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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
A CHICAGO TRICK.
But Somehow the Drummer Couldn't Seem
to Make 1t Work.

to Make 1t Work.
81 saw queer trick in Chicago the
other day" said the drummer as he
lighted fresh cigar and pared his nails
with his pocketknife.
OF course two or three of the group
wanted to know all about it, and he
continued;
Zone of you let me have clean 81
bill for moment. All, that's a daisy
of a bill-just off the press last week.
Now, then, ] lay the bill face down.
ward on the floor-thus. The chap who
did the trick was not professional Jug
gler, but he did it with neatness and
dispatch. ] don't say can do it myself,
but I'll try
"But what is the trick?"
"Why, | take my knife and cut the
bill lengthwlse-so. Then cut it cross.
wise-so. That divides the bill into four
equal portions, doesn't it?'
Every one in the group answered that
it did, and tho drummer gazed at the
pieces awhile and said:
''The trick is to blow the pieces to-
gether so that the edges will unite. The
Chicago man did it, but just how
couldn't find out. Let's see l will now
blow. Ah, they do not unite. will
blow again.
"What in the Old Harry are you try.
ing to do?" demanded the owner Of the
bill.
"Why, I'm trying to blow the pieces
together" innocently replied the drum
mer.
"But you can't do it. {"
"No, l see can't. The Chicago man
did it, but I'm not ON to the trick. Here
are the four pieces, and guess you II
have to get bottle of mucilage and
sheet of paper and paste them togetheH
Awfully cute trick, but ! can't do it.
Wish I could, but can't"
And, strangely enough, the owner of
the bill looked at the pieces. and from
the pieces to the drummer and back,
and then called the drummer a double
dyed idiot and walked off with the decla-
ration that he'd like to punch soms-
body's head.-Detroit Free Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
-HS BLOOD is the source of
h, alth. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla to
keepit pure and rich. Be sure to get
HOODS SARsAPARILLA.
Special Holiday Excursion to Zoo
logical Garden, Philadelphia, via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

On Decoration Day, Thursday,
May 80, 1895, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will run excur-
sions to the Geological Garden,
Philadelphia, from Lancaster, Potts.
vile, Wilmington, West Chester
(via Central nivision), Perryville
(via Central Division), Trenton,
West Morrisville, and principal in
termediate stations. Special trains
will be run in each direction, and
excursion tickets, good only on
special train, will be sold at greatly
reduced rates,
For details in regard to time of
trains, rates, &C., see small bills, or
apply to ticket agents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26

No institution needs reforming more
than the U. S. Supreme Court. Its
decisions rest on technicalities and wholly
ignore justice. Nine old men in silk
petticoats can't rule and subjugate the
American people with their technical
legal sophistries. Send them to the rear
with the Referendum, and make our
Supreme Court consist of I6, 900, 900 voters
in place of nine old legal grannies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
RISING Sun CECIL COUNTY MD, FRIDAY, APRIL

never met any one while walking in her
girlish innocence round the margin Of
the lake. "Tell him was sorry, were
the last words she whispered in her
morher's ear.
The sign that Sir Humphrey waited
for came at last in the shape of a
scrawled letter, with an unprorounce-
able name on the postmark. Come to
the mountain to see your son., " it said.
"Macha, the mother, is dead"
That sorrow is long past now. Sir
Humphrey is married to more suitable
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26

o for an eye more clear to see,
A mind to grasp more earnestly,
For every good intent,
That to the sick and despairing
L bring thee a peerless cure.
Pan-Tina the great remedy for
coughs, colds and consumption, 25
and so cents. Sold at Z. 7. Reyn-
Olds' drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
CORNER cuPBoARDs POPULAR.
An Old Fashioned Piece of Furniture
That Every Woman Covets.

An Old Fashioned Piece of Furniture
That Every Woman Covets.
Corner cupboards are such ex-
travagantly popular pieces of furni-
ture just now that bric-a-brac
dealers not only buy them readily,
but send out and canvass the
country in hopes of securing good
specimens. The style of 40 years
ago is excellent, with small panes
of glass fitting the shelf space, solid
brass knob for the upper door, and
brass keyholes in the lower section.
But they do not always appear to
advantage, because frequently the
owner has tried to do the cupboard
over herself, and daubed its sur
face with villainous red paint.
The quality of the wood can be
determined by scraping off a little
paint. If it shows a reddish pink,
it is cherry, if light color it is
imitation. The idea now is to pre-.
serve the original design as nearly
as possible, and to this end little
renovation is made other than
polishing. The windows are left
intact, an extra band of molding
added on the top, and supports
placed underneath to raise it about
four inches from the floor. Claw
feet with a carved apron, sur
mounted by narrow molding, is q
wonderful improvement, without in
the least detracting from the coveted
air of antiquity.
Doing over an old cupboard is
very inexpensive. The article itself
costs at the least from $S to $12.
To polish it alone amounts to some
more, and adding claw feet and
molding brings it up to a total of
$2S. These prices, of course, de-
pend, to some extent, ON the locality,
labor being cheaper in some places
than others. In lieu of the claw
feet, balls can be used, and indeed
many persons prefer not to have
them raised at all.
Modernized cupboards are also in
demand. The upper door is re-
moved and shelf cut out, leaving
an open space between the lower
and upper sections, and two doors
with large plate glass panels en-
closing the remaining shelves. The
lower doors are left intact, and
brass hinges O; elaborate pattern
serve as ornaments. The open
space is lined with plate mirrors,
which reflect it's silver and glass
contents. The interior is painted a
rich cream tint, against which
delicate china shows to advantage.
One carver has sent out 10 new
cupboards in the past two years,
principally to inland cities. They
have all been different in detail and
splendidly handsome specimens.
But the old cupboards can be made
equally as beautiful at less expense,
and for some reason their very age
makes them more desirable than
the strictly modern affair.
-SA4e%
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-26
NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings. of the Orphans
Court of Gee county will be held on tn
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring II
their vouchers few davs before Court.
Test. R. f.. JAMAR. Register
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

Mrs. Harriet Haskell Mcdonald Ct
Brunswick has just finished her second
course of lectures on English Literature,
given during the past winter before a
class of ladies in Augusta The course
last year was on English writer's during
the latter part of the past century and
the first of this, and the present year she
has treated of the writers of the past
fifty years. Carlyle, Matthew Arnold,
Tennyson Newman, Rossetti, and num-
Der of others have been studied with great
pleasure and profit by the class. Much
satisfaction is felt in the prospect of n
third course which Mrs. Mcdonald has
been persuaded to undertake next win
ter. The third course will consist Of lee
lures upon the English writers of the
present day, and III view of the great in
terest now felt in so called current
events, - there is every prospect OF this be-
ing the most attractive yet undertaken.
Mrs. Mcdonald has made a most careful
study of all the writers she takes up in
her different courses and is very success
full in imparting her own interest anu
enthusiasm to her classes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

for smoked herring. There is now no law
requiring the capacity of these herring
boxes to be no less than 464 cubic inches.
A law has been passed allowing the use
of artificial minnows and artificial in
sects in fishing, as well as artificial flies.
The insurance commissioner has been
authorized to compile and publish 5000
copies of the insurance and fraternal
beneficiary laws of the State.
The State has been authorized to accept
the gift of the First Maine Artillery Asso-
citation, the fire acres Of land at Peters
burg, Va, and the monument upon it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
HORSES FOR Sale.

fsA lot of Canada horses Just arrived. For sale
at Spencer's stable, Augusta, Me. These horses
range from 1000 to 1900 pounds, are all young
and sound and will be sold for prices to suit the
times IL applied for soon. Call for H. r. Cum
mings or w. NJ. Prescott. mar4dlw+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
A Card.

Having had brought to my notice, a
number of false reports, which have been
circulated by unscrupulous parties. con-
corning my successors, l feel it my duty
to STATE that the gentlemen to whom l
disposed of my business, are thoroughly
acquainted with all the branches of mar
BILE and granite work.
They have retained the workmen who
have for years been in my employ, and
whose work will take position with the
best in New England. l will guarantee
that for fair dealing I'd quality of work,
the reputation OF the old stand will be
maintained.
l thank the public for its patronage of
the past thirty 900 years and bespeak
continuance of the same for my successors.
W. H. TURNER.
L L.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
Augusta, March 18th, '95.

A man went into DR.. Gadrcau S
drug store at the North End, yesterday
morning, and while he was there the
clerk went down cellar to look after the
fire During the clerks absence the fellow
took two bottles of valuable medicine
and went out. He then proceeded to an
other drug store and told the proprietor
that he found them on the road over the
river. Upon looking the bottles over the
druggist saw that they had upon them
the cost and selling mark of some dealer,
so concluded that the seller must have
got them illegally. A price was fixed,
the fellow was told that the stock would
be looked through and if any of this drug
was needed the sum set would be paid.
The druggist gave the bottles to his clerk,
told him to go up street and see If the
owner could be found. Marshal Bean
was told to come to the store where the
goods were and give the would be-seller
surprise. Dr. Gadrcau came down to
the store and at the time set the fellow
appeared filled with hopes of making
sale He was more than surprised when
the marshal stepped up behind him and
said that the goods bad better be turned
over to the owner. The lesson will, doubt
less, prove a salutary one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
Memorial Exercises.

Memorial exercises for the late Orrin A.
Tuell will be held in the Supreme Court
this afternoon at o'clock.
Resolutions will be presented by the
committee appointed by the bar, consisting
of l.. G. Cornish, Esq, of this city, Hon.
4. NJ. Spear of Gardiner, and Hon. G. +.
johnson of Waterville, and remarks will
be made by them and by other members OF
the bar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

Miss Carrie E. Allen, who has been
seriously i'll with fever for the past
week. at her home on Flagg street, was
more comfortable, yesterday Her physi-
clan, DR.. Tuell, thinks now she Will come
out all right
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

Miss NJ. L. Maxwell, who died in Win
throp. Sunday, March 3, was well known
in this city where she was in the millin-
erv business for some years. She had a
large circle of friends who sincerely mourn
her loss. The funeral will be held at her
home in Winthrop, Wednesday, at
O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

The fire department was paid off, last
evening, by the city, and the fire-fighting
laddies were joyous. BY invitation OF
the Capitol Hose Co. the Atlantic Hose
of the East side went to the engine house
of the Capitols and enjoyed delicious
repast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

Hiram Bliss, Jr., of Washington, was u
the city, Monday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that my wife, Eva
Mand Pnilen. having left my home without
suficient cause. hereby pssd Ma on nav account
8 sba,l nav no bills of her contracting after
this date. 200. mar5dlawaw
Augusta, Feb. %, 1895. "a''''ia"s~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

The H. G. Staples Camp, 5. of v,
worked the CHARITY" degree, last even
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

]. B. Bracket was here from Portland
Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

Samuel Fale was here from South Der
wick, last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

". H. Lawrence of Sorrento, was
Augusta, Monday.
The herald., 1895-02-20
Id Fashioned

compound CdtndTtlC
pills, "blue pills." cal
omel or other mercu-
rial preparations,
should not be used in
these days of enlight-
ened medical science,
when it is so easy to
get a purely vegetable
pill in concentrated
form, sugar coated,
in glass walls, at any
store where medi-
cines are kept.
DR.. Pierce was first
The herald., 1895-02-20
LOU SUEY TRIED TO RUN
And Got Bullet in His Spinal
Column
He nay Live Short Time but the Wound
Will Eventually Prove
Fatal

Last night shortly before Z clock the
quick, sharp report of a revolver rang out
in Ferguson alley east of Alameda street.
Immediately afterwards three Cinnamon
ran wildly down the alley, leaving another
one stretched upon the ground in its
midst, screaming with pain. The wounded
Chinaman is Lon Suey, who is considered
one of the most harmless and inoffensve
denizens of Chinatown. He was inter
ested in store and restaurant and
through some injudicious information
given to the police officers against brothel
Keepers, brought upon himself the dis
aster of yesterday.
The wounded man was removed at once
to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol
wagon, accompanied by three of his assal-
ants, who are now safe in Jail.
1t appears that Suey was quietly walk
ing along Ferguson alley, and when about
its center noticed short distance in
front of him four Chinamen, Wong Wing
Fack, Wong Wen, Wong Chung and Wong
Chez who were his enemies. Suddenly
he heard Wong Chez say to the other
Cinnamon, "Shoot him." Lou Suey
waited to hear no more, but turning
quickly, fed down the alley towards Ala
media street. He had taken very few steps
when Fack, the largest of his adversares,
fired, hitting him in the back. The large
Chinaman, Fack, then quickly gave his
gun to Wong Chung and all ran for shell
ter. The prompt appearance of officers
upon the scene resulted in the apprchen-
sion of Wong Wing Fack, Wong Ching and
Wong Wen. The other Chinaman, Wong
Chu, who, it is claimed was the prime
mover in the attempted murder, escaped,
and jumping a car showed himself on
Spring street in front OF the Nadeau Hotel
within five minutes after the shooting
took place, it being evidently his inten-
tion to prove an alib. Wong Chee, how
ever, who is well known to the police as
an old offender, was recognized by wit
nesses at the time of the shooting and the
officers up to a late hour last night were
searching diligently for him.
The gun used was shortly afterwards
found lying in the alley and proved to be
a 44-caliber Smith and Wesson, with one
chamber discharged.
The wounded man was attended by
Police Surgeon Bryant, who found the
ball had entered the small of the back, a
short distance to the left Of the spinal
column, and is now lodged in its verte-
bre. 1t is conceded that the man will
eventually die, although he may linger for
two weeks or more. The result of the
wound is a complete paralysis of the lower
limbs.
The herald., 1895-02-20

would not be expected to locl, favorably
on competing road. Still, Colonel Mar
BILE favors the building of all the railroads
into Los Angeles that it can get, and
says so.
T. d. Stirison
In reply to the question, what should
| Los Angeles do to secure u competing line
of railway to the San Joaquin Valley?"
r. d. Stmson, the well known capitalist,
said:
''As a city, nothing; the citizens, as in
dividuals, whatever they can afford to do
as business proposition. | do not be-
lieve in bonding the city or county for
/ city for water works, schoolhouses and
like public necessities, but when you
go beyond that YOU make taxation so
high that people can not afford to own
property. | do not like the idea of put
| ting mortgage on other peoples prop
erty, and that is what it amounts to.
"A competing line of railroad to Bakers
! field, or some other point in the San
Joaquin Valley, would be good thing for
Los Angeles, and the project is worthy of
encouragement. If proposition is formu-
lated that will commend itself to business
men, they will take hold of it. If the road
is built it will be by private enterprise,
but it must be remembered that Los An
geles has not got a great amount of unin-
vested capital. 1t could not raise as big
subscription as San Francisco for such
purpose.
Would you as an individual do any
thing to assist the project, Mr.. Stimson?'
| I
a prospect of accomplishing anything. |
cannot say how much | would do 1t
would depend entirely upon what |
though of the scheme as an investment
after careful investigation and the good
it would do the city. AS vet | have given
the subject little thought and could not
commit myself to any proposition"
n. w. Stimson
Mr.. Stimson, president of the Union
Bank of Savings and the Security Loan
and Trust Company, said: II am not
ready to answer the question as to what |
will do for the Valley railroad. l think
well of the project, but | want to know
more about it before commit myself"
J. M. Elliott
j. NJ. Elliott, president of the First Ma
tonal Bank, is out of the city, but his
representative said that Mr. Elliott favored
the building of the San Joaquin Valley
road by taxation rather than subscriptions
and favored the proposed Salt Lake road
above the valley line.
S. II. Kingery
Mr.. kingery, Councilman from the
Fourth Ward said if the road was in
tended as competition or the Southern
ID, ,a;E 4 L. .
will do my share to help it along, but as
to the method to be pursued | cannot
suggest anything now"
Herman W. Heman
Herman W. Hellman, vice-president of |
the Farmers and Merchants Bank, de- |
clned an interview and was positive in |
his refusal to talk about the San joaquin |
Valley Railroad at this time.
The herald., 1895-02-20
Once Used, they are Always In Favor.

Assist Nature a little now and then, with
a gentle, cleansing laxative, thereby remov-
ing offending matter from the stomach and
bowels, toning up and invigorating the liver
and quickening its tardy action, and you
thereby remove the cause of multitude of
distressing diseases, such as headaches, in
digestion, or dyspepsia biliousness, pim-
PIES blotches, eruptions, boils, constipa-
ton, piles, fstula and maladies too numer-
Gus to mention.
If people would pay more attention to
properly regulating the action of their
bowels, they would have less frequent
occasion to call for their DOCTORS ser
vices to subdue attacks Of dangerous dis
cases.
That, of all known agents to accomplish
this purpose, DR.. Picrce's Pleasant Pellets
are unequaled, is proven by the fact that
once used, they are always in favor. Their
secondary effect is to keep the bowels open
and regular, not to further constipate, as is
the case with other pills. Hence, heirgreat
popularity, with sufferers from habitual
constipation, piles and indigestion.
They absolutely rmye sick headache, bill
business, constipation, coated tongue, poor
appetite, dyspepsia and kindred derange-
ments of the stomach liver and bowels
free sample of the Pellets" "a to 7
doses) on trial. is mailed to any address,
postpaid, on receipt of name and address
on postal card.
Address for free sample, WORLDS DIS
PENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The herald., 1895-02-20
HOTELS AND RESORTS.


l. mod
The herald., 1895-02-20
MILLARD'S CONDITION
lie Is Improving, but Very Slowly-Some
Signs of Paralysis


The rumor published yesterday that
Lieutenant-Governor Millard had suffered
a stroke Of paralysis since going to Indo
was not without foundation. From au-
thentic sources The Herald received the
following telegram yesterday regarding
Mr.. Millard's condition: ''Mllards left
leg has been stiff and useless until day
or two ago, when he picked it up while
trying to walk. He now walks with an
attendant daily. He is getting well very
slowly. An obstinate fever attacks him
each evening and the doctors so far have
been unable to break it. Millard is very
weak and it will be sometime before he
is himself again" The news, while not
as cheering as could be wished for, is
much more encouraging than indicated
by the rumor already published. 1t was
hoped by the Lieutenant Governor S
friends that he would be able to preside
over at least one session of the present
Legislature but that hope has been long
since abandoned and now they only hope
for his speedy recovery.
The herald., 1895-02-20
M. W. Newn1ark

Mr. Newmark, of NJ. A. Newark & Co..
said: Being asked for our opinion re-
garding the advisability and probability of
> competing line being built by Los Ange-
es merchants between this point and
The herald., 1895-02-20
Death by a Premature Blast

4 San Diego, Feb. 19.-Wiliam McPhail
was killed Monday forenoon by prema-
ture blast at the Escondido dam, his head
being blown off. He was native of Can
ada, 80 years old, and leaves no family.
The herald., 1895-02-20
BURGLARS at Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, Feb. ~. Last night W. T.
Morton's house was burglarized and lot
OF valuables taken: Sunday night Mrs.
e. r. Jewett's residence was entered by
burglars who stole jewelry.
The herald., 1895-02-20
Colonel Walter S. Moore

Colonel Moore, Chief of the Fire Depart
ment, was brief but pointed in his re-
plies to the questions asked him. Every
citizen of Los Angeles should contribute
to fund to start the railroad this way.
Not everyone should contribute a like
sum, but every man according to his pile
and the property or business interests he
has. All Southern California is inter.
ested. The road can be started with
private subscriptions. l will cheerfullv
contribute my mite.''
F. w. Brotherton
Mr. Brotherton, president of the Cit
zens Bank, was away from the city but
his representative said Mr.. Brotberton
favored the building OF the road.
Colonel j. M. c. Marble
1t is well known that Colonel Marble
president of the National Bank of Cali
forna, is interested in building a rail
road to Salt Lake City, and hence he
The herald., 1895-02-20

JTnT1CNrAN TIOJTCJ1
ony.
s 5toS2 25Oprday longera
The herald., 1895-02-20

to introduce Little Pill to the American
people. Many have initiated them, but none
have approached his Pleasant Pellets " in
true worth, or value, for all laxative and
cathartic purposes.