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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14

the room, "do not lose sight of the girl
Gypsy. She must know where the
money is and can put US on the
track"
Fanferlot smiled knowingly.
"You may rest easy about that, mon
sieur. The lady is in good hands,"
Left to himself, although the even
ing was far advanced, M. Patrigent
continued to busy himself with the
case and to arrange that the rest of the
dispositions should be made. This case
had actually taken possession of his
mind. 1t was at the same time puz-
zling and attractive. 1t seemed to be
surrounded by a cloud Of mystery,
which he determined to penetrate.
The next morning he was in his Of
fee much earlier than usual. On this
Gay he examined Nine. Gypsy, called
Cavaillon and sent again for M. Eau
vel. For several days he displayed the
same activity. Of all the witnesses
subpenaed only two failed to appear.
The first was the office boy sent by
Prosper to bring the money from the
bank. He was i'll from a fall. The
second was M. Raoul de Layers. But
their absence did not prevent the file
of papers relating to Prosper's case
from growing, and on the ensuing
Monday, five days after the robbery,
M. Patrigent thought he held in his
hands enough moral proof to crush the
accused,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14

DR.. Bulls Pills for Liver Ills. One
pill dose. Box, so pills, 1oc. Cure
Constipation, Liver Troubles, Biliousness,
Impure Blood, Dyspepsia, Female Com
plants, Stomach and Bowel Disorders.
DR.. Bulls Pills never grippe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14

Cuttings gun is computed to have
killed 100000 men since 1862.
The live stock of the country rep
resents value of nearly $250,0OO, 900
over last year.
One out of every 40 deaths in Min
nesota is due to accident 3vnegligence.:
according to the report of vital sta
tistics for 1894 to 1897, inclusive.
Of the surviving ex-mayors of New
York-there are now seven-William
R. Grace was born in Ireland in 1882,
Smith Ely, Jr., in New Jersey, in 1929;
Edward Cooper in New York, in 1923,
and Abram S. Hewitt in Haverstraw, in
1922.
One of the newest things in the way
of foods is fish powder, which, it is
claimed, is highly nutritive article,
easy of digestion, and, therefore, par
ticularly suitable for invalids. 1t is
intended, however, for ordinary house.
hold use.
Miss Alice De Rothschild is one of
the richest women in England. She
owns villa at Grasse and a London
house in Piccadilly. At Grasse 70
gardeners are required to keep this
southern paradise in a state of perfec-
ton. On the estate she has a collec-
ton of zebras, llamas and Hindoo
bulls
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
Would Smash The Club.

If members of the "Hay Fever
Association" would use DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
the club would 60 to pieces, for it
always cures this malady,-and
Asthma, the kind that battles the
doctors,-it wholly drives from the
system. Thousands of once-hope-
less sufferers from Consumption,
Pneumonia, Bronchitis owe their
lives and health to it. 1t conquers
Grip, saves little ones from Group
and Whooping Cough and is pos
itively guaranteed for all Throat
and Lung troubles. soc, $1.00.
Trial bottles free a DR.. Kinks drug
store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
Lockjaw from Cobwebs.

Cobwebs put on cut lately gave
a woman lockjaw. Millions know
that the best thing to put on a cut
is Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the in
fallible healer of Wounds, Ulcers,
Sores, Skin Eruptions, Burns,
Scalds and Piles. 1t cures or no
pay. Only 25c at DR.. Kinks
drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
Il TON & BALTIMORE R.R,
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

CENTRAL DIVISION.
On and safter May 26th, 1901, trains will RIM
as follows:
LEAVE GOING NORTH
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on th
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14

Seven American presidents were
born in Virginia. The Adamses, John
and John Quincy, were born in Massa-
chusetts; Andrew Jackson, Andrew
Johnson and James X. Polk were born
in North Carolina. Pierce was a ma
tive of New Hampshire; Buchanan, of
Pennsylvania; Cleveland, of New Jer-
sey, and Arthur, of Vermont. Abra-
ham Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
7 r TAYLOR,
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY,
January IA, 1902.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Elk
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, 1902-03-14

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 8 25
.. m. and 2 10 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandyille Tuesdays and Fridays at $40;
Liberty Grove. s.S5: Colora. s4l; Rising Sun, Sc:
arriving at South st. 1853 D. m
Sunday trainl caves Oxford at G 55 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.l2 a. m; and $40 arriving in
Phiadelphiaat 80 p. M; Saturday only, 6. % D. M
LEAVE aOrNn aouwu
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
DIR. Bull Baby Syrup for Teething

Babies. Price, Ioc. Cures Wind-Colic,
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Gripping Pains,
Sour Stomach, Fever, Cholera Infantum.
DIR. Bull'S Baby Syrup promotes the di-
gestion and soothes the baby.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-14
CHAPTER ".

URING these minute investi-
cations Of his past life Pros
per was in prison in a secret
cell. The first two days had
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
Spring "Music. J"

how pressing may be the demand for an
early crop. or how profitable their comyli-
ance with such demand. They pursue the
same conservative business methods that
have been followed by their ancestors fo-
so many generations. and so have pre-
served to their country noble and val
liable industry"
Fashion is as fickle in the matters Of
flowers as of dress. Time vas said an
old dealer long associated with the trade In
Washington, when the peoples taste in
the matter of flowers ran mostly to bou-
quets and set pieces Of the most formal
types. a collection of the various styles
of bouquets popular in the sixties and
early seventies, if exhibited today would
probably excite more attention on account
of their oddity and formality than any OF
the artistic decorations seen in our show
windows. There used to be kind of
mathematical exactness about the ar
rangemt mt of each conccntrie row Of ilow-
ers which is now forgotten, except, per-
haps, by those to whom faded flowers are
still fragrant with memories.
Il remember when camelias. immortal
ized in Dumas famous romance. were all
the rage. What with wiring. tooth h-pick-
ing. and trusting up generally. the making
Of a bououet in those days was quite la
borious task"
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

OF the world. Numerous persons prefer
the Gala to the Easter lily, objecting to
the heavy perfume of the latter There
has always been attributed to the white
and gold flower something divine. and il
is generally held to be, at Christmas and
Easter, the fittest adornment of the
Christian altar.
The carn6tion is scarcely as much of a
fad this season as it was last. Great sums
Of money, as well as wonderful skill, has
been spent in producing fancy varieties
of this flower. The Mrs. Thomas
Lawson" so named after its origi-
nator, is the most wonderful thing
that has yet been produced in
the carnation line; Mrs. Lawson,
who is a native of Boston, received no
less than s35, 600 for the first series of
cuttings. The Lawson carnation is deli
cate pink in color, and possesses a de-
lightful fragrance. The original carna-
tion was produced by a French gardener
some 200 years ago. In color it was a
light blue, with edges fringed to depth
cf nearly a quarter of an inch: it had no
odor. and the stem was so inadequate to
supporting the weight of the flower that
an artificial holder was necessary. All
these features have been gradually elimi
mated.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
\ SUNNY ITALY GREETS THE
81 SPRING

ing noticed in the bulbs from the Flowery
Kingdom. This seeming riddle, the Dutch
salesman explained to the reporter, is
very easy to explain.
"In the first place" said he, 'the eli
mate and soil of that portion of Holland
where the flowers are produced are ideal.
The latter is Il sandy crust permeated Dy
the water beneath, constituting a perfect
system of natural irrigation. In the sec
ond place, the Dutch growers form most
decided contrast. in their methods. to the
noriculturists OF Bermuda, Japan, aai
other places. With these latter. the chief
object appears TO be to turn their cash as
rapidly as possible. In order to do this the
bulbs have been forced, and the best stock
has been exported, the inferior remainder
only being kept for replanting. The re-
suit has been that a poorer crop has been
produced each successive year. and the
stock bulbs have become so weakened by
continual forcing that they are peculiarly
liable to disease, which, in fact, has now
attacked them, and threatens an ultimate
extinction of the industry in both Ber-
mrda and Jaran.
''The Dutch growers, on the other hand,
do not expert their best stock, and care
fully reject and destroy inferior grades.
They do not force their bulbs, no matter
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

The experts OF the Agricultural Depart
ment are endeavoring to grow such flow
ers in this country as the hyacinth, mar
cissus, tulip, crocus, rhododendron, ETC.
Notwithstanding n certain measure Of
success and the fact that these flowers
are cultivated in our greenhouses and in
the public parks, 1t is a fact that florists
still import them in great numbers from
Holland, which, for the past 200 or 300
years has been associated with their per-
fected cultivation. A practical illustra-
tion of this fact was furnished the re-
porter in one of the large flower stores
in this city. In this establishment he en-
countered n travelling salesman repre-
senting a Dutch firm, which obtains or
ders from all over the world for the kinds
of flowers mentioned. Strange to say,
this great output is confined to the small
area of the northeastern section of Bol-
land, and here the industry, so precarious
in its nature, has ilourished for centuries
This seems all the more wonderful when
one reflects that about eighteen years
have sufficed for the degeneration and
probable ultimate extinction of the lily
in Bermuda, and now that Japan has put
its floral wares on the market and at
tempted to supply the world with the
priced lily, the same deterioration is be-
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

TLoRA is beginning to cover the earth
with dainty bloom. In the country
the blossoms are prematurely ap-
pearing. and. in greenhouses, the
full-blown flower has multiplied. The cry
Sweet violets' is heard all along +
Street, and the F Street girl and beau
sport huge buttonhole bouquets of the
same. 1t would seem that, nothwith-
standing the persistent efforts of florists
TO force certain varieties of flowers into
fashionable prominence, the violet, with
all classes, still holds its unobtrusiye but
dominant sway.
For my lady's chamber" the rose is
still the preferred flower, as 1t has al
ways been. and probably always will be-
OF roses. the Kaiserine Augusta Victoria
named in honor of the German Empress,
is now fashionable variety, although the
American Beauty is the most popular
The demand for Easter lilies promises to
be exceptionally large this year, and great
numbers of this beautiful flower are being
imported from Bermuda and Japan. 1t is
strange fact. by the way, that this lily
fiourished in the land of the Mikado many
thousands of years ago and. after be-
coming almost extinct there, has again
been revived and supplied to the markets
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
xA Css;sYsssgsEsz.::sS:ssssy..s:s ss:EszzEsss.Issl
NM THE HRUn1nG-
w LADDER.

seasonable, and talks cheerily OF pneu
monia. The girl who has doffed her shah
by jacket for a new shirtwaist passes her
with a smile which she could not have
forced month ago.
Spring Games.
Perhaps the first top antedated the first
robin; perhaps they made simultaneous
appearance. The Oldest Inha bitant has no
statistics to aid us in the matter; we ,aust
gather our own statistics. At any rate
the skipping rope was good third-it
hardly matters who was first. Paterfa-
milias. who became skate expert during
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

days later than those in the Capitol ter
race, tiny crocus opened its eyes; the
slope towards the south held most OF
them, but they were brave as BELTS the
advance guard of an army. From the
earth good smell arose. and the observ-
ing eye could note the first insect actlvi-
ty. Here the song sparrow made almost
its first appearance in continuous con-
cert. Here, too. sounded early the "tzec.
tzee" of the hngiet, and a limp cater
pillar or two left its cocoon. The ever
greens began to take on fresher green.
Procession Of Baby Carriages.
Into the public squares the procession
Of baby carriages filed on the first bright
day. The young couples have since then
had to do diplomatic battle with the
nursemaids for favorite benches. Old
ladies and gentlemen came little later to
sit there in the warmest hours of the day,
in pairs and parties, to talk politics, or
discuss daughters husbands at their ease.
The squares soon became as animated as
an afternoon tea, as noisy as a party
caucus. Industrious ladies pass and re-
pass these squares. intent on paying the
social debts of the season.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
The Robins Are Hero and the
pOGtS Arc BuSy-S0p Hos
Been Slowly Rising in G0unt
Trees, and The Economical.
Housewife IS Purchasing Pat
terms and Doing Domestic
Bookkeeping Her Fingers.
By ELSA ARMSTRONG BENGoUGH.

CTHE robins are here; dressmakers
wax dic.ato-ial; whitewasher and
dialect poet are busy; housewives
talk of housecleaning, and their
husbands silly price fishing rods; young
coupler sit on the park benches, furtively
holding hands. Spring has come.
Nature, tho family seamress. and the
calendar have long been preparing for it.
Sap has been slowly rising in gaunt
trees and the economical housemother
has been purchasing patterns and doing
domestic bookkeeping on her fingers.
Billboards have famed culogistic adver-
tisements of medicine good for that tired
feeling"
Spring Is Here.
The Oldest Inhabitant has prated of
''signs," but spring seemed long way
of. One morning. however, the sun shone,
the air was as warm as the greeting OF
a poor relation; the chambermaid awak-
ened US with tuneless song; the bach
elor boarder who wears elocution-neck-
ties quoted poetry at the breakfast ia
bic. The calendar wore the air OF a
person who says. 81 told you soi
That day some one saw robin an
other saw twenty. The willy milliner
trimmed her window anew with violet
decked hats; the awning maker cut the
coal dealer, and staid bencdicts compli-
mented their wives, while soulful maid
ems made pilgrlmages to the spo; where
Lucille was written. Yes, spring had
come.
Nature and Modiste
Since then Dame Nature and Madame
Modiste have kept up merry rivalry.
The bluebird followed the robin and the
song sparrow followed him. On the ter
race before the Capitol the yellow and
then the purple crocus peered out in ten
tative fashion; great buds swelled on the
hyacinths by their side. In the grounds
about the Capitol the picturesque prun-
ing ladder on wheels made its appear
snce. Great bundles OF branch and twig
which had been pruned away lay piled
on the lawns, and women whose knowI-
edge OF growing things had been chiefly
learned on the piazzas of country hotels
pointed to them and said Indignantly,
isn't it a perfect shame the way they
destroy Government property? Why
doesn't somebody stop it,"
Naples Unfurled
In the public grounds naples unfurled
an airy mass OF seed blossoms; the sweet
birch-hung out her slender tasselcd cat
Lins. the pussy willows clothed them
selves in drab velvet The grass began
green in sheltered places, ard where a
few birds had been dotting its expanse, a
hundred nuttered. The early worm was
evidently having rather a hard time Of it.
in the evergreen trees nests were in pro-
cess of construction; large pines became |
reritable apartment houses for birds
In the White House grounds, lilac buds
began TO swell. and here and there, a few |
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
Paying Calls.

They can pay greaL many calls in
these sunshiny days without finding any
one at home. And the face a woman wears
when she has left the bargain counter a
victor is the one with which she turns
away from that announcement, Not at
home" Everybody IS happy, save the wo-
man who purchased broadtaiI coat last
fall; she thinks such weather quite un-
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

the garments he has been saving nine
years for just such an emergency, and
mamma will pass the test of true wifely
devotion in casting no hint of as2ersion as
to the manner in which he obtained his
catch.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
In the Parks Naples unfurI an
AirUMaSS Of Seed Blossoms
The Grass Is Green, and
Where q Few Birds Have
Been DOtting It's EXpansG, a
Hundred FIuttGr-BObV Car
ri0geS Fill Public Grounds.

their shrill little voices rising above this
acid tones of even the most unmelodfous
organ. The man who a week or two ago
regretted that the police allowed those
nuisances'' to invade the streets nov goes
few steps out Of his way to toss the
impresario nickel and smile at the an
ties of the blase monkey A touch OF
spring makes all the world akin.
All the World Afoot.
All the world is afoot. moved by
common impulse, and up and down the
Avenue stream of humanity pours it.
self. The doorkeepers in the departments
need more eyes than Argus himself to
prevent the clerks from Leaving the build
ing before the witching hour of 4. Yes,
everyone not actually halt is afoot in the
sunshine, and you may not distinguish
the millionaire from the messenger by
the size OF the flower in his buttonbole.
OF course, wherever crowds do congre-
:
and the nursemaid pursues her victorious
way. The nursemaid is a gregarious ami
NAL; not even misery loves company as
fondly as she. The lady with the dog is
her nearest rival; she. too. prefers the
public squares. She carries a whip which
she would not use for a new hat. and she
looks as self-conscious as the newly en-
gagged girl.
The Morning Walk.
Usually she chooses the morning hours
for her walks abroad. But alas, so do
others of her kind. and when pet meets
pet the tug of war not infrequently c.
ours Fido's winter in the house has in
few cases improved his temper. 1t has
embonpoiIt and shortness of breath. He
is poor fighter, but unified to seek safe
ty in fight.
1t is not cnly the chambernaid who
sings and the messenger boy who whistles
in these balmy days. The teamster. in
his tattered coat and battered hat. has
:, repertoire ranging from The Holy
City to y Love Ycu. Ma Honey and
he goes through il many times day.
The newsboy remembers "Florodora' and
does not allow you to forget it; the girl
who practices is the first person in the
square to oren her windows.
Setting the Lawn in Order.
These are the days in which the house,
wife telephones the painter and PAPER
hanger in pleading tones and the house,
holder argues with the man who is sup
posed TO be setting the lawn in order.
and who can no mere he hurried than il
he were fashionable dressmaker. Great
holes which are to harhor trees yawn be-
side the roadway. From upper windows
futter rugs, and in the back yard the
mournful sound OF beating carpets fills
the air. Wagons from the great stores
are busy delivering all sorts and condi-
tions of goods. Everybody is asking ev-
erybody else. What is good for cold in
the head?" Spring has come!
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
The Fruit Peddler.

The fruit peddler wears a look Of pros
perity in these first days of spring, and
the sullen snow shovcler of a few weeks
ago has become the smiling violet seller
of today. Tact has the corner merchant
of violets. With careful eye ne sep
arates the mere brother from the dear
est fellow in the world" when a young
couple ventures into his bailiwick; the
latter he seldom leaves without a sale.
though payday be long and weary way
off.
The dry goods clerk dreams OF samples
and suicide; the sweet girl limits her
dreams to the former. She challenges her
dearest friends and most intimate foes to
a comparison Of samples whenever and
wherever they meet; even the seat OF
the street car blossoms into a miniature
dry goods shop at moments notice. And
the smile of the girl who has the largest
display of samples is like unto that of the
woman who has won a progressive euchre
prize.
Spring "Music."
The hand and the piano organ have pos
sessed themselves OF each a new repre-
toire, and are playing continuous engage
ments on each street corner. Groups of
children dance to their not always tune
full music. or do impromptu cake walks,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-22
OMAHA STUDENTS FIGHT.
Heads Broken, Furniture Smashed
and Blood Spilled In Battle.

Heads Broken, Furniture Smashed
and Blood Spilled In Battle.
Omaha, Neb., March 22.-About 800
students of the Omaha Medical and
Dental colleges engaged in battle in
one Of the lecture rooms. The fight
lasted for three hours and ceased only
when the combatants were exhausted.
For years there has been feud be-
tween the medical and dental students.
While the freshmen of both classes
were left to themselves in lecture
room they began calling names. and
blows quickly followed. Students in
other classes soon began to join in the
fray, and the fight spread over the
whole building. Students even left the
patients in the intirmary to participate.
When the trouble was over, there
was hardly a whole desk or piece Of
furniture in the room. Many heads
were broken, and the floor was spat'
tered with blood.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-22
General Markets.

New York, March 81.
FLOUR-Had small trade with buyers
and sellers still apart Minnesota patents,
49, 80; winter straights, So. 75a3.S5; win
ter extras, $3.10a3.30; winter patents S3.9Oa
AS.
WHEAT-Opened a shade lower, but
was soon strengthened by covering orders
and complaints of dry weather in western
Kansas; May, 79AaS01sc. July. S0AasOAc.
RYE-Steady; state 60a61c., c. l. f., New
York. CARROTS: No. 2 western, 631sc., f. O..
b., afloat.
CORN-Quiet and barely steady, influ-
enced by local realizing; May, 66a66Ac.
September, 63Aa64c.
OATS-Steady, but dull; track, white,
state, 51a5Sc.; track, white. western, 51a
Sc.
PORK-steady; mess, 3l55Oa1s.5o; fam
ny, $16 50a17.
LARD-steady; prime western steam.
a7212c.
BUTTER-steady; state dairy 12a2sc. /;
creamery, 23a90c.
CHEESE-Firm; state, full cream, small.
early made, fancy, colored. l3a1sAc.; state,
full cream, early made, fancy, white, 13a
13Ac.; full cream, large, fall made, fancy.
colored, l2a12Ac.; full cream, large, fall
made, fancy, white, 12a12Ac.
SUGAR - Raw Arm; fair refining
315-1ec.; centrifugal, 90 test, 7-1sc.: re-
fined firm; crushed. $780,. powdered, 1850.
TURPENTINE-Firm at 491aa5Oc.
MOLASSES-Stsady; New Orleans, 34a
lc.
RICE-Firm; domestic, 4asas,hc.; Japan
lAa5Hc.
TALLow-Dull city. sAo; country. ~
a6ho.
HAY-Dull; shipping. soae5e.; good to
ehoics, 921sa96c.