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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11

ALONG
LIES TRAIL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean Of Men. University Of Illinois.
10. 1925. Western Newspape Union.)
SEEING ONLY THE
OBVIOUS

7 SUPPOSE one of the main objects
the person who invented the wealth.
er had in mind was to furnish an easy
topic of conversation, and in this he
has been eminently successful. In
conversation, however, the most inter-
esting things are those least expected,
most original, and least obvious
Nothing pals upon one more than to
be told something he already knows.
or to have his attention called to some.
thing upon which he has already re-
marked.
l meet Sweeney as l am going to the
office on bright sunshiny morning,
and he remarks, Its fine day." OF
course it is, and it would be only an
imbecile who would not recognize the
fact.
During all the years l was ac-
Quainted with Mrs. Parrish do not
now recall that in our conversations,
and she has the habit of fluent speech,
she ever gave vocal expression to
anything not perfectly obvious. If we
were riding along public road in the
spring she would call attention to the
fact that rabbit was running across
the road. that the grass was turning
green, that a farmer was blowing In
the field. or announce to me how fast
Twas driving, though the speedometer
was nearer to me than to her.
recall once letting her read let.
ter which had come to me from a
common friend who was spending
the winter in South America.
"Did you know that Jane had been
very sick in Buenos Aires?' she asked
me few days later. "And they are
thinking of coming home in April"
Naturally was aware Of these facts,
for they were gone into in some detail
in the letter Which had the day be-
fore given her to read.
The alert mind in conversation picks
previously unknown and springs it on
one first. The greatest pleasure in
conversation Is not the obvious. but
the unsupported. and we too often
choose the thing that is patiently be-
fore us. and so we are stupid and
dull.
Nancy finds no delight in the obyi-
Gus. came home the other day to
find her on her knees busting the
books
Are you cleaning house?" In
quired.
NO" she replied. mot at all; I'm
climbing the Matterhorn."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
Oriental Tobacco Legend

In the Orient there is a lengthy
pipe tradition. 1t traces the water
pipe back into ancient times. One
story of its origin is romantic, if
nothing else. 1t is said that wealthy
prince lost his favorite wife and went
to priest for consolation. The priest
made him a bowl much like the pres
ent water pipe and told him to go to
his wife's grave, pluck weeds he found
there, put them In the top of the bowl,
apply fire and draw on them through
stem. The process was designed to
provide the prince with solace.-De-
troit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
why SHOULD ANYONE
SUFFER WITH
INDIGESTION OR ANY
STOMACH MlSERYp

II you want to fix up your dyspeptic.
out OF order stomach so that you can
relish what you eat with not the least
bit of after distress. do what tens Of
thousands Of people have already done.
Getting rid Of gas. bloating, belching.
heaviness and that feeling Of near SUMO
cation isn't such a hard matter as you
may think-You've been getting hold of
the wrong medicine-that's all.
But better late than never-ask your
drugg st for a bottle of Dare's Mentha
Pepsin-a real stomach medicine and a
very pleasant one. For acute indigestion
one or two doses is enough, but when
the trouble Is chronic, two or three bot
ties may be needed to put your disordered
stomach in good healthy condition and
make life worth living.
Making a. start Is the main thing, 90
why not get one bottle today with the
distinct understanding that If 1t doesn't
help you the purchase price win be re-
zEned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
DIFFICULTIES
' THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

TIME paper from my home town
L came in today containing an &C
count of recent educational institute
which had been held there under the
direction of a distinguished educator
from the East.
'Dr. George Hilton" the news item
stated, sis beyond question scholar,
a student of present-day conditions,
as he views them, great thinker,
man of keen intellect, and public
speaker and an orator who has few
peers"
1t was the name and the last clause
which caught my eye. had not heard
of Hilton for 20 years. could
imagine him "a student of present-day
conditions; one must be half-wit
not to give some thought and atten-
ton to our present generation, but "a
public speaker and an orator." was
almost inconceivable to me.
Hilton had come to college during
my early teaching experience. His
family was without education or So
cial standing. 1 have known poor
boys who have struggled through col
lege without help from home and with
out personal talent, but / have never
known one prouder or poorer than
Hilton.
He had no manual or mechanical
talent; the simple work at which all
INDECENT undergraduates keep soul
and body together he did badly, so
that often he was without sufficient
to eat and went for days with very
little. Toward the close of the first
year he had no lodging place, and as
spring came on he slept out, under the
shrubbery or crept into one of the
college recitation rooms and stretched
himself out upon one of the benches,
creeping out again before the janitor
arrived in the merning.
In addition to his lack of manual
adeptness and financial resources, he
was handicapped by wretched in
hlbition of speech. He was the worst
stammerer l have ever known. and
my acquaintance with stahlmerers is
not limited. never knew him to
make a recitation when called on in
class. When he attempted it, his jaws
would set, his eyes became CLASSY
and he could do nothing for min
ute or two. He always tried, but he
usually had to give up in despair. II
seemed hopeless barrier between
himself and any educational progress.
He ,drifted on in college for two years,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
BEING. A FOOL

7 HAVE just been reading Chester.
= tons "Saint Francis of Assist"
Whether or not the estimate which he
places upon the life and character Of
the saint Is correct one. 1t is not for
me to say, but 1t is. at least. inter-
esting.
Francis was man of fashion in his
own humble community, who found
joy in dress and in the spending OF
money and in the social activities in
which young fellows of today find
pleasure. He liked to make show,
and. presume. was as boastful of his
exploits MS young men are today.
Later. when youth and enthusiasm and
physical courage were his, he became
fighter and set out bravely to war.
Sickness came upon him, defeat
stared him in the face, and he came
called a gutter and coward, and in
his association with the poor and the
diseased and the outcast to be called
mountebank and a fool. And it was
only when he was willing to be thought
a fool that he became saint.
Youth is not very different today
from what it was in those early cen
ruries. Youth still likes to make a
show, as we need only to walk down
the street to prove to ourselves.
Youth is as brave and adventurous as
it ever was in meeting physical dam
ger. Give him half a chance. and the
young fellow today will rush into war
without Questioning himself very
closely as to the justice or the impor-
lance of the cause he is championing.
With reluctance, however, will he
be fool for any cause. What youth
has always found it most difficult to
face is ridicule. He can endure any
thing but laughter, and so he finds
to be willing TO be laughed at, If need
be, in the defense of his principles.
Youth can face danger or death with
out flinching; it can endure privations
and never murmur; it shrinks from
being thought fool,
Gordon had been drunk the night
before and had so attracted attention
that he had been arrested and had
spent the night in Jail. He was good
boy at heart and courageous one.
"Why did you do it?" l asked. for Il
knew it was not his habit
II did not want TO drink" he ex-
planned, but the fellows would have
laughed at me if had refused. They
would have thought me yellow"
We like to be thought brave or cou-
rageous, we even enjoy the comment
which comes from being thought rad
zeal or extreme, either in conduct or
dress. a good deal of satisfaction can
De derived from being Il martyr. hut
to be laughed at to be thought u fool.
even for the sake of principle. is too
much. Only the saint can face that
situation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
SUMMER COMPLAINT

LIVERY mother and every nurse
- knows that the first summer of Il
baby's life is critical period. Babies
in the first year of life stand heat
badly. Even If the weather is COM
paratiyely cool, many Of them fall vic
tins to those stomach and bowel dis
turbances generally known as sum-
mer complaint"
Some form of bowel trouble is re-
sponSible for one out of every five
deaths among infants. Diarrhea
causes more deaths than measles.
scarlet fever, whooping cough, ry-
phoid and diphtheria all put together.
1t kills more babies in the first two
years of life than those other FIVE
diseases do. at all ages. In Illinois,
for instance. the state health depart
ment finds that in the last six years
measles, scarlet fever, whooping
cough, typhoid and diphtheria killed
1886 babies while diarrhea killed
1850 babies under two years. One
half of these deaths occurred in July,
August, September and October. The
number of deaths in August was three
times the number in December.
Why do these stomach and bowel
disturbances occur in such large num-
Der in the summer? DR.. L. Emmett
Holt of New York. one of the leading
authorities on children's diseases, says
shat it is due to two causes: impure
milk and heat and that it is not the
outdoor heat so much as the stifiling
heat of the house that kills the baby.
Artificial feeding is another impor-
tant cause, according to Holt. Only
five per cent, or one out of twenty
babies which die of summer complaint,
are breast fed. So the baby nursed by
its mother has five times as good a
chance of escaping this disease as one
that is bottle fed or given some pre-
pared food.
Next to mother'sN milk. Holt consid-
ers cleanliness, fresh air and quiet as
| important. The baby must be kept
clean, A bath every day and in very
hot weather twice a day, morning and
evening, is necessary. The baby must
be kept cool. Just as little clothing as
possible and as much outdoor air as
possible will help 30 protect him from
sickness.
Protect the baby from flies. Give
him plenty OF cool mir and sunshine.
Knon him clons, and Eoan avarvthin,,
around him clean. Feed him breast
milk or if he must be given artificial
food, cleaa milk pasteuri@ed or hollrG
and Kept clcan and cool until feetlin,;
tine. Give him plenty Of wafer and
a cool airy Sleeping place ut night and
his chances for escaping summer COM
plant VIII be greatly increased.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
Human Race Summed Up

Few things are needed to make
wise rnn happy; nothing can make a
fool rDntent: that is why most men
are iniserable.-La Rochefoucauld.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
shs airse
vvrietess
ewsnsy years
ago. tlss
ssccna
s.ssaslysy
nars. !. n.
Deudlansl,
vraI,isssea.
fszas.

jane 2, 1904, she writes =
For twenty-three years ] was q
constant sufferer from chronic
(eatarrh. had severe misery and
burning in the top of my head, a
continual dropping of mucous into
my throat causing frequent expec-
toration. My entire system be-
came involved and grew worse.
It seemed as il / could not recover
from constant cough and FREE =
quent attacks of bilious colo. My
bowels were affected, causing
alarming hemorrhages. / tried
many remedies and finally took
Pe-ru-na. In three days I was re-
lieyed of my bowel trouble and en-
tirely cured by FIVE bottles. I most
cheerfully recommend Pe-ru-na."
june 80, 1924, Mrs. Bourland writes
again - 81
II will soon be seventy-nine years
cd and enjoy god health for one
es my age. still recommend
,s-ru-na and take it myself when
necessary" ~ so 8
For more than half a century
2e-ru-na has proud record of
good done. Men and women the
world over stand ready to testify to
its value in the treatment of all
catarrhal disorders.
Send A cents postage TO the
PE-RU.MA COMPANY, Columbus,
Ohio, for book ON catarrh.
pe-ru.na In either tablet or liquid
form sold everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
Prin.i,;ve Bread Making

Perhaps the earliest form of bread,
If that word may be used. was pre-
pared from acorns and beechnuts The
Roman philosopher, Pliny, speaks of a
similar crude process in connection
with wheat. The grain was evidently
pounded. and the crushed remnants
soaked into cake anG dried in the
sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11

Solution Of Last Weeks Puzzle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
Electric Stean, Radiator

An electric steam radiator is one
of the latest developments in modern
heating of the home. The heating
element extends throughout the radia-
tor in protective seamless brass
tube, which assures an even heat in
every column and provides large
radiating surface for heating the
water surrounding.-Popu Science
Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
DR.. Frederick r. Green,
Editor Of "Health."
WHY WE Battle

( %. 1s26. western Newspaper Unlon.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
The cutleura Toilet Trio.

Having cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
funie. No toilet table is complete
without them.-Advertiseme
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11

Safest place in the world is in
church. Almost never does fatal
accident happen there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23

friendly tribes surrounding his do.
main TO watch carefully every IN.
fan crossing their territory. and to
let none pass who carried gold.
THAT will stop them" he said
after the runners had departed.
That night as they made their
camp upon the trail toward home.
the three whites were seated about
a small fire with Jad bahia lying
just behind tho ape-man. who was
examining the leopard skin that
the golden lion had retrieved in his
pursuit OF the spanlard. when Tat.
zan turned toward his wife.
You were right. Jane" he said.
THE treasure vaults Of opar are
not for me. This time / have lost
not only the gold but n fabulous
fortune in diamonds as well. beside
risking that greatest OF all treasures
yourself"
Let the gold and the diamonds
90. John" she said; we have one
another, and Korak."
And a bloody leopard skin" he
supplemented. with n mystery map
painted upon II in blood"
Jad.balJa shifted the hide and
licked his chops Emancipation or
retrospection-which7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
CHAPTER XXI.
An Escape and n Capture

AT SIGHT Of the true Tarzan.
n Esteban Miranda turned and
fled blindly into tho Jungle. His
heart was cold with terror as he
rushed on In blind fear. He had
no objective In mind. He did not
know In what direction he vas
going. His only thouRht-the
thought which dominated him--waa
based solely upon n desire to put
as much distance as possible be.
tween himself and the ape.man, and
so he Numbered on. forcing his
way thru dense thickets OF thorns
that tore and lacerated his flesh
until. Mt every step he left n trail
OF blood behind him.
AZ the rivers edge the thorns
reached out and seized again. ms
they had several times before. the
precious leopard skin TO which he
clung with almost the same ~tenncity
as he chung 10 life itself. But this
time the thorns would not leave
30 their hold. and as he struggled 10
tear It away from them his eyes
turned back in the direction from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23

which he had come. lie heard the
sound Of a great body moving rap.
idly thru the thickct toward him.
and an instant later saw tho bale
ful Elnro Of two cleaning. yellow
green spots Of flame. with a
stifled cry OF terror the spaniatd
relinauishod his hold upon tho
leopard skin and. wheeling. dived
into tho river.
As the black waters closed above
his head Jad.bai-ja came 10 the edge
Of tho bank and looked down upon
the widening circles which marked
tho spot OF his auarry's disappear.
ance, for Esteban. who was a
strong swimmer. struck boldly for
the opposite side OF the trcam.
keeping himself well submerged.
For n moment tho golden Hon
scanned the surface OF the river.
and then he turned and shifted at
the hide the Spaniard had been
forced 10 leave behind, and grasp
ing Il In his jaws. tore II from
the thorns that held Il and carried
II back 10 lay II at the feet of his
master.
Forced az last TO come 10 tho
surface for mir. the Spaniard arose
amid n mass OF tangled foliage and
branches. For n moment he
| thought that he was lost, 80 tightly
held was he by the e%ntanEllng
boughs. but presently he forced his
way upward. and as his head mp.
peared above tho surface of the
water amidst the foliage he discoy.
cred that he had arisen directly be.
meath n fallen tree that was float
ing down the center Of the stream.
After considerable effort he man.
aged to draw himself up TO the
boughs and find n place astride tho
great bole. and thus he floated down
stream in comparative safety.
He breothed a deep sigh Of relief
as he realized with what compare.
tive Ease no had escaped the Just
| vengeance OF the ope.man. II Ia
true that he bemoaned the loss Of
the hide which carried the map 20
the location OF the hidden gold.
but he still retained in his posses.
sion q far greater treasure. and
ns he thought Of It his hands gloat
ingly fondled the bag OF diamonds
fastened 10 his loin cloth. Yet.
even tho he possessed this great
fortune In diamonds, his avariclouq
mind constantly returned TO the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23

golden ingots by the waterfall.
"owaza will get It." he muttered
10 himself. II never trusted the
black dog. and when he descrtsi
me I knew well enough what his
plans were"
Continued In Our Next Issue)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
VISIT LONGVIEW MIL.

LoNGvIEW. Feb. 23,-Fifty mem.
bers of tho New England Rotmi.
Lumbermen's association will in
spect tho Long-Bell lumber plant
and mill here. Wednesday. They
will take breakfast In the logging
camp and spend the afternoon in
the mill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23

will leave early in March for Wash.
ington. u. c., TO attend a conference
on organization and training Of the
Organized Reserve. The meetings
will be held during the period from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
MRS. DIES

Mrs. Alice Grammar. 90. died sun.
day at her home. in Foster. follow.
Ing a weeks illness. Funeral ar.
Engagements arc being made thru
tho Georgetown undertaking par.
lors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
BY MARTIN
BY BLOSSER
BY STANLEY

March II to April 20. Col. wurde'
mann will represent the Ninth Corps
area on the committee OF nations'
defense. In private life he practices
as a physician.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
0. r. c. Delegate
Goes to Washington

Lieut.. Col. Harry v. wurdcmann.
Medical Corps. o. II. c., of Seattle,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-02

Holsie Coombs and family spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs Coombs sis
ter Mrs. Charles Wormwell of ELS
worth.
The ladies' aid society will hold its
annual sale Dec. 16, at the church.
Mrs Laura Treworgy has been
confined to the house the past week
with grip.
o. B. Packard spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Hastings.
Mrs. Nellie Smith is at Northeast
Harbor caring for Mrs. Harry Clarke
Mrs. Irwin Springer is home from
Brooklin, where she has been living.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy DeBeck and
daughter Raymah, spent Thursday
at Bluehill, With Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Long.
Mrs Matte Francis and Miss
Laura Williams spent thu Thanks
giving recess at their homes here.
Reginald Clarke is home from the
Hurley hospital.
Mrs. Hazel Bradbury aud daugh-
ter Elinor visited relatives here SIr-
day.
Mrs. Lloyd Durham ami two
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Ashe
and little daughter and L.nedon
Smith, spent Thanksgiving with their
parents, MIR. and Mrs. MORGAN Smith.
Friends of Miss Edith Butler are
pleased to hear she is gaining from
her illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Blake of
Fastbrook spent several days recent
~ with MI and Mrs. Alden Ryder.
oil Of
officers and a supper, Thursday eve
ming, Dec. 3.
The Daughters of eterans held
Gheir regular meeting Saturday, Nov.
90. and nominated officers.
Frank Bradbury and family, OF
Bangor, spent Thanksg wing with his
mother, Mrs. Ella Bradbury.
Nov. 80. q.
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RrOOklin.

Keith Weymouth went to his home
in Belfast to spend Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Carrie Flye is home from At
lantic, Mass, where she spent sew
eral weeks with her mother and sis
ter.
Mrs. Eta Cousins has gone to
Hull's Cove for short visit with
Mrs Bertha Higgins.
Winfield Ramsdell has returned to
his home in Lubec.
The many friends here of Lew
ellyn Herrick of SOmerville, Mass,
were shocked to hear of the sudden
death of his youngest son, Robert
Mr. Herrick was born here, and lived
here during his early youth. The
sympathy of the community goes out
to him and his family.
Kenneth Kane, who is teaching in
Winter Harbor, spent the Thanksgiv-
ing recess with his father, Albert
Kane.
Maynard Blaisdell has gone to
Meriden, Conn, where he has en-
ployment for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Townsend and
family, of Bluehill, spent Thanks
giving with Mrs. Townsend's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mayo.
Nov 80. NJ