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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

1t is believed that sea snakes do not
grow much longer than II or 10 feet,
says an article in Pathfinder Maya
zine. Speaking Of sea snakes found
near the coast of northwestern Aus
tralia the National Geographic society
says: "Sea snakes are frequently
seen curled up asleep on the surface
Of the water. These reptiles are poi
sonous and grow to about IL feet in
length" Sea snakes are distinguished
by the compressed, rudder-shaped tail,
and they are unable to move on land.
Their food consists chiefly of fish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

The great comic magician was In
need of an assistant to aid him in per.
forming his mirth-provoking tricks.
and was interviewing a young man
who had applied for the job in answer
to the advertisement the magician had
placed in the newspaper.
II need a man to help me who can
keep a straight face all through my
performance; who will under no cir
cumstances allow a smile on his face
no matter what silly things I might
do or say. Now, what are your quail
ifications for this positionT
SWELL" said the young man, "I used
to be page boy in the house Of rep
resentatives."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Fishing, perhaps, for little adula-
ton, the eighth-grade teacher told her
pupils to write theme telling just
what they thought Of her.
"Please be absolutely frank, now, "
she urged.
Eleven-year-,ld Virginia, not yet
wise enough IL, the ways Of the world
to realize that frankness Is merely a
pious ideal that meets vindictive sup
preston and punishment in practice.
wrote:
II think you're brutal. I don't like
you. think you're mean to me and
to the other children :" and so
on for two pages.
Poor Virginia.-Chicago Evening
Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
Fortunate

II never thought I'd pull through,
but did. First l got angina pectoris.
followed by arteriosclerosis. Just as
I was recovering from these, got
tubercul sis and double pneumonia
Then they gave me hypodermics. APP
pendicitis gave way to aphasia and
hypertrophic cirrhosis. Afterwards
had diabetes and acute indigestion.
besides gastritis, rheumatism, lumbago,
and neuritis. was given morphia--"
Good heavens, you don't look much
the worse for it."
Il wasn't i'll, you idiot! l was up
for my spelling test in connection with
health department job"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
Beautiful Xenica

The city of Venice is situated on 100
islands in a shallow bay of the Adri.
attic sea. the gulf of Venice. The is
lands are close together and are only
separated by narrow canals, which
serve as streets. There are about IT'S
of these, over which there are 37S
bridges. The city is two and a half
miles from the mainland and connect.
ed by railroad bridges which contain
222 arches. 1t covers an area Of ga
square miles and the population In
1921 was 519,20S.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10


The farmers in Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, have organized a
campaign led by the Pomona Grange
of the county urging repeal of the
state tax on gasoline when used for
agricultural purposes. The move
ment was started in Mercer County,
has spread to Beaver and adjoining
counties and is rapidly gaining head
way. The Pennsylvania farmers feel
that in their uphill fight of the past
two or three years to endeavor to
keep u up the food supply Of the
state they should have at least the
assistance suggested in the gas tax
repeal,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

The proposed Constitutional
amendment to increase pay of the
general assembly will not go on the
November ballots.
Thomas H. Robinson, Attorney
General, has ruled that the amend
ment authorizing an increase Of from
S. to SIS a day for members of the
Legislature was not passed by the
Senate in accord with Constitutional
requirements and he so notified the
Secretary of State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
The Dividing Line

The great distinction between teach
ers, sacred or literary-between poets
like Herbert, and poets like Pope-be-
tween philosophers like Spinoza, Kant
and Coleridge. and philosophers like
Locke, Paley and Stewart-between
men of the world who are reckoned
accomplished takers, and here and
there fervent mystic, prophesying
half insane under the infinitude Of his
thoughts that one class speaks from
within, or from experience, as parties
and possessors of the fact; and the
other class from without, as spectators
merely.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
Making Sure

Wilson was on his way home from
the station. When he was about
three miles from the village and about
a mile from his house he saw man
approaching him from the opposite
direction.
excuse me, SIR" said the stranger
when they met. "do you happen to
have seen policeman anywhere
about?"
am afraid I haven't seen one for
over two miles," returned Wilson I'M
suspectingly.
"Good" snapped the stranger,
changing his tone Of voice. "Hurry
up and give me your watch and pock-
etbook then"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Postmaster-General Brown has
asked for an increase in fist-class
postage of from 2 cents to 2 IL cents.
The postmaster-general pointed out
that since 1916, the second-class
mail rate has increased 80 per cent,
the third-class 81 per cent and parcel
post 10 per cent, but the first-class
rate has been in effect since 1885,
except for brief emergency period
during the war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
Somewhat Disturbing

A man was in the habit Of opening
his Bible at random and taking the
first thing his eye alighted upon as
something that would be helpful to
him.
One day the first verse he read was.
Judas went out and hanged himself"
and not thinking this quite suitable
he shut the book and opened 1t again
at another place. The verse his eyes
fell upon was, go thou and do like
WISE"
He tried again, and this time, to his
amazement, he read, "What thou
doest, do quickly"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
Jesus Is Sailing With Me
EVANGELIST John Moses Baker


Baltimore, Maryland
Out on Iife's ocean we're sail
ing today;
Our hearts are happy and
free;
The tempest may sweep, and
the pillows may roll,
But Jesus is sailing with me.
The lights are shining along
the shore,
And flash out brightly for me
AS the happy sailors from the
roundtop cry:
"The gates of the City, we
See."
That night, in the darkness,
when they were afraid;
In the storm on Lake Galilee,
1t was Jesus came walking
across on the waves.
Gear not, tits your Master"
said He.
When safe in the harbor, no
more we will roam
Over life's stormy ocean and
sea;
At home in His Kingdom, with
loved ones and friends,
Forever with Jesus to be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10
All That Was Needed

Glenn and Bess were two youngsters
under school age. but they played
with children who went to school and
they studied music, especially the do.
ra, me" part.
They were playing alone one day
when Bess said: "Now. Glenn, we
win sing. You take do and I'll take
bread"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Every mans conscience is
just a little different from
every other mans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Fine clothes may not make
the wife, but they often UNI
make the husband
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Common sense is not so
common as some men seem to
think it is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

The man who boasts of being
high spirited is nearly always
a little off in the upper story.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Blue Monday is often the re-
suit of of painting things red
on Sunday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Time is an expert beauty
slaughterer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Dogs can't talk, but you al
ways know what they mean.
With some men it is different.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-10

Be good and you'll be happy,
and probably poor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05

MRS. F. o. HINEBAUGH

MRS. F. 0. HINEBAUGH
Funeral services for Mrs. F. o.
.Hinebadgh, aged 81, who died at her
home at Kingmont, w. Va, last
Thursday afternoon about A o'clock,
were held from the home of her
brother, Grover C. Stemple, Oakland,
on Sunday afternoon. Rev. W. P.
Cline, Jr., of Fairmont, w. Va, had
charge of the service. Interment was
made in the Oakland cemetery.
/ A sister of the deceased, Mrs. Rob-
ert c. Townshend, died just ten days
previous, and she had ordered bunch
of flowers sent to her sisters grave
for Memorial Day just few hours
before she became i'll. Death was due
to heart attack.
She is survived by her husband and
five children, Catherine, Elizabeth,
Paul, James and Harland, all of King
mont; also her mother, Mrs. Mary C.
Stemple, Oakland; and the following
sisters and brothers: Mrs. G. H.
Eichelberg, Wheeling, W. Va; Mrs. A.
M. Gall, Cumberland; Miss Elizabeth
Stemple, Fairmont; James E. Stem
pie, Cumberland; and Harry Stemple
and Grover C. Stemple, both of Oak
land. T.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05

they are coming through the ground.
Here is another important fact:
Many of the common grasses and
other weeds prevalent in corn fields
consume more nitrogen, pound for
pound of growth, than young corn
plants. Hence, conservation of plant
food is another point in favor of clean
cultivation. Professor Montgomery,
in his book, '"The Corn Crop" states
that the consumption of plant food
by weeds may be even more injurious
to the corn than their consumption of
water. ,li $3.50 .tt.s2 .,-., j..
Regardless of how fertile the fields
of any Garrett, County farmer may
be, none have soil fertility to waste.
Certainly no one who has invested in
commercial plant food wants to see
his profit on the investment reduced
through robbery" by weeds. Farm
ers buy fertilizer for corn with the ex-
pectation of getting their money back
three or four-fold in increasing yields,
improved quality and earlier maturity.
It is poor business to waste plant food
whether from the soil OF, from the fer
tilizer bag, but this will happen with
poor or ineffective weed control.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
BETTER GARDENS

Every family in this community will
be benefited by taking part in the
Yard and Garden Contest which is be-
ing conducted here this year under the
sponsorship of the Oakland Civic Club.
There is something about a garden
which brings out the best IN people.
Perhaps it is because we are Natures
children, after all, and our hands move
as if by instinct to digging into the
ground, to the planting of things
which will grow, to the tending of
flowers and the gathering of fruit.
Little children love flowers. They
pick them instinctively as soon as they
can toddle. The untaught savage
adorns his person with flowers. A
garland from the woods or fruit from
the hillsides is the oldest form of Of
fering.
Gardens such as the average home
grounds can provide, make produc-
tive our leisure time. They draw us
from idleness to creative effort. They
provide US with cheering gifts for the
sick and poor. They incline US to hos
pitality, to share their beauties with
others.
Out of all this beauty comes an in
spiration for each member of the fam
lily. Mother wishes to make the yard
attractive so children will play at
home. The kiddies take a hand in i'm
proving the yard. In the garden they
learn the dignity of work with their
hands and to be helpful to others.
They also are taught by an object
lesson the all-embracing wisdom OF
Nature.
Father,in planting his yard, realizes
the value of permanent improve
ment, and he sets out trees and mass
of shrubbery. Once his home grounds
are improved he sees himself as part
Of great movement to make his home
town "The City Beautiful" and he
becomes better citizen.
"A public movement which creates
better citizens should be given whole
hearted community support.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
HOMEMAKERS WILL GIVE I
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dress Review and Contest to be
Held During Afternoon

The countrywide program and tea
for all Garrett county homemakers
will be held on Wednesday, June II
in the K. of P. Hall, Miss Elsie Ben.
THEN, home demonstration agent, has
announced.
The program starts at 1890 a. m
with reports of the various clubs and
homemakers project groups made by
club presidents. At II o'clock re,
ports of the New York trip will be
given by Mrs. C. C. Beachy, Mrs. O
S. Ridder and Miss Christina Winter
berg.
Short talks by the women who have
attended the Rural Women's Short
course at the University of Maryland
will be heard at 1870 a. m. including
Mrs. C. E. Hardesty, Mrs. T. G. Bit,
finger, Mrs. L. Purnell, Mrs. H. l.
Porter, Miss C. Winterberg.
The $500 dress review and contest
will be held at 1:30 p. m. under three
groups, with three awards for each
group. The groups are as follows;
Group 1, size and smaller; group 2
size 38 and larger (talD; group 8
size SO and larger (short).
There will be an ice cream demon
stration by J. A. Conover, dairy spec
ialist, University of Maryland, 'at
2:15 and tea hour will begin at three
o'clock. There will be exhibits and q
sale of disable articles.
The dress review and contest are
open to all women who sew. The
dress is not to exceed So in cost and
will be judged as to suitability of pat
tern and material to wearer, and the
fit of the garment on the wearer. All
homemakers are urged to take part in
this phase of the program. All club
members and homemakers who are
interested in work being done in clubs
are invited to attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
IN DAYS OF OLD
> FORTY YEARS AGO

Mrs. Bell Crop, Bayard, w. Va, is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Nancy
Whetsell, this week.
G. w. Delawder shipped seventeen
pounds of brook trout to Washington
Col. Pearre, Cumberland, inspected
Company B. in the armory Saturday
night. The "Boys" made a very poor
showing and were lectured by the
Colonel.
Photographer Pritchard has re-
moved from the Felty building to AL
der street and is now living on Third
street. O.
John A. Robb, Baltimore, and A. F
Drexel, agent for the Liverpool steam.
ship company, are guests of Fish
Commissioner Delawder, at Lake
Cleveland.
Deer Park elected Col. E. C. Tillson
mayor; w. E. George, Joseph Lash
orn, w. Jankey and C. H. Tillson as
councilmen.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Pearl Frankhouser, age 10, was
killed when struck by a fast freight
train at Corinth.
Mr.. Stuart F. Hamill left Oakland
Tuesday for trip to New York and
Boston.
Mr.. Edward E. Sollars attended the
graduating exercises of the Maryland
Medical college, of which his son Ed
ward E., is a member, leading his
class of more than forty by high
mark in all brancehs of study.
Miss Ann Manages arrived on Tues
day and is engaged in preparations
for the presentation at the Opera
House of the "Gibson Family Re.
union"
Miss Grace Loar went to Grafton
W. Va, Saturday to visit her brothers
Messrs. George and Lawson Loar.
Mr.. B. w. Harvey, Deer Park, was
in Oakland Tuesday on business con-
nected with the opening of new
county road in District No. 10, which
will add to the convenience Of the peo-
pie of that section.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05

To the Republican Voters of Garrett
County, Maryland
The undersigned hereby announces
his candidacy for the Republican NOM
ination for the office of Sheriff of Gar
rett. County, subject to the result Of
the Republican primary election to be
held in September next, and solicits
the support and influence of his
friends in all sections Of the county.
If nominated and elected will give
the Office every attention incumbent
upon me.
Very respectfully,
GUY Q. YUTZY.
Oakland, District No. 14*.
To the Republican Voters Of Garrett
County
The undersigned hereby announces
his candidacy for the Republican NOM
ination for the office of Sheriff of
Garrett County, subject to the result
of the Republican primary election in
September.
If nominated and later elected, I
shall strive to give every attention
the Office requires, having had exper-
fence as deputy sheriff for the past
four years.
I earnestly solicit the support and
influence of my friends in the county.
Very respectfully yours,
JOY C. GRIFFITH.
Oakland, District No. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
An Interesting Fact.
An Historic Race

All 11lStOIAC NAV
Many of the facts mentioned in this
series of short articles are no doubt
known by majority of our readers.
Our object is to recall them to your
memory.
It was in 1927 that the Assembly Of
Maryland granted a charter to a
group of far ?seeing gentlemen for the
building of railroad, authorizing an
issue of capital stock to the amount
Of one million and half dollars and
its extension as far west as the Ohio
river. The interval between that
event and today, one hundred and
three years, has witnessed wonderful
strides in the matter of railroad build
ing, as we'll as in vastly increasing
the speed at which the trains are run.
The hearts of Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, the last survivor of that
group of Marylanders who signed the
Declaration of Independence, who
laid the cornerstone of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad on Independence
Day, 1928, must have swelled with
pride when that first American made
locomotive, the Tom Thumb, steamed
I'D and wendell its way to Ellicott
City, a distance of thirteen miles
from Baltimore, the starting point.
The outgoing trip consumed an hour
and fifteen minutes, but they clipped
off the IS miles on the return in an
hour and one minute.
1t must have been the fast time
made on the return that induced Peter
Cooper, under whose direction the
Tom Thumb was completed, to accept
a challenge by the advocates of horse
power, for a race between the engine
drawing two coach loads of people,
and like load drawn by one horse.
The race started, and for the first
quarter of mile the horse was in the
lead, having the advantage of a
quicker start. But gradually the Tom
Thumb got up momentum, closed up
the gap and took the lead. We can
visualize the enthusiasm of the pas
sengers on the "steam cars" and the
crest-fallen aspect of the "horse car"
passengers, as that first steam-pro-
PEELED iron horse passed old gray
dobbin.
But the race is not always to the
swift. pride goeth before a fall"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
j. H. CARTER,
Resident County Agent,
Oakland. Md. ti
Why Cultivate Corn?


Why cultivate corn? After a week
Of intermittent rains, when the weeds
have all but obscured the struggling
young corn plants, there can be but
one answer to this question. But ask
the question of a group of farmers
who have followed or ridden the cult
vator over long rows of corn year
after year, and you will get variety
of answers. Conserve moisture"
"kill weeds; make a mulch;
"break the soil crust, and "make
work for the hired man." will be
some of the reasons given.
Regardless of this, the fact remains
that good job of killing weeds does,
at the same time, most of these other
things. Tests made in SO States by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
have shown that yields from cultivated
plots where weed growth was pre-
vented by surface scraping. 1t ap-
pears from this that the primary OBJ
ject is to kill weeds and that "mak-
ing mulch" breaking the soil
crust" and others are by-product eff
fects.
The greatest loss of moisture from
the corn field is through the leaves
of plants. The more weeds there are,
the less moisture for the corn. So,
from the standpoint of moisture,
weeds are direct competitors of the
corn plants and handicap the crop to
that extent. The most effective mois-
ture control is the kind that gets the
weeds before they make much growth
that is, just before or at the time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
BOTH BIRTHS AND DEATHS
DECREASING IN MARYLAND
1924 Births Recorded for First
Four Months of 1880

The report of the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics of the State Department of
Health, of births, stillbirths, infant
deaths and maternal deaths for the
State of Maryland for the first four
months of 1880 as compared to the
record for the corresponding period of
1929 indicates falling off in the total
number of births-10,274 in 1930-in
comparison with 1896 for the cores
ponding period of 1929.
The number of infant deaths was
considerably fewer in 1930-711-of
which 389 occurred in the counties and
1922 in Baltimore City, as compared to
1877 in 1929-507 in the counties and
$50 in Baltimore City. The infant
mortality rate was 69.2 for the State
for the first four months of 1880, as
compared to 1916 for the corresponding
period of 1929. (By infant mortality
rate is meant the number Of deaths
under one year to each thousand live
births). The reduction is reflected in
both white and colored rates. The
white rate for the first four months
of 1880 was 59.7 in comparison with
1876 for the corresponding period of
1929; the colored infant mortality rate
was 101.9 for the first third of 1880
as compared to 1884 for the cores
ponding period of 1929.
Forty-nine women in the State, %
in the counties and 81 in Baltimore
City, died from some complication in
childbearing during the first four
months of 1880 as compared to 62
during the corresponding period of
1929. This gives a maternal NOR
tality rate for the State, per thous-
and live births of 4.8 for the first
third of 1880 as compared to 60 for
the same periof of 1929. The number
of maternal deaths can be greatly re-
duced by securing for expectant
mothers satisfactory care before and
during the birth Of their children.
This care, so greatly to be desired for
the mothers, would at the same time
reduce the number of stillbirths and
the excessive number of infant deaths
that occur during the first few weeks
of life. The need for such measures is
better understood when it is remem-
bered that nearly half of the infant
deaths that are recorded each year,
occur during the first month of life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05

We can imagine the engineer gaily,
whistling what was then the counter
part of ''The old grey mare 'aint what
she used to be-" and pulling the throt-
tie wide open. Just then something
happened. A leather band slipped
from the wheel-the engine lost mo-
mentum-furiously Cooper sought to
replace the belt and in his excitement
injured his hand. Old Dobbin pricked
up his ears, caught his second wind
and slowly pulled away from the new
contraption and was first under the
wire at the end of the race.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05

10 Ine hepuDllcan VOCerS Oh JARRETT
County ~,
1 hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of Sheriff of Garrett
county, subject to the result of the
Republican primary election to be held
in September, 1880.
have been a resident of Garrett
County all my life and was employed
by the Kendall Lumber and Supply
Company for 20 years as assistant
store manager and purchasing agent,
and during the past five years I have
been in the employe of the George
Dewitt Shoe Company as salesman.
I have been a tax payer in Garrett
county for at least 20 years and have
taken an active part in the civic af-
fairs of the county. I am fully ac-
quainted with the duties of. the Of
flee of Sheriff and if elected I pledge
to the people of the county faithful,
efficient and conscientious admins
tration of the office of Sheriff.
Soliciting the favor Of your consid-
Grafton and support, I am,
Most respectfully,
EMORY w. (Sport) ADAMS.
Election District No. IA