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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28

six tails-same style and size as
the higher priced ones. We
mark them for this sale, $500.
There are eight of them left.
Ladies' Kid Gloves
An unusually large stock, and
the best grades to be had for the
price.
At $r.oo-All colors of 3-clasp
gloyes-tans, white and steel and
black. If pair goes wrong we'll
replace with new pair.
At $T.25-Black kid, absolute
worth and the highest excellence
possible.
At$I.25-Genuinemocka, steel
colored, unfinished; look exactly
like mans glove. The SWEETEST
one you've seen.
Lamp Special.
All nickel, best Rochester, cir.
cular wick burner, large white
sLade. Makes beautiful clear
light. Worth $3.OO-at $1.5O.
Only a few of them, (about 15).
The greatest lamp bargain ever
shown.
New Books
just arrived-David Harum,
When Knighthood wasin Flower,
Quisante Hope, Richard Carvel,
To Have and to Hold.
Look for our January sales.
They'll interest you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28

Live goose aud duck feathers for sale
Saml. II. Friedman, Rising Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28
WoRT HING TONS.

The busiest Holiday Season have known is here We
thank our patrons, and wish you all Merry Xmas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28
FOB RENT.
NOTICE TO GUNNERS.

A STORE ROOM IN RISING SUN, adjoining
"A DIR. Kinks Drug Store. Apply at Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28
Douache-West.

49,
John Donache and Miss Emma
West, both of Octoraro, were mar
lied en- Dec. 20, by Rev. F. Mack
at Fremont parsonage.
Jackson-QWeus.
Miss Clara Belle Owens, of Per-
ryville, and Mr.. Munson N. Jack.
son, of Principle, were married on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 10, at
the M. p. Parsonage, Elkton, by
Rev. Thomas E. Terry. They will
reside in Principle.
Brown-Nesbitt.
The wedding of Miss Mary Jane
Nesbitt, daughter of Saml. B. Mes
bitt of Colora, and DIR. Howard g.
Brown of Woodlawn, was solemn
lied in West Nottingham Presby-
terrain church Thursday evening,
Dec. 81, at 5 o'clock, by Rev. d.
Il. Shaw.
Miss Carrie Nesbitt, cousin of
the bride, played the wedding
march. Miss Nora Dean, of Elkton,
was maid of honor, the bridesmaids
were cousins of the bride, Miss
Belle Nesbitt and her sister, Miss
Matte Neshitt. John Brown,
brother of the groom, was best
man. The bride was Iastefully
gowned in white silk taffeta, and
her maids in pink and blue. After
partaking Of a wedding supper at
the home of the bride the happy
couple was driven to Rowlandville
in time to catch the evening train.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-28
Friday, Dec. 20. 1900.
MlNORLOCALS
. happy New Year to all.

Watch meeting services will be
held in Rising Sun NJ. e. church.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
A Barbarian's Bedsteaa.

In this country the furnishings of q
bedroom usually comprise several
pieces, but in some of the Straits Set
Elements the bedstead is the only ar
ticle of furniture in the sleeping cham
Der. Consequently, when heather
royalty wishes to live luxuriously the
bed is made larger and h~andsomer. A
recent order received bya Birmingham
firm calls for a bed built in accordance
with these Oriental ideas, which 10 9
feet s inches long by z feet 6 inches
wide, and - feet high from the floor
to the top, of a magnificent pearl and
brass, deliberately h~and-chased cor
nice. Upon each of the large u
mental pillars, viii h support the
cornice, are five pearl busts, starred
pearl being also placed in the centre
of every triple joint casting in the
rails at the head and foot of the bed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

The government is about to estab.
lish a thoroughly equipped war bal
loon experimental station at Fort
Myer, where a sort OF school for the
signal corps has been started. The
balloon house, which is to be built at
once, win cost about $4,000. and will
have a plant for the manufacture of
gas for ascensions. The building is
needed TO protect the balloons from
wind and weather, as well as for the
gas making machinery aud appliances
for imitation. Tho balloons to be used
will carry Two men easily.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
"should this matter to be 40

"should this matter prove to be al
I think, you will speak o few words
over my remains, will You not?" he
inquired, half hoping that his time on
earth would end abruptly, if only to
convince the man that he was right.
"I WILL" was the grave reply, and
Philemon departed.
His words had not produced the eff.
feet upon his friend that he had hoped,
though he still felt convinced of the
genuineness of the warning; and with
the faithful Annie walked homeward.
repeating a few comforting verses Of
Scripture, believing it the proper
thing for o man to do who expected
ere long to take that journey from
whence no man returns.
He reached the corner of the street
near his home without speaking to the
dog. It had been his custom to CON
verse with him in a confidential man.
ner, quite ignoring the fact that he
received no reply; but tonight the
dog seemed to understand his masters
mood and trotted on ahead. Sudden
ly a man emerged from Philemon's
gate, and Annie gave a bark of recog
milton. It was DR.. Elwell.
"Good evening, Mr.. Harventhal. I
have been searching for You for an
hour. I thought you seemed some
what disturbed over our hearing
music this morning, and I wanted to
tell you that after you left we discov-
cred that your back had rested against
the thin pipe of the speaking tube
which communicates with my house,
and my daughter was playing the
piano. If you were not SO hard of
hearing you probably would have
heard it yourself"
Philemon mumbled something, he
scarcely knew what, and the doctor
hurried on. But q load seemed to
have been suddenly lifted from him.
He now realized that he had eaten
nothing since morning, and understood
that the faint feeling he had expert.
enced was caused by hunger; though
before he sought food he exclaimed,
'Never mind, Amzie; you are pro-
vided for! I needed a shock. -
Woman's Home Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

1t was stated in a public meeting
not long ago that there are no spin
sters now. 1.-THE spinning wheel is
out of date, and the unmarried woman
Is d bachelor, with q mans freedom
and often his diversions" Tbs
speaker may have been right in q de-
gree, but a man who went into o store
in Fairfield, Me, recently, incidental
" remarked that everything he wore,
except his boots, was made by his
mother. Stockings, underclothing,
outer clothing and cap were spun,
woven and made at home.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

The renascenee OF the German en-
pire must be regarded as one of the
most impressive features of the last
third Of the century. We do not
mean merely its military achievements
aud proweas, stupendous as these are;
nor yet its rise in political importance
to 3 place IN tho very foremost rank
Of the worlds nations. Empire
mean more than war and politics.
The rnost noteworthy and the most
significant progress of Germany has
been in other directions than these,
and ia directions without which these
would be futile. C~olonially. conlper-
ciaIIys ind;:strially and SOCIALLY the
course Of empire in Germaa5S Som-
mands the wondering attention Of ftho
world, exclaims tho New York crib
una.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08


One OF the most frequGnt m1thods
ot reducing manufacturip.111sa9epenses
has been to find a sale for the by
products resulting from the work OF
The factory. in the business Of man
u~facilring electricity for public sup.
ply whore steam power is usel, The
only available ~by-product is exhaust
steam. This sqpem contains much Of
the heat OF the furSeces which are
tired to produce it Nalen it is dis
caarged into the dir alsd il entirely
available for stcam.hea ing purposes.
Tn certain towns in the Wsstern states.
notably in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
whsre the winters arsISs and severe,
the electric stations havsAaid systems
81 underground pipes aEd0have sun.
Piled steam heat and hot water to citi-
zens through them. The experiment
has been an unqualified success. the
citizen receiving the service, being
freed from the slavery Of tho furnace.
while the electric light companies
have enjoyed . considerable reyenue
from an otherwise wasted reidaum. IL
~ thonght that many electric light and
railway stations III the colder half az
ahe country will install pipe systems
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Some temperance people of Boston
are considering the feasibility of es-
ta~blishing a hospital Up Boston in
which no alchoholic medicines shall
be used. They say thaathe Temper
ance hospital of Londonstestablished
in 1873, and the Temperay 'RRSS>;.al
of Chicago. established il 1884, have
been successful in their treatment of
patients, and their death rate is lower
than that of the ordinary hospitals.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

An English authority on dentistry,
quoted i'm the British Medical journal,
condemns in strong language unwar-
ranted teeth extraction. He states
that teeth drawing is not dentistry,
and the supply of artificial dentures
should no more be regarded as the
chief aim of dentistry than the sup
OF wooden legs is looked upon
IS the ideal of surgery"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Much success has followed the vi.
ganizat.on in Chicago of a body of
employers who refuse to engage boys
who smoke cigarettes. The extension
Of the plan will probably help to the
sxtincdion OF the evil elsewhere.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
Rugged Through outdoor Exercise.

Lord Roberts is a striking instance
OF what an active life in the open air
will do for a man. As a youth he
was extremely delicate and had to
take far more than his share of Cruel
and physic. Yet today, after III
years in India" he is as hale as pos
sible and has few equals in the army
at lemon cutting, tent pegging and
other kindred sports. Some one
pointed out the other day that if
present measurements had been 9
forced in his early days Lord Roberts
who is a very small man-wonid
have been debarred from entering the
arnv.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Chicago has figured it out that the
dogs contribute $4,000 a year more to
the city treasury than the street rail-
ways do. But a street car never gets
hydrophobia. When o street car does
damage people have at least the assur-
ance that the germ theory hal nothing
whatever to do with the case.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

A curious fishing wheel is used on
the Columbia river, near Portland,
Ore. It is fixed near the bank of the
river, a place being selected where the
river is most rapid. The wheel con-
sists of three receivers. These are
enclosed on three sides by wire net
ting, and, as the wheel revoives by
means of the current, each receiver
is submerged beneath the water, and
scoops up the salmon as they jump in
the rapids.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

French duels, while harmless to the
principals, are sometimes fatal to n
or more OF the attendants. The other
day the surgeon on the field VAS shot
through the heart. The honor of both
principals was declared indicated.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Iowa county, Wis, lays claim to
having the lowest-salaried official in
the employ of the United States gov
eminent. The government hires Frank
Lynch for one cent ayear to carry the
mail between Do1geville, the county
seat of Iowa county, and Mineral
Point, nine miles distant
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

orphanageSmPnd destitute orphans
are alike n dpezistent in Australia.
There every S{sif is taken to q receiv,
ing house andlsept till q country home
is found for it,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

In 1886 astrologers said the worlo
would be destroyed by the con,unc.
ton of the planets. A few years later
another alarm was raised, and in 1882,
Simon Goulart claimed O mountain had
opened in Assyria and a scroll had
been shown him on which was written
the prediction that the world was
coming to an end. He frightened
everybody.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
ACADEMY
OF yHE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

La
UAaaI the Direction Of the Sisters Narisnatal
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed.
ucation. Constant attention is paid 10
homo and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and othes
useful arts. The sigters also hsys
charge OF the boys school, The course
OF instruction 10 two-fold-Pseparasory
md Commercial. French 10 Taught In
the two courses. For papticulars. ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Examine your old chests and odd
eorners with care. Who can tell how
much Of that missing $500, 600, 900 in
gold coin yoa may have mislaid.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Probably the top is the oldest toy
in the world. 1t has been used for
thousands of years in all parts of the
globe, and some savage tribes use it
in the performance of religious rites.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,

A single wild tribe of western In
dams is using Al kinds of vegetables
which are absolutely unknown to the
majority of cooks.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

There is o place in the middle of the
Pacific ocean we'll known to mariners
where there is neve any Christmas
day. This is owing to its being in
the 1S0th degree of longitude and
directly opposite to Greenwich, and,
therefore, IL hours ahead of Green.
wich time. In o journey around the
globe the other IL hours would have
to be marked out of the navigator's
calendar, and if this point crossing
the antipodes is touched Christmas
v then there can be NO Christmas
day.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

Kansas can boast perhaps of the
smallest woman now alive. Her name
is Helen Powers, and her home is with
her parents at Wetmore, in Brown
county. She is now "a years old, but
she has grown q Bit since the
age of three. A local paper prints
her picture as she appears playing
with a pair of rabbita and really they
are nearly as big IS the baby-like
figure beside them. 'tShe was taken
with a sever illness at the age of
three, says the paper, ''and she has
new grown any larger. She has the
intelligence of q bright child of three"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08
aovE Has a VOW,

They say, these critics wise and true,
That all life's tales are told
That death lies meath the morning dew,
That the heart OF the world Is coldl
The hero's dust, his red sword rust,
My lady signs no more
Good deeds Of valor, love and trust,
Ha! ha are a poets lore!
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

The value Of . Newspaper o. ap
Advertising medium consists ii
ttg circulation.
When You can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
savedI
1.-THE 81. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the 3D. Of
March, 1894, with /" The Opelou.
gag Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
hag been reduced to % Q year.
THE COURIER being By odds
ele best paper In the empire Psrs
lsh OF ST. Landry 10 therefore the
ahAanesG
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-08

!, But lips speak 10, ; and lopdR 0eat high,
Sweet faces fash and fade;
Brave souls bow down to the mystic sky
Ho! Love has a VOW new-made!
And never a star Ger the western bar
Falls into the deep OF night
But o thought is born that will burn far, faI
In the deathless soul of the right!
Charles W. Stevenson.
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shah constitute board OF directors, who
will exercise all powers of this Associa-
ton, and upon them Is conferred the
management, direction and control OF the
bC siness of the Association.
Section 2. The duties OF the secretary
and treasurer may be discharged by the
same person.
ARTICLE Iv.-PRESIDENT.
Section /. The president when present
shall preside at all meetings of the As
sociation. and shall have the casting vote
az such meetings.
ARTICLE V.-VICE-PRESIDENT
Section ]. The vice-president in the abb
sence Of the president shall preside at
all meetings of the Association.
ARTICLE vI.-SECRETARY AND
TREASURER.
Section l. IL shall be the duty OF the
secretary, when present. to act as secre-
tary of all meetings OF the Association.
He shall keep a record of such meetings,
and by order OF Ine president or vice
president call all meetings of the Asso-
ciation. and he shall attend to all cor
respondence relating to the affairs Of the
Association.
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slaughter have touched the hearts OF
the local dealers In sporting goods, and
they, smelling business In the air, have
not been slow To fiil their windows and
showcases with every known device
whereby sharks may be enticed, killed
or tortured. In the collection are little
hooks, and some as big as a barrel
hoop. tomahawl<s and machetes; brass
cannon and repeating rifles: one firm.
more enterprising than the rest, exhib-
It's species OF bear trap with cum
brous chain attached.
I. Messrs. Pearson and Potter had on
exhibition yesterday afternoon in their
window the jaws OF what must have
been n gigantic shark The Jaw Is the
property Of Purser n. w. Adams OF the
steamer Noeau. the crew Of which yes
sci caught the big fish. IL measures
fourteen Inches across at the hinges,
and the width OF the cape is aFlittle
more than that. The shark was caught
on Waipio. and IL took four 44-calibre
bullets 10 kill him.
The crews OF the yachts which will
engage In the Shaking orgie at Pearl
HarbOr Will probably be as follows:
Abbic NJ. Capt. RI. NJ. Dow. J. III. Van
Giesen. AIR. Kidd OF the star. III. NJ.
Dow Jr.. Charles Reynolds. John Nc
Caulley and Carl Oss: Eva, Capt.
White. Ben Allen. W. II. Soper. w. Nc
Lean. ]. W. Harvey. G. J. Hutchins:
Dewey, Commodore Hebron. u. III.
Hitchcock. Miss Merry. Messrs. Pear
son. Lewis, Weight and Smith: Hawaii.
Capt. T.. a. Thurston. r. l.. Weaver.
/ y. A. Potter. Messrs. Talbot. Lewis.
Harding and Lansdale; Helene. Capt.
/ whitney: la Paloma, Capt. Macfar-
lane, W. II. Harrington, ]. Carter, A.
NJ. Brown and w. G.. Monsarrat.
\ Captain White says Mr.. Hutchins Is
all right for Insurance. so he will try
him for shark bait. They do say the
shark never lived that could take in an
Insurance man.
/ It. r. Hebron r. on hand with the
latest and largest shark story OF the
season. He says that two weeks age
he hooked an eleven-footer and har-
messed the same by slipping tiiIer lines
around his tail and fastening them aft
Mr.. Hebron says that the shark went
down like "a good one and swinging his
yacht. the Dewey. completely around
towed the party across the channel e
Puuloo, distance OF over n quarter o
"a mile. ON arriving there the career
~ usefulness Of this most obiiginI
nsh came 10 a violent termination by
J the means OF guns and axes In the
stomach Of the fish was found n craw.
fish, small. rusty cookstove, and tw,
empty bottles. Mr.. Hebron saws tina
J judging from the latter. the shark hal
evidently been scavengering around tn,
La Pnloma's Regatta Day anchorage.
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pECT TO SLAUGHTER
EVERY SHARK
\ Nd Of Yachts Win Sal Today
Against Monsters Of the
Vastly Deep

h for sharks. for fearsome pla-
framoua solachlans with cavernous
si and no false teeth.
si,h n the war cry OF the army OF
|ns ashors who leave az 2 o'clock this
Hnoon for the Pearl Harbor shark.
grounds A small fleet OF yachts
carry The party down 90 the har-
Including the Ia raloma. Eva.
vail Dewey. Marion and Abbic NJ.
N VIII nl run down together. and
cruise among the lochs. Will
NJ o1rk anchor on the mauka side
M channel opposite the Puuloa salt
whore uD The ftvurite haunts Of
hlrk, and gl ID nshlug.
Iy hunters expect to make up the
tnd they VIII rD armed o. the
with guns. knives and giant
irf The Government barge has
DN1rtercd Oh bring tho nsh and
Story back
ut'emutlc search win be- made for
~ Ol umhDrgfis I'M the ntomacba
10 HN1fk4 caught Captain Oscar
llf tn Idea that there ~ no
WY The substance should not
1s Wen os ln the inner re-
L 4. i1n whale tribe. no De- expected
alonr thr contents % the various
a wIl hc found the usual as
a, m bathing suits. horsos hoofs.
ml poultry
y not Intended Oh give out the
IT iNn expedition an az once. IN
.Hlnromcuts have nearly been
With the local press 10 SYM
W story so that shark yarns
u.. aided on the expectant pub.
lsI'nt doses. once n week.
@ notices % the impending
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ARTICLE IX.-SPECIAL MEETINGS.
Section 1. Special meetings of the Asso-
c!atioa shall he called by the secretary
whenever requested by the board of direc-
tors.
ARTICLE X.-ELECTION OF OFF,
GERS.
Section l. In case of the resignation or
death of any member of the board of d.
rectors, same board shall have power to
fill vacancies until the next election.
Sec. 2 The secretary and treasurer, re-
fcrred to In Section 3. shall be elected by
the board of directors.
Sec. 3. The president and vice-president
shall be chosen at each biennial meeting
Of the Association, and shall retain their
Offices until their successors are ap-
pointed.
ARTICLE XI.-MEMBERSHIP FEE.
Section I. The fee of member shall be
determined by the board of directors, and
shall be payable on the first of each
me nth.
ARTICLE XII.-FINES.
Section 1. All fines shall belong to the
Honolulu Driving Association, and shall,
upon collection. Immediately be paid to
the secretary, and no fine shall be re-
moved or modified unless by order Of the
board OF directors.
ARTICLE XIII.-RULES.
Section /. The harnecs races shall be
governed by the National Trotting Asso-
cia ton rules, and the California Jockey
Club rules shall gOvern ali running
events.
ARTICLE xIv.-ANIENDAIENTS
Section l. All proposed amendments to
the bylaws and rules of this Association
ST. all be submitted to the board of direc-
tors for their approval.