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Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
WOMAN PLEADED FOR CAND0R
Matron Announcing Nearness OF Birth.
day Found Truth Not So Attrae-
tive After She Got Il.

A woman with a birthday In sight
spoke earnestly to three men who were
her friends, writes Ella Randall
iPearce, in life.
Tomorrow will be another BIRTH
day for me-" she said. II know the
freshness Of my youth, has departed:
but should like to know Just how
old appear in the eyes Of the world.
Tell me, my dear friends If you were
Hooking on me for the first time what
would be your impressions~
Said the first man glibly: II have
known you for several years, and you
appear the same as when first saw
|you. Your beauty Is undimmed; youh
charm is undiminished. If did not
know otherwise, I should say tomOrt
ROW would be your twentieth birth
Iday."
Said the second man more slowly;
.."I, too, have known you for several
years, but it seems to nae you have
been favored by time. Your beauty
has ripened and deepened until now;
you, who were once lovely bud, are
"a lovelier rose in bloom. / should
count tomorrow as the beginning OF
your twenty-fifth year."
"And you," queried the woman of
the third man, who had been regard
ing her with clear-eyed frankness.
Between friends there should all
ways be TRUTH" he replied gravely!
|"I acknowledge your beauty and your
!charm and both have been wonder
fully preserved in semblance Of youth:
But you ask for candor and you shall
have it. Looking at you closely, D
should not expect you to see thirty
,after tomorrow"
The woman faced the three men
who were her friends, and her eyes,
were cleaning while her cheeks pink
turned crimson. She pointed an &C.
,cusing finger.
"YOu have lied" she said tremulOus-
ly, "and you also. But 1 will forgive
you both because you lied to please
me. But you"-she whirled toward
the last speaker-"you are barbarous
egotist. You have wounded me in or
der to maintain your own reputation,
for veracity. Truth, indeed! Your,
honesty offends me. We are no longer
friends. GO-and quickly!"
"Whew!" exclaimed the third man
as he strobe through the outer darkl
ness. II wonder what would have,
happened to me If l had really told;
her the truth?"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
living IN CITIES
Residents Are Not as NeighborIy
as in Country.
Life In Metropolitan Municipalities 10
; Battle for Existence, With No
| Time for SociabiIlty.

"WhO, then, Is my neighbour" the
tman "in the city pent" asks himself,
as he regards a row of similar house
fronts and reflects on the fact that he
has only nodding acquaintance at
best with the majority of the inmates.
Interdependence Is fostered by the
conditions of living in the country.
Ordinarily we do not need the help
Of the next house, near or far. But
let fire come, or destructive storm, or
ia predatory visitor, or serious ILL.,
ness, and the nelghbor may be as well
come as angels, says writer In Phila-
delphia Ledger.
City life is often a battle of the
strong, because there are crowds and
there are many mouths to feed and
many shuffling feet 10 be shod. If we
let ourselves think Of 1t, the vast null
,titude Of Identities striving to establish
themselves is almost terrifying. Where
did so many people come from? Where
are they all going? How are they to
find lodging for the night? Each
of the moving swarm is the center of
a circle of friends. The humblest, un-
less deeply unfortunate, has ties that
bind him to earth and make life-in a.
,degree-dear to him.
Out Of the pagan wilderness to the
urban lights and roarings comes bu-
collie youth. What will the city do to
that unsophistication? Or In what
way will its rugged, innocent power
In time come to prevail upon the city?
Your shrewdest, hardest captain Of
business closes his eyes at his desk
and Is taken back to murmurous water
brooks and bees to the aroma of hay,
(of kline, Of burning leaves, to the
sound of the whetted scythe or the
sight of baked apples in the window Of
the woodshed.
Why can't they brown flapjacks or
bake beans or concoct apple sauce or
cook oatmeal as they did down on the
farm?
The table was always big enough
for the unexpected guest. An egg or a
quart of milk was no such great event.
as 1t is in city. There used to be
time, too, to settle the affairs Of the
borough and the nation, to discuss
Horace Greeley and to wind the clock,
between supper and early bedtime.
We have filtration, and the vacuum
cleaner, and the servant question, and
jail the other city advantages. But 1t,
was something to know the neighbors,
and somehow or other "the men that
were boys when was boy" mean
something in a lifetime that the brisk,
ambitious, clean-shaven, up-pushingi
generation does not convey. 1t would
do these take-it-or.leave-it fellows good
to study the large, leisurely, tranquil
izing ways of their fOrebears in the
days when "civilization" was not on a
tear from the cheap lunch to the bar
gain counter, and home was not a way,
station betwixt the jOyride and the,
moving pictures.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Dispensing q Crowd.

II have just come back from forty
eight hours duty in Paris" writes an
iofficer in a Highland regiment. "My
servant and l, both in the kilt, were
buying some stuff outside shop, as
one does in Paris, when a crowd Of
about twenty people gathered round,
and simply stared-some amused, some
iopen-mouthed, and some doubtless in
admiration. I was amused at first,
but 1t got bit too much Of good
thing, and my servant, who Is wag,
said: Shall l hand round the hat,
|sirT
So, not thinking he would, said:
tYes, do and-if he didn't whip off his
IBalmoral and take 1t round perfectly
seriously, with childlike expression
Jon his face. They cleared off all
right, some grinnlng, and others look
ing very sheepish. But we got moth,
ing"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Ground Moles Arc Bio Eaters,

A ScotchwOman has just announced
the results of an interesting series Of
observations on the common mole. The
hnOst striking point to the layman is
1.-THE inordinate appetite Of this tiny,
creature. A mole will eat its own
weight in earthworms in "a hours. An
ordinary man eating in the same ra-
tito would require 150 pounds Of food
a day. If the human race were con-
stituted like the moles, comments an:
exchange, Mr.. Hoover's task would be-
hopeless from the outset. One of the
moles which was subject for study
weighed four ounces and devoured 100
ounces Of food in a single month.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Prepare to Care for Themselves.

' Nowhere have the French SHOWN
their remarkable national vitality more
striking than In the way they have
kept up the pursuits of peace while
bearing the brunt Of the most exacting
war in history. 30 far from having
their industries broken by conflict they
have developed scores Of new ones,
writes a correspondent. An exhibit
now being held in Paris is given over
entirely to products manufactured in
France which were formerly imported,
The first division consists Of articles
formerly brought from foreign nations.
largely from Germany, while the Sec
ond is made up of articles formerly
made In the northern French districts
now occupied by the invader, which
are now being manufactured In south.
ern France.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Locust Grove Letter.

Mrs. Maud Weddle. who has been
spending some time in Baltimore, has
returned home.
Mrs. Grimes and Mrs. Robert Fry and
children spent Thursday with Mrs. Wal
ter Wastler and family.
Mrs. Walter Wastler spent Friday
with her sister. Mrs. Harry Nogle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Fogle spent Sun
day with MIR. and Mrs. Walter Wastler.
MIR. Henry Eckenrode and Miss Mary
Shriner spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Thad. Forney.
Mrs. Martha Stoner is spending few
weeks with her son, Mr.. John Stoner, OF
Union Bridge.
Mr.. Russell Forney and his mother
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Shriner
of near Motter's Station.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Navy Open For Recruits.

Indications of the last several days
point strongly to success for the
Navy's campaign for LOG apprentice
seamen from Maryland by February
22nd.
Since the close of the holidays,
large numbers of applicants from all
over the State have appeared at the
Main Recruiting Station in Baltimore,
and the percentage of acceptances has
been very gratifying to the recruiting
officials.
The ruling of the Washington au-
thorities that men Of the draft age
may still volunteer in the Naval SER
vice, if they are not in the current
quota of their local draft board, has
stimulated recruiting.
Lieut.. M. A. Leahy, Navy Recruit
ing Officer for the Maryland District,
desires to inform every man OF the
age in the State that the Navy is still
open to all who can produce a certi-
ficae from the local board to the ef-
feet that the applicants class and Or
der number are so low that he is not
within the current quota of the local
board.
The draft boards are cooperating
in the issuance of this certificate
wherever possible.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10

Experiments just completed by two
French scientists have reopened the
controversy whether rudimentary man.
ifestations Of life can be produced in
inorganic matter. These men took
glass tube containing solution Of col
loidal silica, sealed 1t by melting the
glass and subjected tube and contents
to high temperature, long enough to
sterilize them thoroughly, according
to all current ideas Of sterilization.
The tube was then kept moderately
warm for two months, and wher
opened the contents were full Of livni
bacteria. Directors contend that tn,
colloidal silica probably operates to
protect bacteria originally in the So
luton from the effects of. the heat
sterilization. ~ !;
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Electric Shin Has Future.

! The electric ship is no longer a
dream but a reality and I should not
be surprised to find. within a few
years Of the close Of the war, every
new vessel Of any size driven, steered,
stopped, reversed of turned, merely by
the pressing Of series of buttons ON
the bridge, says writer In the Elec-
trical Times, London. The application
of this principle will enable ships to
be run with the highest efficiency at
an even speed, permit marine engi-
neers more liberty Of design and yield
proportionately greater cargo space
than the present cumberous form Of
machinery allows. ]
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Automobile Show.

An exclusive passenger car show will
be held in the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore, January 22nd to 26th, both in
elusive, 1918.
The Show Committee has arranged for
a lighting and decorating scheme that
will be appropriate at this time. the cell
ing being covered with the largest Amer
lean flag in the world, and the walls dec
grated with the flags of the allied coun-
tries
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Married.

Mr.. Leslie Washington Fox, only son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fox of Rocky
Ridge, and Miss BERTHE May Troxell, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Troxell
of Graceham, were married at O'Clock
Sunday evening, January 9Th, at the
Reformed parsonage by the brides pas
tor, Rev. DR.. P. E. Heimer. They were
accompanied by Miss Beulah Troxell and
Mr.. Calvin Troxell. Mr.. and Mrs. Fox
will be at home at Rocky Ridge.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
DR.. Fab R n EY
HAGERSTOWN, ND.
DIAGNOSTICIAN

Only chronic diseases. Send me
your name and address and l will
send you a mailing case and question
blank. Don't use dope for chronic
troubles, get cured. 1t Is a salts
faction to know what the cause Is.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Are Your Sewers ClOgged?

The bowels are the sewerage system
of the body. You can we'll imagine the
result when they are stopped up as is the
case in constipation. As purgative you
will find amberlain's 8 Tablets excellent.
They are mild and gentle in their action.
They also improve the digestion.
Advertisement.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
An Old Habit.

The recruit at bayonet practice had
Just given the dummy vicious jabs
when the drill sergeant noticed that he
was grimacing In a rather unusual
manner. .
Number -Four" cried the sergeant i
whats the idea Of all that mugging?"
"Why," said the recruit, former
movie actor, "you want me to register,
hate or fury or something don't your.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10

Note-All trains arriving and leaving
Thurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land station.
Note-All trains arriving AM le"ving
Frederick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
Back.Handed Comfort.

"They say men, Of brains live longer,
than Others"
"Don't worry about that, dear boy !,
you may be one Of the exceptions to-
the rulNI"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-10
FREDl KICK RAILROAD
ThurmOnt DiyiSi IN

Schedule In Eff September 30 1917.
AZ! trains Dally anless specified
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-07
WE CAN DISPENSE WITH
WHEAT, DR.. J. H. KELLOGG
WHAT THE BODY REQUIRES
cr. J. n. Kellogg,
Battle Creek Sanitarium.

There are three kinds of foodstuffs.
These are fats carbohydrates and
protein. Protein is the material that
goes to build up the tissues of the
body while the carbohydrates (starch
and sugar. are used for fuel. Protein
furnishes the repair material of the
body. Starch and fat are to the body
just what coal is to the locomotive,
while protein is to the body just what
the iron bolts, brass washers, bearings
and things Of that kind which we put
into the locomotive at the repair shop,
are to the engine So we do not re-
quire much protein. We have
enough protein In our food, in the or
binary foods of the American bill Of
fare without any meat at all.
II everybody would cut meat
out of the bill of fare entirely, they
would all be better off provided they
would take proper assortment of
other foods including milk, eggs or
nuts. We ought to use peanuts and
soy beans. Add those to the bill
OF fare and you do not need meat
at all. Twenty years ago the Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.. Dabney,
wrote me that the time was coming
when meat would be scarce and high
and we ought to have a vegetable sub
stitute. A pound Of almonds contains
fifty per cent more protein than a
pound of meat.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-07
Additional Locals

Corporal Floyd Goodfellow. who
came home to attend the funeral of his
grandfather, the late Shannon Scott,
returned to his command this week.
Floyd is very sodierly looking young
man.
Fred Goodrich had the honor to be
appointed captain of the squad of 124
young men who went from Genesee
County to Camp Custer on May 25.
John Dunbar started for Detroit,
Tuesday morning, where he expects to
take treatment for his foot.
Lieut.. r. A. Runnells informs us
that his brother, Leslie, has had issued
to him his automatic revolver. gas
mask, and other active service equip
ment which indicates that he will soor
be sent abroad. Leslie is a splendid
young American and may be depended
upon to acquit himself with credit nc
matter where he may be employed.
Here's wishing good luck to him.
Mrs. j. T. Daniels, of st. Johns, il
visiting friends in Clio and expects te
remain several days.
Mrs. Clayton Underhill has received
a letter from Earl in which he saws
that he is well and that he and the
boys who enlisted with him, David Stu.
Der and Arthur Taylor. have been as.
signed to different commands.
Approximately 200 boys, representing
the county outside the city of Flint
registered for military service Wednes.
day. Five or six of these were from
Vienna Township.
Mrs. r. LaDue has received a lette,
from Jess saying that he is getting
along nicely at Camp Custer. He say.
they have given him shots in the arm
for pretty nearly everything and tina,
he will probably soon be assigned t,
active duty.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-07

Mrs. w. c. Lewis, who was stricken
with paralysis last week, remains in
about the same condition as at first.
She is at present unconscious, is un-
able to talk or move her right arm
and has taken little nourishment since
becoming i'll. Mrs. Lewis is very es-
Unable lady and both she and her ven
cradle husband will have the sympathy
OF many friends in their affliction.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-06-07
) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .
COAL!
AN EDITORIAL

Plain Transformations facing
YOU another winter will undoubt-
edly be worse than last winter,
SO far as the coal situation is concerned, unless
you buy now and STOCK TO THE LIMIT.
Last year the shortage of coal in the United States
was approximately 90 000 900 TONS this year 1t IS est
mated at approximately 70, 100000 tons shortage or
about 600 greater shortage than last year. This
simply means that many plants which had coal and OPP
Grated last winter must close the coming winter, un
less they buy and put in stock coal now IN sufhclent
quantities them until April lst 1919 1t may be
your plant that will close, throwing your help out OF
employment causing suffering, during the cold winter
days. when they most need work and money, with
which to purchase the already high priced necessares
of life. You help this situation by stocking with
sufficient coal to run you another winter. Mine run
coal can be stored nicely without danger from spontan
combustion or fire.
With the movement of hundreds of thousands pos
siby millions of troops to the Cantonment Camps in
the United States to the front in France with their
equipment, food munitions and supplies, transporta-
ton of materials to the various plants working
orders, materials and supplies to shipbuiding
yards transportation of food and materials for the CIV
il population etc., will tax the railroads to the utmost
during pleasant summer weather, and unless you
buy coal and stock now, the Railroads will not be able
to effect its movement to you another winter when ad
weather conditions prevail, which are sure to
come, with Winter.
1t is the PATRIOTIC duty of every AMERICAN cit
zen to get in coal and get it NOW. In fact get it
whenever and wherever is possible to procure SIM
gle car. The U. S. Fuel Administration has warned
you thru the Press to get sufficient coal to run you un-
til April 1s 1919, and if you fail to do So you have
yourselves alone to blame.
Last winter you glad to get any old Junk that
looked like coal and willing to pay any old price
for it. Next Winter far the coal scarcity is con-
cerned will be far worse than last Today you can
get good coal and at Government regulated price, with
prospects of it being cheaper but maybe higher be-
fore the end of the year 1918
We must win this and we WILL win it. for to
lose it would mean the destruction of our families
wrecking Of homes and end of civilization and lib
erty, so dear to all of US.
DO YOUR PART. DO 1T NOW BUY AND GET
IN STORAGE SUFFICIENT COAL TO RUN YOUR
PLANT TO APRIL, 1919. This will insure your helm
continuous employment and thus alleviate suffering.
preventing the closing of your plant during the cold
winter months when your help most need your en-
ployment and money on which to live
F. M. Houghton & Co.
overwhelmingly o.eA As~y-c esx
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-22

long passage, holding his hand all
the way, to show him slots cut In the
floor for the use of archers.
"You entered Khinjan caves by a
tunnel under this floor, ,well-beloved.
There Is no other entrance"
By this time ''well-beloved" was her
name for him, although there was no
air Of finaliiy about 1t. 1t was as If
she paved the way for use Of Athelstan
and that was a sacred name. It was
amazing how she conveyed that inn
preston without using words. .
'The Sleeper cut these slots for his
archers. Then he had another thought
and set these cauldrons in place, to
boil oil to pour down. Gould any army
force q way through by the route by
which you entered?"
"No," he said, maryeling at the tom
weight copper cauldrons, one to each
hole.
"And I have more than a thousand
Mauser rifles here, and more than a
million rounds Of ammunition!
She showed him q cave in which
boxes were stacked in high, square
piles.
Dynamite bombsl" she boasted.
"How many boxes? / forgetl Too
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-22


Yasmini shouted IN his ear: for the
din, mingling with the rivers voice,
made volcano chord. "They will lay
waste Indial They win butcher and
plumber and burnt It will be what
they leave Of India that we shall build
anew and govern, for India herself will
rise to help them lay her own cities
wastel 1t is always sol Conquests
always are sol Comet"
She tugged at him and led him back
along the tunnel and through other
tunnels to the throne room, where she
made him sit at her feet again. The
food had been cleared away In their
absence. Instead, on the ebony table
there were pens and ink and paper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-22

'Listen, while tell you all from the
beginning! The sirkar sent me to dis.
cover what may be this Heart of the
! Hills men talk about. / found these
caves-and thisi / told the sirkar q
little about the caves, and nothing at
all about the sleepers. But even at
that they only believed the third of
what said. And I-back in Delhi l
bought books. When had read enough
/ came back here to think. knew
enough now to be sure that the sleeper
Is Roman and the Heart Of the
Ellis Grecian maid. She is like me,
That is why know she drove him
to make an empire, choosing for q be-
ginning these Hills where Rome had
never penetrated. I have seen 1t all in
dreams. And because was oil alone,
saw that would need skill and much
patience. So began to learn.
times ! would 60 to Delhi and
dance there a little, and a little In
other places-once indeed before q
vicerOy, and once for the king of Eng
land. And all the while kept look
ing for the man-the man who should
be like the sleeper, even as / am like
her whom he lovedl There was none
like the sleeper until you came. And
when the world war broke-for it is
world war, world war, tell you =
] thought at last that ! must manage
all alone. And then you came!
"But there were many tried-many
especially after I abandoned the
thought that the man must resemble
the Sleeper. There was prince of
Germany who came to India on hunt
ing trip. You remember?"
King pricked his ears and allowed
himself to grin, for in common with
many hundred other men who had
been Heutenants at the time. he would
once have given an ear and an eye
to know the truth Of that affair. The
grin transferred his whole appearance.
until Yasmini beamed on him.
"Tm listening, princess I" he remind
ed her.
'Well-he came-the prince Of Ger
many. / offered him India first, then
Asia, then the world-even as / now
offer them to you. The sirkar sent him
to see me dance, and he stayed to
hear me talk. When / saw at last that
he has the head and heart of hyena I
Spat in his face and threw food at him.
'sHe complained to the sirkar against
me, so ! told the sirkar some-not
much, indeed, but enough-of the
things he and his officers had told me.
And the sirkar said at once that there
was both cholera and bubonic plague,
and he must go home! His officers
laughed behind his back. Ever since
that time there have always been Ger
mans in communication with me, and
I have not once been in the dark about
GerEany's plans although they have
always thought am in the dark.
IT went on looking for my man.
There came that old l-with-a-beard.
Muhammad Amin. He thinks he is the