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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
~ story Frame DWelAnq .G$:l

with well at the door, Frame Stable and Frame
Wagon Shed, all in good repair
ms property is about 4 mile from West Not
ungham Presbyterian church and is close to
schools, stores, blacksmith shops &c
THE TERMS OF SALE ARE: That the whole
OF the purchase money shall be paid in cash on
the day OF sale, but these terms may be varied to
SUIT the purchaser Cost of conveyance to be paid
by the purchaser. f
JAMES +. EVANS
Jonn y. Hlndman, auct. Trustee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
Saturday. January II, 1899,
at 1880 o'clock M, all that lot or parcel OF land
containing -'
One Acre of Land,

more or less situate on the north side of the nub
ne road known as the Wallace road in the Sixth
Election District of Cecil County aforesaid. adj
Joining lands of John Sebold aud Others it being
the same land whereof John A. Reyburn died
seized and possessed, and whereon Earl REYNOLDS
now resides and was conveyed to the said John
a keyburn by Adeline J. Nicklc by deed dated
the Ith day OF December A d 1877, and is now of
record in Liber NV NJ No. T. Folio 2sS. &c, one
OF the Land Record books for Cecil County afore-
SAID The improvements consist of u good
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
Trustees Sale
Valuable Property.

Under and by virtue ola decree of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County, in Equity the undersigned
as trustee will sell at public auction at Grason's
hotel IN the village of Rising Sun in Cecil County
Maryland on ~
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Do not market white honey.in in dirty
boxes.
September is the proper time to be.
gin feeding.
To prevent robbing it Is usually best
to feed at night.
Every colony should have rs to 30
pounds of stores now.
The thinner the honey when extract
ed the more evaporation it will re-
quire.
For keeping, extracted honey is
much more easily cared for than comb
honey.
1t is an advantage always to furnish
new swarm with frame of young
brood.
1t is important with bees in win
ter TO provide thorough ventilation in
the hive.
Natural queens can In no way be pro-
duced except under the swnrming i'm
pulse.
II is a mistake to leave honey in the
hive any length of time, as it becomes
yellow.
Extracted honey will granulate and
become hard on the approach OF cold
weather.
Bees will bear confinement much
longer on n good quality of honey than
on inferior honey.--St. Louis Repub-
| lie
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
ILLUMINATES THE WORLD.
Wonderful Exhibit of OIL Produced
In the United states and
Shipped Abroad.

The United States Eliminates the
world more effectively and completely
each year, despite the fear frequently
expressed Of late that the large pro-
duction of petroleum in Russia and
Dutch East Indies, and the increased
use of electricity for lighting purposes,
would reduce our valuable exports Of
illuminating oils. The year just ended
has shown the greatest expectation of
that article in the history of that i'm
portant branch of our foreign COM
merce, and the figures for August show
the largest exports of oil for any
single month on record. The reports
of the treasury bureau Of statistics
show that the exports of mineral oils
in the fiscal year 1903 passed the bill
lion-gallon line, the total, including all
classes, being 1,034,269,676 gallons,
against 973,614,o46 gallons in 1897, and
800, ,55S,9o4 gallons in 1896. The total
receipts for the 1904, ,260,676 gallons OF
oil exported in 1893 were $50, 1885, ,57S
while for the SIS, 1851 ,63s gallons export
cd in 1888 the receipts were $47, ,042, 400.
and for the 33s,s41,3 1903 gallons export
ed in 1878 the receipts were S46,574,074
The average export value of refined
illuminating oil was, in 1872, 24.0 cents
per gallon; in 1878, 14.4 cents per gal
lon; in 1888, 10 cents per gallon, and
In 1898, SO cents per gallon, having
thus fallen from 24.o cents to SO cents
from 1872 10 1898. Notwithstanding
this steady fall the production and ex.
portatior continue to increase, tho
exports having increased over GO, 100000
gallons in the past year over that OF
the preceding year, and 100, 100000 gal
Ions over that of any earlier year
while the production for 1897 was
2,52s ,o67os4 gallons, against 2,O33, ,331,.
o72 in 1894, LAG, 6,s67,546 IN 1890, 1,O17.
174,306 in 1888, s36, ,3o4, ,132 in 1880 snd
51o,s25,5s3 in 1s76.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
THE OFFEN sIVE SIGNS.

amt postmaster OF Philadelphia, bu,
OF Squan Creek. AS freemen Of free
country we have earned and enjoyed
certain rights and privileges, and tell
you right here and now that we mean
TO maintain them at any cost Of blood
or treasure. We can fill honored
graves, but we cannot be enslaved."
What do you want?" asks Hiram
as he begins to shake.
"You must trust for stamps, same n,
ever. When you refuse to pass out a
two-cent stamp to an American free.
man who happens to be dead-broke
you impugn his honor"
"I'll trust"
"And the mails, sir-we demand that
any freeman has the privilege of look.
ing them ever when he is in hurry
"All right
"And you must lick on stamps, sir
and we are to sit around on the coun.
ters and barrels as before, and there
must not be the slightest curtailment
of the rights andprivileges won by our
forefathers at Lexington and Bunker
Hill. Josiah Goodenough, will yor
crawfish and come off the perch, OF
shall our peaceful streets be turned
into rivers Of blood?"
Josiah crawfshed. With his own
hands he reached up and tore down the
obnoxious signs, and ten minutes later
holy calm had settled down upon
Squan Creek, and there was no dead
to be buried.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

most of the a..
is the pasture fields, says w..
Indiana Farmer. While there may be
some little excuse for this on large
grain farms, it can hardly be over
looked on dairy farm, where grass
and green pasture are the chief de-
Tendencies for success. The improve
ment of pasture fields is crying need
on many old places. AS rule the
toughest and most sterile fields are
given over to pastures, and II is not
giving COW fair show to make her
pick up living on land that would not
produce anything else. This is often
the case. however, and then we blame
the COW for not giving more milk, Half
the fault against our dairy cows can
be traced to improper feeding, Be
cause a COW has large field or mead
ow to Craze in 1t does not follow that
she ought to give large flow of milk,
A much smaller piece of land would
produce much better results II the
pasture was rich and we'll cared for.
1t is all right to give the cows for pas
ture the roughest and rockiest part OF
the farm, for naturally one does not
select that portion for plowing under
crops. But II is the part OF wisdom to
bestow little care upon such fields to
improve them each year. A few days
labor devoted to the pasture fields
every season will surprise the owner
in the results five years later. First
there are rocks and stones that can
be gradually carried off the field and
piled up. Clearing the pasture field
in this leisurely way will yield its re.
ward some day when ii is found desir.
able to cultivate the meadows or hill
side for orchard or field crops. Along
with this work should go that Of clear.
ing the land OF wild berry bushes
| brush, roots and weeds. The roots
once taken up will kill the bushes and
trees for good, and so with the weeds
See that they are rooted up, and not
simply cut off. Noxous weeds prevent
grass plants from growing, and gem
orally they harbor parasites and rusts
of grain which may spread to the cul
tivated fields any day, and do great
amount Of damage. This work Of
clearing the pastures of foreign
growths is very important at this sea.
son of the year when weeds are about
ready to produce their seeds. One
plant destroyed root and branch now
may prevent the growth of so next
summer. So II is wise to begin at once,
for every year that the work is post.
poned the pasture field degenerates SO
much more. While engaged in this
work of destruction il might be well
to reconstruct, too. Plant few
shade trees in the most convenient
place of the field, and il necessary for
their protection fence them in until
they attain a good growth. Years
later they will be appre ciated by both
man and beast. When the weeds are
pretty well rotted out, II will pay to
sow the field in the fall with grass
seed, spreading It thinly around to re.
enforce the old grass.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

to get three eggs and bar Of soap,
and she had letter to mail. She
asked Josiah to lick on the stamp, and
he pointed to the sign, Jake Henshaw
was foreman of the fire company,
owned the only ice wagon in town and
always had a barrel of hard cider down
cellar. The idea that the postmaster
would dare turn down such man as
that struck everybody as amazin'. A
general move was made on the post
Office, and when the place was jammed
with indignant citizens, Hiram Colby
pounded on soap box with his cane
and said:
Josiah Goodenough, I've bin livin'
in this world fur so years, months
and IA days, but of all the insults which
have ever been heaped upon me, this
one is the worst. Squan Creek is on
the verge of an outbreak. which will
! make its streets run deep with blood.
and you alone will be to blame for 1t,
Do you mean that you amt goin' to
lick on no more stamps for our ihho.
cent and helpless women and chill
dren?"
"The postmaster at Philadelphia
don't do it, replied Josiah. II wa,
watchin' around there most all day
/ and everybody who mailed letter
licked on his own stamp"
"And do you mean to say" continued
Hiram, after rapping again and point
ing to the sign-''do you mean to say
that the people of Squan Creek tho
men who have made this town what
it is-the men who have made This
post oflicc-the men who wrested theii
liberties from under the heel of a ty
rant king and poured out their blood
Ike kerosene-can't come in here ant
sit on the cracker and sugar bar'l'
and talk and visit while waitin' fol
their mail?"
II didn't see single soul sittin
around the Philadelphia post office,
replied Josiah, as his face began Il
grow pale and his chin to culver.
Josiah Goodenough, you are stand
in on the brink of precipice. Yo'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
SIZE IS IMPORTANT.
There Is No Market Now for Under
sized Horses, No Matter How
Good They May he.

For years the standard of the mar
ket for horses has been steadily ad-
vancing. 1t takes better horse now
adays to be called good one than
ever before. He must have more quail
ity, more style and, above all, more
size than ever The last Is especially
important in the opinion Of the Ma
tional Stockman. A horse must be OF
good size for his class to bring a good
price. A little draft horse is chunk
and maybe a poor one at that. A
small driver is not wanted by men who
can. afford 10 pay good prices for driv-
ing horses, and is too small to work.
# man is breeding drivers to sell,
he must get the size. He cannot afford
10 risk getting extreme speed one
time and losing the other things niue
times. He must breed for quality
style and size and all the speed he can
add thereto will profit him. But Il
farmer cannot afford to breed small
horses on the chance OF getting speed
for too often he doesn't get IT OF
doesn't know when he las II. Get
them good and big, and they will sell
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

Whenever the pastures have been
overgrown with shrubs and young
trees the best way to repress their
growth is to turn in sheep to pas.
ture. A flock can thus be kept on
land that without it would soon be
so overgrown that no grass could
be procured. The sheep will bite of
the tender growth of the present year,
and will get as much nourishment
from it as they would from feeding
with hay. AS a means of keeping
pastures from being covered with
brush. sheep are invaluable. They will
thrive where any other stock would
scarcely be able to liye.--American
CultiyaLnr.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, $685.
THE CONSERVATIVE CHINESE.
They Never Yet Have Proved Faith
less to Their National
Traditions.

The Chinese us q race are the most
conservative people on the globe, as
their history proves. They argue that
their ways of life are the best possible
ways, seeing tha. tLeir chief concern
lies in securing the happiness of the
individual on earth and The welfare of
the state. War Is held in abhorreuce
by them, and they are more truly Chris
tians in this respect, practically and
not theoretically, than the Christians
themselves. The Chinaman is man of
no ideals; that which he is taught to
believe is right he practices, and re-
mains faithful to it.
We can see that people of other ma
tions when they enter foreign coun-
try gradually ossimilate their life, type,
creed and language to those peculiar
to that country, and proportionally so
to the length of their stay. On the
other hand, once Chinaman, always a
Chinaman.
In the course of their long history
they have often lost their independ-
ence, but never yet have they proved
faithless TO their national traditions.
China stands essentially the same at
the present as she was in the past, but
where are those 20 invading nations
who conquered China one after the
other? They have, themselves unsta-
bic, become merged into the immuta-
BILE Chinese. II is triumph of pas
sivity over activity. Rome could not
resist the hordcs of Alaric, because time
had proved that the foundations of
their empire were built on the sands.
The empire of China Is built on the
| rock. and has weathercd as many
storms as the present Eddystone light
house. Barbaric hordes have rushed
over her-barbarians, too, such as Rome
never saw-but nevertheless China
stands to-day, and where are they?
The social bacteria, which find and have
found ample scope for developing their
evil work on less healthy bodies, can
find no hold on China. The country
thrives, and its people multiply in an
extraordinary degree. They are over
flowing into all contiguous countries,
and it is not too much TO say, in spite
OF all our native prejudice, that they
are bene1ting those countries indirect.
ly by so doing. Who can foretell which
countries they will inhabit by sheer
passive insistency in, say, 200 or 3OC
years? And nothing will be able to
stop them. For, in spite of the spas.
modic activity of Eurasia, in spite OF
her navies, armies, prohibitions and
general fuss and bother, China stands
and will stand. History prophesies so
for from the past we may judge the fu'
ture.-National Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
REFORM BY REVOLUTION.
As 1t Was Done Before the Rage for
LAW Making Came Upon
the People.

For more than century the people
OF America and western Europe have
been in a tremendous ferment. Moth
ing like the activity of these hundred
years has been known since the relig-
ious awakening and the accompanying
revival Of learning in the sixteenth
century. The century has been marked
by revolution and progress, and for
the last G5 years by the development
of new energy in the process Of po-
litical evolution, or rather by the
transformation of an old potentially
into force which has supplanted
physical revolution. Sir Henry Maine's
chapter on this force-the force Of leg
islation--was designed to show the
crudity of an idea which underlies the
feverish activity OF democracies in en-
acting laws, the idea that nature loves
change, although IN all nonpolitical
relations il is clear that men love 10
preserve old habits and to cling TO old
ideas. 1t Is true, as he said, tEat be-
fore the passage OF the reform bill OF
1882 the English parliament scarcely
ever legislatcd, for II is true that II
was not until the people finally sue
ceeded In establishing the principle
that government is for them, for
their happiness, for their liberty, for
their good, that the making of laws
became the most serious business OF
government. Revolution was the pred
ccessor of the rage for legislation
Change by violence was essential when
change by law was impossible, or un.
known. Change by violence and by
blood letting is thing of only yester.
day. But for us, and perhaps for west.
ern Europe, the day of violent revolu-
tion is done, while the day of peace.
ful revolution through law-maklng if
fully upon us.-Henry Loomis Nelson
IN Harper's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

This privilege is possessed by the
grammar school in the cathedral town
OF st. Albans, in Hertfordshire, as part
of the schools endowment, under let
ters patent granted by Elizabeth and
James I. The excise authorities have
no power whatever, and anyone re-
quiring n wine license must obtain it
from the authorities of the grammar
school. From this source of income
the schs pl is annually benefited to the
extent of about e65. The school OBJ
tanned this curious privilege from
Queen Elizabeth In 1869, owing to the
representations of Sir Nicholas Bason.
The monopoly thus given to the gram
mar school was called the "wine char
ter Of st. Albans," and no other school
in England holds such monopoly.
st. Adams is the oldest grammar
school in the kingdom, there being a
definite record of its existence in 1905.
-Boston Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
SOUAN CREEK FOLKS. F.:
Jep Jones Tells About the Posoffce Troubles
By M. QUAD. :


Josiah Goodenough had been post
master at Squan Creek for about seven
years. and nobody had ever kicked
or complained when he went over TO
Philadelphia to see his sister die. 1t
was not only the first time he had ever
mad sister die, but the first time he
had ever been in town bigger'n Key
port or Cape May. When he knowcd
ne was goin' he put on considerable
style about it, and stepped so high that
Deacon Spooner felt it his duty to say
10 him:
Don't git too puffed up, Josiah.
iride goeth before n fall, and the
shearer who goes OUT to shear may
come back shorn. You are big man
mere in Squan Creek, but you may find
That they never even heard of you in
Philadelphia"
Josiah found that TO be the case.
AFTER seem his sister die, he felt that
ne ought to call on the mayor and
snake hands and smoke n pipe and
swap lies with him. When he went to
the city hall they wouldn't let him in
10 see his honor, and he decided to
call on the postmaster and have chat.
lie didn't get to see his man there,
either, but he hung around and picked
up a good many pointers. II was these
pointers which raised the row a Squan
Creek. Josiah kept grocery in con-
nection with the post office, If any
body was in hurry for the mail they
had the privilege of lookin' over the
letters and papers, and 1t was allowable
for anybody to read any newspapers
comm to anybody else. Sometimes the
postmaster distributed the mail alone,
and sometimes he had help of three or
four of the loungers. 1t was free ant
easy like, and that's what we all liked
about it. The first move that Josiah
made when he got home was to hang
up sign readin':
mo stamps without the cash after
this date"
For about half an hour the town held
Its breath. Then everybody tried tc
talk at once, but after awhile Adina,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11
ELEVATION OF HOG HOUSE

nnd-ends of planks, etc, lying around
in the yard that would go long way
toward building suitable house for
swine, and anyone with little knack
at rough carpentering can build one
if he knows just what kind of build
ing he wants.
| will describe my hog house, and If
I were to build another j do not see
how could improve it, except only
the roof. Mine is gable roof, and |
think should like slant roof better.
] made my house out of old odds-and-
ends of plank that were left over from
tearing down an old house. 1t has not
got n single new piece of timber in it,
and | did all the work myself, at odd
times when / could do nothing else.
The only cash that l paid was for
nails and some shingles. The win
dows and door came out of the old
house.
Fig. 1 shows the house. 1t is "a feet
long by 16 feet wide. w w are win
dows, ID ID doors. The door in the
gable end is for convenience in put
ting anything into the loft that want
TO put there. / made it so could put
corn there to feed In the winter if de
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

bad shefferly got the crowd quieted
down, and asked:
Josiah Goodenough, do you mean
to stand or fall by them ere words?
If any of us should come here for
stamp and didn't have the money
would he be refused?"
"He would" answers Josiah. 81 seen
over hundred people buyin' stamps
in Philadelphia, and every last one of
'em had o lay down his cash.
In that crowd which had assembled
In the store was men who was goin' to
buy cothespins and soap and oat-
meal and lots of other things, but
every last one of 'em walked out and
went down TO Parker's. For three
days Josiah didn't sell ten cents worth
of goods, but he was determined man,
and he hung up another sign readin':
"Oply the postmaster allowed to
handle the mail. Please keep out"
Everybody heard Of 1t and went to
The most office to see about it. Moses
schemerhorn was appointed spokes-
man, and he raised his voice and said;
"Josiah Goodenough, do you mean
to say that If come in here, and you
are busy drawin' 'lasses or weighin'
out Goldfish, ! can't paw over the mail
and get my leto,Es2"
'It can't bel& - says Josiah. "Up
in Philadelphia cT'rybody has to ask
at the winder. The sacredness of the
limited States mail is mighty sacred
thing"
That was an evenin' long to be re-
membered in Squan Creek.
Sixteen members OF the fire depart
ment got out and paraded in uniform
and carried a banner, on which was
inscribed: "Down with Tyrants.'
citizens lined the streets and cheered
and burrahed, and the fire bell was
rung. and public meetin' called at
The town hall. We felt that our rights
had been unjustly attacked, and after
Aaron Lampwell had got through with
a sneech, in which he compared josiah
Coodenough to Nero, and ourselves to
tbe Pilgrim Fathers, 200 people signed
netition to have the postmaster re-
moved Some folks thought he would
Ieove the town that night, or that
he would get out a hand-bill saying
10 had backed down and asked cur
soroiveness. but Josiah didn't scare.
m the very next day he hung up a
new sign, and 1t was worse tlfan the
others. il read: ,,e,
click on your own stamps. NoPaf-
,no In the post office"
Jacob Henshaw's wife was the first
a. discover that sign. She had come
,n,o the grocery early in the mornin'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

That sheep are more profitable for
the average farmer than cattle, and
especially for those owning hilly or
broken farms, cannot be denied, as
sheep will thrive where a steer will
starve, and for renewing worn-out
and rundown farms they have no
equal, as they soon rid the land Of
weeds, briars and brush, while their
manure is the richest OF all fertiI-
izers and Is distributed evenly over the
surface of the soil. But, like every
other business, care and judgment
must be exercised in order to Sc.
cure the highest rate o. profit. A
full-blooded ram should he used, as
a scrub is dear at any price.-Epitom-
ict