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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
Had No TerrOrs for Him.

First Tramp-Do you ever think of
death, Bill?
Second Tramp-Not very often. 1
amt afraid to die.
First Tramp-You amt?
Second Tramp-No; death has no ter
riers for me.-Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
A TESTIMONIAL.

Little Boy writing to his school
MASTERY Everybody at home is de-
lighted with the progress have made
at your school. Why, when l came
to you 1 knew nothing, and now, even
in this short time, l know ten times
as much. Punch,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
A Natural Question.

Little Clarence-The funny-bone is in
the elbow, isn't it, pa?
Mr.. Callipers-Yes, my son.
Little Clarence-Well, pa, is that
what makes people laugh in their
sleeves Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
Didn't Fit the Bill.

Alice (protesting)-But, papa, you
say you want to see me married and off
your hands.
Fairchild (grimly)-I know it. That
is why l refuse to let you marry him.
Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
ApprOprinte MOTTO.

Our motto,' said the head waiter,
as he marshalled his forces ere the
victim got away, sis to welcome the
coming and bleed the parting guest"
It'll Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

The summer girl, l take it-and my judg-
ment no man mocks-
Is the one who works her father for the
biggest lot Of frocks.
Chicago Daily Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

The difference between an acquain-
lance and a friend is that an acquain-
lance seldom feels at libery to tell us.
for sur own good, things that he knows
VIC don want to hear.-PuLl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

''Shall have to charge you rs instead
of So cents for this preparation, sir, on
account of the war tax
"And how much is the war taxi"
Call
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
A Circumstance in Mitigation.

Judge-Was the stolen article gold
Dr. only gilt?
Prisoner-It was silver, sor. The
guilt was all my own, yer anner!-
jewelers. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
Friendly Comment,

Mudge-Itis an awful thing to realize
you have made an GORGEOUS ass of
yourself, isn't it?
Yabsley-Ain't you used to it YETI
indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

The moon looked down on them calm and
clear,
Life seemed more than tongues could ut
ter.
Said he: I'VE will live on love, my dear"
Said she: Il prefer bread and butter"
Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
Matter of Identification.

Coroner-Were there any marks
about the deceased by which you would
be able TO identify him?
Witness-Yis, sor. He suffered
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

They sigh for the man with the hoe,
Who patiently delves in the soil:
But what is his mild sort of woe
To that of the man with a boil?
-Chicapn TireS-Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

The completion of the million and half
dollar terminals of the Burlington Railroad
at Quincy, Ill.,, marks an important stage in
the development of that system. 1t was only
Louis, and established there an enormous
freight yard, with a capacity of 5000 cars.
Elsewhere, at Chicago, St. Paul, Kansas City
and Denver, the Burlington has facilities
for handling freight and passengers that are
unexceled
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

There was young man from Chicago,
Who was anxious to see buzz-saw go;
He saw, just the same
Then the coroner came
And asked: Where did his jaw go?"
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

$50 she is engaged?"
eyes"
did she say whether the engagement
was real one or only a summer resort
imitation? ''-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

The man with the hoe is martyr, we
know,
He lives his hard life with a bravery
grim;
But the man with the lawn mower-brother
in woe
Who ever has painted a picture of him?
Chicago Morning Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

In 1898 Russia had a mercantile ma
rine of 2,S9S vessels, of which GOA were
propelled by steam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Say, boss, is yer got any harrowin'
love songs?"
"No, my little man; 1 don't keep
'em.'
well, then, gi'me two sticks O red
chewin' gum instead. Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Smirks-Tll never regret the way
spent this evening; the hours have
simply flown.
Miss Sharp am also happy 10
know that they have passed.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Wit without wisdom becomes weari-
some-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Our Poet-And was my angel moved
to tears by my poor little work?
Our Daughter-Yes, dear. So silly,
wasn't it, to cry at nothing!-Punch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
ROMAN AQUEDUCTs.
They Were Built Because There Were
No Suitable Pipes to
Be Had,

People forgetful of the real status of
mechanical economy in the time of the
Romans have often expressed wonder
that they built expensive aqueducts
when, it is proved, they knew the by.
drostatic principle that water rises al
ways 10 its own level.
The principal reason undoubtedly
was that they had no suitable material
to make pipes which would stand the
enormous pressure insepalable from an
underground system. Lead was out of
question rthepurpose because the
pipes would have to be made so dispor-
portionately thick. and, besides, water
flowing for miles through lead would
lie poisonous. Short lead and clay
pipes were used by them in their cities
and houses for the supply of baths, but
without cast iron, which they did not
possess. they could not have made
pipes to carry water long distances.
Lastly, the water brought to Rome was
strongly impregnated with lime, and
this would have caused a great incrusta-
ton in pipes and necessitated frequent
openings and cleaning, whereas an
aqueduct, once built, would, as events
have proved, last for very long time
with very moderate amount of Ie-
pairs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
APpETIzING sAUERKRAUT.
It Was Given to n Sick Cow in Penn-
syIvnnia and with Good
Results.

A reporter who spent Christmas
among the Pennsylvania Germans OF
Lancaster county discovered what viii!
probably be to nest people distinc.
lively new use for sauerkraut, native
production of old Lancaster and q
staple article of food. says the Pitts
burgh Times. He had called to see an
old friend who keeps a dairy and found
the dairyman in the act of taking great
punches of succulent cabbage from q
barrel in the cellar. The odor prevailed
the neighborhood and made glad the
nostrils of every true and loyal Penn
sylvania 'Dutchman" within a distance
of about half a mile.
The reporter was astonished when
the dairyman picked up bucketful of
sauerkraut and carried i: to his COW
stables. The second animal in the long
row of stalls was big, strong horned
cow. Her head was hang, ug low under
the manger, although there was pler-
tiful supply of hay in the rack above.
Her ears had a detected troop and her
eyes were half closed. She was evident
u very SlCh GU" al lllllt W ASu SHS
should have been in good spirits, for
among the Pennsylvania Germans it is
still popular belief that on Christmas
eve the cows in their stalls may be
heard to talk to each other of the great
event the day commentaries.
The bucketful of sauerkraut was
dumped into the manager. The COW, by
some peculiar system of feeding, first
gave evidence of her appreciation by
slowly switching her tail, which had be-
fore hung limp and lifeless. Then she
raised her head, poked her great muzzle
into the kraut and slowly began to
MUNICH the stuff. Fifteen minutes later
she looked quite happy. She had eaten
all the kraut and was taking great
mouthfuls of the hay. The dairymaa
said sauerkraut had long been known
as one Of the best things in the world to
give sick cow an appetite
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03

ceeded to the marquisate she took her
position as mistress of Hatfield house
with distinction. Four times Lord Sails
bury has been foreign secretary, and
three times prime minister, so that
Lady Salisbury's political and social Gu
ties have been by no means light.
Among those favored folk who know
Lady Salisbury in private life she is
greatly beloved for her kindly sympa-
thy and the steadfastness of her regard.
The hauteur which she bears so we'll
as the wife of the English premier in
political circles vanishes at home. Like
Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Salisbury has no
love for the smart" set in society. Of
late years the parties at Hatfield have
been composed mainly of members of
the family; but when she was stronger
Lady Salisbury delighted in gathering
about her the cleverest men and women
of the day. Few know it, but the man
agement of the big estate at Hatfield
has always been under Lady Sails
bury's care, and in her most active days
the tenants knew her as good bust
ness woman who allowed nothing to es-
cape her eye.-Chicago Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
IS AN ABLE WOMAN.
The Warehouses of Salisbury Has
Done Much to Increase Her
Husbands influence.

One of the most interesting. and at
England to-day is Lady Salisbury. In
her capacity as a political hostess, it
Is doubtful if her equal could be found.
hnditis not too much to say that on sew
eral occasions, through her tact, stray
ing politicians have been brought into
the paths which, according to her hus-
bands views, are the right ones. The
story of her life is interesting, not only
TO England and the English, but to
all who can appreciate the noble quail
ties of good woman. In her younger
days she was the heroine of a somewhat
romantic courtship. She was the
daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward Hall
Anderson, baron of the exchequer, and
as Miss Anderson Lord Robert Cecil fell
In love with her. Lord Roberts father
disapproved of the marriage. and
sthaightway the young couple took the
matter into their own hands and were
married. Because of this, Lord Rob-
ert's father would have nothing to do
with them, and the young man was
forced to turn to newspaper work to
support his wife. In his early work, as
well as in his political duties, his wife
helped him greatly by acting as his
amanuensis.
The first eight years of Lady Sails
bury's married life were spent in this
way, until on the death of his brother.
Lord Robert Cecil became Lord Gran
bourne, and journalism was put aside
for the work of the politician. 1t was
at this time that Lady Salisbury took
upon herself the duties of political
hostess-duties which became her well,
She was shrewd, practical and Of steady
judgment, and when her husband sue
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
No Century Begins ON sunday.

There are some curious facts about
our calendar. No century can begin on
Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. The
same calendars can be used every 20
years. October always begins on the
same day of the week as January, April
or July; September as December. Feb
ruary, March and November begin oil
the same days, May, June and August
always begin on different days from
each other, and every other month in
the year. The first and last days of the
year are always the same. These rules
do not apply to leap year, when COM
parison is made between days before
and after February 90.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Five new Presbyterian churches have
past year.
In 1856 the expense of Prussia for
each child in school was six dollars;
in 1896 it was nearly nine dollars.
The American Bible society has cir
culated 6-394,061 volumes in China, of
which 5OO,5s4 were issued last year.
A famous musician says that so per
cent. of the Germans understand mu-
sic, 16 per cent. of the French, and two
per cent. of the English.
The highest church in Europe is ST.
Maria de Ziteit, above Solux. 1t is
2,4S4 meters above sea level-nearly
5000 feet above the forests.
The Methodist Episcopal church
board of missions appropriated $l,174.-
FOG to foreign and domestic missions
for lS99-an increase OF nearly $4,000
Ex-senator George L. Edmunds, for
merly of Vermont, but now Il resident
of Philadelphia. has been elected
trustee of jefferson medical college of
Pennsylvania.
Bishop Hurst is enthusiastic over the
American university of which he is the
head, and he declares that ii will get
$1,000, 900 from the Methodists of Penn
sylvania alone.
In Frankfurt. Germany, there is
reform gymnasium" or high school,
which is attracting much attention. 1t
teaches French first. then Latin, and
Greek only in the last year.
Commodore Philip has been elected
member of the Young Mems Chris
tian associations international COM
mittee. and chairman of the subcom-
mittee in charge of the associations
work in the navy.
Pho Mono bequeathed to the church
100000 francs in gold. Leo XIII.
has almost doubled that sum, which is
deposited among various European
banks. The holy see has no debts,
those which existed having been all
paid by the present pope.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
M'KIBBIN PROTESTED.
lie Thought Handling Hogs Beneath
the Dignity of the United
States Service.

1t was during the big railroad strike
of 1894 and Maj. Chambers McKibbin
as he was then-was at all times
anxious to avert trouble, although he
was as firm as a rock when there was
any attempt to transgress the author
ity of the militia. He was never called
upon for service that he did not render
it if he possibly could. Newspaper men
will always have the pleasantest of
recollections of him and his uniform
kindness to them.
One day, when the end of the strike
was near, it was decided by the super
intendent of this division to take out
Il train if it could be done. The mo-
tive power called for was consolida-
ton engine. When it was ready to
be taken from its stall in the round
house. the superintendent sent to Maj.
McKibbin a request for a guard ito
take hog out of the roundhouse." The
major looked at the written request
and said nothing. Those who under
stood him best marked his expression,
and knew that it did not bode good
for anybody. But the major said not
n word. He simply left his tent and
walked to the Office of the superintend-
emit. Entering, he said, with firmness
and dignity: "Mr. Crimson, my men
stand ready to do anything they can to
help you, but it seems to me that they
should not be asked to go and take a
pig out of the roundhouse just because
somebody has thrown it in"
The superintendent was at loss to
understand what was meant by the
officer, and asked him to explain. The
major pulled out the request for a
"hog," and asked what it meant, if
ii was not to take out pig, Then the
railroad man laughed loud and long.
He couldn't help it, and when the ma
ior had been told that railroad men
call certain class of engines hogs"
he laughed, too, and sent guard as
requested. Speaking of the incident
afterward. Maj McKibbin said: How
was to know that they called an en-
CINE hog ?"-Anaconda Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
DICTIONARY PARTIES.
A Charming Way of Entertaining
Persons Who Care Not for
Dancing or for Cards.

1t is easy enough for hostess to pro-
vide entertainment for those who
dance, for, if the music is supplied,
there her responsibility ends. An even
ing of progressive eucher or duplicate
whist will be interesting to some
guests, and the impromptu musicale is
often a success. But sometimes even
the most original hostess reaches the
end of her resources and finds that she
has gathered together a company to
whom none of these forms of entertain
nent will prove amusing.
On an occasion like this the diction-
any party was suggested to the in
genious mind of an entertainer of
party of more or less intellectual guests.
Having had her attention called to the
fact that usage had made striking
changes in the significance of many
words, she chose from her dictionary
90 which she might have defined incor-
roctly if asked for their meaning off
hand.
These words she arranged upon a
card, leaving space for synonyms and
definitions. These were handed to the
guests, with pencils, giving a half hour
for the task set, and no consultations
being allowed.
These were the words in her list:
Grass. motley, lurid, demean. bump
tious, obstreperous, didactic, aggravate,
bucliish, condign, blench, SNUG, contin-
gent, climax, transpire, internecine, in
ridious, lambert, fay and implicit.
After brief struggle with the COM
pieNions of language the cards were
collected, and the surprisingly. varying
opinions as to the meaning of each word
read. together with the strictly coriec
definition. Judges were then appoint
ed to award the prize-a book of syno.
nyms-to the most successful linguist
N. y. Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what 1t was made for.
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION,
T. A. SLOCUM, M. c., THE GREAT CHEMIST
AND SCIENTIST. WILL SEMI FREE, TO
THE AFFLICTED, THREE BOTTLES
OF HIS NEWLYDISCOvEREDR

OF HIS NEWLY DISCOVERED
EDIES TO CURE CONSUMPTION
AND ALL LUNG TROUBLES.
Nothing could be fairer, more philan-
thropic or carry more joy to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A. Slocun, M. c., of
1888 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an alb
solute cure for consumption and all pull
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 infallible 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 a 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
T. A. Slocum M. c., 90 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, 1899-03-03
AN ARCHBISHOP'S PALLIUM.
Specification of the Clerical Vest.
mcEt and How 1t Is
Made.

The pallium, or himation, was to the
Greeks and orientals. what the toga
was to the Romans. 1t was a square
piece of cloth worn over the shoulders,
flowing down behind and covering the
breast and arms of the wearer more or
less, at his pleasure.
The Jews also used the pallium
''Speak to the children of Israel, and
thou shalt tell them to make to them
selves fringes in the corners of their
garments, putting in them ribbons Of
blue; that when they shall see them
they may remember all the command
ments of the Lord, and not follow their
own thought and eyes, going astray
after divers things" plumbers, 1889
The word garments in this passage is
palliorum in Latin and himation in
Greek.
THE true Specification of the apostol-
zeal pallium seems to be the representa-
ton of the pallium or outer garment of
St. Peter" The Roman pontiffs wear
it as mark that they hold the place of
Peter. 1t is granted to other prelates
as sign that their authority emanates
from the pope, the representative of
st. Peter, the prince of the apostles.
In the course of time the pallium has
undergone the same change as the
original stola. Like the latter, it is now
only an ornament. 1t consists of mar
row strip of white wool, resembling the
band or border of the ancient pallium,
and is worn around the shoulders and
crossed in front. Crosses in black are
worked in wool.
The pallium is made at Rome, of the
wool shorn from two lambs blessed by
the pope, and annually presented by
the nuns of ST. Agnes on the feast of
their patron saint. The presentation
takes place at the Agnes Del during
mass. 1t is sent by the pope to every
newly appointed archbishop, as the
distinctive badge of archiepiscopal dig
nifty.
The white wool is emblematic of the
purity and innocence of life of the
prelates of the church, the anointed
wearers of the pallium. The lambs
from the fleece of which ii Is made re-
Alihb iuCy lldNS oNSl
the lambs and sheep of Christ, the
souls of men. They wear the pallium
over the shoulders, that they may re-
member to initiate the Good Shepherd;
that they may be faithful to go out into
the deserts and thickets of the world
in search of the strayed ard thorn
tangled sheep and bring them back on
their shoulders to the sheepfold.
The pallium is marked with six black
crosses, TO show that the responsible
ties of the chief pastorship are a
weighty burden, heavy cross, "impos-
uisti homines super capita nostra."
The pope, because he is successor
of ST. Peter and has universal jurisdic-
tion over the whole church. wears the
pallium at all times and in all places
over his other sacred vestmcnts.
Patriarchs. primates and archbshops
have. too, the rights of wearing the pal
lium, but only in the limits Of their
province and on certain days.
An archbishop cannot allow another
prelate to use his palIium. When he
dies the pallium must be buried with
HMM. o. Palladium.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03

AS the season of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung
troubles are to be guarded against, moth
ing 'is fine substitute will "answer
the purpose, or is just as good" as One
Minute Cough Cure" That is the one
infallible remedy for all lung, throat or
bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously
upon having it if something else" is
offered you. Eli T Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-03
A MISERY COUNTESS.
One of ROumania's Old Nobility Who
Though Immensely Rich Lived
in SQualOr.

The Bucharest correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that a most
extraordinary character lately died in
Jassey, namely, Countess Balsch, one Of
the last of the old Roumanian nobility,
all titles, except some few compli-
mentary ones, having been abolished
since the declaration of independence
after the Russo-Turkish war.
The old countess, although extreme
ly rich, was an inveterate miser, and
hardly spent a penny, except in de-
Tending lawsuit which her only
daughter, a widow and an extreme in
valid, who had incurred the countess
displeasure by marrying without her
consent, had started against her, claim
ing but 300 francs monthly to live on.
On this she spent thousands until the
death of her unhappy daughter at
hospital in Paris brought the case to
close.
When the authorities entered the
dead countess dwelling to take posses
sion of her property, they discovered,
secreted in numberless impossible
places, no less than 100000 francs, q
quarter of million being in Napoleons
and ducats. While making a final in
ventory, they found, hid in a bundle OF
old moth-eaten curtains, box contain
ing another 10000 francs, so that the
entire amount left byAthis extraordi-
nary woman amounts to 1,650,OO0
francs.
Numberless little cheap note books
were also found, In which the eccentric
being had noted down every half-penny
spent. Some books devoted to her law
expenses were headed: Cost of proc
ess against that beastly and poisonous
serpent, my daughter"