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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-10-20
Niagara Falls Excursions.
Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.


vania Railroad.
October 10 is the date of the remaining Penn
sylvania Railroad popular ten-day excursion to
Niagara Falls from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Washington, and intermediate points.
Excursion tickets, good for return passage on
any regular train, exclusive of limited express
trains, within ten days. will be sold at $1,000 from
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and all
points on the Delaware DivisOn 25 from At
lantc City; $500 from Lancaster $3.50 from Al
toona and Harrisburg $500 from Sunbury and
Wilkesbarre; S.. 75 from Wiliamsport; and at pro-
portionate rates from other points A stop over
will be allowed at Buffalo, Rochester, Canandai-
qua, and Watkins within the limit returning. IN
special train of Pullman parlor cars and day
coaches Will be run with the excursion. An
extra charge will be made for parlor rseats
experienced tourist agent and chaperon will
accompany the excursion.
For time of connecting trains and further infOr-
nation apply to nearest ticket agent or address
George w Boyd Asst Gen. Pass. Agent, Broad
Street Station Philadelphia
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-10-20
RISING SUN MARKET.
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
TO cure. f. w. Groves signature on
every box. 25c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-10-20
LEAVE GOING NORTH,

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at %
a. m. and III p. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at 8t2
Liberty Grove, S.57; Colora. 8 O5 Rising Sun, is
Sylmar, %; Noting ham, 0 81; oxford, IL. OU a. m
arriving at south st. 2. SO p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 7 90 arriving il
PhiladelpliA t9.l6 a. M; and 6lu. arriving il
Philadelphia at S.l3 p. m.
LEAVE GOING SOUTH
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-10-20
Friday, Oct. 20, 1899.
Union Reform Ticket.

The Union Reform party has
made considerable progress in sew
eral States. In Ohio the party's
greatest strength appears. In
Maryland the propagandists of the
new party have been quite active,
the city of Baltimore being the
center of activity. A State ticket
and local ticket for Baltimore city
have been nominated and by petit
ton the party has secured ii place
f)r its ticket on the election ballot.
The party has but one plank in
its platform, which, however, in
aludes all questions in issue at
present, or that can be place in
issue in the future. The plank in
the party's platform is the ''Initia-
tive and Referendum" or direct
legislation, which requires acts
passed by the legislature to be sub
mitted to the people for ratification
before such acts can become law.
The following are the State candi-
dates of the
UNION REFORM PARTY.
For Governor
William N. Hill,
of Baltimore.
For Comptroller
William Il. George.
Tor ttOrnaU Ganaral
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
SHOOTING WILD HORSES.
Method by which Maud whiteman of
NeYadn Gets a Living.

Shooting wild horses for a living
seems odd employment, especially for
a woman, but there is q woman in Ne
vada who earns her livelihood in just
that way. She is a Californian, too,
and a young woman, only 23 years old.
Her name is Maud Whiteman. Until
she went to Nevada six years ago her
home was on ranch some few miles
from Fresno. Being Of a sturdy and
venturesome disposition, Maud early
learned to manage horses and to feel
at home in the wilds, so it happened
that when her father by some mis-
chance was forced to part with mis-
home in California his daughter was
fitted to be his helper in the rude re-
gion selected by him for a further
struggle with fate. The father, whose
name is Wilman, is an old soldier,
having served his country in both the
Mexican and civil wars. He is tall,
fine-looking man of splendid physique.
He is, however, no longer young, and
the siXty-ive years that have passed
over him have limited his opportuni-
ties for work, so he decided to Kill
wild horses for their hides. Neither
his age nor his lack of capital hin
dered effort in that direction, while
prices for hides were fairly good, and
wild mustangs were plentiful. From
the first Maud was an ac,lve partner
in this business. She is a bold rider
and fine shot and can bring down
horse at a distance that would win
sportsman's admiration. When en-
gagged in this pursuit she dresses like
a man, donning overalls in addition to
a flannel shirt and a mans soft hat.
The method of killing is ingenious.
Mounted on horses, the father and
daughter set out for the task. They
keep discreetly in the background,
however. while dogs drive a small
herd of their own horses 10 the spring.
These serve as a decoy. Gradually
wild horses come up, mingling with
the rest. When suspicion has been
quiet the man steals near wounding
with a view to disabling, the leader Of
the herd All others of the wild band
Immediately rush away, but soon they
return in quest of their leader. Now
is the opportunity. The mounted rid
ers rush from hiding, shoot as many
as possible, and follow the fleeing vic
Tins until all, or nearly all, are killed.
Maud is an expert at removing hides.
When her father has taken the names
and tails, which are also salable, she
strips off the hides. These are dried
by spreading them upon sagebrush,
placing bags or blankets between them
to admit of free access of air. At the
end of three weeks they are ready for
shipment Sometimes as many as
seventy are thus disposed of in a
month.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
British Marine Losses.

The British government has pre-
pared a report on the losses sustained
by the merchant marine of the world
during the year 1898. The total num-
Der of vessels lost during the year was
LA, with a tonnage of S20,725. or
these vessels 322 were steamers with a
tonnage of 1884, So far as causes
could be ascertained ga of the vessels
with a tonnage of 356, SOB, were lost by
wreck. Ninety vessels, with tonnage
of 73,204, were lost in collisions, forty
eight being steamers and forty-two
sailing vessels. Ninetysix vessels of
62,7S2 tons, of which eighty-flve were
sailing vessels, were abandoned at sea,
and about an equal number of sailing
ships and steamers were burned.
Twenty-four steamers and seventy
nine sailing vessels left port and were
never heard from, the total tonnage
represented being 72,77S. The aggre-
gate less exceeds the average OF the
preceding seven years by twenty-five
vessels of 106,706 tons. Great Britain
suffered the lowest rate of loss, her
percentage being 2.23; the next on the
list was Germany, with 2.33 per cent;
the United States fifth, with Ala per
cent.-Railway and Engineering Re-
view.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
An Innocent Critic.

Governor Roosevelt is always glaG
of laugh. A short time ago he enjoy
ed an opportunity and paid for it. The
incident happened while he was visit
ing Cornell University during a con-
vention. The students, glad of chance
to display their enthusiasm, enter
tanned the governor at one of the fra
ternity houses. Just as he was about
to leave one of his staff said to him:
Governor, the boys have the founda-
ton Of a capital library, and l think
they would appreciate a copy of your
Rough Riders" "All right, boys,
said the governor, heartily. "I1l be
glad to send you copy with my COM
pliments. The book would be but a
small return for your hospitality"
Whereupon one of the students broke
in excitedly: "Thats so, governor, I've
read It,"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

'Whatever may have been the motives
OF the members of the senate the pres
emit special session affords them an OPP
portunity TO give the subject matter OF
the resolution md amendment fun and
unprecedented consideration.
ST am aware that there are members OF
both branches Of the legislature who be-
lievc that corporations, now paying spe-
cific taxes upon earnings should not be
taxed upon the assessed valuation or
property. This belief may be due TO diff
fering causes. / believe, however. that IL
they will lay aside their personal convic-
tions in the matter, and be guided by the
expressed wishes of their constituents,
the joint resolution will be passed by both
house and senate.
1.-THE campaign for taxation of railroad
and other corporate property upon It's
value and for equal taxation generally,
has been continuously conducted for the
past three years. BY convention and par
ty pledges, and by majorities the signif-
canoe of which no one can dispute, the
people of Michigan have plainly indicated
their opinion and wish in the matter.
by a plurality of 34D for governor In
the fall of 1896 presidential campaign,
and of 1907 in the fall of 1898, the people
declared, with an emphasis which cannot
be gainsaid, that specific taxes on earn
ings of railroad and certain other cor
porate property should be abolished, and
all property taxed alike upon its actual
cash value.
"The platform of the Republican party
OF 1898, to which nearly all of you owe
allegiance. declared as follows:
1--WE commend the present state adj
ministration for it's earnest efforts in IA
vor of the equal and just taxation of the
property of railroad companies. We ia
vor the immediate repeal Of the tax upon
the gross earnings of railroad companies
and favor a tax TO be levied upon the true
value of railroad, telegraph, telephone and
express companies property, this value to
be determined by state board. The
taxes collected therefrom shall be paid
into the primary school fund. We indorse
the principles OF the Atkinson bill and
pledge the support of the Republican
party thereto
''The issue during these campaigns was
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
USE OF COCA
In Bolivia and It's Wonderful Tonic Ef-
fects Upon Indians.

Sucre (Bolivia) Cor Chicago Rec
ord: The Indians regard the coca
with extreme reverence. Won Tschudi,
the Austrian scientist, who made a
most thorough study of the ancient
customs Of the meas, says: During
divine worship the priests chewed coca
leaves, and unless they were supplied
with them it was believed that the
favor Of the gods could not be pro-
pitiated. 1t was also deemed necessary
that the supplicator for divine grace
should approach the priests with an
'acullico' in his mouth. 1t was believed
that any business undertaken without
the benediction Of coca leaves could
not prosper, and to the shrub itself
was rendered. During an interval OF
more than 800 years Christianity has
not been able TO subdue this deep
rooted idolatry, for everywhere we find
traces of belief in the mysterious pow
ers of this plant. The excavators in
the mines of Cerro del Pasco throw
chewed coca upon the hard veins OF
metal in the belief that it softens the
ore and renders it more easy to work.
The Indians even at present time put
coca leaves in the mouths of dead per-
sons in order to secure them a fav-
orable reception on their entrance into
another world, and when a Peruvian
on a journey falls in with a mummy,
he, with timid reverence, presents to
ii some coca leaves as his pious offer
ing" One Of the scientific explorers
region told me of his experience with
a coca chewer. "A man was employed
by me-" he said, "in very laborious
digging. During the five days and
nights he was in my service he never
tasted food and took only two hours
sleep each night, but at intervals OF
two hours and half or three hours he
repeatedly chewed about half an ounce
of coca leaves and kept an 'acullico'
continually in his mouth. l was con-
stantly beside him, and therefore had
the opportunity of closely observing
him. The work for which l had en-
gagged him being finished, he accom-
panied me on two days journey
across the level ground. Though on
foot, he kept the pace of my. mule and
halted only for the chaccar (chewing).
On leaving me he declared that he
would willingly engage himself again
for the same amount OF work and that
he would go through it without food If
I would but allow him sufficient sup
ply Of coca. The village priest as
sured me that this man was G2 years
of age and that he had never known
him to be i'll in his life"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
HAIR CURLING AN ART.
Few Women Are willing to Make Them
selves Hidcnus by Night.

Few Women Are willing to Make Them
selves HidcDus by Night.
In the curling of the hair there Is q
knack to be acquired before attaining
that much desired result, so dear TO
every owner of straight locks-the nat
urally curly look. Even a pretty face
is improved by the addition of curls
and plain one is softened and made
more attractive by turning the harsh
outline into q wavy mass; for the
faces are few that can stand the clas-
sic severity of a Grecian coiffure, says
the New York Herald. The question,
therefore, is how to manage ones un-
ruly locks; how to supply, to the best
Of ones ability, what nature has de-
nied-the pretty ,rippling tresses which
will elicit from some good-natured ac-
quaintance the remark that she al
ways thought your hair was naturally
curly" First, there are the number
less appliances for turning ones head
into a bristling porcupine by night.
When girl surveys herself in her
mirror before retiring and catches a
glimpse of a disdguring halo, which
even the addition of blue bows will
not render becoming, she signs re-
flectively, considers the discomfort of
sleeping on knobs of hair and takes
to the inevitable-the curling irons
To obtain most satisfactory results
tight curling is not advisable. That
destroys any possible look of natures
handiwork-and surely straigh. locks
are preferable to "frizzes." A very i'm
portant factor is that of curling the
hair artistically, for there can be no
illusion about a beautifully curled
pompadour while the back hair is UNI
compromisingly straight. If low style
of couture is worn it is only neces-
sary to curl the front and sides, but
where the hair is dressed high it Is
most important not to neglect the back
of the head. This will at first be awk-
ward work, but will grow less difficult
with practice, and nothing is prettier
than a soft outline at the nape of the
neck
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
President Krugers Father.

The bitter feeling which Paul Kru-
ger cherishes toward the British is GER
tainly not lessened by the memory that
his own father was the man who fired
the first shot at the English troops
at Boomplatz in 1S4s, and by the fur
Their thought that he was one of those
who were driven by the English to
take part in the great trek" of 1896.
Again, In 1854, when the Beers petit
toned the queen to be allowed to re-
main under the protection OF the Brit
ish flag. the elder Kruger was one OF
its signers. The answer of the duke OF
Newcastle, who returned the petition
with the remark that II could not be
entertained and that England had al
ready extended its rule too far in At
RIGA. has always been remembered by
Kruger and his associates as an un-
dying insult.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

New Haven, Conn.-Dr. Oliver T..
Osborne of the Yale medical school
was arrested for alleged unlawful dis
interment of the body of a colored
girl. The doctor claimed he had per-
mission from the mother of the girl to
perform an autopsy.
Mount Union, Pa. - Mrs. Ezra
Shoupe, near Saltillo, had lively fight
with big buck, which she first wound
ed with a rife and then dispatched
with knife.
Mishawaka, Ind.-At general meet
ing of the Turnverein of Northern In
diana district, action was taken favor
ing the Beers in their war with Great
Britain and commencing them for
their effective warfare in the cause OF
liberty.
New Yorl1-Adelbert s. Hay, the
newly appointed United States consul
at Pretoria, sailed on the st. Louis.
st. Cloud. Minn.-The state reforms-
tory was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire. The fire was confined
to the boiler-house.
Huntington. w. Va. - Norfolk &
Western passenger No. 3 ran into a
siding at Panther. and Engineer w. s.
Bishop Of Huntington was killed and
Fireman Koontz of Bluefield fatally in
jured.
Princeton. N. IA disastrous freight
wreck, resulting in the death of En-
gineer Speigler and Fireman Henicker,
occurred on the New York division Of
the Pennsylvania road near here.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

II has been discovered in st. Paul
that electric ground connections, made
by attaching wires to water pipes, not
only ruin the pipes by electrolysis, but
seriously interfere with the operation
of the water meters. In one case a
meter through which large quantity
Of water was discharged failed to reg
lister. This was an extreme case anC
easily detected, but what the effect has
been upon the indicators in cases
where the current is not so strong the
officers of the water board have no
means to determine. To protect them
selves, however, they have ordered the
removal of all electric wires from the
water pipes.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

A wheat calendar, giving the time OF
ripening in various countries, shows
how the grain has all seasons for its
own. Dwellers in the United States,
for example, where so much of the
land is resting during the winter
months, find by the calendar that
wheat is at the harvest point Of
growth in December for Burma and
New South Wales agriculturists. jan
uary witnesses the same stage Of de-
velopment in Australia, New Zealand,
Chile and Argentina; while February
and March are wheat harvest months
for Upper Egypt and India. The list
for June, July and August is the full
est. There is one feature, almost in
evitable, in the worlds annual wheat
story. A shortage, real or fancied, is
apt to be reported in some quarters,
and then speculation sees its oppor-
tunity quite as soon as legitimate
dealing.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Personal reserve is sometimes lost
sight Of in the far West, as a famous
sugar merchant from the East recently
discovered. He had business in Mis-
souri, town, and was lunching at a
table with a native. Eli, stranger"
asked the other, where you from?'
The eastern man, having a stud farm
in Kansas City, mentioned that place.
Whats your business?" well,
horses" came the reply. Say, what's
your name?" None of your business, .
rejoined the disturbed sugar-dealer.
Even in Ohio, settled largely by Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut colonists,
the eastern man sometimes finds him
self in an atmosphere of frankness.
You are all talking about your west
ern reserve" such a one recently re-
marked. BLESSED if l sec any!"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

The biograph is doing good service
to science. A hospital in New York
is adapting a machine to record mi
nutely the actions of persons in cpl
leptic fits and similar affections. Nov
ing pictures have been taken showing
the walking movements in persons af-
flicted with locomotor ataXia. When
these films are reproduced on the
screen doctors can study the symp-
toms carefully in the laboratory. The
movements of all kinds of microbes
arr also being photographed, as well
as the action of healthy and diseased
corpuscles. When these pictures are
magni1ed and thrown on the screen
the Improvement or decline in the
condition of the patient can be told.
One of the most interesting uses of
the biograph is to photograph and
show minutely the growth and flower
ing of plants from the time of plant
ing until in full bloom. A picture is
taken every half-hour continually for
about thirty days and nights. In or
der to secure a uniform light for every
view a powerful electric light is en-
ployed. Sometimes 1000 pictures will
be made of one subject. Should the
subject be n lily the pictures at one
stage will show the opening of the
lily, while at another stage its fading
away is seen. By quickening the time
of the pictures on the screen the plant
Is actually seen to be growing.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
He Says the Extraordinary Session
was Imperative
BEFORE FALL ELECTION IN 1900
Legislation Which VIII be EffectuaI
In Bringing About Equality OF Tax
The Message In Full.

''To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives:
you have been called together in spe-
cial session by proclamation TO consider
the submission of an amendment, or
amendments to the constitution, which
will permit the enactment Of laws that
will provide for the equal taxation of ali
property by the assessment OF the same
at its cash value.
II deem the occasion an extraordinary
one. The inequality of our system Of
taxation is so great and so manifest that
immediate steps should be taken to rem
edy 1t.
81 regret the inconvenience and expense
of n special session. But ii Is apparent
that If the wishes of a very large ma
jority Of the people of the state are en-
titled to respect, special session is i'm
perative at some time prior TO the fall
election of 1900.
This is so because the people have de-
manded legislation which will be effectual
in bringing about equality OF taxation. 1t
has been clearly indicated by the supreme
court of the state that such legislation
cannot be enacted until the constitution
Is amended. -
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22
Over s,7oo British Soldier. Made Prisoner.

Over 3, 700 British Soldiers Made Prisoners
The following interesting data will
show where and when the British were
obliged to surrender in order to prevent
humiliation at the hands of the Beers:
Oct. 20-The 18th Hussars pursued a
force of Beers after the battle of Ia
lana Hill, Glencoe. Beers crept in be-
hind them. They surrendered to es-
cape annihilation
Oct. 30-Gloucester regiment. Irish
Fus;iiers and 10th Mountain battery
lecoyed away from main army at Lady.
smith by feigned retreat of the Bocrs
Captured after heavy loss.
Nov. 25-Naval brigade with Me.
theun left as rear guard at Enslin
lGras Pam in position dominated by
Boer guns. Cut to pieces. Loss us
Saved from capture only by superb
heroism.
Dec. 10-Gen. Gatacre walked blindlv
INTO Boer position at Stromberg First
inti nation of danger a devastating fire
from artillery and rifles. Incomplete
report, heavy losses in killed and
wounded, more than GOO missing
Dec. 11-Gen. Methuens forces re-
pulsed at Magersfontein with loss of
s62, most of them being taken prison.
srs.
Dec. 15-Gen. Butler driven back
while attempting to cross Tugela river,
losing II guns and |, 097 men, 34S being
taken prisoners.
The Beers report over 3,7OO prisoners
captured in less than three months of
war.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

A competitor to the Illinois State
Pawners society is in the field, and
there will soon be two of these low
priced loan associations in active oper-
alton in Chicago. Competition is, in
this case at least, the surest proof that
the new idea is a success and has al
ready achieved popularity among gen
teel borrowers"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Another cherished theme of the col
lege orator and essay writer-the swift
extinction of the American Indian
receives shock when studied in the
light of statistics. the figures in the
case from the recent annual report
of the secretary of the interior. Ac-
cording to that document there are
now 267,417 Indians in the United
States, while the census OF 1890 showed
a total aboriginal population Of 249.-
473. Poor Lo" has evidently taken
a fresh grip on life and calmly and
with exceeding stubbornness refuses
TO pass away with the buffalo"
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Wireless Teiegraphy for Lighthouses.
The French navy is said to be INSTALL
ing a new system of wireless teleg-
raphy between the lighthouses along
the French coast.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Havana-Deaths. Santa Clara, Sergt
Charles A. Levanway, band, Second
cavalry. heart failure. died 18th; San
tiago. Andrew Pullar. civilian, died
10th yellow fever.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

When men have more money than
they need they think they need more
than they have.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

All a man has to do to obtain So
called social success is to put a fair
value on himself and live up to it.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

If General Joubert is dead his soul
Is certainly marching on with great
success.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Narrow minds overlook a charitable
act and search for the motive.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

A fool may be able to answer ques-
lions that a wise man wouldn't ask.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

Some people are never so happy as
when they have bad news to tell.
The Yale expositor., 1899-12-22

~, :. D..4 o..~44p.e ana It VA n.-.O-
out mischief.