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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Perplexities of the Bosto on Conductors.


The Boston street-car conductor is
trying very hard to cure himself Of
his habit of calling his feminine pas
sengers lady" and Mrs. Lady" He
has not as yet hit upon a uniform
method of addressing them, and, in his
indecision, has resort to 'hi, say"
"missis," and ma am" but he will
doubtless settle upon the right thing
eventually. The other day, on Hunt
ington avenue car, conductor, who
had evidently given much attention to
the subject, won special distinction for
himself by the use of the word
madam" in this regard. But there is
no rose without thorn. Among his
passengers was a colored girl, who
carried large bundle, doubtless the
weeks wash of some patron. She ask
ed him to stop at certain street, and
when the car arrived there he said to
the gentle Afro-American: This is
your street, madam" She at once gave
him an angry look, and said with
marked asperity: Who's yer calling
madam? Watcher mean by insultin'
me? I'd have you know I'm a lady,
l am" With which she hustled indig-
nantly to the street.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
DENYING THE LAW ON A RAFT.
How the Sheriffs of Two Counties
Were Outwitted.

How the Sherifs of Two Counties
Were Outwitted.
A snug little white house on a raft
is still to be seen moored to the shore
of Pontoosuc lake, in the Berkshire
hills. 1t has been famous in it's time,
but it's active career is over, and the
fun-loving youth of the neighborhood
look regretfully upon it's quiet retire.
ment. 1t was the property Of man
who a few years ago, piled a brisk
trade in retailing liquors without a
license. The portable nature of his
saloon and : graphical popularity
in the stu; the sheet of water
upon which =. lated, enabled him to
carry on his trade in merry defiance
of the authorities.
Pontoosuc lake lies partly in the
town of Pittsield and partly in the
adjoining one of Lanesborough. Us
float as it was everywhere known,
was always kept near the dividing
lire, and was the most popular rem
devious in the two townships for those
of convivial nature. Sharp-eyed and
quick feared sentinels were continually
on the watch, however, and at the
first breath CT warning of the approach
of the sheriff Of Pittsfeld, the float, if
it CHANGED to he on that side, was
speedily SCI lied CT poled over into
Lanesboroueh. There the baffied
Pittsfield officer might gaze at
it to his he41t's content. but
it was beyond his jurisdiction
In the same way, the sheriff Of
Lanesborough found that the float
successfully eluGed all his most vigor-
Gus attempts to surprise it on his
side of the line. Each officer was so
anxious to make the capture in his own
township that the rivalry was spirited
and the float led life of excitement.
But this same rivalry between the
sheriffs was also it's protection for their
professional jealousy of each other
prevented them from trying the clearly
feasible plan of joining their forces
and running the float down into one
township or the other.
After a few seasons of this life J.
retired from it, doubtless with a COM
Portable competency, and a feeling Of
satisfaction at the series of adventures
from which he had always emerged
as the victor.-NeW York Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
500 Dollars Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that sCi9rce has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
actinS directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature i'll doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith i'll its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes-
timonials. Address,
+. J. CHENEY s. Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 7Sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

At the present time Don Carlos is
in Switzerland, country he has a
strong attachment for. By great
strength of determination, Don Carlos
has made his career remarkable one.
The succession fell to him before he
was of age. He had Immediately to
contend with the revolutionary doc
trine that was spreading over Spain,
and to compromise with which meant
a surrender to the mob,
1.-THE four years Carlist war COM
menced in the spring of 1872. On the
3rd of June, 1875, the Carlists occupied
one-third of all Spain, and their army
on that day had total strength as
follows: Infantry, well armed and
equipped, 100000; cavalry, completely
equipped, $500; field guns, 1870; siege
guns 157.
But time, strong element against
the Carlists, and the support given by
Germany to the Madrid Government,
finally convinced Don Carlos that ii
would be useless to continue the strug-
gle, so, early in 1876, his heroic army
was disbanded and Don Carlos, with
what remained of the most heroic
band of modern times, marched into
exile. AS Don Carlos stepped his foot
on French soil, he turned, as If to bid
farewell to Spain, but his last words,
energetically pronounced, were Vol
vere,' volvere! 1 will return, I will re-
turn!' and 1 venture to predict that
within two years Don Carlos VII will
be seated upon the throne of his an
cestors
ut is now nearly ten years since the
Marquis de Cerralbo undertook the re-
organization of the Carlist party in
Spain, and he has shown wonderful
tact and ability in his work.
ut is a mistake to suppose that the
Carlists are not in favor of putting
down the rebellion in Cuba. Upon
this subject all Spain is united, if a
few radical republicans and anarchists
are excepted. AS matter OF fact, Don
Carlos has always been in favor Of
autonomy for Cuba and against the
system of rule and robbery that has
characterized the present Spanish dy-
nasty"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION,
T. A. SLoCUM, M. c., THE GREAT CHEMIST
AND SCIENTIST. WILL SEND FREE, TO
THE AFFLICTED. THREE BOTTLES
OFHlS DISCOVERED REM
EDIES OCuRE CONSUMPTION
AND llJNGTROuBlE

OF HIS NEWlYDlSCOVERED REM
EDIEs TO CURE CONSUMPTION
AND ALL LUNGTRouBLES.
Nothing could be fairer, more philan-
thropic or carry more joy to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A. Slocum, M. c., OF
1888 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an alb
solute cure for consumption and all pull
monary complaints, and to make its great
merits known, he will send, free, three
bottles of medicine, to any reader of The
Midland Journal who is suffering from
chest, bronchial, throat and lung troubles
or consumption.
Already this new scientific course OF
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to humanity
to donate his infallible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend it,
and more so is the perfect confidence OF
the great chemist making the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consumption
to be durable disease beyond any doubt.
There will be no mistake in sending
the mistake will be in overlooking the
generous invitation. He has on file in his
American and European laboratories tes-
timonials of experience from those cured,
in all parts of the world
Don't delay until it is too late Address
T. A. Slocum M. c, eS Pine street, New
York. and when writing the Doctor, please
give express and post office address, and
mention reading this article in The Mid
land Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
TYRANNY OF 1.-THE AGO."
One Must Conform to Their Standard or
Remain Outside Society,

I'VE may, if we choose, sheer at
snobbery and scott at social strug-
glers," writes Elizabeth Bisland, "but
when a man is ambitious or a woman
is proud he or she desires to secure Tor
himself or herself, and for their chill
dren, the privilege of being received
as an equal everywhere. And
however much one ray rail
the fact remains that wealth
and fashion do set and have always
set, the standard in social life, and
that if one wishes a free admission
everywhere one must conform ones
self to that standard. A great many
peopI- who are not what is known as
i'm wciety,' are fond of pointing out
with triumphant righteousness that
The Four Hundred are no more Gull
tured, intellectual, wealthy or witty
than many whom they refuse to adj
NIT to association with them in their
pleasures, and these resentful folk de-
mand in bitter amaZement why any
one admits their pretensioEs, or strusr
giles for their recognition. The an
swer is not far to seek. A man may
have all the intellectual attributes and
yet not be of sufficient Importance to
be admitted to the orchestra of socie-
ty, and the musicians may say, We
admit that you are good and clever,
but you can't play the violin, and you
can't become a member of our orches-
ira
Now the swell as he is commonly
termed, is the man who is an artist
in living: he may have neither moral
ideas nor standards, nor be over
burdened with brains, but he knows
how to live, as far as the ceremonies
of life go, brilliantly, gayly, impos-
ingly, and he collects a ound him 9TH
ers who have the same talent, and to-
gether they succeed in fol inning a sort
of orchestra of society all of them
playing in tune and in time with one
another, and making a magnificent
harmony of ceremony and social in
tercourse. And when person comes
along who insists Upon joining their
orchestra they are generally extreme
ly rude in their refusal, aud cause
much enmity, or else they listen to
the instrument he Plays and find it
we'll played and so take him into their
band, and cause still more amaZement
and envy to the others who have been
denied admittance. And that is the
whole answer to the conundrum Mrs.
B weeps over. Mrs. A knows how to
play the social instrument, and Mrs.
B does not, and unless she learns to
play it she will stay forever outside Of
society-that society which spells IL
self with a capital S"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

black and steel on gray Or brown and
gold on tan are rich combinations.
Serge and whipcord are fashionable
fabrics in dark and medium shades
and the ever-useful black, which again
forms a costume in every well-regula-
ted outfit.
Cheviot and Scotch mixtures, indis-
in frenzy of excitement and salts
tinct checks, etc. are always with US
for general suits, ard appear now
with brilliant threads of red, green,
yellow, etc., here and there.
Fancy novelties in silk and wool are
in figures and checks and vie with the
cord effects. The fancies are especial
ly recommended for dressy costumes
combined with silk and velvet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
No Room for Doubt.

Proof, yes overwhelming proof can
be furnished of the excellent curative
qualities Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Il caught cold which led to cough
and pain in the chest, (pneumonia?) |
bought DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and
after taking one bottle of it, the cough
began to disappear; when 1 finished
taking the second bottle 1 was cured.
Gustav Thurmaster, 40 Hickory St.,
Cleveland,O o." DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
costs but 25 cents. Take only Bulls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
A PINK SHIRT WAIST.

A PINK SHIRT WAIST.
There's a luster in her optics
And heaven in her smile:
There's poetry in her carriage,
There's decorum in her style.
Oh, her Voice is low and pleasing,
And her mode ~ and grace
Lend a sw eetness to the maiden
In the Pink
Shirt
Waist.
With her sunny tresses falling
Like cataract of gold
Ger divinely nodded shoulders,
Snowy white, but never cold
Oh, the heart with rapture's bobbing
While l view the blue eyes chaste
OF the maiden who's attired
In the Pink
Shirt
Waist.
She abhors the baggy boomers
So suggestive of the Turk;
She affects no stunning costumes
Calls them all the DEVILS work;
She is pleased and we'll contented
To be modest, pure, and chaste,
And adorn her perfect figure
With Pink
Shirt
Waist.
She's familiar with the flowers,
Knows their origin and name;
. She has read the classic authors
Who've achieved immortal fame,
You may bet she is a corker,
For she rode a mile unpaced
In fifty-sevan seconds
And Pink
Shirt
Waist.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
A Parlor Shipped to London.

A parlor fifty feet long by thirty
broad, once belonging to Cesar Phebus
d'Albert, Marshal of France under
Louis XIV, has just been transported
to a London club. The Gobelin tapes
try, representing the four elements, is
extremely fine, as Is the carving of the
oak panels. The room was moved
from the neighborhood of Bordeaux to
Paris in Louis Phillippe's time and
subsequently to London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Wonders Never Cease.

No one need suffer the tortures of
rheumatism, because that modern lini-
ment, Salvation Oil, positively cures it.
II was a great sufferer from sciatic
rheumatism, and the best of doctors
attended me without relief. l COM
menced using Salvation Oil, and two
bottles helped me wonderfully. 1t
certainly has worked wonders with me.
Mrs. Z, J, Phelps, Box %, Enfield,
Conn" Salvation Oil is for sale by all
dealers for 25 cts. Take no substitute,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

Flannel anG cashmere are tins ma
te,':.;s most liked for garments of the
SOFT, and while the preference in color
is invariably siyen to white, dove, gray,
pale pink and torquoise-blue are fire.
quently employed. For seasonah!e
wear silk flannel may be used CT ire
figured French flannel, care haing
taken to sa.ert the smaller patterns.
To make this jacket will require
three-fourths of a yard of twenty
seven-inch material.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
A New Bloomer Issue.

Mrs. Annie Kirk, of San Francisco,
has brought suit against DR.. W. A.
Atwood, a dentist of that city, for
$3.50 damages because he positively re-
fused to examine the plaintiffs teeth
after he had agreed to put them in per-
feet condition.
DR.. Atwood gives as his reason for
refusing to fill Mrs. Kinks teeth that
when she visited his Office for that
purpose she wore bicycle boomers in
stead of a skirt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

A useful little garment is here
shown, made of cream-white CASH
mere. 1t is simply fitted by shoulder
and under-arm seams. The neck is
finished with a Follower collar that
fastens at the throat with a dainty mar
row ribbon. The sleeves are one
scanned with the fulness at the top
collected in gathers. All the free edges
of the jacket are scolloped and en-
broidered with cream silk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

under the arms, which should be
stitched and felled by hand. All the
frilled edges are rolled, the lace being
whipped on. The opening at the CEN
tre-front is finished by narrow fiat
hem. The band is of softest flannel
cut in straight strip. The edges are
left unturned, finished by button-hol-
ing done with fine silk, and can be
further ornamented by rows of tree
stitching also in silk.
To make the shirt it will require
five-eighths of a yard of thirty-six-
inch material; the band collar calls
for one-fourth of a yard of twenty
seven-inch goods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Gal,antrv of Southern Governors

Southern Governors are carrying out
their traditional gallantry by appoint
ing ladies as Colonies on their stats.
AS the principal duty of staff officer
in these piping times is to look beauti=
full in gorgeous costumes and lend
magnificence to official occasions, there
seems to be no reason whatever for ad-
verse comment on the action of the
gallant Governors
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Rows Serge Suit.

This stylish little suit is designed for
small boys from two to four years. AS
represented it is made of serge in a
deep shade of cardinal with VIE
serge for the collar and cuffs. Mar
row braid enters into the decoration,
and a jaunty little Tam o'Shanter cap
accompanies the costume. high
necked and sleeveless under-wa st
that is shaped with shoulder and I'M
der-arm seams and closing in the
back, supports the kilt skirt that is
deeply hemmed and laid in plaits. The
blouse is simply adjusted by shoulder
and under-arm seams. A casing is
sewed at the waist line through which
an elastic or tape is inserted to ar
range the fitness which drCors in the
regulation blouse fashion. To the
edge of the left-front wide box-plait
is applied, through which button
holes are worked to effect a closing,
buttons being sewed to the edge of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
New Dress Goods.

Tive facts are to be remembered:
Braid-trimmed gowns are in, and so
are plain materials for the same.
Smooth cloths are in excellent taste
trimmed with velvet or braiding or
later on with fur.
Dark red, blue, brown and gray
cloths are the most fashionable. Black
braiding is better than a color, but
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
An EiFel Tower DESTROYED.

The Blackpool Fiffel Tower. in Eng
land, has been practically destroyed
by fire. This copy in miniature of the
Paris tower, was $50 feet high and was
built about four earS ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Valuable to Women.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this won
derful remedyis taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal. No home
should he without this famous remedy.
towns Iron Btters is sold by all dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
A Word With You. =.

1t is worth your while to give attention to
why you should be reader of THE PHILADELPHIA
Press
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United States. record of each days events, in all
parts of the world, is complete than that of any
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No other Philadelphia paper equals THE PRESS in its
special departmenshe woman's page the literary page;
the market pages the pages devoted TO church school
news society news, G. A r. news, sporting news, ETC.
THE PRESS is advocate of the principles of the
Republican party, but prints the of all political
events fully than any other paper; hence THE PRESS
should be your paper, matter what your political
opinions are if you wish be we'll informed. In word,
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS prints all the all the time
Send in your address. Sample copy of THE PRESS
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
SILK Waists WIN Not Down.

In spite of all effort to accomplish
its downfall it seems probable that silk
waists will still be worn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

the left-front The neck is completed
by wide sailor collar, the lower edge
of which is shaped in rounded outline.
The sleeves are one-seamed and are
gathered at the top and at the bottom,
where they are laid in plaits that are
stitched to position. Flannel, serge,
and all manner of light-weieht cloths
are commendable for making, while
braid or Misunderstanding is the ac-
cepted finish.
To make this suit for boy of four
years will require two yards of fifty
four-inch material, OF two and one
half yards of forty-inch goods, with
three and one-elghth yards of the same
width material for collars and cuffs,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10
Linen Shirt for Infants.

In spite of ribbed wool and woven
silk many infants still wear the dainty
linen shirt with its low neck and short
sleeves. The design shown is two
pieced. The tabs that fall over are
simply folded and edged with fine mar
row lace. The only seams are those
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-10

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what it was made for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-29
HERALD: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER as 1897
dixie. the same being addressed to his

dixie. the same being addressed to his
mother:
Dear Mofher-I send this letter out
with Mr.. Sam Golf of Seattle. He is
going out on the next boat. With him
l send $500 worth of gold, which he
WI forward to you 1t may not bring
quite $500, but 1t is what we get in
would send money, but I can't get hold
of it. l have not seen any for a
month.
The saloons generally collar it all
10 make easy change in gamb bling. am
working hard every day, but none
only the Great Creator knows how it
Will pan out for me, but I am hopeful
Give Raymond SI00. When l fina some
one else gGinE out ! will send You
more. l have got it now. but Mr.. COT
viii not carry more than the amount
I send as he is taking some for other
miners, and does not feel able to take
out d very hGg load, owing 10 the con-
ditiou the roads and passes are in.
have not done badly, considering that
/ have only teen in tie countEy 80
days. Have plenty of provisions and
warm clothes. but have secured an
extra grub stake at the store by de-
posting 500, as there is no knowing
but tha9 it may be needed, if not by
myself, by some poor Unfortunate davil
who has nothing now to buy with, but
may have plenty of dust when there
are no provisions TO be mad ana OF V 1.at
use is gold to a starving man?
DO not be alarmed for my safety,
as you no doubt sometimes are from
reading the reports that are circulated
concerning the country, which reports
are often greatly exaggerated. A man
who is willing TO work steady and Will
leave that curse to humanity, whisky,
alone, need not go from here empty
handed
Gambling, too, as we'll as whisky, is
the ruination of many here. Men Will
work like no galley slave ever toiled
for two or three days, or weeks. and
Win then lose all in one night at the
gaming table, not by fair means, but
by the trickery Of the human blood
suckers who ar. congI oSated here from
all quarters of the globe: bur then it
ever was and ever Will be so in a good
mining camn.
My partner ard / have two claims
for which we have been offered $4,000
for q third interest, but refused. The
month of June was fine here, and you
would be surprised to see the beautiful
flowers which grow SO far north, es-
pecially the Wild roses. which are as
fine almost and of greater perfume
than those growing in our garden at
home. Ii is now eight years since /
adventures in my trips to Australia,
China, Japan, India, Hawaii and
Alaska
Our town consists of 1000 tents. so log
cabins, three stores, one jewe1ry shop,
tin shop. three or four restaurants,
meals S1.50), six small saloons, one saw
mill, a bakery and a hospital"