The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-12-10
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nearly every man who has lecturcd in
rhyme has gone over the hill to the
poor-house.
A Boston man is now demonstrating
the superiority of man to the lower
animals by eating live frogs. He will
croak in time.
Minnie Hank is particular about her
opera houses. She declined to sing at
Nebraska City, Neb, lately because
the old barn leaked.
Two Iowa girls are successful paper
hangers, and earn as high as $l2 day.
Woman can accomplish anything ex-
cept voting ii she tres.
Mrs. Lahgtry can hit dudes eye at
thousand yards, and she knows how
to twirl a broad-sword. The critics
have been lenient lately.
Mrs. Park, of Liberty, Mo-, lost a gold
ring in her garden last spring. 1t was
found the other day by her son encir-
cling the root of a big suniower
Alexander of Bulgaria has the true
Aldermanic instinct. When he took
his crown he had an income of $1,000
year. He is now worth $35OOO0
Miss Lamar, daughter of the Secre-
tary, is an artist of much merit. She
beats the Princess Beatrice on free
hand sketching. So her admirers say.
Mrs. Folsom is understood to be
pleased with the presidents new place,
Red Top, as residence, but she would
have preferred to be near her daugh-
ter.
A citizen of Minneapolis is building
a log house in the heart of the city.
When he gets through he will find that
there are more draughts than COM
forts.
Carter Harrison, of Chicago, has
proved himself wise man. He has
declined to accept nomination for
Congress without first consulting his
wife.
Mrs. Clarissa Cox, of Wakefield
Mass, has reached her ninety-ninth
milestone. She was a babe when
Washington took the oath as President
of the United States.
Harvey Morgan, once one of the
most famous harpists in Europe, re-
Gently died at the Pittsburgh poor
house. Europe is not so kind to it's
harpists as it was in the middle ages.
The oldest Philadelphia fireman died
at Norristown lately at the age of
ninety three. He was running with
the machine when General Braddock
was doing his best to cover his retreat.
An Independence Qa) groceryman.
boasts OF delivery horse which knows
all the regular customers that trade at
his masters store, and always bows
to them when he meets them on the
street.
The new edition Of "Pickwick,"
edited by the younger Charles Dickens,
has been designed to mark the change
in the manners, customs and places
described in the book which the pas
sage of fifty years has brought about.
One dollar at twenty-one is worth
$120 at ninety, and 500 spent in fool
cry and linery before iive-and- twenty
is simply 5000 thrown away from that
provision which should be made for
the time when work must he burden.
A Boston bootblack, whose custom
ers include large number of lawyers,
has the following dignilied quotation
on his chair: Intaminatis fulcet
honoribus," which being interpreted,
means, he shines with untarnished
honorS."
In the schools of Brunswick, Eng
land all children who are found to
stammer are placed in charge of
physician and taught by instructors
from the deaf and dumb asylums with
the result that in a year most of the
cases are completely cured.
A gentleman in Davenport, Ia,
whose garden is near an electric light
tower, says his day lilies, which ordin-
arily bloom only in the day time, open
in the night. and that the morning
glories will uncIose in the night in
few minutes after the tower lights
brighten the garden beds.
An attempt is about to be made to
raise Russian war ship, the John
Baptist. which was sunk by the orders