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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
FORGOT the Umbrella,

One of Chauncey Mitchell Depew's
best stories is the story of the spot
ted dog, which as boy he bought
from local dog dealer. "The next
morning it was raining" he says, land
l took the dog out into the woods, but
the rain was too much for him. 1t
washed the spots off. 1 trotted the dog
back to the dealer.
"Look at this ANIMAL said. The
spots have all washed Off
"'Great guns, boy' he replied, there
was an umbrella went with that dog.
Didn't you get the umbrella?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
BUYING AND SELLING EGGS
Prominent Dealer in Food Supplies
Opposed to Practice Of Handling
Them by Dozen.

A prominent dealer in food supplies
has gone on record as opposed to buy
ing and selling eggs by the dozen.
II am strongly in favor of selling
eggs by weight" he says. sit is the
only just way for both seller and pur-
chaser. AS things are now, one man
may buy a carton Of eggs, very good,
but very small. while another may
buy a carton of fine big eggs. Yet
both will pay the same price. 1t is
not fair. The only fair and just
method is to buy and sell them by
weight"
Eggs vary so in size that dozen
large and a dozen small eggs pur-
chased at the same price per dozen
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
GOOD GARDEN SEED FAVORED
Essential in Successful Gardening
Best Way Is to Patronize Some
Reliable House.

Good garden seed is an essential in
successful gardening. If we are going
to plant something, we want it to
grow. The worst thing possible is to
plant seed that won't terminate, and
it is almost as bad to find that the
seed which has been planted is untrue
to name. -
In order to avoid all annoyance it is
best to secure good seed. When buying
garden seed demand that it be fresh !;
likewise insist that it be true to name.
The easiest way of avoiding poor seed
is to purchase the product Of some re-
liable house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

and stayed four weeks but when came
home would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I began taking it that very day
for / was suffering great deal. 1t has
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND before
YOU 20 home. Mrs. w. C. BROWN,
2S44 W. 18th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
GROUNDED WIRE FOR FENCES
Danger of Death to Farm Animals
From Lightning May Be Avoided
With Little Work.

All danger of death to farm animals
coming In contact with fence wires
heavily charged may be avoided by at
taching a wire to the strands of the
fence every two or three hundred feet,
running one end of it into the ground
about four feet deep.
This will afford an outlet for>t the
electricity and render the wire fence
as safe as any other.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
PROPER EGGS FOR MATCHING
Costly Mistake to Use Those From
UncuIIed FIoek-Best to Have
Small Breeding Pen.

1t is a costly mistake to hatch eggs
from the whole unculled flock, and
to keep males enough the year around
so that the eggs will be fertile.
Far better get the eggs from neigh
Dor who culls his hens for Matching
eggs, or send to some breeder who
does. 1t is not an expensive thing to
have a small yard for ones own best
hens and mate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
New LANGUAGE in Makinq.

A new language is in the making ip
France, where the French and Englisf|
troops have developed a peculiar lan*
guage, known only to themselyesIl
which answers all their common needs
The words nonplus the official inter9
prefers, but an English soldier with
no French at all can ask French sOl4
der with no English at all for vir4
tually anything he wants-and gets it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Feminine Vjewpojnt,

Naggs-The fact that old man Solo
mon had 700 wives proves conclusively
that he was not as wise as he seemed
to be.
Mrs. Naggs-On the contrary, it
proves that he was the wisest ever.
Naggs-How do you figure that out?
Mrs. Naggs-Because it takes a pref
ty wise man to manage even one wife.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Made a Hit.

"This dancer gave an exhibition in
court to convince the judge and jury
that her performance was not improp-
err" said the professional reformer.
"And what was the verdict?"
'Pippin!' I suspect" answered the
reformer, in disgust.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
We Want a Young Man.

OF good standing and business abil-
ity to represent us in this section, or
ganizing the producers for the purpose
of selling direct to consumers. Liberal
compensation to the right man. Write
Farm to Table Association, inc, III
Madison Avenue. New York.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Knowledge of Trees.

Children cannot learn all the trees
at once, but if on each walk they can
get acquainted with one and have their
eyes opened to the thousand wonders
along the countryside, gradually they
will accumulate a store of delightful
knowledge and inspiring interest.
There is no better time than now to
begin ones study of trees.-Exchange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
From bibles 10 Guns.

War brings many curious changes.
A few months ago the American Bible
society sent to Panama q fine power
boat, the Goodwill, for the use of its
new Bible house there in supplying
Bibles to the vessels that pass through
the canal. Now the boat, mounting a
gun, is in the government patrol serv-
ice.-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
600
Eggs of Various Sizes.

may differ as much as 25 per cent in
the value Of the food elements fur
nished. Perhaps the fairest way to
buy or sell eggs is by weight. Because
of the wide variations in the size Of
eggs, it is also coming to be recognized
that more accurate results in recipes
can be obtained by weighing or meas
uring the eggs out of their shells.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Not to Be Thought OF.

Henry, there was an agent here to-
day who wanted to sell me patent
burglar ALARM
did you tell him we had nothing
anybody could possibly want to steal?"
Certainly not. He might have gone
next door and told that hateful Mrs.
Glithery what l said"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
four WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin.
ally Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkhaln's Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio. -"For years I suf-
4ered 90 sometimes it seemed as though

l could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was all in my lower
organs. At times ]
could hardly walk,
for If I stepped on q
little stone / would
almost faint. One
day ] did faint and
my husband W q 8
sent for and the doc
tor came. Twas ia
ken to the hospital
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Holds Door Open.

projects. Nail it so the projecting
stick hits the lock about one-fourth of
an inch above the point. With little
pressure, the slope of the lock will
make the projecting stick move up.
When it comes to the notch in the lock
it will drop down, locking the door
back securely.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

chill Tonic is equally valuable as Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System so cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Learned by Experience.

Just because we have different po-
litical views is no reason why we
shouldn't be friends"
you are wrong there" answered the
contentious man. GAS a casus belli
there is positively nothing more pro-
ductive of results than a difference of
political opinion"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Heroes of the Home.

Nor should the hero medal be with
held frfom the man who totes the
screens down from the attic and sheds
gore and perspiration in making them
Minneapolis Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
DEVICE TO HOLD DOOR OPEN
HaIf-Inch Piece of Board, Eight Inches
Long and Three Wide Is Easily
Arranged.

(By R. PHILLIPS, Washington.)
A simple device may be made which
is useful for holding doors open when
the old-fashioned lock is used. Take
a half-inch board, eight inches long and
three inches wide and shape it like the
above cut. Screw it to 2 by on
the barn where the stick on the lock
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Answered..

'Pa, what is fund of informa'
tion?" asked the kid who could ask q
thousand dollars worth of questions
per fiscal month.
ooh, it's merely little collection
taken up occasionally to provide the
benighted heather with school books
and other superfluous paraphernalia,'
responded pa. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
An Object of Sympathy.

"Who was that dapper little man you
spoke to just now?"
my dancing teacher. Did you no
tice the look of commiseration he
gave me?"
Eyes"
II recently confessed to him that l
thought it q waste of time to dance"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Wrono DIAGNOSE.

Omar-Miss Hazel tells me she has
blue blood in her veins.
Aimee-She's mistaken. She has II
only In her mind.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
Domestic Criticisms.

His Wife-How forgetful you are,
John! Everything 1 say to you seems
to go in at one ear and out at the
other.
Her Husband-Yes, and everything
you hear goes in at both ears and out
at your mouth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

Constipation generally indicates disordered
stomach liver and bowels. wrights Indian
Vegetable Pills restores regularity without
gripping Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

Not few of US miss a great deal
by not seeing more of our neighbors
and friends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

"You say you did your best to save
the balloonist from falling?"
yes; he hadn't fallen more than
fifty feet before I called out to him
to STOP"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

Sore Eyes, Blood Shot Eyes Watery Eyes,
ly applications Of Roman Eye Balsam. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08

The Englishman Con railroad train)
You chaps over here are ruled by a
lot of vulgar fellows whom you'd never
dream of meeting socially.
The American-And in England you
are ruled by II lot of people who
would never dream of meeting you So
cially.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
A Puzzle.

Waitress&Tea or coffee?
Johnson-Don't tell me. Let me
guess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
information Wanted.

Love may laugh at locksmiths,
But tell me, pray, can you
In all this world a lover find
Who laughs at jokesmiths, too?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
American Nurses
Honored by France
Medals Awarded to Workers
in Military Branch of New
York French Hospital

PARIS, Sept. 16.-Justin Godart.
Under Secretary for the Army Medical
Service. visited yesterday the chateau
in the Department Of Yonnc where the
French Hospital OF New York has con
ducted military hospital of $50 beds
since early in 1916 After luncheon
the administrator o. the hospital, long
a resident of Brooklyn. spoke Of the
origin Of the work, which was Mt FIRST
supported by Mrs. william Fitzgerald
Of New York. and now by Henry Wal
ter. Of Baltimore.
After an eloquent tribute to Amer
ica's service to the French wounded
VI. Godart expressed regret that he
was unable to bestow tho Legion OF
Honor on Major Cutler. head physician,
as the latter is a member OF the Amer
can army, and the decoration must be
reserved until 1t can be given with the
consent Of Major Culler's government.
Medals of public instruction were
given TO Drs. John Irwin and Thomas
Savage, who have served since the nos
pitsl was started. Other medals were
gwen 20 Ruby Rodgers. Sister Leonorc,
Nurses O'Reilly and 0'Connor, Isabel
Adam. Flora Dixon. Anna Crowley,
Teresa Gourley and Mrs. Grace Wright
Tho Herald points out that the
hospital probably is the only one in
France supported by private funds to
the last details of equipment. and the
last gallon Of gasolene for transport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
Men Termed Unfit
May Yet Be Drafted
Local Boards Going Over Lists
Of Those Discharged for
New Eligibles

An additional supply Of material ior
the second and third drafts was limited
a. Yesterday, when it was learned that
members of the local boards in this
city have started to review the lists of
men discharged from the eligible lists
for physical reasons. Since the first
examinations were held the standards
have been relaxed in regard to fiat
feet, weight. height, vision and teeth:
Thus, il was pointed out, many Of
the heretofore unfit men will be con-
sidered fit for service under the new
regulations.
It is likely. therefore, that reexam-
nations Of such men will be held by
the local boards when they get ready
for the second draft. In this connec-
ton it was pointed out that when the
men of Local Board lO2 who were dis
qualified for physical defects were re
examined under the new standards lOo
cut of 473 were found eligible TO be
certified for service in the National
Army.
Local boards throughout the city met
Yesterday TO straighten out their rec
ords so that there would be no hitch
this week when the second detachment
Of drafted men is sent to Camp Upton.
II was learned that the district board
has certified back sufficient men 10 the
local boards TO fill their allotments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
Red Cross Women
Gave $36,400 900
In Work in Year
Dawson Tells Value of Labor
Contributed by American
Helpers

CHICAGO. Sept. 16 The plans of
the Red Cross to mobilize the generos-
itv, enthusiasm and patriotism Of the
American people during the war were
described to-day by Henry =. Dawson,
chairman Of the War Council Of the
American National Red Cross, and
George Crecl, chairman of the United
States Bureau Of Information.
TIE Red Cross is hurrying, Mr.. Davi-
scr said, with food, clothes, doctors and
medicines to the stricken nations of
Europe TO help keep them alive until
The military forces of the United States
get into the firing line.
The actual work contributed by
American women to the Red Cross in
twelve months in making surgical
dressings. hospital garments, knitted
articles. such as comfort kits and the
like. has been Of commercial value Of
SIG, 1000, Mr.. Dawson said. The ig-
ures were determined, he continued. by
d scientific analysis. This did rot in
clude the clerical work in Europe or
this country, nor the value of the time
spent in other ways, Mr.. Dawson eX-
Jlained.
"The effectiveness already developed
~ the Red Cross in the greatest work
of mercy ever undertaken By a single
organization" said Mr.. Dawson, ''is
one of the finest expressions | know of
the greatness and big-heartedress of
the American people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
40 French Officers
To Train Men Here
Will Help Instruct Troops OF
National Army at
Encampments

BOSTON, Sept. i6.-France will lend
one hundred and forty OF it's best
officers for instruction purposes IN inc
thirty-two national army environments
IL was said tonight at tho end OF a
conference between Brigadier General
John A. Johnston. commander OF the
Northeastern Department, and Colonel
Henri Claudon. head Of the French
mission to this country.
"Thc French government has gra-
ciously yielded to our request for one
hundred and forty or more of its best
army officers" said General Johnston.
"They will be divided into groups to
90 to each Of the thirty-two canton
ments, TO organize Mt each school OF
instruction for instructors. The Amer
leans sent to these schools must he
the best candidates obtainable; they
must have the peculiar faculty Of i'm
parting the knowledge they obtain to
others"
II was said that Lieutenant Colonel
Paul Azan. whose work at two Har-
ward University training camps has
been so successful, would be made
supervisor Of instructors in the East
ern. Northeastern and Central Depart
ments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
Camp DeUens Ready
For Next Quota of
The National Army

CAMP DEVENS. AVER, Mass, Sept.
l6.-Plans for the movement Of the
next quota of 40 per cent Of drafted
men to the National Army cantOnment
here were announced at the headquar-
ters Of the 10th Division commander,
Major General Harry F. Hodges, to-
night.
The entire 40 per cent quotas from
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
Rhode Island, more than five thousand
in all, will be the first arrivals. They
are due on September 10. On the fol-
lowing day the Connecticut quota,
1890, is scheduled to reach here; the
quota for Massachusetts. exclusive of
Boston. numbering 6,02l, will come on
September 81; the northern New York
quota of 1888 on September %, and
the Boston contingent of 1929 on Sep
TENDER %.
The New York recruits were to have
come on September &c, according TO the
original plan. A telegram from Gov
ernor Whitman tonight gave assurance
that their arrival would be set forward
four days in conformity with the new
schedule,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
200 Men in Rainbow
Division See NelD York
For Their First Time

Two hundred privstcs in the Rain
bow Division at Camp Mills, who have
been drilling in the shadow Of New
York. the city Of their dreams, yester-
day journeyed to the city and went
sightseeing. Their trip was arranged
by the National Service Committee ap,,
pointed by Raymond D. Fosdick and
The MAYORS Committee on National
Defence.
The visitors were enlisted men in the
16Sth Infantry of Iowa, the 149th Ma
chine Gun Battalion of Pennsylvania
and the 157th Machine Gun Battalion
Of Georgia.
In five buses they drove from the
Pennsylvania station 10 Bowling Green.
They were guests at noon at luncheon
given in their honor at the cafeteria
of the Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION, Fifty-second Street and Lex
ington Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
Camp Library Week" Set
Drive for 100000 Will
Begin September "a

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The week
Of September "a has been named
Camp Library Week" BY the Library
War Council appointed BY Secretary Of
War Baker. That week a drive TO
raise 81, 100000 Will be made through
out the country.
The Librarian Of each large city, as
sisted by the divisional director, will
have charge Of the fund Already the
council is able TO announce pledges
from various sections which indicate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
War Funds to Train
Community Nurses

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Announce-
ment was made to-day by the Town and
Country Nursing Service of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Of a series of public
health nursing scholarships, donated by
chapters and individuals as special war
gifts. The purpose is to prepare women
10 watch over the nCalth standards of
whole community.
The scholarships, of $3.50 each, cover
an eight months course at Columbia
University, Simmons College. Western
Reserve University, Univ ersity of Gin
cinnsti or the School of Civics and
Philanthropy at Chicago.
The scholarship is not sufficient to
cover all expenses Of the course, and
each nurse will be privileged where
necessary TO utilize the student loan
fund of the Red Cross TO an amount
equal to the scholarship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
Irish Command a Stirring
Sight in Retreat
Exercises
O'Connor a Witness
These Men Are Soldiers Now
Declares General Mann
After Exhibition

CAMP MILLS, L. l., Sept. l6.-Twen-
~ thousand visitors at Camp Mills
saw the l65th lnfantry-the old 69th
New York-psrade in full strength this
afternoon. The spectacle, an impress
sive one. was staged on the Nassau
County Fair Grounds. mile from
camp.
Il was the first time :he Irish com
mand formally parsdsd in its entirety
since that DAY month ago when the
men Of the old seth said good by to
Manhattan and passed down Fifth Ave
rue in farewell review. An added mar
:ial touch was given the exercises by
the fact that Colonel Hine, his stan
and the various battalion commanders
rode mounted at the head Of their
troops for the first time since the unit
has been encampcd here.
Major General ". A. Mann. com,
mander Of the Rainbow Division, and
Rrigadi.r General Michael J. Lehman,
Of the SD Brigade. were the reviewing
officers. Major General Eli d. Hoyie,
now commanding the Department OF
the East. came 10 camp especially 10
see the Irish unit parade. Among the
other visitors who saw the review were
r. p. O'Conror. the Irish leader, and
William K. Wilcox, who motored here
together from Great Neck.
Aviator Circles Overhead
Tho plains OF the fair grounds might
for all the world have been field IN
France yesterday afternoon. heavy
clouds prophetic OF rain were IN the
skies, with here and there cleaning
=, fhYOnuh the
gray. A chill wind swept across the
field. Overhead q lone aviator from
the station at Nineola was circllng, de-
ScendinE. and then rising again.
The crowd waited In silence. From
over toward Camp Mills came the
strains Of a band playing and the
tramp, tramp, tramp Of marching men.
Then Colonel Hine. Lieutenant Colonel
Reed and Captain Doyle, the regimental
adiutant. hove INTO sight around bend
i'm the road, their horses Galloping,
Close behind them was the beginning
Of a long line Of khaki clad men. And
a ripple OF applause came from the
spectators. ,..,;
rIaces at the edge Of the grounds.
Standing directly behind them were
Generals Mann, Lehman and Hoyle,
Then came the visitors, packed SOLID.
The long line OF soldiers wound slowly
across the plains The olive drab uni
forms were almost indiscernible against
the ereenish yellow OF the plains.
The men stretched out in battalion
formation and went through retreat ex-
crcises 7. ?. O'Connor smiled when
the band played "Garryowen' as the
men marched back TO camp.
at feels good 70 be IN friendly
Irish atmosphere again. They're not
ALWAYS friendly 20 me. you know. |
like these men. They are in wonderful
condition. / know nothing of things
military, but | can see that here are
men who will make good
There is something distinctive about