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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Niagara Falls Excursi, ms.
Low.Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl

Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has Sc
lected the following dates for its popular ten.day
excursions to Niagara Falls from Washington and
Baltimore: August and 81. September and
Is. and October Q and l6. On these dates the
special train will leave Washington at g. DO a. m
Baltimore 9.O5 a. M. York 10 Is a. M, Harrisburg
ll.4O a. m. Millersburg 1920 p. M, sunbury
H. p. M. Willamsport $50 p. m, Lock Haven
sos p. M. Remove 3.5s p. M. Emporium junction
05 p. M. arriving Niagara Falls at 9.45 p m
Excursion tickets. good for return passage on
any regular train. exclusive of limited express
trains, within ten days. will be sold at $1,000 from
Washington and Baltimore; $685. from York;
$40 LOO from Littlestown $40 Oh from Oxford, Pa.
1886 from Columbia; $3.50 from Harrisburg
$1,000 from Winchester. Va; $3.50 from Alt oona
81 40 from Tyrone; SEAS from Bellefonte; IS 10
from RidRway; $500 from sunbury and Wilkes
barre; S5.75 from Williamsport and at proper
tionate rates from principal points. A stop.over
will be allowed at Buffalo within limit loi ticket
returning
The special trains OF Pullman parlor cars and
day coaches will be run with each excursion run
ming through to Niagara Falls. An extra charge
will be made for parlor-car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and chaperon will
accompany each excursion.
For descriptive pamphlet. time of connecting
trains. and further information apply to nearest
ticket agent, or address Geo. W. Boyd, General
Passenger Agent. Broad Street Station, Philada.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
WATER SUPPLY OF PLANTS.
Tons of Moisture Absorbed by Cereals
During the Season of
Growth.

The quantity Of water required BY
plant life is enormous, and is too fire.
quently overlooked. 1t Is calculated
that fair-sized leaf during the growing
season in the course of an hour evap-
crates a quantity of water equal to it's
own weight. Haberlandt has calculated
that, on the average, an acre of rye
during it's growth and development alb
serbs 334 tons of water, oats $40 tons
and wheat 489 tons. This water, sucked
or pumpedup by the roots from the soil,
traverses the tissues of the plant, de-
posting nutriment therein, and finally
is evaporated by the leaves. This proc
ess is called Transportation, says a sci
entific authority.
AS this supply of moisture is fur
nished by the water in the soil, it is nee
essary, in order that the plant can de-
velop itself normally, that the soil
moisture shall be equal at least to the
volume of water given off by the leaves.
Should this balance be broken, the
leaves droop, become dried up, and fall
Not only does the plant languish dur
1uS Oil iAou1llSlCll supply Vi WdtcI UuI
the energy of it's chlorophyl-bearin
cells decreases. The assimilation of
carbon ceases, and the growth of the
plant is stopped. 1t is the same in
stock-rearing; if badly fed, the animals
will be stunted.
OF course, the suns rays exercise an
important influence on the transpira
ton of the plant; it is ten times greater
in the presence of bright light than in
obscurity, and during dull, cloudy
weather the Transportation is one-half
less than under the direct action of the
solar rays. The natural effort made by
the plant to assure itself against a de-
ficiency of soil moisture is by sending
it's roots deeply into the SOIL
A striking instance of this occurs
in plants in desert regions. The roots
of these plants are of enormous length.
Plants whose height above the surface
of the soil never exceeds four or five
inches have the root at the neck as
thick as mans thumb tapering to the
thickness of the little finger at a depth
of six feet. 1t is to their deeply descend
ing rootlets that the plants of the desert
owe their existence, and are able to
fight the burning heat, which would
cause branch of the same plant, IL
broken off, to fade in the course of a
few minutes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
WHERE WOMEN MAY VOTE.
One Triumph for Them in the East
era and One in the Western
Hemisphere.

The advocates of woman suffrage are
able to record two recent triumphs, one
in the eastern and the other in the west
ern hemisphere, says the Baltimore
American. In the next election for
members of both the upper and lower
chambers of parliament of the Aus
tralian commonwealth women will be
allowed to vote. They will also be
eligible for seats in both houses. They
have had the full parliamentary suf-
frage in New Zealand for ten years. In
South Australia they have voted since
1896 and in West Australia since 1901.
So far as New Zealand is concerned
the admission of women to the fran
chise had no distinguishable effect on
the relative strength Of parties. The
outcome of the experiment in the Aus
tralian commonwealth will, neverthe-
less, be watched with interest, be-
cause there the great majority of wom-
en- are said to be wage earners, and it is
possible that their votes may go en-
masse to the labor party
In four American states women are
already entitled to vote and it seems
probable that within few years they
will gain the full franchise in three
| other states, to-wit: Oregon, Washing
| ton and South Dakota. In Oregon the
| opposition to women's rights has dwin-
| died to small fraction of what it was
in 1884 and the majority against con-
| stitutional amendment granting the
| franchise to women was diminished in
the state Of Washington from nearly 49,
400 in 1889 to less than $500 in 1898. In
South Dakota the majority against
woman suffrage, which in 1890 was
nearly $4,000, sank in 1898 to less than
| $500.
| Meanwhile, partial suffrage has
| been conceded to women in many parts
Of the world. Thus in England both
married and single women have the
parish and district suffrage and in Ire
land women can vote for all Office
holders except members of parliament.
In Norway also they have the municipal
suffrage and in France they can vote for
| judges of the tribunals of commerce. In
Kansas women have the municipal fran.
chise;. in Ohio, Connecticut and Della
ware the school suffrage; in Minnesota
the right to vote for library trustee. and
in Louisiana the right to vote upon all
questions submitted to taxpayers. On
the other hand, 1t cannot be said that
women are as near to acquiring the par
liamentary franchise in the United
Kingdom as they seemed some years
| ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
LITTLE WOMEN CROWDED OUT.
They Have Disappeared from the
Story Books and But Few Re-
main on the Stage.

There Is no Disgusting the fact-the
modern woman is TALL and the little
woman of former days has completely
faded out of sight. You have only t
cast your eye around at any publiL
gathering and you cannot fail to per-
ceive that the average height of the
modern maid is somewhere about five
feet ten inches.
Take any assembly, such as theater.
and you cannot fail to perceive the
enormous altitude which has been at
tanned by her royal highness woman
and her increasing dignity of deport-
ment, says Lady's Pictorial.
If woman was tall in early Victorian
days, she used to try to conceal her
height; she would wear little fiat bon
net and shawl, and take the arm OF
the man she was walking with, stoop-
ing if she were taller than he.
1t was the fashion in those days for
the women to be dropping and die-away,
just as it was correct later on for them
to be tiny and frivolous.
What has become of the little woman
who used to shake her ringlets and say
that she couldn't understand figures?
What has become of the child-wife.
with her poodle and her guitar, and her
total inability to grasp the rudiments
of arithmetic?
Little" was the greatest term of en-
dearment in the days of Dickens and
Thackeray, and "just as high as my
heart" was the favorite description OF
the diminutive.
But the tiny woman has gone out Of
fashion in fiction, and she seems to
have almost disappeared from the
world.
If you go to the theater you will see
heroines of such gigantic proportions
that the leading man has to be,careful
never to stand in line with them.a All
through the business of the scene you
will notice him standing little behind
the heroine, so that their relative
heights shall never be easily perceived.
l went to new play at a fashionable
theater recently, and what was the first
thing 1 saw? A stage ingenue nearly
six feet high! She had exactly the same
kind of part as though she had been
the diminutive type of actress we are
used to; she laughed and giggled, and
made the same kind of remarks those
innocent sayings that make everyone
so uncomfortable-she put on the cor
rect gingerbread rabbit" expression
when anything went on which she was
not supposed to understand, and she
never came into room or out of it in
the ordinary way, but ran in or out,
coyly and skittishly, as though she were
baby of five.
She was by way of being rather IA
naughty girl, and had passion for
playing cards for money. When she
was winning she rushed off the stage,
looking like Atlanta running a race;
when she lost, she was reduced to floods
of tears, burying her face in q
pocket handkerchief, whilst little man
of about half her size read her a Sc
we're lecture. She was reduced to ashes
by this lecture, much to the surprise O.
the audience, who had expected every
moment to see her get up and shake him
for his impudence, or carry him out bod
ily by one arm
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Bee Culture nm Industry.

Fruit culture and bee culture have
both been recommended to the dis
tressed British agriculturist; and per-
haps the advice has sometimes been
supererogatory. 1t is permissible, how
ever, to draw attention to the way in
which the honey industry has advanced
in France during the last few years. In
ten years the output of honey has in
creased from 100000 each grammes to
100000 ldlogrammes. The increase is
due less to an increase in the number of
hives than to the greater yield of each
hive, which has now risen to about 500
grammes, or eleven pounds a hive.
What is more gratifying Ito the French
producer) is that, owing to the scien-
tific methods of bee farming, the yield
each year has become more constant
and less affected by Observation-Disclosures
trated Scientific News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Chased by a King.

Emperor Frederick William of Prus
STA sometimes would signify his reiec-
ton of what he considered an absurd
petition by drawing on the margin an
ass head and ears. One day, a baron
of ancient patent having complained
of another baron taking precedence
of him, the king wrote on the petition:
Mere folly; whether man sits above
or below me, my birth remains the
same Oftentimes he would ask peo-
pie in the streets who they were, a
popularity which made nervous peo-
pie evade the royal presence. One day
when man saw the king approaching
he took to his heels and ran, but Fred
erick William pursued him in hot
haste, and when he overlook him
asked: why did you run away from
me?" From fear" answered the
man whereupon his majesty gave him
heavy thwack with his cane, and
said that he wished himself to be
loved, not to be feared."-Chicago
Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Narriage Licenses.

Charles L. Poist, of Colora, and
Jennie jackson, of Woodlawn.
Larren McCommon, of Provi.
dence, and Sue A. Carr, of Como
wingo.
Abel G. Cameron, of North East,
and Mabel Edna Tyson, Of Bay
View.
Walter 7. Ward and Annie
Moody, both of Cherry Hill.
Colored-Jerome Amos Cornish
and Florence May Hartshorn, both
of Port Deposit.
William Gibson and Hester
Calvert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
A SCARE AT SEA.
Little Thing Threw the Passengers
of an Ocean Liner Into
q Panic.

"Strange, what little thing will
throw people into panic, especially
at sea-" said an old traveller to
group of friends the other day.
Last November 1 crossed from Liv-
erpool to New York on the Oceanic.
We had beastly weather from the
time we left Queenstown-heavy head
seas, gales and snow and hail. The
decks were not to be thought of un-
der the conditions, as the seas would
come tumbling over the bows, send
ing the spray clear over the lofty
stacks.
1T was just coming dusk, of the
fourth day out, when suddenly the
familiar jar and clank of the great
engines suddenly ceased, and for a
moment everything was still through
out the ship, except for the straining
and squeaking caused by her violent
pitching. Then the passengers COM
menced to pour from their state
rooms, and through the saloons to
the deck, with the gallant men of the
smoking room in the lead.
There they stood, palefaced and
holding on to the rails, asking each
other what was the matter, all the
while getting drenched with the fly
ing spray. The ship fell off in the
trough of the sea, while the excited
passengers appealed vainly to stew
ards and officers for information and
advanced all sorts of theories to each
other In about ten minutes the en-
giRes started up again. When we
were once more under way the ex-
planation was sent round that Capt.
Cameron was afraid the donkey en-
gines way up in the bows would
freeze, and to prevent this he ordered
them started up. 1t was necessary
to oil these engines before starting
them. AS no one could live up in the
bows the way the water was coming
over, the ship was stopped while the
engines were being oiled.
That was all, but as evidence of
the strain the passengers had been
under for those few minutes. YOU
should have seen the men rush to the
bar for bracers. Stewards were kept
racing between the bar and state
rooms with cocktails, brandy-and-
sodas, and other nerve quieters for
hours. l confess l had couple my
self"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The researches of the last few years
fave furnished us with the lost consti.
.htion of Aristotle, fragments of Sap
pho, Isocrates and Hyperides.
A Baltimore man claims to have the
original death warrant of Charles l.
of England. 1t is written on thin
parchment, but has the misfortune to
be dated January "a, 164s, while
Charles /. was not beheaded until Jan
uary 80, 1649.
1T is possible that Maxim Gorky
would reply in the affirmativ should
anyone ask him: "Does literary work
pay?' He was poor as church mouse
before he began writing, but one of his
recent transactions was the purchase
for $15O,OOO of fine old estate on the
banks of the Volga river.
Rev. Henry Van Dyke has favorite
story that he tells at dinners, concern
ing a man who was asked by his wife
why, at dinner, he did not stop drink
ing whisky when he had enough, and
order sarsaparilla? His reply was,
that when he had drank all the whisky
he wanted, he was so drunk that he
couldn't say sarsaparilla.
Israel Zangwill says: "There are
three reasons why men of genius have
long hair. One is that they forget it
is growing. The second is that they
like it. The third is that it comes
cheaper. They wear it long for the
same reason that they wear their hats
long. Owing to this popularity of
genius you may get quite reputa-
ton for lack of 25 cents"
Henry Ward Beecher was exceeding
ly clever at meetings an insult and turn
ing it to good account. Once he read
to an audience various letters received
by rim during the previous week. One
of these contained the single word
Fool" "Now," said Beecher, 81 have
known many a man to write letter
and then forget to sign it, but never
knew a man to sign a letter and then
forget to write it,"
No author of the day has been less
photographed than Joseph Conrad
who has just published book of sea
stories. His publishers, when his book
was about to come out, having failed to
persuade him to face the camera for a
new picture. hunted high and low
throughout England and America for
some sort of likeness. Finally, in the
files of an old English illustrated mag
azine, some one stumbled upon small
oval head of him, and it is from that
half-tone, enlarged and retouched
that all pictures of Conrad recently
published have been made.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Suicide Prevented

The startling announcement that
a preventive of suicide had been
discovered will interest many. A
run downsystem, or dependency in
variably precede suicide and some
thing has been found that will pre-
vent that condition which makes
suicide likely. At the first
thought of self destruction take
Electric Bitters. 1t being great
tonic and nervine will strengthen
the nerves and build up the system.
It's also a great Stomach, Liver
and Kidney regulator. Only SOC.
Satisfaction guaranteed by L. R.
Kirk, druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Reduced Rates To San Francisco
and Los Angeles.

On account of the National Encampment. G. A.
R. at San Francisco, CAL. August II to %, 1908
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell ex.
cursiou tickets to San Francisco or Los Angeles
from all stations on its lines, from July 81 to Aug
IL. inclusive. at greatly reduced rates. These
tickets will be coed for return passage to reach
original starting point not later than October 49,
inclusive, when executed by Joint Agent at Lo,
Angeles or San Francisco and payment of so cents
made for this service. For specific information
regarding rates and routes apply to Ticket Agents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
End of Bitter Fight.

''Two physicians had long and
stubborn fight with an abcess on
my right lung" writes J. F.
Hughes, DUPONT, Ga, "and gave me
up. Everybody thought my time
had come. AS Il last resort l tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption. The benefit 1 received
was striking and l was on my feet
in a few days. Now I've entirely
regained my health" 1t conquers
all Coughs, Colds and Throat and
Lung troubles. Guaranteed by
l.. R. Kirk, druggist. Price soc
and 81 90. Trial bottles free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Property Transfers.

John T. Shippers and wife to
David @. Rose, 25 acres in Elk
Neck, 5000.
George A. Blake, Trustee, to
Garrett Oscar Odds, Entwistle
property of 81 acres in Third dis
trict, $11O0.
George Bran and wife to Samuel
I. Hindman, 3 acres on Octoraro
creek, $175.
Charles FL. Miller and wife to
Samuel Hindman, acres on Octo-
raro creek, 1862.
Samuel T. Hindman and others
to William T. West, George c..
Logan and Lewis T. Logan, trad
ing as William T. West & Com
pany, property on Octoraro creek,
$3.50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
The Death Penalty.

A little thing sometimes results
in death. Thus a mere scratch.
insignificant cuts or puny boils
have paid the death penalty. 1t
is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica
Salve ever handy. It's the best
Salve on earth and will prevent
fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ulcers
and Piles threaten. Only 25c, at
DR.. Kinks Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Not Thereg

The new boarder gave a rapid yet
comprehensive glance over the dining
table.
"You are looking for the prunes,
presume, Mr.. Horrocks," said the land
lady. "We never have them here-not
because there is prejudice against
them, but because they are too expen-
five. May I offer you some of these
excellent stewed gooseberries?" -Chi-
tago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Put an End to it All.

A grievous wall oftimes comes
as result of unbearable pain from
over taxed organs. Dizziness,
Backache, Liver complaint and
Constipation. But thanks to DR..
Kings New Life Pills they put an
end to it all. They are gentle but
thorough. Try them. Only 25c.
Guaranteed by L. r. Kirk,
druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Select Excursions To Colchester
Beach, Chesaneake Bay.

On August 10. the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
will run special low rate excursions to Maryland
most popular watering place. COLCHESTER Beach
This place is held in high favor by all who have
visited it. 1t has all the attributes OF rst.cass
resort, and especially appeals to families. No
liquors are allowed on train. boat. or grounds.
Every possible kind of amusement is to be found.
The location on the prettiest part of the beautiful
Chesapeake Bay. speaks for itself.
A special train will be run on the following
schedule and round.irip tickets will be sold at the
rates quoted
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07

A Maryland fruit grower who
tried the experiment last fall of
packing his apples with a layer
of sand between each layer of fruit,
no apple being allowed to touch
another, reports the fruit as perfect
and sound as the day it was
packed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Measured by the work.

Burton-Your garden is pretty small,
isn't it?
Barton-It seemed so to me before |
began to take care of it-SomervilIe
(Mass.) Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07

Children between Ave and twelve years OF age.
one'half of above rates.
Returning. special train leaves Atlantic City
6.soTm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
Things We
Like Best
Often Disagree with Us

Because we overeat Of them. Indi.
gestion follows. But there's o way to
escape such consequences. A dose of
good digestant like Kodol will relive you
at once. Your stomach is simply too
weak to digest what you eat. That's all
indigestion is. Kodol digests the food
without the stomach's aid. Thus the
stomach rests while the body is strength
ened by wholesome food. Dieting is un-
necessary. Kodol digests any kind OF
good food. Strengthens and invigorates.
KOdOl Makes
Rich Red Blood.
Prepared only by E. G. DEWITT & Co., Chicago.
The 81 bottle contains2 h times the 500. size.
ELI T. REYNOLDS,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
ATLANTIC CITY.

Railroad, Delaware River
Bridge Route.
On Tuesdays. Aug. IL. Is and IS. the Penusylva-
mia Railroad Company (Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington Railroad Company will run spec.
ial low-rate excursions to Atlantic City via the
great Delaware River Bridge Route. special
train will be run on the following schedule, and
roundtrlp tickets will be Id at the rates quoted
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07

Train connecting with special train from wawa
will leave on following schedule. and tickets will
be sold at rates named;
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-28
DAILY MARKET LETTER.

Wall Street, New York, March 2s-
Stocks opened about unchanged, but
they were again put under heavy sell.
ing pressure shortly after the opening,
and values of good stocks yielded so
readily that the bullish sentiment
which has cropped out began to wane
and bearish talk was again general. 1t
is a striking fact that the so-called
good stocks like New York Central.
Pennsylvania, st. Paul and Illinois
Central were the weakest, and the big
people did not seem disposed to give
any support to their favorites, this
selling was checked to certain extent
after the bank statement was posted.
and the whole list reacted sharply.
The bank statement was regarded as
being better than expectes, but even
at that 1t did not have the desired
effect, trading was quite heavy in vol.
ume, total sales being 444, 800 shares
There were no quotations for money
on the tape. New York is carrying
world of stocks, and it looRs to us as
If the load was beginning to get pref
ty heavy and very prominent operat.
ors are determined upon lower prices,
and will push their advantage to the
utmost. under these circumstances we
hardly think it wise to buy stocks un
less you are prepared to margin them
and carry them as an investment.
ARENZ & GILBERT.