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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Nothing Wasted.

In Paris nothing is wasted, not the
smallest scrap of paper; that which every
one else throws away here becomes a
source of profit. Old provision tins, for
instance, are full of money; the lead SOL
dering is removed and melted down into
cakes, while the tins go to make child
ren's toys. Old boots, however bad, al
ways contain in the arch of the foot at
least one sound piece that will serve
again, and generally there are two or
three others in the sole, the heel, and at
the back. Scraps of paper go to the
cardboard factory, orange peel to the
marmalade maker, and so on. The
ideas suggested are not always agree
able, and to see rag-picker fishing
orange peel out of the basket is enough
to make one forswear marmalade-but
there is worse than that. The most
valuable refuse-that WHICH fetches two
francs the kilo-is hair; the long goes to
the hairdresser, while the short is used,
among other things, for clarifying oils.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Hold On, Boys,

Hold on to your virtue-it is above all
price to you, in all times and places.
Hold on to your good character, for it
is, and ever will be, your best wealth.
Hold ON to your hand when you are
about to strike, steal, OF do any improper
act.
Hold on to the truth. for it will serve
we'll, and do you good throughout etern-
ity.
Hold on to your tongue when you are
just ready to swear, lie or speak harshly,
or use any improper word.
Hold on to your temper when you are
angry, excited or imposed upon, or
others are angry about you.
Hold ON to your heart when evil per-
sons seek your company, and invite you
to join in their games, mirth and rev.
elry.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is much more valuable to
you than gold, high places or fashion
able attire.
Hold on to your foot when you are OF.
the point of kicking, running away from;
study. or pursuing the path of error.
shame or crime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Business BluMders.

A Portland gentleman tells the Ec-
press of some of the curious mistakes
which occur constantly in banking Cir
cles. II know one instance" he says,
"where note went to protest. The
maker insisted that lie had sent a check
for it by mail. After some days the
check was found in a waste basket with a
lot of empty envelopes. A man once
called into our bank to insist that de-
posit of nearly five hundred dollars which
he had made did not appear anywhere on
his book. The transaction occurred
some months before. Upon looking it
up, deposit ticket in his own hand
writing was discovered depositing the
missing amount to the credit of another
man. When he made the deposit lie did
not have his book with him, but he made
out his deposit ticket, and in q moment
of abstraction wrote the other instead of
his own name 1t was several months
before he missed the money, and the
man to whose credit he had deposited it
had known nothing about it, and gave q
check for the amount to correct the
error.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19

What the Millennium Will be Like.
The Rev. Mr.. Hemphill, in one of his
logical and forceful "West Coast SER
mons" pictures what he thinks the mil
will be. The advent and per-
sonal reign of God, he thinks, will be
after the millennial epoch. 1t will be
by greatly improved phys.
ical conditions of the human race.
Sin will be an outcast and pain and suf-
fering of every description viii be a
thing of the past. The physical condi.
tions vastly improved and sin and travail
banished; mans lease of life will increase
as if by magic. When that glorious
time comes men will live as long as did
the old patriarchs before the flood.
Healthy bodies will beget healthy minds,
and for full thousand years the two
will be yoke-fellows together. During
that thousand years Mr.. Hemphill be-
lieves that one universal language will
prevail, for, through the Tower of Babel
(Sin), the various languages were brought
about, and with the casting out of sin
they will go. The astonishing progress
English language has made in the last
century causes the reverend gentleman
to predict that it will be the one used by
the milenarians. He has given the sub
ject great deal of study, but finds moth
ing to warrant him in setting any date
for the opening of that "period of
Deace,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Fussy Women who Travel.

My heart aches for the nervous, fussy
women who travel, said Pullman con-
ductor to Pittsburg reporter the other
day. They don't get any rest. and they
are sick and in misery all the time.
When they retire at night they are afraid
to take off their clothes, and they are in
constant fear of being robbed. Every
time the brakeman goes back to look at
his lights, or the porter passes their
berth, they believe their time has come,
and they are in constant fear The next
day, not having slept during the night.
they are ill, and they can not enjoy the
ride. But how different it is with the
old traveller. She takes off her dress.
turns the skirt inside out, wraps her un-
clothing in it, and is soon sound
asleep In the morning she appears in
pretty gown with her clothes under her
arm, and in short time reappears from
the toilet room looking as fresh and we'll
as if she had been sleeping in her own
house,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
why rr,.hm.n Love the Green,

The early Celts worshipped the dawn
and the sunrise. 1t is more than prob
able, therefore, that their liking for tho
color green, which we see in their flags,
sashes, etc.. arose from mistake among
those who had lost thorough knowledge
of the Irish language. The sun, in Celtic,
is called by word pronounced exactly
like ourword green, and it is likely that
the Irish fondness for that color arose
through the striking similarity of the
two words. In the same way when we
talk about greenhouse we think they
are so called because plants are kept
green in them during the winter; yet it
is far more probable that the word is
derived from the old Celtic word for the
sun, because greenhouses are so built as
to catch the rays and heat of the sun and
store them for future use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Family AMMtversnrles.

As a people we pay far too little atten.
ton to birthdays and other family anni-
versaries. Too much cannot be done to
make home attractive, so that our boys
and girls will prefer it to all other places.
"This has been the incest day / ever
knew" said a boy to his mother, one
evening "The birds have all been sing.
ing, and the sun has shone every minute.
and every rything has been so lovely, just
for your birthday, mamma, and I'm SO
glad!" and he emphasized his gladness
with hearty hug and kiss. For weeks
the boy had been looking forward to this
day, planning and making little birth
day gift as a surprise, and when the
time came, his whole mind was given to
making his mother happy.
"But it's so much trouble to celebrate
birthdays" complain some mothers,
land in large families they come so
often."
Yes, it is some trouble; but how can
we keep our children contented and
happy at home without taking trouble !?
And no mother regrets the trouble when
she sees her children regarding their
home as the very best place in the whole
world. Try to celebrate the birthdays
one year, and see if it does not "pay" in
the enjoyment Of the whole family. Let
no one be forgotten, from father to baby.
and try to have each one interested in all
the others, planning. if possible, some
little birthday gift. No matter how sim
Pile OF trifiing it may be, the love and
thoughtfulness that go with it will make
it precious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
THE RIGHT HAND.
why Should 1t Be Given Greater Con.
sideratlOn Than the Left Hand.

why Should It Be Given Greater Con.
siderntion Than the Left Hand:
Whether the greater aptitude of tho
right hand has been gradually acquired
or is gift of nature has always been r
disputed question. Aristotle and Sir
Thomas Brown believed it to have been
acquired. Benjamin Franklin, person.
ating the left hand, wrote popular arti-
Gle urging the claims of this member to
greater consideration. The left hand il
made to say:
"There are two sisters of us, and tho
two eyes of man do not resemble, nor
are capable of being on better terms with
each other, than my sister and myself,
were it not for the partiality of our par
ents. who make the most injurious dis
tinctions between us. From my infancy
| have been led to consider my sister as
being of more elevated rank. was
suffered to grow up without the least in
struction, while nothing was spared in
her education. She had masters to teach
her writing, music, drawing, and other
accomplishments; but if by chance
touched a pencil, a pen, or a needle,
was rebuked, and more than once havo
been beaten for being awkward, and
wanting graceful manner"
The left hand contended that she should
be instructed equally with the right in
order that if the right hand should bo
disabled the left might take her place.
Many arguments may be brought for
ward in support of the theory that the
greater strength of the right hand has
been gradually developed. In warfare
the shield would naturally be held in the
left hand to protect the heart while the
right was used for fighting and all
military training, necessitating uniform
movements, would tend to increase that
distinction.
If the tendency to use the right hand
were inborn, it should appear, from an
alogy, that other animals possess greater
strength on one side, and this does not
seem to be the case. On the contrary, it
is maintained that nature shows the ten
dency to be her own pro ovision, in many
ways.
The direction Of the worm of tho
screw is not arbitrary, but is an
evidence of the adoption of parts to
each other in the economy of nature.
The greater strength belongs to the
whole right side and not to the hand
alone. Opera dancers, it is said, arc
obliged to give double the practice to the
left side to oblivate awkwardness.
The word "left" is derived from word
meaning weak"
Innumerable expressions owe their sig-
nificance to this distinction. A left
handed blow implies treachery, and left
handed compliment, insincerity. "Stand
thou on my left hand" is equivalent to
condemnation.
The Chinese assign honor to the left
hand in ceremonials; this may be in ac-
cordance with the Asiatic tendency to
value dexterity and cunning above ply
Gical strength.
The question affords occasion for end
less discussions, for the same facts arc
used as arguments on both sides, with
varying interpretations according to the
different points of view.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
HabituaI "irry.

The number of sudden deaths which
occur every year as consequence of rum
ming to railway trains and ferry boats is
not inconsidsrable. The victims are
mostly persons, middle-aged or older,
who, without knowing it, have some dis
ease of the heart.
This kind Of over-exertion, however.
does less harm than the common habit of
being continually in hurry, says a
writer in the Youths Companion. A
habit which keeps the nervous system at
a perpetual tension leads to excessive
vital waste, undue susceptibility to dis
ease, and in extreme cases, to nervous
exhaustion. Under its influence persons
naturally amiable are transformed into
petulant and noisy scolds.
The woman who is wife and mother
is peculiarly liable to this habit, she has
so much to do aud so little time in which
to do it, in these days when so many
outside things crowd upon her domestic
duties. There is no doubt that hurry
claims ten victims where hard work kills
one.
The man of business suffers in much
the same manner. The hurried breakfast
and the hurried skimming over the
morning paper are but the beginning of
a hurried day. Yet it is unsafe for him
to act in hurry, or in the spirit genera
ted by 1t. The uncertainties of his call
ing make entire self-control Of prime
Importance.
School children are victims of the
same evil. They must be at school ex-
actly on time. But in thousands of cases
the family arrangements are not such as
to favor punctuality. The child is al
lowed to sit up late, and so is late at
breakfast; or the breakfast is late, and
the child must hurry through it, and
then hurry off, half-fed and fully fretted,
dreading tardiness and the teachers dis
pleasure. Robust children may work off
the effect, amid the sports of the day,
but many others are injured for life.
Occasionally hurry is hardly to be
avoided, society being what it is; but the
habit of hurry should be guarded against
as one of the surest promoters of ILL
temper and ill.health.
If necessary, less woI.i should be done; !;
but in many cases nothing is needed but
= wiser economy of time. Some of the
worst victims of hurry are men who
daily with their work until time presses
them, and then crowd themselves into a
fever, pitying themselves meanwhile be-
cause they are so sadly driven.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
SIGNS OF DEATH.
Why Even COwnrds Die Game-Death
is Easy After All.

Why Even COwards DIE Game-Deatn
is Easy After All.
A striking fact in connection with the
phenomena of death is that dying per-
sons as Il rule have no fear, even though
they fully comprehend that dissolution
S fast taking place. This we notice even
in executions, where the hanged are al
most invariably reported as having died
game" Physicians and surgeons in gem
eral have decided that death following
disease or injury is seldom accompanied
with fear. Disease dulls the intelligence
so that the situation may not be fully
comprehended in all cases; or, again. the
patient may be suffering terrible pain
and may look upon death as relief. 1t
is generally believed now by psycholo-
gists, surgeons, physicians and others
who have given the subject attention,
that nature. by kind provision. has
prepared the body and mind for the
flight of the spirit. 1t is well known
that as the hold upon life grows
weaker the desire to live grows grad
ually less, and that there is, compara-
lively speaking, scarcely recorded in
stance where the dying person has not at
last yielded up life without seeming re-
luctance OF fear. OF course the various
physical phenomena which usually ac-
company the act of dying vary consider
ably in the early stages with the causes
which are producing death. To one
schooled in death scenes, the physiog-
nomy which the grim destroyer presents
is one not easy mistaken. Among the
many signs of death that are unmistak-
able are the failing pulse, the GOODNESS OF
the extremities, the change in the coun.
tenance as the venous blood courses the
arteries; the skin grows clammy as the
various vessels refuse to longer perform
their functions; the eyes glaze; the jaw
drops; fluid accumulates in the Wind
pipe, causing the death rattle, and
finally, the breathing ceases altogether.
Many of the old-time hallucinations of
the dying have lately been explained
upon purely natural causes.-St. Louis
Republic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
Its Mystical SigniflcatiOn I'm Biblicn
IIiatOrV.

Its Mystical SigniAcatiOn In biblical
History.
On the seventh day God ended his
work.
On the seventh month Noah's ark
touched the ground.
In seven days dove was sent.
Abraham pleaded seven times for
Sodom.
Jacob mourned seven days for Joseph.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel.
And yet another seven years more.
Jacob was pursued seven days jour
ney by Laban.
A plenty of seven years and famine
of seven years were foretold in Pharaoh's
dream by seven fat and seven lean beasts,
and seven ears Of full and seven ears of
blasted corn.
On the seventh day of the seventh
month the children of Israel tasted seven
days and remained seven days in their
tent.
Every seven days the land rested.
Every seventh year the law was read
to the people.
In the destruction of Jerico seven per-
sons bore seven trumpets seven days.
On the seventh day they surrounded the
walls seven times, and at the end of the
seventh round the walls fell.
Solomon was seven years building the
temple, and tasted seven days att its dedi-
cation.
In the tabernacle were seven lamps.
The golden candlestic had seven
branches.-Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
Tn. American Girls Voice.

There is but one foreigner who has
ever said good word about the Ameri.
can girls speaking voice, and that is
Nine. Marchesi, the celebrated teacher Of
vocal music in Paris. She said that the
reason the American girls we're SO sue
cessful as singers was because, as chill.
dren, they were never afraid to speak
out. Their loud and unhesitating speech
had kept the vocal chords facile, used to
work, so that when the occasion for
training came they responded quickly.
and stood the necessary wear and tear Of
practice. The English girl, on the con.
trary, as a child, is taught not only to
speak low, but to restrain her utterance,
and the result is that her voice, although
so agreeable in quality, is monotonous.
and that her voice organs. having been
long kept within limits, accomplish with
difficulty the wide range required IN
singing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
EVOLUTION OF THE DRUMMER.
The Younger Travelling Men Said to b
Oustinx the Old Timers.

The Younger Travelling Men Said to bc
Ousting the Old Timers.
Zone of the noticeable changes of the
last one or two years is the disappear
ance of the old-fashioned travelling
man." remarked wide-awake hotel
manager yesterday as he cast his eye
over number of guests of the house as
they sat in the rotunda. The keen winds
from the mountains had warned the pa
irons of the hotel to remain indoors, and
the lounging-place presented an ami.
mated scene.
"Now, take these people here, contin-
ued the speaker, land I'll venture to say
there are not more than three old-time
drummers in the entire crowd. While
over half the men in the rotunda are rep
resentatives of some Eastern CONNER
cial establishment, they are young men,
and some Of them are in Denver for tho
first time.
"The change commenced last year, and
I could name at least score of familiar
countenances that are greeted no moro
over the counter. The day is past when
q commercial traveller can camp down
in any of the larger cities and coax his
customers of smaller places to pay him a
visit and inspect his samples. In the
years gone by the drummer who struck
Denver expected to remain ten days or
two weeks He spread out his samples
in the sample room of the hotel and
booked orders as the country customers
dropped in. The travelling man usually
laid himself out for high old time
while gracing the city with his presence.
Why, I've seen representatives of large
houses take vacation of week to rest
up after the long railway ride from New
York OF Philadelphia. The houses have
found out that the heavy, slow-going
men were getting left by the young chaps
and the change asquickly inaugurated.
The young fellows are sent out now.
They go on the fly and make it point
to visit personally every customer in his
regular place of business. Postal cards
to customers don't count under the keen
competition which has developed re.
Gently.
Another innovation which is spread
ing alarm among travelling men is the
secure passes from railroads. A busi-
ness man goes to railway manager and
announces that lie is thinking of visiting
the Eastern market. Although nothing
may be said about it, the railway mag
nate takes it for granted that his caller
will order his goods shipped over the line
granting the pass. Pasteboards are ac-
cordingly issued, not only for the mer-
chant, but for his entire family and one
OF two cousins and aunts thrown in. The
practice has grown to such an extent that
railway men tell me it is becoming
serious question for the management to
decide where to draw the line. The mer.
chant goes East and makes his selection
of goods, instead of patronizing the man
who is on the road. The railways have
thus stepped in and interfered to large
extent with the business of the CONNER
cial traveller. AS the passes are issued
as often as asked for the larger buyers
are getting further and further away
from the drummer. For this reason
Younger and less experienced men arc
sent out at comparatively small ex-
pense to the house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
H0,x Pennuta Grow.

The peanut plant has one popularity
possessed by no other shrub or plant in
the world. The flower of the plant
grows downward, and after it falls the
pod which contains the embryo nut is lit.
orally forced down into the ground by
the sudden and rapid growth of the rigid
stalk from which it depends. The phe-
nomenon may be watched by any one
who from curiosity plants peanuts in his
yard. and he will also notice that if from
any cause the plant is unable to push the
pod into the earth the peanut will a:
once cease to grow and remain unde-
velOped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
The Giant Tree of the World.

"The Grizzly Giant, the pride of Mari
posa county, California, is 93 feet in
diameter at the ground, and Ga feet five
yards higher up. Just think of it'll a
tree that would make a square block OF
wood as large as the average st. Louis
building lot Their leaves are awl-shapeG
needles, and the cones which grow upon
them (these trees are coniferous) are as
big as two-gallon jugs.-San Francisco
Bulletin,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-19
CHINESE INDUSTRY.
The Dense Population of the Empire
Makes Economy Imperative.

The DE nse reputation OF the Htanpire
Makes Econ omy Imperative.
Unquestionably industry is one of the
good qualities which may be attributed
to all the natives of China alike. No
doubt the fact that ninety-nine out of
every hundred Cinnamon pcrp.tually
live "on the ragged edge of existence" is
mainly accountable for this virtue. but it
is unquestionably the leading character
istc which strikes a foreigner on landing
in China. No matter whether his ex.
perience lies in the crowded streets of
such cities as Canton, or among the vii
lage communities on the northern plains,
the same ceaseless diligence is observ-
able.
a belated traveller passing through
.he streets Of town can not fail to be
struck with the sounds of labor which
proceed from behind the closed shutters
of the workshops; and an early riser in
the country will he robbed of all self
congratuIation by finding that the field
laborers have completed q recognizable
portion of their days work before he was
astir.
The Emperor's day begins during a
great portion of the year before daylight,
and in every yamua throughout the land
his example is followed. Such indefa.
tigable industry would, under favorable
circumstances, produce a prosperous,
well-to-do people, but in China the pop
ulation is so dense that it is only by this
means and by the exercise of the strict.
ol,l ko
keep body and soul together. Nothing is
wasted by them, and substances which
it would be better to --,row on the dust
heap are not unfr--~lently converted
into food.