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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Beautiful Blue Lake.

Perhaps the most striking instance
to be seen in the whole world of the
wonderful apparent coloring of bodies
of water is the marvelously beautiful
Blue lake in Switzerland Encompass
ed on all sides by lofty mountains,
their lower ranges luxuriantly clothed
with verdure down to the edge of the
water and adorned with many fine for
est trees. while their higher activities
are CARRIED in mantle of eternal snow,
the little lake, Nesting in its deep hol-
low basin, is quite startling in its sin
gular and strange beauty. The water,
although really pure and colorless, APP
pears to be of a most intense sky blue.
And its transparency is SO remarka-
BILE that small coin dropped into the
water in the center of the lake can be
seen until it reaches the bottom, ap-
parently more than hundred feet be-
meath.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

Coughs and Colds are Dangerous.
Few of us realize the danger OF
Coughs and Colds. We consider
them common and harmless ailments
However statistics tell us every third
person dies of lung ailment.
Dangerous Bronchial and Lung dis
eases follow a neglected. cold. As
your body struggles against cold
germs, no better aid canbe had than
DR.. Kings New Discovery. It's merit
has been tested by old and young.
In use over As years. Get bottle
to-day. Avoid the risk of serious
Lung ailements. Druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Could Lift a Ton and a Half.

A Scotchman. said to be the last Of
the Stuarts. was possessed with an ex-
traordinary strength. from which cir
cumstance he got the Dynamo of Jem-
my Strength. Among other feats, he
could carry twenty -four FOUNDER can
non and had been known to lift cart
load of hay weighing a ton and a half
upon his back. Many a time he took
up jackass and. carrying it on his
shoulders, walked through the toflgate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Chains on All Four WheaIs.

When one places chains on the rear
wheels of an automobile only, as is so
often done, he overlooks the fact that
1t Is the forward pair of wheels that
give the car its direction and that it is
II anything more important to insure
these against skidding than the rear
wheels. The only way to be safe is to
put chains on all four wheels in slip
perry weather. The slight trouble in
volyed is in no way commensurate to
the danger which is always present
where skidding is a possibility. A
driver who is too lazy and shiftless to
take this simple precaution should be
deprived Of his license. Outing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
ANCIENT BAGDAD.
sts Ruined Mosques, crumbling Walls
and Rich Bazaars.

ana f1tCn 0dzaaFSa
Squalor and ruin are the present
characteristics Of ancient Bagdad, the
once beautiful city of 1.-THE Arabian
Nights OF its famous hundred
mosques only about thirty are now in
use. Several are SO dilapidated that
Ntheir, crumbling roofs and walls threat
en- the lives Of the devout who still
worship in them.
The one splendid wall, built of the
handsome Arabian brick and extend
ing around the city distance Of five
miles, still stands, but it is broken In
many places. The four original gates
remain, and the Oldest and finest one,
bearing the date of 1920, has not been
opened since the middle of the seven
teenth century.
The famous river Tigris, a muddy
stream flowing sluggishly during the
greater part of the year, divides Bag
dad into two parts, which are connect
ed by a rickety bridge Of boats nearly
200 feet long. When the snow melts
upon the Armenian mountains the IT.
girls rises, sometimes foods part of the
city and often carries away the bridge.
The bazaars of Bagdad exhibit rich
merchandise of many kinds, including
Turkish and European products, both
modern and antique, and are the most
attractive part of the city.-New York
Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
THE FATA MoRGANA.
Conditions That Must Obtain to Allow
of ltsNProduction.

of ltsNProduction.
The fata morgana is singular aerial
phenomenon akin to the mirage, 1t is
seen in many parts of the world, but
most frequently and in greatest per
lection at the strait of Messina, be-
tween Sicily and Italy. So many con-
ditions must coincide, however, that
even. there 1t is of comparatively rare
occurrence.
To allow of its production the sun
must be at an angie of forty-flve de-
grees with the water, both sky and
sea must be calm and the tidal cur
rent sufficiently strong to cause the
water in the center to rise higher than
on the edges of the strait. When these
conditions are fully met the observer
on the heights of Calabria, looking to-
ward Messina, will behold a series of
rapidly changing pictures, sometimes
of most exquisite beauty.
Castles, colonnades, SUGGESTIONS of
beautiful arches, palaces, cities, with
houses and streets and church domes;
mountains, forests, grottoes, will APP
pear and vanish, to be succeeded per
haps by fleets of ships, sometimes plac-
idly sailing over the deep, sometimes
inverted, while halo like rainbow
surrounds every image.
1t is supposed that the images are
due to the irregular retroactive powers
of the different layers of air above the
sea, which magnify. repeat and distort
the objects on the Sicilian shore be-
yond, but to the Italians these singu-
lar appearances are the castles Of the
Princess Morgana, and the view Of
them is supposed to bring good fortune
to the beholder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

Strange Case of the Nancy Brig and a
Hungry Shark.


Hungry Shark.
In the museum at Kingston, Jamaica,
there are some tattered ships papers,
brown with age and salt water, and a
small tin canister. These articles at
test the truth of the strangest pirate
story ever told.
In 1909 the crew of the Nancy brig
were apparently honest traders, but did
some piracy now and then on the side.
One day they found it necessary to go
into Kingston for supplies. Before do
ing so they naturally removed all
traces of their buecaneering trade.
Among other things they threw over
board this tin canister stuffed with pa
pers taken from ships they had sunk,
with comments written on the margin
by the pirate captain.
Later in the day a British frigate
was becalmed near the spot, and the
sailors spent their leisure catching
sharks. Presently they hauled up a
big fellow, cut him open and found the
tin case with the papers inside. These
were taken to the captain. who, as soon
as a breeze sprang up. sailed into
Kingston harbor, found the Nancy brig
there and had the crew tried, convict
ed and hanged in chains at Port Royal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
A MADAGASCAR BANQUET.
Where the Riot of Food Wed With the
Riot of Tumult.


The longest and noisiest dinner that
James Sibree, Jr., the author of "a
Naturalist In Madagascar ever at
tended was given by the governor Of a
town called Ankarana. About score
of officers were at the table and seven
ladies. After a long grace by the pas
tor, dinner was brought in and con-
sisted of the following courses:
First. curry; second, goose; third,
pigeons and waterfowl; fourth, chick
en- outlets and poached eggs; fifth, beef
sausages; sixth, boiled tongue; seventh,
sardines; eighth pigs trotters; ninth,
fried bananas; tenth, pancakes; elev-
enth, manioc: twelfth, dried bananas,
and lastly. says Mr.. Sibree, when
thought everything must have been
served. came launches of roast beef.
There was big drum just outside
on the veranda, as well as two small
ones, besides clarinets and fiddles, and
these were in full play almost all the
time. Then the room was filed by a
crowds of servants and aids-de-camp,
and the shouting. of every one, from
the governor down, was deafening.
The old gentleman directed everything
and every one. was glad when /
could take my leave, after two hours
sitting. but was not to leave quietly.
The governor took me by the hand and
escorted me home, while the big drum
was hammered at ahead of us all the
way.-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Colds Need Attention.

Internal throat and chest troubles
produce Inflammation, irritation
swelling or soreness and unless
checked at once, are liely to lead to
serious trouble. Caught in time DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey 1oosens the
phlegm and destroys the germs
which have settled in the throat or
nose. 1t is soothing and healing.
Pine is antiseptic; honey is soothing.
bot: together possess excellent med
icinal qualities for fighting cold
germs. Insist on DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey. Csc. all druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Rameses l.

Rameses l. was the first king of the
nineteenth dynasty in Egypt and ruled
for brief period about B. G. 1855. Be
yond the fact that he waged war in
Nubia. where he left an inscription and
constructed some Of the buildings of
the Karnak, little is known Of his
reign. His mummy was found In 1881
at Deir-el-Bahri. His son, Seti l., built
the Memnonium at Karnak in honor
of his fathers memory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
SHE KNEW COFFEE.
Result of a Test That Was Made BY
Sir Hiram Maxim.

0ic fflram Maxim
A great many people who flatter
themselves that they are judges Of COT.
fee or other beverages may learn les
SON of caution from the experiments
carried on by Sir Hiram Maxim when
he was trying to find a palatable prepa-
ration of wheat and coffee.
1t occurred to me, says Sir Hiram in
My Life" that very few people knew
much about coffee One Sunday !
brought out from the Maxim Lamp
works about thirty young men and wo-
men. Ny stenographer was also pres
ent. She was one of those young ladies
that know it all-from whose decisions
there is no appeal
] had cleared off long bench and ar
ranged on it large number of cups,
milk, sugar. cream, much coffee and
plenty of apparatus for making coffee.
| got from the army and navy stores
various kinds of coffee that were sup
posed to be the very best in the world,
such as Mocha. Java and SO forth, and
also got from dealer in coffee some
of the sweepings and siftings of his
shop-small, imperfect and broken kerr
nels. These freed from dust and
dirt, roasted and ground and mixed
with three times their weight of chic
ory. | was ready for the test
My shorthand writer came in, tasted
the Mocha. the Java, the Costa RIGA,
and pronounced them all very bad. She
then tried some of my wheat coffee and
some of what was half wheat and half
coffee. which, she said, were also bad,
but not so bad as the others. But when
she reached the mixture of siftings and
chicory she was delighted THAT is
coffeer' she said, with an air of fnality.
That's it! That's the right stuff"
In all probability the young lady had
never tasted cup of genuine coffee in
her life until that Sunday morning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Rivals.

as this an all star company?' asked
the manager of the Bunkhurst Opera
House.
Sure it is" said the press agent
"They haven't spoken a pleasant word
to each other since they started on
tour Birmingham Age-Herald
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

He-If you ind ME so lacking in the
qualities you admire, why ON earth did
you ever marry me? She There you
go making things worse. You know
very well dislike particularly being
asked questions that admit of no rea-
sonable answer. Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
IA Meant We'll.

Niece-I do think you are clever,
aunt. to be able to argue with the pro-
fessor about sociology Aunt-I've only
been concealing my ignorance, dear.
Professor Bilks (gallantlyl-Oh, no,
Miss Knowles; quite the contrary, l as
sure you.-Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Old Postal Rates.

Our postal rates in 1924 were Excess
sive. To send letter thirty-six miles
the cost was 6 cents. For over 400
miles the uniform rate was 25 cents,
and as the mails were transported by
stage coaches, the process was a slow
nna
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
A Nice Point.

Every student of history knows that
our Christmas customs are develop
ment of the Roman saturnalia."
"Oh, surely not air.
Il think so.'
mo, no! There's no reason to sup
pose. for instance, that the Romans
were all the time being hunched to do
their saturnalian shopping early
Pittsburgh Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
A Real Definition.

An applicant for teachers certih-
cate in Kentucy answered an exami-
nation questions by defining ''blunder-
buss' as kissing the wrong girl" Die
Honary or no dictionary. we would
have given that girl first class GER
tiflcate.-Houston Post
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Handicapped.

"A rich woman misses much in life"
"As to how?''
"She can't run out to the back fence
when she gets hold of choice bit of
gossip. She has to get up a tea or
reception, and by that time the news
is STALE Louisville Courier Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Nervous Wonen.

When the nervousness is caused
by constipation, as is often the case.
you will get quick relief by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. These tab
lets also improve the digestion. OBJ
tainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Just Suited.

"Why do you go with that young
man? He isn't making enough money
to be married"
But he is making enough money to
provide theater seats and auto rides
for Tuesdays and Fridays, and 1 have
those evenings to spare."-Louisville
Courier ournal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Hold Up Your Head.

The simple habit of holding the chest
high and the head erect will do more
than anything elce TO retain youth
full figure The naament the back bends
goodby youth!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Good For CONSTIPATION.

Chamberlain's Tablets are excel
lent for constipation. They are
pleasant to take and mild and gentle
in effect. Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Hereditary.

Hoax-Poor old Henpecke has to
mind the baby. Joax-Yes. It's won
derful how that baby takes after its
mother Philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
An Ominous Hint,

'Sir. l want to ask you for your
daughters, hand
"All right, sonny. You'll find It in
my pocket Baltimore American
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Prenonitory.'

Junior-So you didn't propose to her,
after all? Weed-No And I'm not go
ing to. When got to her house
found her chasing mouse with a
broom.-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10
Too watchful.

Husband almost sold my car to-
day. Wife~ What stopped the salef
Husband - The fellows keeper. =
Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

AS moth gnaws garment. SO doth
envy consume man.-C hrysostom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

Bad men excuse their faults; good
hen leave them.-Johnson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-12-10

Defer not till tomorrow to be WISE
COsgrove.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27
Physical Laws as Related
To Conscience

But when you are physically eX-
haustcd. tired in brain and body, wet,
cold, hungry and sleepy, then lie
seems too greWOus to be borne and
you ponder morosely over the state
Of your soul
We have made many mistakes in
life through not recognizing the
large part that the animal side of
our nature plays in life. We have
blamed all our "glooms' and bad
tempers on our spiritual state and
done pcnance for things which We
could hardly control so long as We
disrcgarded the physical laws which
brought about our mental state, In
other words. many Of the things We
called sins were not of themselves
sins, but merely the result OF "A
deeper sin against our bodies.
H. when we get into fits OF mental
depression. or i'm a passion where
We feel like killing our best friend and
end by wouudiuE her with our unklnd
acts or speech, we would shut our
selves up in our rooms and iuves-
tigatc our physical natures We
would see that our mental upheaval
was the result of oyerwork, lack
Of sleep, too heavy dinner,
lack of the right sort of foods,
too much sweet, or perhaps
too much stimulaut 1t might even
be that the mental depression follow
ing "a particularly gay time, and we
are suffering the reaction of too
long continued round of dances and
parties Whatever the cause II we
are honest, we can almost Invariably
trace our bad moods to the breaking
of some physical law rather than To
the breaking Of what we are pleased
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27

..y,r1 t...s
NueH young man ehl'IS pusL-
ness the first thing h." is expected to
70 Is TO learn the details OF ms pro
iession' woman writes TO- me Dal-
las News. As ne masters an ihe I'M,
portant small polhis ne Is lhtruSI'u
Win more TeSpohSIple poSl'oiS, uIl-
I'll al Iast ne reaches ihe lop OF Ihe
particular line OF euueaNor ne mas
entered. Nheh ne mas reacned the
lop ne KNOWS ms business from y
10 n;
w hch a young Elri maIrIeS anu
STARTS houSekeepIhE' her khoWIeuSo
OF lhr business OF running nome ~
uSuaIN very NaEur. ms Is lIue III III
'he average case lnouS" JneIt az u
exceptions TO the RUE, Does she
FeaIl/r lne tremendous haHuicaP uh-
her Whlch She Is paced ana SET 10
work TO Iem'uy lhlS ldulI as qulckIy
as possible hi9rtGiatGly' no Al
most always she thlhkS sne can take
Her place at inc Heau Oh neI nus
band nome run II SuGteSSIuIly, as
Wen as econohlGalIy' WIN no preNlo us us
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27

In the "Intercstiua People" depart
ment OF the july American Magazine
appears an article about Mrs. John
Mcnamara, who is known as the
Lady cop" of Tonopah, Nev She
policcs mining camp. EN-otfito,
she ls the wife OF a lawyer and the
II other OF -hree children Following
is an extract firm the article abnt
her:
Before Touopah knew Mrs. NcNa-
mara il knew but two types Of women:
Cue mentiOuahle that stayed in homes
up on the hill. protected by sumc male
IA father. brother. a husband ana
the other IyIe. down in the gulch,
uumentionablc and unprotected by
anyone.
For some time there had lam
guish"d On the camp a WCmaE'S club,
few in numbers and insignificant in
Influence. In fact its existence was
practically IukHowu to the politicians.
THE Womlus cluu-appea"c before
the county commissioners, told them
the conditions surrounding youth in
tho camp ana asked FOR the appoint
meut Of 70 woman police officer
We'll who2' snapped male.
There amt real lady in the camp
as would take the job.
THE women IuC kcd at one another
They had not thought that .t would
be put up ro them t. choose. The
politician rubbed lis hands There
amt lady AS would take It, he re
pcated
ZIP poke MIS-. McNamara. III
take it,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27
Books and the Child.

The great trouble is that too often
the Child's training is not Of the right
sort, and he does not learn to love
books, declares w. f. Purdue. writ
ing in Farm and Home. Much time
and attention are devoted to the study
Of English in the schools, but,
unfortunately, the study Of Eng
lish is not always the study OF
literature in the best sense Too much
stress. 1t seems to the writer, is put
upon technicalities and too little upon
the meaning the sentiment, the
beauty Of thought conveyed. Many a
literary masterpiece has been ruined
for a young student by his teachers
undue insistence upon analysis of it's
diction, its style and its Sentence CON
struction These things have their i'm
portance, but they should be sub
ordinate to the grasp Of the produc-
ton as a whole.
1t too frequently happens that lit
erature Is thrust upon children when
they are not sufficiently developed to
comprehend or to enjoy IT, For ex-
ample, 1t may be doubted II Shake
speare's plays are properly within the
comprehension Of any save excep.
tional children under Is. Yet in most
schools children are expected to know
something Of the great dramatist be-
fore that age And II is certain no
literature really profits a reader of
whatever age unless 1t interests him.
That might well be the first test OF a
book that it shall be OF interest; not
that It is Improving" or full Of in
formation, or highly recommended"
or standard" though II may be all
Of these-but that it holds attention.
literature is undoubtedly Of great i'm
Dortance, but the problem is to bring
this fact TO the common knowledge.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27
SuperVOmaH Not to
Be Subndn, Student
Of the Future Says

In a recent lecture on the "Conser-
vation Of Womanhood," Mrs, Minnie
Sahin Cooper, dramatist, philanthro-
pist ard associate director Of the
Panama Pacific exposition, gave an
outline Of what she thought the fu-
ture superwoman. toward which state
She contends the sex is travelling Is
to be-
"W hatever else the superwoman
shows herself she will not be a sub
man. an imitation of man." she said.
For the last so years women have
been trying too hard to be like men.
instead OF 20 perfect themselves as
women AS | see her, the super.
woman will be woman plus, not
woman minus She will be more heau-
tiful. more brilliant, more noble than
the woman Of today, but instead OF
growing away from wlfehOod and ma
ternity, she will bring both to a per-
fection they have not previously
known.
1--WE shan't have the superwoman
Until wo get two things clear in our
minds: First. that women are exactly
az important to the world as men;
second, that their importance must he
manifested in different ways to
achieve its full effectiveness | do not
believe that she can find any accom-
plishment greater than the marriage
il will lie within hev power to make.
She will have such 4 wealth to give to
her husband and children.
The superwoman will own a su-
premely strong and well body. Women
are at last beginning to realize the
awful handicap OF physical weakness.
once they made it a matter of pride,
and the fashionable lady considered
her ability to faint lt a moments no.
tice a sure sign Of breeding and re-
finemcnt BY giving her heart and
lungs ard feet room 10 move the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-27
Tomato salad

Tomatoes have endless possibilities
as a salad All sorts ot tomato sur
prise" salads can be served. The to-
matocs can bee stuffed with celery,
with diced cucumbers with sliced
radshes, with peas and string beans,
with chopped peppers and asparagus,
and with any two Of these vegetables
in combination - and the result,
dressed with may younaise, Is ito
matu surprise Then a thick slice
Of ripe tomato can bee served IN yart-
Gus ways Sometimes put half a
stuffed egg in each slice and top 10
with mayonnaise Sometimes put "a
spoonful OF minced pepper and celery
mixed with mayounaiso. Sometimes
put q mound Of diced cucumber and
sometimes a mound OF bests mixed
with mayOnuaisc.