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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-20
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Observation-Disclosures 20, 1886.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Restricting Black Lace.

Black lace which looks shabby
can be revived by being washed in
strong tea, which should be tepid;
squeeze the lace, well in the tea,
then rinse it in fresh tea, and let it
remain for about an hour; then re-
move and carefully squeeze the lace;
spread it evenly on cloth and beat
it between the hands to abstract
the moisture. Spread the lace out,
right side downward, on a sheet OF
common foolscap paper, placed on
the ironing sheet; carefully pull
ont the points of the lace with a
pin, then cover with more paper,
and iron until perfectly smooth and
dry. If it is necessary that the
lace should be slightly stiffened, add
little gum arabic, which has pre-
viously been dissolved, to the tea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Sixty Thousand Dollars.

Recently Mr.. Tome turned over
as part of an endowment fund to
his Institute mortgages amounting
to 100000. These mortgages are
all laid on Cecil county property.
At 6 per cent interest the annual
fund arising from these mortgages
will amount to $500. Who sup
ports the Institute?
Suppose that the plan we advo-
cate were adopted. That is, in
place of the present national banks,
which are only private institutions,
Notwithstanding their high sound
ing name, government banks were
legalized, and when a community
where a bank was needed applied
to have one opened as they do a
post office. Such government banks
would receive money on deposit as
all banks at present do and nego-
tiate loans the same as the present
banks do, and in addition make
long term loans ON farms, say for
20 years as the government now
loans currency to the national
banks, these loans to be paid by
annual installment of per cent,
which on a $4,000 loan or mortgage
would be 500 annually. In 30
years the loan would be paid by
the annual installment, what at
present is only interest.
Were such government bank
ing law passed every one of those
farmers, who are now under a $50,
900 dead fall from which not one of
them will escape, unless by the
merest accident, would apply to
the government bank for loan,
pay off these dead fall mortgages,
and in 20 years or less would have
their farms free from incumbrance
and would have paid less annually
in clearing off the debt than they
now pay to hold up only the interest.
1t is plain that farmers could
have, and would have, such a
financial system, if they had the
political sense of young chickens
to 60 under the mothers wings ont
of the rain. They are now paying
and must continue to pay $500
annually to help defray the expense
of a free Institute school, and for
this gracious privilege many of
them will walk out from under this
mortgage blanket into Gods sun
shine with nothing but the thread
bare clothes on their backs.
Mr.. farmer Democrat, and Mr..
farmer Republican, are you going
to continue voting for the good old
plan for
"He will take who has the power
and will keep who camp
A government banking financial
system would loan money at the
base cost of necessary expense,
which statisticians estimate would
not exceed one-half of one per cent.
per annum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Broom Covers.

A broom cover OF cotton flannel
in any dark color is a veritable
boon to a tired housekeeper. Fit
the cover closely over the broom in
bag fashion, tying it tightly with a
string run in the upper hem. The
best colors for these covers are dark
gray, red or any other color that
does not crock after sweeping off
the kitchen floor or any painted or
hardwood floor. Go over it with a
covered broom, and every particle
of dust can be easily taken up and
the floor polished almost as bright
as if it had been rubbed with a
cloth by hand. A covered broom
is valuable for sweeping piazzas as
well as for sweeping down walls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Some of Our Masters.

The following named poor men are di-
rectors of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, or were few years ago. The
places made vacant by death or other
causes are filled from the same class.
Long hours, low wages, and exacting
labor are the chief characteristics of this
board of Shylocks. If there is any one
natural monopoly which ought to be
taken possession of before all others by
the government it is the telegraph monop-
oily. The following is the list of poor
men referred to in whose hands are held
the telegraphing business of this country:
Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Fred L. Ames, Sidney
Dillon, Thos. T. Eckert, DR.. Norvin Green, Sam'l.
Sloan Sidney Shepard ,Erastus Wiman, VIM. w.
Aston, J. Pierpont Morgan (of bond fame,) B. R..
Pyne. Chauncey NJ. Depew, Geo. J. Gould, Edwin
Gould, Charles Lanier, Austin Corbin, John e..
Moore, Henry NJ. Flagler C. P. Huntington, John
7. Terry, Cyrus w. Field, John Vanhorne, A B..
Cornell Robt. c. Clowry, Henry W. Weaver, VIM
D. Bishop, James W. Clendenin, John Hay.
This is grand family of millionaires to
hold virtual censorship of the press of
the United States, in whose power it is to
withhold information and distort inlpor-
tant facts. And they constantly exercise
the power to the enslavement of the peo-
pie. Mr.. Thurber nsed the above list in
1890 to answer the question why the
public cannot have postal telegraph.
Our Representative government is tool
in such hands. The remedy and only
permanent remedy and radical cure for
present intolerable conditions is Direct
Legislation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
The ROthschildS

In their London palaces allow no
coca on their tables but KoRFF's
DUTCH Cocoa. The English Queen
uses it at her banquets. Populists
want the best. This cocoa took the
Gold Medal at six Worlds EXPOSE
tions London, 1884; Antwerp,
1886; Scheveningen, 1892; Amster-
dam, 1895; Hanover, 1882 and
Paris, 1889. This oldest and most
reliable cocoa firm of Holland has
appointed the Peoples Supply Co.,
Baltimore, its sole agent in Amer
lea and our customers can now
drink the purest and most delicious
article on the market at the same
cost they now pay for inferior
brands. Nervous persons can be
restored to calm self-possession by
substituting KoRFF's Cocoa for
tea and coffee. A percentage of
every sale goes to the cause of the
poor in their struggle against bank
and goldbug domination. Ask
your grocer for it or order direc
from
THE PEOPLES SUPPLY CO.,
Baltimore, Md.
P. S.-Like our Joan of Arc
Baking Powder, Starch, Soap and
Soda, every can is enclosed in a
gem of reform literature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
THE HOUSEHOLD.
REVIVAL OF THE GRAFT"
AS the Pompadour is in Fashion the
Old Fashioned Frame HAS Also
Returned.

Old Fashioned Frame has Also
Returned.
What was formerly known as a
"rat" is being brought back into
use by experts in devising coiffures.
The hair Of the ordinary woman
is not sufficiently luxuriant to
supply material for the newest
methods of arrangement, and this
old and excellent device proves just
what is needed.
The "rat'' is made of a plump
coil of jute or curled hair, and is
much the shape of a very large
cruller. If the hair is very thin,
or if it is felt that detection of the
rat must be avoided at any cost, the
frame should first be lightly covered
with hair the exact shade of the
wearer's.
In order to dress the hair effec-
lively, the frame should be pinned
to the top or in the middle of the
back of the head, according as it is
most becoming. The hair should
then be drawn through the opening
in the center of the ring, after
which it is a simple matter to
arrange it in almost any becoming
way. If the hair is simply twisted
about the ring the effect is given OF
a very large coil of hair; on the
other hand, it may be skillfully
brought into a group of puffs, with
the useful rat as the basis of the
structure.
The shape of the rat itself is also
susceptible of much variation, and
may make possible again the high
pinnacled wonders that graced the
hands of the stately DANES of cen
turtles ago. 1t is unquestioned at
least that the careless knot and
loose braid of hair are passing
completely out of style, and that
the couture of the coming season
will be marvel of elaborate preci-
sion. Q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
A BEAUTY NOTE.
Apples Will Produce the Lovely Skin
Tint so rluch Desired.

lint SO lAuCn DcSlTcQ.
The secret of Il bad complexion,
said well known physician re-
Gently, is a bad digestion, and we
generally trace that to bad liver.
One of the best remedies for a slug
gish liver is cheap and pleasant.
Dieting is the secret of the cure.
The best liver regulator for persons
of sedentary habits-and those are
the ones whose compilations are
to be found in apples,
eaten baked if they are not well
digested when eaten raw. l at
tended the pupils at well known
boarding school, and among them
was a country girl whose complexion
was the envy of all her associates.
[ found that she was very light
eater at her meals, but she had a
peculiar custom of taking plate of
apples to her room at night and
eating them slowly as she studied
her lessons. This was her regular
practice. Some of the other girls
in the institution took it up, and |
know as a result of my personal
investigation that the apple eating
girls had the best compilations of
any in the school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
$I.5o-The Midland Journal and The
Silver Knight for $3.50.

The .SlUey Knight is a large eight
page, six column paper published in
Washington, D. c., edited by Hon. VIM.
NJ Stewart, U. S. Senator from Nevada,
which is a guarantee of the superior
merits of the paper. We have made ar
engagements by which we can furnish the
MIDLAND JOURNAL and the .SlIa'er
Knight $3.50. All who apply, old and
new subscribers, can have a copy of both
papers one year for the above price.
Don't fall over each other to get in your
orders, but come right along with
the $3.50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

American toll. If that is what the
people of this city and country
want, then, of course, they should
do all they can in sustainment of an
exclusive gold basis, precisely as
the Public Ledger and other goldite
organs of this city and country are
now doing.-Item, Philada., Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
COuld Not Eat or Sleep.

STOCKTON, N. Y, June %, 1894.
DR.. M. M. FENNER, Fredonia, N. Y.
Dear .Siy:-About years ago be-
came bilious, sallow, dyspeptic and my
system was generally run down. Lost
appetite and flesh. Could not eat or
sleep well, and had palpitation Of the
heart-in fact was so wretched and un-
nerved that on several occasions my
friends thought I would not live till
morning.
Two bottles of your.Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic produced a
complete cure"
For sale by DR.. L. r. Kirk, Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

A hat almost on her nose, linen
gown, chocolate brown shoes and a
narrow belt are the chief character
istics of the summer girl of 1896.
Sleep ON a hard bed with no
pillows if you want to have good
figure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

an average of 34.2 cents per bushel,
to raise the corn, and they received
for it $51 ,099, 698, or an average of
30 cents per bushel, leaving a net
loss of AZ cents per bushel for
every bushel produced.
WHEAT AND OATS.
The total profit since 1872 on
raising wheat was 1854, 400, 295, and
the loss on oats $40, AS, 1923, and on
corn 800, $40, 645, which gives net
loss to the farmers of Illinois on the
three staple products of $50, $685. 73.
These are cold facts gathered from
the statistics of official documents.
Illinois is one of the best agricul-
tural States in the Union. Her
soil is as fertile, her climate as
genial and her farmers as enterpris-
ing as those of any other State.
Whatever is true of the condition
of the Illinois farmer is also true of
the farmers of all other States.-
Extract from "The Condition of the
Farmer" by Taubeneck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

Drive out impurities from your
blood and build up your system by
creating an appetite and toning the
stomach with Hoods Sarsaparilla,
if you would keep yourself well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

XGTANTED:-Several trustworthy gentlemen or
w ladies to travel in Maryland for established,
reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position. Enclose reference and seltaddressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Bird
Floor, Omaha Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

NIANTED:-Severalt ust worthy gentlemen or
w ladies to travel in Maryland for established,
reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position Enclose reference and selfaddressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Srd
Floor Omaha Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
LUMBERl

White and Yellow Pine, Hemock and Oak Bill
Stuff; Scantling, Laths, Boards Shingles of all
descriptions, Fencing, Sheathing. Wainscoating
and Partition; White and Yellow Pine, Spruce,
Casing, Flooring, Ceiling, Mouldings ofal descrip-
tions Slate, Pickets, Pales, Posts, Rails, Blinds,
Shutters, Stair Railing, Newell Posts, Porch Posts,
Brackets, Blinds, Spindle Work, Siding, Weather
bearing and many other items not mentioned.
WIRE, BRAN, CEMENT
and BRICKS
Rosendale and Portland Cement carried in
stock, other brands furnished on application.
LIME and HAIR
of the best quality, for whitewashing and making
mortar
ADAMANT
for plasterng purposes, (now extensively used in
placeof mortar.)
PUMPS
The best steam tested pumps ever put on the
market, suitable for any depth well not exceeding
100 teet
GRASS SEEDS
Carefully selected for purity and quality and
tested termination.
Slate Grave Covers
for covering graves neat, economical and
durable.
COAL
Under cover, all sizes, of the best quality and
well screened.
FERTILIZERS
Manufactured by the Scott Fertilizer Company
also by the Eureka Fertilizer Company. Standard
goods, good mechanical condition and prices
reasonable.
HAY and GRAIN
bought and sold at cash prices on small margins
For further particulars call on or address,
A. L. Duyckinck & Co.,
feb14 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

Additional train leaves Oxford at 745. Rising Sun
3 Oh, a. M. for Port Deposit and Perryvlle.
Additional traius leave Broad st. for Oxford 1l12
a. m., 2 So and 6 10 p M. Wednesdays and Satur-
days only. 11.43; Sunday only. 755a. m. p. m.
8. M. PROVOST, J.R.WOOD.
GENT. Manager. Gen. PdsS'r AGENT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

Hoods pills are the best after
dinner pill; assist digestion, cure
headache. zoe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Weare

offering the following well-known Fertilizers:
Listers, NJ. P. Hubbard's, Sharretts,
Fish, Rock and Potash
for the money! rock bottom prices at terms suit
of these goods will convince you of their superior
merits.
Choice Cecil County CLOVER SEED; TIMOTHY, AIsIKE
and all other Seeds in
a good BRAN, 2OOb. Sacks to arrive in
few days. Price very low.
We are headquarters for SALT-G.A. Dairy and Rock
cattle. Agents for the celebrated RETsoF SALT for
agricultural purposes.
Can supply you with any of the following we'll known
brands of LAND LIME: LeGore's, Wrghtsvie and
cambridge. BUILDING LIME always on hand.
COAL anthracite and buminous all Sizes free from dirt
and slate
B~We needing good grades of I'll LAY and STRAW also
Bsgchoice milling WHEAT for which offering outside
Deg~prces. 1t may pay you well to before selling
BSg=Ciive call.
Truly,
POGUE & HARTENSTINE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

XAIANTED:-Several trustworthy gentlemen or
w ladies to travel in Maryland fol established
reliable house. Salary $50 and expenses Steady
position. Enclose reference and selfaddressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, 3rd
Floor Omaha Bldg, Chicago. I'LL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

pECULIAR in combination, pro-
portion and preparation ofingredi-
ents, Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRYIT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at rs
a. IN. and 90 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at $685.
Liberty Grove. 9.O7; Colora. 9.l6; Rising SUM- 1885,
Sylmar, 1885, Nottingham. 9 40; Oxford, 1000 a. ~
| arriving at South st. 2.53 p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.21 a. M; and 6.1O, arriving in
Philadelphia at SIG p. m.
LEAVE anINa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
WHINING
= TON & BALTIMORE RI

CENTRAL DIVISION.
On and after December 18th, 1895, trains will
run as follows:
LEAVE GOING NORTH.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
CORN IN ILLINOIS.

For twenty-five years, from 1872
to 1898, inclusive, the farmers of
Illinois produced 4,579,699, 946
bushels of corn. 1t cost them
81, 500, 1925, 941, or an average OF
35.1 cents per bushel, to raise the
corn, and they received for it
81, 51S,676,2 96, or an average OF
33.1 cents per bushel. leaving a net
loss of 2 cents per bushel for every
bushel produced since 1871.
In 1898 the farmers of Illinois
produced 167, 5S7,971 bushels of
corn. 1t cost them $57, 422, 1863, or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-14
COMING TO A HEAD IN CUBA.
Battle Expected That Will Settle Som
body-Fixht Reported.

Eattie Expected mat VIII settle Some
body-Ffsht Reported.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-14

ton OF the ON ,ers are limited, and the ex-
pense of administering bankrupt
estate will be small. il is claimed. ALI
causes of Involuntary bankruptcy except
two involve fraudulent intent, purpose
and act. Suspending payment of com
snersial paper for thirty days while in
solvent, making assignment for the bene.
ht of creditors and fling q written state.
rnent admitting inability to pay debts
also constitute acts of bankruptcy.
Acts OF bankruptcy must have been
committed within four months, but in
some cases-as in case of concealment OF
running away to avoid the service of civil
process. the transfer of property to defea!
creditors etc.-a return of forty-eigh,
hours before petition is flied or q regain
Ing OF possession and ownership of the
property transferred ten days before the
commencement of proceedings, relieves
the offender from the operation of the
INV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-14
NEW LAND BILL FOR IRELAND
Goes Farther Than Morley Did In the La
Liberal Government

Goes Farther Than Morley Did in the Last
Liberal Government.
LONDON, April IL - Gerald Balfour,
chief secretary for Ireland, introduced the
new Irish land bill in tho house of COM
mons yesterday. 1t is of much wider
scope than that Of John Morley, who
was chief secretary for Ireland in the late
Liberal government, and is upon the
principle of purchase by the occupying
tenant being the ultimate solution of the
land question. In introducing the bill
the chief secretary for Ireland said that
the government believed that the land
question was at the root Of the agitation
for home rule.
The bill provides means to facilitate tho
purchase of holdings and prevents the
lessee from having rent levied ON his i'm
provcmcnts. 1tcmbodies some of the pro-
posals Of the bill Of 1895 and modifies 9TH
ers. They proposed that tho tenant should
be deemed, on the payment of two years
arrears, to be in just possession of his
holdings, leaving the landlord to recover
the remainder OF the arrears in the ordi.
nary way. Continuing, Bslfour said that
the government had decided not to alter
the statutory term Of fifteen years Tor fix
ing fair rent.
A representative Of the Associated Press
looking for some representative opinions
on the new bill sought an interview with
John Redmond on the subject He ad-
United that the bill had good points, and
was better than Morley's because it was
intended to pass, while Morley's was not
He thought the purchase clauses the most
important. Horace Plunkett, member of
parliament for Dublin county, south, was
also asked for his opinion. He regards
the bill ns an honest attempt to bring the
land question within q measurable dis.
tance Of fnality
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-14
STATE SUPREME IN THE MATTER,
As Long as 1t Does Not vioiatc the Consti-
tuition in Its Laws.

AS Long as 1t Does Not Vioiatc the Constt-
tuition in Its Laws.
Yet even If this were true, said tho
court, the United States supreme court
would be transcending its jurisdiction to
Interfere where the constitutional law of
the state was not in contravention of the
constitution of the United States He
said the court recognized that the safety
OF the the colored race would be imperiled
il any discrimination was permitted be.
cause Of race. but that the record in these
cases did now show any, and that there.
fore the only course left was to affirm the
decision OF the state supreme court. JUS
tice Harlan also said in the course Of his
opinion that it was competent for tho
state of Mississippi to prescribe the quail
fication OF jurors as to intelligence and
morality.
In the case of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road company VS.. Samuel Peterson,
opinion by Justice Peckham, the court rc.
versed the opinion Of tho court below
The case was one of damages on account
of an accident and the question involved
was whether section boss was fellow
servant or an agent of the railroad COM
pany. Tho opinion holds him to be q fel.
low servant
Justice Peckham also delivered the
opinion Of the court in the case Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company vs.. G.
S. Lewis. Lewis had claimed damages for
the destruction of 1000 cords of wood by
fire which started from Northern Pacific
locomotive. As 1t appeared that the wood
in question was cut upon the public do
main and was located upon government
land when burned, the court held that
Lewis did not have sufficient title to it to
entitlc him to damages for it's destruction
and decided tho case in favor of the rail.
road company.
In the case of I. NJ Montgomery, Of
Tennessee. q letter carrier, the court de-
cided that it WAS no defense to set up that
the letter from which he distracted money
WINS q "dccoy" letter. The same point
was covered heretofore in an opinion of
the case Of A. ID. Andrews. charged with
sending obscene matter through the mails
in response to decoy letters. Il YVES also
decided in this case that the fact that the
letters which were alleged to be obscene
were in closed in envelopes constituted no
valid defense. In both cases the opinions
Of the circuit court were affirmed