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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
CREED FOR EVERY AMERICAN
Undeniabie "Good Thing" to Which
All Citizens Should Subscribe
and Pass Along.

Nearly every reader Is familiar with
the expression. "It's a good thing. pass
1t along" The other day attention
was attracted by good thing"
which is here passed along. 1t Is
Financial creed" for every man, wom-
an and child suggested by the savings
directors Of the II federal reserve dis
tricts. Read it carefully. 1t Is as
follows:
believe In the United States Of
America.
My opportunity and hope depend
upon her future.
believe that her stability and prog
ress rest upon the industry and thrift
of her people.
Therefore, will work hard and live
simply.
will spend less than | earn.
will use my earnings with care.
will save consistently.
will invest thoughtfully.
To increase the financial strength Of
my country and myself. ! will buy gov
eminent securities.
will hold above barter the Obliga-
lions my country thus inrurS.
will do these things to insure the
greatness of Ame"ira'S future.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
SHOESTRING RAPIDLY
RUN INTO "A FORTUNE
Aued French Soldiers Luck, Con-
tinues, but Police Help
Him Save "R0ll."

Ragged, hatless and practically
shoeless, an elderly man was sitting
in Paris park ON the south side OF
the Seine q few nights since, mutter-
Ing to himself Fifty, sixty. seventy"
the while stacking thin little slips OF
paper one upon the other. he at
tracted the attention Of two gen
darmes, for he had apparently been
drinking too much wine. He was
taken to the station.
The desk sergeant was bewildered
when the ragged man explained that
the little slips of paper he was count
Ing were good bills of the Bank or
France and that the figures he was
mumbling represented their amount.
He had 115.080 francs.
IL won this money at the races" ex-
planned the denizen of the park.
1t developed that the man was one
Billigot, former colonial soldier. at
times street newspaper vender, known
to the citizens Of Grenelle ward. In
Paris. as Father of Luck" or Father
Cherry" (the little fruit being known
in the parlance of the Paris gambling
circles as the emblem Of lucky. He
had run up 40 francs. the amount OF
his pension paid to him as an eS-sol-
der, into 115,0S0 francs. The police
released him. after giving him little
advice about counting his wealth In
public parks while slightly under the
Inf,nanca of red wine
Billigot invested $1,000 francs in
life annuity the next morning,
bought suit of clothes. shoes. ct
cetera. and before departing for ST
Cloud race track called on the friend
ly police sergeant and gave him tip
on the races for that afternoon. The
horse won. The newspaper LEclair
has offered him 100 francs per day for
his racing selections until the END
OF the season.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
LAID 81 FOR THE WINTER
Housewives OF Early New York Dis
satisfied With Less Than a Six.
Months Supply.

The eleventh hour. or. rather. six
O'clock rush to the delicatessen store
that marks the approach Of dinner
In these days Of frenZied house
wifery would have seemed strauge
madcap phenomenon to the good
housewives of old New York. They
would have felt III provided should
they have had less than six months
provisions in the harder.
According To the memory Of one
small boy of seventy-tive years ago
the thrifty Dutch folk who lived along
the west side of what Is now down.
town New York laid in stores In Oc-
tober and November TO last until April
or May. They bought quarter Of
beef, hog or a sheep to furnish the
pieces de resistance of the winters
meals. The beef was corned or
smoked. The pork and mutton was
similarly cured and put away. The
smoking was done in public smoke
houses, maintained for profit
A barrel of -four. rwO or three OF
apples and potatoes added the vege-
table content to the menus. Other
supplies to lend variety were laid by
in lesser quantities All sorts Of farm
products were purcha sahle in the fall
at minimum prices. because at that
time many sailing vessels and barges
came down the river from upstate
laden with stores. AS winter and the
closing of the river approached the
farmers and merchants grew anxious
to dispose of their stocks and the
tOwnfolk consequently bought at an
advantage which they were not slow
to take.-New York Evening Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
GIRL BLINDED BY GOLF STICK
Eastern Young Woman Loses sight
After Glasses Are Smashed
by Blow.

New York.-Sne"ialists were called
10 treat Miss Marion Buchanan OF
peekskill. whose left eve was blinded
nv blow from a golf stick.
She was playing with Miss Elizahetl'
Phinn Mt the PeekSkill Country clubs
links. AS Miss Phinn made drive,
Miss Ru, hanan got in front of the
stick while leaning over. The end Of
The stick struck her In the left eve.
Her eyeglasses were smashed and she
FELL unconscious. She was unable to
see after that out of the eve.
Miss buchanan Is the daughter OF
Andrew buchanan. one of the wealthy
family Of oilcloth manufacturers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Irish Travel Stops.

The tourist resorts of Ireland-the
Lakes of Killarney and Glengarriff-
have suffere,le greatly during the war
and the resumption of normal condi
tons, with freedom of travel for pleas
urP, will he required to bring hack
their old-time prosperity. SO Queens
town and, to a smaller degree, the
city of Cork has been affected bv the
entire cessation of the extensive pas
senger traffic to and from the United
States. Queenstown was the princi-
pal port fer Irish emigration to the
United States and the change in that
respect is highly significant. There
are more young men in Ireland to-day
than there were for very many years
before the war. Emigration. which
for the ten years ending March |. 1911.
averaged 3S,SOS from all Ireland. fell
In 1917 to 2,11l. and in 1918 10 $50
natives of Ireland. Embarkation OF
emigrants and others from Queens
town which amounted to 20,S83 In 1913,
and 81, 43O la 1914. stopped altogether
In November. 1914.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Y. s. TO RETURN
ENEMY PROPERTY
Rules Are Formulated Under Law
Passed by Congress.
s15o0OO,OoO WORTH HELD
Francis p. Garvan, Alien Property
Custodian, Issues Statement Do.
scribinu In Detail the Glasses Now
Entitled to Recover Their American
Estates-American Creditors May
Now Bring Claims Against Enemy
Debtors.

New York.-Francis r. Caravan,
that $3.50. 100000 of property seized Us
enemy owned during the war would
be returned on formal application to
owners who fill in qualifications EN-
ttling them to recover their holdings
under the amendment to the trading
with the enemy act passed by congress
on June 5.
Among the classes who may obtain
the release of their property are Amer
lean women who married alien enc
mics. enemy diplomats. aliens who
were informed, citizens of new nations
created from enemy territory by the
treaty Of peace, women of allied or
neutral countries who married enemy
subjects, and Americans who were
forced to remain N Germany during
the war.
Claims OF Creditors.
The amendment also authorizes the
return Of property mistakenly seized
and allows American creditors 10
bring claims against enemy debtors
whose property WIS SeiAeu'
The statement Of the alien property
custodian describes In detail the fol-
lowing classes now entitled to recover
their American estates:
"A woman who at the time of her
marriage was a subject or citizen OF
nation which has remained neutral In
the war, or of a nation which was
associated with the United States in
the prosecution of said war, and who
prior to April 6, 1917, intermarried
with subject or citizen Of Germany
or Austria-Hungary.
"A woman who at the tine of her
marriage was a citizen of the United
States (said citizenship having been
acquired by birth in the United States)
and who prior to April 6. 1917. inter
married with a subject or citizen or
Germany or Austria Hungary.
Property Of Diplomats.
"A citizen or subject Of Germany or
Austria or Hungary or Austria Hun
gary who was, at the time OF the sew
GRANGE of diplomatic relations between
the United States and such nations.
respectively, accredited to the United
States.
"A partnership association, or other
unincorporated body of individuals
outside the United States. or cor
poration Incorporated within any coun
try other than the United States, ane
was entirely owned at such time ny
subjects or citizens of nations, states.
or free cities other than Germany or
Austria or Hungary or Austria-Hun
gary, and is so owned at the time OF
the return Of its money or other prop
erty hereunder"
The alien property custodian Wild
continue IS the supervisory officer anc
administrator with full authority con-
corning the return of property.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
WILL BE BOON TO INVALID
Independence, Comfort, and Exercise
All Provided In New Chair Pro-
PEELED by Electricity.

A new era of independence, comfort
and exercise Is promised to invalids
In an electrically-prOpel chair that
is now being made by firm Of surgi-
cal engineers In London,
In appearance II is little more than
very comfortable, luxuriously-sus-
pended bath chair or invalid's car
riage. The propulsive motion Is cleo
tricity. II Is silent. travels a distance
of over twenty miles on single
charge and has four speeds, ranging
from a crawl up to five miles per
hour.
The control is said to be so SIM
pie that any person, no matter with
what disabilities. can sit In the car
riage and start right away, and II
Is fitted with reverse on all speeds.
Ii Is only necessary to hold the steer
ing lever with the left hand and gent
ly push over the controller handle
with the right hand. The use of the
carriage renders an invalid independ
ent of chair man or attendant, and the
cost of upkeep is said to be trivial.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
INDIANS WEARY OF HOTELS
Rich Red Men Will Have Exclusive
Open Air Quarters In
Colorado.

Colorado Springs. Colo.-Lo the red
man Is weary Of stuffy hotel rooms
while enjoying summers outing In
the shadow Of Pixies peak. and In re-
sponse to many requests local author
tiles have set aside plot around Aus
tins bluff. near here, which hundreds
of Usage Indians become wealthy from
development of their Oklahoma oil
lands. will have for their exclusive use
the coming season.
In their hIgh-priced motor cars, hut
still wearing the multicolored blankets
Of other days, the Indians with heap
hig wampum" can cavort in the open
countryside to their hearts content.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Wine Blossoms at His Death.

Hopkinsville, Ky.-Twenty-fve years
ago on his way home from a business
trip to Washington. Hunter Wood Sr"
stopped at his birthplace In Alher-
marie county, Virginia, and brought
home with him shoot from beaut'-
ful honeysuckle vine. The vine flour
tshed, except that 1t bore no blooms
much TO Woods regret. Saturday. the
day of Woods deHth. the vine bios
somed for the first and only time In
quarter of a century.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
BIND VICTIM TO RAILS
Missouri Man Robbed and Tied to
TACK Loses Hand and Foot.

lack Loses Hand and Foot.
George Underwood, CarrOllton, Mo-,
was forced by two men to enter
motorcar there, was taken TO spot
near the Wabash tracks. half a mile
from Excelsior Springs, robbed OF $40
and was gagged and bound to the rails
with harbed wire. A Wabash train
passIng half an hour later cut Off hiJ
left foot and hand.
According to Underwood, he had
been in Kansas City Wednesday and
had stopped at Excelsior Springs on
his return to CarrOltOn. He was wait
ing at the Wabash station when the
two men approached him and, with
pistols. commanded him to enter their
motorcar, he declared.
After robbing him, he said the rob-
bers placed him directly In the middle
Of the railway track and bound him
there. In struggling, however, he had
managed to free his right foot and
RICH, hand and to maneuver his body
to the outside of the rails, leaving
only his left foot and hand across the
rails. Underwood was found by .
farmer living near by, who took him
to his home and notified the author
flies
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29

ponds, for steady flow Of water, up
on the maintenance of forest cover
on the steep mountain slopes.
In making plans for handling the
national forests this fact is recognized
by the forest service. United States de-
partment Of agriculture, and precau-
tons are taken to prevent overcutting.
which would reduce the timber below
the danger point, or overgrazing.
which would result In erosion. The
national forests also protect the water
supplies OF some 100 Western cities
and towns. Sanitary regulations are
enforced by the forest service to safe
guard such water supplies.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Cows as Work Animals.

In many parts of Europe, especially
in France and Holland cattle. bolh
oxen and cows, are being used extern
sively for work. In one part OF France
the number OF COWS used for work Is
twice as g.rat as the number oF hofi
oxen and horses. he COWS work ~
yokes. and those used for hauling are
also used for breeding. In many III
Stances they are MIXED.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Inventions Of Women.

Comparatively few inventions have
been made by women. but the follow
Ing are recorded in the United States
patent office: Cook stove, sheet iron
shovel, ice cream freezer, sndiron'
fountain pen,> washing machine, toast
or. pocket book. spring seat for rurhi'
ture or cars, button. dress pattern
dust pan, portable oven. NeSelh"le
masher, attachment for heating ket'
ties and boilers by gas.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Movements Of Insects.

Insects do not steer by shifting the
abdomen from side to side, as has
been supposed, but by pressure from
changing the angle and force Of the
wing heats. This Is the conclusion OF
Or. F. Stellwaag, of the University OF
Erlangen, who has succeeded In max
ing close observation of the flights
of dragon files, bees and other In
scots, by means Of light passing
though a suffered slit. Direction was
changed without abdomen moRemsnt.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Not a Fixed Opinion.

Lawyer examining prospective jur-
or in criminal casc)-Mr. Juror, have
you any fixed opinion as to the guilt
or innocence of the accused?
Juror (emphatically)-Naw. I amt
get no doubt but the guys guilty, but
they amt nobody fixed me.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
WHEAT RAISING COSTS HIGH

Las. Years Crop Produced at Average
Expense of $215 Bushel.
The wheat crop in America in 1919
was produced at an average cost to
the grower of S2.15 bushel. the pro-
duction survey by the department Of
agriculture shows. .
The cost of producing winter wheat
was much lower than for spring
wheat. the costs being given as Sl.S7
and So65 respectively. The survey
covered winter wheat areas of Kan
sas. Nebraska and Missouri and spring
. wheat regions of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Nitric system.

As early as 1910 Able Gabriel Mou-
ton, a Frenchnan. proposed az unit
for length of arc Of one minute Of the
earth's circumference. Later other
Frenchmen developed the system and
It has since been adopted by various
nations In whole or In part.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Mo Room for Governor In Capital.

Because the residence occupied by
the governor of South Dakota was
sold he has been forced to move from
Pierre, the capital, to Redtield. The
governor, Peter N"rbeck. has asked
that provisions he 'lade by the state
legislature for governors residence
I'm Pierre.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29

Prisoner Release Fraud Being Worked.
The war department warns friends
If United States military prisoners
against advancing money to men who
promise to effect the release Of the
prisoners through influence In con-
SrpSS,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
canniba,s Attacked Americans

The party of DR.. A. Hamilton Rice,
which Is exploring the Amazon region,
was attacked at one point by ferocious
scantilysclud cunnibals of large stat
ure. They were routed after two OF
their number had been killed,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Gifted lmauination.

Mrs. Ayres has great gifts of mag
nation, hasn't she."
81 don't know. Why do you think
sOT
II heard her speaking of the fiat
they live In as our town house.
Boston Transcript.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Biddys Logic.

Mistress latter absence)--It's no use,
Bridget. you've worn one of my new
skirts and you can't get out of 1t.
Bridget-Begorry, mum. II thot's so
ord be wearin' 1t this mint, wouldn't
Oi?-Boston Transcript.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Surneon'a Penalties.

: In the ancient days Of Mesopotam-
Ia the surgeon was discouraged from
making rash operations. If the patient
died the surgeons hands were cut of.
II veterinary surgeon was success.
full he received One-sixth of shekel;
but II the animal died he had to pay
One-sixth Of Its value.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
M arried.

"When he was counting me he'd coo
to me for hours"
"Yes."
81 never dreamed he'd hOller at me-"
Louisville Courier Journal
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Tr.;o Killed Man Asleep on Track

Tr..n Killed Man Asleep on Track.
.lag with feet on one rail- and head
on az other. S. Caps, of Poplar Bluff.
Mo-. was run over by Missouri Pa
cific train. Tired by dance he had
attended, Capps lay down and fell
asleep.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Wealthy indians Buy U. s. seeuritIe.

Twenty eight Indians of Elbow
Woods, N. D., have bought $25.O6S
worth of treasury department savings
certificates, according to the announce
ment made by f. G. Klbble, director
of the ninth district government saw
ings organization.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
PROTECTION OF WATERSHED
Precautions Taken to Prevent over
CUTTING In Forests.

cutting In Forests.
One of the most important functions
of the national forests In their relation
to the farmer Is that Of watershed
protection. Practically every stream
Of Importance that Is used for irriga-
ton In the Western states has Its
source In a national forest and de-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-29
Appeal to Snobblshness.

'"Tlat umbrella repairer has fiat
ter'nG approach"
"What is it?"
"first asks the lady Of the house II
she has any golf clubs to mend."-
Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07

The A. B. c. Super Electric is machine of
quality and proven merit. Hundreds are in use
right hereEinsW ausau, giving the ssamessatisfac-
tory serviceLlas the day they were purchased:
The tribute.pad by ITS users ISL it's greatest in
dorsement
The unconditional guarantee given by the man
ufacturerS and ourselves, with every machine
purchased, gives positives assurance of satisfac
ton.
Of the hundredsLof A. B. C.s now in use there
is one or. more in your 'vicinity-very likely
your neighbor has one+-Ask if she has ever re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07

First pub. Aug. II; last Sep. 21)
STATE OF WISCONSIN-CIRCUIT
Confederation County.
Robert Latsch, Plaintiff,
VS..
Peter Knoblock and Frances Knob
lock, his wife, Julius Heuss and q
Century Realty Company, a Wis
consin corporation, Defendants.
By virtue of a judgment of foreclos-
ure and sale rendered on the 5th day
of August, 1919, in the above entitled
action, and duly perfected and entered
of record in the Office of the clerk OF
the Circuit Court for said County OF
the said 9Th day of August, 1919,
shall on the LIST day of October, A. d
1920, at the hour Of ten o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, at the west door
of the Court House in the Cit,
of Wausau, Marathon County, Wis.
consin, offer for sale and sci
at public auction the following de
scribed real estate situated in tn.
| County Of Marathon and State of Wis
consin, or so much thereon as shall b
necessary TO satisfy SAID judgment
with interest and costs of sale, TO
wit:
| Lot Four (4) IN Block One % o.
Krueger's Addition to Pine Park, Mar
athon County, Wisconsin, according II
the plat thereof on file N the Office o
the Register Of Deeds in and for Mar
athon County, Wisconsin.
| EMIL TESCH,
Sheriff of Marathon County.
PATRICK T. STONE, Atty for Plaintiff
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
JUNIOR RED CROSS
ACTIVE IN EUROPE

Garden seeds for Polish orphans,
milk for anaemic Greek babies, car
penters' tools for Czecho-Slovakian
cripples-these are only few of the
gifts that young Americans are send
ing to the war-crushed children of the
Old World,
Through the Junior Red Cross the
boys and girls of the United States
are giving a fresh start in life to little
war orphans scattered all over Europe.
They have set up orphans homes in
France, school colonies in Belgium and
Montenegro, land day schools in Al
bania
They are sending dozens of young
Syrians, Montenegrins, and Albanians
TO American colleges in Constantlnople
and Beirut, and maintaining more than
q hundred orphans Of French soldiers
Mt colleges and trade schools. In, or
phanages and farm schools up and
down the peninsula Of Italy there are
nearly 500 wards of American Juniors
Last winter q thousand French chill
dren from the inadequate shelters of
the devasted regions were sent by the
Junior Red Cross to spend the cold
months in warmer parts of France
At the same time five thousand little
Belgians were having hot lunch every
day at Junior Red Cross school can
teens.
American school children have al
ready raised something like a million
dollars for these enterprises, and they
are still hard at work.
In China, through campaigns Of ed
ucation. the Junior Rec Cross is help
ing to combat widely prevalent blind
ness and cholera.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
First pub. Aug. II, last Aug. 3D.
Notice to Prove viii and Notice to
CreditNrS.

(H1rSI pup. Aug. IL, ldSI aug. OH
Notice to Prove viii and Notice to
Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Marathon County.-In Pro
bate.
In re estate of Mary H. Parcher,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that at the
regular term of said court to be held
on the first Tuesday of October, A. D..
1920, at the Court House in the city OF
Wausau. county of Marathon, and
State of Wisconsin, there will be heard
and considered, the application of G
ID. Jones and ]. NJ. Kuebler, to admit
to probate the last viii and Testament
of Mary H. Parcher, late of the city OF
Wausau, in said county, deceased
and for the appointment of executors
Notice is hereby further given, that Al
the special term of said court to be hello
at said Court House, on the Second
Tuesday of January, A. D., 1921, there
will be heard. considered and adjust
Gu Gil C4e1AuS dSd1AsA SdtO MoIs n
Parcher, deceased.
And Notice is Hereby Further Given
that all such claims for examination
and allowance must be presented Il
said county court, at the court house il
the city Of wausau, in said county an,
state, on or before the first Tuesda,
of January, A. D.. 1921, or be barred
Dated August 18th, 1920.
By the Court,
F. 6. BUMP, Judge.