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The daily sentinel., 1902-12-29
THE CLOSING YEAR.

points. In Great Britain the great
South African war has been brought
to close: a king has been crowned
and great industrial triumph. under
lished in upper Egypt. On the CONT.
nent nothing of special interest can
be named
The ancient inertia of Asia has not
been much disturbed except by the
awful cataclysm in Turkestan and
that Russia has been completing her
great highway to the Pacific and pre-
pairing to divert what she can of the
Australasia is still prostrate under
the mighty drought that has afflicted
Australia for years until a great pro,
portion of the live stock has perished
and many ono, prosperous region
have been rendered almost uninhabit
able. The mining region of West
Australia is still productive though
in lessened product of gold.
though the continued fall in the price
of silver has di iturbed her finances.
The great Diaz is still at the helm
there and our sister republic is run
ming on an even keel.
Canada has been generally prosper
Gus; some great industrial enterprises
are being perfected in that country.
and the flow of the precious metals
from her western provinces supplies
her with ever increa sing means to
carry on her work
Terrible volcanic eruptions. and
earthquakes have wrought awful dis
asters in some of the West India isl
ands and in Central America. On the
island of Martinique thou sands of
lives were lost and the island made
practically uninhabitabl,; great loss
of lif, and property was suffered in
Guatemala.
There is not much to report from
South America except that Columbia
and Venezuela have been swept by
revolutions and just now half dozen
nations of the Old World are trying
to enforce their demands upon miser-
able Venezuela. which has not much
with which to satisfy the demands ex-
cept alligators. boa a-constrictors. par
rots and monkeys.
Our own cou ntry seems to still be
the greatly favored land of all the
earth; except for the great industrial
strikes in the coal and iron regions
and the lesser sympathetic strikes in
different places, there would not. ON
New Years morning be cloud upon
our skies. The war is practically
ONeI III lllt IlllpplHeS anu tHOse suH-
ny islands are slowly rounding into
civilized form; Cuba has been re-
stored to her own people. and the act
If restoration makes page of history
on which the letters are painted in
gold: our harvests of cotton and
wheat have been very great, of corn
the greatest on record; the yield of
the precious metal mines has been the
greatest in history; the wave of pros
perity is sweeping ON its continuous
and increa sing volume: four hundred
thousand from the Old World have
come to us; railroad mileage has
good deal increased; the shore end of
the great Pacific cable has been laid
off the abutments of the Golden Gate.
and is now being paid out to draw
our Pacific island possessi ions close to
our mainland. Never before was
land so favorable, never before was
free government so vindicated: never
before did the world have an object
lesson so potential to show what n
free people. unhampered by unneces-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
The seventeen-year Locusts.

State Entomologist, A. L. Quain-
tance, College Park, Nd, desires
information on the occurrence of
the present brood of the Periodical
Cicada in the various parts of the
State. This is one of the largest
of this insect, and its distribution,
data of appearance, and the extent
of injury inflicted should be deter
mined as accurately as possible.
From this data it will be possible
to indicate accurately their prob
able occurrence and injury, in the
future. If the cicada is heard or
seen in your neighborhood, write
Prof. Quaintance to the effect,
giving as much other data in refer
ence to their occurrence as you may
be able to determine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
PENNINGTON.

Road mending seems TO be the order OF
the day.
Miss Nettie McVey is spending some
time with friends at Blake.
Clarence Kirk visited Wilmington
friends from Saturday until Monday.
Very cool weather and frost Thursday
morning, which it is feared may damage
the fruit and growing crops.
A fine shower came on Sunday, follow
ed by another good rain on Monday
That on Sunday was a severe electrical
storm but the lightning did no damage in
this section. The rain was a great relief
to vegetation, as the ground had become
very dry.
The scholars of Franklin school, Miss
Alkaline Hasson teacher, had picnic and
dinner in Maurice Reeder's grove on last
Friday, the closing day. In the afternoon
an entertainment was given by the chill
dren at the school, where they were treat
ed to ice cream by the teacher. Many
friends were in attendance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
SCOtt'S
Emulsion

of Cod Liver Oil is the means
of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men women and
children.
When appetite fails, it re-
stores it. When food is a
burden, it lifts the burden.
When youlose flesh, it brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy it makes life
bright.
It is the thin edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food.
But what is the use of food,
when you hate it, and can't d.
gest it?
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is thefood that makes
you forget your stomach.
If you have not tried it, send for
free sample. its agreeable taste will
1oscoTT + BOVINE. Chemists.
Soc. and si.oo all druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Rising Sun Public School Report.

The following are the names of
the pupils of the Rising Sun public
school who attained special merit
during the scholastic year just
closed:
Highest average, Grammar Department-Alice
L. Perry 1913.
Highest Average in Primary Department
Franscina Kirk 9S.
Attended every day during the school year of
190l-02-Emma X. Alexander Viola Alexander,
Reba o. Morrison, Armenia II. Wilson, Mollie S.
Keen, Della S. Jenkins Sara Kirk, Gerald Efing
and Willie Ryan.
Received three certificates, viz: scholarship,
department and attendance-Ethel Reynolds,
Grace Smith, Emma X. Alexander, Mona j.
jenkins, Reba o. Morrison, Armenia II. Wilson,
Edna Wilson, Helen D. Evans, Mollie s. Keen,
Della S. jenkins, Gerald Efing Ernest z. Patton,
Lynn Gillespie. Aaron Reynolds, Floyde Gillespie,
Sara Kirk and Viola Alexander.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
County Shoot.

A number of Cecil county crack
target smashers attended the county
shoot at Baltimore last week and
took high honors. II. d. Jackson,
of Perryville, won the amateur
championship of Maryland on
Thursday by making a score of 81
out of a possible leo. III. Linn
Worthington won the champion
ship last year, his score being 81
out of 100.
The livebird championship for
amateurs was won by G. M. Miller,
of Woodlawn. He was tie with
Joseph Clifford, of Sylmar, both of
whom,shot 10 straight. Clifford mis-
sed his first bird in the shoot off and
Miller killed his with first shot. A
beautifully engraved silver cup was
the prize.
In the team shoot, three men to
the team, Perryville's squad won
third honors, Baltimore county
team being first with 122 out of
$50; Queen Anne's county second,
121; Cecil county third, 100.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Whooping Cough.

A woman who has had experience with
this disease, tells how to prevent any
dangerous consequences from it. She
says: Our three children took whooping
cough last summer, our baby boy being
only three months old, and owing to our
giving them Chamberlain Cough REM
edy, they lost none of their plumpness
and came ont in much better health than
other children whose parents did not see
this remedy. Our oldest little girl would
call Justify for cough syrup between
whoops.-Jessie Pinkney Hall, Spring
vile, Ala. This Remedy is for sale by
Eli T. Reynolds. I
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Commencement Exercises.

The 23rd annual commencement
exercises Of Oxford High School
were held in the Presbyterian
church of that town on the evening
of May 30. E. A. Reynolds, of
Rising Sun, is one of the teachers.
June Sill will be commencement
week at the Maryland Agricultural
College. Jos. Coudon, jr., of Per-
ryville, is member of the senior
class.
The 161st commencement exer
cises of West Nottingham Acad-
envy will be held June IL.
The 2Sth annual commencement
of the Friends Normal Institute of
this town will be held June 20.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Sciatio Rheumatism Cured After
Fourteen Years of Suffering.

81 have been afflicted with sciatic rheu-
matism for fourteen years." says Josh
Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. 81 was able
to be around but constantly suffered.
tried everything I could hear of and at
last was told to try Chamberlain Pain
Balm, which did and was Immediately
relieved and in a short time cured, and I
am happy to say it has not since re-
turned" Why not use this liniment
and get we'll? 1t is for sale by Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
r. l.. Gray of Mt. Pleasant, Del ,

is visiting G. G. Hopkins.
The Misses Grier of Philada.
are the guests of Miss Ella Kirk,
near Calvert.
Miss Rachel Shippers and John
I. Harris, both of Elk Neck, were
married at the North East M. e.
parsonage, by Rev. w. A. Wise, on
Tuesday evening, Doth instant
Edward Stout and Miss Gertrude
Cook, of Wilmington, were married
Tuesday afternoon, Doth inst, at
the home of Mrs. George Draper,
in Elkton, by Rev. A. S. Mowbray,
of Port Deposit.
Miss Ida May Wallace and Her
bert Whiteoak, both of Philada.,
were married in the Church of the
Good Shepherd, Chesapeake City,
by the Rev. Hamilton Phelps, on
Sunday afternoon last.
The receipts from the festival
held by Martha Washington Coun-
Gil, d. of L., at Calvert on 22nd
inst, were about $40. The winners
of the prizes were Miss Mary Craig,
toilet set; E. T. Leedom, lamp.
The wedding of Clinton Dunbar,
of Elkton, and Miss Mary Emma
Welsh, of Washington, is announc-
ed to take place on June 18th, at the
home of the brides father, j. Price
Welsh, 1907 N. Street, Washington.
A number of young friends of
Willie Snyder rendered him sur
prise on Tuesday evening, by call
ing on him in a body at his home
at Harrisville. and congratulating
him on attaining his eighteenth
birthday.
Cards have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Francis Cooling
Craig, daughter of Alex. Craig, to
George Lemuel Boyd, both of Per
ryville, an Wednesday, June IL, at
$50 p. M, in Perryville M. E.
church.
Jefferson Haines left Rising Sun
Monday morning for an extended
trip through the West. He will
go as far west as Oregon where he
expects to visit Joseph Roman, a
former Cecil countian, before
returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitson,
of Christiana, recently celebrated
the sixtieth anniversary of their
marriage. Mr.. Whitson is 50 years
of age and his wife 80. They have
two children, five grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle entertained a
number of young ladies on Wednes-
day evening in honor of her guests,
Mrs. Luman Better and Mrs. John
w. Kennady, Jr., of West Grove.
Among those present were Mrs. III.
A. G. Westerfeld, Mrs. Eli T.
Reynolds, Mrs. w. r. Burlington,
Mrs. T. B. Moore, Mrs. II. B. Pat
ten, Mrs. Chas. E. Burlington, Mrs.
Chas.. E. Dare, Mrs. W. M. Pogue,
Misses Violette T. Haines, Gertrude
S. Dare, Elizabeth r. Stephens, Fl.
Jennie Reynolds, May I. Barton,
A. Mabel Reynolds, L. Janette
Reynolds, M. Alkaline Smith and
Mary Brumfeld.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Suit for Divorce.

Mrs. Katie j. Whalen has enter
ed suit in the Circuit Court for
divorce from her husband John
Whalen, on the charge of
abandonment and desertion. They
were married December %, 1896,
and resided together until December
3, 1898. The bill prays that the
complainant may be divorced from
her husband and that she may
have the custody of her infant
daughter and such other and fur
Their relief as her case may require.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Strawberry Bug.

Farmers in the lower section OF
the State complain of the ravages
ofthe strawberry bug, which is play
ing havoc with their berry patches.
1t is a small black bug about an
eighth of an inch in length and at
tacks the plants by piercing the
stems just below the blossoms,
which invariably die from the
wound. The crop will be shorten
ed to the extent of % per cent by
the bugs ravages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Marriage Licenses.

Edward Stout and Gertrude Cook, both
of Wilmington.
John F. Harris, of North East, and
Rachel o. Shippers, of Elk Neck.
Thomas Mcdaniel and Maggie Barber,
both of Elkton.
Herbert Whiteoak, of Philadelphia,
and Ida May Wallace of Rock Springs.
J, Frank Kirk and Lillian Cohee, both
of Fredericktown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30

Some miscreant last week, poison
eG six fine heifers belonging to
Richard Maloney, a farmer near
New Castle, Del. The poison used
was strychnine, as was proven by
an autopsy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Clothing

There's a certain Something
not easily defned-that makes these
garments much superior in set and
appearance to the ordinary goods.
Why not get into them? At these
prices, two suits-excellent suits
can be purchased at the usual cost
of one. All styles, all shades, all
sizes. 5000 to $1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30

Fire last week destroyed the fine
barn of l. Preston Thomas, at
Cheyney, Delaware county, entail
ing a loss of $4,000. Fifty eight
head of blooded cattle persisted in
the flames.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Furniture and Carpets

The banner season-sold more
than ever before. There has GER
tainly been a rush in our carpet
department and if you have seen
the goods you know why. Some
special things just now in iron beds.
Full size brass trimmed iron
beds, white enameled-the kind
that never break, So. so.
Better qualities, brass rods and
trimmings, very handsome, 1915.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Fishing Tackle

We have placed in stock every
thing fisherman wants Rods
bamboo and wood; Reels-multi-
plying and other kinds; Lines of all
kinds; Hooks, Leaders, Minnow
Buckets, etc. The prices are lower
than you have been used to.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Summer Dress Fabrics

Dimities, Lawns, Organdies-
plenty and to spare. Beautiful,
filmy fabrics in white and colored
goods, from sc to 25c per yard {.
Ecru lace effects, the handsomest
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30

at $I.oo each. Sounds big, but
We'll sell them and many more.
The very best patterns, shapes and
styles. And then, "Lion Brand"
shirts fit. That's the main differ
ence between them and other kinds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-05-30
Collars and Cuffs
Sewing Machines

Drop head, all attachments, $16.5O
cash, delivered. The price is lit
tile higher, but We. can't. help it.
Call and see them have them ex-
planned to you. We understand all
about them. We will give you any
number Of references, people you
know, too. We sold dozens of them
last year and have never had one
complaint. Fully guaranteed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-28
BOOKS OF AN EARLY DATE.
Finding of Volumes of Clay That
Were In Use Long Before Abra-
hams Time.

An American %excavating expedition
engaged in operations at the ancient
city of Nippur has recently unearthed
documents that prove that ancient
Babylon existed in a literary age and
that there was no small amount of
culture in the time of Abraham, the
patriarch. A library of clay books has
been found which had already been lost
and covered by the earth when Abra-
ham was born.
They are in the shape Of tablets, of
which it is calculated there were more
than 5000. The inscriptions on them.
relate to all the various branches of
knowledge and literature that were
studied at the time. The chief cities
of Babylonia all had these libraries of
imperishable clay. A contemporaneous
record of events had long been kept
and an accurate system of dating had
been invented.
The discovery of these libraries and
the facts for which they stand has an
important bearing on Old Testament
criticism and history. 1t disposes once
and for all of the contention that no
written documents Of the Abrahamic
age could have descended to later
times. Palestine, at that period, was
a sort of dependency of Babylon and
Abraham when he moved Westward,
was simply entering another part Of
the Babylonian empire. So even in
Canaan he was surrounded by the in
f~uences of B~abylonian culture.
Another discovery, that Of the site
Of the tower of Babel, is thought to
have been made by a party Of German
%excavators. 1t has usually been iden-
tilted with the mount now called the
Birs-i-Nimrud. But this was a mistake,
for the Birs-i-Nimrud represents the
temple not Of Babylon, but Of the
n%eighboring town of Borsippa. The
towel of Babel was undoubtedly the
great tower attached to the temple of
Biemerodach in Babylon itself. These
same German excavators discovered
the palace of Ne buchadnezzar in which
Alexander the Great died.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-28
A CITY OF TOLERANCE.
The Fraternity of Paris Is Freely TX
Tended 10 All Ideas and to All
Peoples.

Like the Athenians, the Parisians i'm
press one as always ready to rear an
other altar to another god. That is a
part of their hospitality; and that is
the distinguishing character of their
civilization. The tolerance of this pas
sionate city is greater perhaps than
the tolerance of any other, greater al
though it has been profaned by the
blood of Huguenot and priest and COM
munist and king. Its fraternity is ex-
tended to all ideas and all people, as
well as to all eyes. The very names Of
the streets, with their tributes to
American patriots, their souvenirs OF
classic heroes and classic b~attletields,
their royal and imperial recollections,
reflect the mind Of Paris, says a cor
respondent Of the New York Mail and
Express. 1t is wide enough to well
come merit from any source, proud
enough and intense enough to ac-
climate it, to make it thoroughly its
own. The customs of the people re-
feet the same tolerance. In Paris the
quaint student styles, the outlandish
garb Of the provinces are not re-
marked, are not provincial. The cap
ital could not ban originality without
doing violence to hospitality.
Elsewhere s~ans-culotte genius would
pine for an opportunity and an audi
ence. It would skulk in back streets
and perhaps die at last in garrets.
But not in Paris. You will see it on
the boulevards, triumphant under the
star glow. You will see it carried
along by a little coterie of plaudits at
a mi-careme carnival, at a Victor Hugo
celebration. The poet or the singel
may be poorly clad and c~ollarless
withal and his message may deliver
itself in the rudest of French, but it is
taken for what it is worth, and if there
is a soul in the mass, or the glimpse
Of a soul, the crowd recognizes it.
The wandering minstrel of rhyme OF
melody, the strolling advocate of 8
cause, may be happy for his briei
moment. At least he is assured thai
his garb, his poverty, his squalid origin
are not held against him. There il
no structure or rigid caste lines, as il
London. Therefore, perhaps, there il
none Of that appearance of hopeless
detection and WEAKNESS in the faces
of the poor. A spirit upbuoys them-I
spirit and the sunlight.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-28
THE G L CLIMATE.
Where the HOBBS Ride When They
1t Is Mt Once the Worst and
the Best.

OF all known climates the English is,
says John Corbin, in the May Atlantic,
at once the worst and the best. From
years end to years end the whole is
land and the heavens above are stepped
in the soft damp Of the four surround
ing seas. A long and drenching rain
is almost unknown; if a man can fore
go the vanity Of being quite dry, and
is not above an occasional retreat into
a cab, an umbrella or a rain coat is
scarcely necessary. Yet the sky is
never crystal-clear, as it so often is
with us; the sun seldom dazzles, the
stars never flicker and blaze. Month
in and month out the landscape is
blurred in a~ll-pervading d%amp-thin, al
most imperceptible in summer, yet
changing the verdure to an olive-green;
azure and opalescent in spring, purple
in autumn, golden gray OF lurid dun
color in winter. And frost and snow
are as rare as the heat of pure sun
light. The defects of this climate are
at one with the virtues in that they
drive men into the open; indeed, it
would not be easy to say what are
defects and what virtues. The tenn
perance Of the summer heat makes out
of doors a paradise. In the winter one
is chilled to the bone in English houses
mot only American residents, but the
natives themselves, ii they stay long
indoors. The coal consumed seems
enough TO heat the entire island to in
candescence; yet such is the efficiency
Of the open fireplace of the country
that the man who crouches before ii
goes blue in the lips and white to the
roots Of his nose, while the particles OF
half-consumed carbon gather minute
globules of mist above the chimneys
shroud the city in a black natural fog
and the citizens in a fog Of the spirit.