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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-14
out in support of the Peoples Party.

out in support of the Peoples Party.
He says:
ssThe wonderful shaking of dry
bones, and the more wonderful ap-
pearance of that exceeding great
army which the prophet OF the AL
mighty beheld about twenty-five
centuries ago, after the soft breath
of the four winds had passed over the
open valley which lay at his feet,
have almost been rivaled by the sud
den appearance of new party with
in the national political arena; with
this difference, however-that the
shaking of dry bones did not precede,
but will follow it's advent. y
1.-THE existing parties themselves
are responsible for the formation OF
this new political organization. For
the last quarter of a century the ma
tural evolutions OF national life, as
well as the legitimate results of ger
nicious legislation, have propelled
new questions of paramount interest
into prominence; and yet neither par
ty has had the courage to voice the
public conscience upon such ques-
lions, while both parties, with ears
deaf to the popular demand, have
been laboriously engaged in their old
and tiresome game of battledore and
and shuttlecock upon the tariff.
"The mutterings OF discomfort, al
though heretofore disregarded, have
been universal. They could find no
expression in the platform OF any ex-
listing political party, and therefore
have been condemned as well as I'M
needed. These mutterings have at
length found voice in a new political
organization, and their long pent up
expression will undoubtedly be the
great slogan of the coming presiden-
tial contest"
Governor Pennoyer concludes as
follows:
"And whatsoever party shall bring
about the needed reformation in the
fiscal policy OF the government will
secure the favor OF a just God and
the support OF a grateful people,
ST. LOUIS, July Gan evening pa
per is authority for the statement
that the entire barbed wire interests
Of the country had been merged into
a trust to be known as the Columbia
Patent Company. John W. Gates, of
the city, is to be the chairman of the
executive committee and will have
charge Of the output of all the wire
mills. He has left this city for Chica-
go where he will conduct the affairs
of the trust Industrial Union.
Farmers OF America, how do you
like the idea of having one man regu-
late the price of your fence wire?
This is a revival OF the old trust and
adds one more to the swelling list of
commodities the output and the price
of which are regulated by trusts.
The encouraging thought in all this
is, this: the rapid drifting toward
the time when from the multiplicity
and the enormous proportions OF
trusts the whole may be emerged in
to government control, and a new
social state arise in which the distri-
button of wealth shall be just-and
the dark cloud that has so long hung
over the toiler shall be rifted and the
sunlight OF prosperity gladden. the
"hewers Of wood and the bearers of
burdens"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
The Value of Platinum.

The market value of platinum is at
present nearly equal to that of gold,
their respective prices being "a and
e4 IS. Eighteen months ago, says the
Electrician, platinum was to be had for
about 80 shillings an ounce, and six
months ago the price was under 93.
Apart from the question of a possible
''corner" and the ever-increasing de-
mand for platinum for electrical pur-
poses, this 166 per cent. rise in price
within eighteen months may be at
tributed in large measure to the in
creased cost of production at the mines
in the Ural mountains, whence we draw
our chief supply of the metal. The
owners of these mines, owing to their
large yield of gold, were able to sell
platinum comparatively cheap; the
gold, however, is now becoming scarce,
and hence the platinum, which is still
plentiful, can no longer be sold at SO
low a figure. Platinum, besides being
used for the leading-in wires of glow
lamps, is largely used for electrodes in
work. and up to the
present no satisfactory substitute for 1t
has been fonnd SO far as these applica-
tions are concerned"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
BEAUTIES INCREASING.

One of the Alleged Effects of Ath1eticism
Among the Fair Sex in Europe.
The English people, and particularly
English women, are greatly disturbed
at the statement recently made by an
American writer that there are very few
pretty girls in Europe. This writer re-
Gently made an extensive tour in the old
world, and in writing of his experiences
made the daring and positive assertion
that lone seldom sees pretty girl in
Europe, and, if one does, she is sure to
be an American. And he further cru
ely declared that the only pretty girls
in England were the chambermaids at
the hotels. These statements, particu-
larly the latter one, were widely circu-
lated, and evoked great indignation and
warm denials, but withal they have
caused some discussion in London as to
whether beauty is really on the decline
in England. The well-known painter,
Ford MADDOX Brown, has warmly es-
poused the cause of the libeled fair ones,
and he tells the Pail Mall Gazette that,
from his experience and wide observa-
tion, he is sure ''there are more pretty
girls to be seen than there used to be
and that young women are taller and
more handsome than formerly" He
attributes this to their living more ac-
tive lives and taking much more exer-
else in the open air.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
FAMILY SECRETS.

VIsIToR-"I suppose your daughter is
busily preparing for her wedding?''
Mother-''Yes; she Is up in her room
now, destroying all her old letters"
MRs. JoNEs-'I think we'd better not
build this year. Every thing is so high"
Mr.. Jones-"What is it now?' Mrs.
Jones-'I notice an advertisement of
eightpenny nails. That's a good deal
for a nail"
WIFE-''Why, husband, thought you
had more sense than to buy cornet.
You know the fellow next door worries
Us nearly to death with his" Husband
-"Calm yourself, my dear. That is the
one l bought" ~
'Do YOU like babies, Mr.. White?''
asked the young mother tenderly of the
grim old bachelor who sat at the foot
of the table, t'pent know, marm,'' re-
piled the bachelor, promptly, between
TWO mouthfuls of potato; ''never tasted
any"
A WIFE was complaining bitterly of
her cruel husband. A friend advised
her still to treat him kindly and gently,
and thus heap Goals OF fire on his head.
"Ah, that will not do, she replied, for
have tried two kettles of boiling water
pn his head, and he's no BETTER"
HUSBAND Ia member of the Sports
mems Club)-'I see they have arrested
some men in the East for shooting birds
on the wing" Wife-''Serves them
right. They should shoot them ON the
head or on the feet, You men have no
idea how ugly spoiled wing looks on a
hat"
LITTLE WHLIE-'Is that the papa
swan or the mamma SWAMI" Father
(which do You mean?" Little Willie
why, the poor thing that's had the
feathers peclzed of the top of its head;
and that isnt allowed TO have none of
the biscuit" Father (sadlyl-'VThat's
the papa swan. Willie."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
SCIENTIFIC DRIPPlNes.

GLUE from whale refuse is new ar
ticle of commerce in Germany.
CORK, if sunk twenty feet in theocean,
will not rise on account of the pressure
of the water.
A TEACHER of mathematics SAYS that
the simple tearing up or cutting of
paper is great relief to the mind after
mental labor.
ToUGH paper is made by mixing chlor-
ide of zinc with the pulp. The more
concentrated the zinc solution the
tougher will be the paper.
AS AN instance of the wonderful fe-
cundity of vegetable life, it is said that
a single tobacco plant will produce
three hundred and sixty thousand seeds.
A CHANGE in the channel of the river
Stour, at Sandwich, Eng, has revealed
the wreck of vessel believed to have
sunk at that spot during the reign of
Henry VIII.
In the ten years after he passes thirty
mans foot grows in length nearly an
inch. In the case of woman, however,
her foot is generally smaller at twenty
five than it was when she was eighteen.
DIFFERENT classes of substances have
been found to affect the organs of taste
in the following order: Bitters, acids,
saline substances, sweets and allxalies.
The taste nerves are nearly 1000 times
as sensitive to quinine as to sugar.
In each respiration an adult inhales
one pint of air; healthy man respires
16 to 20 times a minute, or 10000 times
day; child, 25 to 35 times minute;
while standing the adult respiration is
% times per minute; while lying down,
IS.
THE manufacture of butter from the
marrow of cocoanut is new but grow
ing industry in Germany. The butter
is of a clear, whitish color. The price
of this butter is from twelve to fifteen
cents per pound. It is suitable for cook
ing, and is not disagreeable to taste or
smell. 4 - sa:ss=g...-
A MONSTER egg is exhibited in the
museum at Buda-Pesth, Hungary. 1t is
an egg of the prehistoric bird Epiornis,
and but few museums possess such
specimen; 14S hens eggs would find
room in it, and it would hold nearly
nine quarts. 1t was found in 1850 in
Madagascar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
Ill.Assorted Guests.

Big dinner parties of ill-assorted
guests are failures from conversations
alist point of view A fireside, or a
table, round if possible, and, say, four
or half dozen guests. are sufficient
More will break up into separate knots
and fewer mean tcto-a-tete, ~ had"
says Thoreau, 'at Walden three chairs
in my house-ope for solitude, two for
friendship, three for society" The
hermit Thoreau in his hut at Walden
was wiser than the man who looks for
society in a crush. An unhappy hus-
band, living in Portland Place, whose
wife inflicted huge parties upon
him, was standing in very forlorn con-
dition leaning against the chimney
piece, A gentleman came up to him
and said: "Sir, as neither of us are ac-
quainted with any of the people here I
think we had best go home" Social
crowds must not expect the great men
among them to talk we'll, She must
have been & most unreasonable person
who was disappointed with Napoleon
because when a lot of ladies were pre-
sented to him he only remarked to each
of them how hot it was.-Gentleman's
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
coMMoN-sENsE CURES.

A THIN slice of raw fat pork busted
with cayenne pepper is our best remedy
for a sore throat.
HoT water applied to bruise will al
lay pain and prevent discoloration. 1t
has superseded medical ''eye waters in
the treatment of infamed and aching
eyes.
Try bandage of hot salt outside
the face for neuralgia; FIJI the mouth
with hot salt in case of toothache; put a
little hot salt in piece of muslin and
then put it in the ear for second or
two when earache is troublesome.
IT is an old remedy for the hiccough
to hold ones breath, and if that fails
then to gargle with little water, and
if the hiccough still continues to tickle
the nose to the point OF sneezing once
or twice, when the hiccough is sure to go,
MANY people are troubled with itch
ing eyes and try all sorts of washes.
The best way to treat itching is to use
cool, weak saltwater wash every few
hours If this does no good go to a ply
sician who makes a speciality of eye dis
ease,
For earache. and toothache and neu-
ralgia in the head or face the surest
remedy is hop poultice wrung from
hot vinegar; and against such needs
one should keep on hand half dozen
flannel bags of convenient size stuffed
with strong, home-cured hops.
A GERMAN physician describes a
simple means of suppressing the most
violent fits of whooping cough by
grasping the lower jaw as if for the
operation Of dislocation of that bone,
and pulling it gently but strongly
downwards and forwards. The effect
of this on the paroxysm he claims to be
absolutely certain.
For hives in children, rub the irri-
tated skin or the pustules with castor
oil, applied with the tip of the finger
Baby will pass from fretting to slum-
Der while the process is going on, the
relief will be SO great and quick. For
infamed eyes, bumped heads and
sprained ankles, use abundantly water
as hot as can be borne. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
VOL Kill RISING sun, CECIL COUNTY,. Md. FRIDAY. "A

Ethel Quietly My correspondent is
just little wee grain brutal, isn't he,
Jack? (Reads.) but you will not
care" What is your opinion about
that, Jack? (Reads.) Farewell, cruel
girl" do hear my correspondent spout,
Jack! 'and never think more Of
Jack trying to snatch the letter)-I
must have it!
Ethel (holding him off and reading)-
ssYours -"
Jack-Don't read-oh, dcnn'tt read the
sig
Ethel-ss-most ="
Jack-Don't, oh, don't!
Neutrality-suspicious. up letter
and throws in grate)-I can't imagine
whomy correspondent may be-can you
-,Jacle2
Jack lin grateful adoration) = You
darling girl! Second and this time
lasting reconciliation. Only, some min
utes after y
Ethel (dreamily) = I'm afraid I'm
sorry destroyed that -Manley
II. Pike, in Puck
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
Power of VIII.


The influence of powerful viii in
prresting or retarding the progress of a
disease apparently fatal is one of the
most wonderful of all mental phenom-
ena. A person of feeble frame, but Of
a determined and hopeful spirit, some=
times keeps death at bay for weeks,
months, even years, and finally, in de-
hancc of the physicians who have sat
in Judgment ON his case and pronounced
it utterly hopeless, reoovers and re-
turns TO his customary vocations. On
the other h and a man of strong ply
sique not unfrequently willis and dies
under comparatively controllahle all
ment simply from a lack Of the mental
energy which enables the strong-willed
Weakfing TO repel the destroyeH-N, Y.
LEDGER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
Look Out for The First
CHAPTER.
MY SCHoOLDAYS.

|
I can not forget them 1 can not forget,
Though for ages to come 1 am doomed to
exist;
They're as bright and as fresh in my memory
yet,
AS the rose blushing red that the sunhas just
kissed.
| 1t seems like day past, it seems like a day.
Though really the days have passed on into
years,
| Since was a school-boy-and shouts OF the
play,
The songs and the laughter still ring in my
ears.
| Oh the days they were long then, the days they
were long,
Like a beautiful songl Like a beautiful songi
The grass then was greener, the sky was more
blue
The birds ;they sang sweeter high up on tbs
bough;
And do not know why, yet indeed it is true,
believe that the stars then were brighter
than now,
And my dreams of the future, ah. how you
would smile.
Did you know all the castles built in the
air;
No lamp of Aladdin could ever beguile
Into being such castles, so grand and so
fair.
Oh, the future planned then, the future I
planned,
| AANCSo ~ WAS BrdIll! 1uu6cu IL WAS BFhuul
And the forms of my schoolmates-the happy
and lorn-
see in their places around me once more;
Obi could 1 but meet them again in the
morn,
OH could but greet them again as of yore.
They have taken their places as women and
men,
In the battle of life they are not in the rear;
And ono who was dearer than life to me then.
l shall never see herel 1 shall never see
herel
My heart it was lighter, much lighter twas
Than it's since ever been, than its since ever
beeni
Oh, the battles we fought then, the battles we
won
The problems we mastered, twas really SUBJ
lime;
You could tell very easy how well we had done.
BY the way we marched up to recite every
time.
Twas much that knew then OF Profit and
Shares;
Twas much that knew then of Grammar
and ALL
But twas little I knew of life's labor and
cares,
'Twas little knew of lifes trouble and toll.
And songs any sweeter never fell from the
tongue,
Than the songs that we sung then, the songs
that We sung.
And the MASTER whose voice was sentence of
death,
Or whose words were repeated and treasured
for days,
To the culprit who trembled in front of his
desk,
By the urchin whose efforts he greeted with
praise,
remember them all, and think with q smile
OF the punishment cruel inflicted by one
Who seated me on the girl side of the aisle,
Where I tried TO diminish when visitors
came;
have not forgot him, nor will l forget,
And think If met him I'd punish him yet.
Oh, that very same schoolhouse now standson
the hill,
And the very same bell gives warning so
sweet,
With the same raft of urchins surrounding it
still,
With little bare feetl With little bare feetI
But they're not the same faces, they're not the
same FORMS
They're not the same voices that ring In my
ears;
And throw down my pen with feeling for
lorn.
Nearly blinded with tears Nearly blinded
with tearsl
But perhaps will meet them, God willing.
sometime,
In a far better cline, in far better cline.
"A. L, Van Velsan. in Good Houseke eping. /,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
surplus Professionals.

France is suffering almost as much
as Germany from the overcrowding OF
the learned professions, Fifteen thou
sand school mistnesses, 1000 primary
school InistFesses and 500 high-school
Instructors are looking in vain for en-
ployment. There are $1,000 French
physicians, that Is about 0,00O or 1000
inore than there are in Germany, with
its 10000 more inhabitants. Paris has
500 apothecaries, Two thousand law=
yers in Paris, who have PASSED all pre-.
liminary examinations for full prac-
tice, san not make livings in their pro-
fession. Civil and mining engineers are
SO numerous that hundreds of them are
seeking eagerly petty positions in mines
and factories.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14

and was readdressed and remailed to Chair
man Smith at Philadelphia, which he says
explains the postmark.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
GOOD WORK FOR A GOOD PURPOSE.
A Pittsburger Knocked ont.

NEwBURGH, n. Y, Oct, l3-[Special IA
fight took place this morning at Wurtzboro
between Billy Murray, of New York, and
Mike Lynch, of Pittsburg. Murray won
after short but fiercely contested battle.
The match was made in this city some
weeks age and was for $500 a side. Murray's
hacker was Tom Martin, of Newburgh and
Lynch was backed by Bob Ste tson, a we'll
known Philadelphia bookmaker Lynch
weighed in at ll6 pounds and Murray al lls
height and reach. The contest was about
even up to the fourth round. From that
time on Murray had the best of it, and in
the sixth round he knocked Lynch out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
A LITTLE BABY'S SKIN
And Scalp Covered With Sores. A
Wonderfully Rapid Cure by
the Cuticura Remedies.

have used your CUTICURA REMEDIES in two
cases where it proved to be successful. The first
was in the case of a boy year and half old. His
face and body were In terrible condition, the
former being completely covered with sores. took
him to the Massena Sulphur Springs, but he did not
improve any. was then advised to try the CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES, which 1 did. He took one and
one hall bottles of CUTICURA REsoLvENT, when
his skin was as smooth as could be. and is to-day
used the CUTICURA on his sores and the CUTICURA
SOAP in washing him; He is now five years of age,
and all right. The other case was a disease of the
scalp, which was cured by washing with the CUTI-
CURA SOAP and rubbing in the CUTICURA one bot
tie of CuTIcURA REsoLyENF being used. 1t is sur
prising how rapidly child will improve under this
treatment
JOHN. r. BERO, Hogansburgh, N. Y.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
INSPECTING THE SYSTEM.
President Roberts and Party Making the
Annual Examination of the Pennsy.

Annual Examination ofthe Pennsy.
President George B. Roberts and the
officials making the annual inspection of the
Pennsylvania system arrived In the city last
evening. The party nu Il bered 100 and was
distributed through the different hotels,
President Roberts and the prominent
officials lodging at the Duquesne. Most of
the visitors passed the evening at the
theater.
The party arrived from Altoona in special
trains to which were attached the usual in
spection and observation cars. They will
leave this morning at 8 o'clock for Cincin-
natl, 313 miles, thence to Terre Haute, 214
miles; to st. Louis, 16S miles; to Chicago,
2S2 miles, spending Saturday and Sunday
there. Thence the trip will be continued to
Powers, Iron Mountain ETC., to Marquette,
to Fort Wayne, returning here again on
Thursday, the 22d, leaving on Saturday for
Philadelphia. The entire distance covered
will be 2,972 miles. The cost of the trip
will be $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
Stenographer Burke's Explanation.

HARRISBURG, Oct. 3.-[Special. John
Burke, who has taken the place of his
brother as stenographer for the Investigat-
ing Committee, says that his brother has
been unfairly treated in regard to the testi-
mony which he is supposed to have carried
off with him. He says the testimony was
mailed from Ann Arbor, Mich, to Senator
Smith at Harrisburg. 1t was, he saws,
opened here by a member of the committee,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14

QhQV'c Skin and Scalp purified and beautlfied
Uhul j SOAP. Absolutely pure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
M'CAMANT MUCH CONCERNED.
The Republican Leaders Hold Consulta-
fion JJpon the Investigation.

The Republican Leaders Hold a Consulta-
ton Upon the Investigation.
HARRISBURG, Oct. 13.-[ Special. limited
States District Attorney Lyon arrived here
this afternoon, and during his stay was
closeted with Treasurer Boyer, Auditor
General McCamant, James S. Fruit, of
Mercer, and other prominent Republicans.
Mr. Boyer seems to be giving the investi-
CATION but little concern. McCamant,
however, is looking thin and worried. His
friends are considerably concerned and are
doing all in their power to relieve him.
The Governor and his Cabinet, with Sen
ator Ross, Mr.. Fow and other Democratic
Senators, are at midnight and have been
since early in the evening .closeted in the
Attorney Generals Office. They refused to
say what they are considering, but it is pre-
sumed that they are polishing up Mr. Fow's
minority report of the investigation. The
Investigating Committee met in the Senate
Chamber tonight, but examined no wit
nesses and disposed of no business. They
will meet probably for the last time to-mor-
row morning and then will turn their work
over to the Senate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
CHAIRMAN WATREs' MISTAKE.
He Asks Democratic Senator Hall to Ad-
dress Republican Meeting.

dress Republican Meeting.
HARRISBURG, Oct. 13.-[Special l-Sena-
tor Harry Hall, of Elk county, to-day re-
ceived polite letter from Chairman Watres,
asking him to address Republican meeting
at Chester next week. Senator Hall is a
confirmed Democrat, but he has answered
the State Chairman, agreeing to address the
Republican meeting with some good old
Democratic doctrine.
The incident created considerable merri-
ment about the Capitol to-day, and the mis-
take is considered as much of a joke as the
request made by Chairman Watres for cam
paign money on w. S. Gufey, the Pittsburg
Democrat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
Itching and Burning Skin.

have been afflicted since last March with a skin
disease the doctors called eczema. My face was
covered with scabs and Sores and the itching and
burning were almost unbearable. Seeing your
CUTICURA REMEDIES so highly recommended con-
cluded to give them trial. using the CUTICURA
and CUTIcuRA SOAP externally and REsoLvENT
internally for four months. 1 call myself cured,
in gratitude for which / make this public state
ment. MRS. c. A. FREDERICK,
Broad Brook, Conn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-14
Why Suffer One Moment

From torturing and dsfguring skin diseases when
single apphcation of the CUTICURA REMEDIES
relief in the most agonizing of itching, burning
sealy; erusted, pimply and blotchy skin, scalp and
blood diseases, with loss of hair and point to a
speedy, permanent and economical cure, when the
best physicians and all other remedies fail.