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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

iici5 then thread a blunt tapestry
eedle with double eiderdown wool
begin at center of design to insert
heedie through the muslin between
2he two stitched lines (see Fig. o..
Pun the wool through short section or
what might be described as end OF the
ilesIgn at least to point where stitch
Ing starts Off at a different angle or
direction. Pull needle out through
muslin tsee Fig. 81, drawing wool
through. Cut OF wool. leaving about
dIe-haIf inch protruding at each end.
The wool is thus run between the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

depths OF the lake and make it eat
fish from his hand On Saturdays and
Sundays, when hundreds of natives
arrive at the little village from the
surrounding territory, the African ex-
ercises his peculiar power. making the
crocodile eat scores Of fish supplied
by the admiring crowd.
This sale of fish is making the ma
tive a rich man, and so strange IS the
sight that motor buses are now max.
ing special runs to Mango.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

~ ~ n were of inestimable val
ne to the cause of liberty, man who
was one of George Washington's clos
est personal friends and to whose lot
it fell to close the dying eyes Of the
Father of His Country.
This man was DIR. James Craik.
chief physician and surgeon Of the
j Continental army. After Doctor Craik,s
death In 1914. he was buried in the
churchyard of the old Presbyterian
meeting house In Alexandria, Va.
With the passage of years the old
burying ground was neglected; weeds
covered 1t and finally all trace OF Doc
tor Craik's grave was lost. Several
years ago a movement was started to
locate the grave Of this patriot and
erect a suitable marker. This was
done and a small brass tablet was pro
yided By the Aleyanslria Chamber os
llei g. through an error. how
ever. this tablet was placed ID the
wrong spot.
But last year the project was taken
up BY the Presbyterian Meeting House
Restoration committee Of Alexandria.
and as result an imposing granite
monument, paid for by his descend
ants, was recently unveiled over Doc
Tor Craik's grave.
Doctor Craik had had a distin-
guished career even before he became
chief medical officer for the patriot
.,xy,,r,. a., tho D.,rol,,tsop xyyJ,c% etnt
career was is shown by the following
sketch of his life, provided by the
restoration committee:
Upon the organization of the vir-
ginia Provisional regiment in 1854,
Craik was appointed surgeon. The
command was at the same time ten
dered to Maj George Washington who
modestly declined but accepted the
lieutenant colonelcy, the command go
ing to Col. Joshua Fry. The regiment
was not brought together until, upon
the death of Fry at Wills Greek,
Washington succeeded to the. leader
ship and the headquarters Joined him
at Fort Necessity. Here was begun
that lifelong intimacy between Wash
ington and Craik. SO much treasured
by both.
Craik, as medical officer of his regi-
ment, was present at the battle of
Great Meadows in 1854 and rendered
surgical aid to the wounded in that
action. Ills service extended also
over the period of the Inflated expe-
dition of Braddock toward Fort Du-
quesne. and he participated in the bat
tie Of the Monongahela, where he
dressed the wounds of the commander
Of the British forces and many 9TH
ers Of the injured upon that bloody
field. Here he witnessed the singu-
lar impunity which attended his youth
full chief as he performed his duties
first as aide and later as commander
Of the disheartened remnants of the
British troops.
When, then. on August IA, 1855.
some six weeks after the operations
on the Monongahela, Washington was
appointed to the command of the vir'
ginia provincial army and assigned to
the duty of protecting the Virginia
nnd Maryland frontier from the
French and Indians. Doctor Craik still
remained as his chief medical officer.
The operations thus begun continued
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

En- it' coz q. CALDWELL always
fas in favor Of as close to nature
Us possible, hencg N n Remedy for consti-
patton, known as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, is q mild vegetable compound.
1t can not harm the system and is not
habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant
/. :asting, and youngsters love it.
DR. Caldwell did not approve of
drastic physics and purges. He did not
believe they were good for anybody's
system. In o practice Of AZ years he
never saw any reason for their use when
Syrup Pepsin will empty the bowels just
rs promptly. Z
Do not let q day go by without q
bowel movement. Do not sit and hope,
but go to the nearest druggist and get
one Of the generous bottles of DR.. Cald-
weh's Syrup Pepsin, or write Syrup
Pepsin," Dept. BIB, Monticello. Illinois.
for free trial bottle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11
When yONy
Children Cry
for 1t

Baby has little upsets at times. All
your care cannot prevent them. But you
can be prepared. Then You can do what
any experienced nurse would do-what
most physicians would tell you to do
give few drops of plain Castoria. Nc
sooner done than Baby is soothed; re
lief is just a matter of moments. Yet
you have eased your child without use
of single doubtful drug; Cnstoria is
vegetable. So it's safe to use as often
as an infant has any little pain you
cannot pat away. And it's always
ready for the crueler pangs of collie. or
constipation or diarrhea; effective, too.
for older children. Tacenty,aCe million
bottles aoere bought last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11
croeodile's Dinner-call

In Mango. village on the shores
of Lake Victoria. Uganda, an African
by the use of a peculiar call can sum-
mons an ll-foot crocodile from the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

: !: IS; ! / !!
we'll for convene a ] 49, Zen
the lining at the bottom hemline where
1t is usually slip-stifched. The en-
broidery hoop can be slipped into posi-
ton very easily. making it possible to
proceed with the work quite deity.
The pridefui manner with which
charming Ethelyne Claire calls atten-
tion TO the lining ofsthe coat in which
she is posing for this picture would
almost lead one to believe that the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11

Trust not him that seems a saint,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-01-11
81 ELMO SCOTT WATSON

FTER more than a cen
fury of neglect OF his
unmarked grave, tardy
honors have at last been
paid to a forgotten hero
of the American Revo-
luton, whose services
were of inestimable val
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Tryout of Air Brake
All That Was Needed

The air brake was invented by
Westinghouse in 1869. When he was
twenty years of age an accident start
ed his interest in railroad problems.
While studying unified control of
brakes he read of the use of COM
pressed air in drilling the Mont Cents
tunnel in Italy. After his first patent
was issued he interested w. w. Card,
superintendent of the Steubenville di-
vision of the Panhandle railway. and
obtained permission to equip a loco
motive and four passenger cars for a
practical tryout. Shortly after leaving
the terminal station in Pittsburgh, as
the train emerged from the tunnel at
Fourth avenue, the engineer, Dan
Tate, saw q dray yman drive onto the
tracks ahead. Tate reached for the
handle of the new brake and brought
the train to complete stop four feet
from the prostrate man, who had been
flung from his wagon by the rearing
of the horses. This proved a wholly
satisfactory demonstration of West
inghouse's invention and few weeks
later the Westinghouse Air Brake
company was organized, July, 1869.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Historians at Fault
n Depicting Lenclos

Two stubborn mistakes are often
made concerning a famous French
lady, Ninon de Lenclos: First, that
she was a wanton by nature, second,
that she made of love an actual bust.
ness. Both errors are cruel, both false
to the fame this remarkable and CLAM
orous lady won from her admirers,
the many gallant, wise, great men who
loved her in her youth, adored her to
her dying day.
To understand the celebrated Len.
clos you must understand her times
Truly to know her you must know her
lovers. Her century she personified.
fairly glorified. Her lovers she In
spired and enriched. One of the most
devoted of them has testified to the
degree of true ladyship she attained
and how in the salons she held in the
last years of her life she was treated
to the honors of a princely court.
Count her not incorrigible it, in those
same last years, when she was near
ing ninety, she had still her lovers.
After all, Prince de Leon had crossed
uncharted seas to search in vain for
a secret of youth that Ninon found at
home in Paris.-Mentor Magazine.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Dodo Easy Victim of
Greed and Ignorance

The dodo. often spoken of as a pre-
historic bird, Is said to have been in
existence during the time of Charles
|. But 1t las since been extinct a
matter of 200 years, which gives force
to the tag, "as extinct as the dodo."
The bird was known only in Mauri-
thus, and soon after the Dutch coloni-
zation in 1898 it's proverbial fate fell
upon it. 1t was large fowl, it could
not fly and even at walking or run
ming it was slow and unwieldy. To
top these handicaps to its self-preser.
walton, the dodo was, unfortunately
for itself, good to eat. Its destruction
came quickly. Though the colonizers
might have remembered that you can'f
eat your dodo and have it, and taken
steps to insure its continuance, hun
CRY men are not farsighted. More
over, the destruction of the dodo was
no dolot fastened by the dogs, cats,
and swine which accompanied man In
his migrations.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
When Memory Falters

How hard it is sometimes to collect
things into memory! How difficult 1t
is to get it to work well when years
have dulled it's use, or rusted Its
hinges. Old folk find they cannot re-
call names as they did formerly. They
forget things in fashion almost
ludicrous, when compared with that
of other days. The little cells of mem
ory do not now fly open readily as
they once did. Human mechanism Is
not made to last forever as 1t is
now. No matter how well it is trained
it will no more go on always. than will
any other machinery. Even steel will
not preserve its elasticity forever. Big
bridges have to be replaced at times,
generally by piecemeal to save ex-
pense. Some conceal 1t well, some
fight against it at peril of life, for
that way apopleXy lies.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
jewelers. Unable to
Duplicate Goa Stone

Goa, a settlement on the West coast
of AIaia, has for centuries been the
property of the Portuguese, says an
article in London Tit-Bits. Shortly
after their occupation, the Jesuits ap-
peared and set up a monastery, and it
was there that special sort of
Jewel" was made. The Jesuits made
these stones, which have come to be
known as Goa stones, from various
solidified drugs, but we today are
totally "in the dark" as to what drugs
they were composed of and how they
were made.
Each stone was mounted in a silver
filigree case and represented fine ex-
amples of old workmanship.
When the owner of the stone was
troubled with Indigestion he had only
to scrape off a small portion of his
stone, and drink it in a glass Of water,
and he was quite all right in few
moments.
Goa stones today, however, are rare
and are only to be found in valuable
collections of antiques.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Oldest Scientific Society

The American Philosophical society
Is the oldest of Americas scientific So
cieties. The society originated in the
Junto established in Philadelphia by
Benjamin Franklin in 1927. Fifteen
of its members were signers of the
Declaration Of Independence and 1S
members helped frame the Constitu-
tion. Nine Presidents of the United
States, including Washington, Jeffer-
son, Woodrow Wilson and Herbert
Hoover, have been elected from the
society's membership. Three other
Presidents, Cleveland, Roosevelt and
Taft, became members after election.
All seven Americans who have won
the Nobel prize have been members Of
this organization.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
No Sound-Proof Room
Has Been Developed

Henry Bernstein, French playwright,
hired builder to build him a sound
proof room in his apartment. The
room cost 175,000 francs and failed to
be sOund-pr0of, so Bernstein sued the
builder and recovered $1,000 francs
damages.
Publisher Horace Stokes, discussing
the case, said:
writers are always looking in vain
for sound-proof rooms. You remem-
Der the sound-proof room that Car
lyle built on top of his little house
In Chelsea. 1t wasn't sound-proof at
all.
"CarlyIe couldn't sleep in his Chel-
sea home on account of rooster in
a neighbor's garden. At last, worn out,
nervous wreck, he went to the neigh
Dor and said:
"'For the love of heaven kill that
rooster of yours, or it will kill me.
Look at my bloodshot eyes and shak-
ing hands. The bird crows all night
and | never get wink of sleep any
more
No, no, Mr.. Carlyle said the
neighbor, it don't-it can't crow all
night
Perhaps not said Carlyle, but
when it isn't growing l lie there,
breathless and tense, waiting for it
to begin again."
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Cromwell's Music

Before Oliver Cromwell became Pro-
tector. music was prescribed in Eng
lard. And as Cromwell was musically
inclined, he had professional musi-
clan among the members of his house
hold. When, by the authority of par
Lament, the organ was removed from
the chapel of Magdalen college, Crom-
well had it erected at Hampton court,
where he resided and frequently had
Milton to play it. AT the Restoration
the organ was returned to Magdalen
college, but after some years it was
disposed of and re-erected in Tewkes-
bury abbey, where part Of it remained
in use until few years ago.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Preserving Rose Scent

Altar of roses is obtained by dis
tillation from small white roses, known
as Musata, and dark red variety,
known as Rosa Damascena. Usually
1t takes $50 pounds of rose petals to
make an ounce of rose oil, but twice
this amount has been used at times,
depending upon the quality of the
flowers and the climatic conditions at
harvest time.
The harvesting of the roses occurs
during the latter part of May and the
beginning of June. good harvest
lasts about twenty-five days and re-
quires damp, cool weather. as the
flowers are picked in the morning
while the dew is still on them. A
period of hot sunshine during the har-
vest time will seriously damage a good
crop.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Great Conqueror Had
Spice of Philosophy

After having defeated and taken
prisoner Baiazet, emperor of the
Turks, Timur-Lenk had him brought
to his court.
He noticed that he was blind in one
eye and began to laugh.
Baiazet was indignant.
"Do not laugh at my misfortune, I'll
mur!" he cried. Remember that it is
God who gives us realms and empires !;
the same disaster can happen to you
tomorrow that has happened to me to-
day."
81 know" said Timur, "that it is in
Gods hands to dispose of crowns as
He will. am not making fun of your
misfortune, God preserve me from it !;
but the thought that went through my
mind on seeing you was that God must
look on these thrones and scepters
as very paltry things if He gives them
to such badly made people as you and
|, you who are blind in one eye and
| who am lame."
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Clement Lived Long

Clement, the pianist and composer,
was born when Handel, Scarlatti,
Arne, Gluck and Haydn were alive.
And before he died, at the age OF
eighty, Rossini, Berlioz, Mendelssohn,
Chopin and many other famous musi-
clans were born, including the quite
recent Cesar Franck. The fact of one
mans life covering such a number of
composers and such an amount of
music as they represent, reminds us of
the prolific output of genius from the
middle of the Eighteenth to the mid
die of the Nineteenth century. There
is no likelihood that the 1S50-1950
period will in that regard come with
ing measurable distance of the pre-
ceding hundred years.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Solitude

In our modern day, with the pace
that our civilization tries to establish
and to maintain, great many people
are made nervous by peace and soil
tude. Our speed of life is such that
usually, when we seek repose, we make
a mad dash for it. But solitude has
a hand TO still the pulses leap, q
voice to calm and reassure. Solitude
is a room into which we can retire
whenever we need a change from pres
ent company. 1t Is bourne of solact
and reflection Magazine.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Russian Turkestan

Interesting stories are told of Rus
sian Turkestan by Doctor Skoeed of
Lund university. Stockholm.
The Tadshik tribes lead a most
primitive nomadic life, speaking ten or
more Iranic languages, and do not
know the use of matches or other Eu-
ropean technical implements.
No roads or bridges are to be found
there, except few remnants from the
time of Alexander the Great, who
crossed these rock mountains 300 B.
c., but the Swedish explorer had to
ride on horseback on narrow paths on
precipitous Drinks, where single step
aside meant death in the rocky valley
5000 feet below. Here he was told
that many Russian soldiers had fallen
and been killed.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Disturbed HONEYMOON

The little man dashed along the
platform as the train was moving out
and made for the last carriage, at the
window of which a woman was fran
tlcally waving her handkerchief.
He was about to grasp the handle
of the door when the porter pulled
him back.
"You mustn't board the train while
it's moving" said the porter. "Be.
sides, that compartment is engaged"
Engaged shouted the little man,
dancing about in his rage, as he
watched the train disappearing. "Of
course it's engaged engaged it my.
self, and that's my wife at the win
dow, off on her honeymoon !"-London
Answers.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Mud Burned for Power

Burning mud to produce electric
power is being tried in Germany with
remarkable success. Mud at the bot
tom of a small tributary of the Rhine
was found to be permeated with COM
bustible matter Up to that time it
was considered worthless and a seri-
Gus obstacle to navigation in the
Rhine into which it was carried. The
wet soil is being fried out and used
as fuel In an electric generating plant.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Roman Relics in London

Excavations on an unprecedented
scale being made In the city of Lon
don for new buildings are leading to
remarkable discoveries of Roman and
medieval remains.
A pair of antlers found In an excel
lent state of preservation Indicate that
the Romans used to have good hunting
near the city, and, with other objects
found, throw vivid light on the Lon
don of 1000 years ago. Among the
objects discovered are toilet articles
such as the Roman equivalent of the
Iipstick, various pottery, shoes, and
. jewery.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
On the Safe Side

There are so many unsafe" things
around a home. If mother will think
of such things, serious injury is spared
the baby at its Investigating age. She
can teach the older children to coop
crate with her in keeping sharp objects,
such as pencils, scissors and knives
from the baby's grasp. Medicines and
matches may be kept on high shelf,
and while cooking, the handles OF pans
should not be left in such a position
that baby can grab at them and spill
the hot liquid. Eternal watchfulness
is the price of safety
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Man Marries Grandmother

Marriage of grandson and his
grandmother has just been reported
from a village near SwOle, In the
Province of Overijssel Holland This
is how It happened: a man married a
girl of twenty, whose mother was for
ty-five. By his first marriage this
man had had son and this son mar
ried the mother of his fathers second
wife. Relatives figure out that the
youth not only married his stepmoth.
err but became stepfather to his own
father.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Heroic Self-SacriGce

When Jerusalem was taken there
were three strongholds: One-Masada
endured siege for three years, but
the commander Of the town realized at
length that there was no hope of es
cape except by death and decided to
anticipate their fate. Each man slew
his wife and children, ten men were
selected by lot to slay the rest, one
man slew the other nine, fired the
palace and fell on his own sword.
When the place was finally stormed
there were found living two old won.
en- and five children hidden In caves.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Not to Be Expected

Al actress was travelling to the
seaside to join concert party. AT
the London station the porter cast a
disapproving eye upon her large guam
tity of luggage and intimated that she
would have to pay excess" unless she
was a theatrical artistic.
that's exactly what am," said the
girl.
"Well, then, MISS" said the harried
man, "why didn't you say so at first
| can't go about all day long insulting
passengers by asking them if they're
actresses. London Answers.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Many Kinds Of Insects

In a recent statement in one of the
new insect books it is said that more
than 70 per cent of all the animal
kinds belong to the phylum Arthropoda
and more than 8 per cent of these are
true insects. The estimated number
of living species of insects which have
been described is G25,000. This will
give our readers some idea Of the
enormity of the study of entomology.
The phylum Arthropoda is, as stated,
the largest phylum in the animal king
dom. and aside from the vertebrates,
of most Importance to man.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
No Elbow Room

"What do you sell at your lunch.
eonette counter"
"Spoon vittles only" announced the
druggist. 81 haven't got room for the
man who has to square away with
knife and fork"
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
Good Roads

1t is estimated that over $4,000,
100000 has been spent on roads and
highways in the United States during
the last 25 years.
The Carbon County news., 1929-05-09
The Alternative

Il Intend to be master In my house
when I'm married, or know the rea.
son why" says correspondent. You
will London Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-04

You'll have to give thought household budget but don't
worry dear your income be made your bills and
leave bit each month for emergencies had the unhappy
feeling when discovered that expenses could be covered by
that first monthly pay check Of Dads.
It may surprise you, did learn that the nckels
and dimes inadvertently wasted that put the large figure the
column Of little account book When made this startling
discovery however, began have respect for those ncke
and Dimes
watching the newspaper ads every week for values
Three bars Of ten cent soap for quarter began ncke
the right side Of ledger coined that household slogan
heard repeat often Respect the nickel and read the
ads.