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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
bicycles Used In heating.

The sultan of Johore has adopted a
new and very modern method of tiger
hunting. Some time back he shot a
tiger which was driven out of the
jungle by the aid of cyclist trackers.-
Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
Worse Than spirits.

There came a series of sharp raps.
The medium dropped the black cloth
and trembled.
"Brace up!" said the assistant; "you
are not afraid of spooks."
mo, but that is the installment
man."-Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23

Sunday schools organized in 1863 by
Mime. Altcheysky, of st. Petersburg,
are now in operation all over Russia.
These schools give book instruction
in prescribed courses, to any who wish
to make use Of the opportunity and
who occupy the other days of the week
with work which cannot be interrupt
ed. The students are mostly grown
men and women, and the books used
have been edited specially to suit the
needs ofthose young in study. although
perhaps adyapQed In Years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
A Business Matter

Lord Mopeigh-Have you asked Mr..
Roxe for mis- daughters hand?
Earl Outercash-No; l haven't been
able to eaten him in business hours
brooklyn Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
- TON & BALTIMORE r. r.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
On and after May 27th. 1900. trains will
run as follows:


Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at rs
.. m. and 2 10 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowandville Tuesdays and Fridays at $50;
Liberty Grove: sS5 Colora. 905; Rising Sun. 9.I5;
Sylmar, 922; Nottingham. o 50; Oxford 1000 a. m
arriving ct South st. 2.63 D. M.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 90 arriving in
Philadelphia At 9l6 a. mi and $40. arriving in
Philadelphia 1T 7.b9 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
LEAVE come SOUTH.

wv PERSONS FOR DIS
wv trict Once Managers In this state to repre-
sent me in their own and surrounding counties.
Willing to pay yearly 5000, payable weekly. De-
sirable employ msnt with unusual opportunities.
References exchanged. Enclose selE-addressed
stamped envelope. 3. A. Park, Caxton Bailding,
Chicago. Do
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
A Worry Tonic.

A careful woman who breads gray
hair and believes that it is largely due
to worry uses this method of proven
ton: She keeps writing pad on her
dressing table and on this she jots
down list of engagements, letters to
be answered, business to be attended
to, articles needed for house or for
personal use, conveniences, charities
and all the other interests that enter
into busy life as they come to her
mind.-N. Y. journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23

In beginning his one-hundredth
series of lectures at Heidelberg, Prof.
kuno Fischer, referring to his long
career as teacher, declared that 1t
had often given him special pleasure
to ind among his hearers young men
whose fathers had attended his lee
lures. He also remarked that all his
literary works had their source in his
lectures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23

"TANTED-several persons for District once
w Managers in this stats to represent me In
their own and surrounding counties. Willing OF
pey yearly 5000. payable weekly. DeslrAble oms
ployment with unusual opportunities. Rsfersncea
exchanged. Enclose self-addressed stamped enval.
ope. q. A. Park, $40 cAxtou Building, Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
1881. THE sun. 1900.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Paper of the People, for the People
and with the People.
Honest in Motive.
Fearless in Expression.
Sound in Principle.

newspaper is an educator; there are all kinds
of educators, but the man who spends money
judiciously and literally is better able to impart
his knowledge than the man who has little or
nothing to spend
The Sun is the highest type of a newspaper.
The Suns reports from all parts of the United
States are unsurpassed.
The SUMS Cable Service is the finest known
the troubles in the Philippines and in South Africa
demand competent correspondents and vast ex-
penditure of money and labor in getting the news.
When you get The Sun you get news and inteili-
gent presentation of facts with it, we'll as care
fully prepared articles of editorial writers ofhgh
est standing. When you read daily paper,
whose principal recommendation is its cheapness,
you get the dregs- generally very poor dregs at
that.
By mail Fifty Cents a month. Six Dollarsa year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
CHAS. G. FULTON s. CO.,
FELIX AGNUS, Pub,
BALTIMORE, MD.
A VERY HANDSOME PROFIT.

Making twenty five cents ON dollar without
investing the dollar is certainly an opportun-
ity. The American offers this to anyone who
wants to make money. Get up club OF four
subscribers to the TwIcE-A WEEK AMERICAN at
dollar for each subscription. retain one dol.
lar Tor your work and send three dollars to this
office with the names OF tho subscribers. to
each of whom the paper will be sent 10A times,
costing them less than cent copy, and pay
ing You handsomely Tor your work. Tho clnb
rate for all over Hour is seventy Ave cents. Adj
dress Q. @. FULTON & CO.. FELIX AGNUs. Man
ager, Baltimore. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-23
The TWice-a.W Week American.
The Cheapest and Best Family Newspaper
Published.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Six Months, 30 Cents.

The TWIE-A-WEEK AMERI AN is published
in two issues, Tuesday and Friday mornings with
the news of the week in compact shape. 1t also
contains interesting special correspondence, enter
tanning romances, good poetry, local matter of
the home circle "A carefully edited Agricultural
Department, and full and reliable Financial and
Market Reports, are special features.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
waited for One Cent Change.

q never felt so cheap in all my life, said Short, as did one day in 9 de- partment store. I bought book for 99 cents and while was waiting for 1t a young woman, whose good opinion 1 valued, came up and we began to talk. The book was wrapped up and handed to me by the girl at the counter and after a short while the young woman asked: Are you waiting for your changer I replied that was, but, in fact, hadn't been thinking of it. l wanted to talk to her and made that an excuse for staying. After the usua: delay, when it had passed entirely out of my mind, the girl at the book coun- ter stepped up and said: Here's your change, sir And she held a bright new cent in her open hand so that the other girl saw it. I felt a chill at once and just because it appeared to the young woman that I had been waiting all that Ilme for a cent. I got 8 reputation for eloseistedness that is stiG sticking to me. "-Pittsburg News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
o7TE2s oBocaAntNo.
Canadian Otter szs.. ..ad Slides Down
 HHt Just for Fun.

LAhaaiaa OJter 4uu Slides DOWn
 Hilt Just for Fun.
 It seems strange to think that any full grown, foar=footed animal should indulge in play like child, and yet this is what the otter does. His amusement is tob9gganing, and his playground is a slope, covered with ice UT snow, that goes down grade into pool of water No little boy, with 9 new sled, ever enjoyed coast down an iee=bound hill more than this beau tiful= creature from the frozen ssh. The otter Is quite large. sometimes weighing as much as 9 pounds. He resembles the seal and the mink, be- Ing, however. Of heavier build. and is beth supple and strong Living for the most part in water. he preys on fish, which his swimming and diving ability enables him to catch easily. The entrance to his home, which is a bqrrow in the bank of stream, is under the water. In the early spring when the ice begins to thaw, these animals start on their travels from one stream to another, sometimes spend- ing months on the journey If they happen to see an inviting hill by the Wayside they immediately stop their pilgrimage and prepare for some sport. One of the number leaves the water and slowly climbs the slope, making a smooth hollow in the ice with his wet body When the slide is pre- pared, he lies fat on his belly, thrusts his nose forward, and turning his fore paws under his soft sides, goes sail ing swiftly down. His speed steadily increases until he reaches the water. Silently he parts the surface and is lost from sight for few seconds; then his head appears above the surface and you can hear him give a call which sounds like whistle. This is a sig nal The next otter assumes the posi- ton and shoots down to the bottom to join his companion, who has mean- While erawled out oh the ice Then another whistle and the next in order slides and plunges, and the perform anee is kept up until each one has several trips to his credit.-Exchang
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
Horse Eats It. Owners Money.

Jacob w Whitehead, a storekeeper of New Paris, Ind, is short $65 in cur rency and his horse has risen in value Whitehead went home late and climbed the stairs of the barn to throw down hay to the family nag. In his pocket he had pocketbook contain ing five ten-dollar bills, one five and ten ones. This dropped from his pocket as he bent over to pick up the hay. Whitehead did not miss the money until the next morning. He then searches the barn, and found few fragments of the pocketbook, to- gether with tiny bits of the bills. The faithful animal had devoured the hay and valorously tackled the pocket book and contents. leaving nothing with which Whitehead could make proof of his loss at the treasury.-Chi- eago Inter Ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
ALONG THE AMAZON.
Indians Sunk in Almost Hopeless Bar
 barism Inhabit Great Areas.


 The trip of the United States gum boat Wilmington up the Amazon river promises to be looked upon as one of the achievements Of the closing cen tury The commercial object of the Wilmington's cruise was to see how rubber was found in the natural state, and what manner of man it was who dwelt in the remote fastnesses of the great forests whence it came. During the gunboats stay the officers visited many Indian villages. The Indians were found to be apparently docile, but there was no mistaking their uneiyiI- ized state. Clothing, save a strip or two, worn by the women, are unknown, The men are strong and muscular, and show great chest development. They are copper-colored, of middle height, with well shaped limbs and small hands and feet Their hair is black, straight and rather coarse, the features broad, cheekbones not generally prominent, eyes black, and, strange to say, some times oblique like those of the Tartar races of Eastern Asia. The sole wea pons in their possession are the spear and bow and arrow. The bows are of great length, and in the hands of a skilled native can be made formidable. In some of the native huts the Ameri- can visitors found curious objects which. on closer investigation, proved to be mummified human heads. This was significant, inasmuch as it proved that the tribe belonged to the class known as head hunters" " term de- rived from their habit of preserving the heads of their enemies killed in battle. The process consists in remoy- ing the skull and treating it with cer- tain herbs until the head has been re- dueed to about one-sixth of it's original size. The hair and features are pre- served intact, thus giving the head a very Hfe-like appearance. The lips are sewn together with hide thongs, upon which are recorded the details Of the battle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
HAVE THE SAME SUPERSTITION
Islanders Fifteen Thousand Miles Apart
 Believe In Evil Spirits.

Philosophic people who belong to the folk lore society are fond of tracing legends and myths and customs all over the world Cinderella, the dear girl, is found in one knows not how many peoples. speaking innumerabla tongues and believing an equal num- Der of religions. How did Cinderella become ubiquitous? The transactions of the Folk Lore society will perhaps offer a theory. Now, there has been unrayeled a curious superstition com- mon to Shetlanders and Singhalesee How islanders so wide apart-some 15,- 000 miles-manage to adopt each oth CTS views one does not know But here is the fact. The rice eultivators of Ceylon and the fishermen of Shetland resemble each other in one or two rather remarkable points. They re- frain from speaking of the implements of their calling by their names; they call them something else, by names known only to themselves. The req son is that if the evil spirit were to think that they were speaking Of i spades and rakes or of nets and hooks he would be tempted to damage them or even to appropriate them. The train of thought is the same with both races. "There is an evil spirit always on the loo out for opportunities of do. l ing misc f. He even hears what we say. If we let him understand that we are talking about our implements and tools we shall direct his attention to 1 them and shall suggest to him a way of doing an injury. Therefore we will agree to call boat or a spade by some 1 fancy name known only to ourselves. " Another custom of the Shetlander not possible to the rice grower, is that if in fishing his net catches something at the bottom and stone is brought up it is not to be thrown back again for fear of offending the evil spirit, who most certainly put it into the net. It is to be kept in the boat until the net again catches. Then it is to be dropped in the water with the words: "Take l your own and give me mine." where upon the net is at once released, Now, if the singhalese were to turn fisher. would he, following the same line Of i thought, adopt similar custom?- Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
Arm pred Giaas.

4 recent German invention is arm- ored glass, or glass cast with wire gauge fnelosed in thelr substance, so as to increase the resistance to pressure, shock. and the effects of heat. Tests of the new material have been made at the Chemnitz technologieal museum which show that the armored glass is much stronger, and where the ordin- ary glass broke under sudden appIica- tions of pressure the strengthened ma- terial only cracked, and the cracks caused by changes of temperature did not allow either damp or flame to pass
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
The Good News Spreads

and our business grows larger, and the prices small CT, every day. People come here from all parts of the city. When ever they need anything in our line, they think of us. We have furnished more eozy homes than we could possibly name. We have done it to the owners satis- faction, and we can do the same thing for you.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
Tommy Atkins ResIm sntal Pets.

Tommy Atkins" would be lost with. out his regimental pet, and Pietermar- itzburg and Cape Town shelter strange assortment of animals left be- hind for safe keeping while the more serious work of the campaign is on The Gor,lon Highlanders took their parrot to South Africa, and the Welsh regiment was broken-hearted because 1t was feared that it's pet goat was to be left behind The story is told of how, in an Indian campaign, the com manding officer had commanded that only a certain number of dogs should accompany the regiment. When the men marched out it was noticed that the haversacks of some were strangely bulky and strangely lively. At the end of the days march every pet dog of the regiment reappeared. Rather than lose their fourfooted friends, the men had carried them long, hot. twenty-mile march in their haversacks.-I apols Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
GERMANS STRANGE TfMEplEce
Took nlm l 6 Years to Make nis slo, pod

Took Him 16 Years to Make His S4o,o0o
 Clock.
 4 remarkable clock is to be placed on exhibition here in the near future. It has taken 16 years for the inventor, Cari Julius speath. native of Baden. Germany, to build it. Not until 1884 did ile start to build this clock. 1t is what the inventor calls an astro- nomieal art clock. All parts of it were made by Speath himself out of raw material. The smaller parts are plated with gold or silver, the larger parts are Of nickel. The case is feet high, 4 feet wide. and 2 feet deep and is mace out of oak wood, waxed and pol ished. On the top at the left hand, stands Q rooster, which crows three times. just before the clock strikes 12. The cocks crow immediately brings out cuckoo, which chirps if the seq sen picture beneath the roof shows spring quail appears and shrieks if it is summer; in autumn a bull jumps out and bellows, and in winter lion rushes forth and roars. At the top, on the right hand, stands the angel Gabriel, who blows his horn after the striking of each hour. Tn the gallery beneath the roof stand the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Two statues stand in another apartment and strike the quarter hours. Near the first quarter-hour stroke stands child, near the second a young man, near the third a man fully developed, and near the fourth an old man. These figures are sup posed to Illustrate the four stages of human existence. In the center Of the gallery is the Savior, seated upon the clouds, holding book and a cross and showing his wounds. The astronomical part of the clock is very elaborate The eelipses of the sun and moon are shown distinctly and predicted accu- rately. The position of the stars and their movements are also shown very beautifully. The milky way, equator, zodiac, and meridians are painted on globe. At the lower right-hand cor. ner is an extra indication of the date, weekday, and month, with the illus trations after which the weekdays are named. The whole clock weighs only 335 pounds, but it's appraised value in Germany is 40000-New York Jour- nal,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
SOUTH AFRICAN LAWS.
xhere Life Is Valued at Less Than
 Diamonds.


 Diamonds.
 ''Kimberlev proper is built around hole big enough to hold the entire white population of South Africa. This is the excavation above the Kimberley mine, made when diamonds were mined from the surface. Nowadays shafts are sunk and levels formed, whence teA blue ground is blasted out and hauled to the surface in elevators. The diamond is different from other precious stones, in that it is found in soft clay, while the amethyst, ruby and emerald are embedded in quartz. This makes the diamond easy to conceal in the mouth, nose, and by swallowing, and every year the De Beers company gets from the workmen S2,000,00O worth of stolen goods. The inelina- tion to pilfer these stones is so intense that the crime is severely punished. In South Africa the first commandment is Thou shalt not steal diamonds For having a diamond found on his person that is not registered a man will get 20 years imprisonment. At Cape Town is a great convict station called the 'Breakwater, where sons of prominent American families and English aris- toerats join in loekstep with Lasears and Kaffirs. They have all violated the first commandment In Kimberley 1000 negro conyicts sort the diamonds under the muzzles of Martini rifles. They are kept in a separate place. The other black boys live in fiye-acre in closure known as the compound. The De Beers company controls the dia- mond market of the world. Of the five mines-Kimberlev, De Beers. Du Toits. Pan Bullfontein. and Premier-the first two are situated in Kimberley and are the only ones worked now. The dia- monds produced in other parts of the world would not supply the city of Philadelphia The value of the South African product thus far has been $600,000,0OO. The supply seems mex. haustible "-Ainslies Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
At the Dinner Table.

"Geofgie, don't stare at Mr. Cram ley that way It isn't polite T was just waitin' to see him pick up his glass of water. ma. I heard pa tell you that he drinks like a fsh."-Cleve. land Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
Guarding the Trans Siberian Railroad.

Guarding the Trans Siberian Railroad.
 The Trans-Siherian railroad is very closely guarded, the management feel- dng personally responsible for the peo- pie they carry on their trains. The road is divided into sections of one verst, or five-eighths of mile. h neat little log house, usually in gar qlen, live the guard and.his people. The average family is wife and five tow-headed children. The houses were built by the company and evidently with a view to meeting the demands of increasing families The guard or a member of his family must patrol his section night and day. He steps to the side of the track as the train ap- breaches and after 1t has passed steps back into the middle of the track holds small green flag in the air, at night lantern, and stands like 9 statue until the train has entered the next section. Several guards do duty in the heavy curves and frequently they are only few hundred feet apart. Much of the track patroling is done by women, who have proved fully as re- liable as the men. The women are nearly always barefooted and as they stand CT the track holding the flag aloft, a Siberian breeze toying with their short skirts, they are fine sub 1ects for a sculptor after unique model.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
Painting.

Syncope, or fainting, results from an Inadequate supply of Hood to the braln The patients head should
 therefore. be lowered. and all tight bands 1oosened in order to promote free circulation Let there be a gen. erous supply of fresh air. being care ful at the same time to avoid draughts. Friction may be applied to the ex- &remities, always remembering to rub towards, not from, the heart. Cold water dashed over the face will often assist in reyiving the patient, and smelling salts are often used as a re- storative. In the case of strong smell ing salts, one should never hold the bottle for any length Of time close to The nostrils of an unconscious person, but pass 1t to and fro at some little distance from the face. Perhaps the safest way is to hold the cork or stop ger of the bottle near the patients nostrils, as that will answer all pur- poses and prevent injurious effects.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-09
It is impossible
 to Get Away

from the fact that in I900 While other butchers changed their shops, And the name of other meat firms Hops, Peddiers haul their stuff thro' mud and slop. Still tie people know Thar to the old relia ble They ge always got to go, To get the meat that is deaira ble
 CITY MEAT MARK EFT
 2l0 West SeeoDd. R. F. Holmes, Prop.
The oasis., 1900-08-18

Elegantly furnished rooms at Ine Harley House.
 My baby was terribly sick with the diarrhoea,p says J. Fl. Doak, of Will. Hams. Oregon We were unable to cure him with the doctors assistance. and asa last resort we tried Cham berlain's Coic, Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy. l am happy to say inmedl- ate relief and complete cure" For sale by l.. w. Mix & Co.,, Druggists.
 Sunday Judge o. S. Palmer died at Nogales at an advanced age. Deceas. ed was well known in Nogales and SO- nora, having resided in the line city many years and worked in several mining camps. He was once justice of the peace in California where he had relations.
 Thursday morning ConductorHomer Prckett ran the NogaleS and Tucson train through to Tucson, and the same evening Conductor J Vest brought it from Tucson to Nogales The two gentleman will continue on the run, each making d round trip each alternate day.
 "Through the months of June and July our baby was teething and took a running of the bowels ard sickness of the stomach" says o. F. M. Holli- day, of Deming, Indiana. "His bow els would move from five to eight times day. l had bottle of Cham berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy In the house and gave him four drops in teaspoonful Of water and he got better at once" Sold by l.. w Mix & Co.,, Druggists.