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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-17
DAVE DEnDE. ST. nUi. Ot Music
gO5 Taylor street. Phone :is3
Teaching

stixnphonc. Clarinet. Conct. Slide
Tambonc. Mandolin. Guitar. Tenor
Banjo and Drums. Pupils studying
band Instruments have advantage Of FOL.
lowing rchoars1is. juvenile band meets
Thursday nights. City band meets on
and Friday nights. Advanced
saNiphohes meet "Wednesday nights.
spcelnl courses In Harmony Instrumsn'
the on and ARRANGING.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
EMOTION AND THE APPETITE
Old Theory That People In Love Are
Seldom Hungry Has Been
Pretty Well Exploded.

The theory that young men and
women In love lose their appetites has
for good and all been exploded.
The newly engaged pair who pre-.
ferred to spend the quiet darkening
hours Of dinner time on the lawn
rather than partake Of the meal in
general company was the most prom
inent example that led up to the be-
lief that lovers found food unneces-
sary.
Now, however, doctors have proved
that any emotion that creates pleas
ure, as love and hope, tends to stimu-
late the action Of the heart and other
organs.
A more brisk circulation occurs, pro.
ducing healthy appetite.
On the other hand, It stands to rea-
son that opposite emotions are liable
to impede the action Of the heart.
Thus, fear, grief and despair put the
brake on the working of the digestive
organs.
The emotion produced by fear en-
feebles the muscular and nervous sys-
TENS, sometimes to SUCH an extent
that indigestion may set in for seem
ingly no reason at all.
SO, before allowing yourself to get
angry, remember the injurious after
effects.
The longer you can make love or
any other state Of happiness last the
greater your chances Of living to a
ripe old age.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
PREPARATION FOR OLD AGE
PhysleIan Advises Each Individual to
, Plan for the Coming Decade
| Of His Life.

( To live to be very old Is not always
q pleasant experience. The numerous
aches and pains that come b mortais
after eighty are not agreeable. Or
course, young-old men may not know
what rheumatism or govt means. But
there are old-young men OF thirty
eight that have had nearly every mala-
DIV save the one which Is the cause of
death.
DR.. Stanley Hall suggests that as the
young have ideals suitable to maturity,
the mature should plan for the next
stage Of their lives. Thus at forty we
should plan for fifty, at fifty for sixty,
at sixty for seventy and at seventy for
eighty. Doctor Hall somewhat forci-
bly, describes forty as the infancy OF
old age, fifty as It's boyhood. sixty as
its youth and seventy as the time
when 1t attains its majority. But IN
computing age the mind must be taken
into account as well as the body. Some
people feel old at thirty. Others feel
young at eighty. The normal man or
woman never feels old. Moreover, oc-
togenarians have undertaken great
works after eighty. Goethe was eighty
two when he began the second part Of
,rFaust."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
FIRELEss COOKERS NOT NEW
Housewife Of Prehistoric Bronze Age
Applied the Principle In Her
Primitive "kItchen."

The prehistoric bride in the early
Bronze age could boil water without
burning the wood-and-hide containers
which her hunter husband furnished
her. Miss Nina F. Layard has discov-
cred primitive cooking places at Buck
enham lofts park, Norfolk, England.
Ancient kitchens, now being exca-
waited by her, are marked by thousands
of f1ints cracked by fire. These rocks
were apparently used as heaters for
boiling water in vessels which would
not stand the fire. They are found Z
foot or two beneath the sod and invark
ably few yards from stream.
Either wooden trough or q
stretched hide was in all probability
the utensil used. This was filed with
water and then the red-hot fiints were
shoveled in In this way the water was
soon brought to boil. The bones and
teeth Of oxen and horses found be-
tween the heaters and the stream
show where the cooking took place
while with these flint heaters imple-
ments were found which Ak the time
as being in the early Bronze age.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
PEAT

The United States contains 10000
square miles of unused peat land, an
area more than ten times that OF
Rhode Island, capable of yielding Ia
billion tons of fuel at cost of $3.50
to $500 a ton, according to compre-
hensive bulletin on the subject just is
sued by the United States Geological
Survey. The deposits are on the sur
face and lie in the New England, At
lantic Coast, and Great Lake States,
most of them in regions remote from
coal mines. This bulletin, which is
the most exhaustive American work
on peat and required two years for its
preparation, points out the location OF
thousands of deposits, owned by thou
sands of farmers and other land own
ers.
Fifty million tons of peat is used
annually as fuel in Europe. Peat is
suitable also for use as a fertilizer
and in promoting the intensive growth
of truck crops, both in greenhouses
and in open fields. Manufacturers OF
commercial fertilizers are paying as
much as $40 ton for good peat. The
present output is about 100000 tons
annually. In some parts of the coun-
try the yearly proceeds from the inten-
sive cultivation of peat and muck soil
for lettuce, celery and onions amount
to more than $500 an acre.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
FOR BETTER PULPIT DELIVERY
Enterprise started In New YORK -
Teach Art u Eiecution to
Preachers.

Ineersoll used to say that on the
stage they pretend to be natural ana
in the pulpit 1t is natural to pretend.
1t was a wicked saying when printed
without the winning smile; but what
would he have said had he heard OF q
theater school organized to teach
preachers, not how to act, but how 10
use their voices to the best ADVANTAGE
Such an enterprise is now afoot IN
New York city, conducted by Evelyn
Hall, an actress, under Theater school
auspices-which proves that the melan'
choly Preacher of Jerusalem was
wrong when he said there us nothing
new under the sun. Nor Is 1t a thing
to be laughed at. Many good SER
mon is spoiled because the preacher
does not know how to deliver 1t. sure
", If the preacher has the best OF
good news to tell, he ought to use
every aid Of art to tell 1t. Joseph
Parker learned much from his friend.
Sir Henry Irving, and Beecher USED
to study Edwin Booth asking him to
repeat the Lords Prayer, that he
might hear 1t In manner worthy or
Its depth and beauty. As between an
untaught voice and an artificial elocu-
ton there Is little to choose; but
without going to either extreme there
Is an art of using the voice which
brings out its natural quality and
power, and 1t should be employed IN
tho sorvice of the bspel.-Christian
Century.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
VICTIM OF PRACTICAL JOKE
Rather Mean Trick, Credited to Mem
Der Of Washington Club, Played
on Business Man.

They are telling story around the
Racquet club of practical joke
played upon an out-of-town visitor
who is most punctilious in the manner
in which he draws all the contracts
for the company Of which he is presi-
dent. 1t appears that short time
ago he came to Washington prepared
to close deal involving a small
amount of money. When the papers
were finally typed he scanned them
carefully, and when about to affix his
signature he was asked by one OF the
other parties of the deal to use his
fountain pen, as he wanted to keep 1t
a. a souvenir Of the occasion. Rather
approaching the compliment, he did
10, and that night entrained for Bos-
ton. A day or two after his arrival
home he had occasion to look up the
contract, and found, to his dismay,
that there were no signatures to the
agreement. His Washington friends
had simply made him use a fountain
pen that was filed with disappear
ing ink. When the hoax was ex-
planned to him by wire he sent back
the following message: Returning
with by own ink. The dinner Is on
me."-WashingtOn Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
People Necessary to a Tale.

have always held the old-fashioned
opinion that the primary object of a
work Of fiction should be to tell tale
and have never believed that the nov
elist who properly performed this first
condition Of his art was In danger,
on that account, Of neglecting the de-
lineation of character-for this plain
reason, that the effect produced by any
narrative of events Is essentially de-
pendent, not on the events themselves,
but on the human interest which is
directly connected with them. 1t may
be possible In novel-writing to present
character without telling a story; but
II Is not possible to tell story sue
cessfully without presenting charac-
tiers; their existence. being the
sole condition on which story can be
effectively told. The only narrative
which can hope to lay a strong hold
on the attention of readers Is a nara.
tive which interests them about men
and women-for the perfectly obvious
reason that they are men and women
themselves.-Wilkie Collins.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Stones Once Used In Casting Lots.

The custom Of deciding doubtful
questions by lot Is one of great extent
and high antiquity, recommending 1t.
self as a sort Of appeal to the Almigl-
ty, secure from all influence Of pas
sion or bias. It also Is sort Of divi-
nation said to be employed even by the
gods themselves.
In the primitive method Of casting
lots stones were often used. These
marked In some way, were placed In
the fold Of a garment or more often an
urn, helmet or a vessel of some sort.
The shaking Of the garment or vessel
would throw q stone out on the ground,
according to which the decision was
given.
The lot was used to determine such
cases as the Inheritance Of the tribes,
hence each tribes portion was called
"the lot Of its inheritance"
A mode of divination among heath.
ems was by means Of arrows, two In
scribed and one without mark.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Live Chicks Shipped Altar.

Through Ohio, Indiana and Iowa
hundreds of thousands of live chicks,
but a few days out Of their shells, are
shipped to Manitoba, Canada, every
spring. The seasons are so late up
there, says Consul General Britain, In
q statement to the Department of
Commerce, that 1t Is difficult to pro-
cure fertile eggs in sufficient quanti-
ties early enough to supply the de-
mand for young chickens and to pro-
duce birds for breeding purposes. The
snow remains on the ground until
April and the chickens cannot get out
ON their runs until late, and in order
to obtain young chicks at an early
date, large quantities are imported
from this country as early as March.
Heated cars keep the youngsters
warm, and. generally speaking, the loss
in consequence Of the long haul and
bad weather Is Insignificant.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
End Of Time.

There entered jewelers. shop an
old man with an ancient clock under
his arm. This he laid on the counter
with the request, II wish you'd see
what's the matter with this"
The ,jeweler removed the dial,
screwed his eyeglass into place. and in
spected the works Of the old time
piece.
"Nothing Ia the matter with it-now /;
its sufferings are over"
well, how much do owe your
Nothing" answered the jeweler.
s.rhis is not professional treatment.
This 10 a coroneF's inquest"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Coconut Shell Mandolin.

Compared with the rest Of their
achievements. the African natives
have reached high development In
music. Their instruments, while made
Of crude materials, are often orna-
mented with remarkable decorative
skill, and the sounds obtained are
highly effective. Coconut shells chosen
for their size and shape are especially
favored for the bodies Of mandolins,
and with these quaint Instruments
musicians, who are privileged charac-
tiers, wander about like the ancient
bards and minstrels and exert q great
influence over the chieftains.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Saws Girls Should Play More.

Girls require more opportunities for
play than they get and boys should
share domestic tasks with girls, In the
opinion of DR.. w. H. Hamer, London's
school medical officer. He has come
to the conclusion that schoolgirls have
too much work to do and that in con-
sequence they suffer more than boys
from defective vision, heart disease,
anemia and spinal curvature.
"These can all be traced to the same
set of causes" he says, "less oppor-
tunity for play than boys, less time
spent in the open air, the perform
ance of household duties and, in re-
gard to school, different curriculum"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Rune Stones.

Every one admits that runes were
among the earliest forms of writing,
and some claim Odin the Old was the
inventor. The common people at
tributed all sorts Of mysterious pow
ers to runic inscriptions found on
stones over the dead and in other
places. Uneducated people thought
that kings, prophets and witches had
the power to make queer signs, and a
mighty spirit lurked behind all runes
written on stone. Gradually, this idea
wore away as runes were more COM
monty placed over the dead. Fifteen
hundred rune stones have been found
in Sweden alone, and some runic in
scriptions are on rings, arrows and
cooking utensils.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
COLLEGE Bars Ministers as Visitors.

Glrard college bars ministers. When
Stephen Girard, noted merchant, died
In 1881, he left $5,26O,OO0 for the es-
tablishment of college for poor
white male orphans" BY provision
In his will, no ecclesiastic, missionary
or minister of any sect whatever Is to
hold any connection with the college,
or even be admitted as a visitor, or for
any other pretext. Z
However, the institution Is required
to instruct it's pupils in purest prin-
ciples Of morality, leaving them to
adopt their own religious opinions.
The founder explained that exclu-
sion Of clergymen was intended to
keep the minds of the boys free from
confusion of UNCONVENTIONAL cOntrover-
sizes. There is an explanatory clause
in the will stating that this exclusion
Is not reflection upon any sect or
person whatsoever.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
NEW YORK ONCE UNDER WATER


Though many people have general
idea that large parts Of the United
States have at times in the past been
coveredby the ocean, it is perhaps not
SO generally known that the continent
is even now rising in some places. and
sinking in others. Not so very long
ago, in geologic sense, the Hudson
river flowed through deep conyon
or gorge at New York City. Sound
ings show that this ancient gorge ex-
tends through New York Harbor and
far out to sea. The land surface in
this region has evidently been lowered
allowing the ocean to creep in on the
land, fill the old river channel, and in
places wholly submerge it. The ocean
at one time submerged more of the
land about New York than it does
now, for in excavations made for
some of the skyscrapers the remains
of oysters and other salt water ami
mails have been found. By the nature
of fossils thus found the paleontolo-
gists of the United States Geological
Survey have been able to tell approx
mately when and how far the ocean
invaded the land. They have found
evidence of a submergence that was
wider and older than that which now
floods the ancient Hudson River gorge.
New Workers need not, however, feel
alarmed about the ups and downs Of
their island, for though this submerg-
ence is not so very old geologically.
the geologist thinks and speaks In
terms of thousands and even millions
of years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
REMARKABLE REPTILES

While the clays that formed what
biologists call the Morrison shale were
being laid down in water in southern
Colorado, there lived in that region
many remarkable reptiles of huge size
and great variety. According to the
United States Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior, many OF
these animals were mired in the soft
CLAW of which the Morrison formation
largely consists, and their bones, which
are in places abundant, are now collec-
ted and studied by biologists, Some
of these creatures, such as one known
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
The Masonic Order.

The Order Of the Freemasons, in &C
cordance with its principles and con-
situations, Is undenominational. 1t en-
braces Jews and Mohammedans as
well as Christians Of all churches. It
10 nonpolitical. The discussion Of po-
ntical matters Is forbidden at its
meetings. 1t enjoins on Its members
the duty Of avoiding plots or conspira-
Giles against the state and Of obedience
to the laws Of the land wherein they
reside. It's activities are charitable
and social. 1t maintains orphan schools
for boys and girls in which the chill
dren Of deceased Freemasons are edu-
Gated.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Petroleum Fires,

An American consular officer In
France has furnished some interesting
details concerning the manufacture
and use Of petroleum briQuets as fuel.
1t appears that these briquets weigh
only half as much as coal, and that
they produce twice as much heat. They
keep indefinitely in good condition, 1t
Is said; are in no way dangerous, give
off no smoke or odor, and burn with
a very white fame, eight or ten inches
high. They consist of petroleum.
either crude or refined, mixed with GER
tain chemicals, the precise nature Of
which is a trade secret, and solidified
in molds under a pressure Of 800
pounds per square inch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Demand Made by World.

The orators words come forth with
power only when he puts himself into
them. The artist lifts men to the
highest apprehension of beauty when
soul-power and mind-power, when
heart and conscience, all. are put into
the painting. the music, or whatever
that one is producing.
Far above anything and everything
which mans outward life yields Is
mans inner life, his deeper self, his
true self. The world wants. needs.
asks not for yours, but for you.-Grit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14

as the Brontosaurus, were 60 feet long
Many of them had remarkably small
heads, notably the Stegosaurus, whose
diminutive brain suggests that it must
have been very stupid. This animal
was undoubtedly very clumsy also, but
it's huge size and its protective armor
aided in its preservation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
GATHERING CHRISTMAS GREENS

IHLRlNG SHhlS MAD UNECA>c
The gathering of Christmas greens
became such a serious matter, because
of vandalism practiccd, that the Legis-
lature of 1918 enacted a special lazy
covering the subject. This law makes
it a misdemeanor, with fine of $500
or 80 days Imprisonment, or both, to
remove, injure or destroy any trees or
shrubs without the written consent OF
the owner, or except under his person
al direction.
The State Board of Forestry is CO.
operating with land owners in the en-
forcement of this law, and will be glad
to furnish, without charge, suitable
posters for the protection of property
to any who may desire them.
Apply for these posters to the Mary
land State Board of Forestry, S15 Cal
vert Building, Baltimore, Md.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
4 Ian i
"a Origin Of
Developed
Walton.

found te0Sinte cover
4lns. It bore grains or
kaels something like small
grains, not connected together,
loose in q tiny husk. The ears
ERE from. two to four inches long,
thinner than a lead pencil, with each
grain incased in separate sheil'like
covering or sheath.
Discovering that the kernels were
good to eat, the Indians began to Gull
tivate the plant. Since they always
saved the best kernels for seed, teo-
sinte ears gradually became longer and
bigger round, so as to take care OF
extra rows Of kernels. In time the
chitinous sheaths disappeared.
Such, the botanists believe, was the
history Of our maize. Mr.. Burbank
made his experiment in order to test
the theory. Starting in 1903, he gradu-
ally developed the teosinte plant with
its miniature kernels into much lar
ger plant with round cob and several
rows Of large, fat kernels. At the end
Of a few years he found an occasional
kernel that had emerged from Its
sheath.
! He bred only those kernels and IN
q few years more the sheaths had en-
tirely disappeared. At the end OF the
eighteenth year he had produced ears
of Indian corn. Though the ears do
not equal the superior varieties now
grown in America, they compare favor
ably in every way with those that the
first white settlers found the Indians
cultivating.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Nursing Bottles Attract Them!

Baby's nursing bottles attract rats!
They will do anything to get at the
bottle. If they do they will infect
the milk with disease. For health's
sake wipe out rats! Use Royal Guar
anteed Rat Paste. Positively DE-
STROYS all rats. 25c & SOC tubes.
Sold and guaranteed by Casselps Drug
Store. AoV'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Free Bad and Board.

Hostess-Harry Lopher gets invited
about a good deal. But how does he
live, he's no income.
Host-Harry Is one of those chaps,
my dear, who make both ends meet by
making week-ends meet.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Scientific Awakening.

Mental tests for selection Of sub
normal children were started in 1905
by Alfred Binet, psychologist, and
Doctor Simon, physician, both Of
France, who acted together.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Merely an Opinion.

A controversy has been raised over
the question whether 1.-The first hun
dred years are the longest" or the
first hundred years the hardest" we
hazard the opinion that the first hun
dred years are the most plausible
Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner Of the frm 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
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1885, A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken In.
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials FREQ.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists TIC.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Opportunity for Selection.

opportunity TOT SoiectIon.
'Tbere are a remarkably large num-
Der Of issues now before the people,"
'.The situation has its advantages"
replied Senator Sorghum. whenever
you fnd you are getting the worst Of
an argument you can change the sub
sect"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Ancient Man Had His Troubles.

Examination of the fossil skull Of
the Rhodesian man shows that that
prehistoric individual suffered from
tooth trouble and earache.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Prone 70 Exaaaeratlon.

We exaggerate misfortune and hap.
piness alike. We are never either so
wretched or 80 happy 40 we say we
are.-Baizac.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
Flrst Official Reformatorv,

The first reformatory managed un
der legislative control was the one es-
tablished in New York In 1924. known
as the New York House Of Refuge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-12-14
River Moves Swiftly.

The most rapid river of any size In
the world Ia the Rhone in France, the
current Of which ranges as high as
40 miles an hour.