davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
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 Enlarged" 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 danncings
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
excesses-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 Citie.
"The burying Of infected bodies 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 inconuenient,
but verie dangerous for spreading the
contagion, and poisoning the whole
Citie."
Some folk ate breakfast then, others
did not:
"For breakfast you may vse good
draught of wormewood Deere or ale,
and 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 a draught Of wormewood wine
or malmsey, instead Of ale or beere.
But take heed las you ioue 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 y they were devised to kill,
not cure mon. Notes and Queries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID.
A Coachman Told Him He Would Never
Set a River Afire.


An amusing little story about the pres
ent emperor of Germany, William ii,
and Vienna coachman was narrated at
banquet lately given at Vienna by
some diplomatists. the narrator being
himself we'll known and prominent
member of the corps diplomatic.
In 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' set river on fire,
I'm sure!"
AS every public coachman in Vienna
wears a number, this coachman was
upon special request of Prince William
easily identified. he 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 Lew York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
PUTTING UP A STOVE.
A Version of the Operation That Rare
Happens In Real Life.

A Version of the Operation That Rarely
Happens In Real Life.
This is about a man who put up
stove
It is unnecessary perhaps to go far
ther with it. You know in advance just
how he swore and tore and spoiled this
carpet, and the pipe didn't fit and he
skinned his knuckles and cut his finger
and spilled SCOT down the back of his
neck and finally went up town and got
six men to finish the job.
johnson, said johnson s wife at
dinner yesterday, 81 want you to come
home early this afternoon. want that
sitting room stove up and going by Sun
day."
"All right, my dear," said Johnson.
"I'll be home at a."
So that afternoon johnson g wife sent
the children over to visit on the other
side of town and stuffed rags in all the
cracks to deaden sound. After fervent
prayer that all the neighbors would be
out of town for few hours that after
noon she was ready for johnson.
He arrived promptly.
"The stove is out in the wood shed,o
said his wife.
The stove was not very large, and
after johnson had dressed himself for
the occasion, with the help of Mrs. john
son, who had taken care to have his old
clothes and gloves handy, he got the
stove to the back porch without much
difficulty.
cit must be blackened," said Mrs.
Johnson as she mixed the blacking. Tt
blackened to beautiful finish with very
little rubbing, and johnson whistled at
his work
Then he tackled down the oilcloth
mat and tie zinc and kept on whistling.
He took the stove in carefully and
put it in the right place.
There vas plenty of the old stovepipe,
and while lie cleaned it in the alley
with q stick Mrs. johnson sat ON the
back porch and listened to him whistle.
The first joint went on all right, and
the damper staid in place. The next
joint fitted so we'll that johnson almost
stopped whistling in sheer admiration
for it, and so did the next one. The ell
bow fitted admirably, and the collar and
last joint went ON like top. The seam
was on the right side all the way up.
There was not even speck of SCOT on
the papers Mrs. johnson had spread on
the carpet.
In ten minutes more johnson had a
lovely fire in the stove and was in his
business suit again spick and span read
ing the paper while his wife got supper.
1t was just here that there was saw
age nudge in Johnson's left ribs and he
heard his wife tell him to wake up, and
hustle out now, for it had been daylight
for half an hour.-Topeka State Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
Oil and Water.
said the

"I'm very unfortunate, said the
young artist.
"You arc deficient in one important
quality" replied his candid friend:
"What is thats' -.
"Tact. When Mr. Greesem came to
see you about portrait, you never stop
ped to think that he made his fortune
out of lucky streak in kerosene. "
"Never.
"And you told him he ought to have
his picture done in oil, and he didn't
leave the order.
"That's so.
"And when Mr.. Skimker, who has
prospered as dairyman, called at your
studio, you rushed from Scylla to Cha
rybdis and advised him to be done up
in water colors. You're good painter,
my boy, but what you need is discre
tion. Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
GOT MARRIED ON CREDIT.
Lack of Money Was No impeachment to the
Student and His Bride.

SCuIehC anu his
The city registrars office in the old
courthouse is the scene of one or two
marriages daily, and amusing incidents
frequently occur. Perhaps the most pc
culiar case that has come up recently,
an account of which was related to a
reporter a few days ago, is that of a
Harvard student who was in love and
without funds. The love conquered his
pride, and he concluded to investigate
the matter with a view of getting mar
riod on trust. He made his appearance
at the desk in the registrars Office and
inquired if that was the place where he
could procure a marriage certificate
and also get married He was informed
that it was, and blank application was
handed to him, which he proceeded to
fill out.
After this proceeding was gone through
with he looked up, and, in hesitating
manner, asked the clerk if he could
have a few moments private conversa-
tion with him. He was taken into the
anteroom. and this is the tale he un-
folded: He said that he was deeply in
love with a young lady, and that she
was also very much in love with him.
But her parents had serious objections
to the match and did all that was in
their power to break it off. They had
closed their doors ON him; but, notwith-
standing this, he succeeded in arranging
meetings with his hearts choice, and
during one of these he proposed mar
riage to her and was accepted, he argu-
ing that if they were joined in the holy
bonds of matrimony nothing, not even
her stern parents, could separate them.
They had arranged the details and con-
cluded that the only thing to be done
was to get married in secret and then
separate until he should graduate from
his college. She, Of course, would go
back to her home and live with her
parents as if nothing out of the general
run of events had happened.
But the young man, being without
funds, was in dilemma, and the worst
of it was he could not see his way clear
to procure the necessary amount to pay
for the certificate and ceremony. His
home was in western state, and he re-
CGlN6u du dllUWduC0 liOA Ills ldIuSI Ou1y
once in six months. 1t was not due for
nearly two months. He concluded that
his only course was to try the method
referred to above. The clerk, being a
kind hearted man, told the youth that
he would perform the ceremony and
trust him for the pay, provided the lady
in question was of age. The next day
the couple put in an appearance and
were married. Upon the arrival of the
next allowance from his parent the
youth walked into the office one day,
made himself known and presented the
clerk $40 bill.-Boston Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
WATER SNAKE FIGHTS EEL.
Terrific Combat Which Finally Ended Ii
the EePs Escape.

Terrific Combat Which Finally Ended In
the EePs Escape.
"Did you ever know that there is a
deadly antipathy between a common
water snake and an eel?" asked the
fisherman. swell, never knew it un-
til an experience that I had in witness
ing fight between the two Personally
l have the greatest dread Of eels. I'm
more afraid of them than I am Of a
snake, and you can imagine my chagrin
when I happened to hook one on one Of
my fishing expeditions. Twas afraid to
touch it, and all could do was to let it
dangle in the air. I could not get it off
my hook, and I was meditating what to
do, when, altogether unnoticed, allow
ed the Shiny object to drop down into
the water.
"In a moment / saw big water
snake make . dive for it. At the first
lunge it caught the peck of the eel
square1y between its teeth, and could
see it sink its ugly looking fangs into
the cells flesh. Iwaited anxiously to see
the developments. With its grim hold
still on the eels neck the snake, quick
as it takes to tell it, wrapped its sinu-
Gus body around its antagonists neck in
an effort to squeeze it to death. The
body of the eel was too sleek, however.
and the snakes coils, despite all it could
do. would slip down into the water.
Time and time again it tried to squeeze
the life out of its antagonist, never for
an instant releasing its hold on the cells
neck, but the body of the latter was too
sleek for it and every time 1t wonld slip
down. Finally the hook broke and the
eel made good its escape, "-Indianapo-
lis Sentinel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
Shortening the Time.

Friend-Doesn' the journey to and
from the country every day seem very
long?
Mr.. Suburb-Long? It's too short.
When take the train in the morning, I
know I've got to pinch in and work like
horse the moment the train reaches the
city. That makes the journey seem too
short, doesn't it?
II presume it does. But how about
the journey back?"
"Well, I always remember after I
start that I've forgotten something my
wife wanted particularly, SO that ride
is always over too soon. "-Pearson's q
Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

While teaching q class Of girls in q
school recently, the master asked the
following question:
''What was Noah supposed to be do
ing when the animals were 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, 1896-02-07
Not So AwfulIy Superior.

Paleface-Why don't you get civ
ilized name for yourself, now that you
have become civilized Indian?
Noble Red Man-Ughl What your
name?
Paleface-My name is Iglehart.
Noble Red Man with crushing sar-
casm)-Ugh! Iglehart Heap good! In
jun S name Eagle Heartl Heap bad -
Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
HpnaaFY Water.

The first alcoholic perfume was Hun
gary water, made from rosemary by
Elizabeth of Hungary, 1870, she having
procured the recipe from Hungarian
hermit. This perfume became popular
throughout all Europe in that and the
succeeding century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

Prayer has right to the word "in-
effable," 1t is an hour of outpourings
which words cannot express-of that in
terror speech which we do not articulate,
even when we employ it.-Mme. Swetoh-
inc
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

During the four years of the civil war
there were 107 pitched battles, 102 COM
bats involving the presence of number
of regiments on each side and 362 skir-
sieges and other actions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

The ancient inks closely resembled
black paint, and on account of the large
quantity of gum employed in their COM
position the letters stood up in relief on
the parchments as though embossed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
A SUMMER SCENE.

Laden come the maidens home,
With poppies and wild roses,
Singing ditties as they come,
And blushing like their posies.
Crowned is one merry maid
With coronal of poppy:
Nature has with beauty played,
To make faultless copy.
Laughter gathers in her eye,
Her every movement blushes;
Harkl she mocks lovers sigh
With songs in birdlike gushes.
Cupid, should he pass her way,
For lack Of strength must tarry;
She will steal his bow away
And bid the rogue go marry.
Charles T. Lusted in Blackwood's Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

In the early days of this century many
efforts were made to fasten hard points
to pens of softer material. Bits of metal
were often fastened as points to pens of
glass, tortoise shell or horn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
willing to Please.

Tourist Tin Ireland)-I should like a
room with an iron bedstead.
Hotel Proprietor-Sorr, Oi haven't
an iron 'bedstead in the place-they' re
all soft wool. But you'll find the mat
tress noice and hard, sorr.-Pick Me
Tin
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

Sir John Herschel proved that an ici-i
Gle 40 miles in diameter and 200, 600
miles long would melt in one minute
should it fall into the sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07
NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on tho
second Tuesday of every 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, 1896-02-07
A CARS ESCAPADE.
1T STARTED A NEW BREED OF CAT
TIE IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY.

Coe Little's Bills and His Train Failed to
Agree When He Reached Port Jervis.
The Explanation offered For the Cars
Strange Freak.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
Victims Of Snakes.

Most persons when they hear n ma.
turalist tell about peculiar doings bY
birdie, animals, or reptiles grin an I
ask about big fab. One tale, which
no one but naturaists seems to be-
lieve, was told in the Forest anil
Stream recently by Allen Chamber.
lain. He says he heard a cry down in
Florida such as q distressed frog makes
and found that blacksnake was swal.
lowing frog. When the frog was out
OF sight the snake was shot through
the head aud the frog was liberated.
At first it was stupefed, but was soou
as lively as ever. Within twenty years
the same paper has recorded at least
n score Of Idst such instances, re-
ported by as many individuals, who
gave their real names and addresses.
and who declared they had seen tho
stupefed toad or frog come to as from
q trance. hop about ~ If dazed, and
at last go away as lively as ever.
S. ID. Kendall, in the Forest AMI
Stream for June, 1892, told sbout n
mother quail which in trying TO pro
tect her young got within reach OF A.
rattlesnake. The snake was killed IN
the act of swallowing the bird. When
released the bird was for some time
stupefed, but after while recovered
enough TO stagger off, On the next
day she was oil right and caring for
her chicks.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
Eagles Kill Calves.

Hall Revercomb, who lives neal
Warren Springs, Va, had thrilling
adventure with huge black eagle re.
Gently. For some days the eagle had
been doing great deal of damage to
the sheep and calves about the Rever.
comb farm. More than IA dozen sheen
had either been killed or else hurt SO
badly that they had afterwards to- DO
shot
1t was not until Mr.. Revercomb saw
the eagle swoop down and kill II calf
that he determined to kill the eagle.
The attack made 10y the eagle upon the
calf was savage in the extreme and
MIR. Revercomh is of the opinion that
the eagle must have been almost fren-
zied by hunger. The huge bird made
dive for the calf, aud before the un
fortunate animal coull escape TO the
nearby barn it was rent to pieces by
the rapacious bird.
So intent was it upon it's prey that
the bird did not perceive the approach
of Mr.. Revercomb. The farmer start.
ed IN amazement at the unusual sight,
aud then recovering his wits ran to
the house and got a shotgun. inst as
he reached the barnyard the eagle
took to wing. Revercomh quickly
raised his gun to his shoulder and
fired. 1t was good shot, and the
eagle toppled to the ground. 1t meas.
ured from tip to tip seven feet eight
inches. 1t was the largest eagle ever
killed in Bath County. Some years ago
black eagles were plentiful in this
county, hut within the last five years
so many have been killed that they are
almost extinct. New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
Crcmatories anil the Comm Trade.

"The crematories have not yet af-
Sected the collin or casket trade
much" observed travelling agent for
an undertakers' supply firm, "but
they undoubtedly will in the future.
| have visited about forty-fye crema.
tories in various parts OF this country,
and as / am in the business take con
siderable interest in them. The theory
was that most of these cremntories
would use the stock casket that is, the
crematory would fui nish the same cas-
ket for n number OF funerals, but that
practice has not yet obtained to much
extent, and individual caskots are used
the same as for intermcnts One OF the
arguments in favor of cremation was
that it would do AWAY with the ueces
sity and expense Of caskets OF collins.
and thus reduce funeral expenses, but
so far people have declined the use Of
secondhand collins. I think. how.
ever, as the crematories increase, this
will pass away, aud the coffin trade
will lose by it."-W Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
Brcathin. Organ Of Pants.

All plants, from the humblest way.
side weed to the most stately tree, are
provided with ''lungs' md regular
respiratory system, says the st. Louis
Republic. If leaf be examined while
under the glass of powerful micro
scope 1T will appear almost like piece
OF lace work, the entire surface being
punctured with thousands of minute
openings. These openings may prop
crly be said to be mouths. They are
technically known as stomata, but they
serve in the capacity OF n mouth, and
1T Is through their well-guarded lips
that all the mir passes into the tube
that is provided by nm all.wise Provi-
dence Tor the purpose of airing the
blood (sapl Of the plant or tree In
question. Strictly speaking, the leaves
themselves are the lungs of plant.
and the air comes in direct contact
with the sap and aerates it as soon Ms
1T passes through the minute mouth or
opening in the surface OF the leaf.
The botanists say that these openings
(stomata) are so we'll guarded with tiny
5ristles that it is absolutely impossible
TO force drop of liquid water, spirits,
or anything of that sort through the
lips. This is certainly wonderful.
when we consider that they are con
.inually opening and closing, in fact
continually performing the act of in
splration and expiration.
Wagner says that 1.-THE average
apple tree of five years growth inhalcs
and exhalcs rs much air in given
length of time as docs full grown
man -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
Ilc Made a sac.

Yankee hustle has, perhaps. rarely
been better oxemplifcd than in the
case OF n sewing machine agent who is
exploiting the vicinity of Dover, Ne.
A week ago he tackled house IN which
lived an old bachelor who hadn't n
sewing machine. The agent was per.
sistent and the bachelor obdurate. nm.
TIL finally the latter said he positively
wouldn't buy machine unless n wo-
man TO run 1t was also provided. Then
the agent hunted around, and iu six
weeks had found an elderly but ex-
cellent maiden lady, who had been
waiting for some good man to speak
out TO her, and actually succeeded in
getting her married TO the bachelor
Then no made sale of a machine,
though it might seem that he ought To-
have gwen one to the bride as pres.
emit This story is vouched for by the
Maine papers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09
"Sky Scrapinsv Ailmrnt.

A nervous condition, bordering on
prostration, to which the doctors have
not as yet given n name, has lately
been observed to affect persons who
work many hours n day high up in the
modern sky-scrapers. The ailment
resembles nervous prostration, except
in the principal symptom, which is n
condition of intense Iestiossnoss, and,
as one of the victims TO the new com
plant expressed it, "a singular desire
to scream or to get down to the earth
quickly"
A sensation Of relief is noticeable
when the patient is taken to grass, SO
to speak, which leads some physicians
to the belief that the change in the rari-
ty of the air, slight rs it is, has n peculiar
effect upon certain very sensitive or.
CARNATIONS. Others think that the
constant trips in the elevators cause n
slight arrangement of the nerve cen
tres, which brings on the condition
referred to. In any case, there is no
doubt that new aiment has come
among us with the advent Of the sky
.craper. Nov York journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09

The laborers ON the railways OF
Northern India have very little
strength III their arms, it all being in
their legs. \ shovel file With ballast
Is more thon one man cares to mauip.
ulatc, consequently one man puyhes
the shovel under the ballast and an
other, by means OF rope attached
near the lower end of the handle. draRs
the load along. This division Of Ia.
Dor seems TO DO very well, aud the
men will manage TO handle "A reasopa-
BILE amount of ballast if given sudi.
cient time. The natives, having no
strength in their arms, are not able 60
pump our handcars, but they can get
ON the rails behind car and push it
at "a speed OF ten miles an hour on the
level, ono nun running ON each rail.
Engineer.