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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-09

Juvenile Party - Master Paul
Morrison entertained his little
friends yesterday afternoon at a
party at the home of his parents,
snIr.Ssand Mrs. Robert Morrison OF
fSatterfie1d street. in honor of his
ninth Birthday. There were eigh.
teen little girls and boys present,
and juvenile games We're the diver
sgions Of the afternoon. Refresh
Snlljesnts of strawberry short cake and
fceScream were served.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
FEW MINUTES DELAY FATAL
interesting to Recall Incident That In
All Probability Changed the
History Of England.

One Of the most famous instances
in history of the fatality Of delay has
been immOrtalized by Thackeray In
"The Four Georges" This was In 1775.
when Edinburgh castle might have
fallen to King James had not party
Of his adherents stopped at tavern to
drink his health-and were as result
two hours too late at the rendezvous,
under the castle walls.
In Lord Mahon's history the narra-
tive of the landlady of one inn Is
quoted where eighteen Jacobites
fingered drinking the kings health. or,
as the landlady facetiously said "pow-
dering their hair" The feeling OF
the country was such that had Edin-
burgh castle fallen-and it was likely
en0ugh-the whole country might have
risen to drive out the unpopular
HanOverians. Thackeray sketches the
scenes that might have resulted-the
tumultuous welcome, with the arch
traitor Marlborough weeping and all
the bishops kneeling in the mud, and,
in few years time, mass being said
at st. Paul's. All this might have been,
Thackeray points out, but for that
little puff of powder which the Scot
fish couspirators stopped for on the
WOW tn cant,,re the castle
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
WILD LEMONS IN PROPULSION
According to Traveller, They Are a
Generous Gift Of Mature to
island Of Norfolk.

Lemons grow wild all over the island
Of Norfolk, British possession In the
South Pacific, according to Thomas j..
Mcmahon, in the Trans-Paciic Maya
zine. He writes that In every garden
and paddock are clumps of trees ever
bearing fruit In wonderful abundance,
and Of variety full Of rich juice
and with a rind most suitable for
lemon peel.
Little factories, family concerns, are
dotted all over the islands. They are
usually roughly constructed wooden
buildings divided into three rooms
There, with rather primitive instrn'
ments, the women cut and squeeze
the lemons In huge frames, and the
skins are soaked In brine preparatory
to making lemon peel. During the
lemon season, which Is most of the
year, the boys and girls are engaged
daily In picking the fruit.
While there are only 800 people
on the island, 1t could comfortably
and prospereusly house 5000 per-
sons, according to Mr.. Mcmahon. The
island is five miles long, three miles
broad and contains 5000 acres.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
FRENCH FARMERS MADE GAINS
Assertion That They Realized Large
Financial Benefits From the
War Seems Reasonable.

A class Of French society that gained
large financial benefits from the war
is the farmers. They have become Of
late a great force in French politics.
thus far only defensively, in avoiding
taxation, but later, they will surely
grow more aggressive.
In the old days many, If not most, Of
them used to rent the land they titled,
but now the tenant farmer has ceased
to exist-they have all recently bought
their farms. There were 100000
American soldiers in France, and 1t is
estimated that, on an average, they
spent dollar day apiece out Of their
own pockets; this makes $2,OOO,OOO
q day, and most of it went to the
French farmers, to say nothing Of the
millions spent by our government to
supply rations to these very soldiers.
The difference between the city prof.
teers and the farmers Is that the for
mer are few, while the latter represent
a very large vote. which has the same
results that 1t would have In any
other republic, viz, those representing
the large vote are not taxed!
The needs of the French budget will
doubtless bring about correction OF
this state of affairs, when the farmer
vote will have to pass from the de-
fcnsive to the aggressive.-C. II. Sher-
rill in the Outlook.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
SAME RESULT, AND CHEAPER
Somewhat Rough on tho Cat, but Five
Dollars 10 Something These
Hard Ttnoea

ndr0 Ineos
Expert testimony may be valuable
from q scientific point Of view, bnt
there are often cheaper ways Of es-
tablishing certainty, as the follow
ing shows.
An Irish laborer entered drug
store, and drawing a paper bag from
his pocket, poured on the counter
number Of very sticky and unattrac-
tive looking pieces Of candy.
"Can you examine this candy?" ho
asked.
ut looks queer What's the matter
with it," asked the druggist.
"Pizen, Oi'm thinkin'. Did We liver
see such stuff? Dinnis Mcclure give
thin to me by, an Dinnis is no frind
Of NOME"
swell, I can make an analysis"
"All right. Oill come in tOmof-
row on me way from work."
The Irishman had reached the door.
but he suddenly stopped with his hand
on the latch.
"And how much will that analysis
cost me?" he inquired.
give dollars" was the answer.
The man walked over to the coun-
ter and swept the candy into the bag
which he replaced In his pocket.
"Niver moind," he said. "Oill feed
wan to the cat."-Philadelphia Ledger
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
MARvELS OF RUDE SURGERY
Traveller Writes Of Really Remarkable
Results Achieved by Operators
With Crude instruments.

Wilbur Daniel Steele writes In
Harper's of certain Algerian hillmen
who practice surgery. ut is said that
some of them are fakirs, as pure as
you will find in any Christian land and
that some are surgeons of an ability
almost beyond the credence Of an age
stepped in the dogma Of ether, sterile
gauze. and green soap-men who Will
remove q cataract, graft bone, even
trepan broken skull, doing 1t all
without anesthetics, using instruments
hammered out by the local smith and
thick with rust, having recourse to the
rag heap in the corner for bandages,
and for antiseptic dressings to the
dung pile In the court"
Heresy of heresies men do live.
Some die, but the wonder Is the other
way, and the average of recoveries Is
said to be creditably high. Before we
are through we shall be introduced to
a man who had upward Of square
inch of bone removed from his skull
nine years ago, and to youth who,
getting q charge Of bird-shot fairly
through the lower jaw, shows after
four months hardly scar. We are
destined to sit at table with an old
man who yields knife with a right
arm that the French doctors at Ain
Touta once condemned to immediate
amputation-or else, they said, he
would die. Being Mohammedan. and
so constrained by his faith from bodily
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, he told them he would
rather die at home In the hills. In
the hills a man, who can neither read
nor write the odd scraps Of his materia
medica jotted down In worn three
cent notebook, took him In hand. He re-
moved the upper half Of the upper arm
bone, shattered by shotgun hre,
borrowed part of the femur OF Jackal
dog, slaughtered for the purpose. fitted
the whole thing neatly together (all
this while the patient looked on with
q degree of interest to be imagined),
and gave the old man back as sound
q limb as one will find In the hills.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
FindIno Speed. Rates Of Insects.

Experts of the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture have just been
carrying out some tests to discover the
speed-rates Of different species of flies.
In a district Of northern Texas 234.-
600 flies OF various species were
caught, were busted with finely
powdered red chalk, and were then
liberated. Fly-traps, baited with food
especially relished by flies, were placed
at measured distances from the point
OF release. 1t was found that most
flies would travel distances up to
1000 feet In few minutes. The
house-fiy covered over six miles In less
than "a hours. The maximum dis
lance travelled by 1t in these expert
ments was 1914 miles.
Whether 1t made this stopping place
Its permanent home or returned to-
ward the starting-point is not recorded
In the accounts that have appeared.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
"THE BIRD OF PARADISE"

The first visit of that tropically tune
full romance, "The Bird of Paradise"
is scheduled for presentation at the
City Opera House, Frederick, on Mon
day, May LIST. This stage favorite
has retained it's popularity by the
vogue of it's music for the past ten
years.
Throughout the quaint strains of the
Hawaiian slide-string instruments
wend their way. 1t is the story of
the strange power of the tropics, how
it saps ones ambition, how "the flow
er-covered fingers of the sun grips
ones brain" 1t is under the gently
waving palms, with its cool breezes
blowing in from the Cool Pacific, to
the wierd accompaniment of the ire
sistible Hawaiian music, that Paul
Wilson, the ambitious American phys
ician sinks to a weakling into the arms
of the island princess Luana.
For this farewell tour of the play
Richard Walton Tully has rounded out
what is said to be the best cast assem-
bled for the principal roles. Ann
Reader, a recent Tully find is the
Luana. Herbert Charles, formerly in
the support of Otis Skinner has the
difficult role of Nilsson, the physician.
Frederick Forester is the Dean, and
Ellen Mahar is said to make an at
tractive Diana. The new Hawaiian
singers and players have added several
new numbers to their musical program
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
MEMORIAL PARK FUND

The solicitors for Memorial Park
Fund are at work and off to a good
start. They may not be able to get to
see everybody this week, but none will
be missed. Have your mind made up
as to the amount you can give, have
your pledge card ready, and thus facil-
itate the work of the solicitors.
Up to the present $1,OO5.00 have
been subscribed.
Following is the list of subscribers.
This list will be added to as subscrip-
lions are secured.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Waters
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Beachley
Mr.. and Mrs. C. s. Gall
Mr.. and Mrs. P. N. Hammaker
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Birely
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Cosmus Fox
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. T. Matthias
H. E. Smelser
Mr.. and Miss Sylvester
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam1 Long
John G. Jones
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Poisoned by Matches.

Cases Of poisoning from safety
matches seem to be common In Dem
mark. DR.. G. Rasch reports to the
Ugeskrift for Jaeger Copenhagen
on thirteen recent cases In his own
practice. The trouble took the form Of
a severe Inflammation of the skin on
fingers, neck and face, with badly
swollen eyelids. In men 1t appears be-
low the pocket In which the matches
are carried; In women on the fingers
with which they light their cigarettes.
DIR. Rasch ascrlbes 1t to the use OF
phosphorus sesqulsulphide when amor
phOus phosphorus was not to be had.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
CUSTOMS AND HABITS OF EAR
LY SETTLERS AT MONOCACY

The first settlers usually came in
colonies of eight or ten families and
always located near some spring or
stream of running water of which
there were many in Western Mary
land and which was great induce
ment to settle down in this section.
They sometimes had covered wag-
on in which their women and children
slept and which was made use of also
to convey their belongings, among
which was the famous huge iron
bound chest with which every family
was supplied.
In the absence of wagons the spread
ing branches of large trees was the
only protection from the weather until
they could erect log cabins. These
were built of rough logs, the inter
stices between them were closed with
mud or clay mixed with straw, the
bark of trees formed the roof, and flag
stones served for flooring when OBJ
tainable. But as sawmills began to
be established, trunks of trees were
sawed into boards and scantling and
the second house,, usually two sto-
ries high, but still of logs, was erected
AS prosperity blessed the labor of the
simple husbandmen, many of these be-
fore the end of the century were SUI
perseded by larger and more COM
Portable dwellings, and barns of stone
We're built and sometimes of brick i'm
ported from England, many of which
are still seen standing over the coun-
try and which are veritable shrines OF
days gone by.
Also many of the second houses may
still be seen thru the country, but hav-
ing been plastered inside and weather
boarded outside, they present quite a
modern appearance.
Even a first house may be seen here
and there tho perhaps now used as a
blacksmith shop or hennery. On the
Hunting Creek was Shryock's Mill
where the old village of Monocacy was
located, are a number of such first
and second houses" of the kind de-
scribed above and must be 200 years
old at least.
P. E. Heimer
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
NEW LAWS
P. E. Heimer

Included in the list of 800 bills
which Governor Richie signed last
Thursday were local bills. Among
the 80 bills which the Governor vetoed
was a local bill, the nature of which
is not exactly known. The signing OF
the 399 measures brings the total
number meeting with the executives
approval up to 511. The Governor
had previously vetoed 8.
Two of the 8 local bills signed by
the Governor were Senate bills. Both
of these measures related to the grant,
ing of the right of franchise to the
women in two county towns, Thurmont
and Emmitsburg.
The remaining six bills originated in
the House of Delegates. Following
are the measures which were signed
and which become effective in June
unless they are emergency measures
Changing the name of Mechanics
town election district to that of Thur
mont.
Relating to elections in the town OF
'Walkersville.
Amending the charter of the town
of Brunswick.
Authorizing a 100000 bond issue fol-
street extensions and permanent i'm
provements in Brunswick.
Authorizing a $4,000 bond issue fol
the purpose of completing the reser-
voir and for payment of extensions OF
the water lines or mains in Bruins
wick.
Regulating the catching of fish In
Frederick County.
The local bill which failed to receive
the chief executives approval is thot
to be the measure relating to eel pots
in this county. According to this act
the eel pots were to be raised nine
months out of the year, while in the
remaining three it would be legal to
have them lowered.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Entered at Thurmont Postoffice
as Second Class Matter.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922
CREAGERSTOWN SERVICES

CREAGERSTOWN SERVICES
Next Sunday, April 23rd, St. Johns
Church, Creagerstown, will have the
following services:
$3.50 A. M. Sunday School
1890 A. M. Holy Communion
1880 P. M. An Easter Service by
the Sunday School
The congregation is very actively
engaged now in making preparations
for the 175th anniversary of the found
ing of the old Monocacy Church from
May 3Oth to June 4th. Watch for a
full program soon.
P. E. Heimer
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
rbs Insecurity of Office.

"A public career has Its compensa.
tions."
what are theyT asked Senator
Snortsworthy suspiclOusly.
"Well, you enjoy a certain honorable
distinction, you are much in the pub
lie eye and your fellow citizens pay
you the respect due statesman"
Maybe so, but I'm never the center
of an admiring crowd Of my constitu-
ents that don't wonder which one of
them cherishes a secret ambition to
stand in my shoes and Is figuring out
q little combination that may In a
few years have me back In the home
town practicing Observation-Disclosures
e-Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
A Farmer Cured of Rheumatism

"A man living on farm near here
came in short time ago completely
doubled up with rheumatism. | hand
ed him bottle of Chamberlain's Lini-
ment and told him to use it freely
says c. P. Rayder, Patten Mills, N. Y.
"a few days later he walked into the
store as straight as string and hand
ed me dollar saying, give me anoth-
er bottle Of Chamberlain's Iniment;
want 1t in the house all the time for it
cured me"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Take Views From Airplane.

For the first time an American
archaeologist has used aerial photog-
raphy to obtain bird's-eye views of
the oldest man-made Typographical
features of America, the Indian
mounds. David |. Bushnell. Jr., Is
using such photographs Of the mounds
near East st. Louis to illustrate a
report of the bureau Of ethnolOgy Of
the Smithsonian institution at Wash
ingtOn,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
ARM BROKEN

Mr.. Harry Anders, who has been
working for Mr.. Harry Eyler, is suf-
fering with a broken right arm. The
accident happened in the Eyler stables
when mule became obstreperous and
crushed him against the side of stall.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.

LuCHB County. %.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
10 senior partner OF the firm Of r. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
Of Toledo. County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1885. A. w. GLEASON,
(GeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken In.
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
#. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, TIC.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Enolne Wrongly Blamed.

A very nervous man bought mo-
tor car and friend asked him to give
him a lift. They found themselves In
a crowded street.
The friend said: "Jim, your engine
In knocking badly"
.Don't be fool" was the reply.
that's my knee"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
She Guffawed Then.

SAM never see you with Miss
Giddings any more.
Lou-No; couldn't stand her vul-
gar laughing.
Sam-So! / hadn't noticed 1t.
. Lou-No, you weren't around when
| proposed to her.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Weddle and
child of Palmyra, N. j., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Marker of Burkettsville, Nd,
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. c. Weddle last Sunday.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Looking Just Ahead.

Hydro-electric developments, total
ing 100000 horse power, and a
doubling of the present ratings of
central station plants, are regarded as
probable within the next four years
by some American authorities.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
PreventabIe Forest Fires.

More than 10000 forest fires have
occurred In the United States during
the past five years. OF these, 80 per
cent were due to human agencies and
we're therefore preventable.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
Nc Limit,

The only regret we have for being Q
good talker Is that we don't want to
dc anything else.-Dallas News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
The 1ettAr wav.

And for our part there are times
when we would rather face the music
than pay the fiddler Dallas News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20
c. E. CasseIl. Editor and Manager

Terms:-One Dollar per annum in
advance. Six months, Soc. Trial
subscriptions, Three months, 25c.
Advertising rates will be given on
application. The publisher reserves
the privilege of declining any offers
for space.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reecker of
Hagerstown, spent Sunday with the
latter's father, Mr.. J. Ed. Baxter.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-04-20

Miss Grace Baxter Of Hagerstown,
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Eigenbrode.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-28

Order to Examine Final Account.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY, OF
St; Louis-ss. In Probate Court:
e: Peterson, Deeed d f'"'' % Jon"
The petition Of Hannah Peterson
as representative of the above named
decedent. together with her final &C.
count OF the administration of said
estate: having been filed in this Court.
that she has fully administered said
estate, and praying that said final
account OF said administration be ex-
amtned, adjusted and allowed by the
Eta an det that the G9uEt make enter
residue Of the estate Of said decedent
to the persons entitled thereto, and
for the discharge of the representa-
i've ana lines, the sqre eSes on her bond.
amined. adjusted and If correct, al
lowed by the Court at the Probate
Court Rooms In the Court House, in
the City of Duluth in said County,
1922, at ten o'clock a. M, and ali per-
sons interested in said hearing and
in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to
show cause, If any there be, why said
Ordered further, that this order be
served by publication in The Labor
Dated at Duluth. Mimi, January
S: W. GILP1N,
Judge Of Probate.
&seal PRO, Probate Court St. Louis 'coun-
At ay: M IL e: B, CLIFFORD.
S. H. EcKMAN, Atty.
L. W., Jan. 21-2S. Feb. 1, 1922.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-28

said Defendants Tor the sum Of
Eighty Nine and .66/100 ($89..66) Dol
lars. a transcript Of which said judg-
ment was thereafter and upon the %1st
day Of October. 1921. duly filed and
docketed in the office of the Clerk
Louis county. Minnesota, which said
st. Louis County, been duly directed
and delivered. have levied upon and
vii! sell at Public Auction to the
highest cash bidder, at the Sheriff's
Office in the Court House. in the City
of Duluth. in said County of St. Louis.
ruary 1922, ten O'Clock in the fore
noon OF that day. all right, title and
interest that above named Judgment
debtors had in and to the real estate
hereinafter described, on the list. day
Of October. 1921, that being the date
OF the filing and docketing of said
Of the District Court in and for said
St: Louis County. Minnesota. or any
interest therein. which said Judgment
debtors may have since that day ac-
quired: The description of the pro-
>perty being as. follows, to-wit:
xd Let d9%r (4( Of Block twenty 500
n n,sf t5er aceordinE to the recorded
the office Of the Register of Deeds in
and for st. Louis County, Minnesota.
. Dated. Duluth, Mimi, December z,
FRANC L. Magic,
Sheriff OF st. Louis County. MINI.
c.nnII BY "; J: BUTCHER, Deputy.
:. Attorney for Judgment Creditor.
L. "; Dec. 24-31, 1921, Jan. 7-14-21-2S.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-28

sale will be made BY the Sheriff Of
said St.. Louis County In his office
In the Court House, in the City Of
Duluth IN said County and state: on
ten O'Clock a. nj. of that day, at
public vendue, to tho highest bidder
Tor cash. to pay said debt Of One
and interest, and the taxes, IL any, on
said premises. and Twenty-Fiv Dol
lars. Attorneys fees, as stipulated
IN and by said Mortgage in case Of
lowed by law; subject to redemption
at any time within one year from the
day of sale. as provided by law.
Dated January, 18th A. D., 1922.
MARGARET J. FORGY,
Mortgage.
Attorney for. MORTGAGE.
office sos .Palladio Building Duluth
L. w. Jan. 14-21-2S, Feb. 4-11-18, 1922