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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

or the pond, and among them many
wood ducks, and among the wood
ducks were four males with pinioned
wings without wives, whose only show
in life lay if some fellow was kind
enough or thoughtful enough to die
or desert. This was their oppbrtu1li-
ty, and they swan up by her and
showed off their finest plumage, to
which she returned not glance.
All winter long this went on. She
wouldn't eat with the common herd,
and had to be fed alone. She was
waiting, waiting like Madam Butter.
fly, for one to return. l had forgotten
about her, almost, when spring came.
On the tenth of April, peacocks and
many of the varieties of pheasants
gave the cry of hawks. Looking up
we saw a speck in the sky, and as
it came closer, the wild ducks on the
pond and the cranes made loud
noises, calling, .circling closer and
closer, and finally skating out on TO
the water surface, we saw, just as
he raised his crest and whfstled, that
it was large, wild wood duck. Hur.
rying across the pond, about a six
teenth of mile away, came, as fast
as she could scramble over the sur.
face of the water, this beautiful lit
tie widow, until she left a crease on
the surface that I don't think was
obliterated for some days.
Such happiness, and demonstrations
of affection, doubt if you have ever
seen in the human race. They climb
ed into one of the little rustic houses
provided for them to nest in just
above the waters surface. They
couldn't find house beautiful er hgh
to build the nest they evidently had
in mind. A new idea came tt aim.
and he turned in and whipped every
duck, goose and crane on the pond,
and came back to her and stuck out
his little red, speckled chest, and told
her how easy it would be if she would
only let him winter in the south.
1t was in July, when a very dear
friend of mine came to the farm, Mi.
Hatch, the proprietor of Lord & Tay.
lor. He said to me, before you show
me anything, / want to see that little
widow" said to him, mi. Hatch,
/ am satisfied that that's her in this
bevy of wood ducks that's swimming
| towards us. I think that's her whose
husband is SO polite, who is bowling
in front of her I'll toss clod and
if he should fly up then the duck that
he has left at his side is the little wi
dow" I tossed the clod, and sure
enough it was. He few up eight or
ten feet. and lit and hurried to her
side, and apologized for being away
from her for second, and from what
l have seen don't believe she has
even ever asked him a question:
Spot Light.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
The Fruits of Knowledge.

On the occasion Of the last foot
ball match between Yale and Har-
ward, which took place at New Haven.
the crowd that came to witness the
match, estimated at over thirty thous-
and, so filled the streets of the Elm
City that there were large groups or
people everywhere. ..e.
The little daughter of a well-known
clergyman was, on the day of the
match, taking a walk with her
mother. When she saw the great
throngs of people all around her
wherever she went, she showed her
early religious training by exclaIm-
ing:
What is it. mamma-Resurrection
Day ?''-Harper' Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
SMALL PEPPERS.

AS general rule, the smaller
pepper is in size, the hotter and more
pungent is the flesh With us in the
northern states the small fruited va
rieties are chiefly grown for favoring.
or for using in mixed pickles.
and a few varieties have been
grown by florists for sale during the
early winter, as decorative pot plants.
The further south we travel the more
general the use of these small, hot
peppers becomes, and in Mexico, and
other Spanish-American countries
they form an ingredient of almost ev.
cry dish prepared for the table. These
very hot peppers have a longer sea.
son of growth before ripening their
fruits than do our larger varieties and
even with very early started plants.
only a few of the numerous fruits
ripen before frost.-Garden Maya
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

Clean Bill of Health for Asparagus.
Asparagus is the precursor of the
season of fresh vegetables. and there
is probably no other vegetable the
flavor of which is so highly esteemed
as is that of tender asparagus. Chem
zeal analysis offers no explanation
of It's pleasant flavor, but asparagus,
however, furnishes one of those IN
teresting examples of food which,
though containing more water in It's
composition than does milk, is never
theless solid substance. Thus the
head of the asparagus contains slight
ly more than SO per cent of water,
which is only 1 per cent less than
that contained in the lettuce, but
per cent more than is present In milk.
The solid constituents, however are
particularly rich in heterogeneous sub
stances, which amount to 80 per cent
of the dried vegetable.
Among these may be reckoned
purin body, to which has been as
cribed the harmful influence of as
paragus on some persons with equity
tendency. When asparagus is con-
sumed in large quantities the output
of uric acid is very distinctly increas.
ed. The same effect is obtained after
drinking copiously of beer, which also
contains purin bodies, although they
are entirely absent in wines, and, OF
course, in spirits. Sweetbread may
be Objectionable on similar grounds.
There is no reason for thinking, how
ever, that when asparagus is eaten in
reasonable quantities it causes an un-
desirable disturbance of the booy
digestible and is easily tolerated even
by invalids.-The Lancet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
Life
lev Iudd Mortimer Lewis.

GNSs
By Judd Mortimer Lewis.
Edfe's game Of go and hustle, life's
a thing of rush and hustle,
Lifes play of brain and muscle,
Mfe's an Jump and buzz and
whirr;
Atfe,s game at whose beginning all
the world is set a-spinning,
That the very thought of winning
is itself splendid spur.
Lifes a thing of rough-and-tumble
Ikfe's a thing of laugh and
grumble,
LIES a thing of grab and tumble,
LIES thing of jolt and jar;
Life's stretch of daisied meadows,
Life's a place of glints and
shadows,
Lifeis thing of maids and widows,
smiles and tears, and there you
are.
Lies a thing of self-styled winners,
millionaires and saints and sin
ners,
Men who have and haven't dinners,
thing of riff-raff, steal and toll;
Men who go their ways a-laughing,
men who go their ways a-chafr-
ing,
Men who go their ways a-quafing,
men whose only thought is
spoil.
Maldeas wise and maidens witty,
maidens beautiful and pretty,
Painted women-oh, the pity!-al-
ways changing yet the same;
Thing Of fow and high endeavor,
thing Of push and pull forever,
Came for dots and players clever,
thing of love and glee and
shame.
But VINO plays the game allowing,
lifting, helping, never showing,
Laughing, singing turtle-doving
through its jars and outs and
FMS,
With a wife and little laddie or wee
lass to call him daddie,
Doesn't do SO very badly, he's the
chap who truly wins.
The American Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
The WIDOW. y
a Story of the Love
OF a Bird For
Its Mate.
~ aoMEE DAVENPORT,
CANTONESE.
By Homer Davenport, cartoonist.
~ AoMEE DAVENPORT,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

By Homer Davenport, Cartoonist.
My Farm has gotten so big that l
am looked upon by all of my near
and dear relatives as an object of
pity. They think 200 acres devoted
to the breeding of wild game birds
is little heavy. We try to console
ourselves sometimes by the stories
we get off from the farm, and think IN
way that some of them may pay
for the heavy loads of bird seed that
drive in the gate.
The wild wood duck, the most beau
tifui of all ducks that fly the North
American continent, migrate in Win
ter into Central and South America.
They are trapped there in large num-
bers and shipped to Europe, and it
is easier for you to purchase them in
any Numbers in Europe than it is in
America. We have a rule at the farm,
when shipments of water fowl arrive,
the foreman takes and counts off the
seven flight feathers at the point of
one wing; then with stout pair of
shears he clips off that joint known
eAH aIG night JOkAl. IL QOSbu QAoIe3OA
the bird and they never make an at
tempt after that to fly, and can there
fore be kept in open top fields or
ponds. or aviaries as the case may be.
In pinioning a shipment of wood
ducks that arrived one day, he neg
lectHd to hit the bone of one of the
usaAe's wings, just clipping off the
feathers instead, so that when it shed
out those stubs during the summer
and new feathers grew in the fall,
he was once more full winged. At
THAI time Prof. Woods, of the Smith
sonian Institute. Washington. was our
guest: he had been there for several
days studying the habits of the birds
and animals; hurrying home one fall
evening. the professor asked me If
knew that there was a wood duck
there with full wings, a male. l told
him that 1 did, and we walked down
to the edge of the pond, few feet
from the house, to watch him as he
was flying over the pond, evidently
exercising himself, training for the
migratory season.
said. Professor, have been
Watching him for some days, and it
has given me a new line of thought.
I am wondering If the migratory habit
or season is stronger than true love,
because he is very happily mated with
a little duck with a pinioned wing"
Prof. Woods said, That's strange, 1
have been thinking on the very same
thing today, and l believe he will
leave her in the fall a little later
I asked the professor if he thought
it would ever come back, and he said
he might, but If he did, he would like
ly come with some other fellows
wife.
When Prof. Woods left for WASH
ington a few days later, he asked me
to note carefully what did happen,
and let him know. / am sorry that
don't know the exact day he left,
although was keeping close watch,
bat ON the 18th of November noticed
this very beautiful little widow float
ing around over the pond, melancholy
and alone. Her plumage had actually
taken on darker cast, giving her the
effect of widows weeds. There
were many other varieties of ducks
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
VALUE OF SKIM MILK.

According to the Year Book, United
States Department of Agriculture, 100
pounds of skim milk contains Sc
pounds of nitrogen, 20 of phosphoric
acid and 10 of potash. The prices
of these ingredients, as sold in COM
mercial fertilizers, are Is cents a
pound for nitrogen, cents for phos-
phoric acid and cents for potash.
This would make the manurial value
of 100 pounds of skim milk 1898
cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
FOOLISH EXPORTERS.

In 1880 the United States exported
100000 pounds of butter and 49,
100000 pounds of cheese, says con.
sular report. twenty-five years later,
in the calendar year 1905, this coun.
try exported 100000 pounds of but
ter and 100000 pounds Of cheese.
This tremendous decline, notwith-
standing the increased demand
abroad, was due to the methods fol.
lowed by some American exporters,
who shipped adnlterated butter. sold
oleomargarine for butter and used
similar methods in the expectation OF
cheese.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
A WISE BULL ELEPHANT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Romance From
the WiIds of tJubias

Thompsonian-Se tonian Romance From
the WiIds of Nubia.
An instance of the great sagacity
of the elephant in preserving itself
from the attacks of man, although al
most incredible, was related to me by
an old hunter on whom 1 could thor
oughly rely He told me that some
years before there had been well
known old bull elephant with a pair
of magnificent tusks, which had been
long and earnestly coveted by every
hunter in that part of the country.
Their wise old owner, however, knew
that he was hunted, and had hitherto
frustrated all efforts to capture him.
With view to his safey he made 1t
a rule never to wander from the rest
of the herd, but, on the contrary, al
ways keep as much as possible in the
midst of them, and it had been ascer-
tanned that he never slept without
having posted sentries all around him
On the occasion of which the hunter
was telling me he said that he had
climbed up into tree, a dom palm,
to view the herd from safe posi-
ton, hoping to find the bull by
chance unguarded. 1t was noontlde,
and the veteran required his nap. The
scene that followed was unique. The
old tusker went quietly round from
one to another of his followers and
drove them out into the places they
were to occupy, making them stand In
large circle, several yards from each
other, with their heads outward, SO
that they would be sure to hear or see
any approaching foe. Most Of them
were evidently well tutored to their
work, an understanding what they
had to do, quietly obeyed and TOOK
up the posts assigned them; but one
young male turned refractory and ran
off. The old tusker ran after him.
and heading him, pushed. him back,
lashing him with his trunk till he had
got him into position again NO
sooner, however, was he placed than
he broke lose a second time, and was
again pursued, but this time the pun
ishment was increased by a sound
prodding.
After screaming with pain and
trumpeting with rage the unruiy one
was brought to obedience, and then
pretty scene took place. Two full
grown females-we may suppose tine
mother and aunt or two sisters Of the
rebeI-went up to console and COM
fort him. They stroked HIM gently
with their trunks. rubbed their heads
against him, and evidently advised
him to be a good boy and remain
where he was. The veteran, being
confident that at last all was satss-
factory, placed himself in the open
space in the centre of the circle, and
standing, as elephants invariably do
while sleeping, took his midday rest,
and the hunter saw that any attempt
to get at him on that occasion Was,
as usual, hopeless.
This sagacious old animal man
aged to preserve his life to a very
advanced age, but when inflrm and
feeble he was expelled by a young
rival from the field, and wandered OF
to Abyssinia, where he was ultimately
shot. Had the Nubians possessed
firearms at the period when he was
in his prime, this would doubtless
have been his fate many years pre-
viously.-Harpers Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
SHEEP AND SWINE.

Keep the pigs growing. Pumpkins
are fine for them in September.
Separate, from the others, those
you intend to fatten for early mar
ket. Feed the soft corn to these,
with ground rye.
Provide warm quarters for the
sheep. Turnips, with a little rye bran
are good to exc out the pasture. Keep
the ram with the flock for early
lambs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
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which fill furnish something for the
I uneasy young rooters to do. Know.
ing how to eat and having something
to eat, there is nothing for the pork
er to do but go ahead. Our results
certainly show benefits In these meth
ods-Farmers Home Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
NEST FOR SUMMER LITTERs.

Avoid wooden floors to the nest
Remove the bottom box. and make
nest on ground basin shape Place
amply dry pine needles or dry grass.
especially when the earth is very
damp. Should you use dry grass IN
the shed, place first little green
fresh grass and a layer of dry grass
on top. This will cause moisture and
will aid the proper development of the
embryo chick. In midsummer it is
well to allow the hen damp dust
bath. She will find it out if left with.
in her reach and it will answer a
double purpose i. e. it will keep her
feathers damp and will prevent the
vermin trouble.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
whV?

If dough is do, why shouldn't beau
be spelled bough?
If bough is bow. why shouldn't COW
be spelled cough?
If cough is coff, why shouldn't ton
be spelled tough?
II tough is tuff, why shouldn't fun
be spelled Tough?
If blow is b., why shouldRt brow
be bro?
If doe is do. why shouldn't do be
dough?
And if doughs do, and doe is 40.
why shouldn't dodo be doughd( :
And if-why-but-how
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
GRAVEL FOR HENS.

Hens often suffer in midsummer for
want of gravel when confined in a
yard Throw in sods, cracked bone,
shell or stone, and give water freely.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

distillation of the wood itself. and
when boiled down until 1t has iosf
about one-third of it's weight it b%
comes pitch.-London Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

1t is a dull market day in New
York city when 100000 eggs and
100000 pounds of butter are not re-
ceived.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
MILK FOR POULTRY.

To place a pan of milk in the sun,
and allow little chicks to help them
selves is not the best method. For
chicks the milk should be used for
moistening the ground grain. Adult,
fowls may be allowed skimmilk, but
termilk, curds, or even whey, but the
supply should be fresh every morn
ing. One of the reasons why milk is
said to cause bowel disease is that
1t is sometimes placed in. open pans,
to remain until all is used, during
which period it becomes filthy, and is
then an excellent carrier of disease.
Milk should not be given to any flock
that contains single sick fowl, I'M
less the sick bird is removed, as milk
will more easily serve to distribute
disease than water. If given under
the supervision of a careful attend
ant and changed daily. the flock being
free from disease, milk Is one of the
best and cheapest of foods, but it is
not a substitute for water, nor will
it take the place of meat-Farmers
Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

A properly written indictment. Wig
orously prosecuted, is more effective
than any number of yellow novels, de-
clares Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

The public executor of Austria
wears a pair of new white gloves
every time he carries out capital
sentence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28

In 1904 the number OF new houses
built In London was 1929.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
WEAVING THE LITTLE RIOTERS.

WEAVING THE LITTLE HOOTERS.
Pigs are. or should be, grown for
the profit they bring The most criti-
cal time for them is when hhcy are
weaned. Taking the natural food
supply away and placing before them
instead only a trough with a limited
amount Of feed and no knowledge of
what to make of it Is hard on the
little ones. 1t is easy to build a
trough where the little fellows may
be fed until ready to be weaned. Then
they will have become almost indie
pendent, and taking away the mother
does not interrupt growth. We have
found it wise to supply at the wean-
ing time an extra nice green pasture,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-07
REVISTA IMPORTANT

Con el tfsulo az Venezuelss ve ls luz
p6blicA en- Pa1ls una intereaAlt, re.
yissa msnsual que dir GO oil notable
liserst3 don Pedro Cesar Dominiei
sutor de vArias ooras que han sido
cslsbradsS, entre elias DionySos, Ell
triunto del ideal, La tristezd v0luptU0Sd,
Ideas { lmpreSi0neS
Venez0lano el ssIlor Cesar Dom!'
niai, conssgta 10 mayor parte del pc
rI6diso q los asunsou poliltoos dc ~
pasris, y cada pluma aparece IN ha
gelo consrs el actual orden de cosal
en 81 gobieruo do aq7ella req 5liea
A nuestra mesa dc redacci6n lie
60 81 Unsrc 9 10 SVenesuela, , eorrsI
pondiente al mes de Abril, y damol
les grAciss per 81 envio q au l!ustradt
dIrectOr,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-07
MONUMENTO A Be TAkCES
UN HERMOSO DISEN] ART|ST|CO

10 G f-eada popular. E busto do Be.
tsnces solAmsnte imprimiria Al ceno-
tsfi esracssr personAlfsimo, Les dos
fgaras que le compietan dan Al mo-
npmsrto cara,ts h'st6rico, &C mpran.
diendose en- 81 desle la protesta abo
licionista legal, que abre 10 vida pd
blica de B :tsnces, hsata el instante
de 81 mueit', &C sndo siempre On una
pEtria librj para todos.
Fsllz hs esis do oil artiatA genoves
en- Ii ooncepci6n, y aplausos merscs
sl paisano Bozzo, que tan blen he
sabido proporcionare 10 intuici6n de
los hschos.
Y shorA...... q araAlizar 10 o5ra
Ds cuatro q circo mil pesos son nece
Hrtos para que ele monumento, en-
mArmol puro dc Carrsra, vega a oeu
par 81 puesto, ALI en- solar caborrcjs
H., r,aervRdo pars ese obi sto, , don
dc $40 exsier den au vlsio ramsj, loi
frutalss into cuyo tronco corriera
fajiz la iptanoia del gsan Antillsno
Como mil pesoa 60 pc c. cosa, squ'
donde 50 gss'a1 me- yores aumas or
supe Il lid sdss; pero entsndemos, Que
al sl solar caborrc 10 corr elpondt
recoger y custodian lss csniz.s, Ia
ohra monumental conmem orat'va hs
do ser of:enda de Puerto Rico -ss d i.
cir de los puertorriqusfios que adr
oonserven sentimient1s de grstltud )
msgnapimidad,
La DEMOCRACIA que no una vel
a6ls &c hs honrado trasando este I'M
portsnii ,imo asunso, continuar& ocu'
| d dose en- 81 y con mayor shInco
hssta que Sc obtenga su resoluci5n 90
tl.faet t)riA,
Vemos con gusto que los cAborro
is6os no duerm,n aurqIe callep,
desde luego sguardAremoS oil resu IT,
do del acuerdo & que aver hamos da
do public dad, para decIr 4 sodos 10
vIentos, Algo de 10 muchl que Gala
mos &C brS Ia mRtsria en- estos moms 30
sos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1906-06-07
ECOS De ACUAD|LLA
Meeting unionista en- el ba-
rrio ''GamaseIIes" ".-Ins-
cripciones eIectoraIes.
MEETING OBRERO
Failecimiento del senior Row
ra. Bale de sociedad. Com.
plices del infantlcidio;

Esp,6adido qued6 el <ueetipgs de
propaganda unioniata que, en- 10 tar
dc del domingo i tImo Sc csletr6 en-
el barrio de <Cansselless, de esta iu.
riadicci6u, en- 10 propiedad de nuestro
respectable eorreljglonario don Anto
MO Gomez.
AEessr de 10 dssapasible del item.
20 ssist!6 & dicho acto un buen 4 no.
70 dc cam pesinos, entusisasas per 10
eausa que defandemos.
Hablsron los itfl )rss don jose
Yumst ke ldez, licenciado don Liro
Vazquez, don Carlos Martinez Rol-
d&r, don O!valdo Ptfla y otros ma,,
los cuales taeron todoa muy aplsudl- =
dos
Ls inscription que 90 ha verif.
cAdo sq1f, durants los 6ltimos saba.
dos, ha dAdo ell sigulente resultado,
q le no putd, ser mis favorable para
nuestro part do; 26 do Mayo: Uaio
ni.tM, l23 Republicanos, So, Saba
dc, 2 de j lnio; Unioniitas, 1913; Re-
public snos. 81 May .rfa unionista, ,l55.
} -Anoshs, lunea, 90 llev6 q cabo
= en- 10 Plaza Principal de esta ciudad
un <ms.tirgs obrero, en- el que sole
hizo uso de 10 pa(abra el orgapizsdos
de 10 American FEEDER alton OF Labor
On ell distrito de Msyagu Z, don julio
Aybar.
A una edad muy avanz ada rindit
lie iornada de 10 vida On estA eiudat
en- 10 tarde del domingo paaAdo sl We
nerabls aneiano y antique fArmaceuti
co don Pedro Rtv.ra y RovirA, padr.
de nuestro amigo y entusiasta correli
gionario Lcio. don Simeon Rovlr,
Cerezo. Como el fnado gczAba d,
generates slmpat{as y estimac.6n OF
esta cludsd, 81 entierro, que 90 veriti
CO syr tarde, tue una elocaenii sim,
demostraci6n de duelo ldblico. 81
muerte hs sido muy sensida Aqui pc
sodas las clases socisles.
-Brillantfsimo y suntuoso results
ell baile do soci ,dSd que, Ameniz adj
por 10 renombra ada ixcelents erlues
ia que dlrige el popular don Domipg
Crtz, (Cosolfsl, 90 llev6 4 ttec,o 6
iuevss paaado en- los eleg antss salone
del Circulo de <sAn Carlos,.
-Por orden del Honorable Flsoa
do ssta Corte d. Dlatrito, diesnno
que han aldo rsducidos & prisi6n Ce
lessira Ram %, LuiEa Perez, Manuel
Castro y Ton &, G ago, ooatrA loa qua
les recsen, segd se informs, geAvisi
mas s2e,has,de que est6l ccm }lics
dos en- el horroroso inf AnticIdio, d
cuyo h:ch2 hamos intJrmAdo ya&L
: DENOCRACIA.
Respect q e,ts ssuoto 60 ipior
m. que 10 criAturita en- cusstion f.
degolladA y su CAbscita envuelsa 0
un trApo ensargreatado fle sncontrl
de- en- dias passdos.
Eel sibsdo paGado Sali6 haeI
San Juan. donda f16 4 gsst,ons