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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-18


A woman came i'm from Dearborn one
day this week, says the Detroit Free Press.
and went up tai the office of "a dentist.
~ want my teeth fixed.'' she said, ''and
you can give me chloroform ar ether"
w don't give either ~nowadays,' said
the dentist respectfully.
Every well. then. give chlorofofIn," she
said as she climhed mp into the velvet
chair.
''But we don't give chIoroform either"
explained the dentist.
81 don't want chIoroforn ether: I want
just plain ciloroform." said the tootlIache
sufferer.
"Allow me tn explain. madame" re-
marked the dentist. snlothcring am in
clination To smile: ~ give la~ughing-ga-
ether. neither of which is i'm use now"
The woman slipped down ont of the
chair and tied her bonnet on with "A bump.
Let me out of this" she exclaimed.
IL believe the man is crazy with his ether.
list that knows his business" and she shut
the door with "A slam that started every
tooth i'm that dentists head.
The WRONG SEX.
From the Jewish Messenger.
G~ood-natured DIR. - i'm his later years
had grown very deaf. One day he was
asked to make the Address at "a funeral.
and i'm his Horid manner began the intro
duction. Then he continued: my dear
friends. "a noble man has departed" The
sexton tu1xed him by his gown and whiS-
pered, "A woman" "A noble man has
gone from EARTH "A woman, a Woman.
| passed to life e~ternal.'' "A woman I" was
finally shouted i'm his car. and all went
well a~fterward. hut the solcmuity WAS
gone from that funeral.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-18
Happy u. - King

From the f1iegende Blaetter.
liking Milan is fearfully short of money
and utterly without credit"
When Brokely read this he thrust both
hands int his pockets up to the wrists
and exclaimed nielodramatically:
Now I know what il Is To feel like ~
king"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-18
WOMAN'S DRESS.

Vandyke and sandal are new ccrn
shades.
Al the new browns have more gold than
The shades of gray now worn are abso-
lutely lovely.
..Or rouge is the name of n new red
gold color, with more rcd than yellow
I'm il.
Pure white toilets, prepared for autumn,
Several new and pretty shades of lilac
and violet cashmere are shown for new
drrsses.
Half shawls of white muslin and lace
arr. worn with hats of slirrcd muslin to-
Full velvet sleeves are "a feature of silk
and wool gowns prepared for autumn
trousseaIx.
stuart frills of costly lace falling over
the corsaRe are worn over many bodiccs
slightly open at the neck.
In new autumn gowns there will br less
use made OF goods i'm combination than of
handsome solid colors richly bordcrsd.
, L~iQht-colorssl hut warm woolens will he
worn all through the autumn till the
stormy days of early winter impose darker
tints.
Very striking plaids are imported with n
silk surface thrown up above soft wool
goods. and many of these are i'm Madras
colors.
The f~avorite ribbon for dress garniture
is "a rich gros grain, irrrgularly striped
with satin or else with ~ border of satin
ON each edge.
The gray and silver shades are. striking
Is beautiful this season. and i'm very many
eases these tints take the precedence. of
all others.
I'm the sweet BS and BY.
There will be peace
Without surts,asr
For suffering bald heads hy and by.
For frost will seize
And quickly freeze
The fri>ky. festive, hensi>h fly.
-WdshitgfoH Pest.
slightly Mixed.
From Harper's Razsr.
.swho was Paris 80 asked the reader OF
nm Oklahoma paper: to which reply was
made that Paris was the serpent that gave
Eve the apple.
Happy ~ - King"
From the f1iegende Blaetter.
liking Milan is fearfully short of money
and utterly without credit"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-18
Slightly Mixed.

From Harper's Razar.
.swho was Paris >" asked the reader of
nm Oklahoma paper: to which reply WAS
made that Paris was the serpent that gave
Eve the apple.
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In the sweet by and BY.

There will bc peace
MitilOtt siircs:ass.
For suffering bald heads Ivy and by.
For frost will seize
And quickly freeze
The fri>ky. festive, nenLi>h fy.
Wushfu yfoH pss~f
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Anaconda. August -. issa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
Breakfast on Time.

One of those mysterious amateur
swells, who might properly be called q
"pecuniary dude" has been boarding
the past few months at fashionable
south side boarding house. One day last
week he received shock, which literally
knocked him silly. He labors daily for
a large wholesale house here, and re-
ceives weekly stipend of $40, but as he
dresses according to $40 900 per annum
income it is but natural that he is many
weeks behind in his board bill. This
young Napoleon Of some one else's finance
is supposed to be at his desk every morn
ing at o'clock sharp, but he had been
tardy every day for a week or more,
owing to a late breakfast. One morning
he breakfasted at O'Clock, and this gave
him ample opportunity to reach his office
on time. "Ah," he said to the landlady,
glancing at the clock, II see l get my
breakfast on time this morning." She
regarded him with q fixed "give-me-
that-$12" look, and replied: "You have
been getting it 'on time, sir, during the
past two weeks" 1t is hardly necessary
to state that tho young man saw the
force of her remark and produced at his
earliest opportunity. Chicago Herald.
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james Whitcomb Riley
"SnlOker's Heart"

Within the past twenty years the
medical faculty has come to clearly
comprehend and accurately diagnose a
disease which they now denominate as
smokers heart" Excessive smoking,
whether by pipe, cigar or cigarette, af
fects the action of the heart and disturbs
the circulation. The pulse will intermit
not with any regularity-sometimes
one beat in four, sometimes one in ten,
sometimes two or three at time, and
then comes trouble. The brain, missing
its regular pulsations of blood, wavers,
the heart tiutters, and then follows a
temporary collapse.
Strong cordials are "indicated." Strong
coffee is good; strong spirits better. But
the remedy, too often relied upon, is
as bad as the disease, and the subject
grows slowly worse. Angina pectoris is
said to sometimes result.
One of the leading physicians Of this
city relates a case in point. A patient
suffering from smokers heart" believed
that he had d chronic heart disease, and
came for careful examination early in
the day-before he had eaten any break
fast. The stethoscope showed the heart
to be sound as dot-he had not smoked
for twelve hours. Greatly relieved at the
verdict, he lighted big black cigar and
sat smoking, upon an empty stomach,
while he talked. In few minutes, as
he rose to go, his feet failed him and he
fell in momentary faint. The heart
was tluttcring wildly, but yielded at once
and resumed its normal action after a
strong stimulant.
The moral of the story is that, if you
smoke at all, you should smoke in mod
Grafton and on a well filled stomach. 1t
is recklessness that hurts.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
Sexuality I'm Atoms.

Mr.. Mason Kinnc is quiet gentleman
who has lived for many years in this city.
He is an enthusiastic member of the Mi
croscopical society, an honorary member
of several foreign scientific societies and
contributes to several scientific journals.
He is an indefatigable investigator. Some
time ago he declared that he had discov-
cred sexuality in atoms-that is, after
examining the smallest fragments of in
organic matter, iron and other mineral
substances, ho had discovered certain
traces that led him to believe that all
atoms, animal and vegetable, are either
male or female, and reproduce their spe-
cies. The Importance of such a discovery
cannot be estimated. If verified, and Mr..
Kinne is confident that it can be verified,
it means the revolution of science-a
new alphabet for geology, chemistry and
natural philosophy.-San Francisco Call
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"Rcvonge them -

hcVcnSe tHem
As the words fell from his lips, he turned,
and went, with tho staggering, uncertain
step of drunken man, through the orchard
paths and up to the old gray housc--the
home OF his infancy and manhood, the home
whero honor and integrity and virtue had
alone reigned for generations past, with no
stain Of evil or breath OF shame to mar its
spotless fame. Was shc-the woman he
deemed too pure and fair almost for mortal
love to touch-was she to be the first to
darken those stainless records? Beliofin the
story he had heard could not hold him yet,
could not shake his fidelity or weaken his
love, but deadly fear crept into his aching
heart, and ran like an ice-current through
his veins. The poison of doubt had breathed
upon his senses, and the plague-spot burned
yet deeper and deeper with its torturing
whispers. Once, i'll the agony that consumed
him, he gazed up at the homo he loved, and
stretched his aims out to the vacant air.
"Oh, my wife, my Lowell" he cried, uncon.
sciously, "let all the world perish, only lot me
know you trueP
1t was tho yearning, the idolatry OF an in
tense cngrossing passion that spoke in the
words. TO think that the loveliness he held
III reverence so deep, the heart that had beat
as his own. the lips that had breathed their
kisses on his-that those were shamed, and
vile, and dishonored, was worse than death.
If there was t,eachery and infdelity in her
past or present, she was equally lost to him.
She could no more be the spotless ideal of
his life, that he knew. Then he passed
through the rosc-covered porch and stood il
Ler presence.
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NO. Sc

place no man would dwell In from choice
been driven by the sterncst law that rules
human life-necessity.
Restlessly his eve roved from side to side
through the vast desolate width Of this le-
gend-haunted hall. The bats cold wings
tapped against his forehead. the night-owls
few to and fro through its gloomy passages.
Unspeakably dreary, unspeakably desoatc,
1t seemed to him, who had a towards shrink
ing fear, and child's superstitious dread Of
darkness and loneliness like this. "Will she
never conner" he said to himself agein and
again, as he listened in vain for the signal he
longed to hear-for the plash Of the oars in
the rivor below, and the consciousness OF u
human presence to gladden., oven for few
brief moments, his self-enforced solitude.
1t was an hour past midnight. A fear Of
Ill that had chanced, of discovery that threat.
ened, fell upon his heart. Listening and
watching, tho minutes seemed long as hours,
each filled with new dread, with ever in.
creasing fear. "If they have discovered her
absence-followed her-oh heavensP' he
muttered in his terror, while his eyes glared
through the shadows with tho fear OF a
hunted animal brought to bay, and des.
perate.
While the thought still hold him. tho fami
liar signal reached his ears. He started Il
his feet, and looked nnxiously toward the
window, then repeated it. Another instant
and girls light figure swung itself through
the aperture, and with deft soundless feet
dropped safely down on the floor within.
"Ninette |" he cried joyfully, then trembled
and turned pale, for with reeling steps and
ashy face tho girl came on through the black
noiseless gloom. and then fell at his feet like
one dead.
He bent over her, and mortal terror shook
his limbs, an icy fear seized his heart.
Senseless and STILL like q falling statue,
she lay at his feet, with the cloud of her rich
waving hair floating over her motionlesa
limbs, shrouding her death-liko face. He
called her name, he chafed her cold hands.
he dashed water on her face, he tried, with
eyes on which tears stood thick, and hands
which trembled and shook like he weakest
woman's, to revive her senses. and recall
life to the stricken form.
ooh God! Not this life toor he moaned
and the sound Of his. voice in that intense
stiffness seemed to him changed and fear.
full.
After awhile her senses returned, slow
quivering breaths heaved her bosom and
parted her lips; her eyes-wide with terror
dark with pain-opened on tho frightened
face above her. She knew 1t. and raised her.
self with sudden strength, and shuddered
away from HI touch as if it were hateful.
ITO be continued)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
GHOSTS md THITCHCR.4FE
A Region In New England Where
SuperstItiOn Thrives.

Superstition Thrives.
Tho wild, wooded and rock-rbbed region
OF Gloucester, r. l., less than q days jour-
ney from Gen. Putnam's historic wolf dens,
in northeastern Connecticut, is full Of super
stition. 1t is one of the queerest OF localities.
In the centre OF Gloucester lies Ponagansett
lake, and all about the shores Of this lake
are the dwellings Of n hale and hearty peo-
pie, who make this country, far from the
busy haunts OF men, a veritable wonderland
OF legend and "Reminiscences. The old mon
delight in telling ghost stories, and the young
people like tolisten. Gloucester lies on the
crooked old Indian trail which ran between
Connecticut and the Providence plantations.
For generations back tho Gloucester farm
ers have be!ieyed in wizardry. They will do
much of their work only during the full of
tho moon. Otherwise they would expect to
die or to have very bad luck. Planting must
not be dono until the signs OF the zodiac are
propltous, and gardens must never be
plowcd on Fridays. Even tooth mus.
not be pulled unless the stars are right; if J.,
Is, it will como hard and cause great suffer.
ing.
Pork, If killed during the small OF the
moon, will shrink to nothing in cooking,
while that butchered at the full of the moon
will continue white and firm. To insure luck
in the management of domestic animals the
sign Of the zodiac must be in the leg. Tho
wishbones of all fowls are preserved ON
sticks. Some families keep hundreds on
hand all the timo. When tho zodiacal sign is
in the head, then the Gloucester people be.
lieve one can do the most ut catching pickerei
and can hook tho biggest fish. Hence. the
almanac hung by the kitchen fireplace In al |
Gloucester houses is thing the settlers
could not live without. Its study, il one
would reap good harvests. "catch" good
claiming tides, and avoid misfortune, is i'm
perative.
These people also believe that II you take
up Il black snake and bite 1t your teeth will
never decay that II the nails arc pared on
Friday toothache will be prevented. and that
a child born In the heat Of the day can See
into the future, and will be exempt from III
huences of wtchcraft. A ship that has such
u one on board thoy say will never sink.
Perhaps the most curious belief still haunt
ing these hearthstones OF interior Rhode
Island is that relating to the character OF the
little fish in Ponagansett reservoir. This
pond is the source OF tho Pawtuxet river,
which flows easterly into Narragansett bay.
and years before tho building OF the dam
across the outlet Of the lake, herring from
the salt sea used to swim up the stream to
the shoal waters of tho lake to spawn. The
cid settlers who have lived about the lake all
their lives, aver that the sinners which now
glisten in its crystal waters arc naught else
but the degenerate descendants of the her.
ring race and show the same characteristics
One OF the Bowen boys" at the lake FREE
quenlly says that "my father used to say
there was no sinners before any id dams
was built to fence out the herrin's."-N. Y.
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
SPRING..

In the spring when tho green gifts. back In the
trees
And the sun comes out and stays,
And yer boots pulls on with good, tight squeeza
And you think of yer barefoot GAxs;
When you ort to work and you want to not
And you and yer wife agrees
It's time to spade up the garden lot
When the green gifts back in the trees
Well, work is the least Of my idees
trees
When the green gifts back in the trees, and bees
Is a-buzzin' aroun' agin
In that kind Of a lazy "go-as- -you-please"
Old gait they hum roun' in;
When the grounds oil bald where the hayrich
stood,
And the crick ) rz, and the breeze
Coaxes tho bloom in the old dogwood,
And tho green gifts back In the trees
l like, az say. in rich scenes Us these
The time when tho green gifts back in the trceA
When the whole tail feathers o. winter time
Is all pulled and gone,
And the sap it thaws and begins to climb,
And the sweat it starts out on
feller's forred, gettn down
At the old spring on his knees
kind o like, jes' q oaferin' roun'
When tho green gifts back in the trees
Jes' a-pottcrn roun' as I-durn-please-
When tho green, you know. gifts back In the
trees
james Whitcomb Riley
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24

HE sat in the OLD
tiled kitchen, her
hands crossed list.
lessly on her lap,
her face pale, her
ye 8 heavy. The
table was prepared
for the evening e
meal, and flowers
d &C rat o i the
snowy cloth an q
gave color ana
fragrance to t h c
s i m pie homely
arrangements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
Ccnsumption Surely Cured.

TO THE EDIToR-Please inform your
leaders that have positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post Office
address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c., 1s1 Pearlst, N. y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
Force of Habit.

Congressman-It affords me pleasure,
Mr.. Scribbleum, to present you this COM
mission as postmaster. have brought
it to you myself as little surprise. !
Editor Scribbleum-Col. Greathead,
you have, indeed, taken me by surprise
and placed me under infinite obliga-
What! is the blamed document rolled?
Sir, l reject it!-Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
The swaying of Chimneys.

Observations upon the swaying of tall
chimneys during high winds show that
one 115 feet in height and four feet in
total diameter at the top waved twenty
inches during heavy gale, and another
l64 feet high, but with six and one-half
feet diameter of fiue, moved through an
arc of only six and one-half inches.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24

A Washington territory farmer was
digging post hole OIL the banks of
Smoke river, when he unearthed q skele-
ton richly dressed in old fashioned cloth
ing. The coat was especially fine, and
was adorned with velvet collar and cuffs.
The place where the skeleton was found
had been used as horse coral for the
past fifteen years. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
INES.

A PERSON who squanders away his fortune
in rioting and profuseness is neither just to
himself or others; for by conduct OF this
Kind his superfuities flow in an irregular
,hannel, and those that are the most un.
worthy are the greatest sharers Of them, who
10 not fail to eensure him when his substance
6 exhausted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
CHAPTER VI.
Fled

n tie ruined tower
n man sat alone.
Through the dark
ness the starligh,
shone. 1t fell on
the bare cold walls,
and lit up the
gloomy recesses,
while light misty
vapors, soft and
silvery as smoke
wreaths, hoated in
from the river,
and dwelt shadow
like in every nook
IL .,lnnn .nnnu.h
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
CHAPTER ".
THE SECRET.

HE night had fall
len dark and hot
and sultry.
With swift feel
and tire m bling 6
limbs the girl has
tened on. s b g
reached the boat
house, and n hur'
ried whisper told
the hidden fugi'
tive that all was
safe. He crept Out
and helped her un.
1000 A.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
TO MOTHERS.

Every babe should have bottle of DIR. FAIR
NkY'S TEErHING SYRUP. Perfectly safe. No
Opium or MoTphia mixture. viii relieve Collie,
ing Prepared by DH$. D. FAHRNEY & SON,
Hagerstown. Nd. Druggists sell it; 25 cents
Trial bottle sent by mail 10 cents. febl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24

gWe keep on hand full line Of
Magistrates Blanks. Orders by mail
filled at short notice from the MID
LAND office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24
CHAPTER V,
THE WRATH OF LOVE

To be wroth with those We love
Doth work like madness in the brain.
Col
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and corner. It was an eerie place enough
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24

fat-bottomcd market-boat, and they both en-
:ered it, and driftcd off into the swift-fowing
,urreLt. The man took the oars, the girl the
tiller-rope, and. without a word save the
whispered directions he needed, they floated
on through the hushed hot darkness.
''Is it far?" the man asked presently.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-24

the boat, and was borne ON the rapid impetu-
Gus current, back to the mill-house again.
The few effortless strokes Of the oar in the
backward passage cost her no exertion; the
rush of the rising wind, and the dash of the
rver-foam, seemed rather to invigorate than
alarm her. The fantastic forms of the drifting
clouds above her head. the swaying shadows
thrown on the dark waters from either bank,
the breath OF the chill wind on her hair, the
swirl and rush OF the rapid waters that closed
her in ON every side-all these suited her
mood, and braced her energies and gave O
strange, fearless audaclty to her smile, a
more dauntless grace to her form.
She sprung out at the landing-plac and
moored the boat once more-then with light
flying steps ran into the house and closed the
door behi nd her.
Her heart throbbed fast as she entered.
christening her wooden shoes, she stole with
cautious footsteps up the stairs the door was
ajar; the light OF the pale, sickly moon strug.
gled through the clouds and fell across the
easement. The dark figure on tho bod lay
motionless-his heavy regular breathing
alone disturbed the silence. "Thank God p
she murmered; ooh, thank God" and
straightway fell on her knees before the
wooden crucifix, and wept and prayed in the
very abandonment of Joy and glad relief.
She thought she was safe.
Safe2 For all that Loves blindness might
have discovered she was; but she never
thought that Hate has tn ousand eyes, and
that while Love sleeps and dreams it - awake
and watchful.
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The faint imploring cry broke from her
white lips involuntarIly. She hid her face in
her hands and burst into n passion of wild
agonized weeping. Ho who loved her so.
who would have cast the very shadow of griei
or suffering from her path could he have
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1889-11-05
ALASKA.

What Governor Knapp says Abou II.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-Governor
Knapp of Aissks, in his annual report.
states that the number of natives in the
Territory is about the same as when the
census of 1880 was taken, but he thinks
the next official enumeration will show
an increase. The story about their
dying out he chsracterizes as absurd.
The population is estimated at about
$500. He says the Government schools,
the mission work of the various religious
denominations and contact with the
white people are influences for good with
the natives. The Governor calls attention
to the fact that under the existing laws
no legal title to land except to mineral
lands for mining purposes can be secured
for any purpose whatever. He dweiis
upon the lack OF facilities for enforcing
the laws. He recommends that Alaska
have a representative in Congrsss.