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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15

Belief hear that gentleman res
cued you from drowning when you
were at the seaside.
Maude--Yes; but he was a married
man,-Harlem Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15

Small in size and great in results are
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills that cleanse the liver and bow
els. They do not gripe. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
Cure Cold In Head. i.

Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Ouinine. easv
to take and quick to cure cold in head and soro
throat.
Eli T. REYNOLDS Pharmacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
Tho one pax Cold Cure.

Cold n head and sore throat cured by Ker.
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. AS easy
to take as candy. Children cry for them"
Eli T. Reynolds Pharmacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15

Happiness is sometimes portrayed.
BY the man who has reached the ton,
And then again 1t comes to a man.
VINO is next" IN barber shop.
Chicago Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
suppressed Emotior

6niff-Skoopley's wife is the bravest
and coolest person ever saw.
Shawe-Ah! she looks like very
ordinary woman.
Sniff know it; but 1 visited there
while her baby was cutting his first
tooth, You may not believe it, but
at the time nothing in that woman's
conduct would lead anyone to suspect
that anything unusual was going ont
sOmetImes tine way.
Freddie-What's a critic, dad?
Cobwigger-He's a man who says
clever things about things that are not
clever.-Town Topics.
Starvation never yet cured dyspepsia.
Persons with indigestion are already half
starved. They need plenty of wholesome
food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
you eat so the body can be nourished
while the worn out organs are being re-
constructed. 1t is the only preparation
known that will instantly relieve and
completely cure all stomach troubles.
Try it if you are suffering from indiges-
ton. 1t will certainly do you good. Eli
T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
The One pay Cold Cure. Re-

For colds and sore throat use Kermotts
Chocolates Laxative Quinine. Easily taken as
candy and quickly cure
Eli I. Reynolds Pharmacy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
A. It Sometime. Happeus.

II don't care what my constituents
thinki" exclaimed the congressman.
hotly. II think ssr myself"
II once knew another man who
boasted Of that" suggested the man
from home.
"Yes?"
"Oh, yes. And do you know what
happened to him?"
"No. What?"
SWELL, after the next election there
was no one else for whom he had the
privilege of thinking. Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15

The Chinese ask show is your liver p"
instead of "how do you do?'" for when
the liver is active the health is good.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for the liver and bowels. FL
T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
The Honor
of BessOn
BY ROBERT c. v. MEYERS

BY ROBERT c. v. MEYERS
This is the title of delightful short
story which will soon be printed in
this paper. Mr.. Meyers is we'll known
as leading American writer. His
story is one of a series which we have
purchased. The others are by
Robert Barr
Francis Lynde
w. w. Jacobs
William Murray 0raydon
Cutcliffe Hyne
Viola Roseboro'
p. Y. Black
Clinton Ross
DO NOT MICS THEM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15

.aS ~,Io Uay Gold Cure.
Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine fol
cold in the head and sore throat. Children
take them like candy.
Eli T. REYNOLDS Pharmacy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15
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BY ROBERT BARR 9i
BY ROBERT BARR.
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for the making of antelope gods or moun-
 tain sheep gods. His choice of kateina
 made, the Mod whittles his cottonwood root into shape. and paints and dresses and otherwise ornaments his doll in the unva- rying, absolute manner which will suggest the katcina it Is meant to represent. He
 makes his paint brush for drawing his lines by chewing the end of a stick. Of late years aniline dyes have taken the place. for the most part, of the old native pig ments.
 The forms and colors of the dolls are very numerous. They are decorated with pieces of cloth, eagles and owls feathers, or bits of yarn On them are painted a great va- riety of symbols-to indicate the lightning, or the thunder cloud, or the hail or the rain storm. Very often the rainbow is curved oyer their heads. Very many of them bear a curious headdress in the form of thin tablet of wood which Is cut in an archaic but symmetrical pattern of much elabora- tion. Most of the special symbolism Is to be looked for in the carving and making of the masked heads, while the bodies be- long to more or less general types. Some times they are painted on hoth sides alike, and sometimes differently. Some of them are naked and some of them wear blankets or the dance kits. Most of them vary In height from six inches to a foot and half. But there are several in the Harvard col lection which are nearer four feet. One Of these latter is a composite figure, ne doll bearing another on its head, with third above the second.
 After this account of the ceremonial sig nificance of these queer dolls, 1t will not be surprising to learn that they get rather bet ter care from the children who own them than do the dolls of civilized communities. Although a child may often be seen carry ing one about in the fashion of a mother her baby, there is evidently some religious feeling in the matter however slight. Usually she hangs them up in a row along the wall of her mothers house, for which purpose eveery doll is made with loop of string It is seldom, indeed that one can go into a Moki house without seeing one or two of these dolls hung up; sometimes as many as seven or eight. Doubtless the 1ittls Mo]<i girl would often be glad of a less solemn toy for her plaything.
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
MEMPHIS MEET.
Schedule of Stakes To Be Offered By Jockey Club.


 Memphis, December 1.-At meeting Of the executive committee of the new Mem- phis Jockey Club, it was decided to give the following stakes for the spring meeting of 1901, which opens April and continues eighteen daysi
 For z-year-olds:
 The Gaston Hotel stakes for colts and geldings, 5000 added; the Ardell stakes for Allies, 5000 added; the Memphis stakes, $1000 added.
 For 3-year-olds, two of which closed Jam uary l last:
 The Tennessee derby, closed January l, 1900, 5000 added; the Tennessee oaks, closed January 1. 1900, s15Oo added; the turf con- gress stakes, to close January l. 1901 5000 added.
 Tor 3-year- olds and upwards:
 The Montgomery handicap, $2000 added; the Peabody Hotel handicap, 5000 added; the Tennessee Brewing Company stakes, selling, $1000 added; the cotton steeple- chase handtoap, $7O0 added.
 Two stakes for 1902 coming 2-year-olds to enter:
 The Tennessee derby, 5000 added; the Tennessee oaks, s15OO added all entries for these stakes will close January 1, 1901. The majority of purses will be $400, $500 and $600, and no purse less than $300.
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
A Bar to FIaqler Wedding.

New York Telegram to the Chicago Chron-
 icle.
 Henry M. Flagler many times a milllon- aire and next to John D. Rockefeller the heaviest stockholder in the Standard oil Trust is not likely to marry Miss Keenan of Georgia in the spring for the reason that he is not divorced as yet from his sec- ond wife. MT. Fagler is at present in Flor ida, where he has his legal residence, al- though the greater portion of his time is spent in New York
 There have been two Mrs Flaglers. The first he married more than twenty-five years ago In Cleveland, O., when he yas a partner in the oil refining firm of Rocke- feler, Andrews & Flagler, which afterward expanded into the great Standard Oil trust. She died, leaving him son and a daugh- ter.
 In 1883 MT. Flagler married Miss Ida A. Shrouds, sister of Charles Francis Adams Shrouds, Boston merchant She was beautiful woman vivacious and fond of so- ciety. The Flaglers took a prominent place fin society, and Mrs. Flagler was greatly admired in the winter colony at her hus- bands magnificent Florida winter place. She afterward became insane, and Is now under the care of pr. Carlos Mcdonald at his Pleasantville sanitarium
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which these dolls are derived, are among the most interesting in the world; and though the dolls are really dolls and not idols they furnish the most complete com mentary possible on the religious beliefs The Moki dances-the great Snake Dance in particular-are well known. In these dances the men of the tribe appear in masks representing, by definite symbol, the gods in whose honor they are held; and the dolls which are given out to the children-with the intention probably of thus instructins them in this symbolism-not only are made to suggest the dancers in their masks, but are themselves distributed at the Farewell Dance," so-called or katcina-for the word means both the god and the ceremonial in his honor-which takes place the last or July or the first of August.
 Moki mythology includes great number and variety of gods. There are the great gods who dwell forever in the beautiful San Francisco mountains. the Mok Olympus, seventy-fye or eighty miles westward from the Moki villages; and the lesser gods, who come among the Moh in December, and leave them to return to the mountains in midsummer The latter are the katcinas The object of their sojourn in the villages is that they may learn the needs and wishes of the Moki, and report them to the great gods
 While the katcinas are in the Moki will lages, the inhabitants take every opportu- nity to please them and do them honor. In the course of the season half dozen fes- tivas take place, not every year to the same katcnas (except that the first, or "re- turn' festival is always in honor of the war katcina), but so arranged that in the course of few years all may receive their fair amount of worship.
 There are some thing like sixty or seventy of these katcinas, many of them the gods of rain and water, as Is natural in so dry and torrid country as Arizona, while oth- CTS are called after the commoner wild ani- mals, as the antelope katcina, the wolf katcina or the mountain sheep katcina, or after the staple articles of food, as the maize katcina.
 The farewell katcina may be given in hon. or of any one of these gods It lasts nine days and nine nights. There are both se- cret and public ceremonies connected with it, the former being carried on by the priests or chiefs in an underground cham Der called a 'kiva," and the latter consist ing of a dance in the village, in which thir- ty or forty persons take part, each dressed to represent the katcina who has been cho-
The age-herald., 1900-12-02

Cambridge, Mass, November H.-(spe- ciaI)-One of the most curious collection of dolls to be found in the world has been ar ranged in one of the cases in the Peabody Museum at Harvard, comprising nearly 100 figures carved out of the root of the cotton wood by the Moki Indians of New Mexico. Nothing can be imagined more naively gro- tesque in form and coloring than these lit- tie figures, which symbolic indeed the kat cinas, or Moki gods, but are none the less the genuine playthings of the little Moh girls.
 They belong to the Mary Hemenway col- lection of Tusayan objects which was brought together from the ruined Pueblos of Arizona and the villages of the Mok In- dlans by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes and the late Frank H. Cushing, and deposited by Mrs. Hemenway's executors with the great eth nological collections of Harvard University in the Peabody Museum. Most of them were obtained from the Moh by T. V. Keam, a well-known Indian trader of Keams Canon, Arizona
 The great ceremonials of the Moki, from
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THE MING TONES.
Their Destruction Would Be a Disgrace
 to Civilization.

Curtis in Chicago Record.
 It will be an everlasting disgrace to civil lization if the Ming tombs are destroyed by the expedition which Count von Wal dersee is said to have sent north from Pe- kin for that purpose. It will be wicked and inexcusable as if the British had de- stroyed Mount Vernon in 1914, when they captured Washington, or as if the Germans had burned the Hotel des Invalides and the tomb of Napoleon when they captured Paris. To a Chinaman the burial place of the dead Is the most sacred spot on earth and the Ming dynasty of emperors were the most famous and popular in al lthe long list of sovereigns. They were the last of the pure Chinese. They call it "the bright dynasty" Their tombs are situated be- yond the great wall, about ninety miles from Pekin, and are not only the most holy sanctuary in China, but are the finest example of mediaeYal Chinese architecture and art in existence.
 In 1859 Lord Elgin and General Montau- bond, commanding the allies that captured Pekins, wantonly destroyed Yuen-Ming- Yuen, the summer palace of the emperor, distant twelve or fifteen miles, in beau tiful park known as the bright round gar den" It was not fertilization, but re- treat like Sans Souci, the country palace of Frederick the Great. It was the most elaborate and costly example of architect ure In all China, and was filled with a col lection of articles which Lord Elgin him self appraised at 100000 pounds. At the time of the arrival of the allies the summer palace was occupied only by the servants of the court. No defense was made, no excuse existed, but the commanders of the army of three Christian nations ordered it burned and stood by to watch the destruc ton Is 1t any wonder that the Chinese call us foreign devils9'
 The Ming tombs are equally famous and equally beautiful. They were built in the fourteenth century by Emperor Yueng Lohn, who was one of the greatest of the rulers of China. They are situated In the midst of a broad amphitheatre, surround ed of three sides by range of mountains usually covered wi,n snow The park, which Is about three miles in diameter Is covered with groves of evergreen, arbor vitae and persimmon trees in which a col lection of fourteen pantheons, pagodas, pa- yihons, altars, temples and other edifices.
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
There Was a Mistake.
Q Wa shington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 "T think,"1he began as he halted a pedestrian, q think I made mistake with the cabman who drove me to the Corcoran Art Gallery I am quite sure I gave him $10 bill, but he must have mistaken it for $2 bill"
 And you hope to find him again?..
 why, yes, have hopes"
 Well, you are about as green as they make 'em. That -eabman deliberately swindled you out of many dollars"
 q can't hardly believe it. He looked so honest and truthful that I-I-"
 That you ought to have asked him to hold your watch and the rest of your money! My dear old Josh from the cornfields, let me say"
 At that moment cab rattled up, and the driver dismounted and said:
 See here, old man, there is mis- take. You probably meant to give me a $2 bill, and thought it was one when I gave you a dollar in change"
 "But think it was $10, my friend ''
 "It was a $20, and I have been driv- ing about for an hour to find you and restore the money. Here it is."
 And what was it you were going to say to your dear old Josh from the corn fields?" asked the old man, as he turned to the wise person.
 : But the wise person was there no longer. He was flying for car as il rnnning for his life.
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mostly of marble, exquisitely carved with titles of the most beautiful design. These buildings are connected by bridges of won derful workmanship and surrounded by balustradeS and colonades, and from one d. rection there is an avenue of statuary a mile long, lined witn life-size figures in bronze and marble of men and animals, warriors, priests, elephants, camels, lions, tigers and horses.
 The Ming tombs have been neglected of late years and are said to be in bad con- dition, but would it would be crime to destroy them Nothing could be gairrsa by such vandalism, because the present em- peror and empress dowager are descended from the Manchu warriors who overthrow the Ming dynasty and drove them from the throne
 It is an interesting coincidence that Ping Ti-or the prince of peace," as he is known in Chinese poetry-one of the most faEss>Ss of the Ming emperors, was on the throne al the beginning of the Christian era, when another man who bore the same title was born in Bethlehem. Ming-T, his son and successor, introduced Buddhism into China and sent to India for the sacred books and teachers to eXpound them. Anuquarians say that Ming-Ti was prompted to do this because of reports that had reached him of the advent of Christ. The news was in- definite and come by caravans across the whole of Asia. When the emperor began his investigation the clews led to India in- stead of to Palestine.
 To reach the Ming tombs 1t is necessary to cross that most wonderful piece of en- gineering, the great wall, which runs from the seashore 1600 miles to the desert wastes of Turkestan It was built 205 years before Christ, and still remains in excellent condi- ton, twenty-five to thirty feet high and from twenty to twenty-five feet thick of brick, riveted outside and in with cut gram ite masonry It Is surmounted by parapet pierced with openings for the defenders to fire through. The top of the wall is paved with tiles a foot square. Every 300 or 100 feet there Is a fankng turret forty feet higher than the wall and projecting so that one can see In both directions. In each tur- ret Is circular stone stairway leading from the ground. The gates are imposing structures surmounted by castles which were used as barracks for the troops. The wall climbs the rugged mountain side, de- scends ravines and gorges and rises again to cross rivers and valleys and plains, but it did not serve its purpose. It was intended to keep the Mongol hordes out of China, but they entered, overthrow the Ming dy- nasty and are ruling the empire today.
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Crushed.
 TaWSF

From the London Answers.
 They were engaged. But they quar- reled, and were too proud to make up. Both were anxious to make people be- lieve they had entirely forgotten each other.
 He called a few days ago at her fathers house to see the old gentleman -on business, of course. She answer ed the front door bell. He said:
 "Ah, Miss Jepkin, believe. Is your father in?''
 "No, sir" she replied, "pa is not in at present. Do you wish to see him per sonally?"
 q do," was his response, feeling that she was yielding, lon very particular personal business" And he turned proudly to go away.
 q beg your pardon, sne called after him as he reached the lowest step, but who shall I say called.
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
Complaints Reach Governor.

Austin, Tex, December 1.-Information reached Governor Savers today from Bra zoria and Galveston Counties that there was much complaint of the way in which the flood sufferers fund was being handled by the various committees It is said that some sections have not received any relief. Governor Savers today gave notice that he would not allow any of the districts any more money out of the funds now in his hands until full and accurate report has been made to him by all the relief commit tees,
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posters. Now, for the information oi ene above experts will state so they will know not to tell any more lies, except they do so wilfully and maliciously, that until com % menced to exclusively treat prlVate uis eases as a speciality was member or tne State Medical Association; also secretary of the Cullman County Medical Society anu one of It's board of censors or medlcai aminers (See Transactions of Medlcal ,,1, An sociation of Alabama, 1884, for proop' VII still give special attention to private .,ta taot bles, and also treat at my onlce pae .,,,, with any disease they may trust to my care.
 I refer you with permission to First ES- Tos- fional Bank, Alabama National bahk sa. se1 ferson County Savings Bank ana Steiiae. ser Bros, Bankers, as to my responsipiilty lpI my contracts I cure many patients oy nna,i treatment Write for prices and terms. Au, dress pr. Y. F. Holloway, 1s01h Second avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
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The dolls are now whittled out with jack knives, but in the old days, before the white man came, stone knives were used, and even now the smoothing and polishing of stone.
 The dolls are of all sorts. That an ante lope or a mountain sheep katcina is the god of the farewell celebration is no reason
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
Mozley's Lemon Elixir.

have been a great sufferer from dyspep- sia for about fifteen years, my trouble be- ing my liver, stomach and bowels, with ter rible headaches. Lemon Elixir cured me. My appetite is good, and I am well. I had taken a barrel of other medicine, that done me no good. CHARLES GERHARD,
 No. 1515 Jefferson st., Louisville, Ky.
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
This Is Cruelty Unjust.

From the Fall River Globe.
 A Boston man has sent $200 to the con- science fund in Washington. It is believed the letter was mailed from sanitarium, as no Boston man would act that way while in his senses
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
Repartee.
he Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 ''Very well,'' exclaimed pr. Quick after his quarrel with the undertaken "I'll make you sorry for this"
 What are you going to do?" inquired the undertaken. Retire from business? ?"
The age-herald., 1900-12-02
Or a Cyclone.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 '"Tommy, how do you explain that part of the verse which says, as fool diethf How does a fool die2"
 He dyes his whskers, ma'am
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MozIey's Lemon Elixir.

Cured me of enlarged liver, nervous indi- gestion and heart disease. I was unable to walk upstairs or to do any kind of work. I was treated by many physicians, but got no better until I used Lemon Elixir-I am now healthy and vigorous.
 c. H. BALDWIN, No. 9S Alexander st., Atlanta, Ga.
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MOZley's Lemon Elixir.
 A Pleasant Lemon Ionic,

Cures indigestion, headache, malaria, kid ney disease, fever chills, loss of appetite, debility, nervous prostra ton, heart failure and appendicitis by regulating the Liver, Stomach, Bowels and Kidneys.