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The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
Kite Flying Contests.

The Japanese are devoted to theil
pational sport of kite flying. At con
tests there are two umpires, at whose
command two kites of the same size
are sent up together. As the kites at.
tain a sufficient height the men try to
play the kites against each other. Each
party wants to bring its kite into touch
with its opponent and to bring the lat
ter down. The kite that stays up till
the wind ceases or until all the others
are vanquished Is victorious. This re
quires the strength Of many men work.
ing long time. And the art Of fight
ing ones kite well is not easily &C
quired Thus fifty or sixty men labor
until exhausted. Some Of the kites
used in the contest are things to see
huge circular structures about ninety
feet In length, including the tail. and
having width Of fifty or sixty feet
The ropes for the fighting kites are
made of strong hemp and are more
than 1000 feet long and above one Incl
In thickness. London Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
xerxes and the HeIIespont.

Xerxes was furious when storm
wrecked his bridge Of boats In the
Hellespont from Abydos to Segtos. Not
content with having the engineers de
capitated, he ordered the infection Of
300 lashes upon the strait and the
letting down into it of set Of letters
Herodotus discredits the story that
Xerxes also sent irons to brand the
strait But the historian does give the
Hellenic and blasphemous terms
which the scourgers were ordered to
use: 'Thou bitter water, this is the
penalty which our master inflicts upon
thee because thou has wronged him
though he has never wronged thee
King Xerxes win cross thee, whether
thou wilt or not, but thou deservest
not sacrifice from any man, because
thou art treacherous river Of salt
WATER"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
West VIRGINIA Must pay Debt.

The Supreme Court has decided the
long-standing Virginia-West Virginia debt
case, holding West Virginia should pay
$I2, 3o3,o2o as its net share of the Virginia
debt at the time of the partition of the
States.
West Virginia is required by the Courl
to pay $S,I7S, ooo in interest, computed al
3 per cent. from 1891 to date. and pei
cent. for 1861 to 1891.
When West Virginia separated from
Virginia at the outbreak OF the Civil War,
each state assumed an equitable pro-
portion" of the debt of Virginia The
West Virginia Constitution provided for
the eventual payment of West Virginia s
proportion of the debt, but no practical
steps were ever taken. When Virginia
readjnsted her debt about a quarter OF a
century ago. she gave to her bond-h holders
for the proportion of the bond of the
debt which West Virginia had assumed,
certificates and she pledged her honor tc
use her good Offices to bring about a
settlement of the debt. Negotiations
were undertaken between the two states
from time to time, but nothing definite
ever resulted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
A GOOD WORD FOR THE CROW.
Despite the Damage He Does He Is
a Good Scavenuer.

Good scavenger.
In spite Of the crows instinct to feed
on the eggs and young of other species
(Which he shares in common with sew
eral other birds), who would really
wish to see him quite exterminated,
even If itwere possible to exterminate
SO resourceful fellow?
His destruction to crops is certainly
far less than that of the bobolink in
the southern rice fields. He is an eff
cient scavenger; and his destruction of
white grubs, eutworms, wireworms
and grasshoppers is Of great value.
Above all, however, his place in our
landscape is such that his passing
would leave dreary void.
Winter or summer we are conscious
of him against the sky, against the
fields or sentinel on a patriarch pine.
In the misty mornings Of summer when
the sun has not yet rolled up the cur
tains of cloud from the mountains we
hear his voice far off in the woods,
rousing us from slumber, and when
autumn has come and our sugar groves
are glory of crimson he is still there,
his distant call floating down sweetly
from the upland woods and testifying
in some strange way the height of the
peaks beyond.-Harper's Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
Primaries and Conventions.

The Philadelphia Record. comparing
these two political systems, says edi-
torially:
The primary system has not given the
results anticipated, but it is still compare
lively new. The convention system has
lasted a long time, and its defects are
thoroughly known. We do not believe
that the people at large desire to return
TO it, though the managing politicians
may, because conventions are easier to
manipulate than the direct primary sys.
tenn is. The only fault with this is that
the political bosses have been able to con-
troll 1t better than was expected. To go
back TO the convention system because
the voters do not yet make full use of the
direct primary would be an absurdity.
The direct primary affords the people
q much better opportunity of selecting
their own officials than they enjoy under
the convention system. They may not
make full use of their opportunity. but it
is certainly no Infringement of their
rights.
The complications of the present cleo
ton system have been loudly denounced.
but those complications have been grad.
ually developed In an effort to preserve
the purity of elections and to give the
people who have no great amount OF
time to spend in political activities an
even chance with the men who have all
their time to spend in politics because,
by salaries or profits in contracting, they
are not Obliged to earn their livings in
other ways.
The Australian ballot is complication,
but after the national campaign con-
Quoted for the Republicans by Mathew
Stanley Quay in 1888 there was uni
versal demand for it. 1t was almost un.
known in this country outside of Mas.
sachusetts and few other localities until
the country had the experience of Quay's
political talents on national scale
Personal registration is complication,
but 1t has been forced by the habitual
use of repeaters. The methods of watch.
ing the ballot boxes and of counting the
returns are complications, but they are
needed to protect the honesty of the
election.
The ballot itself is a complication. The
original voting was viva voce, but it was
found that men were intimidated, dis.
missed by their employers, or prosecuted
after the election, if their voting was
public. There is bribery, there is ballot
box stufing, there are a score of ways Of
corrupting the election, aud each has
demanded remedy and every remedy is
q complication.
1t would be very simple to turn all
elections over to the political bosses and
their henchmen, but 1t would undermine
government of the people, by the people
and for the people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
Elmer J. Dech, M. D., and Lizzie
Dech to @. & P. Telephone Com.
pany, right of way, 81.
combination cured overnlght

A small dose of Pc. Do Lax to
night and you enjoy a full, free,
easy bowel movement in the morn
ing. No gripping, for Po- Do Lax
in Podophyllin MAY Appple) with
out the grippe. Po-Do- Lax corrects
the cause of Constipation by arous-
ing the Liver, increasing the flow
of bile. Bile is Natures antiseptic
in the bowels. With proper
amount of bile, digestion in bowels
is perfect. No gas, no fermenta-
ton, no Constipation. Don't be
sick, nervous, irritable. Get a
bottle of Po.Do Lax from your
Druggist now and cure your Con-
stipation overnight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
Canes at the National Museum.


A collection of canes made of practi.
cally every kind of suitable material
and representing forty-five foreign
countries. as well as twenty-one states
Of the Union. forms one Of the most
interesting exhibits at the National mu-
scum at Washington. Forty different
kinds of wooden canes are on exhibi
ton, as well as canes made of ivory
bone. horn, skin. paper, tin. wire and
other substances. In this collection
are many canes that are artistic and
others that are merely curious IL
shape, as well as some made for emer-
gency uses. Among the latter are o
sketching cane with drawing materials
stored in the handle. number equip
ped with match safes, mountain climb
ing canes with sharp spiked ferrules
an officers "swagger stick" and sword
and gun canes Of various types. The
most interesting feature Of the ex
hibit perhaps is the historical element
Popular Mechanics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25

Quarryville. Pa, is to be the first to
have auto rural mail service. Two pio
ueer routes radiating from that postoffice
are to be put in operation July I. One
route covers 55.T miles, and the other
$50 miles. The carriers must provide
the motorcars, and will receive 81, soc
$1,000 year, respectively. according tc
the conditions of travel. The Postal De.
partment believes that within few year.
the bulk of the rural mail service will be
by motorcars. The idea is TO establish
routes about 60 miles in length. Only
those sections which have good roads will
get auto delivery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
OLD LIBERTY BELL.
IL 10 Not Only Cracked, but 10 Suffer
ing From MetsA Sickness.

IL 10 Not Only Cracked, but 10 Suffer-
ing From MetsA Sickness.
''The Liberty bell is suffering from
the disease of metals" says the Iron
Age. This is due to several causes.
The famous bell was badly cast In the
first instance and was recast thrice by
amateurs, who changed the compost
ton of the metal with each recasting.
The first crack appeared when the bell
was tolling on the occasion Of the
funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall.
In 1909 1t was discovered that the
crack had extended to double its orig
inal length.
The bell has been transported TO q
distance on six occasions and has been
clipped by many yandal souvenir hunt
ers. Its trips did it no good, as more
or less rough handling was scarcely
avoidable.
When the new crack appeared Alex
ander E. Outerbridge, Jr., an expert
metallurgist, was called in to examine
it. When it was planned to ship 1t to
San Francisco for the Panama exhibi-
ton Mr.. Outerbridge was again sum-
moned, and on his report it was deter
mined to keep 1t henceforth In indie
pendence hall. In his latest report Mr..
Outerbridge says:
ut is no hyperbolical figure of speech
to say that the venerable Liberty bell Is
affected with serious disease. Metal
lurgists have adopted into technical
phraseology the term diseases Of met
ais and recognize several such mala-
dies myself have no hesitation in
saying that the bell has a distemper,
which should insure its most careful
preservation from all shocks such as It
would be subject to in long journey
The Iron Age says that with each Of
the remeltings to which the bell was
subjected it lost largely in tensile
strength, residence, etc. Mr.. Outer
bridges experiments show that pure
copper loses 80 per cent Of its tensile
strength by three remeltings. The Lib
erty bell was recast three times, and
perhaps even at that time it had al
ready been attacked by the disease
that has been eating into its copper and
tin vitals ever since.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25

The Wing, in response to number of
inquiries relative to the County Commits
sioner Law, states that the law calls for
the election this fall of one County Com
missioner from the Second Commissioner
District, and one from the Third Com
missioner District, as the law of 1910 has
never been repealed.
The law which was jammed through
the last Legislature amended the law of
1910 so as to provide road supervisors,
which were named. But the law of 1910
itself was not affected. so far as it pro-
vides for the division of the county into
three Commissioner Districts;-the first
Commissioner District to consist Of the
First, Second and Third Election dis
tricts; the second to consist of the Fonrth,
Fifth and Ninth Election districts; the
third to consist of the Sixth. Seventh and
Eighth Election districts The law fur
Their provides that each OF these Commits
sioner districts shall be represented on
the Board of County Commissioners by
one Commissioner. who shall be resi-
dent of the Commissioner district which
he represents.
]. Frank Blake is the hold over Com
missioner, and, as he lives in the First
Commissioner district (being in the third
Election districD will be the represepta-
tive on the Board of the First Commits
sioner district. If then we are to follow
the spirit and the letter of the law, the
Second Commissioner district will be en-
titled TO commissioner living in either
the Fourth. Fifth or Ninth Election dis
trict; and the Third Commissioner dis
trict will be entitled to commissioner
living in either the Sixth, Seventh or
Eighth election district.
By the terms of the law, as pointed out
by the Wing, it certainly seems clear that
the two Commissioners to be elected this
fall should come from the Second aud
Third Commissioner Districts-that is
from one of the six Election Districts
above the Third.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25

No book collector should be without
a bookplate and bookplate once in.
serted in volume should never be re.
moved. When the plate is that Of a
good collector it constitutes an indorse-
ment and adds certain interest and
value to the volume. l was once going
through the collection of a friend, and,
observing the absence Of bookplate,
asked him why it was. He replied.
"The selection of bookplate is such a
serious matter."-Atlantic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
A Doctors Prescription for Cough
An Effective Cough Treatment.

One fourth to one teaspoonful oil
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken
as needed, will soothe and check
Coughs, Colds and the more danger
Gus Bronchial and Lung Ailments.
You can't afford to take the risk of
serious illness, when so cheap and
simple a remedy as DIR. Kings
New Discovery is obtainable. Go
to your Druggist to day, get, a
bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. start the treatment at once.
You will be gratified for the relief
and cure obtained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25

Several hundred fishermen in the lower
section of Cecil and Kent counties at a
meeting held at Rock Hall organized the
Watersmen's Protective Association with
Captain Joshds Ashley. president and
R. T. TAYLOR secretary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
Indigestion and Constipation.

"About five years ago I began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets after suffering
from indigestion and constipation for
years without finding anything TO relieve
me. Chamberlain's Tablets helped me
at once and by using them for several
weeks 1 was cured of the complaint"
wries Mrs. Mary E. McMullen, Phelps,
N. Y For sale by Eli T. Reynolds.
druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
For AM ImpaIred Appetlta.

TO improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion try few doses of Chamber.
lains Tablets. Mr.. ]. H. Seitz. of Detroit,
Mich. says; They restored my appetite
when impaired, relieved me of bloated
feeling aud caused pleasant and salts.
factory movement of the DO Rels." For
sale BY Eli T. Reynolds. druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25

No water is passing over the McCalPs
Ferry dam. and the fshway is practically
dry. The condition of this remarkable
hshway has even been noted by the Fish
Commissioner. who had deputy on the
scene inspecting it.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-12-09
VOTO DE GRACIAS

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La lsnriicinu"aUs,!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 1.-The
city OF Dayton has appointed an Of.
ficial chiropodist to take care OF po'
licemen's feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01

broad avenues. lawns and corridors
Of buildings are fairly Furnished. Tho
next morning the grounds shine In
the sunlight, ready for new Thousands
and the return OF the thousands OF
others who pieknieked there the day
before.
While on the subject Of food, Il
might be mentioned that San Fran
cisco now has the biggest free lunch
counter In the world. II is the Food
Products building at the exposition.
In this building there are exhibits
OF anything and everything in the
way Of food. Spend one hour In the
Food Products building. accepting a
sample from every exhibitor urging
you to 'just try 1t" and weeks
Siege OF indigestion is guaranteed.
But everybody does II. 1t Is only a
step from breakfast food to desert
and then possibly to soup topped off
with a California liqueur. Everybody
tries to sample everything with the
result that the Food Products build
ing has been given name by the
crowds which probably will last long
er than the formal title bestowed by
te exposition officials. II Is known
as the Nibbling Palace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
GREAT AMERICAN LUNCH
BASKET is RECOGNIZED
YANKET INSTITUTION MUCH IN
EVIDENCE AT PANAMA
EXPOSITION.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

UNITED Press staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2s.-The
great American lunch basket has
come into its own If it isn't bas-
ket, then it's box, but in either in
stance, concealed in the depths is
picnic food
There are probably more than 1O,-
600 picnics here every day. One Of
the strogest indications that America
is really here and taking in the ex-
position for all it's worth is that it
brought its lunch In the early days
of the exposition visitors to the big
fair were mostly Native Sons San
Francisco spent its afternoon wander
ing through the big palaces or along
the palm-lined avenues, or hustled
out in the evening for a whirl on the
Zone. But these people were not
troubled much with the question Of
eating When they did eat they
dropped into one Of the cafes where
there is music and dancing, If they
! did not grab something quick from
/ a spindle on which roast chickens.
/ hot dogs and slabs of beef were re-
volving. They are still doing the ex-
! position and hundreds of others like
them are on the scene. But an ex-
/ position crowd travels on its stom-
ach just as much as an army and nc
successful army can depend on for
aging. Therefore the lunch basket
The crowds now visiting San Fran
cisco are made up of people who
| have travelled across the continent OF
4 part way across. to see the exposition
| They get out to the grounds early
and stay late. One, or possibly a
I couple of filings at the Zone and they
| are about through with that part o.
the fair. But hour after hour they put
/ in viewing the various exhibits. Res
4 taurants, cafes and quick lunch
! stands are jammed by those who did
not come prepared. There is no time
to be lost in long waits for bite to
eat 1t is only step to the broad
steps of some building. A short walk
through one-seeing things as they
go-will carry this great American
crowd to the Marina overlooking
the bay Others may jam and elbow
and think of the time they are los
ing If they like, but big America from
bonneville takes these short cuts to
food A mysterious package appears.
There are smiles of anticipation and
in about five minutes Your sight-see-
ing army is at mess
Toward noon or around the dinner
hour in the evening, benches. steps
and the grass plots on the Marina are
filled with these picnic parties. There
is a brief period of rest; possibly the
stop IS made long enough to write a
postcard to someone back home and
they're off again Exposition white
wings" are on the job in some num-
bers throughout the day removing
traces of the picnic parties, but at
night they appear en- masSe. The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
Hunting in Union
and WaIlOwa Stops
Because of Fires
GOVERNOR WITHYCOMBE ISSUES
PROCLAMATION UPON RE-
QUEST.

SALEM. Ore, Sept. 1.-Because OF
numerous forest fires in Union and
wallowa counties, Governor Witty
combe issued a proclamation suspend
ing the open season for hunting in
those counties until the danger has
passed. The proclamation was issued
upon the request Of residents Of the
counties who reported conditions to
be grave.
The proclamation says in part:
Whereas, from the information
furnished this office II appears that
the forest fires are largely caused by
hunters, and by reason Of the extreme
drought the use OF firearms greatly
ondanger the forest.
Il do hereby proclaim and suspend
the open season for hunting and make
Il a closed season for the shooting OF
Wild birds and animals OF any kind
from this date in Union and Wallowa
counties until this proclamation shall
be revoked
The governor said the order sus.
pending the open season would be
revoked when he was convinced there
was no further danger from fires.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
HOW She ENDED
TEN YEARS OF
SKIN-TORTURE

Oct. 2s, l9l4:-"I had eczema on my
face for ten years Little red pimples
formed in a small spot on my chin and
then spread all over my face. They
itehed and burned M awfully. Il was
certainly embarrassing to me, and I
would not go amongst people. / tried
almost every remedy and treatment
that could be used for this trouble, but
nothing did me any good. / used Res
mol Ointment and Resinol Soap, and
was relieved in a day or two. In one
month / was cured. This was six
months ago and the trouble has never
returned. - tSignedl Mrs. G. G. Rob
erts, Weatherford, Okla.
The Resinol treatment speedily heals
eczema, rashes, ringworm, and other
eruptions, and clears away disfguring
pimples and blackheads, even when
other treatments prove worse than use
less. Doctors have prescribed Resinol
Ointment and ResinOl Soap for eigh-
teen years, and all druggists sell them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-01
BAKER OFFICIALS WANT
$4,000 BOND ISSUE
ELECTION MAY BE HELD TO
VOTE FOR GREATER WA
TER SUPPLY

BAKER. Ore, Sept. because OF
the growth Of the city and the con-
slant danger Of water shortage, May
or c. L. Palmer. addressing the city
commissioners this afternoon, assert
ed that it is the duty Of the commits
sioners to again submit to the people
of Baker the matter of extending the
present water system to include all
possible sources of supply.
1--WE must not wait until we have
to make this extension" he said, "for
the completion of the line to Little
Mill creek would take at least a year
and a half l believe that the senti-
ment of the people has changed and
that they would be in favor Of the
proposition now. According to varl-
GUS estimates this job, including in
creasing the size of the rest of the
penstoek would be $4,000.
1--WE are not using the amount oil
water in Baker that we should, but
we are using all we can"
'If We are going to do that you
might just as we'll start the munich
pal light plant question" suggested
City Attorney McColloch.
Commissioner Henry remarked that
light and water wouldn't mix and
Mr. McColloch predicted that as soon
as the bond issue for increased water
supply is brought before the people
a petition for an election for muni-
cipal lighting will be circulated.
The entire matter was postponed
for further consideration until next
week. Both Mr.. Henry and Mr.. Fin
lev stated that they realized the need
for a greater water supply.