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The midland journal., 1915-01-22
HOLD QUEER BELIEFS
sUPERsTiTIoNs or THE NATIVES
OF INDIA.
Toad Soup as Cure for insanity Ia
One Of Them-caste Question A.
ways Of Profound lmpor-
tance.

Hidden among the pages Of stats.
ticE and maps in the 1911 general re-
port on the census of India are some
quaint stories OF Indian beliefs and
superstitions. Mr.. O'Malley, who SUI
perintended the census taking in Ben.
gal, Bihar and Orissa, tells us that the
lower classes think that insanity ia
due to excess of bile in the system or
to worms in the head.
Neglect of the worship of the gods,
or the curse Of Yogi Sadhu or other
holy man may produce 1t. Madness
being due to possession by an evil
spirit, every attempt is made to ap.
pease or exercise it. The exorcists
hold smoking chilies to the nostrils
Of the patient and chant mantras, ad-
dressing the spirit in obscene Ian
guage, all with the idea Of driving it
away. When these means prove futile
they prescribe a diet calculated to
force the spirit to leave his victim in
fear of losing his caste. The unfortu-
nate patient has therefore to consume
soup made of toads, etc. When these
abominable nostrums fail the use Of
medicated oils and of indigenous
herbs and drugs is resorted to-"
The medical treatment of the insane
sometimes takes the following forms:
"The mud taken from putrid tanks
is plastered on the patients head, or
aloe pulp is mixed with water and ap-
piled in the form of an emulsion. A
favorite remedy is soup made from a
particular kind of frog"
Again, the caste question is one
which is of particular Importance in
many Of the Eastern provinces, and IT
is told how one chief communicated
the recalcitrants in one highly organ
lied caste which had been split into
two hostile camps, and so effectual
and binding was this order that not
only did the BARRIERS, washermen and
priests of the state, who had hitherto
served them, refuse to work for them,
but the services could not be OBJ.
tanned even of BARRIERS, washermen
and priests residing outside the state,
This order was strictly enforced for
some time. The men of this caste
are clean-shaven and very well
groomed and dressed, but when the
dispute was eventually settled the per.
sons affected by the order had long,
dirt-matted boards, the hair Of their
heads was in long strands and filthy
in the extreme, and their clothes were
beyond description for uncleanliness
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
GREEN FEED FOR CHICKENS
Cut Glover or Alfalfa and an occa.
sionai Feed Of sprouted Oats Are
Beneficial.

Beets and mangels are of value for
hens as an appetizer and bowel regu-
lator. When the cold comes on so
that the range is no longer comfort
able they should have plenty Of room
in good, airy houses. At this time
they are fed as large variety Of foods
as can be economically procured Very
rarely should they have wet mashes
Of any kind. Out clover or ground al
falfa and an occasional feed OF sprout
ed oats are beneficial Sour milk also
figures largely IN the bill OF fara
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
MAGNIFICENT Volume.

The most sumptuous copy of Shake
speare's Romeo and Juliet in exist
ence was recently sent from England
to a purchaser abroad. The value of
the book is between $4,000 and $7.500
1t has been reproduced as an illu-
minated manuscript on vellum, and
the volume is notable as being the
entire work of one artist, Alberto
Sangorski, who was engaged upon it
for Is months. The title is in pearls
set in gold, and the cover is embel-
lished with 214 rubies and 36 anne
thysts
The midland journal., 1915-01-22

Desirable to Keep Only Profitable
Animals.
With Well-Kept Accounts, Dalryhan
Has information Enabling Him to
DO Business In Business
like Manner.
(By c. n. ECKLEs.)


Il is well known that there is a vast
difference in the amount OF milk diff
ferent cows win produce. One COW
may yield three times as much milk
and butter in a year as another on q
third to a half more feed. One COW
may be losing the idairyman as much
money as another in an adjoining stall
Is making for him.
Clearly, it is desirable to keep only
the profitable COWS. To do this means
that systematic records must be kept.
No guesswork will do. No COW should
be retained in the, herd unless her
milk and butterfat record shows she
is profitable. At the Missouri expert
ment station one Jersey COW pro
duced three times as much milk and
butter per year for three years as
another COW that was her half sister.
The difference in the cost of feed
eaten by the two cows was not great
and both received the same good care.
The Illinois experiment station
tested the herds of 18 Illinois farmers
and found the same conditions to pre-
vail. The best ten cows averaged 289
pounds Of butter in a year while the
poorest ten cows averaged 109 pounds.
They found at least one-third of the
cows in the ordinary herds to be un-
profitable. Many herds in other locali-
ties have been tested with the same
results 1t is the rule rather than the
exception for cows In the same herd to
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
Sanitary Arrangements.

Any farmer who feels that the sani-
tary arrangements In his home are
not entirely satisfactory is urged to
apply to the department of agricul-
ture for the free bulletin No. 81. With
the help Of reliable plumber or
sanitary engineer he win be able to
work out a simple and economical
solution for his problem.
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
Spreading Manure on the Fields.

Spreading Manure on the Fields.
that If these animals we're kept in
stalls or pens throughout the year and
the manure carefully saved. the ap-
proximate value of the fertilizing con.
stituents of the manure produced by
each horse or mule annually would
be $27, by each head of cattle $40, by
each hog $4, and by each sheep So.
The fertilizing value of the manure
produced by the different classes Of
farm animals in the United States
would, therefore, be for horses and
mules, $764, 100000; cattle, $1,400,.
100000; hogs, $198,O0O,000, and sheep,
$115. 100000, or a total of $2,477, ,100..
900.
These estimates are based on the
values usually assigned to phosphoric
acid, potash, and nitrogen in CONNER
cial fertilizers, and are possibly some
what too high from practical stand
point. On the other hand, it must be
borne in mind that no account is taken
of the value of manure for improving
the mechanical condition and drainage
of soils, a consideration fully as inn.
portant as the direct fertilizing value.
It is fair to assume that at least
one-third of the value of the manure
is annually lost through careless meth.
DDS Of management; and this estimate
is conservative. Even at this figure
we have the tremendous sum of $685..
ZOO. 900 as the ANIMAL loss in the limit.
ed States. This condition is the more
unfortunate, because practically all Of
it could be prevented.
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
CARE FOR cRILDREN's
Hair and Skin With cutieura. Moth
ing Easier. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify the
skin and scalp, the Ointment to
soothe and heal rashes, itchings, red
ness. roughness, dandruff, etc. Moth
ing better than these fragrant super
creamy etnollients for preserving and
purifying the skin, scalp and hair.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
His Mission.

The Professor The fish of Amer
lea, north of the. Isthmus of Panama.
embrace three classes. 80 orders, 2SS
families. lib genera, 335 subgenera
3,263 species and 1873 subspecies.
The Student Well, professor, if You
will let me off today I'll go out and
see If can get string of genera
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
Wasted Weather.

Remarkable weather we're having =
said the man who tries to be conver-
sational.
Yes. replied the man who is ever
gloomy; but with no baseball nor
circu t, Election in town I don't
Yee use Of Il
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
WOMAN REFUSES
OPERATION
Tells How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Louisville, KY" / think Il mcresuf-
fering women would take Lydia q.

lPinkham's Vegeta.
|ble Compound they
would enjoy better
health. ] suffered
from o female trou-
bile, and the doctors
decided / had q
humorous growth
land would have 70
|be operated upon,
but / refused as / do
mot believe in opera
The midland journal., 1915-01-22
The Attraction.

Bacon-I understand in many of the
Chilean cities women are employed as
street car conductors.
Egbert-Now can understand why
men want to crowd the back plat
forms.
The midland journal., 1915-01-22

You can always tell when a girl is
jealous by the way she says she
isn't
The midland journal., 1915-01-22

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL You
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red. Week. Watery
just Bye comfort Write for Book of the Rye
BY mail Tree Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago,
The midland journal., 1915-01-22

A Connecticut man has the face to
say that he has built clock that will
run without winding.
The midland journal., 1915-01-22

And when the children are at play
many are called but few answer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
FRENCH CREDIT WILL
 BE FIFTY MILLIONS

NEW YORK, March 30. Represen- tatives of the leading banking inter
 csts affirm the reported efforts of sev- cral of the European nations to obtain credit in the United States and the statement is made that negotiations be tween Morgan and Company and re presentatives of the French govern ment for the establishment of fifty million dollar credit with the United states have been virtually completed
 Bankers declare that negotiations for foreign credits aggregating nearly
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TURKS CLAIM zEPPElINS
 ATTACK BRITISH SHIPS :.
 IN THE pARDANELLES

ONSTANTiNOPLE, March 30.~-An official statement issued by the Turk ish war minister says that "one of our zeppeiins dropped bombs on the British warships lying outside the Dardan- elles" The knowledge that Zeppelin airships are in the possession of the Turks is taken to indicate that the Germans have succeeded in sending their famous air crafts to the assis- tance of the Turkish forces defending the Dardaneiles and Bosphorus
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
 PERISH IN SINKING OF AQUILA

LONDON. March 3O--It has been aseertained that contrary to the re ports given out yesterday concerning the sinking of the British steamer fala Da Aquila, fully one hundred and fort people including sixty five pas sent CTS perished when the vessel was sent to the bottom by a German sub marne. According to the statements of the survivors the vessel was struck with scarcely five minutes interv ening
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ATLANTIC FLEET WILL 60
 THROUGH CANAL IN JUNE

WASHINGTON, March 30.-Secre. tary of the Navy Daniels has announc- cd that three divisions and possibly the entire Atlantic fleet will go through the Panama canal in June. enroute to the Pacific Coast. The program in- clades the sending of the entire squad- ron to the Panama Pacific Interna- tional Exposition where they will re- main for some time. One division of the fleet will later proceed to Puget Sound
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between the warning and the launch ing of the torpedo the brief period al- towing no time for the removal of the people to the small boats. The conduct of the Germans IS characterized AS brutal in the extreme.
 The quartermaster of the sunken vessel who was among those saved de clares that after the Aquila sunk and scores of people were struggling in the water, the crew of the submarine, of
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
Women Taking Place of Men; France

PARIS, March 3o.-All over rural France women were this week substi- tuted for men in the mail service. as tolls gate keepers and railway crossing watchers and various other positions held by males heretofore. The eXperi- ment is being watched with great in- terest by scientific men who declare that it will determine many new useful situations for the weaker sex who must now take up the burden of supporting the warning nations when peace comes owing To great numbers of men who will be killed
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
DECLARES DRINK GREATEST FOE
 ENGLAND HAS TO FIGHT

with the statement that Britain is fighting three mighty foes, Germany, Austria and drink and by far the greatest and most deadly of these foes is drink" The Chancellor declared that the liquor curse was slowly struggling the nation, and if allowed to grow would result in the almost complete mental and moral ~iegeneration of the English people
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WASHINGTON, March 30 Secre tary Daniels has been notified by cable from Honolulu that the naval authori ties at the Hawaiian station as pro ceeding with the work of removing the Submarine Fl from her resting place on the ocean bed The report to the department indicates that the sunken vessel has been lowed several hundred feet during the past twenty-four hours
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30

war, tho consumption of alcoholic Ii quors has increased to an alarming degree
 The attitude of the government con- corning the situation was voiced yes terday by Chancellor Lloyd George in replying to t deputation from the ship building employers federation which is actively urging prohibition on the gov ernment The Chancellor is credited
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
CHARGES AGAINST MUELLER
 WILL BE DISMISSED

SEATTLE, March 30.-Aecording to statements made by the District Att torney the charges of conspiracy re- |cently preferred against Herr Mueller, the German consul at this place, will be dismissed. The statement is made that Herr Mueller has withdrawn the charges made against various officials at the time of his arrest and the whole matter will be allowed 10 drop
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30

LONDON. March 30.---A liquor pro hibition, more drastic than that in augurated in Russia, is facing the United Kingdom if the present inten- tions of the authorities do not mis- carry The ever growing tendency to the excessive use of alcoholic stimu- lants is declared to be causing the government considerable uneasiness. especially since the outbreak of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30

JUNEAU, March S6.---The legislature is at present deeply engrossed in the question of taxation and both branches q Q devoting the day to discussion of the various revenue measures proposed.
 new mining bill designed to cover quartz locations and allowing a greater latitude in locating and also moderat- ing several other features which are de- trimental to quarts development. was
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
GERMANS DETERMINED THAT AUSTRIA CEDE TERRITORY TO LTALy""BuT AUSTRIA SAYS NO
SAYS AUSTRIA MUST YIELD
 TO THE DEMANDS OF ITALY

will be handed over to Italy, the Ger man Chancellor will probably have his way. as Austria is hardly in position b brook the dispieasure of Germany at the present time.
 The Berlin press claims that lacking the cooperation of Germany the Aus tfian government is doomed to fall be-
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FRANK MORAN WHIPS
 BoMBAROiER WELLS

LONDON, March 20.-Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh fighter. deeisively de- feated the English champion. Bom- bardier Wells, by knocking him out in the tenth round last evening, of what was scheduled as twenty round fight.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
GOVT CONFIRMS ROUNDING OF
 vON KLUCK

BERLIN, March 3o,---The woundins of General von Kluck. commander of the Second Division of the Germany army, while on tour of inspection in Northeastern France, has been official ly confirmed by tho military bureau.
 It is stated that at the time of re- ceiving the injury the German general was at one of the most advanced po- sitions of the German troops.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30

BERNIE. March 3o.--Berlip news papers declare that Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg is infexible in his determination that Austria cede 10 Italy the territory demanded by that nation as the price of her future neu. trality.
 Franz oJseph is equally determined
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
German Trenches Easy Targets fo
 British Airmen.

LONDON, March 30.-The only acti- witty reported from the Champagne pro- vince today is confined to aerial bonn bardment of the German trenches These exposed positions make easy targets for the high flying British at cruisers
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No News from Smyrna.

LONDON, March 3O.-The admiralty in response to inquiries regarding af- fairs at Smyrna admits that it has had no advices from the fleet in those waters for forty eight hours.
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To Raise Money in U. S. for Germany

NEW YORK, March 30 The Ger mania Trust Co. is endeavoring 10 float German war bonds by popular subscription among German Americans and their sympathizers throughout the United States. The promoters of the plan expect to raise a great many mill lions in this manner
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NEW YORK. March 30-The North German Lloyd $ < officials are non communicative on the EiteI Frederick incident but gave out that the British government has made an informal pro- posal that the vessel be interned and sold 10 r. S interests. the money to go to England. otherwise the vessel will be destroyed the moment il leaves the three mile limit of inc |. < coast
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
 Gre.t Crowds Visit Frisco Exposition n

Sa1 Francisco March 3O.--Many foreign dgnitaries, including the Chln aso. Japanese and Siamese repre- sents tiyes are visiting the Exposition grounds. Great crowds throne the faif grounds daily
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SEATTLE, March 30.-Seattle is again threatened by q strike, this time the street railway employees being in- yolved. The trouble is growing out of the alleged dismissal of number of union men for what is termed in-
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Police Find More Bombs.

NEW YORK, March 3o Police de tetei es find another bomb in an east side tenement but got there too late 10 al est the bomb -throwers The city will .e secured for suspects
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WASHINGToN March 30. presi-
 dent Wilson has announced that the American note in reply to the British note concerning the order in council instituting the blockade of the German coast will be forwarded to London within the next twenty four hours, It Is minated that the American note is
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
NEWSY BULLETINS
Call Austrian Soldiers Cowards.

ROME, March 3o-=lt is reported here that the Germans are greatly enrascd over the anti-war sentiment which is said to he developing in Austria and Hungary where the people are gener- ally disgustcd with Germany's oyer bearing and disrespectful attitude to- ward Emperor Franz Joseph and his generals. The German press is open ly calling the Emperors soldiers cow ards
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TranIoads of Beef Shipped to Canada

CHICAGO, March 30 The local stockyards are shipping many solid trainloads of beef to Canada which will be trans shipped at Montreal for the quantities of eorned beef are being sold as fast as the canneries can turn out the pioduct
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
LEGISLATURE DISCUSSING
 REVENUE MEASURES

introduced in the Senate yesterday The new bill was drafted by the Alas kan Engineers Society of which See retary Davidson is president. Beyond the slight notifications mentioned the bill differs in no essential degree from that now in force
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Kitchner Pleased with Recruiting.

LONDON, March 30.--Lord kitchner is reported 10 be much pleased with the March recruiting records oyer hun drod thousand men have enlisted in the navy and army from the British Isles while thousands returned home from the oversea colonies and joined home regiments
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SUBMARINE "A BEING
 SLOWLY RESCUED

and is being gradually worked into shallower waters. Department officials stated last evening that there was not the remotest possibility that any of the crew could have survived the long i'm mersion.
 Hot chocolate. hot beef tea. matted milk and fresh ice cream and seds water at the Rose Candy Store.
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IS THREATENED
 BY STREET CAR STRIKE

sufficient reasons The local situation is such that the tying up of the street railway system will work serious hardship on the people and further de velopments of the strike possibility are viewed with considerable apprehen- sion.
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Turks Refuse to Give Out News.

SOFIA, March 30.-The Turkish em- bassy reluctant for the past few days suddenly refuses To diyulge any fur ther official reports concerning the Dardanelles and Bosphorus situation.
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AMERICAN NOTE ID
 BRITAIN TO BE SENT

vigorously worded and in an unreserT- ed reply on the part of the British all thorities will definitely settle many or the most difficult and vcXing questions now existing
 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
 $2.00 per month.
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German Ambassador Calls on Com
 mander of Eitel Frederick.

WASHtNGTON March 30.-=The German ambassador makes hurried trip to Newport News and calls on the commander of the Eitel Frederick. Il is believed that he is trying to persuade him to intcrne the vessel
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whom there were at least twenty standing on the deck. laughed heart lessiy at the struggles of the victims and even derided the efforts of several who attempted to cling to the smooth and rounded sides of the German boat. The survivors characterize the Ger mans as the brutes"
 Mass Meeting at the A. B. Hall. If not, why not?
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
Little Activity in France Today.

PARIS, March 3o.-Government war bulletins show very little activity throughout France today. Small skir- mishes and desultory artillery duellinG near Arras and Reims are the only ac- tivities so far recorded.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30
To Start Siege on Mexican Capital

VERA CRl'X. March 3o It is re- ported that the Carranzt forces are within thirty miles of the eastern side of Mexico City which in- dicates that another seigc of the cap tal is about to begin
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Both sides will have their innings at the Mass Meeting, Wednesday eve ming in A. B. Hall.
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two hundred millions were under con sderation by the various moneyed in terests al the present time and the further continuation of the war would probably result in even greater de mands from Europe. According to members of the Bankers Association all of the belligerent nations are seek ing credit in America.
 Strictly fresh eggs SIPS per dozen at prosser's Harness Shop. Prone Black 5.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-03-30

fore the onslaughts of the Russians whom il is declared are being held in check only by the aid of the German forces, now operating in conjunction with the Austrian armies.