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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Property Transfers.

j. Watson Reeder to S. Paul
Slime, of Pennsylvania, property in
Sixth district, 5000.
VIM. II. Cole, Sr., and wife, to
VIM. M. Keesey, property in the
Seventh district near Perryville,
81 800.
Sarah Jane Phillips and Joseph
I. Phillips to George Segars, OF
Pennsylvania, property at LON,
bard, $4,000.
Jos. S. Pogue and wife to Annie
o. Gardner, lot at Perryville, $3.50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Land Too Costly.

Some ten or twelve Australians who
went to South Africa to invest about
$15O,0O0 in farming lands, not as a syn.
dicate, but as separate settlers, have
returned in disgust to their own land
The general complaint is that the land
is held by the British government at
too high figure. This is due to the
fact that enormous prices were paid to
the Dutch for the land by the imperial
government, which is finding it CORE.
spondingly hard to get rid of.-N. Y.
Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Ruined by Seals.

The fisheries of northern Norway
have come to standstill, owing to a
tremendous influx of seals along the
coast and in the fjords. The seals
which come from the White sea, have
been fought without avail. The large
fishing population has petitioned the
government for help to exterminate
the plague, which is partly eating and
partly hunting all fish away.-Fishing
Gazette
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
sheridan,s Favorite Story.

Gen. ''PhiI' Sheridan was at one
time asked at what little incident
did he laugh the most.
'Well," he said, 81 do not know,
but always laugh when 1 think of
the Irishman and the army mule. T
was riding down the line one day,
when 1 saw an Irishman mounted
on mule, which was kicking its
legs rather freely. The mule finally
got its hoof caught in the stirrup,
when, in the excitement, the Irish
man remarked: We'll, begorrah, if
you're goin' to get on, I'll get Off "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
A Serious Mistake.

E. c. Dewitt & Co. is name of the firm
who make the genuine Witch Hazel
Salve. DeWitt's is the Witch Hazel
Salve that heals without leaving a scar.
1t is a serious mistake to use any other.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding piles,
burns, bruises, eczema and all skin
disease. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

The only reason for maintaining the Preparatory
department is, that young men who have been
unable to regularly attend the public schools,
may have an opportunity to enter College and get
something of the inspiration acquired from con-
tact with progressive methods in Agriculture.
The large majority of this class boys from rural
sections, handicapped as above noted. Without
this department, the standard for entrance upon
| Collegiate work would have to be lowered and
this should not be considered. In view of this,
the department should be maintained in the
| opinion of the subscriber.
! 4-The military feature is objected to. The
United States Statutes making College Grants re-
| quire it. To eliminate it, this statute must be
changed The amount of time devoted to this
branch is only three hours and twenty five minutes
per week. This training serves as good, healthful
exercise for the student and in addition promotes
| respect for authority promptness in meeting
every obligation, and develops carriage in the
individual which is OF service in after life. The
development of the martial spirit or the disposi-
ton to the savagery of warfare is not sought, but
discouraged.
| 5-The income of the College tor Collegiate pur-
poses and all expenses such as taxes, repairs re-
furnishings, insurance, postage, stationery books,
and all general expenses, is embraced in the fol-
lowing sums:
| lst-MorTill Act, 8 100000
| 2nd-Morrill Act 2OOOOOO
| 3rd-State Appropriation, 100000
| 4th-A small balance from fertiH.
! ger fees, after paying the ex-
penses OF this dept, about, 10000
Total for Col'g't and Gen'l exp, $50, 400 90
Your especial attention is directed to this as it
is generally supposed that much larger sum is
available for College work. OF this sum- 50 900 is
required to supplement- the students receipts in
order to meet the living expenses of the student
body. The domestic department is therefore. not
IA source Ofrevenue but an expense. The Farmers
| Institute, the State Horticultural Work are each
Il drain upon College resources rather than an
income. These departments are housed, heated,
lighted, repairs of their departments the services
of bonded officer of the College used in keeping
| their accounts, and distributing their funds upon
their approval, all at the expense of the College
| funds. In view of these facts. it would be mani
testify unjust to estimate the available funds of
these departments as a College asset, unless the
College be credited with serving the constituency
which these funds serve.
| 1t is pleasure to call your attention TO the
commencement of the building, made possible by
the recommendation of the delegates of the or
ganization which you represent to the Clubs and
Oranges which met on the grounds one year ago.
1t is to be regretted that the full amount asked
for did not mateTialize, Your Trustees did not
deem it wise to cut down their plans for the build
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

Joe-Women are all right in some
branches of learning, but they have
no heads for figures.
Fred-Come on with the explana-
ton.
Joel know girl whose educa-
tion cost her old dad $1,000, and she
can't even figure her own age cor.
rectly.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Kodol Gives STRENGTH

by enabling the digestive organs to digest,
assimilate and transform all Of the whole
some food that may be eaten into the
kind of blood that nourishes the nerves,
feeds the tissues, hardens the muscles
and recuperates the organs of the
entire body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Catarrh of
the Stomach and all stomach disorders.
Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
rIarriape Licenses

Louis Shippers, of Elkton, and
Edith Conout, of Baltimore.
George Miller, of North East,
and Myrtle Verdella Lander, OF
Sylmar.
Philip M. Douglass, of Perry
vile, and Katie Evans, of Havre
de Grace.
James Lee Hanley, of Whining
ton, and Sara Deibert, of Elkton.
Colored-Richard Hollingsworth
and Addie Reed, both of Cecilton
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
A SANDER.

Binks-My stars! I heard that
you had died of heart failure while
drunk.
Winks-That's a mean, miserable.
malicious slander.
"Then you were not drunk?"
81 didn't die of heart failure. IN.
Y. Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Tomatoes. French STYLE.

A French method of serving toma-
toes is to slice them into glass dish
and garnish around the edges with
large white onion rings cut from raw
onion slices. Make hole in the CEN
ter of the salad and fill with mayon-
naise or a whipped cream dressinG.-
N. Y. Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

Jonathan Hutchinson, who has made
a special study of leprosy, has come to
the conclusion that it is brought about
exclusively by the contamination, by
leprous hands, of the food thatis eaten
by other members of the family of
which the leper forms part.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Wheels Superseded.

Patient lin asylum) friend over
there is crazy, but he's an up-to-date
lunatic.
Visitor-He is, Ell?
"Oh, yes. He has automobiles in his
head."-Brooklyn Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

"Gwan, Learned Luke" said Weary
Willie, 'how could you pipe off such
a lie ter de Teddy as you bein' a son
O. toir?"
Its the truth, Weary. Haven't I
often been in the tolls of the po.
lice'?"-Baltimor Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
His Impression.

Country Girl-Don't you know what
a barn is?
City Boy-Of course 1 do! It's a
place where hamfatters act tragedies
when they're down on their luck
Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
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 IL
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. f. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
His MiShtY Yarn.

The Landlady-Which part of the
chicken do you prefer, Mr.. Lanks?
The Boarder-Either half will do,
thank you, Mrs. Hungerford.-Pu
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

Sidney-Ability is great element in
financial success.
Rodney-Yes; alack of sensibility.-
BROOKLYN Life, y. 81.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL CouNrY,(
January IA, 1902
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
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. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
An Ancient Ditty Renovated.

solomon Gfundy,
Born on Monday
Got rich on Tuesday,
Richer on Wednesday,
Richer on Thursday,
Richer on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
And that was the end of Solomon Grundy
Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

Trains leave oxford for Philadelphia at 90
a. m. and 2l3 D. NJ. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays ana Fridays at $50;
Liberty Grove. S35: Colora. S.4i; Rising Sun, s56
Sylmar, 9.05; Nottingham, Is: oxford, l0O a. m
arriving at West Philadelphia, 230 p. m.
sunday train leaves oxford at 6.55 arriving in
Philadelphia At 9l2 a. m and $50. arriving in
Philadelphia at so p m Saturday only. 20 p IN
W. W. ATTERBURY, j. h. WOOD,
GeaI. Manager. Gen. Pass'r agent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
Cecil Farmers Club.
June Meeting Held at the Home of j. Harry
Maxwell, near Principle.
THE Cecil Farmers Club met
with J. Harry Maxwell, near

HE cecil Farmers CluD met
with j. Harry Maxwell, near
Il Principle, on Wednesday,
June 18th, the following members
being in attendance Prest., Alfred
Kirk; cor. Sec, M. G. Reeder; rec.
Sec, Cecil E. Ewing; treas, Jas. II.
Maxwell; M. l.. Thompson, j. S.
Scarborough, r. X. Rawlings, El,
wood Balderston. Jos. L. Grove, A.
B. McVey, +. R. Cherry, Robt. T.
Cameron, j. Harry Maxwell. Wis
itors present H. S. Coudon, How
ard Brumfield, Henry Gather, Rev.
d. e. Shaw, Clinton Jackson,
Frank Lakeland, W. w. Maxwell.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and with slight
correction were approved.
The committee appointed to in
vestigate private telephone service
for the farmer, ascertain rates, etc,
reported they had not been able to
secure any further information.
Elwood Balderston stated that
the Whig and Democrat had re.
quested accounts of the club meet
ings and the secretary was instruct
ed to furnish same for publication.
M. G. Reeder rendered the fol-
lowing report as delegate of the
club to Maryland Agricultural Col
lege and Experiment Station:
M. c. REEDER's REPORT.
Mr.. President and Members Of the Cecil
Farmers Club:
AS your delegate to the Convention Of
Delegates of Farmers Organizations of
Maryland, held at College Park May 2S
l will preface my report with statement
issued by the officers Of tn" College:
As a delegate from your or5a:i::aiion, to make
the annual inspection of the work in progress at
the College and Experiment St;tiun, we beg to
| assure you that we are really to aid you in any
particular you may desire that YOU may make this
examination as Through as the most critical
could demand.
We are of the opinion that your report to be of
any value to the meeting on Friday should not
be OF pcriunctOry character. We wish to ac-
quaint you with every department of each Instl
tuition, even to its minute details. Only in this
manner, can you know their requirements, equip
ment, their progress their ideals and their needs.
You arc therefore earnestly requested to ask for
any information you may need in making up u
thorough report.
From the College standpoint, as its executive
officer, wish to make the following statement
I've have registration since the opening of
the scholastic year of 2OO the largest in the his
tory of the College
2-The average of the student body is Is years.
3-Students taking the Mechanical Course. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

1t will be noted that the Agricultural and Me-
chanic Arts, the emphasized requirements of the
2nd Morrill, Act, are in the ascendent as to num-
bers. This is it should be, and they will be still
further emphasized. By percentage it would
stand:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26

LEAvK GOING NORTH.

Additional traius leave Broad St. tor Oxford II Il
a. M, $50 and 10 p. m; sunday only, 7.55a. m
7.0l p. M; Saturday only, 11.43 P. n.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26
HOSTS ESSAY.

Once more it is my pleasure to enter
tain the Cecil Farmers Club and my
friends. must beg of the older and
more experienced members not to expect
too much from one who has been among
their number shorter time.
Perhaps there is no season of the year
of greater importance TO the farmer than
the present one. Harvest is staring us in
the face On it our livelihood depends
Very often we get discouraged with the
results of our hard labor; but when we
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07
FOUND A USE FOR IT.

For years the little organ known as the vermiform appendix has been a stand ing joke with newspaper writers, and even some of the medical men have treat ed it with scant ceremony. It has to a great extent been regarded as a sort of leftover portion of the human anatomy. probably of use at some remote period el our existence, or pre-existence. Some have been so wanting in respect as to intimate that, as We were probably only worms at one time, this little organ kept its form and we just grew around it, as { it were. and left it very much in its orig snal shape. Others claim that there was a time during a portion of the animal period of our growth when this appendix was useful as well as ornamental, and that we have gradually grown away from it. as we grow away from prehensile tails and toes, and it is left in us to worry and eex us and give the scientific folks some thing to palaver over.
 But now comes one Dr. Hershey of found a real use for this much discussed and condemned portion of our anatomy, and declares that in his deliberate opinion 1t is an organ which has most import ant Junction." and he reasons very learn edly on the subject. Among other things he says:
 There Is no organ in the abdomen more important than the appendix vermi- form is. So much can be done to pre- serve it's function, so much can be done to prevent attacks of appendicitis but not until 1t has become deeply imbued in the minds Of all general practitioners that instead of an accidental vestigial organ We have functIonating body that should be as familiar to us as any of the abdominal viscera.
 If this view of the little organ shall be accepted by the medical fraternity as a correct one, and if further investigation and study shall sustain Dr. Hershey s contention, the result may not only be vastly beneficial to the human family. but will take away from us one of the most fruitful subjects for guying the doc tor folks about. That will be a joke on the jokers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07
JUDGES SALARIES
The State Judiciary is Not Properly
 P:id.

Editor The Advertiser:
 read with approval your editorial pub lished some days ago, relative to an in- crease in the salaries of the judges. The Legislature has very properly enacted a law which raises the salary of the Gov ernor. Now let it go further and do jus tee to the judiciary by enacting law in~ Creasing the salaries of the Judges. The Executive, Judicial and Legislative De- partments may be conceded to be of equal importance. Certainly the Judiciary. that Department, which is charged with the duty of construing the laws. and with the more important duty of holding the scales or justice equally poised between all liti- gants Is of far reaching importance to every citizen, and its members should be men of pronounced legal ability, and whose probity is unquestioned
 A cheap Judiciary is poor economy for any state, cheap judges make expensive litigation. These remarks are indulged without reference to our judges now in office. AS rule. low salaries for judges will secure none but men of mediocre ability. and the woudcr is how can the judges we now have afford to remain on the bench. Alabama with the low sal aries II pays her Judges has been fortu- nate indeed. to get the Judges it has.
 The Congress of the Tnitod States has recently recognized the importance and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07
Best Ways to Make Human
 Life Safer in Alabama.

dict. A majority of the Supreme Court of the State and nation decides matters as weighty as were ever submitted 10 the arbitrament of man "a majority Of those composing our constitutional conventions and iaw-making bodies define our rights as we'll as fix the penalties under the law. It Is next to Impossible where the defendant is of any prominence to get Jury on which one or more men are not biased in some way, and the result is mistrial or a compromise verdict. The State is greatly indebted to our efficient code commissioner Hon. William L. Mar criminal law the doctrine of error with out injury. It was a well established doctrine in civil cases. and means simply that the Supreme Court need not reverse the case because of some technical error. if no injury resulted to the defendant thereby. This was Indeed a long step Tn the interest of justice and economy. An other innovation. much to be desired, is some limit to the number of special charges. After learned Judge has charged fully on every phase of the law applicable to the case. the defendant s counsel will often request fifty or more charges some patiently bad. and others almost identical in wording but by a shade of difference brought within the law. but at the same time confusing botn to Judge and jury, and by the refusal of which long and expensive trial is often for naught. The Supreme Court of Mis- SlSSippi NmdDTy NS. Stale, q MISS. Ilo II So. Rep. 260 have recognized this abuse and curbed 1t. This multitude of special charges is called the defendants last speech to the jury and they are potent weapons in the hands of his friends thereoT when there Is difficulty in agree ing on q verdict. I think 1t would be a good idea to abolish the degree in muT- der and simply provide that the unlaw- full and malicious killing of q human be- ing should constitute murder, and be punished by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than ten years. glance at our decisions will show that many cases have been reversed because Of error in defining the degrees of murder or the failure of the jury to fix tho degree. Frequently, where there is difficulty in reaching verdict the jury will compromise on murder in second de- gree, and the defendant invariably ap- peals because he cannot in the next trial be convicted of any higher offense; while, if the degrees were abolished. as suggest ed. he would often he afraid to appeal as he might be punished capitally at the next trial.
 I am aware that some of my sugges- tions might be cla"sed as inpra cticable, because some would require constitutional amendments or passage of laws that would be opposed by the conservative and by those accustomed to represent the de- fendants, but l nevertheless think that such changes would promote justice. give greater protection to life and greatly de- crease the expense of the administration of the criminal laws. Yours truly,
 J. II. Webb.
 Solicitor for Mobile County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ?, 1903.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit Of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of these signs IS the mystic symbol Lv1 denotinG golden" which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for thu mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with q single sym bol; but there is higher grade, according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL SS to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded thi. double golden symbol eel and is the o=ls paper so distinguished in this section of ths south.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07
The MystsIious Visitor Is Nov Invading Many Homes. # Strikes yo0ry and 0Id Who Are Physically Weak and
 Pre-disposed to Disease.
Paine's Celery
 Compound
Fortifies the Body, CIeanses the B!ood, and Gives Strength to
 Resist All Attacks.

That mysterious visitor. Grip. is now invading many homes and striking down the young and old who are weak or pre- disposed to disease.
 It is now well known that the disease spreads rapidly to the various members of the households into which it has been introduced. It accords with the theory of infection also. that the disease has usu- ally attacked the persons liable to infec- ton. Dr. Richard Siscly, in his book on Epidemic Influenza says the disease is almost entirely propagated by infec- ton.
 In past winter seasons it has been fully and happily demonstrated that Paine's Celery Compound is tower of safety when grip is prevalent. When this scier- tific and health giving medicine is used, it strengthens the nervous centres of all the vital organs; it purifies the blood, regulates digestion. gives healthy tone to the whole system. enabling young and old to feel secure from the ravages of disease. Weak, nervous. dyspeptic. and ailing people will find in Paine's Celery Compound a true protector and shield from the dangers of grip. trial of one bottle will banish all existing doubts