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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
CONSTIPATION.

Constipation of the bowels is a
stoppage of the sewerage system
that removes waste matter from the
body. 1t is as necessary that your
bowels move regularly once eacn
day, to carry Off this waste, as 1t is
that the waste pipes of your home
be kept open and carry OF the waste
from the house. II you would enjoy
good health, keep your bowels regu-
lar by taking Chamberlain's Tablets
when needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

Clifford Pinchot was inaugurated
the twenty-ninth Governor of the
State of Pennsylvania on Jan. 16.
In his address he reiterated cam
paign promises to drive saloons
from the state.
For the first time in many years
the committees on law and order of
the State Legislature. which con-
slider the liquor bills, are both head-
ed by dry chairmen. Senator Plym-
outh w. Snyder, of the Blair-Hunt-
ingdon district, heads the senate
law and order committee, of which
Senator Salus, wet of PhilaGel-
phia, was chairman for a number of
years, and Charles F. Armstrong, OF
Armstrong County, is chairman of
the corresponding committee, in the
house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
WINNERS AT CORN SHOW.
Cecil County Takes Eleven Prizes
On Corn At State and Inter-

Cecil County Takes Eleven Prizes
On Corn At State and Inter-
state Show.
Cecil County again proves it's
rank in Maryland as a corn county
when II out of 80 prizes were
awarded to Cecil County farmers at
the State and Interstate Corn Show
held at Frederick, during the Agri-
culture Society and Farm Bureau
meetings.
Special Awards.
Grand Champion trophy, G. p.
Radebaugh, Bynum, Nd; sweep
stakes, interstate contest, G. p.
Radebaugh, Bynum, Md; sweep
stakes, statewide contest, Clayton
Mcdowell, Rising Sun, Md; sweep
stakes, Boys Agricultural Club con-
test, Wilson Galbreath, Street, Md.
Glass /, Interstate Contest.
White Dent Corn, 10 Ears First,
]. A. Hartenstine, Principle Fur
mace; second. Lloyd Balderston. Co
lora; third, Fred Trimble, Hockes-
sin, Del; fourth, James r. Gal
breath, Street; fifth, John Lippin-
colt, Colora; sixth, E. B. Milburn,
Elkton; seventh, Joseph Hornberg-
er, Bel Air.
Glass 2, Interstate Contest.
Yellow Dent Corn, 10 Ears First,
G. P. Radebaugh, Bynum; second,
Henry Rigdon, Forest Hill; third,
Lawrence Habson, Newark. Del;
fourth, John Hobson, Elkton; fifth,
Walter 3, Tucker, Forest Hill;
sixth, John s. Ward, Leeburg, va.
seventh, Frank Davis. Fairplay.
Class 8, State Contest.
White Dent Corn. 10 Ears First,
S. Raymond Wilson. Pylesville; sec
ond. Wilson A, Heaps, Pylesyille;
third. Willard p. Galbreath, Street;
fourth, J. W. Davis & Son, Rocks;
fifth, Mortimer Hornberger, Bel Air.
Class 4, State Contest.
Yellow Dent Corn, 10 Ears First,
Clayton Mcdowell, Rising Sun: sec
ond, M. F. Prough, Sykesville; third,
S. P. Enfield, Forest Hill; fourth,
Frank Evans. Elkton; fifth, Ira Nc
Kenzie, Pinto.
Glass 5, State Contest.
White Cap Dent Corn, 1O-First,
Meller X. Ward. Jarrettsville; sec
ond. VIM. F. Davis, Fairplay; third,
j. Broode Ward, Jarrettsville;
fourth, J. Burgess Jones, New Mar
ket; fifth, Huffer Davis, Fairplay.
Class 6. All Exhibitors.
Single Ear. Any variety-First.
Wilson A. Heaps, Pylesville; second,
Henry Rigdon, Forest Hill; third,
Edward Caudill, Forest Hill; fourth.
Lawrence Hobson, Newark, Del:
fifth. Charles Gibson. Principle Fur
mace.
Class Z, Boys Club.
Ten Ears, Any variety-First.
Wilson Galbreath, Street; second,
Stewart Hombargsr. Bel Air; third.
Charles England, Rising sua;
fourth. Joseph Homberger, Jr.. Bel
Air; fifth. John NJ. Barrow, Forest
Hill.
A. D. RADEBAUGH,
County Agent,
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
"COLLABORATOR" AND "CO-
J. OPERATOR" DEFINED.

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
has issued statement defining the
two words collaboration" and ''co-
operator" as used in the department
for purposes of appointment and
reference. A collaboration is to be
known as person carried on the
rolls of the department under form
al appointment. usually receiving a
nominal compensation, while a CO.
operator is a person or organization
performing some useful service for
the department, permitting his or
its premises to be used by the de-
partment, or furthering the work of
the department in any substantial
and useful way, but receiving no
salary of any kind and mot carried
on the appointment rolls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS

Is often caused by an infamed condition
Tube. When this tube is inflamed YOU
have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. Unless the Inflammation can
De reduced. your hearing may be de-
Etroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
az what we claim for it--rid your system
90 gatarrh or Deafness caused by
getarrh. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
hhs been successful In the treatment of
CafarTh for over Forty Years. NsHs y
Sold BY all druggists.
Z. J. Cheney q Co, Toledo. Q.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
FERTILIzERs FOR COR

From 500 to 400 pound
acre of a 3-12-4 fertilizer is
mended for corn by Director
Williams, Ohio Experiment s
when neither a clover sod n |
nure is at hand to help NAL
crop. If there is good Glove
pounds per acre of an 0-14-'
answer, while if there is pld
manure from 200 to SEQ pou|
acid phosphate only is advised
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
Bilious Headache

When you have severe headache,
disordered stomach and constina-
ton, take three OF Chamberlain's
Tablets. They will correct the dis
orders of the liver and bowels, ef-
fectually curing the headache.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
ChamberIain,s Cough Remedy

This is pleasant, safe and rolf
able medicine for coughs and colds.
1T has been in use for many years
and is held in high esteem in those
households where its good qualities
are best known. 1t is savorite OF
mothers Of young children, as it con-
tains no opium or other harmful
drug. Try it when you have need
such d remedy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

We sometimes sympathize with
the under dog without taking the
trouble to find out just what got
him there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

The only time most of us get any
bouquets thrown at US is after we
are too dead to know it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

The only time some people ever
tell the truth is when they have an
idea it is going to hurt someone else.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

When girl is belle 1t is quite
natural for her to announce her en-
gagement with ring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

A weak intellect won't always
iprevent fellow from being head
strong.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

The Cynical Bachelor observes
that the best friend married man
has is his wife's husband.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

The fellow who doesn o.
to much very seldom sucS(
keeping the fact to himself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26
CECIL COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Percentage OF Attendance For the
Month OF December. 1922

No;ith VI December, 1922.
Andora SO
Jefferson Sc
Leeds 95
3 Racine 95
4 Fredericton "a
Cayot's 81
Victoria "a
Ponds Neck SO
5 Harris SO
5 Rising Sun 90
5 Oak Grove (6th) SO
Colora So
S Calvert 90
6 Hickory Grove 90
Z Zion 81
s Earleville 80
8. West Amwell go
8 Jackson Hall go
8 Town Point 80
9 Chesapeake City 80
9 Liberty Grove SO
10 Elkton So
10 Washington IS
10 Cherry Grove So
IL Pierce's Neck 81
IL George Biddle SO
IL Blake S6
IL Leslie SO
IL Howard Street sc
IL Charlestown SC
IL Principle Furnace sc
IL New Valley Sc
IL Conowingo IS
13 Fingerboard sb
IS Perryville SIS
IA Middle Neck S4
IA Pivot "a
IA Cherry Hill G4
IA North East 81
IA Shawnah "a
IA Fair Hill "a
Is Mitchell SO
Is Blythedale 50
Is Chestnut Grove SO
Is Oakwood 50
16 New Bridge 81
IT Bay View 80
18 Oak Grove (5th) 70
18 Chapel 70
10 Pleasant Hill rs
10 Marion rs
10 Love Run 7S
20 Elk Mills II
20 Wesley II
20 Union Grove II
81 Warwick 76
% Wilson IA
% Providence ~
"a Warburton II
25 Pilot 6S
rs Big Elk 6S
rs Johnson Sc
81 Old Academy so
% Union So
20 Rowlandville 43
Butler, (No report)
County Average-S3.O Percent.
HIGH SCHOOLS
l North East 9G
2 Chesapeake City 90
8 Elkton SO
3 Perryville IS
4 George Biddle 81
5 Fair Hill Sc
S Calvert SC
6 Rising Sun "a
County Average-SS.4 Percent.
COLORED SCHOOLS
l Port Deposit SO
2 Manor 81
8 Rowlandville 81
4 North East so
5 Cecilton rs
5 Chesapeake City. rs
6 Mt. Zoar II
7 Whiteoak 10
8 Wilson Ga
8 Ponds Neck So
10 Cedar Hill 62
II Warwick IS
IL eekesbury 81
i3 Elkten SIS
County Ayerage-71,e Percent.
Average percent for all schools
I. =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

county Ayerage-11.8 Percent.
Average percent for all schools,
white and colored. $40.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-01-26

We Americans take telephones as a matter
Of course They are everywhere.
Month after month, year after year, the tele-
phone companies are constantly building new
lines and installing telephones.
AS result of years of this policy of expan-
sion, the United States is the best telephoned
country in the world. In the State of Mary
land there are nearly 900 selephones-one
for every 10 persons. Indeed, there are many
more telephones in Maryland than in all of
Spain, Portugal, Greece and Bulgaria.
The Company is now making plans for
Mssyland's telephone system 20 years hence,
not forgetting that every new telephone added
to the system increases our responsibility to
give satisfactory telephone service.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company
of,Baltimore City
a
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the dates-but dates alone-could be
partially deciphered, and one has been
definitely read as corresponding to
120 BIC. Their national life is be-
lieved to have extended from then to
about AID. 500.
After AID. 600 what has been call
cd the old empire, whose cities lay
IN the low country to the north of
the great mountain chain, and
stretching from what is. now Hon
huras ua into the Yucatan peninsula
Rnd across Guatemala into Mexico,
began to break up from causes un-
known. Later, about AID. 1000, two
northern Kingdoms arose, just as
France ard Spain arose out of the
parent Roman empire, and these
tasted until Spanish times, one in
Yucatan, known as the Maya, and the
other on the highlands, known as
the Quiche. The ancient speech also
had broken up into seven or eight
dialects, just as the Latin of 1000
years ago broke up into Italian,
French. Spanish, Portuguese and Ru.
au1anisn.
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DUT if this people could carve legi-
- BILE dates and exact astronomical
data at such early dates, how long
were they in developing? What
caused theh. disappearance? No one
knows. No one even guesses, but the
land was a peaceful one-that's why
they could develop-they were not
nomads, like their northern brothers,
and economic rather than military
reasons are advanced for their ma
tion's death.
1t has been shown that the climate
of their land, which is nowadays pro-
ductive of disease, insect pests, ex-
ceeding heat, spells of heavy rains
causing dense jungle growth, and
other hindrances to development, was
once much different. The land pro-
| duced better and more even crops,
and neither heat nor rainfall were so
intense. 1t must have been a CLINE
if plenty and comfort Desert sec
tions of today, the home of cactus
and weeds. lowered.
Were there any survivors of the
thriving empire to relate the myths
! and legends of their forefathers
when the conquerors arrived they
were soon exterminated under the
| Spanish policy. For their mission
airy zeal led the Spaniards to destroy
| the chiefs, mobiles, priests and the
! educated classes. The books of this
| nation-and there were many-the
| Spanish fathers describing with de-
! light their destruction-were all
| burned, A small handful only escaped.
The natives memory OF their descent
was effaced as far as possible as
hereto. as were many of the beauti-
| full stone inscriptions and monuments.
! The Spaniards left none to teach.
This is one of many reasons why
| the people of today hate the white
| man.
| Is there any connection with East
Indian. Egyptian, Babylonian or
other peoples? 1T has been claimed
| so, and at first glance the resem-
| blancc between these far-separated
remains Is striking. Art, architec-
ture, form, symbolism, all seem to
point to a direct connection far
back Scientists say there really is
none; but no one can speak with au-
thority. Certainly. as will be shown.
there is a striking resemblance in
the natives language of today to
that of the Chinese. It is thought
Asia was the source many years ago
of that mystic race.
Finally. what do the inscriptions say?
Unknown.
For more than sixty years. now. scien-
fists have bent their efforts TO the de-
cipherment of the inscriptions. manu-
scripts and signs-ever since the mys-
terry OF the Egyptian hieroglyphs was
solved, indeed. The present inhabitants
declare their ignorance of that written
language. The faint hope is still adj
fered to; and there are indications
strengthening it, that even yet, hidden
far in the jungles from the persecution
of the destructive white man. will be
found some remnant of a clan, some
wise man or priest, who has retained
the key to the writing. The white man
knows none.
The enterprising and highly educated
Spanish learned the various Indian
tongues to aid them in their PROSECUTING.
They devised a phonetic alphabet in an
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endeavor to write the spoken tongues
with their rather odd gutterals and
nasal tones. But they never learned to
understand the native hierogiyphic
writing. ~
In this way, many of the Mayas. as
we shall refer to the natives, learned
again to write their tongue and a few
were able. to record some scraps of their
legends. The spoken languages lived on
among the people. and although mixed
with many Spanish words and forms,
are the daily speech of one to two mill
lion peasants. In many towns of Yucca
tan nothing but Maya is spoken, even
by the whites. In Guatemala, Quiche
and the other branches are used every
where, the second city of the republic,
Quetzaltinan, on the site of the ancient
Indian capital, having two-thirds of its
40, 900 population of pure Indian blood.
For the past 400 years many legal
documents were written in these Ian
guages, and, most important, the
ancient records of the people them
selves, telling their own story Of their
origins their occupation Nnf the sansS
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Cured at the end of complete period
by the Maya calendar when there were
no days left over. The symbol was
without days" or zero Carrying
out the study, it was found to have the
meaning of the prefix ''un," and further
comparison found the symbol to mean
"undying," 'deathless.'' This estimate
was. proved true by the Indians knowl-
edge of his language. And so, the first
passage from the |translation Of date
symbols to the Interpretation Of text
symbols was made. With the same
system the scientist deciphered two
other symbols and with the knowledge
of the handful of other known terms
that were interpreted from their. occur.
renee with illustrations he is confident
that he will be able to make greater
strides in the further reading of the
hieroglyphics. ,
His scientific study of these spoken
languages has been pursued not only
for the purpose of reading the docue
ments mentioned, but to help smooth
the way to reading the hieroglyphs, just
as spoken Coptic, descended from the.
ancient Egyptian, many years ago aided
in the declphering of that hieroglyphic
writing.
In fact, DIR. Gates thinks Of the Sec
tion of Yucatan, Guatemala and Hon
duras where the Maya ruins are found
as the Egypt of America. The beauty
and mystery of the ruined cities and
monuments are similar to those of
Egypt. There are pyramids, scientifi-
cally planned and erected, and even a
reclining animal figure with human
head that has been compared to the
Sphinx. The Caribbean sea is the Medi-
terranean Of America, and he hopes
that shortly both scientists and tourists
will be voyaging TO this region as they
now Journey to- Egypt's mysteries. Ar
rangements are already under way for
tourist steamers to Guatemala and the
picturesque ruins, and the way is being
made easy hy thu government pf Guate-
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I consonant sounds are easily studied.
Removing the cylinders from the
machine, the carbon deposit with the
precious vibration-graved lines is
fixed" in shellac bath and the new
method of recording a little studied
tongue is preserved in the archives of
the Smithsonian Institution for all
time. Exceedingly difficult and in
tricate phonetic and linguistic dis
| tinctions were thus cleared up in a
graphic style and the entire knowl-
edge of this interesting language was
placed. for the first time in history, on
an absolutely sound phonetic and sci
entific basis.
This work, Of course, was for the
study and understanding of the present.
day spoken tongues of the several tribes
mentioned. 1t might be asked what
connection the results obtained will
have with deciphering the mysterious
inscriptions. The accomplishment will
certainly have a decided bearing on the
decipherment work and will have a
double additional value, for it will also
be a step in the progress of the wild
tribes OF Central America and DIR. Gates
the development of this territory for
tourist purposes.
AS has been said, DIR. Gates has for
many years been studying the physical
character of the language of these
people. He found the grammar is built
up on a system of syntax that is about
half way between the involved Latin
structure and the comparatively more
simple one of the English language. 1t
has its definite rules of tense, mood,
person and the like and is really not
difficult of study. The pronunciation is
the most difficult part of the subject,
and this has been mastered by his re-
cent research work.
Combining this knowledge with his
knowledge Of the characteristics of the
people, among whom he is a loved and
welcome visitor, he soon discovered
that apparently the symbols Of the an
cient empire were built up similarly.
His means of deciphering one of the
textual glyphs will serve az an instance.
The ancient Mayas had hieroglyphical
and astronomical books, OF which three,
in some way, survived the fanaticism of
the early conQuerors. The writing on
two. Of these is extraordinarily fine and
regular and the coloring of the SYM
bolical pictures, which is now known to
have a direct bearing upon the mean
| ing, is exquisite. 1t has been verified
| that six pages OF one book form a per-
| petual eclipse calendar for the sun and
moon, with probably the planetary and
constellation positions defined, without
single error so far deciphered. The
| greater part of the stone inscriptions
| were found to deal with astronomical
records Of an elaborate character, in
Guiding. the movements of sun and
1 moon, and certainly Venus among the
planets.
4 u *
IN this connection It may be mentioned
i here that the hope of the scientist:
is that the full decipherment of tht
Maya hferogiyphics may be accom-.
plished through the marvellous accuracy
of their astronomical records, for the
ancients were good astronomers.
Closely studying these calendar rec
ords, DR.. Gates discovered that the po-
sition of certain symbol on the date
glyph Of an eclipse denoted that it oc.
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teresting of these ancient books was
the translation of hieroglyphic
book telling OF the creation of the
world, but which has been lost. Gus
rious1y, this tale declares that first
there reigned only a supreme being
over a waste, in which there was
neither man nor beast, bird, fish nor
insect, neither rock nor dry land nor
sea. and of it the Deity. nodded the
world -
DIR. Gates also studied the Indian
tongues as they had never before
been studied-that is. for. the pecu-
liarities OF their grammatical con-
struction, in which they are like, no
others. In this work, the Indian was
! invaluable. Then, applying the same
method to the hieroglyphic inscrip-
tions, it was found that they appear
to follow the same rules of. peculiari-
ties. :.
Dr. Gates has not yet had time
to apply this method widely, but he Is
confident time will show IT to be. the
correct one, and at the meeting IN
Cambridge, Mass, last December, of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. he was able
| to announce that the key had GER
tainly been found at last. He is now
preparing an outline hiereglyphic die
tionary to classify the more than
| 1000 symbols he has already identi-
fed. This will be published by him
self on his estate. = y
| ..-.- x x y = -,.--..~, 49,. a.. =.
TN his work DR.. Gates was aided by
Il an expert ethnoIogist OF the Smith
sonian Institution, John p. Harring-
ton, who has specialized in the study
of the very roots OF the languages of
the Americans Indians Mr.. Harring-
ton is not only familiar, with these
tongues, but with the use of a .sys-
tenn of phonetic writing known as the
international phonetic, system, ! by
which every known tongue can be
| written in symbols, making compare
lively easy their pronunciation and
study. he is familiar with many other
tongues and their dialects, both liv-
| ing and dead.