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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
Browns Revenge.

Revenge" says the proverb, sis
sweet" Different men have different
ways of showing it. Browns way is
harmless and humorous. Two Joneses
live next door to each other, and hav-
ing to call on one of them Brown, of
course, went to the wrong house. A
Grabbed servant answered the bell,
and on Browns asking: rs this Mr..
Alfred Jones' ?'' she replied snappishly,
as if she had been bothered with many
inquiries, mo, it ain't,'' and slammed
the door in his face. Brown walked
on hundred yards or so, when a
bright thought struck him. He re-
turned at once and rang the bell
again. Again the grabbed servant
appeared "Who said it WASP" asked
Brown triumphantly, and instantly
walked away.-Ernest P. Neville, in
Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
SEALING WITH SPEARS,
Indians stin Use the Ancient Weapon
With the Precision of Gun,

Indians Stn Use the Ancient Weapon
With the Precision of a Gun,
Unlike the white men, the Neah Bay
(Wash.) Indians take most of their
seals with the spear, says the Seattle
them proficient in its use, and unluclky
is the seal that pops it's head above the
surface within a radius of ten yards
from their canoes,
There ara TWO men sent adrift in ev-
ary canoe. With long line attached
to his spear-handle the marksman has
his weather eye ont for his sleek-coat-
ed victim. With unerring aim he sends
his dart through the seal and with his
line draws it into the boat, where it Is
dubbed to death.
They make use of the double-barreled
gun, but are not in love with it. Their
chase seldom leads them beyond fifty
or sixty miles to seaward, and they are
thus enabled to run in and out at their
pleasure and avoid the heavy gales.
Sometimes they will follow the seal
long way north and generally return
well paid. Theif range north and
south as a general rule is confined with
in the limits OF Cape Disappointment
on the north and Gray's harbor ON the
south.
Of the four hundred men and youths
on the reservation these may be divid-
ed into three classes-seal-hunte
fishermen and farmers There are
some who never go out on the chase,
but stay at home and grow few veg
etables, fruits, grass, etc, while 9th.
ers angle for the salmon that are al
most constantly to be found in the
waters which gurgIe and spin about
Cape Flattery promontory. A steam
schooner calls at regular intervals and
carries away the fruits of their trolling
lines. d;
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
She Had Privileges.

A wag of woman was sweeping off
her doorstep, when a friendly house,
maid strolled by. Mistaking the
sweeper for one of her clan she ad-
dressed her without formality.
Good morning! Got good placer"
''F'irst-class.''
"How much wages do you get?"
''My board and Clothes"
''Your board and clothes? Well,
you're fool. You can get twenty
dollars month as well as not" replied
the stroller with emphasis.
"Ah, yes-but you see, I have priv
ileges-I am the wife of the proprie-
tor"
'Oh!'-Boston Post,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
FRENCH DISHES THAT ARE BAD
Snails Bad as Alligators Whole, and Arti-
chokes Like Pine Cones.

chokes Like Pine Cones.
Snails cooked in their shells form a
dish which, however enjoyable it may
be to the French gourmand, an Ameri-
can cannot relish, says the Epicure.
At fashionable dinner the writer got
along very well until plate of half
dozen was set before him, but he put a
| bold face on the matter and tried to
| follow the example of the rest
The thing was coated with nasty
| looking dark greenish slime and looked
forbidding. He transferred it hastily
to his mouth.
| The first thing perceived was an aw-
full reptile flavor, like the scent in the
neighborhood of the boa constructor
cage in a menagerie. He tried to bite
the morsel, but it was like rubber and
tough as an old boot. 1t began to grow
big in his mouth, until it seemed to at
tain the size of an elephant.
He felt himself turning pale. At last
he gave hasty gulp and swallowed
the thing whole. Talk of Thackeray's
American oyster experience being like
swallowing raw baby; that French
snail went down like a raw alligator:
his French friend by his side observed
his embarrassment with an amused
smile, and, remarking that he evident
ly did not like snails, kindly relieved
him of the rest of them and transferred
them to his own plate.
The artichoke, a vegetable much
liked in France, was also the writer's
despair. Everybody was eating them
in the restaurants, and so he thought
he would call for one. He was advised
to try half one to begin on.
So a half artichoke was brought,
boiled with vinegar and oil. 1t was
like a pine cone sliced in two. The
scales were like those of the pine cone,
too, and there were more of them than
skins to an onion.
These scales were pulled off, one by
one, and just the lower end, which was
tender, bitten off, after dipping it in
oil and vinegar. 1t tasted like soaked
out chestnut, with a strong flavor of
burdock.
But the strong point of the artichoke
is the time taken to eat it. The writer
consumed about half an hour and only
the outer layer was disposed of. To eat
whole artichoke would take small
eternity. He came to the conclusion,
finally, that American cookery, ON the
whole, was more nourishing than
French,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

The human family living on earth
to-day, says an exchange, consists of
about 1,450, 100000 souls-not fewer,
probably more. These are distributed
literally all over the earth's surface,
there being no considerable spot on the
globe where man has not found foot
hold. In Asia, the so-called ''cradle of
the human race" there are now about
500, 900, 900 people densely crowded, on
sn average of about 100 to every
square mile. In Europe there are $780,
eOO,OOo, averaging 100 to the square
mile,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

Tory originally meant robber; the
word comes from the Irish toiridhe, a
pursuer, a searcher, hence plunderer.
A tory was at first an Irish robber; the
state papers of 1866 use the word ''tor-
les and other lawless persons" Then
the word was transplanted to England,
where, after the restoration, the cav
alier party became that of the tories,
the name being given maliciously,
with the intention of identifying the
court party with the Irish outlaws in
it's support of Roman Catholic meas
ures. Then, during our revolution,
the word was applied to the court
party. in this country:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
Well Said.

V is the most amiable of sep
tuagenarians. The other day he met
Countess de Z, who asked how he
was, and complimented him on his
perennial youth. :
Madame" x replied, with a
bow, II am young enough to consider
you charming, and old enough to be
permitted to tell you SO to your face"
La Voix du Peuple.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
Not q Faux Pas.

81 fear have committed faux pas,"i
said the elegant young man, who had
put his arm around the girl about the
time her father opened the front door.
Don't you worry about the faux
pas" she exclaimed, with charming
naivete; "it's the pa pa that you want.
to be looking out for" and the elegant
young man did.-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

$50 you are no longer engaged to-
Miss Daisy Dimple," said a New York
youth to his friend, Gus Snobberly. {
''No, couldn't stand her Jealousy
She used to cry whenever she heard of
me embracing lamp post"
''Poor thing! What it must have
cost her for handkerchiefs. Texas
SiftinuS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

Little Girl haven't had new dress
for ever SO long.
Mother-No, dear; mamma couldn't
afford it; but be patient until my last
dress is worn out, and then I'll make
you two nice dresses of the sleeves
Good News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

"Did Lawyer Snallem charge you
much for attending to the probate of
your fathers will?"
Didn't charge us anything. He
did it for nothing and made the heirs
present of ten per cent. of the value
of the estate. Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

Jack-WOuld You scream if I were to
kiss You?
Amy-Oh, yes; but (confidentially)
there's no one within hearing.-Truth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
He Hesitated.

Pete Amsterdam have had awful
pains for the past week, no appetite,
and getting weaker every day. 7
Chumly-Why don't you send for a
doctor2
Pete observation-disclosures l am not
ready to die.-Texas Siftings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25
The Silver Lining.

Dorothy docking dreamily into the
fire)-And so this is the end of it all
quits forever?
Ten Broke tgloomily)-Yes.
Dorothy-Well, I'm glad the dia-
monds you gave me are so we'll
matched. I'll have them made into
earrings.-Truth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-25

Willis-Do you think whisky i'm
proves with age?
Wallace-Oh, yes; the older 1 get,
the better like it,-Brooklyn Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15

and chariot builder In Olympus. He buili
OF brass the houses Of the gods; he MADE
golden shoes for them with which they
trod the air or the water, and moved
from place 10 place with the speed OF the
wind or even thought He also, II would
appear shod with brass the celestial
steeds which whirled the chariots Of the
gods through the air, or along the surface
OF the sea.
This divine artist was even able TO be-
stow on his workmanship the power OF
seIf-motion--the tripods which he formed
could move OF themselves, in and out OF
the celestial hall. He even endowed with
Intelligence the golden hand maidens
whom he framed TO wait upon him.
The origin Of the world and it's various
parts and Inhabitants was represented by
the ancient Greeks as the birth Of Animal
ed beings.
They claimed that chaos or empty space
existed irst-then came into being Earth,
Tartarus and Love. Erebus or darkness,
and Night, were the children of Chaos.
Night bore to Erebus Day and Aethe.
Night was. without a father, the parent
OF the Hesperides, OF maidens who kept
the golden apples on the shore Of ocean,
Of Menus and Of Woe; Of Death. Sleep
and Dreams; of Nemesis. old Age and
Discord.
Earth bore TO Heaven six daughters
and six sons. called Titans, the three Cy-
clopes and the Hundred Handed These
children were hated by their father, and
as soon as they were born, he hid them
I'm cavern OF earth, who indignant, pro-
duced the metal named steel, and form
ing from II a sickle. gave II TO her son
Saturn, who lying in wait for his father,
mutilated him. The drops of blood which
fell on the earth gave origin to the Giants
and the Melian Nymphs; from what fell
into the sea sprang Venus. goddess Of
Love and Beauty.
When here and else where we read Of
gods married to their sisters. we must
recollect that I'm the East and among the
Ionian Greeks such things were not pro-
nibited.
Our next talk will, hope. be more In
teresting than this first one, and will con-
sist Of stories relative to some of the gods
and goddesses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
objections ron THEIR PLEAsURE
AND FKOFIT.
Some Instructive AS Wen as Enjoyable
Reading for tho ChildreD's Pernsal-
Editors Weekly Letter.
The Orchard ON The fill.

orandfather's home!-that dear old place.
A house with gables wide
Embowered IN trees, great red barn
With haystacks at its side,
A brook spanned by a rustic brldse,
A gloomy, rumbiing mill,
And set against dreamy sky
An orchard or hill!
Oh, every summer | 30 there,
When school is out. 10 stray,
i look for hens nests. drink new milk,
And tumble on the hay.
Grandpa is the best Of men
He let's me start the mill
And oh. the pippins growing In
The orchard on the hill!
GRANDMOTHER old, too, but so sweet!
She's sprightiy. though she's sray;
she feeds the chickens, milks the cows
And churns, most every day,
Such yellow butterl And her pies
The pastry-cupboard fiji,
They're made of yellow haryests from
The orchard on the hill.
Across the farm l love TO run.
Through fields Of grass and grain,
And fight the thistles By the brook,
The mulleins in the lane.
I love the dear old ga.den set
With rosemary. rue. and dill:
But best Of all and most OF all
The orchard on the hilll
oh, the berries from the priersi
Oh, the melons green and gold!
we put them In the spring-house
TO make them good and cold;
And from the beehives. now and then,
a honey-bowl we fill,
10 sweeten our baked ounces from
The orchard on the hill.
AT night Grandfather tells me tales
or long and long ago.
urnndni6thex. lnits and knits and smiles
To see her stockings grow,
While all outdoors is so calm,
SO dusky and so still
And then the moon rolls up behind
The orchard on the hill
At nine o'clock we have our prayer,
And then i go 20 bed,
Away OFF in the darkest room,
And cover up my head,
MOST scared 10 death, and listen TO
The lonesome whippoorwill
Calling 10 its mate across
The orchard on the hill.
Maurice Thompson in October st. Mich
aias.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
r lJGS$

Baby Solid Gold Button Sets $500 set
plated soc. set.
Baby Pin Sets, Solid Silver, Sl.OO SET
Fast Color Border Doylies, 6Oc. doz'
large size.l
Baby Pin Sets, Gold Plated, SOC. set.
Solid Silver Hat Pins, 10c. and loo
each.
White and Red Twilled Flannels at low
est possible prices.
Hair Pins, Shell with Gilt and Silver
Top, 25c. tnew.)
Hair Pins, Shell with Solid Silver tops,
S1.OO and $50.
Big Supply Hermsdorf's Hosiery for
Ladies, at 25c.
Genuine Diamond Solid Gold Rings,
S1.25 (warranted).
Gold Plated Rings, Assorted Stones, S5c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
THE child VINO BOARDS.
1t Misses Much That IL Good and Gains
Much That 10 Bad

Little folks away for the summer who
know that when autumn comes they
will return 20 their own home have a
delightful prospect ahead of them that
the child who migrates from one boarding
house 90 another or ffom one hotel to
the next knows nothing Of. says the
Philadelphia ''Times.' These little crea-
lures will have nomemory of that preci-
Gus home life that is such distinctive
feature Of childhood's best and happiest
days. TO them there will only be the
vision OF crowded tables cooped-up
rooms, endless laws and restrictions,
and above all an atmosphere OF gossip
that they early learn to take cogniz-
ance Of and part in.
The moral atmosphere of boarding
house or hotel for children is not such
as should surround them. They see and
hear so much of that phase of life that
is all selfishness that they soon begin
TO learn many SLY little ways that would
never come into their heads IL they were
safely SHELTERED in their home
Outside OF this view. think what II
must be for children who have no recoi-
lection of a kitchen where they were
permitted to make individual cookies on
baking days. TO smooth out with their
own little iron the creases in the dolls
dresses, and where, on festive occasions.
they were permitted to make taffy and
roast chestnuts. How can a child have
any Of these close and tender recollec-
tons that cling about home when the
only home that 1t has ever known has
been one room SO ciuttered up with the
belongings OF its parents that there has
been no room for playthings or the
hundred and one little conveniences that
q child enjoys? Children SO soon out
grow their illusions that as long as
they can be kept before them IL behooves
parents and guardians TO surround them
With everything conducive to that end.
No matter how small the house OF
necessity must be, have a home instead
OF an apartment In & nest Of other home.
less ones, whose idleness and laQk Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
THE BDITOR's LETTER.
Weekly Puzzles Omitted Todny-Lack Of
space.

The usual weekly puzzles as we'll as
one or two sketches sent by club mem
bers upon a subject given last Sunday,
will be omitted, owing to lack of space,
but below are two clever puzzles receiv-
ed some days ago. The Club Hours
that Is, the hours for the reception OF
children DESTROYS to enroll themselves as
Club members-are from four to five
o'clock on Mondays. Tuesdays and We'd
nesdays, and it will give me a great deal
OF pleasure to see any Of you who may
desire to see me, at those hours.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
BROAD STREET, Between 9th d0tl.

things is like to continue I wonder wheth~
or IL would not be well for them to buy
mules instead Of horses. western
horse needs TO get acclimated before he
IS ready for hard work. The mule Is
ready for the fray at once, and then his
serviceable life IS much longer as II ex-
tends 10 twenty, thirty and even forty
vears.-John Gilmer Speed in Frank Les
lies Weekly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
BL. ANK E T 5,

Ladies " Sample Underwear sin a..
tracing crowds.
A $500 Genuine smyrna Rug f0r 1862.
Packers Tar Soap, Rubifoam, Meade &
Bakers Mouth Wash and Deni'rce
all at our Toilet Counter a. popular
prices.
Century Cloth, 80 inches vide loes
ter than Satinel, Ste.
Stamped Linens and Embroidery Ms
terials cheaper than ever
Yard wide BIeached OF Unbleached Coz.
tons for &c. yard.
Steel Spring Roller Window Shades,
25c. complete.
80 dozen Gents Sheer If S. Initial Hand.
kerchiefs, 1910 regular price l7c.
IS dozen Gents All-Linen ii S. Initial
Handkerchiefs 2jc.; regularpriceS'i
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
JOHN R. WEST, Manager,
RICHMOND. Wa.

When an Armenian maiden attains hs.
seventeenth year. and Is not ersaseu ~
be married. she must unders0 ste"o.
punishment. She Is forced TO sast $3.50
days; then for twenty hoaFs s.t 80, -
Is salt fish, and she - NOT psrsnss~
cucrch her hi, st--Nsw xark 2sines-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
Miller 81 Rhoads.
Daily Deliveries to )iiLy
Barton Fights & Chestnut Hill, J JPr
NJ hoover heard Of

a 24x4S Hemstltched Huck Towo, :, -
Linen), PIC. each.
Plain Band Rings Gold fled. warr,..
ed for five years, SOC.
Plain Gold Band Rings (solld) slM
Big Lot Real Fine German Table Dan.
ask at soc. yard.
Gents Solid Gold Collar Buttons ttm
each
Gents Solid Silver Cuff Buttons. srm
pair.
20 Odors Triple Extracts At o..
ounce bottles free)
Large Supply vernon " and oths,
Tooth Brushes.
Boys SOC. Shirt Waists Tor 39c.
S1OO Tan Channels Gloves go at 800. d,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15

Desertions from the United States Navy
have been unusually large OF late, as stat
istlcs furnished by Commcdore Ramsey.
Chief OF the Bureau Of Navigation. show.
The table states that 30 men and 10 boys
deserted during the FISCAL year just end
ed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
ABORIGINAL PUZZLE.
Contributed by Master Pope Nash, of this

My first Is In stern but not in bow.
My second in which but not in how,
Ny third is in corn, but not in wheat,
My fourth is in hands, but not in feet,
My fifth is in mouse, but not in rat,
My sixth Is In dog. but not in cat.
My seventh is in hen, but not in goose,
My eighth is in tide, but not in loose,
My whole is a Southern city of great
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
COUNSEL TO MEN OF LARGE AFFAIRS.

During such period " financial disturbance as the
present. you find it necessary to concentrate all your
talents and energies .ne management Of your affairs
You cannot safely delegate the work to another.
At this time any else matter what his ability,
would be unable to successfully conduct your business
protect your investments, as well as you
But there is a CHANCE that you may at any moment
be FORCED thus to turn your affairs to the manage
ment of another-namcly, in tho event Of your death
Remember that executors often think more about
avoiding risks and protecting themselves than of carry
ing out the spirit of the testators views They gener
ally lack experience in the business they are trying TO
wind up.
This inexperience and possible lack of interest may
cost ten fifteen per cent Of the value Of your estate,
or
You cannot but recognize the truth of this atementi
nevertheless you guard against this loss by assuring
your life for the amount which in your judgment your
executors would waste in winding up your estate.
You can easily by economizng little in your
living expenses pay from your income the premium on
policy for $4,000 100000 issued by the strongest
financial institution of its kind in the world the Eqma-
BILE Life Assurance Society OF the United States l2o
Broadway, New York
If you then chance to die, your executor will be
INSTANTLY in the possession of $4,000 or 100000 OF
value if DEATH COMES.
On the other hand if you live, and take your assu-
rance for example the twentyyear Tontne Endow-
ment pan you will YOURSELF reap rich reward on ma
turty of the policy
The following is illustration of one out OF many
such policies maturing in 1893:
EXAMPLE.
LETTER FROM POLICY-HoLDER IN THE EQUITABLE
response your request should give you for paos'
Policy No Si54 which atured june q $780,
/ beg 0 make the following statement;
The policy for $1,000 Issued twenty years sgo on the
Endowmen. plan paid In premiums was s05S 60
Among other options following methods OF settlement ars
offered: .
F-Cash value sf59104 equal return OF all
the premiums exceeding
becond-A paid. up policy of life for $3.50.
Third-A life annuity OF Sll2o5
June Q, 1898. 4" D. MINK
N B-The OF the above letter has applied Equs
table policy for i've times the amount Of the original
policy.
JOHN r. WEST, Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
CROSS WORD ENIGMA.

1. A wise man. 2 A small partical.
3. TO pierce or stab. 4. A large bird
OF New Holland.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15

o Fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Were kindled In the upper skies
Az the same torch that lighted mine;
For so | must interpret still
Thy sweet dominion Ger my VIII,
A sympathy divine Emerson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
ABOUT THE PIBRoCH.

incentive make gossip and scandal
natural result.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
You People Ever SAW.

You People Ever Saw.
The leading importers Of New York
City are represented in this sale. Here's
what comes from an auction sale ia that
place:
Lace Curtains 81 yards long, extra
wide, at $3.50, $500, $2.25, $3.50.
Lace Curtains, Brussels effect, extra
wide, at $500 and $500.
These prices are fully one-third less
than usual.
Also Odd Pairs Of Curtains al Halt Price,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15

Solid Silver Tie Pins for &c.
Silver or Enamel Swords for loc'
Loyal Irish Note Paper 'pia'n OF
ruled, in two sizes) l5c. TO-
Envelopes. packs for DC.
The Washington Sword Ladies SCARF
and Tie Pin, CSC.
Solid Silver Pendant Neck Chains zoe
Big Invoice Box Paper at DC. box.
Part Pendant Plated Neck CHAINS 2oc'
Solid Silver Pendants and Neck
Chains SOC.
Big Bargains in Shaker Flannel at l7c'
All.Linen Crash 10c. yard.