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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
HOUSEHOLD BREVlTiES.

Mix stove backing with spirits Of
turpentine. 1t will take off the rust,
polish easier and stay glossy longer
than when water is used.
A Plain Pudding Sauce. a cof-
fee cup of boiling milk add table
spoonful ce flour, EHst wet with little
cold milk. Have ready teacupiui ofs
sugar and half teacupful of butter
beaten to cream. When the flour and
milk have boiled two or three minutes
add the sugar and butter Stir well,
but do not boil Flavor to taste with
vanilla, nutmeg or wine.-Boston
Budget.
Snow Pudding.-One-h half paper of
gelatine, two cups of sugar, the juice
of one lemon, the whites of three eggs.
Wet the gelatine with little cold
water and let it set one hour; add one
pint of boiling water, and the rest of
the ingredients. Mix, pour into a
mold and set in cool place. When
cold, turn on platter and serve with
a soft boiled custard Good House
keeping.
Hot Lemonade. When the enervat.
ing spring days come and one feels
tired out and has but little appetite,
wanting nothing for breakfast but a
cup of coffee, do not make the coffee
but substitute hot lemonade made as
follows: Squeeze the juice from the
lemons, add sugar to taste and pour
over it one and one half pints or a
quart of boiling water to each lemon.
Drink glass Of this as soon as seated
at the table and it will at once create
an appetite. Another glass taken dur
ing the meal will so strengthen and in.
vigorate one that the days work will
no longer be dreaded.
Potato Snow. Select large Irish
potatoes the same size, and boil in
their skins in salt water until perfectly
done. The great art of boiling Irish
potatoes is not to allow them to remain
in the water minute after they are
done, and if they are not properly
cooked this dish will be a failure.
When the potatoes are done, drain dry
and peel them. Then rub them through
a coarse sieve upon hot dish on the
stove. This must be the dish that goes
to the table, as it will never do to
touch them after the flakes fall into
the dish. Let the cover of the dish be
hot before it is put on. Serve immedi.
ately. Work
Fish Cakes. Prepare the fish by
dividing it from the bones, etc. Mash
up some cold potatoes very finely until
quit lumpless, and allow double the
quantity of the potatoes to the fish.
Melt some butter over the fre-a piece
about the size of walnut to half
pound of fish. Add the yolll of a beaten
egg to the fish, and flavor it with salt
and pepper. Stir it over the fire in the
saucepan where the melted butter is
for few minutes. Turn the mixture
out, make it into fiat cakes, egg-and-
bread-crumb each cake we'll, and fry
them to golden brown. Let them
drain before the fire, and serve very
hot, garnished with parsley and
triangles of sliced lemon. N. Y. Led.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
ABOUT TRIMMINGS.
Some Late Fashionable Notions in Woman's

Some Late Fashionable Notions in WOman's
Dress.
Frills of fine net for trimming ball
gowns are covered with several rows
of graduated spangles and bordered
with a corresponding fringe of spikes.
Entire toilets are made of black tulle,
embroidered with heavy white silk.
The lighter guipures and point
desprit are used for ruffies, the heavy
open guipures serving best for fiat
effects, as seen in hand insertions,
cuffs, high, straight collars and yokes
The embroideries shown this season
are indeed beautiful For fiouncings
on white petticoats are seen embroid-
cries from five to fifteen inches in
width.
Embroideries in lace effects, espe-
cially in guipure, are sold for summer
underwear, and all-over embroideries
in pretty open work effects are being
extensively used on children's white
and tinted cotton frocks.
Laces are being used in variety of
ways. They are made into capes for
trimming light colored dressing sacks,
are combined with straw for millinery,
just as they were with fur during the
winter season, and, trimmed with met
al discs, are made into demi- founcings
for evening gowns Silk and pongee
dust cloaks are also seen with capes
and wrist frills of ecru lace
Plated nets are made into dainty
draped fichus, berthas and turn-down
collars on silk and fine yoolan pOJyns
for midsummer.
With silk basques made in the Louis
XIV. style are worn fchus of very beau
tiful shot gauze. Silk gauze and chiffon,
with fine jet trimmings, are made into
evening waists and worn with black
moire skirts.
One of the queerest uses to which
lace has been put is as a covering on
light leather picture frames. s.-Chicago
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
What Cleveland Said.

One week after Cleveland's in
auguration he gave utterance to
the following prediction showing
that he had been posted by the
gold bug conspirators what they
were planning and also that he was
in hearty accord with what they
were doing; in fact was one of them.
"The country is going to have
the hardest times during the next
six months it has experienced in
many years. Times will be ex-
ceedingly hard. Money will be
close and it will be withdrawn from
banks and boarded up in such a
way as to create great distress. [
expect to see many banks fail.
There will be many factories and
shops closed and there will be
thousands of men who will 90 into
bankruptcy. l shall be sorry to
see individuals suffer but | don't
intend to raise my hand to prevent
it. A singular mode of express
ing sorrow.-ED. I What this
country needs and must have is an
object lesson. We must have hard
times, business failures and bank
ruptcies and a certain amont of dis
tress before Congress will realize its
duty and perform it. | propose to
give the country an object lesson. !"
This same cold blooded conspira-
tor against the people is now en-
deavoring with his confederates in
the senate to hide their guilt in the
plot with the sugar trust in franz
ing the sugar schedule in the bill
now being manipulated in the
senate. Will the people ever wake
up and use their commonsense and
see the cause of their present hard
time and the authors of them?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD, FRIDAY, JUNE
Somewhere among these march

Somewhere among these march
ing armies of peaceful petitioners is
the yet unknown man of genius for
organization and command, waiting
unconsciously for the hour of des-
tiny to strike. 1t were better to
let him fill an unknown grave than
to occasion his Immortality. A
little more of starvation and the
ditching of freight trains will be-
come an industry. Why should
men and women and children starve
and shiver when billion dollars
worth of the wealth of their enemies
is at1Oat on the railroads unpro-
tected and unprotectable? A few
bands Of resolute men can paralyze
the business and industries of the
nation; and we cannot enlist an
army large enough to prevent it.
1t were wiser to give these men
better employment. Civilization is
not built for injustice and oppres-
sion its wealth is not stored in
castles; all other considerations
aside it cannot afford injustice.-E.
NJ. BURCHARD, in National Watch
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
Home-Made Sweets,

If you like to make your own sweets
just for change, confectioners' sugar
may be used for a number of variet ties,
and the process is very simple. The
white ofeggs, with an equal quantity of
cold water, is put into dish, and the
sugar is stirred into it until it is of the
proper consistency to be nodded with
the fingers. 1t should be favored to
suit the taste with peppermint, winter
green, vanilla, lemon or rose. When
ready to shape, dust some plates lightly
with cornstarch, on which place them
to harden. English walnuts may be
pressed into one or both sides of one
variety; strips of figs into another
these should be about the size and
shape of the little finger. Pepper
mints and wintergreen should be left
plain. Chocolate drops may be made
and when nearly hard stick knitting
needle into one and hold it over dish
of melted chocolate and dip it (the
chocolate) over until covered
The chocolate should be shaved and
placed in bowl over a teakettle of
boiling water to dissolve. Almond
meats may be nodded in the center of
some of the balls.
The chocolate drops should be laid
on buttered paper to cool after being
covered.-Chicago Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
Starvation and Insurrection.

There are fourteen States in a
condition of semi-insurrection.
Militia are called out to suppress
mobs and strikes and the uprising
of the starving people. This trouble
is growing more threatening daily.
A few days ago man fell starving
in the Smithsonian grounds at the
Capital. Letters in his pocket
showed that he was a Virginian of
respectable class of people. And
so it is all over the country. AS
winter approaches everything will
gloom darker and more desperate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
A Leader.

Since its first introduction, Elec-
trio Bitters has gained rapidly in
popular favor, until now it is clearly
in the lead among pure medicinal
tonics and Notwithstanding
nothing which permits its use as a
beverage or intoXicant, it is recog-
nized as the best and purest medi-
cine for all ailments of stomach,
liver and kidneys.-It will cure
sick headache, indigestion, constipa-
ton, and drive malaria from the
system. Satisfaction guaranteed
with each bottle or the money will
be refunded. Price only soc. per
bottle. Sold by L. r. Kirk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend in
deed, and not less than one million
people have found just such a
friend in DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs, and colds.
If you have never used this great
cough medicine, one trial will con-
vince you that it has wonderful
curative powers in all diseases OF
throat, chest and lungs. Each
bottle is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed or money will be refund
ed. Trial bottles free at L. r.
Kinks drug store. Large bottles
SOC. and 81.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

Coal miners will continue to
organize strikes and operators to
cut wages, call on the authorities
for "deputies" and troops to enable
them to employ other gangs of half
starving employees, but the trouble
will never cease until the cause is
eradicated. The only remedy pos
sible is for the state to condemn
and take possession of all coal lands.
The public welfare demands this
and sooner or later it will be con-
summated. The monopolies which
have seized and hold these proper
ties secured them by strategy and
devious ways and have no just
claim to them. The public welfare
is far above the SOundest individual
title to any land, and that claim is
doubly strong against such titles
as the railroad companies and other
corporations hold to the coal fields.
The battle is joined between the
citizen and the corporation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
Not is But p per Cent.

E. NJ. Burchard of Hyattsville,
in an open letter to Senator German
indites the following paragraph.
according to Broadstreet's re-
port prices of goods have fallen in
one year about 10 per cent and the
value of money has risen to an
equal extent. AS a merchant /
have lost Is per cent of my stock
of goods and as much has been
added to what | owe.n In place
of 10 per cent being the increase i'll
the purchasing power of money and
the rise in the value of debt the
money and debt and loss ON his
goods is % per cent. A fall in
price of 33335 per cent is equivalent
to rise in the value of money and
debt to so per cent. This is the
ration at which poverty and riches
separate from each other, and
marks the geometrical progress at
which wealth is accumulating in
the hands of the few and poverty
is overtaking the laboring classes.
A dainty affair used for fan and
handkerchief, which is carried by
a cord on the arm, is the small bag
of white Indian silk. 1t is long
enough to hold the fan, the top of
which peeps out just above the
drawstring. The bag is lined with
apricot silk which shows the head
ing; it is full and gathered in at
the bottom. A tiny full pocket is
added on the outside of the bag at
the lowest part, which will con-
veniently take it. 1t goes half
across the bag, and is drawn up
with elastic run in below narrow
heading. This is intended to hold
the handkerchief.
The colors now in vogue are
bright shades-even the straw hats
are green, dark blue, red, ruby,
mauve, etc. All the bodices have
some sort of front of chemisette
moire, mousselin, Surah, either
mauve, red, blue, ETC., to which is
added large tie or bow of white
tulle, coming up to the chin. Color
ed blouses are worn with dark OF
black skirts.
Morning costumes are in light
cloth, mastic, beige, white or Suede,
and for evening dresses, net spangl-
ed with gold, silver, steel, etc, will
be the principal lining for tabliers,
sleeves, yokes, bodices, etc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

Ethel-My! These western men are
unconventional. 1 hadn't known that
young Mr.. Breezy, of Chicago, half an
hour before he was calling me by my
first name.
May (quizzically)-What did you call
him?
Ethel (energetically)-I called him
dOon!-Truth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
Don't Tax the Millionaire.

Tax the land aud tax the water; tax the sunbeams
and the air;
Tax creation, tax perdition, but
Don't tax the Millionaire
Tax the crops and tax the forests tax the people
everywhere;
Tax the school houses and churches, but
Don't tax th9 Millionaire
Tax the moonlight, tax the star-beams, and the
planets where they are
Tax the widow, tax the orphan, but
Don't tax the Millionaire!
Tax the living, tax the dying, tax their clothing,
bones and hair;
Tax the coffin, tax the gravestone, but
Don't tax the Millionaire
Tax the preacher tax the teacher, tax the saints
though few and rare:
Tax their faith and hope of heaven but
Don't tax the Millionaire!
Farm Fan, ThOmasville, N G.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
It Was About An tre Left,

Excuse me-" said the gourmand of
.he clearinghouse, addressing the
Iandlady, excuse me, madam, leaving
the table,
"Pray, don't mention it," said the
lady, politely, as she glanced at the
few eatables that remained; eve know
you are obliged to leave it or you
would not do So"
Then the other boarders looked at
each other and smiled signifcantly.-
n. Y. Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

DeWitt's Sarsaparilla is prepal ed for
cleansing the blood from impurities and
disease. 1t does this and more. 1t builds
up aud strengthens constitutions impaired
by disease. 1t recommends itself. DIR. L.
R. Kinks Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
GUM ELASTIC
ROOFING

costs only $500 per 100 square feet Makes a
good roof for years, and anyone can put it on.
LOCAL AGENTS WANTED.
Gum Elastic Paint only G0c. ergal, in Dbl. lots
or Si.5O for 5gal tubs Colordark red. Stops leaks
in shingle tinsor iron roofs, and lasts for years.
viii ship at once on receipt of price. TRY IT.
Send stamp for samples and full particulars
GUM ELASTIC ROOFING Co.,
80 Il IL West Broadway, NEW YORK
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

He sat an hour with her in the room,
At eve, in the warmth and light;
Then he stood three hou.s outside in the gloom
And the storm, bidding her good night.
N. Y, Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

If dull, spiritless and stupid; if your
blood is thick and sluggish; if your appe-
tite is capricious and uncertain. You need
a sarsaparilla. For best results take De
Wits. 1t recommends itself DIR. L. R.
Kinks Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

Pure blood means good health. Rein
force it with DeWitt's Sarsaparilla 1t
purifes the blood, cures Eruptions,
Eczema, Scrofula and all diseases arising
from impure blood. 1t recommends itself.
DR.. L. r. Kinks Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22
TIE CAUSE OF THE FEUD.

Mrs. Flaherty (proudly)-Do yea
hear me Mary Ann singing?
Mrs. Dooley-It's her voice Oh wish
Oh had, Mrs. Flaherty.
Mrs. Flaherty (unsuspiciously)-An'
phwat would TIL loil1es av you do wild
sich voice, Mrs. Dooley?
Mrs. Dooley-Oi'd toie a shtonc to it
and t'row it to the bottom av a well!-
Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

Take care, " she said, ''you do not 20
On icy walks and break your back;
Take care, dear spouse 1 love you So
Besides don't look well In back.
Chicago Record
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-24
Gladstone Started the Tune.

The following story of Mr.. Gladstone
is told in the "reminiscences of the late
Rev. James Dodds: CDR. Guthrie once
paid visit to the Duke of Argyll at
Inverary castle by special invitation. A
large and brilliant assemblage of guests,
including Mr.. Gladstone, were staying
at the castle, and before they retired for
the night DR.. Guthrie was asked by the
duke to conduct family worship. With
great pleasure 1 will conduct it, said
the doctor, but in the castle of Argyll
we must observe the good old Presby
terrain form and begin by singing a
psalm. 1t was agreed that a Scotch
song should be sung to a Scotch tune,
but the difficulty was to find pre-
centor' to start the tune and lead the
singing After a number of ladies and
gentlemen had been appealed to and had
declared themselves unfit for the duty
Mr.. Gladstone stepped forward. saying,
I'll raise the tune, DR.. Guthrie, and
well did he perform his task"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-24
SCORPIONS.

The natives of Lucca, in Italy, assert
that the scorpion will destroy itself if
exposed to a sudden light, and a writer
in Nature said that his informant and
her friends, while residing during the
summer months at the baths of Lucca,
were much annoyed by the intrusion of
small black scorpions into the house
and their being secreted among the bed
clothes, in shoes and in other articles Of
dress; that they soon became adopts in
catching the scorpions and disposing of
them in the manner suggested. "This
consisted in combining the animal under
an inverted drinking glass or tumbler
below which card was inserted when
the capture was made and then waiting
till dark, suddenly bringing the light of
a candle near to the glass in which the
animal was confined. No sooner was
this done than the scorpion invariably
showed signs of great excitement, run
ming round and round the interior of
the tumbler with reckless velocity for
number of times.
'This state having lasted for minute
or more, the animal suddenly became
quiet and turning its tail, or the hinder
part Of its body, over its back, brought
its recurved sting down upon the mid
die of the head, and piercing it forcibly
In a few seconds became quite motion
less, and, in fact, quite dead This OBJ
servation was repeated very frequently
jim truth, it was adopted as the best
plan of getting rid of the pests. and the
young people were in the habit Of han
ding them with impunity Immediately
after they were so killed and Of preserv-
ing many Of them as curiosities. " IL is
known that scorpions kin themselves
when surrounded by a ring of fire.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-24
REMARKABLE TREES.
some Of the More Striking Curiosities OF
Plant Life.

Plant Life.
On the Canary island grows foun-
tain tree, tree most needed in some
parts of the island. 1t is said that the
leaves constantly distill enough water
to furnish drink to every living creature
In Hero, nature having provided this
remedy for the drought of the island.
Every morning near this part Of the is
land CLOUD or mist arises from the sea,
which the winds force against the steep
cliff on which the tree grows, and it is
from the mist that the tree distills the
water.
China, too, claims her remarkable
tree This is known as the tallow tree,
so called from the fact of it's produc-
ing substance like tallow, and which
serves the same purpose, is Of the same
consistence, color and smell. On the is
land of Loo-Choo grows tree, about the
size Of common cherry tree, which
possesses the popularity Of changing the
color Of its blossoms. At one time the
flower assumes the tint of the lily, and
again shortly takes the color of the rose.
In Tibet there is curious tree known
as the tree of the thousand images. Its
leaves are covered with well defined
characters of the Tibetan alphabet. 1t
is of great age and the only one of its
kind known there.
The caobab tree is considered one of
the most wonderful Of the vegetable
kingdom. 1t appears that nothing can
kill this tree; hence it reaches an aston
ishing age as well as enormous size.
The natives make strong cord from
the fibers Of the bark; hence the trees
are continually barked, but without
damage, as they soon put forth new
bark. 1t appears impervious to fire, and
even the ak is resisted. as it continues
to grow in length while it is lying on
the ground
In Mexico there is plant known by
the name Of palo de leche. It belongs
to the family of euphorb1a. The Indians
throw the leaves into the water, and the
fish become stupefed and rise to the
surface and are then caught by the ma
tives. In this case the effect of the mar
cotio soon passes off. The milk of this
plant thrown upon the fire gives out
fumes that produce nausea and head
ache The milk taken internally is
deadly poison. 1t will produce death or
insanity, according to the size Of the
dose. There is a popular belief among
the lower class in Mexico that the in
sanity of the ex-Empress Carlotta was
caused by this poison. San Jose Mer-
curry.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-24
PEkGUINS FEEDING.
4hs Transformation That Takes Place When
They Enter the Water.


They Enter the Water.
The appearance of the keeper, with
his pail of live gudgeon, is the signal
for sudden and intense excitement in
the cages. The penguins wave their lit
tie f1ippers and waddle to the door,
whence they peer eagerly down the
wooden steps leading to the pool. The
cormorant croaks and sways from side
to side, and the darters poise their snaky
heads and spread their batlike wings.
At the waters edge the penguins do not
launch themselves upon the surface like
other waterfowl, but instantly plunge
beneath.
Once below water an astonishing
change takes place. The slow, ungainly
bird is transferred into swift and bril-
liant creature, beaded with globules of
quicksilver, where the air clings to the
close feathers, and flying through the
clear and waveless depths with arrowy
speed and powers Of turning far greater
than in any known form of aerial fight.
The rapid and steady strokes of the
wings are exactly similar to those of
the air birds, while its feet float straight
out level with the body, unused for pro
pulsion, or even as rudders, and as lit
tie needed i'll its progress as those of a
wild duck when on the wing.
The twists and turns necessary to
follow the active little fish are made
wholly by the strokes Of one wing and
the cessation of movement in the other,
and the fish are chased caught and
swallowed without the slightest relaxa-
ton of speed in a submarine flight
which is quite as rapid as that of most.
birds which take their prey in midair.
In less than two minutes some 80 gud
geon are caught and swallowed below
water, the only appearance of the birds
on the surface being made by one or two
bounds from the depths, when the bead
and shoulders leap above the surface for
a second and then disappear.
Any attempt to remain on the surface
leads to ludicrous splashing and confu
sion, for the submarine bird cannot
float. 1t can only fly below the surface.
Immediately the meal is finished both
penguins scramble out Of the water and
shuttle, with round backs and dropping
wings, back to their cage to dry and
digest -SpeCtator