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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
In France Woman Usually
Is '.Man" of the Family


The French woman is the man" OF
the family as a rule. This was illus
trated in our hotel in Paris, where
madame attended to the office and ran
everything, while she kept her hus-
band on the go from early till late do
ing the upstairs work. Practically all
the "chambermaids' in Paris are men.
The first thing we noticed on reach
ing Paris was a woman cab driver.
Most of the street hucksters and vend-
ers are women-but they are husky
specimens, who are well able to look
out for themselves. Some of the cries
of the hucksters are very musical. We
are specially taken with the call of
the fishwomen. who in announcing for
instance ''bon maquereau"
mackerel"-would sing regular little
song.
AS you go along through Paris you
are struck with the large number of
women who run stores and all kinds
of enterprises. They invariably keep
strict accounts, and after closing
hours they will be seen porting over
their ledgers. 1t seems rather strange
that the French women should never
have made any special demand for
the suffrage or other rights of wom-
en"-perhaps because they realize that
they already rule the roost.-Paris
Letter in Pathfinder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Clever Plants

The cleverness of some plants is
indisputable. A sundew, or fiy-eater.
deceived by piece of chalk, seized
it in its tendrils, but upon discovering
the fraud Immediately withdrew them.
A fly, held just out of its reach, did
not tempt it to move, but as soon as
it was brought little nearer the plant
prepared to take possession of it.
Darwin showed that begonia had
Il habit of searching for hole to in
sert its tendrils into, and even of with
drawing the tendril to insert it In an
other hole, If the first proved insult
able.
Nor is this power of selecting con-
fined to any particular class. Climbers
like the lianas will refuse to coil
round branch not strong enough
to bear their weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
A Shadowless Light

One of the latest improvements In
hospital equipment is the invention of
a shadowless light for the operating
table. This has been secured by
fixture containing eight electric lights
placed so that their rays meet at an
agile of 45 degrees. This makes better
vision apossible in the examination of
wounds and also eliminates the pos
sibility of a delicate operation being
hindered by the shadows of the sur
geons hands, as is frequently the case
with lights ordinarily placed. 1t is
said that the shadowless light might
lessen the number of accidents in many
Industrial establishments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
MATCHES A BROOD IN TREE
Hen Belonging to Delaware Man
Makes Her Nest Twenty
Feet In Air.

Georgetown. pel.-Perched 90 feet
in the air, an old hen on the farm Of
former United States Marshal John
Cannon Short, has Matched out ten
chicks where the whole family is now
making their aerial home.
The nest is in large tree and is
reached by 4O-foot ladder which lies
against an adjoining building. The hen
climbed the ladder and made her nest
in the tree and there she Matched out
her family. So far the chicks have
not yet set their feet on the ground,
and the old hen carries their food up
to them. The owner highly prizes the
hen and will allow no one to disturb
her unique abode.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Poultry Scratchings
c. S. Anderson Of the Colorado
Agricultural College.

FQGtCQIIOtd a. 0QttV4Ss
II you take pride in marketing good
eggs at a good price, consider the fol-
lowing:
Do not keep mongrel stock. They
are not high producers, and their eggs
are not uniform as to size and color.
Keep laying hens separated from sit
ting hens. -.
Gather eggs twice daily in warm
weather.
The sale of infertile incubator eggs
never will help you to establish high
er market price for your product.
Separate the male birds from the
flock except during the breeding sea-
son. Fertile eggs are poor keepers.
Market eggs in standard egg case.
Never haul to town over rough roads
or in an open basket or pan exposed
to the hot sun.
You will have a larger number OF
''firsts'' if you market at least twice
a week.
In keeping eggs, provide dry, cool.
well ventilated place. Fertile eggs
must be kept below IS degrees to check
termination.
Eggs are affected easily by bad
odors. Do not keep in a musty grain
bin, or in the vegetable cellar, or
where they can absorb the odors OF
kerosene and gasoline.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Little Boy a Hero.

GAINESVILLE. Wis.-Theodore Snyder,
seven years old, son of Claud Snyder,
who resides on farm six miles north
of the city, is hailed by his playmates
as youthful hero. When the home
occupied by the Snyders suddenly took
fire during the absence of both moth
er and father, young Snyder's first
thoughts were of the six-months-old
baby who lay on a cot in one of the
front rooms. While he sent the other
children for aid he hurried into the
house and carried out the infant and
lis bed. The house and its entire con-
tents were destroyed before neighbors
arrived.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Mobility Of the Individual
BY DR. JOHN u. FINLEY
Commissioner Of Education State Of New York

The whole problem of society generally determine what
degree mobility of the individual shall be restrained prdenatd
and merged in the aim of all the COLLECTIVELY.
translate this into the terms of everyday h and
graphic myself thinking that every has imaginary
uniform imaginary uniform Of his always in read
home shop office public locker that he may don at
community nation, perhaps of world needs when
compuon he VOTE his taxes fight against dis
honesty neency inform himself public questions
public dutes whn in short ne performs any one OF the mum
Of him efficient unit organized
society today maker Of meerschaum pipes peasant gathering
my harvest college professor Tomorrow slip on TINS
invisible garment and seess nameless numbered patriot And
the next da am working my delicate pipes again back
my field desk private laboratory that is am NOT
killed or wounded in battle sufocated the trenches
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
PERIL OF FLY NOT
FULLY REALIZED
BY DR.. SAMUEL q. DIXON
Commissioners Of Health Of Pennsyi.

BY DR.. SAMUEL q. DIXON
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsyl-
Vanla
Neams have been printed about the
danger from the house fly. Despite all
that has been said 1t is self-evident
fact that people do not understand how
real is the danger from these pests. II
they did a single season would be suf-
hcient to wipe out the dangerous null
sances. Let people once understand
the part that the fly plays In the trans
mission Of disease and they will look
upon anyone who maintains q condl-
ton which breeds them as q public
enemy to be sunmarily dealt with.
There Is much wasted advice about
swatting the fly and trapping the fly.
What we must learn to do Is to exter-
inmate 1t by doing away with all
breeding places.
While 1t has not been definitely
proven what the fly has to do with In
fantile paralysis, we have good reason
to believe that 1t takes part In the
spread of the disease. That they can
and do carry the germs Of typhoid
fever and other diseases we know. It
Is a wise mother who screens the
baby's crib.
Thousands of children under one
year of age die annually who would be
saved If the fly were eliminated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Explained.

How do you conquer your elephants
when they get on rampage?" queried
the new reporter.
''Oh," replied the manager of the
menageries. 1--WE have an ex-baggage
master to look after them"
IAN ex-baggage masterY" exclaimed
the astonished pencil pusher.
YES" explained the other with a
look that indicated his sorrow for the
others stupidity. 1T requires man
who has had experience as trunk
smasher. SeeY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
America Was Discovered by
st. Brendan, Irish Legend


The first discoverer of America, ac-
cording to tradition firmly held by
some superstitious Irishmen, was st.
Brendan. Brendan lived In the sixth
century, and, according to legend,
fitted out a vessel and sailed west
ward in the hope of discovering an
island supposed to contain the para
disc once tenanted by Adam and Eve.
He was accompanied by IA monks, and
the ship was "victualed for seven
years"
After sailing forty days and forty
nights they came to an island, where
they found "a hall with tables spread
with good meat and drink" They
then sailed on for, a long time, and
came to another island, wherein were
the whitest and greatest sheep they
ever saw" After stopping for time
they proceeded with the voyage, and
came to third island, called "the
paradise of BIRDS" After wandering
about for seven years, from island to
island, st. Brendan and his monks re-
turned to Ireland. where they aston
ished the natives by tales of the won
ders they had seen.
In spite of the wild-and improbable
features Of this legend, it was for
centuries accepted as truth, and the
Spanish government sent out several
expeditions in search of the islands of
st. Brendan. The St. -Brendan legend
formed one of the causes which led to
the discoveries made by Columbus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

the last and heaviest a cascade of
hammocks and other debris shot out
of the open coming tower to height
of 40 feet. That there was this vent
for the explosive forces probably
saved the ship, but as it was she took
good deal of water.
Although the submarine had laid
no mines, two had been released by
the force Of the explosions and were
foul of the bottom of the vessel. Con-
tact with the HORNS" which jutted
out all around the mines, would have
set off enough high explosive to wreck
battleship.
A young British officer now per-
formed highly difficult and danger
GUS task. He went down in diving
suit and made the mines safe by de-
taching the decorators, afterwards Sc
curing the mines in safe position.
This submarine is the "UC-5," and
carried II mines She was built in
i've sections in Germany, brought to
Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast, in
freight cars, and there put together.
She displaces 1876 tons floating and 210
submerged. She submerged by blow
ing out certain tanks and by the use
of hydroplanes. Her length is 10
feet.
Carries Mines.
Amidships is the coming tower, with
periscOpe and wireless mast. Forward
of the coming tower are six shoots or
air locks in which the mines are
stored, two to shoot. The mines
were discharged electrically from the
coming tower.
These mines weigh 1900 pounds
Aoaded and cost about $500 each. When
one of their horns is Jared by a
ships hull, glass vial in the inter-
for, Is broken, letting loose liquid
which energies battery, and the
mine. expiodes with terrific violence.
The craft % propelled by Diesel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Ruslnese Point Of View.

IF / could write play as great as
Hamlet, l would be content to rest
on my laurels," said the ambitious
author.
'And the chances are" replied the
successful theatrical manager, III you
wrote play as great as Hamlet IN
these days and times, you wonld be
compelled to rest on your laurels for
lack of any other support"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
cIves SKIN 70 Save wife.

Tulsa, OklaSTo save the life of
his wife who was believed to be ia
tally injured by a gasoline explosion
at her home in this city recently, II. L.
De Witt submitted to the removal of
100 square inches of cuticle which was
at once grated on the wounds of his
wife, who is in hospital. The graft
ing was successful and Mrs. De Witt
will recover
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

chips, due to the war across the seas.
The knowledge of this Threatened crisis
has caused a demand for the mineral
known as barite. This fact caused
a search for barite to be instituted
here, with the result that a large de-
post of the metal has just been dis
covered ten miles north of town. The
poker chip supply will soon be re-
plenished from this new source of raw
material.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
The WhirIine Compass.

Here's a flying mans side of it:
"My compass finger has whirled like
a top when l have gone into cloud.
It's enough to turn you demented.
It's bad enough, goodness knows, to
be lost in cloud, but to have your
compass go back on you at the same
time is too much. Our scientific in
structors tell us that the compass
doesn't change but that we lose our
heads when we get into the mist and
change our courses without realizing
it, so that the compass indicator
changes naturally.
"But in some clouds your compass
doesn't change. 1t remains as steady
as 1t was in the sunshine. Why should
fiier jiggle his course unknowingly
in one cloud and not in another? My
opinion is that there are certain kinds
of clouds that are charged with cleo
tricity. In such clouds your compass
goes crazy. In other words, where
electricity is not present your compass
behaves itself"
How far are the clouds above the
earth?
AS high above as we wish to climb.
But the chief question with flying
man is how low the clouds are. A
crack English fier told the correspond
ent something about low clouds.
you may be walking along the
street on heavy day and, looking up,
may think that the clouds are miles
high. AS a matter of fact they may be
only 200 or 300 feet above you. That's
the kind of a day that the airman
breads. I've been lost in cloud in
France and come down out of 1t only
to find myself flying around among the
church steeples of French town, with
good chances of killing myself.
IN cloud you can never tell wheth-
er you're over the enemy's lines. You
may come right down into his trenches
before you know it. Clouds, the low
kinds, are the most deadly things we
have to fear"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Equal Rights.

Newed "a week after marriage) BY
the way, dear, don't sit up for me to-
night, as may be detained downtown
until after midnight.
Mrs. Newed-Oh, very well. And in
case you should get home before do,
kindly leave the gas burning in the
hall, will your
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
POKER CHIPS RUNNING SHORT
Gard Players May Get Relief Through
Discovery of Large Deposit of
1arite in Texas.

Llano, Text has been several
years since open gambling was al
lowed in Texas. Even poker playing
is becoming an almost lost art. Few
people realize that there now exists
an unprecedented shortage of poker
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
His HeIpmate.

Never mind" said the poet ms he
tossed the rejected poem on the floor,
I'm set the world ablaze yeti"
''And just to help you get the con-
flagration started" said his better half,
as she picked up the aforesaid MS,
"r1l light the fire in the cook stove
with this"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08

heavy-oil engines and electric accunnu-
Iators charged before leaving port
She crawls along at speed Of only
six knots.
Her officers and crew numbered 10
persons In all and they were very I'M
comfortably crowded when their boat
was under warer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Thought II Settled.

They had been trotting in double
harness for six long months.
"Why is it," queried the young wife,
.'that you never make me any pres
ents like you psedAt to before we We're
married?"
"Well. it's like this" explains the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Hot and Cold.

Omar-I made
a cool hundred at
the race track
last week.
Heiny That's
good. What did
you do with it?
Omar Oh, it
soon burned a
h oil in m y
pocket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
spitefuI.

81 have fully
made up my mind
never to marry"
said the first dear
girl.
NV h a is t h e
matter?" Queried
dear girl the sec
ond. HAS your
father lost all his
money 2"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Some Laugh at These

victim of leap year, "after acquiring
title to piece of property, man
naturally supposes there are no more
installments to pay. Get me?'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
No Mail for Eiaht Months.

For eight months in the year no
mail reaches the coal miners in Spitz-
bergen, but they are now able to get
the world news twice a day by wire
less telegraph.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Somewhat Different.

HAS the parson got through with
what he had to say?" queried the man
who had been enjoying nap.
Eyes, long ago." replied the man in
the adjoining pew, as he tried to
strange yawn, but there is no tell
ing when he will conclude"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Sympathetic.

81 have lost the manuscript for a
book of poems that it took me nearly
five years to write" sighed the long
haired party.
TOO bad" rejoined his friend
But, of course, your loss is the pub
lies gain"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-08
Aviator Says There Isn't Enough
to Do While Flying
AIoft.
THRILLING TALES OF AIR
"Sali for Hours Without Putting q
Hand on Lever" Says One
Clouds Most Deadly Things
They Have to Fear.

London.--The hardest part about
flying in war is the thinking that
flying man has to do. Here's the idea
in an English flying mans own words:
"There isn't enough to keep a mans
mind busy in the air since the war
has developed the aeroplane. In the
old days of the aeroplane there were
SO many things a flying maa had to
watch that he didn't have time to wor-
ry about what might happen to him.
But in these days sitting in your ma
chine is about like sitting on log
and waiting for something to happen.
"We don't have to use our haisds
as we used to. There Is only one lev
er, and you don't have to watch thar
very closely. You can fly for hours
without having your hand on it. You
can write or read or smoke, and I'M
less yes touch the lever to change its
position you will fly along at the same
level indefinitely owing to the self
stabilization of the machine.
Look Down; Watch Shells.
$50, with your attention only mildly
occupied you keep looking down over
the edge to see what's happening. You
get to watching the wires and wonder
ing what would. happen if bullet cut.
che of them. You look at the frail
irons and consider how frail they real
~ are. Shrapnel is breaking below
you and around you, perhaps. That's
daily occurrence. There's no use
of trying to dodge it, for by doing so
you may only run into it.
$50 there you sit imagining all sorts
of horrible possibilities. You've been
told to go to a certain place and then
return. Your route is all laid out for
you and your duties are so simple and
easy that while you're performing
them you have thousand times tod
much spare time for thought and wor-s
ry. AS for myself, I'd much rather
have the aeroplane less simple af-
fair, just to have my attention occu-
pied. An Imagination is a curse to q
tiier"
/. And then there's the problem of the
whirling compass.
An airman flies into cloud; sud
denly the finger Of his compass be-
gins to whirl around like a clock
gone mad. Scientists say it doesn't
whirl, but so many English airmen
have had the experience that even
the scientific men are wondering
whether the phenomenon isn't worth
studying.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24
TOSSED PAPERS OFF,
LOSING BALANCE
Employed AS Mail Clerk
Mother, Sisters And
Brother Live Here

In an attempt to kick a bundle oi
papers off an express train making
90 miles an hour, at Bay Bride, sis
miles west Of sandusky, Sunday, Johr
J. Porter, former NE. Vernon man, los,
his balance and fell head first to the
ground, crushing his skull and dying
half an hour later, according to ad
vices received In this city by reIa
tives Of the deceased.
The mother Of the deceased, Mrs
Matilda Porter OF 81 Mansfield ave
nue.. left Monday morning for South
Bend, Ind, whence the remains were
taken Sunday from Sandusky. A
brother, Charles, and a sister, Mrs
benjamin X. Morrison, also of Mans.
field avenue, left for South Bend later
in the day. Mrs. Ida Woodward and
Mrs. Lucy FELTON, are two other sis.
ters of the deceased who reside in
Mt. Vernon.
Details received here of the acct
dent were meager. Porter was in the
mail service of the government, run
ming between Cleveland and Chicago
on the Lake Shore railroad. After
the accident Sunday, he was removed
to hospital in Sandusky and died
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24
DODGES
One Auto Only To Be Hit By
Another
Leg of Leslie Porter Fractured BY
Machine or John DeVoe In
South Vernon Sunday
Evening

Trying to dodge an automobile
while playing near his home on the
Columbus road Just south of the b.
& o. tracks Sunday afternoon, Les
lie. the nine-year-old son of Mr.. ami
Mrs. II. L. Porter, was struck by the
car OF John DeVoe which was coming
fom another direction and as a re.
suit received nasty cut above his
left eye and sustained fractured
bone near his right ankle.
The child was playing with some
OF his little friends when a strange
car shot over the tracks, and, upon
trying to escape injury by being
struck by the oncoming car, Leslie
ran to the side Of the road and was
struck by the automobile OF John De-
Voc, who tried to avoid the boy but
was unable to do 80.
The right front fender of Devoe's
car inflicted a bad cut above the
childs left eye while, at the same
time, the left front wheel passed ov.
er his right foot, fracturing a bone
near the ankle joint DeVoe was on
ly running about 1--WE miles an hour
when the accident occurred, which
is responsible for no more serious in
jury to the child.
A local surgeon was summoned
who dressed the wound on young
Porter's head and reduced the frac.
tnre. Nothing serious will result and
although no blame was laid upon De.
Voc by the child's parents or others
who witnessed the accident, Mr..
DeVoe felt very bad over the affair.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24

at 12:45 without ever regaining con.
seriousness. His wife was informed
OF the tragic death OF her husband
and she came immediately from
South Bend, returning there with tho
remains Sunday night.
The deceased was SO years OF age.
He was born and raised in Mt. YER
non and has many friends here. He
LETT this city in his early youth and
entered railway work. gradually as
cending to the position he occupied
at the time of his death. In addition
to his wife, he leaves one son, George.
IL years Of age. Two brothers, Frank
and Elmer, reside at Wooster and
one sister, Mrs. Dora Grubaugh, lives
in Newark. These are in addition to
the relatives mentioned above.
The deceased has visited In thsa
city at various times after leaving
here, the last occasion being two
years ago. The funeral will he held
Wednesday in South Bend, Ind.