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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Rice Mt Weddings Bad Form.

1t is not considered good form 70
throw rice at weddings. Prospective
bridegrooms will undoubtedly well
come this news, because men say that
fully one-half the rice thrown at a
wedding finds it's way down the BRIDE
groom's collar, rendering him utterly
miserable for the first few hours of
his wedding Journey Some women
say that they dislike the idea of sub
shutting anything for rice, as they
really think that the little white grains
carry luck with them and are en-
blematic Of plenty. All the same, rice
has to go. Rose leaves are now used
instead. by fashionable folks. II any
color scheme is carried out in the dec
orations or gowns of the bridesmaids,
the color of the rose leaves used for
this purpose is the same. Just as the
bride and bridegroom leave the house
pretty willow basket filled with fresh
rose leaves to be thrown at them is to
be presented to each member of the
bridal party. It is much better to go
away in such a shower of beauty and
fragrance than it is to be followed by
rice, paper confetti, and old shoes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Tragedy in Honeymoon.

A tragedy of peculiar sadness is re-
ported from Greenville. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. C. Williams went yesterday to Wis
it the family of Lucius Tate on their
honeymoon trip. The bride was nine
teen years old and a very pretty girl
and popular in Greenville. This
morning while IN bed In the guest
chamber there was noise of some
thing falling on the floor and almost
simultaneously the report of pistol.
Mrs. Williams uttered cry, and on
her husband taking her in his arms,
exclaimed, Darling, am killed." and
died. The young man is almost Graz
ed, and may not be able to endure the
shock.
Mrs. Tate explains the tragedy by
saying there was a pistol in the room,
and to keep it out of the children's
way, she put it between the headboard
and the mattress. In some way it
was dislodged, fell to the floor, and
was discharged. The bullet struck
Mrs. Williams in the back of the neck
and ranged downward Washington
Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Some Indiana Divorces.

The unusual spectacle of mother
and daughter both appearing at court
the same day asking for divorces
was presented in the Superior Court at
Anderson, Ind, not long ago. Both
were granted the DEGREES. The mother
was Mrs. Ella Barton, and she charged
intoxication. The daughter was Mrs.
Minnie Stanley, and her charge was
cruelty.
Recently, in the same county, the
tiiing of suit for divorce revealed a
more remarkable case than this. 1t
was found that the applicants two sis
tiers had been divorced, that her" moth
er had been divorced three times, two
aunts had been granted two divorces,
and the grandmother had also a good
divorce record
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION.
T. A. SLOCuM, M. c., THE GREAT CHEMIST
AND SCIENTIST. WILL SENT FREE, TO
THE AFFLICTED. THREE BOTTLES
OF HIS EWLYDIScovERE0 REM
EOIES TO CURE CONSUMPTION

EOIES TOCURE CONSUMPTION
AND ALL LUNoTRouBLEs.
Nothing could be fairer, more philan-
thropic or carry more joy to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A. Slocum, NJ c., of
IS3 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that lie has discovered an alb
solute cure for consumption and all pul.
monary complaints, and to make its great
merits known, he will send, free, three
bottles of medicine, to any reader of The
Midland Journal who is suffering from
chest, bronchial, throat and lung troubles
or consumption.
Already this "new scientific course of
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to humanity
to donate his infa1lible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend it,
and more SO is the perfect confidence of
the great chemist making the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consumption
to be durable disease beyond any doubt,
There will be no mistake in sending
the mistake will be in overlooking the
generous invitation. He has on file in his
American and European laboratories tes-
timonials of experience from those cured,
in all parts of the world
Don't delay until it is too late Address
7. A. Slocum M c, eS Pine street, New
York and when writing the Doctor, please
give express and post Office address, and
mention reading this article in The Mid
land Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Court Advised a Weeks DRINK.


James A. Hill, father of Philip Hill
who was to have been hanged, recent
ly, was arraigned before Judge Ber-
nard McKenna at Central Station
Plttsburg, on charge of drunkenness,
policeman James Lowrie found him
lying on Chatham street, about an
hour after the execution was appoint
ed to have taken place. He was para
lyzed drunk
Hill, what have you to say for your
self?" asked Judge McKenna.
Il was glad that my son wasn't
hung yesterday" said the prisoner.
You had proper excuse for getting
drunk" remarked the Judge, land /
would advise you to go on another foot
to-day again.
I'm not a drinking man, but when
word arrived that my son was not to
be hung 1 just went and filled up."
III were you 1 would go on a drunk
for whole week."
Thanks, your Honor, 1 will" and
Hill slammed his hat on his head and
started at 2:20 gait for the nearest
saloon. All the policemen were told to
let him jubilate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
HEAVY OLD SHAKER.
Weighs 300 Pounds, is Seventy Years Old
and Breaks Horses.

and Breaks Horses.
Logan county boasts of one of the
unique characters in Kentucky in the
person of Lorenzo Pearcefield, who
since childhood has been an honored
member of the Shaker community at
South Union. Mr.. Pearcefield is now
close on to seventy years of age, and
weighs about 300 pounds.
There is not another man in Logan
or any other county, so far as is
known, who is seventy years old and
weighs 300 pounds, who is noted as
the most successful horse breaker in
his section. Yet this is true of the
colossal old Shaker. The secret of
his success in this direction seems to
lie in his great strength and courage.
He is absolutely fearless and almost
as strong as an ordinary horse. He
has system all his own, which con-
sists in first demonstrating to the per-
feet satisfaction of the horse that he
is master of the situation. To do this
it is sometimes necessary to throw
the horse down and sit upon it's head,
which Mr.. Pearcifield does in the most
approved style. After 300 pounds has
sat upon his horseship's head for a
little while he is satisfied. Mr.. Pear
cifield then bitches him to his little
cart and drives about and looks at the
country So great is his fame as a
tanner of wild horses that the farmers
for miles around bring him unman-
ageable horses to break, and none has
baffled his skill and strength.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
NOVEL CHARITY BAZAAR.
A Pretty and Original Entertainment That
Wac Held Recently.

Wac Held Recently.
A charity b2zar held recently in a
small town was so pretty and original
that some of its features may suggest
new ideas to the ministering angels
who are already pulling their brains
for Lenten "catch-pennnies.
The principal stall represented an
Adirondack log cabin decorated with
rifles and fishing rods, skins and furs
The girls who presided over this wild
domain wore picturesque green and
brown shooting costumes, with soft
felt hats, high leather boots and the
rest of the becoming paraphernalia.
An international stall' was arrang-
ed as a ship or barge, pennons of all
countries hanging from the masts and
rigging, the American flag being con-
spicuous, of course. Here the assist
ants wore heraldic costumes simulat-
ing gold or silver armor, draped with
flags of different countries and having
wreaths of oak leaves, laurels and ma
tional flower" daisies, golden
rod, shamrocks, thistles, roses, etc.
in their hair.
In the flower stall each girl was
dressed to represent a flower. At the
oriental booth a throng of yelled and
richly-clad hours sold embroideries,
rugs, copperwork, Turkish sweetmeats
and other Eastern treasures, while a
troop of pretty, fair-haired girls, dress
ed as peasants and with wreaths of
scarlet peoples in their hair, sold
Russian" furs, enamelled metal and
books by Tolstoi, Sienkiewicz and 9TH
err Russian and Polish authors.
The Holland stall was in charge of
girls dressed to suggest delft china and
wearing the curious Dutch peasant
caps. They dispensed all kinds of
gingerbreads, sweets and eatables.
The japanese stall was full of slender
brunettes in bright-tinted kimonos,
and at an Italian stall with peasant
saleswomen cheese and wine, fruit and
plaster casts--strange mixture-were
sold.
The oldest of all the stalls was a
post office managed by smart French
gendarmes and postillions in red, blue
and gray costumes. This was most
useful institution, where parcels were
kept for purchasers or sent to their
homes-for a consideration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04

Speaking of the Prince of Naples
Signor Giarelli says: His hobbies are
of scientific nature. He is, perhaps
the only real electrician among all the
present princes of Europe. He has
never occupied himself much with lit
erature, music or painting, but he is
p master of electric mechanism. He
is very learned in all that concerns
the application Of electricity to light,
motive power, sound and photogra-
ply. He was one of the first and
most successful experimenters with
the X rays after their discovery, and
in Rome his residence in the Quirinal
had the aspect, during his royal high
ness bachelor days, of a scientific
laboratory"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Our Watches the Best.

The superiority OF American watch
manufacture is gradually being ac-
knowledged all over the globe. 1t is
hard to predict, says Paris paper
what an Englishman would say if the
accuracy of the time given by the
Greenwich observatory, which sets
the time for the civilized world
should be questioned by the owner
of an American watch. Yet this was
done recently, and the Yankee watch
was right. One day Mr.. Thomas
Wheate, of London, noticed that the
time ball was, according to his Wal
than watch, a few seconds fast. Con-
fident that his timsrpiece was not at
fault, he wrote to the astronomer
royal, asking him to let him know If
the watch was right or wrong. In re-
ply he received a letter to the effect
that on the day in question the time
pail through an accident, dropped
about eighteen seconds before the cor
rect moment
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Ladies' and Misses Waist.

Popular as the regulation shirt waist
has become there is a demand for
something Slightly more snug, which
at the same time can be worn
for occasions of simple dress. The
design shown in the illustration
Is peculiarly suited to such pur-
poses, and is stylish as we'll as
entirely comfortable, The foundation
is a fitted lining showing single in
place of double bust-darts. The full
ness at both back and fronts is laid in
fine gathers at the shoulder seams and
is drawn down smoothly at the waist
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Dancing Toilets.

Gream-coiored poiat do venise, will
silk net top, is in great use for tn,
decoration Of dancing toilets of pales
sea gray, golden green, Persian mauve
silks and satins; the beautiful sunsho
taffetas, the exquisitely tinted crepel
de chine and the soft. pliable Mari,
Antpinette brocades, made with low
bodice, or half low, round waist, will
a ripple of the lace at the neck and {
similar fall of the garniture below thu
ribbon belt; the latter arrangement i!
called the "basquipe finish"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
STARTLING COSTUME.
THE NEWEST NEW WOMAN'S FUR
BICYCLE SUIT.

Madame Sarah Grande, the World-Fam-
Gus Authoress of the Heavenly Twins,
Thought 1t Out After Studying the Doub.
let and Hose OF ROsalind.
By judicious combination of ideas
based on Shakespeare and common
sense, Madame Sarah Grand, the world
famous authoress of THE Heavenly
Twins" has evolved bicycle costume
Tor women that is startler. She calls
her new bicycle dress for women her
winter bicycle costume" and consid-
ers that in devising it she has given
cause for rejoicing among women.
To begin to explain Madame Grand
costume, it is necessary to take the
Rosalind of Act II, in LAS You Like
1t" and, using her as lay figure, to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
The Iron Heel Again.

Eyes, sir" said the Chairman of the
Dyea Vigilance Committee, "the durn
skunk hez one wife here an another at
st. Michael's"
Down with monopoly Dust the
trusts!" came the hoarse shout from
hundreds of Threats.
1t was generally conceded that hang.
ing was too good for bigamist in a
country where there were 1853 men to
every woman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
%. THE SUM- 1898.
BALTIMORE, MD.

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1t does not allow its columns to be degraded by
unclean, immoral or purely sensational matter
Editorially, THE Sun is the consistent and un-
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
A Peerless Liniment.

AS pain destroyer and cure for
rheumatism, Salvation Oil is the peer
Of all liniments. Mr.. VIM. H. Brown,
proprietor of Striebinger House, Cleve-
land, O., writes: II suffered from
rheumatism for twelve years and my
last attack kept ME in bed, unable to
walk. l used Salvation Oil and soon
was up and about. AS a pain de-
stroyer this liniment has no equal"
Salvation Oil is sold everywhere for
25 cents. Try it and be convinced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04

SARAH GRAyD'S NEW BICYCLE SUIT.
build the Madame Grand costume
around her. Madame Grand is an en-
thusiastic admirer of Shakespeare, and
the more she studied the free and easy
grace of Rosalind of the russell doublet
and hose, the more she became con-
WINGED that, had bicycles been in use
during the Shakesperian era, the dou-
blet and hose would have been the
costume that level headed woman
would have adopted. 1t was actually
an Improvement on the male bicycling
costume, argued Madame Grand, for
even the emancipated man who dis
carded his voluminous trousers for
wide knee breaches and stockings
when he mounted the fascinating
wheel occasionally complained that
the revolving spokes caught in the
"knicker" cloth and made trouble. But
the hose of Rosalind would prevent
even the possibility of spill.
So Madame Grand proceeded to think
out her Rosalind bicycle costume, dis
carding one by one the nineteenth
century articles of dress that fettered
the sex when wheeling.
No waist for me-" said Madame
Grand, at the beginning of her studies.
ga waist on bicycle is absurd. l can
never bear to ride in anything tight,
especially corsets, and l like to feel
free and comfortable"
And away went the corsets, and aft
er them the waist, then the skirt and
the boomers, until Rosalind the lay
figure was deprived of everything that
pertained to modern costuming, and
stood ready to be rehabilitated in the
Shakesperian reform dress that Mad
anne Grand had in mind.
The costume is made for Winter
wear, although it can be fashioned
readily enough into an attractive Sum-
mer rig for the athletic girl. 1t is
made of white fur and follows the
Rosalind idea very closely. Oyer the
shoulders is thrown the natty cloak
of the Rosalind era, which can be dis
carded at the option of the bicyciist,
but certainly adds to the smartness of
the wearers appearance. The hose
and doublet are modified into tight-fit-
ting knickerbockers of white fur, and
on a slender woman look extremely
we'll.
Madame Grand does not believe that
she is entitled to be roughly criticised
on account Of her new costume.
Nothing is unfeminine for wo-
man." she said, when asked about this
point, unless she chooses to make it
so. think we are beginning to show
nowadays that we can do many things
which used to be thought unfeminine,
and be womanly nevertheless, Bicy-
cling is one of them, and the wearing
of rational bicycle costume goes with
1T. The, skirt is evidently not the
thing. l have had two bad accidents
from mine catching, and it was made
by an excellent tailor. This is what
led me to devote good deal of
thought to the subject, and made 3ia
come to the conclusion that an easy
and pretty costume might be modelled
from Rosalind's dress"
The women Of America can Judge
for themselves and criticise the au-
thoress of 1.-THE Heavenly Twins" as
they consider she deserves. She as
srmes the entire responsibility of the
Rosalind bicycle costume and, being
accustomed to criticism, is disposed to
regard philosophically the abuse of
those who treat her original idea ir.
reverently.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04

Every day strengthens tie belief of emf;
ncnt physicians that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our diseases.
Twenty-f five years ago this theory was used
Gs a basis for the formula of Browns Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient to prove that the theory is correct
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Everybody Says So.

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Victoria's Chrysanthemums.

Queen Victoria was an exhibitor at
the Bournemouth Chrysanthemum
Show and took first prize for thirty-six
Japanese cut blooms, Lady Theodore
Guest being second. For twelve jap
anese blooms Lady Theodore Guest
was first, and the Queen third. Her
Majesty also won third prize for six
cut blooms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
A Truthful Statement.

Anexcellent and invaluable remedy,
for the cure of cough, cold and hoarse-
ness, is DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, and
Mr.. Jas. Hadfeld, $50 West St., New
York City, verifies this statement.
He writes: ''Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup
is a most excellent remedy for cough,
cold and hoarseness, and take great
pleasure in recommending it to all,
who require such a valuable household
incidence Or. Bulls Cough Syrup
- sold everywhere for rs cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04

"A superb parlor book" says a rss
cent book advertisement. Most par
lor books" have long gone the way
of the big family Bibls as a parlor or
nament
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Injustice to Women clerks.

Postmaster Thomas. of Boston, de-
clares that the women clerks who dc
the same work that men do should re.
ceive the same wages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
Jennie june a school Insnector.

Mrs. Jennie June" Croly has been
appointed an inspector of public
schools in New York City for i've
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04

line. The under-arm cores which con-
meet the fronts and the back are
smoothtitting and render the adjust
ment more snug than is possible
where they are omitted from this silk
The sleeves are two-seamed and are
finished with slight puffs at the Shout
ders. At the neck is q stock collar
and plisse bow of the material and at
the waist is shown a belt of black
silk.
To make this waigt for lady in the
medium size will require four and one
half yards of twenty-two-inch mate
rial