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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

ours, and he is touring the Rockies.
have been sent to obtain an interview
with him, but my card has been return
ed twice by Count Somebody OR other,
who is one Of the suite. To all intents
and purposes the prince has refused to
see me.
"The IDIOT I ejaculated-"er-I-
mean-the man must be insane.
"No," said Miss Stanford, ignoring
my remark, "he's been talked to death,
that's all. I overheard your converse
tion and discovered your profession.
You are newspaper man. :"
"True," said, "but if the prince
will not receive you he certainly will
not listen to my request. "
"Here is plan, went ON my jour-
nalistic friend 81 must see the prince.
It's absolutely necessary to my future.
I am determined to talk to him. There
is no one else in this part of the car but
ourselves. Suppose you forced an unwel-
come attention on me-what should
be most likely to do?"
"You'd run away, wouldn't you?"
hazarded.
"Run where?" she gasped. "Where
should run to?''
"Into the next car, by Jove," an
swered, catching the daring idea.
"That' it" And the girl from Frisco
literally danced in her seat with delight.
"Don't you understandable prince is
young, he is chivalrous-evenh hot head
ed, they say. If you will pursue me in
L. l,<, 9,,so
life. Will you do it?''
She sat there with both hands extend
ed toward me in an attitude Of suppli-
cation. I saw Parkin coming down the
aisle from the smoker in the rear end,
and witnessed the astonishment on his
face. He ducked out again as silently as
ghost.
1t was risky business this chasing
women into princes caravans, but still
it was business. Lord if I could only
get that royal Austrian to punch my
head, that and the story leading up to it
would sell like a new Yankee toy in the
Strand. 1t was a good enough thing to
take chance on.
"All right" said. $50 on
Like lightning she was off down the
aisle, past the smoking compartment,
where my Winnipeg friends were await
ing my arrival, and into the rear coach.
Three piercing shrieks uttered as she
disappeared brought crowd of foreign
notables to her rescue, and was uncer
enormously hustled off the platform by
one of the biggest of the lot The next
instant was struggling desperately in
the arms of those three engineers from
Winnipeg, who swore I had suddenly
gone insane and wanted to telegraph my
friends. 1t took me half an hour to ex-
plain matters to them and to the con-
ductor, whose Indignation passed all
understanding. Then Miss Stanford
emerged, leaning on the arm of stiff
backed dignitary Of the Austrian court,
who bowed her into our Car with pro-
found ceremony.
"Shake hands," she cried, her face
flushed with excitement and satisfac-
tion, "shake both hands, kiss me if you
want to. I've got 1.-THE best story that
ever was printed. "
Somehow 1 always thought that Miss
Stanford forgot to print the best part of
the story. And this is the whole truth
about that interview with Ferdinand. -
Arthur James Peglar in st. Louis Re-
nuhlic
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Uses of Common Salt.

Lint may be cleansed from a rug
or carpet by throwing upon the spot
all equal quantity of salt and sweep
ing the whole up together.
A mixture of salt and vinegar is
excellent for removing stains and
restoring brightness to brasses of
all kinds.
Ginghams and lawns should be
washed in water to which a little
little salt has been added, as this
prevents them from fading.
In cooking steaks or chops over
a coal fire the blaze caused by
burning fat may instantly be put
out by throwing salt ON the Goals.
A bag of salt left open in the
kitchen will absorb disagreeable
odors of cooking food.
Salt and water is an excellent
wash for neck and inflamed ewes ;
it also makes good gargle for a
sore throat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Raxors of Ancient paxs.

If man at the very beginning was
hirsute, when did he afterward yearn to
get rid of at least portion Of his hair9
That brings us down at once to shaving.
At first the hairs on the jaws and chin
must have been plucked out singly.
Could process of this kind, carried
out during unreasonable periods, have
produced a comparatively beardless race,
as are our Indians? If man shaved first
with shell OF bit of flint, his suffer-
ings must have been intense. Prehis-
toric men in Great Britain, Ireland,
France and Italy used bronze razors, for
we find them today. Generally these
razors had tang, with a hole i'll the
tang, so that they could be suspended.
The razors are rounded on the edge and
resemble in shape those of the Chinese.
New York Times,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Lawyers Who Make Their Own Wills.

Many celebrated men have neglected
to settle their affairs. Ben Jonson, Dry.
den and Sir Isaac Newton all died in
testate, Bacon insolvent, and the epi-
gram on Buffers monument in the abb
bey sufficiently explains why he and
many others like him never made o
will;
The poets fate is here in emblem shown:
He asks for bread and he receives Il stone.
wills" said Lord Coke, "and the
construction of them do more perplex
q man than any other, and to make q
certain construction of them exceedeth
jurisprudentium artem." An old prov
erb says that every man is either a fool
or a physician at 40. Sir FL. Halford
happening one day to quote the saying
to a circle of friends, Canning humor.
ously inquired, "Sir Henry, mayn't he
be both?" At any rate experience teaches
that lawyers who draw their own wills
sometimes make great mistakes. Sir
Samuel Romilly's will was improperly
worded, Chief Baron Thompson's will
became the subject of chancery proceed
ings, while the will of Bradley, the
eminent conveyancer, was actually set
aside by Lord Thurlow.-Temple Bar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Early Use of Gunpowder,

War destroys, and at the same time is
the incentive for the creation of new
things. War and iron are inseparably
linked together. The discovery of gun
powder caused complete revolution in
the manufacture of iron. The mixing of
sulphur, saltpeter and coal as toy had
been known tor a long time. Hence, to
speak of the discovery of gunpowder in
the fourteenth century only refers to
the application of powder during that
century for the purposes Of war. To
credit the Monk Bertold Schwarz, or
Black, with the discovery of gunpowder
is incorrect. However, his investiga-
tions into the nature of powder and its
constituents for use as an applicable
force in guns produced radical change
in the then customary warfare, and
from that standpoint Bertold Schwarz
deserves to be recognized as the pro-
moter of modern warfare.
Hundreds of years before Schwarz's s
time the Chinese used gunpowder.
The invention of field guns is credited
to the Chinese Emperor Vitey, or Wut-i,
who lived 140 years before Christ. Dur
ing the eleventh century the Tartars
learned the use of gunpowder from the
Chinese. The Arabs acquired the knowl-
edge of gunpowder from the Tartars
and are said to have used cannon at the
siege of Lisbon i'll 1147. The Greek fire
was invented in 668 A, D., and besides
setting fire to the enemies ships and
cities was used to shoot leaden balls
out CT metal cannon. Marcus Graccus,
who lived A D. 1204-1261, describes
gunpowder as mixture of two pounds
of coal, pound of sulphur and six
pounds of saltpeter. er.-Iron Age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
THE SOUTHERN SUMMER.
1t Is Claimed That While Long 1t Is Not
Oppressive.

Wrong impressions are hard to eradi-
cate from the human mind. In the
north and west it is a popular delusion
that southern summers are extremely
hot and oppressive, and that life here
during the summer months is almost
unbearable, This impression Is formed
upon no knowledge of the matter, but
simply upon the assumption that, as
we are nearer the equator, it must
necessarily be much warmer than in
more northern latitudes. An investiga-
tion of the records of the government
weather bureau will show that there Is
no ground for such an assumption.
Our summers are long, but they are
not unpleasant. The heat in the north
and west is much more oppressive dur
ing June, July and August than in the
south. Deaths from sunstroke are much
more numerous there, and the heat ia
decidedly more sultry. Our long even-
ings are delightful, and sultry night
is seldom experienced. Our laborers
work in the fields all day long, and
suffer less from the warmth than those
of the north.
In nutshell, our summers compare
favorably with those of any section of
the country, and our long, pleasant,
warm season is a decided advantage.
Our farmers can commence to work the
land long before their northern and
western brothers think of beginning,
and can continue to utilize it months
after they have stopped. In the towns
and cities the residents are exempted
from heavy expenditures for warm Win
ter clothing, and for the larger portion
of the year the only fuel burned ia for
cooking purposes.
In comparison with the north and
west, it is doubtful if our long, pleas
ant summer is not as far superior to
their short, blistering one as our short,
mild winters are to their long, frigid
ones.-Montgomery Gala. Advertiser
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
THE ROMANCE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
Some OF the Odd Difficulties OF Operating
Line Through Queer Countries.


A good deal of romance hovers around
the means by which the worlds news is
gathered. The speed and accuracy with
which telegraph messages are trans
mitted between the uttermost parts of
the earth is marvellous when the condi-
tions under which they are sometimes
transmitted are considered
The Indo-European telegraph line
offers good illustration. 1t runs from
London to Lowestoft on the east coast
of England. 1t then dips under the sea
to Emden, ON the German coast, whence
it passes through Germany to the Rus
sian frontier. From this point the wire
passes by way of Warsaw, Rowno, Odes-
sa, the Caucasus, and Tif1is to Persia, and
by Tauris to Teheran, the capital of the
shah's queer domain. There it joins
the Indian government line which runs
from the Persian capital to Bushire ON
the Persian gulf. Thence the wires run
through. Baluchistan, and complete the
route by connecting at Karachi, in
northern India. The operation of this
immense stretch of line, passing through
countries of such varying climates and
general characteristics, is obviously one
of much difficulty. On the snow
swept steppes of Russia the wires are
sometimes snapped like thread by the
rapid flight of flocks Of wild geese. The
poles are cut down and made into fire.
wood by the nomad tribes of the Cau-
casian districts, and the cunning inn
keepers of Georgia seek to boom their
post horse trade by deliberately creating
faults in the wires. In certain parts Of
the mountainous regions Of Asia the
maintenance of the solitary line involves
no little personal risk and hardship to
the staff hands. Communication is
often cut off by avalanches in the noun
tain districts, and the work of repairing
after snowfall of five Or six feet Is
no light matter.
These mountain stations are provi-
stoned with several months supplies be-
fore the winter sets in, as the staff will
be in touch with the rest of the world
by the wire only until the spring
weather opens out the passes. In these
supplies are always included a liberal
allowance of books and games where
with to relieve the monotony of the
tedious winter exile.-New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

1t is interesting to stand off and
quietly observe the "bullwhack-
ers" applying the whip to those
who have been democrats and pro-
pose to exercise little bit of Am
erican independence and vote as
they please. No bullwhacker of a
drove of Texas steers ever laid
about with more lively vigor on the
struggling cattle than these party
bullwhackers are plying the whip.
If there is an exposed spot or thin
place in the skin they lay the lash
on it till the animal is ready to
below.
They expect to have the whole
herd rounded up in good shape on
the 9th of November and nothing
to do but turn them into the drove
yard. The republican drovers are
expecting to pick up a number of
strays but we doubt if they do.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

Hay water sweetens tin, wooden
and iron ware. This is made by
boiling little sweet hay in water.
Either washing soda or borax is
said to be better to use in the water
for bathing purposes than ammonia,
which hardenes the skin and makes
it crack, unless used very sparing-
ly at infrequent periods.
Patent leather shoes are really
beneficial for those who have dry
feet. While moist feet are a real
affliction, to have them perspire
occasionally softens them and pre-
vents callous spots forming.
The round-top trunk is quite
gone 10y, and the newest and most
convenient has no tray in the lid,
but is so arranged that it can be
set close against the wall and OPEN
ed without being moved forward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Latest Fashion Notes.

The newest coats are loose in
front and many of them fastened
with a fly. The redingote will be a
feature of the fall styles, and for
calling costumes will be made of
velvet, trimmed with jeweled pas
sementerie. Severely plain cloth
redingotes will be also much worn.
They are made in the Empire fash
ion and have broad revers and big
pockets.
Rough materials are everywhere.
The cheviots, whose popularity is
perennial, are seen in loose weaves
and somewhat coarse effects. Brown
and sage green and brown and
black are favorite combinations of
color. The checked cheviots make
durable gowns and are much the
vogue. They are made up severely
plain and trimmed with large but
tons.
Velvet capes trimmed with fur
and lace will be sold to match hats,
and cloth capes with strapped
seams are bravely holding their
own. To be strictly up-to-date
they must be made with a full
jabot of plain silk down the front.
Many of the new hats will be worn
well over the forehead, and in
coloring and design they are quite
inconspicious. The turban is high
in favor and should be made of
braided felt in shaded effect.
The edict comes from abroad that
sleeves have diminished more than
half in size. Close fitting sleeves,
without the suggestion of puff or
stiffened lining, are to be the vogue.
Crinoline is already a thing of the
past. Skirts require the same
quantity of material, but their folds
show tendency to droop demurely.
The fact is, that the up.to- date
woman dresses according to the
coming winters fashions will
occupy no more space when she
walks abroad than the average man.
To say the least, this is disappoint-
ing. Louis XVI styles are high
in favor, and the coat Of this period
will be seen with all sorts of gowns.
Much lace and many imitation
jewels will also be the vogue.
Though it is rumored that the small
sleeve will be the only correct one
to wear this fall, yet there is a
goodly company of woman who will
refuse to submit to the sudden
change. They will still cling to
the puff, but it will be a dropping
affair, made entirely without stiffen-
ing. All the fashionable sleeves
droop well off the shoulder, and
many of them fit the arm closely
for a few inches below the shoulder,
and then suddenly expand into a
puff. This is the latest sleeve for
evening gowns. Fashionable tail
or made frocks will be mads with
semi close fitting coat sleeve.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
His Great Anxiety,

Acknowledgements, doctor?
Doctor-I will be plain, sir. The arm
is broken, the collar bone crushed, the
skull is fractured
Athlete-No, no, mol The-did-I-
break-the-
"What, my son?"
"Record p'-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Untold Forces of Nature.

Mr.. David A. Wyckoff recently wrote
shat 1000, 900 horsepower could not
produce the effect that single fash of
lightning has been known to accomplish.
He believed that we have as yet hardly
oegun to utilize the forces of nature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

There are II different branches of
Methodism in this country, each having
distinctive name, its own church prop
erty, its own organization, its own
places of worship and it's own body of
membership.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
THE STRAYED REVELER.

As she fees up the mountain side
The valley is astir
With gay companions racing wide
In vain pursuit of her.
In every tangled copse they seem
To see her streaming hair,
And where the wild white lilies gleam
Her face lily there.
But, laughing, hand to side to still
The beating of her heart,
Tiptoe upon the lonely hill
She stands, with lips apart.
The gay rout passes, and there falls
A silence in the place.
Again the cuckoo softly calls,
The watchful squirrels race.
Then, like sigh among the trees,
A wind is softly heard,
And, like leaf blown down the breeZo
There darts songless bird.
For one swift moment then she slips
Into world apart.
She thinks of mold upon her lips
And dust about her heart.
Frank Tooker in Century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

"My grandmother was a COM
plete wreck after having the grip.
| advised her to take Hoods Sar-
saparilla and she did so and now is
nearly cured. Ella Howell, Char
lestomn, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on the
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

Hoods Pills cure biliousness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
j. D. ZEHNDER,
MARBLE WORKS,

HEAD AND FooT STONES, MONUMENTS
AND MARBLE WORK OF ALL DE-
sCRIPTIoN NEATLY ExEcUT.
ED.
Rising Sun, Md.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-08

Illinois Pronounced the sumter OF tn
Great Coinage Contest.

Illinois Pronounced the sumter OF tho
Great Coinage Contest.
OMAHA, Neb., june 6.-The World
Herald, ex-Congressman w. j. Bryan's
paper, says editorially:
springfield Is the sumter OF the great con-
test for the restoration OF the coinage or tho
constitution The Illinois convention was
the most important political gathering ever
held since the days when the prelimina-
rics were arranged for the perpetua-
tion OF the union II has been claimed that
the demand for bimetallism at the ratio OF 10
to l was confined 10 silver producing states or
their immediate neighbors. But Illinois, pro-
ducing no silver, and beyond the suspicion
OF being influenced by selfish motives or
local infuence--Illlnois has declared I'm its
democratic convention In favor OF the imme-
diatc restoration OF free and unlimited coinage
OF gold and silver at the ratio OF 10 to without
waiting for the aid or consent OF any other ma
tion on earth
''The contest OF 1895 is now being waged
The contest. TO be successful must be COM
ground must be yielded until II Is demonstrate
ed that the democratic party Is the party OF
the people, In spite OF the efforts OF Grover
Cleveland TO use IL In the interests OF the
money power
illinois leads tho way and other states Will
follow. Illinoisl the 81 tie that gave 70 hui
manity Abraham Lincoln. the state that gave
TO the cause OF the union the military genius
OF u. $ Grant.
Let the battle begin"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-08

of the monument, and Wade Hampton,
the orator of the day, besides hundreds
OF lesser officers on either side.
At io:45 the distinguished party and
escort, consisting of q. A. X. veterans,
detachments of Illinois National guard,
etc, reached the monument, but 1t was
considerably after III o'clock when tho
military band began the opening SO.
lection. Col. Joseph Desha Pickett,
chaplain of the Kentucky Orphan
brigade, invoked Divine blessing. Gen.
John c. Underwood. who originated
the idea of the monument, sketched
the inception aud progress OF the
movement and introduced Rev. II. w.
Bolton, past commander of U. S. Grant
post No. %. q. A. II.
Gen. Wade Hampton was the orator
of the day. He said the lofty column
dedicated here stood as silent though
noble emblem of restored union and
reunited people. The brave men in
Chicago in this dedication have done
honor TO the dead here. not as confed-
e-ate soldiers, but as brave men who
preferred Imprisonment and death,
rsther than freedom obtained by
dishonorable sacrifice of thu
principles for which they were
willing TO die. Four cannon, captured
from the union forces in the battle of
Murfreesboro, used on the confederate
side in many important engagements.
recapturcd Mt the battle of Nashville,
and used on the union side during the
remainder of the war, were spiked
amid very impressive ceremonies. The
guns having been monumented the mon
ument was decorated and the Illinois
national guard paid the Anal military
tribute by firing three volleys
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-08
BATTLE FOR SILVER.
ulinois Democrats Fire the First
Gun at Springfield q
Convention Declares Unquaiinediy for
Free Coinage Holding of . National
Convention Favored - Cieveiand's
Policy Scored ny Speakers

SpRiNeFrELD. Ill, June 0. Illinois
democrats fulfilled the most extrava-
giant hopes OF the free-silver advocates
In Wednesdays state convention.
Every prediction made by the silver
men was fulfilled and then the conven-
ton went further and took the initia-
tive in calling a national convention.
L. declared in favor OF. ignoring
the national democratic convention la
case the demand OF the Illinoisans was
UNDECIDED. On this action the charge
of rebellion Is based. The convention
declared for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at n ratio OF 10 to
and the action OF the state committee
in calling the state convention was in
dorsed
Censnrs OF President Cleveland Chccred.
President Cleveland received the con-
cure predicted. Not In the resolu-
fions, but In the speeches. Every
word spoken against the president or
s'.administration wns greeted. with
noisy approval IL had been agreed be-
fore the convention that the platform
wonld.not contain any reference 10 the
opposition OF the president to the lead
ers Of the convention, but the speak
ers were given full sway, and they
took advantage of the latitude ac-
corded them.
Secretary Hinriehsen speaks.
Secretary OF State Hinrichsen, by
virtue OF his Office. as chairman of the
democratic state central committee.
called the meeting TO order. On open
ing the convention Mr.. Hinrichsen
briefly stated the reasons of the state