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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
ELEPHANTS NUMBERING.
They Were Not Only Doing Mans
Work, but Doing 1t Mans Way.

The elephants round us were drag
ging the logs to the mill to be sawed.
They were harnessed for this with
broad breast band and heavy chains.
A native looped the chains round the
logs. and the elephant started off with
them and deposited them on the troll
ley. Others were picking up the sawed
planks with their trunks and carrying
them across the yard to be piled.
A mahout sat on the neck of every
elephant. and if the animal picked up
too small plank the mahout would
hint, with his iron spike, that two
might go to that load. Then, grunting,
the elephant would pick up the Sec
ond with infinite delicacy Of balance,
turn. march over and deposit them be-
side the pile, always returning for an
other load so long as there were any
planks ready. When there were none
he would take his ease in the sun and
wait, or perhaps there were heavy logs
to be pushed from one place to an
other. and if pushing would do, with
his trunk curled against the log, no
elephant would give himself the trou-
BILE of picking it up any more than
housemaid will pick up a chair on
casters.
More fascinating it was than | can
tell to see the jungle patriarch kneel
down to a heavy log. twist his trunk
round it, place it ON the top Of the
pile and then calculate its position and
push and pull until it was square in
it's place. The oldest because the
most reasonable thing was to see the
elephant, pushing against the end of
very heavy log, stretch out one hind
leg to give himself balance and pur-
chase. That seemed to bring Lin
somehow very near to us. He was not
only doing our work, but he was DO
ing it in our way.
Presently, with one accord, all tba
elephants dropped work and moved i
the direction of the sheds.
That means it's IL o'clock" said
the foreman; dinner hour Not for
himself could we get them to do a
stroke of work from now till 3. It's
their off time. At they begin again
and work till dusk, and they start
about in the morning, but they don't
understand overtime Mall Ga
Zette
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
THE WORD STAPLE.
How 1t Came to Be Applied to Ar
ticles of Commerce.


The word STAPLE" applied as an ad-
jective to distinguish certain articles
of commerce. had its origin in England
in the early part of the thirteenth cen
fury. The merchants of the staple
were the first and most ancient and
were SO called from their exporting the
staple wareA of the kingdom-namely,
wool, leather, skins, lead and tin. The
kings staple was established in certain
towns, and certain goods could not be
exported without being first brought to
those towns and rated and charged
with the duty payable to the king. The
grower of wool contented himself at
first with the sale of it at his own door
or at the next town. Thence'yirose a
class of men who bought It from him
and became a medium between the
grower and the foreign cloth mer
chants. In 1919 the company had the
legal form of corporation and was
the oldest mercantile corporation in
England. Edward II. had for the bet
ter collecting of duty on wool ordained
that the staple for it should be GER
tain town in the Netherlands, and Ant
werp was fixed upon. 1t was after
ward successfully removed to st.
Omer's. Bruges, Brussels. Louvain,
Mecklin and Calais. In 1858 the staple
was fixed at Westminster, which caus-
ed so great resort of traders that
from a village it was raised to the dig
nifty of IL town. In 1873 it was removed
to the place still named Staple inn, in
Holborn. Hence staple goods" are
such as have been duly appraised and
have paid the regular customs duties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
THE ELECTRICITY HABIT.
There Is One Thing In It's FavOr-It
liz Usually Beneficial.

Is Usually Beneficial.
"Of all the habits the one that sticks
closest to fellow is the electricity
habit" said young doctor. THE drink
habit and the cocaine habit are mere
summer fancies compared with it. But
there is one thing to be said in its ia
yor-it is usually beneficial. The cleo
tricity habit is contracted just like any
other habit A few currents are admin
istered during an illness. They strength
en- and stimulate, and the first thing
the patient knows he finds the tonic in
dispensable Even after he gets we'll
he Graves the treatment. l know one
young woman who makes fair living
by calling at the homes Of electricity
victims and dosing them with few
shocks from a galvanic battery. Most
slaves to the habit have their own bat
teries, but they are afraid to apply the
treatment to themselves. That is prac-
tically a groundless fear, for there isn't
one chance in thousand of person
giving himself an overdose. Still they
prefer an experienced hand to manage
the current. Not all the electricity
fiends are invalids by any means.
Many of them are now as well as they
ever were, yet they have become so adj
dicted to the habit that they require
the weekly, semiweekly or possibly
daily electric thrills to tone them up
New York Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
Worth While.

Whatever adds in even the smallest
way to the worlds brightness and
cheer is worth while. One who says
an encouraging word TO a disheartened
neighbOr, gives a look of love to a
lonely one or speaks Il sentence which
may become strength, guidance and
comfort to another does something
worth while. 1t is always worth while
to live nobly, VIGOROUSLY. struggling to
do right, showing the world even the
smallest fragments of divine beauty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

The distance of Mercury from the
sun varies owing to the ecccntricity OF
it's orbit. When he is nearest to the
sun he receives ten and half times
more light and heat than we do, but
when he removes to his greatest dis
lance the light and heat are reduced Ivy
more than one-half. Even then, how
ever, the sun blazes in the skies or
Mercury with a disk four and half
times larger than that which he shows
to us oil earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
CHINESE MUSIC.
What DIR. Whewell, Master of Trinity,
Knew About 1t.


The remarkable extent Of the knowl-
edge possessed by DR.. William Whe-
well. at one time master of Trinity,
Cambridge, is well illustrated by the
following story, taken from the Life
and Work of DIR. Momerie.'
Two of the younger dons, growing
rather jealous of the masters reputa-
ton for omniscience, determined that
they would discover something Of
which he knew nothing. They pitched
upon the subject of Chinese music.
How should he know anything about
it? They did not, SO they went to an
Encyclopedia and read the subject up.
The next time they met Whewell ut
dinner party they led the CONVERSE
ton gradually in the direction of mu-
sic, when they began to discourse upon
the music of the Chinese and gave out
all their recently acquired information.
Whewell was silent, much to their
satisfaction. Evidently he knew moth
ing about the matter. But just as they
were beginning to rejoice in their tri-
umph he said:
might ask, gentlemen, where you
got your information
"Oh, yes" they replied. I'VE picked
it I'D out of such and such an ency-
clopedia.''
"Ah," said Whewell. Il was thinking
so. l wrote that article thirty years
ago, and it's full of mistakes"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
A Curious TabIecIoth.

The German emperor owns a curious
tablecloth presented long ago by the
women of Slcswick- Holstein. 1t is en-
tirely worked over with moral sayings
that include the following: DO not be-
lieve all you hear; do not say all you
know; do not do all you would like"
"Wilt thou here have spass fun)-be
careful with thy glass" First weigh
and consider, then dare" German
house, German land-guard 1t, God,
with mighty hand" "Contentment is a
rare art
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
Expired.

The defendant, who was held on the
charge of keeping a dog without Ii
cense, repeatedly tried to interrupt the
evidence, but was hushed each time by
the court Finally the clerk turned to
him.
stand" he asked. that you refuse TO
renew your dog licenseT'
Yes, but
I'VE want no butts You must re-
new your license or be fined. You
know it expired last month"
Yes, but so did the dog" Harper's
Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
MlLLET'S INFLUENCE.
A Host of Painters Followed Him In
Depicting Peasant Life.

Depicting Peasant Life.
In his own words Millet tried to de-
pict 1.-The fundamental side of men and
things" His subject was the peasant
life-not the representation Of 1t such
as one sees in opera or the pretty, SEN
timental aspect of it, but the actual
drama of labor continuously proceed
ing through the four seasons, the "cry
of the SOUL echoing in the hearts of
the patient, plodding. God fearing toll
ers Everything was typical. We have
spoken of his "Sower." OF another pic
ture the critic Castagnary wrote: DO
you remember his 'Reaper?' He might
have reaped the whole earth!
Everything that Millet did was full
of deep seriousness and sincerity. He
never was an "easy" painter, so that
his greatness as an artist Is perhaps
more clear in the black and white than
in the colored subjects. Certainly in
his crayon drawings, Autographs and
etchngs he proved himself to be one
of that limited number Of artists who
may be reckoned master craftsmen.
Moreover, the character that he eX-
presses is of that grand and elemental
quality which sometimes reminds us of
Michael Angelo.
Millet's influence produced host Of
painters of the peasant, among whom
the strongest are the Frenchman LHer-
mite and Israels, the Dutchman. These.
like him, have represented their sub
ject with sympathy and with under
standing alSo-St. Nicholas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
The short cared Owl.

The natives of Alaska say that the
short cared owl, which is rather stupid
and has peculiarly shaped head, was
originally little girl. For some rea-
son she was turned into bird with a
very long bill. much like curlew's.
Finding herself thus transformed, she
started up In will confused way
and flew plump against the side of
house, COMPRISING her bill and fiat
tening her face.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
A SYMBOL OF PEACE.
The Dove Has Had This Distinction
In All Ages Since the Flood.

In All Ages Since the Flood.
The dove has been pictured as the
bird of peace by writer's and artists in
all the ages since the time of the flood,
for the dove has figured in the sym
bolsm of many races and of count
less generations. According to the
Century Dictionary, the dove is the
bird of peace because of the incident
recorded in the eighth chapter of Cen
esis: And it came to pass at the end
of forty days that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made,
and he sent forth a raven which went
70 and fro until the waters were dried
up from off the earth. And he sent
forth dove from him to see if the
waters were abated from off the face
of the ground, but the dove found no
rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him in the ark. And
he stayed yet another seven days, and
again he sent forth the dove out Of the
ark, and the dove came to him in the
evening, and, 10, in her mouth was an
olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew
that the waters were abated from off
the EARTH
Proper names derived from the dove
have always been used in the orient
as descriptive of loneliness and were
especially applied to beautiful wo-
men. The dove was woven into the
pagan worship of ancient northern
Europe, and it has great place in
early Christian life and symbolism.
From immemorial time the dove has
always been a type Of innocence to
the Jews. Elsewhere it has been as
ISOLATED since the Olympian age with
the higher idea of Venus as the sym
boil of natural human affection-the
love that goes with purity and SIM
plicity of heart 1t had part in mar
riage scenes and was naturally intro
duced by early Christian painters into
pictures Of the Madonna and child and
of female saints. These qualities of
gentleness and affection combined with
their mournful notes made doves
equally appropriate to moods of sor-
row, and they We're part Of the furni-
ture of most pagan funerals. This
passed ON into Christian usage and
their likenesses, generally combined
with the olive branch, were carved
ON the tombs in the catacombs be-
meath Rome and elsewhere, emblematic
of eternal peace.
In the Sporting Magazine for 1925
this appeared: Pigeons are rarely
seen at the table &C the Russians, who
entertain a superstitious generation for
these birds because the Holy Ghost as
sumed the form of :. dove" Comment
ing ON this, a writer says, "This Gus
tom of the abstinence from the flesh
of the dove is far older than Christian
ity, being indeed in all probability con-
nected with the same class of feelings
as those which marked it out as the
Aryan death bird"
Sir Richard II. Burton remarks: CIV
er since Noah's dove every religion
seems to consider the pigeon as the
sacred bird. For example, every
mosque swarms with pigeons, and the
same exist in most Italian market
places. The Hindoo pundits and the
old Assyrian empire also have them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
THE KISS IN THE TUNNEL.
The Way n Man Had Revenge For an
Act of DiscOurtesy.

The way a wan I1au TcNehSe WI nm
Act of DiscOurtesy.
Courtesy always pays; discourtesy
never does" said a famous Frenchwo-
man. Let me tell you story of an
actual happening:
1.-Two women occupied compartment
in a railway carriage with one man,
stranger. They We're extremely rude
to this man. In whispers that he could
overhear they criticised his costume,
his figure and his manner. He, to be
revenged. did a singular thing.
THE blackness of tunnel envel-
oped the car, and under cover of the
darkness the man kissed the back of
his hand loudly and repeatedly. Then
when the train entered the light again
he looked from one woman to the other
with significant smile.
''They exchanged glances of suspi-
cion.
WAS it you he kissed"
"'No: of course not. Was 1t yOu|
"And neither lady would believe the
others denial, and each in her inmost
heart believed the other had encour-
aged the kiss. The man looked cool
and complacent. When finally he rose
to go he said, lifting his hat with Il
jocular air:
"'Have no fear. ladies. I shall never
tell which of you it was.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
THE DEEP SEA DIVER.
His Calling About the Most Grew
some of All Occupations.

some of All Occupations.
Beyond all question, the calling of q
deep sea diver employed in eXamin-
ing and clearing away sunlen wrecks
IS the most grewsome. Putting aside
the fact that his life is in constant
danger from the results of submarine
enemies OF accident to his diving dress
and apparatus, the sights that he is
called upon to see, and to see, more
over, amid the most horrible surround
ings, exceed in ghastliness even those
which the hospital or the army sur
geon is called upon to confront. No
where else on land or sea are so many
accumulated horrors to be found as in
the hull of a ship which has sunk with
crew and passengers.
The hideous condition in which the
diver finds the victims of the wreck,
some half devoured by fish, some
standing upright and floating to and
fro with a CHASTITY parody of living mo-
ton, some still locked together as
though yet in the last agony Of the
death struggle. and some floating about
the interior of ship and knocking
and rubbing up against him with Il hid
eous lfelikeness that is utterly indie
scribable These are some of the hor-
rible sights which deep sea divers have
to work amid when they are employed
on sunken wrecks. When to all these
are added the awful gloom and silence
amid which the work has to be per-
formed there will not seem to be
much doubt that of all modern callings
that of the deep sea diver is the most
greWSome.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

It's curious that women are never
great poets or great musicians" said
Mr.. Meeker.
What did you say?" asked his wife
belligerently.
II was merely remarking that wom-
en- are too sensible to squander their
energies on poetry and music TO the ex-
tent that some men do"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
Agreed With Her.

Tramp (at the door)-If you please.
lady Mrs. Mugs (sternly)-There.
that will do. l am tired of this ever
lasting whine of Lady, lady" 1 am
just a plain woman, and Tramp
You are, madam-one of the plainest
women I've ever seen an one of the
honestest TO own up to II.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Mrs. Spenders-George. I've got lots
OF things want to talk to you about
Mr.. Spenders-Glad TO hear it. my
dear. Usually you want to talk to me
about lots of things you haven't got
but must have,-Philadelphi Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
His Terrible Accident.

Admiring Young Listener-And how
did you lose your leg: Old Salt-Well,
young man, one night in the dog watch,
while l was carryin' the baby jib, ]
stepped on a starboard tack. and blood
pisin ensooed.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Now, he's got what l really call
horse sense"
How. for instance?"
He never bets on one"-Philadel-
phia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Johns home from collegef'
Yes"
whats he goin' to do now"
swell, 'twiXt you an ME think he's
Jest about decided to loaf around an
be one O. these here incomprehenslble
Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Jokoe-Charlie told me she made a
regular fool of him two years ago.
Jinks-Well, hers 10 thorough work
manship. for the job seems to be per
manent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
On Other Nights.

MIR. Goodthing-How does your sistaA
like the engagement ring | gave her,
Bobby? Her Young Brother-Well. it's
a little too small. She has an awful
hard time getting it off when the other
fellows call,-Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
A RcprOOf.

"Oh, children, you are so noisy today.
Can't you be little quieter?"
Nov, grandma. you must be more
considerable and not scold us. You see,
If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be n
grandma at all"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
Confederation.

Mrs. Bifson-My husband ia really
the neatest man ever saw! VT. Bangs
i should say he was. You ought to
see the way he cleaned me up!-Detroit
Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03
snnring HI. Fe>Iinxs.

Alice-He thinks he hasn't made any
impression at all. Clara-Oh, yes, he
has, but I'm too considerable to let him
know what kind Of an impression 1t Is.
New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Blobbs - Wigwag has a frightfully
bad temper. Slobbs-Well. 1t doesn't
seem to make him any more amiable
when ne loses it.-Philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Don't place too much confidence In
appearances. A. genius sometimes
wears good clothes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

1t is much more comfortable. both to
yourself and the rest of the world. to
be pleasant ass than to be an I'M
pleasant bear.-FlOrence tGa.) Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Be kind to the rich. They may not
be rich always.-Florida Times Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Unpunctuality is the secret Of sue
cess-for the nuDctual.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-03

Mercy turns her back to the unmer-
ciful.-Quaries.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
Real Estate Transfers.

Ruben Bennett to Frank Bennett,
interest in land in No. 6, 5000.
G w and d M Calhoun to A 3
and D Y Dunbar, 40 acres in No 6,
$500.
Thos Shearon to H l. Hart, 60
acres in No 6, 500,
Mary J Carter to David c Hooper,
20 acres in No 4, $4,750.
w A Cherry to Roxie Cherry,
acres land, SO.
] w Stephens to N p Edmonston,
lot in No 10, $3.50.
w T Grimes to J T HUI ghes, Is
acres in No 6, $3.50.
d M Ray to H Thompson,
acres in No 5, $500.
w A Thompson to H Thomp
son, 4 acres in No 5, 5000.
Susy Stephens to John Stephens
lot in No 10, $500.
JEB Gates to Susie Stephens
LOT in No 10, 500,
Isaac Jones aud wife to Alpheus
Cravens. S acres in No 6, 500.
c B Jones to Martha r Aber
nathy, III acres in No 3, $1,000.
S H Stone and wife to Mrs Sophia
Hill, lot in Union City, 500.
Geo Dahnke and wife to D a
Peeler. lot in Union City, ST., $50.
wv Boyd to Arthur Terrell, 81
acres in No 7, $500.
TO McKinnis to Mrs Margaret
c Harris, 108 acres in No 4, So, $50
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
snAcial Services.

One week of special services will
be held at the Methodist Church,
especially for the members of the
church, with a two-fold object in
view: (1). A careful consideration
of my own spiritual condition. (2).
An honest conservation of my life
to God; if it be not so already.
Several interests of the church
will be considered. Important
meeting for all who are concerned.
Our people ought to know what we
propose to do, and what we are &C
complishing. A good understand
ing is essential to good interest;
this is peculiarly true of the church
and its membership. The Sunday
school, prayer meeting, Epworth
League and mission societies are
but phases of church work; or in
other words the church at work.
Not much can the church do for
any soul whom it can not enlist in
active work. We are all putting in
our time and strength somewhere
and will reap the results. How
much time do we give to prayer?
How much to the study of the word
of God2 How much in trying to
bring others TO God? How about
our devotion to the church,
1t we are dealing honestly with
our souls best interest and Gods
righteous demands, happy are we.
Bless His holy name; we shall tri-
umph over sin. death and bell, and
get home to God and glory at last.
GLORY to God in the highest" hall
leluiah forevermore.
Dear brother, sisters, let us sane
tify ourselves unto the Lord.
Ought not our church to be band
OF consecrated workers for God?
The temple OF God is holy, which
temple We are"
A program will be published lat
err. Meanwhile let us be thinking;
let us be finding ourselves; we be-
long to something; something has
us, heart and life. What have we
given ourselves to?
All the members of the church
who are able to go, ought to be in
Sunday school regularly. The same
is tiue touching the meeting
and preaching services. People
are lining right before God, or they
are no. We are either true to Him,
or untaie.
1t is Aad to have our house take
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-27
Cheap Colonists Rates

To California and the Northwest
via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron
Mountain Route. Effective daily
September Is to October 81. 1905
Liberal stop-overs in California and
the Northwest country. Pullman
tourist sleepers daily st. Louis to Cal
ifornia, leaving ST. Louis 10 10 p. m.
via Missouri Pacific through Pueblo,
Salt Lake City and the new San Pedro
Route to Los Angeles. Every Tues
day and Saturday via Iron Mountain
Route leaving st. Louis at $50 a. m.
through Arkansas, Texas and the
great Southwest. For rates, litera-
ture, etc, consult nearest ticket
agent, or address, r. T. G.. Matthews.
r. P. A. Mo- Pac. Ry., Room 3Ol
Norton Bldg, Louisville, Ky.