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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
CHEAP SEWING MACHINES.
Trick Two sharpers Played on the GuiIelesa
Sioux and Chicago White Men.


Sioux and Chicago White Men.
Two months ago two young men,
giving the names of Paul Ray and
John D. Jones, of Chicago, went to
Rushville, Neb., as agents for a we'll
known sewing machine company. They
were apparently selling highgrade
machine for $40. They declared that
this was an exclusive offer made to
the Sioux Indians and would not ap-
ply to the whites. They explained
that the scheme was promoted by re-
ligious society in the East, which was
paying the difference between the
manufacturers cost and the price de-
manded of the Indians for the ma.
chine.
One hundred and sixty fine sewing
machines were sold by the enterpris-
ing swindlers. For each machine $40
was collected. Now a collector of the
company has arrived to investigate
the situation. He has 100 leases for as
many machines, on each of which $40
has been credited as first payment.
Fifty dollars is still due on each.
The swindle was very smooth one.
In each instance the Indian purchasers
were required to sign testimonial" in
order that the religious society might
have evidence that the machines had
been placed according to the sales
mems statement. These testimonials
now prove to be the leases which the
investigating agent is looking up. They
are the regulation leases that go with
all machines throughout the country
where they are purchased on time. No
title is vested in the holder of the
machine under this form of lease. The
Indians who secured machines under
the deal merely rented them, signing
contract with the company by which
they were to secure full title whenever
the money paid in rent, from month to
month, equalled the full selling price
of the machine. Now the agent has
the worst contract of his life trying to
explain the situation and secure the
return of the machines. Under the
company's rules the fist $40 collected
on the sale of time" machine always
goes to the selling agent, so the head
quarters agent shipped the whole car
load of machines, the young swindlers
delivered them, collected their $40 on
each machine, and Immediately disap-
peared.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
MUZZLED DUCKS.
Not Because They Might, But to Silence
Their Quacking.

Their Quacking.
baggageman on the Santa Fe, who
runs into Kansas City from out in the
western part Of Kansas, has lost lots
of sleep. 1t is doubtful if he can ever
catch Up with 1t. He leaves Hutch
inson at night and reaches Kansas
City in the morning. Nearly every
night he brings in his car two or three
coops of live domestic ducks. During
the night, when he has no baggage to
deliver at small stations, it has been
his habit and privilege to lie down
on an improvised couch and doze.
With the advent of the ducks the doz-
ing stopped. The almost constant
quacking of the ducks, who could not
understand their strange environment,
would not permit of sleep.
For many nights, as he lay awake,
he planned relief. He thought of
strangling the ducks or chloroforming
them. But neither expedient seemed
good. One night bright idea came
to him. After he had put it into exc
cution the ducks were silent.
The next night he had two coops
of unusually vociferous ducks. AS
soon as it came time for sleep he
wrenched a slat from one of the coops,
reached in, and pulled out a duck.
From his pocket he took a small rub
Der band, which he slipped over the
ducks bill just back of the nostrils.
The duck tried to quack, but the rub
Der band, while it stretched a little,
would not permit the duck to open it's
bill far enouuh to use its tongue. Only
a murmur came from it. One by one
the ducks were muZzled and the bag
gageman rested comfortably.
The commission men were surprised
next morning when they received lot
of ducks with rubber bands around
their bills, and when the bands were
removed the shouts of protest from
the ducks were deafening
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

home In the neighborhood of Stockton.
"a few days later her husband, who
had been telegraphed for by the au-
thorities, returned from San Diego and
informed his friends that he had no
brother and that his wife had been
stolen again. The man was almost be-
side himself with grief, even though
Chinaman. He obtained the services
of several of the best detectives and
/. began careful search of the country,
in which several navy officers and the
mission authorities Joined. 1t was
soon learned that woman, bound and
gagged, had been carried through the
streets in a cart with a blanket or
something similar thrown over her.
She was finally found, and where do
you suppose? In the bottom of dry
well in the centre of barren hopfield,
covered with a pile of boards, unable
to escape and probably fed by her kid
nappers, who had learned Of the pur-
suit. Through the cunning of the de-
tectives the man who had been hired
to do the work and the bogus brother
in-law were captured and brought to
trial, the case being proved against
them wfthou- any doubt.
But were they convicted? No; the
Judge dismissed the case on the
ground that it was not case of kid
mapping because the trouble had all oc-
CURED within the lines of one country.
To be kidnapped the woman must have
been carried across the county line; so
free, and the latter passed out liber-
ated man. All Gong, maddened at the
travesty of justice, pulled out his re-
volver and wotld have finished the
case there, but my friend and infor-
mant with others interfered in time to
prevent murder. The enraged hus-
band then shouted, All right! If l
cannot get justice in the courts of a
free country, can in the institutions
of the Chinese. l will hire a High
bir Ter to kill him.
Whether he did I do not know"
said the speaker, "but the troubles of
| Que Nan ended here She was restored
to her husband and now is the mother
of happy family, and 10 more eff
forts have been made to claim her by
| presumable owners. But here is a case
of slavery as plain as any you can find
in Africa, or anywhere. More than this,
| this very travesty In your courts, this
miscarriage of justice, this possibility
of bribery and corruption Is one cause
| of many of the murders in Chinatown.
1 know knothing about the ending of
this particular case, but since that time
number of Cinnamon have been
found dead, many public fights have
occurred in the streets of San Fran
cisco, and they have been reported as
feuds between Highbinders."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Romance of a Texan,

A despatch in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat says that few instances
have been recalled where men of ma
ture age were forced to learn how to
talk, read and write after securing di-
plomas and honors for proficiency in
all three.
Ellis county, Texas, has a man that
has learned to talk, read and write
twice in his life, and he is just turning
the point known as the prime" of
manhood. This man is DR.. o. P. Hus-
ton, of Nash. A little over year ago
DR.. Huston received a heavy blow on
the head, crushing in portion OF the
skull. For time it was thought he
would die. Physicians attended the
sufferer, and several months later two
or three large pieces of bone were
successfully removed from the
wound. He began to improve, and
finally got so he could walk
around. He found it necessary to
write, talk and read but the blow on
the head had paralyEed that portion of
the brain controlling speech. A score
or more OF simple words were learned,
and after time very good vocabula-
ry was brought into use Then the
copybook movements were put into
use, and the old handwriting returned
to him. The student was ambitious;
he succeeded.
Before the sad accident to the talent
| ed doctor, young lady had given him
her heart, and while he was suffering
for months and months, trying to over
come what most peopls thought death,
she clung to him. She had other suit
ors, and during the time the second
schooling was in progress they tried
to impress her with their ability to
take care of pretty wife. She re-
fused all offers. Sunday, November 7,
at Forreston, in the Presbyterian
'hurch, DR.. Huston led to the altar
Miss Inez Strickland the daughter of
well-to-do farmer. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.. Ken
non. The bride has long been admired
| for her beauty and intelligence, and
while her marriage was a surprise to
some the majority Of her friends
thought she followed cut the prompt
ings of her heart and blessed her for
her selection. It seems almost impos-
sible for DR.. Huston to be what he was
before the accident, but there is one
thing that he can always count on,
and that is the love OF devoted wife.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
His Early Training at Fault.

The sympathetic women who were
visiting the Jail were deeply impressed
by the good-looking young man in one
of the second tier of cells.
'You do not look like guilty man."
said one of the boldest of them as she
stepped up to his cell, but the guard
tells me that you already have been
convicted. To what, may 1 ask, do
you attribute your your-misfor-
tune?"
ITO my early training when a child"
he replied.
Poor fellow!" she said, sympath-
etically. How much ignorant or
careless parents have to answer for in
this world! What particular feature
of your early training do you think
had the effect of bringing you here?"
Learning to write"
She was still wondering what the
poor fellow could mean, when the jail
er suggested:
He's up for forgery, you know"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

To sleep exposed to direct draught
at any season; to imagine that what
ever remedy causes one to Immediate
ly feel better, as alcoholic stimulants,
for example, Is good for the system
without regard to the after effects; to
eat as if you had only a minute in
which to finish the meal, or to eat
without an appetite, or to continue af-
ter it has been satisfied to crafty the
taste; to give unnecessary time to
certain established routine of house
keeping, when it could be much more
proftably spent in rest or recreation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Mr.. Huston's Cold and Wet Night. .

Ed Huston of Sparta, KY, attended
a party in the country on a recent
night, and after the close of the social
affair started for home across farm
lot to shorten the distance. but walked
over an unused we'll that was covered
with rotton boards, which gave way
under his weight and let him drop
thirty feet into its darkened depths. He
descended feet first into four feet of
water, thus enabling him to keep his
head above and prevent drowning, but
he was compelled to remain in his I'M
comfortable position until daylight,
when his shouts attracted the atten-
tion of the owner of the premises, and
he was pulled out of his predicament
almost dead from exhaustion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
A Rinr 200 Years Old

Mr.. S. H. Waller sees the list of old
relice in the possession of other men in
the county and knocks 'em all clean
out with a ring that has history ex-
tending back over three hundred years.
The ring in question is a plain gold
one, with the following engraved in
side:-"John Waller, OBJ. Septem' 5th.
1854, A. E. SO, g." Though the inscrip-
tion in the ring only shows it to be
one hundred and forty-four years old.
yet Mr. Waller has documents in his
possession which show that the ring
was owned first by Sir Edmund Waller.
the English poet, who was a royalist
in England when Cromwell assumed
the protectorate, ans was compelled to
fee fer his life, beiag an adherent of
Charles l., who placed the ring on his
finger, from which three other rings
were made, and of which that now in
possession of Mr.. S. H. Waller is one.-
Glasgow Ky,l News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Confession Arouses Suspicion.

Il dunno" remarked Piute Pete. I'm
beginnin to feel kind O. doubtful about
that case"
"Ye mean about that hoss thief we
jes' tended to?"
Yes"
But he confessed"
81 know it. An it wasn't tell he
confessed that had doubts. There
amt no circumstances whatsomever
under which I'd take his word for any,
thing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

Bicycle stands similar to cab stands
are to be started in Berlin. 1t is pre=
posed to put $50 on hire in various
parts of the city, and the fee for hire
will be the modest sum of one penny
for twenty minutes during the day and
twice that sum at night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Sure Enough Love in Maine.

Do you want to know what true love
really is? Just interview that Augusta
(Me.), young woman who recently call
ed on an Augusta dentist and request
ed him to extract as fine set of teeth
as one generally sees, explaining this
strange request by remarking that her
lover wore false teeth and she wanted
to do the same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
A millionaire Road supcrvisor

The election of A. ], Cassatt for Road
Supervisor in Loves Merton Town.
ship, Montgomery County, Penn, eigh-
teen times in succession goes to prove
that an entirely capable official may
fasten himself to his place so that he
cannot be dislodged Mr.. Cassatt is a
Supervisor who has supervised. The
roads in Lower Merton are models.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

The French have produced the most
remarkable kleptomaniac On record.
This is an old woman named Bide,
whose passion for smoking has impeil-
ed her to pilfer pipes from Partisan
shops with such industry that no fewer
than 1900 were found in her lodgings.
All were meerschaums and thirty-nine
were well colored.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Don't Tobacco spit and Smoke Your Life

If 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
>rdggist, under guarantee to cure, Soc or
sl.O0. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

S. f. Parker, Sharon, Wis, writes:-"T
have tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for itching piles and it always stops them
in two minutes. l consider iDeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve the greatest pile cure
on the market" Eli T. REYNOLDS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

Mr.. Kipling's Christian name, Rud-
yard, is obtained from the charming
Staffordshire lake around which his
aarents did their cou':i ling
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at rs
8. M. and 2 90 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at S.b2;
Liberty Grove. 9.07; Coora GIG; Rising Sun. 1926;
sylmar. $685. 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 9.2l a. M; and Clio. arriving in
Philadelphia at 8. p. m. -t.t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

The Cuban question and political issues
sink into insignihcance with the man who
suffers from piles What he most desires,
is relief. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
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 in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. f. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

The longest artificial watercourse in
the world is the Bengal Canal, 900
miles, the next is the Erie. 1863.
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Cures Piles, ScaIds, Burns.

DHILADELPHIA, WHINING
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LEAVE GOING NORTH.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS CoUaT FOR CECIL COUNTY
January 8, 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: E. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
nenefit OF Food 10 Farm Animnls

Food wisely fed will always come
/ back doubled if fed to a good animal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13
Wanted to Make Sure,

The New Cook-Did ye say ye wanted
yer eggs on the half shell, sir?
Kind Mr.. Crusty-No. 1 said 1 wanted
them fried on one side.
The Cook-Which side, sir2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-23

nr. Cady'S Condition Powders, are
gust WIZ a horse needs when in bad
tG,Iou. Tonic, blood purifier and
,rrudfu2e. They are not food but
m.dIciur and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 20
t..uiS u !. na,.i-rrp
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neutral nation. Unless such formal
notification should be given a govern
ment could not be held responsible for
any breach of the neutrality laws.
WAR.

War is upon us. 1t is not forced up
on us by the aggression of others, but
our jngoes and yellow journals and in
terested parties have forced it upon the
government The President of the
United States did all in his power to
settle the difficulty, without resorting
to arms. We do not agree with him
politically nor endorse his political
doctrines, but we honor him for what
he has done and for what he would
have done, If Congress had permitted
him. Our people are not for war. They
do not want it, nor do they believe
that it is necessary. We most deeply
regret it. We enter upon war, not
with the proud consciousness that we
are doing our duty nor can we appeal
to justice loving God to give US
justice We feel that We are already
humiliated AS Americans, we must
do our duty, but we cannot enter upon
this war with that feeling OF enthusi
asm that should animate people be-
ginning bloody contest that may last
for few months or for a number OF
years, one that in very short time
may involve US in difficulties with
other nalions and may result in the
loss of hundreds of millions of treasure
and the greater loss of thousands OF
our .st men. Before another issue Of
this paper, it is probable that the bloody
contest will have begun and we will be
fighting for what we do not now know.
Whatever may be the result, it will be
great loss to the American people
and there will be no corresponding
gain.- Shenandoah Herald.
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R@sNote the Advertisement
Every FridayIaS,6
OFFICIAL.
OI1Y GAS OFFICE,
\ Pooms Nos and 6, City Fall.


\ Fooms Nos 5 and 6, City Hall.
Alexandra, Va, april IA, 1S9S.
Owing to the large amount of money due
ths ci of Alexaudr,s by coke and gas con-
sumers it has become my cuty to III Ike i'm
mefiste eff rts to collect all outstanding nils
| therefore t'fy all gas consumers whose
bi Is are not paid by SATU, Day, april 23d,
1873, that the metres will be at once re-
mo7ed from their premises and the supply Of
gas cut off and the Collection of all outstand-
ing bills eufo ced. l have no authority to
credit coke, and hereafter it will not be sold
except for cash
The attention of gas consumers is called to
the following law:
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GAS
Section l. Be it enacted by the City Coun.
Gil Of Alexandria, Virgins, That from and
after the 1st day of March, 1896, the price of
gas shall he reduced 10 one dollar and forty
cents per / 200 feet, with five per cent tis-
count for prompt payment; but no discount
shall be allowed On any gas bills unless paid
on or before the first day of the succeeding
month in which the state of the meter is
taken. and when not paid within ten days af
ter that date the Clerk of the Gas shsli cut
of the supply OF gas
The law gives me no authority to grant any
indulgence. and its non-enforcenent in the
past has led to too many perplexities TO per-
NIT its further violation.
This notice is issued with the approval ard
ON the authority of the Committee on Light
SAML L. MONROE,
sn14 t23d Clerk.
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A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E Hart, OF Grotop, S. D. "Was taken
with bad cold which settled on nv
lungs; cough set in and finally termi-
mated in Consumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying could live but g
short time. / gave myself up to my
Saviour, determined if could not stay
with my friends on earth, l would
meet my absent oues above. My hus
band was advised to get DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. gave it trial,
took iu all eight bottles. II has cured
me, and thank God l am saved and
now we'll and healthy woman" Trial
bottles free at E, l.. Aliens Drug Store.
Regular size SOC. and $100. Guaran-
iced or price refunded.
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a torpid liver lobs you of ambition and
ruins your health Dew tits Ii tie Early
Risers cleanse the liver, cure CONSTIPATION
aud all stomach and liver troubles. Charles
G Lennon
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T.. oplying Chamberlain S Eye and
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OINTMENT, Csc. and SOC.
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