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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

YET YOU FEEL SENSATION OF HORROR"
judge that nothing short of deadly
poison would prevent me from waking
up again Immediately"
In my opinion he was the victim of
a fixed idea or persistent mental image,
probably of horrible nature, and so
influential in the realm of his thought
that it held sway even in sleep and
drove him back in terror from the
pleasant land of dreams. 1t remained
for me to find out what this terror was
and to successfully combat it. But up
on the occasion of his first visit l did
not think best to antagonize him by
too sharp questionings. l therefore
gave him dozen tablets containing
nothing that would do him any harm
Tor good and made an appointment
with him for the day after tomorrow.
He came promptly, looking very hag-
gard and scared, and had a serious
talk with him. entirely destitute Of
value to either of us. Upon this occa-
sion he came near to convincing me
that he really did not know what he
was afraid of nor what dream it was
that invariably walked him.
Naturally l had asked him early
whether he had any enemies, and he
had replied that he had none. But the
answer had been given in such a way
as TO leave the impression with me
that while he feared no one and upon
his owu part cherished no rational ami
mostly. he might be laboring under an
Impulse to injure some one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
THE
DEAD LINE
you are to imagine that it is DR.
By HOWARD FIELDING

q you are to imagine that it is DR..
" William Boyd McEenna, the
famous expert in insanity, who
tells this story. He has told me
many, the majority of which should
not be repeated in world where every
Individual may read sufficient horrors
from the scroll of his own destiny. This
tale, however, is merely odd.
A man whom l will name Brown
called upon me at my Office one day.
had never had the pleasure of meeting
Mr.. Brown before.
When we got down to business it ap-
peared that Mr.. Brown could not sleep,
or, to be more exact, he could not sleep
consecutively.
Il wake up five hundred times every
night" said he. 1T seems to me that
fall asleep as readily as normal man
should, but cannot stay there. l start
up. l find myself sitting in bed talking
to myself sometimes and staring
My patient paused.
"Into the darkness" said I.
"Well," said he, with hesitation, as
IL hC NtlC SeIcldllJ La Z
little light"
nightmare" l suggested.
Il would naturally suppose that it is
dream which wakes me and proba-
bly, the same dream every time" said
he, "but | have no idea what it is. l
have never been able to remember it."
'Yet you feel sensation of horror?"
81 feel afraid" he admitted.
"Have you had any alarming expert
ence or violent shock to the nerves re-
cently?' 1 asked.
9Ir Brown replied in the negative.
Il am a nervous man." said he,
though don't look it,
He did, however.
"a coward, I'm afraid" he continued
after pause. But there is nothing
to be afraid of, and even q coward
needs some excuse for fear"
This is not true, of course There is
terror without cause and without cow
nrdice. Under certain conditions the
human mechanism manutac lures it's
own fear out of nothing in particular,
but l did not say this to Mr.. Brown.
Instead | asked him some questions
about his general health and found
that there was no sign of anything
wrong, except that he was losing
weight.
He was a bachelor, he was not in
love, his business was satisfactory, and
he had sufficient income aside from
it. He knew of no reason why he
should have fallen into this state OF
nervous agitation. The main trouble
was in the matter of sleeping. Mr..
Brown had all the modern soporifics,
and he told me, with grim smile, that
they all worked beautifully.
''In fact" said he, II can put myself
to sleep with half glass of beer, but
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
One on KubeIiIx.

Here is story about Kubelill that
did not come from the press agent:
The violinist was once asked to play
at a lunatic asylum. He chose a
brilliant Slav composition, and the
audience seemed delighted. One of
the regular boarders came up and be-
gan to talk with him. Kubelik asked
him how he liked the performance.
The lunatic stared at him for awhile
and then said: swell, to think of the
likes of you being allowed out while
l am kept in here"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
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, 1903-06-19
An Idealist.

The lady who was addressing the
heavyweight culture club on the
servant question and its inadequate
answer approached the peroration of
her remarks.
"In Short" she said, 1--WE should en-
deavor to make our servants fear us
as much as we fear them"
Here she was interrupted by the
president, who told her that it was
not the purpose of the club to at
tempt the mpossible.-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
Putting 1t Mildly.

Here is the extremely delicate way
which a Kansan states his chief reason
for asking that he be freed from mat
trimonial bonds, which gall: "The de-
fendant has acted in such a way that
said husband has had difficulty in dis
tinguishing her treatment of him as a
husband from her treatment of others
who bore no such relation to her"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
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, 1903-06-19
Disgrace to the Ark.

England is good Is years behind
America in respect to Typography and
typefounding. This is even more true
"a great deal more true-of the con-
tinent of Europe, which, indeed,
doesn't contain a good jobbing office
or a single solitary newspaper whose
outfit of type wouldn't be disgrace
to the ark-Printers' Ink.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
Grand Finale.

Stubb-Yes, the Gossip Sewing society
is going to meet tonight. My wife
says they are going to rip up old quilts
and make them into rugs.
Penn-What will they do when they
finish ripping up the quilts?
Stubb-Why, they'll rip up every one
in the orhood.-Chicago Daily
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on tb
second Tuesday ofevery mouth. Executor
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring il
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

"Well, suppose you and your wife
are now scrapping over the name of
your new heir"
Not on your life. What gave you
that idea?"
swell, I thought it was usual"
"Not, when there's only one rich
bachelor uncle in the family."-N. Y.
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

First Professor was invited to
speak at the Ladies' Social Discus
sion society" the other night, on
''Women's Attire"
Second Professor-And what did
you say?
First rofessor-Nothing, my boy,
nothing-I never had a chance-Ally
Sloper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19


LIKE A SHOT.
my extraordinary patients condition
we were south of Fifty-ninth street
again.
"Wheww whistled Emmett. "Did you
see him?"
"See whom?" said !.
"The man with the revolver" he re-
piled, "an iron faced son of pirate if
ever 1 saw one. He was coming down
the avenue and Brown caught sight Of
him. That was when our friend yelled.
The man saw him instantly and came
straight for the carriage. He was be-
side it when the policeman brought the
horse to a stand. The man had a re-
volver, though didn't see him draw it,
but he was holding the thing half hid
den by the cape of his coat. Upon my
soul, think he would have shot if you
the time. What do you think OF it?"
l gave it up. 1 doubt whether any
thing that had ever happened to me be-
fore had so bewildered me. However,
we had full explanation in few min
utes, for Brown revived and told his
story.
'That mans wife," said he in sub
stance ''was a dear friend of mine
years ago. l give you my most sacred
word of honor that she was never any
thing more to me. have never spoken
a word of love to her in my life.
GSrHhnrn x1rhn 7
sight of her, and when at last 1 met her
by accident upon the street she told me
that she was this mans wife. She
asked me to call upon her, and I saw
no reason why l shouldn't I supposed
it to be merely accidental that l did not
meet her husband. In reality he is in
sanely jealous of her, and, with a wo-
mans typical folly, she concealed my
visits from him. 1t seems that he knew
all about Inc and had spoken of me in
such way as to frighten her.
"Well, the inevitable happened at
last, and he found me in the house. l
was absolutely innocent of offense and
utterly unprepared for the scene that
followed. l dare not speak of it.
have told you that am coward. 1t is
enough to say that descended to the
pitiful level of begging for my life. He
had Il revolver i'll his hand-I believe
that he always goes armed-and he
took pleasure in playing upon my abb
normal sensibility to fear. For hours,
as it seems to me, while l dared not
call for help because of the disgrace to
her, that man kept me in the immedi-
ate terror of death. Then he released
me and set this singular command
upon me-that was never to pass the
line of Fifty-ninth street northward.
eff you go SOUTH said he to her, or
this man comes north of that street
I'll kill you both
II know not what the result has
been with her, but you have seen what
it has been with me. The shame of
my cowardice kept the memory of that
scene always before my mind. Sleep
ing or waking, | could never forget,
until at last l was the abject prey of
this fear. l seemed always to be cross
ing that dead line, to die and to cause
her DEATH"
Well, the doctor concluded, we had
mighty hard time with Mr.. Brown,
and can take no credit to myself for
the fortunate result. He's all right
now. What pulled him through? Prov
idence, my friend. Providence. The
woman's husband died. No mortal
could have predicted whether this
would have any effect upon Brown, but
it did. Hes gone abroad now, prac-
ticaily cured. and Emmett and l have
sent the pretty widow after him. l
guess it will be all right.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

Manageable young ladies in China
usually wear their hair in long single
plait, in which is entwined a bright
scarlet thread. The thread indicates
that the maiden is awaiting con-
nubial partner.-N. Y. Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL CoUNTY.(
January II, 1902
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward anc
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, 1903-06-19
An Excellent Renaon

"Why do you call it feminine COM
pliment?"
Because there is sting to it,
Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 20
a. m. and ? l3 p. M. Market train leaves
RowlsndYlle Tuesdays and Fridays at 30;
Liberty Grove, s35; Colora s.44; Rising Sun, s.56.
Sylmar, 9.0j; Nottingham. Is; Oxford, 1000 a. ~
arriving at West Philadelphia, 2.S0 p. m.
Sunday train leaves oxford at 655 arriving in
Philadelphia &C 9.l2 g. m ana $40 arriving in
Phiadelphia 1t so p. M; Saturday only. 92o p IN
W. W. ATTERBURY, J.R. WOOD,
GeB'L. Naadger. Gen. Pdss'r agent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
He Struck Him.

did that fellow introduced you to
strike you favorably?
"Not at all. I told him I didn't have
it to pare."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
Negroes in Penn State.

Pennsylvania has larger number
of persons of negro descent in its
population than any other of the
northern states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

To protect his chest, a heart-shaped
piece of sheet iron riveted to some
heavy leather was worn by one of
the players in a football match in
Denver.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

The idea of curing rhematism in
horses by the means of brine baths is
receiving the support of veterinary
surgeons. ------
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

Additional trains leave Broad ST Tor Oxford II i
a. m., 2.50 and 6 10 p. M; sunday only, 7.55 a. m
7.0l p. M; Saturday only, 1.43 p. N.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-19

my extraordinary patients condition
we We're south of Fifty ninth street
ao1in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

glad to have her lover back again. and lost
all her capriciousness in undisguised hap
Carew had managed to arrange his father 8
Australian affairs very satisfactorily. ana
the two Hampshire households were az
happy as any in England when the week OF
Daisy's wedding arrived.
On the afternoon before the event. the
bridegroom was in London. making certain
final arrangements for his honeymoon tour
through southern Europe. think MS leel-
ings must have been a little mixed that day,
or he would have gone home by an early
train. I met him on the steps OF Vencrs
restaurant at Z o'clock and asked ne
meant to stay in town for dinner He looked
q good deal worried, and left me rather hur-
riedly. He said he would not dine In town,
but had one or two appointments to keep,
and was just going to have some tea WIZ
a friend. smiled, because one hardly goes
to Vencrs and at o'clock for tea. so
left him, and I remembered thinking how
curiously man was affected by being In
love.
It does not matter how I know the rest
Of it. do know it. and this is what hap
pened. At 10 O'Clock that evening, Carew
was strolling through Soho, making, l
fancy, for his club. AS he turned corner
near Regent street, a girl, quite young and
prettily dressed, stepped forward in front
of him and laid her hand on his arm. She
was very pale and looked ill., but the man
was thinking Of other things. He muir
INJURED something commonplace, and tried
TO push past the girl. linen Sle caught uolu
of his sleeve
God. have you no pity? I am starving"
1t startled Carew. He apologized, and his
hand moved toward his pocket. Noticing
the movement, the girl gave little moan
But whether Carew was beast or not, he
was gentleman. He raised his hand in
stead, and offered the girl his arm. Then
he took her to a restaurant-every one
knows the place-and ordered dinner, or
supper; meal, anyhow, for two.
fatnfinP want
Of food There was no possibility of mis-
take about that. Carew had ordered the
meal out of consideration for the girl in a
private room. The mans most chivalrous
part was uppermost in him. She ate raven
ously until her hunger was appeased. They
then began to talk.
headings of her lifes story. A sad bad
story, old, and containing no light to re-
lieve it's pathos of a mans betrayal Of a
woman'S trust, and afterward of dreary
mist Of weakness in the land where one
side sows and the other reapS-wild oats
But she spoke as a woman speaks, whose
early days have been good and sweet; too
good and sweet for the memory OF them
to have faded.
Carew sat listening, fitting parts Of the
story to his own life as most men might
At it to theirs. He shivered once or
twice, when the girls weakness made her
lean back in her chain, and pause for a
minute in the telling Of her story.
At last the story was told, and the girl
Carew. 1t rather stung him, the gratitude.
Then he began to talk. He had ascertained
that the girls mother was widow, and
lived near Liverpool.
There Is a train which leaves Euston at
II o'clock every night for Liverpool. Harry
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and is evidently absolutely trusting and in
nocent as far as her father is concerned.
think, If you can mango it, you had bet
Ter let me pay Mrs. Grantham some allow
ance and
II see! Very well, Mr. Carew. OF course,
we shall have no objection in the world to
her staying as long as she pleases."
Ihen the two men parted for the night,
and for a long time Harry Carew sat
at his open bed room window looking cut
across the wide back veranda Of Cootra,
where the Wydah hills doomed, dark and
billowy, against feecy sky, sepia-splashed
by the moonlight. The fascinating Ioneli-
ness of it all filtered into his mind slowly.
Its very like that child. By Jove! It's
very like Aileen," he muttered, as at last
he turned away from the little square
frame through which he had seen this pic
ture.-
Carew woke very early next morning,
when the sky over the Wydah hills was a
misty rift of purple and gray. The home
stead was still and silent and asleep when
he looked out from his door, down the wide,
shadowy hall. So he closed the door again
and stepped out through his bed room win
dow on to the veranda.
Just then the Englishman noticed horse
standing, saddled and bridled, at the door
OF one of the homestead's half dozen out
houses. The animal looked around as he
approached. and at that moment Aileen ap-
peared at the clubhouse door, holding a
ounce switch in her hand.
"Oh. good morning, Miss O'Malley," said
Carew.
The girl smiled brightly as she passed
one slim arm through Darkey's bride.
Good morning. she replied You
shouldn't call me Miss OMalley, though.
No one ever does that"
Il beg your pardon Aileen is so infinitely
prettier that II suppose 1 should have
knewn. but for my English ignorance. I
wish l could follow your example in the
matter Of the morning ride, but my first
experience makes me rather shy Of VEN
turing out Alone
well, why don't you catch Golddust
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King Edwards Train.
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
The new royal train which has Just been
built by the London and Northwestern
Railway Company consists of two saloons
one for the king and the other for the queen
and Princess Victoria-three saloons for the
suite, and two brake vans. The saloons,
60 feet inches in length over the buffers.
and there Is a straight run of nearly 400
feet from end to end of the train, which
weighs 210 tons. The interiors of the royal
saloons are luxuriously furnished. The
kings smoking room is paneled in mahog-
any, with inlays Of rosewood and satin
wood. The chairs are upholstered in green
leather, and the curtains, carpet, etc. are
in similar tones of color; while the gliding
of the metal work has been subdued in
effect to keep the whole restful to the eye.
The kings day compartment in the same
saloon is decorated in the colonial style,
and is in white enamel. The furniture is Of
satinwood inlaid with ivory. This room
The windows are unusually large. The
special features In this and the other rooms
are the methods of heating or cooling
Electric heaters have been introduced, and
each room can be heated up to any temper
allure desired. For the hot weather electric
waving fans will help to keep the tempera-
ture down, and these fans can be regulated
speed If desired, the windows can be low
ered and fine dust-proof ventilators insert
ed. HIS majesty's bed and dressing rooms
are also in white enamel. with silver-plated
fittings. the upholstery generally being Of a
soft green shade.
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Carew helped the girl into a first-class car
riage. There was an 'engaged' label on
the window, and though the girl had no
luggage there was In her seat soft rug,
a bundle Of illustrated papers and q little
basket from the refreshment room.
"Good-bye!' said Carew. as the train
began to move. He was standing on the
footboard, and holding the girls hand in
ycnT oo,.o ,,oss nh,
Goodyear
Everyone knows that Daisy Morton in
sisted on driving to the church at the ap-
pointed time next morning. Although two
hours before Carew had not arrived at his
peoples place. yet Queen Daisy said he
would be at the church. Everybody was
there, except the bridegroom and bride
groom's father.
The bridegroom did not come at all, and
when the bridegroom's father came, he
carried in his hand a telegram, the word
Ing Of which filed two tissue sheets. Then
little Daisy gave way, and old DR.. Gordon
stayed all nights at the Mortons place,
| and a good part Of the next day.
The telegram, though it did occupy two
| sheets, said only that Harry Carew was
sorry, and then again, that he was sorry
very sorry. He would never be seen in
| Hampshire again. and once more he was
sorry. It was then that the men at my
| club pronounced him a beast.
| know that shortly after noon on the
| day fixed for his wedding Carew landed In
| Plymouth by the express from Waterloo
| In the luggage van were a couple of new
regulation tin trunks, and the labels were
| addressed thus:
! "H r. Carew, RMS. 'Massilia.' Plym-
outh." Underneath was written. "Passen-
| ger to Sydney"
| I also know that two months after leay.
| ing England, Carew married Aileen OMal.
| ley In the little tin church of Tibberema
He has been living with her somewhere un'
1 der the Southern Cross ever since.
do not say that the men at my club are
/ not right in what they say about him, but
| they might as well know the whole story
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$50 the boys are glad that religion has
gained such a foothold In this town." inter-
rogated the minister.
Eyes, pard," drawled Amber Pete: NOW
there Is something else to fight about
Chicago News.
He-"In China no woman speaks until she
is spoken to-"
She-"That's what makes Chinese men
look so stupid."-Detroit Free Press