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Washington Journal., 1923-04-13

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
ASTONISHING AGE FOR HORSE
Animal Owned In the United States
Declared to Have Lived for
Fifty-one Years.

A horse owned by a United States
clergyman named Meyers Is probably
the oldest of it's kind, having reached
the astonishing age Of fifty-one years.
Glover, as this remarkable beast is
called, has astonished the experts by
his feat in living for more than half
a century. 1t is undoubtedly worlds
record. The house surgeon at the
Royal Veterinary college in London
admitted that he had never heard Of
a case to equal it. 'oThe oldest horse
l ever knew" he said, twas pony in
the Midlands which lived to be thirty
nine and which was at work until II
months before its death. Race horses
are usually past their prime after six
years, and hunters and working horses
after twelve years Of useful life" A
surprising sight was black western
pony, over thirty years Of age, which,
though still hale and hearty, had be-
gun to turn gray, and presented the
appearance of having passed through
a snow storm. Another expert said
that he believed it was quite possible
for horses to live for half century
or more, but added that In his expert
ence the oldest creature was thirty
eight years of age. How long 1t lived
after that he was unable to say.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Plan to Prevent Bad Checks.

To protect merchants and students
from the passing of bad checks by a
few dishonest persons-an evil which
had become quite troublesome in the
last two or three years-a new plan
has just been worked out by Madi-
son bank which will assist University
Of Wisconsin students in proving their
check signatures to be genuine
Under the new plan the student car
ries an Identification card issued by the
bank with which to compare sigma
lures. The aeid-proof card, which is
given to each student who opens an
account, includes in the Identification
the students signature as signed in the
presence Of the bank teller, so that it
may be compared with the one on the
check.
Forgery will be difficult with this
new method, and it is hoped by the
originator Of the plan that every stu.
dent will adopt the idea.
The handling of the small temporary
bank accounts of 1900 students offers
complicated problem, and, because
Madison merchants have been accom-
modating in cashing student checks,
more or less opportunity has been Of
fered for dishonest persons to pass
bad checks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Classics Running Behind.

The Moliere tradition remains
strong and abiding. The actors of the
Coincide Franchise are artistic de-
scendants of the famous playwright.
The Coincide Franchise had it's he
inning nearly $50 years ago, when it
vas founded by the amalgamation of
Moliere's own company and the come
dams of the Hotel de Burgoyne. The
permanent staff of the Coincide Fran
raise enjoy substantial state sub
yention, from which each of the play
ars receive in addition to payment for
every performance "a retaining fee"
Of $4,000 francs, and when too old for
service generous pension. The only
condition of the subvention is that
Molieres plays must always be in the
repertoire, despite the fact that Of
late this has meant financial loss, as
modern plays prove more attractive to
the Parisians than those of the CLASH
cal dramatist. Modernists are ahead
of the classicists nowadays in more
than one walk of life, which after all
is but sign of the times,-Montreal
Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Hawaiian IsIanda Beautiful.

"The most brilliant fleet of islands
anchored in any ocean," Thus did
Mark Twain describe the Hawaiian
islands, which, according to Joaquin
Miller, "are not group, as often mis-
called, but string Of islands, string
of pearls, If you please-a string Of
rare and precious pearls in the sap
phire center Of the great American
sea-"
All Of which, says the Outdoor Cir
Gle, fails adequately to convey, even
in a remote measure, "things as they
are" All word pictures fan-for it
seems as though, in ages Fast, there
might have been upturned in the
heavens a cornucopia filed with rain
bows which nature benevolently de-
posted on this fair group of islands
and then, with palette and brushes, at
her leisure, distributed the colors to
produce the worlds masterpiece.
Towering trees, rejecting all the
shades of green and brown; blossom
ing trees, vying with the solar spec
trum in riot Of color; foliage and
Towering bushes and vines Of gor-
geous hue, combine with the somber
grays and browns of the mountains to
produce picture that would beggar
the ability Of any artist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
TRICKED OFFICIAL OF SOVIET
Customs Authority Satisfied He Was
the Victim Of Particularly
Well-Played "Bluff."

Travellers in and out of Batum, the
center of transit to and from Tifiis,
Baku and other points in Persia, are
learning how to circumvent some Of
the restrictions of the soviet authOri-
ties, says an exchange.
There is the case of the pet cat OF
Xenia. Xenia Maklitzous, an exponent
of Russian dancing who is not I'M
known in Boston and other American
cities, had to return to Petrograd on
personal business. That concluded,
she went south and was lately in Ba-
tum anxious to go to Trebizond, down
the coast in Turkish territory, to full
fill dancing engagement. The port
authorities suspected she was trying
to bid them farewell and at the same
time carry away few Of the jewels
for which Russia had become famous.
So they began their game. They de-
tanned Xenia, searched her and took
away her money. Still she would go.
"All right" they said, finally, ''if you
insist; but you can't take that Angora
cat. We have little idea that you
have fed her jewels and that once
aboard the steamer"
Tears, Xenia shed them copiously,
but the shower was in vain. Then an
official said he believed he would cut
the cat open any way, then and there.
Whereupon there came to the front
Mr.. Maklitzona, Xenia's manager, the
atrical, diplomatic and otherwise, and
her husband. "Let man handle this
situation" he declared. "Cut the cat
open," he said, "but on these terms: If
jewels are found in her inside you, Mr..
Customs Inspector, can shoot me. If
there are no jewels, will shoot you.
There is the pistol; these are my
sporting terms. Go ahead and cut"
But no official could withstand this
evidence of good faith. He let them
go to Trebizond, all three, the dancer,
the diplomat and the cat. He now tells
the story on himself and still insists
the cat carried the jewels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Girls Drawer Than soysY

That girls are drawer than boys Is
the observation made by DIR, Edward
F. Bigelow, naturalist of the American
Boy Scouts association. DR.. Bigelow
includes in his category girls from
ten to fifteen. "At that age" he says,
"they acquire the fears and incon-
sistencies of women, Girls are not
only Drawer than boys. but they are
the bravest of the four-namely, men,
boys, women and girls. The girl is
much franker than the boy; In fact,
says DIR. Bigelow, no one in the world
is as frank as the girl between ten
and fifteen. She says exactly what she
thinks. The boy. ON the other hand,
rarely does. But the girls frankness
and bravery do not last. According
to DIR. Bigelow, as she develops into
womanhOod these qualities are re-
placed by the art of descending and
by the fears supposedly appropriate
to womanhOOd.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
outwltted the Policeman.

Automobile and bicycle thieves in
Indianapolis perform with a cleverness
equaled only by that Of the "Artful
Dodger," says H. w. Hunter, real es-
tate dealer.
Mr.. Hunter recently parked his au-
tomobile along Delaware street
curbing and failed to remove the ig-
milton key. A policeman standing
nearby with notebook in hand, chided
him for his carelessness.
"That is an invitation to theft" said
the policeman, "and especially when
they steal them from under your eyes,"
"That SOL" Mr.. Hunter exclaimed.
EYES," the patrolman said. II am
looking for bicycle thief right now.
This bicycle" he paused to look
around.
"Well, I'll be hanged-it's gone.
have been waiting here two hours to
land that bird and to think he got
away with that wheel while I was
looking at him, indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
ONES BEST SEASON VARIES
Youth Likes the Spring, but Elders
"Feel Oats" in the Later Periods
Of the Year.

If you are q woman and have
reached the age of, say, sweet anG
thirty or sweet and forty, you mag
hesitate to answer this question right
out in meeting. But you may find EN-
tertainment or instruction In pro-
pounding it to yourself in the depths
Of your soul. This is the question:
I'm what season Of the year do !
feel my best-spring, summer, autumn
or winter?"
At first sight the catch Is not visible
to the naked eye. But scholarly per-
son connected with an institution Of
learning not many miles from the At
lantic ocean is collecting statistics
with a view to learning whether most
people do not exhibit their best pow
ers at the season of the year CORE
spending to their ages.
Hitherto the statistics collected by
the scholarly person before mentioned
seem to favor the view that infants up
to twenty-one find themselves at their
best from the middle Of March9to the
middle of June, urchins from twenty
one to forty-tw0 flourish most richly
from the middle of June to the middle
Of September, lads and lassies from
forty-twO to sixty-three blossom from
that point on to the middle Of Decem-
Der, and youngsters from sixty-three
to eighty-four and upward feel their
oats between Christmas and the mid
die Of March.
The statistics Of the scholarly per-
son were started with young people Of
both sexes organized In university
classes, and the result was overwhelm-
ingly In favor Of springtime. But there
is such general human sentiment Of
love for spring, whose magic is sung
by all poets in all languages, that the
Investigator wondered whether a sim.
liar result might not follow canvass
amoAg persons Of mature age.
Here, however, he was agreeably dis
appointed. He found his hypothesis
supported by a substantial balance of
preference on the part Of men and
women for the seasons approximately
corresponding with their own seasons
in the cycle of life.-New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
BASED ON FALSE IMPRESSION
Singular Misunderstanding Said 70
Have Led to the, invention Of
the Telephone.

A false impression, due to lack Of
knowledge of the German language,
led DIR. Graham Bell to attempt his
successful invention Of the telephone.
Bells father had been a professor of
elOcution, and his grandfather, too, so
an interest in the mechanism of speech
was a sort Of family affair, and as
boy he tried to learn everything
which bore upon what he thought
would be his professional work
through life-the correction of errors
Of speech. When he was seventeen he
made the discovery, which he thought
was original, that the resonance Of
the mouth cavity varied in making
different vowel sounds. He afterward
discovered that this had been discov-
cred long before by Helmholtz, who
had obtained vowel sounds by tuning
forks to different pitches. Bell could
not read German, and knew nothing
about electricity, SO got the false idea
that Helmsholtz had been able to
transmit vowel sounds by electricity.
Believing that, he saw no reason why
speech should not also be transmitted,
and having that false idea, he set to
work to see whether he could not do
so. I'm considering an invention"
says Doctor Bell, "the attitude Of
man toward his subject is important.
That false idea undoubtedly helped me
to produce the result at which i
aimed"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
NorthcIiffe and His co-workers.

Securing for his co-workers some of
the titular distinctions that came to
him was one Of Northcliffes specialties
while he basked in the sunshine of
prime ministers favor.
man who began life as North
cliffe's Office boy is now baronet. Half
a dozen reporters and business man
ayers were knighted. A Daily Mail
news editor who wrote "save. coal" post
ers for the government during the war
now adorns his visiting card with G..
B. E.-Commander Order of the Brit
ish Empire The viscountess North
cliffe, who maintained a magnificent
war hospital out of her private fortune,
is Dame Grand Cross Order of the
British Empire.
Northcliffe printing press power
made not only himself but his brother.
Rnthermere, viscount, and two Of
their younger brothers are baronets.
Another brother. untitled as yet. Is
undersecretary of state for foreign af-
fairs.-Frederic William Vile, In the
Saturday Evening Post,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Radio on Motor Buses.

EQuipping motor buses with radio
apparatus is departure inaugurated
by transit company operating some
eighty-five of these vehicles on the
Pacific coast. This innovation is the
result of the keen rivalry of the bus
concerns to obtain for their respective
lines the patronage of the thousands
Of tourists who annually visit the
western states, That the venture ia
practical has been fully demonstrated
by extensive experiments, Possess
ing only two-step radio short wave
receiving outfit. the experimenters
could hear concerts at distance of
fifteen miles from the broadcasting
station, and this despite the obvious
necessity Of employing low antenna.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
Ever Coast on Sand?

Most youngsters think Of sleds as
delightful playthings. but, alas |!
they're for use only during snow time.
However,, group Of young citizens
who live near the Hunts Point sta
ton of the N. Y, w. and B. railroad
have found a hill Of a dusty sand
which is slippery enough to allow Of
the use of sleds at all times.
Any Saturday. or. indeed, any day
after school hours they may be seen
there In great numbers cOasting down
the hill, which is about 200 or 800 feet
high and not far from the railroad
tracks, Apparently they get all the
thrill and fun out Of 1t that comes
with snow sledding,-New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
NINTH DISTRICT FARMERS
CLUB.

The Ninth District Farmers Club
held it's February meeting with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. E. Crothers. AFive mem
ybers were absent. Visitors were:
Mr.. Frank Williams, Mrs. Paul Eng
land, Mrs. Lawrence Crothers, Mr..
Alfred Crothers, Misses Annie Croth-
ers, 'Annamary Crothers, Claretta
England.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved. Mr..
D. B. Mcdowell was then asked to
tell of the show at Frederick. He
responded by reading an article
from "The American Farmer" fol-
lowed by few remarks. In lieu of
an essay the host gave a short talk
on the advantage of keeping pure
bred stock. The meeting was then
given over to the ladies, Mrs. Rut-
ledge Clifford presiding. Each lady
fead clipping on poultry. Mrs. D.
B. Mcdowell read a very good paper
on "Baby Chicks" She thinks it
pays to buy the baby chicks, having
tried it successfully herself for
several years.
Mrs. Ralph Wilson read an excel
lent paper on the care of chickens,
written by Mrs. R. Clifford. Chick
ems can be made very profitable if
cared for as they should be. If men
will see that good houses are pro-
vided, women will do the rest.
A few questions were asked and
answered. Lunch was then an
nounced. Mr.. Harvey Townsend
and Mr.. Eugene England were APP
pointed to inspect the stock and
premises.
After an excellent dinner and a
pleasant social hour, good report
was given by the inspection COM
mittee. Mr.. Radebaugh told about
the show in Frederick and spoke of
the great progress made in the corn
industry in the last few years. The
tomato work in the country the
past year has gained great publicity.
He has received letters from all over
the United States as well as Canada.
A discussion followed Mr.. Rade-
baugh's talk.
Miss Hodgson gave a demonstra-
ton in basket weaving, also exhibit
ed number of home made gar
ments. 1t was decided to use trays
in serving lunch Mrs. Clayton Nc
Dowell, Mrs. Ralph Wilson and Mrs.
E. D. Kirk were appointed to pur-
chase these trays.
The president read letter from
I. K. Atherton, Inspector of Hog
Cholera.
Subject for next meeting DAIRY
ing"
The Club then adjourned to meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Crothers in
March.
ARRIE A. KIRK,
Corresponding Secy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
New type Of Talking Machine,

Claiming the human throat as the
inspiration of his invention. Col
Orado man has introduced a new type
of talking machine. The exterior is
similar to others of the cabinet form,
but the interior contains numerous de-
partures from the usual make of in
struments. The essential part of the
innovation, described in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine, is metal appliance
fashioned after the throat and in
closed ip the apex of a wooden horn
of heavy construction. The tone is also
increased by means of various other
mountaineering and magnifying ar
ranRements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
The cIolsters.

President Meiklejohn of Amherst
college said at dinner In Amherst :
New York is developing an accent
as hideous az the cockney accent Of
London.
"a New York secondhand dealer
moved to Brooklyn. He called his
new home The Cloisters.
ats nice joint ye got here, aw
right, aw right his partner said to
him, but why do We call 1t The Clois-
tersS W is the ideaT
~Y call it The Cloisters,' the Sec
ond-hand dealer explained, because
it's cloise to the movie palace. cfofse
to the trolley line and eloise to the
theayter,'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
DELvE INTO PAST
Work of Archeologists Always
Intensely Interesting.
Explorers Must Be Trained to the
Occupation, and Use the Utmost
Care in Excavating.

People often wonder how the ex-
plorers Of ancient ruins in Egypt,
/ p,lostine, Mexico and elsewhere make
hlEir discoveries; how they know
ASllere to look. for what they find, and
how they know that anything may be
found where they search.
The work of the Harvard university
Boston Museum of Fine Arts expedi-
ton to Ethiopia, which has spent ten
years In Egyptian archaeological ex-
ploration and is still working there, Is
al example of how such explorations
are carried out. Its search has re-
suited IN the discovery, in an obscure
village beyond the borders Of Egypt,
on the banks Of the Nile river, Of
great number of tombs which were
found to contain the history Of 26 gen.
elatiOns of Ethiopian kings who ruled
over Egypt, and the recovery from be-
meath the deeply drifted sands of ma
teriak buried and lost to human knowl-
edge for thousands of. years, revealing
the arts and crafts of this lost civiliza-
ton.
The explorer comes upon mound,
or series OF mounds, of drifted sand
In the desert in a region known to
have been inhabited by ancient races.
He sets his trained workmen to clear
ing away the sand, after first having
made photographs of the undiSturbed
site AS soon as tomb or pyramid is
uncovered, the stairway leading into
the tomb is the first to be cleared.
This had been filled in after the
funeral with the clean debris left
after the excavation of the r0ck-cut
chamhei5 and the building Of the
pyrAmid. Then the plunderers came.
at some time or other, and dug hole
In the clean filling Of each stairway,
this hole afterward becoming stopped
up partly with the things that the
grave robbers threw away as value
less and partly with drift sand. The
robbers were naturally after the gold
and jewels they knew had been buried
in the royal tombs.
It is easy to distinguish between
the original filling and the debris Of
the thieves tunnel The objects found
in the latter usually. came from the
royal chamber and, In the records of
expeditions, have to be carefully dis
tinguished from other objects. When
the doorway at the foot of the stairs
has been reached, the workmen begin to
clear the pyramid above, or another
stairway, until the record of the block
ings and measurements of the stairs
have been made. After that, the sand
is removed, leaving only about eight
inches Of the floor debris intact. What
ever is found in the sand-and it is
usually little enough-is considered as
having washed in from the thieves
tunnel outside. When the sand is out,
then the serious and difficult work of
examining the floor debris and remov-
ing 1t bit by bit begins, and for this
only the most skilled Egyptian work
ers are employed, under the super
vision of member Of the expedition.
This floor dirt is to the Psychologist
what pay dirt is to the gold MINER
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A special meeting of the Board OF
Education was held on Tuesday
February 9Th. Those present were:
Wilmer j. Falls. President; Fred
Lewis, Vice-President, and Mrs.
Eleanor J. Moore.
The Superintendent stated that
the object of the meeting was to
give the taxpayers and patrons an
opportunity to present their recon-
mendations relative to the locations
for proposed school buildings, and
suggestions as to whether the new
schools should be erected for the
use of high or elementary pupils.
BThe following appeared before the
Board in reference to the new
school for Elkton: Mrs. I. D. Davis,
Mrs. j. H. Perkins, Miss o. A. Gil
pin, Mrs. Elizabeth McDopald, Rev.
S. H. Dixon, DR.. w. D. Cawley, Rev.
G.. T. Anderson, Mayor w. H. Mack
all, Principal Fred C. Hill, Messrs.
Frank Evans, Standby Evans and
S. r.. Andrews. A letter in favor of
erecting grammar school was re-
ceived from Mrs. Albert Constable.
A communication was read from
j. Wesley McAllister, in which he
agreed ito donate to the Board OF
Education of Cecil County for the
purpose of erecting thereon a mod
ern school building. to be used for
school purposes, all that portion of
land what is known as "Elkton
Heights" on the west side of Bow
Street extended, bounded on the
south side by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company's land; on the west
side by Parkway Circle and on the
north side by Tuite Avenue, being
southern portion OF section B, in
Guiding lots No, 80 to 81 inclusive
and No. 40 to So inclusive" The
advisability of locating the proposed
new school on this plot of ground,
comprising about three acres, and
other suggested sites was then thor
oughly discussed, as was also the
question as to whether new high
school building should be erected or
grammar school building. The
concensus of opinion seemed to be
that a grammar school should be
erected for the third, fourth fifth,
sixth and seventh grades; the How
ard Street school retained for the
first and second grades; the present
High School builaing used exclusive
ly for the high. school children and
for the Domestic Science. Art and
Physical Laboratory work; now
being done in the Realey building,
located on Main street, which is
rented by the Board.
Mr., David Lindsay and Mr.. Fred
C. Ewing were present from the
Fourth District and stated that the
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
would donate to the Board of Edu-
cation for the erection of the pro-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16
A Good Thine-Don,t Miss II.

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