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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
FOILS SUN WITH INVENTION
Harvard Man Presses Button In Bed
and the Window Shade
Goes Down.

Cambridge, Mass.-Every morning
Mt seven o'clock Henry Il. Guild OF
Boston, Harvard senior, rolls over
In bed. Seven o'clock Is too early for
n senior to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses
a button and the shade at the distant
end of his chamber rolls down as II
by magic.
No rising sun is going to make him
leave his bed unreasonably. Some
morning he may miss four-alarm fire
by pressing the button, hut he's will
ing to take the chance, he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. Is high crime
Mt Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has good football team this
year.
Henry Guild framed up motor, at
tached it to the curtain string and
laid wires to his bedside. When the
sun throws it rays into his bedroom
every morning, weather permitting, he
presses a button and the curtain flops
faster than in a vaudeville theater.
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
will be trapdoor to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means OF
n button that any student can press.
Life's attendant inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work.
The Harvard vocabulary this year
Is the wonder of the ages.
Nothing is "wonderfuw to a Har-
ward student when he is talking In
midseason form. It's either "abso-
lutely wonderful" or nothing at all
unless it's absolutely commonplace
of course. But it has to be absolute
ly" something. Today may be fine
to the rest of the world, but it's u one
sided bet with no takers, that out on
Harvard square it's perfectly fine"
And it may be great for the usual
run of sport followers if Harvard de
feats Yale in football this year, but
for Harvard students themselves, 1t
will be simply great"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
The Real
Thing
y
BY FRANK FILSON
Sx.ox.ex.eyYsey.ovsexse,x4Axse;

NScV0s0.OsSIo5&. 5&.o9V<OsS.oeR.15N<O5%
Copyright, 1916. by W. q. Chapman)
Tallman was the first to start max
ing game Of Sanders. Sanders was
an average little man of the type that
Is met everywhere. But the town was
small enough for everybody to see
everybody else several times q day,
and the hot Texan summer makes
men irritable or malicious, according
to their natures.
Sanders didn't drink, or smoke, and
he wouldn't fight. The last crime was
the deadliest. 1t was shown In this
way: Tallman had invited Sanders
to Join him at the saloon; Sanders
refused and Tallman called him the
sort of name no self-rosrccting man
takes. Sanders tuiued White, but he
didn't strike Tallman. That was San
ders' finish In the border town.
A man Is expected to fight. Elsie
Duval told Sanders rs much when he
came calling. Sanders WINGED, but
only took his hat and went.
Elsie Duval was the unquestioned
belle of the place. Every man was
supposed to have proposed to her at
one time or another Tallnan, how
ever was accredited with leading
share In her capricious heart. She
had been interested In Sanders be-
cause he was a new face, but Tall
mans friends had recounted the epi-
sode. Everyone knew that little Sam
ders was infatuated with the beauty,
and they laughed at it, laughed at the
simplicity of the little man. He'll
get his quietus soon," they said.
He did, when he was escorting Miss
Elsie from church. Tallman stepped
out of the building moment after
Sanders had given the girl his arm.
"What do you mean by butting inT
he demanded. Miss Duval has prom.
lsed to walk home with me-"
Sanders looked at Tallman inquir-
ingly. I'm sorry If intruded;
didn't know" he said.
Tallman burst into laughter, and
Elsie Duval looked scornfully at San
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Has Bible 23O Years Old.

John Hehman of Juliaetta, Idaho,
has Bible that was printed in ANS
terdam, Holland, in 1886. The pages
of the book, printed on red paper,
measure 1O1a by ~ inches. 1t has
board covers with leather trimmings
and the volume weighs 25 pounds. The
text is German, while the title pages
are in English cut letters. 1t contains
four descriptive maps, each surround
ed by symbolical pictures. These maps
are printed from wood cuts, showing
the Holy Land and adjacent territory,
and are very legible. The work con-
tains the imprint Of Hendrlck and Ja-
cob Keur, printers, of Amsterdam in
1886. The volume has beer in the Hol-
land family for 220 years, having been
handed down as a precious heirloom
from father to son for generations un-
til its possession was acquired by the
present owner. Mr.. Holland was Of
fered $1,000 for the book by a Mil
waukee collector, but refused to part
with 1t. He prizes the volume more
because of it's family history than
from its intrinsic value.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
BATTLE WITH A JELLYFISH
Expert Swimmer Was Forced to Tear
Creature to Pieces With
His Hands.

In the wake Of the man-eating shark
has come the ferocious jcllyfsh--a red,
tentacled terror that attacks swimmers
and stings them until they are almost
frantic with pain.
This is not matter of levity. Will
fred Tuthill, an expert swimmer, had
an encounter with one of the stinging
jellyiish one afternoon while SWIM
ming in the bay at Greenport, Long
Island, and was badly stung, says the
Brooklyn Eagle
Mr.. Tuthills account of the incident,
cOrrOborated by witnesses, indicates
that the jellyfish is one of species
common in the same waters which are
ordinarily infested by the man-eating
shark. Mr.. Tuthil said he had bathed
in practically everdy body of water
that touched the United States and in
some other seas as well, but that he
had never experienced anything like
his battle with the jellyfsh before.
II was swimming on my back in
deep water talking to two of my
friends who were coming along be-
hind" he said. Suddenly it seemed
as if a hundred needles were thrust
into my face. l turned over, almost
blinded by the pain. and found myself
all entangled with the thing.
"The turning movement of my body
had brought the jellytish right on top
of me, with his tentacles trailing along
my right side. The pain was eXcru-
ciating. l tried to fight it off, f,--and as
l had nothing but my hands to do it
with, there was nothing to do but tear
the fish to pieces in handfuls, which l
wrenched off and flung away.
"Every time touched the thing and
every time that it came in contact with
me, l felt as If l were being burned
with flame. finally got free, almost
exhausted. Two men who had seen
the beginning of the struggle put off
in boat, and when they came near
enough one of them thrust an oar
through what was left of the jellyfish
and put an end to it,"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
TOWN EXPENSES ONLY $31.13
Dupont, WASH, Has Money In the
Bank and Has No In.
debtedness.

Olympia, Wash.-Dupont, In Pierce
county, has remarkable record, ac-
cording to the state bureau of inspec-
ton, which has just filed its report.
The income of the town last year
amounted to $31.11, and Its expenses
were $31.13, the community running
two cents behind 1t made no mate
rial difference, however, as 1t only
meant the reduction of the towns bank
account by two cents or to $4,000.
The town has no paid officials, no
debts, and the election officers serve
without pay and there is money In
the bank.
The town has never levied general
tax for municipal purposes and its
only expenses are for supplies Of va
rious kinds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

with the torch, plundering and setting

ure 10 the houses.
A small body of the defenders,
driven back before them, had been
cut off between the two raiding forces.
Nobody could fire, for fear Of hitting
their own side.
The defenders were cornered. Half
q dozen women, shrinking back against
the houses, two or three men COM
posed them. Fascinated with horror,
Sanders party saw Mexican step up
toward the little group and speak, In
dicating one Of the women.
It was Elsie, and the mans meaning
was obvious. He was Offering life and
safety to the little group in return for
Elsie. And, to Sanders horror, Tall
man was listening to him..
Sanders saw Tallman waver irreso-
lutely. He knew what he was saying
to himself: that the honor Of one girl
was of less worth than the lives of
all. Sanders saw the Mexican stride
toward the girl and catch her trium-
phantly in his arms, while the rifles
of the raiders covered him and the
party behind the barricades.
The girl screamed frantically as the
brute clutched her. And that was
the last thing that Sanders remem-
bered. The rest of the story is told
by witnesses.
They speak of seeing Sanders leap
from behind the barricade as If i'm
PEELED by spring, and rush alone,
through scattering shower of bullets,
upon the Mexican who held Elsie
Duval in his arms. Sanders struck
him down with the butt, and then ran
into the midst Of the raMing horse
men, who numbered perhaps fifty.
He felled their leader from his
horse, sprang into the saddle, and
cleared q space about him. There
was neither room nor time to load or
fire. The man seemed to have
charmed life. He swung his rifle
round and round his head, and, though
menaced from every side, each time
the butt fell head broke, as an egg
shell might. After him ran the little
body of defenders fewer than II
men.
Border annals hardly detail great
er fight against greater odds. But the
frightened horses of the dead men con-
fused the Mexicans, and the Amerl-
cans hewed clear passage through
their midst and back again.
They were covered with wounds, but
they had lost none Of their forces, and
suddenly the raiders raised shout
of terror and rode for dear life down
to the Rio.
Whether they feared the arrival of
re-enforcements cannot be known.
The fact remains that Sanders had
saved Santa Rosa, and with an insig-
nificant force.
He awakened from his trance to
find himself standing beside Elsie in
the street, breathless and covered with
blood and wondering what had hap
pened to him. All that he remembered
was seeing the girl In the clutch ofNhe
Mexican.
"You are safe, Miss Duval?" he
gasped; and as he spoke the look Of
leadership faded from his face, and
he was just the insignificant, ordinary
little man of yesterday.
But Elsie threw her arms about his
neck and kissed him. Itwas public
declaration, and she could hardly have
done less. For everyone had realized
that there exist two sorts of courage,
and that brute force is inferior to
moral strength.
At that moment Tallman was about
three-quarters of a mile away, creep
ing down the gulley that would take
him to the high road out of sight Of
the settlement.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Demand for Dyes.

There are two industries In the Cork
district of Ireland that might consume
considerable quantities of yellow dye.
Cork is one Of the leading butter mar
kets in the world and has lately become
a margarine-producing center. The
manufacturers have had difficulty in
securing dyes of sufficiently concen-
trated and powerful character. Their
chief sources have been Scandinavia.
American dyes have been found unecO-
nomical in quality as related to price.
even though war conditions have in
creased the price Of north European
dyes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

"Jack?"
"Yes?"
"Can't you bring some fat friends
home to dinner? positively must have
some heavyweight to sit on my trunk"
Life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
All In the Viewpojnt,

''The author of two best sellers, you
say?"
EYES,"
"He looks quite ordinary"
81 don't see how you can say that.
Anybody seated at the wheel of n
1900 car looks distinguished to me-"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

Can you be sure, without positive
Identification. that the photograph of
the left is a likeness of Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman, while that on the right Is
picture of Miss Ethel Hartman, q
Newport debutante of the past season
and certain to be a belle Of the coming
Washington season? Mrs. Harriman's
spirit Is as spritely as her face, but the
maturity of her brain Is attested by
her appointment several years ago as
the only woman member of the indus
trial relations committee.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

Note-Ali trains arriving and leaving
Thurmont scheduled from Western Mary
Ian station.
Note-Ail trains arriving and leaving
Fr.d. .risk sche tn ed from Square.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat, which clogs
Kidneys, then Back hurts and
Bladder bothers you.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need flushing occasionally
else we have backaehe and dub mis-
cry in the kidney region, severe head
aches. rheumatic twinges, torpid liv-
err. acid stomach, sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment
you feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for q few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so 1t no
longer irritates. thus ending bladder
disorders. A.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes q delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid.
neys clean, hus avoiding serious com
plications.
A well-known local druggist says
he sells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while II is only trouble.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12

As means Of locating the bodies
OF four United States soldiers vino
were accidentally drowned in the l,io
Grandc recently IN u.usual expert
mcnt was tried ana proved successful
\ hat was thrown into thc wafer nj
the point where the men bpd last noca
seen and was followed downstream
until, after travelling about Eve miles
from the scene OF the accident. il cane
TO an eddy where it moyed aboui slow
~ for some simc. This gave the search.
ers what they thought might be clew
and, following a practice frequently
used in searching for bodies . charge
of dynamite was exploded at the point
where the progress OF the hct had
ceased. Immediately the bodies came
70 the surlace.
The explcnation OF the experiment
is that the Rio Grandc ia this region
is tortuous and has many oddils. The
searchers rightly assumed that tho
bodies would be carried downstream
until they came to an eddy. which in
this instance was Indicated by the re
tardcd progress OF the hat.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
POWER or FROST.


Delicate frost iracinsS on the win
Il 1panos seem 10 lie tie ncFk OF fan
e Il and harmless Sport iyencss, but
t,ls land that forms them is capable Of
greater deeds and other kinds.
IN Official of the geological survey
tells of.nn experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive TO the
spectator He had been spending eome
weeks in exploring the Yosemite valley
and the great rocks" like III Captain,
that wall 1t iu
Standing one day OF late autumn
about the middle Of the valley, he was
startled by report like a cannon shot,
which illcd the whole valley with
echoes that reared and doomed, re-
pliel ANA multiplied. in long continu-
cd, glorious tumult
As the deafening sound died Away in
sullen mutterint under the visor of FL
Captain the spectator vas ab!c to dis
tinguish the point of attack by the long,
catering descent OF vast quantity
OF rock.
The night had bfen cold orc in the
valley. and on ihc 1000 and 5000 foot
Levels OF the upper rim tgS temperature
mrst have droppes almot g. zero.
Frost. WORKING quietly with bis Archi-
mclean lever, had Just succeeded in
shifting from the shoulder 0f the senu-
nel irific of fifty tons or so Of granite.
For near thousand feet the bowlder
fell sheer swift aud silea;; then. strils-
ing the elf, il burst ike Il bomb. shat
tered into q myrisd fyirg shnrds and
splinters and dislohgel smother Of
fragments that tricklcl down to the
valley in stream that lasted for min
ates.
Then from the spot where the b0w!d
n had struck dust began to rise in:o
The sunny air. slowly brilding III like
! Summer cloud and every bit as snowy.
II was the hour of granite. powdered
instantancously by tho terrific shock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
NERVE OF A sTEEPLEIAcK.
1is Goodness and Reaouroe In Time
OF Extreme Peril.

Ordinary people standing Oh ma
row ledge whence they can see down
600 or 800 feet are SO appalled, by the
danger of falling that their nerves give
way. their bodies finch and there
comes TO some at least an impulse 10
end the mental strain by a leap into
the gulf. But the steeplejack Is indii-
ferent TO height and proximity TO tho
abyss.
The GOODNESS and resource of these
men were never better shown than III
a case which happened in upper New
York state a few years ago 4 stccplc-
jack had flown his kite over chimney
and subsequently drawn himself VI TO
the top. He was just beginning his in
spectlon Of the work when by some
mishap he dropped his rope aud was
let, like st. SiIneop Stylites, alone Cd
Lis pillar. ISL
Attempts We're made 10 ny another
kite over him, but the wind had drop
ped. Ihcge were iron ladders inside
the chimney, but the fires would have
to be drawn and the chimney let cool
for hours. v
The steeplejack was then seen to un-
lace one of his shoes, take Off the long
blue stocking worn by such workmen
and set to work carefully to unravel It,
knotting the pieces of yarn together
when necessary.
He men fastened II stone to the end.
plunbed the depth, picked the other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
Wonderful CARVING.

Dr. Peter Oliver, who lived in Eng
land during the early Part OF the eight
eenth century. tells Of seeing Il carved
cherry stone which would be Il wonder
even in this age of fine tools and fine
workmanship The stone was one
from common cherry, and upon IL
We're carved the heads Of l24 popes
kings, queens. empegors saints. etc.
Small as they must necessarily have
pecn, ii Is announced on the authority
OF Professor oliver that with good
glass TIC heads OF the poars ami kings
could readily be distinguished from
those OF the queens and sain,s by their
miters aud crowns The gentleman
who brought this little wonder 80 Eng
land purchased it in Prussia, allowing
the original owner 5000 for his treas
urc. Think Of it SD 900 FOR Il cherry
seed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
SYNDICATE

NJ. ~ Buck spent the week end at
his home in East Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Mears spent
one day recently in Granville, N. Y.
John Morey was In Rupert Monday
to attend the funeral of his brother,
Edward Mercy
A. e. Buck of East Arlington and
Fred Eddy of South SALISBURY were
III town Monday on business
The condition of Mrs. Maria Snow
does not improve as rapidly as her
many friends wish.
Jurymen Ruben Bentley and Jesse
Sow have returned to Bennington
after the holiday recess,
The many friends Of Mrs. Fred
1t mberg are glad that she is able TO
lie about the house again.
Mrs. a E. Mears was called to Ru-
Iart last week by the serious illness
ana death of her father Edward
Murey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End ad-COlds.


You feel fine In a few minutes.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your elogged nostrils will
open. The air passages OF your head
viii clear and you can breathe freely.
No more dullness. headache; no
hawking, snuflling, mucous discharges
or dryness; no struggling for breath
at night
Tell your druggist you want u small
bottle Of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply
a little OF this fragrant, antiseptic
cream in your nostrils, let it pene-
trate through every air passage OF the
head; soothe and heal the swollen, In
famed mucous membrane. and relief
comes instantly
II IL just what every cold and,
catarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay
stuffed.up and miserable.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
How 20 Pain. Overhead Withou. Sop
nin- Your hair.

When Il is necessary to paint win
dor or any object overhead the paiat
~ l.Qail usually Rms of the handle
a the brush and then over the work-
or's hGuds If you win take two pieces
of ia seldeled at tho ends, says 9. II
Thomas III the Popular Science Month
s., aud tack them on either side of tie
brush below the bristies yen viii have
a lidle cup which catches this over
dow paint Each time the brush IS
digrol into DE paint can the sbield Is
automatically eupted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION

ba1 taste In the mouth, Dependency
or the blues" and other miserable
ailments call attention to the liver. 1t
Is torpid. Take Hoods Pils--they
rouse the liver and relieve ali liver Ills.
They are the old and favorite family
casharLic. Purely vegetable. Gentle
and thorough. e5e. All druggists
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
POWNAL CENTER.

Roy c. Lampman is attending the
automobile show at New York
Mrs. Hattie Patterson of North
Adams was a recent guest here.
Miss Grace b. Holt of Bennington
is the guesst of Mrs. c. b. Patterson.
Ray Odell of Oakheld, n Y, is the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harmon Odell.
Mrs. Roy c. Lampman is spending
two weeks with relatives at North
Easton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. C, j. Arnold of North
Adams and Mrs. c. b. Patterson were
recent guests Of Abram Morgan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
t4ew 10 s.parate pastaae stamp. lhs

LIWIf Ht.o 1Fs1 ItA-Is to3uNt0''
In damp weather or b. careless nlGc
Ing postage stamps sometimes stick to
getA2., When this hap ems place thea
on newspaper IN q hot oven for y
few inmates. As soon as the stamp
get hot the glue dries ard by pressing
between the fingers it is readily bro
ken, and the stamps uay lie easily ser
nrated without the least damage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
How to Clean Tapestries Without In
Jury 20 the Fabric.

Pour boiling water over a handful
of bran. Let it stand until tepid and
then plunge the tapestries into it. Use
no soap and do not rub, but just shake
the goods up and down in the liquid.
Wiring them out. rinse well in tepld
water and hang out in the wind. When
dry shake well TO remove the bran.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
How to Mako Javel.e Water For White
Fabrica Only.

a pound OF Washing soda. Il quart
Of boiling water half a pound OF
chloride OF lime and two quarts of
cold water. M
Dissolve soda in boiling water. Mix
the limo In cold water. Let this mix.
ture settle aud pour the clear lime wa
ter into the dissolved soda water. Bot
tlc and keep in dark place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
How to Make 4 c-w giro Burn Up IT,,
q Minute

70 make Hye bum take old Jar covers
from fruit Jars or pieces OF zinc and
put in stove Thi- lissolves the SCOT
Farm aud Firosie.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
Ruhbinl Il In.

Bob-perhaps we had better forget
one another? Bcss-Oh, ! couldn't do
that. l have so few things to laugh
about.-Puck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-12
Stone won.

Novice Why do ihey call It Wall
street? Loser Bump Up against it and
you'll find out.-Ncw Yors- Times.