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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-16

Panic Prices on Cisaks will be- maintained until
all are closed ouf. TbOusaIldr have bz.l sold ny
Tins -,-ason. Thousands of Lao iase ts~sa
made happy by the iou llFacer. Diis fhisk ~ ~
good cloak for only sfol 800. 40. $s01
500. sl0 ou. slZve and These ali ls.is
worth double the moIss.
SfluNs a 1oss4Nf.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-16

Special Prices-tio Twill Tgeelins for only
&c.
~ yards good lard Wide Cotton Cloth fog orls
One Dollar.
Ia ,srvis good co ton FLANNEL fef One Dollar
Good alico for only and ocnfs per aaid.
10 yards boautilul Brocode Drces 0s,ods fuf One
Dollar.
Good White Flannel FOR oni, Dine cents.
beautiful Bfocadc brtss Dtso8s. All citioff. for
only lO and ik,sc
We cannot begin 10 eDumcrate al fhe a. icles
being sold az there marvellous los Iirlcs-.
rGEf fAs oETkEr.
IL anybod, tels ,ou that oar establishment is =
desr pnce trade come and 50dge FOR yourselves
hPHINs A toNfAAa.
Our compesiiors have always told you tf,ai 500
would he comp He'd TO pas hlR pflof fsT every
thing purchased at rtor.. Wonder u they ssI
= any moref SrRIR0 a COAPkkY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-16

We have opened recently feW ftsse g Dress
Goods that surrise- ar even at the feioGs loo
price,. Double fold Cashmere ~ al coltrb.
only lsc. Splendid tSasi4meftS. all cOiors ses7
fins. for only &c. These gossis oan a. found
ei-e&here al almost any stos fof double tie , ice
ask. efhINo a i.oMfAkl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-11

which have been gwen up with many
a sigh and tear, but it has made it
possible for the million to obtain
bread. Had the farmer joined hands
with science, and advanced as rapidly
as she has opened the way for him,
he would occupy a higher plain to
day than he does, although advance
has been marvellous, if we take long
vista and look back, say 500 years.
But we will look at Coora some
day again and say more about its ma
terial wealth, we have got switched
off on it's moral greatness some how
this time, and must stop.
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Rambles of the Editor.

In short trip through portion of
the three upper distr C we observed
that the crop of apples in some or
chards promises to be quite heavy
The, trees bending beneath their load
of tempting fruit. The corn crop
every where appears to be unusually
good but the fields show the effect
of the severe storms that succeeded
TIE long drought of Jnne and July
The seed clover crop will be a very
short one this fall IN all this region
of country. We did not meet with a
single field which showed anything
like a fair crop. and heard of only
one field, which belonged to Mr..
Stephen G. Magraw of Porters Bridge.
We are sorry to record that Mr.. Ma
graw had lost fine horse few days
before. by overdrving in one of
those intensely hot days which char
acterized the last week of August.
Mr.. Magraw has LOST several horses
within the last two or three years,
ans has been the victim of what
might be termed series of misfor.
tunes. His dam and mill sustained
heavy damage by the June food of
81. and one year ago his little s year
old son was drowned in the nill race.
T ese series f fl ctions following
each other at short intervals is indie ed
a severe trial and weighs heavily on
the spirits of his good wife, who ex
pressed wish that purchaser might
turn up who would buy the place.
TIE farm faces the south, the soil is
the famous gray stone, csoI aro land
and has one of the finest fouerino
mills, and the best water power or
the creek. The land is rough but
productive, and if converted into 6
fruit farm would be very valuable
The great food in its wild career
left behind beach which over laiC
rich piece of loan. On this sandeG
spot Mr.. Magraw informs us he raised
some of the finest melons and cante
loupes this season he ever saw. AnG
sweet potatoes possessing all the ex
cellence of the famous Jersey sweet
potato. While seated at the dinner
table we had ample evidence of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-11
Canning Corn and How it is
Done.

We have two canneries at the Sun;
one establishment belongs To Garter
aud Brown, and the other to David
Mccoy. The fixtures and process
in both is virtually the same bnt Mr.
Mccoy has introduced some narhin,
cry this season not heretofore in sue
cessful use in the business, which
cuts the corn from the cob and sep
crates the silk and bits OF refuse
from the grain. In the old process
for this part of the business, the cut
ting is done by hand with comm III
thin bladed fnife, and the silk is
cleaned off the husked ears with hand
brushes.
The variety of corn used for can.
ming is the Stowell's Evergreen. The
canneries make arrangements with
the farmers to furnish them the pro.
duct of a certain number OF acres.
and when the corn ar: ives ut the
roasting ear' period, pulling and
hauling commences. The ears are
pulled and thrown into wagons,
hauled to the cannery, where the
wagon is driven onto pat torm scales,
weighed and the corn thrown ut in
long heaps under sheds where the
huskers strip off the green husks
and toss the plump grained ears into
baskets. Where the silking isdone by
hand the silkers sit by with stiff
brushes and clean off the silk. Mr.
Mccoy, as sta ed, has prov ded hi
establishment this season with one
of the Warfield cutting machines
which is driven by steam power. This
machine has cost the inventor several
years of labor and experimenting,
and spending fortune he has sue
ceeded in producing a machine which
does the work rapidly and well. The
machine consists of an iron frame
about ten feet long in which q piston
is worked by crank and has stroke
of about 3 feet. The knives are a
complicated piece Of machinery pro-
vided with springs. The ears are
fed to the machine by hand. point
foremost, the jaws of which open and
receive one ear at time, when a
blow from the piston sends through
the cutters, which shears tie grains
from the cob IN twinkle AMI shoots
the cob out of a horizontal spout
while the corn falls on a incline and
is taken out below by man or boy
who dips up the milky grain with a
scoop and carries it in buckets to the
silker. This Silker is Mr.. NtCoy's
own invent on, and consists of a
strongly made box one foot square
and about 2 feet high placed in a YER
tical position with hopper fitted on
the top. This box is pretty we'll fill
ed with cross wires and screens,
through which the corn is forced. by
a fitting and humping motion mpart
Ell to it by kind of lifting cam on
shaft driven by steam power. This
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-11
Kidney Disease.

Mr. H. Waram, member of City
Council, % dbury, N. j., says: 4 was
victim of the worst form of kidney
disease. A short trial of Aronsansa
completely cured me-" Price 25 and IS
cts. Sold by DIR. L. R. Kirk, Rising
Sun.
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GIL COUNTY. MD. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER IT 1Sss n

| ly sealed. Ihe crate OF sealed cans
is then swung to the opposite side
and lowered into test tank of water
kept at the boiling point by coil of
steam pipe. When the cans are low
cred beneath the hot water the heat
expands the contents and if an ar
hole, ever so small is present the
fact is revealed by bubbles rising to
the surface. when the faulty can is
lifted out of its place by + air of Fat
nosed tongs and the solderer, with hot
iron and bit of solder stops the hole
If the defect is not to extensive. The
operation of testing crate of 125
cans requires but minute, when the
crate is again hoisted and swung ov-
er beside the processing kettle, when
the cans are lifted steaming hot by
two men with leathern pads on theirs
hands, and piled in circular crates
holding three tiers and containing
29O cans. The processing or cooking
is done by dry steam in these factor
les. The crates of cans are next
lowered into this cooking kettle or
heavy iron cylinder, the lid shut down
and held securely by bolts when
steam is turned on. This processing
cylinder is provided with steam
gauge and thermometer, aad the heat
is raised rapidly to 25Oo then lower
ed and brought up gradually to 25Oo
where it is kept 40 minutes. The
lowering and slowly raising the heat
IS to allow it to penetrate the goods, in
order to process the contents of
the cans evenly. Forty minutes is the
length Of time required to cook corn
thoroughly in heat of $50 degrees,
requiring greater heat to process it
than tomatoes
At the end of forty minutes the cans
are lifted from the processing kettle or
cylinder and submerged in tank of
c,ld water, where they remain until
cool enough TO handle, when they are
put into the boxes or cases as they
are TECHNICALLY termed, and piled away.
.fter standing ten DAYS the goods are
overhauled and the 'swells" sorted
out. Not withstanding all the care tax
cn quite good many "swelIs'' are
found among them. The cans are now
ready to receive the fine labels all are
familiar with, and when properly la
beled, they are replaced 2 dozen in
case, the case lid nailed down and the
goods are ready for market.
We have followed his modern art of
reserving green fruit and vegetables,
in all its details which consist of some
l6 or so, manipulations. All this
work proceeds with the utmost regula-
ity, every one stands at his or her ap-
pointed post, and performs the part al
otted and the work proceeds with clock
like ovement.
The green corn crop is short this sea-
sou, our Gamers not having more than
three weeks run on corn.
Mr.. Mccoy had calculated on having
enough corn to fill 250,0OO cans but
will process probably 100000. Carter
and Brown will process probably 1870,
900 cans of corn. The latter are run
ming some tomatoes, but this has been
very unfavorable season for tomatoes.
Mr., Mccoy employs 4Ol hands at
wages averaging $l.O0 day while
Carter and Brown employ 80 at about
| the same wages
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lexcellence Of the two latter vegetab
les This may serve as a hint to
melon raisers. Sand is the grand
indispensable as a top dressing for
these crops.
In one respect the 9Th district re-
sembles the law of the Meads and
Persians. 1t changes but little, but
that little within the last twenty
five years is on the side of improve.
ment. Conowingo has made the
longest stride in the way ofimproye
ment of any place in the upper end
of the county and the change here
has indeed been marvellous. This
used to be famous only for it's fever
and ague. But a New York shipper.
Mr.. Bell, came there some years ago,
bought large portion of land in
the village and adjacent to it, and
commenced improving the place. He
has drained the land, cleared away
the bushes, put up buildings, and en-
couraged improvement in every di-
rection. The railroad came to his
aid and now the place presents the
greatest net work of telegraph wire
of any centre in the county. There
are two flint mills and the large pa
per mill is on the Hartford side direct
ly opposite the village, which serves
as the distributing point for all this
manufacturing industry. This en-
terprise and evidence of life has
drawn another true spirit and genius
Of business to the place, in the person
of Mr.. C. M. Childs, who is rapidly
laying the ground work of what will
in the near future prove an immense
trade.
The Mccullough Iron works are
the yertebra of Rowlandville- the
place used to be called Rowlandsville.
but they have dropped the IS .; ev
cry thing they make for short in this
busy age. The scenery is very pic
turesque among these Octor: r. hills
and the land of superior quality.
There are a great many more con-
sumers in all this region of country
than there were 25 or 80 years ago,
but the farmers do not appear to rea-
lize the fact put keep on raising wheat
and corn, competing with the West,
which can give them two days start
every week and be ahead of them on
Saturday night. There are 1000
mouths to feed within easy distance
of their farms where there was but
one 80 years ago, but there owners
have not found it out.
Up Basin run is a pleasant summer
trip. The little villages have come
down to she railroad, with their
smiling flower beds and vine covered
varandas. like soft eyed gazelles of
the desert which come down to the
brooks to drink.
Liberty Grove which used to be a
tangled wild woods is now a settled
when neighbors not to close are at
least within calling distance, and
where we found one of the neatest
and most inviting stores inthe coun-
try ownedby Mr.. Robert Rowland,
who il p. NJ. as well as tape cutter
for the nighborhood.
Two miles farther up is the village
Of Colora, where the Waring Brothers
have demonstrated the vast superior
itv that brain has over Drawn in the
building up of one of those med
ern industries for supplying the agri.
culturist with phosphates and nitrates
es, which alone makes it possible fOl
the great majority of farmers in this
part to escape the fangso of object pow
erty. Science has overturned many
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-11

sllklnS machine separates the silk
and nibs from the grain which is TAX.
en- up in buckets and poured into
shallow tin trays. These two machines
save the work of 10 or more hands.
The trays are about 8 feet square hy
D inches deep and are perforated in
bottom with 20 one and quarter
inch holes at even distances apart. AS
many cans as the trays contains
are placed in crate with open
ends up. The shallow square tin
pans or trays are then set on the cans
and the corn emptied into them. A
woman or man as the case may be,
stands at each tray, and with cob
pushes and works the corn round
which falls through the holes into
hole he cans. As the cans fill u the
packer punches her cob into each
settling the corn in the cans till they
are full. when the crate of filed cans
is pushed along the table to the
weigher who is generally girl. This
weigher has common counter scale
before her, with can filed the prop.
er quantity Of corn - 2 pounds
which serves for weight. The cans
are taken up one by one by .he
weigher, and little corn added
where light or dumped out if contain
ing over weight A boy stands be
sides the weigher and places the cans
rs they are set from the scale in an
IRON crate WEIGH hold one dozen cans.
The crate of cans is immcrged in a
bath Of weak pickle for a nome mt,
till the bubbles cease to rise, when
the crate is lifted and placed on an
incline for the surplus pickle to drain
back into the vat. This dip in the
pickle or salt water bath forces out
most of the air and slightly seasons
the corn with salt. A boy lifts the
drained crate of cans to table, runs
a brush hastily over the tops to clean
pff the cans and places cap over
each hole. These caps are cut and
crlmped by the can manufacturers,
and are all an exact fit. On e: ca can
top bit of solder is laid, just enough
to solder on the top. This solder is
cut by machinery and is purchased as
the Cans are from the factory where
it is cut in Jumps Of uniform size.
The crate of cans is now ready for
the soldering iron, and is showed ov-
er to the opposite side of the table
where the capper stands with his
soldering irons in a gasaline furnace.
One end of these soldering irons
is shaped like an inch and a ha,f
gouge, and is fixed to handle sim
liar to brace for boring. This brace
like handle is hung on an iron shaft
pointed at the lower end, which point
is placed in the small vent hole that
is in the centre of the cap. the hot
iron placed on the lump ofsolder and
with quick forward and backward
turn the cap is scaled. The operation
is but this work of a moment The
capped cans are then placed in large
cir r.ular iron crates, holding 125 cans
each. These strong crates are pro
vided with a pair of balls which are
folded together and hooked to chain
of the hosting crane, swung over a
tank OF boiling water, and lowered in.
The cans remain in this tank Is min
utes, which expands the contents
and forces out the cold air. The
crate is then hoisted out and placed
on a table, when the tops of the
cans are brushed dry and the
vent holes brushed over with sold
ering liquid A sealer with hot iron
and bar of solder puts drop on each
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the immortality 3t th"ir sGui q IA
bic. As scientific reasearch be.
comes more intelligent md acute,
and wider in Its scope Of obssrya-
tor, it disaards, one after smother
all It's crude theories Of primary
construction, and has begun 20 re.
alize, most thoroughly and com
pletely, that behind all the forces
OF Nature lie, an infinitely wig"
and wonderful power, which di-
rects and harmonizee them all.
But we do not propose writing q
sermon We like, occasionally, to
lit our thoughts sbove matters OF
every day com, -tn. ana this crop
ping we did not feel like sitting,
and hence submit it to readers who
will concede that they are not often
talked to in such spirit by us.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-02-28

THE cid Fossil who runs this
sheet when he IS at home, has gone
to Albuquerque to take part in the
proceedings Of The grand encamp-
ment Of the G. A. r., winch will
be held at tnat camp this week.
lie has left me devil in charge Of
the paper, and ii anything appears
in its columns that is not all O. H.,
the devil viii DO to pay,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-02-28

hE ELpFr representative Of
the Chicago dry ore concentrator
who came here to investigate and
straighten up the busness Of j c.
Rhode, reports that the company
are tho' ushly disguated with the
management Of Mr. Rhode But
they teei confident that Their ma
chireY win ser urovo p s"aoc-s.
What w'.i b. ,'.ci hc i,uv.
e. doe rot fce. . .i5cr'r :, State.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-02-28

An ox-otticer Of the Khedigo's
army being asked d question as to
the possiclc results Of the Mahdi's
victory, replied "Poss'b'y gen
eral MoAanmeden upheayal. Eng
land is fighting for her Mussulman
empire She has more subjects
that follow the prophet than Tur-
key and Persia combined. Far
more than has Russia She is
lighting in Egypt the battle OF her
Indian outpcsts. No one can real
ize, who has not lived in the Orient
or visited it understandIngIy, the
immense strides Oscannism has
been made during the last three
decades. Africa is its mission
ary ground. The Mahdi may lead
tie hordes on a. new attack upon
Western and Mazarone civiliza-
ton. The situation is ominous for
Great Britain, for the forces against
her are almost indescribabIe and
occult in chsrs a,er.
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Egypt


KANSAS CRY, Feb. 18. While
the average war editor all over the
world is racklug his brains and
tearing his slurt about Gen. y ol-
seley's Egyptian campaign and the
blanders OF GlNdstouos loraign
policy, perhaps you win give ne a
little corner Of your yalu&ole paper
in which to say = few words about
this whole question. The Egyp-
tian question is as old as the
Sphynx i,selt. It's modern rhaao
began IN 1907. 1t became a Euro
poan question when Napoleon
made a treaty with Yarkoy includ
ing her in grand continental Goa
iition against England. This was
five years before we joined it,,
which would have made the circle
of adanalt around the Saxon IN
tact had it not parted in apparent
" the stron .est place.
ENGLAND struck the first blow
in this Esvptian quarrel when Adj
niral Du. kwortn, in 1907, forced
the passage of the Dardonelles, re
ceiving for the fir. and only time
the fire Of the Great battery Of
Chanak Kalosi Of I02 gums, the
largest ever made. carr,;Dg shot
SO inches in diameter. But one Of
his ships was str4ok, the Windsor
Castle. Everv one knows that in
the great nayal oom1at which fol-
lowed in the a,lica horn. whore
wooden ships were opposed 10
stone fortifications thn. Cen So.
bastian, Napoleoas ablcst sue.-
roar u,e 6..,toY .t ,lI ,..;,,s
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DIREcroH of the mint, Burchar

DlREoToR Of The mint, Burchard {,
sums up the mining operations OF
New Mexico for ls51 as follows :
The bullion production Of New
MeXico in 1851 was $4,GG0,614, a
gain Of S274,o93 over the previous
year. In some localities in the
territory there has been gains, in
others los8ea, bat the aggregate
shows the gain mentioned.
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down Arabjs rebellion They all
refused, They would consent that
England should try her hand at it,
but that was all. France excused
I herself, Bismarck was ind jliiereut
and the sultan stubborn and mul-
ish. In the meantime Arab com.
commenced to fortify Alexandria.
The English cabinet decided to ppt
/ down Arabs rebellion, the BON
/ bardment OF Alexandra followed,
a short and sharp campaign SIC
ceeded, and Arab became pr.s
oner On his trial for treason
against the khediye'o government
the truth came out. The sultan
was behind Arabi, and behind him
s@ein was Bismarck and II. de
Lesseps, and behind him again
was the French government. Eng
land provided police Tor Egypt,
and proposed to submit the wh9ie
question Of Egypt to a conference,
provided the &uez canal was dena-
tionaized and free commerce guar
anteed. This was declined and
the debt question has not vet beer
settled. Order had been restored
/ in Egypt and Gladstone declined
TO rooonquer the Soudan. After
the massacre Of the Egyptian army
under Hicks Pasha, Gen. Gordon,
who had returned from india and
wae about entering into service of
the KING Of the Halgians, was sent
agar rs governor Of the Soadan by
the Egyptian government. Nj.
Gladstone conscnting. lie wa. not
orderal there as al eficcr of the
Eaglion army, in which he Is not
in active service. His going was
an experiment and 1t failed. In
the meantime the process cf isola-
ton wa. going ON. France and
Germany had utterly isolated
Austria, when suddenly the scene
changes Italy forms an alliance
! offensive snd defensive with Eng
/ land a stroke Of foreign policy
equal to ANYTHING that BoacouS-
field ever did, Italy's iron clad
fleet is far stronger than France can
/ spare in the Mediterranean. Aus
tria can do nothing, as she has but
one sea port in the world, Fiume,
on tne Adriatc sea. Tie German
eaport, are ou tee other side OF
Europe Her IRON clads must pass
/ Gibraltcr to get into the Medjtor-
rancan.
An English army has penetrated
to Naartoum to find it in the pos
session FL Mahdi and Gordon
missing, perhaps dead. Glad
stones progarme is very plain
He viii not anex Egypt nor any
I part Of it to the British empire.
1t bein effect to ACCEPT the ldentic-
al note rejected by Beaconstield.
| A railroad will be built from the
Red sea to Berber. the stratcge,ic
point in the Soudan and a great
Anglo-ltalian trading company to
the interior Of Africa will be pro
te,ted. Ine trade ot this great
country wiki ita 100000 900 Of
people will be developed. The
death of Gordon has sealed the
fate of FL Mahdi. Tire English
army will not leave until he il
dead, captive or fugitive Ten
years from now the English will
receive two-thirds OF the profits
arising from the Sue2 canal and it
will be to their Interest 10 protect
it and keep it and keep it free for
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-02-28

Ex-FIcE President Halnlin, says
that only nine men are now living
who were inembers Of the Senate
in l848, when that body attended
the LAYING OF the cornerstone of the
WssLiuSloA Monument. These
are lulee OF Florida, Georgs W
Jones oi Nevada, Bradburn and
Hamlin Of Maine, Fitch of Aichi-
gan, Jefferson Dayis of Mississippi,
Atchiaon OF Missouri, Simon Can.
eson Of renrsrlTsu'a, and Hunter
. NWgiu.a