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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
THREE SONNETS.



So straight and narrow is the quiet bed
In which my precious little darling sleeps,
could not leave her there in peace, alone,
Without the knowing, God doth mark His own,
And keeps safe watch DER all those little beds,
Which cast short shadowsin the morning sun
Ended their pilgrimage ere day begunl
And throws soft coverlet of summers sheen,
Bordered with daisies and with grasses green,
Or winters pure white sheet of drifted snow,
Above the dreamless form that slumbers low.
And so could not leave my lamb alone
Without the knowing, God doth mark'H1s ownI
THE LAST GooD-BY.
When first the shadow OF the angel fell
Upon the little form loved so we'll
The tender trusting heart so near my own,
Its every heart throb to my own made moan,
The presence of the angel we call Death,
She was the first to feel the solemn call,
And whilst heard his wings with bated breath,
She meekly bowed and said: "Good night to
all!
To all a last good night, good night to ALL"
Then silence fell. the chilly night came on,
The midnight still, the breaking Of the dawn.
But with the morn my darling passed to where
My heart shall hear her say some blessed day
No more sad Good night" but sweet Good
dayl"
AN AMARANrH.
We weave our garlands for the young and fair,
And lay them on their graves with tender care,
For pity oft-they were so young and fair!
But for the old, grown weary with the strife,
Whose feet have trodden long the ways Of life
The aged saint whose earthly pilgrimage
Was fraught with burning tears and thorns ane
care,
We weave no garland for their finished page.
And so, I bind an amaranth for thee
Tried servant, faithful heart, and friend to me,
Fond mother, duteous wife and widowed heart
Whose life has ended with the setting sun
And lay it on thy quiet grave apart.
Fit emblem of the blessed life begun!
Rose w. Fry, in N. Y. Observer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
EXPLOITS OF A FAKlR.
Marvellous Jugglery in INDIA a Skin That
Defied Red-Hot Iron.

Defied Red-Hot Iron.
e. P. Evans, in an article entitled
"Modern Miracles" in Popular Science,
gives accounts of several astonishing
feats performed by Hindoo jugglers.
Among them were the following:
''In short time the fal1ir had suffi-
GENTLY recovered from his trance to
stand up, and, when the sheik pointed
to the brazier, he thrust his hand into
it, seized some of the live Goals, blew
them till they emitted sparks, bit off
pieces of them as one would bite
an apple, and eagerly ate them up.
He then went to large prickly cac-
tus, which was standing on the plat
form, plucked a leaf armed with strong
spines, bit off a piece and swallowed
it. With equal avidity he crunched and
consumed thin sheets of glass. Frag-
ments of the cactus and the glass were
handed to the spectators, who exam
ined them and convinced themselves
that they were really the substances
they were represented to be. An at
tendant brought in shovel, the iron
part of which was red-hot, so that
DAo VI puPCl O1iAOWh uPOh ~ hooliCu etO
once into flame. The fakir took the
wooden handle of the shovel with his
right hand, placed his left hand on the
glowing iron plate, which he also
licked with apparent relish, and then
stood upon it with his bare feet until
it became black. This last exploit
filed the air with a faint odor of
burned horn.
ga sword, so sharp that it cut
piece of paper in two when drawn
across the edge, was handed to the
falSir, who thrust it with all his force
against his throat, his breast and his
sides. The sword was then held in
horizontal position about three feet
from the ground with the edge up-
ward by the servant, who took hold of
the point, which was wrapped in sew
eral folds of cloth for the protection of
his hand, and by another 'Aissaui, who
held it by the hilt. The falzir placed
his hands on the shoulders of the two
men and leaping up barefoot on the
edge of the sword stood there for some
seconds. He then stripped and rest
ing his naked abdomen on the edge of
the sword balanced himself in the air
without touching the floor with his
feet, the sheik meanwhile pressing
down upon the fakir's back with the
whole weight of his body
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
SURGERY OF THE FUTURE.
1t May Be Possible Yet to Supply the Do.
fects OF Nature.

II May Be Possible Yet to Supply the Dos
fects OF Nature,
The advance in scientific knowledge
is q wonderful thing and nothing in it
is more wonderful than the develop
ment of modern brain surgery A few
years ago, says the Boston Advertiser,
rupture of a blood vessel in the mem
branes of the brain was sufficient to
produce death, hut The great surgeons
of to day have no fear of such a result.
1t is a simple matter of trephining the
skull at the injured point, letting out
the extravasated blood and presto,
consciousness returns and the patient
lives. Does not this suggest infinite
possibilities in the matter of mental
improvement? Why cannot the skill
full surgeon operate upon the skull in
such manner as to supply natures
defects? 1t is supposed that idiocy is
the result OF lack of proportion be-
tween the brain and the skull. Con-
sequently, if the skull can be sufficient.
ly enlarged to prevent overcrowding
of the brain, the difficulty is at once
removed. Suppose that a man is de-
ficient in any particular mental quail
ity. Call in the phrenologist and the
surgeon, hold consultation, have a
deft incision here, remove a strip of
Uranium there, and the lack is no long
er existent. When this subject is prop
erly studied the ancient joke about the
rich man who told his sons tutor,
when he complained that the boy had
mo capacity" to buy him one!" will
lose its point, and the veriest idiot
may find capacity purchasable if he
have money enough. 1t is even possi-
BILE, is it not, that DIR. johnson spoke
more wisely than he knew when he re-
marked that it required a surgical
operation to get a joke through a
Scotchman's head, and was an ancon9
scious prophet of the cerebral surgery
OF the future. 'rt
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
Deafness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing
and when it is entirely closed Deafness
is the result, and unless the iDf1amma
ton can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrhl that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circu ars, free.
F. ] CHENEY 4 co Toledo, o.
Sold by ali Druggists, 75c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
To Replace Banks of Discount and
the Nations Currency.

! VIM. Fl. Van Crum, of Chicago, &c. H.
Kerr & co., has just published book
explaining his new cooperative banking
plan. In which he announces that he is ready
to start business at once.
The main idea is for ten or more people
to organize under no law but as unlimited
partners, and issue money of their own
after the manner of clearing honse certii-
Gates, to any person of good record having
good security to offer, in sums correspond
ing to sound banking.
This money, which he calls certificates of
credit, must be accepted in exchange for
service and products by each member.
Sums will be advanced to all members up
to $1,000 900; and members are required to
tack up cards that they will receive the
certificates in trade. One association may
organize, or hundred, until the system
becomes universal; business by means of
these certificates could be interchanged
in similar ways TO ordinary banking.
He says the law would haye no control
oyer clearing house certificates. All forms
of security would be available, whether real
or personal, if approved by the Board,
This system of banking is additionally
recommended for workingmen at the pres.
ent time; as the certificates would be avail
able TO Tide over difficulties. The security
poor workmen would be expected to give, is
not stated. Notes containing oneanother's
Endorsements, perhaps.
The issue of this money is unlimited or
rather is limited to the amount of security
offered for it.
These cooperative banks would do reg
ular banking business, and receive other
forms of money on deposit subject to check.
The charge for the use of this new money
would be cost, or say three tenths of one per
cent per annum.
JOHN M. BACHELOR.
This scheme of cooperative banking will
hardly ever get beyond the mind Of its
author. The day of small cooperative
enterprises is past. The corporation bottom
ed on abundant capital will snuff all such
attempts out. AT most this scheme of Mr..
Van Ornum would be but an attempt to
organize mild system of financial social
ism, system which Mr.. Bachelor is kick
violently against. No cooperative enter
prise is possible in this day of immense
aggregations of capital, except through the
strong power of the government. Banking
could be conducted by that power and with
legal tender money, and the entire nation
share the benefits. The railroads, telegraphs,
telephones and all other natural monopo-
lies could be as readily and economically
managed by the government as the post
Office. And this far we would have a
cooperative republic. The socialists in their
craze ignore almost these attainable things
which the people are prepared for and drive
at placing all the machinery of production
in the hands Of the government. This ideal
condition is in advance of the race two or
three hundred years, if it ever could result
in anything but chaos.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens. that
for years We have been selling DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Dr.. Kings New Life PILLS, Buck.
lens Arnica Saive and Electric Bitters,
and have never handled remedies that
sell as we'll, or that have given such
universal satisfaction. We don't hesi-
tate to guarantee them every time, and
We stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits. L. R. Kirk Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
Meetings Of County Commissioners

The regular meetings of the County
Commissioners will be held on the
second Tuesday of every month. Col
lectors and others having accounts to
be stated or settled will apply to the
Clerk during the recess of the Board
Persons having claims against the
county will please file the same in the
Commissioners Office, with legal
voucher, as no account will be allowed
not properly chargeable to the same.
By order. CHAS. HI. SMITH, Clerk.
Commissioners Cecil County.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

Senator Stewart has formally an
nounced himself as a member of the
populist party. and other senators
will be doing the same in the near
future.
The Populists have II members in
the House and four Senators.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

Cease to suffer! Your nervousness,
headache, heart burn and general dis
order is the result of the excessive use
of Tobacco, Opium or Drink. Hills
Chloride of Gold Tablets, sold by all
leading druggists, will put an end to
your troubles and make new man of
you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

Post Master General Bissel! declares
he will not appoint any Alliance mem
Der post master. aud that there is no
difference between the Alliance and
the Peoples party, After while the
Alliance will not appoint any Bissell's.
Time about is fair play.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on the
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test; r. f. JAMAR. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

The San Jose Tribune, Cal, is
new Populist paper just started up.
New Peoples Party papers are start
ing up every where, which shows the
tide is steadily rising.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
Republicans Not in It.

The contest this year in Virginia
is between the Democrats and
PopuIists. The Republicans have no
ticket in the field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
NOTICE

BY THE oBpHANs' COURT FOR CECIL CoUNTY,l
January IT, 1882. !
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex.
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year, come forward and
do the same, or show cause to the contrary,
or they will be cited up.
Test: r. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13
HOODS GUARANTEES

a cure. What it has done for
Others it will do for you. Be sure to
get Hoods Sarsapariila.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

And those tfOubled with nervousness resulting
from care or oyerwork will be relieved by taking
BrOaOn's Iron BitterS. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines On wrapper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

ALBERT, did you take strawberry
from that wagon that was passing?
Don't you know that is stealing?" II
didn't want to do nothin' very bad,
mamma SO just picked out the littlest.
'teeniest' berry could find." .a-als
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-13

.The whistle blasts correspond to the follow.
ing telegraph signals: ---- - -
---- which spell, in the Morse al,
phabet, HALLo-o
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
The GDQD OF The RAINS.

The splendid rains that have come to
nearly every part of New Mexico within
the past four weeks are most cheerful to
contemplate. Word comes in from the
ranches, farms and live stock ranges that
the grass is springing green and abund-
ant and that crops of all kinds will be
fair to good despite the long drouth of
the spring and the unusual backward
season.
The rains seem to have partaken more
of the cloud burst variety than ordinarily
occurs in New Mexico, tbs true, but much
of the moisture has been absorbed by the
parched earth nevertheless, and the
springs and water holes that have be-
come dry during the past year for the
first time in history are beginning to
become useful. The Rio Grande and Pc
cos are carrying larger supply of water
than at any time during this period of
the year for fully three years past, and
all other territorial streams are showing
nearly as we'll. In fact the situation at
present would seem to justify the conclu-
sion that the question of water supply
has been settled for tho summer and that
the continuous drought of the past three
or four years is at last permanently
broken. Should the usual fall rains fol-
low in due time New Mexico will go into
the winterin better shape SO far as concerns
her pastoral and agricultural interests
than for many years.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
FARMERS UNDER A FREE TRADE POLICY.

Statistics concerning the failures of
farmers in the first six months of 1898
have been published this week. They
throw bright lights on the present de-
preston of agriculture in England. From
last January to last July the number
of failures among farmers has been 40
per cent larger than in the corresponding
months of last year. In England and
Wales more than 10000 persons engaged
in agriculture are living in sheds, barns,
tents, vans and in the open fields. Thou
sands of unemployed agricultural laborers
are lowering on the outskirts of London.
In the same volume of statistics 52,4s4
persons are reported to be living now
on coaeting merchant vessels and inland
barges.
The above fearful condition of affairs
exists in the paradise of free trade to
which the people of this country are so
frequently referred as proper model for
the United States by Democratic and
Populist economists.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
n =
No Longer a Blind.

The Republican press of the country
too readily fell int the trap set for them
aud followed the administration organs
off into q discussion of the silver ques-
ton as the cnuse of the collapse of gem
eral prosperity. The coinage of silver
had nothing to do with it. 1t was the
threatened destruction of the manufactur-
ing industries of the country that brought
it about. Money is never tied up when it
is safely and profitably employed. Any
man who Is disposed to think for himself
knows this.
1t was not scarcity OF money that
closed up the Amoskeag cotton mills and
threw out of employment 5000 opera
tives, representing not less than 10000
mouths that have to be filed. 1t was not
the scarcity of money that stopped the
wheels of dozen large wooden mills and
many other factories, while establish
ments of the same character in England,
and closed soon after the passage of the
Mckinley law, are being opened up to
their full capacity. The question of free
coinage of silver, or that of no coinage at
all, had nothing whatever to do with these
calamities. Neither are they which are
here referred to the only industries which
are suffering from the one identical
cause.
The trouble began as soon as the result
of the election of last fall became known.
Kansas City Journal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

Hon. Sol. LUNA, of Valencia county, a
largo flock owner and experienced wool
grower, says wool is simply tout of sight"
but on the wrong side this season; Mr..
Luna says the losses of the wool growers
of the territory on wool alone will be
very large this year. Hero is pointer
for the New Mexico wool growers and
merchants who cast their votes for the
Democratic delegate and for Democratic
county nominees last November; the loss
in business that they experience now is
largely to be attributed to the policy of
the party for which they voted
Is it not about time they were coming
to their senses?
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

1t looks now, with wool and cereals
bringing lower prices than have been
know in twenty years, as if some of the
farmers in the states that elected Populist
officials might be living in barns or tents
in the near future. Their Democratic
allies, after having used them for their
own benefit, now sheer at them as politi-
cal marplots whose crude ideas have al
ready brought misfortune enough on the
country. When they finally disappear
from the national life, they will be re-
membered as men remember the fleeing
scenes of disordered dream. "Only this
and nothing more.o
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
D, w. MANLEY,
ID E NTI ST
OFFICE HOURS --Oto lie, and 2 to
The Alameda.

A new and very attractive resort i'll the
charming Mesilla valley, one mile from
Las Cruces, N. NJ. Thoroughly comfort
able and home-like. Strictly first-olass
in every respect. Tho choicest of fresh
fruits at all seasons and Jersey milk and
cream specially. Livery furnished at
reasonable rates. Terms $40 to $l4 per
week. For further particulars, address
j. X. LIVINGSTON,
Las Cruces, N. NJ.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

HAVING profound reverence for the
cholera bacillus, this journal wishes the
honored bacillus we'll and hopes that it
will remain in the city of Naples where it
at present sojourns; this country is too
plebeian for such an exalted visitor. 1t
ought to remain amongst the mobiles and
crowned heads of Italy and Europe for all
time to come.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
Triumphant Democracy.

1t is interesting to know that the Demo
cratic papers are vigorously entreating
the 'sound money Republicans" to stand
by the president in effecting the repeal
of the purchase clause of the silver law
The exhortations are not needed, as the
sound money Republicans will do their
duty; but do our Democratic friends
forget that they have absolute control Of
both branches of congress- p Boston
journal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
Reduced Rates to Chicago.

You can go to Chicago and return via
the A. 7. &; s. +. r. r. for one fare for the
round trip on the following dates, viz:
Tickets on sale July II, good to return
July 81, or %. On sale July "a, good to
return July 2s, or August 4. On sale July
81, good to return August 4, or II. On
sale August Z, good to return August IL,
or 10. Also, on July II, "a, 81 and Aug. 7, a
reduction of $1.25 will be made on one
way tickets to Chicago.
W. M. SMITH, Agent.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

THIS is mighty good time for the
man with money to buy stocks and real
estate the latter are low in all directions
and money is high; in year money will
be low and stocks and real estate will be
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

I'VE British house of Lords may put a
veto on home rule for Ireland this time,
but it is beginning to look as if in the
near future home rule would put veto
on tho British house of Lords; the sooner
that parcel of snobs, nincompoops and
roues is ''bustad" the better for Great
Britain and Ireland.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

TIE Democratic press of the east is
displaying entirely too much interest in
the war news from France and Siam.
They would like war to come in order
to help the administration out of hole,
but they will scarcely find relief in that
nuartar
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
The Aftermath /.

People out of business and Democrats
say lit is the Sherman law" Furnace
doors closing up; "it is the Sherman law"
No market for wool, and wheat lower
than for thirty years; sail caused by the
Sherman law" What q scape-goat it is!
And yet the nation has been prospecting
for years under the same wicked law.
Would it be treason to suggest that some
of these troubles are the conseq uence of
an election had last November?-- Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
What 1t Repealed.

In making up the Democratic party 3
record it may be convenient to record
that its first act after coming into Office
was Internationally to repeal the coun-
try's commercial confidence. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
h. A. FISKE,

Attorney and counselor at law, F. 0. Boz
"F," Santa lie, N. NJ, practices in su-
preme and all district courts of New Mex
ico Special attention given to mining
and Spanish aud Mexican land grant
litil alton.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
HeuAitiYe.

There is nothing the Democratic party
resents more quickly than to remind it Of
its past history. 1t is like shaking red
flag at mad bull to remind the men now
at the helm of their records Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

The Hillsboro mines are showing what
it means when a community prepares
for war in times of peace" Over 1000
tons of gold ore per month is row the
record of this fourishing interior camp.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29
Condition and Theory.

Onr Democratic contemporaries who
are insisting that "all that the country
needs is confidence" should remember
that there is one condition prior to that,
namely, the condition which makes conf
dence possible.-Boston Journal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-29

REPORTS from New Mexico gold mines
are encouraging; keep it up. If silver
will not pay, let us produce more gold;
plenty of both in this territory.