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Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
DELAWARE IS LEADING
HARD ROADS STATE
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well as in all other states that have
responded to the need for modern
highways, concrete is specified fol
road paving wherever there is sufli-
cient traffic to warrant such i'm
prOvement. Through costly expert
ments and experience many states
have discovered that certain flexible
types of road surfacing cost in main
tenance over a period of about ten
years more than the cost to con-
struct rigid paving that is most
economically maintained and more
nearly permanent than any other
type. One of the oldest pieces of con-
crete paving in Pennsylvania is on
the pike between EastOn and Beth
lehem. Built in 1916, this road is Civ
ing excellent service with low main
tenance. Heavily travelled as it is,
the paving shows no material sign
of wear.
Maintenance costs on concrete
paving are perhaps more easily OBJ
tainable in Delaware than any other
state in view of the fact that it builds
virtually no other type.
C. D. Buck, chief highway engi-
neer, has estimated that the slab
maintenance on Delaware's more
than 500 miles of hard surfaced
roads ranges between ten and sew
enty-nine dollars a mile. Including
snow removal, grading of earth
shoulders, painting of guard rails,
etc, the average annual maintenance
on Delaware's hard roads is S295.OO
a mile.
According to VIM. H. Connell, eX-
ecutive engineer of the Pennsylvania
Department of Highways, a total Of
6l3 miles of new roads were built in
the keystone state last year. Aside
from $50 miles of concrete, thirty
eight of which were requirements Of
other types, lis miles of bituminous
surfaced treated macadam, four
miles of bituminous penetration ma
cadam and two miles of vitrlhed
brick with concrete base roads were
built.
Two of the outstanding projects OF
the Pennsylvania Highway Depart
ment in 1926 were the paving and
widening of Chester Pike and the
Lincoln Highway west of Philadel-
phia.
1t is also interesting to note that
seventy-fve per cent of the approx
imately 200 miles of the Susquehan-
ma Trail in Pennsylvania, between
the New York and Maryland states
lines, is now hard surfaced. Outside
of towns the width of the Susque-
hanna Trail is mostly eighteen feet.
In the vicinity of York, Harrisburg,
and other thickly populated sections
there is considerable agitation to
have the paving widened to about 80
feet. The present highly improved
condition of the Susehanna Trail is
perhaps the most important piece OF
highway work made possible by the
last S50,000,000 bond issue.
Now that virtually all of the pri-
mary system of Pennsylvania has
been improved, sentiment has mani
tested itself in many quarters for id
ditiOnal mileage to be placed under
the direct supervision of the highway
Automobile clubs and
other organizations interested in
road improvements allege that thou
sands of miles of road on which the
travel is considerable are poorly and
wastefully maintained by inefficient
or Inadequate township forces and
ao11inTonOf
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
Shawnee

Rev. DR.. J. Franklin Bryan, minis
ter, will preach at Central Methodist
Protestant Church, Shawnee, next
Sunday at p. m. on the subject:
Shall We Know Our Loved Ones in
Heaven?" Sunday school will be held
at 2 p. m. The public is cordially in
vited to worship with us.
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
NUPTIALS
DAmJNS-DAVIS

Former State treasurer Thomas IN. N,
.wlins, of seaford, ana ,.o MIS-: rSarrieS AieS
Davis of Selbyville, were 4,,Iln,.,, nd%It!y@ 10
calvary M. E. Church, ia January P9baTt dUi
S27, at t. $50 80 p. m. by Rev: Re ;5;Od5aT ROTeFT
Eeech, in the presence OF, OF a so,. numDeT InanT
apa a5iGnGsi 5sId MTei very prominent place in in
eOwer Sussex and was ~ and the
the late John W. DAVIS c,saTies %nJ H n,
daughter of Mr.. and MRS; Cn9l1vI Paw1ins rs;
Hastings Of selbyville: MI Mr' tbe H"sta4s State
is we'll known THROUGHOUT ene oS +Teas. Teso
urer Of this dGEVst State Mr and Mrs rs EST F5sir
Inns have the best "isH0S
many friends.
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
MILFORD W. C. T. o.

The regular meeting Of the W. C.
T. U. will be held Tuesday evening,
January 25th at 1880 o'clock, at the
home Of Mrs. Georgia Pierce, Lake
avenue. Text word Evil"
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21

1t used to be that a senator's
troubles were over when he was
elected. But nowadays he has to
put on another campaign to get
seated
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21

Every time we get on our ear
llOmebody steps in our race
Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21

It is strange, but when a man sows
his wild oats he Just raises cain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

An oculist maintained before a Lon
don audience there is much more than
mere symbolism in the halo the ring
of light depicted about the heads of
the saints. Each one of us, he said
has an aura about him, and there are
those to whom these auras are visible.
And the Observer reminds us that in
a certain famous cathedral town the
parlor maid at the deanery had this
gift. She used to shudder, as she told
Miss Dean, when she opened the door
to one of the canons, well-known
figure of twenty years ago. His aura,
as she saw 1t, was of dirty purplish
color. splotched with spatches of bill
ious yellow. 1t Is curious to note that
one of the greatest blackguards that
ever lived, Benvenuto Cellini, claimed
the possession of a halo, "a resplen-
dent light above his head" which ap-
peared at dawn and sunset and
showed best when the grass was wet
with dew. Benvenuto considered that
this halo was signal mark of the
divine approval of his virtuous life.
but in this he must have been mis-
taken. If he had halo at all it must
have been worse than the canon's-
a sort of post-impressionist halo.-
Pierre Van Paassen, in the Atlanta
Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Nature in First Rank
as Great Illusionist

In his book, Romance of Geology"
Enos Mills records this strange tale
of mirage in western Utah:
LAS | looked, bighorn ram raised
his head like periscope through the
silvery surface of the lake. The re-
mainder of his body appeared to be
submerged in the water. For a few
seconds his head also went out Of
sight, then reappeared. "There was
a blur, and the next scene showed a.
ram, three lambs and two ewes, all
knee-deep in the shallow water of the
lake.
Shallow, short-lived lakes are COM
mon in the Great Basin. But how, a
moment before, had the ram showed
only his head, and where had been
the others of the flock which now
stood by him?
1.-THE ram walked forward a few
steps, stopped and turned his head.
AFTER few minutes the lake van
ished, but not the sheep. There on
the desert, correct for distance and
direction, stood the six sheep-a ram,
three lambs and two ewes-that had
been in the mirage scene.
Mortal magicians kindly make way
for Dame Nature, who Is after all the
real first-hand illusionist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Queer Dance of Birds

It is said that sailors visiting the
island of Laysan, in the Hawaiian
group, are greatly amused by the Curl
GUS antics of the Laysan albatross, or
gony. These birds sometimes perform,
In pairs, kind of dance or as the
sailors call 1t, "cakewalk." Two alba
trosses approach each other, nodding
and making profound bows. cross their
bills, produce swapping and grooming
sounds, rise on their toes, puff out
their breasts and finally part with
more nodding and bowling, only to
come together again and repeat the
performance. Occasionally three en-
gage at once in this singular amuse-
ment. The spectators are always inn
pressed with the extreme "politeness"
of the birds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Citizens Rout Bandits

For a very good reason one hears
less of the Observation-Disclosures
comitadjis these days, Formerly the
bands formed in Bulgaria and rode
across Macedonian southern Serbia to
Albania, plundering and levying trib-
ute on the Villagers as they galloped
through. They would rest while In
Albania. and then fight and plumber
their way back again to Bulgaria. The
Yugo-Slav government has organized
the villages to protect themselves.
Each village was asked if it wanted
arms Most of the villages answered
n the affirmative. Arms and ammu-
lition were distributed, land ser
seant was detailed to each village to
,rganize the defense. After a few
raids in which the comitadjis. had
,eavy losses. they gave up their ac-
,ivities. For some time all has been
iuiet in southern Serbia,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
BRITON IN REGION
TROD BY ALEXANDER
Seeks to Trace Route of
Great Conqueror.

In an endeavor to trace the route
followed by Alexander the Great when
he invaded India, the English ex-
plorer, Sir Aurel Stein, has succeeded
In penetrating region untrodden by
Europeans since Alexander's army
swept irto 1t more than 1900 years
ago.
Sir Aurel STEMS achievement,
which was beset with perils, crowned
efforts extending over more than 20
years. He has just divulged the first
part Of the record of his hazardous
trip, whichfwas undertaken on behalf
of the Indian archaeological survey
and with the sanction of the govern
ment of India, says the New York
Times.
1t took him to hitherto unvisited
tract of territory beyond the present
northwestern frontier of India through
which, according to him, Alexander
must have marched in 327 and 326 B.
G. when on his way from Kabul river
to invade the Punjab.
The first part of Sir Aurel's descrip-
ton is taken up largely with his
earlier efforts to penetrate this for
hidden land. Though he had tried for
a long time previously 1t was not uD-
til 1904 shat he succeeded in pene-
trating Part Of 1t and In being the
first European to ascend Mount Ma
haban Peak, which he hoped-in vain
to ideutfy with a mountain men,
toned in the ancient chronicle Of
Alexander's Indian campaign.
He continued his investigations in
1906, visiting territory which he felt
assured was traversed by the Mace
DOMAIN army. Further research, how.
ever, was prevented at that time by
the fact that the bulk Of the region
was still inaccessible to Europeans.
Sir Aurel kept up his efforts, never
theless, until in 1921 he again visited
the dangerous unknown frontier terri
tories, but he failed to reach the area,
along the Indus which he believed
Alexander had traversed, because the
Pathan Sribes there were engaged In
deadly feudc, making the journey al =.
together too perilous for European.
Finally the frontier region which
ne wished to visit came under. the
sway CT a strong ruler, grandson,
by the way, of that Akhoond of Swat
made famous years ago in a poem by
the American poet Lanigan. Aided.
by this potentate and the British In
dian authorities, Sir Aurel Stein was
enablee to explore what he terms the
Fascinating region" which before
had been closed to research. -.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Musical Forms

Fugue-A composition where the
melody is heard in one part and re-
peated in another according to GER
tain rules. Prelude-A short introduce
tory composition. Gavotte-An old
dance beginning on the third beat Of
the bar in common time. Sonata-A
musical composition Of three or four
movements, each complete in itself.
Choral Music-Music that Is sung
by voices, or distinguished from Or
chestra music, which is played by In
Struments. :" -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Granite Worn Smooth
BY Millions of Feet

Trails worn deep In the granite of
Sawtooth mountain, towering 1880
feet above sea level, tell the story to-
day Of hunting parties of primitive
man. says the Rocky Mountain News.
How many years these trails were in
the making even scientists have failed
to fix.
From earliest times these Colorado
mountains, now in the Cochetopa ma
tiOnal forest, were the hunting place
of man. Antelopes, deer, buffaloes
and elks existed in almost countless
numbers, while the stream abounded
with fish. Ages before the first white
man, Spaniard, in 1900, entered these
wilds man had hunted, and In the days
of this adventurous Spaniard up to
very recent years Indians swarmed
through this wonderful hunting
ground.
Trails across the mountains made
by moccasined feet still may be seen,
and those worn into the solid granite
of Sawtooth are mute evidence Of the
great lapse Of time since the first man
broke the way through the forest.
To the student vacationist these
trails have proved of vast interest,
as they have to scientists. They are
visible proof that man lived ia Colo
RADIO in the dim past-how far back
the anthropologist has not given even
a guess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Vacation Values

Some men need their vacation in
the summer, others in the winter
some need two weeks, others need
more; vacations should be planned
according to the requirements of the
individual person.
These are some conclusions that
were reached in one large marufac-
turing concern in which the health Of
the higher executives has been watched
over for the last six years by a ply
stefan. Causes of absence and Ill
ness were found to be related to the
duration and season Of the vacation.
The efficiency of the men increased
gratifyingly, as did their health, un-
der the new regime. whereby each
mans vacation was prescribed by the
physician.-New York World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Legal Subterfuge

For just one day, every seven years,
a fence is erected around a small tri-
angular plot of sidewalk in front of a
large office building in Atlanta, Ca,
in accordance with the state property
laws, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. They provide that land used for
public purposes for seven entire years
at stretch becomes the property of
the public. This particular piece is
privately owned and to prevent it's be-
coming part of the public's possess
sions, it is fenced off for one day, de-
feating the letter of the law and pre-
serving the owners title. A brass
plate in the walk bears the inscription
''private property"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
New Altitude Indicator

Eight times as sensitive as baron
ter. This is the claim made for d
Jew instrument which measures alti
udes above sea level. French phys
cists have invented this efficient
ethod, which involves heating wire
# resistance by passing an electric
.urrent through it. When steady
temperature has been produced. the
wire, if moved upwards, will become
.ooler owing to the lesser density of
the surrounding air. The instrument
IAN be carried by climbers. The drop
in temperature gives more accurate
index of the increase in altitude than
the ordinary pocket aneroid used by
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Dead Letters

Letters which are sent to the dead
letter Office in Washington are opened.
and when addresses are found in them
they are returned to the. senders.
When a check or money order is
found, but still no sufficient address,
the letter is returned to the post
Office of its origin. and inquiry il
made at the bank or money order
office. Parcel post matter or other
mail Of value which can neither be
delivered nor returned, for want OF
sufficient address, is sold by the Posi-
Office department. Other unbelievable
matter is finally destroyed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Reptiles Spit Poison
Into Ewes of Enemy

Snakes that spit poison are among
the interesting features of West AZ
RIGA, according to Lieut.. Col. A. Fl. w.
Haywood. zone of the eommonest
and most dangerous, although not
deadliest, Of snakes which inhabits
these regions Is the splitting adder"
he writes in his book, sport and
Service in Africa" "This species
seems to have peculiar Partially for
injecting his poison into the eye of his
victim. l imagine that the lights of
the eye attracts his aim in much the
same way as bull's-eye Of a target
acts as focus for the aim of the
marksman.
There are number of instances
on record where a dog has had his
eye blinded in this way. On one occa-
sion l remember it happening to a
w. A. A. F. officer. The incident was
as follows: The officer in question was
shooting bush fowl with friend up
country when he espied and promptly
shot snake as it was darling into
hole.
He stopped down to pull it out of
the hole, thinking it was dead. The
snake unfortunately was still alive
and spat it's poison into his eye. He
was instantaneously blinded. Had 1t
not been for the assistance of his
companion and the lucky proximity of
a doctor, it is more than likely he
would never have recovered his sight.
AS it was, he was confined to dark
room with bandaged face for some
ten days and endured great pain be-
fore the blindness began to pass off,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Had Ansuuer Ready

Little Paul Smith of Beech Grove
is three years old. A few days ago
his mother, busily engaged in the
kitchen, heard him pounding on some-
thing in the living room.
paul, what on earth are you do
ing?" she asked, sharply.
"I'm fixin' nails on the library ia.
ble."
"Well, stop 1t at once or I'll fix nails
on you"
why mamma, I got nails on me-
finger nails. "-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Significant Pause

The native genius of a Lancashire
man had carried him to big success in
business without much aid of edn:a-
ton.
He was asked to distribute tae
prizes at school. and made the usu n
speech of good counsel.
"Now, boys" he said. always re-
member that education is great
thing. There's nothing like education
Take arithmetic. Through education
we learn that twice two make four,
that twice six make twelve, that seven
sevens make and then there's
geography. Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Railroad "Joy Riding"

Among the early rules of the Bos-
ton & Lowell railroad was one stip-
ulating that mo engines will be taken
out on Sundays, except by permission
of the superintendent" This was
probably aimed at the ancient-and
contemporaries of joy riding. 1t was
the practice in those days for en-
gineers to get out their locomotives
and give their friends ride. There
were no Sunday trains then and
friends of the engineers thought it a
great treat to take pleasure rides on
the big iron harses. Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Study of Nature Made
Schools Special Work

The main object Of the study Of ma
ture In the Berkeley (Calif) ele-
mentary schools is to give each child
the opportunity Of becoming &C
Quainted with the simplest phases Of
plant and animal life, writes Clelia
Paroni, in Nature Magazine Of Wash
ington. This, the nature study teach
err says, keeps the pupil active, inter-
ested and looking for new aspects of
the life about him, and makes him
a happy and helpful member of his
group.
AS to nature study, Mrs. John D.
Sherman, president of the General
Federation of WomeHs clubs, says:
There is nothing but unanimity of
opinion among the women leaders of
the nation regarding the necessity of
teaching children to know, appreciate
and enjoy nature. 1t is due to every
child that his mind be opened to the
voices of nature; all his senses so
trained and adjusted that the world
will become alive to him."
4NotuAC nOAh 40 pdAL Va thC NAoco
work from the kindergarten to the
high sixth grade, Is minutes being
scheduled for it in the lower and 80
minutes In the upper grades. the teach
er says. Being correlated with Ian
guage, reading. geography, art, music,
and manual work, more than the al
Ioted time is often given to it.
In the lower grades the work con-
sists, as much as possible, of the OBJ
servation and study Of live forms of
plant and animal life, found in the
child's home environment.
Where classes are small enough and
where parks, hillsides, the university
campus, children's home gardens or
school gardens are located in the
neighborhood, field trips are taken.
These nature activities have been
found to greatly vitalize the other
subjects of the classroom, and teach
ers have admitted the greater interest
that pupils have shown in reading and
in oral and written language work
and have also acknowledged new
and happier interest on their own part
in their teaching work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Trial Marriages Ancient

pivorce-as-you-please marriages may
seem modern, but ancient Scotland's
"handfasting," referred to in Scotts
novel "Thc Monastery" was that kind
OF marriage. A man and woman
agreed verbally in the presence of wit
pesses, to live as man and wife. At the
end OF the year each might choose an
other mate, or call the priest to marry
them for life, or merely shake hands
on 1t and say pleased to meet you," or
something like that.-Capper's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Fre;ghter Unloads Itself

In marine equipment the tendency
to adopt electric drive throughout for
all auxiliary service as well as for
propulsion has been evidenced by the
construction of a self-unlOading hulk
freighter and dredge of the suction
and dipper type, each of the three
craft being the largest and most pow.
erful of its type. Improved auxii.
aries included new deck winches, ap.
tomato mooring winch apd an auto
matte towing machine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Gas Displaces Acetylene

BOTH apparatus and technic have
been recently evolved so that it is
possible to commercialize the use of
hydrogen and other gases in connec-
ton with electric welding. A method
has been developed whereby ordinary
illuminating gas could be substituted
for aeetlyene in plate cutting. riser
cutting in steel foundries and similar
work on scrap materials. While this
later achievement is not electrical, it
Is of considerable practical value to
the electric manufacturing industry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Relieped Site of Mizpah

Broken statuettes of the Babylonian
goddess Astarte against whose wor-
ship the prophet jeremiah warned the
Israelites, have been found by exca-
vators at Tell-en-Nasbeth, mound
situated on a hill seven miles north Of
Jerusalem. The excavators are con-
WINGED they have discovered the site
of the NIizpah Of Benjamin, one of the
greatest and most heavily fortified
citadels of pre-Exile days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15

A suburbanite was rushing along
the street in the direction Of the rai,.
way station when a friend joined
him.
"What's your hurry Williams'"
asked the friend.
II am trying to catch the = s..
train," replied Williams land do:.-t
know whether there is any $40 train
now or not. There has been a chane ="
Haven't you timetable in vnir
pocket?"
"Yes. but If I stop to look a, t.,
and that train is still on. ri mis- 1,
by ten seconds!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Lily In the Desert

A member of the lily family Is the
Joshua tree, a true desert growth.
Gaunt and twisted, growing usually in
twos and threes, these trees seem to
be neither tree nor shrub-too stunted
to be the first and two grotesque to
be the last. Many of them are black
ened by fire. Some are retted down
and broken of, They serve as bon
fires for desert wanderers. although
sagehrush and greasewood are more
easily gathered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Veteran Barber

Philip Seidensticker of Galveston,
Texas, who asserts he is the oldest
active harher In Texas, celebrated his
eightieth birthday by putting a smart
IhoyiSh boh> on the head of a 1927
model fiapper Seidensticker says
that in addition to doing tonsorial
work for members * the youngeF gen
GRAFTON. his customers have included
governors, generals, bishops and prize
hghters.-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-15
Relics of Bronze Age

While widening a road near Lon
don, England, workmen disclosed
circular area, obviously artificial, COW
cred by a setting of rough stones.
After measurements had been taken 1t
became clear that the remains were
the foundation of round cairn of the
Bronze age, probably some 1000 years
old, and long ante-dating the Roman
fort situated few hundred yards to
the southeast. ~