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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
CLOVER GROWTH IN ORCHARD
Ohio Experiment Station Favors Ap.
plication of Acid Phosphate to
Produce Mulch.

That acid phosphate encourages the
growth of clover crops in orchards is
shown by results secured through sew
en- years by the horticultural depart
ment Of the Ohio experiment station
working in southern Ohio. Where this
fertilizer was used alone or combined
with muriate of potash ana applied at
the rate of $50 pounds per acre, the
mulch in the orchards consisted of red
clover.
Where the same amount of nitrate
of soda was used, the poverty grass
and weeds in the old ard neglected
orchards We're replaced by timothy,
redtop AMI bluegrass. No seed was
sown in either case From these tests
the experiment station advises or
chardists to apply acid phosphate
evenly over The ground to produce
mulch. and to use nitrate of soda only
when the trees lack vigor and need
prompt fertilization
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
FAN MEANS MUCH IN JAPAN
Every Native Carries One and It Has
Much Significance, According
As II 10 U scd.

1t is no exaggeration to say that In
Japan everybody carries fan, and
fan means great many things, &C.
cOrdlng as 1t Is used.
There Is an enormous variety Of
fans. The cheapest and most usual
forms are familiar to everyone. One
of the most curious varieties is the
iron war fan. This was invented In
the eleventh century for the use of
military commanders, either for direc-
ton of their soldiers or as shield for
defence. 1t Is made of leather or iron.
The water fans are made of bamboo,
and are thinly lacquered, so that they
may be dipped in water to secure extra
GOODNESS while tanning. Another kind
is the revolving white fan, which clings
around its stick, and can be rolled up
Another strong, fiat paper fan is used
as bellows to blow the charcoal fire in
the kitchen.
The "agi" are folding fans. They
are painted with flowers and tied with
white silk. These are the court fans
and different flowers are appropriated
by different great families.
Sometimes an innocent-looking fam
case holds dagger while preachers
carry notes on their sermons in theirs.
All the old legends are told by the ar.
rangement of houses, figures and birds
painted on the faces of the fans. An
endless etiquette Is involved in the use
of fans.
With the japanese, in fact, the fan
is an emblem of life. The rivet end is
the starting point, and as the rays Of
the fan expand so the road of life
widens out towards d prosperous fu.
ture,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
SIZING PEARLS ART
No Machine Yet Devised to StrinQ
Gems Properly.
Only Clever, Practiced Fingers Of Girls
and Women Long Trained in Work
Get Desired Results.

1t appears that for pearl stringing
no machinery has yet been devised to
take the place Of clever, practiced
fingers. The pearl-stringers are, for
the most part, girls and women; and
generally they have learned their skill
from other and older members Of the
family long engaged in the work.
Good light is one of the essential
needs of the pearl-stringer, especially
when she is employed in making or
repairing pearl ornaments. All beads
must be arranged according to size,
and then, separately, and most care
fully, sewn into place on their dainty
framework. For example, II the de-
sign be that of flower or leaf. the
skill lies in graduating from the larg-
est pearl to the small one that touches
the extreme point.
Only the finest silk Is employed for
stringing the finest pearls. Great
beads, round and shiny, Enthusiastically
artificial, and with no more luster
than white marbles, may be allowed to
hang together on catgut, but "orients"
must be threaded. pearl kissing pearl"
on silken strands worthy Of their
shape and Skin"
The art of the stringer lies In the
apparently simple manner Of tying the
knot that attaches the snap. Some.
times also she has to make knot be
tween bead and bead, an operation
that adds to the length Of the necklace.
but detracts from the beauty Of the
line of pearls. The knack Of making
this tiny knot will perhaps be &C.
quired by the novice only after years
practice; and the perfect hang Of the
beads, neither too loose nor too tight,
depends upon this little knot.
There Is no needle fine enough for
threading small seed pearls; so the
stringer makes her own from q bit OF
wire as thin as a hair. She arranges
her pearls, If they are Of different
Sizes on a grooved board covered with
billiard-table cloth, any other material,
such as a green baize, being much too
coarse.
The work Of the pearl-stringer Is 50
little known that 1t Is doubtful wheth.
err one in thousand women who stop
to admire the pearls displayed In the
jewelers. case ever give thought to
the patient fingers that have threaded
the beautiful pearls and tied the al
most invisible, cunning knots that link
them to their diamond clasps.
The pearl is the only gem, 1t Is
claimed, needing not the hand Of man
to bring 1t to perfection. and history
affords ample evidence Of the intense
fascination 1t has always exercised
upon the people of every land. The
pearl is the oldest object Of personal
adornment.
Indian mythology often speaks Of
the pearl, attributing its discovery to
the god Vishnu. who is said to have
caused 1t to he drawn from the ocean
for his daughter Pandaja. The rec
ords of the Babylonians, Egyptians,
Persians and Romans also contain
many references to the gem. The
wife Of Emperor Caligula, for an Or
binary betrothal feast, is said to have
decked herself with pearls to the value
of $1,O0O,O00; and julius Caesar pre-
scented Servilla. the mother Of Brutus.
with specimen valued at $250,000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
GAINS MADE FEEDING LAMBS
Result of Test at South Dakota Station
to Determine Value Of Alfalfa
and Prairie Hay.

The best gains ever secured at the
South Dakota experiment station in
feeding lambs was In an experiment
to determine the comparative value
Of alfalfa and prairie hay with the
same kind of grain ration.
The grain ration consisted of mix
ture Of 100 pounds of oats, 100 pounds
of shelled corn and 25 pounds of oil
meal.
Each lot was started on one pound
per head of the mixture daily, and in
creased until they We're receiving two
and one-tenths pounds per head of
grain daily, and what hay they would
eat.
The average daily gain per head for
the lot that received the alfalfa hay
was 81 Of a pound, lille with the lot
that received the prairie hay, the aver
age daily gain per head was .3S of
pound.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12

(From the United States Department of
Agrlculture)
Did it ever occur to you that nature
requires her children to take an an
nual vacation? She does, and nowhere
do human beings puzzle their brains
over this fact more than when the
hens begin their yearly holiday. This
vacation is technically called the
"molting season." 1t begins during
the late summer. The hens stop lay
ing, and change their suits of feathers
for new ones. Usually they consume
three or four months in the process.
Most of us know this perfectly well,
hut are apt to overlook the fact that
very important feature of the mott
ing period is that egg-laying stops.
We are unreasonable and expect the
hens to lay all the time. When the
hens take this vacation new.laid fresh
eggs are scarce and remain scarce I'M
til the pullets Matched during the pre-
ceding spring begin to lay.
The Remedy.
The remedy Is very simple, and is
under the control of the poultryman.
The first step is to have chickens
Matched early, so that the pullets begin
to lay when the hens begin to mott.
This Is not difficult. Pullets of the
American breeds begin laying at about
seven months of age. Leghorn pullets
begin when about six months old.
North of the Ohio river this means
that all Matching must be over by
May at the latest. The best plan is
to have the chickens coming ut inter
walls during March and April. The
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
COLD FRAMES VERY POPULAR
Being Used More Extensively In Vari.
GUS Parts of Country Than For.
merly-Use Fine Soil.

Frames are used much more largely
In all parts of the country than few
years ago, Notwithstanding the fact
that greenhouse construction has been
more active. A great many gardeners
have realized that IL pays to grow some
vegetables under by 6-foot sash. This
makes it a good business proposition.
and when frames are used on large
scale too much care cannot be exer-
cised in the preparation Of the soil.
1t should be fine, fairly level and con-
tain liberal amounts of sand and hui
mus. If to be used in the summer the
crosS-bar hoes or horse cultivators can
he used without difficulty, running
from end to end of the long frames.
The sash should fit snugly on the side
boards, so that as little cold as pos
sible will be admitted under the sash.
Lettuce and radish are especially de-
sirable for frame culture.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12

earliest Matched pullets WILL of course,
begin to lay first. If any of them be-
gin to mott, their places will be taken
by the later ones and steady supply
Of eggs will be more certain.
The Difficulty.
The difficulty in the way of the prac-
teal application of this matter is that
so many poultry keepers are depend
ent on hens for Matching. AS long as
we have late Matched chickens we will
have late sitters. The poultry keeper
who wants to change from late hatch
ing to early Matching must therefore
either get broody hens from someone
else or use an incubator. After he
has changed the dates" on his flock
he will have no trouble, especially with
the American breeds.
Can It Be Done7
Every progressive poultry raiser who
has tried it, every agricultural col
lege and the government, have data
showing that early Matching will pro-
duce fall and winter layers. In the
government flock during the past win
ter the pullets of the entire flock av-
eraged over 20 per cent in egg produc-
ton, and some pens made 35 per cent.
That means, in plain language, that
the egg production for all the pullets
was one egg daily for every five hens,
and for some pens one egg daily for
every three hens. This, too, when
fresh eggs sold up to IS cents per
dozen in Washington. This could not
have been done except by early hatch
ing.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
FIELDS UNsUITED FOR CORN
Early Spring Flowing ls Advisable
Under Many Conditions-Avoid
clods, Weeds or Grass.

Corn should never be planted in a
cloddy field or in one where nice
growth of weeds or grass is already
either started or ready to start. Early
spring blowing is certainly advisable
under a great many conditions.
Some soils must be worked down
with the disk and harrow, and on some
the packer should De used before the
planting season, nAAau -.las4
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
BEST GRADES OF Fertilizer
Much Higher Than Last Year and
Farmers Are Using More Limo and
Taking Care Of Manure.

The best grades of fertilizers are
much higher than last year. Farm
ers are using more lime and taking
better care of the manure.
For heavy sod-ground plowed In the
fall, dressing of 60 bushels of air.
Stacked lime per acre is the average
dressing favored by farmers.
The lime Is spread as soon as air.
Stacked, and then narrowed in.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Boiling Eggs in Vinegar.

All albuminous compounds, such as
the white of eggs, are quickly acted
on by acids. An egg will become as
hard by being put into vinegar as If
1t were boiled. II there is a little
vinegar in the water, then, when an
egg Is to be poached. the acid starts
to act on the albumen and hardens it
enough for it to keep its shape. This
Is valuable in serving, because if the
water boils too hard it will break up
the white of the egg into little flakes
and great deal of it will be lost.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Why They Like to Dance.

It's funny hut the women are
,razier about dancing than the men,
says the Atchison Globe. In nearly
very home in Atchison, Kan, civil
war Is raging. The wife is wild to ac.
cept an invitation to dancing party
and the husband says he won't go.
But he goes just the same. Bachelors
grumble about going, too. But they
go. Why do women care so much for
dancing? One AtchSon woman says:
It's because we look so well in our
party Clothes" Another woman omar.
ried) says: "It's the chance we get
to talk to any man except our hus-
bands"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
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STOCK ] \ <;
L.ks '"A1
STEER RETARDED IN GROWTH
Stunting an Animal as Result Of In
sufficient Food May Be Only
Temporary Condition.

Live stock products are the result
of growth. BY far the largest part Of
increase in animals is the result Of
growth. The younger the animals the
greater the growth impulse. Many
factors influence the tendency of an
animal to grow. Among these are age,
condition, CESSATION, lactation and the
quantity and quality of food. A given
amount of food will produce more
growth on young animal than on the
same animal at later age. All the
growth factors influence the young an
imal much more powerfully than older
animals.
If an animals food supply is insult
ficient for normal growth, the animal
may be retarded in growth. If this
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
TO STRAlGHTEN YOUNG TREE
Device Easily Made of Narrow Boards,
Wire and Weight VIII Correct
Any Crookedress.

A device can easily be attached TO a
tree which is inclined to grow crook
ed. Make framework of narrow
boards sharpened at the ends to cause
them to remain firm in the ground.
Place a weight ut the end whore the
frame pieces come together and attach
the frame to the tree with wire.
This should be attached Il lust the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Instead of Using Stakes Iowa Man At.
taches Stone Which Is Sunk Into
the Ground.

A railroad company has paid Frank
Justice of Polk county, Iowa, more
than $3.50 damages for hogs killed on
it's tracks. The wire fence was staked
down time and again, but the hogs
continued to root 1t up aud crawl un-
der it. The stakes driven to hold 1t
down would not stick for any length
of time, says Wallace's Farmer. Mr..
Justice told the claim agent that if
he would follow his advice in hold
ing down the fence, that the railroad
company would be saved future dam
ages. The advice was followed, and
since that time no hogs have got I'M
der the fence.
Instead of stake to hold down the
wire, Mr. Justice uses stone, which
Is sunk into the ground. A wire is
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Holding Down Fence.

wrapped around the bottom strand Of
the fence, and then around the stone.
Instead of a stone, a concrete block,
an old piece Of iron, or any other
heavy weight may be used. Mr.. JUS
tice says this device will hold down a
fence till the wire rusts in two. While
it takes more time to wrap n wire
around stone and attach 1t to the
bottom wire Of the fence, and then
bury the stone In the ground, 1t is per-
manent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
GOOD WH!TEWASH FOR TREES
Protection Against Sunsca'd and In.
sects Made Frcr1 Mixture OF
Lime, Salt AID TaIIow.

A good whitewa'n for trees Is made
of 30 pounds lrar, $ pounds salt, 4
pounds tallow, stirring the tallow In
while tho line is hot. Add enough
water to wake the wash flow well.
1t is better protection against
Slnburn and insects then whitcwaSh to
which the ta.low II : not been added.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Recoonized n Master.

Nat Goodwn's opinion upon the pro-
duction of realistic pathos In comedy
may be accepted as academic. Mr.
Goodwin said: II used to recite Good
by, JIM until l heard Riley do 1t
Then asked heaven to forgive me.
and never tried 1t again Booth
Harrington, In Golfers Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
English Practice Of "Liftino."

An English custom at Easter, in the
country districts, and one which still
prevails, is the practice of ''lifting' on
Easter Monday and Tuesday. In pure
ly spirit of game and fun, two strong
men join hands across each others
wrists, and having thus formed a sad.
die, from the assembled crowd lift one
man after another three times into the
air. This custom is supposed to have
been intended originally to signify the
JOY of Christians in the resurrection.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Reckless Influence,

"Are you law-abiding citizen?"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Chuggins. "But
I'm the victim of reckless company
Every now and then that motor car
of mine breaks loose and drags me
into a mix-up with the traffic regula.
TONS"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
There Are Other Thinus.

Dieticians say a 1O-cent can Of mo-
lasses contains eight and one-half times
as much heat and energy as 10 cents
worth of beef. But these gentlemen
forget that few people care to make II
meal on molasses and that heat and
energy are not the only things to be
considered in fine, juicy beefsteak.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Outgrowing Poetry.

"You never say anything about the
American eagle in your speeches"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. my
people out home got tired of that style
Of oratory. They sent me word that
they weren't keeping me in Washington
to specialize Oh ornithology."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Perennial Relative.

Billy, six months old, wrote to his
aunt the other day, and his mother
thought best to read the letter before
she mailed 1t: "Dear Aunt Gertrude
| go to scool every day and take my
lunch. l am well how are you. ScOol
is lots of fun, your undying nefew,
Billy."-Kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
When Sound Carries Far.

We hear distinctly on clear, frosty
night because the air is denser than Oh
Il dull, warm night. and therefore car
ries the sound better. A motor car
runs better on a frosty night because
the engine gets larger supplies of oxy.
gen.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
A LOYAL Kid,

Father-What did the teacher say
when she heard you swear?
TOmmy-She asked where I learned
1t.
Father-What did you tell her?
TOMMY didn't want to give you
away, pa, so l blamed 1t on the parrot.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
No Rood.

He-If, as they say, ladies' looks
are all our books, won't you let yours
be my teachers?
She-Sorry, but they are already
supplied with pupils.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12

right point to correct the crookcdnpss
in the tree.
The tree should be protected from
the wire by cloth. The constant
bearing down of the weights will, In
very short time, bring the tree to Its
proper position without injury.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Mutual Concessions.

"Jabs and his wife are an ideally
happy couple. They never quarrel
"How do they manage it7"
HE eats everything she cooks and
she believes everything he tells her."
The Newark journal., 1917-12-06
KNOW IT WELL
Familiar Features We'll Known tC
 Hundreds of Newark Citizens

A familiar burden in many home,
 The burden of a bad back.
 A lame, weak or an aching back
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys.
 Here is good testimony to prove it.
 A. B. Phillips, carpenter, W. Arch &. Searcy, Ark, says; q had good results from Doan's Kidney Pills and so did another member of my family. My back was giving me quite good deal of pain and on using one box of Doan's Kidney Pills I had fine results l have had no sign if kidney trouble since"
 Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Deans Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Phillips had MilburnCo Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 1
The Newark journal., 1917-12-06
SHOULD NOT FORGET
 NECESSITY OF ROADS
Good Roads are Needed More Than Ever During Stress
 of War Times

Our people will be fortunate if in the drive after a record production in all lines, they keep in mind the great impor- tance of good roads. Good roads are, in fact one of the prime factors of success in our efforts to exceed all former productive records.
 The farmer who, after har- vesting a bumper crop, at tempts to move that crop to market over poor roads soon finds that he must sacrifice a large per cent of his profits in reaching the markets with his products. The timber man who has cut choice lot of ma. terial finds that he must give up the lions share of his pro- fits in getting his stuff to the railroad. The same holds good in all lines. Poor roads mean a waste of energy; good roads, conservation of energy that may be profitably employed in more production.
 The temptation for slackness in this direction grows greater all the time. Thousands of our workers have gone to war other thousands have been drafted to take their places in the industries. Labor in all lines is at a premium.
 The people of this country however have never known the meaning of the words defeat and failure. They must not learn at this great day. A de- termination on our part that the industrial life of the coun- try must not and shall not de- teriorate will work work won- ders. Hitherto only small percent of the national energy has been devoted to the sterne1 question of making a living We have abundant time for al the varied interests of life Now, however, some of those interests must take second place. The demands upol our time and energy are sucl that more and more we mus cut out the frivolous and de vote ourselves to the serious phases of life.
 We can find the time ant means of labor to keep ou roads up to the standard o efficiency. We must if largt part of our energy is not to b' wasted.
The Newark journal., 1917-12-06
US. ARMY GREATEST
 IN NATIONS HISTORY
In Eight Months Army Has Grown from 10000 to
 Million and a Half

The latest official figures put the number of enlisted men in the Armies of the Unit ed States at 1,360,000. This force has grown in eight months from only 10000.
 Most of them are still in the training camps. Many of them are not yet disciplined troops, fully equipped and armed for battle. But they are already one of the biggest factors Hin- denburg is reckoning with for the campaign in 1918.
 To lead them there are 80,- 900 officers, and this will be increased to 100000 by the graduates of the second off cers training camp, as many officers as there were privates April l, last.
 The whole military estab- lishment with the Marines and the auxiliary forces thrown in numbers a million and a half.
 There were only 2,700,000 enlistments in the Federal Ar my during the Civil war and many of them were enlisted the second time. March 31, 1865 the Union Army consisted of only 980,000 men.
 For the Spanish-American war 275,000 men were raised but only 60,000 saw service.
 The present American Army is the largest armed force the Western Hemisphree has ever seen. If 1t were all lined up in "a solid infantry column, four abreast, it would reach across Ohio from Cincinnatti to To- .ledo and on to the Michigan line.
 If it is not enough, Ameri- ca has the men and machinery to make a greater effort.
The Newark journal., 1917-12-06
GETS SIXTEEN YEARS

In federal court at Jones' boro last week, R. A. Qualls, charged with robbing the mails at Mammoth Spring several months ago, was sentenced to sixteen years in prison, four years on four charges. Three of the sentences were remitted, however, leaving only four years to be served.