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The leader., 1895-10-22
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
rHs WISE llTrLe SCHOLAR.

tne vlscst OF my schoists + I gentle little
maidNn,
VINO Locks at life aud learning with pair Of
soft blue eyes;
Sho has an answer ready, with deal on iosie
laden,
And solves st knoiSy questions and prob
lens as they rise.
We were learning in geography o. su-facs
elevations
Can yon tell me VIA, teiisi maps arei"
asked the little class.
I erpertei only hanging heads and verbal
hesitations;
Dut my wisest little scholar couldn't let .
question pass
al yol please, SIR" said she. joyously-with
pride her check we're burning,
To think that she could answer whsa the
others couldat dc IT,
"a relief map Is a map you've teen awful
time n,lesrning
And you're awful tired of ~ ami ycs'fe 80
glad to get th'oo Il"
Louisa IL Bruce, in n. y. Independent
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TURKISH FIRE TOWER.

as 1t Is called, one Tor each district, up
to the one where the fire seems to be.
The city was built on seven hills, and
each hill is district, so if the fire is in
the third district three balls will hang
on each side, that all may know where
to run for the fire.
The street Waterman, whose duty it
is to keep his eye often on the tower,
soon sees the signal. and If 1t Is in his
district he starts on run to warn the
firemen. He has club, and as he runs
he beats on the pavement with it, and
cries at the top Of his voice; "Yanghin
var! Yanghin war; There is fire!
There is fire. The first to hear
the noise and din are the dogs
of the city, and the dogs Of
Constantinople ought to have story
all b. themselves, for they are very
prominent. There are ten thousand Of
them, and the visitors say that it seems
as if every dog in the city turned out
at once the Waterman has a great
crowd Of dogs yelping and barking at
his heels, and this commotion soon
arouses the firemcn. These are volun-
teers, not regular company of train
men as we have, and part of them run
to where an old-fashioned hand engine
is kept, and get it ont and start for the
fire with it. and another set of men
grab their leather water bags, which
they sling over their shoulders as they
run, and go to the nearest public foun-
tain to fill them with water. Then
they, too, rush to the fire. the engine
pipes are attached to the bags, the men
begin to pump. and at last, when the
fire has Lad a good half hours start,
some small streams of water are played
on it, without, however, as you may
guess, very much effect.
At night colored light is used on
the towers, its color showing the dis
trict where the fire is. As the districts
are large and the firemen have no idea
In what part of the district the fire
may be, they sometimes race over the
most of it, with dogs and people follow
ing, before they find the blaze; by that
time, perhaps, good part of the
water has leaked out of the bags,
which are kept in use when they are
old and worn, and little good can be
done. 1t is because their means of
fighting fire arc SO slight and imper-
feet that the city is often visited by
most serious fires, and this is why. too,
the most dreadful sound in the streets,
particularly at night, IS the -shrill
"Yanghin vars of the Waterman.
Many of the Weather citizens keep on
hand large heavy curtains, almost as
thick as the Turkish rugs, and of great
size, which they hang in front of their
houses when a fire is near and seems
threatening. This curtain is called
kuzkeelim.-N. Y. Times.
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suggestion for Cattle Rai.er..

Beef cattle are yet in demand, and
there is plenty of time to grow calves
of good breeds for conversion into
beef in three years provided the calves
are we'll bred. If every farmer would
resolve to keep pure bred bull the
calves would be more valuable and not
be sold off the farm when but a few
days old. There is large loss to the
farmers of this country in the annual
slaughter Of very young calves and
yet the failure to- retain the calves is
due to the use Of scrub bulls, which
have done more to curse cattle raisers
than all other causes combined.
The leader., 1895-10-22

An excursion party from Boston went
to a rural part of the state, and in de-
fault of hotel accommodations some of
the members were obliged to seek
quarters in farmhouse. Everything
was neat and clean, and the meals
were excellent, but there was natural
absence of some Of the Injuries of city
life. Two of the ladies of the party
presently made the alarming discovery
that there were no keys in the locks Of
their rooms. They waited on the
farmers wife to complain. She listened
quietly, and then said. with q smile:
I'VE don't usually lock our doors, and
there's no one her but you. But !
suppose you kaow yocr own party
best" The visitors did not insist upon
the keys.
The leader., 1895-10-22
CURING SORGHUM.
How It Can lie Done Successfully In the
Dampest of Climates.


Noticing several articles as to curing
sorghum and having had lots of bother
here in this damp coast climate OF
Texas l will give my way, which has
saved me this years crop in good or
der and may benefit others.
After getting sorghum really to
stack cut three poles say twenty feet
long, the butt ends of which l put in
the ground .wo feet, leaving each pole
say eight feet apart, leaned SO that the
tops tie together with wire. l then
nail on some one.by-three boards to
keep the sorghum from inclosiu2 the
passage in the center, then build a
platform of rails or posts two feet
high on outside of frame as wide as l
care to make the stack. In this way |
form an air passage under and up the
center of the stack, thoroughly curing
it even if put up green.
l send you herewith q rough draw
ing from which you can perhaps pre-
pare an illustration which will explain
The leader., 1895-10-22
COMMERCIAL PICKlNGS.

ABOVE Mannheim the Rhine is to be
made navigable as far as Strassburg.
AS canal will be inadequate, impor.
tant changes must be made in the river
bed.
IT is estimated that thirty per cent. OF
the iron manufactured by Tennessee is
sold outside of the southern states. 1t
Is said to be the favorite iron with pipe,
pillow and stovemakers in the east and
north.
The leader., 1895-10-22
The Purchase Of seeds.

Some farmers will carefully look
over the catalogues every year and
purchase all the newest novelties that
are offered. They buy seeds knowing
nothing of them, and the new varieties
turn out to be of no value. Yet these
same farmers keep the same kind of
stock they had when they began to
farm, and all the evidences that can be
presented in favor of pare breeds i Of
no avail II they were Is energetic IN
securing the best stock - they are TO
procure superiority - fruits, grains
and garden vegetables, they would
soon be able to abslish< 1he mortgage.
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He Knew Too Well.

Actress ito editor)-See herel In this
article you say that I am about to start
out on a starving tour" when / dis
tinctly told your reporter that it was
TO be a starring tour"
Editor-Well, you see, he was an
actor himself before he went into this
business, and naturally he knows how
st is himself.-Town Topics.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Against All Precedent

"It pains mo to report" said the
chairman Of the Investigating COM
mittee, that we have been grievously
betrayed, grossly deceived"
"How?' asked several members In
unison.
az have Just learned" explained the
chairman, regretfully, that there are
some members of this committee who
really wish to invcstigate."-Chicago
Evening Post.
The leader., 1895-10-22
THE GOOSE BARNACLE.
One Of the Most interesting Members OF
the Shellfsh Family.

One Of the Most interesting Members Of
the Shellflsh Family.
The goose barnacle does not attach
itself to an object rigidly by its shell,
like the common barnacle, but by a
disk. at the base of stem or neck,
and it is from this stem or neck that it
gets the name of goose barnacle. With
glue or secretion of its own it ut
taches itself so tightly that it is diff
cult to scrape it off; but the neck Is
flexible. The body of the goose barn
acle, when it's hand or feeder is within
its shell and out of sight, looks some
thing like soft.shellcd clam; and 1t is,
In fact, sometimes called the clam bar
naclc. The goose barnacle is not uIi.
usual In the waters around New York.
In its earliest existence the goose
barnacle, like other barnacles, is free
swimmer, but it very soon attaches it
self, and thereafter it remains fast. 1t
may hitch on to Spite in tideway or
to some other fixed object, but it is gen.
orally found moored to a floating OBJ
ject, piece of wood, a plank, or the
side of vessel; fastened to moving
object it is more likely to get sufficient
sustenance.
The barnacle lives upon animalcule
1t fishes for its food with feeder,
The leader., 1895-10-22
gerrn-life

The doctors tell us, nowadays that disease germs
are everywhere the air, in the water in food,
clothes, money; that they get into our bodies live
there thrive and grow they find anything on
Consumption IS the destruction of lung tissue by
germs where the lung is too weak to conquer them.
The remedy is strength-vital force.
scott's Emulsion, with hypophosphites. means the
adjustment Of lung strength to overcome germ-ife
It is fighting the germ with the odds in our favor
These tiny little drops of fat-food make their way
into the system and refresh and re-invigorate it.
Whether you succeed with it not depends on how
good start the germs had. and how carefully you can
I've The shortest way to health is the patient one.
Tho gain i often slow.
Ebee - tM ecoU BOVINE slnsk Nm Ysk
The leader., 1895-10-22
Woman. Woman, Lovely Woman

Esrncrelda Longcofln Il saw you
kiss Miss Elderly yesterday when you
met her on the street. thought you
and she were at daggers' points. /
know she talked shamcfully about you.
Birdie MclIcnepin-I know it, too,
but she has grown so old and ugly that
] have forgiven her everything.-Texas
Siftinps.
The leader., 1895-10-22

Hidden in the grass, malaria but waits our
approach, to spring at and fasten its fangs
upon US. There is, however, certain anti
dote to its venom which renders it powerless
for evil. Hostetters Stomach Bitters is this
acknowledged and world-famed specific, and
1t is, besides this, a thorough curative fer
rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver complaint, con-
stpation, la grippe and nervousness In con-
vslescence and age it is very serviceable.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Heipiny His Friend.

Bagley-You might help fellow. If
you wanted to. I'd like to have Ger
trude find out all about my good points
from an outsider.
Bailey-I'm helping you, Bagley.
Why, it is only yesterday that did my
best to convince her that you were no
Eooll-Puck.
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Her Reason.

Mr.. Younghubbe-Don't sou think.
my dear, that you cook twice as much
rs we need?
Mrs. Younghubbe (artlessly)-I did II
on purpose darling; want to try some
of those Hints for Housekcepers-
How to make dainty dishes from what
was left over from yesterday. "-Detroit
E1,n
The leader., 1895-10-22
After tho OuadrIlle.

Ue-Ah, mademoiselle, If I were
bich and lovely as you are know wha,
Z would do.
She-Marry a count, suppose.
ue-Not at all.
She-What then?
He-If l were you I'd marry mo-
fudge.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Genuine.

Hairdresscr-Yes; I pride myself on
the fact that all the false hair l sell is
thoroughly genuinc.-N. Y. Journal.
The leader., 1895-10-22
How Nsp. syas Pinned Down.

Papa, I've got some mending for
you TO do. roller-slxates are broken"
"Wen, put them away till morning.
Its too late to mend anything now"
"Whyl You said this morning that it
was never too late to mend. - Harper's
Round Table
The leader., 1895-10-22
Kate Field in Denver.

DENVER, Sept. 10.-My journey from
Chicago was over the Chicago, Burlington
e. Quincy Railroad, one OF the best man
aged systems in the country, l should says
judging by the civility of the employees, the
comfort experienced, the excellence of it,
roadbed, and the punctualty of arrival. !
actually reached Denver ahead of time. The
Burlington Route is also the best to st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas City.
The leader., 1895-10-22
They Feared.

"why do you suppose the kings OF
old were clothed in purple?"
80 that they might DO IN violet, /
guess. IN. Y. Recorder.
The leader., 1895-10-22
"YSu ask me Is marry you, Georgey

OU Ask me % MARTY yOHi UcUTge', bno
said, slowly. "Do you kEotv, that l am
rich.n Yes" ''In my own rightl Yea"
"And that you will have to come to me fer
money! Eyes" even for cab fareF
"Yes.n "And that you will have to walk
In pleasant weather" "Yes." "And you
are willing to marry me and take the
chancesp Eyes" "Then l am yours,
George, and l hope you may be happy
Household Words.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Ewes Wit.

"Nothing but leaves" said Eve with
4 Twinkle III her eve, when Adam COM
plimcnted her upon her new garment.
Boston Transcript.
The leader., 1895-10-22
He Wants to Know.

Tommy Traddles-Papa, you call that
little bit of tiny wee engine don.
key engine, don't you?
Mr.. Traddlcs-Yes, my boy.
Tommy-Well, papa, won't that dom
key engine have to grow great deal
bigger before it can have any horse
power?-Harper's Young People.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Fall
WI edicine

Is fully as important and as beneficial as
Spring Medicine, for at this season there
is great danger to health in the varying
temperature, cold storms, malarial germs,
prevalence of fevers and other diseases.
All these may be avoided if the blood is
kept pure, the digestion good, and bodily
health vigorous by taking
The leader., 1895-10-22
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 6Oc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The leader., 1895-10-22

uab-And Is this really the first time
ys;s s-er were la love. Freddic9
Frcd-Atsvl,,sely. darling; but sim
cerely hors it Wpat w the last'--iiius-
trated Bits.
The leader., 1895-10-22

Kind sir. this encyclopaedia
Il full. ssid be. sof knowledge =
The Youth With scoxn ve1arded htu
eassh hsl I'm iosl iFqq eellpes =
The leader., 1895-10-22

HE-"Will you be rline-mine until death
rs do part!" Shell don't know about
that; you look as If you might live q good
many years. "-lndianapolis Journal.
The leader., 1895-10-22

II WILL xii! him." cried the pcet, ''if !
have to tic him fast and read him to death
with one Of my ewn onnets."-Harper'
Bazar.
The leader., 1895-10-22

"DrD your unclc remember you in his
wills" Eyes, dear old fellow! He left me
his best wishes in special codicil. p
Harper's Bazaar.
The leader., 1895-10-22

~ wish were a mani lwould do
pomethina noble, self-sacrlhclng.'
Propose " 0 Ial IKE yOuFsels?"~-
Nt|
The leader., 1895-10-22

uef midnight Fafc~eti@
ii call my girl Adelina Patth'
"What fot7"
"She says good-by so many times at
the front door. Chicago Record.
The leader., 1895-10-22

my meaning. The frame is three-cor-
nered. This style of stack will hold
from twenty-five to thirty tons 1t
will keep in any climate. Here the air
is damp and foggy and the above is
the only way l can cure It'll D..
Kean, in Breeders Gazette.
The leader., 1895-10-22
Like a yenomous Serpent

THE highest problem of any art is to cause
by appearance the illusion of a higher
reality. Goethe.
The leader., 1895-10-22

a 'PRAcrICAL joker" Is one for whom M
one has any practical use.-Young Men,s
Tra
The leader., 1895-10-22
Plain and Ornamental

A, erst the drinkers DRINKS ere plain,
Iu. shouid no frequently renew them
With whisky, beer and vile cham payne
Hs'li add Gelifiur1 trimmifs 70 them.
Il A. W. Bulletin
The leader., 1895-10-22

IN case of doubt In Kentucky pokp,
game always draw both guns.-W ashfngto,
The leader., 1895-10-22

'uosuQor-'s5uIql eIl2!I III luBS9Is puv
'sSuIql 2ceIS VI lgeI5 u8u 9 9Aeq dInoA I
The leader., 1895-10-22

How FAST we learn 10 day OF sorrow.-
II. Bonlr.
The leader., 1895-10-22

Az old member Of the London stoch A.
change says: THE only time man Of OK
pcrience takes his wife into his cou6dsns.
-Inugehold Words.
The leader., 1895-10-22

THERE Is nothing that man can less NJ.
ford to leave at home than 'is copscisacs
Or his good habits.-Packe.
The leader., 1895-10-22

"IsN'r that q new ripgl" cts new to
me."-Life
The leader., 1895-10-22

We have MT been without Piso's Cure n,
Consumption TO. ~ years.-LizzIs FERREl.
Camp St, HarrisbS."g, Pa, May 4, "a. '-'
The leader., 1895-10-22

THERE Is this difference between h.,.,
cess snd wisdom, that he who thinks Ibg ,l
self Tho haypiest man, really ia so; but Inn y.
the greatest fool.-Colton.
The leader., 1895-10-22

HsIps Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
The Purse Net.

| A somewhat novel feature in fishing in
these waters may be witnessed every day
in the river at Perryville. Messrs. w. c.
Bailey, Robt. Green and R. Sawyer are
this season fishing what is known as a
'purse metz something of the nature of a
hauling seine without any shore.
The purse net is by no means a new
thing in other waters, but in this locality
it is quite novelty. 1t is a seine some
what similar to the ordinary hauling seine
with what is called pocket i'll the middle
of it. 1t is laid out from two boats going
in different directions, each starting at
the pocket, and laying the net i'll circle
until they meet. The net is then drawn
together after the manner of purse with
'puckering" string, the lead line being
drawn in faster than the cork line.
When the net is almost closed in, the
fish are driven into the pocket and then
can be readily dipped into the boat.
These nets can be fished in any water
they are deep enough to reach and as no
shore or landing place is required they
can be operated at any point in the river
or bay desired -PeryyVilZe Record.
This is the kind of net used in catching
the menhaddens or mossbunkers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26

William D. Bratton has succeeded his
bIother Daniel Bratton, decd, in the
management of the Cecil County Meas.
Gov. Brown has commissioned Jas. L.
Eames of Colora, Justice of the Peace for
the Sixth dist. of Cecil county, vice w.
w. Wiley, decd.
Miss Dora Webster pleasantly enter
tanned party of Rising Sun young folks
at her home, at Hopewell, Pa, ON
Wednesday evening.
The household effects of the late ]. T.
Mccullough were sold at public sale on
Wednesday last, under bill of sale given
to Enoch Mccullough.
]. Granville Richards has had tumble
up stairs in the custom house where he
has been employed several years, the fall
being into an advance of salary of $500.
Richard Reynolds (of Frank caught a
shad last Saturday in North East river off
Red Point, that weighed 81 pounds and
measured over 26 inches in length and
II inches in circumference.
| Kirk Logan of Perryville, accidentally
shot James Anderson, colored, in the arm
on Saturday last playing with small
revolver. DR.. Housekeeper took the ball
out which left painful flesh wound.
Mrs Agatha R. Scott, widow of the late
David Scott of Big Elk, died on Saturday
last aged Sc years. Funeral on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Scott was noted politician in his
day.
The Ri. Rev. Bishop Curtis of Will
mington will deliver lecture at the
Catholic Church in Rising Sun, on Sum
day evening, April 18th at s o'clock. All
are cordially invited to be present; every
body welcome. P. P. ARND, Pastor
Mr.. Hambleton of Calvert runs a separat
or (cream extractor) by boiler without
an engine. Around the circumference of
the bowl is band attached full of holes
or little cups. The steam plays on these
cups as water OH waterwheel and gives
the revolving motion.
On the fourth page we publish an in
structive paper on good roads prepared by
Mr. A. L. Duyckinck and read at the
monthly sociable held at West Noting
ham last week in support of affirmative of
the Resolved that the county
roads should be mecadamized Next
week we will publish the rejoinder ON the
negative side by Mr.. Gillespie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
lakewood Items.

Miss Suie Montgomery is attending
Tome Institute
Charles Dempsey cut his foot badly
while hewing ties on Saturday last.
The members of Bethesda church are
preparing to hold festival on May nth
w. Atwood Montgomery's mother died
in Philadelphia last Monday, after long
illness.
Lots of jack o'lanterns may now be
seen along the river shore from Como
wingo to Octoraro, scooping for herring.
Last Tuesday evening party of gentle
men friends dropped in on Squire Cum
mings for social time and so surprised
the Squire that he at first thought another
Conowingo riot had broken loose.
The memorial services held at Bethesda
last Sunday were pronounced a decided
success. Revs. Maloy and Ewing made
eloquent addi esses, as did also Bro. Thos.
H. Moore, in behalf of the Jr. o. U. A.
NJ, which turned out in body for the
occasion. WARBLER.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
News From CoIora and Vicinity.

The newly organized lodge of. O. G..
T. at Colora met in regular session in
Wiley's Hall on Thursday evening, 18th
inst. Mr.. Chester Woodrow was initiated
and became a member. making total OF
thirty members so far. We hear of
a number of others who intend joining.
A good musical and literary program is
carried out each evening, and steps are
being taken to establish library of useful
and entertaining books, the same to be
under the care and supervision of the
lodge.
An entertaining social was held on
Saturday evening last at the parsonage,
Mount Pleasant, under the auspices of
the Epworth Leauge. About thirty were
in attendance and 81 40 added to the
treasury of the League. The church has
been improved by new roof and an
effort is being made to still further I'M
prove it with a new floor and seats.
Rev. Rooms, formerly of North East
but now of Milford, lectured at Mount
Pleasant on Monday evening Subject,
"Why the League Should be En-
couraged." X
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
On a Solid Foundation.

1t has been reported that the
Walter A. Wood Harvesting
Machine is no longer manufactured
as the company broke up last winter.
VIM. Brown, who has the agency
for these machines in this section,
desires to state that there is nc
truth in the report. The company
which failed several weeks ago at
Minneapolis was an independent
concern, manufacturing the Wood
machines on royalty for the
western market and had no other
connection with the main Office at
Hoosic Falls, N. Y, which is turn
ing out more machines this year
than ever and can also supply at
any time repairs for any machine
ever manufactured by them.