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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
AMERICAN BRAND.

An Irish lady entered Canal street
shoe store, leading BY the hand his
mothers own boy.
"Oi want to boy pair Of shoes for
my buy"
French kid. madame?" said the pc
lite clerk.
French kid? Naw!" replied the
mother, my own child; born in Amer
ika. Neg Orleans Times Democrat
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
A FINE BIT OF LUCK.

ooh oueenie, such sweet news
What do you think? 49,,
f"No idea, Flo. What is it,?
"papa has been bitten by mad Dog
and now we are all going 70 ?ariS'
Isn't it a bit Of luck?'-Punch-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
"A USELESS INVENTION.

Inventor-"Ive just completed an APP
paratus for calming troubled waters.
Do you think there would be any de-
mand for such an invention?"
Stranger-"Not where | came from. =
Where are you from?"
Strang Kentucky. Water is sell
dom troubled there. Chicago News.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
PERSEVERANCE ALWAYS WINS.

Smith-"After trying for ten long
years, I have at last succeeded in con
vincing my wife that l am perfect"
Brown-"Are you sure OF it,"
Smith-"Of course l am. II was on
~ this morning that she said | was d
perfect idiot. Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
WAR REVENUE.
She Had Her First Experience of the
Stamp Tax and 1t Aston
ished Her.

They were standing pretty close to-
gether on the shaded front porch. 1t
was rather late in the evening and he
was evidently about to say good-by.
$50 you are going down to Camp
Alger to see the Sixty-ffth boys" she
said, looking up at him.
"Yes, expect to be there on Sun.
day."
"Well, you won't forget to give my
love to brother John, will you?"
"N-o," was the rather doubtful re-
sponse.
"You don't seem to be very enthusi-
estic about it," she said.
''These war taxes, you know, are so
inconvenient. They take in every
thing. I think If you want to send such
valuable article as your love to your
brother that it will need stamps"
stamps? What kind of stamps?"
she queried in puzzled tone.
Revenue, of course" and then with
much decision: "1've got some with
me that will be glad to give YOU"
He stopped suddenly and gave her
two emphatic stamps right on the lips.
Then he walked down the steps, with
his head high in the air like a man of
proud achievement.
"I'll see that John gets 1t all right"
he said, airily, as he disappeared under
the trees.
1t was the young woman's first ex-
perience with the war tax and she was
too much astonished to speak.-Buf-
falo News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
OUR NEW HEROES.

They've half-inch thick of tan upon their
faces.
And some of them have freckles on their
They've scars and bandases In sundry
places
AS proof of the attentions of their foes.
There are some who really ought to see
the barber
Their tailors surely never earned their
pay
But we'd know them anywhere as our
new heroes
The men the nation honors-Hip hooray!
CHORUS.
They're coming home together
To meet us all again,
The men the nation honors,
The men who conquered Spain;
And when they march down Broadway,
Well tear the sky with cheers
For Army and for Navy.
And gallant Volunteers.
There is Dewey. whom August swere %
murder,
To hang upon the trees with all his men:
But Dewey didn't understand the PRO-
gramme-
And SO he smashed Montojo in his den.
There Is Hobson earned the foeman's ad-
miration.
He bottled poor Cervera UP SO tight
He had to make his dash In broad day
light.
CHORUS-They're coming home. etc.
There's the man who caught the Spanish
ships escaping
And sent them all to Davy Jones domain:
He kept the word he gave when first he
saw them
mot one." he said. would eer get back
to Spain"
There's Shafter and his men from San
tiago,
They drew the lines SO close about the
town
That all the brave defenders there sur
rendered
And twenty thousand stands of arms
laid down.
CHORUS
They're coming home together
To meet us all again,
The men the nation honors.
The men who conquered Spain;
And when they march down Broadway.
Well tear the sky with cheers
For Army and for Navy.
And gallant Volunteers
Sydney Reid. in N. Y. Sun
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
EXCITING CAMEL TRAINING.
The Ungainly Burden-Dearer of the
Desert Has More Vices
Than d Mule.

An officer who has for some time
been residing In Egypt, where camel
riding has been obligatory. sends the
following graphic description of his
experiences with that amiable and USE
full animal: "Y ou can we'll imagine that
there's a circus around here when the
usual riding instruction is going on.
When the untamed camels first arrived
at our camp | heard a treme ndous
growing in front of the door. and on
going out saw one of these anna BILE
beasts being led by his keeper. but
walking along with every expression
of disgust both on his countenance and
voice. The man stopped ditto cameD,
and attempted to tie the beasts fore
legs together. when It reared, and,
striking out with its forefeet, landed
on the keepers stomach and head,
sending him flying through space as
If shot out of a cannon. The man
picked himself out of the ditch with a
hand on each bruised part, and the
camel, which had never ceased roaring
was taken in charge by two other and
more robust natives and led to the
tents, or rather induced to go by en-
ergetic assistance of very sharp
iron rod applied in most vigorous
and miscellaneous manner. Similar
exhibitions are being conducted here
daily, and we are now ready to lead
the recently broken camels. Within
three or four days they become tract
able. l first formed my opinion of a
camel some years ago, when l rode
across the Arabian deserts, and see
no reason to alter 1t in any way. The
creature has so many talents and so
many ways of exhibiting them. And.
to begin with, it can kick harder, high
er, swifter and oftener than a mule,
and can use all four feet at one time
in kicking match. Then 1t can bite
worse than vicious horse, and buck
in way to make bronco blush with
absolute shame. No rider ever lived
who can stay on that perch seven feet
from the ground during a camers ex-
hibition of gymnastics. Then he can
run away when he feels like it, and Is
often seized with a desire to slope
Upon an occasion of this kind his rider
experiences a sensation between be-
ing blown up with dynamite or strug-
Cling against the throes of an earth
quake, until all his joints are dislo-
Gated, and he drops, limp, inert mass,
to the ground. Then this sweet Great
ure has way of evincing his dis
pleasure that is at least effectual and
convincing. He twists his snake-like
neck into a circle. and, poking his
ugly nose into the face of the rider,
opens his cavernous mouth and let's
out roar of disgust in such fetid
breath that the elevated human vic
tim is fairly blown into the middle of
the coming month "a week being too
short a distance). And yet, with all
these high recommends tions, which
some people might consider objection
able, these are the dear animals l
am constantly brought in contact with,
and for which ! am even beginning to
form an affection."-The Road.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
FOR AWNINGS.
Stripes Are Now Made In Very Great
Vnriety-A New Stripe Due
to the War.

An awning stripe new this year, and
one due to the war between the United
States and Spain, is made In stripes of
red, white and blue, uniform in width.
New styles of awning stripes are
brought out every year, and the variety
from which choice may be made is
very great. One extensive dealer has
$50 different styles of awning stripes.
to which additions are constantly be-
ing made. There are fashions and fam
cies In awning stripes as in pretty much
everything else. The red. white and
blue awning stripes above referred to
are made in sateen-finished drill, as
are also some other designs; but by
far the greater proportion of stripes
and other awning material used are
now in cotton duck.
Awning stripes are In the north now
very extensively used instead of plain
awning materials. When white avn
ings are used it is likely to be where
signs are to be painted on them. Many
of the stripes are handsome and taste
full, and some of them are beautiful and
days may easily add materially to the
picturesqueness of building or of a
street.
Awning stripes cost more than plain
material, but the simpler stripes only a
very little more. The added cost in
creases, but still in the case of many
stripes not greatly, with the amount
- trsn IN
which high colors are freely used, such
as brilliant reds and yellows, that cost
so per cent. more than the same mate
rial would cost plain.
The awning stripes most commonly
used are of blue and white, and next to
them in demand are stripes of tan and
white. In recent years awning stripes
In green and white have come to be very
popular. Awning stripes are made in
many combinations of colors as we'll as
in many variations of the stripes them
selves.
In the south white awnings were for
merly used almost exclusively, the
stripes fading In the sun; and white
awnings are still more commonly used
than any other in that part of the coun-
try; but for some years the south has
been buying more and more awning
stripes. Awning stripes are commonly
used in the west as they are in the
north.
The present widespread common use
OF folding awnings in the United States
has practically come about since the
civil WARN, Y. Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

Liquid air has been introduced at the
banquet-a scientists banquet, a SEN
tend-with more effect than favor, it
would seem, says the London Pail Mall
Gazette. After the champagne had
made its round the glasses were
topped up with the new stuff, when,
considerably to the disgust of every
body but the originator of this sur
prise, eyerybody's champagne evap-
GRATED in white clouds. Liquid air is
the real firewater. 1t might be safely
reckoned upon to satisfy the exigen-
cies of gullet upon which forty-rod
whisky had altogether palled, but it is
clearly not yet likely to get into the
general wine card. A little while ago
William Kaiser was offered a glass of
it. He would not have been William
Kaiser if he had not known what to do
with it. He raised the glass in the
honor of science, but he left it to any
scientist who liked to put down the
contents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
Condition of the Cars Army.

An American traveller who has spent
much time in Russia says the czar's
peace proposals are unlikely to be
heard of On the frontier for several
months to come, consequently the
Russian army will not be seriously af-
fected. OF the army he says: 'It is
better whipped than fed. The rations
to each soldier are two pounds of
suchary, small quantity of salt and a
pint of barley soup, made without
meat. On national holidays. such as
the birthdays of the emperor and en-
press, they have what they call high
living which consists of potatoes,
corned beef and pork. They are re-
quired to accompany their officers to
the cathedral, but before leaving the
guardhouse pass in line in front of n
great tub of 'wodka,' each with a cup in
hand. This he fills to the brim, cry
ing out as he swallows it: Long live
our emperor and his family!'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

A few weeks back wedding break
fast was given by substantial farmer
blessed with five daughters, the eldest
of whom was the bride. A neighbor, q
young farmer, who was honored with
an invitation, thinking, no doubt, that
he ought to say something compile
mentary upon the event, addressed the
bridegroom thus:
"Well, you have got the pick of the
batch"
The faces of the four unmarried ones
were a study.-Tit Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

The last quarter Of a century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns Iron Bitters. 1t seems to
contain the very elements of good health,
and neither man, woman or child can take
it without deriving the greatest benefit.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

"My dear, what induced you to marry
such an extremely young man?"
"Well, you see, thought would be
sure of being his first love, but"
"But what?"
II found he had already had'an affair
with his nurse."-N. Y. Truth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
The Beginning of the End.

II wish you would tell me-" said the
kind old judge to the lady burglar,
show you came to adopt such dis
reputable profession. How did you be-
gin?"
"Your honor" replied the miserable
woman, 'my first step was to go
through my husbands pockets while
he slept. After that the descent was
easy."-Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
ORPHANS' COURT,

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thf
second Tuesday Of every month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. f. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
To No Purpose.

Grimshaw-That fellow Bosanko Is
always engaged in some profitless en-
terprise or other.
Askins-What is his latest?
81 saw him last night telling ghost
Etories to baldheaded man."-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

The time that sorely vexes
The umpire, north and south,
Is when the bat annexes
His eyes and nose and mouth.
He has no lovely vision
When in the air afloat,
His teeth and his decision
Are batted down his throat.
IN. Y. World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
George Was "A Married Man.

"Here's a curious marriage notice
from a Missouri paper, George. A Mr..
Clay has just married Miss Mud"
Happy Clay. He knows that Mud
occasionally dries up" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
Advance of vaccination in Egypt.

Although the Vaccine institute in
Cairo distributed lymph for 330, ,OOO vac
cinations in Egypt last year. the supply
was not equal to the demand, and no
fewer than 2,057 cases of smallpox
were treated In the government hos
pitals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
Those Loving Girls.

Helen-Young Softleigh proposed to
me last night. He ought to have known
beforehand that should refuse him.
Mattie-Pm sure he did, dear.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

This war has simply ruined me-"
slows that?"
THE heiress 1 was courting has got
engaged to soldier. Chicago Rec
ord
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

81 don't believe that he was ever at
Klondike."
"Why? He told a straight story"
"Yes. But he tried to borrow dol
lar from me and he did not offer any
mining stock as security."-Town
ToDics
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
And Have the City at His Feet.

$50 you are confident" remarked an
admirer of the great Valeriano Wey-
Ter, that with $4,000 troops You could
invade America and in a week be in
possession of the capitol at Washing
ton? That would be quite an achieve
ment; but suppose you would take
the craven enemy Overwhelmingly by
surprise-do all by one quick, binding
stroke"
That would be my plan," replied the
distinguished general. ~ would wait
until the capitol police were asleep.
then charge bravely through the
bushes and up the eps."-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
THE STEALING FAD.
Have a Craze for PiIfer-
ing Souvenirs.

"Kleptomania," remarked we'll
known club and society woman of Chi
cago not long ago, "is decidedly over
worked word, and stealing an ugly one.
But the present fad or fancy for col
lecting lucky souvenirs'-abstrac ting
them surreptitiously from the houses
of your friends and acquaintance
surely partakes of the character of one
or both.
"a year or two ago the fad began.
A popular Chicago woman remarked
one day to an intimate friend:
"'Oh, my dear, did you know that l
have begun to collect souvenirs for
luck. They do say and she laughed as
women do when not quite sure of the
approval of their consciences, that to
steal souvenir brings one the best of
luck. So l borrowed with another
nervous ripple of laughter, the tiny
statue which stood upon your library
table
"The woman of whom the statue had
been borrowed felt like remonstrat-
ing in no gentle terms, for that statue
had souvenir value to her aswell, and
she really cherished it. But the bor-
rover was an old and well-loved friend.
She was taken by surprise, and hardly
knew how to act, so she let the matter
pass in silence. Perhaps by this time
she has begun to collect souvenirs in
this manner herself, for the fad seems
to have spread fast and furiously, and
about seven out of every ten people
whom one meets are afflicted with it,"
"Yes," declared another Chicago
woman who has a wide and varied ae-
quaintance, "Tm sorry to say it, but it
is growing actually unsafe to expose
anything pretty which has no exces-
sive commercial value in Chicago.
Women take whatever they fancy un-
der the cover of the new lucky SOU
venir' fad, and although they seldom
abstract anything of great cost or
wcsth, all manner of dainty and sim
pie things with which the average
woman surrounds herself disappear
constantly. I had a little silver paper
knife, for instance, which cost only a
couple of dollars, but which had been
given me by dear friend, and one day
saw a woman of my acquaintance
who is suffering severely from the
new fancy eyeing it with admiring
glances. I feared for its safety, but
could not we'll remark upon the inten-
tions of which I suspected her. When
she came to leave, however, she calmly
picked up the knife and slipped it into
the front of har waist
"'Lucky souvenir, my DEAR she told
me carelessly, although she really had
the grace to blush a little, and it's
so pretty that shall enjoy it doubly.'
eyes I responded, a little pointed
ly, I notice the pretty things are
usually chosen for the so-called
'lucky souvenirs" I've lost few such
trifles myself
"'Well,' she answered, blushing a
little more, when you come to my
house you must help yourself to some
thing, too.' And SO the matter ended.
But it's an outrageous fad, in my opin-
ion, and the women who indulge in it.,
like the college boys who used to bear
away your prettiest and most cher
ished stick pins and fans before your
eyes, apparently consider that to take
a thing in plain sight, or, if they do
not this, to tell you of it afterward,
quite straightens the matter out, both
socially and rally."-Chicago Trub-
une.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 25
.. m. and 100 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at s.62;
Liberty Grove. 9O7; Colora. 9l6; Rising Sun. 926;
Sylmar, 9.33; Nottingham. 940; Oxford, 1000 a. m.
arriving at South st. 2.53 p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at LOO arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.2l a. M; and 6.lO, arriving in
Philadelphia at SIZE p. m.
LEAVE GOING SOUTH
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
Bound to Kick.

"I've spent SIS putting fly screens
in my doors and windows this season."
grumbled Mr.. Chugwater, land not q
blamed fly has come around the
house e!'-Chicaro Tribune,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
Pats Way of Thinking.

Cyclist (out wheling)-Pat, why
don't you get wheel and travel as
do?
Pat (out driving)-Phwat's tn use
of wurrukin' loike a horse?-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

May-You should get him to sign
the pledge before you marry him.
Fay-Why, he doesn't drink!
May-No; but he may be tempted to
do so later!-Up TO Date.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

Soothing, healing, cleansing. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve is the implacable ene-
my of sores, burns and wounds 1t never
fails to cure Piles. You may rely upon it.
Eli T. REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
The Money Safe.

Needy Client-If lose my case, I
don't see how you are to be paid.
Lawyer-Oh, don't worry about that,
Ey dear sir. The lawyer on the other
tide is my partner.-N. Y. Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
OUR HOPEFUL.

$50, Tommy, you like your little
friend, Philip. How old do you think
he is?"
"Well, I don't know. I should think
he was rather old-he blows his own
nose!"-N. Y. World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

The sooner a cough or cold is cured
without harm to the sufferer tie better.
Lingering colds are dangerous. Hacking
cough is distressing. One Minute Cough
Cure quickly cures it. Why suffer when
such cough cuie is within reach? 1t is
pleasant to the taste. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

When you ask for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept a counterfeit or
imitation. There are more cases of Piles
being cured by this, than all others COM
bined. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
Il TON & BALTIMORE r. r.

oRNTRAL DIVISION,
On and after November 2Sth. 1897. trains will
run as follows:
LEAVE GOING NORTH.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS Court 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: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

He can't afford, he says, to act
AS If he has no sense,
Yet oft he seems. in point of fact.
Quite reckless of expense.
Town Topics
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

sand what" the visitor asked, "did
your new gas stove cost? It's such q
lovely one"
"Twenty dollars" Mr.. Wattles an
swered.
"Why, John!" exclaimed Mrs. Wat
ties; at didn't, either! You know it
was only $19.9s!" - Chicago Daily
News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.

Additional trains leave Broad st. for Oxford IL IL
Q. m. and 2.53 p. m Monday. Tuesday. Thursday
andIFriday only. 10 p. M; Thursday and Sunday
only. l1.43 p. M; Sunday only, 7bba m, 7Ol p. m.
]. B. HUTCHINSON. J.R.WOOD.
GAI. Manager, Gen. PQSs'T Age1R.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

Less Sheep Raising In New Zealand.
During the last three years the num-
ber of sheep raised in New Zealand
has fallen from 100000 to "a, ,o00, 900.