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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
Black Chalk.

Beautiful black chalk Is obtained by
mixing ordinary chalk with a suitable
quantity of decoction of logwood to
which either green vitriol solution or
chromate Of potassium is added. BY
means of either of these substances
logwood extract becomes black. The
chalk is intimately incorporated with
this black solution and from the
doughty mass pencils are formed, which
are ready for use after tlrying.-Scien-
tific American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
ACCORDANCE.

He who with bold and skillful hand sweeps Ger
The organ keys Of some cathedral pile.
Flooding with music vault and and aisle
Though his ear falls but thunderous roari
In the composers lofty motive free.
Knows we'll that all the temple vast and dim,
Thrills its base with anthem, psalm and hymn.
True to the changeless laws OF harmony.
So he who these changing chords Of life.
firm sweet touch plays the Great Masters scoro
OF truth, and love- aud duty evermore,
Knowest, too that far beyond this roar and strife,
Though he may hear, In the true time,
These notes must all accord in symphonies sublime
ANNE L. RoTI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
The p,,noes, Of waIe. FayorItes.

When upon one occasion the Prin-
cess of Wales was induced to write
her confessions in one Of the albums
people used to be so fond of keeping
for their own and their friends edi-
fication, she recorded her favorite
dish as being Yorkshire pudding; her
favorite art, millinery; and her favor
lite occupation, minding her own bust
ness.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
kits.

Between 10000 and 100000 kits
are made every year. The killed regi-
ments of regulars, militia and volun-
teers number some IL battalions. As
the military kilt Is only provided bien-
nially this represents a supply Of 1000
year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23

Old horses arc turned into German
sausages In Belgium.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
KEEPING A sEoRRr.

1t was when Mollie was getting over
the measles that mamma told her about
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23

| tern, and carrying a Gladstone bag,
containing, among other things, a
complete nautical costume, took tick
ct from London to Margate. The
young man was of the loud" type. He
pulled a rank cigar with "swagger"
air, and joked affably with the porters.
The evening following the same
young man came back to town. Yet
was It the same? He had lost his
"swagger" air. His head dropped de-
jectedly. He no longer joked with the
porters, and he let another passenger
jostle him with lamblike meekness.
In the street he ran against little
man with a portmanteau who was hur-
rying to the station. The little man
apologized, though he was in no way to
blame, and then uttered a startled ex-
clamation.
"why, Bob" he cried, II thought
you were at Margate?"
The young man-whose name. by
the bye, was Scatterly-besrayed symp-
toms of discomposure. live come
back rather Unexpectedly" he said.
"There's-there's nothing wrong, II
there?" the little man-whose name
was unprecedented anxiously.
Eyes, there Is" his friend answered
frankly. Come along, and I'll tel
you all about it."
The two went into the adjoining
hotel. 81.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23


God, He is especially severe in his
Condemnation of divorces. He likens
the divorce laws of the country to a
great road smoothly paved, over which
an ever-increasing throng Is passing to
destruction. He claims to be able to
see this road in his inspired moments,
guarded by long lines of demons of
horrible shape and hideous aspect. He
can hear their Satanic shrieks and
view their mad Joy as they leap around
the mouth of He'll, where this smooth
road lands its victims; and when he
paints this scene the blood of the brav-
est sinner curdles in his veins. In fact,
|. his pictures are sometimes so terrible
| that many residents refuse to hear him
at all. He says the air Is peopled with
| good and bad spirits, that he can see
them doing battle for the possession of
| human souls, and at times he describes
these battles as they take place amidst
the congregation present. These por-
trayals Of superhuman scene are so
wildly brought out that their realism
is startling. He claims to be able to
| tell the just from the unjust, and he
has been known to expose the dark
and evil intentions of members of his
congregation so correctly that they
have made confession of the facts to
him.
above the just he can see a pillar of
beautiful light which reaches from
heaven and rests on the head of the
righteous; above the unjust he can see
n -
ows them In gloom. Many thrilling and
dramatic scenes have taken place dur
ing his sermons. At one time he was
The age-herald., 1897-11-14
BY MRS. GEORGE c. BALL

vention of the United Daughters of the Ccnfederacy which was in session at Baltimore during tine past week, writes of what the delegatss5 from this state accctmrEished
 'qAlalbama hiad a prominent place, the first seats Ms. Peter Bryce, of Tusca- 1ousa; Mrs R. G. Lewis. of Bil'ming- ham; Miss Mary Carr Gibson, of Yer bera, and myself, were the representa- tives from the state. After the address of welcome from MS. Girard Wright, Che president of the Baltimore chapter and aihe response by Mrs. Augustine T. smy the. of Charleston, S. C., which were admirable. Mrs. Jesse Beale presented gave7 with the following little speech:
 !" Madame President: 1a behalf of the cradle of the confederacy chapter of Moni gomery, Ala, have the honor of presenting to you Hhis g'aivel, inlaid with memories of our cherished martyred president. together with the admiration of his statesma nship and the virtues of his Cliuds.ian manhood. From the heart of the oak of Beauvoir a message comes to you from the Lost Cause. As love would carve dear natnes upon a tree, so would we inscribe upoin this gavel the names of those presidents of this asso- citation, who have so honorably served us since the first assembling of this or ganiZation, and also of those who still serve us as the yeants come and go. The wood of Nqtl,ct this gavel WIS msde was given to cne last spring by Ms. Gen. Joseph R. Davis, a niece of President Davis, when we visited Beauvoir to- ge,ther; Beauveir, the grand old home, owned and occupied by MT. Da'vis and his family for many years. There his book, '"The Rise and Fall of the Con- lfederate Government" was written. I must again express to you the pleasure it gives me to place it in the safe keep ing of the United Daughters of the Con- federacy.'
 Mrs Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, president of the association, Autographed at the llas: moment that she was too unweH to be present at the convention. She was to have been the guests of my cousins, tine Campbells. Gen. R. E. Les and my uncle, Judge John IA Campbell, were at West Point together, and afterwards were life long friends I am staying with them. You will recael that Judge Campbell was at one lirme a justice of the supreme court of the United States, and for sew eral years resided in Alabama. A report of tho Alabama chapters was read by Miss Mary Carr Gibson, niece of Sydney Lanier whose memory is so dear to Baltimoreans.
 q have been a rather silent member of the delegation, exce1i; to insist upon strict parliamentary rulings. There was a beautiful reception given us last night
The age-herald., 1897-11-14
Birmingham Women Are Factors
 In the Constitutional Fight

Birmingham women are leading fac tors tn the present effort to arouse the people of Alabama to the imperative necessity for a newer and better eonsti- tuition, ore that will insure free schools to the children of the state, and will, as rapidly as possible, put an end to the fearful illiteracy of thousands of voters. The action of the Cadmen Circle, short time since, in taking a positive stand for a constitutional convention has attract ed much attention in different portions of the state The Chronicle, published at Columbiana Shelby county, of last week, has the following commendation of the Cadmean Circles position on the question, by Mrs. r. W. Gist, the wife of the editor, who has charge of the woman's department of that paper. Mrs. Gdst says:
 "The Cadmean Litsrary society of Bir- mingham, composed of an influential, intellectual body of women, took an az gressive step last Friday afternoon, by a rising vote, to push the advantages of the long talked of new constitution fer Alabama. This is something every man, woman and child In Alabama should concern themselves in. We would be glad to see every woman in the state voice her opinion ard assert her patriot ism on this matter Let every club and literary circle in the state agitaIte the subject of the proposed new constitu- tion; let every woman nag at her mef1 folks morning, noon and night until they convert them if they have to be com verted, to the advocacy of rev consti- tuition. How long are the people of Ala bama going to sit in idle contentment with the fact ever confronting them that Alabama is the most illiterate state tn the Union save two. Under the present state of affairs it isn't much credit to us for the rest of the world to know that we are citizens of Alabama. We can boast of our great mineral wealth and wonderful resources, our factories and manufacturing plants, and with these we feel sensation of pride, but when we reflect upon conditions in our state, its methods, its election laws and educa- tional facilities, we must bow down our heads with shame. And we women have for years been prone to exalt and laud our southern men. They arc stalwart patriotic, broad-minded and powerful. and it is a boasted and commendable fact that Alabama has better laws for women's property rights than any state in the Unionl But we want better laws generally; we want our boys educated as well as our girls protected If the men of Alabama continue much longer to let Here we rest" rest here, making no advancement, we for one feel like giving the voting gender black eye. and shall feel Nike he ought to be rele- gated alongside the dummy in our dry goods shops. Mothers, wives and sisters. preach a new constitutions; don't lag, don't get weary It is a duty confront 6ng you, and woman is relied on to do her duty at all times. If we get a new constitution we don't expect a suffrage clause for women. The new constitution ds something that your missionary soci- cues and most conserva tive church workers can with all propriety and cred at to themselves discuss and act upon"
The age-herald., 1897-11-14
In the Social Realm of
 Birmingham and Elsewhere

Miss FIorenloe Jenkins, of Danvfile, Ky, and MT William stephen Cantar. formerly of Kingston, Tenn, hut now of Birmingham, wers married at the home of the brides parents, MT ard Mrs. De- vid W. Dunn, Tuesday evening, Nov. 9. The officiating minister was the Rev. James l.. Allen, assisted by the Rev. J. s. Kendrick. The attendants were Miss Mary Dunn, maid of honor; Miss Man. nie Dunn, of Danville; Miss Maud Rob- inson, of Lancaster, and Miss Alyce Baughman, of Danyille Messrs. Will
The age-herald., 1897-11-14

(Continucd on Twelfth Page.)
The age-herald., 1897-11-14

The Edgewood Literary Critics met with Ms. B. 0. Watkins. Mrs. Burt Porter read a paper upon 'sThe Bards of Germany" Miss Rosebud Lewis raad an interes ting selection. The club will be entertained next by Mrs. l.. P. Worl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.

Rev. DR.. James L. Quigley has re-
ceived the papal brief appointing him
bishop of Buffalo.
Rev. Henry X. Sanborne, of North
Tonawanda, n. Y, is called to the pas
torate of the First Presbyterian church,
Alton, III.
Rev. Benjamin T. Trego, rector Of st.
Johns Episcopal church, Saginaw,
Mich, has decided to go on the stage
and play in Shakesperian roles.
According to the Churchman, by talk
ing the average of the returns of the
three church almanacs-Pott's, Whit
alier's, and the Living Church Quarterly
the following table of Episcopal sta
tistics has been framed for 1896: Clergy,
APO; parishes and missions, 6,321; bap-
tisms, 64,213; combinations, 1921;
communicates, Gal ,692; contributions,
S1&,G4o, ,457.
The Roman Catholics of Oregon will
mark the approaching silver jubilee of
Archbishop Gross by giving him a hand
some house in the city of Portland. Ho
WIS born in Baltimore GO years ago,
entered the Redemptorist order in 1857,
became a priest in 1868, and, after serv-
ing as a chaplain in the war, was at
tached for five years to St. Alphonsus'
church in New York city. He was con-
secrated bishop of Savannah in 1878 and
was appointed archbishop of Oregon in
1854
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.


Five little girls, the children of in1i-
gent parents, have been adopted by the
wife of a California millionaire and will
be reared as her own.
There have been only seven chief JUS
tees of the supreme court of the United
States-JohnJay, J Ohm Ellsworth, John
Marshall, Roger B. Taney, Salmon P.
Chase, Morrison r. Waite and Melville
W. Fuller.
A Partisan lamplighter makes his
rounds on bicycle, with long torch
carried over his right shoulder. He
guides the wheel with the left hand, and
Is so expert that he tights the lamps
without disnounting.
Legal disputes in Borneo are curious
ly decided. The two litigants are each
given a lump of salt of the same size
to drop simultaneously into water. The
one whose lump first dissolves is
deemed to be in the wrong.
woman recently performed the mar
riage ceremony at Lowell, Me-, and the
happy couple, Flora Horton and Gilbert
s. Perry, went away rejoicing. Mrs. Lou
lisa j. Cabel, who is justice of the
peace, tied the knot.
An Alaskan belle at Tigarx arrayed
herself in her best garments TO well
come DR.. John B. briggs, missionary
from Delaware. The doctor says that
'she wore her full line of jewelry-a
safety pin dangling from one ear"
A curiosity is exhibited by a man in
Blue Rapids, Kan. 1t is the head of
rabbit which has eight horns, ranging
in length from ~ to 21s inches. One
of the horns sprouts from the nose and
the others are around the jaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barry, of Milton,
Mass, recently celebrated the siXtieth
anniversary of their wedding in the
house where the wife was born, where
the marriage took place and where the
couple have ever since resided.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
ITO BE CONTINUED. !
A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
How One Man Makes n Living by Buy
ing Canadian Money.

ing Canadian Money.
All through that part of the country
(northern Ohio) there is a discount of
> cents on every Canadian dollar. Of
course Canadian money is not as much
in circulation as is the legal tender of
the United States, but there is enough
for his purpose. y man advertised in
all surrounding country towns that he
would redeem Canadian money for 90
cents on the dollar. 1t was some time
before he had any results from this ad-
vertising. 1t was like the man who
stood on London bridge at midnight
and offered to give away sovereigns.
People laughed at him. The farmers
were shy. They thought it was a
swindling game of some kind and left
him severely alone. One day a man
came in with SO Canadian money. 1t
was of all shapes and sizes from the
five-cent piece that looks like dime
to a dollar bill drawn on the Bank of
Montreal. If he had spent it he could
have secured eight dollars worth of
goods for it. My man gave him nine
big silver dollars in United States
money for it. Before the week was
out he had exchanged United States
dollars for $3.50 worth of Canadian
money. This would give him a profit
of $25 wherever Canadian money is as
good as our own.
From that time on the business grad
ually increased, until to-day he aver
ages about $3.50 week. Instead of
having the farmers come to him he
goes to them and buys their accumu-
lated savings of Canada coin. They are
all his customers and know him well
in the five years they have done busi-
ness together.
"Are you not afraid of competition
in your business in case it becomes
generally lnown?" l asked. NO" said
he, "you see, it requires a comparatively
large amount of money as starting
capital. Then l have to have men in
the frontier cities who will give me
United States money for my Canada
currency. 1 generally take trip twice
a year to Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago
and Buffalo, where l make these eN-
changes. All this requires years of
preparation, and no outsider could step
in and make exchanges with my
patrons, as they have all the money
they can handle now, even at two
per cent. commission on the dollar.
Buffalo Express.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

James Whitcomb Riley is quoted as
saying that as youth the height of his
ambition was to wear a stovepipe hat
and play jewsharp.
Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, lawyer of
Dover, N. H., announces herself as a
candidate for the Office of United States
minister to Colombia.
DR.. Watson calls Weir Mitchell the
"Dr. John Brown of America" and
says that James Lane Allen ought to be
better known than he is.
Efforts are making to sell to the gov
ernment for $50,000 the farm of 112
acres near Hodgenville, Ky, on which
Abraham Lincoln was born.
Gov. Leedy, of Kansas, has appointed
the wife of ex-Gov. John p. st. John a
member of the board of regents of the
State Agricultural college.
The New York board of estimates has
appropriated the sum of $50, 600 for the
transfer ceremonies of the Grant monu-
ment on April 81 next.
The old George ". tavern in Portugal
street, London, which Dickens COM
mehtaIors unite IN saying is the mouse
which the novelist described in "Picl-
wick" has just been sold st auction
for e7,55O.
State Senator Holler, of Indiana, who
owns large landed tracts in St. Joseph
county, that state, has offered to give
the Hoosier state 1G0 acres of land near
South Bend as site for a separate wom-
ans prison.
The present royal family of Greece
are not the first Norsemen to figure in
Greek affairs. The tottering Byzantine
empire was upheld for many years by
the Varangian guard composed of
Danes. SMedes. NorMegians and SaXons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30

A new book of 135 pages by Marvin Warren.
By irresistible facts and logic it shows clearly
that the natural and easy way OF maintaining
forever the parity of all gold, silver and paper
money is to make them equally legal tender,
but not redeemable in each other nor in any
thing but government dues.
The author holds that our financial and IN
dustrial woes come chiefly from the present
system of coin redemption, and he points out a
way to speedy relief
The measures proposed in this book are the
logical outcome of the principlesof the Peoples
Party, and the rapid circulation of this book
will be OF immense service in uniting the
scattered forces Of the party, and in making new
converts everywhere.
The retail price of MONEY CHART is 25 cents
We have a special arrangement with the publish
ers by which we can furnish our subscribers thu
book for 10 cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30

Of you TO offer to help; don't know
how we can ever make it up to you"
Philip hestated Il little before saying
that which would push him still farther
into the uneXplored regions of duplc-
ity; then he answered her.
"You can pay me with your approval;
YOU can help me ably-not by
lifting r:r over the hard places, as you
did awhile ago, but by giving me credit
for the energy and pluck that I ought
to have. Will you do that?"
"Indeed I will" There was no en-
barrassment in her manner now, and
no shadow of reserve in the honest blue
eyes that were lifted to his. 1--WE will
all help you; and I believe with all my
heart that you will win-I don't mean
for Mr.. Kilgrow alone, but for your
self"
Thank you; that's enough until 1
have done something," he said, and
they went on down the mountain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
8ULLSEYE SHOTS.

A desire for knowledge requires but
little encouragement to become a fixed
condition.
The women do their dancing when
they accept invitations to receptions,
and pay the fiddler when they give one.
About all a man gets in this life is
his hoard and clothes. If you have
good board and clothes, you are a sue
cess.
Uuless there is an old woman in the
house, anything that is put in the
family Bible is mislaid for years to
come.
a schemer is always an industrious
man. If his industry could be directed
in honest channels, he would be a great
success.
The average woman will forgive her
husband any crime on earth so long as
she has every assurance that he will
never commit it.
a girl may thriSe on love, but by the
time a man has been engaged six weeks
he begins to look as if he were eating
quail on wager.--Atchison Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
FOR GOOD OR ILL.

In Offering to fight the battle for the
old mountainecr, Thorndyke had reck-
oned without his host in one very i'm
portant particular. When he awoke
from a troubled sleep on the morning
following the talk with Duncan he was
too ill to get up, and he was still in bed
when the farmer came to call him to
breakfast.
II feel as if I'd been brayed in a NOR
tar" he said, in reply to Duncan's in
quiries. 81 suppose it was the long
tramp yesterday; I ought to have had
more sense than to try it,"
INA, ma, them" said Duncan, sooth-
ingly; cts mair the fault O. the bairn;
she Wilma be considerin' that we're
over pawky to be scram'lin' sax or
aught miles on the mountain"
''Please don't blame her; she couldn't
know how good-for-nothing 1 am.
didn't believe it myself. But I'm glad
you came up; wanted to see you about
This Kilgrow business. 1t mustn't be
allowed to drag, you know; the old man
isn't safe from one day to another while
he stands in the way of such men as
Fench and Sharpless. That letter you
have is only beginning; if they find
out it hasn't driven Kilgrow out of the
country, we may look for harsher meas
ures. Can you see the old man and bring
him to me to-day?"
"Na, na," objected Duncan; "yell no
be able to fash yer brain wi business
this day. Johnnie KeelgrSY's case has
kept weel enough these sax years, an a
day or so maire or less Wilma make or
break him"
But you don't understand" insisted
Thorndylle, rising on his elbow and
pushing back the dizziness that threat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
NOTICE

BIZ THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY,
January 8, 1894.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex,
eoutors and Guardians that have not stated
aa account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary,
or hey will be cited up.
Test: R. i. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Gee 1 county will be held on th'
second Tuesday of every month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their ACCOUNTS stated, will please bring in
their vouchers a few days before Court.
Test. r. F.. 7 MAR. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-30

Mrs. Burton Harrison will write mag
azine papers on certain aspects of Rus
sian life, as she visited Russia last sum-
mer and enjoyed peculiar facilities for
studying the higher social side of life
at the capital.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-31
DRY GOODS.

New York, July S0.--The dry goods mar
ket continues to show increased firmness
in both cotton and wooden goods. The
feeling among buyers is a better one and
those who are in the market are inclined
to be freer in their purchases and more
liberal as to prices. In some lines of sta
pie cottons advanced are reported. Under
the influence of more business, confidence
throughout the trade generally, and the
announced curtailment in eastern mills
the market. is gradually, but surely
working itself back to a solid basis. First
hands sellers and jobbers alike feel a more
active tone to the market. That the con-
sumptive demand is still somewhat re-
stricted is considered merely a passing
condition, which will regulate itself auto
matcally later on.