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Evening star., 1925-07-17

Scientists regard the Scopes trial as
settled in advance by the prejudices
of the jury. There is at least no sus
picion that the alleged frame-up has
been encouraged by former attaches
Of the Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Having taken over the crown estates
the former Kaiser Is in a position to
make a strong protest as a taxpayer
against the revenues Germany Is ex-
pected to raise.
Evening star., 1925-07-17
Curbing an Impulse.

"A man in your position ought to do
a great deal Of profound reading"
True" answered Senator Sorghum,
'but you want to be careful not to be
80 scientific as to get out of intel.
lectual touch with some OF your most
energetic and influential constituents"
Evening star., 1925-07-17

There are fears that some important
developments in the European situa-
ton may be missed while the first
page news Is being overwhelmed by
the dispatches from Tennessee.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

President Coolidge's Cambridge
speech, delivered on the spot where
George Washington took command OF
the Revolutionary Army loo years
ago, is applauded by many observers
as a timely and illuminating state
ment of America s attitude toward the
proposed European security treaties
A tendency to question the practlca.
bility of the Coolidge suggestions 10
reflected in some of the newspaper
comment. however, and editorial
critics who disapprove the Govern
ment's foreign policy seem to agree
with the Lynchburg News in the be-
lief that the President would accom-
plish more by turning his attention to-
ward persuading the United States to
play its part in the world"
The speech, explains the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger, contains the first
intimation of the official American at
titude toward Europe's proposed Sc
curity pact" this attitude being, to
quote the President directly, that
"such covenants would always have
the moral support of our Govern
ment."
Evidently it is the Presidents opin-
ion that progress toward security un-
derstandings is likely to be more
rapid" reasons the Indianapolis News,
after its study or the speech, II EURO
pean powers have some reason to be-
lieve that this Government does not
look any too favorably on the making
of loans to those not definitely COM
mitted to a program intended to en-
courage stability" But as to how
the suggestion will be received and
how practicable 1t will be in accom-
plishing what the President wishes to
see achieved" the News believes
there are sure to be many different
estimates"
In his loan suggestion President
Coolidge now expresses the same sen.
timent recently voiced by Ambassador
Houghton, says the Springfield, Mass,
Union, land it's effect, since it comes
from the highest American spokes-
man, should at least be equally pro-
nounced on European opinion" In
this connection the Illinois Stat, Jour
nal remarks that "it seems that they
Europeans) require iteration and re-
iteration before they are convinced"
and the Springfield, Mass, Republican
thinks Europe may ''see in this re-
iterated suggestion q vague threat of
financial pressure"
That the Presidents advice was not
received. at least in England. with
Evening star., 1925-07-17
A Patriotic Protest.

I'VE have about made up our minds
to send you to the Legislature"
What for?" inquired Farmer Corn.
tossel. You'd be wastin' talent. I
don't know how to make laws and I
do know how to make hay. And this
community needs more hay instead O.
more laws"
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Capper should concern themselves
with the question of what is the serv-
ice rendered to the individual by the
Government,-zand how 1t should be
paid for. B. PICKMAN MANN.
Evening star., 1925-07-17
Logical Tendency.

AS clothes grow less and less in style,
Perhaps we'll venture, after while,
When Summer heat becomes too dire,
To use tattooing as attire.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Jud Tunkins says when he was a
boy he used to sing II want to be an
angel" and he still hopes he'll be able
to evolute on this line.
Evening star., 1925-07-17
A Neglected Formula

There's danger in the open tide.
For swimmers now we fear the
worst.
When bathing plans were set aside.
Where was that slogan, Safety
First?"
Evening star., 1925-07-17
Kate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States,
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the Use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to II or not otherwise cred
lted in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights OF publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1925-07-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
A Consolation Gone.

A Consolation Gone.
OF yore, when I had nothing else to do
And my reflections left me rather blue,
In the quest Of mild diversion,
I would take brief excursion,
And I'd go to see the monkeys in the
zoo.
Departed are the hours Of simian gIee.
We're finding life as serious as can be.
We deliberately borrow
Some additional sorrow.
AS we journey down to Dayton, Tenn.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Religion" said Uncle Eben. helps
human folks to love one another, ex-
cep' when it leads to one O. ,deshere
arguments where friendship cdkses."
Evening star., 1925-07-17

(Note-Mr. Belasco toiled long, weary
years before obtaining public recogni-
ton. But with a high idealism he
does not call that success" Success
is to him far deeper and more sig
nificant thing. This interesting article
points, in a material and selfish age,
a moral of paramount importance.)
Evening star., 1925-07-17

English statesmen claim that If
England should withdraw from India
the immediate result would be, not
an Indian republic, but an UPRISING o.
the Sikhs, followed by revolts by the
Evening star., 1925-07-17

@. Why was the use Of firearms for
hidden on the island where Stevenson
is buried?-S. T.
A. The Samoan chieftains FORBADE
their use, so that birds might live
there in safety and sing over Steven
sons grave.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

@. How does the pulse Of a new
born infant compare with that Of an
aged person?-P. J. S.
A. In newborn infants the rate is
130 to 14O beats per minute; in old
age, 90 TO 10 beats per minute.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

@. Who introduced the willow pat
tern china into England?-M. e. o.
A. This decorative design, usually
in blue on white background. Of Chi
nese style, was introduced on house
hold china in England by Thomas
Turner of Caughley in 1880.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Q. What food does the whippoor-
will eat?-K. P. w.
A. This bird Is seldom seen through
the day, but seeks its food by night,
catching moths and insects on the
wing. It's fight is near ground, zig
gag and noSeless.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Q. Is Lowell Sherman, the motion
picture actor. married?-C. H.
A. His engagement to Peggy, of
the dancing team Of Cortez and Peggy,
has recently been announced.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

Q. What is Pensacola, Fla, noted
for?-C. NJ. r.
A. Pensacola is the home of
large fishing industry. Its fleets go
as far off as the coast Of Yucatan.
Pensacola is also a large exporter OF
lumber. The United States aviation
station for the Gulf is located here.
A few miles west is the Perdido
River, the boundary between Florida
and Alabama.
Evening star., 1925-07-17

@. Who made the first collection
of ne violins assembled in the United
States?--M. E. H.
Ar. D. Hawley OF Hartford,
Conn. The work Of collecting was
begun by Mr.. Hawley in 1875 when
he bought the king"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
OPTIMISM

THINGS are seldom as bad as we
l. think they will be.
The crepehanger and the prophet of
evil almost always make things worse
than they are.
The case of neighbor of mine when
was boy in the country comes to my
mind as i write. He was constantly
obsessed with the thought of drought
and flood. of pestilence and famine, of
cyclones and devouring insects. He in.
variably took the gloomy view. He
constantly courted disaster and pre-
dicted calamity. and he looked for
ward with melancholy resignation to
the time when he would be quartered
on the county. his home and his friends
gone. Yet he regularly prospered, his
crops always matured, prices were
much higher than Ne had anticipated,
the yield of grain was, satisfactory and
he got on we'll. He extended his pos
sessions regularly. until he is now one
of the solid. substantial farmers in the
community in which he lives. But he
is not happy. Today he is looking for
trouble, though most Of the things
which have made his life miserable
during his sixty years have never hap
pened.
Yesterday morning woke with the
thought that had two extremely dis
agreeable tasks to perform during the
day that involved the saying of things
that would not be pleasant to me nor
to the person who had to listen. felt
like running, shrank back from the
disagreeable duty. ! wished that l
might shunt 1t upon some one else.
But found when faced 1t courageous
ly, when went to 1t straightforwardly
and kindly. that most of the disagree
able part disappeared. l got through
rather easily.
And so / have found that most of the
Objectionable and disagreeable and
trying experiences of life~are worse in
anticipation than in realization. The
trouble and privation and the sacri-
fees that we look forward to with
dread either never come to us or prove
far less trying than we anticipate.
Even the dreaded specter of death,
have no doubt. when we come to meet
him face to face. will have lost his
terrors. Most people whom have seen
go have done so courageously, fear
lessly, painlessly and often without
regret. Who knows but that the here
after. which we sometimes shrink from.
may not hold for each of us more JOY
and greater opportunities than does
the presentJ II may not be SO dull
and monoto1ous in heaven as we fear.
wen II we are given harp TO strum-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31

WYE BAD been talking about the
Wv Gibsons. Nancy and !. They had
been absent from q meeting which they
were supposed to attend, and had re-
marked upon the fact-not that their
presence would have added to the In
terest or progress of the meeting, but
they simply hadn't been there.
They're at Miami. spending the
winter" Nancy explained. "but 1t
doesn't matter much where they are.
for they don't count wherever they are.
They haven't developed any in forty
years."
And yet when they were young peo-
pie the Gibsons had been very active
and very influential in the community
In which they lived They both had
fair education and normal brains
They were church people and leaders
In the church which they attended.
Gibson was a good farmer when they
were married. and she a careful house
keeper. and when they moved into
tOwn. he showed nlmself a snrewo
business man. But that was a good
many years ago.
They didn't read any; they never
changed their viewpoint on anything.
AS new social and economic conditions
developed the Gibsons did things IN
the same old way. They did not grow.
and like all things living, when they
ceased TO grow. decay set in.
t. .fvsA tvH ~ to
ligious views as Is our famous Ne
braska Democrat. He has probably
never heard of the doctrine of evolu-
ton, and he still believes In all the
details relating to Jonah and the whale.
For him there has been no develop
ment in religious thought; he Is still
way back where he was fifty years ago.
The Watsons see nothing to COM
mend in modern dress or the ways of
modern society. They are very old
fashioned, not that being old-fashioned
is to be condemned excepting as it
puts one out of touch and out Of sym
pathy with society.
Watson still keeps his old farm. and
he operates it exactly as he did when,
as a young fellow, he first went onto
1t. He has little faith in modern dis
coveries in scientific processes, in any
thing that is new in agriculture.
Watson politically is a stand-patter.
He hasn't changed his political views
since just after the Civil war. He Is
as deeply emersed in political dark
ness as those Democrats in the Ten
nessee mountains, who are said to be
still voting for Andrew Jackson.
There is no standing still for any
thing living. We grow or we decay;
we grow better or worse; we go for
ward or we step back. 1t isn't enough
to have been once good or wise or use
full. We just keep on developing
When we stop growing. death has
begun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
Ticks and Flashes Which BuIIe-
tin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities az
Home and Abroad.
WASHINGTON

Low power, high frequency radio
signals from the United States feet at
Honolulu, were heard during May and
June consistently and clearly by anna
teurs at johannesburg, South Africa,
q distance equal to half the length
around the world.
Helium production by the Navy
plant at Fort Worth, Tex, set new
record of 1,22S,00O cubic feet during
June, the Navy Department an
nounced. The cost Of production has
been reduced from $3.50 per 1000 Gu
bic feet in 1919 to $25.
Robert S. Regar, of Pennsylvania,
has been promoted by President Cool
idge from the Office Of Chief Clerk Of
the Post Office Department to the
pos. Of Third Assistant Postmaster
:. erl, effective August i.
Relations between Poland and Rus
sian Soviet government are quite
normal" Count Skrzynski. Polish min
lister of the foreign affairs, declares In
statement issued to correct "misun-
Outstanding" Of statements attributed
to him.
Denial was made at the japanese
Embassy here Of press reports from
Berlin that Japan and Soviet Russia
have entered into secret agreement
to clear China Of alien influence, espe-
cially that of the United States and
Great Britain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
EAR TROUBLE FROM
SWIMMING

AS SOON as warm weather comes
"A the boys flock to the "old swim
min hole" In the larger cities, In
increasing numbers, there are now
public or private bathing beaches.
More people 60 in the water in the
summer now than ever before. AS
result, the amount of ear trouble has
increased so largely that at a recent
meeting of the American Medical as
ISOLATION an entire session of one of
the sections was devoted to discussing
the effect of swimming on the ears
Every boy knows and all of US old
err boys remember how it feels to get
water in your head"
1t is now the fashion, and very
good one too, for boys as we'll as girls
to wear rubber caps with ear laps,
while in the water. This Is all right
on regular bathing beaches but the
average boy gets along without caps
as we'll as bathing suits and it Is
among those with unprotected ears
that ear troubles after swimming are
most common.
There are several reasons why swim
ming is especially liable to cause ear
infections. Every swimmer gets water
in his mouth, nose and ears, not once
but many times. ~The water washes
off the mucus which protects the mu-
cous membrane and so leaves the men,
brane exposed to the irritating effects
of the water and the germs in it.
Everybody in the water spits and
blows his nose. Many bathers have
some form of skin disease or some in
fectious disease OF. the throat and nose.
All these bugs are mixed up in gen.
eral broth, which everybody paddles
around in.
The colder the water the greater.
the danger of chilling. Chilling the
body lowers the resistance. We all
take" any. disease more readily II we
are cold than if our body temperature
Is normal.
Rubber caps are some protection.
So is cotton in the ears. Some Y. NJ.
G. A. and gymnasium swimming tanks
furnish cotton to all bathers. The
nose should also be plugged and water
kept out of the mouth as much as
possible.
Don't stay In the water until you
are chilled. Don't swim in stagnant
water or in any pool where there are
large numbers of people bathing. Don't
get water in your ears or nose.
Infection of the middle ear is very
painful and dangerous condition. 1t
may cause deafness, long-drawn-out
Infection or even death from mastoid
or brain abscess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
WORLDS BUSINESS

Norfolk and Western Railway has
placed orders for $4,000 tons Of rails
with the Carnegie Steel Company and
10000 with Bethlehem Steel
Business conditions in the st. Louis
trade territory are fair to good, accord
ing to report made public by the
Liberty Central Trust Company.
Further advances in the price Of
tires and tubes were announced by
several Of the larger manufacturing
companies, following the increase an
nounced recently.
The official July crop report for the
State of Washington forecasts produc-
ton of 100000 bushels Of winter
wheat and 2S.4S3, 900 bushels of spring
wheat.
Net income of the Marland Oil Com
pany and subsidiaries for the six
months ended June 80 last as dis
closed by the report issued, amounted
to $S,270,371.
The daily average production Of
crude oil in California in, June was
642,93s barrels. according to the
American Petroleum Institute. 1t was
607,109 barrels in May.
Employment decreased IL per cent
in manufacturing industries Of the
United States in June as compared
with May, according to reports to the
Department of Labor.
Fairly active current business, with
an optimistic outlook for fall, is indi-
Gated in the leading weekly trade re-
views.
Business of the National Distillers
Products Corporation is running 100
per cent ahead of 1924. 1t was an
nounced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
A Thing Not to Be Explained

1t is narrated of two colored men
that they set forth one night to Dor
row hog. Not until nearly daylight
did they succeed in borrowing one
from the pigpen of a planter. Hav-
ing slaughtered the prize they de
cided that it should be left in the
cabin of one of them until the fol.
lowing night, when the other would
come. to claim his share.
During the day the present custo-
dian, while immersing the carcass in
a barrel of brine to prevent it from
spelling, decided that he needed all
the meat for himself. Accordingly
he removed it to a suitable hiding
place and then, returning home,
awaited the arrival of his partner in
the enterprise of the night before.
About eight o'clock the second ne
gro arrived, carrying an empty sack
over his arm.
"Whar's de meat, Sam?" he asked,
as he entered the cabin.
''In dat barrel of brine over yOn-
der behind de back do. Jes' go over
and hep you'se'f to yore sheer"
The caller rolled up his sleeves and
immersed his arms in the brine.
faint no meat here" he said.
after thorough search.
II amt s'prfsed one Bit" said Sam.
"Rats is gettin' SO bad round yere
don't know whit I'm gwine do. Dey
was eatin' dat po'k wen heerd 'em
nibblin' today vile was layin' down
tryin' to Sleep"
His friend stiffened suspiciously.
"How come dey could nibble hole
in de barrel, eat all de polk an still
de BRINE don't run out?" he de-
manded.
Sam took a deep breath.
Dat" he said, sis de mystery"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31
OOCOOOOOOCOCC
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
CARE OF THE NAILS

THE nails are part of the skin.
L They were developed In some ami
mails and in primitive man, to protect
the ends of the fingers and toes. to
dig in the ground, as aids in climbing
and as natural weapons of defense.
Under natural conditions, they are
kept short and sharp by use. A cat will
scratch at tree or log to sharpen
its claws" In animals living under
artificial conditions, where they do not
use their nails, the claws may grow so
long as to be hindrance.
Among the Chinese, long nails are
sign of breeding and gentility, indl-
eating that the owner has never had to
do any manual labor. They are care
fully protected by nail shields of gold
or silver. The longer; they are, the
greater the aristocracy of their owner.
Finger nails are better cared for now
than formerly. as shown by the mani.
cure shops in almost every village. The
long, pointed, highly polished nails OF
the society matron or the show glrl
are as unnatural as the six-inch nails
Of the Chinese mandarin.
The nails grow about an eighth OF an
inch every month or about an inch ana
a half year. They should be Kept
carefully and neatly trimmed. Broken
ragged nails are not only unsightly but
also the starting point for painful in
fections of the fingers, usually called
felons.
Any one, no matter what his work,
can keep his finger nails clean and
smooth. A file is best, though some OF
the nail clips are very satisfactory.
Cutting the nails with knife is apt to
leave them irregular and rough. with
sharp points that catch on the clothing.
The nail should be filed or cut
round, not in the long, pointed, claw
like shape formerly considered stylish.
They should not be cut too short, SO as
to expose the quick, or cut at the side
below the point where the nail and the
skin join.
File or trim the nails before wash
ing the hands. Then soak them In hot,
SOdpy wafer anu lily lAiC noAANS ~-
oughly with soft clean towel, press
ing back the skin at the base of the
nail with the towel Don't scrape the
skin loose at the base of nail with
wooden or steel instrument. That's
an opening which nature has sealed up.
Trying to open 1t will not only bruise.
the tender base of the nail but may
also start painful infection.
. White spots on the nails don't mean
anything, except that the nail has been
bruised. Ridges often appear in tpe
nails following injury or illness. Don't
try to scrape them off. Let, them alone
and they will grow out.
In good health, the nails are clear
smooth and pink, with half-moon
at the base. Trim them properly, keep
them clean and your hands will always
look well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-07-31

Eskimos were amazed as they talk
ed for first time by radio on Mac
MILAN ships In Labrador.
The Ruggles Street Baptist Church,
built in 1S48, one OF Bostons religious
landmarks, was destroyed recently by
fire.
A gold rush of considerable proper
lions has developed at Beardmore, on
the Canadian National Railway, 1870
miles east Of Port Arthur, where re-
ports say free gold is being panned to
yield more than $50 ton.
Business in general throughout the
Middle West is moving steadily for
ward.
Guizon Borglum proposes to carve
Confederate memorial on 1,300-foot
cliff in North Carolina.
Josiah Grout, former Governor Of
Vermont and a Civil War veteran,
died at his home at Newport recently
in his eighty-flfth year, after a brief
illness.
A Waterman was killed and damage
and panic spread over mile radius
when $4,000 gallons OF gasoline and
oil in Texas Company barge explod-
ed and sent food of flaming oil down
the north branch Of the Chicago
River. The barge and tug anchored
Fat the company's docks were de-
stroyed. Five men aboard the crafts
escaped.
Chicago probate Judge refused to
admit McClintock will on grounds Of
undue influence.
Lieut.. Col. w. A. Mapes, former
commanding officer of Fort Logan.
near Denver, Col, was killed when
his automobile crashed into q trolley
car.