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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-09
SUN, COUNTY, MD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1899

soafIold. Flight would fasten suspicion upon
me. might be able to conceal myself into
the hands of justice, and make confession OF
the crime. Even II were taken. should In
all probability die in prison. After oil, the
sacrifice would not be so great; few days OF
suffering-that was all and when we have
done with mortal life it is by God-not by
man-that We are judged. Doubtless you
would keep your fearful secret, and my boz
loved mistress would never know that the
hands of the husband who held her happi.
ness and honor in his keeping were stained
with blood.
"Ified, and for soma time have successfully
ly evaded pursuit; but feel I am sinking
last. 1t is time for me to give myself up and
make false confession. From newspapers
which managed to obtain learned all tn 9
surroundings of the crime. l read OF the
money being missing from the despatch. box,
and OF the stolen ring. 1t is by means Of this
information that shall be able to mako the
confession so circumstantial that it cannot
be doubted.
''You are free; your secret is safely hidden
In my grave. What l have done and shall do
is for my beloved mistress and her child. To
you Isay, repent. Endeavor by good deeds
to atone for the crime which must weigh
heavily upon your soul. Pray and humble
yourself before the Divine throne; and not
only for this deed Of blood, but for your
guilty intimacy with Mdlle. Rosalie, may God
pardon you'll Destroy the last visible traces
OF your crime, and burn this paper. Fare
WE'LL SAMUEL FLEETWOOD"
I'M 5o oon nf1nayo1N
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She Had $40 Descenda nts.

There died at her home In Washington
parish, La., recently, Mrs. Nancy Ann stra-
han, aged 90, who probably leaves the largest
number of descendants Of any person in
Louisiana. Mrs. Strahan, formerly Alder
man, was born in North Carolina In 1893, and
in 1917 married Cornelius Strahan of South
Carolina, born in 1896. The two moved to
Georgia in 1918. thence to Mississippi in 1910,
and to Louisiana in 1860. Mr.. Strahan died
last year, after seventy-one years of married
life. They had sixteen children, fifteen OF
whom are living in southern Mississippi and
eastern Louisiana, who, with their desc end
ants, make up q veritable army, as follows
Children, Is; grandchildren, 90; great-grand-
children, 2l7; great-great-grandchIldren, II.
Total, $40. They are scattered through Han
cock, Marion, and Pike counties, Miss, and
Washington parish. La. and are among the
best citizens of that section, and noted for
their vigor, industry, and religious zeal.
Nearly all her descendants were present at
the funeral.
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A Strange Mark.

james Rothermel, who lives in Fayette
county. this state, has strange birthmark
which makes him an object of superstitious
regard among his neighbors. According toa
correspondent of the Pittsburg Post, on the
back OF Rothermers head, just below and q
little to the right OF the base Of the brain, is
o small excresence, blush in color and cres-
ent-shaped. The moment the moon begins
to turn the fret quarter of her pole. the mark
begins to undergo startling change. Its
blush color turns to brilliant red, and the
flesh below 1t and extending diagonally across
his neck to the left shoulder begins to swell
As the moon grows older the birthmarks gel
redder and redder and redder, and the flesh
swells more and more, until, when the moon
has reached its "full." the cresent.shaped
mark is OF fiery scarlet. aud the flesh ex.
tending from the mark TO the left shoulder
has swollen into horn-like roll, two or three
gradually tapering to point near the left
shoulder.
AS the moon gradually begins to wane, in
like manner the scarlet Of the cresent-shaped
mark becomes less fiery. the horn-like roll
across the neck to decrease in size. until when
the moon is dark again there Is nothing to be
seen but the small, blush cresent-shaped
mark. For over twenty-eight years these
changes have followed monthly with the
moons phases; and 80 marked are they and
so regular that Rothermel can tell by simply
placing his hand on the back OF his neck
exactly what stage the moon Is In.
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Blaine's Dear Friend Phelrs.

The man in light clothes, with red mock.
tie, smile on his face and bangs on his fore.
head2 That is William Walter Phelps, Of
New Jersey. He looks somewhat like a dude.
but people who think he is one don't know
him. Phelps is brainy man. At Yale he
was leader both in the class room and on
the campus. He looks effeminate, but he Is
an athlete. His muscles are like steel. He
has stock ranch down in Texas, and when
he goes down there he's Texan. Jumps a
broncho and rides thirty miles without stop
ping, carries gun and drinks little whisky
with the natives just to keep them good ma
ured. Phelps had brains enough to make his
own way in life. Before he was rs years old
he had large law practice. Made his for
tune In railroads. Some years ago he
had nearly his whole fortune invested
in one enterprise-the Texas Central. He
kept sending good money after bad
In that rat hole till his friends advised him
to pull out or he would ruin himself. The
road wouldn't pay. But Phelps stuck to it
till he had put In 100000, and finally
made him very rich man. He Ii
one Of the most genial men in public life.
almost effeminate. But II you think he
hasn't will just try him once. He can yes
and no quicker and stick to it longer than any
man in congress. He likes to be frank and
communicative when frankness will help
somebody and hurt nobody but you couldn't
pull word out of him with yoke Of steers
when there are reasons why he shouldn't
talk. He adores Blaine and is fond Of giving
dinners. 1t is one OF the treats Of Washing
ton to sit at his table. He is generous with
his money, but makes no display Of 1t. He
gives away more money in charity than any
body know Of in Observation-Disclosures
NawS
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{ To be continued.)
JOHN FoLEH's WONDERFU1 CROW,

Caught Only Six Months Ago, but a
Will Let Anybody Scratch Gt.
John Foley who keeps a hotel on the South
Beach of Staten Island, set a trap about six
months ago and captured a crow. The trap
damaged one Of the birds legs so badly that
amputation was necessary. The old fellow took
the thing like philosopher. Soon the stump
got well, and he began to hobble about the
place. John made wooden leg for him, and
fastened it on with great ingenuity and care.
For while the crow wore his artificial limb
and seemed to take pride in it, but he tired
Of it at last and pecked it of, and now he
hobbies around on his stump. His wings
are perfectly good and strong, but he makes
no attempt to fly away. He is perfectly sat
isfled with his new home. He feeds from the
childrens hands. and allows them to carry
him around and scratch his head.
One OF his tricks is to lie on his back on a
table or on the bar and take dainties from
anybody that offers them to him. His first
trouble was with cat that he thought was
just the material for good breakfast. But
he wasn't, as the cat soon found out. A we'll.
pecked nose was the consequence Of her mis-
take. Now she has great respect for him. So
have the dogs, although they never tried to
do him any injury beyond trespassing upon
his dinner plate. All such outrages the crow
resists savagely. On cold days, when one
Of the dogs lies near the stove, the CROW never
fails to hobble over to him and lie down be-
side him. The cat sometimes meekly puts in
an appearance and the crow never objects.
Consequently there is peace in the family
But this crow, like all crows, is q thief He
steals spoons. He takes nickels from any.
body, but despises cents. He is O roper-in OF
the very worst sort. To relieve the monotony
Of life on the beach Foley practises rifle shoot
ng, using crows for targets. The tame crow
acts as decoy, and traitorouly calls his fel.
low creatures to destructon.-N. Y. Sun.
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Cardinal woolssx,s Bad nrannsrs.

From young child attending one of our
high schools there comes to this paper q
plaintive request: "My teacher has given me
this question:
Translate into Latin, my mother and /, >
and narrate an historical incident illustrating
the Latin method OF forming such an express
sion. Please tell how to do it," With the
greatest OF pleasure. In Latin it would be,
Ego OF mater mea." The whole point turns
on tho fact that, in English, you put the other
person first and yourself second, while in
Latin that process is reversed. The histori-
cal incident asked for is a very old and Oft
repeated story. Cardinal Wolsey wrote a
state paper in which he often used the
phrase, Ego ct Rex meus," and his king,
Henry VIII, remarked: "It may be good
Latin, but 1t u ID bad manners"
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10 fear. Absorbed in distrustful medita-
ton, I did not hear soft knocking at my
study door, which was locked and 1t was not
till it was repeated several times, as was
presently informed, that it reached my ears.
sit is my wife,"I thought; "she is uneasy
that am not abed." opened the door and
saw-Mdlle. Rosaliel
Without asking permission, she glided into
the room.
"How dare you," cried, "intrude upon
me at such an hourp"
Speak low," she said, "for your own sake.
l have knocked at your door several times
you must have been busily engaged not to
have heard me-"
voice, but, troubled as was, shook off the
dread which it inspired.
"If you do not instantly leave the room"
said. 81 will call my wife, and your shame
less character shall be exposed"
"Call her." said Mdlle. Rosalie, "and find
yourself in prison within an hour, charged
with tho murder of Mr.. Wilmotw
/ sank speechless into my chair. Mdlle,
Rosalie stepped softly to the door and turned
the key.
"For your sake" she said; "your life is in
my hands"
gazed at her in silence; she inclined her
head, as though had asked a question, and
she was answering it.
"Yes," she said. 'it depends upon me
whether you meet your fate upon the gallows.
Not at all pleasant idoap
"Speak plainly" managed to gasp.
81 have como here to do so. and have
chosen this hour, in order that we shall not
be disturbed. After your treatment of me
do not know why l should wish to save you
but it may be worth my while. Besides, my
nature is merciful. would return good for
evil"
$50 on" l said, straight to the point"
"Itis my intention. Will you not invite me
to be seated?"
'I will not"
"Ahl you will soon change your tune. l
gave you packet this evening which re-
eeived from Clergyman"
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intead of being apprehended.

"Spoken like gentleman-begging your
PARDON SIR
"When l saw you this morning with Mr..
Mortock," said-and then also paused in
the middle of a speech; the question I was
about to ask was injudcous.
"Well, sir" said the detective, taking up
the cue" don't mind admitting that was
then on another track"
prompted by Mr.. Mortlockpp
'In manner of speaking, sir Ho first
put the idoa into my head. You would never
guess it, and mustn't say what it was"
But had guessed it. Mr.. Mortlock,
hating mo and mine, would have incrimi-
mated me it was he whose malignant whis-
pering had caused me to be received as had
been on that morning. But the danger was
now removed. In the light Of Samuel Fleet
woods admission, he was powerless to work
out his wicked spite against me.
"How was Fleetwood" asked, "when you
left the station2 Better?"
"Worse, sir Sinking fast Worry little
time to live, the doctor said. A clergyman
was called In, and was with him when left" 4"
"And you thought might like to see him?"
81 thought as much, sir, though 1 don't
know whether the inspector will allow it,"
81 am obliged to you, should wish to see
the unhappy man he might confess to me
the motive for his crime"
cts my opinion, sir, he's confesslng to
the clergyman. Thank you, SIR" 1 had
slipped couple of sovereigns into his hand
''There's something that ought to be got at
if tho man is really dying"
"What is thatp"
"The money, sir, tho Ave thousand pounds
that WAS taken out of the box. He was
asked about it, and all the answer he gave
was strange smile He could hardly have
spent it in the time."
"WaS there none found on him2"
"There wasn't n brass farthing found on
him and, what is more, his clothes were in
rags, and the doctor said that he must have
been without food for moro than two days."
"It is indeed strangeP 1 remarked. ~
will go with you to the station"
saw my wife before left the house. "You
look better, Richard" she said.
"I am bntter," Ireplied. "Terrible as the
incident is, 1t has removed a weight from my
heart When the last scene OF this awful
tragedy is enacted we will seek another
home. Much as Hove this place, ii has now
become hateful to me-"
This, know, was in accordance with the
wishes OF my wife, who never passed the
room in which my uncle was murdered with
out shudder. l told her what l had
| learned from the detective of the condition of
Samuel Fleetwood; and she whispered that
it would bo merciful If he were to die before
his trial. and thut she hoped and prayed he
would die repcntant.
81 cannot trust myself to think of him, "
she said. Il had sincere affection for him.
and never believed that he could be guilty Of
! tho least act of cruelty. Sometimes, Richard,
| / cannot help thinking that there Is some
dreadful mystery behind all this. II there is,
Heaven will surely bring it to lIghtp
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He Has a Weakn ess for Fires.

There are said to be more amateur fire
cranks in Portland than In any Maine city.
One young man, the son Of q well known den-
tist, is SO carried away with fire enthusiasm
that he has every electrical improvement
possible in his room to expedite his turning
out to fire in the night time. When the
alarm rings in he is supposed to awake. A
string hangs down near his pillow. and by
pulling that a weight is released which
snatches the clothes from his bed, turns up
the gas and opens the door. Pants and boots
fitted with rings and clasps instead OF butt
tons are by his bedside, and. jumping into
them and sliding into his coat. of he starts.
Just as he goes out of the door he pulls
another string, the door closes, the light is
turned down and the bed clothes resume
their proper position.-LewistonM Me-, Journal.
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THE DEER DAMN CAPTURED.

lt Visits the Woods Once nYenr and Re.
turns to Bear Fawns for its Owner
In December 1886, Milton Damn, head law
yer In the Pailey mills, was deer hunting noar
here, and a large doe with a fawn at her side
was driven to the runway where he was
posted. He fred his buckshot barrel at tho
doe and killed her. The fawn stopped few
PAGES ahead of where its mother had fallen.
Dann's first thought was to kill the fawn
, also, but from the dazed way in which it
acted he made up his mind that he might
capture italive, which he succeeded in doing
without much difficulty.
He took the young deer home, and 1t soon
became entirely at home in the enclosure
where 1t was placed, and 1t thrived on cows
milk, with which 1t was fed. It became q
great pet with the family, and as it grew
older mingled and fed with the cattle, and
showed no disposition to return to the woods,
although 1t ran at liberty through the fields.
Every one knew DAMS pet deer, and no
harm was ever offered 1t. It was so appar.
emily content with its condition, and the
natural wild disposition of the deer family
was 30 absent in 1t, that when it was missed
that it had gone away Of its own will, but
that some one had stolen the deer. Rewards
were offered for it and suspected persons
closely watched, but no sign or trace of the
deer could be discovered.
1t was then believed that the true nature
Of the deer had asserted itself at last, and
that the fawn. now grown to be splendid
doe, had returned to the woods and its kind.
Consequently. the surprise of Milton Dann
may be imagined when. one morning early
in the following spring he went out to feed
the cattle, he found the doe among the stock,
chewing away at the fodder stack as con.
tentedly and composedlyas If she had never
been anywhere else. A few weeks later. when
Damn went out to his stock enclosure, he
found not only his doe but v newborn fawn
by her side. Sne was no way inclined to have
any one approach her offspring, and not un.
til the fawn had grown to be month or two
old would the mother permit it to be fondled
by any one.
This fawn thrived Us its mother had done
in the settlement, and was as tame and do
clle. 1t developed finely. aud last fall ono
morning both 1t and the doe were missing.
II was that time understood that they had
gone to the woods. but Damn hardly hoped
to ever see them back again. They went
away in November. A few days ago both the
doe and the yearling fawn returned to Dams,
and the prospects for still greater Increase
In this remarkable family of deer are exceed.
ingly promising.-E. Y. Sun,
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RICHARD PARDON'S
PERIL.
CHAPTER XT.-Continued.

Il took tho liborty OF following your wife
Sir" said the detective, pushing open tL'
door, "the business boing pressing"
"Louvo u.s." said to my wife. She obeyed
with long, solicitous look at me. turned
to the detective. "WellH"
can important matter, sir" said the de-
tective. Samuel Fleetwood Is caught"
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Chicngo's New Fire Alarm Wrinkle.

The flre-alarm protective chart, with key
attached, has been patented by an ingenious
citizen, 1t consists OF small tin chart,
with the location OF the nearest box and in.
structions how to use the key and the num-
ber of the box printed upon it, 1t is pro.
posed to place these keys with as many
householders as possible in each fire district
OF the city, When fire discovered the
discoverer will then be able to locate imme.
diately the nearest fire alarm box and turn
In the alarm. AS it is now, the locations Of
tho boxes are known to very few and still
fewer know how to work them when found
Consequently fire generally gains good
headway before the department is notified,
and considerable loss is in this manner IN,
ourEed.-Chicago Inter. Ocean,
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CHAPTER XIII.

T was one O'Clock In
the morning, and I
was In my study alone.
My last search for
Sa m u ell Fleetwood's
sealed lett er had
proved fruitless. l was
In despair, and yet l
knew not what I had
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TO MOTHERS.

Every babe should have bottle of DIR. FAIR.
NEY'S TEETHING SYRUP. Perfectly safe, No
Opium or Morphia mixture. Will relieve Collie,
Gripping in the Bowels and promote Difficult Teeth
ing. Prepared by DRS. ID. FAHRNEY 4 son,
Hagerstown, Md Druggists sell it; 25 cents
Trial bottle sent by mail 10 cents. feb1
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LADIES
Needing a tonic, or children that want building
up, should take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
1t is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indiges-
ton, and Biliousness, AL dealers keept
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
THAT KISS.

ursve found my heart again,
And broken is the chain
That bound me long to thee.
Farewell now am free.
Said she: Before you 60
A kiss, that may know
We part as friends; no moro
Then farewell; all is osorl
kissed her
Ahi the girl had willy art
kissed her,
And again lost my heart.
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SlTJ Stlu tHc uelccllNG
in tone of vexation, as though not the mat.
ter but thelmanner of the incident displeased
him. "He has given himself up"
"How did it happen?"
81 was in tho police station with the In
spector when Il man came In. or rather stag
gered in. We had to catch him to prevent
him from falling, and We thought, Of course,
that he was drunk. Not bit of 1t. Nearer
dead than drunk, with face like the face of
q ghost, and worn to a skeleton. When he
could speak, he said in voice we could
hardly hear, it was so faint, My name Is Sam
uel Fleetwood. l have come to give myself
up for the murder Of Mr.. Wilmot, at Bos-
combe LODGE With that he swooned. and
we called in the doctor, who gave it as his
opinion that the man was dying. Werestored
him to his senses, and the inspector asked
him If he knew what he had said. YES he
answered. 4 murdered Mr.. Wilmot.' BE
careful said the inspector; whatever you
say may be brought in evidence against you.' ,
4 am aware of it, said Fleetwood, and re-
peated, 4 murdered him. He tried to SHY
more, but he hadn't the strength; SO, acting
upon the doctors advice. we removed him to
Il room where he could be attended to.
There he signed his bare statement, which
the inspector had taken down. and then we
left him to tho DOCTOR"
How long ago did this occurP" l asked,
drawing IL do'p breath OF relief, feeling that
was now safe from suspicion.
''rwo hours by my watch as left the sta
ton to come to you"
"Did the unhappy man send for me2"
''No, sir; it was my own idea. You see,
there's that reward you offered" He
paused.
sit shall be paid" said, although tho
criminal gave himself up of his own free will
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WWe keep on hand a full line Of
Magistrates Blanks. Orders by mail
filed at short notice from the MID
LAND office.
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CHAPTER XII.

AUGHT I" I echoed
my voice scarcely ris.
ing above a whisper
At that moment I felt
that my fate was hang.
ing in the balance.