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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-30

Then there is Wayne
Who lives north of the Sun,
And likes to take a walk
When his days work is DONE
He says he thinks
That farm life is fine,
When he can walk to the village
And back by nine
And if he doesn't care to walk
He can drive fine rig,
But nothing gives him more pleasure
Than the squeal of pig
ION each pigs squeal he never goes wrong,
And knows 1t as soon as he hears 1t.
He heard seven this day while strolling along,
And said: II know each one withoutgoing
near it.
While dining with jolly friend Joseph
Now Ross has borrowed the bunch for today
And thinks that none of US knows it'll"
So we cOrnered the host and made him admit
Those seven fine pOrkers to be
A part of a bunch the inspection commit.
Had last month gone out to see.
Then there is r. X. Rawlings
With his physique SO robust,
Who never in his life
Has favored trust.
He says that farm work for him
Has no particular charm,
But that is not saying anything
To cause alarm.
For what is there in farm life
To cause remorse,
When one owns good part
Of Two Thousand Dollar horse.
The life on the farm
We know he enjoys,
The work is the part
That he leaves for the boys.
For Bob is building telephones
And we know that he will never grow tired
Until he sees old Cecil
Completely wired.
Then there are others
And they not few,
Who show by their actions
That they think farm life will do.
What they have told me
1 have not had time to pen,
But will tell you about it
When read again.
The poetical feature of the essay
caused much merriment and badin-
age and the host was highly COM
plimented on his venture into the
realms of poetry.
Mr.. McVey suggested as relief
from the scarcity of help condition
which confronts the farmer that
children be procured from the
institutions and raised
on the farm, thus allowing the farm
to grow its help along with the
crops.
Mr.. Cherry was of the opinion
that such help could not be har-
vested as it was inclined to leave
about the time it ripened.
All agreed, however, that the
essay was both witty and wise and
did not stint the praise given the
host for his effort.
Mr.. Rawlings said he had plowed
sod last fall and sowed it in wheat.
He asked if it was advisable to SOW
it in timothy and clover, and was
advised to do SO, five to six quarts
to the acre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-30

spend too much money on our roads just
for temporary repairs. Isour system of
roads nendiug right?
Do we get value received for the vast
amount of money expended
If it is not, and we believe our money
is not judiciously expended, then let us
as Farmers Club with what ever assist
ance we can command, try and facili-
tate some plan or devise some means
whereby the large amount of money, or
some Iportion of it, expended each year,
shall go toward some permanent i'm
provement.
don't want to cast reflection on any.
one, but believe, that if the financial
affairs of our county were run as that of
some of the large, corporations of this
we could build from one TO two
miles of permanent road each year, and
our taxes not be more than two thirds of
what they are to-day.
l love the country, and where is there
a county that can beat ours.
Give us all the advantages that belong
to us, and shall be content to spend the
remainder of my days on the farm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-30
Cecil Farmers Club.

Proceedings of the Meeting Held at tire Home Of
c. Ross BiIes near Blue Ball, rlarch 2Ist, 1906.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-30

THE POETIC VIEW OF FARM LIFE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-30

have now given my version
Of farm life in prose,
But am not the only one
Who its advantages knows.
So if you will listen to me
For short time,
I'll give the sentiments of some others
In short rhyme.
With President Cameron
We will make start
If he never spake these words
He has them at heart:
My work on the farm
Is all that ask,
For if want to be busy
always have task.
If want to go slow
And live life of ease,
There is no one to kick,
No one to please.
/ feel that in rural life
am always a man among men,
While if lived in the city
l might be one now and then.
That will be excelled by my neighbors
haven't any fears,
For have got them all beat
With my crack bunch of steers.
And Secretary Ewing
Who sends us the JOURNAL,
Says his version of farm life
Is that it should be eternal
For when he visits the farmers
They seem to have nothing to do
Always have bountiful table
And plenty to chew.
And if he only had the nerve
That would get him wife.
He would buy farm
And live that life.
It's the Secretary's place 'to be SEEM not heard
and write 1t all down, each identical word
3ut he takes this occasion to butt into this rhyme
Ind say just a word. or add just line.
Farm life as he finds it is simply immense,
And is not to be measured by dollars and cents
But all through this essay he meier finds word
How the said Secretary may stock up his nerve
70 reach that haven where he's told the acme
of bliss is,
By inducing some Miss to change it to Mrs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
THE MOUNTAINS OF MYSTERY
A Rhapsody Upon the Catsl1ills of
New York State.

Rhapsody Upon the Catsl&ills of
New York State.
Rips "Village of Falling Water"
Palenville, lies at the base of old High
Peak, in the CatskAls, and from the
summit, looking far out over field of
fieecy, cloud-tipped peaks, the gilded
dome of the capitol at Albany losses
back the sparkling sunlight which glis-
tens in the silvery Hudson below as
though seeking to detain it in it's mad
onward rush to the painless sea.
Side by side on the southern border
of this forest mountainland, rising over
1000 feet out Of the valley beneath,
stand as sturdy, silent sentinels Round
Top and High Peak-the latter so
graphically described by Coopers
Misunderstanding in "The Pioneers.
Halfway up the northern slope Of these
twin guardians, from the rustic yeran-
da of one of the artistic mountain
homes within the confines Of the re-
stricted residential districts of Sunset,
Santa Cruz and Twilight parks, look
ing out over thick branching tree tops,
natures color scheme presents a never
ceasing change. Beginning with early
morn, looking eastward through the
Glove across the valley Of the Hudson
to where the sun gradually wheels his
broad disk up from behind the bold
skyline Of the Berkshire Hills Of
Western Massachusetts, and through
out the midday, when the picturesque
play of thick cumulous clouds presents
unceasing attraction, as their soften
ing shades silently creep from peak to
peak, until, at fading eve, out through
the glen westward appear silhouetted
against the sky, massive banks of blaz-
ing fires, a dazzling prelude to the
mellow afterglow of the declining god
as he passes out over the threshold of
another day.-Four-Track News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
wAuKrNGs RELIGIOUS OhAUN1Y
THAT DEpEDS SOLELY On FAITH FOR
MATERIAL SUPPORT AND VENTS ITS
FRPYOR in ACROBk1ICS.

Perhaps the most remarkable OF all
religious colonies that accept the Bible
as their only guide has been establish
ed at Waukesha, Wis. In the mineral
water belt the colonists are known as
the "Holy Jumpers" legally they are
Incorporated as the metropolitan
Church Association" and for everyday
purposes they call themselves members
Of the Holiness" band.
In q sense the colony is communistic,
but its underlying principle is opposed
to the standards Of business. No com
mercial or industrial feature Is inter-
woven in the enterprise. There are
eighty acres Of corn and vegetables, Dut
this will not support the hundreds VINO
have identified themselves with the
movement. There Is a printing estab-
lishment, but no profits on the books
Or pamphlets.
"The Lord will provide" assert the
colonists, who devote all their time TO
religion and unmaterial matters, with
out providing for feeding, clothing or
housing. Yet the leaders in the move
ment were formerly shrewd and sue
cessful business men, while the rank
and file are in intelligence above the
average of the kind who usually ide'1-
tify themselves with a religious craze.
For the time being the Holy Jump
ers are a great attraction at Waukesha
and a marvel to every sober-minded
person who visits them. Duke NJ. Far
son, the most extraordinary person in
"religion" in the country to-day, stands
at the head of the Jumpers. He amass-
ed q fortune in the bond business In
Chicago and was regarded as a mil
and extravagances Of city life deeper
and deeper into religious matters until
finally he sold out what was left of his
business and disposed Of his real estate,
A Methodist with inclinations toward
shouting" he occasionally filed the
pulpits Of prominent churches In Chi
cago until they came a time when the
exuberance of his joy caused him and
his friends to commit disturbing ex-
cesses, and then they organized what
was constituted a Metropolitan Church,
into which they have put their money
as we'll as their faith. The organiza-
ton increased and as they feared po-
to Waukesha where they bought the old
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
EXPLORATIONS OF PIKE.
They Had Political Consequences
Not FOreseen in That Time.

They Had Political Consequences
Not Foreseen in That Time.
General Zebulon Pixies explorations
Of 1806-1807 had political consequences
which neither Pike nor anybody else
in his day could foresee, says the Re
view of Reviews. Although he was
we'll treated by the Spaniards, his cap
ture by them intensified the desire of
Americans, especially in the west, to
drive Spain out of Mexico. Written
in 1903 and published in 1910, his re-
port pointed out the wealth Of Next
co.'s natural resources, showed the
weakness of SPANS hold on that coun-
try, and urged her expulsion by an
American army If Bonaparte should
seize the Spanish throne, which Bona
parte did while Pike was writing, and
held it for siy years.
Pixies report sent Magee, Kemper,
Long, and other adventurers from our
side of the line over into Texas and
other parts of Mexico. More import
ant still, it melted Moses Austin to get
from Ferdinand Wis representatives
in 1920 permission to establish a colo
ny of Americans in Texas, which his
son, Stephen E. Austin, planted there
in 1922. When the Mexicans soon aft
erward drove Spain out the inevitable
race conflict with the Americans be-
gan, which eliminated in Sam Hous-
toms victory over Santa Anna at San
Jacinto in 1885, and the establishment
of the Texas republic.
By the annexation of Texas in 1S45
the United States inherited Texas
boundary dispute with Mexico, and
this led to the war of 1S46-1948, which,
through conquest and purchase, placed
the stars and stripes over the present
New Mexico, Arizona Except that
part below the ella, which Gadsden
bought in 1859, California, Nevada,
Utah, and parts Of Colorado and Wyo-
ming, and pushed our territory in the
southwest onward to the Pacific. While
the American and Mexican commits
sioners were fixing up their peace pact
at Guadalupe Hidalgo in the opening
days of 184S, James w. Marshall made
his gold discovery in the raceway of
Suffers mill, on the American fork Of
the Sacramento, which made Califor-
MIA knock for admission as state be-
fore the politicians had time to organ
ize it as a territory, melted the search
which led to the gold and silver strikes
in other parts of the West, and swung
the country's center Of political gravi-
ty far toward the sunset.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

Fountain Springs Hotel, an enormous
.+ono structure containing 500 rooms
besides the grand dining-room. there
ORC about 300 persons in the Colony
nearly all adults, while Farson - .ne
,ooda,. nv common consent. Another
imnortant parsonage is f. NJ. Messen-
ger. general superintendent, VINO ~
wears was general manager OF lne
crosvenor Cotton Mills at North eros
venor. Conn. and who, since joining the
colony has twice refused offers or S1o'-
600 to manage mills. He looks aItei
the physical property. Edwin l.. i1ai
yey. vice president, has a chain OF loos
mo houses in Chicago, which were pat
ronized by 1000 men every night ho
gave 1p this business, with It's large
income, to join the Jumpers. his vile
is treasurer.
Heard and viewed from little as
lance one Of the regular Sunday nlghI
church services Of the Waukesha en-
thusiasts resembles cross DetWeeh
football rush and red hot polltlcdi
convention. After the services nave
been opened with song it takes about
one minute to develop the demonstra-
tions which have given the colon1sts the
name of Jumpers. 1t is douDt1ul Il
there is an athlete who can perform
the physical feats done daily by many
of the members Of this congregation.
No sooner Is the fervor of the congre-
cation fired by the singing than che
jumping begins. The word Jumping IS
not used f1guratively. Dozens ana
sometimes scores of the Worshlpars
break into a perpendicular dance, which
consists of jumping straight up ana
down with most marvellous raplolty.
The Jump is not merely the raising OF
the Jumper on his or her toes, but
clean. fat-footed jump with both rect
several inches from the ground.
The whirling of fanatical Arab der
wishes has stood for the climax OF phy-
steal demonstration in religion. Any
deryish who will learn how to stand
flat-footed and lift himself by his boot
straps-or sandal thongs-as do the
Jumpers" at Waukesha will have an
accomplishment that will surpass his
old-time calling.
Divine healing is one of the most
pronounced Of the Jumpers beliefs
A distinction is made, however, be-
tween surgery and medicine. "The set
ting of a broken bone," explained Mr..
Farson, sis a mechanical process md
the first aid to nature. Still even in
surgical cases we have had the most
remarkable instances Of the power Of
prayer to facilitate healing"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
HONEYMOON WHITE HORSES.
Romantic Style in Which a Bride
and Bridegroom Rode Away.

Romantic Style In Which q Bride
and Bridegroom Rode Away.
After their marriage the other day
bride and bridegroom mounted white
horses and rode away from Ingleby,
Arncliffe, Yorkshire, to the lake dis
trict, where their honeymoon is being
spent.
Attired In a gray habit with black
velvet collar, cutaway coat and white
waistcoat, with a white straw three
cornered hat upon her head and on
her hands white gauntlet gloves, the
bride looked extremely picturesque.
She was Miss Phoebe Johnson, daugh-
ter of Walter Johnson, of Arncliffe
hall, and niece Of the late Sir Low
THAN Bell The bridegroom Is Will
lam Astell Kaye, of Gloucester man
sions, London.
By reviving this form Of honeymoon
tourney Mr.. and Mrs Astell Kaye add
one to many picturesque modern modes
Of honeymoon travel. An opportunity
was given also for a demonstration of
good will on the part Of friends, for
the couple were attended through the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
Watermelon Cake.

Cream one cup of butter, add slov,,
two and one-half cups of sugar an,
beat light. Add one cup of watar ~
ternately with four cups of nost,I
flour, sifted with three level teasnoo.
fuls of baking powder. When n"n
mixed, stir in lightly the Whites -,
eight eggs, beaten stiff. Divide W.
batter into three parts and color on
with speck of green color pasta h'
ing careful not to use too much Co,,
another part pink in the sama WV. wv
and leave the remainder uncolore5
Butter deep loaf pan and put in tts
green batter, then the white. and ths
pink last. Scatter a few seeded rais,ns
over the top and bake in a modorots
oven. Make an icing for the cake end
tint it slightly with green color.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

Hay Fever.-The disorder known as
hay fever, while not dangerous, is ex-
tremely uncomfortable. 1t resembles a
violent catarrh, although it excites the
eyes and tear glands rather than the
nasal membrane. Some authorities at
tribute the trouble to hay, others to the
pollen of certain flowers notably the
golden rod-a third group to tricksy
nerves and a fourth to emanations from
mice, rabbits or other animals. Owing
to the wide diversity of opinion about
the cause, there is no uniformity In the
methods of treatment. Here are a few
Of the remedies: Local bleeding, aperi-
ents, quinine, tones, iron, opium, mer-
curry, digitalis, cocaine, menthol, am
monia vapors and sprays, besides spe-
cial treatment for conjunctivitis, rhin-
tits and bronchitis. It is doubtful, how
ever, if any lasting results are obtained
with these things.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

4 remarkable example of the skill
and preciseness of engineering achieve
mentS is afforded by the measurements
which were taken before completing
the junction of the tunnels under the
Hudson River at New York, under con.
struction by the Pennsylvania Rail
road. 1t is shown that these struc,
lures, starting from the opposite shores
and meeting in the middle of the river
have been carried forward under the
river bed with such accuracy that they
will meet and fit into each other with q
variation of a sixteenth of an inch. II
other words, hundreds of yards of sub
terranean construction through mud
and water have been traversed with
practically no more variation from the
prescribed lines than if they had beer
laid out on an open plain. Joined with
this is another record even more cred
liable. Although this sort of TUNE.
work is classed as extra hazardous an6
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
Short suggestions

Gelatin will not dissolve III Wv
water. g.
An average-sized tumbler holds n'''
a pint.
Common alum melted in an NV ~,
spoon Ia said to be strong celneH' ~
joining glass, crockery or metal
Finely cut potato paringS anu III
monia, or charcoal and ammonia W. |
clean the insides of carates peau'ilD''
Sprinkle the mating with lnu n,r
meal and then sweep it thorougmH
sweeping out the meal and IH'
with 1t.
Sweet oil and powdered ro'Ien'" sna
vigorously applied with piece u a+s1
flannel will clean brass-orIaLn'D
pieces. -,oa
Iinoleum should be well "" sI.d
with soap and water and then ruDJ th
over with sweet milk and polished W.
a linen cloth. Use polishing u ~
Widths of mating sewed to sood
with a loose stitch, using carpe' 'D ao.er
makes the floor covering looA ~ are
and wear better than when S'@p''
used to fasten it down.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
Heat Rash or PrickIy Heat.

Heat Rash Or Pr1ck1y Heat.
Heat Rash or Prickly Heat.-This is
an Inflammation Of the sweat glands
and appears as small papules or vesicles
more or less thickly Set attended by
burning or prickling sensations. It ap-
pears suddenly and without fever or
other general symptoms. The causes
are two-fold-digestive disturbances
often very slight-and heat. The treat
ment and management hinge upon the
cause. Too active treatment may do
more harm than good. If any medicine
Is given, it should be acid and lemon
juice is one of the best. It should be
we'll diluted with water and given at
time when it will not interfere with the
food or milk. If child is debilitated,
pale and thin, tonics may be required
before recovery is complete. The food
should be of the proper character and
it's digestion rendered as perfect as pos
sible. If there is constipation, Rochelle
salts should be given at the outset.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
Orange Loaf Cake.

Crate the rind Of one orange on
piece of cheesecloth put over cun
Squeeze the juice on the grated rnd
Fill the cup with water, sift two crns
Of -four with teaspoonful of bakin,
powder. Beat the whites of three eges
stiff. Beat the yolks of five eggs and
add to them two cups of granulatad
sugar and a pinch of salt. Into tbA
orange water stir the egg and sugar
then fold in alternately the -four and
stiffened whites. Bake for one and o
half hours in slow oven. Cover tbA
cake for the first half hour. Do MT
grease the pan around the sides
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

The last generation has been remark
able for its development of colossal fpr-
tunes. 1t is we'll within a reasonable
estimate to say that the combined for
tunes of six great capitalists of to-day,
fortunes which have been the product
of the enterprise of the last thirty
years, make a total of $1,100,0000
In 1870 it would have been difficult to
have discovered in this country six pr
vate fortunes which would have aggre-
gated $25O.00O,000. This simple fact is
perhaps the most striking illustration
which could be given of the extraor-
binary growth of wealth in the United
States in a few hands. 1t should not
be forgotten, however, that the wealth
Of the country has in the same time
increased from $4,000, 100000 to $1O4,,
OO0,O0O000. and the per capita wealth
from ST79 to about $1,254.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

The ways of the newly rich continue
to afford amusement, both to those not
vet rich and those who have long been
so. There is a good story, says Mrs.
John Lane, in a recent essay, which Is
an addition to the general fund of such
humor.
A certain magnate was giving din
ner. After the ladies returned to the
drawing room the hostess, tinkling and
glittering with diamonds, leaned back
in a great tufted chair and shivered
slightly. A footman went in search Of
her maid.
''Francoise," said the magnate's lady
with languid magnifcence, Il feel chill
ly; bring me another diamond neck
lace"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19

Though the waste and suffering Oh
the wars of the last half century have
been terrible, they were not without
compensation. AS a direct consequence
of some and an indirect consequence of
others, what we regard as the benef-
cent principle of democracy has been
immensely promoted in Italy, in
France, in Cuba. and progress, we may
be sure, has been made possible in
Russia. 1t is not for merely selfish
reasons that the governments of the
modern world are very cautious as to
the beginning of disarmament.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
CIingstone Peach Preserve.

Pare the peaches and take out the
stones. Weight the fruit and put into
"a preserving kettle in layers with an
equal amount of sugar by weight. Let
it stand three hours; then set on the
range and bring to the boiling point
Take out the peaches, cook the strip
and skim; then add the fruit and cook
slowly until the preserve is clear, If
the strip cooks away too much add
very little boiling water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
Coffee Cake.

: Cream one-half cup Of butter, add
one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup Of
one well-beaten egg, two level
teaspoons Of cinnamon, one level tea
spoon of allspice, half level teaspoon
of cloves, two cups Of -four, with one
level teaspoon of soda sifted In, one
cup Of strong black coffee, and, last
one cup of seeded and cut raisins, roll
ed in -four lightly. Bake in a moderate
oven,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-19
village by three Of the bridesmaids and

village by three Of the bridesmaids and
three cavaliers.
1t will be remembered that the Mar
qufs Of Butte took his bride away from
ireland, her native land, last year to
Scotland in his yacht, and the yacht
was reached by boat rowed by men
in quaint historic costume. Several
summer river weddings have been rem
dered very picturesque by the depart
ure Of the happy pair in the boat, the
bridegroom at the oars and the bride
at the rudder and motor boats and
steam launches are in request, for the
same romantic purpose.
The obvious chonce for a bride and
bridegroom to make who desire to pio.
neer the latest form of locomotion is a
balloon, especially as the uncertainty
of the destination would lend to the
journey an added zest.-Leeds Mer-
curry.