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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
NDE cENsos, SHE EEs CRAZE"
Jean Baptlste Tells the World why
the Population Of Quebec Seems
lmmoblle.

The old habitant Of Quebec, who
will be depressingly amazed to dis
cover that the census man gives that
province bare 2,345,678 of popu-
lation, will trot out his decennial ex-
PLANTATION in extenuation:
"Saere nom de bleu," Jean Baptiste
will splutter "de censos man he come
to me on de farm and he say: Jean
Baptiste, how many Ill boy and liz
girl you got dis tam by your An
wen say, takken' ma tam, SOS not
forget:
"Dere's Jeanne-Marie- Rosine-
Angelique - Sophie = Josette 49, OATS
de ILL girl
"And dere's Polemique- Telesphore
-Hippolyte Belzemire = Horsemi-
das-Alphonse-dat's de Ill boy,
dat maudit censos man, he write
down lax great beeg fool:
"Jean Baptiste: One girl: Jeanne
Marie Rosine Angelique Sophie JOS
cite. One boy: Polemique, Tele-
sphore Hippolyte. Belzemire Horsemi-
das Alphonse.
$50 dere you see how it come Cana
daw got SO few population! Me wit
six lii boy and six Ill girl--and he
put down only one of each kin Sacre
nom de bleu If dar Is not u dame
eensult for a brave habitant. Why,
de fust tam Victorine-dat's me
femme-is tell me go queek for de
docteur,s we'en come bak from fetch
heem. she got two leetle boy and one
leetle girl for Jean Baptiste. And af-
ter dat we neyaire get less an tweens
at de one TAM. And de censos man
ne write down: One boy. one girl ~
Vancouver World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
puetless Glands in College.

Ductless glands, said to be RESPONSE
BILE for epilepsy, feeble-mindedness
cancer and other diseases. will be the
subject of special study at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. A chair in
endocrinology, the branch Of medical
science dealing with ductless glands,
has been endowed at the university,
and it is said to be the first ever es-
tablished in the world.
Experiments will be conducted at
the ear eye, nose and throat hospitals
of Philadelphia, the various clinics
under control of the university medi-
cal school and other places.
So important do the physicians of
the American Therapeutic society re-
gard this step that the chairman of
the society's council was instructed
to appoint committee to formulate
a curriculum for the teaching Of en-
docrinology to graduates and post
graduates in every medical school in
he United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Comforting.

A Hoosier minister's wife was get
ting ready to go to the hospital for
an operation. Her husband and chill
dren had been solicitous of her all
day, everything around the house had
been very quiet until late that evening,
when she heard the seven.year-old
twins Quarreling. She asked her hus-
band to see what 1t was about, and he
summoned them into the room to give
them a lecture on worrying their
mother.
at was all your fault, daddy" Flora
retOrted.
Floyd nodded his head and the min
lister asked what he had done. I'M
agine the feeling when Floyd replied !:
"Mr. Long said he didn't see where
you would get another wife If mother
died, and said you would want Miss
E, and Flora said you would want
her Sunday school teacher because
you called her your helping hand all
the time."-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
INDIANS IN THE WORLD WAR
Ten Thousand FulIblooded Redskins
Lie With American Dead in
France.

How many people in this country
were aware before they read recent,
cable from London that 10000 full
bloOded Indians lie with the American
dead In France? Honor Of a con-
spicuOus sort has been done to almost
every class and group and race that
contributed in any way to the allied
victory before the world was reminded
Of the singular part played in the
war by those Americans who may
properly be called 100 per cent. The
United States and all It's people owe
a debt to DR.. Joseph K. Dixon. Of
his city, and to the founder Of the
Wanamaker historical expeditions for
the part they played in bringing REG
ognition formally to the American
Indian. Haig, FOch and Pershing
found these tribesmen deserving of
place with the noblest soldiers Of all
time. They were cool, dispassionate
fighters, invariably brave and mar
vel0us as marksmen. Most of them
were volunteers. The Indian in France
may yet live in great American epic.
He never knew complete freedom, yet
he went out to fight for 1t until he
died.-Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Harasslnu Wheat Pests.

Plant pests cause the loss Of mil
lions Of bushels Of wheat in the
United States, and II all the wheat
now destroyed annually by these pests
could be saved and made into -four the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture says 1t would add approximately
"a. 463. TOO barrels to the yearly out
put of the nation. The annual pro-
duction Of wheat in this country for
the four-year period 1915 to 1919. In
elusive, was 7S3. S49.5 800 bushels. The
annual loss from disease during this
period was 147,31S.6O0 bushels. While
It is not possible entirely to eliminate
wheat disease. 1t is possible to much
reduce the toll. One branch Of In
vestigation in the bureau Of plant
industry is to work out the proven
tive measures for the diseases of all
cereal crops.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

speaking hence nouby 1t than
hundred since last fought and that conflict Of which
of proud and Of which of much ashamed
We fight again. should like add that quarrel
again. We ought to quarrel again. The idea such that
body up public platform and uttered in this country he would
be booted from the place. believe and hope that the sentiments
prevail country But not merely your nation and mine
gage fight and QUARREL do great deal pre-
vent other nations from fighting.
That submit is the main function and duty that lies upon in
the future by the example by the sacrifices that
and cooperation resoe
termination of people, by the influence Of the Of both Countries
and would that restraint sometimes put it. whether it
be side the ohe by these influences that should
dvor that the peace the world insured It is great and
powerful that in the hands these great nations and if
of inspired by the temperate judgment the lofty nobility of
SOUL and the unseh George Washington ought to be able
that weapon for the nestmabe advantage Of mankind
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
MSf NannlAon "

Saint Napoleon sounds somewhat
strange to ears Of English-speaking
persons, but 1t Is nevertheless a fact.
AT the heyday of his fame, Bonaparte
discovered that 1t would be well for
him, and the Napoleonic dynasty
which he hoped to found. that q name
patron should find prominence in
French history. With obliging zeal
his ecclesiastical supporters managed
to trace an obscure faithful one Ne
opolas, who had been martyred in AL
exandria. Upon his memory the au-
reole was placed; the French bishops
received pastoral letter from their
cardinal chief; and Plus VII called st.
Napoleon into being. His day was the
emperor's birthday, August Is, aNd
upon 1t the dual event was celebrated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
THE HEALTH CENTER
Conducted by Viola Hahn, Public
Health Nurse
The Growing Child

The Growing Child
A series of articles presented to
the readers Of this paper by the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, the Maryland State Board Of
Health and the County Health
Officer.
Lateral Curvature of the Spine.
Broadly speaking, lateral curva-
ture of the spine may be, divided
into two classes-functiona and
structural-though there seems to
be an intermediate or transitional
stage between the two. A function
al lateral curve is a postural one, of
mild degree, in which no actual
change of bone has taken place. In
structural, or organic, lateral
curve, certain changes have occur
red in the bones of the spine and the
ribs. These may vary from the mild
case, in which these changes are
not extensive, to the severe form
where the alterations in the bones
are marked and the deformity is
extreme.
The ordinary cose of "round
shoulders" or 'tround back" differs
from lateral curvature in that the
former is simply an exaggeration of
the normal forward and backward
curves of the spine, usually associ-
ated with an abnormal forward posi-
tion of the shoulder blades, while
the latter is a bending of the spine
to one or both sides. In the "huncn
back" of the tuberculosis spine, the
condition is due to past or present
disease, while in lateral curvature
the changes in the bone are not due
to disease in the spine but to alb
normal pressure and strain. "Hunch
back and lateral curvature may
exist together, but they are very diff
ferent conditions.
The bending to the side in lateral
| curvature is invariably accompanied
by twisting of the spine, and this
twisting is responsible for the pro-
/ JOOClOA OdChWdIu 1ullu0SS Ol Ou6
side of the back. The position of
this fullness in relation to the
lateral curve is the distinguishing
feature between functional and or
ganic curvature. 1t has been found
that about $3.50 of school children
are affected with some form Of lat
eral curvature, the larger proportion
of which is of functional type.
Lateral curvature may be due to
any one or more or many causes,
and in some cases it is impossible to
| point to any particular cause. In
general terms it may be said to be
the result of any condition that
causes the spine to be held habitual-
ly in curved position during the
growing period. Weak muscles and
certain yielding quality of bone
are conditions that favor its devel-
opment.
(To be continued.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Tree Saved by Washington.

An oak whose life Washington
saved in 1901 is still fourishing on,
the Hampton plantation. Santee river,
South Carolina, and has been nomi-
mated for a place in the Hall Of Fame
for trees with a history that is being
compiled by the American Forestry
association. The nomination is made
by ]. Danforth Bush Of Wilmington.
DEL, who informs the association that
the best Of care is given the famous
tree by Col. Henry Rutledge. the
owner Of the plantation. The beauti-
full old home was built by Daniel
Horny, French Huguenot, about
1850. Washington persuaded Mrs.
Hornm to abandon her plan to cut
down the tree.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
"NEW-WOMAN" IDEA IN CHINA
Modern Agitators Work Along Lines
That Would Rid Orient OF
"clinolng Vines"

About the only thing Of modern
times to which China has not laid
claim as being so old in that country
that 1t was outworn and discarded
centuries ago, Is the new woman with
q magazine of her very own, pub
lished in the interest Of her develop
ment. This publication, observes the
Pittsburgh Dispatch, called the New
Woman. boldly states as its object the
reform of the old society to give q
more honorable place to women, and
the new woman Is described as "a
Joyous being, of honest occupation,
complete personality, free, independ-
emit and mutually helpful"
Yet the new woman Of China comes
in for some criticism, for among the
things she is exhorted to cultivate are
plain living and dressing, which, the
writer goes on to say, was the rule
in old China, but that now women
wish to keep up with the styles and
wear Jewels. They are reminded that
the chief thing about good dressing Is
to to wear clean clothing. Another
admonition to the new woman or
China which might indicate she is
prone to err, just like the new woman
of any other land, is that she put far
away from her the desire for empty
glory Of 'face."
In other respects the things COM
mended for the new woman seem to
be along the same lines as in other
landslide cultivation of strength Of
will to go outside the home and mingle
with others and take part in public
affairs, and to discard the clinging-
vine habit of looking to the men for
everything.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
HAY FEvERITEs MADE TOWN
Chance Discovery Had Great Effect
on the Building Up Of
Petoskey, Mich. :.

A most unwelcOme visitor Is hay
fever. with Its advent vast army
Of hay feverites move northward !;
some to the Maine woods, some to
Mackinac island and points farther
north, and many to Petoskey, Mich.
or its immediate vicinity, which
seems to be a most popular camping
ground for sufferers from the shay"
We met real old lady there few
summers ago, who told US that she
believed she was the first person to
discover that the PetOskey atmos-
phere had curative effect on hay
fever; she was a sufferer with that
disease herself and more than fifty
years ago, she said, she and her hus-
band were en- route by boat from Chi
cago to point much farther north
when they were driven by violent
storm into the bay at Petoskey, where
they remained for two or three days,
during which time she noticed that
she was entirely free from hay fewer.
At that time the medical profession
was giving hay fever an extensive
study. SO when this lady and her hus-
band returned to Chicago they relat-
ed their experience and suggested
that as Petoskey was so accessible to
Chicago. the hay feverites form a
colony and try ont the place the next
summer which they did. They found
Petoskey a struggling Indian village,
with positively no accommodations for
visitors. but as time went on and peo-
pie continued to go there each year
for hay fever. 1t gradually grew into
a flourishing up-to-date town with sew
eral thousand inhabitants.-Cleveiand
Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Found a Cure for Indigestion.

IT use Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets for indigestion
and find they suit my case better
than any dyspepsia remedy I have
ever tried and I have used many
different medicines. I am nearly
fifty-one years of age and have suf-
fered a great deal from indigestion.
I can eat almost anything I want to,
now" writes George w. Emory,
Rock Mills, Ala. These tablets con-
tain no pepsin but strengthen the
stomach and enable It to digest the
food naturally.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Wearing Out Clubs.

He had taken up golf, and after
playing a week he went to buy some
new clubs.
'Did you break the ones l sold you
about week agoT asked the club
dealer.
mo, didn't break any Of EN-"
was the reply, "but took so many
shots with 'em that they're worn
out p-YOnkers Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

An old well. now dry, which is be-
lieved to have belonged to Gov. John
Endicott Of the Massachusetts, bay
colony, was discovered recently when
a policeman kicked a brick loose In
the sidewalk on fremont Row in the
downtown district of Boston.
The sidewalk slipped In for several
feet and Investigation showed the well
about ten feet and partly filled. His
torians said the well was of the type
used by the Puritans. Governor Endi-
colt, in 1865. occupied an estate In the
vicinity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Annoying Feature Of u. S. City Life
Nuisance of Back Alley Cats
By A. L. LANCASTER, Birmingham. England.

One of the annoying features of city @ find here the
perennial nuisance Of back alley CATS London the only city know Of
that makes organized warfare that homeless starving and
therefore annoying Every year 10000 caught by the London
cat catch and these pane killed. their skins being used in the
making of mufs and gloves.
In the American and periodicals note quite oftennn
pictures old gentlemen hurting shoes and other missiles cats erenad
ing backyard fences While travelling through the United States
stopping hotels and in the homes friends have lost manyngh
sleep by these
Some the noises actually unearab and wonder where is
not department each city set aside for the
Of gathering the offending enes should think this would
good putting certain Of work. They could be
furnished rifles with ences through bwaysafter
and wage warfare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
stooped at Last.

AS little Harry came in the back
door, he was saying to himself, swell.
/ got the best of him that time"
His mother happened to be In the
kitchen. Harry, have you and the
neighbor boy been fighting againT'
she asked.
Harry was quick to reply: mot
this time. You know when he was
over here last week we made a kite
and you made me let him take it
home with him. Yesterday we made
birdhouse and he got to take it
home. So today we dug holes and
he didn't take them home with him."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

Just because all the worlds stage
don't try to be the whole show.
A man never realizes how many
friends he hasn't till he needs few.
A new broom sweeps clean, but
steer clear Of advice that has never
been used.
One mans point of view is just as
good as another's. until you try to sit
on 1t.
A man Is as old as he feels, but a
woman is generally older than she
thinks she looks.
The stock broker never commits any
sins Of omission In figuring up those
Of commission.
The dignity Of labor demonstrates
that a mans conscience gets callous
long before his hands do.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
FLIGHTS Of the Future,

'Do you believe the automobile is
the last word in transportation"
mo-" replied the far-sighted citi-
zen. "Some OF these days we are
all going to wear wings outdoors and
hang 'em up on the hatrack in the
hall when we are not going anywhere
In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Age
Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
A Lowdown Trick.

Mrs. Lamb see you're not speak
ing to Mrs. Fox.
Mrs. Wolff should say not! She
told me her cook was a treasure and
l found the cook dirty, lazy. incompe-
tent and dishonest after I'd doubled
her wages to get her away from Mrs.
Fox.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Why Englishmen Proudly Welcome the
Statue Of George Washington
By LORD cuRzoN, in Acceptance Address.

Some may ask why it is that Englshmen gladly
and proudly welcome this statue Of Washington in
Trafalgar square, The answer is this: Because he
was great Engishman-one of the greatest English
men that ever lived; because, though he fought us
and vanquished us, he was fighting for ideals and
principles which sacred to us they to the
American people, and which embedded in the very
fbers of our common race.
The statue is symbol and sign 1t is mark
of the fact that the two branches of the great English
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

Some men simply have to attract
attention even though it may be
necessary to make noise like an
exploded theory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

Some fellows never put their best
foot forward unless they can tread
on another mans toes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

There are men who hesitate to
hide their light under a bushel for
fear the rest of the world would be
left in darkness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

The Cynical Bachelor observes
that nature equips some men to
govern thmselves; others get mar
ried.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

Poverty is no disgrace. Even the
man who can't afford a chauffeur
may blow his own horn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

Even when a fellow lands in Jail
he expects his friends to help him
out
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31
Let Us Show You What We Can Do

You can give man good advice
till you are blue in the face, but give
him a good scare and you will see
results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-31

A careless husband will cause a
woman almost as many heartaches
as a careless dressmaker.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23
When Preparing Vegetables.

Cut across the fibre OF turnips,
onions and carrots. when preparing
for cooking. This will make them
more tender when served.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23
Abe Erlanger, Sh0w
Gibraltar, Makes a
Noise Like Sphinx

Did you hcar?' inquired Lucien
Cleves in the Sunday Herald, what
Mr.. Erlanger thinks of giving away
theater tickets?"
Then Mr.. Cleves proceeds:
"The business Gibraltar of the
theater is, of course, A. L. Erlan-
ger, which is one of the first prin-
ciples of his career that every thea
ter manager learns if he is trying
to stay in the film business. Mr..
Erlanger is one OF the men who
were most influential in putting
amusements on the same basis thar
exists in other great industries. He
did more than anybody to elimin-
ate the fly-by-night. speculative and
uncertain elements that had long
been thought inseparable from the
methods of the theater manager.
1T is to him, therefore, that one
refers always on any question OF
ways and means that may arise in
the profession. Certain matters re-
Gently troubled the reporter for the
New York Herald. He did not un-
dcrstard, for instance, why tiieater
managers who were supposed to sell
them should be advertising so
proudly that they were giving away
theater tickets. Whether it was for
purposes of education or mere di-,
version, or for old shoes or for any
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23
Sudden Call TO
Take Lead Role Finds
Miss Skinner Ready

During the Chicago engagement Of
OTIS Skinner in BLOOD and Sand"
al the Illinois thsateF, Madame Del
mar, the emotional actress who last
season was the stars leading woman
in al the Villa Rose" received q
telegram announcing the sudden
death OF her sister In New York.
Pluekily Miss Delmar played a per-
ioFmanee on Tuesday night, the see-
ond OF the engagement. aud lett on
a midnight train 10 attend the iu'
neral,
Last August Otis Skinner. his
wife. beloved by ihea,ergoers a.
Maud Durbin. an dtheir ls'yeaf-old
daughter. Cornelia OTIS Skinner. re-
turned from Spain. where Mr.. Skin-
ner had gone 10 see Belaseo lbanez
10 buy costumes. properties and have
scene models made Tor Blood and
Sand from which Tom Gushing
had made a play OF the same name.
Also Mr., Skinner wanted TO absorb
local color. get the atmosphere and
see the bull tighter in his public aud
private existence,
Young Miss Skinner and her
mother had spent the. year in Paris.
the former studying at the Sorbonne
and each week learning role in
French under the iuielage OF Dehel-
ly OF the Coincide Franeais, and her
father yielding to her opportunities.
gave her a little comedy bit in the
second act where she is an aesthetic
miss given TO singing twelfth cen-
sury canticles, Now let's 60 on with
the story.
There was a hurried rehearsal
called on the stage OF the Illinois
at II O'Clock Wednesday morning.
and Miss Skinner. who had been
given the part OF Rosario the nigh,
before, was letter perfect at rchear-
sal, and went on at the matinee,
playing opposite her father, and in
the piece was his wife. As she said
herself. 81 was numb. | hadn't the
faintest idea what was doing
But the audience which knew moth
ing OF the sudden shift in the cast,
gave the young girl well-carncd ap-
plause and Otis Skinner was un-
ques,ionally the proudcst parent in
the United States. His child had
stood the acid test. Thursday Chi.
cago critics came to see this lS-year-
old girl play long difficult. emo
tional role and they went away 10
laud her. Miss Delmar returned to
the cast on Monday night. and mod.
est Miss Skinner dropped back to
her former role. but she has the su-
preme satisfaction of knowing that
she made good.
Miss Skinner will be seen here in
her fathers company at the Bran
deis theater for three days commenc-
ing Monday night, April "a.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23

kind OF old clothes, or for any OBJ.
jcct whatever, it seemed contrary to
all business principles to be giving
away what they are in the business
to sell.
"Mr. Erlanger was. therefore, ap-
pealed to for an opinion on the sub.
ject. He did not want to talk about
it. He would not talk about it.
But he was willing after a while to
rccite a little parable which he
framed in these words:
"'After every war a lot of crazy
notions seem to spring up in the
minds of men. The show business
always does get back to normal, and
it will again.
DO you get that? Although Mr..
Erlanger absolutely refused to be
interviewed on the subject of giving
away theater tickets, it seems pos
sible, indeed without too much poa-
dering, quite possible to grasp what
he thinks on the subject"