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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

One nice thing about being natural
ly skinny, sars Bot, is that you car
eat anything you want to without
fear of getting any fatter.
--0---
Education thinks Bot, is almost as
extensive a. ignorance.
HELLO
lie kissed Helen,
Hell ensued;
He left Helen,
Helen sued.
-0
Small Boy: Say, Ma, you must
have oct this kid where You buy the
seedless oranges and homeless codfisH
they sent you Il toothess bobby
Burglar-(sufpnsed by house OWL
er) well, if that amt the limit,
What dyer mean by putin card
en- your door: Out of town till
| Monday"
"Ho, no, isn't this just killing,
chucked the wood alcohol as some
havoring was added and a label stuck
/ on the bottle.
The college graduate begins by Try
ing to reform the world; he ends by
deciding that il isn't worth reform
ing.
@
at simply isn't done, you know,
quoth Bot, as ne cut into the sirloin.
@
"Hope is like the sun, which, as We
iauine" towards it, casts the shadow
of our burden behind Us.
-o-
Most mothers cherish the fond hope
son will grow up to be Just little
different from his father, the darn
brute.
Bot says his idea of a cinch job
is being mouthpieee fen President
Coolidge.
The most difficult of white collar
Jobs. thinks Bot, is to make use of
one of those wooden buttons FUN
shed by the laundries.
o.
Hnurtnu NV pntirn form in Wash
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13
Sense from Congress

| s."afSs''ts'te't-'s"'e s-l-'ls's''t
"The faithful, efficient, specialized
employees Of our postal department
are responsible for the success and
! efficiency Of our postal system. The
only way to maintain this efficiency
is by increasing their pay commensufs
\ ate with the increased cost Of living.
The only way to have satisfied and
efficient employees in any business i
! for them to realize that they aie
! being treated fairly and paid Iea-
/ sonably and living wages for then
! services. "-Repiesenta,iye Almon If
Alabama, in speakinv ON wages Of
postal employees.
at is not only unjust but | think
it is disgrace that the Government
should permit a board (the Railroad
Labor BoarO to continue to function
when it fixes the wages of more than
2O0,000 Of the employees of the rail
roads of the country at less than $75
a month. II is not an answer to say
that many Of them are foreigners
As | said a moment ago, we have
shut out the thrush Of foreigners 10
this country because we want to keep
40 the standard Of living. BY such
wages as these we not only invite for
eigners who have n standard Of living
SO low that it is not in keeping with
American standards, out we force our
avn citizens down to the standards
that are compelled by a wage of 500
to $75 a mcnth in times like these
Senator Dill Of Washington, in de-
nouncing low wages paid railroad
maintenance Of way men,
at is my belief, supported by the
statements made by the leading farm
ers and heads of farm organizations
that | have talked to, that there is
no need for any Government regula-
tions Of cooperative marketing asso-
Citations ether than those already
worked out, and that the problems Of
the farmers should be worked out by
themselves with a Government agency
Of some kind encouraging promoting
and assisting as | have previously
suggested Representative Garfield
of Indiana, in speaking on cooperative
marketing bill.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

The most difficult of white collar
jobs, thinks Bot, is to make use of
one of those wooden buttons FUN
ished by the laundries.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

During nv entire term in Wash
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

a Statesman. ia the opinion Of Bot,
is one who can make the la~ gfeN
where two grew before.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

"Ho, no, isn't this just killing
chuckled the wood alcohol as some
havofing was added and a label stuck
on the bottle.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

Bot says his idea Of a cinch job
is being mouthpieee fen President
Coolidge.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

Busy Magnate (te afedJ: Vel,
what 10 yod want? Be SHORTY
PfodIgal Son, (Tisiug 10 the oceas-
iou): 81 will, / ami
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

Most mothers cherish the fond hope
son will grow up to be Just a little
different from his father, the dam
brute.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-13

Burglar Surprised by house own
er) well, if that amt the limit
What dyer mean by putin a car
en- your door: Out of town till
Monday
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

guishabe from. ordinary photographs
except by close examination.
The simplicity of the method is
such that positive transparency film
is suitable for transmission. The ap-
paratus is so designed as to transmit
picture five inches by seven inches
in seven minutes. Line drawings,
handwriting and printing can also be
Transmitted AS films can be used for
transmission while still wet, this sys-
tenn eliminates the delay which would
otherwise be caused by drying and by
making special sending plates.
The film upon which picture has
been transferred is inserted in the
transmitter simply by rolling 1t up in
a cylindrical form. During operation
a very small and intense beam of light
shines through the film onto photo
electric cell within The film Is ro-
tated at uniform speed and by means
of screw mechanism is caused to
advance parallel to the axis of the
cylinder The motion of the light rela-
tive to the cylinder Is therefore the
same as that of photograph needle
relative to a cylindrical record, In
this way, each minute portion of the
picture in turn affects the intensity O.
the light reaching the photo-electric
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Told Of Mark T,cuin

There is nothing more delightful In
the Mark Twain autobiography than
the extracts from the biography oe
her father written by his thirteen-year.
old daughter "Susy." work that she did
in her bedroom at night and kept hid
den. Here are two items:
Papa uses very strong language.
but have an idea not nearly 30
strong, as when he first married man.
ma. Alady acquaintance Of, his 10
rather apt to interrupt what one 10
saying, and papa told mamma that ha
thought he should say to the ladyb
husband I am glad your wife wasn't
present when the Deity said LET there
be light."'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Youth and Age

Representative Mcleod of Michi-
gan, the baby member" of congress.
is the sponsor of bill for the COM
pulsory r. gistration of babies finger
and toe prints. and at a dinner In
Washington Mr.. Mcleod said:
at is a fine thing to be young, but
youth is apt to take life overserious-
ly. A rich young Chicagoan, for in
stance, drowned himself in the middle
of the Atlantic the other day because
a girl had refused him. Older men
don't do that sort of thing.
IAN elderly washer woman said to
one Of her clients who had been dis
appointed in love:
"D0n't take it to heart so. dearie.
YOu7l get over it. Look at me.
was Tilted by three young fellers and
lost two breach o. promise suits, but,
thanks be to goodness. I've lived to
bury a couple Of husbands"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
STORE CREDIT COSTS 20 PER
CENT.


ia 4 survey OF 500 farms made by
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton. 1t was found that over 40 per
cent Of the total credit needs for the
farmer Is for short term loans. either
through the bank or through merchant
advances. Only one-sixth Of this
amount comes from banks and the
rest from stores or landlords. For
store credit farmers are paying over
70 per cent interest. and only little
better than half of the farmers real.
szed this tact. The bank rate Of in
ierest at the same time was only q
tribe above per cent. Practically
all merchants would be delighted to
go over to cash basis.
The remedy lies in the production
of more food and feed and in the dis
continuance of shipping n hay and
grain with their attendant high freight
rates and dealers profits. This means
the establishment of better working
relations between bankers and farm
ers. for there is Great opportunity for
educating the farmer along the line Of
bank credit.-Re- 'cr-FGrmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Beware Chinese Remedies

Weird and wonderful are the medi-
cines prescribed by at least 1000 Chi
nese Quack doctors who are operating
throughout the United States and
whose remedies" are on sale in many
Chinese stores in this country. These
men, however, should not be confused
with the legitimate Chinese physicians
and surgeons, of whom there are prob
ably one hundred in the United States.
Most Of the doctors" were cooks.
laundrymen, stevedores. or opium ped
dlers before they began to dabble in
medicine. The patient is requested
to describe his ailments, while the
doctor" writes down ostensibly
what the patient has told him.
In one instance the "doctor" was
found to be marking a ticket
for Chinese lottery in San
Francisco. The medicines prescribed
include leaves. ground claws of lion,
dried toads, beetles, and snakes.
These articles provide quite -four
ishing trade of their own, and good
prices are obtained by men who can
sell "tiger hair" A man was found
recently catching and clipping stray
dogs for the necessary tiger hair"
Lion claws are probably obtained from
dead cats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Didn't Seen. Fair

A business man who had motored
0at to His summer camp for the week
end met his little daughter at the
bridge and presented her with a small
sack Of candy. Just before they
reached camp they overlook the small
barefoot boy who brought them milk
each morning.
"Give the little boy some candy,
Gertie." her father suggested.
GeTtie picked out a small piece, but
her father took the bag and poured
out several pieces into the hOy's out
stretched hand.
After the boy had gone Gertie said
reproachfully. papa, why did you give
thai milk boy nearly all my candyr
why. my dear. you must be gener-
eMAt Think Of all the nice milk he
brsAg& and they don't charge much for
It,"
"OA. WE'LL" said the little girl. still
reproachfAlly. y only had a few bits
Of candy. and he's got whole COW
full Of milk. youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
WHO GETS THE
DIVIDENDS?

That is, no doubt, a tremendous
statement, that although there was a
marked decline in earnings, the United
States Steel Corporation in 1894 made
enough money to enable tito pay $780,
S00,S52 in dividends. In Dominic
shmpsen's word, "Prodigious!" And
there are those of our socialistically
inclined friends who will cite these
igures as a horrible example of cap
italism, and of the concentration Of
vast wealth in the hands of a few men
in a>close corporation. 80
But what are the facts in the casey
The stock Of the United States steel
Corporation is held by more than 49,.
GEO different persons, of whom nearly
one-third are workmen or office hands
employed by the corporation. So this
great sum of $60,SO0,s52 was dis
tributed among $4,000 individuals.
making an average of $3S2.33 to each
stakeholder. That is not concentra-
ton, but wide popular distribution Of
wealth.
It is well to remember that the stock
of other great corporations is similar
ly held. The Pennsylvania Railroads
dividends, for example, are distributed
among $4,000 stockholders; and those
of the American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company to more than twice
that number. Among the stockholders
of the American Bell Telephone Com
pany are 22,OO0N housewives WHO own
an average of FIVE shares apiece; and
10000 clerks, with four shares apiece;
and $4,000 laboring men with three
shares apiece. 1t is to them that the
dividends of that great corporation
are paid. Thirty years ago the aver
age individual holding Of railroad
stock was $4,000, while new it is
only $4,000.
Thus more and more the big bust
ness" of the country is owned by the
people, and the yearly profits are dis
tributed to the people. 1t il system
which secures all the real good of
that distribution of wealth at which
socialism affects to aim, but does it in
discriminating manner according to
thrift and merit. It also secures all
the good that government ownership
could possibly effect. wAile avoiding
the ruinous evils of that system and
providing one of the strongest bah
warks against its Notwithstanding
ton Post, March az, 1928.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

Wonderful as the new apparatus for
he transmission Of pictures by wire
may seem to the layman, there Is
nothing Of, 9 mysterious nature about
the equipment used, according to en-
gineers, Of the Telephone Company,
who developed the process. Like many
other great Inventions which contri-
butte to our present comfort and
amusement, it leads one to wonder
why it has not been done before.
Its very simplicity is the work of
many years of research, however. Elk
perts Of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and the Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories, Inc, have been
engaged upon it's perfection for num-
Der of years and have only released
their discoveries when they felt GER
tain that the apparatus had reached
a point where it was ably fitted fol
commercial use. In, a recent demon.
stration at Washington, in co-opera-
ton with engineers Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company sent pictures from the
Capital to New York, San Francisco
and Chicago which were undistin-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Who'll EsALE GRocERs ADOPT
"PHoNE FOR FOOD" SLOGAN

The National Wholesale Grocers'
Association has adopted the slogan,
Phone for Food, for use in cam
paign to increase. sales of food
products. A. R. Blish, representa-
tive of the national organization,
in addressing the nineteenth annual
convention Of the Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, and Delaware Whole
sale Groeers' Association at Phila-
delphia, last week, said that the
proposed campaign to increase teie-
phoning orders for food is the re
suit of two years study by a spe-
cial committee. In places where it
has been employed, he declared,
very perceptible increase in bust
ness has been noted; in some in
stances. trebled. customers who
order groceries by telephone spend
an average of $40 per call, while
cash and carry purchases average
only 81 CENTS" Blish said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
SAYS TELEPHONE
rs DETERRENT TO
LAW INFRACTION

"The telephone has done more to
aid in the capture of criminals and in
the elimination of crime in this state
than any other device ever invented
was the testimony recently given by
superintendent Robert 7. Hurley of
the Connecticut State Police.
In an interview with a representa-.
tive of the Connecticut Committee on
Public Service InformatioA, Superin-
tendent Hurley explained that the
cities and towns throughout the state
and the precincts in the individual
cities are linked SO closely together by
the telephone system that almost
every policeman in the state can be
put on watch, without delay, for fee
ing criminals. He also pointed out
he fact that the telephone is one of
the most successful deterrents of
crime, in that offenders realize how
slim are the chances of escaping the
meshwork Of the telephone net,
There is telephone equipment in the
stat police barracks and in every DO.
lice station of the state, SO that CEN
trail headquarters is within easy COM
munication with any section they may
desire to reach. The operators EN-.
ployed at the police switchboard are
men who have been specially trained
so as to be quick to grasp the mean
ing of hurried calls and peculiar situa-
tons and know how to interpret in
coherent and vague messages and act
coolly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

pEsPATeHiNG 6N TELEPHONE

Passenger and freight trains on the
Southern Railway between Asheville
and Knoxville are now being handled
lfem the despatchers' offices by tele-
phone instead Of telegram. During
1924 the experiment was tried of Oh
Grating trains on the division between
Asheville and Salisbury by telephone,
and the Fesults, proved so satisfactory
that 1t was decided to greatly expand
the use Of the telephone by the rail-
road,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

CELL This variation in the amount OF
light striking the sensitive surface Of
the cell gives rise to current which.
through the agency of vacuum tube
ampliier and modulator, controls the
current flowing through the telephone
line.
At the receiving end an unexposed
Photographic film is rotated under a
beam of light in manner similar to
that at the transmitting end. The two
films are caused to rotate at exactly
the Same speed and the impulses start
ing from the photo-electric cell at the
sending end control, by means of
new device known as a light valve,
the amount of light reaching the film
at the receiving end,
Regarding the use of their system,
the officials of the Telephone Com,
panY announce that the extent to
which it is installed on their various
long distance lines will depend entire
ly upon the demand which arises for
this type of service. AS has been
demonstrated in previous tests. the
system is also applicable to radio
transmission of pictures when atnos.
pheric conditions are such that steadi.
ness of transmission and freedom
from interference can be assured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
FRENCH SUBSCRIBERS
Sl-OP FOR TELEPHONE
Each AFOREMENTIONED Service Pa
tron Must Supply His Own
instrument.

In France, II you want q telephone
in your city home, you go to an cleo
trical shop and buy one that suits your
fancy. Then you arrange to have it
connected with the general telephone
system just as, in this country, one
buys an electric light. fixture and has
it connected with the wires of the
Electric company.
But tastes differ, and there have
been about $50 types OF telephones on
the market in France. With such a,
diversity Of instruments the problem
of keeping them in good working or
der has been made extremely difficult.
It is little wonder that the sqdality OF
service given by the French Govern
ment-owned telephone system has
given rise to. vigorous complaint and
ridicule.
At last, however. the French author
tiles have undertaken to standardize
the subscribers telephone instruments.
After competition in which number
Of telephone manufacturers entered
their respective instruments, four
types have finally been selected as
government standards. These COM
prise two desk sets and two wall sets.
The French telephone subscriber,
therefore, although much restricted in
his choice, will still have at least some
opportunity to exercise discrimination
IN picking out telephone that will
harmonize with the artistic motif of
the surroundings in which it is to be
PLACED.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Hookworn, Curative Cheap

Carbon tetrachloride. cheap com
mercial chemical, has been found to be-
good curative in the treatment for
hookworm infection, as result Of ex-
perimental work with it in Britiah Gui-
ana. Its curative value was discovered
through experiments on animals By the
URfted States Department Of Agricut
ture. One Of its chief advantages 90
that 1t causes no serious reaction On
the patient while it is being admin
istered, many men suffering from hook,
worm being treated under q brollinG
sun while at work. The chemical has
been used in other parts of the worlA
with corresponding success.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
a COSTLY JlrNEy

The new Canadian five cent piece
has cost the Bell Telephone Company
Of Canada the sum of $4,000. 1t was
found necessary to change the coin
slots on the pay telephones to fit the
new fve cent piece and in the City OF
Toronto alone $4,000 was expended
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
Catarrhal Deafness

= often caused by an infiamed condition
Of the mucous lining OF the Eustaohian
Tube. When this tube IL infiamed you
have Q rumbling sound or Imperfect
Hearing. Unless the Inflammation can
be reduced. your hearing may be de-
stroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii
Do what we claim for it--rid your system
e Cetarrh or Deafness caused ~
SEA- 81 an druggists for oxss a, xeara
r = cA'nss 4 Co 44 9!sHc Q6hii sc1. $ :
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10
WHEN THEY CONTAIN NO
CAIOMEL

Mrs. ]. M. Young, OF New Hope,
Ala, says "Chamberiain's Tahlefs
are the best thing she mas ever used
for biliousness and constipation.
AS they contaiA mo- calomel she
never feels weak or sick after
takins them. Small cost only IS
cents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

Spokane, Wash. has more tele-
phones than the entire Republic Of
Chile. one OF the Eost progressive
countries in South America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

Philadelphia's first telephone d.
rectory was printe on single slip of
>abou; the size Of post card.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

Seeing is belisvinss bps Il Il ,nss
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

as well to take anOtnsr lock-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-02
Original Conan Story
Faithfully Depicted

A FTER a search for story mate.
n rial that extended over a period
~ several months. Douglas Mac.
Lean selected Seven Keys TO Bald.
pate as his first starring congdy
for Paramount.
The story. which holds the screen
at the Coliseum this week, is one
hat is known to everyone and needs
no retelling. For the past decade
Seven Keys to Baldpate" has been
a stage favorite Of audiences the
world over and has in addition TO It's
New York triumph a record for per-
formances by stock companies In
every city in the United States,
aside from being presented by road
companies in every town large
enough to support a thcatef,
IN bringing tho Conan story 10 tho
screen MacLean has stuck TO the
original faithfully. adding TO IL oulg
what additional material screen com.
edy technique demanded. Love-In-
tsrest, substituted for the Wager"
angle. and a surprise climax are fea-
lures Of the screen play by Frank
Griffin and Wade Boteler.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-02

nIRECToR JIMMIE CRuZE
u hasn't approached the pertcc,
ton OF The Covered Wagon in
the several SUCCESSORS he has pro-
duced for 1t. but there arr thrills
aplenty in "Thc Pony Express the
latest OF his modern Westerns
an epic Of n byEone day e. the
Liberty this week.
The most finished work OF the
huge cast Is that OF Wallace Boery,
who forsakes his usual brute roles
this time for that 4 a crude piece
OF flotsam Of the gold camp, the
saloon hangeron-loyable. uncouth
and un-consciously funny.
Running him a close second Is
George Bancroft. as the notorious
Jack Sladc, gun fighter and feared
bad-man, employed by the Overland
Stage company as a depot master
AT Julesburg. Colo,
Famous Players-LasSy took Betty
Compson. Ricardo Cortez, F.rnc t
florence and the rest OF It's star,
To- Wyoming and Northern Califor.
mia 10 photograph the stirring days
Of the pony express and the pre-
civil war days OF the fight OF Sc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-02
Elsie Ferguson in
Comeback

just bose IHrI UaH "a woman H
r.aIf 90 drive fHn man Hhr loves
fg Hur.naHf THH m tho problem
]nnn.rnrrd boo .'Inr Unknown Lover
u4w playing aT fHr IIur Mouse.
Beautiful ElTl" IrrsilaDu, f'Fpfii'
or both stage and screen has tho
leading role OF Elaine krui tho
riu who marrIsa "a man io reform
him and meets exciting obHinrlrs
lH her romance LrrlIr Austen
plays Fred Wagner, fHe practical
lover who docs not appeal 10 her
0draIustir nature aua Frank MAYO
a pl4i .r Kenneth billings urr man
#Hr mafar. other m iHla HIlr'fT
.Dr arr MI'drd Harts F.a5
Kelly. Count Costa Mom.r aud So
thur Donald. uu.
Miss Ferguson who has been an'
.rut from tho screen since 1890
viii be remembered for her work
ln such screen successes A. Foot
lights" peter Ibbotson' ana "sa-
cred and PrOfauc Love