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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

"Why did she quit your" asked the

"Why did she quit your" asked the
captain, for lack of something to say
"Why, captain, she was one of these
high toned pieces-too good for this
world-parson's daughter, and when
her old dad died she was dashed glad
to marry me to get something to eat
But she objected to everything l did
and said l wasn't good enough for her.
and when | gave her few bats in the
nose she objected still more. l had to
take this at school and at sea. SO does
every man. Why should woman be
exempt? But she quit me, dash her,
and took my boy"
"Well," said the captain slowly, "if
that is your code we cannot discuss it.
You are too old to be changed. I'll
simply say, Mr.. Arbuckle, that | am
master here under the law. l forbid
you to strike another man aboard my
vessel. You are big enough to thrash
all hands, but l know the law and will
prosecute you, with my men for wit
nesses.''
The mate went to his bunk. He may
captains threat. He certainly was by
an interview with the cook which oc-
Cured a few mornings later. So far
there had been no friction between
these two the most important factors
in the economy of a ship at sea- But
the watch on deck, being a little dila-
tory in drinking their morning coffee,
hrp11nhf A,.b1 In 70 ln How door
loudly commanding that the cook stop
the morning coffee until further orders.
The cook came to the door with ten
inch carving knife. ''Look heah," he
said, with sparkling eyes. 81 know
you, you no count white man. My IA
ther used to go into the forest an kill
gorillas like you fore the traders got
him. 1 was a slave till l was big
'nough to run way. Then l killed an
overseer like you. Now I'm an Amer
lean. You heah me-I'm IN Amer
lean? 1 signed heah to cook for all
hands an give 'em coffee at turn to.
Pm goin to do it. | sharpCned this
knife the day you Joined, an I've kept
it sharp. If you run foul of me- I'll cut
you into little bits. You heah meT'
The officer heard and understood. He
went aft for revolver, and the cook
followed to the cabin door with the
knife and met him when he appeared.
But the pistol did not leave his pocket.
The cook was as large a man as him.
self, and there was an earnest look in
his sparkling eyes that dominated 9th
er influences. So the days work be-
gan without disturbance.
Conciu led next week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
TOO MUCH POSTAGE.
Jones Had Stamped Himself and the
Judge Called Him Second
Glass Matter.

"The old judge was one of the
kindliest of men," said an attorney
of this city, speaking of a distin-
guished member of the local bar, who
is now dead, relates the New Orleans
Iimes-Democrat, "but his temper
was as warm as his heart, and when
momentarily eXasperated he had a
tongue like a razor. When | was
studying law in his office we had a
copying clerk who was known about
the place as the late Peter Jones'
"a soubriquet he acquired by being
always behind time. He was a slow,
distracted, dreamy kind of fellow,
with his mind generally hundred
miles from his business, and he was
continually working the Judge up to
the point of explosion. One day a
wire basket fell Off the top of his
desk and grazed his cheek, making
a slight scratch several inches long.
Being very busy at the moment, and
wishing to protect the abrasion from
the air until he could get some court
plaster, he slapped on three or four
postage-stamps and went on with his
work. A little later on he had some
papers to take to the United States
court. and, forgetting all about his
peculiar decoration, he put on his
hat and sailed out. He must have
created sensation on the street, but.
as usual, his mind was elsewhere. and
when he returned in half an hour or
so, he was still in blissful ignorance
of his Mardi Gras aspect. The three
stamps happened to he of different
eoiors, and he looked like an Apache
chief made up for ghost-dance. AS
he entered the Office, the Judge raised
his head and fixed him under an
astonished stare. Poor Jones qualled
under his eye. 'Anything-er-
wrong, sir?" he inquired, tremulous-
ly, when the silent scrutiny became
uncomfortable. Yes. sir!' Numbered
the old gentleman; you are carry
ing too much postage for second-elass
NATTER"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
SPIDERS WEBS.
An Interesting Study in Araneid
Architecture and Its Pur-
poses.

l am not going into complex de-
scription OF how the spider lays off
her web except to say that when it
extends across any considerable dis
tance she has stood on her head as
nearly as she could and emitted Il
thread which the wind blew till it
caught on something, says Harvey
Sutherland, in Ainslee's. Then she
took i'll the slack and bit it off and
threw it away After the line was
taut she crept out on it, always keep
ing in touch with the home plate, till
she got 10 the further end, which she
made good and secure. Then back to
the middle again, where she dropped
TN the end of her line to the ground
Ind made fast there. After that she
worked according to the way her peo-
pie have done since the days when
The wood was growing that we now
call coal. If it be an orbed snare, then
Ill the outer crossbars are gummed
with beads of tanglefoot for careless
lies. There is comparative open
space around the center, so that the
scuf1ie that always takes place when
there is fresh meat for supper may
not wreck the web too vitality, and
right i'll the center itself is usually a
aice. neat little mat for her to sit on,
made of dry, unsticky silk and woven
IKE crazy quilt or one of these hit
or-miss stained glass windows Some
LINES, instead of plain radii she cards
her silk into a.aocklike ribbon and
2igzags 1T down one compartment of
the web. Some spiders make an all
round snare; some make a snare like
a pie with u piece cut out, and one
Elnd makes snare shaped like the
piece of pie that has been cut out.
This last sits there with the slack of
her web drawn up tight between her
feet and waits. a fool fly bumps into
the line. She let's everything go by
the run, and the sticky slack falls over
the fly. She spreads her spinnerets
and drops flat ribbon of threads over
it. The more it kicks, the more it
tangles itself. When she can safely
do so, the spider bites her prey till it
gives up. Then she sucks the Juice out
of it and sits chewing on the torn silk
till she gets all the gum off it, when
she throws it away and begins to re-
pair the web.
Other spiders set their web f1at-wise
over hollows on the ground, a favorite
location being near a path All the
flying and jumping things get out of
the way when man comes along,
and, not looking where they leap, they
make business good. Of course, the
man often spoils the web, but, la that
doesn't worry the spider any. There's
plenty more where that came from,
and, anyhow, she has to spin to pass
away the time. BY the way, most of
their spinning is done at night. In
the daytime they take little maps when
there is nothing doing. Of these fiat
webs some are spun in bushes with
labyrinth of threads running up two
or three feet among the twigs over a
sort of umbrella-like disk, under
which the spiders wait. Other little
spiders are often permitted to make
use of this labyrinth for their own
needs, or perhaps it is too much trou-
BILE to stop the poaching. There is
good deal of that kind of broad-mind-
ed charity in the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

tried to make living, but they both
starved to death"
go forrard,' said the mate calmly,
'and send that old liar aft"
George disa npeared, and Martin came.
'T'll teach you, you old crow bait"
he said, ''to set the men against me.
Killed my Wife and child, did L? Didn't
l tell you that the less you knew abont
Tompkinsyilia the better for your
''AIr. ArI5,.clile," answered the old
man braye!y, what I've said in the
fo'castlc I'll say to your face, and I've
a right to say what the whole town
knows. l knew you as a boy, and
knew Your wife as pretty little girl,
and if the account is true you are re-
sponsiblc. never saw the baby, but
my folks did and read the letter she
sent just before they both died Of star
vation."
The old man fell under the fist blow
which followed. and when the infuriat-
ed officer had finished stamping upon
and Captain Haskins became alarmed
Ills secret Ideals nad been realized.
''You stop this right here, Mr.. Ar
buckle" he said. 81 forbid you killing
and manning my crew. If you strike
another of my men, I'll put you fore
the mast l WILL by the Eternal!'
Which was as near as Captain Has
kins ever came to profanity.
But the mate was not himself. He
answered warmly-in fact, threatened
to break Captain Haskins' head if he
violated his agreement not to interfere
between him and the men, and for a
few days was practically master of the
vessel a terror to all. Then an Incl
dent brought him around.
The Salvationist, useless on deck and
spared by the mate only because of his
value as a spy, was a splendid enter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
4 bloodhound Man,

A bloodhound man has been discov-
cred by German doctor; this is an
individual whose sense of smell is so
keen that he can recognize his friends
at distance of several feet, and
when he is blindfold, One scientific
fact resulting from this highly devel-
oped sense is that all the members of
family have characteristic odor,
and that each family has its distinc-
tive odor.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
The Exile Dreams.

I'd like to go from the city's din
To the distant old farm places:
I'd like to look for moment In
On the gentle, fair home faces:
I'd like to see if the passing days
With their restless marring fingers
Have spoiled the calm of the rustic ways
In the bit of home that fingers.
Ia know the way from the little town.
Past the hillsides and the valleys.
10 the tiny house in the pasture brown,
Where the homesick toiler rallies.
"a know each step of the paths that wind
Throughth orchards, green and golden.
And reverently my way I'd find
10 the doorstep, gray and olden.
ana tnen, an0 then-as waited there,
AS the thin door opened slowly
Y heart of mine, could | hope to share
In scene so sweet and holy?
Dlesseo hearth, where my father stands
with welcome true as ever.
Y mother love, that still understands
Though the world remembers neyeri
frank Walcott HUT, in Farm Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Dyspeptics cannot be long lived because
to live requires nourishment. Food is not
nourishing until it is digested. A disorder
ed stomach cannot digest food, it must
have assistance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
dige is all kinds of food without aid from
the stomach. allowing it to rest and regain
its natural functions. Its elements are ex-
actly the same as the natural digestive
fluids and it simply can't help but do you
good. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21


tainer in the watch below, possessing II
clear, bell-like tenor voice. Usually he
sang the sacred words and jingling
tunes of the Salvation Army, but on
this evening he treated them to a pa
thetic song of the war days. 1t began
softly, at first nothing distinguishable
but the melody, then rising until the
words of the refrain could be heard
from the poop:
No the bugle calls the weary one.
Rest noble spirit, in thy grave unknown.
I'll find you and know you among the good and
true
When a robe of white is given for the faded coat
Of blue
Mr.. Arbuckle was heard to utter a
sound between a gasp and a groan.
Then he ran forward, entered the fore
castle, pulled the singer from his bunk
and expressed himself.
''Shut up! Shut up, youi' snivellng
caterwauling y sect! Don't let me hear
any more of this!" Then he shook the
unlucky George until his breathing
was difficult.
Don't you want us to sing in the
last dog watch below, sir? asked Tom,
standing up.
"No!' yelled the mate; then, remind
"a by their faces that the edict W.
}lutionary, he added: Not
as this. They're played Gu
.@5ing something decent,
i4e," lie said to the GOV
.. ing something lively
,,.J to sing. and don't sing so Ii
.oud,"
Yes, sir-all right, slr-aye, aye !
answered George, ana the mate *
aft
He walked the deck until midnight
and for an hour into his watch below
then approached the captain.
Mustn't think, SIR" he said, halting,
''that I'm trying to kill the men. I'm
not. But they aggravate me. There's
no able seaman aboard"
'That is a matter of opinion, Mr.. Ar
buckle" answered the captain coldly
Even so, able Seamen are not really
necessary in a little craft like this,
Human beings are and require human
treatment. And what's wrong with
that boy? He's got a good voice.
like to hear him sing, and he's the one
man, besides the cook, that you haven't
maltreated. thought you liked him."
Like him-the sniyeling, psalm sing
ing sneak! I've pumped him dry about
the rest, and they put him up to sing
that song. l know it. It's the old fell
low. Have you heard what he's saying
bout me?'
about your wife? Yes; Martin told
me when l bandaged him. That is not
my business. But ! shouldn't think a
mere song could disturb you, Nh Az
buckle / know the soug-'Faded Coat
Of Blue It'll draw tears from stone.
but not from bucko mates, as a general
thing"
But I've got feelings, captain, same
as any man. And that's a song she
taught the child; used to sing it togeth-
er, the young un sitting N her lap and
me smoking and listening. 'Tisn't on
her account. To hades with her! She
quit me when ] was at sea. But she
took the boy-my boy. She took my
boy away, and he died"
"of staryationF'
"N0," Aud the mates voice was
hoarse. ~ won't have It that way.
She lied, she lied. Starvation, my boy,
not that. He got sick maybe, and she
1!dn't care for him."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

"a few months ago food which ate for
break fast would not remain on my stomach
for half an hour. used one bottle of your
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and can now eat my
break fast and other meals with relish and
my food is thoroughly digested. Nothing
equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for stomach
troubles. III. S. Pitts, Arlington. Texas.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you
eat Eli T. Reydolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on th
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executor
Administrators and Guardians, wantin.
their accounts stated, will please bring u
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Helen-Men are strange beings! T
refused Ned Klinger years ago, be-
cause he is so much younger than I
am, and he proposed again last week.
Ethel-Oh, well, he's nearer your
own age now!-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
Y r TAYLOR,
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS Court FOR CECIL CouNTY,)
January 13, 1900.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecltors 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: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
Wonderful! Wonderful |!

Elwood Townsend, Kinks Mills Penna.. says:
II had Il sore leg for Is years and tried a gooG
many different liniments until was advised by
my neighbors to try Feldsers Linment. l used
one bottle and now feel like new man. would
advise everybody to try it. For sale by DR.. l.. X.
Kirk, Rising SUM- Sidwell Il Griffith, Sylmar
John McCrery. Nottingham.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Yabsley-There isn't bigger nuis.
ance than the man that is always in.
sisting on treating.
Mudge-He isn't half so bad as the
fellow that never treats at all.-Indi-
annapolis Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
War.

"All trembling is the meadow;
All crimson is the rill.
The dead lie in the valley;
The dead lie on the hill,
And one side is the victor,
The other side has lost
The women of two peoples
Are counting up the COST
Edwin L. Sabin, in Ainslee's Maga-
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
Almost Like "a Daughter.

Mrs. Church-Does your girl seem
to want to stay in any one place long2
F.; Mrs. Gotham-Oh, yes; she seems to
prefer the parlor.-Yonkers States.
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

"How should a woman enter the sea
of matrimony?" asked the sweet
young thing.
"All rugged up" responded the ex-
perienced benedict.-Chicago Daily
News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
,TWeen Seasons.

The melancholy days have come:
Small comfort now we get.
Too warm to keep our tiannels on,
Too cool to shed EN- yet.
philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Wobbles-There goes Gosling! Ans
other disappointed lover.
Johnstone-Why, l thought he was
married month or two ago?
Wobbles--Yes, that's what l mean.
Ally Sloper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
- -al-l---
Sharing the Glory,

''Henrietta isn't one of these women
who want To put husband in the
background and make him stay
there"
mo, indeed!'
SIS she trying to make you promi-
uent?"
'Yes. She is going to deliver lee
ture. to her club on how to manage
husbands, and she wants me to come
up on the platform and be an exam
pie. e."-Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
AS n Preventive

Mrs. Keyboard-Why do you always
sit at the piano? You can't play a
note.
Old Stokes-Neither can anyone
else while I'm here.-N. Y. Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

She Am really the first girl you
ever hugged?
He-Y-e-s; but I've made calls on
rirls who lived in flats.-N. Y. Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

A surgical operation is not necessary to
Gu piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
saves all that expense and never fails.
Be wa of counterfeits. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Eczema, saltrheum, letter, chatting, ivy
poisoning and all skin tortures are quickly
cured by DeWit's Witch Hazel Salve.
The certain pile cure. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21
SCHOOL INTEREST

Glasgow spends eS60,00O a year on
building, e49,000 of which is for
churches and schools.
Although in the last 60 years the
population of Europe has only in
creased 33 per cent, the number of
children attending school has grown
in the same period by $50 per cent.
The four great Scottish universities
are in very bad way financially. All
of them are appealing for funds, and
it is said that sum of at least $1O,-
100000 is needed to bring them up to
the level of modern requirements.
The members of the Toronto pub
lie school board have made up their
minds that they don't like the vertical
writing. Under an order just adopted
the Toronto boys and girls will here
after slant their letters to the right.
Parents and guardians in Green
wood county, Kan, complain that
questions far beyond reasonable limit
are asked of even the younger chill
dren. At recent examination the
following were among the questions
put: what is meant by free trade?
Imperialism? Protection? Expan-
sion? Write briefly on the following
topics: Missouri Compromise, Dred
Scott Decision, Kansas-Nebraska Act"
The Actors club at Buda-Pesth has
held a demonstration in favor of pro-
hibiting plays being performed in Hun
gary in foreign language.
Sheridan is said to have finished
"The Rivals" in six weeks. The story
is commonly believed to have been
true, and the incidents to have oc-
Cured in his own experience.
Fans, opera-glasses, ammonia, sui
phuric acid and bottles of evil-smell.
ing and noXious gases were among the
missiles with which the actors of THE
Contrabanditti" were pelted by stu
dents at Saratoff, Russia.
William Archer, the Scot who for
sock the bar for journalism, is now
the acknowledged chief of English
critics of the drama. He made a repu-
tation as dramatic critic of the Lon
don Figaro and is scholarly, urbane
and fair in his criticisms
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

Husband-I see that they're adver-
tising bargains in patent medicines at
Kutt & Prices drug store.
Wife-Isn't that too aggravating2
There isn't thing the matter with
any of us.-Moonshine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-21

\ R1R. ARBUCKLES reputation
WI was International, and from
S7gnl the viewpoint of ship masters
zASsy and owners it was good. Aside
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-19
Special Excursion Rates to Various
Points via Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road

Special Excursion Rates to Various
Points via Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. livery low rates
for special excursions June 13 and 81
July IL and %, August and %, and
September 5. Tickets good sixteen
days
CHICAGO, lib. Y. P. U. A. Inter-
national Convention, July 1928. One
fare for the round trip. Tickets good
going July %, "a and Is; good return-
ing leaving Chicago until July 80, with
privilege Of extension to August "a on
deposit of ticket with Joint Agent and
payment of so cents.
DETROIT, MICH.--National Educa-
tional Association, July S-12. One fare
plus $500 for the round trip Tickets
good going July 6, and 8, limited for
return leaving Detroit until July 10,
with privilege of extension to Septem-
Der 1 on deposit of ticket with Joint
Agent and payment Of 80 cents.
CINCINNATI. Omitted Society Chris
tian Endeavor, July Clio. One fare for
the round trip. Tickets on sale July
A to 6. limited for return leaving en-
cinnati until July IA, with privilege
of extension to August 81 on deposit
of ticket with Joint Agent and pay
ment of 80 cents.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - Sovereign
Grand Lodge, Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows, September 1921. One
fare for the round trip. Tickets on
sale September 12-15. limited for re-
turn leaving Indianapolis until Sep
TENDER 90, with privilege of exten-
sion to October on deposit of ticket
with Joint Agent and payment of so
cents.
LOUISVILLE. KY.-Triennial Con.
clave, Knights Templar, August 1871,
One fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale August % to %, limited for re-
turn leaving Louisville until Septem-
Der 2. with privilege of extension to
September 16 on deposit of ticket
with Joint Agent and payment of SO
cents
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL-Epworth
League International Convention,
July 1921. Very low rates. Tickets
on sale July 4 to u, limited for re-
turn until August 81
For tickets. time of trains, sleeping
and parlor car accommodations. call on
or address nearest Ticket Agent Balti-
more & Ohio R. R. for full informa-
ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-19
A Fulton Case.

Yesterday Squire Fitzpatrick issued
warrants for Henry Stietz and wife, at
the instance of Mrs. Watson, the parties
being all from Fulton. Steitz is charged
with disorderly conduct and his wife is
charged with disorderly conduct and the
use of profane language. They will be
given a hearing at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-19
IN THE JUSTICE COURTS.
Hearing To-Day.

Yesterday Mrs. Barbara Fisher swore
out warrants before Justice of the Peace
Greer, for Amelia Foster and Annie
McMoren, charging them with assault
and battery committed upon her daugh-
ter. They will be given a hearing to-
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-19
One and Costs.

Mrs. Baxter was fined one dollar and
costs in Justice of the Peace Fitzpat-
rick's court yesterday afternoon on a
charge of using profane and abusive
language, preferred by Mrs. Eskey.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-19

sn1u6l 11GlinU ofths stats AZ
~ bIy q a. National Union was held
Yesterday afternoon In the Stamm
House parlor. Hon. B. F. Meighen. OF
Moundsville.. was reelected representa-
tive to the Senate, which will meet in
July in the Adirondack mountains. An
executive committee was appointed with
the following members: Mr.. Paxton. OF