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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
Reading For the Winter Evenings,

The following list of books and many
others not herein named have been
placed in the Office of the MIDLAND
JOURNAL for free distribution on the fol-
lowing conditions Any person desiring
to read those books, the most of which
contain very valuable information on
financial and other economic questions
now agltating the public mind, can have
the use OF them, to be read and returned
within reasonable time. The majority
of them may readily be gone through in
week II the reader is sufficiently inter-
ested to desire to gain information or
master the subject treated. Two or three
weeks at most ought to be sufficient time
to master the subject treated in one book.
Hand Book of Money.
Honest Money and Sound Sense or Sound
Money" and Nonsense.
The Free Independent Coinage of Silver by the
United States.
Pointers-A History of Republican Finance.
The White Slave or Cross ofGold. (Romance1
Remedy for the Panic.
New York National Bank Presidents Conspiracy
or the History of the Panic of 1893
Garden OF Eden. (Romance)
The Shadow on the Land.
The Modern Banker. (Romance)
The Pullman Strike.
The Philosophy OF Price.
Human Aptitude
People, Party Campaign Book-Watson. Con-
tains much information
Dangerline Reached
The Effects of the Gold Standard
Railway Problems
Story from Pullman. (Romance)
Jauson Edwards (Romapce)
An Ounce of Prevention.
The Rights of Labor.
Shy Daughter Romance
Money Found.
The Money Question.
Patriots OF America
Condition OF the American Farmer
Cumulative Taxation.
The Currency Problem
Breed of Barren Metal.
Man or Dollar-Which?
Citizens Money
Congressman Swanson. (Novel.)
Money of the Constitution.
A. P. A. Inquiry into the object
Reasons for Pardoning Anarchists.-Altgeld.
Agricultural b preston PETER
Relation OF Noa,y to Rsnk Credits.
How We Can All Get Rich.
The Religion OF Liberty
coxey's Non-Interest Bond and Good Roads Plan
of Finance.
Money. Senator John P Jones'
Proportional Representation.
Direct Taxation of Land Values,
Financial Science
Shylock.
The Talmud- Jew.
Anarchists OF Wealth.
government Ownership of Railroads.
The Financial Problem
The Bank of Venice
Sub Treasury System Farmers Alliance.
Pacific Railroads,
Dealing in Options and Futures.
Honest and Dishonest Money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
The Race Tracks and ElktOn Pros
perity,

Rev. Mr.. Mowbray of the Elkton NJ
E. church preached Parkhurst sermon
last Sunday and talked to the Elktonians
in the prophet Samuel style: Thou art the
man. He said in part:
''The other bulwark of the community's
well-being, the church, suffers likewise
and i'll a corresponding degree. Many
people who used to worship the Lord on
His holy day now stay away because their
houses are filled with questionable char
acters, whom they call borders and they
must stay by their possessions
Homes have been practically turned
into jockey clubs, where instead of elevat-
ing conversation the entire theme is horse
and gambling. Even some of the school
children get together at play and discuss
their gains in the bets which they have
sent to the race track. That feature
which it IS hardest to mention most
needs presentation. The peace of
families has been destroyed, husbands
and wives have been estranged and the
virtue and happiness of an untold number
of young women wrecked. These we'll
dressed villains have fawned and lied
their way into our homes, have used the
serpent's power of charm, have stung and
destroyed, and then have slid their Shiny
coils into other fields, leaving what is
worse than many deaths behind them.
could cite you number of such instances
in this little town, and no doubt You
know of more, but an allusion becomes
personal where everybody knows every
body, and have no desire to intensity
the suffering of those unfortunate but
infatuated victims.
"The strangest thing ofall is the apathy
with which all this is considered. How
long do you suppose these things would
be endured if these people did their buy
ing elsewhere A little more business, a
few more dollars in trade and little in
crease in the volume of traffic for gamblers
make no money. They produce nothing;
only engender an artificial way of getting
1t out of one pocket into another. The
society of Judas Iscariot is not dead, then,
Tor never was there ranker betrayal of
every virtue, of every good to the lust of
money than has been seen iii Elkton for
one year past.'
The talk of the good people of the
town is that the press is muzzled. There
IS but one muzzle for the press and the
charge is that the gamblers have fitted it
neatly on the four in town and they have
become as the dumb dogs on the walls of
Zion.
1t this public rebuke to all Of Elkton
from the pulpit is just, and there is little
doubt OF the fact, the county seat is
disgrace to the whole county. The So
called Agricultural Society Fair is the
egg from which all this foul brood has
been Matched, and the President of the
association seems to be one of the chief
offenders.
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A Practical Prohibition Movement.

The Anti-Saloon League closed three
days session in Washington, D. c., Dec.
10th. There were 200 delegates present,
and the work of the convention was high
ly satisfactory and encouraging to the
League.
The object of the league is TO combine
the prohibition element of the country
and support anti-liquor or prohibition
candidates at the primaries and at the
polls regardless of party, and vote against
whiskey candidates, thus giving the anti
saloon element an independent standing
in all parties, and breaking up the power
of the saloon which is strongly entrench-
ed in the old political parties by working
on this principle. The saloon vote is
pledged to cut any candidate opposed to
the saloon in whatever party, and support
the candidates who favor the liquor trade
in whatever party found.
The Anti-Saloon League propose to
consolidate the prohibition vote by SIM
liar means and make anti-liquor legisla-
tion non-partlsan, as liquor legislation is
now non-partisan, made so by these same
tactics. This plan has been advocated by
the MIDLAND JOURNAL for a long time,
as the true policy for the temperance peo-
pie to pursue, but the Prohibition party,
headed by the New York Voice, has
fought this practical, common sense plan
steadily and opposes the methods of the
League in a lengthy editorial which is a
tissue of weak sophistry from beginning
to end, Notwithstanding the party has
fairly peetered out, the last election show
ing total vote of only about 100, 900 out
of a vote of ID, ooo 900. 1t looks now that
this little band of impracticals will be
forced out ofthe position the ass occupied
between two bundles of hay, or the dog
in the Manager, which the Voiee with its
little band is endeavoring to adhere to.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
Holiday Goods
AT BUF'F'INGTO

~eo~oo~ 800

The largest stock of Holiday Goods within circuit
OF many miles of Rising Sun will be found in our differ
ent show rooms, embracing:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
Trusts.

The President in his message had a
paragraph i'll condemnation of trusts
which has provoked some comment at
trust headquarters, New York, on the
subject. The remark of one man was the
American people must before very long
choose between the existence of a republic
or the complete overthrow of trusts"
This was met by a counter remark that
statute forbidding one man to place his
capital with that of another would be
necessary in order to prevent the trust.
Either this or State socialism, which in-
wolves the taking possession of the ma
chinery of production by the State and
operating it was suggested. 1t is not zone
man placing his capital with that of
another" forms trusts but corporations
placing their capital together and the
corporation is an artificial person made
by the State and should be controlled by
its maker
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
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know what farming means and what farmers want
in an agricultural journal 1t contains regular re-
ports OF the work of the Agricultural Experiment
stations throughout the country of the proceed
ings of Farmers Clubs and Institutes and the
discussion ofne methods and ideas in agricul-
ture Its Market Reports, Poultry Department
and Veterinary column are particularly valuable
to country readers. Every issue contains Stories,
Poems, Household and Puzzle Columns, variety
OF interesting and instructive selected matter and
other features, which make it Il welcome visitor
Ill city and country homes alike.
One dollar Il year. inducements to getters-up
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Baltimore, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
A Tramp.

Rising Sun, or number of its most
worthy and intelligent citizens had an
object lesson of an American tramp few
days ago. This man was Ill the prime OF
life, was first class musician, a performer
or the clarionet. He had made part of a
travelling show company which went to
pieces at Bristol, Tenn. For want OF
patronage the show was stranded, and
this man fouRd himself one of the credit
ors to the amount of about forty.seven
dollars and with but trihe in his pockets
His home was in Philadelphia, and how
to get back there without money was the
problem that he found suddenly facing
him. He started on foot, walking and
riding as luck smiled or frowned on him.
At Roanoke, Va, he sold good watch
for 81. so. This money he husbanded
with the greatest care but was obliged to
part with it little by little when he found
himself in Baltimore. Every town he
came into he sought for a Job but there
was little demand for musicians. People
like music but bread before music must
be had, and when hunger is satisfied they
have little left to spend for the luxury of
music. So our traveller footed 1t to Havre
de Grace where he fingered a while then
crossed the river. In Port Deposit he fell
in with band man who directed him to
Rising Sun. He played with the band
here Oh Saturday night who found him to
be first class performer. They made up
little purse for him and entertained him
TIL morning when he started for Phila-
deiPhia afoot. Once there he is ac-
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quainted with the playrights aud people
in that line and would be home again.
He revolted at the idea of begging, and
was lily equipped to make his way as the
professional tramp can do. His clothes
were clean and decent when he found
himself adrift like vessel at sea without
chart or compass. Travelling a foot and
sleeping in places not congenia1 to tidy
clothing, very soon he did not present the
most presentable appearance and people
looked askance at him.
This little sketch will answer to hum
dreds of thousands of our American people.
One way or another the employment
which they have depended upon for sup
port dries up-leaves them as an ebbing
tide leave the boat in the shadows and
quick sands. They can find no other job
the other job which might have been
waiting for them has disappeared for the
want of money. The money which floats
business has ebbed away. There are over
three millions of people in this country
in the condition of this man, OUT of work,
travelling the country, looking in vain for
something to do to sustain life. They
ranble miles and miles from their native
place in the vain search. Their clothes
soon become soiled and grimmy, they are
among strangers out of money and many
grow desperate under these conditions
and commit suicide. Many of such
suicides are reported in the papers but
| thousands are not This horrible this
unamerican condition of affairs which we
are every day going deeper and deeper
into is wholly artificial, and is the result
of one cause easily understood. The
cause is the steady shrinkage in the circu-
lating medium or money of the country,
which has been in operation since 1865.
Population has steadily increased a
million or more year The money
volume has steadily decreased or stood
still. The most honest. industrious and
useful members ofsociety have week after
week succuined to the ever increasing
pressure and sunk i'll bankruptcy Every
week the record of failures, at this present
time runs up to between three and four
hundred, some years reaching as high as
$1,000 and upwards, with liabilities
amounting to hundreds OF millions. These
conditions are the legitimate result of the
British-American financial system, fast
ened on this country and her perishing
people by the knavery, the cunning and
bribery of the Rothschild gold ring which
has been the curse of the nineteenth
century. This scheme was to buy the
control of almost all Of the great daily
papers of the country and through them
deceive and mislead the people. 1t is
almost inconceivable that they could do
this, but they have Facts are stranger
than fiction
Since 1865 to 1895 inclusive according
to Dun & Cos tables there has been re-
ported business failures aggregating l.
537,S94 with liabilities aggregating ST.
359,oS3, Cos. These figures are astound-
ing, and we doubt if they comprise one
fourth of the failures, failures of the
smallest class in business. The tens of
thousands of mortgaged farms and bones
that have been swept out of the owners
possession are not numbered in this list,
as dark and appalling as it is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25

The more the history of hard
times and panics and good times in
this country is studied the more
convincing the fact becomes that
the contraction and expansion of
money were the only causes, and
that the banks are the prime cause
of financial disturbances. There
never has been but one remedy for
"hard times' found-more money.
The series of articles published on
our fourth page will demonstrate
this fact. They contain much val
liable information on the cause of
panics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25

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The National Prohibition Party Vote.
In 1892 the presidential national vote of
the Prohibition party was 27o,7 Io; in 1894,
222, 900; in 1896, I3o,22I.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25

The MIDLAND JOURNAL extends to all
of its large family a Merry Christmas this
morning, and hopes they will all enjoy
turkey dinner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25
vi . riit

Made and Merit Maintains the confidence
of the people in Hoods Sarsaparilla. fla
medicine cures you when sick; if it makes
wonderful cures everywhere, then beyond
all question that medicine possesses merit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-25

S'o>h VI
many miles of Rising Sun will now be found in our differ
show rooms embracing:
Pictures, Jardiniere Stands, Rugs, Foot
Rests, Backing Boxes, Wall Pockets and such
fancy novelties as belong to first class furni-
ture department. Queensware, Brica-Brac,
one of the leaders. Large line of Celluloid
Boxes Albums, ETC., etc. An abundance of
Silverware, Rogers best standard triple plate
in all the most desirable novelties, as we'll as
Knives, Forks and Spoons, continually in
stock. Solid Sterling Silver Goods procured on
short notice at the lowest cash prices.
Loads of Confectionery await your coming
Lowney's famous Chocolates for those wanting
something exceptionally fine. Large assert
ment for those who want something cheap
Genuine Florida Oranges by the box or at
retail, fine flavor, juicy and sweet
Time is limited
:. r. BURLINGTON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-27
AN ORDINANCE

Accepting report of commissioners
appointed to assess damages for
condemnation of land of Larkin
7. Smith, Trustee for John Lar
kin Calvert Smith, pursuant to
an ordinance adopted by the City
Council Of the City of San Anto-
MO, Texas, on the 10Th day Of
December 1895.
SECTION 1: Be 1t ordained by
the City Council of the City of San
Antonio, Texas,
That the report of r. G. Norton,
w. III. Young and John Sharer,
Commissioners appointed under an
ordinance adopted on the 10Th. day
Of December 1895 to assess the
damages which will be sustained
by Larkin T. Smith, Trustee for
John Larkin Calvert Smith by
reason of the construction of a
sewer through property held by
said Larkin II. Smith in trust for
John Larkin Calvert Smith, de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning for the middle of the
north boundary of this survey at a
stake set on the north of the prop.
erty of Larkin Il. Smith, trustee
aforesaid, about 242 feet from its
intersection with the San Jose
Road and extending a distance Of
% feet or each side Of said stake,
thence in a southerly direction
with a width of so feet a distance
Of about 1929 feet, the middle line
Of this survey crossing the south
city line of city limits about ZIG
$40 feet west of its intersection
with the east side of San Jose Road
to a stake set on north bank of the
San Antonio River, it being also on
the south line Of Larkin T. Smith,
trustee aforesaid be and the same
Is hereby accepted.
Sec. q: That the sum of Twelve
Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($l250.-
00) awarded by said com missioners,
be appropriated and paid to Larkin
T. Smith, Trustee for John Larkin
Calvert Smith, out of the Sewer
fund, and in case of his refusal to
accept the same, it be deposited
with the Treasurer of the City of
San Antonio subject to the order of
said Larkin 7. Smith, trustee afore-
said.
Passed and approved January
Goth, 1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(Signed) E. r. NORTON,
l 81 lot City Clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-27
BAD FORTUNE.
An EngIishman Cast Upon Lonely Island
and He Died In Squalor.

An EngIishman Cast Upon q Lonely Island
and He Died In Squalor.
"Some years ago, up at North Haven
island, on the Maine coast, said New
Yorker recently, II came across mys-
terry that haunts me still. A bare,
rocky point juts out into the sea on
one side of the island, and the first
year that visited the place there was
a rude cabin On the rock. Having gone
out there from curiosity one day, !
found man in shameful rags trying
out oil from the refuse from a fish-can.
ming factory. When came to exam.
inc the man his appearance astonished
me.
"He was an extremely handsome,
well-made Englishman of forty OF
whereabouts. His hands, soiled with
the material ne worked in, were small
and well shaped. When l tried to
draw him into conversation he at first
answered me in monosyllables, and
was almost sulky in his reserve. He
gradually thawed, however, and
found that he spoke rare and beauti.
full English-that of a well-read and
well-bred man. CHANGING into the door
of his cabin, could see perhaps a score
of well-thumbed volumes in library
| binding. His reserve was such that ]
could not ask him about himself, but ]
left the island deeply interested in him.
II turned up at North Haven the
next year, aud one of the earliest
things did was to go. out to the point
in search of my acquaintance. The
rock was bare again and there was no
trace of him and his cottage. l asked
| about him of some persons l met on
the island, and here is what learned.
He had come to the place mysteriously
some years before, having been drop
ped by a schooner.
"He found work at the fish cannery,
but later quit the place, built his
cabin on the rock, supplied himself
with food chiefly by fishing and OBJ
tanned from the factory the privilege
of trying oil from the refuse. From
the product he obtained little ready
money for tobacco and other luxuries.
At some time between my two visits
his cabin was discovered to be on fire
late one night, and, hurrying down,
his neighbors saw him amid the flames
dead, with his throat cut. The fire
had so seized upon the hut that his
body could not be removed until it was
nearly consumed. He was buried and
no solution of the mystery was discov-
cred. Life had evidently become in.
supportable TO him and he had taken
the way of suicide as the easiest one
out of misery. IN. Y. Sun.