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Established By Hm. Need, 1870. V JLUAIE XLIX. M c CALL S I MAGAZINE i | For4Months! i 1 Just to introduce you to th- won derful New McCa’l’s, wo olit r yon a four month.’ sujj cription L r 1:5 [ ( cents {jiving yea <!' ? r.cmb> of I the best ten-ccnt tr.c,:.nziii. l.day. jj Great story wrjtt 3\ He Harold MccGrath, llo.i. J ■■ h Vance, I " Eleanor H. For r-, J nr.ette Lee, Ruth Comfort Niilchcll, Mar/ | I Heaton Vorse, etc. Advice o v I housekeeping, cooking, needle- J work, child-care, gardening. Ina'- I di’ion the famour McCall I a.hion GEO. W. STOCKSDALE THURMONT, MD. Dealer In Haidwais, Srocsrles, Cement, Plaster, Wall Finish, Qalvanisid Iron and Felt Roofings, Feed, Seeds, Phosphate, Wire Fencing,and Sates. mm 9 mm ■ Prompt Attention BWen Ad Orders. ESTABLISHED 1874 Mimanwi? MARBLES GRANITE WORKS All Work Executed With Tools Driven By Compressed Air. Catting Decidedly Better Than Those Used by Hand. We gently remind our friends and patrons that we have the Largest Stock of Granite Monuments qnd Head Stones ip Frederick Cc.inty that we are selling at as low rr-r §0 any reliable dealer in t)ip 8 r *’ pn Liberal Terms. You wi)l s* iv<- fajr and caurteops treatment. OUR RRPERRNOE:—Those -T 'th whqnj we have been dealing for the past 3? yeaps Peter N. Hammaker THE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO OF FREDERICK COUNTY Office—4o North Market Street Frederick, Md. Commenced Business 1844. A Home Company for Home Insurers. SURPLUS $40,000.00 NO INCREASE IN RATE For Rates and Infoination ipply to Peter V. Hammaker, R isident Director and Agent, Thnrmont, Ud. --• • • * The Catoctin Clarion. JtYtISDPIjSy MSG Before Volcanic Eruptions Hs Is Helpless. Fact Made Mr.niftst by the Indlffer tree Which He Goes About His Business Aft' r the Disasters Have Passed. Under no circumstances does man show to less adventage than when a volcano sends forth Its torrents. As 11 figure of speech, man may considei himself to be n pony creature, but hi working opinion of himself is hy n<- nin'its so small In Java the earth groaned, and 15.1 .* people were wiped out of exist etice like so many ants. Perhaps only lO.'tOO were killed; per haps It was 20,000. No one will evei know; no one will ever be concerned in the matter beyond the desirb to ar rive at a reasonable guess as to tin loss of life. It will always he a vagm question, to he discussed In round numbers. The .la.une-e who perlshei were Imbed puny creatures, whom memory will be nothing more than a mathematical approximation. As far hnek us man bus a history there are details of volcanic erupt lot' to testify to the haphazard, unwork manlike fashion In which this world of ours was made. Pompeii ami Her culnncum are household words to peo jde who do not know where Vesuvius stands, but Stahlae. which ’ *h gulfed with them, seems to have es caped literary notice. Between Ve suvlus and Felee there are few who have any knowledge of the voleanh catastrophes that have suddenly over whelmed thousands of human beings. Messina still lingers vague In the pub lic mind, and Pelee, by reason of ifs comparatively close proximity, can he recalled, although one must ordinarily consult hooks of reference to deier mine whether the loss of life was 30. 000 or 800.000. The Krakatoa erup lion, which took place In 1883 on the Sunda sea not far from the Knlnt ex plosion, has been studied for years by scientists, but the fact that 30,000 per sons were killed Is an Inconsequential detail. The Krakatoa explosion Is not remembered because It caused 3ft,00( . deaths, but because it occasioned som* puzzling atmospheric phenomena. Sou frlere, a neighbor of Mount Pelee. ha a long record of disaster. In which the mortality figures are usually over looked. The fact that the exploslot was heard In South America, while I' was not heard at distances of 20 miles Is considered of much more Imitor lance. Soufrlere,■ If may be recalled was in eruption at the same time a> Mount Pelee, but on this occasion It killed less than 1,500 persons. Per haps for this reason If Is never men ttoned. Before the volcano man stands help less, and he recognizes this fact hy hl> Indifference. He buries his dead am goes about his business, As in tht case of the Messina disaster, he only waits for the ground to cool, when hi goes to work Imperturbably raising hb crops on the dangerous mountainside In the meantime he tries to gratify lib taste for Information by studying vol canoes, but without any hope of belni able to protect himself. Norman King* The names of the early dukes of Normandy, as well as-their family history, are known but very dimly and It may be as well that It shonlf he so, for their descent does not seen to have been as orthodox as It might Be that as It may. the dukes appear In such reliable annals of their tlme> as we possess, under their Christ bit names only. Thus, William 1 of England (WII Ham II of Normandy) was the lllegltl mate son of his predesccssoy. Itohep the Devil, and of a young woinnt) 01 Falalse, a tanner's daughter pamei Arietta, ftp (as some say}- Heileya The hlrtfi records of Robert's prede cessors, Richard the flood, Richard the Fearless and Wjlllatn Lftng-SJwuri) were equally smirched; and of tht parentage of Raoul or Rolla (ehrtst ened “Robert”), tin* first duke of mainly of whom we fiave any filstor Ual knowledge, we have no data what ever, Neat Picture Framing. If you do your own picture framing first of all be sure that the glass U immaculately clean next to the pic ture. Then next to the picture lay a piece of paper, then a layer of card board, and weight It while you drive In the tiny nails to the sides of the frame. The frame should he laid on something soft while tills Is helnc done, and against something hard while the nails are driven In. When the picture Is placed, paste a piece of heavy paper over the hack of the en tire frame, and Instil screw-eyes to hold the picture wire or cord. Pic tures are always hung, now, flat on the wall. Pine Stumps Worth Mill ons. Norway pine stumps obstructing ag ricultural development In northern Minnesota potentially are worth about S3OO 000,000, according to the stall* auditor. “Distillation of pine stumps is u problem of recent development.” he said. “It Is done to secure various‘ln gredients of great commercial value. Experiments have proven pine stumps on cut-over northern Mil uesota lands are exceptionally rich In rosins and adapted to the manufacture of turpen tine, pine tar, pine creosote, pine oil Wfid similar products. A company Is being formed to establish a plant in $e northern part of the state.” A Family Newspaper—independant in Politics—Devoted to Literature. Local and General News. THURMONT, FREDERICK COUNTY, MD., THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. W&. O utUtM.M EARS Reapin'! of R?al Value in the Life of fc.a ikina. •'•ovtr.lon of -Nrti're to TtPeve the Grief-Centers of Their Sensibility and Fit Nervous Organization to Endure Sorrow. nertunn statesmen have shed tears vet- iln* hard term ; of peace imposed • 0011 them hy tin* allies. It would not he necessary for one < he h‘<>ilessly cynical to he remind • I hy this Incident of the legendary •■ur of the crocodile: though Indeed sympathetic spirit might he inclined 0 rejoice In the spectacle of such replng. for tier many’s own good ; say •i" with the poet: “Slit* must weep, r she wyi til A.” •Tin re are few physical functions •eft* fatn'l'nr than the* shedd’ng of -rs. and there is probably te ne more • nplex anil Inscrutable: none more ngo'y ndngllng spirituality and : enct*. Fnen tin* material point of ■w t*ars are nothing hut an excre •n of -alt water from glands of the •s. They consist normally of (he •res* of water with a small odinlxtiiri common salt, nr chloride of sod mu irh as cx'sts in the blood. In some' bnorp'itl conditions of the hotly (hey intain other chemicals. Thus one i.Terlng from po'soning with .‘■•alts f antimony may shed tears eontaln othat chemical, so Hint tears them (yes art* poisonous; anil diabetic pa* t-nis sir d tears containing siuar. From another point of view tears re manifestations of emotion and a!- :•>* spring front the h art. That Is -ay one does not weep because of e mental processes of the brain hit! ■••aust* of the feelings of the heart. • en if the tears he hypocritical and •inn tied up for an Ins’iicere purpose h y are produced hy the bruin's worlt ug hack to the heart and mn , ‘ , n an • {teal to Its emotion. .In em'i'cnt tie •*r when asked how he "as able to ! '• -d real tears at will replied that he 1 d so hy calling to roni'tnb’-'icc his ther who was dead and whom he ;ii*afly loved. It Is to he noticed, too, that the • vvons exeltefb n which rc-nlts in -. rs is caused hy grief, hut not near so tiHtch hy actual pain. “In the days fore the use of anesthetics," says a -eat anrgh-al authority. “1 have had •Pents who were undergoing onera >ns faint: I have heard them cry out d scream until they made the hy anders sick and pale, but rarely If ■v*r have they shed tears." Again. It Is observed that tears are f much value to the life of mankind, 'fiat value is not merely In the (fict at the'r flow gives relief, but still •e In the Indication Met the grief, • ntor are being popr'eved of tfielr n!hllity nfd linit the nervous orggn> tlon Is he ng fitted to endure sor, ,\v with f <:r; it title. “As a rule,” says r< at eu’horlty, “the escape and free •„• of 1 •• rs relieves the heart ami - tlie I ndy the shock of grief," tl is ohv • usly well, then, tlvil Hor ny shoo'd weep. To Mjy that, lx t to exult in her suffering. hit! rath* jo rejoice ! n her relief from It. The ■fering Is ltie\ltah!e as fate. It Is oil that she shall he saved from the •••inn* shuck of It through recourse - tears; for. to qm te the poet again, tin- must V'-ep or she will die.” —New nrk Ilorafd. Town Mrde F'-mocs by Dyst-re. The oys er season at Colchester, big and. was opened with qua nt cere ,.iilea. The mayor and corporation •■aversed lie fishery grounds in a redger and the mayor made the first I aid of oysters. The mayor and cor • ration then consumed gin and gin gerbread—a custom which tins pre .idled since the fishery was firs) opened under royal charter In fhp re'gn o, Richard I. A telegram ■iresslnc dutiful devotion wjts sent tft Hie k ng at a luncheon aftprwarda on Peewit Island. The egrly Haxops eft iippreeiated Ihe Colchester flsjiery thftf tl ey took three oysier knivps for tfielr arms; )iii(( Ibis devicp still forms the mis of tfip ootmly pf Essex. The 'o chestpr ll ifiery lost all their cou inpntai custopmrs during Uu war. •nit ihtt Bi'Hisfi public consumed H that tficy ctrnhl supply, They had most sttpcftssfnl seasons, and were able to give 40.000 aysters to military hoa pttala, In the Earth'e Interior. From the evidence available, R. D. Oldham traces three divisions In the earth's Interior. The solid outer crust with a thickness of to 1 per cent of the radius (op .20 to 40 miles). lia high permanent rigidity, but from tin known causes lias been subject to deformations, with displacements of ns much as 10 tulles vertically and 100 horizontally. The next section, about half the radius In thickness, has high rigidity for such stresses as tidal action with low rigidity for long-con tinued stress. The central nucleus has low rigidity. The conclusions re lating to the two Inner divisions are drawn from records of earthquake naves. V A Green Clerk. “This lady Is looking for rugs. She says Axmlnsftr." “I’ll ask him If I can find him, but I'm new nr.umd here."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Vfielrßlnd "I’op. w|int aff''fabricated vessels tfilnk they V* Ihe kind your UIJ pig Henry took Ids remarkable yos - l. mj wlb M oiinUAf'iihk Tu Have taxis i'r Eastern Cty Wilt Abandon ths Rlckthaw, Lrnr Used as Method of Trancportation. According to adviced from Consul General Edw 11 N. Gonzales ai S'c 4'U (xire. iliii: city is to litive an Intpr.nil traiispniiiitlon system of thoroughly nicdcfi) taxicabs, , Whether Ai icrican automobile nuin iifncturcrs will secure the order for these motors !s problematical, but 'he most significant part of the news Is that It marks a fut'ihW development .(' the use of model'll methods In the far East. Kor several years In “ Singapore ■here Inis been a most 'consistent and vigorous ng in 1 lon agidnsi ihe insfl • 11 'lop of the well klimvn rickshaws. Most of this agitation yame from the ■ongue and pen of thei educated Chi nese who mainta'ii that the system of making a horse out owinen is wrong from the siumlpoint the degrading : uAlienee which h lusp'ii Hie Individ uals as well as Hie harm It Is claimed to work upon (he coolies. Distances are groat In most far Eastern cities and while the rickshaw makes transportation reasonably con venient and comfort it'd# ih- rickshaw most certainly Is a pijinltlve vehicle ami doomed to early alsimlonmeni be cause of the rapid mjjLll.ee now he ing made In the 'ndiisfcrhil and social life of the far East. The new company to opora-e In Singapore Is to he nUirihilly known as the Singapore jyoior Toxical' and Transport company |.'d.. and wl'l have capital of s3so,taxi. Tl e In 1 11 1 1 equipment will he made up of 40 landaiilei taxicabs, live one ton trucks nnd flvp three quarte)* ton trucks Singapore lias a pupil I tit ion of 300000. -HIGH PRICES FOR DIAMONDS Value of ths Highly Desired Sparklers Has Been Gearing to Unheard of Heights. The economic situation of the world at large Is said by Jewelers to be more responsible for the present high prices of diamonds than any shortage of d mil' nds In the South African nones or any manipulation of (he out put hy Ihe lie Leers Diamond com pany. The following figure* concerning .Ha mond prices were obtained from Ant werf. the European center of Hie lllH nwmt market; At* atirtbdkitHourt be fore the war cosi $23 a carat a •<! *''■<- a Per cutting. Immediately til’.'er tie (Ic 'iii ai ion of war the price slumped In 11)13 Hie Germans began tn gel iii I vons rcgardlijg Hie value of paper money and spurted buying all the din mends tin y could find. I'r'in c Switzerland. Italy and Eng land followed sn'i and tfin price wen' up rapidly. <>n the ye of Hu* arniN rice no uncut curat diamond wa v erth s7ft S’pcc the war end'd the il'amond tiiarke* has boomed ow ing to_ the debreeiiulon of Europe mi money ■he difticnlry of cv h ir:e nnd Hie ein 1 urge on Hie e.voi'' of eiir-'T y from ,nc H'ii-odc.-iii ein 1 nto am. he" To lava cnnii of tin ut stone finds a ■ !y market nt * I 'ft. "'be Antvc’-p merchants no longei ,'c '-nsiomci's. T e nutrkc* Is swnmn • I with levers Ocdft Is nn longei -ivou. The dcs ere for cash The .over f-cipietnly resells and the new ocr m• |-—sells again at fat p*‘ I*> I bus Or pr'cc keens going up Large • tics are snapped up at unheard of ~r ccs. The Kni-cr’s Kitchen. r n wh"t is destined to he the last i;i-.-p of ts travels the field kitchen of William HohenznPcrn. which had followed the former Kaiser in all bis wanderings about Europe during the war. is on its way to tfie United States. As If to give Hip rflrnglfig of hands a more slgn th'iup aspect Ger man prisoner of wi (• were requisi tioned to loi-d the field Hitch im-with ill Its plnhofatP ncpcssorlcs- -ahoard 'he westhouod trpnaport at St- Nn ■•lire. The pnrtalile “koch nhaas" allows no sign of the wear nnd tear of war. indicating a certain remoteness o the battle front of,all connected tlh the opce Imperial spite. The repiiy. It is Intended, shall he added . a notable collection of war relics it ihe American capital; whether It is > la* utilized ip the ways approved V t.ic former kaiser is. of course, an ther matter, / Dreadful Threat. “Late again!" cried the Irate mov ng picture director to the members ,f his company. “Do you actors think that you con stroll Into the studio nt half-past ten every morning nnd geJ iway with it? This isn’t a national ank. But, iy humphrey, I’ll get even vlth you! Tomorrow we start filming hat Alpine drama with the fog and loud effect*. Report at the old quar ry nt 4:30 a. m. You are all going to he shot nt sunrise every morning for a week." Being shot at sunrise is harder hardship for a movie actor than It Is for a prisoner of war.—Film Fun. Knew Sciuethirw About Mothers. Ralph wwt to visit u neighbor’s little boy. While there another hoy uime to ploy also; hut he was some thing of a k -lly aul Ralph did not lik" him. When he reached home he told his mother some of the mean things Hie b y had said end done. "l)e was 0 d’mgrueihle Tam, \rv iiphoiy could like him," i,-i saij). Then after a mo ment'!) ined'ralion he looked up Into her fo-.-o and added: “1 suppose, ihongh his tpoilier loves him, no mat ler husv ha I fie IS,” FAMILY MARKED BY ODDITY London Newspaper Tells of Strangs Fate That Pursued Group Both In Life and Death. There lived at Ipswich Itr-the reign of William HI a family known na the "odd family," a most appropriate mime, as 'he following facts prove, London Answers states: Every event, good, bad or Indiffer ent, came to that family in an odd year or an odd day of the month, nnd every per,son was odd In manner or behavior or appearance. Even the letters of their Christian names al ways amounted to an odd number.. The fa'her and mother were Peter and Rabat); their seven children (all hoys) bore the names of David. Eze kiel. James, Jonas, Matthew. Roger and Solomon. The husband possessed only one leg and his wife only one arm: Solomon was blind in his left eye and Roger lost his right In an accident; James had his left ear torn off In 11 quarrel. Matthew's left hand had hut three fingers. Jonas had a stump foot, David was humpbacked and Ezekiel was C feet 2 Inches at the age of nineteen. • Every one of the children had red hair, not withstanding ihe fact that the father's balr was Jet black and the mother's white. -Si range at birth, all died as sttangeJy, The father fell Into a deep sawplt and was killed, Ihe wife died five days after from starvation. Ezekiel enlist ed, wns wounded In 23 p'nces. hut re covered. Roger. James, Jonas. David and Matthew died In 1713 In six dif ferent places on the same day; Solo mon and Ezekiel were drowned la the Thames Ip 1723. RECALL LEGENDS OF ,HAWAII Two Ido's, Recently Unearthed, Bring to Memory Folklore Tales Almost Lost to Memory. Of the two old Hawaiian Idols lately found concealed in the earth at Hook aupu, i'aitkukalo. one. a female idol, is 11 a fairly good state of preservation. The idol Is supposed to be 'hut of Kl hawahlne, the Undine of Maul myths. Her haunts are the springs at Putiku knlo, the Kauaha pond, and the match less pools In Ihe wooded glens around Pllholo. Makawuo. The legends about her compare with rh.ise of the German fairy folklore, and around the charms of her person ■is she sits combing her wealth of golden, tresses at the edge of some bathing pool Is woven many a half forgotten Mauri folk tale. In some of t|p* latest tines she Is reputed to have lured two (moles at ((in'erent Hines on 0 merry chase only to sec tier disappear In out or another f he deep, elear-wntcf pools among he wooded glens of I’ilhHo. One. a loctor. ended his aimless wanderings to her glen wood haunts hy becoming a paralytic, the other, a woodcutter, never censed to describe ihp charms of ■his “wonderful woman with the gol den hair." always able to ejude his em brace, hut ever beckoning him on to her lair among the vine-.* and trees and pools and crags of the glens about IMIIIOIO. —Wiilluku (11. I.) Times. The Cynical Actress. The late Oscar Hainmersteln be lieved 1 hat the actresses shohld lend a pure life. “Cynical, disillusioned actresses <re no good." he op<*e said at a dinner. “1 remenihpr up actress of mine some years ago wlpi fell dqwp badly In A part I’d given her. •"Look here.’ I said the morning after she (ell dowp. ‘till the critics say vote don't show half enough emotion In the scene whore your husband leaves you never to ret'.mi.' “The cynical, disillusioned creature gave a tart laugh. "‘Oh. I don't, don't I?’ she sneered. •Well, look here. Mr. Hninnierstein. I've had six husbands leave me never to return and I guest, I know how much emotion ought to “he shown in such circumstances as well us any body.’ " • ■ Safe Light for Miners. Nowadays the up-to-date miner car ries a package of electricity about with him while underground. It Is a small storage battery attached to the hack of his belt, and is connected by a cord with a lamp fastened to the front of his cap. The lamp, provided with a reflector, throws quite 11 flood of light In front of the miner. But Its chief advantage Is nbsolu e safety. In olden days miners (who must, of course, have light) carried about with them open-flame 'amps. These caused Innumerable disastrous accidents through Ignition of coal dust or gases. Sir Humphry .Davy's Invention of a safety lamp whose flume was protected hy a wire gauze saved an Immense number of lives. It Is In common use today, but the electric mine lamp is belter and more convenient. Death Took Old and Young. During the war the London Times, either wittingly or unwittingly, pub lished Innumerable Items about the \cry old men and women In the Brit ish empire who were dying off. Their great age. their longevity- Tormed a melancholy gbpifast tn the slaughter of youth then going op In Europe. Dur ing six mapths In 1018, 812 persons over one hundred years old died In the British isles, hut the figures of young mep who fell during that time before the guns of the enemy nnd who died with Influenza mounted toward a mil lion. Nut one of the old, he It al4 Ifi passing, died from “flu.” KIDDIES NOW MAXING HONEY AND SAVING IT In Maryland tohoola Rapor* InC Grant Activity.—Treasury - Oaßartmant at United ttataa Raaafvaa Splendid •upper! Making money and Mria It is k* coming ao loss popular among Mary land aakaol children than among grown-ups. More popular, perhaps, than the time honored study of read ing, writing and arithmetic la the now study of thrift which la being incorpo rated Into the regular werh of tha schools. Tha subject la taught in con nection with the “Text Hooks at Thrift" which are sent without charge to any teacher dealring tham by ihs War Loan organization ef the t'lttk Federal Reserve District. Judging by reports, the school child, rea of Maryland are going the .teach ing at thrift one batter. Already a great many eav.ngs societies have been organized in the schools at this stats, and the pupils here and all over the district as well are busy de vising ways of earning money In order that It may be wisely Invested ia Thrift Btamps and* War Savings Stamps, M.'de Tidy Sum. * la one of the schools In this district there is a youngster who has 1. id the 1 foundation ef a prosperous career by ; plowing and by selling vegetables. I When all the work was done the lad counted the money he had put ia the bank. He found that it amounted to just twenty-five dollars. Mfjr of tha world's richest men began life with lees than twenty-five dollars. Uut they saved their money and invested It wisely, thus assuring success In one at the S-A grades, so a teach er report#, one of the girls has earned no loss than twenty dollars by helping around the house, while members of a savings soolety that tleurishes in a 1-A grade have made about twenty- I fire dollars doing such odd Jobs as feeding the chlekena, tying tobacco i and chopping graaa. Several boys who are members of savings sociotits which are particular ly active bare bought clothes with money they earned In similar s.wt. Oas little fellow did se well helping his father that he waa paid U • dollars. As he received the meney be bought Thrift Stamps, shewing that he al. ready knew how to save and invest what he made. Beaks Help Saving. Popular among those small invest ors are the Penny and Nickel saving* Books issued to all school pupils desir ing then. In the dags when the price of even a Thrift Stamp may be too huge to be paid all a* once, and when one just must buy an occasional all day sucker or a oont-apiece bite ol candy, lots of the youngsters find U wise to save a penny or a nickel at a time. The coin Is deposited with the teacher for safe keeping, and she stamps the saving card to shew how much the child has put in his aooount When tha total is large enough, H goes Into the purchase ef a Thrift Stamp. piling up money of your ewa ts ■ great game, played In this fashion, and a game that U daily growing in favor la Maryland schools. PILK UP YOUR DOLLARS 80 THAT • NO ONE CAN KNOCK THEM DOWN. Many a tired lad has slipped his coat on when the whistle blew and said derisively: “Another day, an other dollar. A million days, a mil lionaire.” He has said a mouthful ia bitter jest and without knowing It For the dollars do pile up if the stack is net knecked ever. Some financial sharpshooter Is al ways gunning for your dollars. They can pick tham off at a mile like An nie Oakley cracking clay pipes la n shooting gallery. But if you put soma of your dollars under cover before any one can draw a head on them, you leave a slim score for (h- profiteer and tha grafter. The safest protection from these sharpshooters Is WV Savings Stamps bought every pay-day. If you glvo them your whole bank roll to shoot at they will hit it for a perfect ecoro Make them waste a little ammuni tion. War Savings Stamps ars absolutely sate. They pay a high rats of inter est and you can get your money IN FULL, when you need It. Whet they pile up, nobody can knock the stack ovsr. PROVERBS. Beast thou a man dilllgsnt In hit business, he shall not stand before kings, be shall not stand before mean men. Fror. 23:2*. Tt is tho moral support of '•apital back of him that gives the diligent man dignity In the presence of the king. Buy W. 8. 8. The sluggard will not plow by rear son of the cold; therefore shall he beg In harvest and have nothing. Prov. 20:4. The alive man plows un der hardship fecsts in harvest aaJ saves surplus, until he comes to a day when he msy sleep lata of a snowy morning. Huy W. 8. S —■ —■ I Terms SI.OO in Advance. NO. 43. CLIfiS TO RELIEFS Few. People Today Are Without Pet Superstitions. Although Not Carried to Extremes That Have Marred the Pages of History in the Past, They Are Still With Us. We constantly hear It said that “this la the •'twentieth century; superstition find till that sort of tiling died out long ago.” Vet there Is hardly a person itf (he country without his pel belief— that misfortune follows stooping over, a baby or spilling suit, or that a hlack cat brings good luck, for example, lienee, too. the universal practice of wearing mascots "for luck.” These, however, .are not very, seri ous beliefs, being merely personal fads. Superstition of a deeper rooted and more nnpleasi nt type is still common In (he more backward rural areas, however. Only a few weeks ago an old dame in the Fen country was boy cotted by the whole countryside be cause she had the reputation of being a witch am! of throwing spells over people’s (hlhhen, slock and crops. No one would go near her or lei her have food or clothing, and sin* nearly starved to death. Tlie eohl. legal atmosphere of (lie courts would he thought unfavorable to belief in witchcraft, and yet a fann er —by no means -m ignorant man— stood up the other day In Norfolk court and Informed the bench that someone had bewitched his cows. He cured the evil spell hy thrusting a red hot poker Into his churn, when Hie evil spirit vanished In a bright flame. Years ago any old crone who was cross grained vviih the neighbors sired a good chance of being tail'd (and burnt) for witchcraft, and cases are even known when* animals were sol emnly brought Into court and tried on a similar charge. A tough old cock at Basle. In Switz erland. was accused of laying eggs— a most serious offemo. as such e-,--s were used only for making witches’ ointment. The unhappy bird was haled before the justices, and one of the I'ggs produced as proof of guilt. In he fare of such evidence the rooster’s •nse was hopeless. He was convicted uid ho and his miraculous eggs sol •ninly burnt,at the stake In Hie town qua re. A sow and six young pigs were ac cused of witchcraft towards a child, and \ve**e brought, protesting loudly before the “beak.” Amid great sensa tion. the sow was found guilty and pvblicly executed, bul the porkers Were acquitted on the ground of ex trei <e youth. As late as 1740. a cow was accused of possessing a “devil.” and after a long hearing, was found guilty and condemned to death. “Hats and mice and such small deer,” have been summoned on numerous occa sions, but almost invariably failed to put in an appearance at court. In the fifteenth century, tin* peas ants of a village in the soldi of France took leal proceedings againet a plague of locusts which trespassed on their fields and devoured 'heir crops. As tbe case was still being fought nearly half a century Inter, the modern gardener can sympathize with tbe unlucky plaintiffs, but would prob ably prefer tbo more up-to-date appli cation of lime or mustard. Another action was brought against n pet of leeches warming in the ponds and streams of another country district of France. The Judge Issued ■i decree against the leeches trespass big further on the disputed territor ies. but history Is silent as to whether the Injunction wn obeyed or ignored, with resultant punishment for con tempt of court. Animals have even been admitted ns witnesses in the courts. It used to lie considered no offense to kill a burglar trying to break into a house. There arose the difficulty that one man living alone might ask another to his house, and then murder him. pretending that ho was a robber. To get over this. It was decided that any domestic animal, such as a cat or a dog, present nt the time might bear witness. If tbe ani mal on being questioned, satisfied the court that his master had acted in pood faith, the killing was held to he justi fied. There are not many Instances of acquittal. Japanese Glass Industry Grows. Though encouraged by the govern ment in 1876 by the establishment of a model glass factory, transferred ten years later to private ownership, the glnss Industry of Japan was only fair ly prosperous until the outbreak of the recent European war, at which time, due to the shutting off of supplies from France, Belgium and Germany, the manufacture of glass received such a stimulus that It now bids fair to compete with the Industry In other countries. Before 1914 practically all the window glass used in Japan was Imported, but this branch of the In dustry Is receiving special attention and in 1918 Its product to the value of $1,756,000 was exported. Boxing Day In England. Boxing day Is little known In Amer ica, but Its observance is general in Great Britain. It Is the day after Christmas day, and Is'ohserved as a holiday, Christmas being reserved for religious observation. __ A feature of the day Is the giving of gifts hy em ployers to employees. These are called Christmas boxes. -