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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
ARE HEAVYWEIGHTS.
Lions, Tigers, Bears and other wild
Animals Weigh More Than Is
Generally Supposed.

"What does lion weight" Ask that
question of any acquaintance and see
what he will say. Those who know the
look of the king of beasts best and how
small his 1.-THE body really is will prob
ably come farthcst from the truth.
About 300 to $50 pounds is a usual es-
innate But this is below the mark. A
full-grown lion will tip the scales at no
less than 500 pounds. Five hundred and
forty pounds is the record for an At
rican lion. His bone is solid and heavy
as ivory.
The tiger runs the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger, killed two years ago by an
English officer, scaled 500 pounds. A
tiger of this size has, however, con-
siderably greater muscular strength
than the biggest lion. Few people
know that grizzly bear can give points
to any other carnivorous animal in
point of strength. A grizzly bear
weighing just 400 weight has been
watched carrying heifer of more than
two-thirds it's own weight for two miles
up the most steep and rugged noun
tain side, and this without pausing for
one instant for rest. The grizzly bear
is the largest and most powerful of all
the bear tribe, but his cousin, the Gin
namon bear, runs him very close, and
the big white polar bear, though not
really so dangerous customer, is capa-
BILE of performing the most extraor-
binary feats of strength. a polar bear
has been seen to move with his paws a
bowlder six men had with difficulty put
in position to guard cache of pro-
visions.-Boston Traveller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
PRACTICE SHOOTING.
Why the Majestic, of the English
Navy, Is n FavOrite Type
for Imitation.

In practicing shooting, made to re
semble service conditions as nearly as
possible, the British navy attains an
average of 80 per cent. of effective hits
but no one expects this average to be
maintained during the excitement OF
an action, says Casters Magazine. II
the Olympia had maintained this aver.
age at Manila she would have made
90 effective hits, or enough to have de.
stroyed the whole Spanish fleet sin,
gle-handed. 1t is, therefore, in the
opinion of Sir William White and his
fighting chiefs at the admiralty, not
so much Il matter of the number of guns
as the excellence of the shooting with
those that are provided. Moreover.
with six-inch quick-fire guns, using 75c
pounds of shot and cordite every min,
ute, it becomes a matter of practical
difficulty to keep more than a certain
number of guns supplied.
1t is to Sir William Whites credit that
amid all the mechanical complexities
of the modern warship, he never lost
sight of the fact that without men a
warship was merely n costly lump OF
steel. Quick-tire guns, light and heavy.
well dispersed and each with wide
angle of fire; ample protection for gun,
ners and stokers alike; plenty of am.
munition, coal and supplies; a good
gun platform in rough as well as fine
weather-these were the qualities re.
allied by him in the Majestic, and these
have made her favorite type for imi.
tiOnS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
VIRTUES OF SPINACH.
The HOmely Vegetable Is Said to Pos.
sess Wonderful Medicinal
Properties.

We are all familiar with the patent
medicine sign which commends itself
to us by these cabalistic words: For
that tired feeling!" Now, those who
may object to buying bottles and bot
ties of this cure for WEAKNESS may OBJ
tain the same results by the liberal use
of the common everyday spinach. The
French call this homely vegetable the
scavenger of the stomach, and now our
own medical men are awakening to its
wonderful medicinal properties. 1t
contains salts of potassium, iron and
other things which conduce to good
complexion, long life and cheerful dis
position. The man with disordered
liver and the woman with bad COM
plexion should contract the spinach
habit, and these things will be rectified.
A chemist says that this article of food
contains more iron to the square inch
than 1.-THE most renowned ferruginous
remedies" So convinced has the medi.
cal profession become of the value of the
once despised spinach that it is said
to be an important factor in several
new and popular tonics. The iron in
spinach is easily assimilated, and the
vegetable is easily digested. The fact
that spinach has such a remarka BILE eff
feet upon the complexion will recon-
mend it to the girls, and its beneficial
effects on the liver will recommend it
to the men. In short, the virtues of the
vegetable are so numerous that it would
take long time to tell them, but if the
spinach habit grows to anything like
the proportion reached by the oatmeal
fad, we shall shortly turn into strong,
iron built, fresh-complexioned, anti
billions nation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
The Voice of London.

A writer in the Strand Magazine de-
scribes the establishment when, riding
over London il balloon, at height of
more than half mile, he heard the
deafeping roar of the great city beneath
him, as it could not be heard when on
the ground. The noise, even at that
height, was so harsh and intense as to
be painful to the ear. How perfect a
sound-conductor the air is was shown
when the balloon drifted far over the
city to n wooded part of the country,
where the murmur of the leaves moved
by the wind, half a mile below, was
distinctly heard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
TO CUT STEEL BEAMS.
Recent Electrical Experiment IN
Chicago Which Saved Time
and Labor.

During the reconstruction of an
office building recently in Chicago an
interesting use was made of the electric
current in cutting in two cluster of
half dozen heavy steel beams which
1t was necessary to remove. These beams
were OF the ordinary l shape and Is
inches deep. Owing to the difficulty
of getting at the beams at the place
where they were to be cut, special saws
would have been required had the
beams been cut in the ordinary way,
and it was estimated that the work
would take two men about IL days
time and cost about $500.
Instead of doing the work with hack
saws, a method was adopted such as
scientific burglars invented for getting
into safe and vault doors of steel. \
current of electricity was brought in
from the electric Fighting wires in the
street to do the work. The positive
terminal wire was attached to the steel
frame work of the building, to which
the beams We're rivcted, and the mega
tive wire was attached to n carbon
point l V inches in diameter, which was
provided with wooden handle to en-
able the operator to direct it along the
beams at the places where they were
to be cut. An asbestos shield protect
ed the operators body from the heat
and black spectacles protected his eyes.
In ~ hours the beams were severed,
with an expenditure of only about five
horse power in electric current, and
the work was done by an ordinary
workman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
WHEN WOMEN SHOP.
According to a Male Observer They
All Have q Fierce, Worried,
Parkway Look.

An observant man says that the
preston. 1t is a weird look, worried
and far away, but fierce, says the New
York Commemorative 1t EN-.
braces details, prices, colors, cuts
shapes, flowers and feathers in ope
glance. 1t is look that appraises and
decides. The fabric, garment OF hat
that can face that look without whiting
deserves admiration and respect. The
bonnet that can return that look with
out lowering its roses or showing the
white feather is worth any price
whether it comes from Sixth avenue
or the Rue de la Paix.
Even the meek, mild and weak WON
an whose voice is like summer zephyr
looks fiery and forbidding when she is
proving around shop, selecting, cal
culating and doing mental arithmetic
There is an intense detachment about
her, an intense concentration, that rem.
ders her for the moment almost great
no matter how little and inof1ensive she
may be on ordinary occasions.
She may be the lamb at home, but
she is the lion OF the shop. The pas
sion of shopping clothes her in dignity
and wraps her in celestial fire She
runs against you full tilt, but frequent
ly does not see you. She treads on youl
toes, jabs you in the ribs with hel
elbow, pushes you out of your place
at a counter and swings the doors il
your face. She doesn't mean it. She
is Obvious of you. She neither see.
nor hears nor thinks of you. You are
only man; you are for afternoon OF
evening wear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
True Thrift.

Hicks appreciated the shrewd us well
as the humorous sayings of the Cornish
countryfolk. There dwelt not far from
his abode dairywoman and her hus-
band who had begunl life in a very small
way with one COW, and who. by industry
and thrift, had acquired quite num-
her. "How is it," said Hicks to her
one day, that you have got on so well,
Mrs. P-?" "Well, you see, Mr..
Hicks" she replied, "most people be
allus thinking of what they do want;
eut and my old map, we be allus think
(! u Of what we can do without. Corn
t13 Magazine,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
SACRED INDIAN RELIC.
All Cey1oh In a Fever of Excitement
Over a New Casket for Buddha's
Sacred Tooth.

All Ceylon is wild over the fact that
the Sacred Tooth, the most famous re-
ligious relic of the Buddhist world, has
Just been lowered with new casket.
The tooth is kept in the temple of
Dalada Malagawa, in Handy, Ceylon.
1t is reported to have belonged to
Gautama Buddha, the messiah OF the
east, but inasmuch as it is about two
inches long and one inch wide at its
base it is more likely to have been a
part of the dental armature of some
crocodile or large pig.
The Shrine" in which it has been
kept for centuries past is large
silver-gilt and bell-shaped receptacle.
This incloses six other shrines OF pure
gold of decreasing sizes, one placed
within the other, the last and smallest
containing the Sacred Tooth.
The new shrine, which will inclose all
the others, is wonderful piece of work
manship in the shape of a dagoba. The
body is OF massive gold, and is garland
ed with strings of jewels and sur
mounted by splendid ruby. 1t is COW
cred by silver canopy, inlaid with pre-
cious stones. The whole stands some
six feet high. Its value is a lac and a
half of rupees, or $4,000, and the duties
charged by the Ceylon custom house
were $4,000 more. This magnificent
casket was presented by the Buddhists
of Burmah. Thirteen hundred Bur-
mese, $40 of whom are priests, escort
ed it from Rangoon to Randy. The per-
soninto whose special charge the casket
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

Victor and Harry were sliding down
hill together when the sled tipped over
and both the boys fell off. Victor went
to mamma crying, but Harry was not
hurt. "Iow did it happen, Harry"
asked mamma, that Victor was hurt
so much worse than you were?" II
don't know" answered Harry, unless
it's because I've been vaccinated."-
Youths COMPANION.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs colds
Group and whooping cough readily yield
to One Minute Cough Cure. Use this
remedy in time and save doctors bill
or the undertaker's. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

Little, neglected scratches and wounds
frequently result in blood poisoning.
Better heal them quickly with DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, thoroughly anti
septic application with record of always
curing piles, old ulcers, sores, cuts,
wounds and skin diseases. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at Is
a. m. and 90 p. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at S52;
Liberty Grove. 9n7; Colora 9.16; Rising Sun. 92t;
Sylmar, 9.33; nottingham. Q 40; Oxford 1O.OU a. IN.
arriving at South st. 2.53 p.
Sunday train leaves oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.2l a. M; and 6.lU arriving in
Philadelphia at y. Is p. IN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
Potatoes Prevent Cont.

Govt is rarely known among the
working classes of Ireland. Their i'm
munity from this complaint is thought
to be due to the fact that their food
consists largely of potatoes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.

Additional traius leave Broad st for Oxford Hip
a. m. and So p m ID; Monday. Tuesday. Thursday
and Friday only. 6 10 p m; Thursday and Suneay
only, IL 43 p. M; Sunday only. 755a. m 7Ol p. m
J. B. HUTCHINSON, J.k. WOOD.
Genp. Manager Cen Pnss'r A0enk
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

I'D. Bridge, editor and proprietor of the
Democrat, Lancaster, n. H., says: 81
would not be without One Minute Cough
Cure for my boy, when troubled with
cough or cold. 1t is the best remedy for
Group 1 ever used" Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
A Half-Truth.

you don't agree with Shakespeare
that the child is the father of the
man?"
Not always. She is sometimes the
mother of the woman"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
CHAS. G.. FULTON & CO.,
FELIX AGNUS, Pub,
BALTIMORE, MD.
}. THE SUN. 1899
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Paper of the People, for the People
and with the People.
Honest i'll Motive.

I6dI I6SS III Tx PISSSIOII.
Sound in Principle.
Unswerving in Its Allegiance to RICH;
Theories and Right Practices.
THE sun publishes all the news all the time, but
it does not allow its columns to be degraded by
unclean, immoral or purely sensational matter.
Edtorially, THE Sun is the consistent and I'M
changing champion and defender of popular
rights and interests against political machines
and monopOlies of every character Independent
in all things, extreme in none. It's for good laws
good government and good order.
By mail Fifty Cents month. Six Dollarsa year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

1t makes no differs nee how bad the
wound if you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve; it will quickly heal and leave no
scar. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

Ifyou suffer from tenderness or fullness
on the right side. pains under shoulder
blade, constipation, biliousness, sick head
ache, and feel dull, heavy and sleepy
your liver is torpid and congested, De
Wits Little Early Risers will cure YOU
promptly, pleasantly and permanently by
removing the congestion and causing the
bile ducts to open and flow naturally.
They are good pills. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
Williams Uniforms.

The German emperor, when receiving
foreign representatives or military at
taches of foreign powers, always wears
the uniform of the army of the coun-
try the visitor represents. and some
times during levee he will change his
uniform 1--WE or six times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
AGRICULTURAL PAPER.


1t is edited by writers of practical experience,
who know what farming means and what farmers
want in an agricultural journal. 1t contains reg
ular reports of the work of the agricultural exper-
ment stations throughout the country, of the
proceedings of farmers clubs and institutes. and
the discussion of new methods and ideas in agr
culture. Its Market reports. Poultry Department
and Veterinary column are particularly valuable
to country readers. Every issue contains Stories,
Poems, Household and Puzzle Columns, n variety
of interesting and selected instructive matter and
other features, which make it Il welcome visitor
in city and country homes alike.
One Dollar year. inducements to getters-up
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il BALTIMORE, MD.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That is what 1t was made for.
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
~ TON & BALTIMORE R.R,

CENTRAL DIVISION,
On and after November 2Sth, 1897, trains will
Fnlln 49,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIye
Cures Piles. ScaIds, Burns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19
THE BALTIMORE WEEKLY SUN

The WEEKLY SUN publishes all the news of each
week, giving complete accounts of all events of
interest throughout the world. The WEEKLY
SUN is unsurpassed as an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-19

rnn as fOIIOWs:
LEAVE aoINa NORTH,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22

Porto Rico, has gone to San Juan on the
transport Mississippi, together with
Messrs Macias aud Nixon, his assistants.
He carries instructions to institute an
independent form of postal government
on the entire island on March Is next.
This will be the adoption in its entirety
of the postal system of this country and
viii be identical with the postal system
just inaugurated in Cuba 1t will place
Porto Rico ON the same postal status with
respect to the United Staoe as all coun-
tries belonging to the universal postal un.
ion. Orders have been given for the
printing of a complete set of stamps for
Porto Rico, simply surcharging the Unit
ed States stamps by printing the words
Porto Rico across the face. All postmas-
tiers will close their accounts in the name
of the United States, furnishing q state
ment of all transactions and returning
all stamps on that date, and open accounts
afresh. The international money order
rates will continue permanently, both as
applies to Cuba and Porto Rico, and when
Chief Clerk Gadsden of the money order
system, detailed as speciai commissioner
to those islands, finishes his work in Cuba
he will proceed to Porto Rico probably
by March 10, and establish d domestic
money order system there.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
THREE BODIES IN RUINS.
Fred Marie, with Wife and Child
Burned I'm the Ar1iugt ton. Chicavo

Fred Marie, with Wife and Child,
Buried I'm the Arlington, Chicago.
Twentyfour families who occupied
apartments in the Arlington fats, Grand
boulevard and Forty-frst street. Chicago,
were driven from oozy firesides the other
night by flames that consumed the build
ing in less than half an hour Fortunate
ly for all but three of the hundreds of per-
sons who lived in the building the fire
started before many of them had retired.
Five minutes after 10 O'Clock an explosion
of gas IN the basement shook the struc
ture. Men, women and children rushed
down the stairways into the street, and
before some of them had reached the low
er hoor the big apartment building was a
roaring furnace. The loss of life would
have been terrible had the flames broken
out two hours later, after the occupants
had gone to bed. With the exception of
a few articles of jewelry and clothing
nothing was saved by the tenants. The
building was worth $4,000 and is total
Joss The loss to the tenants will be about
the same amount. No trace of Fred Marie
bis wife and his child has been found, and
uno oubtedly they met death in the flames
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

cago--Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 5000; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 20 $500; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $40; wheat, No. red, re to 74c;
corn, No. 2, 36e to 3Sc: oats, No. 2, 2Sc
to 29c; rye. No. =, soc to SIC; butter,
choice creamery. zoe to 22e; eggs, fresh,
22e TO 24c; potatoes, choice, 35c to DOC
per bushel.
Indianapoiis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$575; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.25;
sheep, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to Tic; corn. No. 2
white, Sac to Soc; oats, No. 2 white, 30c
TO 32c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S625; hogs,
$500 to $780, sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 73e to 75c; corn, No. 2
yellow, SAC to 35c; oats, No. 2, 2Sc to Soc:
rye, No. 2, SOC to SEC
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to 1913; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2
mixed, Soc to 36c; oats, No. mixed. 29c
to sic; rye, No. 2, &c to 64c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.75; hogs,
$3.50 70 $4.25; sheep. $500 to s4.75:
wheat, No. 2, 73c to Toe; corn, No. 2
yellow, Sec to 3Sc; oats, No. white, &c
TO SAC: rye, Gle to 63c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to
14c; corn, No. mixed. 35c TO Sec; oats,
No. . white, 29c TO SOC; rye, No. ,. 56e
TO 5Sc; clover seed, old. 1886 TO $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. spring, zoe
to &c; corn, No. 3, sc TO Sac; oats, No.
white, Doc TO 32c; rye, No. l, 56c to 5Sc;
barley, No. 2. 45c TO SIC; pork. mess,
$1,000 to $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle. good shipping steers
$500 to $500; hogs. common to choice.
S.. lbs TO $3.50; sheep. fair to choice weth-
ers $3.50 to $4.75; lambs. common to
extra, $3.50 TO S5.25.
New York-Cattle, S3.25 to S6.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.75: sheep, S3.0o to $500
wheat, No. 2 red. Soc to Sic; corn. no.
2, 44c TO 46e; oats, No. white 3ec TO
Csc; butter, creamery, 16c to 23c; eggs.
Western, &c TO 24c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
AROUND EARTH
RECENT EVENTS OF I'M.
PORTANCE.
BEATEN BY ROBBERS.
ST. LOUIS NIGHT WATCHMAN IS
OVERPOWERED.
Daring Safe Burglary a the Office of a
Milling Com ,any-But Little Booty
Obtaired-Dam by Late Blizzard
Was Overestimated.

Il daring safe robbery was committed
at the j. h. Buss Milling Company, on
North Broadway, st. Louis. Three
masked men forced an entrance into the
mill, bound and gagged the Waterman,
Alfred Beeman, covered him with revol-
vers, and then proceeded TO blow open the
safe. They drilled holes through the top
of it, filled it with gunpowder and ex-
ploded it with lighted fuse. The explo-
sion was terrific and not only shattered
the immense steel vault, but wrecked part
of the building. Windows and doors
were blown out, the walls shattered and
the furnishings of the office hurled into
the street. The explosion violently shook
the neighbOrhood, but the nearest police
station being several miles away no Off
GERS responded. The wreck was SO com
plete that the robbers fed at once with
what little hOoty they could lay their
hands on, about $40. Before departing
they beat the Waterman and left him in
helpless condition. The Waterman strug-
gled on the floor for an hour before he
could release himself, and then telephoned
the robbery to the police.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22

and affection of all of the enlisted mel
that ever served on one of his ships
had a great contempt for talkativeness
on the part of a skipper Of warship.
He was a plain, blunt, just man, and
every officer and man who was ship
mate with Captain Fife knew that he
was bound 10 get all that was coming
TO him. | was an Ensign, attached to
one OF the ships that Captain Fife put
MO commission. When all was ready.
tue executive officer passed the word
10 nave all hands mustered aft. After
the usual ceremonies. Captain Fife
stepped to the mast, cleared his throat.
and instead of wandering OF into a
speech. said he, in an ordinary con-
versational tone:
I'm Joe Fife. You all know me.
Pipe down
That's all there was to his speech.
but, all the same, it was the most eff.
fective one of the sort ever heard. 1t
made hit with the men. They were
so much taken with the straight. direct,
on-the-leyel little speech that they
proved themselves the finest crew of
hluejacketS was ever shipmate with"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22
W1SCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
stores Burn at West SaIem-Eau Claire
woman Freezes to Death-La Crosse
Packing House Sold-Boy Fatally
Burned-Wo odmen's Officers.

Fire that for time threatened the en-
tire business portion of West Salem broke
out in the meat market of A. G. Erick-
son. When the volunteer fire department,
with somewhat limited fire-fghting APP
paratus, arrived on the scene, the entire
building was enveloped in flames and
spread to the buildings occupied by Albert
Il. Jandt as saloon and dwelling. An ex-
piosion of a barrel of liquor occurred and
there were several narrow escapes, but no
one was seriously hurt The total loss
will not exceed $500.