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The midland journal., 1915-08-20
ORDER HAD HIM I'm THE AIR"
6oatswain's Mate Considerably Mud
died by Command That Was
Entirely New to Him.

In all the naval services tradition is
strong AS Chief Boatswain McCar-
thy, U. S. N. has shown in an article in
The Proceedings of the United States
Naval Institute. the adherence to Gus
tom extends to the manner in which
the boatswain's calls are varied for
different occasions, and even. in the
old navy, at least. it extended to the
way in which the officers gave their
orders
The language used in passing words
was the vernacnlar of the sailor rather
than academic English, and the officer
who did not know that usually got poor
results from the boatswain's mate. who
had his own IDEAS about passing the
word, and got nauddled in interpreting
any unusual order.
On one occasion, the officer of the
morning watch gave this order:
"Boatswain's mate, scrub down with
rapidity." This was a new one. and
after causing the officer to repeat the
order three times, the boatswains 8
mate became desperate. He grabbed
a deck bucket. and forced it into the
hand of the nearest apprentice, whom
he started on his way with a push that
sent the youngster reeling, and fol.
lowed him with this shout:
60 to the captain of the hold and
ask him for a bucketful of it! / never
heard of anything to scrub a deck with
but sand and lime, and don't know
anything about these new soogy-
moodgies,' anyway. Youths Com
panion.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
FRIEND OR AN ENEMY7.
Robin Is One Of Best Helpers Of
Farmer and 0rchardist.
Damage Done by Little Feathered
sonssters, If Any, May Be Re-
duced to Useful in
Reducing Insect Life.
(By F. L. BEALL.l

Few native American birds are more
universally cherished than are the
robins. On esthetic grounds alone
they receive free protection, partly
from the romance that clusters about
them in story and legend and partly
because of their graceful shape and
movement, bright color and pleasing
song, and close association with man
and his works.
Investigation discloses that in addi-
ton to their pleasing qualities robins
perform very useful function in
reducing the hordes OF insect life con-
stantly prying upon the crops of the
farmer In this work large part of
their food consists Of insects and they
feed their young upon them almost
exclusively. 1t is recognized that
birds are one of the necessary checks
provided by nature upon the increase
of the vast number of insects pro
duced each year; that without them
there would be a greater destruction
of vegetation, and that certain crops
Of the farmer regularly matured
would, if raised at all, be raised only
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
MIGHT Need Them.

After de sarmint, t'mor' night,
Brudder Simmons" said old Deacon
Whang. "we'all is gwine to have a
rousin' hazanner meetin', and burn up
yo paragraphs, bless de Lawdi''
Burn up which, sah?" returned
Goat Simmons, the recently convert
ed gambling man, in considerable as
tonishment.
"Yo' gamblin' paragraphs, sab.
When spotin' man gifts converted
and washed whittier dan snow dey al
ing burns up his kyahds and dice and
sich scan'lous stuff as dat midst loud
shouts o. praise. De Lawd is wild EN-,
and de gamblin' brudder steps fo'th
and filings his paragraphs on de fab
and stands with bowed heads whilst"
mot me, sab! / amt gwine to do
no sich-uh thing!"
'But, muh goodness. brudder, 20 am
converted, isn't you. and"
''Yassahr! rs sho' converted, but
dat don't make me a blame fooli ]
mought backslide an need dat
stuff! Kansas City Star.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

with increased difficulty and added la
Dor.
The robin is found throughout the
greater portion of the United States,
the range Of the species extending
into Canada and even Alaska
While for the most part migratory
in the northern half of the country,
individuals remain all winter in many
localities where shelter and food are
assured. In eastern Massachusetts
and at some places farther west there
are cedar swamps which offer an
abundant supply of wild fruit, and
robins remain throughout the winter
in large numbers. Most of the spe-
cies, however. spend the winter from
latitude 40 degrees northward as soon
as snow disappears. They arrive in
New England in the latter part of
March or early in April, and in the
northern states Of the Mississippi val
ley somewhat earlier. 1t is difficult
to say just when fall migration begins,
as the first birds to leave are replaced
by others from farther north.
Reports of depredations upon fruit
by birds come principally from the
prairie regions of the West. This is
just what might be expected, for but
few prairie shrubs produce the wild
berries that the birds prefer and for
lack of these the birds naturally feed
upon the cultivated varieties availa-
BILE. Reports of fruit losses caused
by birds in the East are usually from
the immediate vicinity of villages and
towns where there is no natural fruit
bearing shrubbery From this it fol-
lows that an effective remedy for the
ravages of birds upon cultivated fruits
is to plant the preferred wild varie-
ties. OF the number of plants which
bear fruit preferred by the robin, many
are ornamental and are easily OBJ
tanned The following are few of
the plants the robins are fond of:
Blackberries and raspberries, cherries,
wild black cherries, china berries, flow
ering dogwood, blueberries, persim-
mons, Mississippi hackberries, western
hackberries. mulberries, cat brier,
green brier, red cedar, pokeberries,
smooth sumac, pepper berries, Ameri-
can holly, woodbine, black gum. and
others.
Investigation of the food of 1886
robins from AZ states, D. c., and three
Canadian provinces. showed that 42.4O
per cent Of their food was animal mat
ter, and $3.50 per cent vegetable. OF
the latter more than so per cent con-
sisted of fruit, more than four-fifths
of which were wild species.
While the robin today probably is
doing much more good than harm, a
bird whose diet consists of SO large
percentage of fruit, may at any time
become pest where its natural food
fails and cultivated varieties are ac-
cessible. The birds must have food
and 1t is decidedly preferable to sup
ply the food they desire. and for which
they will amply pay. in the destruction
of harmful insects, instead of killing
the birds.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
HORSES AND MULES FOR WAR
Many Animals Not Particularly Need
Z ed on Farms Have Been Purchased
by European Nations.
tBy d. A. TRowBRIDGE. Missouri Elk.
pertinent Station.l

(By b. A. TROWBRIDGE. Missouri Exc
pertinent Stationl
The European nations now at war
have purchased many Missouri horses
and mules. which are not particularly
needed. OF course, they have obtained
some good animals, but many of them
have not been of the best, and most
of the mules bought were full aged.
The older mules were bought because
they. could stand the trip across the
Atlantic better than the younger ones.
Some good cavalry horses were OBJ
tanned.
A few horse dealers have predicted
a high market price a short time aft
er the close of the war They are
of the opinion that most of the horses
now being purchased in this country
will be killed, and that soldiers win
need many animals on returning to
their farms. / believe that the mar.
ket will be good, but do not predict
any exceedingly high prices. This
country win be able to supply any de-
mands. A different situation might
arise, If the war continues for more
than q year.
Between 100000 and 100000 horses
and $4,000 and $4,000 mules were
contracted for in this country, and the
loss of these animals to the United
States only means the taking away Of
those produced between January /.
1914, and January /. 1915. With q
similar increase during the present
year, we would be able to supply a
considerable number of horses and
mules.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
sacrifice for Art.

One cold, wet ana windy night he
came upon a negro shivering in the
doorway of an Atlanta store. Wonder
ing what the darky could be doing
standing on cold, wet night in such
place. the proprietor of the shop
said:
Jim. what are you doing here?"
'Scuse me, sah," said Jim. but
I'm gwine to sing bass tomorrow
mornin' at church, an am trying to
ketch cold.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
CHEAP SLING FOR HAYFoRK
Advantages Of Modern Devices Ap-
preciated by Man Who Has Pitched
Hay From Wagon to Now.

The unloading of hay is now COM
paratively easy task. made SO by the
use of machinery. Any man who has
ever pitched hay from wagon into
a high NOV will appreciate the ad.
vantages Of the hayfork and sling.
In one form of sling which is pretty
generally used throughout the East,
the sling is adjusted upon the hay
rack and the hay loaded on without
any particular care as to placing it.
When the wagon reaches the barn as
many drafts as can be taken on at
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

good forkfuls are elevated, then with.
out removing the fork it is hooked
to the sling attachment by the end
pulleys, and pulled upon the free end
of the rope will bundle and bind the
balance of the load around the fork,
The trip rope is unsnapped from the
fork and attached to the swing.
The value Of the sling is the saw.
ing of time in shaping the load with
a hand fork for the last draft with the
horse fork and cleaning up all the hay
on the wagon. 5.
These sings cost from 50 to $3.50
each.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Use Zinc as NUGGETS.

A shoveler in one of the Joplin zinc
mines who had seen in the movies how
the gold miners bought what they
needed with gold nuggets, recently
laid a small chunk of zinc ore on a
bar counter and called for a beer
The bartender served the drink to
him and laid down 20 cents in change
and of course the crowd laughed and
cheered.
Such is the spirit of the Joplin zinc
boom, with crude zinc ore now worth
seven cents a pound, which is about
SO per cent higher than the refined
product spelter has averaged for many
Wall Street Journal.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
OF His Guard.

A detective in Y. NJ. G. A. lecture
In Duluth 81 crime detection said:
"The criminal can't be always on
his guard, of course Well, when he's
off his guard, then he gives himself
away, like the bank clerk, you know.
"A bank clerk was having his for
tune told at a church fair. The pretty
fortune teller, holding the young
mans hand in hers said:
Beware of dark woman!'
Black Maria!' gasped the bank
clerk, and he turned as pale as DEATH"
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
settlIna It.

They were just about to get married
and were discussing the details of do,
mestic economy.
But I'm afraid, dearest, we shall
not be able to afford servant at first, -
he said, looking tenderly at her.
"Oh, Harry, whatever will the neigh
bors say when they see me doing my
own work"
why, darling" replied Henry, gem
timely puzzled. whose work do you
want to do?" =
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
curio Eakers.

Lincoln Springfield, the English edi-
tor, was lunching in London when a
Samoan entered and shook him by the
hand.
What do the natives do for living
over there?" Mr.. Springfield asked the
Samoan.
oh" said the other, they sell CO.
coanuts, and birds-of-paradise, and
Robert Louis Stevenson's inkwell."
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
THE BOGY OF OLD AGE
SCARED AWAY BY FAMOUS MEN
or so YEARS YOUNG.
They Testify That Right Living and
Sound Thinking Infuse New Life
Constantly Into Every Part
Of the Body.


Old age used to be regarded as an
lncurable disease; time to be looked
forward to with horror; period of
useless cumbering of the earth.
That bogy is scared away by the
testimony Of some Of the living cele-
brities who have left the Biblical
.'three-score-and-ten" landmark far be-
hind them.
Says John Burroughs, the great
naturalist, at seventy-seven:
81 am in better health and more able
to do my work at seventy-seven than
was at forty-seven or at ffty-seven.
have produced more manuscripts
during the last three years than dur
ing any other three years of my life,
and of a kind that has made unusual
intellectual demands upon me.
'Old Age is not such bugaboo after
all. He is, in many ways, better to
live with than Youth, because HE
leaves you more at your ease; you are
in the calmer waters; the fret and
fever of life have greatly abated. Old
Age brings the philosophical mind; he
brings a deeper, wider outlook upon
life; he brings more tolerance and
charity and good will. did not squan.
der my youth in excesses, and hence
am not bankrupt in my old age"
A novelist, who is six years older
than Burroughs and who writes six
hours day, gives this recipe for stay
ing young in the eighties:
Il have constantly given my mind
plenty of new thoughts, and this men
tai diet has kept me young. 1t is rou-
tine that ages. Even in my sleep
am often mentally busy. I think
know consciously that when rest
darken. have constantly proved
that intellectual activity infuses life
into every part of the body AS far as
possible avoid anger or worry, for
one hour of such debilitating mental
exercise destroys all personal mag
netism; and what passes between
them and the soul do not care to say
II keep my health because keep
my illusions. will not believe that
everyone is false. / will not believe
that hope tells a f1attering tale, or that
friendship is only name, or that
true love has fed from earth and that
the fear of God has vanished. And,
above all other reasons for my good
health, ! place the vivifying power Of
love. Love is life.'
Cardinal Gibbons, eighty years old
and in the prime Of his powers, says:
Il believe firmly that the critical
time of life for the making or mar
ring of sound constitution is the
period of youth. The seeds of weak
ness are sown in the system then; by
irregularity Of life, particularly in the
hours allotted for sleep and. rest; by
excess in eating and drinking; by
grosser excesses and by lack of proper
exercise.
3"The rules of health from which /
have never swerted from my youth
are: Regularity of life, moderation in
eating and drinking, exercise proper to
my age and profession, avoidance OF
worry and an ever-abiding trust in
Gods providence. have always been
avaricious in the matter Of sleep.
Early to bed is the wisest of all saws
for him who has work to do and am
bition to do it well."-Los Angeles Elk.
press.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

REMARKABLE LETTER FROM A WELL
KNOWN WASHINGTON DRUGGIST.
inreferenceto to Elixir Babex the great remedy
for chile and feoev and all riaEayiuR diseases.
within the last five months have sold 5000
Henry Evans, 922 FIST, NV, Washington, DC.'b
Elixir Babek SO cents all druggists, or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski q Co,
Washington, d. G. s
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
DISTRESSING PIMPLEs
Removed by cuticura soap and oine.
rnent. Trial Free. :

Smear them with the Ointment
Wash of in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. Repeat on
rising and retiring. These fragrant
supercreamy emollients do much for
the skin, and do it quickly.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Not Easy to Do.

why is it that the dog is always
referred to as the most intelligent anil
mal?" asked the elephant
Because he knows how to get q
good living without doing any work.
replied the horse
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Waste Of poats.

Why throw away a well-seasoned,
just-ready-to-use fence post. or stake,
just because one end has rotted on
in the ground? Reverse it and the
chances are that it will last longer
than it did the first time.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
on rhin Fields.

1t sometimes happens that clover
field will run out, so to speak, or get
thin, and when such is the case plan
is to SOW more clover seed in early
spring and cut it in thoroughly with a
disk harrow. The thicker the clover
grows the better, for this will keep
the weeds out and the soil win be rich
and mellow.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
A PhIIosophsr,s NIahteap.

Many years ago was in northern
country house in which Herbert Spen.
Ger was staying. At that time he suf
fered from sleeplessness, and one night
on going to bed he said to me: Il am
about to drink some hot brandy and
water in order to restore the perio-
dicity of my somniferous functions."-
London Spectator.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Old countrv RuIIdInna.

Most farm buildings in the old
country are made of stone. cement
or brick, with tile roofs. These build
ings are not only fire proof, but viii
last hundreds Of years. Compared
with these even our best buildings are
but makeshifts. Constantly rebuild
ing takes altogether too much of our
money.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
PesslmlstIc View.

"Do you believe the microbes said
to be in kisses ever develop into any
thing dangerous?" asked the fair maid
I'm afraid they do" replied the old
bachelor. "At least I've been told that
marriage is often the result"
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
A Difference.

Angelina so you love me with
all your heart? Would you die for
me?
Edwin-No, dear.
Angelina You wouldn't die for met
Edwin-No; mine is an undying af-
lection
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

Turning a strong back furrow be-
fore the new fence is made, easily
saves a wire, and besides sometimes
saves colt or calf by showing where
the fence is.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
noId and plstlnauished.y

Gerald" said the young wife. no
ticing how heartily he was eating, do
! cook as well as your mother did?"
Gerald put up his monocle and
stared at her through it.
"Once and for all, Agatha" he said,
Il beg you to remember that although
/ may seem to be in reduced circum-
stances now. come of an old and dis
tinguished family. My mother was
not cook"
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

The consequences are seldom pleas
ant when you sit on either fresh paint
or fresh children.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Another Hunaerg Strike.

Patience understand Mr.. Styles
has refused to give his wife money
for new clothes.
Patrice-What's she going to do?
She's going on hunger strike
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

All things come to him who waits.
but he is generally dead by the time
they reach him.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Concrete Floor Is Best,

What is more exaspering than a
wet. soft floor in q barn? Con<ete
win solve the problem.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

The discovery Of fish glue is attrib-
nted to a Massachusetts, man, who,
while making chowder, found that it
stuck to his fingers.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

A well-trained memory is merely one
that admits of discreet forgetfulness
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Thoroughly Lost.

~" n n ''V' VNJ''Fy ~-SSs' q I07-.
Othello explained his jealousy.
Il thought she lost it waving Chau-
tauqua salute" he cried.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-27

facts to bace opinion on. They did
not know the Battle of the Marine
was being fought, nor that Joffre
had performed, by winning a victory
there, a sort of eighth wonder of the
world. Yet this was true. General
Bonnal said of this battle:
"This is the first time to my
knowledge that a great army, re-
treating and fighting at the same
time and for eight days in succession,
was able to furnish the effort by it.
self to transform instantly it's long
and painful retreat into an irresisti-
BILE offensive
Yet that is what the French army
was able to do. Through this victory
new France was born. The Great
Doubt was lifted, the 1870 bugaboo
banished. The people were given
confidence in the army, the army in
itself.
Henceforth, whatever may happen
to the French soldier, he will refuse
to be discouraged. He can advance,
retreat or doggedly hold what he has
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-27

vidually the most Intelligent soldiers
in the world, they have the other
curse and blessing of civilization, "A
imagination; so they sang and quit
thinking; they joked with one an
other, never admitting even to them
selves alone to their companions
that the doubt was there.
Back home the hearts of mothers,
fathers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts were troubled by the same un-
expressed dread lest 1914 prove an
other 1870. And if such should
prove to be the case + X.
They, too, smiled and talked cheer
fully of new and irresistible
France.
All knew, those who remained
waiting as we'll as those who went
to war, that for "A years Germany
has been living, eating, sleeping,
drinking, dreaming war and that this
war had come. What about France?
Who was General Joffre? Who were
the other generals? Newspapers had
but recently declared that France
was unprepared; was this true? And
all went on being troubled in secret
lest France should again prove un-
ready
oh Cd Do {,
that General Joffre was in retreat
from Charleroi, the 1870 bugaboo
loomed bigger and bigger Maui
beuge was invested; Lille was occu-
pied. Then there came the silent,
tense days, without any real news.
The government moved to Bordeaux;
the Germans we're now in Maubeuge,
Compiegne, Scissors, Rheims, Cha
Ions, Epernay, Luneville. Verdun
and Nancy we're seriously menaced.
Paris, it seemed, was doomed and
Uhlans were reported to be at the
gates. The worst fears of soldiers
and homefork seemed realized. 1t
looked like another 1870, only worse
Still there was no panic. There
was the exodus of thousands of peo-
pie who objected to living in Paris
during German occupation, but the
city was calmn. Frances sacred
union" held firm. 3
But the Doubt, instilled into the
mind of France by 1870, was there,
CALLING and real. The people could
not know that General Joffre was
later to be called genius. They
could only wonder if his retreat was
strategy or incompetency. The cen
sorship was strict and they had few
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-27
Whv He Failed.

Why He Failed.
Il understand Jinks has found it nec-
essary to close up his electrical busi-
ness. What was the matter?"
"Well, as nearly as can make out,
when he failed to spark properly, his
banking connections became short cir
cuited, and his customers failed to sup
ply the necessary current. These mis-
fortunes tore the insulation from his
lines of credit and he became afraid
he was no longer a live wire.
''The poor fellow had to shut up shop.
As matter Of fact" said the narrator,
lodging blow, che didn't know what
else to do."-Richmond dTimes-Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-27
MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN "
:. ESCAPES OPERATION
Mrs. Sinclair Finds Wonderful Rem.
edy= In Time to Avoid
Knife.

Mrs. Sadie e. Sinclair of 41S East
Lake st., Minneapolis, suffered from
stomach arrangements for more than
six years. She became Respondent and
hopeless. She feared she would have
to undergo an operation. Her COM
plexion suffered along with her gen.
eral health.
Then she discovered Mayr's Won.
derful Remedy and took course Of
treatment. The first dose brought re.
suits. She wrote: II.
only one dose and I slept like a
log. And felt relieved right away.
It should need any more medicine
you may be sure i will send for It.
It is a wonder one can be rid Of such
conditions without pain. And my
complexion Is clearing; they all speak
of it was so yellow and brown be-
fore" ..e H. -. ~...... :. p. -. &.
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat ais much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure Of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle Of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts.
factory money will be returned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-27
THE DESTRUCTION OF 4
GREAT FORTRESS

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the terrific assaults of the most pow
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destruction Of property by cyclone or
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The path of the Tornado is the road
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Tornado insurance costs you about
1a cent q day per Thousand.
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