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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

Farming pays - sometimes. The Charlotte, North Carolina. Observer prints an interview With MT. W. F.. Crosland of Richmond county, in which that gentleman says that twenty-three years ago he and Captain w. F. Ever cit invested s1o00O each in 1,SOO acres Of land and farm equipment. A year ago they took an inventory of the farm assets and found that after having lived on the proceeds of the farm, edu- eating several children, and after each member had drawn out s10,000 addition al during twenty-two years, there yet remained, including moneys on hand, real estate, farm products unsold, stock, cattle, and personal effects, over s100 O00 in assets. They now have 5000 acres of land in a high state of culti- walton, with everything needful for successful farming. Their exhibit shows a profit of B 1-3 per cent. in round numbers ner annum,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04
During the last twelve months Car negie has given away S4o,oO0,000

A Chicago man tried to commit mur- der and suicide because his wife would not Kiss him. Reason enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CrrY lb CENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS MoNTu s TOR Srx MONTHS. $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

A curious experiment is to be tried at the home for waifs in Terre Haute, Indiana Children who are its inmates are to be treated with hypnotism by Professor Henry, of Chicago, on the theory that by hypnotic suggestion he can start higher trains of thought in their minds, mitigating their inheri- lance from vicious parents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

The United States is using more cof- fee than 1t did. The coffee importa- tions of the United States will in the calendar year 1901 be the largest in the History of our import trade. Eleven months figures show that the import Gtions of coffee amounted to 967,969 5s5 pounds in the eleven months ending with November, against 7o7 496, 152 in the corresponding months in 1900; s17,- 223,S7 in the corresponding months of 1899; 744,91o.179 in the corresponding months of 1898: 72e119,996 in the same months of 1897, and 567,929,S17 In the eleven months of 1896. These figures indicate not only that the coffee im- portations of 1901 will be larger than those of any preceding year, but that they will for the first time exceed one billion pounds. The value of the coffee Imports of the year will reach about seventy million dollars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

Three keepers of lighthouse at Cape Griznez were fined $10 each recently for poaching by spreading nets to catch the birds attract by the ref1ectors of the lantern, It was stated during the hear ing of the case that no fewer than 5,914 birds were captured between October 10 and IA, the majority being larks, tfrushes and corncrakes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04

Last year was a good year for those who had coal to sell. The Philadelphia Ledger, giving the statistics for the anthracite coal output TOT the year past, estimates it at 53 5OO,oOo tons and says that had there been proper facili- ties for transportation much larger >Suantity would have been marketed for the demand was great. AS it was the output exceeded that for 1900 by over 5000, ,0Oo and the year was the best ever known in the business
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
PEOPLE OF ODD DELus1oN S.
Jerusalem Is a Great Place for Cranks
Who Are Are Carried Away
with Religious Fads.

Jerusalem is a great place for
cranks, particularly those of religious
tendencies. People who have visions
and possess the gift of prophecy, who
have discovered new ways of saliva
tion and methods by which they may
live without sin, seem to flock here
as the moths seek the light. Some
come in clubs and associations, 9TH
ers as individuals, says William E.
Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Many Of them are actually insane
and possessed of peculiar delusions.
There used to be an old sailor here
who went around through the prin-
cipal streets day after day carrying
a heavy cross. He was doing pen
ance FOR some great sin he had COM
mitted, and it would be satisfac-
tion to know whether he obtained
absolution before he died. Then there
was man who bought lamb every
morning and sacrificed it, giving the
skin and the meat to the poor. His
place Of sacrifice was on rock out
side the walls, and a crowd was there
awaiting him when he came with his
offering upon his back.
There is an old woman in Jerusa-
lem now-and she is said to be rich,
for she lives in comfortable house
and seems to have plenty of money
who considers it her mission to re-
lieve the hunger and distress of all
the Isamaelitish dogs. She goes out
daily with baskets of bread and meat
to feed them, and If she can catch
one of the mongrel ours with which
the streets are haunted, she takes
him home, washes him, puts oint-
ment upon his sores, soaks him with
carbolic acid and other disinfectants
and then turns him loose. But she
never gets the same dog twice. AL
though they like the food she brings
them, they do not relish the other
attentions.
The Moslems, like the North Amer
lean Indians, consider lunatic
sacred, and any man who comes here
with marked eccentricities is abso-
lutely safe, safer than if he had an
escort of the sultan's bodyguard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
FISHING IN YELLOWSTONE.
Trout Caught and Cooked Right Gn
the Hook without the Angler
Having to Move from His Seat.

People returning from the west fire.
quently have some wonderful stories
to relate of how they caught trout in
the Yellowstone park, and, without
changing their seat, lifted the fish
out of the stream of cold water, over
into boiling spring, and cooked it
without removing it from the hook
These stories are all very we'll in
their way, but when told in the man.
ner above outlined, one can safely put
them down as yarns without the slight
est foundation in fact. To catch a
fish in stream of cold water, and
lift it over into a spring of boiling
water is one of the many curious
things that are possible only in the
Yellowstone park, but, should the per-
son so doing attempt to draw the
fish out of the boiling spring, the head
would pull off the thoroughly boiled and
perfectly soft body, and he would thus
lose the fish, says the Washington
Post.
The most wonderful phenomena of
the sort in the Yellowstone park is
one that has thus far escaped those
who are fond of telling big fish yarns,
mainly for the reason that the locality
lies outside the beaten track of travel
and visitors, and can only be reached
after considerable difficulty. At the
point in question, stream of clear,
cold water flows through the park, re-
celving in its course the scalding hot
waters of one of the numerous boiling
springs of that region. This boiling
water, as it reaches the cold stream,
flows, for a considerable distance
along one bank before the waters
finally mingle and become one in tenn
perature.
Into this spring of boiling water, in
sects, bugs, toads, grasshoppers, and
the like are continually dropping, and
thus losing their lives, and all such in
sects are, as matter of course.
swept into the coldlwater stream.
Now, in the cold water of this stream
number of hungry trout are contin-
ually sk1rmishing along the edge of
the hot water, taking good care not
to venture too close for the purpose
of swapping up and devouring the In
sects brought down by the hot water,
and which happen to float over into
the cold water, or near enough the bor-
der for the trout to pick them up, so
that it is possible for fisherman sit
ting on the bank to catch a trout, with
hook and line draw him two feet from
where he took the hook. and boil him
good and done, all in the same stream,
and without even lifting the fish from
the water. The fisherman would, of
course, have a scoop net to remove
the boiled trout from the water, for
otherwise the head would pull off,
leaving the body in the water. But,
barring this, it is within the bounds
of truth for one to say that the Vel
lowstone Is the only place on earth
where it Is possible to catch and cook
fish in the same stream.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is astonishing on what small
provocation some people get the big
head.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
If you start out in the morning
with smile on your face you will
be surprised at the number of pleas
ant people you meet.-Chicago Daily
News.
Disguised Artist-"But, surely,
madame, the picture looks like you"
Directing Sitter-"Any photographer
could do as much as that."-Indianap
oils News.
He that fancies himself very en-
hghtened, because he sees the def
ciencies of others, may be very ignor-
ant because he has not studied his
own.-Bulwer.
Don't trust too far to yoh good
Intentions" said Uncle Eben, "unless
yoh has skill back of 'em. Good in
tentions satisfies de man what has
'em, but dey is de ruination of heap
O. choir Observation-Disclosures Star.
Microbe Mad.-'Is Mr.. Fusse much
afraid of microbes?" 'Well, 1 should
say; he washes the aptiseptic gauze
gloves he wears in an antispetic fluid
before he even handles the sterilized
glass that contains that boiled and
filtered mineral water he intends to
drink! Herald.
1t Was Printed There.-"Yes; it
was hot argument. Binks said he
thought he was becoming pretty well
known, and Jinks retorted scornfully
that he'd bet SIS he'd never seen his
name in print" ''Did Binks take him
up?" "He did" "Did he make good?"
HE did. He handed Jinks his card,
and it was printed there."-Chicago
Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
MISSISSIPPI VERY DUSTY.
Sticky Particles Seem to Arise from
the Water and Are Waited About
by the Winds.

1.-The Mississippi river is the dustiest
road in the whole country" said a
man who, according to the New Or
leans Tlmes-Democrat, travels ON the
river great deal, "and if you don't
believe it put on white shirt some
time and make cruise up the river
few hundred miles.
Il was reading an article some
time ago about the dust of the sea,
and from the description given of the
fine, dry sediment which falls from
the damp mist of the sea 1 am in
cllned to think that the deposit is
not in it with the dust of the Mis-
sissippi. The water of the river is
charged with fine particles. The
heavy particles in the water do not
leave the surface except to sink at
some point where an obstruction di-
verts the current and causes a tenn
porary poise.
These formations are due alto
gether to the resistance encountered
by the currents of the river. Mind,
you, the heavier particles of the river
figure in these formations. The
lighter particles, and the kind 1 have
in mind at this time, form a sort
of river dust, which is waited here
and there by the winds which sweep
the stream.
Il nave heard a great many men
advance the idea that this dust was
blown from the sandbars and banks
of the river during the dry season.
But there is nothing in this claim
which will explain satisfactorily the
constant settling of dust on the
boats plying the Mississippi. 1t blows
into the cabin, settles on the deck
and other exposed portions of the
boat, and is just like any other kind
OF dust which one may find in an or
binary road during dry season.
There is this difference, that it is
possibly not so dry, and hence has
greater cohesive power. 1t sticks
to the thing it falls on.
"There are, in my judgment, two
ways of getting the fine particles
out of the water. They may rise with
the mist of the morning, and when
the sun dries and dissipates the mist
these fine particles become the sport
of the winds and are blown hitker
and thither. Or it may be that the in
fiuence of the sun on the surface of
the water will sufficiently dry and
bake these finer particles to make
them all easy prey to the winds.
'The wind which constantly
sweeps the surface of the river would
brush them from the water and watt
them with the direction of the wind.
I do not pretend to say that this is
exactly what happens, but it seems
to me to be a reasonable eXplana-
tion of the existence of the strange
phenomenon we call river dust"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
CLOCK-EYED CATS.
Discovery by a French Missionary of
Felines in China with Time
Keeping Optics.

According to the delightful French
missionary Hue, who recorded so many
queer things about the Celestial en-
pire, no man needs watch or a clock,
if he has the right kind of cat. In
certain parts of China they can tell the
exact time of day or night by looking
into cats eyes. The pupil of the eye,
assuming that the creature in questio
is just what it ought to be, gradually
diminishes as noon approaches, until
it loses completely its oval form and
becomes thin perpendicular line.
When that line is plumb, it is IL o'clock
Then the pupil begins to grow very
gradually and finally becomes as big
and as round as marble. Then it is
midnight. With patience, practice
and good mathemat tical perception, the
happy possesseor of time-keeping
cat can tell the hour of the day and
of the night because the thin perpen-
dicular line which the pupil of t. :
cats eye assumes at noon, gives him
clear starting point,
The missionary discovered this val
liable piece of feline popularity by
pure accident. He noticed little boy
minding a calf and asked him if he
knew the time The child looked up aud
remarked that the day was too hazy;
he couldn't see the sun. "But wait q
moment" he said, ''we will know pre-
cisely in a moment" Then he ran into
the nearest hut and came out with a
bip cat in his arms "It is lust half
past H." he shouted, and running up to
the missionary, he placed the cats face
under the holy mans nose. "See for
yourself!" said he. "Sure enough" !"
said Hue, who had serious reason 'or
concealing his astonishment and his
ignorance, ''it is just as you said, half
past III"
Later on, when he got among his con-
verts, he asked them to explain the
mystery. They did so, and showed him
some living specimens of the precious
time keepers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
Marriage by Proxy.

The curious custom of marriage by
proxy still exists in Holland. A Dutch
gentleman residing in Batavia was re-
Gently united by proxy to a young lady
residing with her parents at Amster-
dam, and, incongruous as it seems to
our ideas, the bridegroom's sister rep
resented him and took the young lady
in his name, 'for better or worse
1t seems that the young man was tired
of waiting for his love any longer, but
found that she would not be married
unless her mother was present. Her
parents would not go to Batavia, and
he could not go home. A compromise
was happily possible, as they were
both Dutch subjects, by the lady being
married with her relations around her,
and she is now sailing for Java.-Shef-
field Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
Arm in Arm with n Tieress.

1t is related of Sir Edward Brad
ford, the chief police commissioner of
London, that he once walked arm in
arm, so to speak, with tigress. He
was out shooting, and, always a fear
less sportsman, had come to close
quarters with his quarry. He fired,
and either the ball failed to take eff
feet or but slightly wounded the ami
NAL. She sprang at him, and seized
his left arm above the elbow. The
pain must have been terrible, but Sir
Edward kept cool, and, realizing that
it would be death to drag his man
gled arm away and allow her to
spring afresh at him, he deliberately
walked few agonizing PAGES until
his comrade was able to take aim and
kill the brute. Thus his courage saved
his life, though the amputation of his
arm at the shoulder proved necessary.
London Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
road. It's one Of my favorite drives,
and can take you Il short cut''

road. It's one OF my favorite drives,
and can take you short cut"
The reporters did not see, as they
were rushing down a hill, that another
vehicle was rapidly approaching at
right angles down hedge flanked
lane. The single horse was lathered
with hard driving, and the frail buggy
bounced and swayed as if in dogged
protest against the lumpy ground over
which it was so swiftly drawn.
Just as the buggy got around the
corner the reporters team dashed upon
it with crushing impact, overturning
the lighter vehicle and spilling it's oc-
cupants, two men, upon the ground
with stunning force.
Dickman was the first Of the news
hunting trio to grasp the possible i'm
portance of the accident.
"Secure the men," he shouted to his
companions.
Butler and Harris, accustomed to
seeing things in twinkling, seized
upon the significance Of this advice,
and before the dazed strangers could
recover their wits they were looking
anxiously into shining rims of steel,
while Harris deftly secured their hands
and feet with straps cut from the har-
ness of their own horse.
Not until they were placed beyond
the possibility of self help did the cap
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07

A Sensation Spoiled,

Listen, sister! l believe 1 hear the
voice of mani" exclaimed Principea.
as she tiptoed across the room and
placed her ear against the elevator
shaft. Miraposia joined her aged spin
ster sister, and together they heard
these words, spoken in dulcet tones up
from the fiat below:
"Ah, 80 love. Now let's make it 40
love-"
Horrors, Miraposia! Do you think
they are speaking of osculation?"
SISTER Principea, I am shocked at
your suggestion. The honor of the
building demands an investigation.
Come"
Together they stoically stalked down
the stairway to the fiat below.
The door was open and Harold Nc
Swat bade them enter.
"We are having a delightful game of
ping-pong. Miss Flatdweller has just
won the game. Will you join us ?"
The invitation was coldly declined,
and the spinsters sought the seclusion
of the apartments, crushed that the
vernacular of ping-pong had robbed
them of choice bit of gossip.-Toledo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into a blazing home,
some tiremen lately dragged the
sleeping inmates from death.
Fancied security, and death near.
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coughs and colds. Don't do it.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07

tives seem to realize the meaning Of
this sudden termination of their cross
country ride. Then, struggling desper-
ately to his feet, the larger of the men
half fell. half threw himself at Harris,
shouting savagely, 'What do you mean
by this Internal outrageW
Butler grasped him strongly by both
shoulders and drew him back to the
earth, while Harris, who had started
at the sound Of the fellows voice, said
coolly: "It's no use, Sam. Alibis won't
save you this time"
Garrison, realizing that his identity
was discovered, gave a mighty roar
and struggled frantically, but vainly,
at his bonds. And then Butler and
Harris, both strong, wiry men, seized
him and, lifting his writhing body
high above the wagon bed, dropped
him plump upon the floor, where he
was made doubly safe by cross lash
ings. The smaller and apparently mute
bandit was treated in like manner.
The reporters were in a merry humor
over the turn of affairs. 1t was an un-
heard of piece Of good luck. Butler and
Dickman were eager for the return.
Hold minute, boysW cried Harris.
Lets get all that belongs to this good
stroke. Wait till search the buggy.
1t looks to me as though these fellows
were cutting cross country to a bury
ing ground"
Garrison swore viyidly.
''I've got the swag, by Jupiter!'
shouted Harris after a moments
search. 'This buggy seat is a verita-
BILE Klondike."
"Wha-atw shouted Butler in aston
ishment. "Say, Harris, you are the
captain of this expedition; we elect
you by acclamation."
"And all kinds of material for q
story, to say nothing of the necessary
evidence" continued Harris, apparent
ly ignoring the verbal bouquets
masks, lanterns, guns and all of the
paraphernalia for train robbing. In
another hour they'd have had it buried
good and safe"
Harris quickly set the buggy to rights
and drove up behind the wagon to
which the horse was made fast by its
halter.
"Now go ahead, boYs. III ride in the
Pullman. We'll all have something
worth showing up when we get back"
An hour later there was a hurried
conference in the Post building Step
ping to the telephone. City Editor
Stone called up the police station.
II want Chief Busby," he said.
'Well, what is it?" asked Busby
gruffiy.
"Any news about the robbersT ask
ed Stone.
"Oh, come now," said Busby impa-
tiently. you don't expect us to uR-
cover this thing for the papers to
spread on and scare the thieves off,"
'I'll tell you what I'll do," returned
Stone. assuming jesting tone. "Pll
deliver the robbers to you, together
with their booty, in fifteen minutes II
you'll resign"
The proposition struck Busby as In
tensely humorous. He laughed sonor-
ously.
81 accept" he said when he could
command his speaking voice.
And that ended the fight against the
Post, and simultaneously it ended the
brief and inglorious career of Chief
Busby.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07

ayes, ma'am," said Tattered Tag
Tad, sadly, "my high aspirations are
de only things dat have prevented me
from obtainin' work"
"Ah, my poor fellow" she said, as
she passed out meal; another VIC
tim of mercenary commercialism.
What are the high aspirations that
handicap you in your search for
work?"
''Ter be cap'n on an airship, ma'am."
''Sic i'm, Tige!"-Baltimor Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
In the Whirl with Cupid.

Jack-Yes, had little balance in
the bank, but I became engaged two
months ago, and now
Ned-Ah! love makes the world go
round.
Jack-Yes, but I didn't think it
would go round so fast as to cause me
to lose my balance.-Philadelphia
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
Cured of Piles After 40 Years,

Mr.. c Haney, of Geneva, Ohio. had
the piles for forty years. Doctors and
dollars could do him no lasting good
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured him
permanently. Invaluable for cuts, burns,
sprains, lacerations, eczema, letter, salt
rheum, and all other skin diseases
Look for the name on the package-all
others are cheap, worthless counterfeits.
Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-07
Fleas Called "wild An,mo,.,

A custom house decision on fieas has
been rendered in Switzerland. A pack
age marked TRAINED Fleas" reached
Geneva. The nearest analogy the col
lector could find was that of June
bugs, which had been ruled to be
"edibles." The case went from one
ofhclal to another, till it reached head
quarters at Berne, whence, after much
investigation and elaboration, the
conclusion was reached that the fleas
eame under the head of "wild animals
In menagerie. Toledo Times.