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Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
MUST MOVE ROAD SIGNS

The removal of combination adver-
tising and direction signs erected by
the Standard Oil Company along high
ways already marked by the State
Roads Commission will be sought by
John N. Mackall, chairman of the
commission.
The placing of advertising signs
within the rights of way of State
road is illegal, according to Mr.. Mack
all, and he will try to enforce the law
which forbids it. Since the signs bear,
in addition to advertising matter, di-
rections which are of use to motorists
the Roads Commission does not object
to their erection on county roads, or
on those which have not been posted
with signs of the Commission.
The Standard Oil Company is said
to be spending $500,000 in Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and
North and South Carolina on the erec-
ton of these road signs.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
VANDALS DESTROY APPLE
TREES

Vandals got busy in the vicinity of
Myersville recently and destroyed an
orchard of 30 young trees which had
just borne their first fruit, the orchard
being located on the farm of Rev. r.
j. Ridgely.
The work of destruction was
wrought on Sunday night of last week
When the family retired for the night
all seemed we'll with the orchard.
When the family rose the following
morning it was discovered that every
apple tree had been chopped off close
to the ground. Not trunk of tree
was spared.
The job is believed to have been
the work of a large body of men. 1t
is not considered likely that one or
even two or three men could have ac-
complished the work of destruction in
a single night.
There was no clue to the parties
who perpetrated the work of destruc-
ton. 1t is supposed to have been done
by men who were offended because
Rev. Ridgely would allow no hunting
on his property, The total damage
was 5000,
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
No. 36
POULTRY SHOW.

The Carroll County Poultry Associa-
ton has this week staged poultry
show in the State Armory in Westmin-
ster. 1t began on Tuesday and will
close on Friday. The Association have
made great effort to make this, their
second annual show, a success and
they have evidently succeeded.
There are number of exhibitors
from Frederick County and the show
itself is distinctly a Maryland and
Southern Pennsylvania display.
Mrs. A. H. Etzler left this week for
Danville, Ind, where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. DR.. Koons. She will
be gone several weeks.
Miss Carrie Boblitz was taken sud-
denly ill on Sunday afternoon but has
almost entirely regained her usual
good health.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
SKYSCRAPER FOR FREDERICK

Frederick's first "skyscraper" will
grow up from the site of the CONNER
cial State Bank property at the corner
of Market and Patrick streets, with
the completion of the new bank and
Office building recently authorized by
the board of directors of that insti-
tuition. 1t will be six or seven stories
high. The first floor of the proposed
new bank will be used entirely by the
bank. The other six floors will be
used entirely for Offices. 1t is prob
able that one of the top floors will be
converted into bachelor apartments
The building will be Of steel and con-
crete construction, entirely fireproof.
1t vii be equipped with an elevator.
the first Office building ia the city to
carry that feature.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
CAN SELL GAME

With the arrival of the 1921 hunt
ing season there has come renewal
of the controversy as to whether
game shot in Frederick county can
be sold here. An examination of the
game laws shows that some of it can
be sold and some cannot.
The law does not prohibit the sale
of rabbits. 1t does prohibit the sale
Of bob-white, partridge, Chinese ring
necked pheasant or ruffed grouse, and
wild turkey.
Expectation of the game from the
State is also prohibited, except that a
nonresident license hunter may carry
out game killed by himself to the en-
tent of one days bag limit.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

In the barn at the home of Mr.
Kepler, of Boonesboro, a hen is shell
tering four Maltese kittens. The
kittens creep under the hen to keep
warm, and the mother cat seems per-
fectly satisfied with the arrangement.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
MENACE CONSUL IN MEXICO

A crowd of 800 radicals, in which
were a number of soldiers in uniform,
congregated before the American con-
sulate at Tampico, Mex, Sunday night
and threatened the life of the consul,
the State Department was Informed
late Monday. The demonstration, it
was said, was in connection with the
conviction for murder by a Massa-
chusetts court of Sacco and Vanzetti,
Italians. Officials Of the Department
expressed the belief that the Mexican
Government would take full steps to
protect the consul.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
SQUIRE TO KISS GROOMS

Cecilia Champion, elected a justice
of the peace at Somes Point, N. j.,
declared that she would reverse the
custom at marriage ceremonies and
instead of kissing the bride will kiss
the bridegroom. Already, she states
she has several marriages booked.
She was elected on the Democratic
ticket and is sister of Charles c..
Steclman, elected mayor on the Re-
publican ticket. She will take office
after the first Of the year.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

Frederick county, which at one
time boasted of high rank among the
agricultural counties of the United
States, second or third, has fallen
from the honor list, according to the
figures of the 1920 census, which were
given out by the Department Monday.
In the list of fifty counties that lead
in the combined value of crops and
live stock products, the name Of Fred
erick county does not appear.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

Smithsburg, Washington county,
boasts circulating library and read
ing room conducted in the edifice that
was once the town Jail. Since the
passing of prohibition laws no house
of punishment has been found neces-,
sary to the good government of the
community.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
STATE RUNS OUT OF HUNTERS
LICENSES

Pottsville, Pa, Nov. $50 great has
been the demand for hunters licenses
here that both county and State have
run out of the licenses, and today it
was necessary to sell duplicates. This
means there will be hundreds of hun
ters in the woods with the same Ii
cense numbers. The duplication is on
numbers running from 5201 to 5651
The total number issued now is over
10000. The new numbers, however,
have been marked as special issues and
are easily identified.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
BANISHES CURB MARKET

The last vestiges of New York's
wolld-famous curb market just below
the Stock Exchange has been ordered
off the streets as an "unmitigated nui-
sance," in temporary injunction
granted by Supreme Court Justice
Lydon.
The decision, unless set aside, will
put an end to business that has
fourished in Broad street for $50
years as one of the sights of New
York.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
mont Frederick County, Maryland Thursday November IT, 1921
ELECTION COST $4,000

Tie recent election held in Wash
ington county will cost the taxpay-
ors approximately $25,000, according
TO the estimates of the Board of Elec-
ton Supervisors. The cost of this
years election, however, will prob
ably be smaller than last year, when
$26,037.22 was paid out by the sup
elvisors covering all costs.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

German silver is white alloy COM
posed of nickel, copper and zinc. The
best quality consists of four parts cop
per, two parts nickel and two parts
zinc, but in this proportion it is diff
cult to work. For some uses small
amount of lead is added.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

The earliest glovemakers in history
were the monks under Charlemagne,
who We're granted the unrestricted
right of hunting in return for making
gloves, girdles and book covers from
the skins of the deer they killed.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17

Uruguay forbids the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors to women.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-17
PARAGRAPHLETS

Bananas, Strawberries, grapes, oat-
meal, pears and wheat contain small
amounts of iodine. Many vegetables
and fish also contain iodine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09
Supplanting Lighthouses

The position Of Sandy Hook we'll IL
.ustrates the relentless action Of the
waves, as it is now about three and
one-quarter miles from it's location
shortly before the Revolutionary
War, when our privateers used to
sail past its first lighthouse into Old
Cranberry Inlet, which was then the
safest harbor on the Atlantic Coast.
But the persistent sands and waves
have done their work so thoroughly
in this locality that Old Cranberry
Inlet, as early as 1912, was closed
to vessels. Various attempts we're
made to restore it to its former i'm
p%ortance by The digging OF new IN
lets, but the sea dumped its cargoes
Of sand into the excavations as fast
as they were made.
There has been some controversy
as to whether the Romans or the
Ph2nicians built the first lighthouse.
but the best records at hand give
the honor to the Romans. 1t was
nothing more than q beacon tower
upon which fires We're kept burning
to guide mariners into the port Of
Alexandria, Egypt. Situated on the
Isle Of Pharos, it was called the
pharos, q name which has been APP
piled to lighthouses ever since the
building Of this first beacon, about
b. {. 331. Both the Phoenicians and
the Romans later erected beacons
a. various points along the Med
~iterranean coast, an old Phonician
lighthouse still being in use at
Corunna, Spain, having been re-
paired from time to time during the
centuries il has stood in the same
location. The remains Of a Roman
Pharos lighthouse may be seen
at Dover, England, which was the
terminus Of the barge line across
the Channel during its occupation by
the Romans, and connected with the
ystem Of military roads that lead
down to Rome.
Lightships are built with the main
object Of seaworthiness in view, 50
they usually have small power
plants for driving the single screws
with which they are equipped. This
accounts for the fact that it took
the Nantucket Shoals lightship
thirty-six hours TO make the port Of
New Bedford, though its station wa
only 100 miles distant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

a scene, Smoot usually takes a cup
of coffee when it is offered to him,
but does not drink it. But this
ayails him little. Sooner or later his
hostess inquiries:
DO you find your coffee TOO
strong?' or, DID you gel cream and
sugar."
Then the ruth Leaks Gu, and the
questions begin.
Even in a restaurant the coffee
proposition is one Of LIES little irri-
tations IN Shoots case. Every wait
er assumes that everybody drinks
coffee. The waiter always says:
VIII you have your coffee now or
later ever though nothing has
been SAID about coffee al al. Sen
ator Smoot sometimes wishes the
dry" movement would he amend
ed 10 include coffee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

FORMER SENATOR MOSES E..
CLAPP dotes on fresh cream,
just like a kitten. If d person din
ing with Clapp purposes to save any
cream to put on the dessert it is wise
for him to keep close watch on the
hands of the big fellow from Mime
sofa. AS a cream pilferer Clapp is
probably without an equal anywhere,
and his work is both bold and deX~
ferrous. If he sits down to a hotel
table arranged for four people, let
US say, and there's q cute little pitch
er Of cream at each place Clapp car
consume all the cream in sight just
while the waiter is hunting for the
menu card and in a nonchalant man
ner that defes detection.
A few months ago Clapp took
breakfast at one of the smaller hotels
in Minneapolis. The proprietor per-
sonally escorted him into the dining
room, beckoned to the most hospi-
table waitress and told her to see
that their guest lacked for nothing.
While that ginghamed Hebe was
Fastening after oatmeal and batter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

alcohol, coffee or tea. No y wno
has ever undertaken TO go thropoh
life without the use OF coffee Or
tea has any idea Of the petty annoy.
ances that such abstinence entails
A man can quit drinking malt.
vinous or spirituous liquors, and his
friends merely remark:
"On the wagon, eh?" and let il %
at that. They don't ask why he quit.
and usually do not insist on nm
drinking, regardless Of what ma be
the prevailing notion to the con
trary. Anybody knows that when a
man quits drinking he does SO he.
aus he does not want to take al
the natural fnisl off his insiaes and
de ahead Of schedule, or have a be-
fuddled brain, such as n can seq
on the charts in any doctors office.
But with a mar who does nor
drink coffee or tea it is dilferen,
Everybody desires TO know why.
Wherever Smoot goes to dine. people
ask: DO you find that coffee makes
you n~ervous?' Don't sou drink it
for breakfast, even?' Did you ever
Try that Battle Greek substitute for
Coffee" Does it keep you awake"
And, Oh. a great many more. Then
some woman is certain to say
"Mercy, I've taken a cup OF coffee
at every meal since I can remom-
Der, and / don't think it hurts ne
a bit"
OF late years, III order to avoid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

WILLIAM Y N, former
Secret Service chief, used to
have ambitions to be an inventor.
His taste ran toward getting up a
n~ewfangled fire escape that would
fold up when not in use and not sew-
ously MAJ the appearance of a build
ing. He felt that if he could just do
something to save a few distracted
persons caught in burning buildings
he would not have lived in vain.
Being a resourceful person, Flynn
thought and thought about the
proposition until finally he got a
plan all worked out. He showed
his drawings to several friends, who
declared his scheme was thoroughly
practicable. All that remained to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09
UTHEN the famous Nantucket
w Shoals lightship was torn

M ZEN 'Ae 'am0oS Nantucket
w Shoals lightship was torn
from its moorings during a
recent ninety-mile gale transatlantic
shipping had an excellent OPP
portunity to realize the impor-
tance of the many stationary
and floating beacons now pro-
vided for the safety and guidance
of the modern mariner. Lightships
have become very important indica-
tors Of shoals and hidden rocks that
do not furnish sufficient foundation
for stationary lighthouse equipment.
Even permanent lighthouses exposed
to the constant action of the waves
must be capable of w~ithstanding the
heaviest breakers, which are est
mated to strike with a force cquiva-
lent to three and one-half tons to q
square foot. Consequently, such
lighthouses are always circular, so
as to offer the minimum surface up
on which the waves can take hold.
while granite, the most permanent
stone, IS generally used in the out
side construction. Reinforced con
crete and steel are also being en-
ployed with greater frequency.
Another thing that has increased
the popularity of the lightship is
the tendency for the shore lines to
show marked changes, thus %necossi-
tating periodical shifting of light
house stations. The beaches seem
to be losing out in their constant bat
tie with the waves and are forced to
give ground every year, while the
migrating sands play many costly
pfanks on the permancnB beacons.
Historic Barnegat Light, on the New
Jersey coast just below New York
City, was so threatened in this re-
spect that the government had about
decided to remove it. but agitation
against such a course from various
public bodies induced the authorities
to agree upon the building Of jwetties
that would preserve the famous
landmark. The first lighthouse to be
saved by the construction Of a jctty
was at Atlantic City. in 1878, and
since that time many such beacons
have been preserved in like manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

signed his newspaper Job and
started out. He never stopped going
until he found himself in the wait
ing oom outside Of James j. Hills
private office. Handing his card to
the office boy, he asked to see Mr..
Hill.
"Nobody else do?" asked the boy.
"Ccrtainly not replied Smith;
"cer-tain-lce not! | came to see Mr..
Hill"
HE hasn't been seeing anybody
to-day" said the boy.
q think he'll see me-" remarked
Hake Smith, confidently. Just
show him my card"
James ]. Hill looked at the card
intently.
is it Hohe Smith, of Georgian
he asked the boy.
Don't know, SIT"
"A tall, massive, elderly MANI"
mo, sir; just a young fellow
Hill decided he ought to see him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

cakes Clapp was left alone in the
dining room.
When she returned the distin-
euished guest said:
There doesn't seem to be any
cream on the table. Will you kindly
fill this pitcher"
Later on she inquired if he wished
cream in his coffee.
"No," replied Clapp; that is, oh,
yes, yes; bring q little more cream"
After a space Clapp had eaten all
he wanted and left the dining room.
It was still early and other guests
were just beginning to show up.
In q few moments one of the regu.
lar guests appeared at the desk com
planning:
There's no cream on my table
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

done was to have the things patent
ed, and then sit back and reap the
fortune that was his.
One afternoon he was strolling
across Brooklyn Bridge on his way
to took at a piece of property he
was going to buy when the money
began to pour in from the new fire
escape. He CHANGED to glance across
at a building and noticed a fire
escape that looked something like
his. He went nearer and found
that the device was exactly like the
one he had just invented. On IN
curry he found that the one on the
bui' ding had been patented about
1860. There was not a thing wrong
with his invention except that he
was almost thirty-hve years too
late in getting around 10 it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09
Why Senator Reed Smoot Wishes
That Coffee Were Prohibited
as Well as Liquor
1t might % a son Of the Georgia

1t might % a son Of the Georgia
statesman.
When he learned that it was mere
ly 9 young man hunting a job, Hill
was somewhat vexed.
"Why didn't you explain who you
were?" he asked.
Il knew my name would get me
in, and | wanted to see YOU" smiled
Smith. What q chump l would
have been, now wouldn't I, to give
you any more particulars?'
SO Hill was forced to admire the
fellows gall. and he hired him.
Ever so often young Hill sends
out boost circulars lauding the
Northwest and beginning "Hoke
Smith says"
Some Of these were reprinted in
Georgia once, and there was the
very old Harry to pay. Everybody
wished to know what Hoke Smith
meant by boosting a state SO far
away. Why didn't he devote HIM
self to saying pleasant things about
his W state? II took the GEORGIA
Senator several months to get it all
squared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09


just the pitcher, with one or two
drops in the bottom. And there's no
cream on any Of the three tables
near me. What kind Of a place are
you running here, anyhow"
The manager asked the waitress to
explain.
ooh, sir" said she, ~ didn't like to
speak of it, but when he thought I
wasn't looking that ig fellow went
around to all the tables near where
he was and got the cream and drank
it, sir. And didn't think it was no
use putting any more on the table
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09


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wa raging one O 'He "8SD
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No'HiNe nat IS mNeh less 2a" 'h@''
reporting u Dig IRE. hVeryfn'ng =
ell mussed up and people are too eA-
cited 10 talk. and landmarks arr
etYacea so 4ba+ ono s,.s,,, ,nov
"iSco"ra@iN - THESE 'N' ''"'--
efs from Washington dropped III ~
the cafe Of The hotel where they were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

reveries When she heard Il footstcp.
Suddenly Hughes appeared before
her.
~why did you 60 away like thatgo
he asked.
She trembIed 4 little, but didn't
answer.
one might almost say that you
we're running away he continued.
"Why should ] run away" she
stammcred.
81 don't know. There is a mys-
terry in every human being"
He watched her. Her face had an
expression Of sadness which he had
never noticed before. lie had run
across her in Paris, at teas or re-
ceptions, and found her attractive,
but no more 50 than many others.
He knew her story, an episode in
that long record Of feminine devo-
ton which, taken together with the
patience Of the soldiers, saved
Franco.
yes" he resumed. there IS a
mystery in every human being, Just
as there is in the world in which we
live. What n strange marvel, when
we think of It. r. the simple itreWtti
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09
Congressional STORYTELLING Club Is Again in Sessio
Anecdotes of the Cloakrooms That
Relieve the Tedium of the
Long Sessions

think that an interview with me
could be of such help to anybody"
said Colonel Bob. Just write out
your questions, and I'll interview my
self for you and mail it to you"
The next day Louis sold the inter-
view to the first big paper he struck,
and was soon seated comfortably in
a vanished car headed toward In
misunderstanding New York, as
the girl in the m%elodrama says, "for-
evah!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

forces of nature, to those unnamed
influences which surrounded her-a
prayer OF desperation.
The young girl found herself in q
strange nook, flooded with green
lights, under the branches Of an I'M
mense oak. Five other oaks stood
around, all survivors Of past cen
@turles, the last vcstigcs Of an ancient
forest.
She lifted her eyes. She thought
Of the vanished religions which these
oaks had typi6cd and she didn't
know but that she had just invoked
their divinities.
Why had this love come to herr
Why hadn't she accepted her des-
tiny? She asked herself these qucs-
tions. But her soul, which knew
80 much Of suffering, was new to
love. She could discover no roason.
except that IIugues was gay, consid-
crate and generous. and that his
smile charmed her. Alas, he was
the image of r happiness which was
made for Clorindc or famine, but not
for her.
Sho was plunged i|n'.tucse bit'ir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

is why you wish to be a stranger to
springtime. But I say to you.
Follow the law Of the plants and
the nightingales. Otherwise you con-
denim life"
II cont condemn it.
Then, being healthy ard charm
ing, you have the same DUTY as the
almond trees. You must live AGAIN.
You must love-
But some one must first lose mel'
"SolangeN he cried.
He had taken her wounded hand.
He lifted it tenderly to his lips and
said:
4 love this hand because / love
you. And love you for your heart
and your gracious character. Are
you willing that we should make the
pilgrimage of life toqetLer?"
OH she answered, half dazed.
Il am afraid that | should be a bur
den"
Dear tiancee. She wt.o has re-
vealed to me what true beauty is is
the only ~ who can give me happi-
ness
1t was a dream. She didn't dare
TO open her eyes. When she did open
them Hugues's face was close to
hers. And she felt a happiness
greater than that of other women
a happiness which rescmblcd rcsuv-
rnrfinr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09
"IF1E EASTER CHIMES"-By ]. I'll. Rosnv Aine

ut is our duty to be happy"
Hughes declared,
"That is u duty which We are
fulfilling perfectly" Clorinde re-
piled.
Jaime nodded assent, but the
blond Solgnge was silent. She didn't
regret having endured everything to
relieve the sick and the wounded.
But she had fallen in love with
Hughes and she knew what a pre-
detection he had for beauty. Her
injured hand would always seem to
him an irreparablc blemish. And
Clorinde was beautiful and Jaime
was full Of charm.
Solange's distress was 50 keen
that she took refuge in the park.
Amid all this tempting April beauty
her hopes were going to shipwreck.
fcrvent souls are more solitary than
others. Solangc's dreams were be-
ing scattered like petals in the
equinoctial winds. Her heart was
bare and frozen stiff with suffering.
No pity, she felt, would be lavished
on her. And what could she do
with pity? Because her pain had
the sharpness Of physical agony she
couldn't collect herself. She kept
repenting in a low voice:
Resignation. Give me rcsigna-
tionl"
1t was Il prayer to God, TO the