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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Octopus Slippery Foe

Although the octopus is terror Of
the deep, its body is relished by its
large enemies, but If attacked by q
great fish it will often come out best
in the fight, for it elects a quantity
Of sepia which darkens the water.
1t will also use this as smokes
when attacking, for its powerful eyes
are able to penetrate the darkened
water, while the object of its search
is probably lost in the cloud. The
sepia in its body makes It valuable
object to capture; in the seas where
it is found this is not difficult, for the
octopus is a denizen Of shallow and
usually clear water. But it can es-
cape through exceedingly small crew
ices, as those who have tried to keep
one in an aquarium have found to
their cost.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Explaining Natural Bridge

Natural bridge In Virginia was not
formed by a river which has since
been 'lost." In limestone formations
rain water percolates through the soil,
enters the cracks and crevices in the
rock and gradually enlarges them. It
often follows some plane of stratifica-
ton, following out large, irregular
rooms, then, finding lower level re-
peats the process. In places the in
tervening floor of rock breaks down
and lofty hall is formed. Then, II
the roof of this hall falls in, there Is
q valley bounded with steep cliffs. In
some places the floor between the two
original levels is left, forming such q
natural bridge as the one In Virginia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Treat for Father

For long the Jones household had
been the home of a varied assortment
of birds, animals, and fish, not forget
ting a tortoise, but Mrs. Jones grew
tired of the menagerie and decided to
get rid of it.
Fido was sent to dogs home and
Fluff to an institute for cats. The
parrot was sent to the Association
for the Prevention of Pure Language,
and the two canaries to the Deaf and
Dumb home. The others were got rid
of in various ways, but when she came
to the goldfish she hesitated.
Tommy, however, had bright sug-
geStion.
"Why not fry it for fathers break
fast?" he said. "He's been asking for
a change for weeks" -,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

Near East Said to Be
Birthplace of Bridge"

There Is very little definite informa-
tfon as to the origin of the game Of
Bridge" or Bridge Whist" as 1t was
Iirst called. It Is thought to have
made it's first appearance in the clubs
Of Egypt and COnstantinople. The En-
cyclopedia Britannica states that it is
probably Of Levantine origin and that
II there were any necessity to assign
to IL a definite nationality, that honor
must be awarded to Greece. A PAM
phlet ON the game, published 10 Lon
don in 1880, called II "Biritch or Rus
sian Whist; however. the word
'.biritch" is not found in any Russian
dictionary. The game was introduced
into the British and American clubs
DR6Nur 1898 or 1894. According to one
thedry, the British players of the game
Id the Near East began to call the
game bridge" because OF the privilege
of bridging" or passing the deal to
the partner, and Russian followers of
the game pronounced the, name
sbiritch."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

Some school children in Poland have
had the experience of playing nurse to
a stork. The lOng-legged bird was Sc
verely wounded In fight with another
stork. Some children of Brzeznica.
where this fight took place. not liking
to see the bird suffer. bound up the
injured stOrk and made 1t home in
stable The children found that they
had not reckoned on its enormous APP
petite. 1t ate 60 frogs a day. It's
hosts were obliged TO enlist the serv-
ices of their schoOlmates in the frog
S
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Famous Fossil Fields
of Northeastern Utah

The finds of dinosaurian and other
prehistoric reptilian remains, uncov-
cred in the Dinosaur National monu-
ment, In the northeastern part of
Utah, have never been duplicated in
any other part of the world in num-
Der or scientific interest. 4 great va
riety of material has been taken from
this fossil field, which was discovered
in 1905 by Prof. e. B. Douglass Of the
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, and
who explored the place year after year
until the work was taken up by the
Smithsonian institution. Altogether
more than 100000 pounds Of material,
including bones and matrix, have been
taken from the quarry, and many skel-
etons, some of which are practically
complete, have been secured. The
most remarkable prize secured was
the complete skeleton of the largest
BrOntosanrus known to science-"The
Apatosauros Louisae," as it was
named in honor of Mrs. Andrew Car
negie. 1t is 100 feet long and 20 feet
high and stands In the Hall of Verte-
brate Paleontology in Pittsburgh.
Probably in life it weighed 20 tons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Small Wonder Greeks
Xenerated Gas Plant"

Among the old inhabitants of coun-
try gardens, cultivated for their snowy
flowers and fragrance, there is none
more enduring, once established and
few which possesses more unusual
characteristics than Dictamnus fraxi-
nella, commonly called the gas plant
or burning bush. In English gardens,
where it is more extensively cultivat-
ed than in this country, it is known
as fraxinella and dittany. Dittany or
ditamy obviously contractions of die
tamnus) was the popular name of the
plant century or more ago. One
finds reference to 1t and it's prop
critics (real and imaginary in old
prose and verse.
The ancient Greeks, no doubt, were
familiar with the inflammable nature
of the inflorescence. 1t would be only
natural for those old Greeks to regard
these strange burning bushes, grow
ing on Mount Ida, the mystic birth
place of Zeus, with awe and super
stition. Even in this enlightened day
and age there is something almost I'M
canny about the way in which the
flower heads are enveloped in blush
flame when a lighted match is applied
on warm summer evening.
A well-established specimen of the
gas plant will continue to thrive in
the same spot for several generations.
Instances have been reported of gas
plants being in gardens, in the same
positions, for more than a century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
What Circus People Eat

gather that their table manners
aren't so good, but you learn that
our table manners and small
mouths are equally distasteful to
the Ubangis. Fresh okra is their
favorite food, but they are also
fond of fish which is especially
baked for them in the kitchen.
The circus steward, A. L. Webb,
shows you his kitchen proudly,
and introduces you to the head
chef, Herman Sack. Nowhere
else in the world is there travel
ing kitchen which feeds daily
around 1900 people--4S00 meals
day! :
Your first glance at so many
tables filled with gallon cans Of
tomatoes, seems to justify the
reputation canned tomatoes have
acquired for keeping people fit.
But you learn that, although five
cases of these No. 10 cans Of to-
matoes are used at single meal,
this is just one of the many
canned and fresh vegetables on
the list. Tomatoes are favorites,
nevertheless, because the circus
crew likes them in soups, as a
vegetable, with meat in a Spanish
stew or steak, and the juice to
drink.
Down on the sawdust at your
feet, are some half-dozen wash
tubs Of potatoes, peeled, and in
water, ready for dinner. There
is no need to be squeamish about
tubs of food on the ground, for
after all, this is camp life, and
not every one camps as hygienic-
ally as do circus people, as you
learn when you are shown the
supply wagons.
Complete supplies are kept for
one full day ahead, and extra
cases of canned food are always
on hand, but the problem of trans
portation makes it impossible to
carry food too far in advance.
The meat wagon is refrigerated
and contains hams, roasts, bacon,
etc, The grocery wagon is as
neat as a pin with everything in
cans and cartons. The labels on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

the cans include corn, tomatoes,
peas, stringless beans, evaporated
milk and fruits of all sorts.
Fruit pies go big" Herman
tellS you. Back in the kitchens
he uncovers three long tables, on
which are spread pans as big as
ordinary kitchen table tops; one
is filled with peach cobbler, made
of canned peaches, and the other
two are chocolate cake.
"We do all our own baking"
he adds as proudly as does a
housewife with a cupboard full of
Saturday cakes and pies.
If figures mean anything, here
are some rather staggering ones
apropos of circus food: one hum
dred and twenty-five pounds OF
coffee are used each day; from
forty to fifty gallons of fresh
milk; three cases Of canned milk
or eighteen gallons; five hun
dred loaves of bread; six hundred
pounds OF graduated sugar; and
seventy-five pounds OF butter. At
one meal the circus consumes
seven cases of canned stringless
beans in No. 10 size cans, and two
cases of this same size cans Of
kidney beans.
A lot Of food for one day, you
say, but a cast of 1900 Is a lot
of people. And these people are
active workers and big eaters.
The breakfast menu consists Of
fruit, bot cereal or uncooked
cereal, pancakes every morning,
sausages or ham and eggs, coffee
and milk.
Not until the lights go out in
the "big top" and the lion cubs
and baby elephants are tucked
away in bed, do the lights go out
in the busy kitchen top It's
darkness for a little while on the
lot, and then-at a.m.-Nickie,
the circus cat, stretches, yawns,
walks down the steps from the
wagon where she sleeps and
makes her way over to the kitch-
en- top for early morning beef
and milk-and it's the beginnin"
Of another day on the lott
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
FARM POPULATION GAINS

The increase in farm popu-
latiOn in 1881 was the largest
and most significant in the 10
years in which the United
States Department OF Agricul-
ture h as been estimating
changes in population. For
seven years of this period an
nual decreases were reported
and only during 1880 and 1881
were appreciate gains indicat-
ed. On January 1, 1882, the
farm population was $780,
900 persons as compared with
30,612,000 on January /, 1881,
a gain of $4,000, according I'd
department estimates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

XYTHEN the Big Top comes to
w town, you'll see the show,
of course. But you won't
see :"the half of it," if you're just
a grown-up sitting in the grand
stand crunching reminiscent pea
nuts. The way to see-a circus,
as you know, is to be youngster,
get out on the lot as soon after
dawn as possible and watch them
pitch the tents, wondering what
all of those mysterious covered
wagons contain; snoop around be-
hind the outlying tents, peek In
the dining top" at the rows of
tables spread with red-and-white
checked cloths, and smell the good
smells which come from the
Kitchen top"
II you'll follow the young
sters' saWdust trail, back to the
dining top" and from there back
farther to the Kitchen top
you'll find out what it is these
circus people eat which give them
'tthe stuff" We are referring now
to Ringing Brothers-Barnum and
Bailey.
II you have entree to the dining
quarters, you'll find some 1900 OF
the circus crew at lunch, in the
three different 'tops." The per.
formers, including the side-show
cast, are seated in the main tent,
where gay red-checked table.
cloths are spread; the white
help" have oil-cloth covers al
their spotless tables, in the sec
ond tent; and the third dining
tent is for the $50 or more COZ
Ored workers.
The luncheon, served in sturdy
and very clean china, consists OF
cream Of canned tomato soup
clipped beef on toast, lyonnaise
potatoes. canned stringless beans
berry pie and very good coffee
The Ubangi savages are miss
ing from the dining top, and you
are told that they have 'private
toy" where their favorite foods
are brought to them under the
supervision OF two men who looH
out for their weltbeipg. You
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Birthday Cakes

There are many birthday cake ira
ditions. The most familiar is that the
young man or woman who puts out all
the candles with out puff will be mar
ried before the next birthday rolls
around. while another year of single
ness is foretold by every candle left
burning.
By another version, the owner Of
the birthday and cake makes wish
as he or she blows, the time Of its
fulfillment being foretold by the can
dies that remain. There is variant
of this one whereby, If all the candles
60 out, the guests are required to
bring about the realization of the
wish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Punch and Judy ORIGIN

The Punch and Judy show, after all
the years 1t has been performed, still
holds its lure for children, The trials
and tribulations Of Punch, which once
were one of the features Of every car
nival and circus sideshow, are general
ly attributed to the invention of ar
Italian comedian who was at the
height Of his popularity around 1000.
The company" performing Punch and
judy 10 composed Of only two persons
tegethsE Xith thslr apll characte5k 4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
All Setl

swell, my good fellow, this Is q
great university. Its name is known
in every corner of the world. When
you leave here you can be proud of
your background. Think of it. You
have had every advantage a young
man could desire. Your four years
have been spent in profitable pursuit
of the greatest thoughts of the great
est minds the world has known. Now
your time has come to choose a pro-
fession. The world is entitled to ex-
pect lot from you. What are you
going to turn your hand to-"
"Tve got a fine job at a pickle fac
tory."-London Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Gas in Trees

The presence of infiammable gas In
trees is not infrequently noted by for
esters making timber growth studies
in some Of our southern states, says
r. r. Reynolds, of the United States
forest service. At times it is present
in such quantities that the use of
an increment borer on the trees will
result in an explosion that resembles
the crack of an air rifle and a lighted
match applied to the handle of the
borer will cause the gas to ignite and
burn for number Of seconds, he says.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05
Shakespeare Country

The Shakespeare country Of Eng
land is visited every year by thou
sands Of Americans who come to view
the scenes associated with the life Of
the famous Bard of Avon. STRAIT
ford-on-Avon is easily reached from
London In few hours, and the entire
district can be covered in days trip.
Here are Shakespeare's birthplace, the
church in which he was baptized and
buried. the school he attended and the
homes of his family and friends. Near
by, at Shottery, is the famous cottage
where Ann Hathaway lived and where
Shakespeare wooed her, and in the
neighboring village Of Wilmcote is the
home Of his mother.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

Tell yourself you are a fool
and It may do you good. tell
another he is one and it will do
you hasms
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

Education is a stronger pro-
lection to government than a
standing army.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-08-05

There is no beautifier like
the wish to scatter joy and not
pain around gs
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13
MANY FEATURES
FOR new
BISCUIT
Kellogg's WHOLE WHEAT Bis
cult Set New Standard for
This Type of Cereal

Local grocers are featuring a
new shredded biscuit developed by
the Kellogg Company Of Battle
Greek, Michigan, which is q decided
improvement in many ways. The
improved Kellogg biscuit is "pres-
sure-cooked" by a special process
that retains the complete food value
of the whole wheat. At the same
time, delightful flavor is baked in.
Other improvements are a biscuit
of more convenient, economical size.
Two Of these new biscuits just fit
the cereal bowl. You get Is to the
package instead of the usual dozen.
And every biscuit is toasted q rich
golden brown on both top and bot
tom-not just one side. This makes
them exceptionally crisp.
These new biscuits have been ana
lyzed by the Medical Arts Labora-
tory Of Philadelphia and found to
be so rich in food value that every
package is certified. Any mother
can now be certain her family is
getting a well-balanced food with
these new Kellogg biscuits.
Kellogg's WHOLE WHEAT Biscuits
are tasty for breakfast, lunch, chill
dren's suppers. Extra good with
fruits or sweetened with honey-in
addition to the milk or cream.
You can identify these new bis
cults by the name, Kellogg's, and the
fao;1;or rod arI wronn recL> ue
Made by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13

tives and newspapers also were ac-
tive in separate searches.
All these Intermediates" have
moved like secret shadows through
the weeks of investigation. They ex-
planned any other course would en-
danger the life of the child. It was
this secrecy that made possible the
$4,000 "Jafsie" hoax by which that
sum was paid to a man near a
Yonkers, N. Y, cemetery on the
mans promise to return the child.
The Norfolk Observation-Disclosures
tbs and two associates were even
more active than "Jafsie," employ
ing airplanes, yachts and fast motor
cars in negotiations that ran up and
down the Atlantic seaboard and out
to sea. Col. Lindbergh himself par
ticipated in these negotiations as re-
Gently as Thursday it was learned.
Was Seeking Contact
Authorities understood at the mo-
ment the body was discovered the
aviator was seeking to contact the
kidnapers somewhere off Long
Island.
Mrs. Mclean, the Washington
woman who, acting independently,
put up 100000 in an effort to re-
turn the child to his parents, and
who now charges that CASTOR B.
Means, her agent, appropriated the
money to his own use, declined to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13
|EMMONS MYSTERY
CLOUDED BY DEATH
Livona Farmer Succumbs to
Injuries Inflicted With Axe
Last February

Linton, N. D., May 13.-(AP)-
Death has written q new chapter to
the mystery story of George w. Cor
bin, 80, Emmons county farmer, VIC
tim of an ak attack the night OF
Feb. 1913.
Corbin never recovered sufficiently
to tell authorities what had happened
to him. Livona is a small settlement
near here.
Death, attending physicians said,
was due to an anemic condition and
gangrene poisoning.
Corbin, after the mysterious at
tack, contracted smallpox and later
suffered a stroke of apoplexy which
left him speeches. and partially
blind.
He had been q controversial fig
ure in the Missouri river country
south of Bismarck since several
years ago, when he inflicted fatal
wounds on Joe Mills, neighbor whom
Corbin claimed was trespassing.
Mills died Of wounds Corbin inflict-
ed and Corbin was given short Jail
term.
Who attacked Corbin remains as
much a mystery as it was the morn
ing he was found in a pool of blood
at the foot Of the cellar steps in his
home.
A blood-stained ak was found in
the yard the following morning but
authorities who investigated the af-
fair hava made M arroSfc and an
nounced no progress in the probe.
Corbin was born in Ohio April 5,
1853. He moved to Iowa with his
parents when he was two years old.
Growing to manhood in Iowa he be-
came a blacksmith. He first moved
to North Dakota in 1885 but re-
turned to Iowa. He homesteaded in
1902 on the farm where he died. He
leaves his widow, three sons and a
daughter, all living in Livona. The
children are Albert, Jay, Burl, and
Alice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13

police, in charge of Investigations
Major Charles Schoeffel of state
police. who made mysterious trip Of
investigation to England.
Colonel Henry Breckenridge, attor-
ney, friend and adviser of Colonel
Lindbergh, who worked increasingly
for child's recovery.
His wife who, with Mrs. Morrow,
sustained the baby's mother during
the ordeal of waiting.
Governor A. Harry Moore, of New
Jersey, who put every resource of the
state at the disposal of investigators.
Henry Red" Johnson, red-headed
Norwegian sailor, friend of Betty Cow,
held on suspicion but later released.
Fred Johnson, his brother, also
questioned.
Johansen Junge, who helped Red"
johnson establish his alibi.
"Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz, New
York underworld leaders, authorized
by Colonel Lindbergh to negotiate for
the baby's return.
Morris Rosner, thin, black haired,
imam Of mystery" reputed former UNI
dercover investigator for department
of Justice, who assumed duties Of 60
between with little apparent success
The Rev. H. Dobson- Peacock, Prot
estant Episcopal clergyman Of Nor
folk, Va, who announced he was In
touch with the kidnapers.
John Hughes Curtis, shipbuilder Of
Norfolk, who made similar an
nouncement.
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage. re.
tired naval officer and third of the
Norfolk negotiators.
| "Jafsic"--Dr John F. Condor. 70
retired Bronx educator. who acted fol
Lindbergt In turning over $50 900 Il
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Was Struck Hard Blow

1.-THE baby was struck = fearful
blow on the head" he said.
1.-THE skull was fractured clear
across the top. There is hole over
the right ear. The lower left leg
is missing"
State police took charge Of the
body and the Lindberghs were no.
titled. The press announcement
gave only briefest details. No word
was forthcoming during the night
from the parents. !.
Efforts to get the "intermediaries"
to comment were without result.
There were a number of them, some
endorsed by Col. Lindbergh and
others acting on their own initiative.
The most active were DR.. Condor of
New York and Curtis, the Norfolk
shipbuilder. Others were Morris
Rosner-mystery man with connec-
tons dipping. into the underworld.
Salvy Spitale and Irving Bitz--also
presumed to have the confidence OF
gang members, and CASTOR B.
Means, acting AZ, the agent u Mrs.
Edward B. Mclean. Private detecl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-13
mott FARMER dies
| IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Jacob n. Schorsch, 80 Years
Old, is Victim Of Blood
Poisoning

Jacob H. Schorsch, farmer and au-
to mechanic who resided at Mott. died
in a local hospital at 12:45 o'clock
Friday morning.
Death was caused by blood poison
ing which developed from an infec-
ton on his neck. He had been In the
hospital about q week.
Schorsch, who was 80 years old, had
lived at Mott for the last eight year.
Previous to that he had lived at Rich
ardton for ~ years.
He was born Jan. 2, 1894, in Aus
tria- Hungary and came to the United
States with his parents, who settled
near Richardton In 1897.
He was q member of the American
Legion.
He was married to Miss Vivian
Stewart at Mott May 2, 1881.
He leaves his widow and his two
month-old son, Russell Lowell
Schorsch. He also leaves two BROTH
ers and five sisters. They are Peter
Schorsch, Regent; Tony Schorsch,
Baker, Mont; Mesdames Joseph Eau
ner, John Roth and Fred Wagner,
Mott; Mrs. Kate Schultz, Sebastopol,
CAL; and Mrs. Edward Anderson,
Sioux City, Ia.
Funeral services have been tenta-
lively arranged for the Catholic
church at Mott at 1890 a. m. Monday,
with Rev. Father Seiner, Mott, off,
ciating. Interment will be made In
the Mott cemetery.
The American Legion post of Mott
Is expected to attend the last rites