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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25
Agricultural Notes

II you are buying fiaxseed, be sure
to get disease-resistant strain.
go
II there is land on the farm that is
too poor or rough to cultivate, one
may establish woodlot.
80
Only the best potatoes pay to ship
when surplus of tubers exists in the
country. Feed the lower-grade stun
to live stock.
1t costs just as much to raise a 40
bushel crop as one that yields so
bushels SO why not plant your farm
to adapted varieties?
Growing tomatoes by the staked
method for ordinary late summer
market or for the canning factory is
entirely out of the question.
Sanitation as means of control for
diseases of both pigs and chickens, is
being advocated as the nearest thing
to "sure fire" that has yet been dis
covered.
Millet makes very good hay for
cattle. It is not desirable for horses.
Use common millet. Sow after dan
ger Of frost is past, about 20 pounds
per acre.
Rape may be sOwn at the rate Of
three to four pounds per acre in rows,
or five to six pounds broadcast. WhereA
rainfall is limiting factor the
mum row seeding is preferable.
Cutworms are among the most trou-
blesome insects with which the gar
dener and the farmer have to deal.
Their principal damage is done in the
spring when they cut off young plants
at or near the surface Of the ground.
Cut worms are not difficult to con-
troll. The most effective and most
practical method Is to poison them
with poisoned bran mash.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25
Shadows Beckon
+ Boys in Blue
U.s.

Memorial day, originally designated
as a day when the survivors of those,
grand armies which battled from 81
to '65 to save nation should call to
memory their comrades who had
passed on before them to the eternal
shores, has become a national day,
when all Americans pay loving tribute
to their dead.
Memorial day comes with banners
draped in emblems of mourning, and
the music of muffied drums. The sur
vivors Of those armies-and alas, how
few they are-with trembling limbs
ard faltering steps wend their way to
the various cemeteries, and there drop
a flower, and perchance tear on the
sod which covers those who marched
with them, who fought with them, who
suffered hardships with them.
How few, indeed, are those sur
vivors! Since Memorial day one year
ago more than 10000 have gone to the
echoless shore. In few years, a very
few years, taps will have been sound
ed for the last Of them. Some Of
those surviving are treading Close to
the century mark; the very youngest
has outlived the three-score and ten
allotted years.
There may yet be some who stood
on Little Round Top and beat back
that magnificent charge Of Picket,
sending the hope of the South into the
shadow Of starless gloom. Here may
be few who fought with Hooker in
that battle above the clouds, or who,
without waiting for orders, in fact,
over the protests Of their officers
climbed the rugged sides of Missionary
ridge and broke in twain the army Of
Bragg. There are still a few who
marched with Sherman in that grand
military parade from Atlanta to the
sea, or rode with Sheridan in that last
wild dash to head Lee and his retreat
ing troops at Appomattox.
In total they are but few, and soon
all will be gone, aud only history and
memory left-history telling of objects
accomplished, a nation saved and
made glorious, memory of heroism. de-
votion, exalted patriotism and then,
too often. neglect by the nation they
had saved. To the dead, in the lam
guage of the poet
What is worth living for is worth dy-
ing for, too;
And therefore all honor, brave heart!
unto you
Who have fallen, that Freedom, more
fair by your death,
A pilgrim, may walk where your blood
on her path
Leads her steps to your graves!
Let them babble above you!
Sleep we'll! where no breath Of detrac-
ton may move you!
And the peace the world gives not IL
yours AT the last!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25
Of solemn exercises in memory Of the
soldier, sailor and marine dead.
General Wheelerss story

GSH6Tdt WUSGtSB . 0sSty
Arlington cemetery is preserved for
those who have fought for the nation,
and the names of the Union officers
of the Civil war are to be found per-
petuated in the amphitheater. But
there is one Confederate officer who
rests in an Arlington grave, Gen. Joe
Wheeler, who did rot allow one-time
allegiance to the Stars and Bars to
keep him from fighting under the Stars
and Stripes in the Spanish war. Yet
even as he watched his men in battle
at San Juan hill, old memories Of Con-
federate days returned, causing an
amusing situation.
General Wheeler, at the inception Of
the Spanish war, was commissioned
by President Mckinley. who is re-
ported to have said: Joe, old boy,
am glad to hand it to you; but love
you too well for you to so down there
and die OF yellow fever"
Unfortunately, President McKinIey's
words partly came true, for General
Wheeler was taken down with ma
laria. But the old soldier wouldn't
stay down when San Juan hill was
fought over. He broke away from the
nurse and doctors, Communicated an
ambulance and was taken up to the
staff officers watching the fight through
field glasses. "Old Joe" grabbed his
binoculars and intently watched the
battle. AS the American forces
achieved victory, he broke into
''rebel YELL"
Just see how the d--n Yankees
runi" shouted General Wheeler, car
ried back to stirring days more than
thirty years before. The staff officers,
fearful that something must have gone
wrong and at loss to account for
Wheeler's words, were Mortified.
Explanation in Order.
"What was that, generalY' some one
asked him. KS
"Just see the d-n Yankees runw he
repeated. shouting with jubilation be-
fore realization of his words sank
home. Remembering the time and
place, "Old joe" slightly red in the
face, checked his excitement and be-
came very gruff.
BEG pardon" he said, II meant
the Spanish dons." Everyone roared
with laughter. including the general.
General Wheeler, those who fought
with, and against him, and in the last
conflict of the nation are the men
honored today. The observance of Me-
mortal day long ago passed into the
hands of the general public from the
nurturing Of the G. A. r., although
that body Of veterans and their asso-
ciated women's organizations have I'M
ceasingly done their snare to promote
the occasion. Today the youth OF the
American Legion carries on the work
. OF the older boys in Blue-and those
in Gray, who gave beginning to Amer
ica's own day for reverence of her
heroic dead.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25
Some Questions
to Ask Farmer
Find Strong and Weak
Points in Farm System
and Make Changes.


prepared by the United states Department
of Agriculture)
Mr.. Farmer, ask yourself these
questions. If you can answer all of
them accurately and satisfactorily you
are probably prosperous and contented
with your lot. If not-well, try to
answer them anyhow.
What is the size of your farm busi-
ness?.
What part of your investment isl
land, buildings, live stock, machine
and other capital?
Are your crops properly propor-
) toned for. greatest returns?
Compare Yields.
How do your crop yields compare
with the average yields of the local.
ity?
What classes of live stock return
You the most money?
How do the returns from your live
stock compare with the average Of
your locality? :
How many acres of crops do you
raise per man? Per horse?
Is your farm so organized that each
part of the business is yielding satis-
factory returns?
How much have you left for your
own labor after deducting from your
total receipts your expenses, value Of
labor performed by members of your
family, and interest on your invest
ment?
How much does the farm contribute
toward your family living?
Strong and Weak Points.
Farmers Bulletin No. 1139-F, pub
lished by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is designed to
help you answer these questions intel
ligently. Then if the answers are not
satisfactory you can more readily find
the strong and weak points in your
system Of management and make such
changes that the answers next year to
the same questions will prove more
satisfactory. This bulletin includes
blanks for the compilation of an
analysis Of the farm business as a
whole and in its parts, and the au-
thors explain how the spaces may be
filled and the summaries made. 1t is
mailed on request to the Department
Of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25

Memorial day. when America halts
to place it's tribute by the graves of
those who died that liberty might live.
was first set aside for public -observ-
ance in 1868. Known then as "Decora-
tion day." ii was promulgated by the
Grand Army of the Republic for the
decoration and adornment of the Union
soldiers graves, aud in that year gen.
orally confined to participation by the
ex-s0ldiers and survivors Of the dead.
But it was the sorrow and remem-
brance of the Confederaey that in
spired this action that has given the
nation a day set apart to the brave
who fell in the Spanish. and World
wars, as well as the Civil war heroes.
ON cold. raw day in March, 1863,
little party left the national capital
to visit the battletields around Rich
mond. The instigator and leader Of
the group was Col. Charles 1. Wilson,
a Chicago editor of that time. and with
him were his niece. fiancee. and Mrs.
John A. Logan. They rode from one
SStAc VI utSOidtlUu " dAVtutIs tOucuSu
by the poverty of the region,
once the proud capital Of the Con-
federacy. And above all they noticed
the numberless Confederate graves,
most of them decorated with faded
flowers and bunting.
Returning to Washington, the Rich
mond pilgrims went to the rooms of
Gen. John A. Logan, then commander
of the G. A. r., who had been unable
to accompany his wife on the trip be-
cause = the pressure of congressional
business. The war-torn country about
Richmond was described to him; the
rows of graves, each marked by some
loving hand, now covered by q gentle
snow that, nevertheless, could not dim
the tokens of devotion left upon them.
Resolves On an Order.
.The Greeks and Romans" said
General Logan, ''in the day of their
glory, were wont to honor their hero
dead by chaplets Of laurelsand flowers,
rs well as bronze and stone" And
he added that this thought should be
carried over to the United States. 1t
could be done, he believed, by the is
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suance Of an order from him, as COM
mander-in-chief of the G. A. r., to the
posts established throughout the
North.
General Logan Immediately set
about writing the order and the fol-
lowing night called a meeting of the
G. A. r. STAFF officers in his rooms at
the old Willard hotel, Washington,
where the order he had written was
submitted for their approval. The
STAFF was unanimous in agreement
and not long thereafter "Order No.
IL" was broadcast from G. A. r. head
quarters all over the country. In part
It read:
.'The thirtieth day Of May, 1868, is
designated for the purpose of strew-
ing with flowers, or otherwise decorat-
ing the graves of comrades who died
in defense of their country during the
late Civil war. and whose bodies now
lie In almost every city. village. ham
let. and churchyard in the land.
1T is the purpose of the command
er-in-chief to inaugurate this observ-
ance with the hope that it will be
kept up from year to year, while a
survivor of the war remains to honor
the memory of his departed COM
rades..'
Day Widely Celebrated.
When May 80, 1868, came, the ma
ton responded to the idea of Me-
mortal day. Vast throngs of widows
and orphaned children visited the
cemeteries, while The G. A. r. posts
paraded through city and village
streets to solemn music. In June of
that year General Logan introduced
the following resolution in congress:
'Resolved, that the proceedings Of
the different cities, towns, ETC., recent
" held in commemoration Of the gal
liant heroes who have sacrificed their
lives in defense of the republic, and
the record of the ceremonial yef the
decoration of the honored tombs of
the departed, shall be collected and
bound, under the direction of such
person as the speaker shall designate,
for the use of congress"
The resolution was adopted unan-
imously, and beginning with the next
year the Importance of Decoration, or
Memorial. day grew, until it is now
observed all over the nation. Cen
eral Logan, when the thought of such
a day came to him, compared 1t to
the Greek and Roman customs, and
the closest approach to Memorial day
found in European countries today is
the custom of burning candles for the
dead in the "All-hallow Eve" festival.
Among the most impressive cere-
monies thatltake place is the placing
of floral Freaths by the President on
the tembs of the officers in Arlington.
These wreaths, of artificial palm
leaves, entwined with a few blooms,
are accompanied by executive cards
signifyings the gratitude of a nation
for those who died in her service.
Long streamers Of red. white and blue
ribbons float from each wreath. The
Arlington amphitheater is the scene
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25
To Those Who Fought
With princess Pats"

A gracious recognition to the Amer
leans who fought and fell in the Ca
madam ranks in the World war is
that accorded by the Dominion gov
ernment which appropriated funds
for the erection of memorial. How
many thousand Americans enlisted in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
EIGHT SAILORS INJURED
IN ITALIAN SHIP BLAST

BY the Associated Press
BEAUMONT, Tex, June 25.-Eight
Italian sailors were in a hospital here
last night. two possibly fatally injured.
as the result of an explosion on board
the italian tanker Capena as she lay at
the Magnolia Petroleum Co.'S docks.
Vincent d'Alba, ships cook, who was
standing watch at the time of the en-
plosion, and another of the sailors were
In a critical condition The other six
in the hospital we're expected to re-
cover Fumes from gasoline loaded in
two matches became ignited and the
wind carried a sheet of flame into the
forward quarters of the sleeping crew
which Mrs. Bauer lived is an old frame
structure. police were told that she
owned the practically new brick houses
on either side of that occupied by her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
FINDS WOMAN DEAD
IN LOCKED HOUSE
Policeman Discovers Body of
Mrs. Margaret Bauer-Cor-
oner investigates.

Notified by an employe of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. that he was un-
able to gain entrance to 3540 Rock
Greek Church road. Policeman c. N.
House today went to that address and
found the body of Mrs. Margaret M.
Bauer
1t was necessary for House to force
open window in order to gain en-
trance to the premises. Newspapers
found on the front porch dated June
IS, indicated she had been dead since
that time.
Police were told that Mrs Bauer has
lived alone in the house since the death
of her husband. Jacob M. Bauer, some
time within the past year. Her three
children, two daughters and one son,
have been dead for several years, 1t was
said.
Coroner ]. Ramsay hewitt preceded
the arrival of Lieut.. Edward Kelly OF
the Detective Bureau homicide squad
and announced that he would issue
certificate of death due to natural
causes. A son-in-law. E. r. Zeal, 1868
Eighteenth street. agreed to take charge
of the body and have it prepared for
burial
Zeal told investigators that Mrs. Baur
was an orphan before her marriage, her
near living relatives being some cousins
who live in Baltimore and whose name
he thinks is "Klessener."
When House entered the house he
found canary bird in a cage in The
kitchen. The bird was near a state of
collapse from lack of food, but quickly
revived when placed In the fresh air
and given food and water.
A number of valuable papers, includ-
ing bonds, stocks and bankbooks. Ve"e
found in a drawer in buffet in the
dining room Although the house in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
MANUSCRIPT is SOLD

BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA June 25.-The
original manuscript of Lewis CarrnllS
"Alice's Adventures Under Ground,
later published as "Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland" has been sold with
other items of his for $l50,000 to
we'll known American collector, who
wishes his identity to remain secret.
The sale was made known by DR.
A. S. w Rosenbach of this city who
bought the manuscript in London or
April % Rosenbach paid $4,000, said
to have been the highest price ever
paid for a single book or manuscript
at auction in England.
presentation copy of first issue
of the book, in the original rcd CLOTH
binding. bears the date Of 1865, and
contains a presentation inscription
from Lewis Carroll to Mrs G. Lille
Craik author of John Halifax, Gentle
man" For this volume DR.. Rosenbach
paid S25. 600
Through the courtesy of the new
owner the manuscript is to go on public
view June 81. in the Philadelphia Free
Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
EVENING STAR CLUB
HOLDS RIVER OUTING
IT'S Members Attend Annual AZ
fair-Fishermen Have
Poor Luck.

The Summer outing Of The Evening
Star Club was held yesterday at the
Casa Del Rio Inn on South River. APP
proximately ITS members of the CLUB at
tended
Many members went by private auto
mobiles. and others in a large bus early
IN the morning. Following breakfast at
the inn. they boarded a large boat and
were taken 10 the fishing grounds The
general report upon their return to
shore was. There are no FISH In South
River or the Chesapeake Bay"
Following dinner at the inn, President
Frank Hurley announced program Of
various indoor sports, while others
donned bathing suits,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
LUTHER r Ray.


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important work when skilled r0ofers are
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800 RIGHT Let Is estimate
DHnK1C Roofing Ils 3ra st 3 "
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25

9
First, Mary Pick
ford nicking the
Government for
{ hree thousand
bucks. Mary is
not only ur
sweetheart. b ut
our best bargain
hunter.
Then May Mur-
ray, with no pre-
liminary advance
II o tices has a
baby Is months
old. which was
thought m UNI
heard of ( c a [,
even in the NOV
les.
Then Ten Hef-
Inns platform col
lapSes. That was
the first platform
cal season. Two
in order.
P. S.-Houston
oe povnrIv Hills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
Will Rogers
Says:

HOUSTON.-The following three
events have caused more talk al
the conventions than Keynoter Tess
foropttino his SnFech.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-07
Michigan University
To Educate Czarist
Girls Free of Charge

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Rus.
sian czarist girls, now grown won.
! en-, who may claim to be "gradu.
ates" of Russian universities, are
sought as beneficiaries of the Bar.
bour scholarships at the University
of Michigan, according to an an
nouncement by the U. S. Bureau of
Education.
"More than 70 women from orien-
tai countries" says the bureau,
"have already availed themselves of
the Barbour scholarships which
provide $500 per annum and univer-
sity fees for attendance at the Uni
versity Of Michigan"
Inquiry at the bureau developed
the fact that President C. C. Little
Of the University of Michigan had
explained that the money had bee
provided by the late Levi Barbour,
regent of the university.
It was further developed that the
graduates of Russian universities
were probably to be women who had
not been students in Russia since
the revolution. They were to be
girls of the old Russian empire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-07
INSURANCE FIRM
SHORT ss,5Oo,oO0

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 6.-Over
three and one-half million in mis-
sing securities have been reported
in an audit of the accounts of the
International Life Insurance Com
pany, it was revealed yesterday.
Insurance Commissioners have
notified the company to account foi
the missing securities by next Fri
day at which time a meeting on
legal procedure is scheduled.
The insurance company had $780,.
115,719 of insurance in force on
Jan. l, 1928. 1t reported 100000
policy holders and gave its assets as
$43,186,431.
Attorney General Stratton Shar-
tel of Missouri was notified of the
shortage yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-07
Many School Children
Suffer From Diseases

The bureau of physical welfare
of the Cleveland Board of Educa-
ton reports that examination of
nearly $4,000 school children from
the kindergarten and early school
grades showed that at least 7 out
of every 10 had physical defects.
Nearly one-sixth were suffering
from malnutrition. $4,000 children
Rad defective teeth 7,o00 had goiter,
1900 had heart disease and 1000
had defective hearing. Nearly
10000 children of IA to Is years who
applied for work permits showed, in
reneral, still larger percentage of
defects Since many of the physical
defects can be prevented or con-
trolled the department of health
education believes that the neces-
sity for more health work in the
schools is clearly demonstrated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-07
PROFIT GRABBED
BY GAS COMP ANY
BY H. BARUFKIN.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 (FP).
Two widows wept ceaselessly and
children mourned for their fathers,
killed through greed Of the Phila-
delphia Gas Works Co.
The gas company, a trust which
holds up the Philadelphia public to
the tune of millions each year, sent
out a gang of so working
nine hours a day for $414-to dig
a ditch for a fence around its huge
plant at Passyunk Ave. The ground
there Is of soft clay. But mo shor-
ing or bracing was put up for
workers protection.
When the ditch was three feet
deep, the seven-foot embankment
towering over it began to slide.
Within a few minutes it had COM
pletely buried two workers and i'm
prisoned two others. Their COM
rades dug frantically with hands,
shovels and buckets to free the
trapped men. When uncovered one
was dead, another died soon after
reaching the hospital and two were
treated for serious injuries. The
two workers killed were Anthony
Cinquino and Joseph Carrutto.
Both had been working for the
gas company about three weeks.
Carrutto, "a, had been employed at
the Mccain sugar refinery. But
unable to support his family on
three days work week, he quit to
look for another job. Cinquino, 40
had been working for the Atlantic
Gas Refining Co. as fireman four
years. One Sunday he was caught
washed up few minutes before
the whistle blew for quitting-and
he was fired.
Neither left enough for funeral
expenses. Carrutto left =. a widow
and child, eight years old. Gin
quino is survived by his sickly,
shrunken widow and five children
ranging in age from two months TO
eight years.