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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
A WONDER OF ELECTRICITY.
Wet Commuter Finds n New Use for
Incandescent Bulbs and Is
Made Happy.

81 was caught in the deluge the other
day, and in spite of raincoat and UNI
brella arrived at my Office thoroughly
soaked from my knees down. said sad
eyed suburbanite who was recounting
the joys of country life, to the New
York Sun reporter. II knew that to sit
at my desk all day with wet feet and
legs meant severe cold or worse, and
was in wretched state.
81 sat with the cold, wet things MAX
ing me more and more miserable, when
suddenly I had an idea. In my office
are number of swinging incandescent
lights suspended by the wires only
Loosening the surplus wire to give the
lights more play and removing the light
shades, 1 turned on the current and,
resting my legs on chair, pushed light
up each leg of my trousers to a point be-
tween the knee and ankle.
"The heat from the lights was just
the right quantity, and in about half
minute my legs began to feel warm
glow that was delightful, and the steam
rose in miniature clouds.
I'm half an hour both legs of my
trousers were thoroughly dry Then l
pulled my wet socks over the bulbs,
and they were dry in no time The job
was finished by putting the lights in
my shoes, and had dry shoes in a lit
tie over an hour"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
YOSEMITE VALLEY IN WINTER.
Beauties of the Region at That Season
Surpass Those of the Sum-
mer Season.

The few people who have seen the
beauty of the frozen falls and snow
covered cliffs declare it far surpasses
the wonder of the famous scenery at
other seasons. The falls are unusual
ly beautiful. They are not entirely
frozen, though the rocks on either side
of the 1,600-foot drop are covered with
ice to the depth of several inches In
stead of forming in hanging icicles as
| it falls, the water strikes the rocks be-
meath, where it gradually builds huge
cone of ice, which before the winter
breaks reaches a height of from 400 to
GOO feet, says the San Francisco Bulle-
| tin.
| During the coming winter tourists
enter the snow-bound valley. Up to
the present time there have been no
means of transportation in winter,
owing to the difficulties of the "trip,
but the railroads have been consider
ing the problem and it has been de-
cided to make the trial this year.
Passenger Agent Pillsbury, of the
Santa Fee, has just returned from Yo-
semitic, where he has been looking
over the ground and completing ar
rangements for winter travel.
| From MERGED, the nearest point to
the valley on the Santa Fe, stages are
run daily through the winter to Coul-
terville, where the snowfall is always
slight From that point the mail IS
carried on horseback into the valley
three times a week in winter over a
trail which as it climbs the mountains
is generally covered with five or six
inches of snow
The route from Coulterville to the
valley would be over this trail, which
branches considerably from the stage
road, by horseback, and the intention
is to employ patrol to keep the
path open. From the entrance to the
Yosemite, which is covered with from
four to six feet of snow for several
months of the year, sleighs will be
run eight miles across the valley to
Camp Curry, where the railroads W1ll
provide accommodations. This was a
considerable problem, since the hotels
close their doors on November 1, but
Mr.. Pillsbury found a suitable build
ing, which will be converted into a
comfortable temporary hosiery. It is
! large frame building used for a
storehouse, about a quarter of mile
from Camp Curry, and the work of
turning it into hotel will soon be be-
gun.
The Santa Fe will retain about 20
employees in the valley through the
winter to conduct the hotel and run
the sleighs. 1t is proposed to take
parties in two or three times week.
The railroad officials believe the ex-
pertinent will result in considerable
travel, and should it prove success
the Yosemite will be open every win
ter hereafter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching re.
volt and serious trouble in your
system is nervousness, sleepless-
ness, or stomach upsets. Electric
Bitters will quickly dismember the
troublesome causes. 1t never fails
to tone the stomach, regulate the
Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the
Liver, and clarity the blood. Run
down systems benefit particularly
and all the usual attending aches
vanish under its searching and
thorough effectiveness. Electric
Bitters is only soc, and that is re-
turned if it don't give perfect salts
faction. Guaranteed by Eli 7.
Reynolds, Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
ORIGINAL "FIRST LADY,"
Bigh ideas of Religious and Home
Duties Which Characterized
Mrs. Cleveland.

There has been one woman who, per-
haps more than any other, has been hon
ored and loved by the American people
Frances Folsom Cleveland. The feeling
given to her in this country has had
nothing to do with politics, so says Sid
ney Poyntz, in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal The democratic party might have
had it's successes or defeats; her hus
bands popularity might wax or wane;
but she has remained the same in the
eyes of the people, the highest type Of
the American woman, honored and be-
loved, the one for whom the title was
invented-"The First Lady in the
Land"
A member of the Cleveland admins
tration said once: Mrs Cleveland
with all her youth and inexperience, had
high, strict ideas of religious duty, and
governed her household by them with
a firm hand. I remember that I, with
two or three members of the cabinet,
once visited the president in the summer
vacation at his home on Buzzards Bay
We went out fishing every day When
Sunday arrived we came down to break
fast as usual in flannel shirts and leg
gings, but found our host in street dress.
| said in an undertone to Mrs Cleveland:
The president does not go out to fish
on Sunday?"
There was twinkle in her soft eyes
No one she said, goes out of this house
to fish on Sunday
1--WE sneaked upstairs one by one and
came down ready to march decorously
20 the village church when the bell
rang"
Few women with her great personal
popularity would have resisted the temp
tation to become leader, either in wom-
ems organizations, in public undertake
ings or in society. But Mrs. Cleveland
had chosen to lead simple home life,
to devote herself to her husband, her
children and the duties which lie nearest
to her. This is the secret why in her
retirement she has retained the respect
of the American people, a respect in
which there is basis of real and sincere
affection.
Is there not something significant in
the fact that all of these women who
have been the favorites of the American
people were of the same type?
American men do not seem to rise to
the exigeneies of the time. They ap-
plaud the learned lady, the clever bust
ness woman, the leader of fashion. But
it is the old-fashioned good wife and
mother, the womanly woman, whom
they take to their heart of hearts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11

Put two cupfuls of honey and IL ounces
of powdered loaf sugar in a saucepan
and slowly bring toa boil. Throw in four
ounces of chopped almonds with the
skins left on. Simmer five minutes, re-
move from the fire, add eight ounces
candied peel cut in small pieces, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, one-half grated nut
meg, one dram ground cloves, one-hali
ounce ground cinnamon, the thin rind OF
llemon and wine glass of rum. The peel
and so forth should not be added until
the mixture is slightly cooled. Then turn
the mixture on to a board and while
still warm roll out as thin as possible.
Cut in oblong shapes, about two by four
inches, put in baking tins and stand in
cool place for II hours. Bake in moder-
ate oven, but do not let them brown.
Cover with sugar icing.-Washingt
Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Fight Will be Bitter

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual re-
of DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, will
have a long and bitter fight with
their troubles, if not ended earlier
by fatal termination. Read what
t. r. Beall, of Beall, Mississippi,
has to say: "Last fall my
wife had every sypmtom OF
consumption. She took DIR. Kings
New Discovery after everything
else had failed. Improvement
came at once and four bottles entire
ly cured her. Guaranteed by Eli
T. Reynolds, Druggist. Price soc,
and SI.00. Trial bottles free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
SELF-RELIANT BIRDS.
The Raven and His Tribe Use Their
Formidable Bills for Good and
Ill Purposes.

The literary history of the raven be-
gins with Noah and Elijah. Natural
lists call him 1.-The most wary, the clev-
crest, the most amusing of birds" A
writer in the Nineteenth Century and
After, R. B. Smith, describes him as
grave, dignified and sedate," and tells
some of the peculiarities of this histor-
-ical bird.
The bill of the raven is formidable
weapon, strong, stout, sharp at the
edges, curved toward the tip. 1t is his
one weapon of offense, but it answers
the purpose of two or three. Like the
dirk of the Highlanders, it is equally
available as dagger or as carving
knife. 1t can also be used as a pair
of pincers. 1t can kill rat at one
blow. The raven can drive it's beak
right through the spines of hedge
hog. 1t is said that the raven will
never attack man. If this be true,
it is, l think, not so much from any
defect of courage as from the birds
keen intellectual perception Of what
will pay and what will not.
Like most of his tribe, the raven is,
in the strictest sense of the word,
omnivorous. His dietary ranges from
a worm to whale. During certain
months of the year he feeds largely on
grubs and insects, and then he does
unmiXed good. Sometimes he takes to
berries, fruits and grains. Snakes and
frogs and moles never come amiss to
him. Although the word "ravenous" is
not derived from raven" it might
well be, for it exactly expresses what
the raven ever has been, ever is, and
ever will be; and when, in addition to
his own voracity, he has to supply that
of the five or six young ravens that
cry" he is bound to fly at higher game,
and will Gift" without scruple nest
of partridge eggs, q rabbit or a leveret.
When his nest is built, as it generally
is, beneath some overhanging rock
which quite conceals it from view from
above, its position may sometimes be
discovered by the remains of rabbits
neatly laid in the short grass on the
top of the cliff in what I was going to
call his "larder." But larder implies
an amount of economy and self-re-
straint which it is not in the raven to
practice.
AS the season gets on, the raven
varies the diet of his nurslings by Civ
ing them the eggs of the cormorant or
the sea gull, which are laid on the adj
joining Lodges. He will spike them
with his bill and carry them off in tri-
umph. He will even at times enter the
burrow of the putin, and battle royal
will take place beneath the surface OF
the earth for the possession of the
puffn's eggs. The putin is a small
bird, but it is armed with huge razor
like bill which, if it does not beat the
intruder off, will at least give him A
squeeze which he will remember for a
long time to come.
In moorland districts, where food is
scarce, the ravens will attack without
scruple newly born lamb or even a
sheep that has been cast.
The raven has a passion for solitude.
He will tolerate no rival, not even his
own offspring, in the neighborhood of
his throne. He drives them ruthlessly
away as soon as they are able to shift
for themselves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
BITS FOR HoMEKEEpERs.
Serviceable and Ornamental Tribes
for the Domestic De-
partment.

AS a holder for an emery cushion the
acorn is also serviceable. The nut
should be removed and a cushion fash
toned in exact size and shape, the color,
of course, being matter Of taste. To
securely fasten the emery in its shell
put on drop of glue and then put a
stitch or two with double button twist
matching the emery directly from the
baseof the tiny cushion through the cen.
ter of the cup and tie the ends firmly in
tiny knot. A cluster of these acorn
cushions in different colors is decided
addition to work basket, says the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Pine cones frightened with coating
of silver or gilt paint and fastened in
clusters with gay toned ribbon, make
pretty decorations for the Christmas
tree or as fringe to lamp shade or
some dark hued drapery.
A novel way to decorate photograph
frames of linen is to applique flowers of
linen, embroidered, and, caught here and
there with a stitch, but not fiattened on
the background The flower and stem
ehooAu ottbAo OuCy Co IL d udCul al ploo-
som had been laid against the frame.
Single pansies, peoples and wild roses
make good decorations of this kind
The real art of decorating, says an
authority, is to allow nothing to be in a
house that is not a treasure. Having
established this principle, then surround
these treasures with fitting atmos-
phere. 1t is this marvellous gift of at
mosphere that makes the treasures (even
though they may be commonplace in
the eyes of the vulgar effective or in
effective.
A silver fork should be used for beat
ing eggs, never a steel one, as the phos-
phorus of the yolk attacks the steel and
forms disagreeable salt.
For mixing cake batter the slitted
wooden spoon is considered the best, as
it incloses more air in the mixture dur
ing the beating process than the ordi-
nary type of spoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
"Corn,, AM Difrerent Countries.

In the United States when one speaks
of corn maize is always meant. In
England corn" is applied to all ce-
reals, especially wheat In Scotland
corn" means oats. Germans use the
word in the same sense as the English.
Carlyle, being a Scotchman, in writing
of Frederick the Great allows himself
to refer frequently to Frederick's
meal CARTS, when, strictly speaking,
he should have said grain carts"
What the bread of Frederick's soldiers
was made of was wheat and rye, not
corn" in the restricted Scotch sense.
In Scotland corn field" is only a
field of oats. Jameson remarks that
the term corn" in northern Europe is
used to denote that species of the grain
most in use in any particular region.
Hence in Sweden and Iceland the term
denotes barley.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
INDIVIDUAL TOWELS.
Sanitary Precautions Which Should
Be Adopted in Every
- Household.

The housekeeper who has discovered
the value of the small towel in hei
household economies has something
yet to learn. 1t is only recently that
they have been used to any extent in
private families, but their usefulness
is making them increasingly popular.
says the Washington Star. This is
the towel that has heretofore been
known as the hotel size. 1t is the
small hand towel that is used in large
quantities in public places, where
many people use a towel only once. A
large towel would be inconvenielt, and
the ordinary towel would make at
least twice the bulk to send to the
laundry.
All the reasons which make the
small towel valuable in Fable places
makes it useful for the private house
keeper who has many guests. The
towels she will use are of a birds-eye
linen, hemstitched on the end. A good
quality will cost 25 cents. They are
pretty little towels, soft for the hands,
and with an initial embroidered on the
end. They need not dread comparison
with the larger towels in the linen
closet. Often the housekeeper marks
the small towels as she is doing the
larger ones, with the lettering in the
Russian cross stitch.
The woman who considers her COM
plexion is using the small towels not
only for her guests, but for her hands
and face. The bird's-eye linen is soft
for the skin, which is often irritated
by heavier towel. Then she can use
as many as she pleases without feeling
that she is making a deadly enemy Of
the laundress.
The woman who keeps her house
dainty also makes use of small cakes
of soap for guests. They are not more
than half the size of the ordinary
cakes, and cost price small in pro-
portion. By this means she is able to
give each guest fresh cake of coap
without undue extravaganza.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Australian Bread Pudding.

! Soak about three quarters of pound
of break in cold water, then squeeze dry
and beat up well with fork. Weigh
the bread and allow it's weight in -four.
To every mixed pound of bread and flour
add two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
six ounces of suet and one egg Flavor
the whole with grated lemon peel and
orange marmalade and make into light
dough with milk. Place in a creased
mold and boil three hours. This pud-
ding may be varied by being put into
the mold in layers with preserve or
chopped raisins and candied PEEL
Household
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
A Frightened Horse,

Running like mad down the
street dumping the occupants, or
a hundred other accidents, are
every day occurrences. 1t be-
hooves everybody to have a re-
liable Salve handy and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and
Piles. disappear quickly under its
soothing effect. 25c, at Eli L.
Reynolds drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Hazing at Tome.

The Port Deposit Press gives the
following account of a hazing by
several Tome Institute students:
"The citizens of Port Deposit
we're treated to "a novel sight
Saturday afternoon, November IS,
one never before seen here. Two
dormitory students, as a part of
their initiation into fraternity
among themselves, were compelled
to straddle, each, an old broom and
parade the streets. To make mat
tiers more interesting a delegation
from the Institute augmented by a
gang of kids, from Hogan's Flat
and elsewhere, jeered, whooped
and yelled at them. This was only
part of the hazing as Friday night
they had been put through long
course Of sprouts. They danced,
they pranced, hoped, etc., to the
bidding of their comrades on the
street,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Arrested for haZing.

John II. Hughes, John Wood, J..
w. Carey and j. G. Moore, four
students at Washington College,
Chestertown, were arrested last
week for hazing William Erickson,
of Queen Anne's county. They
are charged with forcibly enter
ing Erickson's room, assault
ing him with chairs, throwing cold
water over him while in bed and
otherwise maltreating him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Pennsylvania Railroads Winter
Excursion Route Books.

In pursuance of its annual custom, the Passen.
ger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has just issued an attractive and
comprehensive book descriptive of the
leading Winter resorts of the East and South.
and giving the rates and various combinations
OF routes OF travel. like all the publications of
the Pennsylvania Company. this Winter Excur-
sion Book is model of typographical and
pictorial work. II is bound in a handsome and
artistic cover in colors, and contains much
valuable information for Winter tourists and
travellers in general In can be had free OF charge
at the principal ticket offices of the PenHsy lvania
Railroad Company. or will be sent postpaid upon
application to Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Sta ion, Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
bringing Him to Time.

Mrs. Modus-Well, George, you prom
ised me new bonnet.
George? Promised you a new bon
net? Great Scot? When?
Mrs. Modus-Before you married me
you swore that never should disgrace
rest upon my head through you; and
what doy you call this shabby thing that's
on my head now?-Tit-Bits
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Marriage Licenses.

Seth Leon Peal and Blanche
Gorrell Hand, both Of Havre de
Grace.
Robert r. Hilaman, of Chrome,
Pa, and Leeta E. Manahan, of
Calvert.
Colored Charles G. Larue, of
Conowingo, and Nellie M. Thomas,
of North East.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Be sure you're right and then persist.
A Costly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very
expensive. Occasionally life itself
is the price of a mistake, but
you'll never be wrong if you take
DR.. Kings New Life Pills for
Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache,
Liver or Bowel troubles. They are
gentle yet thorough. 25c, at Eli
T. Reynolds Drug Store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Property Transfers.

Allen S. Elliott and James J..
Hanna, to Joseph 7. Bunting,
property on Octoraro creek, in
Sixth district, $175.
William T. Atkinson and wife
and James Ell. Evans, to Joseph T.
Bunting, property ON Octoraro
creek, in Sixth district, $75.
David G. Brown and wife to
Joseph 7. Bunting, property along
Octoraro creek, in Sixth and Eighth
districts, $3.50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Easily Accomplished.

"I'd like to be popular out here"
said the millionaire from the east.
"Wall, pard," drawled Amber Pete,
eff you want the boys to think you are
any good you must kill your man."
THAT so? All right. I'll have my
chauffeur let me run my automobile"
Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Rushing business

ooh, yes, I've opened an Office" said
the young lawyer. you may remem-
Der that you saw me buying an alarm
clock the other day."
YES" replied his friend. you have
to get up early these mornings, eh?"
'Oh, no; use it to wake me up when
it's time TO 50 Lo1sc. "'-PLiladelp his.
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
FaithIess Faith.

Jones-I thought your friend Smith
was believer in the faith cure.
Brown-So he is. His wife was i'll
last week and he refused to call ply
stefan.
Jones-But saw DR.. Pillsbury COM
ing out of his house this morning
Brown-Well, that's different, Smith
is sick himself now.-Cincinnati En-
uuirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11

Few people, the London Athenoeum
thinks. can have beaten Goethe as a
correspondent. TIE Weimar edition Of
his works will include, according to
recent computation, some 4S volumes,
containing about $4,000 letters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
Crane Jelly Hint.

A country housewife who is always
successful with her grape jelly says her
secret is to combine unripe grapes with
the ripe fruit, the proportion being about
one bunch of the former to three or four
of the latter.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11
old Times Recalled.

GAINESVILLE authorities have officially
decided that young people may make
lave on the schoolhouse steps. Perhaps
the older men look back and consider
thai branch the most delightful part q
their education.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-11

Cost of Lighthouse Service.
The United States lighthouse services
cost 81 500 900 a year.