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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
NEW YoRK's ITALIAN BRIDES.

In one of the popular churches on
Baxter street, in the centre of the
downtown Italian colony, the marriage
record reached the startling proper
ton of from twenty to thirty day,
and more on Sundays, during the early
spring months. The summer is COM
paratively marriageless, but during the
last of October and the months fo.-
I, lowing until the new year the record
reaches its zenith again.
The italian believes in love, and he
also believes in early marriages. Many
of the girls put on the veil and orange
blossoms when only fourteen years
old. With the Italian marriage is
duty. There is an old saying that an
unmarried man is no man. Single
women are absolutely unknown. Even
with the progressive Italian born on
American soil, bachelor girl, with
her characteristic independence, would
be monstrosity.
The Italian girl has a mech easier
time with her trousseau than has her
American sister, for it is the duty OF
the Italian bridegroom to furnish both
the wedding dress and tine going-away
gown. AS the conventional honeymoon
and going-away custom Ias not yet
come in style with the Italians, the
latter dress is worn on the first pub
lie appearance of the bride after the
wedding. The only other place on the
American continent where the BRIDE
groom furnishes the wedding outfit is
among the zuni Indians, where the
man weaves it.
The ceremony over, carriages con-
vey the party from the church to the
house or hall where the celebration is
to be held. A hall is generally hired
for a few hours or for the evening,
and this is the most approved method,
although many who cannot afford this
elegance of a hired hall very sensibly
hold their jollification in their own
place, however small. 1t is almost in
credible how many Italians can crowd
into small room and still leave space
for dancing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24

can find most any kind of savage amt
NAL that you get in America except
alligators Grizzlies, black bears and
mountain lions are commonly killed
there" says Hugh Srierly, of Sheri-
dan, Wyo. Some of the men that
come out there to hunt think that il
they stir 100 yards away from camp
they must be armed to the teeth for
fear of being attacked by bear or
panther and killed There is a heap
more danger of getting killed on ac-
count of leaving your gun at home
when you go down Market street.
Some one might shoot you on the
street in big city, but it is dead sure
that bear or mountain lion will
never attack you unless you drive
him to it.
"Tve hunted through the best dis
tricts for big game in this country,
and I've seen "a good many grizzlies,
but I've never seen one of them go
after a man unless he was cornered
or wounded. If you run into grizzly
bear in lonely place you'll hear
grunt, something like tnat Of a mann
moth hog, and then there viii be- a
mighty crashing of underbrush as he
makes off in the opposite direction
as fast as he can go. All you can
generally see of mountain lion is a
tawny streak as he makes off at in
credible speed. If he has any in
tention of going after you it must be
his intention to go around the world
and catch you in the rear, for if you
are standing to the east Of him he is
sure to go due west.
Mountain lions in the winter time
will follow sleighs at distance,
wailing as they go, but there is
nothing in that to inspire terror, for
l don't think they have ever been
known to close in on anybody. Their
terror of human beings is the thing
which makes them hard to shoot. In
all the time that I have been in the
mountains | have never heard of any
one being attacked by wild animal
that had been left strictly alone. But
I've known men to. be, killed even by
deer when the brute was driven to
desperation.
"Grizzlies are the best game in the,
world. When you once get their dan
ger up they are savage fighters, and
the hunters life is in danger every
minute unless he is. a good shot and
has steady nerve. If you ever get
within reach of the grizzly's psw you
are O dead one. These stories of
men killing them with knives in hand
to hand fights are about as reasonable
as it would be to talk of stopping a
locomotive by getting in the way of
the train. If the big fellow gets the
chance to deliver one blow it is all
over. There was grizzly up our
way that the cowboys called Big
Ben,' who killed about one hundred
and fifty steers before he was finally
shot. He would break steers neck
at one blow and then he would lift
him up and carry him off to a Sc
cluded place. Grizzlies look awk-
ward. but they are mighty light on
their feet, and they can beat any man
in foot race."-Louisville Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
81! EaHS5E8WD A IN
NaSs M3zALD - H
MNHIE 1N7VESMEA
THE cHILDRENs LUNCH.

The value of dates for children'5
school luncheons is not fully appre-
ciated. They are rather sticky, bother
some things as they are originally
purchased, and children rarely care
for them. They should be separated
and washed, the stone removed, and
peanut or almond, sailed preferably,
substituted. The date is then rolled
In cornstarch or powdered sugar, and
straightway becomes one of the appe-
tizing trifles dear to youth, and at the
same time is healthful and nourish-
ing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
BOOKCASE PLAY CLOSET.

One woman, finding herself with
growing boy and an old bookcase on
her hands, set about to find out what
to do with his toys. His nursery oc-
cupied a space in the sitting roonls
and that space was an eyesore.
About this time they installed new
system of book shelves. One old
bookcase, a four-shelf affair, was
about to be sent away when it oc-
Cured to her it was just the thing to
house her sons toys. The broken
glass in the door was removed and
the space filled with two art panels in
wood. These were pyroetched with
two scenes from Mother Goose.
Should this be too expensive, one
could use chrome lithograph, suit
able poster, or four smaller pictures
all neatly pasted onto thin wooden
foundation. Well vanished over,
these paper pictures would last long
time. The more poetical legendary
pictures are preferred, except one
finds the fascinating Dutch scenes so
delightful in their exploitation Of child
life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
951575757s7575757S7525757525757I
! SIMPLICITY OF MY
COUSIN RANDOLPH.
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There is no greatness like SIM
plicity," quoth my Cousin Randolph.
beaming and complacent.
/ agreed. Its an excellent card at
times" said.
TITS the ace of trumps," said he,
when hearts lead" For ease, he
dangled his leg over the arm of his
chair. II tell you simple mind may
conceive scheme that's a triumph
of finance, and if one can only man
age to look simple"
I glanced at his fair fat face, with
its pale prominent eyes and shy lit
tie mustache, and wondered-silent
and waiting.
Its Aunt" he explained, vaguely,
Aunt and those confounded Medusas.
I'm in the throes of crisis"
Still waited, unwilling to dam the
flow of possible confession.
"Medusas are down. he went on,
down, confoundedly down, and Aunt
is-so to speak-up. She's staying
at the Grand. 1t occurred to me that
something might be made of the COM
bination. Dear soul, she's a perfect
stranger to the-the-higher forms of
finance. Does all her business
through some girl my man calls the
Lady Seckerty'"
"Ah!" l scented a revelation.
mot that would take any sort Of
advantage of her ignorance, you I'M
derstand," he mounted moral pedes-
tai for an instant, land if those beast
ly Medusas had gone up instead of
down-it,s run me into four figures!"
II don't see the greatness of this
simplicity" | observed.
ut follows in due course" he as
sured me. THE difficulty, of course.
lies in the four figures, which, by the
way, hadn't got. No. And in such
circumstances the broker chap is apt
to get unpleasant and invoke the
what-d' ye-call!e of the law. That's
what my broker chap did, and now
he's talking of some beastly things
he calls distraint. Know what that
ls?"
enlightened him to the best of my
ability.
England isn't what it was" he
complained bitterly. I'm the good old
days an Englishman's home was his
castle-now, it's the place where peo-
pie take inventories of your things
and hold auction sales. When there's
anything at all to SELL" he added as
an after thought.
must have expressed some little
increduality. My Cousin Randolph
was the reputed owner of very neat
little property, and, so far as knew,
it had never changed hands.
Because, by rather complicated
arrangement, directly | had heard
from the broker chap | interviewed
dear Aunt, with the result that she
now believes herself to be the pro-
prietor of all my little household
goods in exchange for her little
check" He carefully selected and
lighted fresh cigarette. II didn't
think it was necessary to tell her
they were ali covered with a bill of
sale some two years ago-to begin
with, the poor dear wouldn't have un-
derstood what that meant"
Hearts led?"
II didn't ask for money. only ask
ed her to let me have check for.
say, two thousand pounds-properly
crossed and so on. you know-just
to show the people who came to make
an auction of my poor things.
should explain that they weren't mine
at all-that I'D sold them to dear
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
RUGS.

I'm the matter of rugs the 1nexperl.
enced young housewife is apt to err
on the price. A cheap rug is an abom-
nation, and bare floors are preferable.
Better to- have one good rug, repre-
senting self denial and strictest econo-
my, than the hideous patterns and
colors that are always the hall mark
of the cheap article.
Such lovely stains, as far as coloring
goes, comes now for f1oors-rich, dark
blues, greens and browns-that the alb
sence of rug is hardly noticed. Some
of the prettiest coverings for floor.
artistic and subdued are the Dhurri
rugs, but it is almost impossible to
keep them fiat. They will roll at the
ends.
OF course, the real oriental rug is
the very best, where It can be afford
ed at all, for beauty and durability. It
is, however, rather heavy for the
smaller rooms. In these, if the Nava-
10 blanket will not be at open war
with the other furnishings, choose
that. Only the brilliant dyes in these
substantial blankets make them diff
cult to use, red and white, with plen.
ty of blank, usually predominating.-
Utica Observer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24

The first Japanese newspaper was
published in 1868. only forty-one years
ago, and contains some news trans
lated from the Dutch papers. To-day
Japan has 800 daily newspapers and
periodicals,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
HoMELY GIRL IS A JEWEL.


We all know the homely girl. She
isn't pretty, has no parlor tricks,
couldn't do a skirt dance to save her
life, and never can learn to score at
bridge.
But it's surprisin. what an uncom-
monty good time some simple, kind
and homely girls manage to have.
The homely girl gets most charming
country house invitations because she
never spoils sport, and she is like one
of the family. If a pan is paying at
tention to a daughter of the house, she
doesn't try and cut her out-'like that
little cat Ella, who shall never be
asked again"
The kind, homely girl isn't too grand
to help her hostess in simple domestic
matters.
If anybody in the house is i'll, she is
such a help in her quiet, unobtrusive
way.
Convalescents ordered to charming
health resorts to recruit ask the home
ly girl to go with them.
She is jewel in plain setting. She
never patronizes anybody, and will
enjoy the most simple pleasures with
out an air of 81 have been used to
much grander entertainments"
You are never ashamed of setting
a picnic scramble meal, because cook
is i'll or jam making" before the home
ly girl When she leaves your house
you know she won't make ll-natured
remarks. If she discovers the skel-
etons in the family cupboards, nobody
will ever hear of them,
Smarter girls are like brilliant, scent
less flowers which actract attention.
But people don't want to possess them
because they have no perfume. The
homely girl twines like the honey
suckle about peoples hearts. And she
often marries remarkably well.-New
York Evening News.
SLEEVES FOR EVENING COATS.
Evening coat sleeves are at their
largest extreme. In fact, it is the dol
man type, with sleeve lost in the dra-
peries of the rest of the garment,
that have led the cape to the fore
again. The hood is a favorite, with the
most elaborate wraps. its expansive
surface providing a resource for the
display of furs and other garnitures.
Moreover. with the wide flowing
neither portion of the long wraps the
nood helps to keep balan ed the pro
portion between skirt an hem and
No
varied almost beyond recognition of
the original type, still sees the light.
although its vogue has been fiuctua-
ting one for two years.
The ,Capuchin hood of this season,
however, has less of hugging eTecr
than its proptotype. In shoulders as
well as skirt effects all tend towards
the flowing. and this brings into re-
newed favor capes-single, double and
triple. These capes are often edged
with chenille fringe, a revived old ia
yorite.
The shawl points have been s5me-
what overdone. but are still seen il
double cap-mantles which have deep
points at both back and frcu5 Edges
of such garments are left raw or are
finished with fancy galloo1s.
Voluminous and ela5orass as some
of the evening coats are they are light
er in weight than many garments that
appear far less bulky before chiffon"
mate. ,als vera requirement Vel
yets, silks and cloths are all as thin
and supple rs the manufacturer can
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
School Days.
Off to school,

Off to school,
With a merry laugh!
While the spirit BEAM
With its youthful dreams.
And the eye is bright
AS a star at night,
And the cheek is red
AS a red rose bed,
And their glowing healtS
Is a world of wealth
AS they romp and sing
And shout and ring
The changes down
On the quiet town,
Till all doth share
The gladness there
OF the boys and girls
When the day is fair.
In at school
And a solemn look!
For the joy is gone
And the troubles on,
When the puzzled face
In it's wonted place
Is brooding Ger
Its tragic lore,
And they peg away
The livelong day
Till the brain is dull
In the throbbing skull
And the souls arack
With a breaking back
At the weary task
That the masters ask,
But they have from me
My sympathy,
When the day is gray
Out of school
With a heave and sigh!
But the face of youth
Is stamped with truth.
For the way of a book
Gives a placid look
And a quiet mien
In the soul is seen,
And the work begun
Is never done;
But the childish sorrow
Knows no tomorrow.
And the youthful sigh
Shall soon pass byi
So my heart is sad
And my heart is glad
For the boys and girls
When the day is sped.
Il. F. g., in Baltimore S
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24

produce. Even the furs are allowed
not vestige of clumsiness or stir.
ness.-Philadelphia Telegraph
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24

The largest deposits of nickel occur
on the island of New Caledonia, a
French possession, in the south Pa
cilc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-24
GRIZZLY BEARS AND PAINTERS.
Afraid of Man, Says Wyoming Hunt
err; Dangerous Only When At
tackled.

"In the mountains of Wyoming,
where have hunted for years, you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
DAMAGE BY FIRE
THE LOSS ESTIMATED TO BE
ABOUT $4,000.

Two alarms of fire were sounded this
morning a few minutes past O'Clock, one
from box 212 and the other from box 2S2
because of fire in the paper warehouse of
Albert Murray, In rear of 124S Madison
street northwest. BY the time the firemen
arrived the smoke in the three-story brick
structure was SO dense that IL was almost
impossible for them TO enter. They had
been there but a short time. however before
they succeeded in getting the fire under con-
troll, although they were unable to leave the
building for some time. the last company
remaining until about noon.
A colored man named Frederick Moore,
who was passing through the alley, discov-
cred smoke pouring from a window on the
second floor. Running to the corner of 9Th
and n streets he turned in an alarm, and
another Eox was manipulated few minutes
later. When the fremen had finished their
work and made an inspection of the build
ing they reported that damage to the
amount of about $1,000 had been caused
500 to the stock and $1,000 to the building.
MIR. Murray carried no insurance upon his
stock. but the owner of the building, George
Fillian, had his property insured for enough
to cover the damage.
While the origin of the fire Is not known,
1t is thought that ii was started by some
person who was sleeping In the building
without the permission of the owner. Fire
Marshal Nicholson and the police made an
inves igation, but failed to find the suspect
ed pC"son. 1t is not thought that the fire Is
the work of al incendiary, but that it was
probe bly, caused ty the intruder smoking In
the building.
On the second floor where the fire start
ed, there was quantity of loose paper, and
the Haze spread across tie top of this with
lightning rapidity. The framework of the
building attacked and the blaze quickly
reached the other floors of the structure.
1t was estimated by the firemen that about
ten tons of the waste paper were stored on
the three floors. The paper Is waste mate
rial from the departments and was assorted
and baled for shipment in the warehouse
where the fire occurred What paper the
firemen were able to save will be shipped to
the factory immed.a tely.
The firemen were congratulated upon their
successful work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
FORMER SLAVE MINE OWNER.
Death of a Brother Makes Virginia
Negro Rich

A Lake City. Col, dispatch says: From
slave, steamboat roustabout and later
to being a hotel waiter, fate has trans
formed Royal Barnes, an old Virginia ne
gro, into wealthy mine owner and has
made him independent for life. The mines
are in Hinsdale county and Barnes is en-
route from Boston to take possession of
the property which was left him by his
brother who died here few days ago.
Barnes was working In Young's Hotel,
Boston, Mass. a waiter, when the news
reached him. He did not even wait until
the end of the day to quit work, but threw
up his job Immediately and started for
Lake City He originally came from Sur
ry, Va, and was slave in his early life.
He is about ffty-three years old.
Barnes brother, who made Royal his heir
upon his death, was a slave also. but ran
away from home in the early days of the
civil war. Royal never saw his brother
after the night he ran away and had lost
track of him altogether.
The brother, George Barnes, came to Lake
City number of years ago and began pros
pecting. In time he struck 1t rich. and
became the owner of half dozen mines.
all producers and good payers.
About eight years ago George Barnes
went back to Virginia on a visit to his
mother. He walked into the little cabin in
which he was born and where the old
woman had continued to live and after
few days visit tried to get her to return to
Colorado with him. But this she refused
to do, declaring that she would like to end
her days in her little cabin.
So George the next day went to the owner
of the plantation and bought the little home
Together with the ground surrounding 1t and
made her present Of 1t. A few days
later he returned to Colorado. This was
his only trip home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

HARLEM-William r. Johnson to Frank
l.. Tompkins, parts lots 16 and II; SO.
DEANWOOD MISUNDERSTANDING Henry to
George Henry, lots / and 2, square II;
$40.
NO X STREET NoRTHEAST-Marion
H. Clegg ct vir. Anthony NJ, to Rather
inc c. Darlington lot 226. square SIS;
$40.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Ralph p. Barnard.
trustee to Ernest L. Schmidt, lot /.
block %; 81. 100.
NO. 2409 18TH STREET NORTHWEST
Harry Wardman to Stuart Mcnamara,
lot 1O3. block 8, Washington Heights; $40.
NO. I26 FLORIDA AVENUE NORTH
WEST-Adam II. Croft ct ux. to Caro-
line M. and Eva A. King, lot Ill, square
ISL; SO.
NO. 23s I'D STREET NoRTHEAST-WH-
liam H. Henning ct ux to Price L.
Groves, lot o. square 125; SO.
PLEASANT PLAINS-Charles w. King, Jr..
ct ux to Florence V. Dreamer, lot SD:
TWENTY-FIFTH STREET NORTHWEST
between / and X streets-William q.
Tanner to William f. Mattingly, original
lot IL, square 2S; $40.
FRANKLIN STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween 4th and 9Th streets-William q
Tanner to Paul B0navires, lots 81 ant
100, square 80: $40.
c STREET SOUTHEAST between 1th an
Sth streets-George c. Humphrey ct Va
to Laura b. Slater, lot 81, square 300
$40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
TO TAKE UP CARLTON CASE.
Grand Jury Summons Witness, With
Brooklyn Marriage Records.

A dispatch from New York says: There
were indications yesterday of revival of
activity on the part of the authorities In
Brooklyn in the case of Frederick E. Carl
ton. who is in Raymond street jail awaiting
trial on charge of larceny preferred by
H. ]. B. Schaub, petty officer in the navy
For weeks during the summer the police of
this city and elsewhere devoted great
deal of attention to Carlton, looking into
stories concerning his alleged doings in va
rious parts of the country.
With view to determining the cause
Of her death, the body of Mary Conan
Carlton, the mans second wife, was ex-
humed by order of the supreme court but
the examination made by DR.. OConnor, the
health department chemist, failed to re-
veal anything upon which the police could
base charge against Carlton.
1t was learned last night that Cartons
case would receive attention from the grand
jury today. 1t was said that Dr. S. J
Burne. register of records Of the health de-
partment in Brooklyn, had been summoned
to appear before the grand jury with GER
tain record books of the department. These
records. it is said, were those of marriages,
and 1t was asserted that the inquiry had
to do with Carlton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
LEAVES MONEY TO CHURCHES.
Bishop Satterlee and His Family Also
BeneAciaries.

Poughkeepsie N. Y. dispatch says: By
the will Of Joanna H. Grinnell Of New Ham
burg, legacies are given to Constance Sat
terlee. daughter of Bishop Henry Y. Sat-
terlee. $1,000, and to Ruth Steele, daugh-
ter of j. Nevett Steele, $500. The estate
amounts to over 100000 and the husband
Irving Grinnell. is given a life interest
Upon his death the will provides for many
requests. among which are:
To Bishop Satterlee and his wife, 5000
each; to Zion Church Wappingers Falls,
5000; to the Grinnell Library Association,
of Wappingers Falls, 5000; to the Do
nestle and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States, 5000 for foreign missions
and 5000 for domestic missions; to the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine, So 900;
to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral foun-
dalton of the District of Columbia, IS 900.
There are many other requests to relatives
and friends.