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The Sentinel=record., 1918-06-19
LOST AND FDURIB

LOST. SPRAYED OR STOLEN One COW. three years old; one horse about 15 hands high. lop cared. Communi- cate with 40l Wilmington avenue.
 5-4-tf
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Met Sir Walter Scott,

The Rev. John Douglas, said to have
been the only living person in Amer
lea who had seen Sir Walter Scott
alive, died recently. lie was ninety
four years old and had been resident
of Minnesota for 80 years says Min
neapolis Tribune.
On his ninety-third birthday, Sept, II,
1916, Mr.. Douglas described in detail
his seeing the author of the Waverly
novels in 1881. With his father the
Minneapolis man was driving in an
old-fashioned, high-seated rickety gig
along road near AbhOtsford, Scot
land, when "n funny-looldng little man
with queer Scotch bonnet on his head
and gnarled stick in his hand" hailed
them.
Mr.. Douglas father checked his
horse and chatted with the man for
Is minutes. Afterward the youngster
was told that the little man was none
other than the noted author. During
the last 20 years persons who could
boast of having seen Scott alive have
become fewer. Two years ago it was
practically conceded that Mr.. Douglas
had sole claim to the distinction.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
JOINED RANKS OF PROFITEERS
Indian Had the Stereotyped Reason for
Increasing His Price for Basket
Of Berries.

An Indian in one of the western res
ervations was in the habit of bringing
TO Mrs. Gray each spring several bas-
kets of wild berries for which, from
time immemorial, he had always
charged so cents bG sket. A few days
ago he paid his annual visit to Mrs.
Gray's back door. The maid took the
berries and rendered the usual pay
ment. The Indian shook his head.
"One dollar basket now" he said.
The maid called her mistress and ex.
planned the difficulty. Much surprised,
Mrs. Gray again offered the money to
the Indian, who once more refused to
accept it. "Why is this?" asked Mrs.
Gray. "The baskets are the same size
as usual, are they not?"
"Yes."
"And the berries are not scarce this
year. | know, because have seen
bushes loaded down with them on my
rides about the country here"
"Yes."
swell, then, why isn't fifty cents
basket enCughT
The Indian shifted from one foot to
another quite calmly. "liell big dam
war somewhere" he announced: Der
ries one dollar basket now"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
ALWAYS NEED or MOTHERS
How Woman With ChiIdIess Home
May Make Herself Blessed and
Find Happiness.

The proper care Of child is for the
common good. 1t is a woman's task to
rear the child. However good and we'll
meaning, no man can bring that home
sense to child that its little heart
yearns for. A ragged, dirty, poverty
stricken child is q blot upon humanity.
If the child comes into the world in an
environment where squalOr prevails it
Is concern of the community, or
should be- that young life exists there
and measures should be taken to i'm
prove the condition Of the child.
The world has need of mothers, of
mother-hearted women. Woman can
never rise to more glorious heights
than those of motherhood, Modesto
Hannis Jordan writes In Humanitarian.
In the wider sphere opening for wom-
en- the most important, the most conse-
quentinl of all tasks that she may
turn her hand to-" are the tasks that
will bring about better housing, feed
Ing, education and what influences may
be brought to bear upon his young
mind; how he grows to good citizen
ship, how he comes to recognize his du-
ties and responsibilities to his fellow
men. And if there is childless home
the woman cannot bring greater
blessing on II greater happiness to her
self than by opening its doors-and at
the same time her heart-tO some
child without mother
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
PERKINS AT IMPORTANT POST
Sergeant Majors Remark Must Have
Made Him Realize Just What 1t
Might Mean to Him.

Major Jackson tells of the visit of
one of the generals to the trenches
on the end of the British line.
The general, who was a great stick
Ter for discipline, said to the last man
on the left:
"Do you know, sir, that you're the
most important soldier in the army?"
Private Perkins murmured some
modest reioinder, but, as in duty
bound, kept his eye glued to the per-
scope with his vista Of No Mans
Land.
EYES," resumed the general, you're
the last man in the last squad of the
last platoon of the last company Of
the last battalion Of the last regi.
ment of the last brigade"
After this impressive announcement
the general turned on his heel and de-
parted. Then the sergeant major, lest
Private Perkins should be puffed up
by the suddenly conferred Importance,
added:
eyes, and If the army gets the com
mand to form on the left you'll mark
time for the rest of your bloody nat
ural life."
Any military man realizes what
it would mean to be pivot man for a
line 12J miles long Toronto Mail
and Empire.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
RAPID STRIDES IN SURGERY
War Has Brought Discoveries That
Alleviate Pain and Heal the Most
Dangerous Wounds.

"Bipp" is one of the new words that
will be added to the dictionary as the
direct outcome of the war. "Birp" is
a combination of bsmuth, iodoform
and paraf1in paste, and is the name
given to one of the most important
surgical discoveries of DR.. Rutherford
Morrison, a famous operative surgeon
of London. 1t exercises strange
charm upon the treatment of danger
GUS wounds.
In the early days of the war doctors
employed the older forms of curative
surgery, which entailed long periods Of
suffering to the wounded soldier. BY
the new process the destroyed tissues
and infected areas are eXcised, the
parts thoroughly drenched with pure
spirit, and after the application of
thin layer of "bipp" the wound can In
many cases be sewn up Immediately
with every prospect Of primary union
and no further distress to the patient.
Even wounds associated with bone In
jurIes or damaged joints, have been
successfully treated by this method.
and compound fractures have lost
much of their seriousness.
One of the most marvellous cases Is
recorded at London military hospital.
A piece of shell penetrated soldiers
chest and diaphragm, passing into the
abdominal cavity. These terrible In
juries healed without subsequent i'll
consequences the track of the missile
being excised and the wound sutured
after a thorough application Of "bipp."
Similar success has been attained in
gases of gas gangrene, which Is de'
prlved of its chief terror since the
germs of this infection can no longer
thrive.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Their Epitaph.

"There was the gun, still in position,
and beside it two dead gunners. In
front of one lay two dead Huns; In
front of the other there were three.
Our fellows had sold out dear, and
held out long, as the heaps of cartridge
shells around the gun showed plainly"
They sold out dear, they held out
long. You might write biography of
those two Yankees, fill 1t with citations
of their sterling conduct, recount the
whole story of the short, sharp, bitter
encounter northwest Of Toul in which
they died. and in the end all your fine
words, all your fair-phrased tribute,
could express nothing finer than those
two simple statements of fact. They
sold out dear, they held out long.
Their epitaph? 1t was there beside
the two bodies, written in those heaps
Of cartridge shells that had brought
five Huns to their doom right at the
gun nozzle, and who shall say how
many more beyond?
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Sunday Battles In History.

Some of the fcrceSt engagements of
the present war have been fought on
Sunday, the so-called day Of rest, for the
German seems to like that day for Il
bombing raid on some defenSeleSS
town, as well as for much bigger oper-
ations at the front, possibly on ac-
count of the old adAge about the bet
ter the day the better the deed.
The ficrcest of the battles in the
Wars of the Roses was actually fought
on Palm Sunday, observes London An
swerS. This wa the Battle of Tow
ton in 1861, and ten years later the
Battle of Barnet was fought on East
er Sunday. Families was fought on
Whitsunday, 1905.
Both Bulls Run and Shiloh, in the
American Civil war, were fought on
Sunday. II was on Sunday that Well
ingtOn issued that famous order, "Ci-
udad Rodrigo must be carried by as
sault this evening"
A glad Sunday for the British en-
pire was tina; cloud Sabbath" when
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Wa
terloo in the last attempt on the part
of one man to dominate the world.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Pretty Indoor Plant.

Perhaps nothing gives such bright
ness and good cheer to a room-n"xt
to a sunny window-as a pot of wan
dering Jew hanging in the window.
The trailing stems with their tiny. al
most transparent leaves, are exquisite
ly lovely against Il sunny background,
and wandering jew costs almost moth
ing, demands almost no care at all, ana
will grow anywhere, If 1t has little
sunlight.
1t will grow in water as well aS in
dirt, and astonishing Is the speed II
makes In growing; long, trailing stems
will begin to droop over the side Of the
pot in no time, and before you know
II there Is fairly an umbrella Of green
falling from your hanging recepta-
Gle.
1t may be grown In glass bowl OF
water hung from hook, high In the
window; or the bowl may be set on
bracket where the sunlight will fall
across It; or the plant may be grown
in soil, in an ordinary flower pot on
the window ledge or on small plant
stand set In the sunshine.
Every home should have a pot OF
wandering jew growing lrxuriantly
during the months of autumn, win
ter and spring.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Suttee,

The English government, after long
discouraging suttees, by the agency Of
Lord William Bentinck formally abol-
ished them in December, 1929, but
they have since occasionally takeA
place. The wife OF the son Of the
Rajah of Beygoon thus perished in
June. 1864, and several wives of Sir
Tung Bahadoor, minister of Nepaul,
on March l, 1877. One voluntary suit
tee occurred ut Poona, in November
1890. and 1t has continued to the pres
ent time in isolated parts of India,
for even as late as 1905 several per-
sons who took part in a suttee in Be-
har were condemned to penal servi-
tude.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
f3( MD(Y'S y[N|NQ
k,I AA|RY TALE |
III s. hAN GRAHAN..R!Ql'yNeR a. B
THE USEFUL YAK.

"The name which should be given
to our family for good and ALL" said
the yak, "is the useful yak. We should
be known by that name the country
around and the world around for that
matter"
"How do you know that anything
could 60 the world around?' asked
Mrs. Yak. "Is the world round?"
"Hush!" said Mr.. Yak. "Don't let
anyone hear you say that you don't
know such thing. OF course the
world is round-the nice round earth
Il quite like it."
II will believe you" said Mrs. Yak,
for you've always told me the truth.
But at the same time, l have never
seen a piece of round earth. Never,
neverr'
mo matter" said Mr.. Yak. "Im
right in what / say. I'm quite sure
of it."
"Then If you're sure of that do tell
me why we should be called the use
full yak family. Are we so very use
full? am glad we are. know that
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Guard Your Breath.

"A mans BREATH" says Popular Sci
encc Monthly, lis often betrayer Of
secrets. He may have been out late,
sitting up with sick friend, but
when he reaches home his loving wife
at once opens up her battery Of re-
proacheS.
"Now comes the news that two in
ventorS In Osceola, Ark, have joint
ly invented hreath-guard of new
pattern. 1t is said to be efficient, but
not in the manner you were thinking
of. 1t is intended to protect dentists,
BARRIERS and physicians from inhal-
ing the germ-lnden breath of their pa
tients or patrons. 1t consists of a
small curved shield Of glass placed
so as to cover the nostris and held in
position by spring clip gripping the
partition wall of the nose on the in
side. Many diseases are directly COM
municated through the Inhalation of
tainted air, and device of this kind
should be a boon to professional peo-
pie who are compelled, by the nature
of their duties, to be in close proXim-
ity to those whom they serve"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Stood Watching.

/ was to stop bothering you and keep
out Of your sight unless sent for, that
/ was going to spend the rest Of my
life skulking in the tall timber dodg-
ing you? Just because you think you
don't care for me is no"
She drew herself up stiff1y.
"There was nothing haphazard
about my decision" she said coldly. II
am quite sure ! don't like you well
enough to marry you. AS you won't
be just friends, there was no course
open to me but to ask you to stay
away"
She sighed as she looked at him,
for Bob Murray was Il well favored,
manly fellow. Then she turned her
head sharply and gazed out on the
everlasting prairies with their scorch-
ing crops dropping in the heat.
"As I was saying" went on Mr..
Murray imperturbebly, "your whim-
sical idea that we were not made
for each other In nowise interferes
with my intention Of showing you
where you err"
The shoulder nearest him shrugged
expressively. the visible ear turned
wrathily pink Mr.. Murray grinned,
then grew serious 1t Is no laugh
Ing matter when the girl Of your heart
tells you pointolank you are mistaken
as to the state Of her emotions.
What new line of attack he opened
IL % l.,
for of sudden the hum and thump of
the car, and the silence of the weary
passengers was broken by a scurry and
rush towards the rear door.
With one accord Murray and Miss
Mackay also jumped to their feet. The
cause of the excitement needed no ex-
planatory words.
Coming after them, exactly down the
track, whirling, lifting dipping, was
q black, funnel-shaped cloud. 1t was
miles away. but nearing rapidly.
With what looked like diabolical cum
ming 1t persistently kept to the track.
There was one instant Of Mortified ST.
lence, and then the passengers went
crazy In few minutes.
Like penned rats in a trap they
fought for doors and windows, but
conductor and brakemen locked the
exits, and the speed Of the train ef-
fectualy discouraged the window
route.
The engineer had seen the danger
and opened the throttle wide; the train
whirlh and bumped over the ties with
mucl 'he same motion as the death
d,alil black cloud chasing 1t.
Aft,r tho first shock Murray in
hirctively drew Closer to the girl. Her
face had turned quite white, her lips
We're tightly pressed together.
Amid the screaming, frantic womer
she stood seemingly dazed staring with
fascinating eyes at the whirllng demon
in their wake. If 1t caught them, II
meant death, nothing less. Every
ounce of steam was on, yet their pace
seemed agonizingly slow. The cloud
was ginning on them.
With quick impulse Murray crush
ed both her limp hands In his own.
and she turned frightened eyes to his
compelling ones. There was certain
solemnitv about his face which was
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
QUAINT OLD INDIAN COINS
So Adu!terated That They Were Not
Even Accepted in England as
Value in Metal.

In 1908 the independent state Of Hy-
derabad, India, obtained modern mint
and called in the coins that had been
current up till that time. The old mint
Of Hyderuhad was little more than
coppersmith's shop in which scrap cop
per of all sorts was melted up, ham,
mered into plates, cut up into very
rough approximations of one tOla in
weight, and stamped between dies, one
Of which was in the anvil and the 9TH
er in toll held in tOngS. A blow from
a slcdgc hammer made the impression.
There was no regularity in shape,
weight or stamping, nor was the metal
uniform in quality.
The mint could not furnish supplies
fast enough and licenses were issued
to copprrsmiths to assist in production
Naturally, the Scientific American
states, nonlicensed persons began to
manufacture, and adulteration with
lead was so llagrant that when several
tons of these coins We're sent to Eng
land as old metal they were returned
on account of their impurity and We're
finally worked up into brass for local
consumption. A "dub," if held in the
flame of spirit lamp, would before it
reached red heat begin TO discharge
very fine jets resembling mercury; the
lead, having reached its fusing point,
burst from the copper with force in
dicating very high internal pressure.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Only Partial Repentance.

Bobby accompanied his mother to
the grocery and, unobserved, helped
himself to a banana and was calml.
eating 1t when discovered. His moth
er, greatly Mortified, reprimanded hin,
severely, and on the way home, meet
ing policeman whom she knew, told
him of Bobby's misdeed and askeG
what he usually did with boys tha;
took bananas.
"lf they are big boys lock them
up in Jail, but If they are little just
take them home with me. But you
won't take any more bananas, will you,
Bobby?"
Bobby, thoroughly frightened, re
treated, clnging to his mothers skirt,
but managed to say: "No; me no take
banana; me take an apple next time"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
I'VE Can Be Used for Meat"

often our cousins and relatives have
been made pets Of by some people.
There have also been many who have
gone to the ZOOS. And l know, too,
that we are often given the family
name of wild OK"
"All you say is quite true" said Mr..
Yak, "but there are more things to be
known about u.s."
Now, Mr.. and Mrs. Yak both wore
their hair hanging down from their
sides and hips and shoulders. They
had very, very long hair and sometimes
It didn't look so very well brushed.
They wore long tails very like long
brushes.
sour tails" said Mr.. Yak, "are some.
times used for fy-snappers."
"Oh, dear" said Mrs. Yak, "don't
let us think Of anything like that,
Where would we be. without our
tails?"
"There are some creatures who don't
have tails" said Mr.. Yak. "People
never have them. We might try to
be like people"
Now in some things Mrs. Yak was
far wiser and more sensible than Mr..
Yak.
"My DEAR" she said, 'people have
been born without tails for genera
tions and generations-as long as there
have been people. Now we have al
ways had tails and If we should lose
our tails, we would die"
"I guess that's true" said Mr.. Yak.
"Yes, l believe you're right. And, too,
our tails give us a fine handsome
look"
"They do" agreed Mrs. Yak quickly,
for she didn't like to hear Mr.. Yak
say he thought 1t good thing to have
their tails used for fly-snappers. If
there was any fy-killng to be done,
she wanted to do 1t all and not just
lend her tail for the occasion, with
out her whole body.
Even though their hair looked as If
it needed brushing, 1t was very, very
silky.
"As long as you do not like my
tail story, or my tail of the tale
Mrs. Yak interrupted him. Are
you going mad, my dear? What do
you mean? l am afraid you have
been thinking with your tail lately,
yes. thinking backwards"
"No, I'm not crazy" said Mr.. Yak.
"But a tale spelt in one fashion Is
a story, and a tail spelt in another
is the kind we have upon our fine
bodies"
"Oh, now I see," said Mrs. Yak.
"Pardon me for interrupting."
"Pardoned" said Mr.. Yak grandly.
swell, what I wanted to say Is this:
Our silky hair is made into lace, and
used to ornament garments, or
clothes, or dresses-I've forgotten just
what they are called"
Mrs Yak felt very vain and proud
to hear this. OF course, Mr.. Yak was
only poor Mr.. Yak, and so he didn't
know enough to appreciate lace as she
did. But when she had stopped think
Ing about lace and talking to herself
about how beautiful she could make
people, she begged Mr.. Yak to tell
her more about their usefulness.
eve can be used for meat" he said,
and Mrs. Yak almost tainted. But
quickly he changed the subject and
said: eve give nice butter and milk,
you know" ut which Mrs. Yak smiled.
"And as we can carry things and
people, too, certainly think we should
be called the useful yak family
he ended, as he and Mrs. Yak moved
from the valley where they had been
all winter to the snow-covered noun
tains far above.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
More panaerous Than War.

1t is not always the greatest danger
which is accompanied by the most
serious results. A young man from In.
diana who had gone through twoscore
battles as an ambulance driver work
Ing close up behind the lines received
never so much as a scratch. Later he
took a walk in the streets of Padua,
Italy, was hit by an automobile and
seriously injured and put out Of COM
mission.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
In Praise Of Music,

Music adds nothing but good; sub
tracts the evil; multiplies that which
we already have; discounts our all
ments and compounds all Of our inter
est. If you believe this Is true, "push'
music. Aid the choir, choral and Or
chestral societies. Sympathize with
and in every way support public
school music.
A foreign traveller In our country
said he was deeply impressed with our
silences. He heard no reapers sing
ing in the field, he heard many bird
carol, but no human songs. That re-
minds me of the old saying: BLESSED
Is the man who sings at his work"
Take an interest In creating musi-
cal atmosphere in the home, and soon
America will be singing and we shall
be able to take in music not only by
the small channel of the ear, but
through every pore Of our bodies
straight to the root Of our souls.-The
Musician.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-01
Assisted by a
Tornado
~
By Maud Leonard Towscn
downright. The Frank A. Munsey Coz

II do not understand in the least
Robert =! said Miss Mackay.
When Louise Mackay called him ny
his full name In this tone OF voice.
Bob Murray usually backed down nj
once. But this time he felt amply sup
ported by the facts In the case.
"Tm sorry, Louise" he said with
apparent distress. "Of course II l
had known you were upon this espe-
cial Santa Fe train nothing would
have induced me to get on at the last
station. Just because my business de-
mands that should reach Chicago In
stantly would not have counted IN the
least, and l should cheerfully nave
waited over a day in that charming
Kansas village-the hottest, most gar
ingly isolated spot Of paralyzed noth'
ingness I ever struck"
BY this time Miss Mackay was re-
penting her attack on him, She felt
she could easily be accused OF taxing
too much for granted.
The beautiful face beneath the &C.
we're travelling hat flushed. She even
managed smile.
"Don't be absurd Bob" she said po-
iitely. "But Of course-your suddenly
appearing out of nowhere-and in
situation where couldn't escape you-
and after had told you"
Mr.. Murray with one motion picked
up his travelling bag and moved into
the vacant seat beside the girl.
"You didn't think for minute,
did you," he began. calmly, that be-
cause you refused to marry me when
I asked you month ago In Frisco.
adding the kindly afterthought that