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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Unable to Put Trust
in Alligotor's Memory

Charles Ringing, of circus fame,
who died at Sarasota, used to collect
anecdotes Of Florida crackers, poor
whites and colored folk.
Zone of Mr.. Ringlings anecdotes"
said a Sarasota realtor, the other
day, was about cautious convert.
"There had been, you see, a col
ored revival, and the colored revival
list was about to baptize batch Of
converts In one Of those dark, silent,
suspicious-looking streams that you
find in our Everglades.
Come, the revivalist said, as he
stepped into the black water. Come,
follow me, breddern and sistern.'
"But just then a couple of alli-
gators raised their heads from the
mud and opened their terrible mouths
in a vast yawn. This caused the con-
verts to step back with low cries Of
alarm.
'The revivalist rebQked them. Bred
dern and sistern,' he said, cant yo'
trust de Lord? He took keer O. Jonah,
didn't he?
"'Yaas, he did, pawson,' said con-
vert soberly, but whales different.
A whales get memory. But if one o.
dem gators was ter swaller dis coon
he'd jes' go to sleep ag'in in de mud
an forget all about it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Proud Metropolis Got
Title From Royalty

The infant settlement of New Am
sterdam was still in its swaddling
clothes when across the sea, in the
palace of the English king. Baby Stu
art posed to Anthony Van Dyke for
the prim little portrait that has be-
come so widely known and beloved.
The stuart Baby" second son of
Charles Of England and Henrietta
Maria, had no thought then that the
struggling village, one day to be the
pride of the Western world--would
years later be named in his honor.
New York.
This child. who in his turn succeed
ed to the English throne as James II.
was at nine years old. created duke
of York and Albany. Upon reaching
manhood he precipitated himself into
various wars, all of which he came
through with reputation for brilliant
personal courage.
In 1864 Charles granted New Meth
erlands to the duke of York, and an
English force under Col. Richard Mic
oils took possession of the city. NAM
ing it New York in his honor. Subse
quently the Dutch recaptured the
province, but the English quickly took
it away from them again. restoring
the name of the Stuart prince.-Men-
tor Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Seemed Something Of
an Odd Combination,

He didn't really want to bring the
two cats home from Colorado. but
what good is the argument of mere
man against those of a wife, three
children, and mother-in-law? So
the family started home last week
with the cats epthroned in a box on
the back seat of the car.
He was somewhat ashamed of the
ugly yellow pets anyway, and his NOR
LITIGATION was complete when he was
forced to ask a garage owner, in the
town where they spent the first night,
for cellar space IN which to park his
charges.
II suppose" he said to the garage
man, ~ suppose you don't see many
tourists crazy enough to be taking
common alley cats with them, do you"
"Oh, yes l do" replied the garage
man. '"They come in here every day
with all sorts of pets. But" he added
as an afterthought, "by George. you're
the first Teller I've seen that was totin'
cats and a mother-in-law bOth."-Los
Angeles Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Good Answer

A business man who had been irri.
tated beyond measure by solicitors for
this and that-tag days. drives and
charity advertising-so the story goes,
was bitten by dog. He went on to
business as usual" When word got
around his outer Office and couple of
his irritants inquired solicitously of
him:
You have just been bitten by a
mad dOg?"
Yes. was" Cuisines Of not
looking up)
what! And you came right to
your Officer"
Eyes. There was some writing !
felt just had to get done" (Busl-
ness of going on writing)
"Oh. see. Writing your will,
take It,"
mo. Writing the names of the
people am going to bite when | go
mad. Merle Thorpe. in Nations
Business
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Rattlesnake's Rings

The rings on rattlespake do not
tell exactly the age of the snake. The
biological survey says that the rattle
snake acquires from two to four rings
year, usually three. Under normal
conditions one ring is added each time
the snake sheds its skin. The young
Fattler Is provided with a single but
ton at birth, and within few days it
sheds its skin and commences feeding.
In about two months it sheds its skin
for the second time and then the first
ring of the rattle is uncovered or
added. This has been growing under
the old skin, and its pressure was APP
parent in the swollen appearance of
the tail at the base of the original
button.- The last seven or eight YER
tebrae fuse together shortly after birth
and form composite bone known as
the shaker" and it is around this
bone that each cap or ring of the rattle
forms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Diet and Cancer

The theory advanced by many per-
sons that eating natural OF wild diet
will prevent cancer has apparently
been contradicted by recent expert
ments, reports Hygeia Magazine. When
mice, the type of animals especially
suited to cancer experiments, were
placed on various diets. those fed the
Wild diet had the highest cancer NOR,
tally and those fed-ap apparently IN
balanced diet had the lowest. There
was not the slightest evidence that
fried or well-cooked food was asso-
ciated with an increase In cancer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
BACON'S PLACE IN
REALM OF THOUGHT
Scholars Standing Soon to
Be Determined.

Among the scholars produced by the
Thirteenth century in Europe, Roger
Bacon occupies high rank. During
his lifetime, it Is true, his achieve
ment was somewhat obscured. But in
the century Immediately following, the
first rays of the Renaissance began to
break upon European thought. The
Dark ages were coming to an end.
And In the light of the new dawning
the Franciscan friar's peculiar merits
as forerunner Of the new era were
discovered.
In later times, the popularity of
Bacon's writings spread rapidly among
the learned. Enthusiasm occasionally
grew to such proportions that the
Doctor Mirabilis" was rated above
more modern and truly enlightened
figures. Aside from such exaggera-
tons, however Roger retains a de-
! served place in history as one OF the
first Europeans to challenge the au-
thority of the medieval schoolmen,
and to insist on the necessity of ex-
perimental science in the furtherance
of human knowledge.
His own intellectual emancipation
was not complete. Though a keen,
systematic thinker in many fields,
with a remarkable knack for mechan-
ical invention (there is theory that
he made and used the first telescope),
he was, nevertheless, a believer in
astrology, in the philosophers stone,
and in the squaring of the circle.
When at the height of his fame, at
Oxford, he was gravely suspected of
dabbling with the black arts. Yet this
same man pondered on the physical
properties of gunpowder and had
much to do with the invention of
spectacles.
1t was in the field Of scientific re-
search and philosophy that he ran
counter to established tradition most
cOnspicuously. In his books, written
in Latin, he sought to explore the
whole field of knowledge as it existed
in his day. At every turn he found
shortcomings, due to the methods en-
plOyed until then in the searching out
Of truth. In his Opus Majus we have
the results of his wide ranging, to-
gether with the remedies that he pro-
posed as a means of putting knowl-
edge on a sounder basis.
In his crude way, Roger Bacon thus
stands out as precursor Of the New
tons and Darwins, Of the Augpste
Comics and Herbert Spencers.
It should be interesting to see at
first hand how close or remote the
relationship is. This will be less diff
ficult to English-reading people now
that the Opus Majus has, for the first
time, been done into English by DIR.
Robert Belle Burke Of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania.-Det Free
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
A Soft Ansver

They had been married just long
enough for the novelty to have worn
off, and the girl was beginning to find
her feet. as her mother would un-
doubtedly have put it.
Before we were married. George"
she complained. "you always took a
taxi from the theater. but now the bus
seems good enough. In fact anything
is good enough for me-"
Her husband frowned, for he seemed
to he In rather a difficult fix. But he
was not long In finding a way out.
mo. darling" he murmured, don't
think that. You see, I'm so proud of
you, and II ! took you In cab there
would be nobody to see you. whereas
| can show you off to dozens in the
bus. london Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Poachers Spoil Fox Hunts

Society Hunts in the famous Melton
Mowbray district of Ireland, known
for generations as one of the worlds
greatest hunting centers, is being
spoiled by poachers, and as a result
many fashionable functions are being
called off. The favorite game is foxes,
and these are being killed, evidently
by the unemployed, for the skins. Al
though many strong, healthy cubs
have been reared, the Cottesmore
Hounds. an exclusive hunting club,
receRtly spent a fruitless day in try
ing to find the lair of even a single
fox.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Swiss Religious Founder

The Mennonites take their name
from that of their founder, Memo
Simons. a Swiss religious enthusiast
of the Sixteenth century, and they
maintain, according to the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica. "a form of Chris
tiaRtty which. discarding the sacre-
dotai idea. owns no authority outside
the Bible and the enlightened con-
science. limits baptism to the believer
and lays stress on those preeepts
which vindicate the sanctity of human
life and a mans word"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Diplomacy

Herself-John, I've noticed that
you've only smoked one of those cigars
l gave you at Christmas. Didn't you
like them?
Himself-They were fine, my dear,
but when the New Year came in
made up my mind that you were right
about my smoking too much and I've
decided to taper off bit.
Herself Il think that's perfectly
lovely in you, and if you don't mind
I'll give the cigars to father.-Portland
Evening Express. }
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Birth of the Ego

1t is easy to see that great economic
advantage accrued to the Individual
and hence to the race, through the ac
QUESTION of consciousness. 1t en-.
abled each man to econorlize enor.
mously, his expenditure of energy by
concentrating upon definite desirable
accomplishments. Instructive impulses
and urges now had something to an
Choir and control them. instead Of be-
ing switched about by every new and
passing sense impression. Man had
acquired the capability of thinking
consciously II want, WILL" And so
was born egoism.-From concerning
lrascible Strong" by William H.
Smyth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Portents of Sneez;ns

In the ancient days of Greece and
Rome a sneeze was supposed to bear
In its train far greater portents than
a mere cold To sneeze while rising
from the table or bed was said to indi.
cate approaching death.
Yet, to sneeze between midday and
midnight under favorable planetary
conditions. was an augury of happi-
ness. Again. if the Greek or Roman
turned to the right while sneezing, 1t
was regarded as q happy omen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Introducing Mr.. Cush,
the Great Salesman

I'd like to have you meet Mr.. Gush.
Mr.. Gush is salesman.
At any rate, that is what Mr.. Gush
tells people and that is what he
wrote at the top of his income-tax re-
turn.
just know that Mrs. Gush thinks
her husband is big business man.
She's heard him confess as much so
many times.
Mr. Gush has a fine address. AS he
says. so many statesmen aren't good
takers He might easily have gone
in for after-dinner speaking. He has
just that effect on you.
No one can ever say that Mr.. Gush
refused the gauntlet. He is always
ready to do battle with the biggest
customer In his territory. "They can't
bluff me and the bigger they are. the
harder they fall" he so originally puts
it.
Mr.. .Gush> has found it difficult to
get an ATTRACTIVE arrangement; you
know what the rest of us call a good
job. Speaking before the Happy Hour
club the other day. he announced, "The
greatest trouble l have is in letting
my boss keep up with me-"
A willful group of men have petit
toned for an open season on just such
babies as Mr. Gush.
"Just Jealous" says Mr.. Gush, drop
ping his dime into the pocket with
the other one where it can make more
noise.-Boston Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
In the Smuggling Business

Finding herself with a neat little
surplus from her weekly allowance
for household expenses, fond grand
mother bought for each of her little
granddaughter a pair of white can
vas shoes.
"Where did you get the money to
buy our shoes?" asked one of them.
"Oh, just smuggled it," was the
answer.
On the first occasion that the chill
dren had to wear the shoes, they
found that they had no white stock
ings to match them. They said:
Grandma, won't you smuggle some
more money and buy us some socks?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Already Filled

After the arrival of her baby sister,
Sally was transferred from her crib to
another bed and she was not at all
pleased over the newcomers usurpins
of her former sleeping quarters.
Onelday when her mother went into
the nursery to put the baby to bed she
found the crib in state of upheaval
As she approached. a small but firm
voice from beneath the covers an
nounced: This bed is already occu-
pied."-Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Marriottsville, Md, Oct. 20, 1926

Marriottsville, Md, Oct. 20, 1926
"This year had II acres in wheat and
the average yield per acre was SO BUSH
els and one peck to the acre. am con-
fident chat the yield on some of these
acres was as high as 90 bushels; however,
l am giving you the average as 1 Go not
want to pick the best spots.
1--WE had very wet fall season, con-
sequentiy, lot of the late planted wheat
did not come up, thereby cutting down my
average yield. However, 30 bushels per
acre, on field of y acres, is considered
an excellent yield and / give the credit
principally to 'AA Quality Fertilizer.
| can also state that it is the finest crop
of wheat that have ever raised in my
40 years of farming experience.
"You might be interested to know that
l have only been using 'AA Quality Fer
tilizers for the past 2 years, but from the
results which l have obtained you can
readily see that will continue with them
and experiment no further"
Geo. w. X. Ridge1y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Ridiculous Sentences

Imprisonment for $50 years at hard
labor-believed to be the longest SEN
tence on record in the Balkans-and
10 other sentences of 250 years each
have been given a leader of band of
Albanian brigands and some of his fol-
lowers for the murder in 1915 of IA
Siberian soldiers In convent near
Prisrend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

The people who east their bread
upon the waters naturally wish it
many happy returns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

After all, it may be good plan to
listen to other peoples troubles. 1t
leaves you so little time to think of
your own.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

Even q good resolution has to
have certain amount of backbone
to keen it from getting wobbly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

The annoying thing about taking
chances is that you can't put them
back where you found them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

No, Maude dear; there is not the
slightest similarity between auto
intoxication and joy-riding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

The road to success is full of the
ruts other peoples failures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

Death avertakes us all. In fact,
death is an evertaker that comes
before the undertaker.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11
Fertilizers have to be made exactly right to
produce good crops consistently!

The accuracy of their formulas
has been tested, year after year,
by famous soil and crop experts.
Their plant food elements give
the young crop good stand,
steady, even growth, and early
maturity.
The materials used in "AA
Quality" Fertilizers are care
fully selected, scientifically pre-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

WHAT'S the use of sweating to
prepare your land, only to have
the fertilizers fall down on their
job? Why not use old, reliable,
time tested fertilizers in the first
place?
"AA Quality" Fertilizers
never shirk. Farmers of three
generations have used them with
outstanding success. And these
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-11

same farmers have
told us that whenever
they switched to less
reliable fertilizers
they had a bad year!
Because A A
Quality Fertilizers
are made for specific
crops, they produce
unusually heavy,
high quality yields.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
WILL SELECT ORATOR.
Contest Tonight at Catholic u. to
Pick Eastern Champion.

The Eastern division championship
of the national intercollegiate oratori-
cal contest will be decided tonight at
SIS o'clock in Mcmahon Hall at
Catholic University, when represent
ative orators from Washington and
four neighboring States assemble to
talk on the Constitution.
Edward NJ. Curran, Valedictorian of
the senior class at Catholic Univer-
sity, will represent this district in
competition with speakers from
Princeton University, representing the
State Of New Jersey; Temple Univer-
sity, Philadelphia, representing Penn
sylvania, and delegates from the Uni.
versities Of Maryland and Delaware,
all of whom have successfully sur
vived elimination contests in their own
States.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

so Boudoir Lamps, special, e5c China
base, beautiful designs and colors Silk
cord and two-pece plug.
25 Wroueht-iron Bridge Lamps, s2.e5 ;
were $3.50. Complete with gilded arm
and base, heavily constructed.
10 Gillette and Glass framed Pictures,
special, 81. Blue and gold frames
Polychrome Bridge Lamps, $245; were
$4.95. With adjustable arms.
IS Silk and Parchmentized Shades, special,
Soc. In boudoir lamp size.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

backbone of the National Opera plans
Singers accepted for the chorus will
be given full operate training, and
as the ability of the various mem
bers warrants, small parts and later
principal parts.
The new move for a professional
chorus is simply another step, Mr.
Albion stated, in the move forward
toward the accomplishment of the
plans for a great national opera cen,
tered in Washington.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
OPERA TRIALS TODAY.
First Professional Chorus Sought
for Washington Company.

Voice trials for the first profes.
sional chorus Of the Washington Ma
tional Opera Co. will be held this aft
ernoon from until o'clock and to.
night from until 10 o'clock and to-
morrow at the same hours at Polls
Theater.
A chorus of 100 Washington singers
is sought, according TO General Direc-
tor Albion, which will be used as the
Evening star., 1927-05-19

No matter which one
you select-you'll have
one of the finest straWs
$2.85 ever paid for.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Will Confer ON Station.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, May 19.-G. NJ
Smith, superintendent of the Balti
more division, Pennsylvania Railroad
will confer with representatives of the
Rotary. Lions and Kiwanis and city
officials tomorrow concerning the erec
ton of a union station or new Penn
sylvania terminal here.
Local organizations have waged a
vigorous campaign to secure a new
station.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Will Hold Festival Today.

The field day and festival to be
participated in by 5000 school chill
dren. which was postponed Yesterday
on account of the rain. viii he held
at 3 o'clock. weather permitting, it
was announced this morning.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

The manufacture of sporting and
athletic goods gives employment to
nearly 5000 men and women in the
United States
Evening star., 1927-05-19

A German has discovered that hair
grows but 264 days in a year.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Alumni Deliver Addresses.

Various alumni who made brief ap.
peals were: Rev. Patrick H. Bren.
nan. s. j., 81; DR.. Daniel S. Lamb,
81: DR.. Charles V. Petteys. '73; DR..
William p. c. Hazen, II; DR.. Ray
mond 7. Holden, 81 DR.. Henry j.
Crosson, 80: DR.. Casimir Leibel, 10,
and Dr. James A. Cannon, '06. a let
ter was read from DIR. Mahlon Ash
ford. O6, of the Army Medical Corps
The Georgetown Glee Club gave an
entertainment during the evening.
President Lyons and the faculties of
Georgetown University gave a recep.
ton Yesterday afternoon to fellows of
the American Medical Association.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Vaughan, DR. Samuel S. Adams, DR.
John d. Hird and DR.. Joseph p. Madi-
gan.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-10-21
Roxana

The Epworth League was led by
Miss Alice Woodell Sunday evening.
George M. Derrickson and Asher
Carey were elected delegates to at
tend the Sunday school convention
at Georgetown.
Lemuel Evans, age Is years, died
at the Beebe Hospital, Friday even
ing. He was brought to the home of
his son, Wilmer Evans, where a
large crowd gathered to view the
remains. Interment made in RoX-
ana cemetery. He leaves one son,
Wilmer Evans, one granddaughter,
Mrs. Vallie Lynch and two bro
theirs, and a host of friends.
Miss Grace Lynch spent the week
end with Miss Florence Lynch.
Walter McGinnis, accompanied by
Edward johnson, spent the week
end with relatives at Crumpton,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Derrick
son of Philadelphia spent Saturday
and Sunday with their mother, Mrs
Angie Derrickson and brother Har-
ry.
Mrs. Ebert Dawson is spending
sometime in Baltimore, Md, with
her husband.
Vance McCabe and Howard Ben
nett of Delaware College spent the
weekend with their relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Shockley and
son, Mrs. Name Atkins of Snow
Hill, Md, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. o. w. Wilgus. Alvin Will
gus and Frank Holson of George
town were callers in the afternoon
Joshua Evans is ill at his sons
home, Herbert Evans.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-10-21
Careys

Sunday was observed as Rally
Day also a Harvest Home was do
mated to the pastor, He received a
large number Of presents including
potatoes, pumpkins, fruits and veg
etables of all kinds.
Miss Florence ones is spending
sometime with Rev. ard Mrs. JAMES
O'Neil at Farmingtor.
Miss Josephine Hundley spent
the weekend with friends near
Bridgeville.
Severn Hall returned from the
Emergency Hospital on Sunday
where he was treated for an infect
ed foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Mitchell, Mr..
and Mrs. Alton Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Jones spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Belts and
son Howard spent Sunday with R.
E. wilkins and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Birmingham
and two children and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Conoway and two children
visited P. ]. Mumford and family
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hudson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Lake
Coffin.
Clarence Locates, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Locates and Madge
Mitchell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Mitchell, of near Milton
were quietly married on Saturday
afternoon at Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wootten Wis
tied Isaac Pussy and family Sun
day.
Services Sunday: Sunday school
1880; class $3.50.