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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
COMMERCIAL kEylEB.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Unsettled weather still
retards retail trade, and uneven distri-
button of moisture prevents crop pros
poets from maintaining an ideal position,
but the general result is better than
normal and far more satisfactory than
at this time in 1904.
Mercantile payments are fairly prompt,
money is easy and abundant, while con-
fidence in the future is the ruling senti-
ment. The decline in Wall Street to the
lowest average for the sixty most active
railway securities since last January has
had no perceptible influence on business,
and railway earnings continue to make
favorable comparisons with last years
figures, the early returns for April show
ing gain of 81 per cent.
Manufacturing activity is undated,
the leading industries reporting a mini
mum percentage of idle machinery, and
pig iron production is expected to estab-
lisf new record of over 100000 tons
Tor the current month.
Real estate transfers are very heavy
in all parts Of the country, and in addi-
ton to the large amount of building op-
erations in progress the number of new
permimts indicate that much more struc-
tural work is contemplated. Little in
terruption from labor controversies is
still cause for qualification
There is still great pressure for quick
delivery of structural steel for bridges,
buildings and cars, while practically all
forms of railway equipment are in larger
demand than supply
Failures this week in the United States
are 1917, against 2I2 last week, 2o4 the
preceding week and 236 the correspond
ing week last year.
"Bradstreets" says:
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week ending May II, are Soo,355 bushels,
against I,27o,S64 last week; 734,73o this
week last year, 4,oo7,5o6 in 1908, and s.
I72,o34 in 1902. Corn exports for the
week are I,528,2oo bushels, against e,7I5,-
$40 last week, I2o,I56 year ago, I,43I,-
257 in 1903 and S2,795 in 1902.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
A Balanced Account.

"A fair exchange Is no robbery" So
the textbooks have taught us, and now
another instance, quoted by the New
York Tribune, arises to illustrate the
peoyerb anew. An American, well
known for his wealth receives in
Vulnerable letters asking him to sub
scribe to charities, and often, when
the credentials of the project seem
dubious. he has to refuse.
Not long ago he had letter from
London, signed by an unfamiliar name.
Knowing as I do your generosity"
the stranger wrote, 81 have put you
down for a two-hundred-dollar sub
scription to our miners widows fund.
Christmas is approaching. and we pro-
pose to give a fowl and a Christmas
pudding to each miners widow, on
Christmas eve."
The millionaire replied: Though ]
know nothing of you or Of your fund.
I respond gladly to the call you make
upon me. I, too. am interested in a
charity similar to yours. 1t is an
American charity. and since 1t stands
in need of funds for Christmas treat.
| have not hesitated to put you down
tor subscription of two hundred dol
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
CHOOSING A DRAG SAW.

In choosing saw, hold it up clear
of everything with one hand, and
ring the blade with the other. 1t will
hum where your knuckles hit it, ac-
cording to the temper and quality OF
carbon in the blade. The longer 1t
huns or vibrates the better the quail
ity of the STEEL Then look down
the teeth from end to end and see
that the blade is straight, and look
slong on the at Of both sides to
see that it is not "bumpy is,
hollow in some. places and full in
others. This is a great drawback to
saw, as it pulls hard through the
full spots or bumps, knocking against
the cut ends as it runs through the
log. 1t is fault very hard to de-
tect in a new saw, in an old one very
easy, as the bumps show bright and
polished from knocking, and the hol-
lows dull from escaping the friction.
See that the saw is not too thick,
or it wastes too much strength to
saw with it.-American Cultivation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
BEANS AND PEAS.

To keep beans and peas from be-
coming infested with weevil, put in
barrel, set or suspend in the barrel
a small bottle, uncorked, containing
bisulphide of carbon, cover the bar
rel tightly with an old quilt or rug
and let remain three or four days.
Take out the bottle, and If any OF
the liquid remains in it cork tightly
and put away in secure place; 1t will
do to use again. When uncorked 1t
evaporates rapidly. and the gas, being
heavier than air, settles down among
the beans or peas or any other grain
SO treated, killing all insect life, but
in no wise injuring the vitality OF the
seed, nor affecting them for subse-
quent use as food. Do not breathe
the fumes, for it is injurious If taken
into the lungs. Do not handle 1t
about a fire, nor light match when
you are using it, as the gas is explo-
sive. Give the seeds, barrel and
room a good airing after treatment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
OATS AND PEAS FOR HAY.

In response to an inquiry by a
correspondent of the Breeders Ca
zette in regard to sowing oats and
cow-peas together for hay for winter
feeding cows and sheep, Prof. WI
ancko of Purdue University says:
Oats and cow-peas are not at all
suited to sowing together. The oats.
to do any good, should be sown before
the end of May; their season OF
growth is very much different.
81 would advise the use of the COM
mon field pen instead. 1t goes very
well with oats and the mixture makes
excellent hay, of higher feeding value
than clover. The pens and oats mix
ture should be sown as early as pos
-sible, about two bushels of peas and
one and one-half bushel of oats per
acre. II the peas are small half and
half will be about the right proper
tons. The seeds may be mixed and
drilled with an ordinary wheat drill
as deeply as possible-three to four
inches. Sometimes the peas are sown
broadcast on disked ground and plow-
ed under. The oats are then sowed
on top within a few days and har-
rowed in.
The mixture should be cut for hay
while the grain is in the milk stage.
If allowed to get older it loses in
palatability.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
Iron Band Pavement.

A new kind of street pavement has
recently been introduced in Germany.
which is said to excel in durability.
1t consists of artificial stones of con-
crete held together by iron bands.
Joining stones of this pavement laid
along street car rails save the rails
and make easier travelling for the
wheels of ordinary vehicles. The
pavement is relatively cheap. as al
most any kind of broken stone mixed
with cement serves well for construc-
tive material. 1t also answers for
sidewalks and stable foors.-Ex-
change.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
MUCH IN LITTLE.

The municipality of The Hague prof.
ects the building of an iron bridge.
1t is stated that for the first time in
living memory every Turkish official
punctua.ly received his full salary on
April /.
The municipality of Vienna is about
to order various machines for use in the
workshops OF the city's tramways-
The London City Council does not
allow window cleaners to stand on win
dow sills that are more than six feet
from the ground.
The assistant Of a London dentist
pulled the wrong tooth from ptlents
law and a court has ordered the dentist
10 pay the suffered $50.
About 1900 automobiles are now reg
isicred in New York state, and new
licenses are being granted at the rate
nf over 800 week
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
Yet to Come.

Blanche, Wilbur and Thomas were
in the garden playing and making a
great deal of noise. but small Jack
sat in corner very quietly, which for
Jack was an unusual proceeding. Aft
er watching them for some time the
mothers curiosity prompted her to
ask:
what are you playing?"
1--WE are playing house." answered
Wilbur. blanche and l are the moth
er and father, and Thomas is the
child"
"And what does Jack do?"
"Sh, sh.! he isn't born yet."-Lppin-
colts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
A FEW INCUBATOR HINTS.

"A EW lNCObAlOH HINES.
The following hints as to the cars
of incubators we find in the Farmers
Voice:
The first week the great danger
lies in letting the heat run above 1903;
the last week in running below 100.
In the early stages the eggs will not
stand too much heat. A rise of sew
eral degrees above regulation temper
ature will kill the delicate germ. A
fall in temperature at this time is not
as serious as rise. But during the
last week the embryo chick needs the
heat to help it to mature and reach
the point of exclusion. The going
out of the lamps at Matching time Is
we'll known to be ruinous to the
hatch.
If the room in which the incubator
is run is quite cool be careful about
leaving the eggs out of the machine
long at turning time. If possible,
take the tray into warm room. If
this cannot be done, great care and
quickness are necessary, particularly
during the first week. After the
chicks are considerable developed, so
that animal heat is strong, the dan
ger is not SO great, but even then
the eggs should not be allowed to
cool too much.
Do not open the incubator except
when it is necessary to do so, and
then keep it open the shortest posi-
Bile time. Each opening involves a
rapid change Of temperature within
it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

Farmers. among others living along
the line of the Berkshire street rail-
way between Coltsville and Cheshire,
report large number of deer during
the last few months. and the animals
in several cases herding with cows
Pittsfeld correspondence of Spring
field Republican
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

NI stimulus endeavor
USS2y urmounts opstacle
insurmounabe There sense OF
eing OF enlargement at the very
ofe
victory makes
to harder things
physical Thousand
nvads and people who have been ang for years have suddenly
which has changed iron to velvet me
wonderful simulant to the physical being ,
has balancing wixt hope and defeats ana 6
been struggling to supply the missing link in his @ the con
solved the and that hncefo all that has troubled and pepexea
contempt which have been poured upon MIN as crank n
mental almost miraculous The rebound makes complete revo
tvs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore.-FI. OUR-Dull and UNI
changed; receipts, 1878 barrels; exports,
7S3 barrels.
WHEAT-Strong; spot contract, $50
)S14; spot No. 2 red Western, oS1aG
9S4; May, oS@o8A; July, S4@S44;
August, 82A@S2H; steamer No. red,
)I@oI4; receipts, 6,ooo bushels; South
ern by sample, So1o7; Southern on
grade, SS@oS.
CORN-Strong; spot, 81; May, "a;
June, 53H; July, 52B@52zs; Septem-
Der, So; steamer mixed, so; receipts,
STA bushels; exports, $50 bushels;
Southern white corn. 5I@5IA; South
srn yellow corn, 52@56E.
OATS-Quict; No. white, 36@36M;
No. mixed, "a sales; receipts, 1908
bushels; exports, 90 bushels.
RYE-Dull uptown; No. West
ern, 50 asked
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Easier; steam
to Liverpool, per bushel, ID May; Cork
for orders, per quarter, IS. AID. May.
BUTTER-Steady; fancy imitation,
24@25; fancy creamery, 26Ga7; fancy
ladle, 22023; store packed, roG2o.
EGGS-Weak and unchanged, IL.
CHEESE - Firm and unchanged;
large, 1917; medium, 1874; small, IA.
New Observation-Disclosures, 49,
782 barrels; exports, 2oo45 barrels; firm,
with better inquiry; 4,25@5.o5 for pat
snts
POTATOES-Irregular; Florida,
new, 2.75@3.25; State and Western, $50
LIZ; Jersey sweets, 25o04oo.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy hand
picked, 5A@5H; other domestic, $40
5H.
: CABBAGES-Stcady; Charleston, per
barrel crate, 5o0I.25.
LARD-Stcady; Western steamed.
7.25@7.4s; refined, steady.
COTTONSEED OIL-Firm; yellow,
a7@27M.
TURPENTINE-Firm, 631s164.
SUGAR-Raw, weak; fair refining,
81 3-I6; centrifugal, 90 test, 7-I6; mo-
lasses sugar, 3 o-I6; refined, easy.
Live Stock
New York.-BEEVES = Bulls and
cows firm to Ioc higher. Steers, $3.50
6.3o; bulls, 3.25@45o; cows, I.oo@+5o.
Gables quoted live cattle selling at 100
I3c. per pound; tops, I3Ac dressed
weight; sheep lower at I3H@I4c. dress
ed weight; refrigerator beef lowerN at
oA@oHc. per pound. Exports tomor5
row, ZIG cattle, IS sheep, and 6,I5o quar4
tiers of beef.
CALVES-I643; market rs to soc.
lower. Veals, 4.5o@7.5o; few choice and
extra, 7.I2H@725; culls, 400; dressed
calves weak; city dressed veals, 7@Io15c.
per pound; country dressed, 60oH.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Clippcd sheep,
y25@5.oo; prime wooded do, SOS; clip
ped lambs, 6.25@6.5o; no wolled lambs
sold; no spring lambs
HOGS-Receipts, 4,22o; market firm.
State hogs, 6.oo@6.Io.
Chcago.-CATTLE-Good to prime
steers, 5.6o@6.75; poor to medium, $50
Ms.5o; stockers and feeders, a.75@5.2s;
cows, 3oo@5.25; heifers, 3.oo@5.5o;
Gamers, I.5oG2.4o; bulls, 2.75@+75;
calves, 3.ooG6.75.
HOGS-Mixed and butchers, $3.50
500. good to choice heavy, 5.5o@5.6o;
rough heavy, 5.2o95-4o; light, 5000
500; bulk of sales, 5.5o05.6o.
SHEEP-Lambs 10 TO I5c. higher.
Good to choice wethers, 475@5.25; fair
to choice mixed, 3oo@44o; Western
sheep, 4.oo@5.I5; native lambs, 4.oo0
IN. Western lambs =oolJlz AZ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

mer when the pasture begins to look
bad. A good plan is to sow the peas
in rows and plow them under about
four inches deep, then SOW the oats
and use smoothing harrow for COW
ering them. If the soil is reasonably
rich and mellow the crop will be all
that one could wish. The soil should
be carefully Drerared to obtain the
best results. This work of sowing
the peas ought to be done now in
all sections; in the warmer sections
it could have been done month ago.
Dairymen ought to learn the value
of sowed crops for soiling; they are
profitable, inasmuch cs they keep the
animal in good milk when the pas
ture begins to run out, and with such
crops to feed it is not necessary to
add much or any grain food. In
deed, the change from grass to a soil
ing crop is likely to increase the flow
of milk and keep 1t in good flow up
to the time the cows are started on
the barn feeding in the late fall. We
like the oats and peas crop for this
purpose quite as Wen as the sowed
sweet corn, though we make it a
practice to have both, for the sake of
variety.-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

Don't be foolish
fruit and
heathylieany lazy to live
nothing detrimental
oh of whipped tonic compared to it.
worker field either the shady sunny side OF
udou grandma bright ribbons and gaud
with fashy cheerful garb Both will be younger for it. and
dyed abominaon the Lord Cultivate thakess and cneer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
GOOD CARE FOR GOOD STOCK.


Why not keep better stock? 1t
costs no more to raise and keep a
good COW than it does a poor one, and
the return from a good one is mucn
more satisfactory.
| believe in pure-breds, but all do
not. Many say, get bull OF some
good breed and raise stock, and SO
soon get into the blood. A farmer
may keep pure-bred bull all his
life and not get pure blooded stock.
YET if one cannot keep pure-bred
stock it is better to get and keep
a good bull to breed from, and the
nearer full bloods one gets the bet
ter.
There are many good breeds which
it would pay farmers to get into and
the more blood he gets the better.
But raise better stock some WY,
improve it in every way possible and
the profits will increase in proper
ton as the stock improves.
Now is the final time to plan what
to raise. Select the dryest and ear
Hest pieces for early crops and pre-
mare them for the seed as soon as
the frost is out of the ground.
Plan to put in good large piece
of fodder corn. There is nothing bet
ter to make milk when the pastures
begin to dry up, which they viii do
about the middle of July, and unless
the cows are then fed some green
stun the milk is sure to fall on and
the profits. too.
Look well to your horses. Rub
their legs well when you put them
in the stable. The water through
which they have been travelling Is
as cold as ice. and if the weather is
not cold enough to freeze it to their
legs, it is very uncomfortable to say
the least. An extra rubbing down
and a good warm bed will do as
much good ss an extra feed.-E. NJ.
Pike in the American Cultiyator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

housekeepes is the
of appreciation between
S getting
The home should be
be her main business her brains
might develop
isolation Bad cooking is
community
through
them That beau
families hundred separate Kitchens Two
happiness
should be
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
PEAS AND oATs FOR COWS.

Those who have not tried the peas
and oats crop do not know now use
Sui 1t is for feeding late in the sum-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
GETTING ALL THE MILK.

1t is well known that the average
mixer gets less milk than he who
does a thorough job, that incomplete
milking means not only direct, but
indirect loss, not only as immediate
lessening of the fat yield, but tends
toward drying the COW. A Danish
scientist has recently developed spe-
cial system of udder manipulation,
sort of massage of the mammary
glands as it were, which it is claimed
augmeEts the fow The Hegelund
method. as it is called, involves three
manipulations, each thrice repeated,
or until no more milk is obtained:
First, the pressure of the quarter on
each side against each other thrice
repeated, followed by removal OF the
milk; second, the pressure OF the
glands together on each side, the fore
quarter being first manipulated and
then the headquarters, followed by
removal of the milk; and third, the
forequarters are pressed between
hand and body, the hands holding the
teats loosely, tnen the headquarters
also, followed by milking.
Trials of the scheme made at the
Wisconsin and New York stations at
forded daily average increase per
COW of a pound of milk and two
ounces Of butter. The after milk was
very rich in fat, testing above ten
per cent. This after milking takes
rot to exceed five minutes time
often only two or three minutes. me
two ounces of butter may be held at a
low estimate to be worth two cents.
This would be fair pay Tor nVe
minutes work, twenty-four cents an
hour and the skim-milk thrown IN.
Not only is more milk and butter
made, but the secretion is. stimulated
and the lactation period prolonged.
It may be remarked, however, tnat
the differences in milk and butter
Yields between this method and care
full stripping are not great. This Dan
ish method, however, does emphasize
more, perhaps, than has hitherto been
done, the actual and potential losses
due to incomplete milking. L. Hills
in American Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19


Il by no mysterious
qualities written
of
and
in
speech From" IN the Century
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
Men, Women ano Work.
BY Mrs Charlotte Perkins China

beauty the statue of the an is
beautiful than that of the
great of beauty in the world are the works OF
alone the of creation does he
srung about the competing for the notice OF the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

Shanghai mas new cotton mill
owned by a native Chinese company,
with q mandarin as president.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

for sewing machines, says the New
York Sun.
Statistics would seem to show that
living in subtropical climates is con-
ducive to longevity. According to
the Mexican Herald, men and women
beyond the one hundredth year line
are common in Mexico.
1t is the fashion to deride Russia
and exhibit to the public every de-
feet in her new penal system and
social organization, and yet is is only
fair to admit that under an autocracy,
which is the adherence of all free
born Americans. Russia has done
what we could not do, decreed eman-
cipatfon without war and abolished
capital punishment
Agricultural implements to the
value of $2,S35,380 were exported from
this country during the month of jan
uary, 1905, the exports for the same
month of 1904 being valued at ST.
987,9S5, the American Cultivator re-
lates.
Commenting on the effects of the
dime novel and the sensational play
in increasing crime the Insurance
Monitor says that the criminal classes
in America are increasing faster than
the population and that most of the
thefts and burglarieS are committed
by minors or men in their early eos.
That the telephone is destined to
modify and improve the American
voice is the firm belief of William
H. Kenney, head of the voice depart
ment of Boston College of Oratory.
He says that the necessity of clear,
precise enunciation, which the tele-
phone imposes upon those who use it,
is likely, in the course of the next
generation or two, to considerably
alter the character of American speak
ing.
Remarkable are the revelations
which have come to light with regard
to the Miller syndicate" swindle.
Schlesinger, who fed to Europe with
a large share OF the plumber IS dead
and Ammon, who was found guilty
of completely in the robbery has been
in prison. But in Brussels hand
some part of the booty is said to
have been found, and strenuous is the
effort to lay hold of it. When the
enoil has haen once Thoroughly iden-
titled the attempt to get II Will rea'
its climax. But what nope is tnere
OF just redlstrlctlon 10 the original
owners from whom 1t was-"conVey-
ed?" asks the New York TRIBUNE.
1t is a fact that when the city man
and boy take vacation from their
toll and the city woman ana gifi
from their home duties they gener-
ally want to take what Dr. Aoier
country people know and feel TINS
and some OF their most CONSCIENTIOUS
people resent it, declares the Ne"
York Mail. They object that city
people, let loose in the country, do
things which they would not 90 al
nome. Hatless and coatless, city
girls who are careful OF their con-
duct at home sit sauclly on the coun-
ter Of the mountain grocery store ana
thump their heels against its boards.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided that the Constitution foi-
lows the flag into the District OF
Columbia. A man indicted by grand
jury of the District, who was arrested
in New York, resisted removal to the
District on the ground tnat II was not
trict, continues the Philadelphia Rec
ord. His contention was overruled.
Little by little the Court appears TO
be edging along toward declaration
that the Constitution follows the flag
wherever the flag has right to stay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

lars. Thus no money need pass BE-
tween us."-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
The Art Of Living Long.
By DR.. George F. Butler.

be than RICH but
born tough than either lucky rich
eat less and eliminate Drink more pure
constantly
moving amentary canal people suffer from
too health. When such is the
case they business society for time
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
Secrets Of the Hand.
BY Heller, Keller.


people makes think of accident and
sudden death. Contrast l-bodng with quick
skilful quiet whom remember with affection
because teacher have casped
the hand people that toll and
vet their soft roundness
what a chaos of undeveloped character.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The American people spent as much
money last year for gems and jewelry
as they spent for pianos and other
musical instruments, and more than
three times as much as they spent
for sewing machines, says the New
York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19
81 e. I
The Joy Of Overcoming.

BY Q. s. Marden.

something the consciousness that master
of the situation that especially difficult
TLe of mastery, of victory
in what undertake. perpetual upift to life 1t is a
stimulus endeavor
man feels larger every he surmounts obstacle
which insurmountabe There OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-19

Statistics would seem to show tina,
living in subtropical climates is con
ducive to longevity. According to
the Mexican Herald, men and women
beyond the one hundredth year line
are common in Mexico.