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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Music Students Excel
i'm Alertness of Mind

One of the claims made for music is
that It quickens the mental processes.
This contention is right.
Students of music are invariably bet
tet advanced in the thinking line than
those who have no interest in musical
affhirs. Furthermore, our association
with musicians has caused us to mar
vel at the alertness of their minds
when applied to problems other than
music. At repartee none is quicker
than the tongue of the musician. Won
Bulow's wit, for example, was instan-
taneous. His rivals could never get
the best of him. OF one of William
Sterndale Benefits compositions he
once said: ut is so much like Men
delssohn that one might have thought
Sir julius Benedict had written it,"
OF Mascagani he said: HE has in his
predecessor. Verdi, his own successor,
who will live long after him." Once
whe1 sailing on an ocean liner he
LOOKED longingly at the musicians and
remgrked: sHow lucky those fellows
are3 They can eat their lunch with
OUT music"
Al9w was only one of thou
saR musicians whose wits have
bntinuously. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Natural Gas Waste

The problem of what to do with
large quantities of natural gas which
are going to waste Is troubling the
bureau of mines.
In many areas the gas cannot be
transported for fuel and local condi-
tons have prevented it's being re-
turned to the oil sands to form new
gas. The result has been tremen-
dous waste. The bureau is seeking
some means of converting it into prod
ucts such as methanol, ammonia, for
maldehyde and other such things
which may be economically transport
ed to markets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Hero Of Revolutionary
War Given RECOGNITION

John Sullivan, leader of a military
campaign against the Iroquois 1ho
years ago, which resulted in the open
ing up Of the Genesee country of west
ern New York, has been honored by a
special commemorative stamp of two
cent denomination.
In 1772, when he was thirty-twO,
Sullivan became major in the New
Hampshire militia, and two years
later was appointed to the provincial
assembly of that colony. His first i'm
portant military victory was won In
1874, when he and John LangdOn cap
tured Fort William and Mary at New
castle. In August, 1776, he was made
major general in the Continental army.
At the battle of Long Island Sulli-
van was captured by the British. Re-
leased on parole. he bore a message
from Lord Howe to the Continental
congress- which led to the fruitless
conference on Staten island.
After being exchanged he succeeded
Gen. Charles Lee as commander of
Washingt0n's right wing and later
took part in many battles. among them
the battles of Trenton, Brandywine
and Germantown. He also took part
inl an attack on Newport and in other
engagements In the Revolutionary
war.
After resigning from the army he
became active in politics and served
in many offices. He died in 1885,
New York Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
When Teeth Were Weapon.

Most of us, from our earliest days,
are at intervals grayely troubled by
our teeth. 1t was not always so.
The jawbone Of the Heidelberg
man, who walked this this "a ear t iii aid !
$4,000 years ago, is placed alongside
thar of modern man. We realize that
our unterkiefers, as the Germans call
them. are but as toys when compared
with those of our earliest ancestors.
The jawbones Of still more ancient
people than the Heidelberg race were
even more formidable, as they were
provided with projecting teeth, which,
without much doubt, were used in
fighting and in other manly sports of
those days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Heavy Loser

All is not sugar for the sweet-pota-
to grower, for of all raisers of vegeta-
bles he suffers about the heaviest loss.
An average of fully 40 per cent Of his
crop Is lost each year through more
than two score plant diseases. The
losses occur either in the field, in
transportation or on the market The
sweet potato is easily wounded. In
fact, when 1t is broken off the stem
1t suffers wound and any one of the
lurking organisms is thus enabled to
make its destructive way into the po-
tatO.-Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Breads Value RecoRnized

1t is matter of scientific knowledge
that the diet choice of the human
family. in the majority of cases, is
due to a subcOnscious sense of what
the human system needs. That is why
bread has been the first of the in
stinctive choices. The yeast that helps
to make bread is rich in antineuritic
vitamins. The yeast which causes the
bread to rise generates these vitamins
in large quantities, which tend to i'm
prove the condition Of the skin. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Value of Mental Training

Mental training, both in reading and
In special study. does much to keep
the individual happy, wideawake and
healthy. Much of the trouble In the
world comes from worry; If a man
or woman is busy with his own in
terests and retains the ambitions of
earlier years his chances of a happy
profitable life seem greater.
The plight of the unhappy individ-
ual who never reads or who has NO
special hobbies is not pleasant one.
the practice of mental thrift. of util-
1zing the brain through later years,
makes richer, fuller life.-Thrift
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

-~VENl woman knows that Ill
11many ways husbands are similar
= to little boys, so when you have
oncocted dessert which is not to
eaten until later in the day, fore
stall his raiding tendencies and offer
i'm a taste.
And if, as you are asking his
inion of the taste, you can de-
rhtedly tell him that the food is
onomical, too. doesn't that add to
pleasure of his praise?
For Summer Thrift
)ne of the best ways to economic
IN summer food is 10 combine
canned fruits and vegetables with
'resh ones. Because canned foods
are put up at the height of the
season and all waste is discarded
on the spot, they frequently are
cheaper than fresh foods in season
and usually are less expensive than
fruits which have passed their prime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Pretty Italian Legend

A peasant bell ringer of early days
In Italy, writes Salts n. Coleman in
hist book. "Hells." was so devoted to
the large ball which lie rang ever.
day tlal when orders were given for
it tp b. Kept silent for time, his
grief MAS n.ihear;ihle. He climbed to
the belfry. threw his arms about the
bell and weit. Leaning against it
he Walled so bitterly and so loudly
and Fhe sound of his voice was so in.
tenstfied by the metal, that his wall
ing WAS heard like the mournful ring
ingtOf q bell all over the city and far
outI INFO the country beyond. There
he Hiep. SO the story goes, broken
hearted. still clinging to his beloved
bell
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Cashed His Education

"Well. my good fellow, this is
great university. Its name is known
In every corner of the world. When
you leave here you can be proud of
your background. Think of it. You
have had every advantage young
man could desire. Your four years
have been spent in profitable pursuit
iof the greatest thoughts of the great
est minds the world has known. Now
your time has come to choose a pro.
ifession. The world is entitled to ex-
.pect lot from you. What are you
going to turn your hand to?"
1--WE got fine job at a pickle fac
tOry:"-London Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Daily Thought

From the lowest depths, there is a
path to the Hottest heights. The tend
ency to persevere, to persist in spite Of
hindrances, discouragements, and i'm.
possibilities-it is this in all things
that distinguishes the strong soul from
the weak. TIE man without purpose
is like ship without a rudder-a
wait, nothing, a no man. Have a
purpose in life, and, having it, throw
such strength of mind ADJ muscle into
your work as God has given you.-
Thomas Carlyle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Blu. Not Voting

A cotch clergyman had a parish,
ionei who was a rabid politician with
distinct democratic leanings. One day
when the parson called he was told
Of new litter of kittens.
And do you think they'll be inter
ested in politics?"
Deed. yes. sir. They're conserv.
atiye$.
The barson was surprised, and even
more So on his next visit, for he was
informed they were liberals.
why this change. John?"
-OchF said the old fellow. with a
wink. They've had their eyes open
since ybu were here ast."-Sporting
and DIhmatic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

It has been for some time the
vision of DR.. William Hull of
Swarthmore College that the only
Larmed boats left upon the Atlantic
should be those intended to be used
Nor .no5iee. purposes. He has pu1
or isian and ,adxa
strongly in the United States and re-
Gently in Europe. But it is his
major claim that the United States
and England between them could
and should, keep the Atlantic free
of warlike array of battleships and
of war ARRAY. All that was needed
to ccomplish this, he believed, was
the conclusion of the two powers to
act together for that purpose. Those
to whom DR.. Hull spoke caught his
vision, but many thought of it as
one impossible of realization. Now
British paper comes out boldly and
states that it understands ''the
United States may be prepared to
give sympathetic consideration tc
the British thesis of employing a
certain number of cruisers upon the
Atlantic for police duty This is
but an initial step-this use OF
cruisers for police duty-but does il
not point towards clearing the waters
between Europe and America of all
other vessels of war? And link this
up with DR.. HulPs statement that
the Atlantic can be made as safe foi
all peoples as the Great Lakes are
now safe. Why not, demands DR.
Hull. And why not, indeed?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
To Strengthen Ewes

Eye exercise to strengthen the
muscles are advised by certain physi.
clans, and these should he @ne be-
fore breakfast. Keep the head still
and roll the eyes upwards as far as
possible, then right downwards. with
a steady and unjerky motion. Con-
tinue rolling the eyes right, then left.
Now lift them upwards and inwards.
then upwards and Outwards; and final
ly downwards and inwards, and down.
wards and Outwards. Do this five
times at first and gradually increase to
twelve a day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Church Communion

The Encyclopedia of Church His
tory defines "open communion" as the
service of the holy communion OF
saints which is open to all who ap.
ply, irrespective of creed. In CLOSED
communion" the service is confined to
the members of single society or at
least to the members Of denomina.
ton who are baptized. By Communion
of place" is meant the administration
Of the sacrament In a consecrated
building. 1t also refers to the reten-
ton Of the Host.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
Al er.d,s coal Fields

North America, Europe and Asia
have THE greatest coal fields in the
world! The coal fields of China are
vast and Of great promise, but are
still practically untouched. North
America surpasses all the continents
: in the extent and variety of its fuel
supplies and the United States leads
the world in coal production. There
is LITTLE prospect of any country sur
passing IT. before that far-distant day
when the great coal fields of China
are well onened. The coal resources
of the United, States are SIS per cent
of Ehe total for the entire world.
which in 1925 was estimated at 1885,
600 metric tons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

FOR instance, Al sou use many
fruit juice beverages during the sum-
mer, it probably will be less ex-
pensive to purchase large cans of
loganberries, cherries (sour pie
cherries) and other berries than it
is to extract the juice of fresh ones
The fruit from which the syrup is
drained can be used in buildings of
the Brown Betty type
Combining canned and fresh foods
will save time, too. Say you want
to serve peas and carrots. You can
buy either the peas or carrots fresh
and get the other canned, thus saw
ing much time of preparation.
Small Cans Economical
For small families, the eight-ounce
cans which hold a cup and sell for
ten cents are a wonderful help in
eking out small amounts of fresh
foods, and may even be used en-
tirely to make vegetable stew or A
fruit DESERT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
A TWO BILLION DOLLAR
RORRERY

A statistician for a large insur-
ance company recently estimated
that Americans lose at least $2,-
000,000,000 year through fraudu-
lent investment schemes.
Thousands of our citizens are de,
frauded of their life savings be-
cause they fail to take the simplest
precautions necessary to sue ksful
investing.
D The lure of tremendous
elard g ltifttaterifhg pf0sl imosi
sure" bait for any 9TH > in
telligent people. They umb
without resistance to the blaAdish-
ments of the high-pressure statesmen
of questionable stocks.
There is but one safeguard against
this-knowledge. Few people un-
derstand the ramifications of mod
ern finance. The great body of in
vestors must depend on advice.
In America we have a great num-
Der of responsible brokers and in
vestment bankers whose business
and pleasure it is to discuss with
investors securities listed on exact
ing stock exchanges in leading
financial centers.
Investment keeps the wheels OF
modern industry in motion. But
the intelligent citizen, investing
money outside his own business
buys on the advice of established
brokers or bankers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

k\ SIN 1914 English economists esti-
mated the wealth of the people OF
Great Britain to be about $40, 000,-
100000. All the property of every
kind in England, Wales, Scotland,
and Ireland, the railways, the docks,
the shipping traversing the sea, the
entire army, the great factories, the
coal, tin and iron mines, in short all
the tangible property of every sort
and kind is represented by this
seventy billion dollars, and yet the
war cost ten billion dollars more
than this, and ten billion dollars is
equivalent to the entire national
wealth of Australia and New Zeal
and. This quotation is taken from
the August issue of Foreign Affairs
Association Information Service,
which itself lifts it from Mr.. Harvey
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

Economy in the matter of public
expenditure is the only remedy which
will reduce tax burdens" says B. W
Baer, State director of taxation TO
South Dakota.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27
idn't Want to Be Cured

II opened in the waiting room
of Melbourne hospital. He was a
full pded aboriginal, IMMERSED in
the s of white doctors. He turned
to betty youth sitting on his left
and estioned him about his COM
plai
Uf crook tonsils and they're 60
In to be cut out" said the youth.
he abo. goggled, then turned to
the aborer on his right. "What you
go he asked.
bitter ave me arm off-me wrists
made bolt for the door. 81
got eadache!" he gasped as he
ran! dney Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

There is an annual fire loss in thi
country of approximately $45,.
100000 due to carelessness o
cigarette smokers, according to U
S. Bureau of Standards
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

E. Fisk of the Bankers Trust Com
pany in his pamphlet ON internally
Debts,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

We don't want too much freedom
II everybody tlse is going to have too
muck freedom, do we?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

If the dear public is amused il
cares not for the barking of the
critic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-27

Trouble knocks ON your door as
often as Opportunity. and sometimes
they arrive arm in arm.
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9xl2 or S.3x10.6 #.
Newest 1929 patterns
in pretty colors. Sold
as slight seconds.
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had brought the people, the average
workman with whom spoke generally
explained that the revolution had given
them no political rights-that the news
papers lied when they said the workers
were the masters of Russia, because
the leaders of the Communist party
and not the workers were the absolute
masters Of the country.
Wages-that is to say the real value
of what the men received-are about the
same as in czarist times, but nowadays
hands work eight hours a day, whereas
under the czarist regime a working day
might have run to IL or IL hours
Nowadays men have right to is days
paid holiday a year, and in case Of ac-
cident or illness 1t Is possible to obtain
compensation under the health In
surance schemes.
Workmen continue to be badly
housed, but rents are low and remain in
proportion to wages. If workmen are
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next, when they would be exposed TO the
Ill will of the factory managers or OF
their successors, and saying that they
did not want their families to be de-
prived of bread. That was q bad busi-
ness"
To my mind it was more than just
bad business, because the facts related
isolated event, formed q glaring proof
of the lies told about the dictatorship Of
the proletariat.
It win be pointed out that in the
Soviets, in the factory councils and at
conferences relating to production Rus
sian workmen meet, debate ana vote,
and that after all the decisions of such
conferences have sovereign validity.
There Is not a single Russian workman.
not even a Communist, who, il he thinks
he can talk freely to you, does not either
express impotence or smile bitterly
when he hears such statements.
ut Is only to avoid bother that we 60
to such meetings when we cannot wrig-
gle out Of them" they say. I'VE are
surrounded by Communists, and the de-
bate as well as the sudden 'unstudied'
interruptions Of certain of those present
and all the resolutions are prepared in
final vote shall take place without a
Subscribed to Loan.
It may be, someone will point out to
me, that Russian workmen subscribe en-
masse to the Soviet industrial loan, and
that they take part in their thousands
in the great street demonstrations on
festival days. admit that the majority
of the workmen subscribe to the loans,
but the reason is that their subscriptions
are paid by the withdrawal of one-tenth
Of their monthly wages.
In other words the men, in exchange
for lower wage, have some sort of
guarantee Of being allowed to remain at
work and not thrown into the ranks of
the unemployed. They go to the street
demonstrations because, as their pres
ence Is carefully checked, it is an easy
means Of living on good terms with the
masters of their factories besides being
a form Of amusement to which Russians
are partial.
The fear of being thrown out of work
is the key to many a political contradic-
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the men who are ct the head Of the
sabotage in the factories, who organize
the "go-slow" strikes and spread the
popular slogan, "Soviets with out Com
munists."
These men are trapped, thrown out
Of work, deported or imprisoned. was
In Moscow when 500 Of them were sent
to Siberia, on December rs, 1928, for
having dared a few days before at some
factory meetings in Moscow to speak or
vote against resolutions put forward by
the Communist cells for the renewal Of
the collective agreements between the
trades unions and the Soviet trusts.
It must be admitted, however, that a
great many workmen identify Them
selves with the present regime and de-
clare themselves bound to It. These are
the Communists and the so-called Sym
pathizers." shall refer to them again
when I come to discuss the dominant
caste of the U. s. S. r. But If the Rus
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PARIS, october 8 (NANA.).-When
foreigner succeeds in the difficult task
OF seeing into the private lives of the
Moscow working classes, the first thing
that strike him are the poverty, the
elementary comfort of the rooms in
which three, four, five and sometimes
as many as eight or ten people belong
ing to workers families are crowded.
Outside a small privilege class, nobody
in Russia has an apartment to himself.
The second thought that occurs to
one promptly is that wages are very
low. In a country where living is much
dearer than in France and almost as
dear as in the United States, the bulk
of workmen earn between fifty and
one hundred roubles ($25 to 500 a
month. .
Some specialists may earn twice as
much, or more, but the great majority
of the people do not touch the $5O-a-
month mark, which means a life OF
stringency and privations. Wages OF less
than sixty roubles, slightly over $25
month, represent real misery.
Finally there is third fact, In no
way concealed, which surprises the on
locker disagreeably, and that IS the
systematic drunkenness of the Workmen.
NOt an 1uulCtuChts
All these things, however, bad though
they are in their way are far from be-
ing an indictment of the Soviet regime.
What really matters are the underlying
causes of this situation, and what the
workmen think of it. In 80 cases out
of 100 the impression obtained after
talking with the proletariat assuming
the proletariat trust you, is the follow
ing: The men despise as much as they
fear Soviet bureaucracy, the state syn
dicaliSt structure and the triple power
which is in command in the factories,
namely the Communist cell, the mems
committee and the technical manage
ment.
One day young woman belonging to
the 0. G. P. u. political police) told
me, quite innocently, the following story:
Il had been ordered" she said, Ito
make an inquiry at big Moscow works
into the exact cause of death OF a
workman accidentally killed. The regu-
lationS for the protection of Workmen
had evidently been broken, as they often
are, but we wanted to know who was
responsible for this fatal accident.
ITO my great establishment, none OF
the Workmen who had seen the incident
would give the slightest information.
The man was dead. they said. and 1t
was no business of theirs. insisted on
getting the information, and explained
who 1 was, assuring the hands of my
powerful protection in the event of adj
ministrative reprisals.
"They still held their tongues, how
ever, arguing that although might be
there that day should not be there the
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on good terms with their Communist
cell and their trade union they are
sometimes allowed to 60 to q sanatorium
for a~cure II they are suffering from any
organic disease, and they may also be
sent to a so-called "house of rest"
during their holidays.
Workmen's children who join the
Pioneers "a form Of Communist Boy
Scouts and later become members Of
what are called Associations of Com
munist Youth, may receive general in
struction and even sometimes technical
training.
SO long as the Soviet regime is not
attacked, workmen have right to crit
icize their foreman and factory man
ayers on matters relating to their work.
In spite Of all the Soviet press might say,
the Russians know the workmen of
Western Europe are happier than they.
There is one thing the Russian work.
men would like to do above all, and that
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is to be employed in an American fac

is to be employed In an American fac
tory.
This describes the feelings Of what
7 might call the middle class among
the workers Of Russia, but the bulk of
the ill-paid men and men out of work
talk bitterly. often heard them say,
I'VE must have our princes back"
Cheaper 70 Drink.
And when they are asked why they
get drunk they reply: Because it is
cheaper in Moscow to drink than to
eat, than to arnuSe oneself or to learn
ans thing, because we are disguised
with everything, and because we want
to forget, and finally because we SEE
nothing ahead"
The more intelligent men and those
formerly active members of the Com
munist party will tell you frankly:
I'VE must have another revolution and
drive out the bureaucratic" Those are