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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
BUILDING REVIVAL Is
FOUND ACTUALLY HERE

not been satisfied for several years
will call for considerable volume of
products to bring the buildings of this
country back to proper condition.
2. Available federal funds promise
to turn vast sums of money for the
purchase Of building materials.
3. The people know that from an
economical point of view now when
costs Of labor, prices of building prod
ucts are unprecedently low, Is good
time to build or modernize.
'The most important deduction from
this analysis" says the American
Architect, "is that the beginning of
the recovery period is here. Building
activity begins its steady, though slow,
upward swing during the fall of 1892"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Smithsonian Experts Make
Exhaustive Study.

Washington.-Diverse gods keep
the Acoma Indians of New Mexico.
An exhaustive study of the culture,
religion, and history of this tribe has
just been issued by the bureau of
American ethnology of the Smithsoni-
an institution. The Acoma Indians
accepted specifically the religion Of
the Spanish missionaries, but retained
their ancient deities and supernatural
beings. The result is that somewhere
near the foot Of the list of divinities,
In the order named, are st. Stephen,
Dios, and Christie.
At the head, as described by Leslie
A. White in the Smithsonian report,
stands Ocatc, the sun, greatest of all
the supernaturals. Just below him
stand his two sons, Masewi and Oyo-
yewi, the twin war gods, who Symbol
lie courage, strength, and virtue.
They are represented in the native
mythology as great rain makers. They
were the leaders and champions OF the
;;Acoma people in the early days when
they lived in the North.
r Rain Makers Next.
l Next come the k'atsina, anthropo
morphic spirit rain makers who "live
somewhere in the West" and who are
of the greatest Importance in Acoma
ceremonies. There are also the k'Obic-
tally, powerful and .benefcent but mys-
ferrous spirits who dwell in the sun
rise. They are supposed to strength
en- the weak and sick.
Perhaps most important of all, not
even excepting the sun, is Iatik, the
great mother. 1t is impossible, how
ever, to arrange the gods in any def
mite hierarchy. Mr.. White points out.
The sun is symbol of cosmic power,
but is not anthropomorphic now in any
sense conceived as partaking of the
nature of a human being. Iatik seems
to be the symbol of human life itself,
but is quite remote from the daily ac-
tivities of her children. After death
the individual goes back to her. She
Is never pictured as human in form.
She is regarded with respect and ten
derness. ~
The moon and stars are said by
some Of the Acomas to be spirits. The
clouds, especially the rain clouds, are
quite important, and prayers are said
to them. Lightning is sacred. asso-
ciated both with rain and with hunt
ing.
The Acoma pantheon contains four
rain makers who live at the four car
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Almost Two Billions to Be
Spent in IL Months.

New York.-Important good news
for all branches of the American
building industry is found in survey
and forecast, published by American
Architect. The survey indicates that
the beginning of the building recovery
period is actually here.
Based on direct individual reports
from 1885 representative architects
and from other authoritative sources.
the survey shows that building and
undermining projects now in planning
and already financed amount to $751;
738,000. Contemplated construction,
based on architects records checked
by business conditions in each state,
reaches an additional figure of $1,1S1,-
068,0OO OF the total of more than ST.
75O,OO0OOO, $299,623,OOO is in new
building projects already financed and
under planning for immediate con-
struction.
In these actual new building projects
there are 1,145 dwellings below $780,
600, costing $1O171,5OO. and 2O3
dwellings from $4,000 up costing $8,-
100000. OF apartment buildings and
hotels there are 1913 representing
cost of $1S, 1856, 800, and "a hotels cost
ing $4,490,000. In contemplated con-
struction there are 3,429 dwellings be-
low $4,000 which will cost $26,822,-
700 and 5S2 dwellings of more
than $4,000 which will cost $21,677,-
500. There are 573 contemplated apart
ment hotels that will cost $136, $780,
600; and 100 hotels that will cost $43,-
$4,000.
Factors aside from these actual es-
Inmates that support this confidence
are:
/. Normal requirements which have
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

he Is leaving on his mission:
Lord, I am lonesome for a lovely
woman
To buy things for!
Bright silk that clashes like a sword
And gems from the East, not seen be-
fore in England!
And weight her down with them, that
she might not walk
But leaning on my arm.
All, Aethelwold
What dost thou think on, in the Lent
en-tide
When the white thorn blossoms on the
haw?"
Part of the joy of life for the king
was in buying things. I sympathize
with him; I have exactly the same
sort of feeling. Half the pleasure of
living would be gone If l could not
buy things, and if there were no one
for whom to buy. London to me
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

means among other interesting things
Regent street and Liberty's with its
beautiful fabrics and potteries and GU
rious and quaint things from foreign
lands, and the Joy of buying some
thing. 1 should not want to go to Ed
lnburgh If l could not buy things, but
you see am not like King Eadger,
for / have some one to buy things for.
1 am not given to the blues; mel
ancholy and mental depression ! know
little about. but one would scarcely
be mortal if he did not at some time
or other feel little low. At such a
time of mental or even financial de-
preston nothing heartens me so much
as to buy something.
@. 1882. Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
BUYING THINGS
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Late Dean of Men,
University of Illinois.

King Eadger in "The Kings Hench-
man" has lost his wife and wants a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

. Z Z Y II u. ne Is
lonesome as wild
overs often are,
and is eager for
a young and beau
tiful companion.
He is a busy man,
or thinks he is,
W b CHI really
a m gu n t to the
s a m e thing, and
so Is delegating
Aethelwold to go
in search OF a new
queen and to plead
his cause for him,
and says to him as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

known as California Fig Syrup and
endorsed by physicians for over 80
years.
Children need no urging to take 1t.
They love it's rich, fruity flavor.
Nothing can compete with it as gen.
tie, but certain laxative, and It goes
further than this. 1t gives tone and
strength to the stomach and bowels
SO these organs continue to act nor
mally, of their own accord. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite, helps digestion.
A Kansas mother, Mrs. Dana All
gre, 610 Monroe ST., Topeka, says:
Bonnie B. is absolutely the picture
Of health, now, with her rudy cheeks.
bright eyes and plump but graceful
little body and she stands at the top
in every health test.
Much Of the credit for her perfect
condition is due to California Fig
Syrup. We have used it since baby
hood to keep her bowels active dur
ing colds or any children's ailments
and she has always had an easy time
with them. She always responds to
its gentle urging and is Quickly back
to normal"
Ask your druggist for California
Fig Syrup and look for the word
california" on the carton so you'1l
always get the genuine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Bacillus of Tetanus

During the World war the well
cultivated fields in the north of
France were found to teen with the
bacillus of tetanus, whose ravages
among the wounded would have
been appallingly heavy but for the
timely use of that antoxin which
was available, thanks to the re-
searches of Baron Shibasaburo Kita-
sato many years earlier. The story
of Kitasato, a pioneer of medicine
and a microbe hunter, is told by DR..
Claude Livingston in Hygeia Maya
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
More Wheat Land in Ireland

Half million acres more of
wheat land in Ireland have been put
under the pillow than last year as a
result Of the new wheat quota. This
was declared by Sir Boyd Merriman.
solicitor general, at a Unionist fete
at Fort Castle, near Berwick. He
said that the remarkable recovery of
the country in the last year and the
great war loan conversion scheme
showed that the country was not
down and out He believed that the
wheat quota would end in farmers
selling wheat at less than the cost
of production.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
POTPOURRI
Slow Coal Formation

Scientists have estimated that a
dense vegetation growth will yield
annually one ton of dried vegetable
matter to the acre, or $40 to the
square mile. Such growth con-
tinued for 1000 years, and all COM
pressed to the density of coal. would
form a coal seam six inches thick.
Some coal is $50 feet thick.
@, 1882. Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Hunt for Water in Africa

Able Gabriel Lambert, Euro
pean, possesses extraordinary gifts
as q water diviner. He sometimes
uses a pendulum which. when over
water, swings to and fro at a great
rate, but he uses also the Old-fash-
toned hazel twig. He is shortly be-
ing sent to Algiers on an official wa
ter-finding mission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
|0F INTEREST TO
| THE HOUSEWIFE

Melted paraffin poured over the
top of paint will prevent its harden
ing.
Pale amber glassware with handles
of topaz glass are charming with an
ivory damask tablecloth. :
To remove stains left by chocolate
ice cream, sprinkle with borax, soak
In cold water, then in boiling water.
When making custards. If the beaten
eggs are mixed with milk that is slight
" warm, custards will not be watery.
White felt hats may be easily
cleaned with paste made Of arrow.
root and magnesia. Allow it to stand
until dry, then brush off.
Half snap fastener sewed on each
shoulder of a house dress and the
other half to the tabs Of an apron
bib will always keep bib in place.
In selecting a soup for a meal re-
member that creamed soups should
not be served when there are creamed
vegetables or creamed fish to follow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Girl at the Top
in Health Tests

Millions Of boys
and girls all over the
world, thousands Of
them right here In
the West, are being
restored to health
and strength by the
purely vegetable tom
lie and la K a tt We
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
Supreme Test

"A new tool, using gunpowder for
power, drives rivets through steel
without the necessity of drilling"
But can it fit the studs to dress
shirt ?-Detroit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

For the woman who wants to be mp
to-the-minute but at the same time
conservative in style matters, this
frock is the latest Paris suggestion
The high neckline has becoming pen.
nant-shaped collar Of white pique with
small cuffs to match. The sleeves are
set in dropped shoulders, giving the
coveted effect of width at the top
above a plain straight skirt. The
oblong metal clips with their belt
buckle to match add a pleasing note
-Woman's Home Companion.
Evening star., 1932-05-01
What Things Cost
(Standard Statistics CO..


NEW YORK, April 80 CHo).-Of the 26
important commodities in the follow
ing table, 2 are higher in price than
last week, IA are lower and 10 remain
unchanged Two of the 26 are at their
high for 1882, while II are at their low.
Evening star., 1932-05-01
VIRGINIA BANK GRANTED
CAPITAL INCREASE PLEA
Special Dispatch to The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, April 30.-Charter
of the Peoples Bank of woodstock was
amended today increasing the author
lied maximum capital stock from
SIS, 900 to $4,000 and increasing the
number of directors from to II.
The Mutual Fire Insurance Co. OF
Hartford County, Md, was given go
additional days by the State Corpora
ton Commission today to restore its
surplus to the minimum requirements
of $780, 900. The company, which en-
tered Virginia in September, 1928, and
operates principally in the Northern
part of the State, was first cited before
the commission early last year when 1t
developed that its surplus had fallen to
S115,000. Since then it has been in
creased to S170,C00 BY the expiration
of 80 days the company hopes to have
the surplus restored to the minimum
requirement figure.
Stock fire insurance companies
operating in Virginia had loss ratio
of 1882 per cent on last years fire
business, according to figures compiled
by the State Insurance Bureau. This
was the largest loss ratio in a number
of years On all lines written by these
companies the loss ratio for 1881 was
77.56 per cent. Total net premiums
received on fire business for 1881 were
S85l1, ,5l9.T and net losses incurred
were $6,70G, G,970.85 Total net premi-
ums received on all lines was S10,110,-
71767 Net losses incurred were
S7,84l, ,785.78.
Evening star., 1932-05-01
TAX CUT PROBLEM
|SFAC|NG CANADA
Dominion Must ReChsce IN
posts in Accordance With
Loss In Incomes.
specialDispatch to The star.

SpeCidfDfSpdbCn TO Inc Sbdn
TORONTO, April 30.-Canada al the
end of the fourth month finds herself
with most Of her business indiees far
below those recorded on the same date
OF last year, but with a good deal of
necessary def1ation accomplished since
the 1st of January owing to a better
facing of the actual situation.
Much still remains to be done. The
municipalities and some business cor
porations have not yet. according to
the criticism of both banks and tax
payers, eliminated extravagances and
introduced efficiency of management to
anything like the extent that has been
found necessary on the farms. And until
taxes can be reduced in keeping with
the lower incomes of the rate PAYERS.
the Dominion cannot consider itself
entirely ready to settle down on a pre-
war basis.
Employment figures will constitute a
fair measure of the country's activity
and these have improved only bv the
usual Spring absorption of labor on
the farms in the various occupations
due TO the opening of lake navigation
and in the mines A ck-to-the-lanS
movement has been outlined in the
federal House with recommendations
also as to the best means of keeping
on the land those already established
PerhapS the greatest inducement is
that offered by the improved outlook
for good crop this year and for a
good demand for the Dominion's ex-
portable surplus.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-05-01
GOLD PRODUCTION
CONTINUES TO GAIN
Output for 1882 May Exceed
Record Set in
1915.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. April 30-Gold pro-
duction continues to increase. The 1882
world output may surpaSs the yield in
the record year of 1915, according to a
survey summary presented in the cur
rent issue of Engineering and Mining
Journal by S. d. Strauss, a widely
known authority. He estimates the
1881 production at 21,300000 fine
ounces which compares with 20,150,00
ounces in 1880.
The United States continues to con-
tribute 10 per cent Of the total world
gold production, says Mr. Strauss,
though it has long been considered a
declining factor United States mines
showed increases in the last two years.
Their 1881 output was the highest
since 1925. Ten mines in this country
are listed in the survey summary as
among the 86 most important yielders
of gold
The largest increase of gold produc-
ton of any country in 1881 was made
by Canada, which is now firmly in
trenched as the second largest pro-
ducer among the nations. The Cana
dian output in 1881 increased 557 900
ounces over the 1880 total OF 2,102,0
fine ounces.
Mines in the Union Of South Africa
continue to be the leaders in world
production. Their output for 1881 was
10,874,14 fine ounces, compared with
10,7l9,760 in 1880. The United States
is third in the list, its mines having
yielded 2,191 ,881 ounces last year Rus
sia comes fourth with an estimated
total of 100000 ounces in 1881, as
against 932,350 in 1880. Mexico is
fifth in the list; Australia is sixth.
India, which takes annually about
5000 900 ounces of the world gold sup
ply, produced itself in 1881 a total of
329,673 ounces.
Listed as the largest gold mine in
the world is the government gold in
South Africa. 1t yielded 1,129,872
ounc-s in 1881 and 1,007 ,095 in 1880.
This property earned in each of the
two years dividends totaling 1880, 900
pounds sterling.
Gold mining today is a prosperous
and expanding industry" writes Mr..
Strauss. Dividends are increasing;
new mines are being developed; new
mills are being built, employment is
afforded directly to several hundred
thousand workers and support for min
ing communities numbering millions is
assured.
Gold, even though it may not be
used by nation internally, is still
the one commodity than can settle in
ternational balances of trade. Coun-
tries that are off the gold standard eX-
pect eventually to return to it"
Evening star., 1932-05-01
ALTIM0RE STREET CAR
REVENUES ON INCREASE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, April 30-An increase
of $59.326 in the operating income of
the United Railways, which controls
the trolley system of Baltimore, for
March over the February total is shown
in the monthly report just issued. Com
pared with March 1881, however, the
report for last month shows decrease
Of $207,003.
Operating expenses, as shown by the
report, jumped from S568,25 in Feb
ruary to $599, 1923 in March. The total
Of operating expenses, taxes and main
tenance is shown to have increased
from $775659 in February to $816,694
in March.
The net income column in the cur
rent report shows a deficit of S126,983
for March. This compares with a
deficit of $131, ,595 in February and
S90,032 in January The deficit total
for the first three months of 1882 is
shown to be $344,121 greater than for
the similar period of 1881.
Revenue passengers hauled for the
quarter totaled 32,648,230, compared
with 38,274,872 in the initial 1881
quarter.
Evening star., 1932-05-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, April 30 LP UNITED
States Department Of Agricultural -
Cattle, 200; compared week ago fed
steers and long yearlings steady to 25
lower, light steers and yearlingS show
ing most decline; light heifers and
mixed yearlings, 25a40 lower on better
grades; weak to 25 down on others and
butcher heifers; fat COWS, 25a5O off :;
cutters, 15a25 down; bulls steady to
strong and vealers about steady; very
short run stockers and feeders, weak to
25 lower; extreme top medium weight
steers, 8.25; best light steers, 800: long
yearlings. 76O; upper crust weighty
steer crop, 750a775; latter top Dracti-
cal top; bulk all steers, 525a700; most
stockers and feeder, 450a5. so; best
yearling stockers, 600a625.
Sheep, 5000; today's market nominal: :
for week ending Friday, 118 doubles
from feeding stations, % 900 direct; old
crop lambs around 25 lower; spots of
more; Springers very uneven, mostly
steady; choice light weights suitable for
Greek Easter trade, sharply higher;
sheep, rs lower; closing bulks follow :.
Choice wool lambs, 6.50a675; others,
grading medium to good, 5.50a6 90: clip
pers, 5.00a600; California Spring
lambs, 700; natives, 75Oa8.50; few 900
and better; fat ewes, 100a2 rs; shorn
kinds making 200
Hogs, 10000, including 5000 direct:
steady to a shade lower; no choice light
weights here; good, 140-210 pounds, $50
a370; top. $40 for 21O pounds; 22O-25O
pounds, 3.50a3 .65; 260-34O pounds, 3.25a
$50; compared week ago, 1920 lower;
shipper took 500; holdovers, 1000; light
lights, good and choice, 140-160 pounds,
3.50a3.75 nominal light weights, l60-
200 pounds, 3.60a3 85 nominal; medium
weights, 200-25O pounds. 3.5Oa3. .85
nominal; heavy weights, 250-350 pounds,
3.20a3 60; packing sows, medium and
good, 275-500 pounds, 265a310; pigs,
good and choice, 100-130 pounds, 3O0a
$50.
Evening star., 1932-05-01
Trade Trends
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Construction.-Total several mil
Ion dollars above the average of re-
cent weeks, heavy engineering contracts
awarded in the week Just ended are
valued at S27, ,403 900, according to the
Engineering News-Record.
Coffee.-Showing firmneSS in the
face OF general commodity weakness,
coffee futures on the New York Coffee
and Sugar Exchange ended the week
at slight gains. There were reports in
trade circles of continued buying here
by Brazilian interests.
Hides.-Values on the New York
Hide Exchange in the past week re-
versed their protracted trend and
closed the period at moderate gains
Slight fractional advances were record :
ed in some of the domestic spot hide
prices and packers appeared less in
| cLned to press sales.
Petroleum.-World production of
petroleum during the first quarter this
year averaged 3,570,8O0 barrels daily
an increase of seven-tenths of l per
cent over the average of 3,546. 500 bar
rels daily in the corresponding period
OF last year, according to statistics
| compiled by World Petroleum.
Nitrates.-Figures made available tc
the chemical fertilizer trade disclose
that March imports of all fertilizer
materials fell of approximately so pei
cent from March, 1881, while those
| for the first quarter of 1882 were about
one-half Of those for the same time
| in 1881.
Flour.-Firmness continued in the
-four market during the week, in spite
of lower prices in the wheat market
Mill agents report that some buyers
show tendency to bid for stocks
but at levels slightly below the market