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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Power of Observation.

Gentlemen, you do not use your fac
ulties of observation" said the chem
istry professor in a well-known eastern
college, addressing his class. Here he
pushed forward a gallipt containing
a chemical of exceedinly offensive
smell. "When I was student a-a,' he
continued, 81 used my sense of taste,
y'know." And with that he dipped his
finger into the gallipot and then put his
finger in his mouth. 'Taste it, gentle
men, taste it," said the professor, "and
exercise your perceptive faculties a-a."
The gallipot was pushed toward the re-
luctant class. One by one the students
reluctantly dipped their fingers into the
concoction, and, with many wry face,
sucked the abomination from their
fingers. "Gentlemen, gentlemen, you're
asleep, y'know," said the professor. 81
must repeat that you do not use your
faculties of observation, a-a, for had you
looked more closely at what I was do
ing, a-a, you would have seen that the
finger which l put in my mouth was
not the finger I dipped in the gallipot,
IA. You've got to wake up. You're
asleep, you Observation-Disclosures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
BRITISH WHITE CAPS.
Indiana Moral Reform Methods Adopte
by the People of Wales.

Indiana Moral Reform Methods Adopted
by the People of Wales.
They have very strange and vigorous
methods of enforcing the laws of NOR
ality in the parish of Llanbister, which
is situated in the hills of the purely
agricultural county of Radnorshire,
South Wales.
Scandalized at a breach of the laws
OF morality, which they believed to
have been committed, the parishioners
a few nights ago formed what is
known in Wales as a "Rebecca" gang,
and, attired in a variety of costumes.
and, with faces sooty black, serenad-
ed the alleged delinquent's house. The
woman who was suspected was also
fetched. Both, in a nearly nude con-
dition, were marched to the River
Cwmdwr, which flows close by In its
waters they were submerged, and then
made to walk backward and forward
7 through the stream for the space of
nearly twenty minutes. While in the
stream the man made a desperate at
tempt to escape, but in crossing a
weir he came a cropper, and was re-
captured. The two were then made
to run up and down the fields, and
were we'll belabored with straps and
sticks.
Then they were escorted back in
procession to the mans house, where
the "Rebecca" sat in judgment. The
couple were condemned to undergo
further flogging and to march up and
down the fields hand in hand. Their
hair was cut off, and, besides, they
had to undergo many other indigni-
ties. Tar and feathers were procured,
but the more cautious prevailed on
their companions not to administer
such a dreadful punishment.
This extraordinary affair appears to
have given the greatest satisfaction to
the inhabitants, who feel that a great
blot on the rustic innocence of their
parish has been avenged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
NO BRET HARTE HEROES.
The Gold Regions Are Comparatively Free
from Lawlessness.

AAAN OOAN@ AOo
from Lawlesgness.
There is little disorder in the Alaska
and the Klondike regions. The wild
life pictured in Bret Harte's books is
not in evidence, and that author would
vote the place dead slow were he to
visit it. Especially in Canada, where
the mounted police, the best organiz-
ed force of it's kind in the world, pa
trolls the mining regions at regular in
tervals, there is little disturbance.
Rossland, just over the border north
of Spokane, is good illustration Of
this. Last year there were 1000 min
ers in Rossland and only one police
man. Yet the town had no serious
trouble. The worst fuss that occurred
was when a drunken negro got into
struck her several times with his fist.
On this side of the line he might have
received two months. The Canadian
court promptly seat him up for six
years.
Pulls do not go with the Canadian
police nor with any of the depart
ments of justice. The miners under
stand this thoroughly and have a
wholesome respect for law and order.
There are no barrooms pure and SIM
pie. Drinks cannot be served except
in a bona fide hotel where guests
lodge for the night and there is res
taurant serving regular meals. In
under any circumstances. Few Of
fences will get man into the peni-
tentiary quicker than selling spirits
to the aborigines. There is no mercy
shown whatever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Still ReIIigerent.

He was a lone fisherman-tall,g gaunt
and grizzly, and he was seated on an
oak log, On the bank of stream, fish
ing.
"Have you heard the war news?" he
was asked.
mo, hain't."
well. IL looks like we'd have to fight
SPAIN"
"Go ahead an fight then!"
"Of course you'll be in it,"
"No, won't"
Fought in the late war, didn't you?"
"All through it. But it amt ended
yit."
81 presume you are aware that Lee
surrendered some years ago?"
"Yes," he said. I've hearn tell he
did; but-stranger."
I'm listening"
''Gin'rul Lee surrendered, but-blame
mJ pictur' eff has!"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

''That young man of yours" said the
observing parent, as his daughter came
down to breakfast, should apply for a
job in dime museum"
"Why, father exclaimed the young
lady in tones of indignation, what do
you mean?"
81 noticed when passed through the
hall late last night" answered the old
man, that he had two heads upon his
shoulders"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
SHE MADE 1T DEFINITE.
WatsOn's Note Was Business-Lik
Rnt Ii nidn,t Sui4

| w NOtc was buS1neB8-L1kes
But 1t Didn't Suit,
Watson was sitting at his desk one
/ evening when his wife said:
my dear, will you send note to
Sylk & Satin and tell them that must
have the five yards of lining that I
bought there yesterday. They said
they'd send it right away, and 1 must
have it tomorrow. for the dressmaker
will be here the next day."
So Watson wrote as follows:
"Messrs. Sylk C Satin: Will you
please send at once the five yards of
lining my wife purchased at your store
yesterday"
Let me see what you have written?"
said Mrs. Watson.
"Oh, dear!" she said, after reading
it, chat isn't half positive and definite
enough. They'll pay no attention to
that. I'll sit down and write to them
myself"
And this was what she wrote:
''Messrs. Sylk & Satin: You will re-
member that l was in your store at
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning (or
it may have been as late as 10:30), and
purchased five yards of percaline for
dress-lining. One of the salesladies at
the lining counter will remember about
it, The one l bought it of was tall
and slender, with dark eyes, and I
remember that she had on a red silk
waist trimmed with black velvet and
red and green plaid skirt. She will
remember that l purchased the lining
of her and she promised me that it
would be sent sure to-day 1t has not
come and it would not make any par
ticular difference, only that my dress
maker is coming day after tomorrow
and she will need the lining the first
thing, and cannot go to work without
it, and her engagements are such that
she cannot come to me any day but
day after tomorrow and the next day,
so if the lining should not come it
would put her back so that she could
not finish the dress, and I cannot get
her again for nearly a month, and I
simply must have the dress by the last
of next week, and 1 am too busy to
come downtown tomorrow and get
the lining. The saleslady I spoke of
with the red silk waist waist will be
sure to remember about it, and 1 told
her just why and when wanted it and
she promised me that it would be sure
to come. Of course it may come be-
fore you get this, and if so it will be
all right, but simply must have it be-
fore the dressmaker gets here, for she
will want to go to work on the skirt
the first thing and she cannot if she
does not have the lining. Please send
it right away.
"P. S.-Five yards of percaline. skirt
lining at SO cents yard, bought Of
saleslady in red silk waist and plaid
skirt, to be sent sure yesterday, and
has not come. Must have it to-mor-
row."
There" said Mrs. Watson, as she
folded the letter. THAT will make it
all clear to them"
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
Ii you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the Wonder-Worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400, 600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, Soc or
S1.00. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

"Tell me-" pleaded the artless maid,
wherein lies the secret of the art of
conversation"
The sage assumed the attitude he
was wont to assume when in the act
of imparting wisdom, and said:
MY child, listeni"
81 am listening!" breathlessly she
answered.
'Well, my child" he rejoined, that
is all there is of the art of conversing
agreeably."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Failed to Identify Her.

Miss Mugg-I don't see how it is
your sister failed to find me at the sta
ton. You said you would describe me
to her.
infatuated Lover (who sees a good
deal more in Miss Mugg than oGher
folks can)-Yes, told her to look for
a beautiful girl, with the face of
Madonna, and the form of a sylph.
It's queer she missed you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

Mr.. WI, the Chinese Minister, was
a guest at the last Gridiron Club din
ner in Washington, and was at first
somewhat puzzled regarding the fun
that always goes with Gridiron din
ner. When one of the members stop
ped the winner to complain of the soup
and the President demanded that the
soup pot be brought in, to see what
gave the peculiar taste complained of,
Mr.. WI looked serious and inquired of
his neighbor if the trouble could not be
adjusted without breaking up the din
ner He saw the hotel proprietor
brought in, and then the soup pot, and
he expected to see trouble over the
dinner before it was served. But
when the President of the club fished
out a civil service reform bill from
the pot as the source of the complaint
against the soup, the Chinese Minister
saw the humor of the affair and from
that moment there was no guest who
caught on quicker or enjoyed more
the jokes of the Gridiron than did he.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

1t is stated that the King of Siam,
who recently visited Europe, has had
to have a special box made to hold all
the insignia of the distinguished orders
conferred on him by brother mon
archs-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thf
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring ir
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. F.. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

1t rains on an average POS days in
the year in Ireland, about $50 in Eng
land, at Kezan about ninety days and
in Siberia only sixty days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at IS
a. m. and 2 90 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at 1852;
Liberty Grove. 907; Colora. GIG; Rising Sun. 1885,
Sylmar, 1885, Nottingham. 0 40; Oxford. 1000 a. M
arriving at South st. 2.53 p. m.
sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.21 q. M; and 6.lO, arriving in
Philadelphia at S.l6 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
A Dream of Home,

Oh, it's nice to write of farming,
OF the hoeing of the corn;
OF the driving cows to pasture,
On an early summer morn.
OF the cutting down Of timber,
When the snow is all about;
Oh, it's nice to dream about it,
But to do it-.leave me out!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS CoueT FOR CECIL CoUNTY,(
January 8, 1894.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not statec
an account within year. come forward anc
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Jim and Rob.

"They were too much alike to get
along well together" and the man who
was talking shook his head as though
to affirm his statement.
Il knew the father, Jim Strike. He
was hard-headed, stern and self-opin-
donated. There was a man that would
rather argue than eat. There's moth
ing surprising in the fact that the boy,
Bob, inherited these characteristics.
he was able to get the first ideas Of
babyhood, and they cost him many a
spanking.
"But it was after Bob came back
from school that the campaign really
opened. He and the old gentleman
couldn't agree on anything less GER
tain than the time of day or the date
of the month. Jim was a conserva-
tive and strongly disposed to be IN
aristocrat. Bob was radical, demo-
cratic and mighty near revolution
ary. When Jim's men struck at the
factory Bob took their part and Jim
fairly raved. He couldn't keep up his
end of the argument and one day at
the dinner table, after humiliating
defeat in discussion, the old man, his
face purple with anger and with
voice that could be heard all over the
house, told Bob either to drop his fool
notions or pack and get out.
Bob got out. He went right to
work and made his living, and it takes
a pretty stubborn young man to do
that when there is magnificent home
and plenty of money waiting for him
if he will sing in harmony with the
old gentleman. That fall Jim ran for
congress and Bob took the stump
against him. Jim vowed he'd horse
whip the young man on sight, but 1
guess he made it point mot to see
Bob.
'The opposing candidate withdrew
because of sickness and the commit
tee put Bob on the ticket. l suppose
that was the hottest campaign that ev-
er came off in the state. 1t was simp-
ly a screamer, and Bob won out. When
Jim got the returns 1 expected to see
him explode. But he was tickled to
death and so proud of My Bob that
he went to Washington with him and
stayed right through every term"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

The Cuban question and political issues
sink into insignificance with the man who
suffers from piles. What he most desires,
is relief. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.

Additional trains leave Broad st. for Oxford IL IL
a. M and 2 SO p. IN : Monday. Tuesday. Thursday
and Friday only, 6. 10 p. m; Thursday and Sunday
only, 1.43 p. m. Sunday only, 765a. m T.Ol p m
j. B. HUT Crimson, J.R. WOOD.
GenI. Manager. Gen. PdSs'r AgeHE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Crisis in His Career.

Cyrus" asked his wife, what are
you moping about?"
1T is thirty-seven years ago to-day,
Keturah,' replied the gloomy man,
who had thrown himself on the lounge,
"since l became cashier of the bank"
"Well, what of that? Are you worn
out? Is the salary too small? Have
you ever had the slightest trouble with
the bank? Is there anything wrong
with your accounts? Are they think
ing of replacing you with a younger
man."
mo, there's nothing wrong in any
way" replied the bank cashier, but
the very fact that l have been the
banks most trusted official for thirty
seven years, that l have never done
a dishonest thing in my life; never
made an injudicious loan; that my ac-
counts are perfectly straight, and that
no man on earth can say a word
against me is making people suspi-
cious, and they are beginning to talk
about me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
TENTS, PATENTS.
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
- TON & BALTIMORE r. r.
LEAVE GOING NORTH. .

CENTRAL DIVISION.
On and after November 2Sth, 1897, trains will
run as follows:
LEAVE GOINa N0RTH
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

S. E. Parker, Sharon, Wis, writes:-'T
have tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for itching piles and it always stops them
i'll two minutes. l consider DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve the greatest pile cure
on the market" Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
Useless Wurry

I'm afraid Whey thu nks little hard
of ne"
You're foolish. There's a man that
can't think hard on apy subject"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what IL was made for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-03
The Through By Daylight
BY MAY McHENRY.

nERT SHEPHERD, the miller's son,
ID owned the first bicycle in Zoans-
vile; but Carroty Dobbin had the next
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05
Porcupinc QuiiIs.

what may those quilts be7" nsk-
ed the writer, pointing to several
small bundles of black and white
spikes which recently lay ON the ta-
BILE of an importing house in New
York.
They are samples of porcupine
quilts, said the merchant. They
come from India and also from
Spain, and are chiefly sold to fishing
tackle houses. These concerns pol
ish and supply them with the neces-
sary pieces of cork to increase their
natural buoyancy, and the quilts
are then purchased by anglers, who
use them quite extensively for bot
tom fishing. Some of the black and
white spikes are made into penhold-
ers and pipestems. They are also
largely utilized in making up orna-
mental screens and fancy fans.
THE porcupine has to be hunted
and killed before the quilts can be
obtained, and many thousands of
these animals are slain for this pur-
pose yearly. Every spike pig" car
ries from 81. 80 to SO worth of quilts
on his fretful back. The quilts are
carefully extracted, and when dried
they are packed in boxes or crates
and shipped to London and New
York. They are worth from So to 81
a gross wholesale, and the supply is
barely equal to the demand in this
country. Washington Star.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05
Hindoos and Gagged risnr..

Natives of the Rajpoot states have
singular ideas concerning the use of
Gagged tigers. AT the end of street
in Jeypoor, one of the finest and
most advanced of cities under pro
tected" native rule, they keeper
kept ten years ago-a number Of
tigers in small cages. When Eu-
ropean visitor approached, the keep
er Immediately appeared from his
house close by, salaamed profound
ly, and proceeded first to spit on his
charges and then to stir them up
with an iron rod kept for the pur-
pose. When the savage roaring this
treatment naturally produced died
away, that keeper salaamed more
profoundly and held out his hand. If
backsheesh was not promptly forth
coming, he said that lowing to fear
of the presence, these sons and
daughters of female dogs do not roar
their loudest, and spat and stirred
tgain. Sketch.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05

"We must give special attention
to the outside of the body as well as
the inside, - writes Mrs. S. Il. Rorer
on What to Eat When You Have
Indigestion, in The Ladies' Home
Journal The skin mus. be bathed
every morning with tepid water,
followed by brisk rub. This is
equally as important rs correct diet.
A good rule is to use water freely
inside and out. AT least two quarts
of water daily should be taken, half
a pint the first thing in the morning
and the last at night, cupful of
warm water before each meal, and
the remaining quantity divided and
taken before meals.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05
"pAasoN's PLEASURE GROUND.

have garden filed with sound
or thrushes, paths that circle round,
And one straight walk more swostly set
With lavender and mignonettc-
Sweet herbs of grace, whose scent lives on,
Like virtue, after life Is gone;
Ny sanctuary--for 50 l call
That long straight path beneath the wall.
There do I musc-how natures self
Moves upward; how from shelf TO shelf.
Ennohlod through perpetual strife,
She issues in grander life.
And Us / think how one small bud,
Engraftcd. tames the widest wood,
Sweet fruitage for man $ use TO hs>-.
And of it's sweetness leave an heiI,
Seems it-ah. may my fifth be true
Grace has its power in nature too.
IT'S grace that turks in kindly soil.
us grace attends the tiller's toll.
Grace works in every flower that blows,
And in each brior there lives a roso.
Thus as ponder, 10, n knoll
Comes Ger mel It's the passing bell.
Then think l of-beneath the sod
Those sleeping. Are they all with God
that one SO wilifnl; this who died
In passions youth unsAnclifodf
Can God accept themf Can he prove
To thoso who loved not God of loyef
know not. But beneath this wall,
Hearing the glad voiced thrushes call.
On my straight path so sweotly set
With lavender and mignonotto,
think II we poor men below
Can of such wildncss beauty grow,
Sure he hath better means to try
That mighticr Gardener In the sky,
Who, while hricf life our work doth end,
Hath all of time his work TO mend;
Unnumhered worlds beyond our ken;
Fresh soil for souls, fresh chance for men;
Angels Of love TO graft his grace;
Porohancc, Heaven, TO soc his fnooi
And then thoaght-as in the trees
Life murmured with tho quickening
brcoxo-
Sadly thought, not they alone
We're sinners; half the sin my own.
Had more faithful preached the word
Perchaneo they might have better heard;
Have risen ON wings, and out OF clay
Uplifted scared to heavenly day.
So trust God Will not condemn
Those who not him, but man, contomni
Spectator.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05
GOOD TIMES HAVE COME.

You can afford to Indulge yourself or you,
family In the luxury OF q good weekly news
paper and quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for IS per year.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05

"Your office must be mighty pop
ular, said Potts to the coroner. II
hear they is about ten cannydate
out ag in ye.
"Yaas, an hits a plum shame. 1
tuck the office when hit wuz run
down to whar Int wurn't payin ex-
penses, but sot to work with vim,
an now thai I've worked up business
to whur the Office is payin big mon
ey everybody wants hit. Atlanta
Journal,
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-10-05

In 1875 law was passed prohibit
ing the use of the portraits of living
men on the United States stamps,
thus placing living men in the same
position that women occupied,
whether dead or alive, for no wom-
ans portrait has ever graced stamp
belonging to the United States, pos
tai or revenue.