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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
FRENCH CROP FALLS SHORT.

The United States Food Administra-
ton is in receipt of report of an ad
dress by Monsieur Boret, the French
Food Controller delivered in the Cham,
Der of Deputies in which he declared
that the total nutrition value Of the
1918 crop of cereals as well as Of beans
and potatoes in France Is below the
total nutrition value of these products
for last year.
The wheat crop fortunately is larger
and of better quality, but the maize,
barley, oats, beans and potato crops
are considerably smaller.
1.-The potato situation is particularly
grave" said Mr.. Boret, "for whereas
the average for the last ten years is
l2.0eO, 900 long tons. this year the po'
tato crop will not exceed 100000 lons
tons. Despite this shortage, we must
supply the Allied troops lighting in our
land. We cannot possibly refuse this
indispensable food to English and
American troops who are constantly
Increasing in number"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
THROWS POLLEN OVER BEE
Natures Use of the Mountain Laurel
is One of Her Mary Remark
able Devices.

Flop! and away go the little sta
pollen over the bee which alights upon
them. The naturalist sees here one
Of the most remarkable devices in all
nature for compelling an insect to car
ry pollen. The lover of nature sees
In the mountain laurel one of the most
beautiful of the common woodland
flowers, says Edward Bigelow in
Boys Life"
The corolla is saucer-shaped, with
ten little pits near the edge, and light
ly caught in each of these little pits
Is the anther at the end of the elastic
filament. This natural thing seems to
grow in an unnatural manner, but do
you know of any other plant that ac-
tually grows in distorted or strained
position. or puts it's own self in an IN
comfortable and strained position
from which it is glad to be released
when the first insect comes along and
sets it loose?
The whole mechanism is like hair
trigger. It is. so carefully adjusted
that even slight jar will sometimes
set it loose. Shaking an entire bush
releases great numbers of these fila
ments, and flop, flop, flop they leap cut
of the pits and the anthers throw their
pollen everywhere. The bee which
visits the mountain laurel must feel
that the times are prosperous, since he
is showered with golden pollen which
he carries to the next flower to fer
tiliZe the seeds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
Homemade FOOD Rules
TO WIND up The War.

Without the food which America
sent overseas during the past twelve
n.ontns, the Allied cause would have
been imperilled, If not lost. The Hun
woula not be wh:mpering and whining
SO plaintively If he hadn't had enough
OF beng on the losing side of contest
beta cen empty stomachs and well
nouf4saed bodies. But lest Uncle Sam
AIs... 5 too much time putting himself
o. lie back for saving Democracy, he
lis gong to get new Home Card from
the Fcod Administration showing him
why he IL ust save and ship fifty per
cent. more food this year in order
TO keep Democracy safe. The main
reason is that there are already two
Mon SaanIies over in France--an
&liay still growing by hundreds of
thousands = and for reasons which
need hardly be explained to the people
OF maryland, the Food Administration
is gong to send them all the food they
need even IL we at home have to eat
wisely instead of wastefully in order
TO Go so.
TIE new Home Card will contain
helpful hints. But 1t VIII be left to
the Individual to frame his own rules.
The food problem has shifted 80 that
1t is no longer solvable by saving one
commodity such as wheat and filing
up On substitutes. There must be saw
niRg all along the line.
4 ,,fhe new regulations which are be.
) enforced in every public eating
Hace in the U. 8. A. can be adapted
for home use Easier still is 1t to
remember that conservation is called
for in everything that has to do with
food--including the labor Of preparing
It and the packages in which 1t comes.
Otherwise the 100000 tons OF
promised foodstuffs will not go over
seas. And If Maryland fails in its part
of that gigantic job, how shall Its
civilian population ever look it's sol
diers in the face?
One item of the huge order is for
100000 tons of meat and fats. A lot
of that is still in the corn cribs, lot
still In the pastures and the hay stacks
1t has to be eaten by animals before 1t
turns into the kind of food our armies
need, our Allies ask, and we ourselves
want The meat must be SO handled
that although million tons is shipped
more than last year, the herds will
continue as large as ever. For need.
less to say the o. S. Administration
Is not following the German plan OF
feveuring whole herd with NO
thought of the future except the hope
of beat -ng up some weaker people and
rofh ne them Of their cattle,
The supply of meat and fats for our
eoliiers and Allies will be released
Just insofar as 1t is saved from the
American table three times each day
In takine. the further step of aband
oning definite rules in favor Of gen:
eral but urgent plea for still further
thrift, the Food Administration shows
that It possesses complete confidence
In the public's wisdom.
How to save now half as much more
e~ IN ns we have been in the past, Is
pvn's'em in whose solution every SOU
In MARYLAND is asked to help. It is
test Of head as well as heart.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
Trip TO Washington.

DR.. S. H. Pine and Wills. i Jones,
OF hising sun, had very pleasant
trip to Washington, u. c., last weeA
They left Rising Sun Tuesday eve
Ming and spent The night III BaIti
more, taking the O'Clock train
from there in the morning, arriving
in Washington at $3.50. They first
visited the Union Station, one of the
most magnificent Iiailrod Stations
in the world; then made thorough
tour of the Capitol building and tne
Congressional Library; then through
the Bontanical Gardens on their way
to the Treasury. They were disdp
pointed in not being able to g&. int
either the Treasury, the Whire
House or the State War and Navy
Buildings on account of the war re-
strictions. After getting good
view of these buildings, they TOOL
the trolley to Glen Echo up the
Potomac River and viewed the ole
buildings of the National Chautau
qua that were erected in 1890. The
old "Amphitheatre" was built ovel
a deep ravine and would seat 5000
people, the stage alone seating 1850.
The building was 200 feet IN di.
ameter. The Chautauqua ground
are used now as a pleasure resort
and the interior of the Amphitheatre
has scenic railway running insid,
of the structure, giving one an idet
of the magnitude of the building
They then walked down the Conduit
Road, which is owned by the United
States Government, the Conduit car
rying the water for the city of Wash
ington being built under this road.
The water enters the conduit at the
Great Falls of the Potomac, Is miles
from the receiving reservoir, at tn,
District line. The Government spend
100000 per year in the upkeep o.
this road. After visiting the home
that DR.. Pine built and lived in som
rs years ago they returned to
Georgetown, d. c., and crossed over
the aqudut Bridge into Virginia.
They took the trolley at the Vir-
ginia end of bridge to Fort Myer,
and through the courtesy of one Of
the officers of the Fort were allowed
to see foot bali game between the
soldiers of Fort Myer and the
marines from Annapolis, which was
very exciting. They then wen,
through the National Cemetery O
Arlington, seeing besides the monu-
ments to hundreds of the Nations
great Generals and officers, the ole
home of General Lee, which is stu
ated on high hill overlooking the
entire city of Washington and
wonderful view of the Potomac
River. They left the Cemetery jus
as the shutdown gun was fired, ant
returned to Washington; aftei
spending few hours there they
took the trolley back to Baltimore
where they remained over night, re-
turning to Rising Sun the next
morning by way of North East.
DR.. Pine having lived in Washing
ton number of years of course was
familiar with all the points of in
terest, thereby being able to make it
more interesting to Mr.. Jones, who
had never been there before, and il
is needless to say that he enjoyed
every minute of his trip.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
Man il The Making.

We are all sculptors of life. From
the anthropoid ape stage clear up
through the ages, in the slow process
of evolution, man has been at work
chisellng himself. Always on the whole
lettering himself little, eliminating
the animal, the brute qualities more
and more, in spite Of setbacks, he has
persistently struggled toward the real
ization Of his ideals-the higher man,
the ideal man.
Our sculpturing is mental; our
thought is the chisel that traces the
ideal in life's marble. Angel and de-
mon, beauty and ugliness, success and
failure lie side by side in the mar
BILE of life.-Dr. Orison Sweet Marden,
in New Success.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

Greatly Benefited by Chambe lain's
81 am thankful for the good i
have received by using Chamber
lain's Tablets. About two years
ago when began taking them was
suffering. a great deal rrom diatre :
after eating, and from headache and
tired, languid feeling due to ind
gestion and a torpid liver. Cham
berlain's Tablets corrected thase dis
orders in short time, and since
taking two bottles of them my
health has been good" writes Mrs
M. P. HARDWOOD, Auburn, N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

Thomas d. News to Edward W
Taylor, Davidson property on East
High street, Elkton, $40 and other
considerations.
John r. Strimel and wife and El
Strimel and wife to John w. RehiN
and S. Ralph Andrews, trading as
the Charlestown Stone and Sand
Company, 2 tracts of 80 acres in
Fifth district, $4,000.
Thomas c. Roe and wife, of Kent
County, to Addie M. Riggin, Price
farm of 20S acres in First district,
$50 and other considerations.
Lizzie e. Woolley to the p. b. &
w. R. R. Company, lot of land in
Elkton, 5000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
Pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrl Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces OF the System thereby de-
stroying the foundation oil the disease
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
tHre in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have SO much faith in the curative
powers of Halls Catasrh Cure that
they offer One Humid ed Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHIMNEY & CO. Toledo.
Ohio Sold by all Druggists, Use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
GREEN TOMATO CONSERVE.

One pint sailed green tomatoes, one
tart apple, diced, not pared, two cups
syrup, juice OF one lemon. grated rind
OF one-half lemon.
Soak the tomatoes for two hours.
and dice them. Cook the tomato and
the apple in a small amount Of water
until they are tender. Do not drain
Mhen. Add the other ingredients, and
Cook the mixture until 1t is thick and
clear. II desired. about one tablespoon
Dbf preserved ginger may be added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

Do not imagine that because other
cough medicines failed to give you
relief that it will be the same with
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Bear
IN mind that from small beginning
this remedy has gained world wide
medicine must have exceptiona,
merit to win esteem wherever it be-
comes known.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
PUTTING FAT ON THE TURKS.

A few extra weeks in seed-and-bug
feeding adds a lot Of weight to g
young turkey. And the turkey does
not begrudge the time. The Food
Administration therefore asks, in the
IN crest of greater food production that
hens be not marketed under six
pounds dressed or gobblers undel
Eight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
"Nuts" of Prisrend.

Prisrend makes remarkably modest
demands on photography for Balkan
town, being spelled in only six differ
ent ways.
1t has no need for a water board,
because the river Biritza, called the
Martha by casual geographers, cuts
the town in two, while in almost all
the streets there are brooks that be-
come torrents after heavy rains.
The Prisrendian nuts" are the most
gaudily dressed people in the Balkans,
and the local bazaars blaze with gar
ish garments, beside which the rain-
bow-hued neckties inflicted on inno-
cent Englishmen at Christmas would
look drab.-London Chronicle.
Life would be monotonous If we
didn't make an occasional enemyA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
How to Freshen and Renew a Lawn.

green and Aourishing condition pro-
vided fresh lawn grass seed is sown
at different periods throughout the
year, particularly in the spring and
fail. The best time to SOW the grass
rectly after cutting the lawn, al
though this Is not necessary. Some
Of the best lawns In Richmond are
kept In a constantly green and Wig
orous condition In this way, and we
mers who desire to preserve their
lawns In good condition that they
sow fresh seed occasionally ON the
top Of their lawns, at the same time
raking any bare spots and applying
light application Of our Lawn Enc
richer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

II. Raymond Foster and wife, of
Delaware, and G. Raymond Yarnall,
of Pennsylvania, to Charles p. Bart
ley, tracts of land in Third district,
$40 and other considerations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22
Real Estate Transfers Recorded At
Clerks Office.

Charles P. BARLEY and wife to
Frederick j. Miller, of Wisconsin,
property above, $3.50.
Omar d. Crothers, Assignee, to
William B. Davis, Young property
in First district, $50.
Bessie Scott Evans to James r.
Evans, z acre property in Third dis
trict, 81 and other considerations.
Carrie E. Cole and Clarence L.
Cole her husband, to VIM. schumm.
lot of land at Perryville, $40 and
other considerations:
William B. Steel and wife to Ed
monia S. Green, 2 acre property in
Seventh district, $40 and other con-
siderations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

There is no Ice to waste here. but
there's lots less where the Kaiser IL
i9oing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

The Fair Price List Is meant to pro.
teet the housewife against sinking In
q sea Of high prices. But even a life
ersserver 10 no use to the person who
kQn,t put i On
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-22

The hoardsr himself must suffer II
be throws a monkey wrench into the
machinery of food distribution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

circles, $4,000 pesetas in fines i'm
posed on Alsatian children who insisted
on speaking French and refused to
study the beautiful German langua ee. f"
Both Skies and Black Barney were
but poor stuff in their days-they took
only what they could carry off. The
master criminal Of Potsdam has little
patience with such silly ineAiciencv.
me confession boastfully goes on:
four cathedrals destroyed, eight rem
dered unserviceable"; q churches de-
stroyed; 81 rendered unseryiceable
Now he is going to carry off Belgium's
church bells!
For why should the houses of God
IN Picardy and Flanders be spared j?
He isn't Germany's God!
However, the fault we find with this
inventory Of the Kaiser's hellishness ia
Its incompleteness. We insist on hav-
ing the whole inventory-down to the
very last fgure-a complete document
OF the Kaiser's inhumanity.
Sir, how many French and Belgian
women have been ravished by your
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
By William T. Ellis
The Religious Rambler

O. METHING big has happened in
- France, aside from the fighting
with the Germans. Religion is
forgetting its UNCONVENTIONAL lines.
Also it is losing most of the things that
ear-marked it as religion, in the popu-
lar conception, such as preaching, aver
sion to tobacco and theatres, and a
general aloofness from this wicked
world. Just as in some of the regi-
ments one cannot tell millionaire
private from his chauffeur or his wash
woman's son, SO in the big religious
work that is going on here it is i'm
possible to distinguish preacher
from business man or an actor.
Recently was riding in big Amer
lean car behind the lines. Gee, look
at the Packard" cried the soldiers,
with all the American youths interest
in the mates of machines-and with
me we're five others, all except N.Y.
self being in the Y. M. C. A. uniform.
Nobody goes into the army area with
out q uniform except the occasional
joy-riding "Commission," that has come
over here to Investigate" something
or other.
Those five men typify the manner
in which religious work is being done
in France. One was Pittsburgh mill
ionaire, a member of the War Work
Council Of the Y. M. C. A. He was
heading a group sent over to study the
efficiency of the service. His COM
panion was the head of college for
women. and a speaker of repute, who
has been addressing the soldiers. An
other man was an actor, touring to in
spect the equipment of the Y. M. C. A.
huts for theatrical performances, as
he is bringing over a company. The
fourth man was Toledo college pro-
lessor, who is the assistant director Of
the educational work that is being
undertaken in the camps by the Y. M.
c. A. The fifth man was a Chicago
advertising expert, who is connected
with the Paris Office, and manages the
entertainment circuit Of the army
work. The chauffeur also wore Y. M.
G. A. uniform, for this enterprise calls
for diversity of services.
Whatever the Young Mems Christian
Association may be at home, it is some
thing quito distinctive in the American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

posts. He is good mixer, fond Of
the sporting chance which he takes
with the shells and with the vicissi-
tudes of getting supplies forward. One
man, who barely sQueaked into the
work, because he was only favored
son of the idle rich and had few of
the Y. M. c. A. virtues or special
ef1ciencies to commend him, has
proved such success that when it
was proposed to remove him from his
1ront-llne position, where he carries
packs of supplies into the trenches on
MS back, to another hut where there
was desperate need of help, the COM
handing officer declared that the SOL
dlers would bayonet any official who
trleo to steal their "Y" secretarv!
vCollege professors have been q con.
splcuous success. l ran across the Har-
ward professor of geology out amid the
mud of an engineers camp. Onlv
eeo'ogist could do justice to that mud
Here was this Harvard scholar, as
genial a hail-fellow with all the bows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

oupes - misnamed Soldiers? How
many young women were taken from
France and Belgium as servants nv
your officers-and what happened to
them? How many nuns did YOUR soI.
dlers ravish in old Louvain How
many thousand women have YOUR sol.
diers made unwilling mothers? Untold
that to US! How many enemies have
your soldiers crucified know " If
one! How many boats carrying limo
cent passengers away from sinking
steamers have your submarines shot to
pieces? We must have these figures
to make your inventory complete and
TO fully awake those among US who in
their sleep still murmur. Peace. peace
at any price--my life, my wife's virtue.
my daughters innocence-just peace,
peace Give us all particulars. thou
whose name will be written for all time
on the annals of history as the worlds
greatest degenerate!"
Yet we are still told by men placed in
position Of authority that now is not
the time to discuss universal training
OF our boys and young men which viii
make the world safe against the hell
ishness that's Potsdams!
How long. Lord, how long. before
common sense will come to all this
people as q shield WV ''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

when German was too freely spoken,
pointed out the "nasty fellow from the
District Attorneys office" who had done
the arresting, and made herself so
pleasing to the defendants friends that
we may be sure whatever happens to
Hill Mrs. Schaeffer will not be the
loser; and if she did not owl-blast the
plaintiff it was not because she has not
the power, you may be sure.
Hill was convicted and put under the
observation of the probation officer.
Hill has past; has been bricklayer,
a coachman, rigger, but was always
possessed of occult powers" which he
developed by long study, even as you
and l may if we would only consent to
take the treatment. "Spurits" speak to
him in long-distance phone voices
sometimes in foreign languages, in
which case they always bring an inter-
prefer. He was positive before the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
1omPletlng the Kaiser's Inventory of Spoils

increase over those of the campaign
against France in 1S70-'71."
How certain types conform in their
racial characteristics! Bill Skies count.
ing his stealngs in London cellar.
Black Barney. Of Michigan fame a gem
Grafton ago, counting the proceeds Of
his highwaymanship in the cave along
Lake Superior; the arch-criminal Of
them all from out his lair in Potsdam
goes them one better and has printed
an inventory Of what he has got awav
with! "'
One reads on with interest-confession
OF criminals are of great value to de-
cent society-"From Belgium old paint
'ngs to the value of 100000 pesetas"
how really efficient to use the COIN
age OF the country to which this con-
fession goes!-"Total amount exacted
from Belgium 12o,o71,35o pesetas"-
this from land laid waste in great
part by the barbarian hosts of him IN
Potsdam! Also this of stealing from
babies savings banks-a crime looked
upon as the lowest in all criminal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

army. Here it is the agency named by
the government to take care of the rec
reational interests of the soldiers.
Whatever they need, outside of strictly
military lines, is supposed to be sup
piled by the "Y," as it is colloouiallv
called. The canteen also has been
turned over to it by the army; and this
is run. OF course, without profit.
This work is, therefore, not entirelv
or even largely, religious, in the con-
ventional significance of that word. II
is not at all sectarian. This is not a
Protestant enterprise. Up to the pres
ent, the first service held every Sum-
day, in most huts, and frequently on
weekdays also, is the mass for the
Catholic boys. 1t is common for huts
to hold Catholic. Jewish and Protest.
ant services on the forenoon of the
same day. The workers are of all
faiths.
Also they are of all walks Of life
and OF both sexes. Some of the most
dlfficult and dangerous work is that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Anyway, 1t Is Not
The Spirits Fault

A type like this seems scarcely clever
enough to be harmful. but the District
Attorney is set on preparedness, and is
going to get every one of them before
the casualty lists grow much longer.
Consequently, at all spiritualistic
meetings of the last two weeks a very
pious atmosphere, with little reference
to the khaki and no private sittings,
has been the rule. Evidence against
them, however, is coming in, often
anonymously, from people who have
been advised by them; or more often
from people-unbelievers testify
that friends of theirs have been fooled
as in the case of young bakeshop pro-