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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
Uncle sam Raises Dates.

1t is now an established fact that
dates of a good quality and in com
mercial quantities can be produced in
the warmer parts of Arizona, Mexico
and California. During the past year
at the government experimental sta
tion farm near Phoenix, three i'm
ported trees bore more than SOC
pounds, the fruit ripening between
August and January. The fruit
placed on the market sold at 25 cents
per pound, wholesale, at Phoenix
Thousands of pounds could have been
sold at this price. Packed in neat la,
beled boxes they retailed at so cents
to 10 cents per pound. The Seeding
date trees, in various parts of the
territory, bore last year 40 to zoe
pounds per tree. Those of good quail
ity sold at 25 cents a pound, whole.
sale, at PhoeniX.-N. Y. Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
SIMULATED PARALYSIS.
Sly Scheme Worked by COnvicts in
Order to Escape Hard Prison
Labor.

Criminals are cunning lot of fell
lows" said a physician who enjoys a
wide experience with this class of
public charges, reports the New Or
leans Times-Democrat, 'but they are
more cunning on the inside than they
are before the sentence. If they
would show half the cunning before
arrest that they show after convic-
ton doubt if they would be caught.
The fact is that liberty seems to
breed certain recklessness of de-
meanor, which causes the offender to
leave traces behind that will lead to
his detection. When he is restrained
he becomes more cautious. l have
found some rather curious cases dur
ing my practice on this element, and
l have been impressed with the sto-
ries they sometimes tell in order to
carry out some point and dodge the
hardships that attach to prison life.
Since the Inauguration of the system
of utilizing convicts in a way that
would make them self-sustaining the
convicts, at least the shrewder con-
victs, have hit upon a plan which for
awhile, at least, profited them some
what. They wanted to dodge work
They became sick in one way or an
other, and from their statements they
had all the symptoms of this COM
plant or that. Paralysis became very
common, so common, in fact, that in
my own territory I soon found
LARGO Of tba inv, -
ficted in this way. 1 could see that
something would have to happen to
check the business. l told one of the
men that I did not believe the story
he told me about his right leg, which
he had been dragging around for sew
eral days. He said it was paralyzed.
He said he had no feeling whatever
in the leg. I spread the fellow out
on a table, barred the limb and
plunged a needle into the flesh. He
stood it without a finch, but I did
not like the exultant look he had on
his face. I concluded that l would
slip back to the prison after he had
gone to sleep and make another test.
[ did so. I plunged a needle into his
bare limb again. and with a shrek
the fellow leaped out onto the floor.
He was thoroughly startled to see
me standing by him. His cool nerve
and stubbornness of temperament had
enabled him to stand the prick of the
needle in the morning, but his mus
cles rebelled against it in his sleep,
and he was caught. This was the last
of the paralysis racket"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
DECISIONS OF THE COURTS.

In an action for divorce in Kentucky
the court of appeals of that state in
the case of Lambert VS.. Lambert (63
S. w. Rep, 614), holds that neither the
husband nor the wife is a competent
witness against the other.
Where strip of land is conveyed as
an Galley" the supreme court of Hi
nois holds that a private alley is
meant, and the court also held that a
private alley cannot become public,
except by condemnation, by grant, OF
by dedication.
An office of a hotel is a public place
within city ordinance providing for
punishment of any persons quarrel
ing or wrangling in a public place, ac-
cording to the supreme court of Kan
sas, in the case of City of Howard VS..
Stroud (65 Pac. Rep, 24O.
In North Carolina a note indorsed
and transferred by married woman,
without her husbands knowledge or
consent, does not vest the title in the
indorsee, according to the supreme
court of that state in the case of Vann
VS.. Edwards go S. Z. Rep, 66).
One who makes an excavation upon
his land is not bound to so guard it as
to prevent injury to children who
come upon it without his invitation,
express or implied, but who are in
duced to do so merely by the alluring
attractiveness of the excavation and
it's surroundings.
A person who uses nontransfer-
able mileage ticket and who signs the
name of the owner of the ticket, is not
guilty of forgery, holds the supreme
court of Missouri in the case of Mer-
rieles VS.. Wabash Railway company
(63 S. w. Rep, 71S), provided he was
authorized by the owner to sign his
name.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

81 amt, neither. 1t can't be in this
Reighborhood."
Its in this neighborhood. It's with
in an ary of two blocks. I've see it
a-goin on for three months. I've see it
with my own eyes"
The other two women sat silent,
crushed.
"You can both of you look out of this
window without ever a-leavin your
seats and see the front door of the wo-
man it's about. It's as innocent look
in a front door as you'd find a-goin
from one end of the street to the other.
It's little you can tell about people by
their front DOORS"
The other two women had started
and looked out the window. The glance
of each went jumping along from one
door to another. There were a yellow
door and a glass door and a grained
door and a dove colored door. Their
eyes stopped at the dove colored door.
They looked at each other, then at Mrs.
Hostetter. Mis- Mayheww they ex-
claimed as one woman.
Mrs. Hostetter half closed her eyes.
"Unh-hunh" she said
The silence was intense. The two
women's faces were working with star
tied conjecture.
ga scandal about herr breathed out
Mrs. Frazer at last.
"Why, you'd think sugar wouldn't
melt in her mouth said Mrs. Dean.
''She sings in the choir"
"And's on the executive board.'
''And the executive committee of the
cooperative society,""
"She's the treasurer Of the Red
Cross"
"And secretary of the 'Sociated Char
tiles"
''Used to be-" put in Mrs. Hostetter,
amiably triumphant. "Ain't you no.
ticed she dropped everything about
three months ago?"
GAS live and BREATHE" said Mrs.
Frazer, $50 she didr'
SIT hadn't made an impression on
me-" said Mrs. Dean.
"Well, when you see a woman that's
been a-runnin everything in town."
said Mrs. Hostetter loftily, ''get up and
drop it all Of a sudden you just look
round you and keep still. There nev-
er's very much smoke without fire."
The other two women sat staring at
the dove colored door. Who would ever
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
THE KING AT WORK AND PLAY

The king is an inveterate smoker.
Edward VII. is rather a light eater
except at dinner, and has never been
a great wine drinker.
Whether in England or on the con-
tinent, the king receives by telegraph
every night an abstract of the work
of the house of commons.
One of the happiest moments of the
kings life was when he won the Derby
with Persimmon in 1896, This had
long been the ambition of his life.
Shooting, the king places above all
other entertainments that can be Of
fered him, and his principal visits have
always been paid in the shooting sea-
son.
In his own set his favorite topic of
conversation has been clothes. Over
the fashion of tie, the cut of jack
ct, and even the shape of boot, he
will grow loquacious.
The king is an expert shoemaker. a
handicraft he chose to learn when a
boy, being obliged by his royal parents
to learn some trade. He has worn
shoes of his own make.
The king, the lord mayor and the
constable are the only ones who know
the password of the Tower of London.
This password is sent to the mansion
house quarterly, signed by his maj
esty, and is a survival of an ancient
custom.
Ruler of the largest empire the
i
of England, the mightiest of mon
archs, reigns over about 400,000,00
people, or a quarter of mankind. In
other words, nearly one person out of
every four owes allegiance to him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

mighty scarce in his callin at our
house, notice. Why, wonder where
the trunks a-goin in that express wag-
onw
The other two women came to the
TindoW at once.
II wonderw said Mrs. Frazer, rub
bing her chin. "There amt a soul
movin in round here anywheres that l
know of. / can't think where it can
be a-goln to. Bartlo's house is right in
the way, SOS we can't see. even if we
go outside"
Like as not some of your neighbops
has had company come" suggested
Mrs. Hostetter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
Looked Like Her.

Sir" said the gentleman, anglily
as he burst into the photograph gal
lery, you have insulted my wife, and
| demand satisfaction"
Believe me, SIR" said the pho.
tNgrapher, soothingly, 81 am innocent
of any intended offense; what have
l done?"
you will have to fight, SIR
went on the man; 'you took pic
ture for my wife, and it looks like
her!"-Boston Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

n A II
RSSSsS3 took her darning basket on
ssss&&y her lap. She drew a rather
large black stocking up over her arm,
thrusting her hand well down into the
foot and spreading her fingers far
apart She examined it carefully with
her head on one side and little near
sighted squint in her eyes.
Then she threaded a needle and
dropped a glass ointment jar, over
which she always darned, into the
stocking.
The doorbell rang.
"Oh, mercy on us!' said Mrs. Frazer.
She jumped up stiff1y, but so suddenly
that the darning things rolled all over
the floor. "Just because I'd set out to
darn! l could embroider on them pill
lowshams a month and not a soul
would set foot in this house. 1 wonder
who it isp'
She lifted one edge of the shade and
peered out cautiously. "Oh, my! It's
Mis- Dean. I'd almost rather it had
been the minister"
She gathered up the darning imple-
ments and the red canton flannel stock
ing bag and hurried into the bedroom.
She returned in moment, and with a
triumphant air laid partly embroid-
cred pillowsham carelessly on the
table, thrust a needle into it, and set
her thimble beside it. Then she opened
the door.
"Why, Mis- Dean! You don't mean
it! Really, now! Well, Pm amazed.
right in. Don't mind your rubbers. My
carpet amt silk warp henrietty. 1 new
er take my rubbers off anywheres. It's
too much trouble. If folks don't like
my rubbers, they needn't like me;
that's all. Love me, love my rubbers, -
she added, with a comfortable laugh,
preceding her guest into the sitting
room.
Mrs. Dean sank into low chair. She
was a small, colorless woman, with
cold eyes and a stubborn mouth.
"Such a hill as you live onv she said
in an injured tone. "What possessed
you to buy way up here"
."Oh, just to give folks somethin to
wonder about" replied Mrs. Frazer,
with her mellow, exasperating laugh,
"Folks are bound to ask questions, you
know. If they don't ask what made us
build way up here, they ask why we
didn't put porch clear round or bay
window in the bathroom or why we
didn't run our pipes on the outside in
std of the inside"
"Yes," said Mrs. Dean coldly. Her
pale eyes were commencing to let out
a little unsuspected fire. She had many
nervous movements. Her veil was toe
short, and she kept putting up care
lessly gloved hand to draw it down
over her thin chin. Each time it sprang
back like piece of rubber and curved
in to her lips with every breath.
"You maxim shams"
Eyes; was just workin on 'em."
The doorbell rang.
"Wellw said Mrs. Frazer. She got up
more slowly this time She was large
woman; she moved stiffiy. "It never
rains but it pours."
Sublimely unconscious of her rude
ness, she went to the door.
"Oh, Mis- Hostetter! You, is It'll
Well, I'm right glad you come, Step
in, | guess you know Mis- Dean" she
added humorously.
'"Oh, my, yes" said Mrs. Hostetter
sitting on the edge of chair. She was
tall and thin. She stopped slightly.
81 was afraid it might be the minis
ter" Mrs. Frazer resumed her place.
''Well, .talkin about the minister y
said Mrs. Dean, lowering her voice. 81
just want that you should notice how
often he goes to Miss Huntley's. I've
seen him so there time and ag'in. He's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on tb
second Tuesday of every month. Executor
Administrators and Guardians, wantn.
their accounts stated, will please bring IL
their vouchers few DAYS before Court.
Test. r. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS CoURT FOR CECIL COUNTY
January l3, 1900.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not state
an account within year. come forward an
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
Test: R. E. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
Wonderful! Wonderful |!

Elwood Townsend, Kinks Mills. Penna., says
Il had sore leg for 10 years and tried good
many different liniments, until was advised by
my neighbors to try Feldser's Liniment. | used
one bottle and now feel like new man. would
advise everybody to try it., For sale by DR.. l.. r.
Kirk, Rising sun; Silwel & Griffith, Sylmar
John MeCrery, Nottingham.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

Policeman-"Hey, there! Move on
and let tn sun shine on. this side
walk, youse!" Weary Willie-"Durn
tn sun. l was here first!"-Denver
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

Compact of melody, the rose
Wooes the soft wind with strain on strain
OF crimson; and the lily blows
Its white bars to the rain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

In prosecution for murder, where
1t is claimed that the death of the de-
ceased was caused by blow on the
head, the court of criminal appeals of
Texas in the @1se of Minson VS.. State
(o3 5. w. Rep, 647), holds that a photo
graph showing the condition of the
brain of the deceased, after removal
of the Skull is admissible in evidence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

The trees are paeans; and the grass
One long green fugue beneath the sun
Song is their life; and all shall pass;
Shall cease, when song is done.
Madison Cawein, in weeds by the Wall"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

A bas relief by Clodion, representing
lawns, nymphs and cupids at play,
has been discovered in a Paris nun
merry. The relief was carved for Prin-
cess Louise of Conde, in the eighteenth
century, and when she became a nun
the figures were covered with plaster.
"A Prussian cannon ball at the time of
the siege of Paris Clipped off the plas-
ter, showing the sculpture beneath. A
French antiquarian society intends to
present it to the Carnavalet museum,
though the price asked for it is $40, 900,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

Geo. w. Lane, Pewamo, Mich, writes:
"Your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the best
remedy for indigestion and stomach trou-
bic that I ever used. For year ] uttered
from dyspepsia a :" e &C mpelling me
to stay in bed and ca ! ne untold
agony. 1 AM completely Gu r' nv Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. In recommen ng it to
friends who suffer from indigestion l al
ways offer to pay for it if it fails. Thus
far have never paid" Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

Weary Walker-"Dis paper says de'
cod is de most useful of all fishes"
Wragson Tatters-"Wot's de matter
wild de shark?" "Aw! Wot use is
sharks?" 'Why, dey keep folks from
goin' in swimmin'.'' Philadelphia
Record.
Offering Her Bargain. Lady,
won't you kindly give a pore man
nine cents?" 'Nine cents? Why
don't you ask me for dime and be
done with it?" "Oh, no, lady; I know
the sex too well. I wuz onct mar
red Boston Traveller.
Many physicians are now prescribing
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regularly having
found that it is the best prescription they
can write because it is the one prepara-
ton which contains the elements neces-
sary to digest not only some kinds of food
but all kind and ii therefore cures indi-
gestion and dyspepsia no matter what its
cause. Eli 7. Reynolds.
"T wouldn't a-minded it walking
over my hand" sobbed the little boy,
who had been stung by the bumble-
bee, "if it hadn't sat down so hard"
baltimore World.
ANDREW Carnegie is a small man."
"Small! There's never been anything
small about Carnegie" 'Well, then,
he's Short "Short with $2S0,000,000
to give away!" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Did you ever notice this paradox"
remarked the crusty summer board
er on the porch of the seashore no.
tel. "What paradox" inquired the
other. THAT the easy chairs are al
ways hardest to get"
One hobby of Edwards is collecting
crystals. For some time he has been
collecting historic specimens, those
expensive baubles which for centuries
have been regarded in the orient as
revealers of the future. Last year, at
an auction of crystals his majesty
was outbid by an American woman,
who paid $4,000 for crystal. He also
knows all about ceramics and bronzes.
Norris Silver, North Stratford, N. H:
81 purchased a bottle OF One Minute
Cough Cure when suffering with cough
doctors told me was incurable. One bottle
relieved me, the second and third almost
cured. Today am well man" Eli T.
Reynolds,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
Unheard,

All things are wrought of melody,
Unheard, yet full of speaking spells:
Without the rock, within the tree,
A soul Of music dwells.
A mute symphonic sense that thrills
The silent frame of mortal things;
Its heart beats in the ancient hills,
In every flower sings.
To harmony all growth Is set
Each seed is but music mote,
From which each plant, each violet,
Evolves its purple note.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

"Your services are no longer re-
quired!" said the great metropolitan
editor to the reporter who had writ
ten up a sensational elopemCnt.
"Why?" was the startled question.
because you wrote up the clope-
ment of the waitress and the janitor
without calling one society favorite
and the other a man of leisure and
a well-known club man. Such care
lessness for opportunities must be
punished d''-Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20

"a R1RS. FRAZER sat down heavily
| Nk in a low rocking chair and
E5T95V took her darning basket on
RsS29Sy her Ian. She drew q rather
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26
CRUDE OIL.
Used in California for tho sprink,in7 Of
Streets

Used in California for tn, sprink,in7 Of
Streets
One Of the benefits growing out Of
the enormous supply Of crude oil
which is now found in so many parts
Of the country is the possibility OF
using ii for sprinkling and thereby
laying the dust not only on railroads
but in the cities, and perhaps most OF
all on the country roads in those see
tions where rain occurs only at inter-
walls. It's success upon railroads has
been thoroughly demonstrated, and
although at first its use in cities was
deprecated because Of the supposed
deleterious effects upon rubber tires,
II Is now CLAIMED that this objection
has been overcome. Quite a number
of the cities in California are using
oil for sprinkling purposes, and it Is
found much cheaper than water The
advantage to the railroad aside from
the laying of dust on the right of way
is that a general use for sprinkling
purposes will add materially ito the
traffic of the road, and from that
standpoint should be encouraged
Railway and Engineering Review
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26
A TEXAS WONDER.
nALL's aaEAT pIsoovEKY

O Ole smaIl bottle Of Halls Great
Die Iverv cures all kidney aud hlad
Ter troob ~, removes gravel, cufes
lab ,es. seminal emissions, weak aud
anne lacks, rheumatism and AZ lr-
reguIarities Il the kidneys and blad
Ter in born men aud women, rssU-
l'i-- bladc er troubles 10 children II
oct o,d by your druggists, viii e
sent by mail on receipt Of 81. O e
small bottle is two months treat.
nrnt and wi cure any case above
mentioned Dr. +. w Hall. sole
manufacturer, P 0. Box go, st
Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials.
SJld by ali druggists and I u, Arm
.tead.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26
AChIId'

Pierccs the mothers heart like sword
Often the mother who would do every
thing for the little one she loves, is IT.
terly impotent TO help and finds no
help iu physicians. That was The case
with Mrs puncanl Whose little one was
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26
The Coolest Hour.

AT all seasons of the year five a. NJ.
is the coolest hour Of the24.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26

and other diseases which are caused by
an impure condition of the blood. It
entirely eradicates the poisons which
feed disease, and builds up the body
with sound, healthy flesh.
MY little daughter became afflicted with
scrofula, which affected her eyes, writes Mrs,
Agnes L. Duncan, Of Mansfield. Sebastian Co.
Ark. rShe could not bear the light for over a
year. We tried to cure her eyes but nothing
did any good. We had our home physician and
he advised us to take her to an oculist, as her
eyelids would have to be scraped' They had
become SO thick he thought she would never
recover her sight. AS there was no one else to
whom we could apply my heart sank within
me. ! went to your Common Sense Medical
Adviser read your treatment on scrofula, get
ting the properties Of medicines there advised.
With five bottles Of Golden Medical Discovery
have entirely cured my child.
vHoping this will be of some use TO you and
a blessing 70 other sufferers with heartfelt
thanks / renialnn
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
an excellent laxative for children.
They are easy to take and thorough
in action.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-26

almost blind W1tlls
scrofula. But
fortunately She
was led to use Or.
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov-
ery and so cured
the child without
resorting to q
painful operation
The great blood
purifying proper
ties Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery have
been proved over
aud over again in
of scrofula,
eczema. eruptiona