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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Freight Wreck.

A disastrous and fatal wreck
occurred Tuesday on the Columbia
& Port Deposit railroad at Gully,
a small station situated near the
Pennsylvania Maryland state line,
in which the engineer and fireman
lost their lives and a breakman
was injured.
A south bound freight train en-
route to Perryville, with 40 loaded
coal cars, crashed into a large rock
which had fallen from the steep
hillside onto the track. The train
was running at high rate of
speed at the time and the engine
and 20 cars were derailed and
piled into mass of wreckage.
Engineer Arthur Hatch, aged
As years, and fireman Paul Will
hollen, aged 20 years, were instant
antly killed. Breakman Wolf was
buried under the wreckage and it
required many hours work to re-
lease him, which was done by dig
ging a tunnel under the wreckage.
Both of his legs were broken and
he was injured internally. In
clearing away the debris the body
of an old soldier, John Farrell, was
found, he evidently having been
stealing a ride when he was killed.
The railroad runs along the
Susquehanna river at the base of a
high, rocky cliff, and being single
track the wrecking crews exper-
fenced great difficulty in clearing
away the wreckage, traffic being
delayed more than a day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
MiIldam Broken by Ice.

The rain Saturday and thaw on
Sunday broke the ice in North East
creek and the high water carried
it against the milldam at Bay View
with such force as to batter it
down. The plant is known as
Gilpins Falls mills, and consists of
flour, feed, saw and planning mills,
it is operated by Jethro johnson &
Co. The flour mill has been run
ming day and night. The proprie-
tor will rebuild the dam at once,
and a temporary structure will be
used to keep the mill running.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
dies. Deafness is caused by an
inaamed condition of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed, Deafness is the result, and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condi
ton of the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh }
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

The March number of the Ladies'
Home Journal is an admirable eX-
ample of real estate '"home" maya
zine. From the beautiful cover,
by Mr.. W. J.. Taylor, to the very
last page it is replete with delight
full fiction and interesting articles.
The number opens with the unique
story of "The Sexton Who Ruled
New York Society,"" by William
Perrine, and then comes a real
treat, another "Lady of the Tiger"
story, by the same Stockton who
gave us that remarkable tale OF
mystery. This one is called "My
Balloon Hunt" Mr.. BOX s editorial
is written under the title "She
Dasn't," and deals fearlessly with
the woman who is afraid to come
ont and do things as she thinks
they should be done. The special
feature of the editorial section is
Mr.. Hamilton ". Mahie's first
Literary Talk.n These talks will
appear monthly hereafter. BY The
Curtis Publishing Company, Phila.
One dollar year; ten cents a copy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Mrs. William c. Payne.

Mrs. Jane Payne, wife of VIM.
@. Payne, of Providence, this
county, died on Tuesday, Feb. Is,
from heart trouble, aged 81 years.
Mrs. Payne was native of England,
coming to this country more than
forty years ago. She was married
in Philadelphia, and with her hus-
band moved to Providence eleven
years ago, where he has since been
employed in the Providence Paper
Mills. Her funeral was held on
Sunday with interment at Cherry
Hill M. Z. cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Pennington Items.

Miss Bessie Strickland, OF Oxford, is visiting
Miss Henrietta Riale.
The Calendar Club met at Jesse w. HANDLE.
toms on Wednesday evening.
The new carpet for Ebenezer M. E. church has
been purchased from Menough at Oxford.
Mrs. Carrie Riale is spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs. Elnora Warfel, at Cochranvile
Great damage was done to the fruit and shade
trees in this locality by the heavy sleet of last
Friday. Nothing to compare with it in the way
of sleet storm has been seen here for many years
if ever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
The Storm

The rain and sleet storm of Fri
day last was the worst that has
ever visited this section, in point
of damage to shade and fruit trees.
Few of the trees In and about town,
and In fact throughout the Sec
ton covered by the storm, escaped
some damage. The maple and pop.
lar trees about town appear to have
suffered most, the heavy coating of
ice completely stripping them of
their branches. Particularly is this
true of poplars, which are brittle
and were the first to begin to show
the effects of the weight of ice
which covered every twig and
branch. There was continuous
swapping and rending of branches
all afternoon and evening, the wind
helping the destruction brought
about by the unnatural burden
imposed upon every bit of shrub
OCl y "a AuHlUCI vi TIC SCICClS
were rendered impossible by the
labyrinth of broken boughs. Espec-
cially was this the case on Cherry
street, about the hotel and on
East Main street, and the fine old
shade trees presented q dilapi-
dated appearance after the storm.
Rising Sun was completely
cut off from telephone commu-
nication, the wires in a number
of places being broken and
twisted, and it will be some
time before the service is again in
complete working order. When
the bright sun appeared Sunday
morning the spectacle of the sleet
laden trees and shruhbery was one
of grandeur, seldom if ever seen
before, but old Sol's warm rays
soon accomplished what it would
have required an army of workers
to do in melting the ice which COW
cred every conceivable thing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Hiss Elizabeth Wright.

Miss Elizabeth Wright died
suddenly Monday afternoon from
heart trouble, at the home of DR..
s. E. Ford, in North East. Miss
Wright suffered an attack OF
the heart about noon and de-
spite the efforts of the physician
called to administer relief soon
passed away. The deceased was
81 years of age and is survived by
two sisters and two brothers. Miss
Wright resided in Ohestertown,
and was visiting her sister in North
East at the time of her death.
The remains were taken to Penn
herton, N. j., for interment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
DIED..
Mrs. Edward Parrott.

Mrs. Carrie N. Parrott, wife of
Edward Parrot, of North East,
died on Sunday from consumption,
aged 81 years. She is survived by
a husband and several children.
Her funeral was held on Wednes-
day, interment at Mort East M. E.
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Mr.. Wheeler Got Rid of His Rheumatism

During the winter of 1898 1 was so
lame in my joints, in fact all over my
body, that could hardly hobble around,
when 1 bought bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. From the first appli-
cation began TO get we'll, and was cured
and worked steadily all the year.-R.
WHEELER. Northwopd, N. Y. For. sale
by Eli T. Reynolds. a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

Miss Ellen M. Stone, the Amer
can missionary captured by brig
ands in Macedonia, ON September
3, and held for ransom was released
on Sunday after the payment
$4,000. The ransom money was
raised by popular subscription
through the efforts of Miss Stones
friends
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
WilSon-Merry.

Miss Mollie Aramlnta Merry,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
G. Merry, of Elkton, and Harry
Rufus Wilson, of North East, were
married at the home Of the BRIDES
parents on Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 81, at half past three O'Clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

The United States army transport
Mcclellan put to sea at New York
Sunday evening on her voyage to
Manila by way of Gibraltar and
the Suez canal. On board the
Mcclellan are 200 school teachers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

The Congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, in
Washington, on Saturday, put
itself on record against the practice
of polygamy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

81 have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for number of years and have
no hesitancy in saying that it is the
best remedy for coughs, colds and Group
! have ever used in my family. I have
not words to express my confidence in
this Remedy.-Mrs. ]. A. MOORE.
North Star, Mich. For sale by Eli T.
Reynolds,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup cures a
Cough or Cold at once. Conquers Group,
Whooping Cough and Measles Cough
without fail. Best for Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness, Grippe, Pneumonia, Consumption
and Lung Affections. Quick, sure results.
Price, csc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Stop the
Blight

It is asad thing to see fine
fruit trees spoiled by the blight.
You can always tell them from
the rest. They never do well
afterwards but stay small and
sickly.
1t is worse to see a blight
strike children. Good health
is the natural right of children.
But some of them don't get
their rights. While the rest
grow big and strong one stays
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion can stop
that blight. There is no
reason why such achild should
stay small. SCOTS Emulsion
is a medicine with lots OF
strength in 1.-THE kind Of
strength that makes things
grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes
children grow, makes them cat
makes them sleep, makes then
play. Give the weak child (,
chance. SCOTS Emulsion will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Notice to Creditors.
Gillespie'S Millinery News.

Patent Leather Sailors are Just the incest and
newest headwear for these winter and the spring
days which are to follow. To be worn in all kinds
of weather Price, 70 cents.
JENNIE 0lLLESplE'S,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Dissolution of Partnership.

The firm of ENGLAND & RIALE, conducting
the creamery business at Rising Sun, has been
mutually dissolved, and JOS T. RIALEwill here
after conduct the business under his own name.
Any parties having claims against the firm of
England Il Riale are notified to present the same,
and those indebted to the said firm are requested
to make early settlement to the undersigned who
solicits a continuance of the patronage given in
the past. JOS. T. RIALE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

make it catch w
with the rest.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of SCOTS
Emulsion and is on til,
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
400 Pearl ST., New York
soc and 81. all druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28

In consequence of the labor trou-
bles in Italy tie Italian Government
in vigorously censoring kilograms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
E. H. WORTHINGTON & SON.
RISING SUN, MD.
Wanted.

A APPRENTICE to learn the MILLINERY
IN TRADE. Address x, MIDLAND JOURNAL
Office. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
HANG UP

or let us hang upon your walls the
prettiest and best paper. Costs no
more to beautify the walls than it
does to disfgure them. From the
great variety of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
PAPER

here anyone can pick out something
rich, beautiful and lasting. No
other kind in stock.
All kinds of combinations for
the dining room, parlor, bed room,
or any other room. Some of the
richest things you ever saw. And
the price is as it always is here
low. Look over our lines early.
You'll know then where to buy your
wall paper when you want it.
Electric Door Bells
with batteries, complete, SI.oo
Single Bells, SOC
Batteries, 25c
Push Buttons and Wire.
Will put them up for you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28
Friday, Feb. % 1902.
MlNORLOCALS

The storms have seriously inter-
fered with the cross. county mail
service this week.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18

refuge from starvation, lies wealth
which can not be estimated, and fuel
enought to heat the whole world for
untold generations. Enormous sup
plies of coal lie almost on the surface
no man has yet estimated the quantity.
AS you sail from Cape Lisburne to
Cape Beaufort you may see miles of
cliff in which the dark bands of it
slant ribbon-lke from beach to sum-
nit. When the brief summer thaws
the ice the coal falls out of these veins
in masses that lie in the icy surf,
blocks containing tons of fuel each.
There are places where a ships crew
can actually pick up a cargo of good
coal from the beach and the surf at the
base of the cliffs. blast set in these
veins sends many tons of it rumbling
down to the water, and from the sum-
init of the headland you may see the
surface groupings stretching miles in
ward in the form of parallel ridges. In
them the brown ground SQUIRRELS,
which the Eskimos trap for fur and
food. dig their burrows and throw up
black heaps of crumbling coal at the
doors.
Wonderful Coal Vein.
Probably the widest single vein of
coal known in the world is found there
Such a vein is considered a good one
when it is eight feet WIDE this one IS
eight times that width. If you paddle
along the beach a little north of Cape
Beaufort in a kyack you may look over
the side in shallow water and see the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18

chairman of a subcommittee of which
he was member. At the beginning
of the Congress 1 stated that the WORK
was irksome to me, and l supposed it
was to all the members of that sub
committee; but it was our job, and
believed we ought to approach it studi-
ousiy and do our best, as If we liked
it. The upshot was that we agreed to
meet every Monday morning at 8
o'clock and give a hearing to all who
had anything to say on pending bills.
l had an office in the basement of my
residence, and it was thought we could
all meet more conveniently there than
go to the Capitol Every Monday
morning, regularly as the clock struck
9, Major Otey was on hand, ready for
work. / never witnessed a more strik-
ing example of punctuality and devo-
ton to an ungracious task"
From grave to gay, from lively to
severe" is the way of this sad old
world. Representative Williams of
Mississippi, who is great on stories,
has brand new one, which he is get
ting off with glee on whoever will lis
ten to him. In his graphic way he de-
picts the familiar scene in a Southern
court room the stately old judge on
the bench and the frightened negro
prisoner at the bar: Are you the de-
fendant?" asked one of the lawyers,
tapping the darkey on the shoulder
with his cane. Fore gawd boss, I"
was the whimpering reply, amt done
nothin' to be called no names like dat.
Use got a lawyer-feller here, what
does de defencin' Then what are
you?" persisted the other. "Me?" Oh
Use de gemmen what stole de chick
ems"
That men are but children Of larger
growth, no matter how elevated their
position, was shown in the night audi
ences of recent circus at the nations
capital. Everybody attended from
gray-haired and no-haired Solons to
Roosevelt youngsters in charge of the
White House steward / happened ION
purpose) to be riding in a Pennsylva-
MIA avenue car when the parade was
passing. A few seats behind me sat
Representative Dovener OF West Vir-
ginia. on his way 10 the Capitol, with
several colleagues. When the circus
procession hove in sight around the
corner OF the treasury building, Mr..
DOVeuer "rubbered" all the way
around 10 get "A good look AZ the lovely
ladies' in tin arnor, the red and gold
chariOts. the Arab camel drivers with
brOgueE and cOuntenances straight
from the Emerald Isle. the elephants.
the callope and all the other dear de-
lights. "Oughtn't We 70 get orr ask
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Continued from Page Seventeen.
E1sR4

can curios scattered about the Godoy
drawing-rooms include Indian feather
work, like that of which Montezuma's
celebrated cloak was made; and pol
ished speciments of Mexican onyx and
alabaster, varying in tint from jet
black to palest green and rose, all
carved in the sembance of some flow
er or fruit.
That the dusky sons of Montezu-
mas land have some sense of the hui
morous, as well as marVelously deft
fingers, is evidenced in Nine. Godoy's
large collection of gourds. By tying
strings around the growing shells and
otherwise twisting and distorting
them, they are shaped, apparently by
nature, into realistic likenesses of ami
mails, birds, fish and grotesque inn
ages of human beings, and then brush
and pencil have done the rest. The
Mexican ambassador and his family
will leave the city June 20 to spend the
summer a their home in Mexico. The
chief pride of the EN- bassy is pair
of large photographs of the President
of the Mexico and Sonora DiaZ. which
has just been framed in gold leaf and
hung at the head of the drawing room.
Never before in the history of Con-
gress has there been a day when the
desks of three members, suddenly
calld to the Land of Shadows, have
been draped in mourning at the same
time. in the Forty fourth Congress
two representatives, one from Michi-
gan, and the other from Virginia, died
about the same time and the funerals
occurred very closely togethe; a cir
cumstance so unusual that it attracted
attention all over the country. Now
it is painful to the visitor at the Capt.
tai to see the desks so lately occupied
by three such well-beloved members
as Cummings. Otey and Salmon, heav-
ily sWathed in crepe and covered with
white and purple flowers. All are sad
IS nissed-nOne more so than the gem
ial and kindly Amos J. Cum
mings. who had hosts Of friends on
both sides OF the House, and probably
never an enemy IN the world. OF the
smany who mourn the death Of Repre-
sentative Otey. none is more sincere
than Hon. II. s. BOutelie. of Chicago.
one ~ his colleagues on the Claims
Committee. Says Mr. BOufelle. He
Was the most punctual man I ever
knew. IN the last Congress was
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18

Copyright 1902, by Winthrop Packard.
1t was a wild and fur-clad Eskimo
that ran whooping up the Arctic sea-
beach of Northern Alaska Above him
frowned bare, black cliffs of shale and
sandstone cutting off the low, midday
sun. The Arctic foes blinked the sky
TO northward and on the slopes and
lodges lay ice masses of compacted
snow. The elder ducks, frightened,
shrieked and fed away before him,
while fast as he ran, yet faster down
the cliff plunged and whirled a dancing
boyle, which seemed bent on capturing
the clumsy native of the Arctic waters.
yet which was nothing more or less
than big meal sack full of coal.
We were gathering coal from the vast
Deposits of the far North, and Hood
lum tthat was as near as we could get
to his Eskimo name) was our man Fri
day. 1t was singular what a desire,
what a yearning, those sacks of coal
seemed to have for Hoodlumt There
were many other Eskimos in the party
a. WI n lOL U.s. Dul HUME gu the coal
sacks had any malignant yearning to-
ward them. Some of them worked
with us on the vein at the cliff top,
some were at the cliff base with Hood
lum, helping load the sacks aboard the
whale boat, thence to be transferred to
the ship, but none of the sacks chased
them. The sack was sure to follow
Hoodlunlp however, whether he ran up
the beach or down, and it only made
him more certain that there was some
witchcraft about the whole business.
and that a maleyolent spirit having de-
signs on his life dwelt in the coal. The
black stones he was familiar with. But
that any man should be so "kukawil-
low" as he termed it, as to load these
stones aboard the big canoe, the uni
akpuk, and carry them away, savored
OBVIOUSLY of evil spirits, and the more
coal came down the harder he ran
from it,
The Magic in the Coal.
There was magic in it, too. The
magic of money; for these same black
stones sold in Nome that year for $50
the ton and not enough of them were
10 De had at any price. But how was
Hoodlum to know that?
Almost the entire northern coast of
AIaska from Boring Strait to Poin
barrow is stripped with seams of semi
Dllumlnous coal, and these veins ex-
tend inland no man knows how far.
unon the beach live the year round
rev Eskimo families with two wolves
ever at the igloo door, famine and cold.
1et IN the very ground under their
lsloos' IN the cliffs on which they pre-
OalIousiy snare sea fowl for a scant
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18

well, but he could not stand the work
of the black spirits which the while
man evoked from the cliff. 1t was ex-
planned to him that it was not the
spirits which the white man was get
ting from the cliff, but fuel, and in
demonstration of this fact and that he
and the other Eskimos might not leave
us, the whole tribe was invited to the
camp ashore, where an ordinary coal
burning cook stove was set up.
Here wood fire was well started be-
fore their eyes, and when it was burn
ing well coal was put on. A look of
contemptuous intelligence passed from
| one to another of the fur-clad innuits,
and they winked and murmured "Ko-
kopolook" to one another Kokopolook
is the Eskimo equivalent of darn fool"
| and the look meant: I'VE thought
these men were crazy and now he
know it," But a few moments after
wards the cover was again taken off
the fire. and the coal shown to be blaz-
ing merrily and giving forth much
heat. Then there were mods of appre-
citation and understanding, and the
tribe retired to their topeks for sleep,
evidently much impressed with a new
found scheme for cheap fuel.
The next morning every Eskimo
wahinee was much berated by her hus-
band for not cooking the breakfast we'll
or not having it on time. And the rea-
son was that each had tried and tried
again to make fragments OF. coal burn
in the open on an ordinary driftwood
fire, and had simply put the fire out
thereby. This carried them back to
their original conviction that 1t was the
white mans magic that evoked wicked
spirits from the cliff, spirits that en-
tered coal bags and chased them, and
that it was that, and that only that
made the black stones burn.
The coal lies in countless millions of
tons, locked beneath the Arctic ice to-
day as it has lain since the first Es-
kimo trod the Arctic sea beach, but the
tribes freeze over this storehouse of
warmth, anly the white man has the
key that unlocks the door to the magic
of its use. Winthrop Packard.