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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
LITTLE MYSTERIES OF LIFE.
Some Unaccountable Happenings
Which Nobody Has Been Able to
ExpIain.

Some Unaccountable Happenings
Which Nobody Has Been Able to
Explain.
Life is full of little inexplicable
mysteries, says Pearson's Weekly.
They occur every day, and are passed
by as being merely ordinary. When
ever the conversation turns on tele-
pathy or the occult sciences there IS
always some one with story of the
mysterious to tell.
About ten years ago, on large
open tract of land in the north OF
London (now fortunately covered with
red brick villas, a number of boys
were playing cricket. Suddenly there
came loud humming noise, like the
combined droning of thousands OF
bees, and great stone larger than
mans fist whizzed across the center
of the pitch and embedded itself in
bank. Almost Immediately it was iol-
lowed by another and then third.
Although they waited in hiding for
some time there was no repetition OF
the mysterious missiles. The ques-
ton then arose. Where could they
have come from? The nearest house.
was quite 400 yards away, and a ma
chine to have sent these large stones
whirling at such frightful pace over
this distance would be rather an ex-
traordinary article of furniture for a
suburban villa. So the cause of this
remarkable occurrence yet requires
explanation.
In the same district, few years
back, four young men were seated in
a room playing whist. Suddenly, just
after midnight, the door, which had
been latched, opened slowly until it
had reached its fullest limit.
In surprise the players looked up.
but no one was standing in the door
way. Then ere one of them could
move, the door slowly closed itself
again. Immediately one of the young
men jumped up, pulled the door open
and stared up and down the hall. but
there was absolute silence and no one
about.
Some years ago gentleman was
seated at table busily writing. At
the moment he was alone in the
house. Suddenly he heard the patter
of feet outside the door and then the
sound of dog barking. Going out
side the room, he saw, to his surprise
that his dog had found its way
from the garden into the house and
for some reason was violently bark
ing.
Crash! The room behind him was
suddenly in darkness and a smell of
escaping gas pervaded the air. Di-
rectly he understood what had hap
pened and hurried to seal up the
broken pipe of the chandelier. The
latter was lying in thousand pieces
on the floor.
But for the mysterious instinct that
caused the dog to- enter the house and
attract this gentleman's attention he
would probably have been killed by
the falling chandelier, for he had been
sitting directly beneath it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
The Nation Needs
Men Of Lofty Ideals
BY President Roosevelt.

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among
IN Of ideals live and not
with these ideals in publ fe
in business and in such profes
INgNTSNNv
he believed
thereby immensely increases the
disregard the law
violence committed
in represent
phian
Of
with cynical contempt Tor
II does
dountenances
The o a
all that things
Of the public
the
the
law this
itself in hostility to all laws
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Lord Kelvin was 81 years old on pune
20,
London has succeeded in te!ephonin2
70 Rome, but the results were very Ut
satisfactory.
An automobile show is 10 DC held IN
connection with the next Mard' Gras AT
New Orleans.
Tn, United States government IS hav-
ng seven motor boats built for the ne
saving service. a.
A suafish weighing over 1000 po9h:'
was cauph, last weel: at Santa Bar
bars. Cal. II was II feet long.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04

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considered
the gift Of your entire unn
this world have been done by men wno
with ideas of sefsachce
Plato onhe did not pause to Jet ms Tears ran T he
his experiments
search objects pity and and
dangerous
ueus did not try to dim the 6gnsnes 81 Ind
inferior soul
of these is equally right IN e me ~
the obligations TO sell
ALL that 1t Is OF
eHecuay generous anu
sacrlnce even
of ennobeen
butt nIY the sign Of our
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore.--FLOUR-Quiet and I'M
changed; receipts, 4,847 barrels; exports.
5,265 barrels
WHEAT-Unsettied; spot, contract,
/ ozA@8zH; spot No. 2 red Western,
8SA@881z; July, s6zs asked; August,
56A@86H; September, 8634@87; steam
sr No. red, 7SA@7S1z; receipts, 57,S2S
bushels; exports, $4,000 bushels; new
Southern by sample, 5000; new South
ern on grade, 82@So
CORN-Dull; spot, 6I@6IA; July,
oI@6IA; August, 6o1z@6oA; steamer
mixed, 58@58A; receipts, II,o22 bush
els; exports, SO bushels; Southern white
corn, 6o@6e; Southern yellow corn, 60
@65.
OATS-Steady; No. 2 white, 50 bid;
No. 2 mixed, 34H sales; receipts, 1921
bushels; exports, IL bushels.
RYE-Dull uptown No. 2 West
ern, 76@78; receipts, I54 bushels.
HAY-Strong and higher; No. TIM
othy, I5.5o@I6.oo; No. clover mixed,
I2.oo@I25 So
BUTTER-Steady and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 17@1S fancy creamery.
2I@2IH; fancy ladle, 1907; store
packed, I4@I5.
EGGS-Steady and unchanged, II.
CHEESE - Firm and unchanged;
large, 1914 medium, IoH; small, 1914.
SUGAR = Steady and unchanged
coarse graduated, 5.45; fine, 5.45.
New WHEAT-Exports. 23-
oI5 bushels; sales, 100000 bushels fu
lures; spot, frm No 2 red, nominal ele
vator and 90 f. o. b. afloat; No. North
ern Duluth, I2IA f. o. b. afloat; No.
Mort1,orp NJ oho n h 1Hnat
CORN-Receipts, $4,000 bushels; ex-
ports, 5,o52 bushels; sales, $4,000 bushels;
spot, firm; No. 2, 63H elevator and o3A
f. 0. b. afloat; Nc. yellow, 63A; No. 2
white, 63H.
OATS Receipts, 90. 500 bushels; ex
ports, o575 bushels; spots, steady; mix
natural white, 80 to 81 pounds, 371zG
3Sl; clipped white, 60 to 40 pounds, g
oar.
FLOUR-Rcceipts, s,S1A barrels; ex-
ports, 1884 barrels; sales, 400 pack
ages Market firm, but dull.
CHEESE = Strong; receipts, $50
and white. fancy, Ioc.
POULTRY--Alive, quiet. Wester;,
spring chickens, IS; fowls, I.H; tur-
keys, Az. Dressed steady; Western
broiIers. I31z@I6; fowls, Io@I3H; tar.
keys, 1907.
HAY-Easy. Shipping, 55@6o; good
to choice. 72H@77H.
COTTONS SEED OIL-Irregular
Prime crude, nominal; do yellow, 2S1z
@oSM.
POTATOES-Ste Long Island,
I.oo@I.37; Southern, 75@I5o; jersey
sweets, I.ooC62.25.
Steady; fancy hand
picked 1854: other domestic, 3@5H.
CABBAGES = Steady; Long Island
per 100, 2.oo@3.oo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04

which are made to satisfy the pangs
of hunger In the animal kingdom
are a number of varieties of crea-
lures, not classed in the game list of
the white man, which minister to the
appetites and needs of the red man.
There are in the Southwest, par
ticularly in California, bodies of BIT
ter, poisonous waters known as bo-
racic lakes. Owens Lake, twenty
miles long, is of this class. 1t is a
veritable Dead Sea, and. like the sea
of that name and its counterpart, the
Great Salt Lake of Utah, its heavy.
brackish waters do not support fish
or marine life.
At certain seasons OF the year the
waters of these boracic lakes abound
In a white grub known to the Indians
of that region as ''koochabee." These
grubs are the larvae Of two-winged
fly, the Ephldra California;. So
plentiful are these grubs in their sea-
son they line the shores of the lake
to depth of several inches, where
the waves cast them up from their
watery incubator The Indians, at
this season of the year, camp upon
the shores of the lake. gather this
peculiar harvest and dry it in the
sun. Later the grubs are ground in
stone mortars into fine powder. AID
from this insect meal they bake a
bread which is highly priced.
There are a number OF other in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04

Cadetships in the Japanese navy
are open to every subject in the en-
pire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04

A number of the Oberlin College
professors will spend the coming year
abroad.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
Live Stock.

Chicago, IlL-C A L L l. + = Market
steady; good to prime steers, 5.25@5.75;
poor to medium, 3.6o@5.I5; stockers and
feeders, 2.ro'044o; cows, 2.4o(94.4 40;
heifers, 2.25@4.75; Gamers, I.4o92, 40;
bulls, zo5@3.75; calves, 100000; Tex
as fed steers, 3.oo@4.5o.
HOGS-Market Ioc. lower mixed and
butchers, 5-35@6,oo; good to choice
heavy, 5.75@5-o2H; rough heavy. 5.So@
500; light, 5.5o@6-oo; bulk OF sales
5.656 sos.
SHEEP-Shecp steady; lambs weak:
good to choice wethers, i.75@5.4o; fair
10 choice mixed, 3.5o@4.6o native 'am6s,
4.5o@7.5o
New York.-BEEVES : Market fiat
and nearly half the cattle unsold; steers,
I5c. to soc. lower; fat and medium cows,
lower: thin cows, steady on light re-
ceipts; bologna bulls about steady;
steers, 4.ooQ5.35; bulls, 3.25@4.oos
cows, aooG $40; exports tomorrow, Jos
cattle and $50 quarters of beef,
PfOGS-Markct steady; good medium
State hogs, 6.4o.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

tinuous iteration and reiteration of the
necessity of attracting outside capital
to the islands. That was the burden
of much if not most, of the promo
ton" talk of the period. That was rep
resented as the great need of the ISL
ands. 1t used to be said that if we
only had a cable here, so that monied
men and men of affairs would feel safe
in leaving their business affairs on the
mainland, because they could still
keep in touch with them, they would
come, and coming would see our OPP
portunities here, and would invest
their money. No doubt this was so, 20
an extent at least A great deal Of
outside capital was induced to come
here.
But conditions have obviously chang
ed. When money is seeking investment
at less than four per cent in a bond
that has only 10 years to run, it is
evident that there is a good deal Of
money seeking investment. OF course
safety is the controlling element sOugnt
by a great deal of this money. II could
not be tempted into directly productive
enterprise, no matter how flattering the
promises. But some of the money that
is so anXiously seeking investment N
bonds, that six per cent plantation and
other Island corporation bonds have
been forced up to 1O5 and higher,
higher price than ever known before,
could be tempted into other channels,
if reasonable safety and profit were Of
fered.
In view Of these facts, has the time
come when the Islands, in order to en-
ploy its own capital must seek new re-
sources to develop, and new industries
to inaugurate? There can be no doubt
that the money invested in new pro-
ductive enterprises, provided of course
these are based on good judgement, and
are conducted with skill and ability,
will add more materially to the general
benefit of the community, than money
invested a low rates of interest IN
high priced bonds.
Perhaps nov is the opportunity in
these islands for the far sighted man
of energy and ability TO add to the pro-
ductive and producing resources of the
| islands, give employment to citizens,
increase the citizen population of the
| islands, and greatly advance Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

There is strong, and prob
ably a growing sentiment in the
United States against the tradi-
tional, noisy, and by means of eX~
plosives, celebration OF the Fourth
OF July. There are two lines ii
,1,;oct;,,, T., e ,,r;,,c;r,11 ,,rcraJ
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
Noise And
Patriotism



One ,enseess suitable way nation of bar
express joyful feeling is nharmoniou
day stands. The other line is the casualties due to it
Those trying eliminate this method ceebration-anl
there powerful newspapers and other periodicals. and
very strong influences wOrdo cOnhne their popo
ganda to the short time preceding each FOURTH when the subject OF
the Fourth uppemost the public mind but they keep pretty
steadily the round and particularly they careful and
energetic the compilation of statistics regarding DEATHS manning
and other accidents the producing explosives The
number OF these surprisingly large AS tabulated July of last
they numbered 243I the whole country On the date this
totals there in Chicago last and this yea-substan
Up July Of each there had been deaths from these
accidents and The death last there
FORE per this year only 80 per Had the death
1904 year would 129
among 369 casualties instead OF This reduction of nearly
per cent in the death rate to be attributed said solely to the
improved treatment of this class of wounds.
is however, all Aatering civic professional pride
to note that while the death rate OF all 1904 was al per
the OF the Chicago that year 1917 per this
the respective rates are 20 per cent OF all cases and 80 cent
OF Chicago
whether noisy OF hundred
years matter OF this kind be changed however rational the
change proposed may independence was won by
people essentially rural in their and methods living. Having
their independence unnatural that the method OF cee
bratn the fact should draw its FORMS by analogy from the methods
by which achieved Hence firing guns paades
OF military very naturally prominent parts celebration
Among people largely rural pioneer and in respect frontier
the right keep and bear arms seemed very important
important this generation
conditions have changed SO greatly Among such people the use OF
universally customary and when the desire make noisy
demonstration took hold OF Them the they had furnished the
easy and natural means The custom OF NOISY celebration OF the
Fourth thus became fixed time and among people, all of whom
Ga orally speaking accustomed from their childhood up
and it with these that they made the noise
As the urban population increased in proportion to the rural and
therefore the proportion OF people who habtuay kept firearms
creased other producing the requisite noise introduced
explosives mude held the day Hence the great develop
in hrecrackers and similar agencies
There statistics day appliances
dangerous the hotgms rifles anv
Very likely they are not but they bring about death many nstan
in different way eanus or ocaw in considerable
portion of intervening.
But any hard reply the argument method
celebration whose casualties up the thousands year
and keeps mounting ought to be changed
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

there from countries where they are
now oppressed and started in agri-
cultural and pastoral pursuits. 1t has
ever been a complaint that the Jewish
race is on of barterers and not Of pro-
ducers but the Jews have had an eX-
cellent answer to this by pointing out
that for centuries they have been
barred fr m the land and thus been
forced to turn in other directions for a
living. Every orthodox Jew looks for
ward to the time when his race shall
return to Palestine and it may possibly
have been devotion to this idea which
killed the African project.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

The purchase Of the new issue
of Hawaiian four per cent bonds
at $IoI.375, proves two things,
first that Hawaii's credit is good,
and second that there is abundant
capital in Hawaii seeking invest
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
With H. F. Wichman & Co., Ltd
W. G. Irwin & Go.
AGENTS FOR THE

Royal Insurance Co., of Liverpool, Eng.
Alliance Assurance Co., of London, Eng.
Scottish Union & National Ins. Co., Of
Edinburg, Scotland
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Alliance Insurance Corporation Ltd.
wnhelma Of Magdeburg General ms.
Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

By the failure of the Zionist Congress
to accept Great Britain's offer Of
large ira of land in East Africa for
the planting of a colony the possibility
of an interesting experiment comes to
an end. The colony was to have been
entirely composed Of Jews to be taken
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

The Car is doing a lot of talking
about what he will do in the matter
of peace terms but he seems to have
forgotten that Japan win have a word
or two to say.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
Interest Rate
And Opportunity

purchaser hardly paid this price for any
though been lacking public spirit patriotic aloha
for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
For Rent
Employment Office

Uemura $40 King street near Punch
bowl. Bicycles repaired, clothes clean
ed and dyed also employment office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
CASTLE Z COOKE. LTD.
Commission Merchants
Sugar Factors.
AGENTS FOR

The Eva Plantation Company,
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis, Mo,
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life Insurs
ance Company Of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company Of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company Of
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
Classified Ads in Star.
Wanted

A secondhand light wagon, cheap.
A., Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
IOLANI GUILD LIJAIJ

A grand Hawaiian Luau will be Civ
en- by the Ahahui Iolani on Saturday,
August 5th, 1905, on the Iolani College
premises, from II noon to p. m.
Tickets are 81 each, obtainable at the
Hawaii Promotion Committees office,
Young Building or from the members
of the Guild.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31
Roofs Return
To The Cabinet

his law practice said be 100000 year. The motives that have
led him make this surrender the subject good deal OF ed
toial in the East according the Literary Digest The
New York World he the cabinet Rooseves
Use give him his support for the presidency 1908 Taft is to with
draw and throw his influence for Root and in he is to be mad
chief justice the Supreme The World says that Roosevelt
considers Root the greatest the country himself
The New York Evening Post the conservative
in the United States gives OF authority this story by repeat
ing it.
AS for the surrender OF lucrative law practice for cabinet posi-
ton yielding Root has fortune of So
by the death OF his athernaw perhaps he won't miss his
law income much he otherwise might
The Literary Digest says that the prevailing opinion be
that Root has accepted the position because the demand for his return
the cabinet and haerng be resisted and
his talents and naturally adapt him the place.
his ambitions will be satisfied and he will consider himself
we'll he discharges the duties of the great office
the thanks and commentator of his fellow citizens
added however, There attempt however deny the
that the position OF Mr. Root Secretary of State under
ent circumstances makes him imposing figure in the political
world that possibly affairs might shape themselves lead
conclude he the logical President
Roosevelt the head OF the Republican party and Chief Magistrate
OF the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-31

The New York Times says that
in returning to the cabinet rs
John Hays successor, Elihu Root
relinquishes the unchallenged pri-
macy OF the New York bar and
gives up the richest law practice
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05
SCARED TIE COUNCILBEN,
Hsrington City Fathers Did Not Dare
20 Meet.


A number OF women and preachers
scared the Herington city council out
OF meeting last week. The Sun says:
Councilman Hawley, Heston, Money,
Knight and Ware showed up at diff
iereut times during evening, but at
no time was there quorum on hand
all at one time.
While the preliminaries OF the
meeting were in progress about the
nice long dining room table prepared
for the use Of the council, crowd OF
some thirty visitors filed in and seated
themselves on the narrow hard
mourners' benches prepared for visi-
tore at the new city hall. The party
was headed by four ministers and the
! president Of the local W. G. I. U.
AZ they made no remarks concerning
1t one coulo hardly think they came
to honor the new city hall. From the
grave expression Of their faces the
councilmen present we're probably
pretty certain they came to inquire
about something more vital than the
price Of peanuts in New York. Mr..
Ware stated to the visitors that 1t
would be useless for them to stay %
there was no hope OF getting aquo'
rum and the mayor would not come
unless quorum was reported. The
mayor telephoned that he would not
come so the attempt to meet was
abandoned and the guests departed
for home followed by an invitation to
come again and bring their baskets.
"Bring a few cold bottles, too" was
the parting remark by an unidentified
voice. A resolution was introduced
for adoption by the churches last Sum
day calling on the mayor to use bis
official power to stop the illegsl sale
Of intoxicants in the city. The Sun
adds:
ave have not heard what the fu'
ture plans of the temperance people
are hut it is highly probable the
movement will result In short time
in request to the governor to aP-
point an assistant attorney general to
close the saloons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05
-M,>si LARD ERAUD CASES.
teer starry hitchcock Thinks There
I+as" Been Many Offenders In
This LIne-wfH rrosecute All.

washington, Sept. 29.-Secretary
Hitchcock Thursday intimated that the
next alleged land conspiracy case to
receive the attention Of the govern
ment probably will be that Of W. N.
Jones, a big lumber man Of Portland.
Ore, following the cases against Rep
rcsentative Binger Hermann OF Ore
gon, ex-commissioner Of the general
land ONCE, who was indicted in Ore
gon, and also IN the district Of Col
umbia.
I'VE have q not Of cases in Idaho"
said Mr. Hitchcock. II have reasons
to believe that the extent of this Of
tending has been very great and we in
tend to follow the investigation no
matter where It strikes.
Some men IN Official positions who
have been convicted, complain that
their salaries are too low and try to
excuse themselves on the ground. If
official salaries are too low they ought
to be increased. It is more honorable
to increase official salaries than to try
to make up the deficit by crime"
Secretary Hitchcock complained
about the difficulties placed In the
way of the government cases, Every
obstacle possible, he declared was being
interposed to block the government in
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05
ssOENT RBFLgOTIONs.

Rural routes No. 8 and No. z
with Geo. St. Peter and DR.. ]. L.
Short carriers started Monday.
&C. G. Wyandt OF the Union Gen.
trail wrote a $4,000 life insurance
policy the other day In his excellent
company for former Abileneite.
sheriff Favor brought back from
Superior, Neb., D. R. Coulter who
jumped his reformatory parole. he
was taken to Hutchinson today by
the superintendent Of the institution
Miss Mary Roerhman who for
merly ran o restaurant on Second
street was married last week at Sa'
lima to Glenn Rude Of Wichita, . COM
mercial traveller.
-Herington Times: Mrs. D. W.
Naill entertained informally at si1
o'clock tea Friday evening. Covers
were laid for Mis-. L. H. Riddle and
daughter. Mrs. Helen Boyd and
daughter and Mrs. Newell OF Abilene.
e. Blom OF Enterprise writes
from Roswell, N. M, for the REFLEo'
TOR. ave like Roosevelt and the
Pecos Valley" he says. ut is a good
climate and fine country. With the
REFLECTOR to bring home news We
will be happy"
IT. H. Jones, formerly agent Of
the U. P. here, was one Of the losers
in the Salmon bank failure AZ Cliaton,
Mo. He sold his racket store at Mo
Pherson and went to Clinton where
be worked in department store, de-
posting all his money in the bank
1t is nearly total loss,