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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-01-13

Colonelul De Thomasson, cri-
ticul miiitar 81 zisr,llui Petit .Jo+
urnal, a publicat uh rapport sus-
tras din listele de casualitati, ca
re da perderilor Germaniei III Da-
meni nm total de 6,066, 900. Din
acest numar, 1,611, ,OO0 au fost U
cisi, 3,6S3, 600 raniti 81 772, 600 di'
spafuti. Perderilc Prusienilor al
fost de 4 100000 lcisi, 1850,
600 raniti 81 $40, 900 disparuti.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Utilize Natural Gas,

In some parts of Holland the farm
ers have taken hint from nature and
as result have their own gas plants.
On the drained marshy land below the
sea level, natural gas is plentiful, and
plants have been installed to put it to
practical use. The installation COM
prises a well, into which water from
the soil filters, with a gas generator
therein, this extracting the gaseous
properties from the water and conduct
ing them to reservoir containing a
supply for the house. The gas thus OBJ
tanned provides all the wants for cook
ing, heating and lighting in the house
or any other part of the farm. After
the plant is once installed, which can
be done at small expense, the cost is
nothing, and the quality of the gas Is
said to be particularly good.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
HELD IN PLEASANT MEMORY
Sassafras Time Will Be Remembered
With Joy by Those Who Have
Passed Life's Meridian.

Sassafras tea held a peculiar place
house. 1t was the one specific pre-
Scribed by the domestic materia me-
dica that was not repellent to the
taste, the one exception to the youth
full belief, derived from personal OBJ
servation, that thing could not be
beneficial and ut the same time pleas
ing In the mouth. Sassafras time was
always a pleasant period. The aroma
Of the sleeping barb in the kettle on
the back of the kitchen stove filled the
house in the morning and in the frag-
rance there was always something for
eign, a hint of the spice islands of the
Orient even though one knew that the
bark might have come from one of the
big trees in the wood lot out beyond
the pasture.
And the ruddy beverage that took
the place of the customary cup of
breakfast cambria tea held a sparkle
that the ruby drops of a more costly
vintage met with in later years never
rivalcd Sassafras tea may have been
an old-fashioned fetch; no modern
practitioner has ever been known to
prescribe 1t; but, be its virtues many
or few, it belongs to the past, to
generation that, for instance, believed
IN the "mad stone" as sovereign
remedy for hydrophobia and that warts
were caused by handling toads.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
MAINE BOY SOLDIER
saw His OWN Grave
MILFORD Oa|es. With law Shot
Away. Couldn't Protest, So
They Buried Wrong Man.

Wilford G. 0nkcs of Patten. who re-.
turned to Bangor. Me-. recently after
81 remarkable record of service in the
war as u member of Canadian ar.
tillery regiment. had the experience,
near camhrai. of viewing his own
grave. or that which was so designated,
with his name Inscribed on rude
slab over the last resting place: He
took n Snapshot of the grave as
souvenir
Cakes was severely wounded sew
eral times, and passed through eXpe-
ricnces of the most hazardous nature
hut returned without apparent dis
tGuremcnt, owing to surgical opera
tions in British army hospitals. In
one battle when he was wounded he
lost his Identification card and was
hustled TO Il hospital more dead than
alive. His Jaws were shot away. maxi
ing II impossible for him TO commune
cate his identity and as he was miss
ing from his company his death was
finally reported Some soldier was
buried under Ms name.
A surgical operation gave TO him
new jaw bones, his tongue was sewed
up and other diefguromcnts rene
died. and today one has to examine
his face carefully 70 find the sears.
When youn" OakPs enlisted in 1914
ne was seventeen years old. but his
discharge papers give his age as
twenty-five years. This is, however.
explained on learning that he was so
anxious to enlist that he raised his
age to gain admission. Cakes has
been cited for bravery, and has re-
ceived a medal of honor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Puts Ban on Term &" unacv u

IT would seem that such words as
"lunatic" and "lunacy" may be drop
ped from the vocabulary of medicine,
not only as being a stigma on those
affected mentally, but as offensive to
the kin of those unfOrtunates. Says
the New York Medical Journal in this
connection:
mankind insists on classifying his
world in great groups, and the individ-
ual who happens to fall into an UNI
popular category Is doomed to GER
tain amount Of ostracism. Perhaps
those who suffer most from this gener-
ic vagueness are those styled 'lunatics,'
though the old belief of the insane be-
ing particularly affected by the moon
has long ceased to exist, and at re-
cent conference of asylum authorities
In London it was decided that this
word and some others equally indeti-
mite, yet which cast n slur on the peo-
pie so designated, should be aban-
doned.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Neatl

One of the neatest replies on record
must be credited to Christopher North,
remarks a writer in the London Daily
Chronicle. Professor Aytoun, of "Scot-
fish Cavalier Lays" loved. and was
loved by Norths daughter. He was too
nervous to face the father so the
blushing girl herself asked paternal
consent to their marriage.
"Papa's answer Is on the back Of
my dress" said the scholars daughter
returning to her trembling waiting
lover, who, turning her round, read ON
q pinned slip of paper:
with the authors compliments"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
PEACE MEDALS FOR INDIANS
Those Struck by Philadelphia Assoei.
alton in 1857 Are Now Treas
ured as Relics.

The first peace medals manufactured
In America, for promoting friendly re-
lations with the Indians, were struck
in 1907 by a Philadelphia association
composed chiefly of the Society of
Friends. One of the first ISSUED had
on the diverse side the head of King
George ii, and on the reverse the sun,
an. Indian sitting at a campfire, and a
white man offering him a pipe OF
peace. After the Revolution such
medals always bore the head of the
president in Office at the time of its
manufacture. One struck in 1892,
bearing the profile of George Wash
ington, was presented to Red Jacket
chief of the Iroquois and last of the
Senecas
A silver peace medal, of the Jeifer-
son medallion type, found in an Indian
grave on the banks of the Clearwater
river, Idaho, in 1899, was one used dur
ing the famous Lewis and Clark eNpe-
dition, from the mouth of the MisSis-
sippi to where the Columbia empties
into the Pacific Many such medals
were given to Indians on the trip. The
one found In Idaho is in the American
Museum of Natural History. The JEFF
ferson medal differed in design from
that issued by Washington. 1t was
made in bronze of three sizes, The
smallest was also struck in silver.
All sizes bore the same design On
the diverse side Is a bust of Thomas
jefferson, and on the reverse clasped
hands pipe and battle ak crossed, and
the legend, peace and Friendship"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Orange Blossoms and Fruit.

Have you ever thought that there
II tree on which blossoms and fruit
are seen at the same time? l hadn't,
until the other day when some one
described to me the JOY of orange
trees, in Florida, during the early
spring. There hang the perfect
golden balls of the fruit, while along
side are the waxy-white, almost pain
fully fragrant blossoms. OF course,
the explanation lies in the fact that
oranges require almost an entire year
to mat}:re. The blossoms which my
friends saw on the Florida trees por-
tend the perfect fruit of next year, at
just about this same season.-Ex-
change.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
CAUGHT BIG TURTLE
II Was an Old One and Was Set.


Free
A turtle measuring 6 feet from
head to tail and 8 feet across its
shell, the head being Is inches in
circumference. was caught recently
by japanese fishermen off Yokohama
and released by All Long, Chinaman,
who paid $50 for the privilege of Civ.
ing the turtle its freedom. The tur-
tie weighed 600 pounds, and its age,
was estimated at 1000 years.
Probably the reason for the rur-
chase and the freedom given to the tur-
tie is that the reptile Is a sort of sacred
emblem and the Chinaman who can set
one free in the ocean considers him
self especially blessed.
An interesting ceremony followed
the financial transaction. All Long fed
the turtle with several bowls of sake,
the favorite alcoholic drink of the
japanese (prnhibtion having made lit
tie inroads thcre), and accompanied by
as many friends as could be accommo-
dated in two sampanS sailed out to
sea, and after many prayers were
said the turtl" was released.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Soldier BeWaiIs Bride
Welded to Him for Glory

East Orange, N. J.-Ole l..
Robinson, who won his wife, Es-
Their Crowell, daughter of ]. o.
CrOwell, the New York pub
Usher, by tales of hero1sm in
France, sat disconsolately in Jail
and mourned the absence Of his
helpmate, who allowed the
charge of robbery against her
husband to creep in between
them.
81 thought my wife should at
least have come around to see
me-" he said. 81 expected much
Of her. We were getting along
nicely until l had trouble with
her parents. I now realize that
Esther did not marry me for the
man but the glory"
Robinson, who Is eighteen,
still insists he was four months
in service in France and had
been messenger attached to
General Pershing's staff. While
at the front, he says. he fell
from his horse when shrapnel
exploded near by and was in
valided home, suffering from
shell shock.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Sailor Sons Infrequent Visits.

d. A. D. Parker of ConcOrdia. Kan,
received a visit one night from his son,
Lieutenant Commander G. F. Parker,
being the second visit In the last 25
years. AT the age of twelve years this
son went to sea. For some years
before the war he was sailing on the
Pacific and has been captain of the
ship Rose City. Last summer he was
transferred from the Pacific to the At
lantic and became captain of the West
Mount. Just recently he was again
transferred to the Pacific ocean and
made commander in the naval reserve.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
GASSED THE TURKEY
The Germans Did 1t and the Yankees
Ate the Bird.

Wounded, gassed and shell shocked,
and after having been at IA different
hospitals, Sergt. Benjamin G. Schill
has returned to his home in Column
bus, O., wearing the Croix de Guerre
and red and green citation cords with
the honor of having received IA cita.
lions with his regiment. 81 want to
tell you about last Thanksgiving" he
laughed. "Our turkey was gassed,
but we ate him. Yep, we washed Mr..
Gobbler off with chloride of lime and,
say, he was some bird"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Fox Farm.

After two years operations, start
ing with eight pairs Of blue and two
pairs of black foxes, Claude Green of
Petersburg, Alaska, now has between
$50 and 275 blue and II black foxes
on his farm in the Tongass National
forest. The farm is on Sukoil island,
which has been leased from the gov.
eminent. fish house holding 10000
dry fish has been constructed on the
farm.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19


"Lo. Steve"
"Why, b'gosh. it's lily. IIowdy, bud
die"
by the-why, where'd you come
from?"
The two clasped hands. And so~Pri-
vate Harry Loughman, after span OF
two years of war. met his brother,
Steve, in Paris.
Back on April 6, 1917. the Lough-
man home at 46l lakewood boulevard,
Chicago, was a-twitter over the dec
Iaration of war. Harry, the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. stephen Ii. Lough-
man, enlisted that LAY.
In First Ten Thousand.
The next day he said goed-by to his
younger brother, Stephen, and left for
Texas. In short time he went across
among the first 10000 Yanks to reach
France. He was among the first 1000
to fight the Huns 'and among the first
eleven to be captured.
Back home, Stephen, only 16,
yearned for action and sight OF
France. lie gained his parents per.
mission, became patriotic falsifier
by telling the recruiting officers that
he was Is, and joined the army. He,
too, went over and did his part In
the fight.
Came peace. Harry was released
from a German prison and named as
member of the presidents guard Of
honor at the peace conference. Steve
with his detachment in Luxembourg.
obtained a furlough and went to see
Paris. 1t was there that they met
after a span of two years.
Emotion Is taboo in the American
expeditonary forces, but the grutf sol
diers Mo saw the reunion between
the two young brothers admit they
temporarily lost all interest in the
fourteen points and freedom of the
seas. The colonel himself tossed his
brand new cigar out of the window
and remarked he'd better be going
to write some letters home.
Harry, after enlisting. got across In
three months, fought on the Lorraine
front and was captured November g.
Transferred from camp to camp, he
finally got to the "strafe" camp at
Tuchel where he was kept In under
ground quarters. There were 10000
Russians there. 1t was their duty to
haul logs a distance OF fourteen miles
each day Food consisted chiefly Of
thin potato soup. Through mediation
of the Red Cross, he was removed to
n camp near Baden. A month after
the armistice he was released. 1t re-
quired one month at base hospital In
Vichy to regain his strength partly.
Then he was honored by appoint
ment to the peace conference guard,
Company 9, and will return to the
states with President Wilson. Steve
returned to his company in Luxem-
burg after the reunion.
Writes to Parents.
Dear mother and father" writes
Harry, I'VE are together again for the
first time in about two years. Steve
looks fine. ! was guard at the presi-
dents house when Steve was out to
my barracks looking for me. I was
relieved before noon on Friday, and
when | arrived at barracks, outside
Paris, they all said my brother Steve
was here.
81 found note he left in the office
asking me to meet him in a Y. NJ
G. A. hotel in Paris, so 1 left In n
hurry for the subway. I was just
going down the stairs. Who comes up
but Stevie. Gee. II sure made me
happy to meet him. We both are here
in the reading room of the Soldiers
and Sailors club. We are going to
have our pictures taken. Stevie Is
leaving tomorrow morning.
Love to all. Give Margaret my re-
cards."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Ran Literal Blind Pig.

John Brandon is charged by the po-
lice Of Springfield, Ill.,. with literally
operating blind pig. When arrested
for illegally dispensing alcoholic slim
ulants the authorities conflscated
large quantity of spirituous liquors in
q pig pen in the rear of Brandon's
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
Millions Have Malaria.

WaShington.-The United States
public health service estimates that
over seven million people in the United
States are infected with malaria.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
ADVERTISING PAYS
Man is Convinced of the Power Of
Printers Ink

Man is Convinced of the Power Of
Printers Ink.
Does it pay 10 advertise? George @.
Wine, age tiftv-nine, of Hartford City,
Ind, Is cony need Of the power of
printers ink Wine recently adver.
tised for housekeeper and got wife.
Now he's happy.
The marriage took place in the
clerks office. Elisha Fierce, justice
of the peace, tied the matrimonial
knot. The bride formerly was Mrs.
Martha J. Jones. age fifty-five, of Mont.
pelier. She admitted to the license
clerk that she had known her husband
only four days.
Gle had the advantage of me-" she
said. 81 answered his advertisement
and he came to Montpelier and made
inquiries about me, while didn't have
q chance to look him up"
Wine has been active in Salvation
Army work here.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-19
MEET after TWO
YEARS OF WAR
Brothers From Chicago Hold
Happy Reunion in Paris.
ONE AMONG FIRST PRISONERS

Harry Loughman Was Among First
1000 Yanks to Fight Huns and
Among the First Eleven to Be Cap.
tured-Spent Long Year In German
Prison camps-Honored by Being
Made Peace Conference Guard
Brother Steve Also Saw Action.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01

Coolidge for his firm course in be-
half of orderly government during
the Boston police strike, and said
the future of the country depended
on 'upholding the sovereignty of
the State"
The Governor praised the patrio-
tism of American labor for its great
services during the World War, but
intimated that a crisis even more
serious was now looming on the
horizon. He asserted that ninety
five per cent. of our people are all
right" but that the country must
be alert in resisting the encroach-
ments of radicalism which he con-
sidered "as threatening as the
menace across the seas a year ago."
In the emergency growing out of
the threatened bituminous strike
Governor Sproul stated he had tele-
graphed to the President the assur-
ance of his support and that he is
also standing by the two Pennsyl-
vania members of his cabinet, VIII
liam B. Wilson, mine worker and
labor leader, and A. Mitchell Pal
mer, Attorney General, in their ef-
forts to reach solution of the prob
lem.
The position of Pennsylvania
patriotic executive has been clearly
defined. He stands for law, order
and justice as the Keystone State
has always stood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01

vent vacancies on the ticket that dis
gusted Democrats had declined to
come forward voluntarily to fill. the
affairs of the city and county have
been we'll managed under the pres
ent Republican officeholders. There
is every reason to believe that the
men nominated in September are
equally honest and efficient. There
is small reason for changing from a
good horse to lame animal in the
middle of a stream. Republicans,
therefore. will vote for Republicans
next Tuesday and that means an
overwhelming Republican victory in
both city and county,
And the only issue is this-that
this falls election is but harbinger
of next years presidential contest.
AS goes the county this year, so, it
will be predicted. will it go next
year. Republicans, knowing this,
will pile up such majorities next
Tuesday as TO leave no doubt in
Democratic minds as to how they
stand on presidential matters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
The SiTulneSs of Man

We are sitting out the sinfulness
that marred our olden creeds,
From the vineyards where we labor
we are thinning out the weeds.
We are building for the future to a
nobler, better plan;
For the world has caught the vision
of the sinfulness of man.
We have put the past behind us, as
the sturdy pioneers
Saw within the tangled forest all the
glory of the years;
So we face our trials calmly, for be-
beyond them we can see
The greater goals of freedom and
the world that is to be.
These are days of self-denial; these
are times for sacrifice!
1t is freedom we are gaining and
each one must pay the price.
We are drawing close together
with a common end in view;
For the greater joys we dream of
e we've a common task to do.
We are sitting out the sinfulness
that marred us in the past.
For the light of truth is shining
through the clouds of doubt at
last;
We are building for the future to a
larger, better plan,
For all eyes have caught the vision
of the sinfulness of man.
Charles Davis. Sing Sing. 6e.sea-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
A STRONG PLATFORM

LDERMAN HONERTER'S S
n straightforward statement of
his beliefs and intentions with
respect to the mayoralty of Harris
burg will make him many friends.
He says he will sever all outside
connections and devote his whole
time to being mayor of Harrisburg.
He will conduct his own police hear
ings and will save the city the $4,000
or $1,000 now expended for hearings
by aldermen. He has a broad Wis
ion of the future of Harrisburg and
the necessity of providing adequate
housing facilities, continuing the
great public improvement campaign
that has made this one of the pro-
gressive cities of the land and at
the same time studying the needs
and financial resources of the city,
to the end that money may be saved
the taxpayers and the burdens of
taxation kept within reasonable
bounds.
Who could ask more?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
THE FARMERS APPEAL

ILLINOIS farmers, in a convention
of the State Agricultural Asso-
- citation at Chicago, went on rec
ord as condemning strikes and the
eight-hour day, while favoring a
basic ten-hour day fU. all productive
industries as a cure for the prev all
ing unrest. The same conference
criticized labor for it's failures ana
likewise chastised capital for not
having reduced wartime profits to
peace-time conditions. The Bolshe-
Wiki, 1. w. w. and other radicals were
listed as traitors. Similar resolu-
tions were previously adopted by
farm bureau representatives at In
dianapolis, in which strike methods
of righting wrongs or duress methods
of securing legislation were de-
nounced.
More and more people are begin
ming to understand in all the walks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

George E. Mapes, veteran Phila-
delphia newspaper man, has just
celebrated his eightieth birthday.
H. ]. Meyers. we'll known here,
presided at the Rotary Club dinner
at Bethlehem which assembled many
prominent men of that section.
Chief of Police George Litman,
of Uniontown, says there are fewer
fires since liquor was cut out.
John S. Ritenour, former Har-
risburg correspondent, now actively
connected with the Pittsburgh HUI
name Society, was here this week.
DIR. p. p. Claxton, United States
Commissioner of Education. spoke
in Johnstown on the Importance OF
that city's school loan.
Plus M. Glessner, new head OF
the state farms at Hamburg. Is q
state College graduate and con-
Quoted the Somerset county pooA
farm for several years.
Bishop Courtland whitehead. 0f
Pittsburgh, has just celebrated his
77th birthday.
The Rev. DR.. J. ]. Curran. WIDE
Iy known priest Is president OF tho
Wilkes-Barre Golf Club.
-E. II. Ripple, director oil safety
in Scranton, says. there were lS7
fewer arrests in Scranton in Septem-
her than in the same month last
year.