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Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Would Save Sea Loss.

New York steamship underwrit rrs
and government officials have author
tied official tests of new invention
which, 1t Is claimed by its designers
will save property valued at thousands
of dollars in the event of the sinking
of vessels. 1t is called pneumatic
safe and Is said to float on the wa err
though of steel construction. 1t Is as
impervious to fire and theft as other
safes. The device Is said to wei igh
three tons. AS evidence of his faith
in the success of the invention the man
who constructed 1t will lock himelf
inside when the safe Is lowered over
board. In case the invention bears out
what is claimed for it it will be adopt.
ed for use on American oceangoing ).
sells.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
LOBSTER NOW LUXURY
Food Has Passed Beyond the
Reach OF the Poorer People.
Should Catch Small Lobster and Leave
Larger Ones to Breed, Is Opinion
Expressed by Expert.

The lobster has passed beyond the
reach of the poor and has become
luxury only to be enjoyed by the rich.
Every year the price of Holsters ad-
vnnceS few points, and even at the
highest price offered it is difficult to
obtain them. From Massachusetts
comes the information that We're it
not for the catches in Maine and Nova
Scotia. Holsters could not be had in
Massachusetts, for the waters of that
state have been fishcd out. In 1883, so
the Boston Transcript says, 1,74OS50
Holsters of legal size were caught in
Massachusetts. In 1914, only 6139
were taken there. The opinion seems
to be gaining ground in Massachusetts
that mistake has been made in deal
ing with the lobster industry. The
small lobster has been protected. while
the large lobster, which is the one
which produces an enormous quantity
of young, has been taken. This, it is
held by some, Is wrong. We should
catch the small lobster, so it IS argued,
and leave the bigger ones to breed.
There seems to be some virtue in
this contention, because in spite of the
lobster Matching plants maintained by
the federal government fewer Holsters
are being taken each year, while the
demand for them Is continually in
creasing. This, Of course, accounts for
the high prices. 1t is also claimed
that in planting lobster fry the federal
agents have made serious blunders.
The fry have been liberated in places
where they have been subjected to the
attacks of other fish, and few of the
Holsters hatched In the government
plants have ever attained size
where they could look after them
selves. The experienced fisherman Of
the Maine coast have frequently called
attention to the mistakes which were
being made in lobster Opagation and
preservation, but as frequently hap
pens in the making of laws, the opin-
ions of men who know something
about Holsters and their habits have
been ignored, and the theorists have
been the only ones consulted.
If the federal government should put
n closed time on Holsters for several
years and arrange With the Canadian
government to do the same thing, it is
reasonable to suppose that the lob
sterS would increase and this industry
would regain something Of the magni.
tude II has lost. But we have no idea
that such a plan will be adopted. 1t
would he strenuouSly opposed by the
dealers, who now make large profits
in the business, and probably by the
fishermen also, who have considerable
capital tied up in II fishing gear.
What has happened in Massachusetts.
where few Holsters are now being
taken, must eventually take place In
Maine, and unless some radical step Is
adopted the time Is not far away when
even as luxury the lobster will be-
come so scarce as to be beyond the
reach Of everyone save the epicurean
of the plutocratic class.-Portland
Press.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27

1.-THE enormous increase In travel
to the park early in the summer dis
closed the fact that 1t would only be
Il matter of year or two before all
available camping space would be
taken long before the height of the
season; also that the streams of the
park, unless carefully stocked each
year, would be fiShed out before the
summer would be half gone. Antic-
pating the inevitable need of more
camping grounds. the Giant Forest
bOad has been continued from VOL
verton to the Marble Fork river,
where a splendid opportunity for the
development of fine big camp area
exists. There are no sequoia trees
here, but there Is fine forest Of
pines and frs, and the ground is COW
cred with a clean white gravel that
will make camping especially salts
factory. This new camp area will lie
near the best fishing waters that are
at all times accessible, and an effort
will be made to keep these waters
well stocked with trout"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
No Lazy Mans Place.

IF you saw "The Bird Of Paradise"
and then listened to some folk talk
you may be under the impression
Hawaii is land where Americans go
and just naturally forget how to work,
lie down beneath shady, spready tree
and listen to the thrum of the Hawaiian
guitars until they're lulled into a sleep
from which they seldom are aroused.
"That stuff" said S. S. Paxson of Hon.
olulu, ais all right, but it's for story
books and comic operas. went to
Honolulu 13 years ago from Phialel-
phia, became president of the Rotary
club, member of the legislature and
head Of the largest automobile con-
cern in Honolulu. When I came back
to the United States l don't find any
of my old companions are staying up
any later at night than l do or travel
faster than l do. Don't let any one
put that 'gO-to-sleep-and-never-waie ie-
up idea into your head. Hawaii Is
not lazy mans country, by any
means"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Standards Gave Name to Cigar.

However strange it may appear, 1t
is well-established fact that the word
cigar is derived, though in a round
about way, from the cicade-that Is,
from the Spanish "cigarral," the place
where the cicade Tin Spanish "cigara)
sings-the garden. The name cigarral
is generally applied to kind Of pleas
ure garden and summer house Gas In
the cigarrales de Toledo, and In Cuba
in particular to tobacco garden or
nursery. After the discovery of the
new world the Spaniards who planted
tobacco in their gardens when Offering
the plant to their friends were wont
to say "Es un cigarro de mi cigarral," !"
as we would say "a flower from our
garden" The name remained.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27

~ DESSA, the Russian seaport,
captured by the Germans not
long ago, has been widely
known as an important center
of shipping and commerce, but its
interest does not lie so much in its
great dOcked harbor, its fine churches
and public buildings, its factories or
it's siZe--it had half a million people
ut the beginning of the war-as in
the fact that century and quarter
ago there was none Of these In exist
ence.
New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia are cities almost ancient
in comparison with Odessa. Odessa is
a sort of Chicago or Kansas City or
Europe-a "new town." in the Ian
guage of the West. Just as there were
Indian trading posts where Chicago
and Kansas City had their beginnings.
so there was wretched little Turkish
village on the future site of Odessa in
the time of Catherine the Great Of
Russia. Russia saw the possibilities
of port on the Black sea and reached
out and took 1t, with little or no pro-
test, for Hdj Bey, as the Turkish VIII
lage was called was not worth quarrel
ing about. Catherine founded Odessa
by rescript in 1904 and the blooming
of the new city began.
Grain Built the City.
The Russian pioneers" built their
town on the plateau which forms ter
race from 100 to $50 feet above the
water front. Today a great staircase,
which Is one of the wonders of Odessa,
leads up in broken flights from the
harbor to the city proper. Located at
the northwest angle of the Black sea,
midway between the estuarieS of the
great Dnieper and DnieSter rivers,
Odessa was the natural commercial
outlet for the vast stretches of grain
producing valleys beyond and its
growth was like that of the Western
trade ccnters in America. The Eng
lish ships found their way there to load
their holds with grain, and exporting,
as the years went by, grew steadily
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
An Aid to Memory.

The stranger in camp pointed to
stack of army hats and caps on
shelf behind the desk in the "Y" hut.
Said he to the secretary:
81 didn't know you ran a clothing
store"
1--WE don't" replied the secretary.
"Stiek around minute and you'll un-
derstand."
Before the minute had ended, a lad
In khaki came In.
SCOT a baseball to lend me?" he
asked the man at the desk.
"Sure thing"
The secretary ptoduced ball from a
box under the counter, the soldier
seized it, left his hat in pawn and
rushed away bnr eheaded toward the
playing field.
1--WE tried kee ping books on our
athletic equipment mt first" said the
secretary "But this way is simpler
ard more effective. We never run out
of baseballs any more"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
ONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918.
GIVEN HONOR NOT DESERVED
Error of Learned Men Responsible for
America Being Named After
Amerigo Vespucci.

The story of how the new world re-
ceived the name Of America is strik-
ing example Of what publicity will ac-
cOmplish. Amerigo Vespucci, highly
educated Florentine, was head of q
business house in Seville, Spain, prob
ably as agent for the great trading
firm Of the Medicis, and helped to fit
out one of the expeditions with which
Columbus sailed. When the latters
monopoly was revoked, Vespucci un-
dertOok several voyages of exploration
on his own account, during which he
claimed in many letters to have been
the first to reach the mainland of the
new continent, giving the date as June,
16, 1897.
On April 25, 1907, the learned heads
of the University of st. Die, in Lor-
raine, decided, incorrectly that he was
entitled to the honor of discovery, Co
lmbus having only reached the
Islands of the West Indies, and that
the western hemisphere should bear
his name. The name America was,
therefore, first used in the book "Cos-
mographiae Introductio," by Martin
Waldseemuller, professor of cosmog-
raphy at the university.
1t has since been shown that Yes
pucci was preceded by both Columbus
and John Cabot, but it was too late,
the new world had been chrstencd
America and the fact advertised in
print. The house whore the meeting
was held at which the classical error
was made was still standing at st. Die
at the outbreak of the war, and was
annually visited by manv tourists from
both North and South America.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27

in volume for number Of years.
The Crimcan war nIrH"upt"d Eng
lish trade with Ru Il, but when the
conflict was over thc British traders
returned to Odessa. II was 1t this Pc
riod that they were l".,rd 10 divide the
trade with Germ ~. for German
shippers had seized The oppo. unity to
gain Il foothold In the port.
The war offers JUS 10" IN odd par
ullel of that war Of trade Wagcd go
years ago. 1t may Dc o.. Significance
TO recall that the ultimate result of
the Anglo-German contest for RuSSia'S
Odessa trade was that the Jews gain
ed absolute control Of the exporting
business of the city.
Bloody Revolution in 1905.
In 1903 Odessa was the scene of
violent revolution. The Russian navy
mutinicd and trained the big guns of
the warShip in the harbor on the city.
The disorders We're qucIled by the
cars military forces, but not before
there was bloodShcd and suffering
which ccntered the worlds attention
on the city.
Odessa before the war was proud
of it, beautiful parks and boulevards.
The refuge of many French mobiles in
the time of the French revolution, the
streets are evidence of the fact, for
they bear names reminiscent of roy
atty of France. The main thorough
fare, however, Is the Street of the
TRANSPORTATION, Which begins at Il =.
magnificent cathedral and ends at the
gate of the cnnSccrat"d ground Of the
Orthodox Geek Ger ttery.
The popularion is largely Tartar, on
which has been grated SIav, Truton,
Morse, Finnish and L"ttiSh stock, hut
ut the beginning of the war it WAS
said to be still Tartar in tn" main. Cat
ucomhS extending under the rich city
and its beautiful suburbs through va
riouS periods of odeSSa'S career have
housed the miscrHhly poor, and at
times the underground inhabitants
have numbered as many as $4,000.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Sensible Table Discourse.

Speaking of autobiographic recipes
for domestic use, there's nothing bet
ter than Benjamin Franklin's descrip-
ton of how the table was managed by
his father when he was boy. "At
this table he took care to have some
sensible friend to converse with and
he always started useful topic OF
discourse which might improve the
minds Of his children. BY this means
he turned Our attention to the proper
conduct of life and no critical notice
was ever taken of the victuals on the
table-whether they were cooked well
or Ill, whether they were in season or
out Of season. Thus was brought up
to be quite Indifferent as to the kind
of food that was set before me and to
this day If am asked after dinner to
tell what I have dined upon am
scarce able to tell"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
YANK COOKS ROUSE FRENCH
Amazed by Extraordinary Mixture,
Salmon, Mashed "Spuds" and
Picked Cucumbers.

paris.-At last q French correspond
nnt has found weak spot in the
American expedtionary force. The
man who has ventured to strike this
first discordant note Is the special rep
resentative of lie Temps at the French
front, who happened to be near the
American section, which had the first
real fight with the enemy and so paid
them visit. He writes:
"There are certain practical points
in which our allies are not yet past
masters, notably cooking. AT first
scorning their own stews, they pre-
ferred to stick to canned meat entirely.
sour cooks showed them how to
make soup, and they soon acquired a
taste for it. It wCn't be long before
they viii be making some good stuff
themselves. better any way than the
ytm'".,!.n ary w;Ntures J saw them
LII .r;S eycE.H:. ~" c'an"A SAL
- '..' ur R'%. : -. ~ | ,'i2l- ]
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
The Enthusiast.

There is the man whose eye newt
ably exaggerateS, whose ear inevitably
hears what is not, whose imagination
inevitably helps out his five senses. He
is the hero worshiper, the enthusiast,
who, If he were bacteriologist, would
report the bacillus typhosus to be as
large as a horse, as lovely as a gazelle
and intelligent as Aristotle.-H. l..
Menclnn in the New York Mail.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Workmanship and Muscles.

Workmanship with the rifle is not
so much a matter of kecnness of sight
as of muscular steadiness. Arthur l..
Gates of Teachers college, New York,
describes in the Journal of Applied
Psychology some tests made by him
which prove that the most accurate
marksmen are those whose muscular
control is so perfect tha, slight dis
fractions, subjective anxiety and auto
suggestion do not disturb 1t.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Britaln's "Baby Army"

When the British troops reacl "a
Italy they We're nicknamed "The b: -
Army" The Italians were so surprised
at the smart appearance of the nc.
comers-differing so materially as il
did from the picture presented by The
home troops whom they passed-th +,
In the belief that they had co"le
straight from England, they were
called "The Baby Army" as matter
of fact the British soldiers were war
worn veterans from the Ypres salient
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27

Hoop. m Saturday only to CAtoctln'
Note-All trains arriving and leaving
rhurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land station.
Note-Al trains arriving ana leaving
Fred .rick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
DR.. Fab R n EY
hAGERSTOWN, ND.
DiAGN0STICIAN

Specialist in Chronic Diseases
Acute diseases get well Of themselves or
run into chronic form. There is always
cause and you can not get well until the
cause is removed. Cause and efectis the
great law Of nature. You know the effect
find the cause. Send me your name
and address and let me study your case.
Consultation Free
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
Western Maryland Ry.
Schedule In Effect June l6, 1918.
Subject to change without notice.
iOING WEST,

*7.05am S32am 10. AGA m
&c. 3Oam IL 10pm 3O5pm 4.l3pm 6.OOpm
43O' 552" Sl9"
DAILY. tDaily except Sunday. +Sunday
Only.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-27
FREDERICK RAILROAD
Thurm0nt Division

s .hedule In Effect January 6, 1918.
An trains Daily unless specified
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
PATRONS PANTS GO TO GRAVE
BY A TAILOR'S MISTAKE

Westfield, Mass.-Charles A. Hick-
son, member of the board of regis
trars, treasurer of the Westfleld
Swing company took pair of trous-
ers to tailor shop to be pressed. Al
the same time relatives of Westfeld
citizen who died decided to have the
dead mans clothing cleaned and reno
waited for burial. They were taken to
the same shop
A few days later Mr.. Hickson called
and obtained a pair of trousers SINH
lar in color and fabric, TO MS own.
When he started to put them on he
found they were much too large.
Search of the tailor shop failed to re-
veal his own trousers. The tailor's
assistant was questioned, and the tail
or and Hickman threw up their hands,
The mourners had arriced ahead of
Hickson and obtained his trouseds.
They were given to an undertaken,
put on the corpse, and are now buried
in the cemetery of nearby town.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
HOTEL MANAGER RAISES HE'LL IN
BATTLE TRENCHES

New York.-George H. Newton,
manager of the Prince George Hotel,
at Fifth avenue and Twenty-eighth
street has found a way to raise hell"
in France without leaving the Prince
George. All he had to do was to mail
bunch of comic postcards, which the
Prince George hotel had printed for
its guests to Private 2O755S9 of the
British army.
Private 2O755S9 got hold of one of
the postcards and was so tickled that
he wrote to the Prince George beg
ging for more. Send me some more
postals," he wrote: they raise nell
in the trenches, at least, when you
come to the base"
The obliging manager of the Prince
George mailed batch. They are
known as the good night postals
and show five convivial gentlemen
bidding good night to the proprietor
of the Prince George taproom, while
an equally convivial lamp post. label
ed Fifth avenue and Twenty-seventh
street, wags it's three heads The
British soldier wrote that his dugout
had been named the Prince George
taproom.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
PETS NO LONGER MUST BE BUR.
led IN BACK YARD

Oklahoma City, Okla.-When kitty
dies or old dog Tray gives us the
ghost or the family pig dies from
overeating, there can he no funeral.
Pets cannot be laid at rest in the back
yard. The city now forbids it, for
at the meeting of the city commission
ers contract was entered into with
the Products Manufacturing company
which gives that concern the bodies
of all animals larger than a rat. The
only thing that can be given a back
yard burial now is a canary or ia
"orite white ant.
The city gets the service free. The
company is to collect all animal car
asses within tweleve hours of being
notified, removing them in a sanitary
manner to its plant where the bodies
will be used in a way that will not
become public nuisance.
The bodies are used for many pur-
poses. The hides and furs are val
liable, the bones make fertilizer. and
the fats are also utilized. The contract
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
MANY HAVE
| Volunteered FOR
farm SERVICE
Work Of Volunteer Farm LabOrers In
Kentucky Has Been of Much
Benefit In Wheat Crop.

A leading part in saving the lar
gest wheat crop in the history of Ken
lucky was taken by volunteer work.
ers from the towns and cities located
in the important wheat growing dis
tricts of the State. The volunteers
were Organized through the efforts of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Kentucky and included tele-
phone linemen, street car operators,
statesmen, BARRIERS, draymen, doctors,
ministers, lawyers, county and town
officials, and others.
Reports coming into the college
Farm Labor Office indicate the sue
cess of the movement in every Sec
ton where it was used. In Fayette
county the volunteers furnished help
in the wheat harvest and thrashing to
the extent of 405 days work. At
Greensboro nearly 200 went out and
helped in the harvest fields. A few
devoted their entire vacations to the
| work; others went out for one or two
days at time. Most of them had had
previous farm experience and were
able to fall in the behind the wheat
binder and shock almost as well as
the best of the farmers regular hands
Those who were inexperienced were
placed with the experienced men and
were thereby enabled to do acceptable
work.
Farmers were first inclined to
laugh at the idea of using city men
for farm work, but as reports of sat
isfactory service came in from farm
ers the attitude of skepticism disap'
peared and by the end of the wheat
thrashing not less than thirty farm
ers in Fayette county alone had call
ed upon the Reserve for help. More
over, they were glad to pay full farm
wages to the volunteers.
In less than half a dozen cases did
the unusual exertion and heat prove
too much for the volunteer workers
and the trouble in these few cases was
only temporary. In the future, vol
unteers will be encouraged to harden
their muscles by work in their gar
dens and by other outdoor exercise
so that they will be equal to the most
strenuous farm work. Plans are be-
ing perfected by the College of Agri
| culture to increase the membership of
the Emergency Reserve so that it will
include all able-bodied men in the viii
lagos, towns and cities of the state.
Men who have had Nrm experience
will constitute Glass 1 of the Reserve.
All others capable of doing farm work
but lacking in experience will be en-
rolled in Glass 2.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
CALL FOR NURSES
NOW IS VERY HEAVY
One Thousand Nurses Each Week For
Next Two Months is Needed
By Red Cross.

A thousand graduate nurses must
be sent overseas each week for the
next two months to meet the require
ments of the Allied Armies, accord
ing to the word that has reached
Maysville from Lake Division Red
Cross headquarters.
The "thousand-a-week" request to
the Red Cross has been made by Sur
geon General Gorgas. and Miss Anna
Gladwin, acting director of the Lake
Division Nursing Bureau, has appeal
ed to Red Cross organizations
throughout Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky to speed up enrolment of elegi-
BILE nurses.
In the six months ending July 81,
703 nurses had been enrolled from
from Indiana and 30 from Kentucky.
Two hundred and ninety-one were
enrolled in July August and Septem-
Der must each produce at least triple
that figure.
Approaching that public health
must not be permitted to suffer, the
Red Cross has been pushing it's Home
Care of the Sick and it's First Aid Care
courses as well as cooperating with
other agencies in recruiting student
nurses to fill the depleted ranks of the
hospitals.
Notice has gone out that the pay of
nurses going into active military SER
vice has been increased to S75 a
month for overseas duty and $50 a
month for work in camps and canton
ments in America. This is in addition
to board and lodging and to the same
War Risk Insurance privileges that
are granted soldiers, sailors and ma
rines.
Nurses will respond to this imper-
alive call if the people of Maysville
will conserve the nurse power and
impress upon the nurses that the
Greatest Mother in the World must
have thousands of them to meet its
obligation to the Government" says
Miss Gladwin.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-13
THE SUGAR WASTE IN COFFEE
AND TEA

The following bulletin was among
he most forceful and effective bits of
conservation propaganda at the New
York Food Show last month. 1t was
put out by the National Sugar Rein
ing Co., of New Jersey.
Save the waste!
100 million cups coffee used daily
in United States
40 million cups tea used daily in
United States.
40 million cups tea and coffee.
"If even an average of half tea
spoonful Of sugar per cup is left I'M
dissolved at the bottom of cups OF
tea and coffee, the waste would be /,
100000 pounds of sugar daily!
Stir your sugar until it dissolves
It's estimated that one-third to one
half of all sugars used in homes is
used in tea and coffee. Think it over
how is it in your home? Isn't there
a chance for saving?"