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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

them on the street. TWAS easy enough
to read the address upon the boxes;
but there was no name-only u street
and number in Brooklyn.
That was sufficient, however. l
hastened to O florists, and gave or
ders for such tokens as seemed to be
appropriate.
And so that was the end. The sight
of her at the window day after day;
feeling of cheer from her bright pres
ence near me; and then the sorrow for
the loss of one whose very name did
not know, l missed her heartily in
those succeeding weeks.
Even so late as September had by
no means forgotten her or the Incl
dents connected with that time of
strange and fanciful sorrow. 1t was
on the fifth day of that month when
q man of a familiar aspect. yet certain
ly not an acquaintance, walked into
my office. He came slowly up to me,
and laid two cards upon my desk. One
was my own, and the other bore the
inscription:
JOHN NJ. DOUGLAS, NJ. d.
The name was not familiar, but the
man himself had certainly seen. All,
to be sure! He was the doctor who had
come to the office across the way, when
the end was drawing near.
That's my card, and the other one
is yours, isn't it?' said he.
l nodded.
"You sent it with some flowers to
s11 De Vaux street, Brooklyn. on June
2s, didn't you?"
"Yes," replied. they were for her."
And glanced across the way.
well, you probably have some ra-
tional explanation of it," said he, but
hang me if l know why you should
have sent that cartload of funeral en-
blems to her on the occasion of her
wedding. If you wished to intimate
that marriage with me was equivalent
to death, it was bad joke, sir; and if
you don't, then what in thunder did
won mean? I've carried that puzzle
with me 1000 miles this summer, on
our wedding journey, and now by
Lucifer you've got to tell me the an
swer!"
I don't want to go any further with
this story. 1t has come to a point
where the recollections aroused are
really too painful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hawaii is without tramp. beggar
OF a poorhouse.
A fad with some fashionable ladies
is to have their pet dogs dyed. About
every second month the dye has to
be renewed.
Two-thirds of the letters which pass
through the post offices Of the world
are written by or sent to people who
speak English.
The average cost of an outfit for the
Alaskan gold fields is about $3.50. To
this must be added the fare and the sum
to be paid for freight.
A fresh water we'll on Sabiel Island,
Florida, was about to be used for r-
rigating purposes, when 1t mysterious
ly changed to sulphur water.
Every prince of Wales is considered of
age Immediately after birth, and
chair is placed for him on the right
of the throne in the house of lords.
A tricycle. cab Is In use in Berlin.
The passenger sits in front, on q seat
over the two wheels. The driver sits
over the rear wheel, and works the
pedals.
A law of New Zealand awards pen
sion of e3s annually to every respect
nble person who has attained the age
of 65, and has resided 20 years In the
colony.
Frozen meat is exported in large
quantities from New Zealand to Europe.
In the former country there are % es-
adjustments in which the meat is arti-
ficially frozen.
Oscar Wild was recently asked: How
are English prisoners treated? ""Why,"
he responded, England treats her pris-
oners so badly that she does not de-
serve to have any"
Tamie David, a native Hindoo, lost
caste by engaging in the sale of liquor
in Ceylon. He Is now q convert to Chris
tianity, and is trying to Christianize
the Christians In Chicago.
In a beer-drinking contest for $50
at Union Hill, N. j., Matthias Sommer-
man drank 50 glasses of lager, six more
than his competitor, George Bertrand.
The contest lasted three hours.
A ton of Atlantic water, when evap-
GRATED, yields 81 pounds of salt; ton
Of Pacific water, 70 pounds; q ton of
Arctic or Antarctic water, IS pounds;
a ton of water from the Dead sea, 1877
pounds.
To annoy his relatives, a man in Niles,
Mich, left most of his estate, valued at
1900, to a circus. They will contest
the will and the lawyers will have a
circus, and probably gobble oil the
property.
Female spies. acting in the interest Of
the Spaniards, are numerous in Havana.
They ingratiate themselves into the
favor of suspected Americans, and en-
deavor to purloin compromising cor
respondence.
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a SONG OF HEROES.

They sing about the admirals; likewise the
commodores,
An the men that take their orders up
on deck,
An the lads that feed the big gun while
it rears its head and roars
A-pinin' for to see another wreck.
You'd think they'd gone clean through the
list and never skipped a thing.
With their "jolly tars." "hooray." and
"yo-heave-ho"
But there's none as tunes string
While he lifts is voice to sing
Of the Jackies wots a-stokin' down be-
low.
Oh, It's here's to him a-fightin'
Where the shot kicks up spray,
It's glorious and excitin'
When he rushes to the fray,
But there ought to be some snatches
On the way 1t stirs your see
When they batten down the matches
While you shovel in the coal.
We don't go much on uniforms. In all
that heat and dirt.
With flames a-reachin' out to eat the air,
It's just q waste of etiquette to wear a
wooden shirt;
You never have your picture taken there
It's no use to deny 1t; in your throat there
comes a lump.
AS you think Of home and wonder where
yOu'lI go
While your heart begins to thump
Like the wheels that clang and thump
Round the Jaclsies wots a-stokin' down
below.
Oh, it's here to him a-ightin'
And takin' steady aim;
If he's hurt there's some delight in
Thinkin' he can do the same
BY the first un' that he catches
But we don't know watts the goal
81 hory hot fha hot oh
While we shovel in the coal
It's glorious consolation in the toilin' and
the thirst
To wipe the wetness from our brows and
think
That we're handsomely provided for, In
case we meet the worst,
With a million dollar coffin when we sink.
Our hearts is In the fghtin' tops; were
wishin we was there
A-doin' of our duty by the foe.
But each must take his share
And they couldn't hardly spare
The Jackies wots a-stokin' down below.
So here's to them that's ightin':
Here's TO the pilot. too;
We trust em to be right in
Any job they're out to do.
Maybe we're to meet our matches
But it's all past our control
When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
It amt the bloomin' admirals; 1t amt the
commodores
That the Spaniards is a wishin' for to-
day,
Nor yet the lads that handle ammunition
out O. doors,
Where you stand little chance to get
away.
They've had fighters in their families and
the cubsll fight again,
But they answered up most cautious-like
and slow
When it comes to askln' men
To be hu6dled In the pen
To be Jackies wot's a-stokin' down below.
Says they: wen do your f1ghtin'
But that locker amt our size,
Where you wedge the men SO tight in
Fur them DagoeS realize
What uncertainty attaches
To the fellers in hole
When they battcn down the matches
While we shovel In the coal.
washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
vALERIA'S PRAYERS.
A Seven-Ycar-Old Girl Who Is Fam
lily Entertainer with Her
Unique SuppIicatiOns.

Valcria, ager seven, and source of
much entertainment to the family,
was being put to bed by her mother
the other night. First she said: Nov
lay me down to sleep" closing, Or
delaying to close, rather, as follows:
''Oh, Lord, bless papa and mamma
and grandpapa and grandmamma and
Eugenia and Auntie May and oil my
dear little friends and my Dummies and
the old mother cat and Playful that
gave away and Jerry and Pedro and"
Jerry is the family horse and Pedro
Is the dog, also given away like Playful,
the kitten. 1t was evident that the
prayer was being made simply pre-
text for keeping her mother, so
Valeria was requested to curtail her
remembrances. She accordingly
brought that prayer to close, but
insisted that she should not rest easy
unless allowed to repeat another about
"Oh, Lord, bless the pence we bring
Her mother yielded, but still the child's
praying appetite was not satisfied. She
launched into another effort, purely
original this time. 1t was o perfect
imitation Of certain forms in prayer,
and she was extremely fervent. 1t
must be explained that her mother had
just recovered from an attack Of neu-
ralgia.
"Oh, dear Father In Heaven" she
said, give that mamma may have had
the very last pain she will ever have.
Give that she may be truly and indeed
well. And, oh Lord, help us to be very
kind to all animals that have three
legs, or two legs, or one leg; and to all
birds that have one leg, or two legs, or
three legs, and to people that have no
legs. And, Oh Lord, we bless Thee for
all the beautiful things we see in the
world around us. Give that we may
do what is right and bless thou our
sins. Amen"
Valeria climbed into bed with her
mother and asked If she might go out
to the cemetery and put flowers on the
graves. Her mother readily assented,
and said she thought 1t would be O very
lovely thing for a little girl to do.
Valeria announced that Mrs. Smith,
neighbor, was going to put flowers
on Mr.. Smiths grave.
what was hep" she demanded.
''He wasn't soldier, but 1t has be-
rome custom for people to put flowers
on the graves of their friends"
1--WE haven't got anybody out there"
sighed Valeria, mourfully.
mo, and just think how grateful we
ought to be that no one we love is lying
in the cemetery"
"Yes," obviously; then, with salts
faction. but you came near going"
'Yes, and so did you"
YES" with greater triumph. land
so did sister"
sand so did your papa when he was
hurt on the railroad. And so did grand
papa when he was so very ill.,"
"Yes, and grandmamma-well. she
didn't"
mo, but she has been very sick
times"
''Yes. but we most went off the hunks,
and she didn't"
Not long ago Valeria prayed that the
Lord would put Spain in the soup"
Since then she is quite at rest about
the outcome of the warn. Y. Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
CABIN OF THE PILGRIM.
Remains of the Vessel in Which
Richard II. Dann Sailed Around
Cape Horn.

In the Spanish quarter of Santa Bar
bara there stands little cabin Of q
singular type of architecture, very
o heavily-papeled and deeply-recessed
door presenting q striking contrast to
its diminuive proportions. Many q
curious glance Is cast in this direction,
but even among the oldest citizens of
o little city rich in these time-honored
individuals, few are aware that they
are looking upon the cabin of the good
ship Pilgrim, which brought Richard
II. Dana around the Horn in the early
SOS, when he began gathering material
for his famous book, 1.-Two Years Be-
fore the Mast"
The story of the wreck of the Pilgrim,
as told by reliable Santa Barbara
man, is strange romance of the sea.
1t seems that after discharging the
cargo which she had brought around
the Horn, she remained on the Pacific,
engaging in the coasting trade. Shippers
must have been scarce in that day, for
in no other way can the fact be account
ed for that she finally fell under the
command of o Capt. Moses, who, old
seamen bitterly assert, knew no more
about navigation than q babe In arms.
One day Capt. Moses started from
Monterey with cargo of potatoes and
lime for San Francisco. 1t is to be pre-
sumed that the San Francisco con-
signees heard nothing of her, for sew
eral weeks later Moses hailed ship
just arriving from Mazatlan and lying
in the Santa Barbara channel, anxious
ly inquiring his way to Ventura, and II
the market for potatoes and lime was
likely TO be promising one in that di-
rection. Judge Mcguire, the father Of
the younger generation of Maguires
living in Santa Barbara to-day, was to
be married that night, and the skipper
was invited ashore to the wedding. A
storm came up and the vessel went
ashore, and this is how it comes that
the ships cabin, rescued from the
wreck, became a landlubber's home, in
stead of fioating upon the high seas.
Dirt and squalor pervade it, sin and
crime have Haunted themselves within
it, murder has very nearly stained its
walls with blood, but the stanch little
cabin, built of good, honest timbers,
still holds its own, and seems mutely
to plead with passers-by to rescue 1t
from its ignominious fate. Cleansed
and repaired and repainted, and with
vines trained over its roof, it would not
make IN Ill ornament for some ones
lawn, and might yet do good service as
a summer house or child's playhouse.
AS notable historical relic it certain
ly deserves better destiny than 10
serve as a tottering abode of poverty
and crime.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Select Excursion to Colchester Beach,
Chesapeake Bay.

Thursday, August IS, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co. philadelphia, Will
mington & Baltimore Railroad Coz will
run special low-rate excursions to Mary
lands most popular watering place, Toll
chester Beach. This place is held in high
favor by all who have visited it. It has
all the attributes of frst-class resort,
and especially appeals to families. Every
possible kind of amusement is to be found
Its location, on the prettiest part of the
beautiful Chesapeake Bay, speaks for
itself. A special train will be run on the
following schedule, and round-trip tickets
will be sold at the rates quoted =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Sounded That Way.

An English heiress was entertaining
about three hundred people at recep-
tion, and had provided only about rs
seats. In despair, she said to a COM
patriot: "Oh, I'm so distressed! Not
three-fourths of these people can sit
down." "Bless my soul, madam!" he
exclaimed, whats the matter with
them ?"-San Francisco Argonaut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Mr.. -Confound the collar butt
toni
Mrs. Billus-Never mind looking for
1t, John. Turn out the gas, walk around
q little in your bare feet, and youth find
It.-Chica1o Tribune,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

More than twenty million free samples
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof of their confidence in it's
merits do you want? 1t cures piles, burns
scalds, sores, in the shortest space of
time. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
A Close Gall.

Ray-Jack came near kissing me on
the mouth last night, he kissed my
hand.
May-I don't cali that near.
Ray-But my hand was over my
mouth.-Up to Date.
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Minnie-You don't really mean for
me to believe that he kissed you unex-
pectedly2
Mamie-Indeed do. was not look
ing for anything Of the kind for half an
hour yet.-Indianapolis journal.
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Always ON Time.

do you find my son prompt and
punctual, Mr.. Grindley2"
II never had q young man in my en-
ploy who at the close of business hours
could get out of the Office with less de-
lay."-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Atlantic City.

SPECIAL EXCURSIONS svIAPENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD,
DELAWARE RIVER BRIDGE ROUTE.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company tPhila
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company has arranged for special excursions to
Atlantic City via the great Delaware River Bridge
Route on August 6, II, and 25 Special train will
leave on the following schedule and tickets will
be sold at rates quoted:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure.
Harmless in effect, touches the right spot,
reliable and just what is wanted. 1t act at
once. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Science ON the Farm.

Farmer Furrow-You scientific fell
lers know heap, s'pose, but I'll bet
you can't tell me how to save that big
pile OF fpertaters. The rot's got into 'em.
Scientist-N-o. They are past saw
ing.
They are, eh? Wall, I'm goin' to eat
them pertaters."
Impossible"
NO, it amt. I'll feed 'em to the pigs,
and then eat the pigs. IN. Y. Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
AT Havana.

The present state of things exists
To Spain's undoubted sorrow;
Although the fort Is hers to-day,
Well press our claim to Moro.
-1udge
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

"And you say Parkinson has taken
the gold cure? Why, never knew that
he drank"
"Oh, 1t wasn't drink. He married an
heiress to get rid Of his financial nls."-
Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
At the Art Exhibition.

Bystander-Should you say that pic
ture was taken from life?
Critic-I don't know, but the world
wouldn't suffer if the artist was.-Som-
erville Journal.
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ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thu
second Tuesday ofevery 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, 1898-08-12

The editor of the Evans City, Pa, Globe,
writes, Zone Minute Cough Cure is right
ly named. 1t cured my children after all
other remedies failed" 1t cures coughs,
cold and all throat and lung troubles.
Eli T. REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

kick, but my kick is failure;
I want a job easy, you know;
I'd like to get paid In the summer
For watching the first fall of snow.
AS would be satisfied nicely
To have nothing else just to do
But to sit in the house in the winter
And wait for the violets blue
Boston Courier.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Jimmy, you must not talk when old
er people are talking"
"Well, s'pose you want me to grow
up dumb."-Chtcago Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Fine Combination.

what was the band playing when
the soldiers marched past here, Tom
my?"
"Dixey dle.'-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Doctor-Your wife must have chicken
broth three times a day, and you must
give her q spoonful of this medicine
every hour during the night.
Mr.. Jackson (dubiously)-Wa-al, doc
tab, doan' see how yo' expec' me toe
pervide her wifi de chicken broff an
glib her dat medicine at de same time
Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

When you call for DeWitts Witch Haz-
el Salve the great pile cure, don't accept
anything else. Don't be talked into ac-
cepting substitute, for piles, for sores,
| for burns. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
NOTICE

RY THE ORPHANS CouaT FOR CECIL COUNTY
January 0, 1894.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex.
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same, or show cause to the contrary,
or they will be cited up.
Test: 3. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Sambo-Whut would you do if man,
called you liar?
Rastus-To my face?
Sambo-Yes.
Rastus-Why, Pd-about how big a.
man?-Town Topics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 8 IS
a. M. and 90 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at S.52;
Liberty Grove 9.O7; Colora. 916 Rising Sun, 9.26;
sylmar, 933; Nottingham, 40; Oxford. 1000 m.
arriving at South st. 2.53 p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 7 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.2l a. M; and 61O, arriving in
Philadelphia at 8.l6 p. m.
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at Wawa with special train.
A Book for the People.

Senator Stewart has written a grand
book for the instruction of the masses
The title chosen for the little volume is
"Analysis of the Functions of Money"
From Senator Stewards exhaustless store
of knowledge on the science of money he
has placed in a small volume of "a pages,
a complete text of the money question"
a question that is bound to overtop all
other political questions for the next
quarter of a century, if not longer. 1t is
a question which the American people
must study whether they wish to or no.
1t is the question which lies at the root of
every business in the universe, is the die
tator and shaper of present and future
civilization. 1t overtops State and church
holds society in the heart of its hand.
The following dedication of this little
volume furnishes an inkling of the
authors object and the bearing of the
contents. Every young man and woman
ought to read it.
DEDICATION.
This little volume is dedicated to the young
men and women of the United States who con-
templating matrimony with its inevitable respon'
sibilites. The comforts of life with which the
young women of this country have been sur
rounded in the homes of their fathers built in the
better days of the Republic. cannot be provided
by the young men of the present day on account
of the hard conditions which environ them. The
families and friends of young women oppose their
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Too Heavy a Contract.

q
SIS this the man we are to initiate to-
hight?" said the Illustrious Conductor.
"It Is" replied the Outside Guard.
The Illustrious Conductor walked
around the 35o-pound candidate, in
spected him carefully, and turned to his
assistant.
put the goat back" he said, land
bring me mule !"-Chicago Tribune.
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A Serious Lack,

Young Mr.. Fourundred Qn Squash
center)-Aw, my good man, do you
svah have fox hunts heah?
Native-Nope.
What is the mattah? No foxes?"
Plenty O. foxes"
mo dogs?"
PLENTY O. dogs"
mo horses?'
PLENTY O. horses"
'Then-aw-what is the mattah?"
''No fools."-N. Y. Weekly.
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LEAVE GOING SOUTH.

o. M. and 253 p. Iu Monday. Tuesday. Thursday
and Friday only. 6 10 p. m; Thursday and Sunday
only, l1.43 p M; Sunday only, T.65a m. 7Ol p. m.
J. b. HUTCHINSON, J.R. WOOD,
Gesi. Manager. Gen. PdssT agent.
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PATENTS, PATENTS.
DHILADELPHIA, WHINING
- TON & BALTIMORE R.R.

CENTRAL DIVISION
On and after November 2Sth, 1897, trains will |
run as follows
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He-It was an unselfish marriage on
her part. believe she gave up every
thing when she married that man. ,
She (who is taking her first yacht
trip)-How awful. Was 1t at sea2-
Harlem Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

One Minute Cough Cure. cures.
That Is what IL was made for.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-04-07

HERE is SOMETHING FOR YOUR SUPPER"
ine, witnessed befara lsavino the nla;nlv
and scantilv fnrpished rao,ns made sacred
from tba fact ~ tbei, be;ne that blessed
nhantoT,, ssborne i fingered She nlainIv
hoard above the ain fhe nleading voices
~ thosa two ,ittla sis-ers bag,;ng ha,. to
h,rr, TacL With so,netbi,,o fn,. tbeYo to
cat and how yyas sha to do 80 unIass she
co,,1d sal1 be,. f,o,r,erss
Tho r,orni,,e, had ,s,ssa5 and rho after-
-,r,,, ,,..s hasterir,, an 81 falI .vlea, i,
the arms of twilight The crowds crew
moro de,,sa and tba s,roiny mass moved
On with Greater ranieitv
The l;tfIe fiower girl still stood ON the
CORNER Offering her violets Ia the ,,assershv
she had sold INT three lunches She
had five loft she nI,st disnosa of them
all
ssWon't yon nIease INV these violetss,'
she asked If beautiful woman that nass-
ed with dainty little miss clinaino To
her arm
The woman passed or.
The little yender. Incoming more Der
sistent with the pangs Of hunger loudly
gnawinu within her own breast, which
created even greater sympathy and anxiety
for those in whose behalf she was striving
SO nobly. rushed after the beautiful woman
and again held out the yioIets to her.
-sPlease buy this bunch have a sick
mother and two little sisters at home