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Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
THE FLYING TORPEDO

According to report, our War De-
partment's new and terrible engine of
destruction will make coast fortifica-
tions obsolete, for it can be guided
from a point 200 miles away for an
attack on a fixed target. 1t Is de-
signed for aggressive offensive war
against fleets and cities as well as
coast fortifications, and number Of
these flying torpedoes would be able
to annihilate cities with poison gas
and incendiary bombs without the loss
of a single life on the side of the dis
tant attacking force. It seems that
both the invention and the experiment
have been closely guarded secrets, not
more than 100 persons knowing of the
100 trial flights, covering 5000 miles,
that have been made this fall, includ-
ing . flight unguarded by an operator
over New York unknown to the mil
lions below.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
MASONS REFLECT SEIPP

The one hundred and thirty-fifth
annual communication of the Grand
Lodge of Maryland, A. F. and A. NJ,
which has been in session at the Ma
sonic Temple for the last two days.
closed Wednesday night following the
election and installation of grand Of
fcers.
Warren S. Seipp was unanimously
elected Most Worshipful Grand Mas
ter for the second time. In the NAM
ing of Mr.. Seipp as the working head
of the fraternity, which now numbers
10000 members in this Grand Juris-
diction, there was not dissenting
vote.-Frederick Post of Friday.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
DIpHTHERIA OUTBREAK

According to DIR. Henry P. Fahrney,
County Health Officer, diphtheria is
now becoming prevalent in the north
ern section of Frederick county,
where already about dozen cases
have been reported. A number OF
them are only mild cases, but several
have been reported as being severe.
DR.. Fahrney declined to state just
what town is affected by the disease
but stated that he hoped in short
time to have the epidemic broken up
and that he was doing everything
possible at the present time toward
that end.
Outside of the diphtheria cases re-
ported in the northern section, the
county is practically clear of diseases
of any Importance, according to DR..
Fahrney.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
MAY CONTEST ELECTION

The election of Albert B. Beyard
Republican candidate for Tax Collec-
tor of Washington county over Keller
B. Bell, Democrat, will likely be con-
tested within few days, according to
rumors in political circles. Beyard
was elected by one-vote majority.
1t Ia understood that there is evi-
hence at hand that former resident
of Hagerstown, who recently returned
to the city after an absence of two
years from the State, was permitted
to vote at the election, n0twithstand-
ing the fact that his name was strick.
en- from the poll books in October OF
this year. The precincts in which
was cast gave Beyard 3S majority.
Because of this there are those who
say legal action may be taken to
throw out the entire vote of this par
ticuiar precinct which is one of the
largest in Hagerstown.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
PREVENT TIMBER SHORTAGE

America must take measures to
meet a critical timber situation which
is yearly becoming more critical, the
Forest Service, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, reports in a
review of conditions existing in the
forests and wood-consuming indus
tries. The axe has cut to the heart
of eastern American forests, and i'm
mediate steps should be taken to
grow timber if this country is to avoid
dependence on foreign supplies with
drastic limitations in amount and the
excessive prices which such a situa-
lion would impose.
1--WE have already cut or burned oy-
er fve-sixths of our original timber
area of s22,OOO,0OO acres," says the
report. "Three-fourths of our total
utilization and practically all the
high-grade material is still from vir-
gin stands. We can not indefinitely
use or destroy 26,0OO,0OO,000 cubic
feet a year and grow only 6,OO0,OOO,-
900. We shall soon have to grow a
much larger part of the 10000, ,000,-
000-foot difference. Forest expert
ment stations are needed to find out
and demonstrate how to grow this
enormous volume of wood"
Eventually 10 such stations, each
with a technical staff of from 6 to IL
men, are needed, the service states
) in the east, 8 in the Rocky Noun
tains, and on the Pacific coast. At
the present time there are 2 stations
in the East and / in the West, the
others, through lack of funds, being
reduced to a Imam basis. Where the
proposed stations are needed is sum-
married. as follows:
In the southern pine belt, where
four-fifths Of the original 650,000,-
100000 feet have been cut since 1870,
chiefly since 1890, and where the
crest of production already has passed
and with it is going world leadership
in the naval stores industry. That
leadership, 1t is stated, is passing to
the artifcially established maritime
forests of France.
"Our manufacturing centers are
drawing at an enormous rate upon our
timber supply-from two to four times
as fast per capita as the country at
large.
"Our railroads require 125, 900, 900
wooden crossties annually to main
tain their roadbeds in fit condition and
take care of new construction.
"Our average American uses 1876
pounds of paper year-made large
ly from woodland the growing cir
culation of our newspapers and maga-
Zines is increasing that very generous
per capita allowance.
"Our average well-kept farms-us-
ing the upper Mississippi Valley as
an instance-require 1000 board feet
of lumber annually for repairs and
improvements.
"Our Florida citrus crop alone, for
marketing, takes 100000 boxes of
W board feet each, every year."
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
ACTION OF WATER ON FIRE
Just What Takes Place When the
Liquid Is Employed for .ouench-
ing Flames.

Practically, water thrown on a fire
browns out the blaze. Scientifically,
however, the water absorbs so much Of
the heat in the fire that the tempera-
ture of the fire Is lowered so that the
oxygen will not combine with the
carbon in the burning material and the
fire goes ont.
1t Is peculiar that water. which is
made of oxygen and hydrogen, will
put out fire which requires hydrogen
and oxygen before 1t will burn. This
Is true, however, as the oxygen and
hydrogen composing the water already
have been burned or heated to high
temperature when they combined as
water, and so, as no substance or gas
that has been burned once can be
burned again, the combination of the
two gases In the form of water will
not burn when thrown on the fire,
To the contrary, the heat OF the
burning fire is lowered by the water
so that the oxygen of the air cannot
combine with II and, lacking the
oxygen, the fire is extinguished.-
philadelphia Ledger.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
GOOD ROADS CONSTRUCTION

Pennsylvania constructed 800 more
miles of durable highways during the
year than any other state, State High
way Commissioner Saddler announced.
The mileage of durable roads built In
that state this year reached the total
of $50, almost $50 miles more than
the Pennsylvania record Of year ago.
Prior to November the mainte-
nance force of the department had
put down 297.04 miles of water-bound
macadam and 297 .04 miles Of unbound
macadam, while 1896 miles of road
way were treated with oils and BIZ
luminous materials. Records in these
lines of work compare favorably with
the years of 1919 and 1920.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
PARAGRAPHLETs

People in England buy more of our
passenger cars and motortrucks than
in any other country. British India
comes second as, buyer of our pas
senger cars, but Canada is second as a
purchaser of motortrucks.
The steering wheel of the Maine is
in the National Museum at Washing
ton. The mainmast is at the Airing
ton National Cemetery. The wreck
proper was sunk in 5000 fathoms of
water on March 16, 1912, after appro-
pirate ceremonies had been observed.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
0harsrss1 .Scar,rn, -

Harum-scarum Is perfectly good
word used IN connection with q person
who is exceedingly vild. reckless or
thoughtIess. Tie word probably origi-
mated from combination Of the two
English verbs. ''hare" TO excite or
worry. aud "scare." 10 fr' s,hren. Locke.
In his ESSAY on Educatioq" uses
''hare" as verb In tf's manner:
"To hare and rae them is not 10
teach but to vfx theIr.'
In This country. II IL generally sup-
pos ID hat "hnrnrrscsrurr" is an
Anericanizs tiun. auA probably to
Washington IiN'n"'s use of il IN his
"Aihambra." whrpe he wrote:
"t'ro:n n wall the horse soon
passed to trOt. from trOt to gal
lop and from n galloD to harum.
scarum scamper."
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
New Lawn Game,

A new lawn game Of unusual inter.
est has been devised, suggesting some
Of the features of golf, table pool and
croquet, but initiating none Of them.
Four rOund-end, rubber-tipped mallets
and four balls of distinctive cOlOrs. six
numbered aluminium pockets to be set
on the lawn at specified places, and
two end stakes constitute the 0utflt for
two or four players. The pockets are
arranged In rectangle, which may be
Of considerable size, and each player
Is allowed three mallet strokes to
pocket his ball, making many interest
ing situations.-Popular Mechanics.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
Wheeibarrows for Flat Dweilers.

Storage room In the has, neut or
woodshed "f the backyard gardener
Is generally mt Il premium, and to mini
mize the storage space required for
the wheelbarrVw a collapSiblr barrow
hns been designed. The wheel of the
appliance Is removable. Hinges are
provided for the folding Of tie handle
bars. legs and front against the bot
tom. The unit can then he easily
carried about or stored in small
space.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
Sherlock Holmes In Lsvs.


"And when / kissed her I smelled
tobacco"
"You object to . woman whs
smokes?"
"No, but she doesn't smoke"
OnanswuTauiv.
Mrs. D0Olan's passion for fighting
policemen makes her his majesty's
guest at regular intervals.
"Halloa," said the prison visitor,
resignedly, you here again9"
Mrs. DOolan gazed at him with
dignity.
"And wot Of it?" she demanded.
"Wot says to them cOppers and the
rest of 'em says to you. II 1t wasn't
for the likes Of me wot would you all
be doin' for q Multiplication Tit
Rt&
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
RADIO SENDS 10000 MILES

A new worlds record for long dis
tance radio communication was made
November 5, according to the Radio
Corporation of America, which an
nounced that President Harding's
message addressed to the nations of
the world, was picked up in New Zeal
and, 10000 miles away.
The message was sent from the new
radio central at Rocky Point, L. /.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
The CatOctin Clarion
C. E. Cassell, Editor and Manager
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1922
ALUMINIUM PALM ON TOMB

An aluminium palm, cast from the
metal which formed part of the frame
work of the first Zeppelin shot down
in the world war, was placed on the
tomb of the unknown soldier at Ar
lington by a delegation composed OF
members of the American Legion and
several officers from the staff of Mar
shall Foch.
The palm was the gift of the Paris
ian Association, composed of former
students of the Polytechnic Institute.
The Zeppelin from which the metal
was obtained was brought down in
September, 1914, at Badonvillers.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
DIR. FAHRNEY
Hagerstown, Maryland
DiACNOSTIclAN

The D.. Fahmsys have bssa psaesi<i.s
medicine and have made q specially Of
chronic diseases for over 100 ysass. I
am working only with chronic diseases i.
bad kinds difficult cases sad dias-
nose your case before treat yoa. kyss
have trouble o. weakness or deform;sy.
write to me and III study yoas cas- snA
sivs sasisfaetioA.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
Valuable Influence.

"Thnt relativity theory has done
sc,ne good In the world. anyh"w." re-
marked Farmer Corntossel.
"In what way?"
"YOu know 81 Slmlin is one Of these
fpilcrs that thinks he knows 1t all.
Doc Einstein has at least made him
stand up before FOLKS and admit there
is some things he doesn't under
sIand.''
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-24
No Knew Where. All Rluht.

He Knew Where, All Right.
"YOu say your father was wounded
in the war;"
"Yes, sir; very bad"
"Was he shot In the ranksf'
"Nossir; In the stummick."
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KEEP SEWING BASKET HANDY
Convenience Should Be Available in
Bedroom, Sewing and Sitting
Rooms as Time Saver.

Keep completely stocked sewing
basket in bedroom, sewing room and
sitting room. In this way n.any quick
stitches can be taken, which would
not have been taken if everything had
to be hunted up.
In the sitting room basket, keep
piece of pickup work and when an I'M
expected caller comes, this can be
worked on, when one would not feel
at liberty TO take time TO hunt up the
things. Also keep Il sewing bag ready
with a piece Of work and necessary
threads, etc, so that when you go out
to call or visit there is always some
thing ready to take with you. This is
a little extra expense TO begin with
as it requires four pairs of scissors
and four thlmbles, hut it amply re-
pays in the end in the extra amount
of work done.
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IN SUMMER HATS
White Lingerie Headgear Likely
to Return to Favor.
Some Of the Smart Summary Millinery
Is Formed From Furnished
lisere Straw.

With the prominence being given by
great French milliners TO the broad
brimmed hat of antique leghorn with
ribbon streamers or lace trimming. we
need not be surprised, observes fash
ion authority. TO see the white lingerie
hat worn 10 years ago with the SIM
pie muslin dress return to popularity
Some of the summary hats are
formed from FURNISHED lisere straw,
with no trimming other than a mar
row velvet ribbon placed about the
crown and tied In tiny bow at the
back with long flowing ends. Such
models may have small lunches of
fruit or flowers tucked under the
brim, as il seems that there is no ten
dency 10 depart from bit Of dropping
trimming at the side.
Lace is used more sparingly than
last summer and in its logical place
for the real dress hat. Vanished rib
bons and vanished straws still are
smart with ginghams or simple frocks
A wide-brimmed shiny straw hat, with
broad glazed ribbon crossing the
crown and ending in loops or fringed
ends ut either side, is decidedly at
tractive
The true spirit of summer appears
in some of the simple straw hats by
our own American makers. Very
lovely to wear with sheer white
frock is one of bright green horse
hair with dropping hrim, cut wide at
the sides and short in the back and
front. The only trimming is wreath
of green leaves going across the front
and extending beyond the brim on
either side.
With the movement for four sea-
sons in this country the large sum-
merry hat will doubtless grow in favor.
This Endorsement of Paris and the
sending over of many large shapes to
be copied for this midsummer season
will doubtless have very definite
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SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
BY F. a. WALKER


To be able 10 answer all of. those
ten questions correctly. ofThand, would
Indicate education. but 1t would not
prove knowledge.
The mind OF the college graduate
when he leaves his alma mater is in
much the same condition as the palate
of man who has tasted in rapid sue
cession several varieties of spices.
lie is unable TO make prompt and
accurate use of what he really pos
sesses.
To the spice faster all the spices
temporarily taste alike.
To the graduate his information is
conglomer0te mass out of which he,
with great difficulty, picks the fact
which he requires.
Time will restore the accuracy to
the palate.
Time and application OF the knowl-
edge will enable the college man to
arrange his mental storehouse SO that
he knows where things are and how
TO use them.
Mr. Edison does the college gradu-
ates an injustice when he says they
are uneducated. They are i'm most
cases educated, but they are un-
trained.
Education you can get in part from
books. Training comes only with ex-
perience and practice. in applying edu-
cation.
st. Bernard, who was one of the
greatest of ecclesiaStics, writing 10 q
friend. said: Trust to one who has
had experience. Stones and trees will
teach you what you will never learn
from the masters"
And Shakespeare, who had perhaps
read what st. Bernard wrote. put
these lines in "As You Like It."
and this our life, exempt from
public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the
running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good i'm every
thing"
tcopyright.)
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THE GIRL ON THE JOB
How to Succeed-How to Get
Ahead-How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS
THE HOTEL WORK Err.

IT HE hotel worker gets her board
L and usually her lodging, as well
as her salary. The salaries run from
$50 TO $3.50 a month. Hotel positions
are interesting and important. A girl
must have intelligence, u good pres
ence. good manners, and level head.
She has responsibilities. and she ought
TO be judge of human nature. The
room clerk must have a good memory,
so that even with large clientele she
will remember the different guests who
are making her hotel their home, and
she should be able to size up applicants
for rooms without hesitation.
The desk clerk comes into direct
contact with the guests. She is sta
toned at the desk in the main lobby.
and must be ready to answer all sorts
of questions regarding not only the no
tel. but the city. She must be smart
In appearance, have tact, courtesy and
unfailing good humor-
The floor clerk accepts packages, an
swers phone calls. pays for c. O. ID.
parcels. She often does stenography
for guests. She receives, sorts and tie
livers the mail for her floor. And she,
too. answers questions.
Then there are the restaurant posi-
tons, the cafe cashier, the food check
er, the waitress. All these positions
are good ones.
Moreover. there are the summer no.
tells, where girl gets room, board and
salary, varying according 10 the type
of hotel. Many college women help
themselves through college in this way
For the ambitious girl without def
mite training hotel work is 10 be rec
commended as an excellent way TO earn
an independent living.
(Copyright)
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THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MAlIOCH
SYLVIA.

TT WAS because the dawn was In
her eyes,
Ii was because the night was in her
hair,
Because | heard the forest in her
signs,
held her fair.
She came upon me meath the huddled
caves,
She walked beside me in the maze
of men
Her sadness. sadness of wood that
grieves,
Her smile, the sun again.
Her voice was like the whispering Of
trees,
Her laughter like the tinkle of a
rill;
Her cheeks blushed roses, roses such
as these
Upon the hill.
She was q river i'm q thirsty land,
A changeless star in midnight skies
TO shine
Her touch. TO walk WITH nature Manu-
inland
And she was mine, was mine.
So leave me in the wood a little
while;
Here where the grass is greenest
let me lie.
The sun shall bring me once again
her smile,
The wind her sigh.
Here only do we seem no more apart,
In verdant ways beneath the skies
of blue;
The stirring earth will seem a beat
ing heart,
The heart. the heart / knew.
Once only she could bring the forest
near,
In those old days amid the painting
crowd
Once only she could make the stars
appear
Beyond the cloud.
SO now the forest that her soul ex-
pressed
To my own soul is her interpreter
In ev'ry wind that wanders east or
west
hear but her. but her!
(Copyright)
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THE DAINTY HOME TABLE.

@ INCE linen has been almost prohib-
- tive in price and the linen in our
chests has been cherished for state oc-
caslons, the little japanese sets, cloths
and napkins. which make no pretense
of being anything more than cotton
(but which have such pretty artistic
designs. in good colors) have become
very popular.
The well-kept dining table never
looks better than when laid with pref
ty doilies. which most women enjoy
making In their leisure moments.
The old fashion of loading the table
with all sorts of good things has
passed. We still have the desire to
be well fed but with more comfort
and greater health.
A dainty centerpiece OF flowers or
a small plant always adds 10 the ap-
pearance of any table. Flowers need
not be OF the choice hot house vari-
ETY.. for bunch of beautiful clover
is a thing of beauty and costs moth
ing
Pretty little ferns may be taken up
in the woods, planted in small pots
and used for n table ornament.
The present fashion returns 10 the
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THOMAS EDISON. whose ability
L TO get space on the first page Of
he newspapers has Of late been thor
oughly demonstrated, announces that
the modern college graduate has no
education at all and that there is no
place In his organization for the ig-
norant
The trouble with Mr.. Edison is that
he has confused education and knowl-
edge. They are entirely different
things
You can educate a horse or n dog.
but nobody has yet succeeded In CIV
ing them knowledge.
Mr. Ford. who is warm friend of
Mr.. Edison, has very little education.
as he proved when questioned under
oath on matters literary and historical,
and yet no one would deny that he
has knowledge.
Mr.. Edison based his judgment of
the college graduate of today on the
answers submitted In response TO q
questionable which he prepared as a
test for young men eeking employ
ment with him.
Those same young men, even If they
were only average college men, could
have off-hand prepared questionable
In answering which Mr.. Edison would
lave made miserable failure.
1t would be no trick at all for any
well-informed man to write ten ques-
tons TO which Mr.. Edison could not
furnish 80 per cent technically cor
rect answers.
If you do not believe il, or If Mr.
Edison does not believe ii, try to write
down without consultation of any
books or seeking information from any
outside source the answers to these
Who was Pilpay?
What and where is the medulla OBJ
longatag
What point on the earth has neither
latitude nor longitude?
OF what nationality was Columbus!
Which is the Oldest of modern re-
ligions?
How many teeth has a dog?
How much does a cubic foot of air
weigh?
Were is the island of Philae?
How many nations has the earth?
What three noted men were contem-
poraries of Voltaire?
OF course as | wrote down these Ques-
tions / naturally chose queries to
which | knew the answers and yet
am not, even as the author of the
queries, certain as to the accurate an
swers TO two of them.
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ggN MOTHERS |
- COOK BOOK
- by W.. M4bnseQ

old way TO serving desserts and sal
ads at the table, letting each guest
help himself TO the amount he de-
sireS. This is both convenient and
economical as it eliminates leftovers.
When candles are used for lighting
the table, one may have the inexpens-
i've glass candle sticks and the shades
may be made ar home. having any col
or desired. The softer light of the
candle coming through colored shades
makes most attractive table
Stemmed glasses are used for cock
tails as we'll as desserts, while the
handled cups are used for punches
and sherbets.
Dishes and silver may be both in
expensive and elegant; garish, heavy
silver and hlghly-cOlored china Is not
found on tables where good taste is
used.
Dainty service need not mean a large
expenditure. for the most money is
not used always i'm buying the pref
tiest things. One or the daintiest of
bowls with n grayish white background
and beautiful blue design was picked
up at five and ten cent store Good
design and coloring is not always
found in the high-priced things 'for
which we are truly thankful" az the
love OF beauty does not always live
with the fat purse.
ga 1891 W.steru Nsvspsper untonl