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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
An Impress of Falsity.

It is not only with regard to 1itera-
ture that excessive strictness of the CEN
sorship has q disastrous effect. In Rus
sia it is impossible to believe what one
reads, for everything bears the impress
of falsity. Statistics, published by su-
preme order, are falsifed, and no one
knows what is going ON in the country,
whether the cholera is raging or the
peasants are famine stricken. Conse-
quently the people suffer indirectly for
want of relief during famine, while the
cholera may be spread broadcast over
the land. For instance, the writer visit
ed Mini Novgorod at the time of the
great fair there, and found that the
cholera was raging, and had been
for some time. Notwithstanding this,
the government published no statistics
of cholera in Mini, but gave that town
a clean bill of health, at the risk Of
spreading the disease all over Euro
pean Russia and Asia, and with the be-
nevolent object in view of not interrupt
ing the business Of the market.
Thus all this secrecy causes material
harm. Distress and famine, existing in
outlying districts, are kept secret, and
the wretched peasants perish for want
OF that assistance which they would re-
eeive from charitable people if their rer
quirements were made known. Further,
no comments are allowed to be printed
on the actions of civil Or military Off
GERS, police or any government officials,
and there is consequently little to pre-
vent them abusing their power, privi-
lege of which they frequently avail
themselves. Such being the case, and
the Russians being an Asiatic nation in
many of their characteristics, it is not
surprising that the administration of the
country is corrupt to the core.-West-
minister Review.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
IN PLAGUE TIMES.
How London Handled the All Devouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.

How London Handled the All Devouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.
During the plague of 1908 Francis
Herring, doctor in Physicke and Eel
low of the Colledge Of Physitians in
London published certain Rules
and Directions for the prevention Of the
spreading of that contagious and all de-
vouring Sickness. - These he reprinted.
somewhat inlarged," in the next
plague season of 1926, "to the view and
vse, and I hope good of my Citizens
and Countrimen. Among his rules are:
"Concourse of people to Stage playes,
wakes or feasts and May pole dauncings
are to be prohibited by publique Author
ity, whereby, as God is dishonored, the
bodies of men and women-by surfet-
ting, drunkenness and other riots and
xeesses-disposed to infection, and the
contagion dangerously scattered both in
Cite and Countrie.
"Let not the carkasses of horses, dogs,
cats, etc, lye rotting and poisoning the
aire (as they have done) in More and
Finsburie fields, and elsewhere round
about the Cite.
Ihe burylng or injected Dodles IN
churches, churchyards and, namely, in
Paules Churchyard, where the chiefe
Magistrates of the Cite and many other
Citizens meete weekly to hear Sermons,
must needs be not onely announcement,
but verie dangerous for spreading the
contagion. and poisoning the whole
Cite"
Some folk ate breakfast then, others
did not:
"For breakfast you may vse good
draught of wormewood beere or ale,
and a few morsels of bread and butter,
with the leaues Of sage, or else toste
with sweet salade oyle, two or three
drops of rose vinegar and little sugar.
They that haue cold stomackes may
drinke draught of wormewood wine
or malmsey, instead of ale or beere.
But take heed (as you loue your life) Of
extreme hot waters, as aqua vitae, Rosa
soils or other compound waters of like
nature, which Empericks prepare and
set out with vaine and boasting words
y they were y y devised to kill,
not cure men. Notes and Queries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
A Remarkable Tree.

There is wayward white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind, that may we'll puz-
zle naturalists with the vagaries of its
growth The tree is feet in circumfer-
ence at the base, and there are no
branches of any size below ID feet from
the ground. There the great bole di-
vides into a number of limbs. Two,
leaving the trunk about 90 inches apart,
grow west, their lines diverging for some
feet, and then each rending toward
the other. Twelve feet from the body Of
the tree they unite again, making per-
feet oval, and out of this grow two
smaller branches. AS II not satisfied
with that expressed disregard for the
laws of nature. this old tree has per-
formed another feat. Six feet from it's
base grows another white oak, less than
half its size, and no sooner does the
smaller tree arrive at the charmed cir
cles of those branching limbs than one
of them grows right into it, and is alb
sorbed. The second tree is very much
larger 20 feet from the ground than at
its base,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
BUILT THE WRONG WAY.
Why the Quaker's Chester Hogs Took No
Prizes In Georgia.

''I never shall forget an incident
which occurred at the first fair ever
attended in Georgia" said retired
Cincinnati meat packer. ''It was at
Macon. and think they called 1t state
fair. At any rate it was big thing for
the town in those days. They had some
fine stock on exhibition, and Pennsyl-
vanian had sent down about 30 of the
finest looking hogs you ever saw. They
were mostly Chester Whites. and II ]
recollect Alright they were exhibited by
Thomas Wood, great hog and cattle
fancier of 20 and 80 years ago. He 1T
was who introduced that famous breed
of hogs, the Chester White, and he
made a great deal of money out Of his
fancy stock. He was Friend-a Qua
ker, you know-who used the plain Ian
guage and wore broad brimmed hat.
He was smart old gentleman, honest
and prosperous. He sent his hogs from
state fair to state fair, and they took SO
many prizes and blue ribbons that each
hog looked like boy who had spent all
his money making collection Of badges.
"When the Macon judges made their
awards, they gave blue ribbons very lib
orally to the razor backs, but not one Of
the fat, sleek Pennsylvania hogs got
prize. The owner of the exhibit did not
understand it, SO he hunted up one Of
the judges and said in the language Of
the Friends:
"'I know thee to be an honest man,
and I do not question thy fairness in the
award, but to crafty my own curiosity
would be glad to have thee tell me
why thee gave all the prizes to the ma
tive stock and what fault thee found in
mine?
"'My friend, the committee admired
your hogs greatly, the judge replied.
'They are certainly handsome, and
have no doubt that in your section they
are the best breed to raise, but they are
not suited for this country. They are so
short legged and fat that a niger could
catch them in two minutes. What we
require in hog in the south is legs and
wind. We give our prizes for speed "
Atlanta Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
A Powerful Burning Glass.

The most powerful sunglass ever con-
structed in France was that made un-
der the supervision of the savant M.
de Villette. This glass generated heat
sufficient to melt a copper coin of the
size of our silver % cent piece in ~
seconds.
George Parker of Fleet street, Lon
don, made glass much more powerful
than that which resulted from the
Frenchman S efforts. Parker S was three
feet in diameter and so powerful that it
was actually used to melt substances
which were too refractory for the fur
naces. The best authorities on heat say
that it had power of 166, ,362 degrees
F. This is best understood when it is
known that it only takes temperature
of 2,7S7 degrees to melt cast iron SO that
it will flow like water.-St. Louis Re-
public. )
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
Fathers Must BE Careful There.

Among the Indians of British Guiana
usage bids the father go to bed when u
child is born and allows the mother to
return at once to her household duties.
James Roadway S recently published book
on that country explains the custom by
a superstition which attaches the spirit
of the child to the body of the father.
The author says:
"The father must not hunt, shoot or
fell trees for some time because there is
an invisible connection between himself
and the babe whose spirit accompanies
him in all his wanderings, and might
be shot, chopped or otherwise injured
unwittingly. He therefore retires to his
hammock, sometimes holding the little
one, and receives the congratulations of
his friends, as we'll as the advice of the
elder members of the community. If he
has occasion to travel, he must not GO
very far, as the child and spirit might
get tired, and in passing a creek must
first lay across it little bridge or bend
o leaf into the shape of canoe for his
companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID.
A Coachman Told Him He Would Never
Set River Afire.

~ OOacn1n8n 1OlO HIN ne WOuAu never
Set River Afire.
An amusing little story about the pres
ent emperor of Germany, William II,
and Vienna coachman was narrated at
a banquet lately given at Vienna by
some diplomatists, the narrator being
himself we'll known and prominent
member of the corps diplomatic.
III the year 1887 the present Emperor
William II Of Germany, then Prince
William Of Prussia, came to Vienna,
visiting his particular friend and chum,
the late Crown Prince Rudolf Of Aus
tria Joined by the Prince of Wales,
who was at that time also frequent
visitor to the Vienna court, the three
princes took fancy to mingle with the
commons Of the Vienna population.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited
places which are not in the least regard
ed as suitable for princely guests.
One day they entered hotel, but in
stead of going into the dining room they
walked into the "schwemme," place
which answers in some degree to the
barroom Of an American hotel; in this
room coachmen and the servants Of the
hotel guests take their meals.
The three princes took seats at an
empty table, and listened, highly
amused, to fierce debate about politics
between several stout members of that
class of fashionable Vienna coachmen
who are known all over Europe as
"fesche Wiener fiaker." The distinc-
tion of those charioteers is a kind of
good natured boldness and droll famil-
iarity toward their customers as we'll as
to perfect strangers.
After listening awhile Prince William
put in word, and soon was drawn into
the excited discussion. Suddenly stout,
red faced coachman walked up to the
table where the three princes were seat
ed, and, tapping Prince William gently
ON the shoulder, said, "Now, if you
should ever have anything to say in
politics, you wouldn't set river on fire,
I'm sure p'
AS every public coaohman in Vienna
wears a number, this coachman was
upon a special request of Prince William
easily identified. The prince sent him
handsome scarfpin with his initials as
thanks for the amusement he had fur
nished, and thus the man learned in
amazement whose political abilities
they were that he had so belittled.-
Vienna Letter in Kew York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17

A curious legend is related in an
English paper concerning the Russian
custom which prescribes that the new
czarina must dress ON her wedding morn
before the historical wedding table
which belonged to the Czarina Maria
Ivanowna. This precious piece of fur
niture was a gift from her imperial
fiance, and the legend relates it is the
most wonderful nuptial gift known,
The young Princess Maria was very
pleased and proud of it. She was also
very beautiful, loved and was adored
by her future husband. On her wedding
day, while her ladies were dressing her
before this table, all at once the precious
mirror did not reflect the superb beauty
of Maria Ivanowna, nor her magnificent
dress, nor her magnificent gems. Instead
of that rapid vision passed over its
clear surface, scenes of bloodshed, strug-
giles, misfortune, in which appeared the
figures of her husband and of sons and
grandchildren destined to wear the
heavy crown of the Muscovite succession,
The poor girl was terribly frightened
and tainted at the sight of these dread
full scenes, and to which future events
gave a tragic confirmation. Maria
Ivanowna, to whom this revelation was
one of advice and instruction, expressed
the desire that the golden toilet table
should be used by each successive czarina
on the day of her bridal, with the in
tention, perhaps, that if the vision
should again reveal the mysteries of the
future to another bride it would serve
as an admonition that earthly happiness
is not to be attained here below, even
on the steps of throne.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17

find yourself deposited gently ashore in
an incredibly short space of time. All
you have to do then is to run deftly out of
reach before the force of the undertow
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17

begins to suck you back again. Angus
Stuart, as it happened, was an adept in
the art, and almost before Aggie quite
realized what was actually happening he
was standing with her on the sand, we'll
out of reach of the waves, and holding
her tight i'll her dripping clothes to pre-
vent her from fainting.
AS for Aggie, in that first flush of joy
and relief at her delivery from such ap-
palling and impending danger she for
got everything OH earth except her sense
of gratitude to her brave deliverer and
clung to him passionately and covered
him with kisses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
Marriage Ceremony In Sweden.

Although Cupid runs riot in all
climes, his ways and means differ. And
to those foreign to the country some of
the marriage ceremony would hardly
seem in keeping with so sacred and
solemn a service.
In Sweden and Norway the bride is
dressed in her wedding garments and
placed in the middle of the room, sur.
rounded by circle Of bright lights,
Then the villagers enter, and walking
around the bride audibly comment upon
her appearance, character and prospects.
Occasionally some young fellow will
say:
"Well, she's to be married at last.
About time, think It's the first offer
she's had since Tilted her."
eyes," another will interject; ST pity
The man who will marry hers
"But doesn't she look old, thought"
a third will add, and this running fire
is kept up for an hour Or So But all is
patiently borne by the bride. Finally
every one is ordered out of the room,
and then the wedding ceremony is per-
formed. When it is finished, tin dish
is placed before the bride, and what is
known as the "cradle tax" is collected.
Her father places bank note and two
silver spoons in the dish, and the guests
all contribute money or silver gifts.
Then procession forms, which escorts
the bride and groom to their home, each
person carrying lighted candle. Then
it's all over, and like the good old fairy
tales they lived happily ever afterward
at least let us hope so.-Godey s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17

While teaching a class of girls in q
school recently, the master asked the
following question;
"What was Noah supposed to be do
ing when the animals We're going into
the ark?''
He received several answers. At Last
little girl put up her hand.
"Well, " he said, "what do you say?"
Taking the tickets, sir. Buffalo
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17

The first alcoholic perfume was Hum
gary water, made from rosemary by
Elizabeth of Hungary, 1870, she having
procured the recipe from a Hungarian
hermit This perfume became popular
throughout all Europe in that and the
succeeding century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
SING SUN, FRIDAY JANUARY II, 1896 No

more astonished than poor old Mrs Os-
wald when she received the news that
Aggie was married, not to Phil Gil
man, but to an officer she had met on
board the Indus.
THE END
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16
Aamttas,s @ploplamfe.

Me&inleD's gampagnes Siibrer, 6err
Sanna, ipirb bas @plo, pon benz 10
rpenig mebr aii ieben iIt, nit @siunlt III
llmlauf brinsen Big 5ur @abl i'm gu@
nentber.
glu9 gab 8afota ipiro Iein 9heiL
abbefpmmen;t t batid9licb lit in bieIem
Gtaate i9Dn cine bebeutenbe Gurunie
placirt tuprben mo iie am 9iiBli9iten
Iein tuirb".
Gor Der republitanil9en Gtaatsoons
pentipn in gtberbeen beiltbte Serr
&ittrebge BON giour Sails Mcs9inleD
uno gamma in Columbus, Ohio.
@o5u benn?
9as bat ilns elm tuDblunteridteter
&epublifaner, beiien gtanlen mir nid1t
neniten, ba ipir ibn ntbt unt feline Gtells
brinsen n6bten, anuertraut.
s1r. &ittrebae lit befanntlicl pplitiz
i6er ,,8artner'' bes berporragenben
repmblifanii9en ssiibrers. Serrn SC.
8billips, 8u6t6ausbirettor. .6r. 8bilz
| lips aber lit etn alter Sreunb @icailt@
lep's, er biente ais 9ieutenant unter bes
leBteren COMMANDO i'm 8iirgerfrieee.
Sr. &ittrebge gebt ali0 nit einent
@npfeblunssbrief BON Srn. Gbillips 5l
Mfc&inlep uno erlitdt ibu ilnt ,,finartz
Siellen" 8eiitanb fir Die Bartei in I'M
Ierem Staate. Sr. gamma luiro at
Static ge5psen, er ibrieb einen gbeque
auf ben gorruptiDnsfonbs uu6 bic
lartei, ipel1e in bieSenl Gtaate gu 5er@.
brBdeln brohte, tuarb frii9 cementirt.
| 8ie sroB Der gbeque mar? slnse6z
lid $4,000. @ans pertbeilt ioll ernp9
nidat iein.
9as lit Sanna's @OloplanIe.
/ gserben Die &epublifaner auf ibr in
gibs DafOta iiegen?
@ir slauben es nidbt. @s mare eirte
i Sbmaib.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16

IteuereeIeb 1T elm gere9tes @eIeb. gs
be5ruedt einfa9, bic 2aiten Der Gegierung
in gere9ter &etIe benz golfe aufsuerles
gen. SD bin 81 @unften elmer Ginz
fOnmenfteuer 8etfall. J 8enn id etitert
Nann finbe, Der nidt 8illens lit, ii6
ieinen gbeil Der 2aften Der &egierlng,
Die i'm beidibt, 81 be5abten, oann ftitbe
i6 einen 0tann, Der es llibt tuertb lit,
Der Gegnung elmer Ge9terung tuit Der
unIerigen 5u erfreuen. (8etfan.
(Shluf fOIqt. ]
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16

Y Grinat Die i9aobdfteit Sbube benz
fleiMen Grpertem 81. glnbreen, oireft
gegeniber EaDlpr's @iienipaarenlaben,
er bsilt bic idlimmmitea @ebredea an
2eoertuerf.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16

unb NIT gsi[liam S. 8raDn an Der
Spite fann ibr i'm giouember Der Gieg
ni9t febIen.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16

Die s 9elegatei1 pOn 5iib 8afDta
Itimmten alle fir 8rpan iOtuobl iuie fiir
5eluall. Sic tuaren befanntlicb auf eiz
ner @oloplatfcrm ertpdblt. gt6er Ibon
in Der eriten 9l6itimmius fir ben 8rG=
Observation-Disclosures, als 8rpan mod
6inter 8lanb Surif mar 8Otes perz
blieb peri9ieoener @riin6e iue9en in
oritter 9tnie - itimnten ibrer ietbs
fir ben na6trdgli6 gouinirteI, in 0er
3lpetten Nbltimmuns iieben, unb in ben
orei fDl9enoen ale a6t. 9ie Serreit
batten tpp6l ben l6bli6en @nti9fus ge=
faBt, Die @elegenheit, einen iueitli9eit
Mdnn nDntiniren 81 belfen, tidt uu=
beniibt noriiberseben gu laiien unb pielz
lei9t ppllten iie alt9, na9bent es uffeit=
bar ipurbe, baB elm 9Oppeludbrun9sz
fnnbibat aufgeltellt iuerben tuiirbe. bic
Ga1lage perID6Herb fit Die opn Der
Gtaatsrsnpentton enttduiften Giibz9az
totaer 9enlufraten seItalten.
9lrsuss saea6er, 81 bift Elm anger
Setter.
9emofrotiide &Opuliiten nennt Die
6itli9e @olbprefIe Die 8rDan=S =Sempfra@
tie nit ip6ttiidem 9on.
gsas tft elm Shame? gsas ms gPoie beiBt,
ggie es aud bieBe, iuiiroe lieblid1 oufteH.
Ser grite 9tapoleon tpurbe uDn 8erz
biinoeten geI9lagen, Die in man9en
9ingen iebr abiuei6enbe 4niiDten un6
ielbt entsegenseiebte Iei9unsen batten.
9arin aber ftimntten iie iiberein: Ser
groBe llnbolo mrBte uernidtet tuerben.
l1nb er ipurbe seiblasen, Mc&inlepz
9tapoleon unb ieine @olbs goborten iper=
ben i'm berbit au6 btr6 @erbiinoete,
unter benz bemOfratiI6en 8Gnner, ilie@
berseiuprfen iuerben.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1896-07-16

,,Serr @oriiben0er unb meine Serren
pum GOnpentl @s !pdre anrnaBeHb ppn
mir, iuOllte icb mid 9egen Die ausgez
5eifneten Serren fteaen, oenen Tie ios
eben gelauibt haben. tDenn bies nur Elm
Mieiien Der Sdbigfeiten tudre; aber bies
lit Ai9t Elm Ran1pf pun 8erIDner. Der
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-30
IlTREL REFORM4TORf.
Members of the Legislature VIII VISIT the
InsIifmtinn To- aN.

The members of the General Assembly
have been invited to inspect the lndus-
trial Reform School at Laurel station ~
order 20 familiauzo themselves WIN .,e
work done there. \ train Will leave the
Union depot over the Richmond, treu-
ericksburg and Potomac railroad this AZ
ternoon at o'clock, and VIII carry the
members Of the Legislature, as preNou'.y
stated I'm The Times. free Of charge 70
their destination. They viii return TO this
city AZ d o'clock
Tho Reform School has been i'm exist
ouce FOR about five years II was cstab-
lished by the Prison Association of Nir-
ginia from voluntary subscriptions. Ma
ior Robert Stiles, the first president OF
the association. has collected over Sill
OpD from members aud friends of the
organization for that purpose. The only
time when The state was applied to for
an appropriation was two years ago.
when a bill was Introduced appropriate
ing $1,000 for the erection Of a building
on the farm Of 10 acres that had been
purchased by the association out of its
own funds. At that time Major Stiles
addressed the members OF the General
Assembly At an informal gathering held
one evening in the hall Of House Of
Delegates, and the final result was that
the appropriation was granted.
The institution has since received un-
ruly boys sentenced by magistrates from
various. sections of the State. and has
done n great deal OF good. The school
Is now overcrowded. and additional ac-
commcdations will have 10 he procured
For that purpose a bin has been intfo-
duced by Colonel Iarwood, Of this city.
asking the General Assembly 10 appro-
pirate $1,000 for the ere .tiOn OF an
additional dormtory. Another bin. Of
which Colonel HarwoOd is also the pa
tron asks Tor an appropriation of $1,000
each for this year and next year 10 assist
IN the defrayins Of the current e,'-
penses OF ne institution. u Is confidently
hoped 10y. the management Of the school
that by the end OF next year tho rcceipts
OF the institution from the various trades
established there Will Doe sufficient TO
pay for its running expenses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-30

powers. privileges. and franchises of said
company became. i'm fact void nearly
four years ago.
The General Assembly can. OF course,
confer the same powers, but il cannot
do so by amending and re-enacting one
section of the act or the whole OF H.
i =. Is TO ACT TO amend ana re-e,a0..
III can only be done. in my opinion. by
new bill, and the granting OF new
charter, and, the payment 10 the state or
the tax required by law. Not only -
section OF the old charter dead. but
every section OF il and every power. priNl-
lege, and franchise. There is nothing left
TO amend and re-enact. The act OF March
:, 1890. has no more vitality than II II
had never been enacted. II the corpora
tors in the old act desire TO cothe them
selves with the franchises they once pos
sessed, but which they lost by their own
laches, they should apply for n new char
ter. CHAS r. O'FERRALL.
Governor.
Tire action of the Governor was sus-
tanned bV the House