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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
THOSE FRIGHTENEp HENS.

THOSE FRIGHTENED HENS.
When farmer, or a farmers wife,
goes into the yard where the fowls
are kept and you Immediately see a
great commotion caused by the hens
scurrying around into all sorts of cor
ners, ETC., you can make up your
mind that there is something radical
ly wrong with the one who takes care
of those hens. The nervous hens
that are being constantly shooed,
frightened or driven about are never
paying hens. They can no more be
made profitable than a nervous or
excitable COW. If your hens are OF
this class. you can make up your
mind that there is something wrong
and not with the hens--and you
should apply the remedy as quickly
as possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01

England's first spinning mill to be
worked BY electricity has been start
ed al Pendlebury. Manchester.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01

andf responsibilities
chest well giving his lungs
with alone using neither
in
person upright
results Of the military
trainn in the o
American his bread by the
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01

The king of the Belgians is punct'
ral in all his appointments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01


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Son0iueiapiy ieSssened- IN removing
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themselves, at ana IN tnelr own
lug ou'eihs anu h''ins "a
Sin'pie i"piics lor siliple veal d.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01

Paraguay has only 100 miles of rail
way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
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The Professions Have
BECOME Business, Propositions
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alphabetically private talk
entaing small
this standing
foregoing what President Porter Of Yale used to call
commercsm the the general dspos
the cash value the skill of expert engineer
received
all tend almost eah to turn professional work
elmited the
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thinking their satisfaction
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01


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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
Some Physical Advantage
fit of Military Training ia the Z
Enforces.
By Capt. Charles Il. Boyd.

surprising
that il-healh follow habit the military
young required make effort to stand
carry his head set squarey his
shoulders, life of directness
His shoulders required to be
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
RArroNs FOR GROWING PIGS.


James Wilson, Secretary of Agri-
culture, in an address before the Iowa
Swine Breeders, presented the fol-
lowing ON rations for growing pigs:
Twenty to sixty pound pigs
Three ounces of corn meal to each
quart of milk. Sixty to 100 pound
pigs Silk ounces of corn meal to
each quart Of milk. One hundred to
$50 pound pigs:-Eight ounces OF
corn meal to each quart of milk.
On most farms the supply OF milk
will be limited and in these cases the
same station recommends the follow
ing rations:
1. Twenty to 1870 pound pigs
Three ounces Of corn meal, wheat,
rye or hominy meals to each quart OF
milk, and then gradually increase
meals to satisfy appetites.>
Twenty to sixty pound pigs: Milk
at disposal, plus mixture of one-th1rd
corn meal, one-third wheat bran ana
one-third gluten meal to satisfy ap-
petites.
2. Sixty to 100 pound pigs:
at disposal, plus the mixture of one
half corn meal, one-fourth wheat
bran, and one-fourth gluten meal to
satisfy appetites.
One hundred to 1870 pound pigs
Milk at disposal, plus the mixture OF
two-thirds corn meal, one-sixth wheat
bran and one-sixth gluten meal to
satisfy appetftes.
Twenty to sixty pound pigs
Three ounces of corn meal to each
quart of milk and four ounces of gll-
ten feed as a substitute fer quart OF
milk.
8. Sixty to one hundred pound
pigs: Milk at disposal and mixture
} OF one-haf corn meal and one-haiI
gluten feed to satisfy appetites.
One hundred to 1870 pound pigs
Milk at disposal and mixture of two
thirds corn meal and one-third gluten
feed to satisfy appetites.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
81 e e
The Panama Situation.
Bv William Barclay Parsons.

third and let hope for the last time study OF the
situation has begun The conditions confronting the
United differ radically from those
the French companies that would confront
anv private company organized outlay
made by American property full
been obtained
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01

FTENTIMES one takes notion" that this,
person would not pay him for the trouble of m
ance It is just notion; he does not knt
never even so much exchanged word
has the notion that he does not care to
would do well, in fact to have nothing to do
In other words YOU are governed by p
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
tsFree Consultation.

The worst fake Of all, is the medical advertise
ment which induces invalids to write to the "great
Doctors for relief.
1t makes no difference whether the advertise
ment offers "free consultation" or not. The con-
%sultation consists in the Victims writing of his or
her symptoms and receiving in reply a form let
ter" or readyprinted advice to take certain medi-
cines which the Council of physicians" have pre-
pared to fit the case and have expressed @. 0. D.
$500. The medicine is usually very stimulative
so that the patient imagines improvement be-
cause he "feels better" No matter if the deluded
victim is thus trided with until lettering into the
grave, the swindlers care nothing for human life
if they can be permitted to carry on their rrofta-
bic traffic in fake medicines, sent out often by
men who know nothing whatever about medicines.
The letters received by one such institution are
then sold by the thousand to other firms who send
their own circulars to the writer's. Women write
their most confidential physical secrets to the
great doctor" and these letters are hawked about
the country at a regular market price of from So
to $25 or $50 a thousand. They constitute a regu-
lar item of trade amongst mail order adver-
tisers," for circulating-Home Magazine.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24

of goodness to the child who had been behaving
best and throw in the gizzard for nourishment.
The nice old lady always helped herself last, and
there was nothing left for her but white meat.
1t isn't the final result which the nice old lady
achieved, but the first one, that / want to COM
mend. A child naturally likes the simple things
till you teach him to like the rich ones, and it's
just as easy to start him with books and amuse-
ments that hold sense and health as those that are
filled with slop and stomachache. A lot of moth
ers think a child starts out with q brain that
can't learn anything but nonsense, so when
Maudie asks a sensible question they answer in
googoo gush. And they believe that a child can
digest everything from carpet tacks to fried
steak, so whenever Willie hollers they think he's
hungry and try to plug his throat with a banana.
You want to have it in mind all the time while
you're raising this boy that you can't turn over
your children to subordinates any more than you
can your business and get good results. Nurses
and governesses are no doubt all right in their
place, but there's nothing Gust as good' as a
father and mother. A boy doesn't pick up cuss
words when his mothers around or learn cussed-
ness from his father. Yet a lot of mothers turn
over the children, along with the horses and dogs,
10 be fed and broken by the servants, and then
wonder from which side of the family Isobel in
herited her weak stomach, and where she picked
up her naughty ways, and why she drops the his
from some words and pronounces others with a
brogue. But she needn't look to Isobel for any in
formation, because she is the only person about
the place with whom the child amt on free and
easy terms.-From Old Gorgon Graham; More
Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son"
by George Horace Lorimer. By permission Of
Doubleday, Page & Co., Publishers.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
LIVING A LIE.


Dressing or living beyond ones mean is moth
ing less than absolute dishonesty. If you are try
ing to do what you cannot afford to do, you are
living a lie; if you are wearing clothes that you
cannot afford, they are perpetual witnesses against
YOU. They are labeled all over with falsehood;
your jewelry, your carriages, your furs and your
costly gowns tell me that you are rich when you
live in a poverty stricken home and when your
mother is obliged to make all sorts of sacrifices
to enable you to make this false display, you lie
just as surely as you would if you should try to
deceive me by your words.
The consciousness of being well dressed, and
vet owing for it, of riding in carriages which
one cannot afford, or of patronizing expensive
hotels and restaurants which one cannot by any
stretch of imagination or sophistry afford, is de-
structive to all respect, to truth and honesty and
TO manhood and to womanhood.' You cannot at
ford to wear lies or to eat lies any more than
YOU can afford to tell lies.
There is only one possible result upon character
of falsehoods whether acted or told, and that is
rerpetual deterioration and Generalization. No
one can live a lie, or act a lie, without being
dishonest. When a man sacrifices his honesty he
loses the handspring of his character. and he can
not be perfectly honest when he is lying by fire.
o~uenting costly hotels or restaurants, by wearing
EXPENSIVE clothing or by extravaganza living when
he cannot afford it.-Success.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
BRINGING UP THE KID.


I'm so blame glad it's d boy that Pm getting
over feeling sorry-it amt a girl, and Pm almost
reconciled to its not being twins. Twelve
pounds? Bully! Maybe that doesn't keep up the
Graham reputation for giving good weight! But
Pm coming home on the run to helft him myself,
because / never knew a fellow who wouldn't lie a
little about the weight of No. l, and then, when
YOU led him up to the hay scales, claim that it's a
wellknown scientific principle that children shrink
during the first week like a ham in smoke. Allow
ing for tare, thought, if he still nets ten, I'll feel
that he's a credit to the brand.
It's a great thing to be sixty minutes old, with
nothing in the world except a blanket and an APP
petite and the whole fight ahead of you, but it's
pretty good, too, to be sixty years old and a
grandpop, with twenty years of fight left In you
still.
/ want to raise our kids to be a poor mans son,
and then, if it's necessary, we can always teacn
him how to be a rich ones. Child nature is hui
man nature, and a man who understands 1t can
make his children like the plain, sensible things
and ways as easily as the rich and foolish ones.
I remember a nice old lady who was raising a lot
of orphan grandchildren on a mighty slim income
They couldn't have chicken often In that house.
and when they did it was a pretty close mt ana
none to throw away. So, instead of beginning
with the white meat and stirring up the kids like
a cage full of hyenas when the Feeding the Gar
nivora" sign is out, she would play up the pieces
that don't even get a mention on the bill OF fare
of a two dollar country hotel. She would begin
by saying in a Observation-Disclosures tone,
"Now, children, who wants this dear little neckF
and naturally they all wanted 1T, because IL was
pretty plain to them that it was something extra
sweet and juicy. So she would allot 1T as a reward
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
The Retort in Kind.

Lord Roberts once found himself in the centre
of new friends in a London club. There was a
very tall gentleman present, who, evidently be-
lieving himself to shine as a wit, seized every op-
portunity of raising a laugh at other peoples ex-
pense.
On being introduced to Lord Roberts, the wit
bent down patroiziiRgg44SE- ++e- Aiss-44ordship, and re-
marked, II have often heard of you, B6tt~ shad-
ing his eyes with one hand as though the famous
general, being so small, could be seen only with
difficulty, 81 have never seen you"
To this Lord Roberts promptly replied, II have
often seen you, sir, but / have never heard of YOU"
-Argonaut.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
A Small Advantage.

During his recent visit to Washington, JSel
Chandler Harris, of "Uncle Remus" fame, told of
a conversation that he once heard between two
Georgia piccaninnies. They we're discussing the
recent conversion of the father of one of them.
HAS yo' pappy quit whippin' you sence he
jined de church ?' asked one of the piccaninnies
of the other.
"No, he amt quit whippin' me-" said the other,
"but he's quit sayin' it hurts him worser dan it
does mel"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
The Right Kind.

Customer-"But that umbrella looks so awfully
cheap and common; the price you ask for it IS
preposterous."" IN.
umbrella. It's really the best quality, but it's
made to appear cheap and common so no one will
think it worth Observation-Disclosures Press.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24
The Umbrella.

A man went into a hotel and left his umbrella
in the stand, with a card bearing this inscrip-
ton attached to it:
"This umbrella belongs to a man who can deal
a blow of $50 pounds weight. I will be back in ten
min"
On returning to seek his property, he found in
it's, place a card thus inscribed:
"This card was left by a man who can run
twelve miles an hour. I shall not return."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The whole story of "The Simple Life" as writ
ten by Wagner, is told in the three words which
make the motto of the State, "Esse guam videri,"
which means, don't pretend to be anything but
what you are. Once a frog burst trying to seem
as big as an OK, and most of us burst in the
same way. Lead "The Simple Life" It's all
right, and in it lies contentment and happiness
scarce articles powadays-Charlotte Chronicle.
"Gimmie a pound Nv tea"
"Green or black?
"It don't mex no diference-it's fer a blind
woman."-Leslie's Weekly.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-24

~This is No. IA of a serie of Southern Poems selected es-
pecialy for The Pr Progressive Farmer ana Oobtou FH7H' "
the Editor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-21

He spoke cheerfully and confidently.
as II there could be no doubt of La.
titte's ready acquiescence in the pro.
posal.
DO these papers cover the entire
matter?" demanded Lafitte. ignoring
the question.
Not altogether" began Capt. Nc
Williams: then he paused and looked
at Lockyer. as If preferring that the
latter should explain.
This he did by enlarging upon the
manifest and great advantages to re.
suit for the "Baratarian commandan,"
and his followers by acceding to the
proposition. entering the service of His
Britannia Majesty. and placing all
their vessels under the control of the
English. He added, with much i'm
pressiveness, that. besides the rank of
captain in the British navy, he was
auth OriZed to promise Lafitte the sum
of thirty thousand dollars in gold.
Lafitte. instead of replying. walked
to the fireplace, and standing beneath
the pictured face of his idol, Napoleon.
whose eyes seemed TO be regarding the
group with cold intelligence, looked
down at the two seated men. His
hands were clasped behind him. and
his eyes held glitter that was menac.
ing
Gentlemen" he said. Il agree will
you in saying that the matter is
most important one, for me, as we'll as
for yoursclvcs-so important to me
that | cannot decide it as speedily az
YOU seem to expect. but must have n
few hours in which to give it proper
consideration"
Both officers looked annoyed, and
Capt McWilliams eXpostulated.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-21

fellows and leader. But when LATTE
and motioned his guests to precede
him up the pathway leading from the
beach.
They lost no time In doing this. scru-
tinized keenly by the resentful and
still puzzled outlaws. who. when the
scarlet uniforms disappeared inside
the fort with Lafitte. began muttering
among themselves as to the meaning
of this strange proceeding.
Lafitte. going to buffet at one end
OIL the room, took from it several cut
gether with large silver box filled
with cigars. he placed upon the table.
Permit me to offer you glass of
wine, or brandy, gentlemen" he said
Then you may proceed to talk. for |
am at your service. | am Jean Lafitte.
the 'commandant'-if such I may be
called-at Barataria."
Both officers stared at him in undis-
guised amazement. Then they again
looked at one another. but now as if
fo- mutual Comfor:, while they began
to mumb.e confused apologies.
Proceed" Laitte repeated. paying
no heed TO their discontinue. What
do yc,I want w::h me-what can any
English colonel have to say to Jean
Latitte of Louisiana that Jean Lafitte
can care to hear?'
Leaning back in his chair, he folded
his arms. and looked steadily at the
two men.
Can't. Lockyer rose. and drawing
from the pocket of his coat a sealed
package. laid it upon the table. near
where Lafitte's arm was resting.
There" said Capt. Lockyer, resum-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-21
Immortality

Tho miracle of the rcIuv.natih.
spring had been witnessed 10y many
thousand generations bcfDt. mca
dared claim m a certainty the great
hop, which its parable incuicat.i-
before tn. human soul dared boldly
believe that II was itself as dcathlcss
aS tho germ OF life siumborIng over
winter In the buried Eccd.
Since tho Conqucror Of Death. by
the triumph which tho world iS to-day
celebrating. certified tho validity OF
that belief. the season In which SE-
tufo annually illustrates the appoint
ed victory OF life over death has be-
come the most significant Of all fcsti-
walls. Al Christmas the world In glad
ms children nrc glnd-with the uncon-
sldcrcd Ricc OF youth. At Eastcrtid.
IL rcJoicoE ms men rejoice In the prcs-
onco OF dclivcrancc from fcar-witi
rccollcctcd voices and bosoms slrt
with thaukfuincss.
The austcrity of the earth and shy
prepares to yield to the conqucr!ug
sweetness OF spring. Already tho
winds cnrcEs with an unfamiliar soft.
ness. tho earth bcguilcs with dimly
green prophecy OF ycrnal lovclinesE.
Nature IL timIdly ycarnIng hcavnn-
ward. But the hymn of awakening
life is not mere tclluric nor acrial-it
sings out In the souls OF men who
have considered the mystery of life
and Its pcrslstcncy under the sod and
through the chill Of winters nppar-
cnt death. To such Easter Day-s"s
In the midst of season which Wit
ncsscs. us far as anything earthly can
witness. to the verify OF spiritual
fact: coincidinE with the ancient fcB-
tivals which celebrated the immcmor-
ial human hope OF Immortality. dimly
adumbratcd in the dramaturgy OF
Greek. Scandinavian and Aryan: but
consecratcd newly to the rising from
the tomb OF the Man OF Galilec-to
such Easter Day stands for the chief
est affirmation of religion. the most
consoling and hcartcning thought that
mind and heart are justified in enter
tanning. That life does not shuddar
and perish at the grave: that beyond
II somewhere in the warmth of Gods
sun and in the benignity of His near
er presence human spirits shall still
have part In the joy of life. refined.
etherealized. made holy-neither phil
osophy nor religion has another teach.
ing SO solemnly precious as this.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-21
The Children

I.ongf.IIow said. "Ah. wha, would
tn. world b. To us II the children were
no morc!" for In their hearts arc the
birds and the sunshine" In u'cIr
thoughts tho brooklct'H How" in
Florence there stands In III" museum
on. OF the best sermons In stone the
world has ever enjoyed. Frozen mn'
Sle" indeed arc these exquisite sling
ing Children" of Della Robbia.
Jus, on the Via ProconEolo. In Flor
cnec. that city called most appropriate
iy tho Lily OF tho Arno." Is a narrow
street wherein In located the BarEcilo
This building II n vcritablc caSkct en-
. closing priccicsB treasures: very
sermon In stone. this mass OF carving.
this play OF light and sunshine over
the old columns and courts. Standing
here since before the memory OF man,
history tells us Il was erected for the
chief magistrate Of Florence and waS
renovated In 1873,
Pass through the court TO the stair
way and loggia where Dante walked.
Here We come to the superb Hall OF
tho Judges. and find that for which
We scek-thc Singing Children" nf
I.uca Della RobbIa. These exquisite
carvings were executed for the orgnr'
loft OF the cathedral. The chorlstcrs
now rest in this magnificent hall. Tho
figures OF these animated children ar"
an interesting study. separately or II
groups. The merry faces: the dancing
bodies: the eager fingers holding the
choir books or instruments Of music:
the parted lips singing praises to the
Lord.
Serene In the rap'urnus ihronE.
rnmov"d by tho rush Of the song.
With eyes unimpnsainncd ana slow
Among the dead angels. tho dcnthi"ss
fChiidfcnD stand listening brcathlcss
To sounds that ascend from below
From the spirits on cnrth that adore.
From tho souls thnt cntr"at nnd implorc
In the fcrvor and passion OF prayer;
And weary with dragging tho crosses
Too heavy for mortnls to bear.
The creator OF these exquisite cary.
ings was Luca Della Robbia. born In
1883 in Florence. The world rolls on.
leaving behind wide track OF his.
tory. Here in the peaceful city. the
quietly flowing river. the beautiful
Arno. rolls murmuringly by this treas.
urc.house on this narrow street. this
home of the Singing Children" With
in. near the blue arch of heaven. the
singing and dancing and playing girls
and boys lift up their silent timbrels.
as they have been doing during these
centuries. as II in Easter rejoicing.
The world rolls on. up the slopes of
progression. and the world of art fills
with pictures of beautiful children,
good to look upon. Madonnas and
the Christ. child. playing children ami
singing children. mirthful children and
sorrowful children. Truly, what would
this world be without children!