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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30

FOR THE BLOOD,
&< Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and
BiliOusness. take -
browns IRON BITTERS.
1t cures quickly For sale by all dealers IN
medicine. Get the genuine, -.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
TO MOTHERS.

Evefgsbabe should have bottle of DIR. FAIR
NEY'S fEETHtNd sYRUP.s Perfectly safe. No
Opiumior Norphfa nIixttfre. ssWill rsliege Collie.
Grpig4 in the Bowels and promote Dificnlt Teeth
Hagorstewn. Nd Druggists sell'it; 25 cents
Fcial bottle sent by mail 10 cents. febl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30

speak, girl. Don you sec am StlllnS!
gasped Carol, one white hand grasping
her perfect throat as though she was al
most unable to breathe.
A wicked gleam came into the gypsy s
orbs.
"Listen to me, then, daughter of the
house-dweller. and will tell you OF his
infamy. All this Barbara Merriles can
prove. The man you love, the man who
has wooed you with soft, honeyed words,
and whom you believe to be the soul Of
honor-that man, Roger Darrell, has a
wife living shut up In mad-house."
Carol Richmond shrank back appalled,,
as those horrible words, uttered in sib-
liant whisper by the gypsy girl, smote her
ears.
There was something so blood-curdling
in their significance that her very heart
seemed to cease beating, and lie like lead
within her. She would have fallen but
for the support the tree gave her.
AS for Barbara Merriles, she stood
there watching her victim with the re-
morseless gleam OF pitiless tigress in
her eyes. One could have thought, from
the keen satisfaction she seemed to ex-
hibit in thus lacerating the heart of this
fair girl, whose face was like tho pale
blush Of the delicately-tinted rose. that
she had cause to hate her, and yet they
had never met before.
For fully a minute Carol was unable
to say word, and her blue eyes had al
most shut, for she was on the very verge
Of becoming insenslble. There was q
ringing in her ears, and yet she could
plainly hear the usual noises of the
woodland, the hoarse croaking of the
tree-frog, and the shrill-voiced cicada,
while the innumerable insects hummed
and droned lazily In the warm atmos-
phere, gathering at those points wher re
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
European Hotels

The worst hotels in Europe
are in Germany. The best as
whole are in Paris, for there
no matter where you go you find at
least decent cooking, aud you get your
moneys worth. The difference in the
eating of Germany and France can be
found even on the streets. In Kaiser
Wilhelm's empire fried sausage are
cried on the street corners, but in
Paris in the Latin quarter and even in
more exclusive neighborhoods you will
find white-aproned men with little two
wheeled and hooded carts, with their
charcoal and hot grease and pan and
potatoes cut in narrow strips and with
their wives or sweethearts to assist
them, as they prepare in the open
streets potatoes fried only as French
men can cook them. For ten confines,
or two of our cents, one gets a paper
bag of these delicious pommes frits
cooked to a golden brown and served
with a pinch of salt. The difference
between this dish and this custom and
the sausage peddling of Germany is the
difference between the holels of the
two countries. Yet Paris, which gives
us the best example of European hotel
life, is far behind this country in the
management OF her hostelries. AS to
service, the European method of hav-
ing it at the guests call from each
floor independe ntly has advantages,
but on the whole our bell-boy system
when properly and generously applied,
is far more satisfactory in its results.
AS to meals, considering that important
subject from the point of view of the
average condition, we there also stand
in the front rank, largely owing to the
fact that our markets are far superior
to those of Europe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
His Wife and His Religion.

A bit of story was told me not long
since, says the Boston correspondent
of the Providence Journal. The two
people of the dialogue are both liter
AIRY people whose names are not long
at time absent from the covers
of the magazines nowadays. The
man had a sentimental fashion of
constantly abiding to his wife, who,
strangely enough, was seldom to be
seen with him, and in the end his &C
quaintances became dreadfully weary
of hearing him go on about his better
half. One evening he was at dinner
given by literary lady of note, and
the conversation turned upon religion.
There were opinions of various sorts,
but the whole tone of the talk was
serious until this man broke in by
saying, in most sensational fashion;
''My beautiful wife-she is my re-
ligion."
The company in general regarded
the speaker with feelings of anything
but approval, and there was moment
of silence.
"Mr. g." one of the ladies said,
breaking the silence, Il have always
understood that a religion to be true
must be universal Is your wife uni
versal?''
The question was so unexpected that
it had the desired effect. It silenced
Mr.. G., who for the rest of the even
ing sulked in the corner, and the con-
versation went on without the man
whose religion was on his beautiful
wife
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
Calm in the Face of Death.

A tradesman of Lyons, in France,
of the name of Grivet, man of mild
and simple manners, was sentenced
during the French revolution, with q
number of others, to die next morn
ing. Those who were already in the
cave pressed around the newcomer
to sympathize with and to fortify
him. But Grivet had ma need ofcon-
ISOLATION; he was as calm as if he had
been in his own house. "Come and
sup with us" said they; "this is the
last inn in the journey of life; to-
morrow we shall arrive at our long
home" Grivet accepted the invita-
ton and supped heartily. DESTROYS
to sleep as well, he retired to the re-
hottest corner of the cave, and, bury
ing himself in his straw, seemed not
to bestow a thought on his approach
ing fate.
The morning arrived. The other
prisoners were tied together and led
away without Grivet's perceiving
anything or being perceived. Fast
asleep, enveloped in his straw, he
neither saw nor was seen. The door
of the cave was locked, and when he
awoke, after awhile. he was in the
utmost establishment to find himself
in perfect solitude. The day passed
no new prisoners were brought into
the cave. The judges did not sit for
two days. Grivet remained all this
time in solitude, subsisting on some
scatterd provisions which he found
in the cave, and sleeping every night
with the same tranquility as on the
first. On the evening OF the fourth
day the turnkey brought in new
prisoner, and became as one thunder
struck, on seeing a man, or, as he
almost believed, q spirit, in the cave.
He called the sentinel, who Instant
~ appeared. "Who are your" said
he to Grivet, "and how came you
here?" Grivet answered that he had
been there four days. Doubtless"
he added, "when my companions in
misfortune were led away to death l
slept and heard nothing, and no one
thought to awaken me. 1t was my
misfortune, since all would now have,
been past, whereas l have now lived
with the prospect of death always
before me; but the misfortune now
will undoubtedly be repaired and I
shall die"
Grivet was summoned before the
tribunal. He was interrogated anew.
1t was a moment Of leniency with the
Judges, and he was set at liberty.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
HISTORICAL.

Calico was imported into England by
the East India Company in 1851.
The Egyptian year had twelve
months of thirty days each, and count
ed five unallotted days at the end.
It was at the hands of Henry I. that
the city OF London received its charter,
which beside other immunities granted
to the citizens the right of choosing
their own sheriff and justice, to the ex-
clusion of every external jurisdiction.
Our word ''butler'' comes from an
old English word, boteler, man who
has charge of the bottles. The chief
butler Of Pharaoh, mentioned in the
Bible, an officer of high rank, was
more properly a cup-bearer to the king.
The postal card was twenty years old
on the first of October. Austria has
the credit of first adopting the inven-
ton, though it was first advocated by
the German postmaster-gene DR..
Stephan. On Oct. l, 1889, ''Corre-
spondenz Karte" first burst on the
astonished Continental world.
In ancient times the Hebrews made
use of butter as food, but the Greeks
and the Romans used it only as an
ointment in their baths. It is probable
that the Greeks obtained their knowl-
edge of the substance from the
Scythians. Tharacians and Phrygians,
whilst the Romans obtained it from
Germany.
In the times Of Edward I. supplies
of corn appear to have been OCCASION
ally obtained in England from Ireland.
1t seems to have been exported to the
Continent as well, until an ordinance
was issued in 1888, prohibiting corn
and other victuals and merchandise
from being carried from Ireland any
where except to England and Wales.
Caedmon, an ancient Anglo-Saxon
poet, was originally cowherd attach
ed to the monastery Of Whitby, in
England. He afterwards became a
monk, and composed, professedly
under divine inspiration, poems on
religious subjects which are thought
to have suggested to Milton his
Paradise Lost" Some of these are
the oldest extant specimens of Anglo
Saxon metrical composition.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
The Rocker.

Backward and forward the rocker goes,
Waiting the baby to sweet repose;
Close by the cradle the mother croons
Lullaby, rock a by nursery tunes;
Dreamily singing she patiently tries
Sleep to bring to the baby's eyes.
Minute by minute the evening fits.
Still in the chair she drowsily sits;
Soothing and rubbing the aching gums,
Longing for slumber that never comes;
Rocking the baby that fretfully lies,
Filling the room with it's nervous cries.
Weary with watching the mother sings,
Wooing the god with the leaden wings;
Softer and softer the ditty grows,
Now the little ones eyelids close;
Sinking at last into dreamland deep;
Mother and baby are fast asleep.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20

MOUNT ARAFAT has this autumn,
for the first time, been assembled by q
young girl. A forester, accompanied
by his daughter, only seventeen, and
his son, boy offourteen, undertook
the ascent in the company of three
kurds. The boy was obliged to stop
at the height of IA, 900 feet, and the
father gave out at 16, $50 feet. The
girl and the three kurds reached the
top, 1921 feet, but the girl was
overcome by cold and had to be as
sisted back by the kurds.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
Matrimony By Months.

The common notion that leafy June
is the favorite wedding month is not
sustained by recent statistics gathered
in Massachusetts,. These show that
in June, 1888, there were nineteen
hundred and Lightweight marriages in
that Commonwealth, while the mum
Der for October was twenty-five hum
dred and thirty-six. 1t is a curious
fact, according to these statistics.
that the most popular month for we'd
ding is November, the number of
marriages reported for that month be-
ing twenty-three hundred and forty
three. Herald.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
Keeping the Gate.

A man who was recently arrested
on a charge of vagrancy was asked
by the magrestrate why he did mot
go to work.
II cannot" the man replied.
"You cannot? Why haven't seen
a more strapping fellow in many .
day than you are. Does anything all
your"
mo, sir"
''Then why don't you work."
because used to keep toll-gate
on a turnpike in the South"
"You are a disharged," said the
Judge. "Here take this dollar"
The Judge was a wiseman. He
knew the nature of a toll gate-keeper;
he knew that the most active and
Industrious man in the world, if put
at toll gate-keeping, would become a
sloth incapable of sell-support. The
town constable slazy, and the coun-
try school-teacher is not given to I'M
due exertion but the toll gate-keeper
is the head waiter 1--WE can think of
nothing more suggestive ofindolence.
The old toll gate-keeper was a sort
of news budget. He had nothing in
detail, but held the photographic
gossip of several neighborhoods. In
season he had a little weedy garden
back of his house, and in it yellow
cucumbers could be seen, whitening
under the fierce rays of the sun, but
no one ever saw him chop down any
of the weeds or gather any of the
cucumbers. Near his house there
was we'll, from which water was
drawn with long pole set in see
saw, and with heavy weight on
one end. 1t would be risky to
say that there was any worse
waterin the world. 1t was black
ish, and had, in connection with it's
other monstrocities, burnt-leather
taste. But how the old fellow did
delight in handing out that water
to the thirsty and dust-covered trav-
eler. He had a gourd that had been
broken and sewed up with Irvine
string, but the wound had never
healed, and through it the water
poured down the way farer's sleeve.
AS a rule the old fellow had seven
children and several grandchildren.
His daughter, a pale-faced woman,
with large, sad, brown eyes, had
buried her husband away over the
hill under the persimmon tree. The
Oldest of the grandchildren, chubby
little rascal, with daub of molasses
in his hair, would toddle, out to col
lect the toll.
The old fellow does not keep the
toll-gate now. He lies under the
persimmon tree on the hill.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20

Johnnie placed the helpless dog upon
the bed. and climbing up on a chair,
secured the bottle. muttering to himself
as he did so:
''It'll cnre him, cause it says on the
bottle it's good for everything"
All that day Johnnie sat by the dog
bathing its wounds with the magical
liniment. It may have been that the
lotion possessed some of the marvellous
healing powers attributed to it. At
any rate, it must have possessed some
virtue, for ere the evening shadows
began to lengthen in Cherry street,
Johnny noticed signs of returning life
and animation in tbs dog. Nip's i'm
provement was slow, but under John
MES unremitting care and soothed by
the liniment, the animal slowly came
back to health and animation; the
stumpy tail once more resumed the old
time wag, and his playful bark resound-
ed through the room.
One week went by and again the
lights on the big bridge were reflected
in the swelling currents of the East
river. Again the merry shouts of the
children awoke the echoes in Cherry
street as they romped by the light of
the stars. Roger Doolan was seated
on a dry goods box near the entrance
to Middle alley. His attention was at
tracted by playful pull at the bottom
of his trousers. Looking downward,
he exclaimed IN surprise:
SWELL, I'll be choked with rope, if
that amt Nip!"
EYES," said Johnnie, whose smiling
face appeared around the corner of the
alley like radiant moon, Fan he ain t
agoin' to be planted tomorrow, cause
l cured him wild me mothers linimentm
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
HIS TURTLES.
He Hitched Them to q Boat, but
They Escaped.

He Hitched Them to a Boat. but
They Escaped.
A Frenchman in Siam has recent "
written to French sporting paper an
account of his experience with turtles
as beasts of burden. He bought two
big fellows for $40 each and harnessed
them together by means of an elaborate
wire and chain arrangement Then he
hitched them to an eighteen-foot row.
boat in a neighboring harbor, got into
the boat, and let the turtles go. They
started off with a rush that upset
everything in the little craft, including
the Frenchman, and made for the open
sea at the rate uf speed of man walk
ing fast. They paid no attention to
the reins with which the Frenchman
tried to guide them. After four hours
of vain Juggling and pulling the
Frenchman had to cut loose from them
in order to keep within sight of land.
The last he saw of his 500 turtles as he
rowed back to land they were still
forging ahead in their double harness.
He will repeat the experiment shortly
in an inland lake where the turtles
cannot get away from him. He is con-
fident that little training would make
any big turtle cheap and sufficient
traction power in the water.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
General Grants Practical Wisdom.

General Grant was notably one
OF the best informed men in the
United States. When asked how
he had time for study. he replied that
he had no time for it; that he confined
his reading entirely to the columns of
the best newspapers, and thus imbibed
more practical knowledge and infor-
nation than he ever secured from
books.-Leslie's Weekly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
A Business Matter.

Laura: '.Auntie, would I be justified
In writing to young man who has
never written to meP" Auntie: "Only
on very important business, my dear"
Laura: ''Well, this is important bust
ness. want to marry him."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
Sour Cream.

At the club: Wilkins-Do you know
that our friend Bright is going to
marry Miss Blackstone? He's got the
cream Of that family of girls.
Bilkins-You don't say! If she's
anything like her mother he'll find her
cream of Tartar. Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20
Most Interesting,

''Miss Sumpkins is a very sharp
spoken GIRL" said Billkins to one of
his friends. Eyes; it has struck me
So" ':Do you think she is woman
who would make home happy" Il
couldn't say as to that, but think you
could count on her to make it inter-
esting."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20

WILLIAM BELANGwsN, Ia years
old was drawn through the hopper
of a monster barley bin at q Milwau-
kee brewery and suffocated by the
grain.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20

strange looking poniards and daggers
taken from Afghan and Malay sailors.
who have committed murder with them,
and a dainty silver box half filled with
perfumed cigarettes, found beside the
body of beautiful woman murdered
in her bed in little high walled house
in the doubtful neighborhood of St.
Johns Wood. Her photograph stands
beside it, all that is left of her and her
bad life and Its bad ending. And there
are the ropes and cap that hung Hume,
a plaster cast of the face of the pub lie
hangman, who met at last the horrible
death he had 50 often given to others;
the hammer with which the Rev. James
Watson did his poor wife to death, and
old garments rent with knives and
covered with blood stains.
In the back of the room hangs a cur
tain which hides something the casual
visitor is not allowed to see. It, like
much that is most loathsome in the
place, cannot be described in print.
It shows that there are orders of crime
in London that are unknown in the
criminal history of this country. The
blackjacks and bludgeons taken from
the anarchists in the Trafalgar square
riots form large part of the museum,
and among them is the board chains
and handouts with which one anarch-
list locked himself to lamppost and
defied the police to make him move
on"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-20

clung some fibres of meat,
"Here, Nip!'' said johnnie, snap
ping his fingers and whistling softly.
stand up and tackle the bone. I saved
it for yep
But no bone that was ever encased
in flesh, and no steak. however rare
and appetizing, could make those nos
trils dilate. Hunger was swallowed
up in pain and weakness.
ats no use to give the dog strong
grub like that now," said Roger. He
can't tear it. You leave him to me.
I'll bring him through"
But Johnnie refused to allow the
dog to be taken from his arms. He
Rugged Nip to his breast and again
the tide of sorrow rolled over him in
uncomfortable tears. Meanwhile Roger
filled his pipe and lit it. Showing his
hands deep into his pockets he saun-
tered out upon the sidewalk whistling
softly. land we're going to plant him
morrow" When Roger strolled
back into the alley Johnnie was gone.
where is hep" said Roger to one of
the groups of children.
Hes took de pup up to lis mother, :"
eagerly replied Barefooted girl.
Toiling slowly up the dark stairway
leading to the top story of the tall tene.
ment went Johnnie, carrying the dog
as tenderly as if il had been a child
He stopped to rest on each landing, and
then resumed his journey. When he
reached the upper landing he stumbled
painting Into the kitchen, saying:
Mother. where's the liniment?
Where's the bottle wot says on the out
side Good for cuts, burns, consumshun,
celery an everything Where is it?"
"Why, sonny. it's right there on the
shelf beside the clock"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Well Irrigation in ArIzona.

ID, ID. Hall Ia now engaged In solv.
ing one feature Of the water supply
problem Of the Santa Cruz valley, says
the Tucson Star. Mr.. Hall has 800
acres Of land two miles south Of Silver
Lake. To irrigste the land he Is sink
ing a well, which IL ten feet wide,
twenty feet long and thirty feet In
depth, on the bank Of the Santa Cruz
river. At this depth be has developed
a water supply equal to 10000 gallon,
per hour. The supply, however, with
In the next two days he expects will
be 10000 gallons per hour. This 10 tn,
capacity claimed for the oentrifugaI
pump which he operates with q Is.
horse power engine. II 10 surprising
TO see the quantity OF water which can
be raised by this system.
When the pump 10 In operation the
flow Of water fills nm s-inch pipe, which
IA AZ much Ms any two men can handle
while lrrlgatiDg. From present indi-
cations there is little room let "a
doubt that the well will supply 90. OOC
Gallons per hour at all times during
the year, will equal about 100000 In
tventy-four boure, which ought TO be
sufficient 10 irtigate his 800 acres OF
land. The cost for pumping the
water viii not exceed three dollars PEI
lay, ana this includes The cost n fael.
| II thls Is a fact, aud we have no uasuu
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
.Iay uaIr, Relatives Heard From.

Coroner Slovenian yesterday re-
c,ived a letter from Ms. Van Hall, oi
Grand Rapids. Mich. sister-in law OF
the late Jaw Hall. stating that bis
father and m Their were dead and that
the family had ~ means TO send for
The remains e the deceased and re-
que-ting that they be buried here.
Mr.. Silvermsn replied, stating that
the friends of the deceased had already
buried him respectfully, aud sent
copies If the YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
containing the account Of his death
and the rnrOnsr's inquest.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20

It'd y the VI lr- cry bps, ball club
viii c',ss bats with the K-ogh bpys
tpr the lat tim' this season.. Pd'
home team will try and put m the
bat game possible. rs tuis IS the game
that the selson's playing hangs on,
each L. m having won and list liy"
games. The game will be- cal'ei vt .
O'Clock, IN the ground. south Of thu
track.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20

to doubt it, then tii. system Of irriga-
non viii Prove less cn,tly than the
SYSTEM Of D. rlra'ing causs, aud US the
uGde'fl W Oi water In The santa Cruz
il apparently rxhnuS'tb'r, D. appears
reasonable TO suppO.r t'at an impor-
laut .lep has bee malr by Mr.. Hall
IN s"!vIug thr w'er apply problem
"flnr SanJa c " vlluy.-Nrw Mex
leo Stock IirnWpr
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Nrrv InI,rrnminr.

Lovely tint, w the wrong place are reft u their
f, IIm. A lemon Ool1rsl conference.-the peru-
nG entOSmsnl at our pig-taiitI brethren who
"btt the pipt'-is unbecpming. IL suggests bile
beneath the ribs aul shoulder hla les, rousrIpa-
ti0u, dysprp-ia. Nrrot tongue and gicE headaches
supplement thus Indication OF tue bilious, For
liver complaint and e. multIfaflou- mpi0mg,
llpsieitefs Stomach Birtsr- Is an intallihie peel
hc, II r,iaEes the bowels sufficiently, but RiIb0ut
gripping or viulcnre. 10 the s]erriiun VI bile II
gives a due impulse, bat lImi.hrs al excr,, nj
that stdrpG cplpr-l Urihcip'r from the blood.
sick headaches, splrnass Of the breath aud fur
np0u the tongue disappear When II j. used. Il
TeupNs digcs' ipii, fOfihss the system aygiusl ma
llria, cuunl"raets a rheumgi; tendency, aud -em-
elies ~Inaellun II The Aihnev,