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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY.
Snilors on the Great Lakes Are Con-
stantly Beset with Danger
and Hardship.

eff any man thinks the American
sailor is a thing of the past he should
spend awhile on the great lakes" said
c. f. Bailey, of Duluth, Mimi, reports
the Washington Post. "The American
fresh-water sailor is every bit as pic
turesque parsonage as was the salt
of early days who carried our mer-
chant flag into every port of the
world. His life is just as full of
hardships and just as full of dangers.
There is a large fleet of three and four
masted schooners on the lakes and
stories of the wrecking of them come
with every big storm. A nastier body
of water than Lake Erie when it
comes on to blow can be found no.
where, and some of the experiences of
the ife-saving crews along it's shores
are the most thrilling in the history of
the service.
'"The men who man the big lake
steamers, of course, have not much
of romance in their lives, but there are
enough of the old sailing vessels left
to keep a considerable army of men
employed. Any skipper who can navi-
gate schooner from Duluth to Buff
falo is a good enough sailor to sail
around the world, and he will do as
well as the next man to take care of
his vessel in the toughest sea the At
lantic was ever able to blow up"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
HOW TO SETTLE A FEUD.
Only Terms by Which an OutsideH
Could Enter the Game as
Peacemaker.

AS we sat smoking our pipes by
the fireplace l ventured to say to
mine host that l had heard of the
feud between the Johnsons and the
Robinsons, and asked him to tell me
how it came about, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Press. He scratched
his head and looked puzzled, and
finally said:
Its a good way back, and I've
dun forgot. Reckon it was about
a dawg."
THAT'S what I've heard-that your
dog chased a mule of his which was
feeding in front of your house. Rob-
inson got mad about it, you had
high words, and then the feud be-
gan, which has lasted 18 years. Is
it true?"
"Reckon that's the way of it," he
slowly replied.
"There wasn't much in that to
quarrel about"
NO"
"But two or three people have been
killed on either side on account of it,
l. bIlhOi
"Three on one side, and two on
t'other," he answered, after count
ing on his fingers, land two more
wounded"
He seemed so calm and good ma
tured about it that l thought I
might go further, and after a bit I
asked:
Uncle Ben, don't you think this
quarrel ought to be fixed up?"
Might be-" he replied, as he
gazed into the fire in blank way.
Suppose, for instance, that 1 vol
unteer my services as mediator?"
"Waal?"
'How would you suggest that 1 GO
to work to bring peace between the
two families?'
The old man rose up and took the
tongs and replaced a brand which
hal fallen on the hearth, and then
sat down and asked:
''Do you know where Robinson
lives?"
eyes; three miles up the road"
'Kin you shute?" ri
''Fairly we'll"
'Waal, you take your gun, and sot
out fur Robinson's. Git the hull
crowd, from the old man down to the
last young un, into the house, and
then fasten all the doors and begin
poppin' at 'em through the winders.
Keep it up till the last one has
turned up his toes, and when you
have come back with the news, tharll
be an end to the quarrel and well
have peace"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
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tried to submit with good grace. My
captor was handsome, kindly sort of
fellow. He made it as easy for me rs
he could. He marched me promptly to
the rear but gave me some tobacco
and remarked: "Oh, well, it's all in the
job. You'll be paroled before long, l
guess"
In two hours l was on a train, with
q car full of the prisoners bound for
Camp Chase the most depressed man
you can imagine We Travelled all
night, but l couldn't sleep. l talked
instead with the officer in charge, a
gentlemanly New Yorker, who knew
my name, having gone to Yale with
my brother Edward. He seemed no
more inclined to sleep than l and did
not leave me until about 3 o'clock,
when he kindly turned two seats over
that | might get some rest. If this
ever meets his eye, shall beg him to
believe that appreciated his thought
fulness and courtesy and ask him to
forgive what followed.
By noon next day we were rattling
through Kentucky, and, this officer
coming in, we had some pleasant talk.
He offered me a Havana and suggest
ed himself that we should smoke it on
the platform. We went out together
and smoked. A guard from the next
Ear came out just at that moment and
began to report to him, and as he did
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
HOW TO KILL HUMANITY.
Illinois Humane Society Issues In
structions for Putting Animals
to Death.

The subject of putting afflicted ami
mails to death with as little pain as
possible has been receiving the care
full attention of the Illinois Humane
society, and, as a result, it has de-
cided upon what it considers the best
methods to adopt, says a Chicago ex-
change.
In circulars just issued to the police,
instructions for killing horses, dogs
and cats are given. 1t is pointed out
that in shooting horse the revolver
should be held within a few inches
of the head, the aim being toward the
center of the head, midway between
the eyes and ears, in other words. ex-
actly in the middle of the forehead.
When hammer or AK is employed the
horse should be bIindfolded Two Wig
orous, well-directed blows just below
the foretop will make death certain.
In shooting a dog the pistol should
be held near the head, the aim being
a little to one side of the center of the
top of the skull. The shot should be
fired downward so that the bullet shall
go through the brain, into or toward
the neck.
After much consultation with veter-
mary surgeons and experts, the So
ciety decides that there is no more
merciful way of killing cats than to
put, with long-handled spoon, about
nalf teaspoonful of pure cynanide of
potassium on the cats tongue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
BONZOLINE BILLIARD BALLS.
Growing Popularity of n New Sub
stitute for Ivory in Their
Composition.

The growing scarcity of ivory will
inevitably bring bonzoline balls more
and more into use in billiard rooms,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. The ivory
balls used in the recent championship
match were afterward sold for Is
guineas, and set that has been in use
for II months and can be relied upon
to keep true is almost priceless. There
is an impression abroad that the Bill
lard association is opposed to the use
of bonzoline balls, but 1.-The World of
Billiards" declares that this is not So
Tt is rarely, indeed, that a bonZoline
ball gets out of shape, and their alb
solute accuracy is an immense point in
their favor. On this account they are
quite unequaled for pool and pyra-
mids, and in a very few years time it is
quite certain that nothing else will be
used for those games. Then, ivory
balls are utterly useless in a tempera-
ture like that of Africa or India.
Bonzolne balls, on the contrary, seem
to be unaffected by heat or cold, while
it is another small point in their favor
that they are colored all through and
never need anything in the way of re-
dyeing. OF course, they do not "play"
exactly like ivory balls, and a week or
two of steady practice is necessary in
order to accustom ones self to the
change.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
BIG PRICE FOR A PICTURE.
Nealthy Baltimore Collector Has Sc.
cured n Celebrated Raphael
Canvas.

1t is said that the well-known
painting by Raphael, LA Verge aux
Candida abrcs," has been purchased by
Henry Walters, of Baltimore, and is
now in his art gallery. Various esti-
mates have been furnished as to what
nc paid for it, running all the way
from $4,000 to 100000.
Some weeks ago it was reported
that this celebrated painting had
been bought by well-known Amer
;can art collector, but the name of
the purchaser could not be estab-
lished then. Raphaers la Verge
aux Candelabres" was exhibited at
the Metropolitan museum in New
York many years ago. At one time
it was in the collection of Mr.. Mon
roe, the Paris banker. He refused
an offer of 100000 for it. Since his
death, however, it had been offered
at a much lower figure. At the Park
er sale it was put up at a reserve
price of 100000 francs, but there
were no bids at that figure, and so
it was withdrawn.
While the central figure in the
"Vierge aux Candelabres" has been
conceded by the best authorities to
be by Raphael, some doubt has beer
expressed about the infant child
while the figures on the right and left
in shadow and the background are
believed to have been painted in at
a much later period than the date of
the original picture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
GUARANTEE WAS NOT GOOD.
This Customer Was Sharp and No
BunEO Game Could BE Played
ON Him.

"I see," he remarked, as he entered
a Farnam street drug store, "that you
have cough medicine for sale here
which you guarantee to cure any case
of throat trouble ever contracted"
"Yes, SIR" said the clerk, relates the
Omaha News, "and only 25 cents per
BOTTLE"
Eyes. What kind of guarantees
back of the medicine?"
"Our own, for one; the manufac-
turer's, for another"
eyes. What's the guaranteed"
"We will refund your money if the
medicine does not do what it should.
How much do you want?''
Not so fast, young man-not quite
so fast. S'posin' this here store goes
broke before 1 use up the medicine
where do l get in? Now, if you'll let
me take bottle of it, and it cures me,
I'll come back and pay for it-does
that go?"
"It does not"
"Maybe you'd be willing to deposit
the money in bank, where it could
be had if the stuff doesn't do it's duty
.-eh?"
"NVe would not
"Well, then, you can go to thunder.
I've read of these here bunko games
before, but | never bumped into one.
Maybe you kin skin the city folks,
young man, but your uncle has had
his whiskers cut several times. Good
day"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07

dG CftCU hCttO, NCTG!
so We approached station and slowed
up. At that instant my eye fell idly
upon an old fashioned stone house, set
In an old fashioned garden, not 200
yards from the brand new station,
which looked as if it had been cut out
Of cardboard with jgsaw. In the
midst of the garden there was a clump
of laurelS of more than a century's
growth, toward which all the stiff old
box bordered beds converged. what
hiding placer flashed into my mind,
and in another flash was hiding in
that very place, trembling in every
limb-all eye and ear.
The alarm was instantly given, as
could hear. From my green asylum
could see the officer who had been so
polite to ME dash around the corner
of the house. For 20 minutes the gar,
den and house were full of soldiers,
who searched for and pursued me with
the utmost spirit, never dreaming that
l was watching the whole proceeding
not 20 yards away. The safest place
to secrete oneself is almost immediate
ly under the nose of the seeker, and
presently had the satisfaction of see
ing my Federal friends take off their
belts and pistols and return to the
train, chatting each other on their fail
ure to find me. The whistle blew, the
train moved off and | drew q long
breath.
So far, so good. But what next?
That was emphatically the question.
"When in doubt, stay where you are"
seemed to me the only policy under the
circumstances. | staid where i was,
accordingly, until dusk, and just as
was about to creep out heard voices
the voices of man and woman at the
well. They We're discussing my es-
cape, and l soon discovered that she
was good ''rebel," and he an equally
good Union man.
swell, I'm not sorry he got off," he
said. I'D arrest him pretty quick, if
! laid my eyes on him. 1t would be
my duty, and I'd do it, but I'm glad
that | haven't got no call to do it.
wouldn't like to send any man to pris-
on and maybe to death"
you wouldn't arrest him if l could
help it," said the woman. "You are
no friend of mine or you wouldn't talk
that way"
"Oh, yes, am, but you amt all l
care for, Mary" he replied.
"LOvers," l thought. and waited.
There was some further talk. | shift
ed my position a little and saw a
young fellow carry a couple of pals of
water into the house. "A handsome
youngster,'' | thought, "a mild, kind
face" My next thought was "Whew,
but you are Il beauty" as the woman
followed with another.
A beauty she was of the most spirit
ed and piquant type, with coquetry
written all over her, from her shoe
lace to the topmost peak of her pink
sunbonnet. In about ten minutes she
reappearcd, milking stool and pail in
hand.
"Now is my chance" thought, and
! crept out, skirted along by the fence
aud loomed up on the other side of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
GOT A JOB LOT OF RUBIES.
by Chance Minneapolis Mnn Se-
cured Choice Collection
of the Gems.

James o. Beaudry, Minneapolis
man, is being congratulated upon the
remarkable fortune which has at
tended a chance purchase of his,
says the Minneapolis Tribune.
Some five years ago, while in Hall
nX, N. S., he CHANGED upon Russian
who had in his possession several
rough stones of a peculiar red color.
Mr.. Beaudry was impressed with the
appearance of the stones, and finally
procured one for a mere song and
placed it with some other trinkets,
al of which he soon lost sight of.
About three weeks ago the circum
stance was brought to his mind by
seeing another stone which resem-
bled the one he had bought. He
looked up his possession, and, after
examining it little, took it to n
local jeweler for examination.
A close scrutiny of the stone led
40 the belief that it was some kind
of ruby, and, at the suggestion of
the jeweler, it was sent to New York
for the opinion of an expert.
The stone proved to be Siberian
ruby, from the mines in the north
western part of Siberia, and some
idea of its value may be obtained
from the fact that it is worth SIS
per carat. The Minneapolis man has
ten stones which were cut from the
rough piece. Four of these weigh
each 1A carats, two weigh one carat,
two seven-eighths of carat each and
two of the smallest are each one
quarter carat in weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
Chicken-Picking Cyclones.

You no doubt have heard of cy-
clones blowing feathers off chickens,
or possibly you have witnessed the
operation, but whether you have or
not, it is fact that cyclones are
sometimes chicken pickers, as well as
the picllers of other things, says the
New York Herald. Well, an ingen-
ious German, whit devastating cy-
clone for a model, has invented ma
chine that creates cyclones to order,
while you wait, for chicken picking
purposes. His cyclones are inconsid-
cradle in size, but very intense in
their field of action, which is large
enough to embrace a Shanghai roos-
ter. You take the rooster or other
fowl to him, he touches a button, and
before you can wink twice every
feather is off the bird. Several cross
currents of air from electric fans,
turning at the rate of 5000 revolu-
tions a minute, do the work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
Proving n Theory.

Yabsley-Do you think there is any
thing in the theory that business wor.
ries can sometimes cause a complete
loss of memory?
Mudge-Yes. l know it works that
way i'll my case. The more 1 borrow
money the more treacherous my MEM
Dry becomes.-Indianapo Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07

A Springfield (Mass.) publishing
company whose business is so large
that it furnishes more mail matter
than all the rest of the city put to-
gether was recently awarded the
four years contract for carrying the
mail to and from the post office and
the railroad depot. Several automo-
biles are now being built to do the
work
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings OF the Orphans
[ to1rt of Cecil county will be held on th
s,c,nd Tuesday ofevery month. Executor
Administrators and Guardians, want.n.
their accounts stated, will please bring il
their vouchers few davs before Court.
Test: r. f. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07

This is what l call change for
the better!" remarked a victim OF
the lunch-counter habit, as he planked
down a quarter for plate of hash
and received 40 cents change.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
Backbite-"Digby is a fool!" Bill
kins-"He said the same of you"
Backbite-"What He's liar!" Bill
kins-" Exactly what he called you
when | told him you said he was a
fool. Dear me, but you fellows are
skeptical." Ohio State Journal.
Employer Ito clerk who has been
sent to collect some money! - "WeH
what did he say?" Clerk-"That he
would break every bone in my body
and pitch me out of the window if
l showed my face there again!" Em-
ployer-"Did he? Then go back at
once and tell him that he is vastly
mistaken if he thinks he will intimi-
date me by his violence. The King.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07

Bennington, VT, can boast of hav-
ing the oldest hotel clerk in the coun-
try. This functionary has just cele-
brated his eighty-third birthday and
still stands erect at the desk and calls
out 'FRONT.'" with all the vigor of
many younger man in similar Of
fees.
A special agent of the United States
department of agriculture reports
that beyond doubt grain can be ma
tured anywhere in Alaska. Barley.
oats, wheat and rye have developed
perfectly from seed accidentally sown
and grown wild. Flax of good quail
ity has also been grown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY,
January 13, 1900
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
&c ltors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary,
or they will be cited up.
Test: E. E. LAMAR. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
brutality in OId-TIme War

In the fourteenth century the
slaughter of women and children
after a town or castle had been TAX
en- by storm was one of the most
common occurrences of war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
Wonderful! Wonderful !

Elwood Townsend, Kinks Mills, Penna. says:
Il had sore leg for Is years and tried good
many different liniments, until was advised by
my neighbors to try Feldser's Liniment. I used
one bottle and now feel like IL new mar. would
advise everybody to try it. For sale by DR.. L. K.
Kirk, Rising sun; Sidwel d Griffith, Sylmar
John McCrery, Nottingham.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07
How He Described 1t.

"C-h-a-o-s," spelled four-year-old
Margie, slowly, ''now l wonder what
that means?"
"Oh," replied her six-year-old
brother, with an air of superior
knowledge, lit means a great big pile
of nothing and no place to put it,
Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-07

IA RNY NAME is John Harding. l
lVk was a Confederate soldier in
ESSWTg5S one of the famous regiments
WSSSxy that went into the field n tbOu-
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THS-FUNERALS

DEIsER-Nrs. Mary Deiser, wife o.
Charles j. Deiser, died this morning.
at $50 at Easthaven, aged 33 years
Her home was three miles northwest
of Centervi,le. The surviving mem
oers of the family area husband anG
three children. The remains wer,
removed to the undertaking parl, rs
of Wilson * Pohlmeyer. where friend s
may call to view the remains at any
lour Sunday or Monday morning Up
20 s O'Clock. At 81 O'Clock Monday
morning the funeral will take plac,
from ST. ,Mary's church. Interment
At cemetery OF same,
CoX-John Gurney Cox d.ed this
morning at the home OF his pal ents
John NJ. Cox and wife, 44south ninth
street, of a complication OF diseases,
aged 20 years The surviving men,
oers of the family are his parents,
one brother and three sisters. The
funeral will take place Monday after
noonat2 o,elaak from the home The
services viii be conducted by Rev E.
,. Ellis and Rev. Kemper of Grace
~ E. church. Interment at Earl
nam cemetery. Friends may call
sunday evening fn1h TO 9 o clock
aud from toll sMchday morning.