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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Bees Proved to Haze
Keen Sense of Color

Flowers attract insects by both color
and odor, while form, and such mark
ings as stripes or dots, also help to
guide the visitors, in the opinion of in
vestigators for the Carnegie institute.
who have conducted series of tests
at the Pixies Peak laboratory for nine
years. They discovered that blue is
the most popular color among bees and
other insects, red the least. Even
when blue flowers were turned upside
down, the bees eagerly sought them.
Many humble bees were baffled by the
new position and found difficulty In
mastering the problem of slipping nee.
tar from the inverted blossoms. Bees
showed evidence Of the best memory,
recalling places, odors, shapes and col.
ors and knowing the time Of day when
the nectar flows. They never touched
orange lotus blossoms, seeming to
realize that the nectar stopped flowing
after the flower had changed from vel
low to orange. Fragrance attracted in
sects of various kinds from a distance,
but color only within a radius Of about
thirty feet.-Popular Mechanics Maya.
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
TO HELP "BEDI TICK"

To help "Bedi Tick" a resident OF
North East has sent $25 to Potomac
Division Headquarters, Near East
Relief, 1884 Connecticut avenue
Washington, D. c. The contributor
writes, that, although he has to sup
port an aged mother, and that he
aids other charities, he feels, al
,hough his means are limited, that
he must send the contribution for
Bedi Tick.
And who is Bedi Tick? She. is
explains Harold F. Pellegrin, Poto-
mac Division Director, an Armenian
child, now not quite fifteen, who was
picked up by the Near East Relief in
Beirut after the father had died OF
yphus and the mother had starved
n the streets. Now not yet fifteen
with a lovely character, lovely
ace, an appeal was made for hel
and other orphans by Mr.. Pellegrin
so she would not have to go bacl
into the streets for lack of funds, as
she was among those who must be
selected II some children must have
gone out from the orphanage be
cause of her age. 1t was in answer
this appeal that the North East
contributor sent in the donation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
i FINE FOR CHIMNEY FIRES

At least one community in the
'nited States has adopted a novel
method of attempting to combat the
rowing tendency toward frequent
Kinney fires, due largely to neg.ec'
4 having chimneys kept clean and
rec from infiammable filth.
A fine" of ten dollars is imposed
pom each individual home owner
here chimney fire occurs to
which the volunteer department
must respond. The fine" is impos
ID only in instances where the fire is
sxtinguished without loss by the
bremen.
The theory is that 1t costs a fire
company quite few dollars to re-
spond to each alarm. Alarms fol
Kinney fires are almost always du,
to neglect on the part of owners.
The ten dollar fine" does the doub
'e service of making chimney sweep
ing more popular. and also helps
swell the exchequer of the depart
ment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
HEALTH on THE AIR

DR.. John S. Fulton, Director OF
State Department of Health, calls
attention to the program for the
health talks that are broadcast each
week from station WCAO, Balti1
more, and urges all who are inter-
ested in personal or in community
health to tune in on them. The
talks are given every Monday night
from 7:1O to 1925 under the auspic-
es of the Committee on Public In
struction of the Medical and Chirur-
gical Faculty-the State Medical
Society,"
The first talk in the series, which
is a continuation OF the plan begun
in 1925, was given on January Is,
by DR.. ]. H. M Knox, Jr., Chief OF
the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the
State Department OF Health, and
was on Child Hygiene" "Protec
ton of the Mind of the Child" the
subject for January %, will be dis
cussed by Dr. Esther l.. Richards,
Associate in Psychiatry at the Johns
Hopkins Medical School.
The provisional schedule for the
next two months follows:
Whooping Cough, DR.. Benjamin
rappan, Medical Director of the
Baltimore Babies Milk Fund Associ
alton, January 30.
Protecting the Health OF the
school Child, DR.. r. H. Riley, Chief
Of the Bureau of Communicable
Diseases of the State Department OF
Health, February 6.
Diphtheria, DR.. G. Hampson Jones
Commissioner of Health OF Balti-
more City, February ID.
Tonsils and Adenoids, DR.. Ray.
mond Mckenzie, Instructor in Nose
and Throat Diseases at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, February 27.
Toxic Goitre, DR.. W. F. Rienhof
Instructor in Clinical Surgery at the
Johns Hopkins Medical School
March 5.
Emergencies in Nose and Throat
Practice, DR.. E. N. Broyles, Instruc-
,or in Laryngology at the Johns
Hopkins Medical School, March II
The talks will be continued week
ly and announcement will be made
atef of the program for the rest OF
Ghe season.
1 The officers of the State Medica
Society are: President, DR.. Pere
crime Wroth, Jr., Hagerstown; Vice
President, DR.. T. A. Chatard. DIR
Robert T. Miller, Baltimore and DR.
f. B. Hines, Chestertown; Secre
tary, DR.. John T. King, Jr., Balti
more; Treasurer, DR.. Charles Emf
3rack, Baltimore.
/ The members of the Committee OF
Public Instruction are: DR.. j. H
". Knox, Jr., Chairman, DR.. JOSEPH
~. Bloodgood, DR.. Z, Hampsor
Zones, DR.. William A. Bridges, al
of Baltimore and DR.. John L. Riley
Snow Hill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Age-Old Difference
Ouer Welsh Emblem

The custom Of wearing the leek by
Welshmen on st. David's day has been
variously accounted for. In the 'Festa
Anglo Romano" we are told that 1t is
worn in memory Of a great victory
obtained by the ancient Britons, who
lived in the Welsh region, over the
Saxons, they, during the battle, hav-
ing leeks in their hats for their mill
tary colors and distinction of them
selves.
Other accounts say that when fight
ing under their King Cadwallo on a
field near Hethfield Cor Hatfield
Chase) in 633 A. D., in which that
vegetable was growing, they won an
other victory and in jubilation they
uprooted the leeks, stuck them in
their hats and then returned home.
The custom has certainly remained
since that date. as can be seen at any
international sporting gathering with
which Wales is concerned. The daft
fodil is largely superseding the leek in
favor as the Welsh emblem.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Pond Recalls Many
Memories of Th0re01

For some two years and three
months Thoreau lived beside Walden
pond, and walden" is probably the
best known and most characteristic OF
his works. At the time the era of
snobbery in nomenclature began I'm
Massachusetts and turned so many good
old ponds into "lakes," Walden pond
was duly made Lake" Walden. 1t
is about mile south of Concord and
must look as Thoreau used to see it,
the New York Times tells us.
The scenery Of Walden Is on hum
Bile scale. and, although very beauti-
full, does not approach to grandeur,
nor can 1t much concern one who has
not long frequented it or lived by its
shore; yet this pond is so remarkable
for its depth and purity as to merit a
particular description. 1t Is a clear
and deep green well, half a mile long
and mile and three-quarters in cir.
conference, and contains about gig
acres; perennial spring In the midst
Of pine and oak woods, without any
visible inlet or outlet except by the
clouds and evaporation. The surround
ing hills rise abruptly from the water
to the height of 40 to 80 feet, though
on the southeast and east they attain
to about $50 feet respectively within
a quarter and third of mile. They
are exclusively woodland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
GOVERNMENT A PROTECTOR OR
A TYRANT

Taxes exist because it is necessary
to maintain government. If we adj
NIT the necessity and usefulness of
having government, then we must
also admit that it is our duty to
maintain our government. Taxa
ton is the indispensable means OF
supporting government. Govern
meht, generally speaking, earns no
income. Somebody has produced or
saved every penny that goes into
the Golfers OF public revenue.
AS government may requisition
the lives of it's citizens, SO too it can
requisition their fortunes for the
public service. Taxes can only be
justified when they are levied for
useful and necessary objects Of gov
eminent, and applied economically
and wisely to such purposes. I'm
less these conditions are fulfilled,
taxation degrades into a state of vir-
tual robbery under the guise of law.
1.-THE power of tax is the power to
Destroy" and as such it is one OF the
most pervading powers of the gov
eminent, because it reaches all clas-
ses of people. Our only safeguard
against the abuse of this power lies
in the structure of our government.
President Coolidge has said, "A
government which lays taxes on peo
pie not required by urgent necessity
and sound public policy is not a pro
tector of liberty, but an instrument
of tyranny" Government must not
forget that the people have right
to their property and to the money
whic hthey save-The Tax Digest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Judicial Sarcasm

One Of the best bits Of judicial sar.
casm on record was presented by the
late Judge K. M. Wanamaker of the
Ohio Supreme, court, who differed with
his colleagues in revolver case. He
declared that If 1t is crime for resi-,
dents to have weapons in their homes.
then large percentage Of the people
of the state are criminals.
"The only safe course for them to
pursue" he said, "is to hang the re-
volver on the wall and put below it a
large placard with these words In
scribed:
The Ohio Supreme court having
decided that it is a crime to carry a
concealed weapon on ones person, in
ones home, even In ones bed or bunk,
this weapon is hung upon the wall tina:
you may see 1t, and before you commit
any burglary or assault, please, Mr..
Burglar, hand me my gum
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
DAIRY HERDS IMPROVE AS RE.
suit OF TESTING

Maryland dairymen who have held
tions and have therefore been able
to secure a record of each cows pro-
ductiwe capacity have steadily inn
proved on their herds, according to
figures compiled by j. A. Conover,
dairy specialist for the University of
Maryland Extension Service.
There were eight COW testing as
socations in operation in Maryland
during the past year. Some of them
have been in operation for many
years and comparison of figures
shows that productive capacity of
the herds has steadily increased.
In Allegany county there were
279 cows belonging to members OF
the COW testing association in 1920
and the average production was s.
$50 pounds of milk and 221 pounds
of butterfat ger COW. At the end of
the past year of the associations
by members and the milk production
per COW had risen to 6,449 pounds
while the butterfat production has
increased to 274 pounds.
In Baltimore county the associa-
lion started in 1911 with 1882 cows
which produced on an average dur
ing the first year 4,498 pounds OF
milk and 204 pounds of butterfat
During 1927 there were only 247
COWS belonging to mem bers but the
average production per COW had
Jumped to $500 pounds OF milk and
,01 pounds of butterfat
In Hartford county an association
was begun in 1912 with Ats cows
which set yearly production of A.,
$50 pounds of milk and 235 pounds
If buterfat per cow, In 1926 there
we're 722 cows under test in associa
ions with an average yearly produc
ton of 6,197 pounds. of milk and
281 pounds of butterfat.
An association was started in
Frederick county in 1918 with 2O7
cows under test. Average yearly
pei CIV was WOW
pounds of milk and 253 pounds O
butterfat. In 1927 the number OF
cows has increased to 213 while the
production per cow had jumped tt
1886 pounds of milk and 2S2 pound
of butterfat.
In Talbot county in 1915 there
we're ia cows under test In the as
ISOLATION. Average production for
that year was 4,505 pounds OF mill
and 1913 pounds of butterfat, per
cow. In 1925, the last year of rec
ord, 100 cows in the association es
ablished yearly production aver.
lge of ,6,S73 pounds OF milk and 277
| pounds of butterfat.
| In those counties where associa
ions have been operating for mum
DER of years. says Mr.. Conover, the
average production Of the cows il
he county has been increased. This
is not entirely due to the work OF
the association, he points out, but
can be attributed in part to the valu.
able facts revealed by testing herd
regularly and Systematically.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
THE NEW REGIME ON THE FARM

During the years from 1920 to
1925 the number of horses in the
United States decreased about rs
per cent. At the same time, the
number of tractors in use increased
almost 100 per cent. The new reg
ime on the farm had begun in earn
est.
The obvious duties of the tractor,
bodybuilding, blowing and like hard
work, were quickly appreciated. Its
variety Of new uses seem endless.
1t has become an integral part OF
logging CAMPS, it carries supplies
across difficult country, it digs ir
CATION bitches, and moves HOUSES
The back breaking task OF tNAns
planting celery has been made. easy;
and recently it has been usedE helI
in the determination of grasShoppers
Ones-of the most efticiagf instru.
ments of war has become The tool-of
all-work of peace. Our great me.
chanical age could be proud had il
produced only the tractor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
REMEMBER THE BIRDS

Cast your bread upon the bach
steps and it will return unto you at
er days. That is, if you throw ou
your crumbs to the birds and keel
hem alive through the dread winter
when the ground is covered with
snow and the birds cannot forage
Tor themselves, they will pick thu
worms from your cherry trees anc
rose bushes when the good old sum
ner time arrives, and thus pay yol
lack. Besides this they will wake
You at sunrise with their gloriou.
spring mathis.
Birds come to know who will make
good landlords. Once they get the
habit of loving your yard, they are
likely to take up quarters there veal
after year, they and their tribe
You can make your place Lowell.
bird haven.
II you want to be real hospitable
Suild bird shelf outside the kitch
en- window, with a southern expos
IRE, or set box out ON the snow
Scatter food over the top of the. bo,
and on the inside and you will hay,
he feathersd guests coming to pay
you a visit.
Suet. cracked nuts, seeds, grains
and crumbs make nice bird ban
quet. Warm water is also treat t.
them when the grounds frozen anc
no water to be found.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Flute Players NeUer
Popular ns Neiphbors

Flute playing appears to have gone
out Of fashion and It has been sug-
gested that this Is because Of the de-
nunciation that the instrument has re-
ceived from the pens Of eminent writ
ers. Violinists and pianists sometimes
figure in fiction as heroes and heroines.
but performers upon the flute are gen.
orally introduced into novels only as
comic or unpleasant characters, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
At least three comic characters of
Dickens were flute players: Dick
Swiveller, who took to it as ''good,
sound. dismal occupation and was
consequently requested to remove him
self to another lodging; Mr.. Nell, the
schOolmaster, who made the most
dismal sounds I ever heard produced
by any means, natural or artificial"
and the young gentleman at Mrs. Tod
gers musical party who "blew his
melancholy into the flute"
Bulwer-Lytton wrote of a clever
schOolboy who "unluckily took to the
flute and untitled himself for the pres
ent century," and Charlotte Bronte
represents "inept curates" as perform
ing upon it. Then there was also
Goethe. who summed up the case
against the flute thus: There is
scarcely more melancholy suffering
to be undergone than what is forced
upon us by the neighborhood of an in
cipient player on the flute"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
POOR ECONOMY

Volunteer firemen in small west
ern town threaten to disband and
leave the town unprotected, because
the voters refused their requests for
a pumper and adequate equipment.
A good fire department is one of the
most important units in community
life. The firemen sacrifice their
time, their clothes and their physi-
cal safety, to save their neighbors
from fire loss. No collective invest
ment pays as great returns as ade-
quate fire fighting equipment; the
least that any taxpayer can do is to
some through when the fire-boys Of
fer to put their lives against a few
dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

Sincerity is the foundation. With
out this rare but basic element, all that
follows will be insecure. Emerson
once said. what you are speaks so
loud. l cannot hear what you say"
One of the prophets said. 1.-THE show
of their countenance maketh them
known" A mans real self rings out
in his voice, peers out through his
eyes, and stamps itself upon his face,
bearing. attitude and all that he does
and says. Value sincerity. You may
not conform to the ideas of others, but
whatever set principles you select as
your invisible code, be true to them,
believe in them and exemplify them
Psychology Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
The Button in History

The button is a product of modern
civilization. since the ancient people
did not have any such form of hold
ing their clothes together. They were
first used for ornamental purposes.
The next step was the use of the but
ton and loop. the buttonhole being last
in the development. Buttons were first
employed In southern Europe in the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries.
Their manufacture in England did not
commence NTH the reign of Elizabeth.
The earliest mention of the button
hole in literature occurs In the year
1861. While mems outer garments are
still made with buttons and button
holes. the trend of the present is away
from such fastenings. Almost all wom-
ems clothes and many mems under
garments are now made without but
tons.
Beware of the man whose story
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Work With Hands and Feet

Craftsmen who fashion trinkets
with their hands and feet still thrive
In and around the Great Bazaar, a little.
tomhlike city of its own on one Of the
seven hills of STEAMBOAT. Turkey. Cop
per and iron smiths hammer out their
wares in small recesses along the miles
of arcades in the great. irregular stone
building that Is dark, smelly and dusty
with the dust of centuries. Wood
workers in booths around this building
use bare foot and one hand to hold
their cutting chlsel in turning objects
on small lathes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

Reports on gasoline taxes show
that the District of Columbia and all
but four of the States levied gaso-
line taxes in the first six months OF
this year ranging from l cent to as
high as cents gallon. The total
of taxes collected after allowing for
100000 collected from users OF
refunds was slightly more than
nearly 1000, 100000 gallons of gas
oline. The four States that did not
tax gasoline--Illinois, Massachusetts,,
New York, and New Jersey--are es-
timated to have consumed $4,000
900 gallons, bringing the total gas
oline consumption used for motor
vehicles in the first six months to
nearly 5000, 100000 gallons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
Anxious Seat

"Old Lem Sawyer is in heck Of q
fix"
"HOw so?"
swell, he managed to marry a wild
der lady. and has just found out that
her first husband was a gent he had
helped to lynch about two months ago.
He amt discovered yet whether she
don't know it or just hatchery mar
ried him out Of revenge. But. either
way, he is expecting something to hap
pen any minute. Angeles Times
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

The Baltimore bar would like to
see the Supreme Bench and the Unit
ed States District Court judges wear
robes, according to a resolution
adopted by the executive COMMITTEES
of the Baltimore City Bar Associa
ton. The committee unanimously
recommended to the judges that
they seriously consider the wearing
of judicial robes when sitting in
court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

This world would be a paradise
if every man were as good as he ex-
poets his neighbor to be. The trouble
is we see the faults of others quicker
than we see our own. Introspection
is more profitable than Inspection
Grit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

For the past two seasons of trap
ping, the fur catch in this country
has declined at an alarming rate.
The 1925-26 catch was 20 per cent
less than in the previous year and in
the 1926-1927 season the decline was
even greater.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

No Nation in the world can show
as large percentage of its people
so well fed, wholesomely amused and
fully employed, as can the United
States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

When delivery is late, a good
excuse is even more irritating than
a bad one-a good excuse leaves no
outlet for anger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

The more tritiing the man the
more patent pencils and fountain
pens he seems to carry around in his
vest pocket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27
LINE AND PARAGRAPH

Federal-aid road projects complet-
ed during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1927, increased by more
than $500 miles, the mileage of i'm
proved roads in the Federal-atd
total length of roads improved with
highway system, and brought the
Federal assistance up to 64,2uY
miles.
| If the dairy herd is culled inteili-
gently on the basis of individual cow
records, if the remainder are fed ac-
cording to known production, and II
only good purebred sires are used,
almost any dairy herd, regardless OF
its condition at the start, will event
ually Lle raised to a plane OF so
production. Successful dairyingH
ponds on many factors. Among
these, culling is one of the most i'm
portant. Z
Among the succulent roughages
pasture and silage are of the mot
Importance. Dairy cows always 10
better in early summer when the
grass is plentiful and green. Be-
cause of the nqtriments and succu-
lence that it provides, silage is the
most economical winter substitute
for pasture grass. Good cows viii
produce more and therefore cheaper
milk if given silage or. so--.o o,irar
succulent feed during the winter.
A daily ice service was inaugural
ed last spring. throughout the ONO
River Basin by the u. S, Weather
Bureau. II includes the larger tr4b-
utaries of the Ohio, the Missouri
River east of Kansas City and The
Mississippi River from the mouth OF
Missouri to the mouth of lhs ONO
River. The Information received
and the forecasts issued WA ~
broadcast by ! radio, published in
river bulletinsl weather maps, news
papers, and te4ephoned to look mast
ers along tha Ohio River. Special
reports of theb formation of Ice gro
ges will be made.
If complete water-supply system
Tor the farm home is not within
reach it is possible to tighten the
housewives burden to very mater
ial degree by Installing an elevated
barrel system lat small expense In
this barrel iE placed on shell or
platform somewhat above the level
of the kitchenl sink. The water is
supplied to the barrel by pipe from
the force pump at the we'll. fhe
water from the barrel flows into the
kitchen by gravity. II complete
water supply system cannot be instaix
led at once, RURAL engineers recon-
mend the "step-by-step" or one-unit-
at-a-time plani of installation in
which one unik is purchased one
year and added to the next.
At least onca during the year r.
competent Veterinarian should
amina the fact horses or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

About the only things some people
are able to save are trading stamps
cigar cupons and tinfoil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

The average pedestrian has what
you might call fleeing chance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

We always iii
are kind to dos
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

Beware of the man whose story
sounds TOO good.