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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Liverpool Was Founded
In Thirteenth Century

Geography has played an unmis-
taxable part in shaping Liverpools
destiny. The city is situated only
three miles from the Irish sea on
the north bank of the tidal Mersey
river, which ranges in width from
one mile to three miles, and ex-
tends inland far enough to provide
safe anchorage for thousands Of
ships.
King John founded the town early
in the Thirteenth century, but it de-
veloped slowly until America was
discovered. Liverpool engaged in
the slave traffic, and its bold sea-
farers also played an active part in
the romantic days of smuggling
rum, sugar and tobacco. But the
ports real prosperity dates from
1910, when Samuel Cunard inaugu-
rated regular steamship service be-
tween the Old World and the New.
One of Liverpoors principal "ar-
ticles of export" to America, until
the time of the World war, was inn
migrants. It was a pioneer port
of English emigration, and in addi-
ton, many emigrants from Spain,
France, Russia, Poland and the Bal
tic region bound for America EN-.
barked there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Sacrament" will be the subject
of the Lesson-Sermon in all churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
January s.
The Golden Text will be from
John $685. The bread of God is he
which cometh down from heaven,
and giveth life unto the world.
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol
lowing from the Bible, I Peter So,
8: Feed the flock of God which is
among you, taking the oversight
thereof, not by constranint, but will
ingly, not for filthy lucre, but of
ready mind; Neither as being lords
over Gods heritage, but as being
ensamples to the flock"
The Lesson-Sermon also will In
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science sni
Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy, among whica
is the following, page 454: Right
motives give opinions to thought,
and strength and freedom to speech
and action"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
OLD AGE INSURANCE.

@. / notice in the paper recent
ly that over 100000 claims for old
age insurance have been paid in the
United States since January /, 1887.
Why do they always say since Jan
uary, /, 1897?
A. Because the law went into OPP
Grafton on that date, and no wages
earned before the first day CT jan
uary, 1887, are counted toward old
age insurance benefits.
Q. How much are the old.age in
surance payments now being made
to 65-year-old workers who are COW
cred under the Social Security Act?
Does every claimant get the same
amount.
A. The average payment OF
lump-sum old-age insurance in the
United States, for Last month was
about $64. The amount of the pay
ment in each case depends upon the
wage earnings shown on the wage
record of the worker concerned. II
a man has earned a thousand dol
lars in a job that is covered by the
act between the time the law went
into operation and the day he reach
ed 65, his lump-sum payment would
be " percent of $1,000, or $35.
If he earned $4,000 in that time, his
lump-sum payment would, of course.
be ~ percent of $4,000, or $40.
@. Where should 1 go to file
claim for payment of old-age insur-
ance now due me?
A. To file a claim for old-age in
surance, you should call at the Soc
ial Security Board field Office. or
simply write to that Office and ask
for an application form.
Assistance in filling out the forms
will be given, free of charge, to
claimants in any Office of the Soc
ial Security Board. The Baltimore
Office Is located at 100 Hopkins
Place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Three Old Castles Claim
Macbeth, Duncan Tragedy

It has been computed that If
Washington actually did honor with
his slumbers all the houses which
claim a room where Washington
slept" he must have spent each
night of his life under a different
roof, and perhaps even troubled
himself to transfer, on several occa-
sions, from one house to another
Sin the wee small hours"
Scotland has no such record; for
Scotch hospitality, while in reality
warm and generous, has legend
airy history quite to the contrary.
When it comes to famous murders,
however, there seems to be more
lively competition for the honors.
AT least three Scottish castles, all
situated in the northeastern high
lands, claim to be the very spot
where Duncan was stabbed by Mac
beth, centuries before Shakespeare
was born to tell the story in his
famous play. The castle at Inver-
ness, on the beautiful Moray firth,
once had a keeper named Macbeth,
and this alone seemed to authenti-
cate it in the eyes of many visitors.
Cawdor castle, near Marin, was not
even built until the Fifteenth CEN
fury, but nevertheless its supporters
stoutly acclaim it the original cas-
tie: after all, was not Macbeth
''Thane of Cawdor"? Finally there
is CLAIMS castle, lying farther south
in the direction of Edinburgh; and
here guides point out "the actual
room" where Duncan was murdered
in 1040. History professors usually
respond with a dubious lift of the
eyebrows; but they will admit that
a Scotch king (not Duncan) was
probably" murdered there in 1893.
The ordinary tourist usually comes
to the private conclusion that
Shakespeare just made up the story,
and that all the castles are fakes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
IL DUCE's INCONSISTENCY

1t is difficult to understand the
reasoning of the Italian controlled
press in matters which affect the
immediate designs Of Mussolini.
When he seized Ethiopia, he at
tempted to justify his action by de-
claring that Italy needed more ter
ritory to absorb the surplus popu-
lation of the fatherland. Recently
the newspaper Popolo D'Italia, said
to publish his personal editorials.
carried an article in which It was
claimed that in race and blood there
were some 28,000,O00 Italians in
the world outside Italy. If all OF
these could be repatriated, the ar
ticle, said, Italy's population would
become 72,00O,00O, which would
make Italy, 1.-THE second nation, in
Europe and only very slightly be-
hind Germany" AS here used ''if''
is big word. It Is the opinion OF
many that If all the Italians who
want to could expatriate themselves
there would be plenty Of room in
Italy for the 28,OO0,0O0.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
FARM
TOPICS
BULLETS DO BEST
If HOUSED EARLY
Ample Space, Cleanliness,
Good Ration Necessary.

BY H.. H. Alp, Poultry Extension Specialist.
University of Illinois.-WNU Service.
With higher egg prices in pros
pect, poultry producers will find it
doubly important to see that pull
lets are in their winter quarters
week or 10 days before laying be-
gins.
Failure to observe this funda-
mental rule has many times result
ed in lowered egg production when
pullets are confined to winter quar-
tiers.
If the poultry house is in good
shape, if the pullets have ample
space, at least four square feet
bird, if the house is kept clean, if
there are ample feeders and if
good ration is provided, we'll
matured pullets can be confined to
houses all the time and maintain
good production.
In the event that the poultry house
is not particularly satisfactory and
where a good clean range with plen-
ty of young tender green feed adj
joins the house, pullets might well
be allowed outside at least the latter
part of each afternoon until snowy
weather arrives. However, confine-
ment following range privileges and
during good egg production is likely
to cause a drop in production. Once
pullets become accustomed to being
kept in they can be expected to lay
well if properly fed.
All things considered, pullets will
usually do best when they are kept
separate from older hens. Many
poultry houses can easily be divided
into two rooms by using poultry
netting as a partition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Of-Flavor of the Milk
Not From Well-Fed Cows

If the milk from cows becomes
off-favor because they eat weeds,
the remedy lies in providing feed
other than that in the pasture, adj
vises w. B. Combs, member of the
st. Paul university farm dairy staff.
Experiments at University farm
indicate that cows may not eat
enough weeds to flavor milk if other
palatable feed is available. In work.
ing with well-fed cows, it was nee
essary to starve them to the weeds,
says Combs. When pepper grass
flavor occurs in milk or cream, the
COW has likely consumed as much
as 80 pounds of the weed daily,
University dairymen believe, for it
was difficult to obtain more than a
mild off-havor in milk or cream by
feeding go pounds of pepper grass.
This would indicate that when pep
per grass flavor occurs in milk, the
animals are receiving little more
feed than the weed itself.
When cows eat such weeds as
French weeds, wild onion and pep
per grass, the milk they produce
becomes almost worthless. This not
only leads to loss for the individ-
ual dairyman, but to the industry as
a whole, since in products from
weed-favored milk and cream, the
off-favors are intensified.
Combs reports that if pasture is
supplemented by grain ration, and
some hay or silage, cows are less
likely to eat enough weeds to flavor
the milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
All Indians Clever at
Chipping Their FIints


Though some Indians were more
proficient at it than others, and the
methods of some tribes were more
advanced than those of others, there
was very little secret about the max
ing of flint arrow heads, and prob
ably all the Indians knew Now, says
a writer in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Flint and similar stones were
used not so much because of their
hardness as for the reason they
could be faxed off and fashioned
into the desired shapes as arrow,
lance. spear or harpoon heads,
knives, saws or scrapers. The flint
was to be found in open fields, boul-
der beds and elsewhere, and the
tribes camped occasionally near the
larger supplies to break off with
rocks or hammers the quantities
and sizes of flint chips needed These
were carried home, to be faxed off
and worked into shapes with the aid
of sharp-pointed implements of
bone. The waste and refuse of the
process, as well as the tools en-
ployed in it, have often been found
on the sites of early Indian dwell
ings.
The products of the primitive in
dustry range in size from tiny arrow
tips to ceremonial spear heads more
than g foot long.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Group Pullets by Ages

When pullets in the same stage of
maturity are placed in the one pen
they are much easier to handle, and
produce better results than when
birds of various stages of maturity
are mixed. Because pullets all of
the same age can be fed to better
advantage, production will often
climb to 70 or 80 per cent, because
they are all laying at the same
time. When production begins to
drop the whole pen may be given
the same change in management at
the same time to bring the pullets
back into laying. Thus change to
artificial lights, wet mash or any
other phase of management may
be made to better advantage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

Arthur l.. Eskey, Charleston, W.
Va, was elected vice president Of the
Telephone Pioneers Of America at
their seventeenth annual convention
held recently in Toronto, Canada. Mr..
Eskey is the general plant manager
of The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company of West Virginia. He
is past president of the West Viz
ginia Chapter Of Telephone Pioneers,
which has 230 members. Like most
telephone officials, Mr.. Eskey came up
from the ranks, having started his
telephone career thirty-one years ago
in Wheeling as groundman.
The Telephone Pioneers Of America
is an organization of telephone en-
ployees who have twenty-one years or
more of service, and was formed to
promote the continuance Of friend
ships and fellowships made during the
progress of the telephone industry. It
boasts 10000 members who represent
a total of approximately 1,085,S32
years of telephone service. Other Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year
were: president, Walter S. Clifford,
president of The American Telephone
and Telegraph Company; senior vice
president, Charles L. Rice, works
manager of the Western Electric
Company, Chicago; and vice president,
William F. Armstrong, The Cincinnati
and Suburban Bell Telephone Com
pany.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Habit is the keynote of health
Frank Hobbs.
Truthfulness is the weekday re-
ligion of the English people.-Dean
Inge.
The secret of success lies in the
man and not in the stuff he works
on.--Bradford Toerey.
The brain does not see or hear or
feel, nor does it plan or hope or
love.-Sir Oliver Lodge.
Time is blooming; nature is ever
teeming with life; and all is seed,
and all is fruit.-Schiller.
Your daily duties are a part OF
your religious life just as much as
your devotions.-H. w. Beecher.
Men will never be brought to-
gether by emphasizing their differ
ences, but by adding the knowledge
of one to that of the other.-T. I.
Munger.
Stay out of the clouds. Keep hard
down on the commonplace, matter
of-fact earth, and reckon with what
is just before you.-Dr. j. B. Shaw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Age Of New York City

The lower portion Of Manhattan
island was Incorporated as a city
under the original Dutch regime in
1862. Charles II Of England, claim
ing all the country from the French
possessions south of Florida and
west to the Pacific as belonging to
the English crown, granted a char
ter covering New York to his broth
er, the duke Of York, who suddenly
appeared before New Amsterdam
and took unopposed possession in
August, 1864. The name of the city
was changed to New York. The
Dutch recovered the place in Aug
ust, 1878, and changed its name to
New Orange. The next year it was
restored by treaty to the English,
and ever since it has kept the name
Of the city Of New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
His Work viii Live
Farmers Saved Millions
By Insect-Eating Birds

The fantastic theory that insects
might some day dominate the world,
sometimes advanced by imaginative
scientists, would become reality
if it were not for birds, according
to the American Wildlife institute.
birds constitute the main check
against the reproduction of insects, !"
points out c. M. Palmer Jr., as
sistant secretary Of the institute.
eff that check were removed, in
sects would multiply so rapidly that
they would clean the world of all
vegetation, leaving man to starve
in a barren, deserted waste"
Birds usually concentrate in
areas threatened by unusual out
breaks of pests, Palmer points out.
An example occurred during out
breaks of the Rocky mountain To-
Gusts between 1865 and 1877. These
voracious pests denuded many
places they visited of every green
thing.
According to DR.. w. L. McAtee,
technical advisor to the chief of
the bureau of biological survey, a
thorough investigation of the rela-
ton Of birds to the outbreak showed
that the feathered tribe was, in
many instances, the means Of saw
ing crops from destruction.
Conspicuous and important as
are the activities of birds in gather
ing at the scene and taking part in
the suppression Of insect outbreaks,
probably their everyday services in
consuming insects Of all kinds, thus
holding down the whole tide of in
sect life, are of greater signif-
icance," the survey expert says.
The American Wildlife institute
points out that the value of insect
eating birds to the nations farmers
Is more than $3.50, 900. 900 a year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Sore Shoulders on Horses

Clean cold water is very effective
in washing sore shoulders on horses.
Where animals are troubled with
tender skin, advises the Indiana
Farmers Guide, it is possible to
battle the troubled, areas noon and
evening with mild astringent wash
as follows: Lead acetate 4 ounces
and zinc sulphate 3 ounces in l gall
lon of water. This solution should
be shaken well before using. At
first an attempt should be made not
to work the horse too hard for a
time. Frequent curryings and brush
ing, clean collars, well-fitting collars
and constant attention will do much
to keep shoulders in working condi-
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
WORDS OF COUNSEL

We must beware of giving ear to
fiatterers.-Cicero.
Believe that you have it, and you
have it.-Latin Proverb.
Believe me, it is clever thing to
know how to give.-Ovid.
It ill becomes a philosopher to be
cast down in rnind.-Cicero.
Minds which are lifted up must
be humbled.-Latin Proverb.
They who cross the seas change
their sky but do not their DISPOSE
tion.-Horace.
Beware of saying or doing any,
thing foolishly or rashly in opposi-
ton to powerful persons.-Cicero.
It happens by a common vice OF
nature that we trust most to and
are most seriously frightened at
things which are not seen, which
are hidden away and unknown
Caesar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

A new national radio program de-
signed to make the American public
more quality egg conscious and to in
crease the demand for high quality
eggs was inaugurated recently over a
network of IS stations. Sponsored by
Purina Mills, the new fifteen-minute
broadcast is scheduled every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday throughout the
winter months.
BY dramatic appeal and convincing
demonstration the &c h kerboard
Time" broadcasts are featuring the
more appetizing appearance, superior
flavor, and high food value of eggs
that come from f1ocks fed and managed
to produce uniformly better eggs.
Better Market-Better Prices
OF special interest to egg producers
Is the promotional value of the Check
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
Laying House

One has a considerable invest
ment in the pullets raised this year.
And a little bug or two can upset
the profit cart so easily, says
Hoard's Dairyman. The laying
house should be given a pretty thor
ough going-over inside. Use a I've
solution or other good disinfectants.
And don't neglect the feed hoppers
and water utensils. They need a
real cleaning up. Repair nests and
put in new shavings or other nest
ing material. Shavings usually keep
eggs cleaner than straw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

erboard Time" programs in helping to
build greater demand for eggs of
superior quality, for which people are
willing to pay better prices. OF ex-
ceptional interest too, is the new egg
marketing program that is being made
available to all poultry raisers who fol-
low Purina's program for producing
quality eggs with Layena laying mash.
Egg Cartons Furnished
With every bag of Layena laying
mash flock owners are receiving up
to twenty Checkerboard egg cartons
These are enough cartons to pack the
eggs built into every bag of Layena.
All Purina dealers have a supply Of
these Checkerboard cartons and have
available rubber stamps to imprint the
producers name on them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
OUTLINED THE JURY THAT CON-
VICTED HIM AS HE SAID
HE WOULD

Unusual story Of man who cri-
ed to the Jury that convicted him
Everyone Of you will die before I
do" and when he passed away re-
Gently the last of those who had
condemned him died just four days
before. One of many stories in Janu-
airy 18th issue of The Baltimore
Weekly, the big magazine distri-
buted with the Baltimore Sunday
American. On sale at all asNaataaaa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

His name was "Red." No one knew
anything about his mother or father.
Twelve years ago he was brought to
the newly founded dog kennels Of the
Purina Experimental Farm at Gray
Summit, Missouri, to become q first
line hunger fighter" in dog nutrition.
For twelve years Red served as lab
oratory to verify the opinion of scien-
fists on what should be in complete
dog food.
Helps Find Dog Health
Until his recent death, Reds con-
dition was fine. His rich red-brown
coat was glossy and smooth, although
gray hairs were beginning to appear.
His gums and teeth were sound and
clean and his eyes sparkled like q
young puppy's. He never tasted any
feed but Purina Dog Chow and water
from the day he was brought to the
farm. Year after year this dog, who
could neither read, write nor speak,
worked alongside scientists, nutritional
specialists and dog experts, verifying
their theories of what should be in
a complete dog food.
His Work Will Live
Red is gone-but the work he die
in dog nutrition will live after him
He did what the scientists could not
do. He ate, digested, and through his
health and condition reported his find
ings. He never whined nor complained
of his lot. Isolated and apart from
other dogs, he served faithfully and
well. He is keenly missed by those who
worked with him. He will continue
to be asked for by his friends visiting
the Purina Kennels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
DEATH AND THE. MAIDEN.

Opening chapters Of celebrated
writer's vivid new novel concerning
girl who couldn't face reality and
bargained with fate. Don't miss this
great story beginning in the Janu-
airy 18th issue of The Baltimore
Weekly. the big magazine distri-
buted with the Baltimore Sunday
American. On sale at all newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06
FAMOUS DOG DIES
CONTRIBUTED MUCH
TO FEEDING SCIENCE
RED" Spent Twelve Years as Aid
to Scientists in Nutritional
Work.

A noble dog is deadl His pedigree
was unknown-he could never boast of
purebred background-he never saw
the inside of show 'ring-he never
entered a field trial nor won a blue
ribbon. Since early puppyhood he was
never outside his small pen, yet thou
sands of visitors came each year to
pay tribute to him and his work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

Occasionally we see a man who
looks ~ Il he tried to preserve his
dignity IN alcohol
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

Burning kisses always result from
sparks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-06

The world owes every man an ex-
istence but not living.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Reorganization Order
Praised by Noble

Government reorganization to
take effect July l will provide a
more effective instrument for pro-
noting foreign trade, Edward j.
Noble, newly appointed Undersecre-
tary OF Commerce. yesterday told a
luncheon meeting in the Raleigh
Hotel of Washington Trade Associa-
ton Executives.
Discussing the plan by which the
foreign service of the Department
of Commerce is merged with those
OF the Departments of State and
Agriculture, Mr.. Noble said the ef-
feet will be to place the Commerce
Department in position to draw
more freely not only upon its for
mer representatives abroad, but
also on the field services of the State
Department.
Under the reorganization agree
ment, he pointed out only $50 per-
sons out of total of 1,150 in the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce will be affected. The
Commerce Department will have an
official stationed in the State De-
partment as liaison between the
two departments, and it will also
be represented on the Board of
Foreign Service Personnel.
Evening star., 1939-06-08
Keeps Mothers
Death Silent
For Weddinu

While his daughter, unaware of
tragedy, was on her wedding trip
Representative Frank w. Boykin
Democrat, of Alabama, who kept his
sad secret from the girl, was in Mo-
bile, Ala, today for his mother
funeral.
Word reached him, it was learned
today, of Mrs. j. c. Boykin's death
Tuesday, but he kept it to himself
while he attended the wedding of
his daughter, Frances. She was
married to Riley Smith, former Ala
bama University and Redskins
quarterback, in Alexandria Tuesday
night.
A few hours after the newlyweds
departed on their trip, Represent
ative Boykin took a plane for Mo-
bile to make the funeral arrange
ments.