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Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
SOAP.

Soap Is excellent as a means OF get
ting the face clean or correcting coarse
language in the young, but 1t has Its
drawbacks. It cannot always be de.
pended upon. A cake Of soap that has
been In the family long enough to
seem tame and harmless will some
times run amuck in the bathroom and
lead one to the brink of nervous break
down. Starting from given point
cake Of soap, II slightly provoked,
will dash about. leaping from place to
place In wild flight till the pursuer
swoons in exhaustion. The cake OF
soap peeks out from safe place un-
der the tub to snicker maliciously. II
YOU recover and have the spirit to re-
sumo the chase you will have gay
time in bagging the soap, even though
you have 1t cornered. The soap is
clever. It will not make move till
YOU have seized It, and then 1t Will
sin a few inches away. After several
of your grabs the soap will estimate
neatly with quick eye just the
length Of your arm and then 1t Will set
tie down few inches beyond your
reach. In this case your only move
Is to get a long stick and have the
soap out with few sweeps. II you
are only human you will probably beat
1t to death with any blunt instrument
at hand. And then 60 and get another
piece of soap.-Illinois State Register.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
INA IlI0N[T
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CAN DEPEND ON DAIRY cows
Preservation Of Milk ls as Essential as
Production-keep Out All Dis
ease Germs.

The dairy COW will be called upon
to yield her maximum share OF the
worlds food supply during the com.
ing months of war. She can be de-
pended upon for production, but pres
ervaton of the milk is mans part. The
value Of milk Is dependent upon the
care 1t receives after it Is drawn from
the cow. Consequently preservation is
as essential as production. Milk Is
dangerous as human food If it con-
tains disease germs or worthless II 1t
IL so loaded with bacteria that Its com.
plex food nutrients are partly decom-
posed. 1t Is equally valueless to the
producer and distributor If 1t sOurs be-
fore 1t can be put to use.
To prevent the entrance of disease
germs into milk, healthy, tuberculn.
tested cows free from any udder In
Illumination or garget are the first es-
sentials. Healthy men, and pure wa.
ter from a protected we'll or spring are
of second Importance. Clean utensils,
covered pals and clean cows come
next.
Keeping milk sweet Is entirely a
matter of cleanliness and temperature
regulation. Cows free from manure and
dirt especially in the region Of the I'D.
der and flanks; utensils that are care
fully cleansed, scalded and dried; and
careful protection Of the milk from
flies and dirt after production, will
prevent the entrance of bacteria into
milk.
Milk is soured by bacterial develop
ment and multiplication. Bacteria can
not reproduce fast enough to sour milk
In "a hours If it Is kept below a TEN.
perature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit,
Therefore, milk should be cooled as
soon after production as possible. The
easiest and most practical plan OF
cooling Is to sink the cans to the level
of the milk in u tub or running spring
OF cold water and to stir the milk fre.
quently for five or ten minutes until
cool. 1t should be held at or below
55 degrees Fahrenheit If possible until
used.
The five essentials for production
of first grade milk, as given by Percy
Werner Jr. of the Missouri college OF
agriculture, are: /. Healthy cows and
men; 2. Clean cows and men; 3. Clean
cans and pals; 4. Covered milking
pals; 8. Cooling milk to 30 degrees
Fahrenheit or below within an hour af'
ter production and holding 1t as low
as possible until delivered.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
APPLE TREE PRUNING HINTS
When Growing Too Upright or
Spreading, Cut Back Leaders,
Keep Top Sufficiently Open.

IF an apple tree is growing too up
right or too spreading, cut back the
leaders to II side shoot that Is growing
in the desired direction. The upright
tendency is more often found, in which
event the heads should be shortened
back to side stock that is growing
down and out. Do not cut the young
shoots in the interior, as they tend to
send out lateruls that are hard to
prune into shape Keep the top suf-
flciPntly open so thHt the sunlight ana
mir can freely circulate. This is neces-
sary for the ripening Of the fruit buds.
Small limbs should be removed, but
the work should not be done so that
spaces are left in the top. Cut out all
diseased or dead wood. Save all the
good fruit spurs and try to produce
new ones. Cut out all crossing and in
terfering branches. In Il well-groWn
tree all water sprouts should be re-
moved. If any are needed to replace
lost fruit spurs, they should be cut
back to two buds. This operation may
need to be repeated. All branches
growing back through the interior Of
the tree should be removed.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
BAGGING GRAPES is FAVORED
While Not Profitable In Commercial
Vineyard, II VIII Prove Successful
In Small Patches.

While 1t Is not profitable to bag In
commercial vineyard, 1t will always
prove successful in home vineyard.
BY bagging the r1pening period can be
held back for two weeks. Besides,
when grapes are thoroughly sprayed
and bags put on Immediately, there Is
not so much danger Of rottlng. Bag
ging keeps birds and bees from injur'
ing the grapes, therefore, more per-
feet punches are produced.
Place the bunch in strong three
pound paper bag, such as is used In
grocery store. Fold the corners and pin
securely around the stem Just above
the grapes. A small hole about one-half
inch In diameter should be cut In one
corner of the bag at the bottom to al
low water to run out. The bags are
not costly, but 1t takes some time to
put them on. In the home vineyard 1t
is very paying proposition, as 1t gives
you longer ripening period and more
perfect punches.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
In West Africa.

Here and there among the older
bushmen in West Africa you will find
a man-generally ScOtsman-with q
pleasant vein of philosophy, who will
put the tropical sun to rest with you
In talk, telling you with twinkling
eye that, were 1t given him to choose
whether he would live his life again or
no, he would give a negative answer; ;
but as 1t is, being entered upon life,
and now somewhat in the vale of years,
he cannot justly say, balancing good
and bad, that on the whole he has
been treated badly by the world, writes
a traveller. These wanderers over the
earth, though in many superficial ways
the most unconventional of men. yet
keep the roadway Loyalty In all the
great old fashioned things.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
SURFACES FOR HlLLY ROADS
Slipping and skIddino on Smooth, Hard
Covering Is an Ever-Present
Dread Among Farmers.

Slipping on hilly roads is one Of the
unfortunate results which horses must
suffer as a result Of covering the roads
with hard surfaces, while the possibili-
ty of skidding on these slopes Is an
ever-present dread among motorists.
A special form Of paving brick, called
"hillside bricks" Is made for use on
grades exceeding one foot rise In 20
feet horizontal distance. These bricks
have grooves cut across their tops to
hold the shoes of the horses and the
tires of the cars, and have been re-
ceived with much favor by road build
ers. Recently the same object has
been attained with bitumlnous roads
built on hills, by leaving them with a
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
lIoht . Fire Without Matches.

How to light fire without matches
is an important part Of the training
given to United States Marines at
Port Royal, 8. G. The primitive flint
and steel, used long ago by our fore
fathers, and the old "wOoden fric-
ton" method borrowed from the In
dians have been revived, 80 that the
sea soldiers may dispense with
matches when dampness renders them
useless.
United States Marines in the tropics
can start fire almost instantly by
using hollow piece Of bamboo. This
is done by Sitting the bamboo, stuff
ing 1t with dry moss, and drawing a
stick to and fro across 1t as violinist
uses his bow. These resourceful
worldwide soldiers are expected to
find a substitute for the useful bam-
boo In France.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
FRUIT PACKAGES ARE SCARCE
Far-Sighted Fruit-Growers Have
Placed Their Orders and Many
Have Supply in Storage.

1t is impossible to place too much
emphasis upon the Importance of Sc
curing without delay an ample supply
Of fruit packages. All far-sighted fruit
growers have placed thier orders and
many have their packages safely
stored in n convenient shed. Reports
from Florida already indicate short
age of potato barrels and baskets, Il
condition that will undoubtedly be-
come more serious as the season ad-
vances. The New Jersey State Agri-
cultural college advises all growers,
large and small, to secure quotations
and place orders Immediately for all
the new fruit packages that they will
require for the marketing of their crop.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
PLAN TO PICK RASPBERRIES
Assign Two PIckers to Each Numbered
Row and Keep Chart and Record
at Packing Shed.

In picking raspberries, number the
rows, then assign two pickers to each
row, and keep chart and record at
the packing shed. In field Of 40 to
90 long rows 1t is very difficult for
pickers to find their own row after
taking a carrier of fruit to the pack
ing house unless the rows are given
some distinguishing mark or number.
BY this plan we know just what rows
are picked, and can check up the work
of each picker.
Let the pickers use four-quart car.
riers and as soon as the baskets are
filled bring them to the nearest pack
Ing shed and get their card punched
before they receive any more baskets.
Pickers are not allowed to take any
extra baskets with them to the field.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
was PRISONER in 4 CROCK
Boys Plight Analogous to That o.
Many Whose Heads Are Stuck
Fast In Worries.

An earthenware crock which a boy,
playing policeman. had put on his
head as a helmet, slipped down and
stuck fast. The boy made q rec
ord resignation from the police force,
and his muffied howls attracted
prompt attention.
His alarmed mother tugged at the
crock until the boys face was sorely
bruised; then excited neighbors took
turns until his neck was pain
fully twisted.
Meanwhile the bowling boy was suf-
fering terrifying visions Of lifelong i'm
prisonment, as secure as In dungeon,
and of his head from year to year
growing larger and tighter In the
crock. The poor boys trouble shut
him In from all the rest Of the world
with an ingrowing Imagination. But
that Is only what anyOne's trouble OF
any sort is apt to do for one, OBJ
serves the Christian Herald.
The mother. the father. who had
been sent for, and half hundred
neighbors, who had invited themselves
under the delusion that curiosity Is
sympathy, finally settled down to SOL
emn cOnclave and decided that, since
the crock had slipped on 1t must be
possible for it to be slipped off again,
but that only a skillful surgeon could
perform the delicate operation.
A delegation was on Its way with
the boy to surgeons office, when
resourceful motorman, seeing the situ-
alton, smashed the crock with his con-
troller handle.
Thus, by the simplest Of processes,
the boys trouble was suddenly ended.
And it Is by equally simple and d.
rect processes that most Of the trou-
bles Of most Of US may be ended.
With our heads stuck fast In wor-
ries, we rack our brains over thou
sand roundabout ways Of slipping
them ofr--and the harder we tug at
them the more they hurt-but we
overlook the simple sxpedient OF
smashing the crock.
Like the lad, we see terrifying VI
sions Of the future; we suffer our
feelings to be cruelty lacerated and
our bodies to be twisted and torn IN
mental anguish and despair; we run
here and there for sympathy and ad'
vice and help; and 1t does not occur
to US how easy It is just to break the
crock.
Most Of the crooks that seem to slip
down over our heads are merely imag-
mary, anyway. They require no street
car controller handles to smash them.
All they call for Is mental con-
troller handle.
Did 1t ever occur to you that most
of our troubles come, as this lads
did, through trying to appear what
we aren't?
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
VALUE OF IMPROVED ROADS
Crops to Market Rapidly and
CheapIy as Possible.

The value Of good roads Is becom-
ing more and more recognized in the
United States every day. Wise men
point to the fact that tap-line railroad
spurs cannot be constructed In the
country for less than $4,000 a mile,
and that the cost of these must be paid
by the commodity transported over
them.
The good roads do not cost so much
and are just as efficient. Everything
that makes 1t easier to get crops to
the market raises the value of farm
lands by making them more profitable
to the farmer.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
PRUNING IN APPLE ORCHARDS
BIghted Parts Should Be Cut Out as
Completely as PossibIe-Good
Dsinfectant Given.

In pruning the apple orchard
blighted parts ought to be cut out as
completely as possible. Old dried
blight cunkers on the main limbs CT
trunks ought to be scraped smooth, an
area back to a ring of healthy wood
cleaned off and the wound disinfected
and painted.
A good disinfectant Is mercuric chlo-
ride tablets dissolved In water to the
strength of one part to 1000. This
dlsinfectant can be applied with a
brush to each wound that is cleaned
off, and then the wound can be painted
with common white lead and oil paint.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20

rough surface. This method Of con-
struction was developed by the Mas.
sachusetts state highway commission.
According to Engineering News, the
roadbed Is covered with broken stone
from two to three inches In size, which
Is rolled until the bed is three inches
thick. This bed then has hot asphalt
applied to it by pressure distributor
at the rate of two and three-fourths
to three gallons per square yard. This
asphalt fills the spaces between the
stones, but the latter are so large that
their tops project somewhat above the
asphalt binder and thus afford foot
hold in any but icy weather.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
COMPLETE RATION FOR cows
Animal Weighing Approximately 1000
Pounds Should Be Given Wide
Variety of Feeds.

A complete ration for COW weigh
ing approximately 1000 pounds may
be made by feeding one pound Of grain
mixture for every three or four pounds
of milk produced in addition to: ()
30 pounds of corn silage and 10 pounds
Of hay tclover or alfalfa preferredD, or
(2) 80 pounds roots and 10 pounds OF
hay, or (3) 8 pounds dried beet pulp
soaked f2 to "a hours prior to feeding
and 10 pounds of hay, or (4) 20 Opounds
Of hay with l to pounds of oilmeal
added to her grain.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Siberia's Resources UnrivaIed.

Siberia is believed to be destined
one day to become the richest country
wealth so diversified and as yet almost
untouched, that 1t has no rival in
the old world. Before the war ST.
IBERIA was producing from 100000 to
100000 tons Of flour year. AS a
grazing country 1t has no limits, and
1t exports large quantities of leather,
tallow and butter. It's forests are al
most inexhaustible, and it supplies
furs to all the world. Its mineral
wealth can only be guessed at, for
the greater part of the country has
never been prospected. But there are
several enormous deposits of oil.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
ORCHARD
GLrANINGS
FOR LIME-SULPHUR MIXTURE
Complete Directions Given for Making
Solution Necessary for Spraying
Fruit Trees.
(By 8. M. CoOK.)

Provide yourself with a good, tight
barrel, and a zinc tub or pot to heat
water in; heat the water to boiling
point, then take two or three buckets
Of boiling water and put in the empty
barrel, cover the top Of the barrel
with oilcloth and sacks. Let the water
remain in the barrel about ten
minutes, then pour out the water and
put In 25 pounds Of sulphur. and empty
six cans Of concentrated lye upon the
sulphur; then add three buckets or
boiling water, cover up barrel well and
let It brew for Is to 20 minutes; then
stir up well, adding two more buckets
Of boiling water and ten pounds quick
or unslaked lime (not slaked); cover
top Of barrel again and let the mi1-
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ROADS
We viii Soon See Necessity for Sep
arats Systems for Freight and
Passenger Traffic.

President Rowe Of the American Au.
tomobile association says that In ten
years the United States will be COW
cred with systems Of national roads.
BY that time he says we will begin to
see the necessity for separate systems
for freight and passenger traffic. Pres
ent highways will be greatly multi
piled and largely increased In width.
The quality will be improved as the
country begins to learn the art Of
road building. Good roads he be-
lieves, are the greatest practical step
toward national preparedness.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20

ture boil for 20 or 30 minutes. Then
stir up well and add two more buckets
boiling water and ten pounds more
lime; let this boil for 20 or 80 min
utes, keeping the cover on barrel as
much as possible, after 80 minutes
more boiling add two buckets boiling
water and ten pounds more lime; let
boil 80 minutes, then add more water
1.-TWO buckets boiling water) and stir
up thoroughly; add ten pounds more
lime; let this boil for 80 minutes, then
strain out into another barrel and add
water enough to make 100 gallons In
solution. This Is ready to be sprayed
on the trees. BY this method you cook
the mixture about two and a half
hours. Several barrels may be started
at one time and treated in the same
manner as above.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
IMPROVEMENT ON MILK PAIL
Arranged to Minimize Possibility OF
Dirt Entering MiIk-Very Sim
pie In Construction.

In illustrating and describing milk
pail, the invention Of w. G. Parmele.
1925 North Kostner avenue, Chicago,
the Scientific American says:
The main object Of the inventor Is
to provide milk pail which minimizes
the possibility of dirt entering the
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Blrd SpIder.

Whether or not the bird spider actu-
ally eats birds has not been established.
1t is called bird-eating spider, but has
never been detected attacking or eating
its supposed prey. nor have any traces
of It's food been discovered In Its bur-
rows. Its body is about two inches
long, black and very hairy. Counting
legs and all, it Is about foot in di-
ameter. Its habitat is tropical and sub
tropical America.-Philadelphia Led
Heg,
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Little Chanued,

Feminine nature, as good luck
would have it, has not changed very
much since the world began, and we
suppose good old Ceres used to fix her
self up in clothes as nearly as possi-
bic like those worn by Diana and fond
ly imagine that she was preserving the
youthful lines of her figure.-Columbus
CO., Journal.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
SUITABLE COVER FOR CRATES
Protects Fruits and Vegetables, Such
as Peaches and Tomatoes,
While in Transit.

In illustrating and describing pro-
tective cover for fruit crates, invented
by S. P. Bunker of Rockville Center,
Long Island, N. Y, the Scientific Amer
lean says:
"This invention relates to a crate
top for use in preventing the bruising
of fruits and vegetables such as peach
es, tomatoes, and the like, by the pill
ing of one crate on top of another or
other heavy packages which cause the
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Rural Attitude Changed.

The use Of the automobile by farm
ers has completely changed the rural
attitude toward motoring, and tens of
thousands Of men are making direct
profits by catering to the passing mo-
tOrist.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Cover for Fruit Crates.

crate covers or ordinary crates to be
bowed down, thereby causing heavy
waste by the bruising and crushing of
the contents. 1t also acts as venti-
lator for car-ot shipping by giving an
even distribution of cold air in refrige-
rator cars and also in storage of like
products
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Industries Reward.

"Bliggins says he got on by burning
the midnight OIL" "Well, keeping late
hours did help him some. He danced
all night three or four times week
till finally he met a rich girl and mar
ried her."
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Road Progress.

Missouri and Kansas have both
passed new road laws during the re-
cent sessions of their legislatures, and
work under them Is already starting.
Missouri has made longer steps for
ward toward good roads than ever in
her history.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Leads In Road Improvement.

The Automobile club of Southern
California, with its 10,203 members,
which claims to be the largest organ
ization of the kind in the world, de-
clares that California is leading all
states In highway development.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Improved Milk Pail.

milk, as from the switching Of the
cows tail, which prevents the milk
from reaching the mixer, which Is con-
venient for carriage, which serves as
a seat for the mixer, which Is very
simple in construction highly efficient
in use, and thoroughly practical, and
which Is comparatively inexpensive.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Horrible ExamplA.

Rural Aunt-"Doesn't the waiter
act queer" Dasher-"Decidedly so;
I believe the fellow is tipsy.' Rural
Aunt-"Dear me; he must be one of
the victims of that tipping habit I've
read so much about. Puck.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Is He?

Bunker-1s Hobbs much Of a book
worm?
Dunker-Is he? Why, when he gets
through devouring the contents Of
vegetable catalogue I lent him he will
actually look seedy.-Judge.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Away Behind.

ma, did pa promise you much be-
fore you were married?"
my dear, we've been married over
twenty years, and your father hasn't
caught up yet with the things he prom
ised | should have in the first year."
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
An Improvement.

'Too bad, isn't 1t. that such a pretty
girl should have an impediment in her
speech"
''Too bad" snorted the married man.
"In a woman that isn't a drawback;
it's an improvement"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Joyous Familiarity.

"My parents would not permit me to
read novels" exclaimed the dignified
lady.
How fortunate you are!" rejoined
her sister. "The moving picture plots
must seem brand-new to you"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
RAISE BEST HEIFER CALVES
Good Cows Are Becoming Scarce and
Hah In PrIce-Young Animals
Will Repiace Them

1t pays to raise the heifer calves
from cows of high producing ability
as good cows are becoming scarce and
high In price. These heifers can then
replace any cows that may not be
paying well and the cows when sold
will bring a good price and add to the
farm income.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
In Words He'd Unde rstand.

She Ito her author-suitor)-"Our re-
lection does not imply lack Of merit.
but an oversupply of similar material"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20

A million and quarter horses and
mules have been exported for war pur-
poses since the fall Of 1914.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
Evils That Are Necessary.

"Pa, what's necessary evil?" "One
we like so much we don't care about
abolishing 1t. my son."
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-04-12
NORTH FAIRFIELD

Percy Groves enjoyed visit from
his father and brother Sunday
Mrs. Alma Conforth and Margaret
Savage returned from Pittsheld Fri
day of last week where they had
visited Mrs Conforths father.
Mabel Bigelow returned To Show
hogan Wednesday.
Show you approve your Presidents
decision hang out the Flag that was
never hauled down. Buchanan, Show
hogan. solicts orders, by mail or
otherwise. All sizes at all prices.
Mrs Hugh Ross Hatch spoke at
both churches Sunday. There was
IA very pleasing program at the
Friends church by the children.
The Tuesday Club met at Mrs. Eta
Emerys April 10. Two quilts were
tackled and other sewing done. They
meet with Mrs Clara Hoxie April
24th
Miss Catherine Platts of the [. of
NJ. extension service will hold a two
days canning bee September and
>. at the home Of Mrs. Frank Doe,
chairman of the committee having
the matter in charge.