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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
No More to Tramps.

1--WE have stopped feeding tramps at
our house." said farmer living near
st. Paul, the other day. For years nv
wife has never turned one of those fell
lows empty-handed from the door, but
we had a lesson this year. We had a
large crop of hay to harvest, and we
tried in vain to secure one of those fell
lows to work for $1.50 per day and
board. Not one Of them would accept
it at that or any other price. They
simply laughed at US. I went over to
a place where lot of fellows who
claimed to be hunting work had made
their headquarters, and tried them.
with the same success. One of my
neighbors had just the same expert
ence, and l know of other instances.
1 am no more hard hearted than most
men, but 1 know of no reason why l
should work early and late to feed a
lot of worthless fellows who will not
work under any consideration.-St
Paul Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

She wasn't young. She admitted
that of her own accord but quietly in
timated that youth had been her por-
ton, though her appearance seemed to
belle the statement. They were talk
ing of kissing and church fairs, and
how easy it was to work good thing"
for punch, grab bag, and the other ac-
cessories which form the alluring feat
ures of the fairs generally.
He was as cold-blooded as a box of
corn salve and asked:
would you kiss a man at a fair in
the interest of charity, provided he
took chances in a rattle, bought a
pound of tea, or bought lot of alleged
love letters-would you kiss for chari-
ty?"
Il did once. 1t was some few years
ago, when Henry Clay was with us.
was at fair and had charge of a ta-
BILE. l wanted to make our receipts
larger than any other, and used every
effort to swell our profits. Henry Clay
came in and we met"
And the lady smiled a sad, sweet
smile, smoothed out the folds in her
dress, and in very kittenishly shy
manner went on;
Somehow the talk turned on kiss
ms. and l asked him how much he
would give to charity provided 1 let
him kiss me. He bid $50 and / kissed
him and got his money and we beat all
the other tables at the fair"
"A fool and his money soon parted"
quietly remarked the man with the ici-
Gle for heart, apd the lady does not
know Just how he meant the remark.
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THE GIANT CRANE.

For many years it has been the prin-
cipal business of the hardy inhabit-
ant--not only men, but women and
children-to follow up these great
schools of fish with boats and nets.
The business is of such Importance
not only to the hardy fishermen but
to the whole country, that the general
Government decided to make a harbor
of refuge at Peterhead for this great
fleet of fishing boats. The coast line
is here irdented like a deep bowl, and
across the entrance of it the Govern
ment is throwing out two protecting
arms with comparatively narrow
entrance. Once inside of them the
fishing boats and mercantile and naval
vessels will be perfectly protected from
the seas, which strike with tremen-
dous force on the coast, causing waves
in great storms nearly thirty feet
high
1t is in this work, some of which Is
to be in water ninety feet deep at high
tide, that the modern Titan has been
called into play. The length of it's
arms reaching out from the central
point of support is exactly 100 feet,
and it can set sixty-ton block in the
sea 100 feet deep and 72 feet from the
outer edge of the masonry wall. This
long arm is balanced by a shorted-
weighted arm that carries the engine
house with the machinery for moving
the Titan forward or backward on a
railroad set into the finished masonry,
and to run out or in on the long arm
a travelling car from which are sus-
pended the four-sheaved blocks
through which is received the cable
that lifts the great pieces of stone
The Titan itself Weighs 700 tons and
is built of steel. The long arm swings
abo on a turntable, just as bridge
swings over a river. The wall which
it builds and then travels over as it
slowly advances into the sea is fifty
feet wide.
The concrete blocks are built in
yard On shore. They are made in
plain molds or boxes, and require
about three weeks for construction.
Holes are left in the concrete blocks
in which hooks can be inserted and the
great Titan lifts the block, swings it
around to the sea, lowers it into the
water, and places it exactly where the
diver down below wishes it placed to
fit into the location designed for it.
The work at Peterhead, except
where skilled labor is concerned, is
being done by $50 convicts, who live
in the prison Immediately adjoining
the works. The quarry from which
the granite is brought to the derrick
is near at hand ard is connected with
the sea wall by railroad track. When
this great work is completed it will re-
suit in one of the hest ard most fully
protected harbors on the coast of Great
Britain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
THE BIGGEST CRANE.
IT Is THE GREATEST MECHANICAL
GIANT IN THE WORLD.

The Monster Il Called the Titan and It
Weighs Seven Hundred Tons--The Mighty
Work 1t is Doing-Easily Li1ts Fifty-Ton
Block of Granite.
Absolutely the greatest mechanical
giant in the world is now lifting stone
on new seawall on the north coast
Of Scotland. Not even the monster
cranes used for lifting the Government
al great guns can compare with this
Titan, as it is called 1t is capable of
lifting 100 tons, and it could pick up
modern locomotive, and, so to
speak, dangle it in midair with as
much ease as the locomotive draws a
train of cars. 1t could lift the cubic
contents of 100 carloads and strew
them over wide section of landscape.
Its daily work is the placing in posi-
ton fifty-ton blocks of granite, of
which the new seawall at Peterhead
is being built.
The seawall at Peterhead will be
great engineering achievement. 1t
has been called into being by the curl
Gus natural conditions that surround
that part of the country. From time
immemorial the herring have started
out in great schools from the Orkney
islands and Hebrides to the north of
Scotland, and from about the 1st of
June every year until well into August
they have migrated along the coast
southWa@
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
RAPID TRANSIT IN BELGIUM.

The peddlers of fruits, vegetables
and other farm products in some Euro
pean cities may be given pretty fair
rating as to their prosperity in busi-
ness by the dogs they drive
AS soon as the load is removed from
the cart, and the baskets deposited up
on the pavement, where the housewife
or daughter displays her goods, the
dogs and carts are driven into the side
streets and lined up along the side
The dogs are well fed, and are
strong, muscular, hardy fellows In
deed, the peasant farmer cannot afford
to ill-treat his dog-or his wife; both
are valuable, helpful animals!
The dog teams make, sometimes, as
much as forty miles in a day-twenty
miles to market and twenty miles
back-although twenty or twenty-five
miles would be the usual days work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
RISING sun, CECIL COUNTY FRIDAY. JANUARY II,


to anything. Aqueer bit of poker came
along when we were ready to quit for
the evening. 1t was jackpot, as most
of the rounds were. and my deal. gave
myself three jacks and, of course,
opened the pot. Stevenson stayed. He
asked for one card and took two.
caught the fourth jack. bet the linn
1t, ten cents, and s:!d
"'You'd better call me, for there are
very few hands IN the deck to beat the
one I hold
"'Just So said he. Ten better than
you
"'Oh, as you ,!rase,' said l, grinning
confidently at iro, and raised him the
limit. He raised me back. and we sawed
it back and forth until there was near
ly four dollars in the pot.
"'This is pure nonsense. Mr.. Steven
son, said I. then. 4 don't propose to
take advantage of your ignorance of
the difference between blufiing and
playing the hand for what it is worth.
] have you thrashed, l warn YOU
"'EXactly,' said Stevenson. and for
my conceit and wrong-headedness de-
serve thrashing. My deserts. how
ever, are quite beside the mark, where
fore-ten better
"I threw down my hand for moment
to read him poker homily.
"'If you were engaged in stiff game
of draw poker and exhibited such lack
of discretion as you now exhibit, said I.
you would no doubt he engaged in
hypothecating your book royalties for
some 20 years in advance. shall con-
vince you of the need of caution at no
further expense to yourself. call YOU
"'This is almost enough to induce
one to renew his allegiance to the in
stitution of royalty said Stevenson,
spreading four kings out on the table
before him. 4 would almost as lief
have won that hand as to have tri-
umphed at Bannockburn.'
"Iplayed poker with Stevenson about
half dozen times after that. and. as
he spent an hour or so every day. after
we first played, in dealing poker hands
to himself and studying them-he told
me this hinself-he became pretty
proficient at the game. All in all, I
think he got something like $50 of my
money before 1 left the islands, But
am still carrying around with me as
pocketpiece the japanese yen, the
amount that I came out ahead of him
on the first night we played. that he
gave me in settlement-for at that
time, and to some extent even now, the
metal money in Hawaii was tumble
of American, japanese and Mexican.
"The last poker game played with
Stevenson was made interesting to-
ward its close by the Introduction of
another player, very intimate friend
of the novelist, and as skillful poker
expert rs I ever saw deal hand
David Kalakaua, king of Hawaii. Kala-
kaua was riding in on horseback from
luau at Diamond Head on this night.
and, passing Stevenson's place. dropped
in for chat. Stevenson invited him
into our little game, and KaIakaua's
amusement when he saw the Scotch
literary man so vastly immersed in
ten-cent limit game of draw poker was
intense. He mixed in with us. however.
and when the game broke up at mid
night he had got about all Of the $50
that Stevenson had taken of my money
at our previous sittings."-N. Y. Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
IN STELLAR DEEPS,


In steller deeps the midnight silence broods.
Worn with the day. the earth low-lying
sleeps,
While thought invades the eternal soA-
tudes-
The steller deeps.
Fleets, from a port, beyond the explorers
ken,
Majestic move, great argosies Of light.
Up from the neither voids unknown of men
And cross the night.
A pathway sown with thistle-down Of stars,
A pathway white as If thereon had trod
One whose winged feet shed luster in their
flight,
Mounting to God.
Bridges the waste from rolling sphere to
sphere,
Spans the blue seas Of silence. shore to
shore,
An arch of triumph Ger the primal dark
Forever more.
I tren1fo;e, as a child that finds door,
And with swift, curious hand throws open
wide,
Into a vast unpeopled corridor,
Where shadows glide.
Buffet the sense with strong. benumolng
shocks,
Hurting the little wreckage Of the mind
Upon the rocks!
Thought return! TIL engulhng billows
toss
Thy tiny cockle-shell. their helpless prey!
o Reason, halt! Thy chart and compass
vain
To find the way!
One envoy more-I wait upon the strand
And while NV soul her awSome vigil
keeps,
Faith finds safe anchorage. in sight Of
land
In stellar deeps.
Emma Herrick Weed, in Youths Com
panion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
TRAINING A NEW HUSBAND.
Young Wife Who Knew just How
to Do 1t.

to Do 1t.
Bumper is a rough old bear and his
daughter inherited some of his disposi-
ton. He loves to tell how she trained
her husband, whose ways did not meet
with her approval.
"Why, that fellow" the old gentle
man says with laugh that is roar,
"had no more gumption than to think
that he could carry ON just as though he
had no wife to please. l knew better
from the start, but ! knew that she
could take care of herself and half n
dozen like him. He smoked cigarettes
in the parlor, just as though he was in
his bachelor quarters. She put in her
protest, and he declared that he hadn't
surrendered any of his personal rights
when he married her. Now she's not a
girl to go into tantrums or set up q
howl. But the very next time he had
few friends in there blowing cigarette
smoke through their noses she glided
in gracefully, took a seat, threw one lit
tie foot over the other on AIN ottoman
and lit one of those same little coffin
nails. He was mortified and on his
high horse, but l could have told him
how much good that would do him.
She played the game till she made him
quit. Then he got to staying at the
club till the wee hours. She enlisted
me; we managed to get home one
morning at four; he didn't see me, she
would give him no satisfaction and he
just begged of her to remain at home
with him after that. You bet she'll
keep his toes on the mark. ."-Detroit
Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Strange Happenings.

An unusual sight was witnessed at
Cranbrook, in Kent, England, the
other day. A swarm of bees Sc tied on
a post letter box, and scol afterward
a second SWAIN located themselves n
side the box, the whole co ony foil wv
ing the queen through the aperture
provided for lette S, Every prep ra-
tion was made fer the capture OF the
swarm upon the arrival of the lural
postman to clear the letters; but, ow-
ing to the awkward posit'o on Of the
winged visitors, it was found impos-
sible to hive the bees until night,
when they were smoked and S fey
housed. Owing to this unusual incl
dent, the letters posted before he bees
took possession of the pillar box were
delayed for several hours,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
DESTRUCTION OF SEALS.
Killer Whale Responsible in Large Meas
ure for Their Diminution.

ure for Their Diminution.
Capt. Edward P. Herendeen, door,
keeper at the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, is an old whaler of New
Bedford, Mass, and knows the things
which swim in the sea far better than
the majority of men know the animals
of their own country. Speaking to a
Star reporter regarding the destruction
of the seals by the killer whale" or
orca, Capt. Herendeen said:
After man, the orca is by far the
cause of a greater depletion of the
seal rookeries than any other known.
saw killer whale cut open once,
which had no less than nineteen seal
pups in its stomach, all as natural as
life. The whale had been run on a
bar while chasing the pups and was
stranded. The old males drive the seal
pups down into the river to learn to
swim, and the killer liking young and
tender flesh, preys upon them.
The orca is willing to fight almost
anything which swims, but prefers the
young of any animal. The only thing
l never knew the killer to tackle was
the sperm whale, and this species was
left severely alone, though other vari-
etles OF whales | have seen hustle to
get out of the way of the killer The
reason the latter is chary of attacking
the sperm is that the species fights
with both ends,-head and tail-and
can bite like bulldog.
i have seen the big bull seals so
frightened at the killers that they
would dive underneath the boat, from
side to side, and act as if they were
scared out of their hides. The 'orca'
has one popularity, which is. that it
has fin, sometimes six feet high, pro-
jecting above it's back, shaped some
thing like the paddle of ships screw.
AS it swims along this sticks out above
the water. The fish bites like any 9TH
er mammal, without turning on it's
side.
"The idea that a shark turns on it's
side to bite is mistake, as have seen
them hundreds of times. They rush at
thing just as dog would. After
they have set their teeth in it they may
turn over, worrying and mangling
whatever they have hold of. They turn
from side to side to tear the piece
out"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
1t May BE One Reason.

do you know why it is that so
many explorers seek the arctic and so
few the antarctic regipps?"
well think could make pretty
good guess"
"Why9"
The arctic regions are not quite so
FAR away from the headquarters of the
managers of the lecture bureaus"
Ever and amor great truth is spoken
in jest.-Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Bamboo is of universal use in China
The windows are delicate lattice work
of bamboo, and the furniture is of
slender bamboo, bent and curled ard
plated. The water bucket is a good
big stalk, sawed off just below the
joint and made as deep as is needed
above it. For bottle a slender piece
is taken and treated in the same way
IT, in the confusion of building, a knife
is mislaid good sharp edge of bam-
boo is taken, and it does just as we'll
for everything, except cutting bamboo,
as if it were sheffield steel. While
building hunger is kept off by cutting
the little tender shoots Just as they
peep from the grounG and cooking
them like asparagus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

A witness who was very prolix, and
tested the patience of the bench, Jury.
and even the eeounselwho had called him,
was suddenly asked by Judge Joseph
F. Daily: is your business?" He
answered.: 81 lead the orchestra at
music hall" Il thought" responded
the judge, with weary look at the
courtroom clock, ''that you must be an
expert at beating time."-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Two Ways af Saving One Prayer.

Booker T. Washington, the colored
orator, in recent speech told a yarn
of an old negro who wanted a Christ
mas dinner and prayed night after
night: Lord. please send turkey to
this darkey." But none came to him.
Finally he prayed: "Oh, Lord, please
send this darkey 10 turkey" And he
got one that night
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

1t is easy to catch a cold and just as
easy to get rid of it if you commence
early to use One Minute Cough Cure. 1t
cures coughs. colds. bronchitis, pneumo-
MIA and all throat and lung troubles. 1t
is pleasant to take, safe TO use and sure to
cure. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver is in good condition. De
Wits Little Early Risers are famous little
pills for constipation, biliousness, indiges-
tion and all stomach and liver troubles.
Eli T. REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Easily Satisfied.

She-Will you write to me after you
go up to college?
Undergraduate-Why know
I cant write.
She-Oh, 1 don't expect you to write
brilliantly or amusingly; just write as
YOU talki
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va. was
trlghtfully burned on the face and neck
Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, which healed the
injury without leaving a scar 1t is the
famous pile remedy. Eli T. REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
DOGS OF BELGIUM.
They Cultivate the Crops and Thon Hau
Them to Market.

Them to Market.
Most of the field work in Belgium is
done by women and dogs. You seldom
see man in the harvest field. The
women plow, plant, reap and carry
the harvest to market, with a dog
hitched to the wagon in the place of
horse or an OK. The dogs of Belgium
earn their living. They are a mongrel
race, and are trained from the litter to
haul burdens. When they reach their
destination or stop on the way they lie
down under the cart and sleep with an
easy conscience, and when they are at
work they wear detected expressions,
as if they realized the difference be-
tween their fate and that of the ours
of free country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Diseases of the Blood and Nerves.

No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease is quickly and permanently cured
by Browns Iron Bitters. Every disease of
the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic
0" otherwise, succumbs to Browns Iron
Bitters. Known and used for nearly q
quarter of century, it stands to-day fore
most among our most valued remedies.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

shortleigh-My Uncle Frank is a
veritable Klondike.
Longleigh-Why, how's that?
"Plenty of wealth, but cold and dis
tant."-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
England J.aports Foxes.

Foxes imported from Germany for
the English hunting field, are doing
considerable damage to the poultry
and causing the British farmer to
growl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
what Is interest ?"

Interest is what man pays you
when he borrows your money.
What is usury?"
"Usury is what you have to pay q
man when you borrow his money"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 25
q. N. and 90 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowsndvils Tuesdays and Fridays at S52;
Liberty Grove 9.0T: Colora 9.l6; Rising Sun. 1926;
Eylnar. 9S3; Nottingham. 40; Oxford, 1000 a. m.
arriving at South St. 2.63 p. M.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.2l a. M; and Clio. arriving in
Phiadelpbia at X. 6 n. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
A China Novelty.

Candle shad CT china in delicate
tilts are rCve'ty that promises to
become very popular.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Literally So.

why do you call him a dead game
sport?"
Because he invariably purchases his
game Of the butcher after each OF his
hunting trips"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Gee l county will be held on th'
second Tuesday of every month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians. wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few DAYS before Court.
Test. r F.. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.

Additional traius leave Dad St. for Oxford Ii .I2
a. ~ aud 53 y IN Mond y. Tuesday. Thursday
and Friday only, 6,l9 p m Thursday aud Sunday
only ll43 p m; Sunday only, 7.6oa m. ,7.Ol p. m.
J. B. HUT )HINsoN. J.R. WOOD.
Gea't. Manager. GeA. Pdssr AgeRt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Just try a Ioc box of Cascarets, the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

During the Franco-German war the
French lost about $4,000 men from
smallpox.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Expensive Diet.

mo, I can make you no contribu-
ton. l don't believe in sending out
foreign missionaries"
But the Scriptures command us to
feed the hungry"
The man of wealth shrugged his
shoulders.
well, I'd feed them something
cheaper than missionaries, he rejoin-
ed, with the brusquerie that character
ICES his class.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14

Mrs Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, says,
MY child is worth millions to me; yet
would have lost her by Group had l not
invested twenty-five cents in bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. Eli T. Reynolds.