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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
DRYING OUT ZUYDER ZEE.
HoIlanders Are Constantly at Work
Reclaiming Land from
the Sea.

The Chicago drainage canal is a mere
plaything compared with the engineer
ing feat of draining HARLEM lake in
Holland, says writer in the New York
Tribune. The Dutch built dixie around
a piece of the sea and then pumped the
lake they had made entirely dry. This
was so successful that other portions of
the sea have been reclaimed in the same
way. Now the Netherlanders have
set out to dry up sea, the Zuyder Zee,
and reclaim about 600 square miles.
The cost of this undertaking is esti-
mated to be $41 100000 or $6,OOO,O 900
more than the cost of the New York
subway. The Dutch government, how
ever, expects to get it's money back, as
it will have 100000 acres of land, from
which it expects to get a rental of
$4,500,000 year.
One might think that such marshy
tract of land, even after it had been re-
claimed and drained, would be malarial.
Not so. The draining of the land will
be done a little at time, so as to
shorten the marshy stage as much as
possible. Coast land, even if low,
when past the marshy stage, is espe-
cially healthful. Furthermore, the
people of that country are used to low
land. At any rate, they succeeded in
drying up Haarlem.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
women Careless with watches.

"Women don't deserve to own
Watches" said Philadelphia jeweler.
"They don't know how to take care of
them. They seldom remember to wind
them, and the consequence is the
watches are always coming back for
repairs. A woman bought one from us
recently, and | gave her strict orders
to wind it every twenty-four hours
and always at the same hour as nearly
as possible Two days later she came
back with it; said it had stopped and
she couldn't make it go. Well, ! found
it had run down and hadn't been
wound up again. ! told her this, but
sRe insisted that she had wound it.
Two or three days later she came back
with the same complaint, and again l
tried to impress her with the necessity
of winding it. Again she insisted that
she had done so and went away rather
miffed. The third time she came in l
asked her in desperation to show me
how she had wound it. Then l made
peculiar discovery. The woman was
left handed, and in attempting to wind
the watch she had been winding it the
wrong way, with absolutely no effect
upon the spring. I've been in the busi-
ness a good many years, but it's the
first time ever had an experience like
that. t."-Philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
SIMILARITY OF CRIMINALS.
General characteristics of All Nation
alities Are Very Much
the Same.

With those who are normally con-
stituted from the moral standpoint,
national features and special charac-
teristics of coutnenance are in general
well defined. where broad differences
prevail between the races, such as dis
tinguish Spaniards from Germans or
any other northern people, Nor would
a French or Italian face be easily mis-
taken for an English one.
But with members of the criminal
classes, especially those of criminal
ancestry, the question of nationality
is not SO readily determined. Have
lock Ellis, in his work entitled 1.-THE
Criminal" says: can interesting
point in connection with criminal
physiognomy is that 1t is to a large
extent Independent of nationality.
There is a sameness about all GRIM
inal faces amounting to an obsecura-
tion of the ordinary national type"
"The German criminal" says the same
authority, sis not very unlike the Ital-
ian, nor Is the French unlike the Eng
lish." Yet, generally speaking, the
distinction between such countenances
is well marked.
NJ. Jolly, French criminologist,
gives it as the result of his observa-
tions that on comparison of GRIM
inal faces Of various nations, by
studying the photographs of some 60
English, Irish and American thieves,
1t was difficult in MANY cases to dis
Germ their nationality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
LIVING OVER DYNAMITE.
Dangerous Duties of Crews of Powder
Boats That Anchor Off
Jersey Flats.

Sleeping, eating, cooking. living day
and night over enough stick dynamite
to blow good-size building to flinders
may not seem very attractive mode of
life, yet it is enjoyed, apparently, by
the crews of the powder boats that are
anchored off the Jersey flats, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Among watermen, in fact, employment
on one of the powder boats is regarded
as soft job" Tie work is not hard
and a man has comparatively easy
hours. And as for nerves-well, the
powder crews don't have nerves. They
are careful.
The powder fleet comprises half a
dozen boats of various descriptions,
an old revenue cutter, sloop and
several barges. Some of the boats
are built of iron, others of wood,
and they were seaworthy vessels once
on time. Now they are anchored in
shallow water, and at low tide they
rest on the mud. When there is a heavy
sea on the boats roll and pitch some
what, but the idea that dynamite may
~ SAASh uP uOCo AOL lIOuUl0 Iu0
crews.
The dynamite stored in the powder
heet is simply the reserve for use in
this city Much dynamite is exported
from New York, but it is taken directly
to the steamships. Only freighters with
magazines carry cargoes of dynamite
and high explosives. 1t is forbidden by
international law for passenger vessels
to carry such cargoes. After a vessel
has been loaded at her dock with her
noneXplosive cargo she is anchored off
Gravesend bay, where her load of dyna-
mite is taken from tug and stored
away in her magazine. Most of the dy-
Mantle used hereabouts is made in fac
tories in the Ramapo mountains, and
just enough to supply the immediate
demand is stored in the powder fleet
The powder boats are anchored about
two miles from shore, and their stores
are received from tugs that run up
alongside of them. The sticks are
packed in sawdust in wooden boxes, and
the process of loading powder boat
consists simply in passing the boxes
from one man to another from the tug
down into the hold of the powder boat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
GREEN TURTLES OF FLORIDA.
Fishermen Catch Them with Nets as
They Float in Balls of
Grass.

The green turtles of southern Flor
ida live in deep water and feed on sea
plants, mostly the kind called turtle
grass" which they cut off near the
roots, eating the lower parts and leav-
ing the tops floating so that it collects
in great fields and marks the spots
where the animals are to be hunted
for by the fishermen. After browsing
in such ocean pastures the green tur-
ties go to the mouths of rivers for
baths of fresh water, which they seem
to need from time to time. The Flor
ida fishermen say the reptiles enter
the creeks and roll together in masses
of grass, cementing them into balls
with clay. When the turn of the tide
takes the balls out to sea they follow
them. The fishermen watch for such
balls floating down the creeks, and
when they see them they stretch nets
across the mouths of the streams and
always catch the turtles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
An Adjective That Pleased.


There is mode of speech which may
be termed euphemistic by those who
are fond of calling a spade a spade"
but is it not rather the natural express
sion of the charity which meyer fail
eth? To say the best of others is a
manifest duty, and to do it in the pret-
test language enhances it wonderfully.
And where defects exist that are COM
mented on by the unfortunate possess
or in that ill judged fashion which at
tempts to assume Indifference to the
imperfections how deftly may the con-
fidant turn the current of self depre-
cation into smoother channel by "a
nice arrangement of epitaphs." A
young girl bewailed her thinness in
the hearing of man of tact, who in
stantly exclaimed: "Thin! Why, you
are etherealp'
Possibly no sermon that one courtly
clergyman ever preached was more
Immediately productive of good results
than his well chosen adjective. His
hearer, delighted with the synonym
which involved no sacrifice of TRUTH
but which gave it more attractive
presentment. resolved thenceforth so to
choose her words as to present reali-
ties in their most favorable light and
to make truth palatable instead of a
hard. bitter and indigestible morsel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
WASTEFULNESS OF AMERICANS
PrOdigality in Use of Food and Cloth
ing Something Appalling
Lost Farm Products.


Promising that the American people
are the slowest in the world to be
aroused on the subject of economy, the
Independent calls attention once more
to the great items of waste in our ma
tional life. says the New York World
While our industries are expanding
with amazing rapidity we are using up
our forests, our oil wells, our natural
gas and our coal beds as recklessly as
if we thought they would last forever
Prof. Gorby declares that the waste of
natural gas in Indiana alone is equal
in value to $4,000 per day. Within a
single century we have annihilated 81
per cent. of our magnificent forest trees,
waste without parallel in history, and
one for which posterity will surely re-
proach us.
Our waste of food Is appalling, Cook
ing is lost art in the average house
hold. At least $1,O0O,O0O is every year
thrown away in defective cooking; SD
Prof. Matthews estimates. There is no
comfort in the fact that the English
people are just as prodigal, though they
have much leaner pantry to draw up
on. Prof. Marshall, an eminent English
economist, says the British working
classes spend $500,0Oe,000 every year
for things that give them neither COM
fort nor happiness, and the president
of the British association recently ex-
pressed his belief that this vast sum
WAS wasted in food aIone
On our farms twice as much food
products at least are grown as are con-
sumed. An agricultural expert recently
estimated that one-half of all the fruit
grown in American orchards rots un-
eaten. The further loss from insects,
ignorant cultivation, careless handling
and poor storage is incalculable.
Probably the greatest waste of all Is
that which seems to be involuntary on
the part of our working people. They
buy their bread at retail and pay three
times as much for it as if they bought
1t in flour by the barrel. 1t is the tes-.
timony of retail butchers that the poor
buy meats also with far less frugality
than the rich. Edward Atkinson has
been for ~ years showing by practical
experiments that the largest amount
of nourishment can be obtained from
the cheapest cuts of meat, If they are
so cooked as to save instead of throw
away the food there is in them. But
as the Independent says, buying at
wholesale is unknown to the majority
of American families, and we support
vast number of middlemen whose profits
might be easily saved.
Our contemporaries conclusion that
studies in domestic economy might be
carried into our schools with great adj
vantage is sensible. Five times our
present population at least could and
should be we'll fed without any increase
of our cultivated area. We cannot
continue our present extravagances for
ever. Waste not, want not" is a sound
maxim for nations as we'll as individu-
ais.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
Big Fish In the snrf.

When northeast storm sets the sea
to growing and breaks the long ground
swells into choppy, jumping waves,
the big fish come in. Wherever the
surge breaks up the bottom they nose
and delve. The working sea exposes
for them the delicacies of the season
flashing sand cells that snap themselves
about like tempered springs of pol
lshed steel, translucent spearing with
each side marked with a broad silver
band that remains pure and shining
long after the fish has decomposed,
red. green and purple sand and rock
crabs and many varieties of marine
worms. The striped bass and drums
root for these with their noses. scrap
ing along bottom like hogs; the blue
fish and the squeteague dart to and
fro. sometimes throwing themselves al
most ON the beach to snap up the small
fish that are helpless in the undertow.
big Game of the Atlantic Surf" in
Outing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13

this point circles away toward Tarlac.
Here the launch was almost in safety,
for hardly quarter of mile farther
on lay the gunboat Oeste. The SER
geant rejoiced, with clear conscience,
since the defective mechanism of the
rapid firer was not his fault. The en-
gineer blew gay blast from the whis-
tie as signal to the Oeste of their ap-
proach.
Here the left bank of the river was
no more than a hundred yards from
the launch, and it rose to such a
height that it seemed to overhang the
boat. The sergeant peered with dread
at that tangle of grass and bushes
where he had caught a glimpse Of
something, what he could not tell
only something! But he had no time to
voice his suspicious.
From the bank came sudden deadly
volley of musketry, poured full on the
Oceanic's deck. Out from the nodding
grasses of the shore death leaped in a
flame Four of the men on deck fell
beneath that murderous fire. Major
Howard tumbled in heap. BY him
lay the clerk.
Sergeant Flynn stood for a moment
helpless in the shock Of surprise. In
that moment the dying major stag
gered to his feet and cried as he. fell
again: .s.* .s*
"For Gods sake, sergeant, keep her
going"
The sergeant seized a covering Fill
ipino and thrust him toward the
wheel, bidding him, with fearful
curse, to hold the boat on her course.
The terrified native did his duty in
sheer dread of the sergeant's blazing
eyes and frightful words. Then Flynn
darted to the Nordenfeldt and fired a
volley toward the foe in ambush, one
volley only; then the gun jammed.
The sergeant did not hesitate in this
crisis. He took off the feed cases; he
pulled out the empty cartridges with
an ejector; he reloaded the chambers
by hand Then he elevated the mug
zle of the piece until it pointed through
the awning of the launch. SO high and
so close was the enemy's position.
This done, the sergeant fired his Sec
ond volley.
The bullets sang their song of death
all about him, but he remained un-
touched. Again he loaded the Norden-
feldt and discharged it a third time.
A cry from the steersman rose above
the rattle of firearms. The sergeant
turned and saw the Filipino lying mo-
tionless on the deck. Straightway he
left the gun and pounced upon another
gray faced native. He drove the trem-
bling Filipino to the wheel, then
sprang back to his post at the Norden-
feldt and discharged another volley at
the enemy. All this time the foe
maintained brisk fire, but Flynn
seemed to bear charmed life. AS yet
he had no wound.
A chance shot from the bank struck
the wheel and shattered it. A groan
burst from the sergeant's lips as he
saw the catastrophe. This was a dis
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
Had an Assistant.

A naval officer tells of conversation
he once overheard between two marines
who were arguing as to who had the
least work to do on board a man-of-war.
war.
''It's the chaplain" said one.
How do you make that out?" asked
the second.
Because he amt got any work to do
and all day to do it in"
The second marine snorted his disgust.
You're wrong, Jack" said he. 'Tt's
the cap'n of marines"
"How's that?"
swell, me boy, as you say, the chap
lain's nothing to do and all day to do 1t
in; but the cap'n of marines has nothing
to do and all day to do it, and lieu
tenant of marines to help him do it,
N. Y. Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13


aster beyond remedy. OF no use now
to bring back the screaming Filipino
who dived into the hold. There was
no help for 1.-THE launch must go un-
guided as chance might direct. The
sergeant turned grimly to his gun and
about him was kissing with the rush
of missiles and the deck on which he
stood had become slippery with blood
Now at last a bullet sought him out
and pierced his shoulder. Yet he gave
no heed to it, for he was not disabled
by the wound. He was determined to
stay at his post and work the gun until
he fell beneath the enemy's fire.
But by miracle the unguided boat
held steadfastly on its way toward
safety. And now. while the sergeant.
incredulous OF escape, loaded and fired
and awaited death. a reinforcement
arrived.
The engineer. having at last cowed
his native assistants into attention to
their duties, rushed ON deck with a
magazine rife and, standing unGaunt-
edly exposed in the stern, fired toward
any point where a fash of light in the
thicket of grass betrayed the lurking
place of foe. The sergeant gave a
cheer in honor of his brave ally and
discharged a last volley. Then a bullet
touched his temple. and he fell
A moment later the launch swung
around the bend OF the river, and there
before her lay the Oeste. Promptly
then the machine guns of the Oeste.
free now TO open fire since there was
no longer danger of hitting the launch,
poured their fury against the insur-
gents. Even the soldiers In the cascOs,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
RAILROAD ADVERTISING.
Has Done Much to Reveal the Beau
ties of Travel in
America.

When the passenger departments of
the railroads began to advertise the
advantages of their respective lines
and the beauties and points of interest
along the right of way, the conserva
tives stood aghast at the innovation
says the Toledo Tones. 1t was freely
predicted that they would get tired of
wasting their money or that their en-
ployers would call them down and re-
fuse to countenance such expenditures
Yet how different has been the out
come. The pioneers in the business
have been followed by imitators and
competitors, until some of the most
attractive and interesting and instruc-
tive advertising of the day is done by
the railroads. 1t is. of course, impos-
sible to know the full extent of the
influence of this advertising, but the
result has been to immensely stimulate
travel. We Americans are just learn
ing to appreciate leisure and to know
that one doesn't have to go thousand
miles from home to get genuine rec
reation and an education that is a
pleasure to acquire.
The theory that everything worth
seeing is in Europe has been exploded
and the railroads, with their persist
ent, artistic and well constructed ad-
vertising have lighted the fuse that
led to the explosion. Everyone with a
spark of ambition desires to see sur
roundings different from his own. He
wants to travel. But he breads going
into strange scenes and conditions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
Use of Hydroscope.

The treasures that lie at the bottom
of the sea are now more easily obtain
able by the invention of an instrument
known as the microscope. The contriv-
ance is shortly to be put in operation
in order to find the lost feet of Xerxes,
which has reclined ON the seas bed un-
disturbed for about 1900 years. Search
is also to be made for the ship char
tered by Pompey to carry Roman art
treasures to Athens and wrecked In the
archipelago 1850 years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
THE TROLLEY FISHERMAN.
Lines Cast in Pleasant Places, by
Hill OF Meadow or Rum
ming Brook.

"That the house trolley-a clean and
comfortable little home of several
rooms, with it's own motor-will become
fact have not the least doubt" says
Albert Bigelow Paine, in Worlds Work.
Safer than steam yacht, less depend
ent than houseboat; cheaper, cleaner
and far more pleasant than a private
car that is hauled by steam and dropped
on malarial and mosquito haunted sid
ings-the house photographed here
and there at the will of the occupant,
will be the ideal dwelling of recreation,
the ne plus ultra of summertime. Troll
ley lines are cast in pleasant places,
along sunny highways, and through the
choicest of city street. The trolley dwell
er will carry rails for temporary spur.
and drop anchor by hill or meadow and
by running brook. When city is
reached he will select pleasant sur
roundings to make his sojourn.
81 must not forget the trolley fisher
man. Fishermen are always irrespon-
done in responsibility anything here
tofore recorded. With rod and line and
bait he simply sits and rides, or ex-
changes fish tales with the conductor
until the water is reached. Then he gets
off and fishes. If he has luck, well and
good. If not, he simply takes the next
car that comes along and rides and yarns
with the conductor until more water is
sighted. No hard walking, no nag to
look after, no tedious waiting for trains.
1t is simply fish and go. or stay, as may
happen, with swift, safe and pleasant
conveyance at hand. fished most Of
the way to Chicago. and l shall fish all
tho WOW RI ROctoD -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
Measuring Hides.

The ancient tanner paid an expert
high wages to guess at the contents of
his hides when sold by measure. To-
day an unskilled workman hands the
irregular-shaped pieces to little ma
chine that looks something like a table
with a double top, which, quicker
than the mind of the expert could
guess it, reckons with exactness the
square contents in both the metric
and standard systems.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
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. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13

"Do you ever have your own way?"
asked the cynical near relative.
"Yes," answered Mr.. Meekton.
Sometimes I have my own way; but
not without consulting Henrietta very
carefully before l make up my mind" /"
-WaShington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
She Did Her Best.

Mrs. Uppmann-I must tell you, Della,
that l was displeased at your entertain
ing that policeman in the kitchen last
night.
Delia-Faith, Oh did AK him into the
parlor, ma'am, but he wouldn't co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS Court FOR CECIL CoUNTY,(
January IA, 1902.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Eek.
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary.
or they will be cited up.
Test: r. E.tJAMAR, Register
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emy.
"There's young lady come to visit
you, Flynn, my boy said the surgeon
in the hospital at Manila two days aft
er the engagement of the launch.
'Sure, it's niver- Has she blue eyes.
sor?''
"Oh, it's the same girlw quoth the
surgeon fiippantly. "And here she
comes"
Sergeant Flynn turned to see Bridget
hurrying toward him. She fell on her
knees by the sergeant's cot and kissed
his hand.
"Oh, Mike, forgive me, me darlin'!
An twas lesilf thet called We a cow
ard an ye the bravest man in all the
world! Och, I'll marry ye this blissid
mint if ye say the word! An father
himsilf as licked thot Casey, bad cess
to IMP
With Bridget's lips on his, that in
trepid warrior, Sergeant Flynn, was at
peace with all the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 6 20
A. m. and 2lS D. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville. Tuesdays and Fridays at $50;
Liberty Grove. IS; Colora s.44; Rising Sun, $3.50.
Sylmar 9.06: Nottingham, o IS; Oxford. 1000 a. m,
arriving at West Philadelphia. 230 p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at COS arriving in
Philadelphia at 9l2 a. N ; and $40. arriving in
Philadelphia At SO p M; Saturday only, IS p. m
wv. ATTERBURY J.R. WOOD.
Gea'l. Manager. Gen. Pdssr AgeRt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
WlN z OF
Ga ROUD
PHILADELPHIA. BALTIC. &
l. WASHINGTON R. R
642 1-2 Congress st.

GENITAL DIVISION.
On and after May oath, 1903, trains will rnn
as follows:
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.
srArroSs. Pass. Pass. Pass Pass
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13

alambering one by one from beneath
the mats, were able at last to send a
few shots in the direction of the en-
emy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-13
STATIONS.
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

Additional traius leave Broad st tor Oxford II IL
q. M, $50 and 10 p. M; Sunday only, 7.55a.
7.0lp. M; Saturday only, ll.43 p. m.