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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
CECIL SCHOOL BOARD.
Reappointment OF Mr.. George BiddIe
as Examiner-Scholar
Awarded.

The school commissioners of Ce
Gil county on Tuesday made nc
change in the office of examiner
but unanimously reelected Mr.
George Biddle. Considerable effort
was made to have a republican
elected to the position, but the
commissioners recognizing the
worth of Mr.. Biddle and his thor.
ough knowledge of the needs of the
school refused to bring politics in.
to the board, which is composed Of
George A. Blake, G. S. Abrahams
and George o. Carey, the latter be-
ing the minority member. Mr..
Blake was elected president, George
Biddle secretary treasurer and ex-
aminer and Henry M. Mccullough
counsel. Mr.. Biddle is a graduate
of Delaware College. He was elect
ed to the Maryland Legislature
when a young man, and introduced
the bill which afterward became a
law, placing the appointment OF
school commissioners in the hands
of the judges of the Circuit Courts.
Upon his retirement from the Leg
islature he was appointed school
commissioner, and served twenty
years and until elected examiner In
1892.
The board made the following
scholarship awards after competi-
tive examinations: Miss Nellie B.
Gallaher, to st. Mary's Female
Seminary; Miss Mary Z. Durgin, of
Port Deposit, to State Normal
School; Miss r. E. Brumfield, to
State Normal School; Ernest GILES
pie, to Maryland Agricultural Col
lege; John Haswell, to Maryland
Institute.
The following appointment of
teachers were confirmed; Mary
Perkins, Hugh W. Calswell, Mary
III. Smith, Mabel E. Matthews,
Helen A. McCaulek, Anna M.
Statta, Maude V. Thompson, John
L. White, Susie G. Smith. The APP
pointment Of V. III. Watts and Miss
M. L. Rogers were held oyer for
consideration.
Appropriation of 81, 400 was
made to build new school house
at Colora.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
The Spanish Answer.

The Spanish answer declares
Spain cannot discuss proposals, but
only accepts them because they are
imposed on Spain by force.
She leaves the following ques-
lions to be decided by the peace
commissioners
Cuban debt, date and manner of
evacuating Cuba and Porto Rico,
protection to Spaniards and Span
ish interests there, whether Spain
shall withdraw her artillery, arms
and ammunition now in Cuba and
Porto Rico, and the future of the
Philippines.
The danger which turks in this
agreement is in relation to the ecu
ban debt" The bond brokers,
money loaning syndioates, stock
gamblers and all the Rothschild
gang of sharks, will swarm in
schools round the commissioners,
particularly if they meet in Paris,
where the bulk of the Spanish debt
is held. Every pressure will be
brought to bear on the commission
ers to saddle Cuba with all, or as
much as possible, of the debt, guar
anteed by the United States. Nc
Kinley will agree to any terms the
commissioners may conclude on,
surrounded as he is in the meshes
of the gold bond conspirators, un-
less the people of the whole country
rise enmass and compel the Senate
to set its face like flint against any
such deal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Elect Officers.

The Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, of Cecil county, at its annual
meeting of stockholders held Satur-
day, elected the following officers:
Joseph Steele, president; John M.
Tucker, secretary and treasurer; di
rectors, q. Porter Lusby, J. III.
Steele, George W. Cosden, s. j.
Keys, L. M. Haines, Barclay Rey
nolds, J. M. G. Carhart, J. Ell. Kim
bel, VIM. II. Elder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Walter Childs of Elkton is visit
ing Frank G. Kirk.
VIM. S. Evans, Esq, of Elkton,
left yesterday for sea trip to Bos-
ton.
Lawrence Martin of Philada. was
the guest of Horace M. Duyckinck
this week.
Misses Ada and Francis Stephens
of Lansdown, Pa, are visiting Miss
Lizzie Stephens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira W. Burdsall of
Camden are the guests of Miss
Gertrude s. Dare.
Miss Lucretia Blankenberg of
Philada. is visiting Misses Violette
and Halle Haines.
Miss Bessie Marshall of Phila.
is visiting Miss Eleanor Jenness of
West Nottingham.
Mrs. Emma Bynon and son of
Kennedyville, Pa, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. X. Bird.
Rev. w. G. Rooms and wife of
Bridgeville, DEL, are visiting Mr..
T. J. Wilson and family.
Chas. Haines of Philada. spent
several days this week with his
sisters on South Queen st.
Mrs. Jas. Campbell and familyof
Woodlawn moved to the Deborah
Preston property on Wilson avenue
this week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

Jesse Lum, Jr., of North East,
took six carrier pigeons with him
on the Colchester excursion last
week and released them when the
boat arrived at Colchester. On his
arrival home he found two had re-
turned and another arriving the
following Monday. The others have
not yet returned.
The two little italian girls who
were in Rising Sun last week sing
ing on the streets were ON Tuesday
assaulted and brutally treated by
two soldiers from Camp Tunnel, the
crime being committed near Town
send, Del. Their father tried to
protect them but was beaten off.
Officers are on the track of the
brutes and they will doubtless be
apprehended.
Sunday night, as Mary Marcus
and Mrs. Benjamin Ball were re-
turning home to Elkton from Leslie
Camp Meeting, their horse became
frightened and started to run. Mrs.
Ball jumped and escaped injury.
Miss Marcus was thrown out and
was badly cut about the head and
face, besides being hurt about the
body. The carriage was completely
demolished.
The report of County School Ex-
aminer, George Biddle for the year,
shows that there are now 81 schools
in Cecil county, with 141 teachers.
During the year there have been
1872 different pupils on the rolls,
the greatest number at one time be-
ing 1926, an increase over last year
of As. The increased attendance is
attributed to the free book system
recently adopted by the State.
Bessie and Maggie Boulder, the
children of Mrs. William Boulder,
of near Port Deposit, were taken to
the Henry Watson Home at Balti-
more by Deputy Sheriff McAllister
Tuesday. The childred are aged
eight and four years respectively.
On the same day Philip Douglas,
the Is year old son of Mrs. Boulder
by former marriage, was arrested
by Sheriff Conoly and will be given
a hearing soon.
The livery stable of McNamee &
Jackson at Perryville had narrow
escape from being burned last Sun
day evening. When the fire was
discovered the hay in the loft was
burning in three separate places.
By a quick application of water
and much hard work the fire was
put out and the building saved.
The origin of the fire is not known
but circumstances make it appear
to have been the work of an incen-
diary.
Friday morning a number of
children were picnioking in How
ards meadow, near Elkton, and
went in bathing. Edith Scott, the
fourteen year old daughter of Frank
r. Scott, got out into the strong
current and was in imminent dan
ger of being drowned when Henry
L. Constable, who happened to be
in the meadow, plunged in and
with some difficulty succeeded in
carrying her ashore. Neither one
suffers any bad effect from the ad-
venture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Soldier Boys Visit Home.

Late Saturday evening a number
of soldier boys of Company e, First
Regiment, who are encamped al
Fortress Monroe, came to Elkton.
They stated that they could not
get furlough, and, when they re-
ceived their pay last Friday, a
large number decided to take few
days vacation. They stated that
they expected to be put in the
guard house and fined when they
returned. Those who returned
home were Jacob Tasker, Frank
Shivery, Howard johnson, German
Kitchens, Frank Deal and George
Dick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
The Best Remedy for FluN.

Mr.. John Matthias, well known stock
dealer of Pulaski, KY, says "After suf-
fering for over a week with flux, and my
physician having failed to relieve me, 1
was advised to try Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy, and
have the pleasure of stating that the half
of one bottle cured me-" For sale by f.
T. Reynolds, druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Attached by the Sheriff.

Wednesday Sheriff W. J. FoIsy-
the attached the property of J.
Miller Thomas, trading in Havre
de Grace as the Susquehanna Shirt
Company. The property attached
was nearly hundred sewing ma
chimes and other material used in
the shirt factory. The amount of
the claim was 81, 246, brought by
Stephen j. Seneca; trustee of the
Presley Shirt Company, of Hartford
county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
hrs. Margaret Montgomery.

Mrs. Margaret Montgomery, an
old resident of the Sth district, died
at the residence of her son on Thurs
day of last week, near Rock
Springs. The deceased was about
65 years of age. The funeral was ON
Sunday afternoon; interment at
Bethesda, near lakewood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Collecting Taxes.

County Treasurer, W, T. Fryer
will sit for the receipt of taxes at
Calvert, August 10, 20; Colora, %;
Rising Sun, %, "a; Conowingo, 80,
81. A discount of per cent, Is al
lowed on all payments In August.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Orphans Court.

The Orphans Court of Cecil
County was In session Tuesday and
Wednesday. President, Hon. David
P. Davis, chief judge; Hon. Chas.
E. Beatty and Hon. Alfred Kirk,
associate judges.
Sundry claims against deceased
estates were examined and passed.
BONDS APPROVED.
Bond of Ellen J. Broughton, ex-
ecutrix of Jane FL. Partridge; bond
of Alfred Ford, executor of Joseph
T. Stout; bond of J. Alfred Mackie,
executor of Mary Mcdonnell; bond
of George r. Grason and Sarah E.
Grason, executors of William Ora
son; bond of VIM. Rloomer, admin
istrator of Robert A. Warren.
Court adjourned to meet In spec.
ial session on Tuesday next.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
What Tommy Said.

Uncle John-Well, what do you mean
to be when you get to be man?
Little Tommy (promptly)-A doctor,
like pa.
Uncle Tommy (quizzically)-
and which do you intend to be, an allo-
path or homeopath
Little Tominy-I don't know what them
awful big words mean, Uncle John; but
that don't make no difference, cause l
amt goin' to be either of 'em. I'm just
goin' to be family doctor an give all
my patients Hoods Sarsaparilla, cause
my pa says that if he is doctor, he's OBJ
liged to own up that Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the best family medicine he ever saw in
his life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
r1arriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
were issued by Clerk of the Court
John G. Williams since our last
issue:
Samuel l.. Gotwals and Mary E.
Seese, both of Bucks county, Pa.
John E. Nichols and Lucy M.
Badders, both of Woodlawn.
Frederick d. johnson and Mary
E. Reed, both of Elk Neck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
The First STAYS at Home,

The orders for the First Mary
land Regiment with which are the
Rising Sun boys, to go to Porto
Rico have been countermanded land
the boys will remain at Fort Mon
roe for the present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

You invite disappointment when you
experiment DeWitt's Little EARLY Risers
are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills.
They cure constipation aud sick headache
just as sure as you take them. Eli T,
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Port Deposit Line.
Steamer "SuSQuehanna'

leaves Baltimore daily, except Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, at sos p. m, for
Colchester, Betterton, Havre de Grace
and Port Deposit. Thursdays and Satur-
days at 200 p. NJ. for Betterton, Havre de
Grace and Port Deposit only. Returning
leave Port Deposit daily, except Friday
and Sunday, at $50 a. NJ, for all the
above landings. Thursday and Saturday
also leave Port Deposit at GAS p. M, di-
rect for Baltimore
Freight received at Pier IA, Light
Street daily.
P. S.-Friday, July 20, steamer will not
leave Baltimore until 9 p. M, going direct
to Port Deposit. August 5th, no passen-
gers; freight only received, leaving at
2:3o p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
DEATHS.
Mrs. Margaret A. MeiseI.

Mrs. Margaret A. Meisel, widow
of the late Adam Meisel, died at
her home on Bridge street, Elkton,
on Thursday, Aug. 3, of heart dis
ease and dropsy, aged 60 years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

"ANFED- Trustworthy and active gentle
w men OF ladies' to travel for responsible es-
tablished house in Maryland. Monthly s65. 90 and
expenses Position steady. Reference. Enclose
seii-addFesSed stamped envelope. The Dominion
Company, Dept. r. Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

An infant son of George Bladder
son of Colora aged 6 months died
last Saturday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
A RefHtations
Who shall stand in that awful day
When God to Judgment wakes our clay

Who shall stand in that awful day
When God to Judgment wakes our clay
0 Beware Beware of the dreadful day
When the "Refuge of les'' will be swept away.
Hannah and Lorena Morrison accuse Sarah
Banes and Janette. -. of having slandered
Lourena, which accusation is a false one ana be-
lieve prompted by malice and published through
evil design. 7 have letter from Miss Bayns
(Which Obtained through her cousin) as follows:
1881 Parrish st.
7-26-9S.
My Dear Cousn-I just received your letter
and would say Miss Genet Morrison neVer spoke
ill of her sister to me in her life. ] have always
considered them peEfect ladies' and hope they
will make peace with the family
Your loving Cousin
Sara w. Bayns.
They talk tiuently about repentance now it is
plainly written; so plain that he who runs may
read, and the wayiaring man though fool may
not err therein. He says Thou who teacheth an
other Thou shalt not steal. Dost thou steal They
who exhort others to repentance do they repent
yea let them repent and be converted, that they
may be, not only in word. hut in deed, happy,
and abide in safety, and fear not an evil report
and that our home may be neaoeiql as ii should
be, and not as they have hitherto been making 1t,
more like hedlam, so to speak.
MARY JENNEfTE MORRISON.
A GoRRECTIoN.-In the affidavit of William B
Gillespie, published in last weeks issue appears
the name of Mary Lurena Morrison, which is a
typographical error 1t should have read Mar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12


About one month ago my child, which
is fifteen months old, had an attack of
diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. l
gave it such remedies as are usually given
in such cases, but as nothing gave relief,
we sent for physician and it was under
his care for week. At this time the
child had been sick for about ten days and
was having about twenty-five operations
of the bowels every twelve hours, and we
were convinced that unless it soon OBJ
tanned relief it would not live. Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was recommended, and decided
to try it. ] soon noticed a change for the
better; by its continued use a complete
cure was brought about and it is now per-
fectly healthy.-C. L. BoGGs, Stumptown,
Gilmer Co, w. Va For sale by E. T.
Reynolds, druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

The Temperance Committee of Cecil
county which met in Elkton, Wednesday
of last week agreed on the following:
The local committeeman from each dis
trict were authorized to conduct the work
in their respective districts by adding to
their number such other workers as shall
be deemed necessary and to institute a
thorough canvas until the election.
1t was decided that throughout the
county meetings will be held In the fall
in churches, halls and other places, with
the view to full understanding of the is
sues at stake.
The ministers of the county are request
ed to preach sermon on the subject in
every church at least once during the
month of October.
1t was resolved that the w. c. T. I'm
ions and other organizations in the county
be invited to aid in the work. A number
of other details and arrangements of the
campaign were discussed and proper &C.
ton taken thereon.
These cold water apostles should make
house-to-house canvas and get the
women interested in influencing the vote
of their husbands, sons and brothers
against any sort of license for bringing
back to Cecil the legalized sale of rum.
OF course, the rum party will hire all the
legal, political, newspaper, and whatnot
influence they can reach in favor of the
rum traffic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

VQU NEED Hoods sarsaparilla
1t your blood is impure, your appe-
tite gone, your health impaired. Moth
ing builds up health like HOODS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

If You HAVE ANY disease due to i'm
pure or impoverished blood, like scrofula,
salt rheum, dyspepsia, or catarrh, you
should take Hoods Sarsaparilla and be
promptly cured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12

HOOPS PILLS are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, biliousness. 25c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
Hoodse DIE, are the only pills to take
SAOOA . AAAS with Hoods SarsapariIla
Trustees Sale
Valuable Creamery Plant with
Several Auxiliaries, together
with a lot of Personal
Property, at Rising
Sun, rlaryland.

The undersigned Trustee by virtue of deed of
trust from Caleb Conner and wife and also an or
ger OF the Circuit Court of Cecil county in Equity
ete VIII sell for the benefit OF creditors at public
auction, on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-12
ood's s ss,;';,

Is the Best-in fact the One True Blood Pur
ner. BE sure to get Hoods. Price 81. six for as
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29
A SOCIOLOGICAL CHANGE.

If the time has come when women
must compete with men in the :strug-
gle for existence,'i if the time has ljun-
fortunately come when they SAnt,st
subordinate the calling of maternity
to that of bread winning, so has the
time come when they must;be prepared
for heartless crowding, must be: pre-
pared by education to enter the con
test as we'll prepared as their mascu-
line competitors, for the stress of com
petition for this worlds goods, com
petition under the spur of corporate
greed, gives no room for a cosmopoli-
tan and chivalrous sympathy. The
saying of St. Paul that 'sunless a man
work, neither shall he eat,' is: even
truer'for the toiling millions of today
than when it was spoken, and since
then the conditions have wideneds to
include women also.-St. Paul Broad
Ace. ~:
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29

WITH the opening of the school year
comes renewed interestin educational
matters and in view of this special in
terest the Chicago I&naes-Herald has
collected some interesting statistics of
school matters in the United States.
It appears that the total enrolment of
children attending the public schools
in all the states is 14,465,37l, but the
average daily attendance is only 9,747-
015. These children are sheltered in
240,96S school-houses, the aggregate
value Of which. is 1856, 94S, 1884, An
army of 400,325 teachers is required 4t6
run these schools, 269, ,959 of whom are
females and 130,266 are males. The
entire costgof the maintenance of all
the schools of the country is but about
$40, 100000 more than the total yearly
payment Of the government to it's pen
sioners, or s1s1, ,453,7eO. A curious
comparison is made between the edu-
cational conditions Of the United States
and those of the rest of the world, in
the fact that while the population of
this country is but one-twentieth of
that of the whole world, the United
States possess onethird Of all the
school children in the world. The nu-
cleus Of the public school,. system 81. the
United States was made in 1885, when
the city of Boston opened free school
for all its children. In 1885, Connecti-
cut was the first state to create a pub
lie school fund, though the federal
government had ten years earlier de-
voted one-t -thirty-sixth ofsthe public do
main of the west to the schools Of the
several states. It seems astonishing
that under a system SO lavish and lib
eral as our school system has been
from the beginning Of thA nation's life,
there should be SO many element
ary educationa questions open to dis
] cussion in this end of the century.
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29

Now that Col. Huidekoper's profes:
sional card has been dug up by an en-
terprising newspaper man, in which he
offers to givez''long haired dogs" a
bath forssl, "medicated baths special,';
the charges that have been made
against him are being more generally
believed. Even: some Of the editors
who couldn't give up their postofdces
to fight will begin to believe that there
is some foundation for the charges OF
incompetency, even if the administra-
tion which gave them a stamp licker',s
license was responsible for the staff ap-
pOintments. '''~. -
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29

FRANCE is on the verge of another
revolution. The Dreyfus matter has
shown the army in such an unfavora-
BILE light that the commoners have an
excellent opportunity to make trouble
for the military branch. Scandals are
unhealthy in any country and while
the attention is on this subject we
might profitably look to our own. Our
government, however, appears to be
trying to probeto the bottom instead
of covering it up as the French author
tiles did.
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29

ALGER has visited the different
camps and finds things in much better
shape than he expected. He must
have known something of the real con-
dition before he. started or he would
not have been thus agreeably disap-
pointed. And if he knew of the abuses
why didn't he take steps to remove the
offenders before the war was over and
the camps deserted? He will have as
much blame to bear as the healer OF
sick cats-''Dr. Honeycooler.'' -
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29

An English writer in The Contem-
porary Review comments on the vast
increase of what are known as 'tbach-
elor women in Great Britain This in
cludes for the most part women of small
income or those with some professional
talent Of which they can make use. The
result, we are told, leads to diminu-
tion of marriages of convenience. It
may be so, too, in America, where the
bachelor woman is a growing class.
But she is as quick here to succumb as
any other woman when fate pierces her
in the form Of Cupid's arrow, nor is she
ayerse to the wound. .' -, :
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29
he campaign at Santiago.

IF Germany has really put a foot in
the puddle, by furnishing the insur-
gents with arms with which to oppose
the American forces and melting them
to such action, there will undoubtedly
be an afterclap which the boy emperor
will not relish. The a American navy
would enjoy knocking the saurkraut
out of his navy as much as .theydid the
work of humbling Spanish pride.
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29
~ 4
ASg

/. THE medical fraternity, AROUND
whose devoted heads the hurricansa ST
public wrath has whirled, now propbse
to avoid mistakes in:the army hospital
service in the future by putting doe
tor in the cabinet. This will be &C
ceptable to the people, providing the
physicians do not insist that the port
folio be held by "a Veterinarian, or a
past master in the art of healing pus-
sizes "a K
The Princeton union., 1898-09-29
COMMENDS DARE'S ACTION

III COMMENDS DARE s ACTION.
The people of the district and the
Republican party are: under many OBJ
legations to Mr.. Dare for ethe graceful
and happy manner in which he ended
this controversy. The writer knows
Mr.. Dare's 7iews1upon the matter. and d
he knows chat the motive swhic;h
prompted hin hin to accept the nomina-
tion by the committee was wholly I'M
selfish. More than that the act was a
patrifp9tic sacrifice. He did not care for
the place and would much rather have
had someone else take it, but he fin
ally decided that if he could help the
people of this district by, accepting the
office, he would do so. We should be
glad that we have at least one man on
the delegation who places the, inter-
ests of the people above his own.-A1-
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