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The midland journal., 1900-10-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

F. Frankfort Moore confesses that
he wrote 81 books before he attracted
the attention of the public.
William Dean Howells said recent
ly that he had found himself Obliged
to keep to the use of steel pens in
writing for publications, as the click
of typewriter interfered with his
thinking.
Henry Eipp and his wife have left
Syracuse, N. Y, for Paris. This would
not be remarkable if it were not for
the fact that Henry makes his living
by cleaning out the garbage cans and
ash barrels of Syracuse. He recently
announced that he was going to Paris
for three months. His customers load
ed the couple with good things for
use on the way and deluged them with
flowers at the railway station when
they left.
Lord Kinnaird is Scotch peer of an
cient lineage, great wealth, broad
acres and happy disposition. He is
the eleventh Baron Kinnaird of Ros-
sic, whose seat is at Inchture, Perth
shire. He is a partner in Barclays
bank, and when at work in the city
he shows that o seat in the house Of
lords has not robbed him of any busi-
ness capacity. He has many interests
in life besides banking, and is especial
ly well versed in current religious
thought.
DR.. Fred Edge, of Wolverhampton,
has the misfortune to possess blood
which is peculiarly tempting to fleas.
If any of his out-patients bring one
into his presence the discriminating
insect at once forsakes its former host
for the doctors blood. But DIR. Edge
has found a way of spelling the brand
from the flea point of view. He ac-
complishes this by simply chewing
sulphur lozenges. The feas then
merely run about his skin and tickle
him, but are too wary to bite. Per-
haps the same prophylactic will disap-
point other insects of prey.
Mr.. Carlyle began to write the his
tory of ''The French Revolution" in
the fall of 1884. He finished the first
book in February, 1885, and sent the
manuscript to his friend, John Stuart
Mill Early in March Mill came to
Carlyle's house and informed him that
the manuscript intrusted to his care
had been left carelessly lying about
his house and that all but few
leaves had been destroyed by sery-
ant. Carlyle was sick at this time,
but he bore the blow like man. Mill
insisted upon his acceptance of 81, 900,
but although Carlyle was poor he re-
fused to take more than half of the
sum, that amount representing the
bare cost of living during the five.
months of wasted work. Then he set
to work to rewrite the chapters which
had been destroyed.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
n MAKES SOME DIFFRRENcE.
Even sunny old Gentlelnen sonae-
times Have Their Prefcr-
encea on street Cars.

He was acheerful, rubicund old gem
tleman, and he had isevening paper in
his hand as he boarded Madison av-
enue car at the bridge, took the middle
of a vacant seat and prepared to read.
He was not one of those unpleasant
persons who consider that they own
the car when they have handed nickel
to the conductor. He felt that he was
not quite as other men are as he sat
there in the middle of the seat. The
shady end was open to anyone else who
wished to occupy it, and neither he nor
anyone else need sit at the further
sunny end unless he wished to do so. 1t
10 pleasant thing to have a good con-
science. But others had seen the seat
occupied by the old gentleman. There
was young mother and two sailor
suited small boys of six or seven, and
9 nurse and baby. They boarded the
car. The small boys crawled over the
old gentleman to take the sunny end
seat and he beamed upon them COR
daily, says the New York Sum.
"'No, boys" said the mother, come
and sit by me-" And turning to the old
gentleman: "Wili you move along?"
Something like thunderbolt obscured
the sunshine of his countenance.
That is the sunny end of the seat,
madam" he said, stifiy. He moved;
what else could he do, but his express
sion was somber and the interested pas
sengers saw that the paper he was ap-
parently reading with the sun pouring
down upon it was upside down.
1t is hard for nice old gentlemen who
choose their seats to be crowded out in
the sun and notseven receive 'thank
you" for it. Bud suddenly the cloud
lghtened. A stout working woman
had boarded the car which was now
full, and wedged her way in front of the
seat where sat he old gentleman. His
countenance was beaming again.
Here is seat, madam" he said,
with polite eagernsss, and crowding
himself far into the corner he made
small place between himself and the
nearest small boy. There was not
room for small woman, but this large
one crowded down into the small space,
smiling thankfully. There were the
old gentleman, the mother of the chill
dren, her two boys and the colored
nurse, who was also large woman, be-
sides the latest passenger, all on that
one seat. 1t was horribly crowded, and
the old gentleman was half way out of
the car. But his face was wreathed in
smiles and he chuclSled to himself aud
IDLY. He folded his paper and placed it
in his pocket, and. seating himself cor
nerwise, he watched with genuine
pleasure the discomfort of the Others
on the seat. The abused street car trav-
eler is sometimes avenged.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
CAPABLE AS A JUROR.
A Man Who Could Divorce His Omcial
and Private Capacities ON
Occasions.

In a case recently tried at Valen-
tine, entitled rhe State of Nebraska
versus Dobson," the following anus
ing colloquy took place between the
attorney for the defendant and juror,
touching the qualifications of the lat
ter to sit in the case. After the usual
preliminary questions, says the Ne
braska State, the attorney began:
did you ever have any trouble with
this defendant?"
mo, sir; not as a private citizen"
"Well, did you ever have any trouble
in an official capacity, either civil or
military"
sYes. sir; enforced civil decree" /"
''Will you please state to the court
what civil position you held when you
enforced that decree?'
81 was justice of the peace in and
for Merriam precinct, in the state of
Nebraska"
what decree did you enforce?''
81 commanded the defendant and
another man not to disturb the
peace"
s
with wagon spoke.
rs that your usual manner of en-
forcing the decree of your court?"
"Yes, sir, when necessary"
ut was necessary in the case Of this
defendant and the other fellow, was
it?"
Yes, sir; thought so, as they each
had knives drawn"
"Did this defendant resist the en-
forcement of your wagon-spoke de-
creep
HE showed fight"
with the other man?"
Eyes, and me, too, when I inter
fered."
did you use the spoke on defend
ant?"
"No; but raised 1t above his head
and commanded him, in the name OF
the state, to quit, and he quit"
"Now, isn't 1t fact that your diff
Guilty with this defendant at this time
still biases you against him?"
"No, sir. never allow anything
that do officially to influence my con-
duct as private citizen"
do you think you could sit as a
juror in this case and give this de-
fendant fair and impartial trial?"
''Yes, sir; because 1 would be act
ing as private citizen and net as a
justice of the peace"
Judge Hamer, attorney for the de-
fendant. who has been practicing law
for nearly 30 years, was SO puzzled BY
the answers of the juror, that, with
disgusted wave of the hand, he said;
'Your honor, will turn the juror over
to you." The presiding judge, w. II.
Westover, said he was of the opinion
that the juror, from his answers, was
qualified to sit in the case, but it be-
came necessary for Judge Hamer to
boost him out Of the box with per.
emptory challenge, because, as he said.
he might forget he was private citi-
zen and take up the wagon spoke"
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
BITS ABOUT BELTS.
A Dress Accessory That Has become
Very Popular with the
Ladies'.

i The belt is much more important
dress accessory than it used to be.
Now not only must it be in the very
latest fashion, but worn in the most
approved way, says fashion author-
ity.
It must dip In front sufficiently to
produce the much-to-be-desired long
wasted effect. For unless it be worn
correctly 1t endangers the whole smart
effect of the costume.
The new belts are shown in great va
riety. Many of those to wear with shirt
waists are conspicuously narrow. The
very latest thing in belts for the out
door girl is o belt Of red leather, not
more than an inch and half wide and
fastening at each side with brass buc-
kle. Narrow black suede belts, with q
small girdle effect in front and fasten-
ing at the side with oxidized silver buc-
kles, are also fashionably correct.
The twisted leather whip belts are
still good style for outing wear. They
are generally of tan leather and fasten
in cinch knot.
Belts of narrow strips of leather, the
strips fastened together here and there
with buckles, are among the seasons
novelties. These belts have the strips
arranged to taper toward the front.
A specially attractive belt of this de-
scription was made of very narrow
strips of gray suede, held together by
long, narrow buckles of turquoise,
framed in cut steel, and the buckle at
the front was y-shaped affair, quite
large, and also of the turquoise, mount
ed in steel.
Black velvet belts striped with mar
row gold braid are worn, fastened in
Front with gold snake twisted to
form buckle.
Thep pulley belts are no longer of plain
ribbon. They come now in the gay
est of ribbons, and many of them are
hand embroidered and spangled. The
rings add much to their cost. For ex-
ample, white and baby blue ribbon
belt, with silk hemstitching between
the stripes, will be made. with rings
OF blue enameled forget-me-nots. 9th
ers are made up with solid gold rings
and silver rings, studded with bits of
amethyst or turquoise.
Any number of belts this year are
made with the girdbe effect. Then
there are the soft broad belts Of silk
which are made purposely to be worn
with the short bolero Jackets. They
are charming on the girl with the
long. slender waist when they are made
of the new soft Louisine silk in change
able colors. In the pastel shades, and
fastening with one of the new floral
pastel buckles, these belts are most
artistic.
Silver Is the foundation of the pastel
buckles, but it is tinted and shaded in
all the delicate colorA
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
COLD CABINET PUDDING.
Not the Common Dry Bread AfIair
That In Sometimes So
I Unwelcome.

The justly despised bread pudding
is the American housewives transla-
tion of that delicious dessert called a
''cabinet" pudding. It owes its ex-
istence to ne of those spasmodic fits
of economy of which our cooks are
occasionally guilty, in which they
waste good material in the hopeless
task of making some unpalatable food
palatable. Stale bread, and more es-
pecially moist home made bread, cam
not be made into palatable dessert
by the addition of milk, eggs, sugar
and f1avoring, however generously
used. After bread has been kept
moist some days it acquires a sour,
mouldy favor. Bread that is to be
used stale for crumbs toast, or for
any purpose, must be dried so that all
moisture is taken out of it. In this
state it can keep an indefinite time
without .'souring." When it is to be
used for stufing, "breading" or toast.
it must be moistened in fresh milk
or any other liquid, and seasoned for
use. It should not properly be used
for pudding. Dried bread is not de-
sirable in anything as delicate as a
pudding, and this is the reason why
bread puddings are generally ''faat,
stale and improbable, says the New
York Tribune.
The French cabinet pudding which
may be served hot or cold, is made
of stale sponge cake, broken into bits
and baked in a custard, with the addi-
ton of fruit, and sometimes a garnish
of jelly or preserves. AS it is made of
sponge cake it does not require so
much sweetening or as many eggs as
bread pudding does. It is made as
follows:
Cut up into dice enough lady fin-
gers, which are two days old, to make
pint. Butter six moulds of stone
ware, or plain tin, each holding gill
and half. Dredge the buttered
moulds with sugar. Mix with the dice
of lady fingers heaping tablespoon
full of candied and shredded citron
and the same amount of currants.
Divide the dice among the buttered
and sugared moulds, and prepare the
following custard: Beat in quart
bowl two heaping tablespoonfuls of
sugar and two whole eggs, then add a
pint Of cold milk and beat well. Pour
this custard slowly over the dice in
the mould so as to allow the cake to
absorb 1t. Set the puddings in pan
of cold water, reaching half way to
the height of the moulds, and let them
bake In rather hot oven for about
three-quarters of an hour. Take the
puddings in their moulds out of the
pan of hot water, and set them away
to cool. When they are cold set them
in the icebox to become chilled. When
ready to serve remove them from the
moulds and serve them with a cold
orange sauce made Of pint of sweet
ened and whipped cream and two
tablespoonfuls of orange extract.
Scatter few bids of candied orange
peel in the sauce when the puddings
are served.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
PATRON OF MUSIC.
Recent Discoveries Prove That Saint
Cecilia Was Roman Martyr,
and Not a Mere Myth.

That Saint Cecilia, patron of music
and musicians, was once human be-
ing with human interests and habits,
and not mere myth or fancifuI ere
alton of the painter who has made US
so familiar with the rapt, upturned
face gazing into Heaven, is emphasized
by some discoveries in Rome. There
has been tradition that the Church
of Saint Cecilia in the Eternal city was
built by Saint Cecilia and her husband,
Saint Vaierian, says the New York
Press.
Recent discoveries tend to confirm
the truth of this tradition.
With the permission of Cardinal
Rampolla el Tindaro, the titular pro-
tector of the church, archaeologists
have been excavating under the pave
ment of the church, and have found
there the remnants of an ancient Roman
house built upon the earliest models,
with later walls belonging to the i'm.
perial epoch. In its original form the
edifice was evidently luxurious, as indi.
Gated by great hall in the form of a
basilica, a niche for household gods,
and fine bathroom. The bathroom is
important, for, according to the tradi-
tions regarding Saint Cecilia, 1t was
here that she met her death. She was
converted to Christianity after her
marriage, so the story runs, and dis
played all the zeal of convert, bring.
ing upon herself the doom of martyr
The decree was that she was to be
sealded to death in her bath, and q
bathroom adjoining the right transept
of the chuch has been shown to the
devout for years as the spot in which
she gave up her life for her religion.
The discovery of the new bathroom
leads the psychologists to believe that
they have found the real room of her
martyrdom.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

First Tramp-Ain't ye goin' through
New Jersey this year7
Second Tramp-No. 1 amt. Was
there last year.
"Wot's tn matter with it,"
"Every time anybody gifts killed they
arrests all the tramps In tn state. I
only killed two women there last year,
an got arrested 10 times."-N. Y.
Weekly.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
Well supplied.

"Bredderin," remarked Deacon Dark.
leigh, "some OBJ de youngeh members
OBJ congregashun hab been maxim fun
OBJ de size OBJ ouah belubbed pastoah's
feet. l wants ter tell dem dat ouah pas
toah is strickly in accohd wifi solomon,
who said: WIFI all dy gittin', git ON,
dahstandin'.' Baltimore American.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

''De trees am full OBJ sweetness.
De woods am fun OBJ bees:
Dc fence am full oh whitewash
En- de dawg am full OBJ iieas.
De worf am full oh straits.
Life am full OBJ STRATA.
De papers am full OBJ pictures
OBJ runnin' candidates"
Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
Dlsorepanolea.

: '"There's no use o. tryin' to explain
st." said Farmer Corntossel.
'.Tryin' to explain what7' inquired
his wifes
'The way boys'll spend the hull day
climbin' trees to rob birds nests an go
TO sleep before happast ten in the morn
in ef you send 'em out to collect few
hens eggs. ."-Washington Star.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

Miss Wilkins-Ah, what a change
one little woman can make in mans
lifei
Mr.. Enthusiastically! And what
heap of change she requires while
doing itl--N. Y. World.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

"Sedgeley's COW broke into my lawn
and chewed of all the grass"
what did he do?"
sent me bill for using his cow as
a lawn mower."-Philadelphia North
Americir=
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
Good DennitIon.

Little Willie-what is hypocrite.
pa?
Pa-A hypocrite, my son. is man
who always acts differently when he
knows some one is watching him.
Chicago Daily News
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
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BALTIMORE, MD.
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The midland journal., 1900-10-19

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at IS
u. m. and 210 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandyille Tuesdays and Fridays at 80;
Liberty Grove. S35; Colora 9.05; Rising Sun. 9.I6;
Sylmar, 9.22; Nottingham. 80; oxford, 1000 q. M
arriving at South.St. ass D. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at TOO arriving In
Philadelphia at s.l6 .. M; and go. arriving In
Phiadelphia at SO p. m.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19
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The midland journal., 1900-10-19
The ono Day cold cure.

For colds and sore throat use Kermott,a
chocolates Laxative Quinine. Easily taken as
candy and quickly cure '''' -
Hi 7. Reynolds' Pharmacy
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

...e ,.,,e uaY cold cure

Some men never do anything with
out OVERRIDING it.-Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

Cold n head aud sore throat cured by Ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine AS easy
20 take as candy. "Children crv for them"
Eli T. Reynolds Pharmacy.
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quintne for
cold IN the head and sore throat Children
take ,hem like candy.
EliT Reynolds Pharmacy
The midland journal., 1900-10-19

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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-05
PARIS BAZAR.

Con motive de estarse esperanto
Ell gran surtido de "Sombreros y
Capotas" adornadas para sef1oras,
objetos de fantasia, adornos para
trajes infnidad de artfculos mas
q actualmente Sc halla comprnado
en- Europa el Jefe de esta casa don
Pedro Giusti, Sc reaIizan precios
nunca vistos: Sombrillas de colorc,
para senoras peso J medic una:
Calcetines negros de hilo de Escocia
q veinte centavos par. Medias de
hilo de Escocia ] luto q veinte centa
vos par. Medias hilo de Escocia
de colores para ninas "diez" cen
tavos par. Queda muy poca exis'
tencias de trajes de drill blanco de
dos pesos uno as1 como de faldas
americanas y esencias francesas a
so centavos frasco. .
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-05
ReviSandO
peri0diC0S,

Gel Paiso Ell un escrito con el
rubro del Triunfo de la iusticia, des
crlbe las sesiones del Conseio. dice
que el DR.. Barbosa en- discurso elo
cuent1simo y lleno de l6gica explic6
10 sucedido en- el seno de la comisi6n
y que ell Sefor de Diego con un dis
curse lleno de sofsmas y alegatos
de leguleyo trato de demostrar que
su plan era superior q los que Sc ha
b1an presentado Sc presentasen.
Gil Diarioa puhlica los tres pla
nes p:esentados por los federales y
el plan Crosas apoyado por los repu
blicanos. Afrma q, en- ell plan apro
bado hay 9, ,403 de diferencia y en-
los tres presentados por su partido
solo hay de diferencia 6,675 en- ell
primero, i, 653 en- ell segundo y 3,O45
en- el tercero; termina diciendo:
<Y con esa division absurda; con
esa division, a la que precedi6 una
comedia y a la que seguira de segu
70 una apoteosis, GANAREMOS
LAS ELECCIONES EN- ClNCO
DISTRITOS. Las ganaremos por
que Ell pals sabra levantarse a la al
tura de su dignidad ultrajada.
Esta es nuestra Ultima palabra:
GANAREMOS LAS ELECCIONES
81 70 las ganamos iPobre
3uerto Rico en- la desLonra en- Ell
vilipendio! iPobre patria vendida
pOr sus hljos!,
La sDemocracia, reproduce ell
articulo del Diario <La imparc;ali
dad del Sr Crosas> En- otro artfcu
10 dice que Sc pretende por que 81
que los menos Sc impongan a los
mas, cue las minorfas Sc antepongan
y dom-nen con escarnio de esta Y
contra toda raz6n:
La sOpini6n> dice que el rarti
40 federal no tiene meta fla;
Gamma como los ciegOs despro
vistos lazarillos:
Sc lnclina al abismo:,
Va por ell declive de las ire
Hexlones y torpezas:
Aquf cae; mas ALA Sc repone
del golpe q medias; vuelve q caer;
reacciona de nuevo: ahora desciende
desciende rapidamente para no le
vantarse jamas
as1, de ese modo, bajando, ba
Jando siempre, llegaran al sitio en-
que la compassion nuestra les tienda
la mano y les ]leve al Jordan del re
publicanismc para que Sc limpien de
culpabllldades tremendas, que pesan
sobre ellos por haber hecho de la pa
tria botfn de sus ambiciones Y blan
co de sus iras.