unable
to halt their tumble.
The pressure of water in the depths
of the sea is tremendous and the crea-
lures which inhabit those regions
have bodies so constructed that they
can swim at ease in this burdensome
element. Now and then one will by
accident stray above the strata Of wa
ter in which it lives and arrive at a
height where the water pressure Is
greatly lighter. The gases within
them and their swimming bladders
then expand and they become as
though filled with gas.
For a certain distance the mus
cles can counteract this ballOOning
tendency and it can fight it's way back
to safety and comfort, but the mo-
ment the fish gets beyond the limit
and the muscles become ineffective,
it becomes helpless and is borne up.
ward to the surface of the ocean by
the continually expanding gases.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
FRESH AIR A MILK PRODUCER
Largest Returns Need Not Be Ex'
pected From Animals Where Barns
Are Poorly Ventilated.

Ventilation Of barns usually Is even
more deficient than window space and
to this lack of proper ventilation vet
erinarians attribute, in large meas
ure, the prevalence of tuberculosis.
But, aside from safeguarding the
health of both the owners family and
his cattle, good ventilation is econ
omy.
Perfect assimilation Of food Is no
more possible in the body Of an ami
NAL without sufficient supply OF air
than is perfect combustion of fuel IN
q furnace with the draft closed.
In order that milk cows or beef AMI
mails may respond to an increased ra'
tion of feed, more air must be supplied
for it's combustion as surely as that
a furnace requires more air for
heavy than light fire.
In other words-the amount of milk
or beef produced by the animal and
the amount of heat produced in the
furnace depend as much on the air
supply as on the amount Of food and
fuel.
II a barn Is poorly ventilated 1t Is
futile, therefore, to expect the largest
returns in beef or milk for the feed
consumed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
In Shakespeare, 80 Letters.

It is rather remarkable, as Miss Ell.
len Terry pointed out In her address
at His Majesty's theater recently, that,
despite the multitude Of books which
have been published about Shake.
speare's plays, little attention has been
given to the letters therein, the Lon.
don Chronicle observes.
They number thirty in all, but easily
escape attention. In fact, when Miss
Terry asked three friends what they
knew of the subject, two Of them could
not recall any letters at all, while the
knowledge Of the third does not extend
beyond the letters occurring in the
Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The
Merchant Of Venice" These are let.
ters made familiar through the me.
dium of the theaters,
No single one of Shakespeare's let
ters, written az man and not as q
playwright, has survived, but those in
the plays were, like the plays, perfect.
They always fell naturally into the
story. In the ordinary play letters are
usually employed to give clumsy
explanation from the dramatist be.
cause he has not the skill to do 1t in
any other way.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Tommy Poses for the Films.

The human side of Tommy Is delight
fully manifested when he is under the
fire of the cinema camera-and knows
it. Occasionally man loudly will an
nounce that my face will not be in the
picture" but when the lin is displayed
1t usually happens that he is one of the
most prominent details of the incident
Generally the men love the idea of be-
ing shown on the screen in what they
call movie shows"
The officer and war Office operators
who are organizing the pictorial his
tory of the war have had some quaint
experiences. The soldiers no sooner
catch sight of the operators at work
than they begin to pose for the part
AS rule the first thing is to light a
cigarette, to set the cap at rakish tilt
and to adopt a general air of extreme
nonchalance. Others handle their rife
with a demeanor Of heroic ferocity,
while a few affect the Charlie Chap
lin" style, as though the whole thing
were a joke.-London Chronicle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Odd Watch Crystals.

A celluloid watch crystal which will
be as good as glass one, and far
more durable, will fill long-felt want.
Anyone wearing a watch Is liable to
break the glass crystal in an accident
at any time One reason for the popu-
larity of open-face watches is that they
are provided with heavier crystals
than the timepieces with hunting
cases, and, unless the cases are extra
stiff, they will give sufficient under
moderate pressure to cause the glass
beneath to break. The celluloid crys-
tai is said to have been successfully
made and used
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Food IrouhIea In Parla.

After having tried, luckily without
success, to interfere with the sale OF
bread and wine, our excellent deputies
now ask us to adapt our stomachs to
the use Of dog grease instead Of but
ter, remarks the Cri de Paris. Ger
tain interests have appeared to pro-
pose, in effect, a law Ito facilitate the
sale of margarine and oleomargarine,
products of which the qualities nearly
approach those of butter" in the same
localities where butter is made and
sold. These deputies are full of good
intentions, but their ignorance fully
equals their good will. In principle,
the name of margarine should be but
ter by color, consistence, odor and
taste. But in practice 1t Is quite differ
ent. The word margarine" has be-
come term that is applied to all fats
of vegetable or animal origin. When
there is superabundance in time OF
peace some fine soaps are made with
margarine obtained from the cadavers
of animals that have perished. But
are we to be obliged to eat 1t in time
of war?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
-FOUR CORNERS TO HUSBAND
They arc Ability, Reliability, Endur-
ance and Action, WouId-Be
Wives Are Informed.

Girls Of today would make better
and more practical marriages If they
were taught to study the qualifications
OF the men they meet and to consider
them in the same light as they do al
zebra problems at school, was the
statement made by Mrs. Frank De.
chant at the Parents association
meeting in the school of practice at
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Dechant drew square on the
blackboard, it's four corners indicating
what, she said, were the four neces.
sary adjuncts to good husband
ability, reliability, endurance and &C.
ton. To discover whether q man has
these qualifications, she declared, was
the problem every girl has to solve at
least once in her lifetime, and she
should be as carefully trained for 1t as
she is for her school examinations.
She advocated mothers talking over
with their daughters the characters.
tics Of the young men they knew, not
only to gain their opinions on the sub
ject, but to give advice and counsel to
them for their future life.
Every girl, she said, should be sure
that the man she chooses has an
abundance of the four qualifications
before she makes up her mind to mar
ry him, and she can only be sure If
she has been taught and trained be-
forehand in calm, dispassionate man
ner.
She also advocated talks on homo
making, division of income and prac,
tical methods of housekeeping as
part of all girls education, whether
they are working girls or not.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
SECOND PHANTOM SHIP
"FLYING DUTcHMAN" SAID TO
HAVE A RIVAL.
Both French and Yankee Fishermen
Shun Cove Where They Believe
the Ghostly Vessel Seeks
Refuge.

It Is said that the French fisher.
men from the Magdalen islands and
the matter-of-fact Yankee shippers Of
Bangor alike shun the shores OF Bay
Chaleur after dark and refuse to put
in at Dead Mans cove, under any cir
cumstances, preferring to run the risk
of laundering in hurricane In the
open sea to sharing the shelter OF the
cove with the phantom ship"
This famous specter of the sea Is
said to appear only in the calm pre-
ceding a great storm with every stitch
of canvas drawing and her decks
swarming with men, all running to and
fro as IL in a panic. Ahead Of her the
water is like glass, behind her the
gale comes tearing along, beating up
the sea into froth and driving her
straight on through everything in her
way. She is an ancient model, full.
rugged and gray all over-hull, upper
works, sails and spars-as IL formed
Of fog. Gray, too, is her ghastly crew
The inhabitants of St. Pierre tell OF
a smack on herring trip that found
herself right in the track Of the "phan
tom ship" Captain and crew had heard
of the ghostly vessel, but scoffed at 1t.
and when they saw her loom up in the
twilight straight ahead they thought
collision imminent and the startled
steersman put the helm over. The sea
wrath swept down upon them, and in
the space of breath had passed right
through them and was racing madly
astern in the direction Of Dead Mans
cove. A fishing schooner from Magda'
len island, warned by the thickening
sky of an approaching storm, put in
at the cove to ride out the gale Be-
fore It had reached an anchorage q
ship was seen coming rapidly behind
also heading for the cove. AS 1t drew
near the captain got out his glass to
see II he knew the stranger. Suddenly
he dropped to his knees and COM
menced to pray. Boys" he yelled. its
q ghost. | saw sea gull fly right
through her mainsail!" Every man
threw himself on his face'in an agony
of terror, afraid to look. The first to
raise his head and look over the rail
was the cabin boy. "Oh, get up; get
up, all of you," he shouted. shes
gone" The crew lost no time in max
ing sail out of the cove in the teeth OF
black squall.
Another story is that Of smack
from st. Pierre which saw the phan'
tom anchored just inside the cove at
sunset. A small boat filled with men
was making trips between the gray
ship and the beach, at each trip un.
loading boxes and barrels which other
men waiting ashore buried in the sand.
The captain did not wait to see
whether they were interring dead men
or chests OF treasure, but got away
from the place as fast as he could.
Old sailors along the Maine coast firm
ly believe that the phantom ship is
a merchantmen that went down with
all on board trying to reach the cove
in a great storm in 1884; but at st
Pierre the fishermen believe it is a
pirate haunting the spot where the
buccaneer crew hid the treasure for
which they lost their souls.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08

business interests | have human
philanthropy, want to help men
who are willing to help themselves.
The warden has talked about you,
He says you'll be back in six months.
I said you wouldn't. need skilled
man like you. Will you come and
forget your past?"
You philanthropists make me
sick!" growled Red who had been
thinking Of the boy.
The manufacturer, wise in his knowl
edge of men, only smiled. ASK for
Mr.. Harris at the engraving works"
he said. You can think it over. The
job will be open for month"
Red" did not deign to answer him.
H, sat down on his stool and buried
his face in his hands. All the past
memories came thronging back. Once
he had been a decent lad. He had not
been Red" then, and he had moved
among people who could not have i'm.
agined the subsequent life. Then had
come temptation, in the shape of q
crook who had spotted his talent.
Red" had seen easy money before
him and had succumbed.
He thanked God that his wife had
never known. "Red" had been "Mr.
Crofts, churchgoer and respected In
their suburban home. Red" was as
secretive with his pals as he was with
the United States detectives. Only
once a year he emerged into the un.
derworld to help out with another job
and take home another years supply
Of capital. The shrewdest man in the
game, he had long baffled Uncle Sam.
RED" cursed bitterly as the cell
door changed behind Harris. Why, he
knew just where to make ample re-
turns for his Imprisonment. Red"
could walk into any counterfeiters'
headquarters and there would be cry
of Joy. "Red" was the most wanted
man among the criminal fraternity Of
America. None so shrewd as he, no
hand SO steady.
And he would avenge himself ten
fold. He would find Father" Tom
Costigan, the man whom the detectives
had never got yet, the graybeard Of
seventy-five who had lured him to
his own downfall Father" kept a
warm spot in his heart for Red"
"Red" could hardly endure the de,
lays of the last few days. He smacked
his lips as in imagination he saw him
self at work upon the steel plates.
"Red" felt the glamor of the old world
anew. He squared his shoulders as
he left the penitentiary gates in his
new suit, and laughed defiantly at the
admonitions Of the warden.
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THURMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY, JUNE g.


He made his way to New York. He
knew that Father was still alive.
The death of so great man would
have rung through the walls of every
penitentiary in the country inside of
Q few days.
And he found Father" exactly
where he had expected-in Regan's
restaurant. Father" kept to his old
habits at seventy-three. Trailed day
and night, Father" laughed in the de-
tectives' faces. He had genius for
organization; he knew how to select
others to do the dirty work for him.
Red" skunk in to Regan's, for now
he felt the prison shame upon him, and
the place had changed somewhat; 1t
was gaudier and more glaring. But
nobody knew him, and in q moment
he had spotted Father" in the old
corner. Red" was deciding whether
he should cross the restaurant to him
when he realized that Father" was
talking to the young fellow who sat
opposite him, the two fenced in be-
tween the pewlike structures that Re-
gan's affects.
The memory of his own downfall
came strongly over him. He had been
just such chap as this bright-eyed
boy who was bending forward and
listening to old Fathers" arguments.
"Red" slipped out Of his seat. and,
unseen by Father" took a place in
the seat behind the old man. The pew.
like construction concealed him com,
pletely, but round the edge Of the
pew adjacent to the window Reds"
sharp ears could catch the low-spoken
words.
'It's a cinch," Father" was saying.
You're a fool, boy, to worry over
losing that Job. Every mans a CRATER;
the ones who succeed are simply those
who don't get found out"
Age had not dulled the edge of "Fa.
ther's" tongue. Just the same words
Father" had used to him, Red" in
those years so long gone by. Father"
had made crook of many a decent
man with his damnable sophistries.
II don't know" muttered the boy.
"Tve got to live, and lin tempted,
Mr.. Costigan. II I'd ever known my
mother it might have been different"
"Oh, women don't understand" said
Father" God bless all good women,
Isay. But It's mans world, boy, and
a man has to fight with all means in
his power. Now that engraving abil.
ity of yours is simply genius Crofts-"
Red" started as II an electric shock
had gone through him. "Crofts!" It
was not a common name. And his boy
would be about that age. And the
hereditary engraving power, which he
himself had inherited from his own
father! And the look in the boys
eyes that had attracted him as a mag.
net Blood found its own!
RED" leaped from his seat and con.
fronted the pair. He saw the amazed
recognition flame into Fathers" face.
Red" raised one wrist, the muscles
hard as steel. Father" WINGED. He
lodged the blow.
But the blow did not fall. Father"
was an old man, and Red" was too
happy to find the boy. to see him
standing before him, alarm on his
face, wonder, stupefaction, in his
eyes.
Red" linked his arm through the
lads and led him from the restaurant
unresisting. At the door, however,
the boy stopped and freed himself
you are-you are" he stammered.
"Your father" said Red" softly.
"And God sent me to you at just the
instant Jimmy. You're coming home
with me now, and-and guess we'll
run straight together
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Reds" last stretch had been for
nine years. He had gone into the
penitentiary at thirty-five, and he came
out at forty-four, an embittered man.
What had been gall and wormwood to
him during the latter portion of his
Imprisonment had been the cessation
Of news from the outside world.
He had thought of all his pals, he,
Red" Crofts, known as the cleverest
counterfeiter that had ever come un'
der the eye Of Ulcie Sam. He had
thought of the men who betrayed him
and were at ease but he had thought
most of his son, a boy of ten when he
was caught on the last lap Of the en-
craving that was to put ave thousand
in his pocket, AMI give HIM leisure
from crime.
His wife was dead thank God!
Even counterfeiter may have family
feelings, and Red" had loved with
all his heart the little woman who died
with loving look in her eyes and on
her lips the words.
Bring up Jimmy to be a good man
like his father!"
The irony of It had bitten deep!
Then he turned to his trade again. He
was caught, and the lad was placed
in an institution. There was no chance
of finding him. "Red" had not soul
in the world to call his friend.
The week before he was released
"Red" was surprised to receive visit
from a big employer of labor. who,
without ceremony. offered him posi-.
ton at thirty-five dollars a week in his
engraving department.
I've heard Of you," he said. "and
you may understand that besides my
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Sona Mas Annronriate.

They had been engaged to be mar
ried fifteen years, and still he had
not mustered courage enough to ask
her to name the happy day. One eve
ming he called in a romantic frame Of
mind, and asked her to sing some
thing tender and touching, something
that would move him. She sat down
at the piano and sang, Darling. ! Am
Growing Old"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
oh, That's Different

"Who was that chap who just said
Hello to your"
That's the man who does most of
my bill collecting"
HE wasn't very respectful, consid-
ering that you are his boss"
who said was his boss? That
fellow Ia employed by my creditOrs."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08
Arnnx OF Monaco pIs.oIxsd,

The army of Monaco, though small,
was resplendent during peace times,
but now that war is under way 1t has
been dissolved because the profes-
sional soldiers who composed 1t have
all been called home and are fight
Ing under the French or Italian col
ors, as the case may be, or drawn up
in the Swiss contingents guarding the
frontier.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-08

N ,te-All trains arriving and leaving
Thurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land station
Note-All trains arriving an' leaving
Frederick schelu ed fro Square.
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- DIRECTORS -
Josedh G. Miller, O. P, Bennett.
James Houck, r. S. J. Dutrow,
Milton G. Urner, Casper E. Cline,
A. C. McCardell, Charles B. Trail,
DR.. d. F. Mckinney, CLAYTON o. Keedy,
George A. Deau, p. N. Hammaker.
Rates furnished on application to our
resident director, P. N. Hammaker.
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Western Maryland r. r.
Schedule In Effect September 10, 1915

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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-26
MAILS ARE CLOGGED WITH e.
"ENDLESS CHAM SCHEME
Women Send Dime to Get Silk Petit
coat from National Brokerage
Exchange in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Oct. Thousands of
letters, each containing 10 cents, are
pouring into the local postofice daily
from women in various parts of the
country who have joined in an endless
chain" scheme promoted by the So
called National Brokerage Exchange.
Federal Agents Busy
Federal agents are searching for Of
ficers of the Exchange" who are be-
ing hunted for using the mails to de-
raud. A room in local business block
to which all the letters are addressed
was suddenly vacated three weeks ago,
the authorities say.
To every woman who would send 10
cents in silver and write five friends
urging them to join the chain, the Eek
change" promised new 1917 model
silk petticoat."