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Evening journal., 1921-01-18
HOME FROM THE WEST

Miss Margaret Scott. SOC West ST.,
has returned home aztec spending nine
mpesns ,gpee lr,2bus t9e @.sSd MeS1 s1e spent
her sister, Mrs. C. II. Walter. going
from there to san Antonio Texas, and
home by way of New orleans.
Evening journal., 1921-01-18
LONE CHESTER cor ARREsrs fs.

LONE CHESTER COP ARRESTS f6.
CHESTER. Pa. Jan. iS.--With com
nendable nerve. Kceley, a patrolman,
unaided. yesterday raidcd the pool
room OF John Trofo and placed the
proprietor and Is inmates under ar
rest, on the charge of rambling- Mag
istraie Elliott, in e. Court, fined
T1,ofe, the propf $50, and the
others were DISCHARGED.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
hor ,es hoe klyth UniYCr.aL

The horseshoe in Is mos; . imitiye
form Is 1T gre 4 i.ntiIuiI : An old
and very popular SUPERSTITION, almost
universally prevalent arlrnE pcasantry
aSrrbeS tn 'ha hnm'rsi"n (s.Jecially
to one which has hrs-ii 1iu!lt! in the
road by rl'ance) ia" in'wer ~ barring
the passage of witches. For this pur-
pose the shoe Is Eailri tn the door Of
the threshold, nnh Hone in hi, "Ynar
Book" says. "NaiIin" of horseshoes
seems to have ha"h practicHi us well
t0 keep witches in as Ia ken, them
ont. In Monmouth street. London,
many horsr>;hncs matted In The thresh-
nltls. were to le ~ecn in 11GT: IN 1873
Sir Henry Fliis corntcd ;-c''en!een
horSeShorS ~ thar street hn' IN 1872
only eleven rcIl"i'nh ri" goat Npl-
son WAS of SuntrSt''i're syn anh
having great faith In the Iiuk K Of
horseshoe lad ".+ nailed TO Il mast
Of the "Victory"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
PHRASE IN USE BY ROMANS
Writers Of Ancient Empire First Re-
ferred to the Game Of "oucks
and brakes"

"Ducks and drakes," an expression
used commonly In connection with a
person who Is needless in money or
business matters, has gained wide cir
culation since 1t was first used among
the Romans.
Minucius Felix and other ancient
writer's allude to game of scaling
oyster shells or stones on the water.
If the stone emerged once 1t was said
to be a duck"
England adopted the game and gave
the phrase Its present-day meaning.
Just when 1t was first applied Is not
known. But II is we'll used in Henry
Peacham's book, 1.-The Worth of a
Penny" published in London in 1647:
II remember in Queen Elizabeth's
time wealthy citizen of London left
his son a mighty estate in money, who,
imagining he should never be able to
spend 1t, would usually make ducks
and brakes in the Thames river, with
shilling pieces as boys are wont to
do with titles and oyster shells. And
In the end he grew to such extreme
want that he was fain to beg or bor-
row a siXpence, having many times
no more shoes than feet and some
times having more feet thar shoes"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
WORLD HAS CHANGED DTTlE
EIectioneering Methods in Old PompeiI
Much Like Those in Vogue in
Our Own Time.

ArcheolOgists have uncovered at
POmpeii barrOOm singularly reminfs-
cent of the neater sort of drinking
places that were to be found In Ameri-
can cities before the days of pro-
hibtion. and they have found the dried
lees of the liquor in the jars.
The outside walls Of the saloon are
covered with appeals to the voters
of the city to "VOte for LOllius for
duumvir." The duumvir was sort
of selectman or half mayor, an official
whose powers or perquisites made the
office one that was much coveted. The
election notices are everywhere to be
found on the walls of POmpeii, usually
in red paint, sometimes In black. They
seem to have been the customary
means Of notifying the citizens Of
nominations that had been made.
The crafts seem to have acted in
place of party caucuses. "The bar
bers nominate Trebius for aedile," says
one placard. "All the goldsmiths
nominate C. Cuspius Pansa for aedile,"
says another. Sometimes q man Is
referred to as v, b., which means vir
bonus, or a good man. One is certi-
fed as IAN honest young man." OF
another It is said that "he will save
the peoples money"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
ARE SYMBOLS OF AFFECTION
Who Prove Unpopular or Are
Uhduly DiQnified.

The selection Of name for the
baby Is a very important matter In
most households, and OF course II
should be considered sufficiently to In
sure the poor helpless mite Of hu-
manity having label that it will not
he ashamed to sign the rest Of its life.
ANY good plain English name will do
that. But matter even more impor-
tant and not so easily disposed Of Is
that of the nickname. What names
will this young person acquire As he
goes through life? That depends
largely on himself and the kind Of as,
sociates he has. The very last thing
to be wished for him is that he should
never be nicknamed. Usually the
only people who are never nicknamed
are either very unpopular or very dig
nitied. though there are exceptions.
But the nickname Is a sort Of express
sion of affection, and those who nc
cumulate many as they go through life
should regard them as insignia of
friendship and hence OF honor. The
final word on nicknumes was written
many years ago by Oliver Wendell
Holmes:
When fades at length our lingering day.
Who cares what pompous tombstones
say?
Read on the hearts that love US still.
ALE jacet Joe: hic jacet Bill"
Ohio State Journal.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
DAY OF SAILS NAY RETURN
Many Causes Operating to Decrease
the Present Supremacy of the
Steam. Driven Vesse'.

A great deal of the beauty and ro-
nance of the sea passed with the de-
cline of the sailing ship.
The sailing ship gave way 10 the
steamer because the latter was more
reliable as to runs and was not hung
up by calms or slowed down so much
by head winds and gales. and finally
could be operated in larger units. So
1t has been assumed that the sailing
ship has been displaced forever. IT
survives, though chiefly under fore
and aft rig. but most ocean freight is
carried by the steam-driven vessel.
But now there Is talk of the revival
of the sailing ship as carrier. The
Suez and the Panama canals have
shortened the world routes materially.
coal is becoming more expensive fuel
and oil Is not cheap. So there are in
tereshng proposals for return TO
sails. i'he rig would be fore-and-aft
instead of the old square sails, and
there would be machinery for handling
and an auxiliary in case of calm.
A naval architect Of standing has
come forward with a design OF this
kind, making use of the DIESEL engine,
steel wire running gear and electricity
for lighting and heating. American
ships have been operating with as
many as seven masts, and the use Of
power would permit the operation of
large units with comparatively small
cost.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
HAD MEMORANDA OF IT ALL
Young Married Man Altogether Too
Matter-of-Fact for the Ordinary
Loving Bride.

Young Mr.. Marsh was a devoted hus-
band, but both absent-minded and mat
ter-of-fact. Therefore, Mrs. Marsh had
trials that seemed to her real ones.
"Richard, you are going away she
said, her eyes filled with tears, on the
morning when Mr.. Marsh started for
New York to be gone 4S hours.
Yes, l seem to be, my dear ad-
mitted Mr.. Marsh.
You will think of me while you are
gomez? she begged.
Certainly l will. l will bear it in
mind"
And nothing could have been more
obliging shan his tone in saying this.
And you will be very, very careful
Of yourself, getting Oh and of the
trains, and about your meals, Rich
ard?"
81 will certainly see that all those
matters are attended to at the proper
time" and Mr. Marsh, hastily scrib-
bling note In regard to an important
business matter he had almost forgot
ten, placed loving arm round his
wife
IL have memoranda for all these
things you've mentioned, my dear" he
said In a calm, reassuring tone. You
may be perfectly easy about them ALL
Philadelphia Ledger.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
EMPLOYED ART OF FLATTERY
the Full Confidence of His Royal
Mistress, Victoria.

II was after the untimely death OF
her husband at the age Of ~ that
Queen Victoria became the victim of
a settled melancholy. For 20 years
after that event she continued to wear
mourning. took little or no interest
In the social life Of her subjects, and
made slave Of herself in her cor
respondence and in her interviews
with her ministers on public questions
and the details of government.
II was not until Disraeli became
premier that the queen emerged from
the shadow OF bereavement. He fas-
cinated her by his rhetoric and poetic
style Of address. Gladstone. she said.
used to speak to her as If she was
a public meeting, but Disraeli re-
membered that she was lonely
woman with hungry heart. He fed
this hunger in letters that were almost
affectionate in tone. He called her
Gloriana and Titania, queen OF the
fairies, and in a thousand SMILES
ministered to her self-esteem. He
waved the magic wand OF fattery and
Titania began to enjoy life once more.
SO the queen In her old age be-
came popular with her subjects and
revealed those mellow graces, those
milder attributes, that made her be-
loved and revered at home and abroad.
Detroit News.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Shun White Golf Shoes.

Cant keep your eye on the GallF'
asked the golf instructor of his pupil.
IL can easily understand why you
fail to do SO. You have on white
shoes. Under ordinary circumstances
there is no reason why a normal per-
son should ever fail to keep his or her
eye on the ball while on the links. A
bright color on the grass near the
player or quick movement by by
stander are the only two reasons why
a player should ever lose his eye
"NNhite shoes are very distracting.
They are generally brighter than the
Lall itself and are often the cause OF
an expert failing to keep his eye on
the hall. Some men play splendidly
for a long stretch at time and then
one day they suddenly get off their
game. In many instances this is due
to the fact that they have put on q
pair of white shoes"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Laws Against Profanity.

Did YOU know that according to the
law of England swear ny Is an offensc
for which you may D." convicted by Il
justice of the peace according to u
scale of penalties? And the higher up
You are In the social scale the higher
the fine imposed. 4 day laborer, com
mon soldier or seaman fnrfeits one shil-
ling for every oath: every other person
under the degree Of gentleman two
Shillings and above the degree of gen
tleman FIVE shil|ings. For Il second
offense 1t Is double fhe sum. for a
third. triple. etc. At any time u con.
stable may arrest Il profane swearer
and take him before a justice. On
one occasion a man lost his temper
entirely and swore the same oath
twenty times before justice. The lat
ter counted them and when the man
had finally stopped. fined him two
shlllings for each repetition. There
is a similar law in Scotland.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Travel in Central Brazil.

Travellers stories Of attacks by
spiders "a foot In diameter" are re-
lated In a letter from central Brazil.
Last January three exotiicers set out
from England for the Amazon, and
they have written to friend telling
Of amazing experiences The party
had been attacked by tribes of In
dians, but guns saved the travellers.
They also had exciting encounters
with different kinds Of snakes. an
imals, and spiders For time In
the swamp of the forest they had 10
live ON monkeys, as their food was
washed away. They are now living
with a tribe of Indians who have new
er seen a white man. One Of the
party has been made "mediclne
man." and visits his patients wearing
beads and necklet Of teeth. The
natives wear no clothing, only neck
let's, anklets and rings through the
nose.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
X.Ravs in Factory,

The neyt development of the uses
of photography will be the application
of E-rayS to Industrial purposes. Ex
perinents which have been in progress
privately for some time past point to
wonderful possibilities In the near fu'
ture, when every great factory and
foundry will have its own radiogra
pher AMI laboratory There is no reason
why the N-rays, hitherto only used for
medical and surgical work. should not
be utilized in detecting flaws in say,
M ingnt nf metal or block of concrete.
Progress in this direction only awaits
the projecting of sufficiently powerful
apparatus The importance of this to
the metallurgiSt and manufacturer
must he obvious, and research work
Is only hindered by the absence OF the
necessary funds to prosecute what are
necessarily very costly experiments.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
COULD LAUGH AT LANDl 0RDS
Visitors to Los Angeles, and Some
Citizens, Established Miniature
City With Their Autos.

One way to avoid high rents has
been discovered by about three hun
dred tourists from the East and a
score or so of Los Angelenos, says the
Los Angeles Express. This method is :
Living in their motorcars.
There Is regular colony of men,
women and children who have turned
cars into apartments in a parking con-
cession just east of Lincoln park on
the Alhambra boulevard.
Here the motorists have their ma
chimes arranged In rows like streets,
have clothes lines strung, cook stoves
set up and are living as comfortably,
1t is safe to say, as many persons who
nav 500 month or so for accomlno-
dations in apartment houses.
Many have equipped their cars so
that they need only to pull down the
front seat, drop the side curtains ana
roll themselves up in their blankets to
be as snug as any person in n hotel.
bedroom. Othe,p have pitched tents
and are sleeping on army cots.
The new order was started by tour
lists arriving in Los Angeles from the
East. The grove of eucalyptus trees
looked good to persons who had so re-
Gently crossed the desert, so the!
stopped there on the edge of town and
made the camp their home. Seeing
how conveniently the visitors avoided
high rents, many residents OF Los An
geies took up the camp as permanent
address. In due time the United States
government took cognzance Of them
and gave them rural free delivery.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01


you're down and out FOR true, IN every
way. 10 thee, oA rattlebox, came
many jumps and knocks; for thee I
grieve. No shelter from a storp, ;
frayed are thy seats and worn; the
wl,ooping cough affects the "chug' l
do believe. The perfume sweils the
breeze. and only causes one, to sneeze,
as we pass by. paid for thee price,
twould Duy mansion twice; now
everybodys yelling ''Ice"--I wonder
Why. The motor has the grip, the
spark plug has the pip, and who Is
thine. |, too. have suffered chills. IA
tigua and Kindred His; endeavoring
to pay my bills, snc" thou were mine.
Gone is my bnnkrll now. no more
'would choke Il COW, as once before.
Yet, If had the mon, 50 help me-
Jack-amen, I'd buy Il boat again and
speed some m0re.-Bayliss Y. Z. Log
book
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Race Of Toothless Men In India.

In the Hindu Anil community Of
Hyderabad Sind. In India, there has
been found type Of men who have
no teeth These men are further
characterized by bald head and an
extreme sensitiveness to heat They
are known as "Bhudas," which lit
orally means "toOthless." The fol-
lowing facts have ncen learned about
them:
When such a man Ga "Bhuda") mar
ries normal girl having both par
ents free from these defects, all the
children. both male and female, are
apparently normai-that Is to say, ap-
parently free from the defect
When the females marry normal
males, their female children are ap-
parently normal, while the male chill
dren are "Rhudas."
No case Ia known In which tooth
less man has married the daughter Of
q "Bhuda."
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01

Most people perhaps think nf great
literary or Srient tic men. nf 0iEer
men OF seniuS, as retiring :,nh inclined
TO live the life Of a recluse. Some Of
them have been Of that type, hut not
all, by any means. Browning didn't
belong to those who disliked company
and a good dinner: Dickens wasn't Of
that crowd: Thackeray did not be-
long: neither did Dick Steele, Sam
uel Johnson. Oliver goldsmith. Joshua
Reynolds, or other worthless nf the
Eighteenth century. VeHDySou loved
his quiet and Carlyle grumbed in his
garnet. both to their own discontinue
and with loss to their readers.
Among the New ENGLAND notahles Of
the middle of the last century, only
Hawthorne was downright unsociable.
Kansas City Star.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Dumb Animals Pay Taxes.

1t will be surprising to some people
to learn that all incOme-tax payers
are not human beings, and that some
of the Canadian governments income
Is derived from pet animals whose hu-
man owners and benefactors provided
for their future comfort by an endOw-
ment. Such Is the case at London,
Ont, where several such pets are
annual contributors to the city's cOf-
fers. One large dog In that city re
ceives an annual income that many
small families would appreciate, due
to the fact that the animals legacy
was large one and grew from year
to year by the accretionary process.
Gold bonds, deposited In trust, keep
him In comfort and also yield q small
return to the city tax Office In income
levy. A beautiful Persian cat, now
sleepily rounding out life Of adven-
ture, also receives an income left by
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01

to sound good to the baby, and While
the claim that 1t makes Sufferers and
causes other defects in speech may
have some truth in it, the "baby talk"
will bear comparison with much other
talk heard by children.
While good speech is important. the
matter is of more Importance than the
ma,ner-in fact. good matter natnr-
ally tends to good manner in speech.
IT Is ut least quite as important that
parents. fathers as we'll as mothers.
are careful to select the right subject
matter for talk before and to their
children us that baby talk be elm
mated.
Try as they may. the teachers are
likely to have hard time anyway to
convince many mothers that baby talk
Is not the proper language In which
to address the baby, both as to sub
iect matter and method OF speech
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
The "Dashing"
Blonde
BY DOROTHY WHITCOMB.


Copyright, 1921, Western Newspaper Union
Sylvia Blaine was happier than she
had ever been in all her life before.
But when one Is nineteen happiness
comes easily, especially when one Is
in love.
Tom Darragh was generally consid-
cred the most promising young law
yer In Stapleton. And he loved Sylvia
Blaine.
Sylvia could not believe that 1t was
right for any girl to be as happy as
she was. And why should Tom have
chosen her when there were so many
sweet girls of his acquaintance? II
he had ever known her cousin Agatha,
for example, she was sure that Tom
would never have looked twice at he's.
Agatha Blaine was FIVE years older
than Sylvia. Although she had been
born in Stapleton, she had not lived
there much during her checkered ex-
istence. She had made an unhappy
marriage and was suing the man for
divorce. Agatha was a handsome
blonde-"dashing," people called her
with any number Of moths fiuttering
round her. And the worst of 1t was
that Agatha, who could never resist
making conquests, was coming to stay
with Sylvia's mother.
When Agatha did arrive, q resplen-
dent being in a picture hat, with four
trunks and a pedigreed dachshund,
she was more than ever convinced
that her days of happiness were num-
bered
Agatha was so kind that the girl
half minded to confess her trouble to
her. But Agatha seemed also a little
heartless
@Why, my dear auntie," she said to
Syivia's mother, what funny, old
fashioned ideas you have about men.
Any woman can twist any man round
her little finger, IL she chooses"
II wonder IL she will choose to twist
Tom round her little finger" sighed
Sylvia to herself when Agatha con-
graduated her warmly.
On the day after her arrival Tom
was introduced to her. Sylvia, watch
ing them closely, although she as'
sumed an Indifferent manner, felt that
her worst fears were confirmed. With
in a few minutes after the introduc-
ton they were chatting together like
old friends.
"Well, I've seen this wonderful Cou'
sin Agatha" said Tom, as they parted
"and she can't hold a candle to you
! sxeslhssEt,"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01

The next day Cousin Agatha plead
ed q headache when Sylvia broached
the proposition of a walk. Sylvia had
some shopping to do, and, after n
stroll through the woods alone, re-
turned through the village. Suddenly
she stopped dead; she felt as though
an Icy hand, had been laid upon her
heart for at window on the second
story of some business offices she saw
Agatha's hat.
And the irony Of the situation lay
in the fact that the hat was nOdding
at the window Of Toms Office.
And a moment or two later she saw
Agatha's tilmy lace handkerchief
pressed to her eyes, saw Agatha's
head bowed upon her hands, and saw
Toms hand patting her cousins shoul-
der consolingly.
She wrote little note to Tom that
evening.
Il find that made mistake" she
said. 81 thought I loved you, Tom,
but I was wrong. Please, do not call
or write to me, and never ask me to
explain"
She knew Tom was too proud not
to take her at her word. And the next
two weeks were miserable ones, for
she herself was too proud to let Aga
tina know how she was suffering.
"Well, must say don't think much
of that sweetheart of yours. Sylvia"
said Agatha. IF were engaged to
young man l should expect him to
come to see me every evening. And
here it must be couple of weeks
since he has put in an appearance
Sylvia did not make the retort that
was upon the tip of her tongue: That
on four separate occasions she had
seen Agatha in Toms office.
But everything draws to close,
and the time has come for Agatha to
leave. Agatha was waiting for the
carriage to come to convey her to
the station.
Sylvia, dear" she said, there isn't
anything wrong between Tom and
yourself, Is there?
"N-no," stammered Sylvia brazenly.
"You know" said Agatha, II didn't
like my lawyer, Wagstafr, who, be-
tween ourselves, hadn't been quite
straight with me. So I thought:
Here's $500 worth of law business 60
ing begging, and why shouldn't Tom
Darragh have 1t and be able to start
housekeeping with nest egg In the
bank? Why, Sylvia"
For Sylvia was crying, and when
the cab arrived she had only just be-
gun to explain
81 can't 60 in, Agatha. I dare not.
I'll write to Tom"
well. now, you just sit still and
I'll bring Tom out to you," said Aga
tha sternly. And when, minute later,
the door opened and Tom came in,
Sylvia clung to him, sobbing and re-
pentant.
80, Tom, what goose I was. Can
you ever forgive me?" she asked.
"On one condition." he answered.
"That you marry me next month"
"On one condition." said Sylvia do
cilely.
(Which is"
"That Cousin Agatha shall be
bridesmaid"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Windows Easily Broken by Blasts.

Explosions of powder or other Simi-
lar materials often are very destruc-
tive to windows, even If they are at a
great distance from the point of ex-
plosion. When an explosion occurs air
waves are thrown off with great viO-
lence. Sometimes these air waves are
thrown back with such violence that
buildings in the immediate vicinity Of
the explosion are destroyed.
The force of the air waves acts in
all directions at the same time and
with equal force Very often these air
waves are thrown for great distances
and, while the houses in its path are
strong enough to resist their violence,
the windows are shattered because
they cannot withstand the high pres
sure of air.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-12-01
Flowers and Seasons,

The relation OF the colors of flowers
to the seasons has attracted the at
tention of Canadian professor. who
finds that of 539 towering plants In the
provinces Of Quebec and Ontario,
about One-third have white flowers.
Yellow flowers come next, and com.
prise about one-Quarter of the total.
Puppies and blues form about one
ninth or tenth. White flowers are COM
monest In April and June. whereas
yellow are frequent In July, August
and September. One can not help
noticing that the spring flowers have
delicate colors as rule. whites or
pale pinks. yellows and blues, whereas
the autumn flowers have much stronger
shades Of yellow, blue and purple.