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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
TOME AND THE 6RAFTERs.

We publish this week the conclusion of
Prof. Stevenson's 'Study in Education
and Ethics" and feel assured from the
demands made upon us for hundreds of
extra copies of the MIDLAND JOURNAL
that the article is being read with interest.
The Study is strong indictment
against the present management of Jacob
Tome Institute, and the portrayal of
events as have occurred there for the past
six years shows conclusively that the
original idea of the founder is fast being
relegated to the rear and will exist in
memory only within few more years.
The negative reply to any one of the
eight queries propounded by Prof. Ste.
venson is sufficient to cause the people of
Cecil county to awake to the fact that
this great trust fund is being grossly mis-
managed, and negation number four
shows it is being largely diverted directly
into the pockets of unworthy recipients.
Query No. a reads: Has the Board of
Trustees shown itself to be DESTROYS of
defeating the designs of grafters who
would make of their positions sinecure
for themselves and friends?
Think of salary of $4,000 being paid
to person whose principal duty consist
ed in caring for one bull pup and who as
fgurehead, or blockhead, librarian,
showed his fitness for the position by
asking "Who was that man George
Eliot, anyhow" He was evidently given
the position on the strength of his
dog-matism more than his literary quail
iications
But this is only one instance, and a
minor one, of the wholesale graft which
has taken root at the Institute. Ever
since the "expansionists" came into con-
troll, or had voice in the management,
it seems to have been game of graft.
When the buildings we're planned and
arrangements made for their erection,
many Cecil county builders and contrac-
tors tried for an opportunity to bid on
portions of the work. They were one
and all given the go by and the rich
plums handed out in such way as to
make nepotism too mild term to use in
connection.
The high-salaried 6gure-heads which
have been grated on since the trust fund
has been transplanted to more productive
soil shows that the system of graft is
being propagated to the fullest extent.
The goose that lays the golden egg has
not been killed but care is being taken
that no eggs accumulate, and it is being
plucked of its down to feather other
nests at rate which will in the course of
few years leave it battling with the cold
storms of adversely. 1t is game of
pluck, pluck, pluck, and now that some
light has been thrown on the affairs of
the Institute, it is up to the citizens of
Cecil county and all lovers of truth and
justice to show their pluck and take steps
to right the wrong done and bring this
heritage back to proper channels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court Of Cecil county will be held on the
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
heir accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test THOS. B. MILLER, Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS CouRr FOR CECIL Cousrx.l
January /, 1904. !
ORDERED, That all Administrator, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward ant
do the same, or show cause to the contrary
or they will he cited ND.
Test: THOS. B. MILLER, Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23

The hideous and lamentable war in the
East does not in any way divide Amer
lean parties. But it is quite noticeable
that there has been during the last month
a change in public sentiment here con.
corning the merits and probable outcome
of the conflict. A good many think that
Russia, in retreating, has fallen back
before superior numbers and has achiey.
ed strategic victory; it has also become
obvious that the Japanese are not the
only ones who can fight without flinching
and die game. The Russian soldier seems
to have met the bayonet onset with the
same courage and even stoicism as his
tawny enemy. 1t is doubtless this change
of feeling, observable in London, which
causes the indignant remonstrance FROM
Tokyo reflected in the papers. II is be-
lieyed here that the administration will
render impartial justice in the case of the
Lena imprisoned in the harbor of San
Francisco.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23

The democrats of Delaware, it is
thought. will follow the lead of Maryland
and pass Jim Crow law for their State,
should they control the next Legislature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.

A large and enthusiastic delegation of
Spanish War Veterans of the Department
of the District of Columbia, started Satur-
day afternoon in special cars for St.
Louis to attend the first annual encamp-
ment. Among the matters which will re-
the proposition to establish in this city a
military museum for which bill appro-
priating $o5o,ooo was introduced in the
lower house of Congress last winter.
Another is the proposition to build in this
city home for soldiers to which those
who have served in any war shall
be eligible. Another measure to be dis
cussed is the Gillett Bill, now pending in
Congress, providing for the discharge of
all clerks at the age of seventy years,
with the complementary bill to establish
civil pension list giving all superan-
nuated public employees pension for
lite. The advocates of this last hold that
all public servants who are too old to
work have moral right to support by
the people, even though they have had
large salaries for many years and have
recklessly spent all their money.
~
The last of the models that have for
generations encountered the corridors
and galleries of the great white building
on F. street occupied by the, Patent Office
have been carted away and stored else
where. The Patent examiners needed
more room and so 10000 patent models
in cases of glass and steel will no longer
be on public exhibition. Most people
think this is unfortunate and the Patent
officials insist that, as their department is
the only one i'll the government that is
self-supporting, receiving from patentees
every year more money than it spends,
it ought to be permitted to build with its
surplus spacious and magnificent build
ing to correspond with the homes of the
other departments and to be ample for its
needs. Such movement has been on
foot for several years, and it is probable
that Congress will soon provide for such
building, harmonious with the plans for
the improvement of the capital.
*x*
Our public achools opened on Monday.
The District has appropriated $4,000 to
purchase gas stoves and filters to boil and
filter all water drunk by the pupils. The
Board of Education requested this as the
only way to rid the water-supply of
typhoid fever germs. Each of the 100
schools will be equipped with one of the
stoves and filters, and each janitor will
filter twenty gallons a day. A new
officer has been appointed also-"Super-
intendent of Water Boiling" But as most
of the pupils drink unfiltered water every
day at home, it can hardly be said that
the provision is prophylactic. It is be-
lieved that the prevalent typhoid does
not result half as much from bad Potomac.
water as from the fact that many streets
are torn up down to the sewers in the
extensive work of Improvements" now
going on in all parts of the city.
~
The hideous and lamentable war in the
East does not in any way divide Amer
lean Darties Rut IL is mite uoticeah1e
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Tile Odd
CaDlS[NEIp.
oe0eOeOe0ooGOoo
Loss and Waste.

ask for no closer season
Than our higher law has made:
But ! pray, in the name of reason,
hnd the hotter name of Trade,
mat the reckless haste and the sinful
waste
OF our noblest sport be stayed.
The African In his jungle.
The Fijian on the beach,
Their logical minds nccr bungle
The duty beloved of each
Which is, that you eat when you've kill
ed your meat.
And have u within your reach.
We have mastered the art of killing.
Quickly or by degrees;
Our torture Is more than thrilling;
We scalp and we fay with ease:
But the 'Pache and Sioux before us
knew
Such primitive things as these.
But l think IL q thing more cruel
From business point of view,
That we waste so much costly fuel
In roasting II niger or two.
Ana have not the wit, or gumption. or
grit
To finish our barbecue
james Jeffrey Roche In the Independent
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Seven Modern Wonders.

The seven world wonders Of anti
guilty were the pyramids. Babylons
gardens. Mausolus' tomb, the TEN.
pie OF Diana, the Colossus of Rhodes,
JuNters statue by Phidias and the
pharos of Egypt, or, as some substi.
tute. the Palace of Cydus.
The seven wonders Of the middle
ages were the Coliseum of Rome, the
catacombs OF Alexandria. the great
wall OF China, Stonehenge, the lean.
Ing tower OF Pisa. the porcelain tow.
er of Nanlin and the Mosque OF st.
Sophia at Constantinoole.
How will these compare with tho
seven wonders of the modern world?
asks the Kansas City Independent.
Perhaps there may be a difference
of opinion as regards the latter-day
wonders, hut the following are sub.
stituted: The steam railway, the tcle.
graph, the telephone, the wireless
telegraph, the ocean steamship, the
submarine man-of-war and the air
ship.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Photograph in Hens Eco.

Somewhere, probably plodding
away in rural barnyard, unhonored
and unsung-if, indeed, her labors
have not been ended in the prosaic
boiling potts a Photographic hen
who embellishes the interior of her
eggs with landscape and motion re.
productions.
That at Feast she has done it once
can be testified to by the family OF w.
II. Herring, a weaver. who lives on
1921 North Third street.
Mr.. Herring can, moreover, back up
his testimony with an u9disputablc
exhibit in the shape OF the broken
egg. with the picture inside. Mr..
Herring cannot, however, indicate the
identity of the hen who wrought the
wonder for he got the egg in a lot
from the store.
In it's exterior appearance there was
nothing remarkable about the hen S
work. 1t was just an egg of the COM
mon or garden variety. 1t was cook
ed with others for breakfast-boiled
in the shell.
When Mr.. Herring's little daughter,
Anna broke the shell In half and pour
ed the contents into her egg cup, her
attention was arrested by a peculiar
formation on the albumen lining Of
the lower shell.
why, it looks like picture" she
exclaimed.
The other members Of the family
studied it and they. too. agreed that
the outlines of a photograph were
clearly visible. An Inquirer reporter
later inspected the curiosity inside
the shell resolved themselves into a
distinct picture.
1t was photograph showing two
buildings, evidently stores or fac.
tories.
On the roof OF one of them was a
sign, several letters OF which were
distinct. On the street between the
buildings was wagon with two
horses attached and the figures of sey.
eral persons.
How such freak OF nature could be
wrought is beyond explanation. Albu-
men, which forms the lining of eggs,
is used by photographers, but only
as film to hold sensitized prepara-
tion. In itself II Is not sensitive to
sunlight.
The address OF the artist hen Is veil
ed in obscurity.-Philade In.
uuirer,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03

the submission Of the issue to q COM
mission under The Hague convention,
while the Russian government was
preparing a similar proposal to Great
Britain. Neutral powers, notably
Trance. and, it is believed. the United
States, were using all their influence
10 avoid a world catastrophe.
Definite assurance Of a settlement
came when the car. at an audience
with Foreigner Minister Lamsdorif
announced his complete and hearty
approval of the plan for an interna-
Ional commission. Meanwhile or.
pers had already been sent to Vigo to
hetain the ships which participated In
the firing on the British trawlers un-
til detailed arrangements for proceed.
nre could be agreed upon.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
To Grave in Farm Wagon.

Though wealthy landowner In
Surrey, Mr.. John lnnes, J. p, had a
simple funeral yesterday in Merton
churchyard. BY his desire the cere.
mony was of rustic character.
The coffin was placed in a wagon.
and drawn by four farm horses from
Manor hall, the residence of Mr.. In.
nes, through Wimbledon to Merton. A
large party of laborers followed in
'heir farm attire. In the wagon were
placed several sheaves OF wheat. Hun.
dreds cf spectators witnessed the re.
markab!e procession.-London Tele
graph.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
WANT SEPARATE STATEHOOD
Creek House Of Kings Adopts ResoIr
ticn Memoralizino Conoress

MUSKOGEE: A resolution has been
introduced into the Creek council at
Okmulgee and adopted by the house
Of kings declaring in favor of sepa.
rate statehood for Indian Territory.
The resolution sets forth that since
Chief Porter in his annual message
has expressed the belief that the
Creek peopled esire a separate state
Of indian Territory, and the principal
chiefs of the five civilized tribes, at a
conference at Eufaula on May q,
1903, expressed their opposition to
single state with Oklahoma, There.
FORE Be It resolved that it is the
sense of the Creek council that il
the United States government shall
attempt to carry out It's promises OF
statehood for Indian Territory at the
next session of congress, the same
be established so as to embrace only
the territory now occupied and owned
by the five civilized tribes OF the In.
dian Territory
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
COTTON PICKERs ARRIVING
Hundreds of Negroes Are Being I'm
ported From Texas

LAWTON: The cry Of cotton
pickors throughout the new Oklaho
ma, and the efforts put forth by the
commercial clubs, the business mer
and the farmers have resulted in kn
Influx OF pickers unprecedented i2
the history of Oklahoma. Representa-.
tives Of the farmers have gone into
the boil weevil districts of south
and east Texas and are shipping ne.
groes into this country by the cas
load
Last week four hundred negroes
were brought in at one time and dis,
tributed among the farmers OF the
southwestern part of this county and
the southern and eastern part of
Kiowa county. Other train loads
have been shipped 10 other counties,
and more will be brought here.
There is little danger of getting
too many pickers here, for the cotton
crop is an enormous one, and the
farmers are desirous of getting II
picked before cold weather sets in.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
ST. PETERSBURG:
There was q

feeling of profound relief in higher
government spheres and d plomatic
circles where the knowledge existed
chat the grave crisis in the relations
between Russia and Great Brtai in
over the North Sea decision to sub
nit the decision to a committee to be
created under the articles of The
Hague convention.
This outcome will insure a definite
establishment of the facts and place
the responsibility, and is attributed
in diplomatic circles mainly 10 the di
rect interposition OF Emperor N!cho-
aas and King Edward. The British
government, in the lace Of an excited
public opinion, which was demanding
the most extreme measures, propose ID
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Where Streets Are Steep,

High in the mountains Of northern
Mexico there Is city of several thou.
sand people where the sound of wheels
is never heard in the streets. 1t is the
rich mining town of Catorce. where
millions Of dollars worth Of ore have
been found, and all this ore Is sent
out into the great world beyond on
the backs Of patient little burros or
iOnkeys. The streets sometimes hug
deep precipices and are SO narrow and
steep that no wheeled vehicle can be
used on them. 1t is several miles to
he nearest railroad, and the only way
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Rapid Growth of Oysters.

Capt John II. Burns Of st. Mich.
aeis, Md, has hard crab, to the bot.
tom shell OF which was attached
small oyster five-eighths of an inch
long. According to those who are
familiar with the habits of the crab,
1t sheds every moon. The appearance
of this crab indicated that its shell
was not more than two weeks old.
Thus we learn how rapidly oysters
will grow from the spawn In tho
waters of Miles river, where this crab
was caught-five eighths of an inch
in two weeks.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
to reach this thriving town in the

to reach this thriving town in the
clouds is over dangerous mountain
trails. The Spaniards worked these
mines centuries ago, but they are as
rich as ever The name Catorce is
Spanish for fourteen" and legend
has II that the town is SO called be-
cause fourteen robbers, driven to tho
mountains by the people, found the
rich mines and stayed there to work
them, finding mining to pay better
than robbery.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Has Birds Subsidized.

f. NJ. Smith OF Machias, Me-. has
the least inconvenience because OF
worms His method is to draw birds
of all sorts to the cabbage patch by
reeularly scattering grain among the
plants. The garden swarms with the
birds throughout the summer months,
which prey upon the butterflies and
worms, completely destroying them.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Watch Coq Worth Having.

Before light one morning the watch
dog belonging to Joel Flagg OF Gull.
ford, VT, insisted by noisy demon.
stration that he be allowed to go out
Of doors On visiting the barn later II
was found that valuable horse stood
in it's stall with halter bound tight
ly about it's body. The thieves were
doubtless frightened away by the dog.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
A NEW RECORD FOR DAN PATCH
His Own Time Lowered by a Quarter
Of Second-A Mile in 1856 Flat


MEMPHIS, TENN: Dan Patch
paced the fastest mIie OF any PAGER,
circling the track in 1:5G flat. This
lowers his own record of 1:5GA.
made in 1902.
The wind shield used was the same
as that employed when Lou Dillon
trotted mile in 1:5Sk. 1t consist
cd of strip of canvas about four
feet square attached to the sulky OF
the running pacemaker.
Another sensational performance
was that of Major Delmar, Il. z.
Smathers' trotting champion, when
he trotted a mile TO high wheel
suiky in 207 flat. II was announced
by the Judges before the trial that
the sulky was non-ball bearing and
weighed SAY pounds. 1t was also
explained that the vehicle was Of the
same pattern as that uesd by Maud
S in her memorable flight against
time in 1884, when she trotted mile
in 2:0S2.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
CHILDREN FATALLY BURNED
The House Caught Fire While the Pa.
rents Were Away From Home

MANGUM: Information has been
received here Of holocaust which oC.
Cured near Coralea, this county.
Jesse Evans, well to do farmer, and
his wife went away from home, leav-
ing their three children, aged fcr..
two and one a few months old, alone
in the house. During the absence OF
the parents the house caught fire.
Upon returning home, Mr.. Evans dir
covered the house to be on fire. He
sought to rescue the children. who
were sleeping In one bed. They
were badly burned, and the two old
er children have since died. The
Srigin Of the fire Is unknown.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Maekerel Brought Hiah Prices.

A lot Of 1000 fresh mackerel which
were sent from Port Clyde, Me-, to
Boston, last week, were disposed Of
In that city for $500. This is said to
be the highest price ever paid In Bos.
ton, and would bring the retail figure
for the fish to forty or fifty cents
apiece.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
A FIGHT AVERTEC
War Talk Between England and Rus.
sia ls Almost flushed

LONDON: War between Eu sia
and Great Britain has been eyer,e
and the settlement OF the only point
In dispute regarding the attack b.
the Russian second Pacific sou drc-
on British trawlers on October 81 h.,
been referred to an international
commission under The Hague CONVEX
tion.
mier Balfour, Russia has ordered the
second Pacific squadron to remain al
Vigo. Spain, until the investigation t.
completed.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03

Fire destroyed the big department
store of S. E. Boggess at Curtis. The
loss is $4,000, with but $4,000 insur.
Nnca
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Worlds Swlftest River.

British India has the swiftest river
in the world. 1t is the Sutles which.
in $50 miles has O descent Of $4,000
feet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-05

Rev. Asa M. Bradley drove Co North
field yesterday morning, and preached
the morning sermon in the Uniyersalist
church of that place, returning in time
to ofiiciate at the funeral Of Miss Roben.
It was very cold drive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-05

Carpenters, take notice. The meeting
tonight Of G. and ]. ol A. is the meeting
for nomination Of officers for the next
six months. Every member should be
present. By order Local ISL, @. p Bal
ley, Rec. Sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-05

OTIS are sold do not expect the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-05
10 the BOYS in the Public Schools.

We will give ten prizes to the ten
boys who receive the highest average
ia their school work when the report
cards are given ont in January. To the
one having the highest average we viii
give $500 in cash, to the three next
highest $500 sweater, to the three
next highest a $3.50 sweater, and to the
three next highest a si.25 sweater. Conc
ditions; Come to our store, and enter
your name among the competitors. f.
IT. Rogers & Co., ia Main street, Barre,
vt. Clothing, furnishings and shoes for
men and boys.
Don't wait for others, see the big show
with fannie Wood at opera house
TONIGHT