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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-12-20

WANTED:-Severalt trustworthy gentlemen or
w ladies to travel in Maryland foi established
reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position, Enclose reference and self-addressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Company 3rd
Floor Omaha Bldg, Chicago, nj
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-12-20
Detective Association Meeting.

IHt AHIIUHI MttIInS OF INC MemDers OF the
RISING SUN DETECTIVE ASSOCI ALTON will
take place on
Saturday, January 9TH, 1896,
at 10 o'clock a. M, in Dr. L. r. Kinks Hail. All
members are urged to attend, as the election for
officers will be held at that time, and other bust
ness of the Association transacted, Immediately
after tee adjournment of the meeting the annual
Turkey Dinner will be served by the ladies of the
Mite Society
Members are requested to solicit persons who
have property to protect from thieves and are not
members to join the Association.
l.. X. KIRK, NJ. D., Pres.
E. E. EWING, Secy
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
Work of the MiSsiSsipDi.

The Mississippi has in the course of
aCes transported from the mountains
and highland within its drainage area
sufficient material to make 100000
square miles of new land by filling up
an estuary which extended from its
original Outfall to the Gulf of Mexico
for Il length of 500 miles, and In width
from thirty to forty miles. This river
is still pouring solid matter into the
Gulf, where it is spread out in a fam
like shape over a coast line of 100 miles,
and is filling up at the rate of 100000
600 tons Il year, or six times as much
soil as was removed in the cOnstruc-
ton of the Manchester ship canal, aud
sufficient to make Il square mile of
new land, allowing for it's having to
fill up the Gulf to Il depth Of eighty
yards.
Some idea Of the vastneSS of this OPP
Grafton may be conceived when the
fact is considered that some of this soil
has to be transported more than 5000
miles; and that if the whole OF it had
to be carried in boats at the lowest rate
at which heavy material is carried on
the inland waters Of America, or, say,
for One-tenth Of a penny per ton per
mile Over an average of half the total
distance, the cost would be no less a
sum than G23S, 100000 a year. Through
the vast delta thus formed the river
winds it's way, twisting and turning
by innumerable bends until it extends
its length to nearly 1000 miles, or more
than double the point-tO-point length of
the delta, continually erOding the
banks in one place and building up
land in another, occasionally breaking
it's way across a narrow neck which
lies between the two eXtremities, and
filing up the old channel.-The Million.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
FIRST FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
supposed to Have Been Started in
Boston April %, 1635.

boston april %, 1855,
by means Of an old deed exchanged
between two of the earliest merchants
or Boston, Il. c. Rider locates the site
OF what many scholars believe to be
the hrst recorded free public school
III America, supported by general tax
atloh-nameiy, on the south side of
Cornhill, near Washington street. The
triangular block bounded by Court
street, Washington and Cornhill was,
says the Boston Journal, originally de-
voted to the following public benefi-
cent purposes:
A town corn bin on Cornhill, Il prison
or house of correction, established in
lG32; the school, the first meeting
house, occupying the commanding 20
slti0n at the orncr of Dock square
and COrnhill, and a tavern where the
AmeS Building now is. Opposite on
Washington street was placed the par-
sonage, the shop Of Cogan. first mcr-
chant; the first market place. where
the old State House stands. and the
armory. Near by We're the great dock.
II powder magazine, the spring on
the hill above, the aqueduct. the great
clstern and other safeguards against
fire, the town bell, the town clock. the
great Indian cemetery, only Il few
steps away from the earliest burial
place of the whites; the town house.
the Legislature, the criminal and civil
urts ana the marshal.
The meeting house having been plant
ed in 1872. Cornhill became one of the
very earliest streets of Boston. Start
ing from the site of the meeting house
IN Washington street, the first great
th0rOughfarc into the interior. His
conclusion is strengthened by the fact
n a there are in the neighborhood
picturesque old alleyways, VIGOROUSLY
crooked streets. and ten so-called pub
lie squares. Just above are the three
hills, PcmbertOn. Mount Vernon and
Beacon.
Here also is fremont row, where
lived Governor Vane, Governor Bell
ingham, Governor Endicott, the second
schOOlmaStcr of Boston: Rev. John Cot.
ton, teacher of the church; his son.
SeabOrn, and John Hull, the mint mas
ter. Here fremont street begins, IN
other great, but newer thoroughfare.
The Shawmut. on Il hill over.
looking the valley and the n%cighbOring
ocean,, was begun by the whites on the
spot where the red men left off.
The school vas started voluntarily
in town meeting. April %, 1855, 2GQ
years ago.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

An Edinburgh correspondent says
that the story of a child's singular es-
cape from starvation in the city has
lust become known. He wandered from
home ON Monday afternoon, and al
though a diligent search was made by
the police no trace was found until
last evening, when the janitor at the
Royal High School, about a mile from
the child's home, heard means as he
was passing one Of the conveniences
of the school. There the boy was
found, having been without food for
fifty hours. He was in a pitiable state,
but quickly recovered. The spring
lock Of Il the door had prevented the
child from opening it from the inside.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

While conducting a series Of tests
with a 1OO-ton testing machine at the
Yorkshire College in England, which in
Guided the testing of a steel wire rope,
Prof. Goodman stated that such ropes
were not a modern invention, and that
he had recently seen a bronze wire
rope one-half inch in diameter and from
twenty to thirty feet long, which had
been found buried in the ruins of Pom
peii, and which must have been at
least 1900 years old.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
REFLECTED HER PROFESSION.
Her Dress and Hair Betrayed that She
Was a SchOOlma'am.

>'S 81 n thdS SIC
Was a SchOolma'am.
Pow unconsciously men and women
take o II the atmosphere of their sur
roundings and avocations," remarked a
man recently To a New York Advertiser
reporter. Il can recall an illustra-
ton Of that fact in IN experience had
some years ago. / had been so long ac-
customcd to the association Of women
school teachers that l am rarely mistak-
en- when come in contact with one A
prininent woman teacher from a north
crn city was expected at an educational
meeting. l had never seen her, but re-
ceived a telegram asking me to meet
her at the train. ! was sure l would be
able to identify her. | went through
the train, which was crowded with pas
scngers. l looked around and soon
found the teacher. She was perfectly
astonished when | came up and said:
Is this Miss Blank"
Yes, that is my name she replied,
'but how did you know me-
Il did not explain, but 1t was easy
enough. At first glance saw her hair
was short, that she wore eyeglasses
and had or a plain looking sort Of gray
cloth dress. Any doubts l might have
had were soon relieved as | noticed
hanging from her watch fob a small
globe, being a miniature of the earth.
Another earmark was a small hand
satchel that snapped loudly when she
cloSnd If Enaw I cou1d not he mis-
taken, and results showed I correctly
diagnosed the profession of that wom-
an"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

In spite of all civilizing influences In
India infant marriages show no signs
of dying out. In lower Bengal alone
there are now 3O,332 married girls and
6.7SO married boys under i years of
age. besides some 1000 widows, while
nearly 4,O00,0 900 girl wives are under
0 years of age.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
Shanghai is to have a cotton mill.


Go to California in 4 Tourist Sleeper
1t is the right way. Pay more and you
are extrava9ant Pay less and yon are
uncomfortable.
The newest, brightest. cieanest and
easiest riding tourist sicepers are used for
the Burlington l,Gute'S personally con
Quoted excursions 10 California, which
leave Omaha every Thursday morning,
reaching San Francisco sunday evening,
and Los Angeles Monday noon.
SecOnd-class tickets accepted. Ask
nearest ticket agent for full information or
write to
j. FRANCIS, q. Z. A, Omaha, Neb
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
Halls CatarTh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price 70 cents.

The chronology of both Chinese and
HindOos is fairly reliable as far back as
22O0 B. c., before which it becomes misty
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
%I>iUnec:. IN spain.

Dona Manucila Palido, the first and
only woman lawyer in Spain. opened
an Office in the Spanish cspital In Feb
ruary. 1894.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

The ezra of Bengal is a solar and not
a lunar era. 1t is supposed to be derived
in some way from that of the liegira.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
Health

Gnilt on the solid foundation of pure, healthy
blood is real and lasting. As long As YOU
have rich red blood yOn will have no sick
ness. When you allow your blood 4" he
come thin, depleted, robbed OF the little red
corpuscles which indicate its quality. you
Viii become tired, worn out, lose your APP
petite and strength, and disease will sooD
have you in its grasp.
Purify, vitaliZe and enrich your blood,
and keep IT pnre by taking
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

FITS.-AllF Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve RestOror. No Fits after first days use. Mar
velOus cures. Treatise and 200 trial bottle free to
Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline. gl Arch St. Phila. Pa.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

HAVE found Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton an un.ailing medicine. +. X. LOTT
1905 Scott St., CoyingtoM, Ky. Oct. l., ls9t.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

Keep Your Weather Eye Open.
Fraud loves a shining mark. sionalIy
spurious mutations spring up Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. the great American family
remedy for chills and fever. dyspepsia, con.
stipatlon, biliOusness, nervousness, neural
gia. rheumatism and kidney disorder. These
of high wines. Look out for the firm sig
nature on the genuine label and vignette OF
st. George and the Dragon.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

The Prince Of Wales, careful as he is OF
his health. rs n very last eater.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
Of New Ramo.
aine, where HI.
guns and trans

present home is
Montana line,
II Bozeman, and
ct for furs and
J supplies.
G fame which Is
cunning he dis.
Ion of his traps,
lie in this man
S, perhaps, can.
nals alive than
country, and the
) life is in the
Oes this.
st seven years
deer, % moose,
4 bear cubs, be-
Wildcats and va.
In 1891 he ship.
k to the famous
}. He has elk
drive, his herd
this time, with
and numerous
lc keeps in an
ch is surrounded
'ed-wire fence,
pole. He makes
~, March and
$ at its deepest
ling and night
eng, while the
LII 10 captured
'gs, one a 1O4.
ID half mastifr,
t ephe and
stenlng two Of
hes high, eight
half feet wide,
lalf-inch wide
hese snow-cor
the rate Of Eve
lie says dogs
ais living for
I'd dog hauling
% pounds with
# a hill which
for a loaded
, small, poorly
lber for a sled,
ewo large elk
togs will haul
er he be TWEEN.
G.
he ties each
pes, which he
eds. and then
ed, with their
middle of the
the other ami.
IS them firmly
rts for home.
, rides upon a
1wshoeS when
anne Mr.. Rock
tie -four, pre-.
Sack of sucar
lily food while
cooked into a
With sugar on
of any kind.
without bed.
ire, where he
lille warming
out with him
game in the
found a man
} to four trips
scant rations,
Is marching
snOw-covered
l four years
The wild AMI.
ng an expert
ldy shot with
bles.
EyerS can eX.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
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 IL 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
stive efectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and levers
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 soc 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 we'll Informed, yOn will not
$780,: s-Y suJ..i.-.c i I'D.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

Indigo is the sap of the indigof ra.
Mrs. WInsIOw's SOOTHING sYnUp for ChildreB
~teething: sottenB the gums. rcunces innamm alton
sllays pain. cures wind collie. IS cents a bottle
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03
bles.

Fyers can ex-
hen pleading
is almost be-
es the tables
lpected fash
the Florida
was engaged
woman who
ut her a judi
husband, a
at as she was
rs entitled to
r husbands
Is pathos the
r,ative neces-
that his eli
not having
not possess
e a crust OF
been a
the ~corpsel's
ration, turn
addressed "
patton"
se," was the
oyed?'
unwlttinsly
unset.
Imculty that
lining in the
ich this adj
Rush.
to erect
@ only ply
,~laration OF
In Washing
zen contrib
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-03

/ four years
The wild AMI.
ng an expert
ldy shot with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
COLD WEATHER PRECAUTIONS.
Care for the Little Things Will Save
Large incl Bills.

Il sold that man eighteen tons of coal
last winter. and he burned it in a ten
room house. said Il coal dealer indicat-
ing customer who had just left the
place. And the interesting part of it
all is that half that amount would have
answered every purpose if tn" man hail
gone t" the trouble and expense of It
few trifiing repairs and additions atont
the premises. The price of two tons of
coal would have put the place in good or
der and saved him good deal of money.
Of course. it Is none of my affair. save
that on general principles ! dislike to
sec anyone d" things that he cannot af-
ford. In this case. the family have none
too much of this worlds goods. and the
$40 or 500 they might have saved on
fuel could have been much better eNpen,I-
ed in some other dircctnIl
The coal dealers remarks might he
applied in more cases than one. It is no
unusual thing to SEQ houses with looSe
rafting windows. great cracks around the
doors. haseboardS that have shFlInken
away from the floors and all sorts of
slipshod management that means an enor
nous consumption of fuel. with little of
the corresponding advantage that one has
Il right to expect.
Any house that has been built for
any number of years should tr carefully
looked over upon the approach of cold
weather. and all the crrvicps and cracks
should he closed. This IS hut the Most
trit!ing expense when regularly attend
ed to-. There are bits of moulding and
strips of wood that come expressly for
such purposes. and anyone who can ham
die saw or drive Il nail can put them in
place.
A great deal of cold comes in aro1fn,.
windows and through cracks in the wall.
Whenever the house is Iyapered an extra
roll of paper should he pnt away. then
in case it should he necessary to close
a joint between the plaster and the cas-
ing. it may be done with cement or
plaster of paris and the patel, neatly coy
cred with a bit of paper matched ON 81,
accurately that it will never be observed.
Wood or paper pulp or plaster of paris
make a cement that will swell in drying
and fill ordinary spaces in woodwork.
A mixture of this sort with little glue
added is inval liable to keep out drafts
and save fuel. and every economical
householder should become an exper. in
the mana cement of cold-weather fittings.
New York Ledger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
GLUT OF SOFT COAL.
A Scheme to Corner the Ohio Prod
uct.

''oine ~ corner the ONO Prod
George G. Hadley of Toledo and other
coal nlanipulators of Ohio are endeavor-
ing to effect a combination of the oDcr-
atOrs of the Hooking. Sunday creek and
(1houril valleys-who, it is claimed, can
produce as much coal as there is any mar
ket for-for the purpose of restricting the
production of the whole field and prevent
ing ruinous competition. Hadley says
frankly that the object of the proposed
coalition is to not only restrict production,
but to advance prices. Both of these are
| necessary he says, IF the operntors
would exist. For years operators have not
made money. The output Of the large val
l"ys IS about 100000 tons annually and
an a !. OF ~ CENTS ton means a profit
of $l.2N?HM: We really ought to have
! ut least this 2O-cent advance Our aim is
to limit the product to 100000 tons
To do this it may be necessary to close
down some of the mines and give the 9th
ers their proper percentage Of the produc-
ton
1t is claimed that the Shawnee and
the proposed combination, but the Hook
ing Valley people have not vet approved
OF the idea.
Those three valleys produce soft coal
cnly," said q. w. Shipman, this morning.
''and they furnish the greater part Of
what is used in Detroit. But even though
they, complete ! ct their 33r}ganization they
afford to do it. There is too much com
petition from other parts of Ohio and
from Virginia, which state is now sending
the coal up this way. If these folks cnn
successfully regulate their output and re-
duce their stockpiles, which now cause a
What caused this overproduction
The need of ready money. The pro-
tlucers have simply worked their mines
TO death in order to raise it. Only a
short time ago the hard COIL operators
in the East made IN agreement to re-
strict the productions; the car yards were
flied with loaded cars and the docks with
coal. The market is in demoralized CON
dition-worse than l have ever known it
rfcre''-Detroit News, !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
PARIS STREET CROWDS.
Usually GOOd-Satured. but Dangerou
Whe, offended

Under the merry good hunor of the
average Partisan still turks the fire that
lit the terrible contiagration of the great
revolution of '35. We were talking So
rcncly the other day. when FROM the
street outside arose the piteouS wall of IN
injured child. We rushed To tfls, window
in time to SEC Il little boy. who had been
run over Ivy 81 cab, lifted tenderly and
taken to the nearest chemists. where ii
was fcuntl that he had broken Il leg. and
was subsequently transported to the hos
pitnl. The swiftly gathering cr,wd AL
dressed some rather unparliamenrary re-
marks to the careless cabman, who was
impolite enough to answer rudely. Tier
was Il moments pause. AMI then from the
people arose that low. fierce roar of anger
that is seldom heard in Paris, hut which.
when heard. means mischief. At that
moment Il squad of policemen came lip.
and, seeing the situation ut Il glance.
turned the horses head into hiind alley
and ordered the now trembling coachman
without hesitating, and the guardians of
the law fought their way step by step.
forced back by the irresistible force of the
Infatuated mob. hat refreat.ng with mill
tary discipline and decision, all French
policemen being chosen from the ranks
Of the French army. ut the emil of the
alley they paused. AMI drawing aside
revealed the cab Standing quietly. while
the coachman had been d"fily smuygietl
out of the way ny another delegation nj
policc through the door of an adjacent
house, and was then well Oh his way To-
the Prefecture of Police. ~
The crowd withdrew bafile,l and mur-
muring, and the Americans who had
looked on, felt that for one brief mcmen;
they had enjoyed the thrill of ''exeitc-
ment" that Paul Rourget says is essen.
tial to the happiness Of our women: and
verify believe that he is right in many
instances
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
CAT ELECTRICITY.
Its Curative Purposes Can be Got
Other Ways.

Its Curative Purposes Can be Got in
Other Ways. g.
The London Lancet says, apropos OF
the recent cat show:
''The electrical effect produced by rub.
bling a cats back is, of course, well
known; it is also we'll known that this
is frictional electricity, or, perhaps, more
correctly, the electricity of contact-that
it is a surface effect produced by the rub.
bling, that it does not point to pre-exist
ing electricity stored in the body of the
animal and that the person who, having
concluded q message, sink into u chair
declaring that his exhaustion is conse.
quent on the loss of the living galvan,
ism which he has impaired to the pa.
tent is a charlatan. ~ .,,...s. -.
1T is to be remembered that friction
between any dissimilar substances al.
ways produces electricity, and in illustra.
ton of this the, electrical effect some.
times produced in dry atmosphere when
the hair is combcd on the body quickly
Invested Of a flannel jersey may be in:
stanced, or the classic experiment. OF
rubbing a stick Of sealing wax on d rab
bits fur may be called to mind. Those
who are accustomed to rely on the cura.
tive effect of stroking cats back NAV
find consolation in the last-namel expert.
ment, .inasmuch as it teaches them TINT
when their feline favorite' is no more
health and strength may still be secured
by gentle friction on it's skin : " + :. -
= Apart however, from questions OF
it is instructive t.
learn that the presence Of white in the
color Of a cat, unless the animal be
whole-co1ored, is a sign of weakness. y