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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Dippers, Sniffers, Have
Own WAY of Using Snuff

Snufftakers are not all foreign
born. Nor are they old. Nor are
they all men. Some Of them are
sniffers and some are dippers. And
dippers consider sniffers very low
people, and vice versa, asserts q
writer in the Detroit Free Press.
Dippers believe that snuff can be
enjoyed properly only when it is
placed between the lower lip and
the gum. The snuff thus employed
Is mainly the semiperishable kind.
Dipping is the favorite method OF
the Swedes, Danes, Norwegians and
Films, who refer to snuff as "snoos."
Both the method and the name have
been adopted widely by factory
workers who thus satisfy an appe-
tite for tobacco in places where
smoking is forbidden.
There is a subdivision Of dipping
(also considered low by orthodox
dippers) in which a chewed twig OF
dogwood or sweetgum is dipped in
to the snuff and then placed into the
mouth.
It is among the sniffers that one
finds the most varying tastes and
the most ardent adherence to ira
ditions. Sniffers either take it in
the method that was fashionable In
the Victorian era: that is, a tiny
pinch introduced into the nostril be-
tween thumb and forefinger and
shifted up with sharp inhalations, or
by the more masculine method OF
inhaling a man-sized heap from
near the base of the thumb with
Gnort-like intake.
The flavors and odors that indi-
vidual snufftakers insist upon (and
get) in their pulverized tobacco in
clude such things as oil Of winter
green, altar of roses, spearmint,
honey, fig, rum, pineapple, apple,
maple, menthol, peppermint, sassa-
fras and angostura tonka bean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
EXPORT APPLE PACK IN BAR
RELS SHOULD BE SHAKEN
To RE tHEIGHTm

Systematic shaking and racking
while they are being packed in the
barrel is the only way of insuring a
tight" pack of apples that are to
be shipped any distance or exported,
says Albert F. Vierheller, horticul-
turist for the University of Maryland
Extension Service.
Mr.. Vierheller points out that &C
cording to information just received
by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, out OF 129,75O barrles of apples
sold on the market in year, 1927
barrles, or 1875 percent were dis
counted for slackness. Other years
showed 1873 and 25.5 percent slack
ness in pack. The average discount
was 81 cents barrel.
Experience has shown that a bar
rel should be shaken when one-third
and two-thirds full, racked Is times
when the barrel is nearly full. with
the plug, or follower, in place. and
overfilled three-fourths Of an inch
above the barrel slaves before the lid
is pressed into place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
RURAL MINISTER'S CONFER
ENCE AT COLLEGE PARK

A Ministers Conference on the
Rural Church will be held at the
University of Maryland from Sep
TENDER 10 to Is, it is announced by
DR.. Thomas B. Symons, Director of
the University of Maryland Extern
Ision Service, which is sponsoring the
Conference. Plans for the Conference
are being arranged by DR.. T. B.
Nanny, head of the Department Of
Sociology in cooperation with DR..
Ross w. Sanderson, Executive Sec
rotary of the Observation-Disclosures
Council of Religious Education, and
other state leaders of religious
organizations.
The Conference will be open to
clergymen of all denominations who
are in anywise interested in the rural
church and it's services to the people.
Not only ministers occupying rural
pastorates, but those holding con-
nectional positions and those whose
urban or suburban churches include
rural families in their constituencies
are invited to attend.
Among those who have been invit-
ed to speak at the various sessions
are DR.. H. G. Byrd, President of the
University of Maryland; DR.. Symons;
DR.. Nanny; DR.. Owen Lovejoy, of
the American Youth Commission;
DR.. Joy Elmer Morgan, National Ed
ucation Association; DR.. Paul L.
Vogt and H. w. Hochbaum, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture; Reverend
Henry J. Whiting, Bethesda Chevy
Chase Lutheran Church; DR.. Lawr-
ence Little, Western Maryland Col
lege; Reverend A. H. Croft, Trinity
Reformed Church, Boonsboro, Md;
w. l.. Hammaker, Johns Hopkins
University; DR.. G. A. Hauser,
Evangelical and Reformed Church,
Philadelphia; Right Reverend Mon
signor John O'Grady, Catholic Uni
versity of America; Right Reverend
George w. Davenport, Bishop of
Easton, Md; and DR.. H. j. Patterson,
Director of the University of Mary
land Experiment Station.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
VARIOUS EROSION CONTROL
MEASURES In STATE

More than $50 farmers On $4,000
acres of farm land in the demonstra-
ton areas at Hagerstown, Boonsboro,
HARDWOOD and Whitehall have worked
out plans during the past year to
use various types of erosion control
measures in cooperation with the
Soil Conservation Service, o. G.
Bruce, State Coordinator for the Ser
vice, recently stated.
This total represents only the work
started since last summer, he said,
but added to the work previously
finished establishes blocks of farm
by-farm demonstrations for soil and
water conservation in areas whose
combined size totals almost two per-
cent of Maryland's farmland acreage.
Bruce went on to say that farming
practices in these four demonstration
areas are typical of much larger
areas of surrounding country.
Helped by CCC labor the farmers
in these areas have used more than a.
dozen different erosion control
measures and adapted them into
soil conservation plans which have
been able to meet number of vary
ing erosion problems.
Bruce said that farming on the
contour or 'level" has been the most
important principle stressed by farm
ers and the Service during the year.
Strip-cropping, contour tillage, con-
tour furrowing of pastures, and ter
racing ON the contour have all been
included under this heading.
Gully control by means of trees,
shrubs, grasses, dams and intercept
ing bitches has also played an inn
portant part in the program to stop
Maryland topsoil losses. Reforest-
alton of steep eroding slopes and
proper management of existing
woodlands have been included in
the plans. Pasture improvement has
been advocated to maintain thick
sods and cover crops have been used
extensively to protect cultivated land
during the fall, winter and spring
months when ersion is critical
problem.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Sanitation Will Prevent
or Check Turkey Disease

Sanitary measures will prevent or
check the development of the black
head disease of turkeys which is
killing many poults, according to
DR.. E. N. Stout, State college at
Fort Collins, Colo.
Some turkey growers are being
victirnized by irresponsible people
who are selling vaccines and medi-
cines as cures for blackhead, DR..
Stout is informed.
No drug or vaccine has been de-
veloped that has any value in cur
ing OF preventing this disease, he
declares. There are, however, he
adds, certain sanitary measures
which are valuable in preventing
or checking this disease.
Turkeys should not be raised with
chickens because chickens often are
infested with worms which may car
ry microscopic parasites that cause
blackhead after turkeys eat con-
taminated food or drink polluted
water.
It is dangerous to allow turkeys
to drink ditch water because OF the
danger of blackhead infection from
chickens on other farms through
which the ditch water nGAs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Christ Jesus" will be the subject
of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
August 20.
The Golden Text will be from John
5:22, 23-"The Father judgeth no
man, but have committed all judg-
ment unto the Son; that all men
should honour the Son, even as they
honour the father"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-I John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify
that the Father sent the Son to BIZ
the Saviour Of the world"
The Lesson-Sermon also includes
passage from the Christian Sciene!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
"Climacteric" Of an Apple

Did you ever hear of the "climac-
teric" of an apple? 1t is new Eng
lish term, likely to be used in this
country, says the Rural New-York-
er. It denotes the stage of develop
ment of fruit in which all source of
food supply from the parent tree is
cut off and it no longer has the
capacity to build up and repair
itself. In this stage the fruit takes
up oxygen, gives off carbon dioxide,
gives off heat, loses cell turgor,
and fails to maintain the wear and
tear on itself. Speaking loosely this
might be called the ripening stage.
Most fruit is harvested just before
the onset of climacteric.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
FARM
Tories
HOT WEATHER ADDS
TO DAIRY TROUBLE
Rations, Heat, Flys Check
an Even Milk Flow.
BY John A. Arey, Extension Dairy Special
list, North Carolina State College,
WNU Service

ISL, NOTLn CdTOllIld oldlc AOlSBSp
WNU Service.
Faulty rations, heat and flies are
blamed for the difficulty of getting
cows to produce a full, even flow Of
milk through the summer. Grazing
in most permanent pastures gets
short and tough, and the grass con-
tains less protein than earlier in the
season.
Temporary grazing crops such as
lespedeza and sudan grass are
needed to supplement the perma-
nent pasture, or the cows should be
fed silage, with the protein content
of the grain mixture being increased
to 20 per cent.
AS the grazing in the pasture de-
creases the quantity of grain fed
should be increased.
Cows suffer from heat, and if pos
sible the place where they are kept
during the hot part of the day should
be provided with a shade and an
ample supply of fresh water.
Flies will irritate cows and keep
them from producing full milk
flow. AS far as possible, fly breed
ing places should be eliminated.
Stalls and manure pits should be
cleaned as often as possible, at
least once a week, and the manure
hauled to the fields. Fly traps and
sprays will also help protect the
animals from this annoyance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Avian PARALYSIS in Poultry

In studies at Massachusetts, State
college avian paralysis is believed
to be due to cell or filterable virus
which affects the nervous system.
1t has been transmitted through the
egg, though the manner of trans
mission is not fully understood.
Birds with resistance and with sus-
ceptibility to the disease have been
found. The question remains open
and much additional study is neces-
sary to clear up many of the impor"
tant points.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Pre-Salted Celery

Pre-salted celery may become a
new market feature if tests to be
made in Dare county, N. c., this
season bear out present indications.
County agent c. w. Overman found
celery making excellent growth in
waste places near Manteo although
the plants were at times covered
by tide waters. Those who tasted
the celery said the tide water gave
the celery just enough salt to make
it highly palatable. At any rate, a
number of growers are trying plants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Age Limit on Pullets

There is good deal of latitude
in the classification of fowls accord
ing to size, weight and age, there
being no exact limits which may be
called into use to designate the birds
at their different stages of growth,
according to writer in the Rural
New-Yorker. In ordinary usage, a
pullet is a female fowl under one
year of age, after which age the
pullet becomes a hen. AS a mar
keting term for young birds, how
ever, pullet is an immature fe-
male from 5 to 20 weeks of age
from three-fourths pound to 3h
pounds in weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

Crosscut saws are used to cut
through the fibers of the material,
while ripsaws are used when the
material is to be separated in a
direction parallel with the fibers. In
the latter case the teeth usually are
large and are set, that is, alternate
teeth are bent in opposite directions
away from the strip proper, SO that
the cut made by the saw is some
what wider than the thickness Of
metal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
PAINTINGS BY AMERICAN
INDIANS

Unusual pictures in full color by
the foremost Indian artists of the
present day. Decorative, significant
dramatic works of art in which every
figure has a symbolic meaning. In
which comes regularly with the Bal
timore Sunday American. On sale at
all newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Why We Need Finger Nails

Finger nails have a great use for
us, because by means of them our
finger tips are made very much
firmer, and in that way we can
grasp objects better. They also
enable us to pick up very small OBJ
jects which we would be unable to do
without them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

textbook, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy, among which Ia the fol-
lowing, page 54-"Who is ready to
follow his (Jesus) teaching and ex-
ample? All must sooner or later
plan themselves in Christ, the true
idea Of Cod. A.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

The first sign of mental awaken
ing is to ask questions. For instance,
People say this is right, but how do
they know2''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

There's hardly anything man can
lie about more enthusiastically than
all the important people who sat
next to him at dinner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

If the average man was as good as
he thinks other men ought to be it
wouldn't be long until his vanity
made him topheavy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
Why Some Bricks Crumhle

Usually bricks that crumble have
been Underlined, are soft, and
therefore susceptible to crumbling,
as a result of dehydration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27
why Coins Have MiIIed Edges

United States coins are milled
around the edges to prevent chip
ping and also to prevent them from
eing fraudulently reduced in
weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

No married man would care to go
fishing if his wife insisted upon go
ing along.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-27

Sometimes a man is so respectable
that his neighbors have but little
respect for him.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-03-04
Explained

Brown Visiting friend in hospitaD
BY Jove, old man, I couldn't be-
lieve it when l heard you were in
hospital! Why, only last night I
saw you with a very pretty blonde.
Victim-Yes-so did my wife
Stray Stories Magazine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-03-04

Honesty Is Best Judgment
Mere honesty in a man doesn't
insure that he has good judgment
in all things.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-03-04
Just Informal

A dumb little girl and her chum
were discussing the boy friend of
the former.
''The only thing don like about
him." said her friend, sis that he's
too rough"
'He isn't rough" replied the
young mans sweetie Hes just in
formal"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-03-04
Sounds Like It

'How long does the train stop
here?" the old lady asked of the
guard.
''Stop here?" answered the func-
tionary. "Oh, four minutes. From
two to two to two-two."
II wonder" unused the old lady,
If that man thinks he is the
whistler" -Exchange.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-03-04
Covetous People

The Covetous Person lives az Il
the world were made altogether
for him, and not he for the world;
to take in everything, and part
with nothing. South.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

the first thousand cachets were
sent out by the Post Office De-
partment, honoring this new
ship, these cachets or seals were
marked with a stork, carrying
a brand new destroyer in large
three-cornered square and pre-
senting the ship to Uncle Sam.
A friend of Captain Wright'S
seeing one Of these seals, i'm
mediately went down town to do
a bit Of gift buying and sent to
Captain Wright and his brother
officers, a diminutive pair Of
rubber pantieS. The kind that
little sister insists on using for
her doll baby. And-these same
diminutive pain Of pants now
occupy a place Of honor in the
ward room aboard the destroyer,
Blue"
MRS. WILLIAM H. P. BLAN-
W1 DY, wife Of Commander
Blandy, better known as Spike"
Blandy, has Just recently moved
in a delightful house out in
Wesley Heights and for the first
time, has brought out all Of her
beautiful and rare furniture,
from storage and settled it, and
the family, down for "a few
years. Mrs. Blandy, who has an
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
MissLaughlln
Bride Today

Despite the dreary day the
"smartest wedding of the sea-
son"-that of Miss Gertrude
Laughlin, daughter of the for.
mer Ambassador to Spain and
Mrs. Irwin Laughlin and Lieut..
Hubert Winthrop Chanler, U. S.
N.-was definitely merry.
Following the ceremony the
fashionable guests toasted the
young couple in champagne, OF
a rare vintage, at the large re-
ception held at Meridian House,
the home of the brides parents.
The bride wore a gown OF ira.
ditional white satin and veil OF
exquisite lace. Her bouquet
was of gardenias and lilies OF
the valley.
White crepe and butter-yellow
velvet had gone into the max
ing of the chic bridesmaids
gowns. They wore yellow velvet
turbans and carried bouquets
Of golden chrysanthemums. The
bridesmaids were Miss Helen
Davis, Miss Anne EustiS, Miss
Carlina Sheridan and Miss
Daisy Pickman.
The two little flower girls,
Sarah and Anne White were
also gowned in yellow and
white.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

was being offered at the buffet.
Mrs Frank Whitaker, wife Of
Major Whitaker who is the
pillar of the Inter American
Association, was telling how
thrilled the major had been by
a telegram he had received
from their daughter Jane, who
is in Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
with her husband. Just as Major
Whitaker raised his hand for
the opening Of the show Thurs
day the telegram arrived from
Jane wishing him luckw
ENTHUSIASTIC
Although the crowd yesterday
afternoon was not as brilliant
as the day before had been, it
was just as enthusiastic. The
circle of red and gold foliage
surrounding the show grounds
made a perfect setting for mi.
lady's frocks.
DR.. and Mrs. James Alexan-
dria Lyon arrived rather late to
occupy their box. The chic Mrs.
Lyon was wearing an amazingly
smart gray hat of that new
"cone" shape which must have
stood 3 feet high.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

with a white silk stock at her
throat. Jane Kroner, partaking
of one of the luscious rum cakes,
was another who had not
changed from her riding
clothes.
Miss Villa Magee, Of the
Canadian Legation, had donned
one of those intriguing mantilla
hats with a veil floating from
the top, She is expecting Lady
Marler, who is now in New York,
to return to the legation to-
morrow. Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins also boasted a veil
which fell from her chapeau
banded in Persian lamb-a Ia
Russian.
Mrs Harold Hinton was
casually smart, as usual, in a
brown and white checked coat
and hat. With an elegant silver
fox cape worn over her gray
frock of nubby wool, Mrs. Hugh
AuchincloSs made a striking
picture as she greeted friends
on all sides.
Tiny watercress sandwiches.
cakes of all kinds and coffee
served from a cleaning service
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

Unborn gift of artistry and can
do wonders in the interior dec
grafton line, has collected her
furniture carefully, with great
knowledge and from all parts Of
the world. Some Of her most in
teresting pieces and some Of her
most treasured silver she got in
Brazil during tie time that her
husband was Naval Attache to
the American Embassy there.
+ X
7 IEUT. JOE DAHLGREN, U.
IL S. N. (and you have already
guessed it, he is one of that IA
nous Dahlgren family received
an envelope, addressed to him at
his home in Annapolis and when
he opened it, there was not one
single line nor piece of paper in
it. However, he thought he rec.
ognized the handwriting, and so
later on when some of his Navy
associates mentioned the fact
that Mrs. Thomas Catch, wife Of
Commander Catch, was giving
a large tea, up in Washington.
Lieutenant Dahlgren, arrived at
it precisely on time. For you
see, Mrs. Catch had grown up
with Lieutenant Dahlgren, he
did know her handwriting and
she told him, with much laugh
ter, that she had suddenly come
across his invitation the morn
ing Of the tea and had realized
that she had sent only an empty
envelope to him.
X
MAJOR JAMES M. McHUGH,
M TT & M c. has been Or
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

y SSSNA ~ y NASNA 44SSAAs
AS a group Of guests arrived
they found Heidi, the cunning
daschund, romping playfully up
the magnificent stairway-off to
to see the party they supposed!
But alas, as she reached the top
a Mortified flunky baniShed her
to another room.
Receiving the guests with her
husband was the queenly host
ess dressed in a heavenly shade
of pale blue crepe vastly becom-
ing to her silver locks and
tanned skin.
TEAM ARRIVES
The adjoining salon was filled
with people laughing and chat
ting over the days show as they
slipped their whiskey and soda.
Arriving a bit late were the at
tractive Belgian riding team
looking somewhat weary but
smiling.
Mrs. "Jock." Whitney-whose
team of dapple gray hunters
had taken just about every rib
bon earlier in the afternoon
was chatting with Major Gen.
Leon B. KRONER. Mrs. Whitney
was still in her riding habit of
creami 5reeches and black coat
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Leave Monday

Capt. and Mrs. George w.
Steele have arrived from their
chateau, La Branchoire, at
Chambray.les-T Tours, France, and
are at the Shoreham until Mon
day, when they will leave for
California to pass the winter
with Mrs. Steele's mother, Mrs.
Alexander Thompson. Captain
Steele is a retired naval officer
of the United States, and he and
Mrs. Steele have many friends
in washington.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cherry,
of Portsmouth. Va, who have
been staying at the Roosevelt
Hotel while attending the Scot
tish Rite ceremonies, left for
their hpme this morning.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Miss Crowley
Weds Nov. s

Miss Kathleen Crowley has
chosen November 6 as the date
of her wedding to DR.. Clarence
Joseph Enzler, Of Dubuque,
Iowa. Their engagement was
announced in July.
The marriage ceremony will
be performed at q 9 o'clock nup.
tial mass in st. Gabriel's
Church. by the Rev. Leroy ].
Enzler, brother Of the bride
groom.
Miss Beth Crowley, sister Of
the bride, will be the maid Of
honor, and the best man will be
DR., Clarence j. Wittler. The
ushers will be Mr.. Henry Lefe-
bure, Mr.. Edward j. Heffron,
Mr.. Walter r. Enzler and Mr..
George Berg.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

by Max Times Staff
impossible to have lust little visit with them instead,
when she the is usually for month She is very
fond of sport Clothes especially tweeds and does not care for
'nbetween Clothes" she likes to dress directly from
tweeds to evening gowns She attended Vassar she likes
to ride and swim and does both exceptionally well She
took secretaria in New York and imagnes she
would like to do that type Of work. and she has fascinating
collection Of tiny scottie dogs made Of all different kinds
of china and shadngs She is very very fond Of Wash
ingon and has only regret that she has never been
able to stay here long enough to suit herself.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

NO. 24-Peggy Wheeler daughter of Col and Mrs. Ray
mond Wheeler t. s. A. slender sparkling person, with
vivid and compellngy attractive face, with twnkly,
green eyes and exqustey arched brows with brown hair
hghghted with CLEANS Of gold and laugh that is de-
lghtfuly lifting it is merry Born in Illinois and not at
all incidentally in the State her father and mother
Peggy like almost every other Army girl has travelled ex
tensvely and while she has hobbies she believes if she
had one travelling would be it, She is tremendously
fond of people andpeope of her. but she says that her
friends scattered about the face Of the globe that