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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
The Blind Lancers.

eve must have the Blind Lancers,
anyway. Did you never do it? It's
great fun. Mamma, will you play
for us? Choose your partners,
gentlemen, for the New York
Lancers. No, we can't have two
sets, because it's as much fun to
look on as it is to dance;" and in a
trice Alice had marshalled a set on
the floor.
"Now, out with you handker-
chiefs!' she ordered. eyes, you
are all to be blindfolded, and dance
that way.p And amidm much laughter
she bound up their eyes.
Mrs. Henderson struck up the
opening bars, and directly they
were all wildly making aimless
courtesies, balancing at imagionary
corners, and trying to turn op-
posites,-when they found them.
All these amid the derisive shouts
of the lookers-on, and their urgent
entreaties to "keep up with the
music"
Each figure involved them more
hopelessly than the last, as they
grew more complicated. 1t was
irresistibly ridiculous to see pro
founded courtesies made to another
persons back or to empty space, or
to see partners vaguely feeling for
each other. The grand chain
utterly demoralized them; and
when they dropped at last, laugh
ing and bpeathless, into their seats,
we all concluded that, past ex-
experience to the contrary, there
was infinite amusement to be had
out OF a square dance.-Demorest's
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, DR.. Kings new life pills,
Bucklen's arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfac.
ton. We do not hesitate to guar
antee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not
follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity
purely On their merits, L. r. Kirk
druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
The Great Bank DRAGON.

The empire Finance and
Trade" Il New York paper, pub
fishes the range of prices of stock
of city banks. The par value OF
the shares is 500.
Bank of America, cash value OF
stock, $40; Astor Place Bank, 1926;
Bowery Bank, $500; Broadway
National, 1855; Butchers and Dro-
vers, $1SS; Chase National, 1882;
Chemical National, 81, 524, the div
idends of this bank are $50 per
cent; Fifth Avenue, 1929, divi-
dends 100 per cent; Fifth National,
81, $50, dividends 100 per cent.
There is list of over sixty of
these city banks the selling price
of whose stocks runs from $13O TO
50, 524, their dividends ranging
from 8 to $50 per cent. The Chem
ical National has surplus and I'M
divided profits" $7,272,2OO, and
pays its stockholders $50 per cent.
The Bank of Commerce has "sur-
plus and undivided profits" 49,
499, 200. A number of these insti-
tutions have surplus and undivided
profits ranging above one, two and
three millions. No honest business
can show such profits as these.
Part of these undivided profits may
be divided at any time and the
public know nothing about it, and
the fund keep on steadily accumu-
lating. This Titan power is fight
ing for more complete control of
the money of the country and
mastery Of the government. At
present they are working with the
Carlisle Cleveland machine. They
want something more complete than
that. 1t is only a wild cat with a
few domestic ribbons to decorate
the animal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

ingmen themselves. 1t is al
instinct planted by God in mans
very heart of hearts, the love OF
liberty.
Men and women of America, We
must face the situation that we
have been brought into by the
progress of civilization. We must
look beyond the turmoil and con-
fusion of the immediate conflict,
beyond the strikes and the lock
outs, beyond the vexations, the
plumbers and even the wickedness
of combatants on both sides, and
realize the ultimate purpose OF
Labor's conflict and the spirit that
sustains it. That ultimate purpose
is emancipation from the impend-
ing despotism of Capital. That
spirit is the same spirit Of Liberty
that has in times past hurled po-
litical despotism from all the
thrones of Europe and has planted
republics and constitutional mon
arches in their place. The des-
potism of kings is no more to be
feared than the despotism of
Capital.
What, then, is the best way to
avert this impending despotism !
+! What is the solution Where is
the remedy?
The first thing to be done is to
secure popular understanding OF
the nature of the conflict and of the
real issues involved, and to that
end The Voice proposes to address
itself in the future more assidu-
ously than it has ever done in the
past. The rights of opportunity
must be made as sacred as the
rights of property. We cannot
turn back the hands upon the dial
of time. We cannot arrest the
progress of science and invention,
and begina backward march toward
barbarism. But we can recognize
the fact that the progress which
has been and the progress which
still must be bring us face to face
with new peril to Liberty .-The
Voice, New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
THE HOUSEHOLD.
To Make Cut Glass Sparkle.

To keep cut glass always in a
state of sparkling beauty requires
time and care. 1t should be
washed in warm soapsuds and then
rinsed in hot, but not boiling,
water. Let it stand in pan of
dry sawdust until dry, then brush
with a soft brush and rub with a
piece of chamois, and the result
will be well worth the trouble.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Entitled to Confidence.

Mr.. L. I. Reynolds, druggist,
should have the confidence of this
community, his calling is one of
responsibility very often precious
lives are entrusted to his care;
taking the agency for selling the
celebrated Red Flag Oil should be
ii guarantee, it will do all that is
claimed fey it, and no remedy
excels it for the quick eHte of
rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains and
all bodily pain. Price % cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
WHAT To NAME THE BABY.
Suggestions for Parents Who Are
Debating This Question.

DSDdtinS his question.
Along with a revival of their
grandmothers' styles of hair dress
ing and gowning the women of the
present day are showing marked
fondness for their grandmothers'
names, says the New York World
Half of the small girls who walk
decorously with their nurses in the
park or on the avenue are DOrothys,
or Katherines, or Elizabeths, or
Ruths, or Abigails, or Esthers.
The diminutive name is no longer
given to the diminutive maiden.
Instead, parents, looking forward
to the time when she will move
with stately grace and have her
own calling cards, give her name
to suit that period. There are
no more Dollies and Bessies, no
more Kitties and Jennies, Flossies
and Armies.
Megs and Maggies have dis
appeared even from the nursery,
and little Miss Margaret has taken
their place. There is a Prudence
or a Patience in some families
where the rage for old names pre-
walls most strongly. One infant,
who will undoubtedly grow up to
be a frivolous, skeptical mortal,
has begun her career as Faith,
while another, named for a good
New England grandmother, will
have to struggle all her days to
live up to the name of Mercy. For
when the young mothers of today
go into the business of selecting
quaint names for their daughters
they do it with the same enthusiasm
they display in choosing quaint
styles for themselves.
Next to the passion for the names
dear to the hearts of the good
people at the beginning of this
century, a fondness for the names
familiar to the readers of a certain
type of English novel prevails.
Consequently there are, Phyllises,
Dorises, Gladyses and Gwendollines
in almost as great profussion as
there are Priscillas and Penelopes.
AS for the little boys, their names
are almost invariably either those
OF their grandpapas or their
mothers last names or the names
Of the heroes of English novels.
They bear the good, old fashioned
names of their maternal grand
fathers-John, Richard, Robert or
William. Or their mothers maiden
names are prefxed to their own
last one, and "Irwin" Smith,
"Grayson" Brown, "Brown" Jones,
Weston, Winthrop, Watson, and
so on, occur indefinitely. Then
there is the customary crop of
Reginalds, Vivians, Algernons,
Clarences, Horaoes and the like.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Useful Recipes.

BAKED OMELET.-BoilO one pint
of milk: melt in it a teaspoonful of
butter and one of salt. Stir in a
tablespoonful of flour rubbed
smooth in a little cold milk. Pour
this upon seven eggs beaten two or
three minutes. Stir rapidly till
well mixed, add tablespoonful OF
chopped parsley. Pour into a well
buttered quart dish and bake about
twenty minutes.
ORANGE PIE.-One cupful of
sugar, one tablespoonful of -four,
the juice of two large oranges and
the grated rind of one; mix
thoroughly and add the beaten
yolks of three eggs and two table
spoonfuls of melted butter. Bake
with one crust, and cover with the
whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff
froth with one tablespoonful OF
sugar; return to the oven till of a
delicate brown.
RUSK.-Melt half pound of
butter and mix it with two thirds
of a pint of milk, add flour to make
a thick batter and three tablespoon
fuls of yeast. Set the batter in a
warm place until light. Beat two
eggs with half pound of granu-
lated sugar and work it into the
batter with the hand. Add a tea
spoonful each of salt and cinnamon,
and flour enough to make it suf-
ficiently stiff to mould into cakes
the size of biscuit. Let them rise
till a spoongy lightness. Bake
fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
LIGHT AND AIRY.


There is Joy in all the household when the
tootsy wootsy youth
Becomes the pink possessor of white initial
tooth,
And his spine it seems to stiffen and to lengthen
many yards
When he first dons kniclzerbockers and his girl
ish skirt discards
But all life's limitations seem most dreary,
dull and flat
When sized up with the pride he takes
In his
First
Silk
Hat.
indianapolis Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Present Conditions.

Our industrial order has reached
its last form of life and expression.
Among the masses it has degen-
Grated out of old time competitive
rivalry into the questions as to
where the next job and meal are to
come from, or who are to be the
next victims of commercial canni-
balism. Among capitalists it has
evoluted into the combine, where
all individual conscience and moral
responsibility are stifled, if not al
together ignored, while greed and
seltishness are abnormally devel-
Oped and stimulated in the pursuit
of unlawful spoils, and dividend
on watered Stocks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Catarrh
Is Common.

Few realize just how common
it IS. Very many people have Catarrh, or
at least Catarrhal symptoms, who would
laugh at the idea. 1t is an unpleasant dis
ease-one Of those which make others I'M
comfortable as we'll as the one who has it.
The first symptoms are: A heavy feeling
between the eyes, profuse and offensive
mucous discharge from the nostris, head
ache and foul breath.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

I've nothin ter say, my daughter, nothin at all
ter say.
never go up agin women folks determined
ter have their way.
But it doesn't seem equal rights ter me, and !
can't help tellin it, too,
Ter have ter go round in my last years pants,
while your boomers are both brand new.
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Old Crusty-What a charming girl baby
you have, Mrs. Grimes! And, speaking of
girls, don't you know l always adored
them and could ever tell u first class girl
at a glance? What is her name, please?
Mrs. Grimes (sadly)-Albert.- Adams
Freeman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Too Well Trained,

Pickerly-Look here old man. Why
don't you keep your dog chained? was
around to your house yesterday, and he
jumped at me in a most savage manner.
Wagson-I suppose it's my fault. I've
trained him to snap at every tramp that
comes along.-New York World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Cobble-I kissed Miss Palisade foul
times last night.
Stone-That accounts for what she said.
Cobble-What was that?
Stone-She said she had an unusually
quiet evening. -Clothier and Furnisher.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
A Great I{riu.

Books that have helped mef" said an
eminent citizen. Books that have helped
me? 1 guess that Webster's Dictionary
contributed as much to my elevation as
any. l used to sit on it regularly at meals
when was a small boy."-Indianapolis
journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Mamma-You must be very careful.
The doctor says your system is all upset.
Little Dot guess it is. My foot IS
asleep. Folks must be awfully upset W ZEN
they goes to sleep at the wrong end.-Good
News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Flattery.

The bard ecstatically cries,
Upon his lady's charms dilating,
''Drink to me only with thine eyes,
For they are quite intoxicatingl"
New York Herald
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Bucklen's Arnica Saiye,

The best salve in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin EruptiOns, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give berfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price
20 cents per box. For sale by l..
r. Kirk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Things Have Changed.

Sunday School. Teacher-When you re-
turn good for evil, my dear boy, you heap
Goals of fire on your enemy's head.
Johnny-That wouldn't hurt him any
if he had an abestos wig, would it?-Chi-
capo Trihuna
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 6 rs m,
Al a. m. and OO p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at 50;
Liberty Grove. 907; Colora. GIG; Rising SUM- 26;
sylmar' 933; Nottingham, 40; oxford. 1000 a. m.
arriving at South st. 2.53 D. M
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.2l a. m; and 6lu. arriving in
Philadelphia at s. 10 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
New York Bankers Caused the Panic
of 1898.

The Press, the Journal of Com
merce, and the New York Tribune,
all coneede that the meeting In New
York between Secretary Carlisle
and the New York bankers, which
took place in April, 1898, decided
the Inauguration of the 1898 panic.
The two New York papers say
that the bankers then began the
panic by their contraction policy
which Immediately followed, be-
cause Secretary Carlisle proposed
to pay the Treasury notes of July,
1890, in silver.
The Press says this is not correct,
but that the bankers began their
contraction because Secretary Car
Isle said he would not sell bonds
to replenish the gold reserve.
Now the real reason for the big
contraction of loans among money
lenders that then took place, was,
as everybody we'll knows, the three
mentioned papers included, because
the money lending ring had deter
mined upon forcing the repeal of
the 1890 Silver Law.
But it is something for the pub
lie to note, that these three papers
now admit that the bankers really
did create this criminal and disas-
trous panic of 1898; that they did
create it, even if the explanation of
motives is not exactly agreed upon.
This 1898 panic experience is
sufficient in itself for the people to
take away from these bankers this
power they so fearfully abused; and
themselves, under Government adj
ministratiOn, create banks of dis
count in all parts of the country
which will have no cause to corner
the money market by the contrac-
ton of loans and thus starve out
wages and industries.
There can be no security to in
dustry. our railways. insurance
companies, brokers, or any form of
trade, until this power of eorneripg
the money market is taken away
from the money changers.
When industry puts into the
hands of a set of robbers the power
to control the volume of active
money, that which is loaned by
banks of discount to the public, it
practically gives itself away, puts
itself into the hands of lot of
sharks who periodically abuse the
trust by starving trade a4d the
people for their own bad ends.
The people and their industries
must in seIf-defense control their
money medium themselves; any
other policy is literal suicide.
The most ordinary business man
should kaoW that without being
told.-The Item, Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
The Money Went,

Uncle Wayback-I JUS tell We tn city
is an awful place. Skin ye alive there.
Farmer Meadow (gloomily)-That's SO.
''Eh9 Did ye meet some green goods
men while you was in tn city?'
mo, but my wife met some dry goods
men. New York Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

A young man at Niagara, having been
crossed in love, walked out to the preci,
pice, gave one lingering look at the & if
beneath him and-went home. His body
was found next morning-in bed.-Tit-
Bits
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

When in your youth you attended school
l--1=2 was the rule.
But you find out frequently after you marry
That there's generally one, at least, to carry.
Harlem Life
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Would Give Him Some knowledge.

Would Give Him Some knowledge.
Mrs. Benedict-Now, what would you
do, Mr.. de Batch, if you had baby that
cried for the moon2
De Batch (grimly)-I'd do the next best
thing for him, madam-I'd make him see
stars.-Newton IN. j. Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Consideration.

"And how did your performance come
off?''
"Splendidly," replied the enthusiastic
amateur actor. 1.-THE ladies wore big hats,
and the people in private boxes interrupt
ed nearly every scene. They treated us
exactly as if we had been professionals. -
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
A Spoiled Cook.

Mr.. Grumps-You'n have to discharge
that cook
Mrs. Grumps-You liked her at first.
Mr. Grumps-Yes, but she's getting in
to your way of cooking.-New York
Weekly
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
The Manager.

She acted, and he managed her
Through all the various stands
Until he married her, and then
The management changed hands.
Detroit Free Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

A girl who was graceful at golf
Was afflicted by people who scolff.
And whene'er she would name
In his presence the game,
Her small brother hollered, "Come Off"
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Little Jack Horner sat in corner
Eating as if for life.
He didn't use his thumb to get out the plum
He took it with knife.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Mrs. Knervz rang the bell for the do
nestle.
''Norah," she said when the kitchen
lady appeared, IN feed the canary my
self after this. The doctor says must
take more exercise. Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

STATIONS.

Additional trains leave Broad St for oxford Ii. 70
a u., 50 and e % p. IN Wednesdays ana Satur-
days only, AZ; Sunday only, 7.55a m, 7.0lp. IN
&. NJ. PROVOST, J.R.WoOD.
GsH'lAGn1gsT. Cent Pass. Agt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
A Savage Retort.

Helm proposing reformed theater
wherein the men will sit in a body to-
gether at the front, with the ladies in the
rear.
She-An excellent idea, but you'll have
to have the cafe in the orchestra pit
Kate Fields Washington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

HOODS Sarsaparilla wins its way
. into the confidence of the people
by the good It is doing. Fair trials
guarantee permanent CURES,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
Il croarnin1 succese

That's what DR..
Fenner's Golden
Relief is. 1t is o
specific for INFLAN-
NATION, reaching
: and curing it wher-
ever it exists. Swell
ing and pain accom-
pany Inflammation,
so it always cures
swelling and pain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
DIR. SHADES DISCOVERY
FOR
Consumption.
Just Given to the Public.

Write at once for particulars of the newspaper
Investigation going on af this time in Washington.
Doctors and other Citizens Cured. What physi-
Clans and medical Journals say about ''The Great
est Discovery of the Century, symptom blanks,
etc. Send 2-cent stamp. Addres DIR. SHADE,
1892 I4th Street, Washington, D. c. ops
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01
pHlLADELPHIA, WHINING
- TON & BALTIMORE r.
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

CENTRAL DIVISION,
On and after September llth, 1898, trains will
run as follows: -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-02-01

Freeman
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-01-10
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY,

TACOMA, JAN. 1.-Two thousand
volts of electricity passed through
Peter Peterson, day electrician at
the city light station, this m orning,
instantly killing him. In making
changes on the switchboard he
grasped two plugs at the same time.
his thumbs touching them too far
up and on the non-insulated por-
ton. There was a flash, and he
fell back dead. He had been in
the employ of the company for six
years. His death is attributed to
carelessness.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-01-10
THE FORECLOSURE LAW.

The Press Times gives its readers
some very good ideas upon the sub
iect of mortgage foreclosure under
the present law and also makes
some suggestions upon the question
of amendments. Among other
things the Press-Times says:
GAS the law stands at present, when
a Judgment of foreclosure is had, the
sheriff proceeds at once to levy on the
real estate, and sell it. A sheriff's deed
is given, and confirmation of the sale
entered by the court. But the original
owner Of the property is given by the
law a year within which to redeem the
property, by paying the amount for
which the land sold, with interest
thereon. Thus a purchaser at the
sheriff sale does not secure certain
title to the property, but is compelled
to wait year before he can be assured
that the land will not be redeemed.
"In practice, the effect of the statute
is, that there are never any outside bid
ders at sheriffs sales of real estate. The
holder of the judgment is the sole bid
der, and of course in no event bids
more than the amount of his claim, and
often much less, taking a deficiency
Judgment, which permits him to follow
other property of the unfortunat" debtor
Should the debtor be unable to raise
the amount of the claim within a year
he loses his property for sum much
less than its real value. The present
condition of the law is fair neither to
the debtor nor to the creditor.
A suggested and sensible amendment
to the statute would be to have the
period of redemption run prior to in
stead of subsequent to the sale. After
the decree is entered in cases of fOreclO-
sure of mortgage, or after the levy on
real property is made in cases of money
Judgment the sale itself should not take
place for year, during which period
the debtor should have the opportunity
to redeem by payment of the judgment
and costs with interest not exceeding
the amount provided by his original
note. Then when the sale does take
place the purchaser should be given a
full and clear title, subject to no further
or prospective redemption.
Under such law the Press-Times be-
lieves there would be few instances
where property would sell for small
fraction of its value as it does now, and
that there would be very few deficiency
Judgments. 1t is not impossible that
under such law deficiency judgme Its
might be entirely abrogated.