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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Bulwer Lytton,s Bridge.
Where it Touches the Shores and
the Great Columns in Mldstream.

"What beautiful bridge between old age
and childhood is religion. How intuitive-
ly the child begins with prayer and wor-
ship on entering life, and how intuitiyely
on quitting life, the old man turns back to
prayer and worship, putting himself again
side by side with the infant" remarks Sir E.
Bulwer Lytton, in his "Strange Story"
Yes, but between its distant abutments
the bridge of life has many high and awful
arches, through which the wild waters dash
and roar iE wrath and desolation. Prayer
and worship alone do not sustain these. Ma.
lures solid rocks must lie mistaken beneath
the human art and skill must rear and so
idify the structure overhead. Gods will is
best exempl6ed in the laws He has made
for the creatures whom He mas placed under
their control. Neither the child's trustful
tour Father" nor the old mans "Forget
me not in the midst OF mine infimities," will
alter this by the weight ola single grain.
Science and art first-then faith and
prayers the order of Heaven itself. Di-
vinity heals through its agents, and those
agents are the discoveries of man ; not the
vague announcements of prophets or seers.
Is life burden to you? Does time drag ?
Is your power to cope with life's problem
and duties weakened? You are not we'll.
Your blood is sluggish and tainted, perhaps;
or some important organ is torpid and oyer
worked. This fact may have taken the form
of dyspepsia, rheumatism, govt, malaria,
pains in the stomach, chronic headaches, or
any of a dozen other ills P A r X E RS
Tonic will nvigorate you, as fresh air in
vigorates those who have been shut up in
damp, fetid cells 1t is powerful, pure, de-
licious scientific, safe-the keystone of the
central arch of the bridge of life
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30

National Grange Patrons of Hush
andry.
The National Grange Patrons o.
Husbandry will convene in the nineteett
annual session at the banquet hall il
the United States Hotel, Boston, on
"Wednesday, November IL, at IL A. M
The public reception TO the Nationa
Grange, to be given by city, state and
grange officials, will be on Thursday
November II, at at $50 p. NJ. The
sixth degree of the order will be con
fered by the National Grange on Mon
day, November Is, at 2 p. NJ, and
again at 7.30 in the evening, in the
halls of the fremont Temple building,
entrance from No. SO fremont street
All fifth degree members of the order
in good standing are entitled to this de-
gree, which is thout membership fee.
Hay 27,-Denton, No. 43, Denton,
Caroline county. Bro. E. Salisbury,
Master, Bro. John E. Wilson, Secretary.
The Hall is large two-story building.
with large store-r room ON the first floor,
now vacant, prettily situated in a grove
on what is called Tuckahoe Neck, about
3 miles from Denton. This "Neck" is
delightful country, and justly famous
for its farms and farmers.
At the special request of Bro. Sauls-
bury l took the chair, and good at
tendance responded to the roll call ;
a member was re.admitted, and Bro.
Salisbury announced that the subject
for discussion was, "The Necessity Of
Legislation for Farmers" Zach
Grange selects question for discussion,
which is then elucidated, and the men,
Der and Lecturer take part). Bros. E..
Salisbury, VIM. E. Salisbury, Hop
kins, of Kings Greek, Warren, and the
Lecturer, spoke about half an hour, and
the Grange adjourned.
The afternoon public meeting took
place in the grove adjoining the Hall,
but the proceedings were abruptly
brought to close by the rain before
the Lecturer had been speaking an
hour.
Abundant refreshments, consisting OF
strw berries, ice cream, lemonade, cake
ETC., were freely distributed by the
brothers and sisters of the Grange to
the visitors and spectators, and these
were invited to the night lecture on the
same terms.
After this liberal collation., which
was spread in the store-room, the mem.
bers Of the Grange assembled upstairs
to hear an address by the Lecturer or
Commercial Cooperation y for half ar
hour, and samples of goods were shown
The night lecture took pace in the
church near by, but the day and night
were cloudy and rainy, and the attend
ance was not large. I spent the night
with Bro. E. Salisbury, and we drove
over to Bro. H. G. Fisher, on the morn
ing of
May 28.-and Bro. Fisher and
visited several of the farmers and sew
eral to our invitation to join the Grange
l cannot help putting the increase from
the rides Bro. Fisher and / took, a
half dozen, with fine prospect for ,
good Grange of so 60 members, will
earnest work on the part of the memb
ers, particularly, as Bro. John R. Grit
fin, one of the big hearts of Denton
says if the Grange wants an organ, j
shall have it. If a Grange has a Hal
and an organ, the battle is three. quart
eIs won.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Rising Sun Markets.
[Reported by JAMES BARNEs.]
GRAIN AND HAY.

Wheat (red) ..................~.....$ SO
IS No. 9 Del......... ...,..... 81
Corn yellow per bush............... 40
white {. ............... 4S
Hay, Timothy per ton.........$ 1000
Straw, oats per ton ...............$ 600
wheat g g .........-...... 6.oO
Timothy Seed, per bus............. ESQ
Potatoes per blu. choice ......... 30
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
reported by E, R. BUFF1NGToN.l
Potatoes per bush. oO
Butter per fb ........"............. Is
Lard
Eggs per doz ............~......." ~
Chickens per ID ........".........
BALTIMORE MARKET.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
NICErIEs OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE.


Without grammer, our language
would not be available at all. We re-
Gently met with this sentence: IF fresh
milk does not agree with child, boil
it" Which? The milk or the child
To prevent a stupid, matter-of-fuc5
nurse making a mistakeaad committing
murder, we must be Pathological, and
writ , IF fresh milk does not agree
with a child boil the mix. Carrying
ont orders too literally is sometimes
unpleasant as a friend of ours once dis
covered, when having old her footmau.
who was model of obedience, that
when Mrs Brown aId her daughter, a
grown-up young lady, called, he was to
carry them up into the drawing room
Mrs. Browns dismay may be imagined
when, upon asking for her hostess, she
was caught up by the stalwart attendant
and, despite her remonstrances and
kicking, carried safely upstairs AMI
deposited before his attOnished mistress
The historian does not relate how the
other lady got up. Davidge tells a
story of a somewhat Obtuse actor who
performed the character of a dumb boz.
The stage direc ions are: Enter Hugo.
who advances to the king, shakes his
head and kneels" To the horror of the
stage-manager, and the amusement of
the audience. the actor advanced to the
king, caught him by his ears, shook the
kings head vigorously, and then sank
on his knees before assaulted majesty,
which anecdOte, by the way, does not
say much for the system of conducting
rehearsals at that particular theater.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
WHOLE NO. 1869.
For The Smyrna Times.
PRODIGALITY IN THE Use OE
MONEY,

The following is an extract from a
sermon on Sunday evening last. deliv-
cred by the NJ. c. Peters in PbiIadal.
phia, and no doubt such an outburst of
plain talk would prove beneficial "a the
uprising generation of not only our
own town but the world at large.
Money all gone was his subject
When the Prodigal son got his money
he never stopped to count the cost he
did not care for the expense. But one
day he counted his money and il was
half gone. His habits were fastened
upon him and there was no stoD now
Soon he counted it again and it was
three-fourths gone, but he was on the
downward road and when he looked
again 1t was every cent gone. He he
comes hard up. But where are these
young mans acquaintance and friends
and tiatterers
They are gone. The friendship of
the world is the bird, the foul. the oh
scene bird whose wing never loses a
feather and this accounts for the birds
rapid flight such is the saloon friend
snip and all the friendship of the world.
As long as you have money there will
be plenty of men and women who will
declare you are the best fellow in the
world, you only make fool of YOUR
self for their qualification. But as soon
as your money is all gone they will be
gone too. " Trust not this friendship"
1t Is boa constructor which folds itself
around you in friendly embrace, but
with that embrace crushes YOU to pieces
and then devOurs YOU.
Learn from this that the way of the
transgressOr is hard.
SIN only belittles, poisons, robs, i'm
Poverishes, degrades disgraces, and
damns. Now is the time to end your
foolish ways and become a man and a
gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
HURTFUL READING.

few years ago the country was as
tonlshed by the murder at Snow Hill in
Maryland of one young woman bv an
other, one Lille Duer by name. The
mystery of the murder was caused nv
Ihe apparent lack of motive. Literally
no cause was found or invented bv the
most ingenious detectives which would
account for the crime.
1t was left for the accuteness of a New
\ ork newspaper man, Mr.. Amos Cum
mlngs, to supply the missing link. After
searching a long time for motives he
mt on the exceedingly ingenious idea
OF looking at Lille Duer's books. Tn
them he found the clue. By looking
at the edges he saw that some were
thumbed more than others, and that a
volume Of Virgil was thumbed more
than the rest, so that it readily opened
at special pages, in which certain evil
practices were described. Here was
the key and it was found that Lille
Duer through her reading has been led
10 put INTO practice with her victim the
ideas which she gathered from her
books, and that she committed the
murder partly through jealousy be-
cause her victim had left her, and part
ly through fear that her habits would
be discovered.
In certain sense the story relating
to the murder of Fannie Lillian Madi-
son suggests the Lille Duer case.
though the resemblance lies only in
the suggestion of a clue to the crime
found by a newspaper man in the
books that Miss Madison read.
1t is touching story, the description
OF Miss Madison's annotations Of" A
Gilded Sin" But the story is moral
as well as pathetic. 1t shows the class
of books that the unfortunate Virginia
girl read. They were evidently a lot
OF cheap, trashy novels, calculated to
lnhame young girls passions and at
the same time to leave her without a
counterbalancing reflection of the re-
sultsto which such unbridling ofhuman
nature leads-results such as have
taken place in Miss MadisOn's case, and
reflection such as her end causes. If
she had read a different class of litera-
ture and not such pernicious reading
as she INDUCED in her fate might have
been different, as that of Lille Duer
and her victim might have BEEN
PhHd. Daily NelUs.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
a STRANGE PLANT.

A plant known as Has tdatom chem is
to be found il China. The name means
that, during summer, it is vegetable,
but that in winter it becomes a worm.
If it is observed at the latter end Of
September, nothing Stimulates better II
the eye a yellow worm about four inches
in length. The apparent transgOrma'jol
takes pace; and one can see head,
eyes, body, etc, in course of formation.
1t is said to furnish capital strengthen
ing medicine.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
The Old Attic Room.
remember the dear old attic room,

remember the dear old attic room.
Where slept when little 10y,
lf the farmhouse over beside the hill,
When life was perfect joy.
remember the chairs 50 old and quaint,
And the bed wherein slept,
Aud the chest of drawers beside the door.
Where the apples were always kept
remember well how the early sun
Through the window small would stray,
And how the bird in the tree outside
Would warble his morning lay,
And how my mothers "Time to get ups
Oh my needless ears would fall,
And the unpretentiOus print that hung
So crOOkedly on the wall
remember the ceiling, cracked and low,
Where punches of peppers hung,
And the old green curtain that wouldn't roll uu
But in every wild breeze swung.
remember the barrels with stOVepipes filled,
And various other things,
And the memory of this dear old room
Remembrance also brings
OF the nights had of innocent rest.
What wouldn't give to be
Again, in those rosy. boyhoOd dreams
A wanderer happy and free?
And on its carpetless floor to romp,
a merry and bOisterOus boy,
And see my little sister play
With her latest painted toy?
The room was not fair to look upon,
But to me twas jolly nest
An, that now as then could lay me down,
Its tired and willin guest,
And dream the dreams that then draapt
On the night so cool and still,
In the hOmely bed in that attic room
In the farmhouse by the hill!
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06

The young Cecil-cOunty Md lady
who saved train by Haunting her red
petticoat as a danger signal should be
given the Order of the Garter.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
THE DIVING JOURNALIsT.

Eight fatholns below the surface OF
the Atlantic the position is a new one,
and the feeling is peculiar and at times
not at all comfortable A sharp and
sometimes stinging sensation is felt on
either side Of my face, caused by the
pressure of the heavy diving suit that
encases my body, forcing a large rush
of blood to my head 1 stand on the
deck of the ill-fated steamer, Daniel
StIenmann, sunk between the stony
lodges off Sambro lighthouse. Above and
around menothing is discernible beyond
the distance Of a few feet, and. with
difficulty, owing to the weighty and un-
usual costume, 1 navigate my way
through threadwork of tangled rigging
broken spars, and other wreckage that
encumbers the way. Air sent down by
the pump in the divers boat overhead
permits me to breathe with customary
freedom, but the sensation of pressure
about all portions of my body is grad
ual.y becoming more and more unbear-
able. Besides this, very strong cur
rent, RUM ng to the southwest, coupled
with the dangerous encumbrances lying
about Lprevent anything but difficult
locomotiOn, and d. not permit satis-
factory survey Of the wreck. The life
Inc, which l hold i'll my hand, connect
ing with the divin boat above, enables
me to signal to the men for more or less
air, rs required.
My companion, an old diver, makes
his way about with greater ease than the
novice AMI unler his guidance take a
hasty look, as far as practicable, over
the wreck. The hull stands in firm
and perfectly upright position, in the
same spot where she first went down.
The hatch toward of the mainmast and
the one abaft the foremast are gone.
havin been torn up by the sea. A few
feet away two divers are Mt work remov-
ing hatch Number 2 The combings on
the starboard side Of the hatch abaft of
the foremast have been smashed away.
and person looking into the hold from
alongside can see the cargo below.
The deck-houses over the engine-room
and beneath the bridge have been partly
torn away but still hold on. The
bri lge remains apparently firm. The
greater portion of the ships bulwarks
has been injured, but to what extent
the DANA e has extended to the bottom
and elsewhere it is impossible yet to de-
termine, as nobody has gone farther
down than the deck of the ship Fish
Of all sizes darted to and fro as we
pecred down the open matches for fur
ther b dies of victims. But nowhere
was single one, nor the remains of
one, to be discovered After the search.
VIII ii was made as fast as circumstances
would allow, but without any result in
the shape Of finding any remains, re-
turned to the surface of the water.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
RNA, DEL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 6, 1885

Miss Mollie's temp = gave way under
the strain.
How dare you ask?" she exclaimed
Indignantly. Silly creature that I was,
live | in FOOLS paradise last summer,
unit that morning l saw YOU"
Saw me what = he asked with nm
grammatical eagerness.
Say you in the little recaptio, room
with lady's head on your shoulder. I
was too happy to sleep, and hadrisen and
gone early to the spring. As I came
back l saw YOU"
DIR. Stacey looked puzzled for a
mo nent, then laughed uproariously.
Is that all" he gasped. "Ha! hat
no! no! To think what year I've had
for that You didn't see the ladv's face.
No snapped Miss Mollie fairly
ineandescent with rage.
q" 1t was the hotel prop ietor's wife. I
remember how early she called me up TO
have tooth extracted This is the wav
You hold people during that interesting
ceremony"
Two months later, AIiddletown
ann mecd that its confidence had been
abused. DR.. Stacey took unto himself a
wife, and gave no one an opportunity to
snub her as she deserved. RIGHTLY
Judging that NIiddletownites had had all
the dentistry they woul need in years
he moved to Fogg Centre and became the
junior in the partnership of Mifiin &
Stacey.
" I made the match, announced the
widow Blondine forg ,tting all about
Ananias and Sapphira.
" knew Mollie would just suit You.
DIR Stacey"
% the LITTER part of her remark the
doctor cordially assented.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06

Never jest in affairs of business.
There is no money even in capital joke.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
A NEW INDIAN QUESTION.

A new qestion of the relation of the
Indians to the nation has been raised
in the Indian Territory.
There are nearly $50 pOstOffices in
the Territory, all held by the Indians.
UP to the present time none of these
nave been presidential offices, and the
pOstmasters' bonds, not having excee-
ded $500, having been accepted with
out question. The postoffice at Mus
cogee has now become a Presidential
office, and the bonds of the postmaster
will require to be $4,000. No whites
are allowed in the Indian Territory.
and an Indian will have to be appoin-
ted.
The question now arises, since the
Indians are considered members of a
distinct nation and not amendable to
our laws, of whether or no an Indian
could not default his bond, and, pleading
abatement OfjurisdictiOn, escape paw
ment of the amount due.
This Is now puzzling the Washington
officials The case illustrates our need
OF assuming toward the Indian some
other than our present abnormal atti-
tude. Ii an Indian is fit to manage a
postoftice at all, especially a large
mOney-Order Office, is he not fit to he.
come citizen 1t seems only reason
able that those who show themselves
worthy OF citizenship should receive it !:
ana although there are difficulties in
the way they do not seem hard to
overcome, especially when the Indians
are so nearly civilized as are manv of
those IN the Indian Territory.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06

A SAD DEATH.-In Philadelphia re-
Gently at a cOroner's inquest over the
body of a child, the jury returned a
verdict that death was caused by the
administration of a patent cough syrup,
containing mOrphia. DIR. Saml K.
Cox, of Washington, states that not
one cough medicine in ten is free from
this objection. After careful analyses
and practical tests he endorses Red
Star Cough Cure as being purely vege-
tables, absolutely free from Opiates.
pOisons and narcotics. He regards il
as most happy and valuable discov
cry.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06

The skating rinks have boomed the
peanut trade and played hob with
the pool rooms.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO AMI
MALs.-Twenty years ago no law for
the prevention of cruelty to animals
existed in this country. To-day the
statute books Ofthirty- eight States and
territories show that if the people do
not treat their dumb friends and SER
wants with kindness the law stands
ready to defend those who cannot speak
for themselves.
in Pennsylvania in the past wear
nearly eight thousand cases have been
investigated, including cruelty to ami
mails, warnings to thoughtless and care
less abuses of animals and of interfer-
ence on behalf of animals unfit to work.
of which ZOO horses and mules were
reported. Besides this, cock fighting
has been stopped in every case.
This is a record of which the society
can well be proud. 1t has shown its
usefulness by having evidently i'm
proved the treatment of animals. Be-
fore the society existed a cruel or
thOughtless carter could with impunity
kick horse to death, or overload him,
so that he died. By preventing this
alone the society has accomplished a
great saving to animal owners. 1t has
more than justified its existence and
the granting to it of exceptional pow
erS.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
Chicago, Illinois, Apr. q, 1885

WHAT PARENTS FEAR-Many perSOnS-espec-
ially parents-Object to many quack noStrums as
likely TO engender or encourage love for strong
drink. They are right Better die of disease
than OF drunkenness. The use of Parker'S Tonic
does not involve this danger Il not only
builus up the system, curing all ailments Of the
stomach, liver and kidneys, hut it stimulates
without Intoxicating and absolutely cures the APP
petite for liquor. apr l-lm
Smyrna times., 1885-05-06
FURNITURE.
$AE STREET, opposite th3 Smyrna House
Furniture of all kinds.

Parlor and Chamber Suits. Bureaus Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges, Tables Stands Mattresses. Spring
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods jan 2tf
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-12
How to Ascertain If You are a

While the thermometer was bursting
through its limits at noon. on Tuesday July
14th, down south, in New Orleans, La. Z,
Genns G, T. Beauregard of La, and Jubal
A. Early, of Va, (as is their usual custom)
supervised In person and conducted solely by
themselves the 1S2d Grand Monthly drawing
of the Louisiana State Lottery, and scattered
all over the world 1865 500, thus: No. s 800
drew the First Prizs of $4,000. 1t was sold
in fifths at 81 Teach. held, one by G. i. Ho-
mer, of Brookston. Texas; one by j. T. Wales,
of Bridgeport, Conn.,; one by S. M. Simpson,
272 Sixteenth street, Denver, COL. collected
through the FIRST National bank of Denver;
one to + Fl. E;kenroth, 321 Montgomery St.,
San Francisco, Cal, collected through First
Piize fof $4,000, drawn by No. 4S 954, also
sold in fifths-one was held by j. d. Jinks,
Brookland, Arkansas, collected through
the German National bank of Mem
ph's, Tennessee; one by. j.
Cameron of Wichita Falls, Texas, through
the Exchange Bank of Callas, Texas; another
collected through the Bowery National Bank
of New York: The third prize of $4,000,
drawn by No. 12,5SO, sold in tifths; two of
Kountze, Bankers, Natchez, Miss; the bal.
ance went hither and yoD. Nos 7l,G50 and
SO, 149 drew the fourth two prizes of Sc 600,
each sold in tfthe, to parties in Philadelphia,
Pa, Atlanta, Ga. North Vernon, Ind, Har-
rodsburg, Ky, Louisville, KY, and Waco,
Texas, etc. The generals, the commissioners
of The La. s. L., to superintend all the
monthly grand drawings. will repeat this per
formance at noon, on Tuesday, September s,
tie 1S4th Grand Monthly Drawing, and any
information will be given on application, tc
M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Now
you can learn for yourself how you are fay
ored by fortune. Are you not a Mascot?