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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Walking "Cane" Had Its
Origin in the Orient

The feruIa or staff of fennel wood
was one of the earliest supports used
by elderly persons because it was long,
tough, and light. The designation OF
"cane" so generally used in this coun-
try originated in the Orient, where hol-
low palms and bamboos were naturally
used for walking sticks. Pope's Sir
Plume prided himself on the nice con-
duct of his clouded cane, while Gay
celebrated in verse the strong cane and
the amber tipped cane. Henry VIII
had one cane "garnyshed with SILVER
and gilte, with Astronomie upon It,"
and another "garnyshed with golde,
having a perfume in the toppe." An
cient Egyptian walking sticks made OF
cherry wood, with carved knobs, have
been discovered. Comedy canes hav-
ing heads carved in the grinning like
ness of Punch, Merry Andrew, and
Toby Fillpot still can be found in the
shops. 1t is said that a collector Of
canes in Madison, Neb., has more than
160 on display in his home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
U. s. ROAD FUND WOULD
GIVE ALL IDLE $40 EACH

Nineteen dollars would be
the share of each jobless per-
son if all those who are idle
were given work by the $780,
100000 Federal aid highway
fund that has been proposed in
Congress to relieve unemploy-
ment.
Farm groups, says an Asso-
ciated Press report from Wash
ington, base this figure on the
assumption of 100000 unem-
ployed and that at least So per
cent of the money spent in
highway construction goes to
labor, as indicated by the Bur-
eau of Public Roads.
Members of Congress differ
on whether the number subject
to involuntary idleness is not
nearer 100000 or 100000.
but Senator Bingham, Repub-
lican, of Connecticut, says adj
vices from state governors he
has questioned place the esti-
mate at 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Feeding For Economical Milk
Production

Lower milk prices make it
doubly important to effect eve
ry possible economy in pro-
duction costs.
The cost of feeding dairy
COWS, on the average, amounts
to fifty per cent of the total
cost of keeping the COWS.
Saving in feed cost is, there
fore, one important way of in
creasing the profit from the
dairy herd. In general, dairy
feed can be produced on the
home farm cheaper than it can
be purchased.
Plenty of good, high protein
roughage, such as alfalfa and
soybean hay, supplemented by
corn, barley, wheat, oats and a
small amount of high protein
grain will make an excellent
ration for the dairy herd.
About the following amounts
of feed should be provided for
each cow in the dairy herd, ~
tons of legume hay, 31a tons of
corn silage, 800 pounds of bar
ley and oats; 200 pounds lin
seed meal, 200 pounds of cot
ton seed meal, other high pro-
tein grains may be substituted.
At least five months grazing on
good pasture should be provid-
ed. Some corn fodder can also
be used. All of the above
named feeds except the linseed
and cotton seed meal, or other
high protein grains, can read
lily be produced on Cecil county
farms. When proper cultural
and fertilization practices are
followed. A good roughage
high in protein, is the founda-
ton of a good, economical
dairy ration. With the pres
ent low price of soybean seed,
good legume hay can be pro-
duced at relatively low cost.
Soybeans grow readily on most
any type of land well suited for
corn. Prepare the land we'll
and seed two bushels of beans
per acre the latter part Of May
or early June.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
THE MIRACLE HOUSE

Individuals passing the Mir
acle House at Claiborne, Md,
have noticed considerable ac-
tivity in and around the pre-
ventorium in preparation for
the opening of the fourteenth
season, when approximately
100 children who have been in
contact with tuberculosis, will
arrive at the Miracle House on
June 6, in quest of health. 4
Starting in 1919 with 10
beds, the Miracle House has
been maintained as a part time
peventorium by the Maryland
tuberculosis Association, prin-
cipally from funds obtained by
the annual sale of Christmas
Seals. Today with a bed ca
pacity of ITO, the Miracle
House is one of the largest
preventoria in the United
States.
1t has always been the de-
sire of Mr.. William B. Mat
thews, Managing Director of
the Maryland tuberculosis As
ISOLATION, and the Board of Di-
rectors, to place the Miracle
House in the class of all year.
round institutions. A modern
heating plant made possible by
Messrs. William F. Schuder-
berg and Theodore e. Schlud-
erberg is now being installed,
and if the funds for mainten-
ance are available the preven-
forum will be operated the en-
tire winter.
With this in mind, the An
nual Donation and Inspection
Day will be held this year on
July 2, when an opportunity
will be given individuals and
organizations throughout the
State to make their annual do
nations of food stuffs, clothing
and cash gifts. For Cecil coun-
ty, arrangements have been
made with Mrs. l. D. Davis, of
Elkton, Md, to receive the do
nations, in the event that
transportation facilities are
not available for carrying the
donations direct to the Miracle
House at Claiborne, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

phones for each 100 inhabitants leads
the larger cities of the world in tele-
phone development. Washington is
second, Seattle third, and Denver Is a
close fourth.
In absolute numbers, the telephones
of large American cities are more
nearly comparable with the telephones
Of foreign countries, and even con-
tinents, than with those Of individual
cities abroad. New York City, for
example, has considerably more tele-
phones than France; nearly as many
as Great Britain, and more than one
half as many as Germany. Chicago
has about as many telephones as there
are in all Of Spain, Italy and Russia
added together. Los Angeles has more
telephones than any European country,
except Germany, Great Britain, France
or Sweden. The telephones of New
York City outnumber those Of Asia
and Africa combined, while Chicago
has considerably more telephones than
either South America or Oceania.
The distribution of telephone facili-
ties abroad is of greater significance
to Americans now that they can talk
with 80 per cent of all the telephones
throughout the world. The telephone
system of the United States is con-
nected with most Of the telephones in
North and South America, Europe and
even Australia, as well as small dis
trict in northwest Africa. Anon
recent additional extensions of servi
were the radiotelephone circuits esta
lished to Java, Sumatra, Bermud
Brazil, the Canary Islands, and IL
Hawaiian Islands. Ship-to-shore radi
telephone service also connects Anne
lean telephones with certain ocea
liners at sea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
~. S. CROP LOAN

Farmers in the south and in
the northwest have received
the bulk of the 1882 crop pro-
duction loans made by the Ag-
riculture Department to in
crease the flow of credit in rur-
al communities.
The total for all States on
May z was $61,579,621. OF
this amount $29,794,556 went
to ten southern States and
$25, 089,970 to ten States III the
northwest.
The last day for filing appli-
cations in all States except in
the northeast was April 80, but
with more than 100000 appli-
cations on hand then the loans
are still going out at the rate of
about 100000 daily. Several
weeks will elapse before the
final total is computed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Maryland

Not now, but when the day
breaks,
And the shadows flee away,
We will understand the trials
And the burdens of to-day.
How often in the conflict,
When so very sore oppressed
We go to Him for solace,
And He gives us perfect rest.
He gives us sweet comfort;
Our heartaches all are
known.
In the shadows He is standing,
Keeping watch above His
own.
In His care and blessed keep
ing,
Till the shadows flee away;
And then with Him forever,
In that land of endless day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
WRECKING OLD BRIDGE

Injunction proceedings have
been instituted by the Commits
sioners of Hartford county,
against Col. Edward M. Allen,
who is alleged to have remov-
ed flooring, roof and weather
boarding from the old covered
wooden bridge, over Deer
Creek, at Wilson's Mill.
The State Roads Commits
sion erected a new iron struc-
ture over the creek, near the
old bridge, and Mr.. Allen is
said to have set up a claim that
the old wooden structure form
erly used for crossing the
creek was his property, and
has since taken possession of
the bridge, according to the
bill of injunction, already hav-
ing hauled away part of the
material.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Telephone communication In Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, and the
District OF Columbia is so universally
used by men, women and children in
every walk of life that it will come
as a shock to many people to learn
that there are numerous larger cities
in other countries with fewer tele-
phones than are found in the smaller
cities in this area.
Small towns and rural sections of
America are notably we'll provided
with telephone facilities. Communities
in the United States with less than
$4,000 population each, have at their
disposal an average of 1872 telephones
for each 100, inhabitants, according to
a survey made recently by the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, giving world telephone statistics
as of January 1, 1881, which is the
latest date for which comparable fig
ures can be secured. In Europe, the
report shows, even the larger cities are
for the most part less adequately sup
piled with telephones than these small
err American communities.
Telephone facilities in America are
widely distributed. While such devel-
opment abroad is largely concentrated
in metropolitan areas, American cities
are generally far ahead of foreign cities
in the extent Of telephone service. The
eight cities in the United States Of
more than 100000 population had,
on January 1 of last year, an average
E: one telephone for every four people,
End the So American cities of more
than 100000 population were almost
equally well equipped telephonically.
This development exceeds the tele-
phone density Of all foreign cities ex-
cept two. San Francisco with 40.2 tele-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

more sumptuously on pineapple
than the kings of old, and, thanks
again to the canning industry, he
can even consume such rare and
dainty dishes as this one named
after that famous grand opera
star, Madame Melba. All the in
gradients are now obtainable in
cans and within reach of the aver
age purse. Here's the recipe:
Media Salad: Hollow out slight
1y the centers of eight large
canned peach halves, chill well,
and then place in beds of crisp
lettuce. Drain one No. 2 can of
crushed Hawaiian pineapple, and
add eight marshmallows cut in
eighths and eight maraschino
cherries cut in quarters. Pile in the
peach cavities and sprinkle chop
ped walnuts over. Pipe rosettes
of cream mayonnaise, tinted green,
into small lettuce hearts, and top
with a red cherry. Serves eight.+
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Accidents Do1un, Thrift Up
Western Electric Co. Reports
President Bloom Commends Employees For Their Loyalty
And Fine Spirit Of Understanding Mani
. tested During The Past Year.

payroll, or $12,63O,0O0, applied to this
purpose as compared with 11.9 per
cent Of the payroll in 1880.
Reduction Of lost-time accidents was
the result Of the steadily increasing
interest and cooperation of the EN-.
ployees. together with the company's
unceasi4g efforts toward elimination
Of such accidents, Mr.. Bloom states.
The Point Breeze works in Balti.
more, Md, completed four months
without a single lost-time accident
among the employees. The Queens.
boro, Long Island works went two
months without such an accident.
President Bloom, on behalf of the
directors expressed their sincere
thanks and appreciation "for the 10y.
atty and fine spirit of understanding
which the employees have manifested
in this period of business stress. The
year has been a trying one for the
personnel of the organization, and"
Mr.. Bloom said, I'VE commend the
attitude, with which the problems have
been met"
Sales of the Western Electric Com.
pany in 1881 amounted to $22S, $50. 900.
This was S6.7 per cent less than the
sales for 1880. Earnings declined 2S.4
per cent last year as compared with
the previous year.
At the beginning Of 1881 the report
shows that the manufacturing depart
ment was operating at Sc per cent OF
normal activity with S9,484 EN-.
ployees working an average OF five
days week. AS the year progressed,
in order to meet the continued de-
cline in business the general policy
was followed for spreading available
work as far as possible through short
ening the hours Of labor, thus assur.
ing the maintenance of the largest
number of people at work and mini
MIXING unemployment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
RATS DIE

so do Mice, once they eat BEST
YET. And they leave no odor
behind. Don't take our word
for it, try a package. CATS
and DOGS won't touch it. Rats
pass up all food to get BEST
YET. Two sizes.
so cent size, 3 OF. is enough
for Pantry, Kitchen and Cellar.
rs cent size, 6 OF. for Chick
en- House, Coops and small
buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by deal
ers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Lost-time accidents were materially
reduced and thrift substantially in
creased among the 44,613 employees Of
the Western Electric Company last
year. Since 1924, President Edgar 8.
Bloom reports to stockholders, acct
dents have been reduced from SO for
each 1000 people, to less than In
1881.
The Western Electric Company is
the supplier of telephone equipment
for the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Companies, operating in
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and the District of Columbia, and
other associated companies of the
Bell System.
Thrift during the year increased
with 1876 per cent of the company's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27


Thirty years ago the popu-
lation of the United States was
81, 100000, and the average
person contributed $19.39 in
taxes to support government.
In 1928, the last year for
which complete official Stats
tics are available, the popula-
ton was 120.OO0,000 and the
per capita tax had increased to
$105.20. And now senators are
figuring how to raise income
tax rates to cover the $780,
100000 treasury deficit that
followed the last congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
REMEMBER WASHINGTON'S
SOLDIERS ON ME-
MORTAL DAY

This year, on the day when
the American people Civ
thought to those who gave
their lives for the preservation
of the nation, it is especially
appropriate to remember the
patriots who died during the
Revolution while battling with
General Washington for the
independence of the American
people. In no way could Me-
mortal day be better observed
than in thus devoting it to
Washington's honor, during
this year when we celebrate the
2OOth anniversary of his birth,
and nothing would be more in
Washington's own spirit than
this tribute to those loyal
Americans who gave their lives
to the cause for which he
fought.
This rite is all the more nee
essary, according to the United
States George Washington BIZ
centennial Commission, be-
cause of the curious historical
fact that no accurate record
was ever made, either during
the Revolution, or after it, of
the patriots who died in action,
in their country's struggle for
independence. Washington's
hurriedly gathered and un-
trained army had no facilities
for the paper work" that has
become an elaborate feature of
modern military science.
The best count now possible
by military experts gives
Washington a total enlisted
military force of $4,000, but he
never had these gathered to-
gether at any one time, owing
to lapses and over-lappings of
enlistments, and at critical
times his forces sank to 5000.
The most accurate count posi-
BILE today. covering the number
of patriots actually shot and
killed in battle, fixes their
number at 4,044.
Again the Revolutionary
army could make no effort to
mark the burial places of the
dead, as is the modern mill
tary practice, and the sacred
places where these heroes lie
will never be known. Almost
the only known graves Of Rev.
dictionary soldiers are those
who survived the war and were
buried in private burial
grounds.
Nothing remains, therefore,
of those who gave their lives
in the making of the United
States except the memory of
their heroism. 1t is the great
err reason why on Memorial
Day, in this year of tribute to
George Washington, the Unit
ed States should give a thought
to these self-giving men who
died that their country might
live.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

MeNin a. iraylor in any way aid to
destroy the confidence which the banks
must repose in each other and which
the community at large must repose in
the banks as whole Il we are going
to thrive, and remember always we
cannot thrive separately. We shall
either all thrive together or all suffer
disaster.
Sentiment in Banking
No sentiment in banking? VIII you
recall just one days activity at your
desk-what were the problems you
considered? Did they apply solely to
the cold-blooded conduct Of the affairs
Of your bank, weighing, measuring,
Analysing, valuing securities, extend
ing credit, driving the best bargains
possible, having in mind only the mate
rial return from your days labor? Ger.
tainly such is not the case. ! recall
many days-happy days, too-in my
experience in a very small country
bank, in which am sure not one-tenth
of my time was given to the real con.
sideration of the financial returns to
my institution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Open Markets


I believe in an open market for the
actual purchase and sale both of COM
modities and securities. But SO long
as the actual rate for credit in this
country swings up and down according
to the demand for funds for specula-
tive purposes, little Influenced by GEN.
trail or other banking policy, then
something is wrong somewhere. More
over, If business Is infuenced-as is
almost universally charged by the
state OF public mind; and If the state
Of public mind is Influenced, as in re-
cent years it most certainly has been,
to run the scale from extreme optimism
to extreme pessimism according to the
characters on ticker tape, then some.
thing is wrong with the public mind,
or the conduct of the forces back Of
the tape. Those responsible must pro-
vide the answer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
FOR SALE

Yellow Yam and Porto Rico
sweet potato plants. Greater
Baltimore tomato and cabbage
plants. Seed and table sweet
potatoes in hampers. Quick
shipment. Write for real low
price.
DAVID NICHOLS co.
Kingston. Georgia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Now come the hot days when
we have to stand by the good
words we said of them last
winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

The man who wins may
have been counted out several
times, but he didn't hear the
referee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
We must not take

We must not take
unfair advantage OF
our competitors. II
is entirely proper
for us by legitimate
means to obtain all
the business that
we can, but in doing
SO we ought to do
nothing that will
injure our competi.
tors and that will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

The only thing a woman can
throw straight is dust in her
husbands eyes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

The modern girls idea of US
ing a needle is to change it af-
ter every record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Many a woman looks old be-
fore her time in trying to look
young after her time
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Some philanthropists are
giving away what they should
be giving back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

kff5,fiM only 'tIOuDlC 10 tIidI Jul
economic life is not so ar
ranged as to make everything
available to all. The canned foods
industry is a direct contradiction
of this contention. Take pine
apple, for instance. Formerly
only great lords and kings were
able to grace their tables with that
royal Hawaiian fruit. In North
ern countries it was raised only
under glass, and was not available,
even to kings, fully ripened under
the sun in its native habitat with
all of it's delicious fruit sugar,
juices and nutritious qualities in
tact.
A Rare Treat
Now, thanks to the canning in
dustry, it is available in this form,
and the average man can feast
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

EOPLE are saying nova
days that there is plenty of
everything, and that the
only trouble is that our
acooorn;c I;fa &c not CO ar.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-01-21
Chicken Thieves Sentenced

Guvie Coins, aged 27, Otty Maybe,
~, and Enock Styers, 40, who
We're each indicted by the grand
Jury last week on three charges
burglary and larceny and grand
larceny, pleaded guilty Monday af-
ternoon when arraigned before
Judge Weber Coins and Maybe
were sentenced to the Mansfield re-
formatory, and Styers to the Ohio
penitentiary each for an indefinite
term, on each of the three indict-
ments, and sentence terms are to be
continuous, a sentence to begin at
the expiration Of the other, until
the three sentences are served.
The three named stole 48 chick
ems from Mary Hambel, so chickens
from Leonard Smith, and 10 tur-
Keys from Mahlan Parsons.
They were first arrested in Zanes-
vile, and it is stated that when
they have served their sentences
from this county, that charges
against them in other places will be
pushed. Coins is from Glouster.
Styers from South GAINESVILLE, and
Maybe from Philo.
Tuesday Sheriff Adrean took
Coins and Maybe to Mansfield, and
Wednesday the sheriff and Marshal
Drury took Styers to the peniten-
tiary
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-01-21
Dean Ogan Addresses Educators

DR.. r. w. Ogan, dean of Mus
kingum college, addressed educa-
tors in attendance upon the twenty
first annual meeting of the Council
of Church Boards of Education at
Cincinnati this week. J. Knox
Montgomery, jr., acting president
of Muskingum, is also attending the
conference. Student Loan Funds
was the subject of the paper read
by DR.. Ogan at the Monday after
noon session. His article was based
on an extended study made by him
on the rotary loan program of one
of the church boards of education
He will also speak on the same
theme before the meeting of the
association of American colleges on
Friday morning. DR.. Ogan is one
of the younger college deans in
Ohio, having come to Muskingum in
the fall of 1890 at the age of 80
years. He is graduate of Mus
kingum college and received his
doctor of philosophy degree from
Ohio State University where he was
accorded the honor of Phi Beta
Kappa membership.
Dir. Ogan has specialized in school
administration and is the author of
number of articles in that field
AT present he is making a number
Of research studies at Muskingum
in the administration of institutions
Of higher learning. He is also a
professor in the department of ed
ucation at the college.