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The midland journal., 1917-06-29
HEALTH AND HOUSE SCREENS
One Effective Way to Foil the flies and
Mosquitoes.

One Effective Way TO Foil the Flies and
Mosquitoes.
1t is a duty to protect the health Of
the home and to fight any peril that
may menace it. You may have doubts
or become discouraged when it comes
to cleaning up and keeping so clean
that you won't have flies, or when you
try to keep them down by poisoning
or trapping, but there's one means Of
protecting yourself against flies that is
safe and effective. This is thorough
screening. Doors, windows and porch
es, upstairs and downstairs, should be
thoroughly screened in summer for the
comfort of the home and the health Of
the family. Mosquitoes are health
menace as well as flies, and thorough
screening protects against both.
A few years ago screening was con-
s;dered almost as ineffective as a
means of protecting against flies as
poisoning. disinfecting and a few fee
BILE efforts at cleaning up. None of
these methods prohibited flies. They
apparently continued to come in their
usual large number. But the trouble
was we did not know how to properly
use screens. Then only the kitchen
and dining room doors and windows
were screened, while the doors and
windows of the other part of the house
were left unprotected.
Later we found that not only all the
openings to the house must have
screens in them, but that they must
fit and be made so fly tight that no fly
could enter. This was found more eff
fective. But not until the porches were
screened. particularly the back porch,
where most of the food was handled,
did we come to know the real safety
and comfort that lay behind screened
doors, windows and porches.-Ex-
change.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
NAVY POPULAR WITH YOUNG
MEN.
Applicants For Hospital Corps OF
Navy Needed At This Time.

Sixty-four young men from the
various sections of the State, ex
,lusive of Baltimore City, have Ell
listed in the United States Navy since
The beginning of the second recruit
ng campaign.
These results, the Navy recruiting
authorities of the State maintain
show that Maryland still holds. its
preference for the country's Aquatic
Arm of Defense.
Lieutenant M. A. Leahy, Officer-in
Charge of the Maryland district, is
anxious at this time to receive appli-
cants for the Hospital Corps of the
Navy. There is still an urgent need
for young men in this branch Of the
Naval service.
Accepted applicants for this branch
of the service are enlisted as hospital
apprentices, second class, and their
salary starts at $500 per month
$500 per month having recently
been added to the salary as an extra
compensation in time of war.
The opportunities for promotion
in the Hospital Corps of the Navy
are exceptional, and, any ambitious
young men going into the service at
this time can soon rise to the war
rant rank of pharmacist, ranking
with an ensign in the Navy.
The recruiting authorities at Bal
timore are very well pleased with
the high standard of applicants for
all the branches of the service and
with the large percentage of appli-
cants who pass the physical and
mental examinations.
Attention is especially called to
the necessity of minors presenting
the written consent of their parents,
or legal guardian. This requirement
cannot be waived.
In order that this consent may be
properly presented to the recruiting
officers, forms have been furnished
by the Navy Department. These
can be procured from the post
masters of the various cities and
towns of the State, or from the Navy
Station at Baltimore.
Full particulars of Navy enlist
ments can be obtained from the
nearest postmaster; directly from
the Navy Recruiting Sub-stations at
and Hagerstown,
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
CONTROLLING INSECT ATTACKS.

College Park, June 21.-In the gen.
eraI scheme of crop preparedness,
growers are finding it most important
to be equipped to control attacks OF
insects in their crops. Valuable sug-
gestions regarding the use of insecti'
cides are given by E. M. Cory, of the
Maryland Agricultural Extension Sery.
lee. Prof. Cory says:
Combinations of standard insecti'
cides with standard fungicides will
prove more economical than separate
sprays of each, while being just as
effective and in some cases more ef-
fective.
"Arsenate of lead or lime, arsenate
of zinc, or Paris green may be COM
bined with standard fungicides for the
control Of insects injuring plants by
eating portions of the fruit or foliage.
The usual rate for the use of the first
three is one pound of the powdered
poison to every so gallons of spray
mixture, or two pounds of the paste
fotm of the poison to the same
amAunt Paris green is a rather var
liable compound and should be avoided
unless it is impossible to get one of
the pther poisons. If it is necessary
to use it, it should be used at the rate
Of one-half pound to so gallons of
Bpray mixture. In every case the
poison should be thoroughly stirred
up in a small amount Of water before
being added to the diluted spray mix
ture.
For the control Of sucking insects
the tobacco products, such as Black
Leaf 40, may be combined with the
fungicides. Black Leaf 40 should be
used for most insects at the rate of
one-half pint to 30 gallons of water.
I '.Where Black Leaf 40 or the poisons
are to be used without a fungicide,
soap at the rate of two pounds to 80
gallons of water should be added to
increase the wetting power of the
spray. It must be remembered though,
that soap and any mixture containing
lime are incompatibles and are never
to be used together.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Fruit Acids as Mouth cIeanser..

Unless the teeth are very badly dam
aged or eroded the acids of fruit, such
as that contained in grapes, oranges,
lemons or apples, will be found to be a
satisfactory mouth wash. The advice
of a dentist should be sought, how
ever, to determine the condition of the
teeth and to decide whether an aka
line or acid wash is preferable for the
individual case. But there is no ques-
ton, according to the Popular Science
Monthly, as to the efficacy Of the food
acids in removing quickly and entirely
the mucous films that are the first
stages of dental decay.
An apple eaten in the evening will
cleanse the teeth mechanically and
chemically and if followed by vigorous
brushing will protect them from bac-
terra during the night.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
SPEED IN BASEBALL.
What an lnfield Double Play Means In
Time and Action.

Making first base. though more dra-
matte to watch, is an uneventful ex
pedition compared with the trip to sec
ond. 1t takes a fast man to negotiate
tie journey in 3-5 seconds. No thrown
ball goes over 800 feet, and if a batted
ball travels beyond the safe limits of
single throw it must be relayed by the
fielders. While you are watching the
outfielder scamper after the ball the
relay line is being swiftly formed in
the infield. There could be no such
quick and accurate fielding of deep
outfield hits if the outfielder taking the
ball did not know that behind him was
ranged his line of relays ready to take,
the ball the instant he could turn and
throw it.
To make . double play in the infield
the shortstop, for example, must field
a ball that has been batted about 135
feet. He passes the ball from ten to
twenty-five feet to the second base
man, who must then throw it ninety
feet to first. All this while the batter
is running ninety feet, trick that, as
we have seen, it takes a snappy run
ner to turn in 3-5 seconds. It's
close call and a case Of utilizing the
fraction of a second, but with sharp
fielding the margin is all on the side
of the fielders. The double play is the
menace ever threatening the runner on
first.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Automatic COOKING Boxes.

Automatic cooking boxes were in gen.
eral use among the Hebrews nearly
1000 years ago. The Greek and Ro-
man writer's frequently refer to them.
In his edition of Juvenile" for exam
pie, Friedlander cites a commentator
who refers to the Jews who day be-
fore the Sabbath put their viands hot
into the cooking boxes, the pots being
covered with napkins and wrapped
about with hay. so that they may have
warm food on the Sabbath"
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Don't Neglect the Summer Cold

bOh -NCS9ASSO SOAus
We "catch cold" in warm weather
because colds are germ diseases and
our vitality is too low to resist them.
To kill those cold germs, the anti
septic pine-tar of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey is famously effective, besides
helping to relieve the tight chest and
invigorate the tissues. The honey and
expectorant ingredients heal the
throat and soothe the cough. AL
ways have a bottle of DR.. Bells
Pine-Tar-Honey in your home, Csc.
at your druggist.
Plant Pumpkins In Corn.
Pumpkins planted in corn furnish
cheap appetizing stock feed. They
should be planted by the latter part
of June, putting a pumpkin seed in
every sixth hill and in every missing
corn hill. Pumpkins will effect but
slightly the stand of corn and large
amount of fine stock can be raised.
Pumpkins are relished by cattle
and hogs. Fed, uncooked and with
the seeds, they act as an appetizer
and corrective of digestive troubles.
Two and one-half tons of uncooked
pumpkins are equal to ton of corn
silage to cattle. 1t has been found
that 273 pounds of grain and 376
pounds Of pumpkins produced 100
pounds of pork, the pumpkins saving
100 to $50 pounds OF grain. The
low cost of growing, ease of keeping,
large yields, and the tonic qualities
of a succulent feed available when
succulent hog feeds are scarce make
pumpkins we'll worth while.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
posed to be incurable, Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies. and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced It incurable. Catarrh is
local disease. greatly influenced by con-
stituti0nal conditions and therefore re-
quir%s constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F.. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio. is a consti-
tutional remedy. is taken internally
and acts thru the Flood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward In offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
FOrethou"ht,

People are learning that a little
forethought often saves them bis
expense. Here is an instance: Il.
w. Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes:
81 do not believe that our family has
been without Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since
We commenced keeping house years
ago. When we go on an extended
visit we take it with u.s." Obtain
able everywhere.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Successful Trapping.

Whenever ! catch an animal that
leaves a natural odor in the vicinity
am almost sure to get another in the
same place An animal will come a
long distance to investigate scent of
it's own kind. One should be very care
full not to leave human odor Of any
kind when killing trapped animal
since this will frighten away another
fur bearer who has come to find the
cause of the scent.
Few trappers stop to think how keen
ly sensitive is the nose Of a game or
fur bearing animal. Just suppose that
you could smell as many things as you
can see. Cover carefully every human
odor on the trap line and you have half
caught your animal. Then use some
good scent to tickle his sensitive nose
and you will win.
One Of the best single drugs that can
be used to allure fur bearer is oil of
anise. Oil of lavender, asafetida, rho
dunn and peppermint are often used
together in manufactured bats. think
the most dependable scent bait that /
have used is fish oil.-F. E. Brimmer In
Orange Judd Farmer.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

Many housewives who complain
that children and adults will not eat
breakfast cereals fail to realize that
the cereals they serve may be under
cooked, scorched. or improperly sea-
soned, and thus made unpalatable.
Most of the cheaper foods require
careful seasoning and preparation to
be fully appetizing.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
His Sermon.

81 used to worry about what ] put
into a sermon" said the minister
''Yes?"
But when found that what people
discussed was mainly the length Of 1t
l put about fifteen minutes into it and
let it go at that."-Louisville Courier
journal.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

An Eighth district man on visit
to Baltimore happened to see 4 sign,
Cast Iron Sinks" He looked at it
moment and then said, Any darn
fool knows that"
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

Sheep are excellent weed destroy
ers, as they keep the weeds nibbled
so closely that no seeds are formed
and the roots are exhausted. A
small flock of sheep is an excellent
scavenger on almost any farm, and
they make profitable use of waste
land, provided that dogs and inter-
nal parasites can be controlled,
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Constipation Causes Serious Ills.

LET me see your tongue" is the
doctors first question. When the
tongue is coated it means sluggish
bowels, and you invite not only
headaches, indigestion but serious
ill-health. Avoid those dangers by
taking DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They are sugar coated, highly eff
cient, yet mild and easy in action,
pleasant to take by young, aged or
delicate. Sold for years at your
druggist, use. 3
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
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PRACTICAL AEALTH HINT.
Prevent Illness.

i. The laws of health have. every
!. one, penalty attached. and ig- :
!. norance is never accepted by ma :
I. ture as an excuse.
!. Prevent illness. Build up the :
!. natural defensive resources of :
/. the body Use the automatic :
* scavenger system with which :
\ you are supplied. but do not :
!. make the mistake of thinking :
!. that you can neglect it at pleas :
I. ure and then escape by whipping
+ it up with irritating drugs. Drink {
!. freely of clear water. Eat to sat
!. isfaction rather than repletion :
t. and let the diet lie of good bal :
!. ance Never let the drudgery of
i. daily routine obscure the end for :
!. which you live. A rush of work :
/. is not Legitimate excuse for pro-
!. gressive suicide.
1. AS Pythagoras has wisely said, :
!. Have thou moderation ill all :
+ things. keep thyself from wfla :
/. joy and from wailing sorrow,
/. strive to hold thy soul in harmo- :
I. ny and concord. like the strings :
1. Of well tuned harp"
+.
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The midland journal., 1917-06-29

RemorGe is a good deal like a
wooden leg-it helps man on his
way, but he can see where he'd be
happier without it.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Love.

Love is the most powerful Of spells.
Every other species of sOrcery must
yield to it. There is but one power
against which 1t is helpless. What Is
that? 1t is not fire; it is not water;
it is not air; it is not the earth with all
it's metals. 1t is time.-Heine.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
To the Public.

81 have been using Chamberlain's
Tablets for indigestion for the past
six months, and it affords me pleas
ure to say 1 have never used rem
edy that did me so much good.
Mrs. G. e. Riley, Illion, N. Y. Cham
berlain's Tablets are obtainable
everywhere.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Grumbler.

Johnson-They tell me that Dobbs is
an awful grumbler. Jacksonville is.
He is the kind of fellow who blames
his face because it needs a shave
Pearson's Weekly.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

A man who speaks from expert
required by wife depends on
whether she uses diamond pins or
rolling pins.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
His Delightful Bull,

An Irish editor in speaking of Ire
land and her woes said:
Her cup of misery has been for ages
overfowing and is not yet full"
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

Keep the cholera away from your
hogs. If 1t comes into your neighbor-
hood. be ready for 1t.
The midland journal., 1917-06-29
Just Pet Names.

Liabilities are what you can't pay;
assets are what you can't collect
Puck
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

Evil is wrought by want of thought
ps well as by want Of heart.-HOod
The midland journal., 1917-06-29

Idleness Is the sepulcher of living
ulan. Holland.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15
Panic Stricken Crew
Of Burning Oil Ship
Driven Back to Posts

AN ATLANTIC FORT. Oct. l4.-A
large British steamer. loaded with Ad-
miralty stores. principally munitions
and ak thousand barrels of oil In hulk.
was tnwcd back Into port tonight with
fire In her engine room compartments
under control after a "a hour battle 10
keep the ship from exploding.
The fire broke out Yesterday evening
when the ship was thirty miles out OF
this port. and off government station.
Rlu" flames wcrc seen coming from the
engine room compartments. : In these
was stored tho oil in every available re-
serve water tank.
Cap,aiu ------ ordered the life boats
swung out and wireless calls for help
brought several government responses
and two tugs The crew in tcmpnr-
ary pnnir rushed into tho boats but was
ordered back ny the naval Eunners. VIII"
were called into service.
rprtuiu told them to no real
Rritnns and called on his tlremen TO e.
below and draw the lires. They made
their way through tho gases which wero
pouring off the burning oil and with the
aid Of the ships pumps which flooded
the engine room. the ships fires werc
soon out Meantime the pilot had put
the ship into n creek where the winds
wcrc not 50 dangerous.
Fire was still burning In several Of
tn" tanks tonight. but II WAS said In hr
we'll under control and awny from other
co,nbustihlcs. The cRrg" is valued at
over So. nnn. non and only tn" quick action
of the pumps is thought to have prevent
ed IN explosion The ship Is practically
now.
An investigation has been started by
Admiralty and United States officials To
ascertain tho cause.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15

train ~ Holland and ! must say that |
sympathHrd with him when heard or
wtnt he had To IL III thc way IF chasing
los, hand hagg;tt;c and finding milk for
crying babies.
rheS.. SIircial ltalnS were started from
lh.: EharluttrnbIrE station. In Gui"'
mart of l;"rlln, :" that M crowd was al
,rarlrd by the J parture ot the Acmrl E
cans.
Tho Carlsbad train went through very
successfully, taking the Americans who
had hccn shut H.: In Cirls bad since the
commencement ri tho war.
Meeting Of sympathy For Americans.
tino Of the rI"iuus Developments OK
this was e. meeting nt sympathy for
AmerirnnS stranded ~ Germany. held in
The. town hail OF l:r-lIn on August II.
This meeting WIS commenced in one or
tho meeting rnunis Of the town hall. bu.
So many people attended that e.: wcrH
rurnucilrd to adjourn IT, thr great hail.
There sueechcS were made 10y tho br"l .
Hurrulnnsttr. Won Gwlnnnr. Professor
Won Ilarnack. nul by me. Another pro-.
fcSsur, who spoke excellent English
with an EngliSa accent. made bitter
attack upon England. In the pamphle
In which the speeches Of Harnock an1
the Ornr-IiurgnnrStcr were published
this professors Speech was left out. In
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15
FOOD DISASTER
LOOMS LARGE
FOR GERMANY
GREAT DROP IN THE
1917 GRAIN CROP
If Potatoes Is Not Enormous
Germans Will Face Star
Vatlon.

LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE Press
Association, from a reliable source,
publishes an economic review Of
the condition Of the Central pow
erS, In the cours:. Of which II says
that as a result of a special invns-
tlgation ordered by tho German
chancellor Of the 1917 harvest it
it estimated that the yield will be
forty percent lower than. in normal
years for wheat and Is percent
lower for rye, oats and barley.
The total harvest of wheat and
rye amounts TO 100000 tons,
compared to IL 100000 tons in
1913. The shortage will be partly
compensated from the Rumanian
graneries.
The reviewer considers that the
food situation in Germany during
the coming winter will depend
mainly on the results of the pota-
to harvest. Al present potatoes
are being delivered with fair reg
ularity, but should frost, lack Of
labor or other reason cause a
shortage In potatoes. 1t Will spell
disaster.
The situation in Austria-Hun-
Earta it is declared Is worse than
in Germany.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15

to carry the Americans in Germany -
Holland. Trains were run from Swiizc7-
land, Munich anl Carlsbad across Gc"-
many to Holland. and from E"riin were
run Il number OF trains To Holland.
The first room .on entering the cm-
baSSy was the ticket office. and there
FIRST Mr.. Winslow and afterwarl Captain
Eenton sold tickets. giving tickets free
TO those who were certified To hc wiih"ut
funds by Mrs Pulitzer and Mrs Ger
arcs committees. ThIs roInmitte" worked
on tho second 'lour Of tho embassy. H.
The hallruum. par: Of ii bring r"l"d or
In keep the crowds back from the
iafics.
Each week | bought = number OF
stccraGr tickets from IN" Hulland Am":-
lean Limo and tn" ladies v..>"id them III
the ballroom. We had ;u ,lp this BE-
cause tn" ll"llanh- AMERICAN Lin, had
no licrus. ~ *'.l! S;ccragc tickets IN
St;rrmany. lut ny buvug tvs" nr thrcc
hundred at i tin" direct from the cuIl-
pany / WIS enabled IL r"'ldI" ihcm "ut
in our ballroom t. thu&" Nm"rirnnS
who in their carrrn"SS IN reach tEsir
own country We" willing I" "ndur" tht
diScomfortS Of travel in the StccraEc.
Caring fer Americans Leaving Germany.
Winslow accompanied one special
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15
FEEBLE OPPOSITION
FROM RUSSIAN FLEET
Movement May Mean Landing
on the Mainland and At
tempt on Petrograd.

With rhe armies in Flanders in
active except for bomoardmentS,
interest centers on the operations
of the Germans in the island OF
Oesel. situated at the mouth u the
Gulf Of Riga, and the ke% 10 the
entrance OF the. Gulf Of Finland.
AT last accounts, the Germans,
who landed under cover OF d great
array of naval craft. were steadily
pressing back Ii" Russians rHwarl
the southeastern part OF tho Is
land and also putting ashore
other forces with the huge arnla-
ia guarding Them against assault
by Russian warshinS.
The entire northern and eastern
sections OF the island were in
German hands and the invaders
were only short distance from
ArenSburg. on the southern shore.
which was in flames. Cerel which
lies on tho Svov5 peninsula. the
southernmost extremity OF the
island. also was on fire. Whether
the conflaSrarionS were caused by
the German guns or whether they
were started by the Russians is
not known.
Although The German communl-
cation says rho Germans suffered
no loses during the landing on
OeSel island. the Petrogcad War
office SAYS that in attempting TO
cover, the landing Of the enemy on
Dago island. to the north OF Oesel.
four German torpedo beats are re-
ported to have been sunk and one
cruiser ran aground. The small
detachment which landed on Daeo
island was forced later by the
Russians - return TO The ships.
while the Russian fleet. which at
lasr accounts had suffered no ma
terial damage was hindering the
German wa-craft in the waters be-
tween Dago and Oasel islands.
As VET rn:hinr has come through
10 shcw rhqs thn enemy has at
tempted 80 at-ark the mainland Of
western Fsthonia. nor has there
been an indication that the Rus
sian front in this region has been
moved.
Sunday AGAIN saw 4 heavy rain
fall on tho front in Flanders. and
fCortinued en- Page Two.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15
ITALIANS PLEDGED
THEMSELVES TO BUY
U.S., LIBERTY BONDS

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 14.-Thou-
sands of Italians pledged themselves
at meeting here today In the inter
est of the second Liberty loan 10 pur-
chase at least one $50 bond and as
many more as possible.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 1t-Wcek.
ly allowances 10 Harvard students
will b. diverted into the United States
treasury this week according. TO the
plans for the Liberty loan campaign
which will open at the University to-
morrow. The campaign will cover
every Harvard dormitory. Harvard
clubs will BIZ asked also to divert their
gurpluS money to Liberty bonds.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. IA
Liberty loan subscriptions at Camp
Custer, near. here, at noon today to-
tailed $6G5.l50, according to official
announcement. Army officers predict
the camp will exceed its quota, which
has been set at $1,000 600. There are
approximately 1000 men In tho camp.