The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-11
Items of Interest.

uam1lar1tles on the part of the gentle
men of the house." advertised for a
place in Cincinnati, and received $50
answers in two days--all from ladies.
The Iowa Supreme Court has decided
that hotel keeper who receives guests
knowing that there is contagious
disease in his house is liable for damage
to any guest who may contract the
disease.
Young ostriches are warmed out of
their shells by incubators in California
and manifest great establishment when
they discover they are not in an African
desert. They have not yet become &C
= customed to being born on this CONT
nent.
A Chicago hotel keeper had q man re-
Gently arrested for stealing cake of
soap. The man pleaded, in extenua-
tion of his offence, that he wanted it for
his collection of crlriosities, it being the
first cake of soap he had ever discovered
in Chicago hotel.
y Georgia has o postoffice named
stalking Rock" The origin of the
name is thus stated Some one dis
covered in the vicinity large stone
upon which was painted the words
@Turn me over" 1t required consider
able strength to accomplish this, and
when it was done, the command, "Now
turn me back, and let me fool some one
else, was found painted on the under
side of the stone.
For its private work the bank Of
Devils Lake, Dakota, has adopted Il
rather peculiar but very suggestive
on which rests silver dollar, over the
back Of which Satan is climbing, hold
ing in one hand the scales of justice and
in the other lance. At his left is a
map of the lake, which forms the place
for writing the amount of draft OF
check, on which are the words, "Give
the devil his due"
To make blackberry brandy use the
following formula: To 10 gallons black
berry juice and 25 gallons of spirits Gao
above proof add drachm of oil of cloves
and oil of cinnamon, each dissolved i'll
95 per cent. alcohol, and 10 pounds of
white sugar dissolved in 6 gallons of
water. Dissolve the oils separately in a
half pint Of 95 per cent. alcohol mix
both together and use one-half the
quantity, if the cordial is not sufficiently
favored use the balance
In killing poultry the French are
adopts, as they are in everything apper-
tanning to the cuisine They open the
beak of the fowl, and with sharp
pointed and narrow-bladed knife, make
an incision just at the back of the roof
of the mouth, which divides the vertebre
and causes instant death. The fowl is
then hung up by the legs to bleed. This
is neat and quick process, and is a
decided improvement over the usually
clumsy method generally practised in
this country.
To remove grease stains from pages
of books, warm the parts and then press
pieces of blotting- paper upon them, so
as to absorb as much as possible. Have
some clear oil of turpentine, almost
boiling, again warm the creased spot,
and then with soft clean brush apply
the hot turpentine to both sides of the
spotted part. By repeating this the
grease will come out. Lastly, with
another clean brush, dipped in rectifed
spirits of wine, go over the place, and
the grease will no longer be seen, nor
the paper marked.
The line of Stuart was perhaps the
most uninterruptedly unfortunate of
any royal race. James I. of Scotland
was assassinated James II. was killed
at the siege of Roxburgh James III.
was killed while endeavoring to crush
an instruction James ~. fell at Flod-
den James V. died of grief for the loss
of his army Mary Queen of Scots was
beheaded Charles I. met similar fate,
and his son wandered for years in exile !;
and, finally James II. of England was
exiled from his kingdom.
In the gardens of well-known noble
mans country seat in the south of Ire
land painted boards were set up in diff
ferent parts of the pleasure grounds,
with this request, "Please do not pull
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