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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-08
POLICEMAN CLARKE
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-08
Local Temperature Yesterday.
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GOOD REGISTRATION

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
The story of a Long Name.

A northern man who was visiting In
Baltimore stopped on the street one
day to have his shoes polished. A
bright eyed little black boy stepped
forward to give the desired shine. Be-
coming interested in the little chap,
the northerner asked his name. to
which the boy promptly replied:
Sen. sab.
After few moments OF silence the
northerner continued, II suppose that
Is an abbreviation for General"
The word "abbreviation" gave the
little fellow pause However, he was
equal to the occasion and recovered
himself mo. sab" he said: /" faint
'xactly dat Ma shore ''nough name
am Genesis xxx, 33, So Shall My Right
eousness Answer for Me in Time to
Come Washington Carter, but dey. Jest
calls me Gen for short. - Youths Com
panion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Antiquity Of the Iiou.

The two most important and most
intimately associated products of In
diana are corn and hogs. The Chinese
claim to have bred and domesticated
the hog 4.O00 years before the Chris
tian era The ancient Egyptians knew
the hog. and this animal is depicted on
their monuments. The use Of the meat
of the hog was prohibited by the Jews,
and 1t was considered that in hot coun-
tries it produced skin diseases. The
Moslems under Mohammedan law are
also prohibited from using pork. The
hog was unknown in America until In
troduced from Europe by the early nav
igators In the South American forests
are great droyes of Wild hogs. the de-
scendants of hogs brought over by the
Spaniards. Chicago. Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
After Death.

It is irrational to think death ends
all, for then life is gone and annihi-
lated, and it is just as though it had
never been. A life can In nowise be
destroyed by death. What has once
been experienced is an eternal and in
delible constituent Of reality never
more to be erased or altered. It is q
foolish doubt which Karl Moor ex-
presses with the pistol in his hand, eff
the paltry pressure of this paltry thing
makes the wise man and the fool, the
coward and the hero. the noble and the
villain, equal That cannot be. Death
sewers the thread of the earthly life,
but the content Of life can neither be
altered nor annihilated by 1t. Reality
is eternal in its essence. Nothing that
Is real can, to quote Angelus Silesius,
ever perish and cease to Professor
Friedrich Paulsen, University of Der
lin, in "a System of Ethics"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
ltalx,s Ance-trai Glories.

Three tines las italy ruled over Eu,
rope. She has sat on the political
throne under the Caesars. on the &c.
clesiastical throne under the popes
from Gregory the Great TO Leo x. and
on the intellectual throne of the renais
sance. These things every Italian fam
lily remembers. Augustus Caesar and
Trajan. Hildebrand and Innocent III,
Dante and Petrarch. Miohelangelo and
Raphael Gatilei and Bruno are in his
mouth like household words. The Ital-
ian does not consider himself and us as
equals; he accepts. he believes In. mod
ern democracy, but deep in his heart
he is an aristOcrat, haughtily proud OF
his long descent and his ancestral glo-
ries. When thinking of Italians one
must always bear in mind that they,
out Of all the peoples of Europe. have
the most glorious past and that they
are conscious OF it to the quick. Henry
Dwight Sedgwick in Yale Review.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
ealzac,s wav.

Jules SanSeau related that one time
while living in Paris Balzac locked
himself up in his room for twenty-two
days and twenty-five nights. refusing
to see any one and keeping the cur
tains closed and the lights continually
burning even In broad daylight. The
only human being he saw during this
time was his servant. whom he rang
for when he felt the need Of food
which he washed down with numerous
cups of coffee. He would throw him
self on his bed only when entirely ex-
hausted from lack Of sleep, and he re-
NAMED in complete ignorance Of what
was Transporting outside. the state OF
the weather and even of the time and
day Of the week. He only freed him
self from this voluntary captivity
when he had written the word END
on the last page of the manuscript he
began when he entered his prison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
MINING TIMBER.
Beds Of Prehistoric Trees Under che
Earth's Surface.

HeoS or PREHISTORIC trees OHusF Suc
Earth's Surface.
You know all about mining, or, ct
least, you know the sort of things that
are obtained from the depths of the
earth, such as gold, iron, coal, salt and
precious stones. DID you ever hear of
mining timber? The chances are that
you did not, and yet there was time
when the mining of white cedar was
one of the most important industries
of New Jersey
Those who delved in the swampy
earth in pursuit Of the great and per
fectly preserved logs were rot compelled
to dig>deep pits. for the trunks Of those
prehistoric trees were seldom more
than fifteen feet below the surface.
Many Of the logs were as much as six
feet in diameter, and one was found
with $50 annual rings. Beneath this
tree, which had fourished in its native
forest for more than a thousand years.
there was dug up another tree of an
even earlier forest with more than 500
rings.
New Jersey is by no means the only
state in the Union or the only part Of
the world where prehistoric trees are
to be found so perfectly preserved that
even their characteristic od6r is re.
tanned. Near Salem, O., large guam
tity Of timber was dug up at depth
Of forty feet, the trees incased in a
thick layer Of glacial mud, and it IS
nothing uncommon in eastern Michigan
for the diggers of wells to encounteE
tree trunks sixty feet down In the soft
earth. The wood thus obtained is the
best wood to be had, especially for fine
cabinet work. IN Germany it has long
been the custom to dredge the deep bed
of the Rhine for ancient logs, out Of
which the cases of the finest toned pr
amos are constructed. Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
SEX ATTRACTION.
Il 10 the Controlling Force In About
Every Human Effort.

Il 10 the Controlling Force In About
Every Human Effort.
We cannot escape from the fact that
sex attraction is the great event in hui
man life. Sex is the controlling force
In nearly all of human efforts. War,
for instance. il only an exaggerated
form Of the sex instinct. Neither lit
erature nor art would exist In any ap-
preciable degree without sex. Men
work, fight, sing, paint. live and die
for the love Of woman.
In only one field Of human activity
is there no faint of sex feeling, and
that is science. Science Is cold and
dispassionate.~ 1t has imagination, but
The imagination of the explorer and
not the lover Science has only one
aim and end--the discovery of truth.
Science is another world from the hot
earth of economic and military compe-
tition. which have for their ends the
attainment Of love and marriage.
4 Through science mankind will grad
ually throw of some OF the sex slavery
and reach new and possibly happier
stage III its development Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Honest Praise.

An honest compliment was that paid
to M. de Eendome. who. while COM
manding the French army in Italy, dis
patched a young nobleman to announce
to his master the victory which he had
gained at Suzzara The latter while
attempting to describe the battle be-
came several times much confused in
his narrative. when, although the king
preserved his gravity the Duchess OF
Burgundy. who was present, laughed
SO heartily that at last the young gen.
tleman said, "Sire, it is easier for M.
de vendome to win battle than for
me to describe it, i
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Boiled NettIes.

The countryman knows more about
economy than the townsman when 1t
comes to a matter OF vegetables. A
correspondent reports conversation
overheard in village inn in Hartford
shire in this present year of grace.
Vegetables were under discussion, and
spinach was mentioned. mot bad"
one gourmet admitted, s'but give me
nettles,' and inquiry has shown that
the two are not dissimilar in taste.
Another forgotten vegetable is the
primrose. Primrose pasties were once
a popular dish in Lancashire. London
Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Z Bad Habits.

Those how breakfast at eight
O'Clock or later, lunch at twelve and
have dinner at six are almost cer-
tain to be troubled with indigestion.
They do not allow time for one meal
to digest before taxing another.
Not less than FIVE hours should
elapse between meals If you are
troubled with Indigestion correct
your habit and take Chamberlain's
Tablets, and you may reasonably.
hope for a quick recovery. These
tablets strengthen the stomach and
enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
{ THE HOLY GRAIL.
Story Of the Green Crystal Vase Of thv
Ruins Of cesarea.

Qk0fy OF &VG &NFCSU SfySeHt v riDc " eftU
Ruins Of cesarea.
Few places are more absolutely cit
les Of the past than Cesarea. Some
one has spoken Of the remains Of its
ancient glory as the ruin OF ruins =
The medieval town which was twice
rebuilt BY the crusaders covered
scarcely tenth of the area occupied
by the city as st. Paul knew It, and
the ruins that we see today are chief
" the relics of the medieval city,
which was itself built out of the ruins
Of the ancient city.
What a rich quarry Cesarea has been
for other city builders is shown by the
fact that. though it has been drawn
upon for all these centuries for mar
BILE and gpanite and sandstone, it Is
not yet absolutely exhausted, but still
affords building material for the peas
ants of the vicinity.
The green crystal vase which was
found here when Baldwin l., the great
crusader captured the city at the be-
ginning Of the twelfth century, says
the Christian Herald, gave rise to the
story of the Holy Grail, which has In
spired so many legends and poems,
for Baldwin and his followers believed
that it was the one that was used at
the last supper by our Lord, when he
gave his disciples the cup of wine and
said: Drink We all OF 1t. This do in
remembrance of me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
a Match For Him.

"A cockney angler, thinking his high
land boatnan was not treating him
with the respect due TO his station, ex-
postulated thus:
Look here. my good man, you don't
seem to grasp who am. Do you know
that my family has been entitled to
bear arms for the last 200 yearsY'
"Hoots: that's nothing!" was the re-
ply. MY ancestors have been entitled
to bare legs for the last 1000 years.
London Mirror.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
WHERE DO YOUR FOWLS RoosT
ON WINTER NIGHTS?
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Station.
Do you ever look into your hen house
to see how the fowls are spending the
night? It will pay you to keep track
of how your birds arrange themselves
for the night, especially during the
cold winter months. This is one phase
of poultry culture that seems to be
overlooked by most writer's.
We hear about colds being caused
by all manner Of things, but did it ever
occur to you that isolated cases Of
colds might be caused by birds roost-
ing apart in drafty portion of the
house? have seen hens roost on
nests, feed-hoppers, cross braces and
even on drinking vessels. What is
worse, / have seen many take cold
apparently from no other reason than
that they were in very cold and
drafty place. The best way to keep
them off such places is to provide
sloping tops so that the birds cannot
obtain foothold.
1t is especially important to look
after this situation when you have
more than one male in the pen. Have
you ever puzzled over the fact that
one male bird seemed to stand the cold
weather better than the others? 1t
might be interesting for you to watch
proceedings about roosting time some
cold night. This may be about what
happens: The more timid rooster"
gets on the perches early and settles
down to enjoy the nights rest. A lit
tie later, UP jumps the boss rooster
There is always a boss), and drives
them off They yainly try to get back
a few times and then give it up, final
" contenting themselves with most
any place they can find. They are
somewhat heated up and ready to take
cold and on extremely cold nights
are in fair way to get frozen comb.
The boss" sits up among the flock,
their animal heat helping to keep him
warm and comfortable. Those roost-
ing apart are lucky to get off with
simply frozen comb, they sometimes
in addition have their toes frozen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
ONE or BARNUM'S FREAKS.
How the Snowman Pictured the Queer |
Animal to His Friend.

How the Snowman Pictured the Queer
Animal to His Friend.
When PIT. Barnum was in the mu-
scum business in New York one Of bis
most jcvial friends was Gaylord Clark,
a famous litterateur in the days of our
fathers. They were well matched pair
Of practical jo,.ars One day when Mr..
Clark dropped in at the museum, as
was his eu-,utu Mr. Barnunn. appar-
entity mucs, q. t.en. hurried his friend
into, the prs a,e o:iice and said: Gay.
lord. | wnS aaosll 10 send for you.
want war !. sirc | have chance to
purchase ~ ,ilost wonderful of all
zooio.. i,;'s ..etSs Its at first per-
feet tisil ili.'. !, changes to four
legged iai a'i;nal then it climbs
trees aud
Bah. Saslre Joking" interjected
Mr.. Clark
..on my honur am not" impress
sively replied The Snowman "But the
expense"
"Oh. hans the pxpense!" interrupted
Mr.. Clark Iltnful of enthusiasm over
the business project of his friend. If
you can get any such freak as that
your fortunes made. But what's the
thing calledY'
'.Nell. replied Mr. Barnum, with just
the faihtest suggestion of a twinkle in
his left eye. .'it belongs to the batra-
chan family Of animals and in the,
yernacuIar is called the -tadpoler
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
BOW TO IMPROVE
OUR COUNTRY ROADS
Be Main Subject Discussed BY
Road Men At the Agricultural
College, january 10-t5.


ii many sections Of Maryland tho
character Of country roads not only
precIudes the ready movement Of farm
products during the winter and early
spring, but reduces to minimum So
cial intercourses between friends and
neighbors who under better conditions
OF travel would relieve the monotony
OF winter days by visits so pleasant to
those fortunate enough to have home
In q rural community blessed with
good roads. For this reason, in plan
ming for short course and conference
on road making and maintenance, the
Division Of Engineering of the Agricul-
tural College has laid especial
emphasis on the improvement Of the
country. dirt road which may or may
not lead to the main thoroughfares so
wen constructed under the direction
Of the state Roads Commission. In
addition, having In mind the many
perplexing problems which confront
the Roads Engineers IA our counties,
one day in the week has been set
especially apart tor q free and full
discussion Of the county road prob
lem by Roads Engineers and Super
visors.
Among the most perplexing of road
problems, probably that OF financing
road construction and maintenance
without placing too heavy burden In
the way Of special taxes stands first
and win be discussed with keenest in
terest BY our county commissioners
and their felIcW-taxpayers. To add to
the information obtainable on this sub
ject, an expert from the Once Of Pub
lie Roads and Rural Engineering has
been invited to lead in the discussion
and give data on what is being done
In other sections Of the country in
meeting this problem.
Other road problems that concern
every person living In the country
vitality will be included in the confer
ences OF the week. Perhaps, none will
be more emphasized than finding
means Of keeping country roads that
have been improved in good condition.
SO frequently, after Improvement as to
surface our country roads go to pieces
rapidly because no adequate provision
has been made for drainage. Again
many complaints of slippery roads
have been made, whore they have. been
improved and oiled. Regarding this
trouble, an expert from the State
Roads Commission will give the latest
methods OF overcoming it. In fact,
since the road problem is such an I'm,
portant one at this time in every coun-
! ty and lneighborhood Of the State, It
is our belief that the conference and
short course should be largely attend
ed BY taxpayers, county commission
ers, roads engineers and supervisors.
and many others living in Maryland
communities where the road problem
is of such prime Importance. The
complete program Of the short course
and conference, beginning January 10,
which may be obtained by writing to
the Agricultural College, College Park,
Md, should be in the hands Of every
MaryIander interested In having more
and better roads throughout the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
How To Cure colds.

Avoid exposure ana drafts. Eat
right. Take DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. 1t is prepared from Pine Tar,
healing balsams and mild laxatives.
DR.. Kings New Discovery kills and
expels the cold germs, soothes the
irritated throat and allays inflam-
nation. 1t heals the mucous mem
brane. Search as you will, you can
not find better cough and cold rem
edy. Its use over 40 years is a guar
antee of satisfaction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Same. but Different.

Visitor =. Are old Stegbauer and
Schattliebner still carrying ON that
everlasting lawsuit of theirs about the
boundary? Native-Not those two any
longer. but their lawyers are. Visitor
How's that? Native-Oh. the farm be-
longs to them now.-M eggendorf
Blaetter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
He Knew Her

She Reggie, dear. there is something
Of the old time loveIight in your eyes
tonight something about you that re,
minds me OF those sweet days Of long
ago. L hope you have
He-Yes, have little left. How
much do yon want this time?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Had to Cater TO All.

Il don't like the way this hotel is
rum carped a peevish young travelling
salesman.
Neither do H. replied the landlord
OF Pruntytown tavern, but I've got to
entertain all the fools that come along
as well as the sensible people. Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

To keep your liver active use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They insure
good digestion, relieve constipation,
and tone up the whole system keep
your eye clear and your skin fresh
and healthy looking. Only 25c at
your Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
rha rrna Enthusiast.

"Does your motorcar give you much
trouble?''
'Tronhle!'' exclaimed Mr. Chuggins
enthusiastically Il should say it did,
Why. repairing that car when it gets
out Of order is about the only real fun
I get out of life Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

SiIicus-I can't decide which one Of
those two girls ! want to marry. Gym
icus-W Well. marry either one Of them
and you'll discover that you got the
wrong one. -Philadelphia Record
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

Are your hens laying winter eggs, or
ire they soldering" on. you? Then
lttend the annual short course in Poul-
~ Keeping at your Agricultural Col
ege, January 1920.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Found a Sure Thing.

I. B. Wixon, Farmers Mills, N. Y,
has used Chamberlain's Tablets for
years for disorders of the stomach
and liver and says, "Chamberlain's
Tablets are the. best have ever
used : Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Household Minerals.

Gold, silver. copper, quicksilver OF
mercury, iron. nickel, tin, zinc, lead
and aluminium are the ten minerals
generally to be found in every house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

Its case OF love at first sight"
'sWelE maybe Il win work out all
rfght.s took fopr years to select my
husband. and look what I got"-De-
troit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

A fools heart is in his tongue, bat
wise mans tongue, is in his heart
Quarles
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Most
EffectnaI.

81 have taken great many bot
ties of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and every time it has cured me.
have found it most effectual for a
backing cough and for colds.
After taking it cough always dis
appears writes J. r. Moore, Lost
Valley. Ga. Obtainaple everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-30
Thursday, April Is, 1916,

at the hour of o'clock D. M, and there
proceed by ballot, after proper organiza-
ton. the details of which are left dis
cretionarv with each school community,
to elect three residents of the school
community. who are to be recommend
ed to the Board of County School Com
missioners as suitable parties for APP
pointment as trustees of the school for
the ensuing school year All recon
mendations for such appointments and
copy of the minutes and records of
the meeting, including the names of
each person nominated as well as the
number of votes that each of those
nominated received at the meeting, held
as herein requested, are to be IN this
office on or before Nav |, 1916
1.-The present trustees are requested
to see that the school buildings are
available and unlocked for the meeting
as called herein, at the time specified.
BY order of the Board.
F. E. RATHBUN,
Adv. 3-4t Secretary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-30
WORLDS NEWS III
CONDENSED FORM

DAVIS, Okla.-Eight members Of
the family of Alexander Edgemond a
farmer, were killed when a tornado
demolished their home. The dead are
Mrs. Edgemond her mother, son
and his wife and four younger chill
dren.
PHILADELPHlA.-A second grand
daughter has been born to President
Wilson. The child is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Rowe Sayre
of Wtlliamstown, Mass. and was born
in the Jefferson Hospital. The child
has been named Eleanor Arson
Sayre, in honor of her maternal grand
mother.
SANTIAGO, chiIi.-WhIiam G. Nc
Adoo, American Secretary Of the Treas
ury, will be an official guest of Chill
during his visit here with the Am
erican delegation to the international
Trade Conference.
BERLlN-Dr. Karl +eiserich, SEQ
tetary of the Imperial Treasury, told
the Reichstag that the fourth Ger
man war loan had been brilliant
success. subscriptions to the war loan
totaled more than $2,0000,000.
WASHtNGTON-The Senate pass
ed the urgent deficiency bill carrying
appropriations of $",700,000 to increase
the efficiency Of the Navy.