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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
WARRED ON DEATH PENALTY
Sir Samuel Romllly, British states-
man, First 10 Bring End 10 Cap
ItaI Punishment Statutes.

The remarkable career Of Sir Sam
uel Romilly. the British statesman,
came to a tragic end 80 years ago. He
was the first influential man in Eng
land to attempt to bring about the
abolition Of capital punishment, notes
a London correspondent. When he n
tered public life the English statutes
punished with death nearly 800 crimes,
ranging from murder and treason
down TO keeping company with gyp-
sizes. Romilly, who was of French de-
scent, launched an agitation against
these codes, and In 1908 he succeeded
in repeating the E~lizabethan statute
which made II a capital offense to steal
privately from the person of another.
From that time until his death he
waged war increasingly against these
cruel statutes, renewing his motions
session after session, and although he
failed. he cleared the way for the sue
cess of others who kept up the agita-
ton. Romilly was devoted to his
wife. and when she died, October %.
1918, the philanthropist fell into AIDE
IirIum Of grief. -Four days later his
grief had $ % preyed on his mind that
he went mad and killed himself.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
Artificial Wood From Leaves.

Artificial wood from dried leaves
especially those OF oak, beech OF birch
lis a new product. reported from Aus
tria. using ven cheaper waste mate
rial than the sawdust already similar
ly utilized. The leaves are finely
ground, mixed with a suitable binder,
shaped In molds under a pressure of
$50 atmospheres. and dried by heat
while still under pressure. The best
binder Is stated to be viscose. though
this may be strengthened by the addi-
ton of a little glue. water-glass, case
In, rosin, or other substance. The
ground leave. ere boiled With sc1tSc
before mixing with the solution Of vis-
cose and the viscose may be prepared
from n portion of the leaf powder by
treating Nth soda I've anu then with
carbon disulphide. Coloring matter
may be added to the leaf powder or
10 the pasty mixture. Some filler may
be desirable for special purposes, and
the materials suitable include ashes.
tos, infusorial earth. wood -four and
peat -four.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25

All of the domestic varieties OF rab-
bits, except the Belgian hare, are de,
scendants OF the burrowing rabbits of
the Old World. and the big European
hare, almost as large as our western
jackrabbit. is the ancestor of the So
called Belgian form. which Is now
quite popular as a domestic animal OF
profit and Is becoming more 90, OBJ
serves an exchange.
In the Northern hemisphere Of the
New World we have many more species
of hares than the Old World can boast
Of, as the cottontail. the Southern
swamp hare. the Arctic hare OF
shoe rabbit and two species OF West
ern ~jackrabbits or giant hares. Yet
we have not successfully domesticated
one OF these forms. though this might
be done az a matter o. profit In the
production Of meat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
OLD BossY Dotted ON FISH
Cow reasts on Anglers Prize Salmon
and Tops on Lunch With Trout /
He Flung nc Her.

The angler could cast a fly. and had
caught trout In the south Of England,
but had never so much as seen a sal
mon river. Great was his Joy. there
fore, when one day he received an IN
vitation to Ash one of the most famous
spring salmon rivers In the north Of
Scotland, relates the Field. In the
very first cast that he tried he hooked
and landed his first saImon-a ten
FOUNDER.
The first salmon is always the most
perfect and beautiful that even was
seen, and the angler reflected that II
he carried his fish In the bag all day
II would dry and lose Its lovely sheen.
On the top of the brae there was a
marshy nook that would answer his
purpose admirably. He deposited his
treasure in this nest and. having COW
cred 1t with a thick layer of rushes,
went on his way.
The rest Of the day ne caught moth
Ing except a half-pound trout. Still
he was very happy and content as he
turned homeward, and whistled mer-
rily as he approached the marshy
nook. But there he found a Highland
COW In the act OF consuming his sal
NOR. Of which little remained except
the head and the tail. In his anger he
flung the trout savagely at the COW,
hitting her fully In the face: but. so
far from taking o~ffense, she seemed
rather to think that he had brought
her a bonnie bouche wherewith to COM
plete the feast, for, after gazing at him
for a moment with the innocent, con-
iding eyes OF her kind, she contentedly
swallowed the trout.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25

South Dakota Will shoot at the $685.
600, 600 mark.
Exactly one dozen counties of the
state at the close of the seventh day
of the campaign have not yet reported
their fun quota oYersubscribed," said
H. A. Oldham. director of the cam
paign today.
These counties for various good
reasons have been more or less de-
layed but are expected to speed up
and fall in line by reporting full sub
scriptions Upon bank returns before
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25

The Australian natives knew nothing
OF shoes. and the natives OF Africa are
in the same box to this day. The Chi
nese make their shoes Of wood and pa
per, and cannot remember when they
began to make them. A Chinese shoe
10 warm In winter and cool In sum-
mer. and always easy to the foot.
Superstition has busted herself
greatly about shoes; but II is not
worth while to cite all the silly sayings
about them. There Is no significance
about the way people wear their shoes,
either at heel. toe or side. although
untidy footgear Is doubtless some indi-
cation OF carelessness. See that you
have a comfortable shoe, keep II tidy.
aud BAD luck viii never potner you.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
the close of the campaign Saturday,
said Mr.. Oldham.

Taken Up-One sorrel three year
old. white stripe in forehead, one
black two year old with two white
feet Also one black 2 year old horse,
and gray 2 year old mare. Owner
can have same by proving property
and paying charges.
Ben W~angsness, Miller, S. ID.
22t3 Sec. s Florence Twp.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
South Dakota Loan Sale
May Beat N. D. and Mont.

Aberdeen. April 25.Leaving the
$22. 900, 900 mark behind i'm its upward
flight South Dakota is going to try to
ring up a higher number on Uncle
Sans cash register than Montana and
North Dakota combined. =
Montana is over S14,OOO,09 and
North Dakota is over SIC, 1000, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
no vnrNEedeeawRaD n0 SyNsexzxv MAAeAa0EASe&Hr

CLIPPING to Increase u export food stocks, wr gardens win De
planted this year In greater numbers than ever before. Each
4@1 American family that has a garden plot is being urged to
become more nearly selfsustaLning by making use O IT. This
NG@ will render a national service by lessening the burdens o n our
kM means nor cars Of munitions and food sent T. seaboard for
EMNT# the Allies . "e.#
6Ww The United States Department OF Agriculture State
Agricultural Colleges have printed leaflets of instructions for
gardeners which will be sent upon request without charge.
1t va only during the last winter that Cove unent experts were able 70
know definitely how great was the aid OF 1917 war gardens In many sections
the potatoes and other vegetables raised enabled the people to escape a
threatened famine In certain commodities that were held up o n account of
the railroad transportation crisis Approximately 100000 war gardens were
planted In I917-many were failures; but the gardener low knows more abouf
raising vegetables and will do better I'm 1918
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
NEW ORDER IN FOOD FIGHT.

The shifting fortunes of war do not
allow a general to issue in one day
orders to be followed throughout a
whole campaign. Herbert Hoover Is
really supreme quartermaster Of the
whole Allied forces, combatant and
non-combatant. EIe cannot tell today
what orders it will be necessary to
issue next month, nor what restrictions
now in force may be then safely re-
moved. The whole American people is
in the thick Of a titantic fray, and the
biggest JOB for the civilian population
Is to keep the fighters supplied with
food. A multitude of inter-locking con-
tingencies decide what commodities
must be shipped overseas from season
to season.
At present wheat and beef are the
two outstanding essentials, although
the supply Of sugar and fats must be
kept moving too. The order which de-
bars hotels from serving roast beef
except at Mondays midday meal ID
drastic, but necessary. And the order
to buy not more than one-and-one-quar-
ter pounds Of clear beef per person
per week Is just imperative upon all
the housewives Of Maryland. The new
rules must be accepted at home as
would the command for general ad.
vance at the front. 1t would be treason
To hang back
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
SOAP FROM FAT SCRAPS.

Economy is developed to It's fullest
extent by the armies in France and
Flanders. In connection with the com,
missariat is department for the elm
nation of waste, and each soldier, ex-
cept in the very front trenches, where
it would be impossible, Is compelled to
scrape his plate for the purpose. This
refuse is gathered up and collected at
certain points behind the lines, where
it is sorted and put to various uses,
not the least important Of which is the
soap used by the Army and Navy.
The art Of soap making, which a
hundred years ago was known to al
most every household, has never quite
died out, and could very probably be
revived at the present time. Full di-
rections for It's making afe given with
the various brands Of I've upon the
market, and the aggregate saving
achieved in the thousands Of homes on
this North American continent would
be little short Of marvellous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Gifted Writers Indolent.

De Quincy has called Coleridge ga
man of infinite title pages" and he
says he heard Coleridge admit that a
list of the books he meditated but
never executed would fill a large vol
ume. In this respect the two opium
eaters were rivals. Perhaps their fer
tility in projects was due, as Coleridge
fancied, to an overactivity Of thought,
modified by constitutional indol-
ence," and had nothing to do with
opium. On the other hand, De Quin-
cey believed that his opium eating pre-
vented him from writing the book he
intended to make his life work, the
slow and elaborate result of years of
toll, to which he had presumed to
give the title of an unfinished work of
Spinoza's, viz, DE Emendatione HUI
mani Intellectus.'" In a later mood he
devised 'Prolegomena to All Future
Systems of Political Economy" and
made arrangements with provincial
printer for its production, but it's au-
thor never even got as far as the pre-
face.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
BITTER FIGHTS OVER Boards
Tartars and Persians Long in Conflict
Because They Held Varying opin-
ions on the Matter.

Before now the wearing Of boards
has caused bitter war and made the
'executioner's ak cut through many a
neck. The Tartars waged long war
with the Persians, declaring them in
fidels because they would not shave
their boards after the fashion Of Tar
tary.
The Greeks wore boards until the
time Of Alexander, who ordered the
Macedonians to be shaved lest their
boards should give handles to their
enemies. The ancient Romans wore
boards, but in England they were not
fashionable after the conquest until
the thirteenth century and were dis
continued at the Restoration,
Peter the Great kept squad of Of
f1cers whose duty it was to cut the
boards of unwilling citizens by force.
Before 1910 shaving was almost uni
versal in the United States.
There have been numerous instances
Of women with long masculine boards.
Margaret of Savoy, daughter Of Maxi
milan I, had long stiff beard, and a
woman was seen in Paris with black
bushy beard that reached to her waist.
At the battle Of Pultowa the Russians
captured bearded woman, whom they
presented to the car. She had a
beard five and one-half feet long.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Earthquake Statistics.

1t has been calculated that there oc
cur about 10000 earthquakes within 9
year, or 8,760 hours, hence, that there
are on the average three and one-hall
earthquakes in an hour. Fortunately
not all earthquakes are of violent ma
ture, like that of A. D. 526, that killed
from 10000 to 100000 persons in the
region of the Mediterranean, or that
of 1893, to which 10000 persons fell
victims in Sicily, or of Lisbon in 1855
and those that devastated Chile, Peru
and Japan. OF great frequency arc
the minor earthquakes. In fact, on,
so-called firm earth can be said to be
In state Of perpetual agitation. Our
senses do not perceive the slight dis.
turbances, but the seismograph, very
delicate and ingenious apparatus de-
vfsed to keep track of them, furnishes
all the information denied to us by our
natural fnsensibility. They often fur
nish us too much of 1t in the excess
of their zeal, recording sometimes as
seismic phenomena vibrations that
later proved to have been due to the
ringing Of church bells.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Morning Exercises.

Calisthenics taken in the early morn
ing do much to keep up the general
health. Standing. warmly but loosely
clad, at an open window and inhaling
deep breaths of fresh air will stimulate
the blood quickly. This might be fol-
lowed with two or three easy exercises.
One might consist of doubling the fists,
placing them at the shoulders, and
then thrusting them out at arms length
swiftly. After that it would be well
to bend, trying to touch the floor with
the finger tips without bending the
knees. These calisthenics might be
concluded with final one of kneeling
and bending forward the floor from
the waist. The whole performance
need not take more than five minutes,
and will do more to make circulation
lively and muscles in good condition
than any amount of medicine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
ST0.-.!!EES OF FOOD RIOTS
MAY Be GERMsH BLUFF
washinqton.-In many provinces Of

Washington.-In many provinces OF
Hungary, declares despatch via
Amsterdam, there is only one third of
the amount Of food needed to keep
the population in health, according to
speech made before the Hungarian
Parliament by former Premier Tisza.
Other news items arriving here tell of
an attempt upon the life Of Emperor
Charles, Of attacks upon the German
Embassy at Vienna, of riots in many
large centres In the Dual Monarchy,
and Of serious friction between Ger
many and it's ally over the distribution
Of the dwindling food supply Of the
Central Powers. Vienna's leading pa
per states that for six weeks the IN
habitants can hope for little else to eat
than salads and certain vegetables.
These dispatches, II founded on fact,
would conclusively prove that the Food
Administrations prophecy, Food Will
Win the War;" is rapidly coming true.
But officials here point out that 1t Is
unwise to put too much faith in news
which emanates from the enemy whose
censorship is not prone to admit the
publication Of news which would give
the Allied world true idea Of the
state of affairs in Hunland. Germany
has before now spread stories to lure
the Allied people into believing that
she is on her last legs. German prop
uganda of this kind was responsible for
a lot Of pacifist talk In England last
autumn and it would be very serious,
and indeed might cause disaster, were
these stories Of Austro-Hungarian pri-
walton to luH the United States into
relaxing for a moment its effort to pro-
duce and save every last ounce of food
for our Army and our Allies. 1t is
true that Food Will Win the War. 1t
is even truer that the lack of 1t will
cost defeat. The placing Of too much
faith in these food-riot dispatches
might have tendency to discourage
production or encourage wastefulness
here 1t is much better, therefore, to
rate them as mostly Hun concoctions
until such time as the "Sammies" ar
rive in Berlin and find out whether
they are actually true.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Naval Reserve Offers Fine OppOr-
tunity.
tunity.

The recent appearance OF hostile
submarines off the American coast
has been great incentive for en-
listments in the United States Navy
and the Naval Reserves.
Wanton destruction of unarmed
ships bearing passengers and freight
in the coastwise trade, is typical OF
Hun warfare, and the young men OF
the country seem anxious to put
themselves in a position to encoun-
ter the perpetrators of such tactics.
The Naval Reserve offers a fine
opportunity for Observation-Disclosures
service, and from it's ranks have al
ready risen some of the heroes
whose names will be written prom
inently in the history of the war.
Every rating in the Naval Re-
serve is open to enlistments, includ-
ing the Yeomanl Branch, provided
the applicants for yeomen are expert
stenographers and typists.
Full particulars of both the Regu-
lar and the Naval Reserve can be
obtained from the nearest post
master; directly from the Navy Re-
cruiting Station, Calvert and Lexing-
ton Streets, Baltimore, or from the
Navy Recruiting Substations at
Cumberland and Hagerstown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Privileges Of the Poor.

VIII you show me any other people
outside of the fairy books who car
put the most fearful calamity on like
a cloak and doff it at will, who car
augment their families to seven OF
eight children overnight, and reduce
them as readily to FIVE or six on the
following day If it but seem to them
advisable? Where outside their ranks
Is there anyone capable of persuading
you that it is privilege to sleep cold
so that some Darius you never saw or
care to see shall, he had his allegori-
cal mule, go better warmed? Who
else, being neither Of your kith nor
kin, has such power over you that,
with a mere bloodshot eye and SILVER
of the shoulders, they can turn your
automobile, your furs. your warmth
and all your pleasant pleasures into
Dead sea apples Of discomfort Laura
Spencer Porter, In the Atlantic Maya
zine,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
POOR DWELLING PLACE, THIS
British Naval Base Of Wei-Hei-Wel
Has Decidedly Few Attractions
for European Residents.

Wei-hei-wei is the bit of Chinese ter
ritory that the British hold under lease
as q naval and commercial base. It is
lust across the breadth of the Shan
tung peninsula from Kiachow. Wei
hei-wei lies partly on the mainland,
partly on an island where the dock
yard, the coaling station and the rest
of the machinery for naval base are
located. Most of the civilian popula-
ton live on the mainland, and patron
ize q little steam launch that plies
across the intervening sea when they
want to go shopping; for with an eye
to getting the British jackies' trade
when warships put in to coal, the
shops of Wei-hei-wei are out with the
docks and the coal yards.
The island seen from the steam
launch is barren, sandy hill, ridged
with gullies that the hurrying rain wa
ter has cut in its course to the sea.
The sand of these hills is one Of the
omnipresent features of the colony !;
every wind that blows carries it about
by pounds, and only the cheapness of
Chinese servants makes it possible to
keep a European household busted.
The mainstreet on the island has the
characteristic British colonial look,
with British post office, British
steamship booking office, and British
shops. On the short side street are the
Chinese shops, which are only opened
at certain seasons when visitors are
plenty, or when a warship puts in to
the harbOr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
RUDE AWAKENING FOR GUEST
Visiting Parson Got the "Dusting'
That lrate Father Intended to
/ Bestow on Offspring.

A story of how parson got the
busting instead Of youth is related
by newspaper man Of Wenatchee
Wash.
"The boy in the plot was Oscar
Woods" he says. sit happened in
Nebraska. In our home it was the Gus
tom for one of the boys to take his
turn at starting the fire on cold morn
ings. It was Is degrees below zero
and it was Oscars turn. He lit the
fire and then proceeded to the barr
to feed the stock. But the fire went
out.
San hour later, perceiving that there
was no fire. father sent another call
louder. Then several more. But ne
Sound came. The governor started
upstairs.
without Informing the head Of the
house, my brother had brought home ;
preacher the night before and put him
in the same bed with Oscar.
'The parson had a thrilling awaken
ing. He was yanked out of bed. II,
resisted. This was too much for in
dignant dad.
"The conflict was exciting. Tho
preacher fought like wildcat.
"ln the cold gray dawn dad found
that he had made mistake. It was
tough, but the preacher survived"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
BAR WAY TO EVIL SPIRITS
MaIaysians Believe Mountains Were
Placed to Shut Out Strange
Race Of YaluJ.

In the dak bungalow at Kwala Kubu
Tin Malayasia) the Chinatoy chowki-
dar, queue in pocket, shod in shoes Of
silent felt, served my breakfast. / was
at last on the threshold Of strange
expedition In q land to which no letter
ever came correctly addressed, so un-
known was it to the outside world. At
this moment the strangest thing in
sight was my breakfast. It consisted
chiefly of tins of tiny Monaghan finches
-humming birds in size, squads in
taste-canned a dozen in q tin.
AS devoured the pitiful little birds
bones and all, I looked " at the
great Malay mountain range, the back
bone of the finger peninsula which
stretches southwark from Siam to
within sight of the bund Of Singapore
itself. Mountains. so the Malays say,
are the wall of the world, shutting out
great winds and beasts of prey. And
they believe that strange race-the
Yajuj-are forever striving to bore
through, and when they succeed, then
will come the end of all things.
The great limestone caves scattered
throughout the mountains are places
where the Yajuj have attempted and
failed. There is nothing impossible or
unbelievable in all this, when one
comes to know Malay mountains In
all their weirdness.-William Beebe, in
the Atlantic Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05

ST will can" should be the motto
of every housewife for the next
three months. Because of the short
age of sugar the Food Administra-
ton requests housekeepers to pre-
serve fruits this summer in other
ways than in rich preserves and
jellies. The need of canning veget-
ables this summer is much greater
than last year. By canning veget-
ables and fruits for home consump-
ton the housewife will relieve
transportation and allow the pro-
ducts of the canneries to be shipped
to our boys "over there"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
Now They're MoIIyeoddIes.

Dandies who are making their reap
pearance at the Royalty theater, were
fast disappearing when Queen Victoria
began her reign, says the London
Times.
Extravaganza in dress and manners
did not of course originate with them.
but In earlier times there were other
names for those who were noted for
similar eccentricities. They were called
beaux in the days of Queen Anne and
the earlier Georges. ''fops" and
sparks" being scornful synonyms.
In the latter half of the eighteenth
century these fashionable tops were
known as macaronis, and the handles
may be said to have come ~ during the
regency.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-05
ouApRuPLE WHEAT CROP.

London.-The British people con-
sumo annually 13,200, 100000 pounds Of
bread-that is to say, 275 pounds each
for every man, woman and child in the
country. They will now themselves be
able to provide more than 10000, 100000
pounds Of this amount, the Director
General of Food Production announces.
In other words, of the 275 pounds al
lotted annually to each man, woman
and child, about PIP pounds will be
made from homegrown food stuffs.
The net saving in shipping thus ef-
eected Is more than 100000 tons.