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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
AS OUR NEI6HBORs VIEW 1T.

The following paragraph from the
News, published at Chestertown, Nd,
shows how our Kent county neighbors
look upon license, which the rummies
are trying to persuade, by various means,
majority of the voters::of this county to
cast their ballot for on Tuesday next:
"The voters of Cecil county will be
called upon at the coming election to
decide the liquor question. Kent county
borders on Cecil and is concerned in the
outcome. While prohibition does not
stop the sale of liquor in Kent, yet it
greatly lessons the traffic and makes our
people better. If the question ever
comes up here again, license would be
defeated by an overwhelming majority.
Public sentiment against liquor is in
creasing, and as it progresses this evil OF
drink will be lessened. Do not license
an evil"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The assertion of the license advocates
that the legalizing of the rum traffic will
be help to the business interests Of, oul
county through the attracting of an in
creased number of people to the towns
wherein there is an open saloon, who will
patronize the various stores of the place,
is not borne out by facts. A canvass Of
the business places of this town shows the
concensus of opinion to be overwhelui-
ingly against this oft repeated assertion
of the license advocates, facts and figures
proving it to be utterly false. What holds
good in this border town of Rising Sun,
within easy travelling distance of good
stores of every description, in town
where liquor is dispensed legally and
literally, we haven't a doubt will apply
with equal force in other towns of the
county. Thus goes wrong another So
called argument of the license people,
used in the hope of winning votes for
their cause. The only business helped
by license is the saloon business and the
Magistrates Court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
property Transfers.

Aaron L. Dayckinck and others
to Il. Linn Worthington, lot at
Rising Sun, $500.
Harry 81. Carr and wife to John
u. White, properly at Elk Mills,
81, 500.
The Jacob Tome Institute to
Walter B. Cooney, property at
Rising Sun, 1925.
Mary Maslin to Curtis M. Jones,
acre property in Third district
$500.
James B. Russell and wife to
Charles P. BARLEY, mining rights
on property in Fifth district, s.
and other considerations.
L. Marshall Haines, Trustee, to
Frank E. Williams, Cecil Wing
property, $40, 100.
Frank E. Williams and wife to
the Cecil Wing Publishing Co,
property above, $4,000.
George M. Reese and wife and
Miss Elizabeth L. Manly to L.
Marshall Haines, property on East
Main street, Elkton, So and other
considerations.
Tobias F. Carpenter and wife to
William S. Evans, property at
Chesapeake City. (Deed of trust. }
George NJ. Christie, Executor, to
Stewart L. Boyle, lat acre property
OF late Robert Ferguson in Eight
district, $4,000.
John S. Benson and wife to
James 7. Bailey, 10 acre property
in First district, $4,000.
William S. Evans Attorney, to
Benjamin Carpenter, property at
Chesapeake City, $610.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
FIGURING THE COST.

The Cecil Democrat riddled the county
last week with campaign "bun" shells,
in the form of sample copies containing
an account of the court expenses during
the past four years under local option.
The statement is made that during that
time the prohibition law has cost the
county SCI, 900, to try cases of violation,
and that a like period under license
brought to the county treasury $2o,573.7o
in license fees, difference of $41573.7o
in favor of license
The Democrat conveniently neglects to
give any approximate figures of the cost
of prosecution of the hundreds of cases
directly tracable to liquor during the
period when the county treasury received
its $40, 573,7o blood money for license, as
it knows that $47,573 70 would be mere
bagatelle in comparison to the sum it
ignores. Only last week the Kent
county, Delaware, Grand Jury presented
the following to the court
"And we further recommend and re-
Spectfully ask tnat the CLERK OF tnlS court
communicate with the General Assembly
of Delaware, at its next session, the fol-
lowing finding =
That having passed upon forty true
bills of crimes committed in this county
by young men, thirty-three of which
were directly the result of the open sale
of Intoxicating liquors in the county, a
business which entails great expense to
the county, misery and degeneration to
its inha bitants, and only enriches a few
men, and threatens the county's peace
and the laws and dignity of the State;
That this Grand Jury do and respect
fully urge that the General Assembly
enact law submitting to the electors of
this county the question in accordance
with the Constitution of this State,
whether or not the sale of Intoxicating
liquors as beverage shall be continued
in this county,"
Now, let the Democrat figure up the
cost of SO out of every 30 cases brought
before the court during license and see
how near $40, $3.50 will come to paying
the bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
THE COMING CONTEST.

Tuesday next, November 9th, is cleo
ton day throughout the country. In
twenty one States of the Union Cover.
| nors will be elected, and in twenty nine
States legislatures will be chosen which
will elect members to the United States
Senate.
Maryland elects six Congressman, and
in Cecil comfy the voter in addition TO
assisting in the choice of one of these,
will have an opportunity to settle by
ballot for another period of four years,
the question of whether or not the sale
of Intoxicating liquors is to be permitted
in our midst.
In the case of the former, party bias
will no doubt influence a majority of
the votes cast, but it does not enter into
the latter, and the merits or dement's of
the license and the local option systems,
as determined by actual demonstration,
both having been tried in the county,
should be sufficient guide for the voter in
the forming of his opinion and the cast
ing of his ballot.
The question before the voter is whether
the legalizing of an acknowledged and
proven evil, by the payment of mere
pittance as license, or the outlawing of
that evil and keeping the open saloon
out Of the county, will best further the
business interest, promote law and order,
and tend to the general peace and welfare
of the citizens of our county.
A review of conditions in the county as
regards disorder, etc., on our streets, and
the general welfare of our people in every
section of the county during the years OF
license, as compared to those under the
prevailing local option law, shows indis-
putably that under the latter the best in
terests of the home, business and public
at large have been subserved, and while
the law may not do all that could
be desired in the way of suppressing the
liquor traffic, it is in every respect pref.
cradle to system which countenances
a public nuisance and legalizes business
that has ever left in its wake a train
of evils.
The misleading statements bei5g put
forth by the license advocates, the free
beer and whiskey with which the county
is being flooded in an attempt to discredil
the present loccl option law, show the
lengths to which the champions of the
liquor business will go, and the methods
they employ to foist the saloon upon q
people. These very disreputable meth
DDS employed show the nature of the
business and brand the cause of license
as unworthy the support of reputable
citizens.
Voters of Cecil county, go to the polls
Tuesday next and cast your ballot against
license, as it is system which benefits
no one but the liquor seller and promote:
nothing but debauchery, misery and want
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Had A Close Call.

ga dangerous surgical operation,
involving the removal of a malig
nant ulcer, as large as my hand
from my daughters hip, was pre-
vented by the application of Buck,
lens Arnica salve," says A. G.
Stickel, of Miletus, W. Va. "Per-
sistent use of the Salve completely
cured it." Cures Cuts, Burns and
Injuries. 25c at Eli 7. Reynolds
Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
X. of p. Convention.

The second annual convention Of
the Knights Of Pythias in the sixth
district of the Grand Domain of
Maryland was held in Port De
posit on Thursday night of last
week, with Cecil Lodge as host.
About seventy five lodge men from
Havre de Grace, North East, Colora
and Port Deposit were present at
the meeting. After short bust
ness session the members of the
convention adjourned to Guild Hall
where they partooll OF an excellent
supper which had been provided
by the Willing Workers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The ''revenue' feature of the license
law is analysed in "a Short Catechisln
On Local Option" published in this
issue, and as this bait is one held up to
the tax payers of our county by the liquor
advocates, we urge carful reading of
the article. The case is stated plainly,
with the actual figures to show just how
much the county will profit ~ through
fees paid for the opening of saloons in
Cecil. That this feature of the license
law, which has ever been played as a
strong card by the liquor people, is a
snare and as big cheat as all else con-
nected with the nefarious business, will
be readily seen, and no voter should per
init himself to be fooled into casting his
ballot for license with the idea that it
will lower the tax rate, as it will not, past
experience with the county under license
proving this.
Let every voter go to the polls on Tues
day next with the determination to vote
to keep the saloons out of Cecil county !!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

We have received quite number o.
communications bearing ON the license
question which we would gladly publish
in this issue but are compelled to omit on
account of lack of time and space. They
show that the sentiment of the people is
thoroughly aroused and that rum shall
not again be legalized in our county il
the protests and votes of the we'll wishers
of old Cecil are needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Among the resolutions adopted at til,

Among the resolutions adopted at the
convention Of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, in annual
session this week at Hartford, Conn, was
one calling for the exclusion of Reed
Smoot from the United States Senate be-
cause of his relations with the Mormon
Church, and another urging that State
Legislatures demand an anti.poligamy
amendment to the Federal Const;tu-
tod Other resolutions adopted de-
no1nced King Leopold of Belgium as the
author of conditions in the Congo Free
State which are characterized as afro
cities; opposed the sale of beer or other
intoxicants at army posts; advocated the
making permanent of the temporary
prohibition of the sale of beer at national
soldiers homes; declared for the highest
standards of purity for men and women
alike, and favored the right of suffrage
for women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The Standard Oil Company, which was
recently convicted 10 Ohio of violating
the Valentine antitrust law, was fined a
paltry SIS, 900 when the Court could bav e
made the sentence So 900. 900 and given
the people back some Of the money this
thieving Trust has stolen from them by
extortion. The moral would seem to be
that it pays to play the rogue on large
scale.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

AS result of some of the bristling
articles which have been published
against him during the present campaign
in Pennsylvania, Rev. Silas c. Swallow
has filed suit against Charles Emory
Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press,
for criminal libel aud also entered suit
against the Press Company for damages.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Advice to Enallshmen.

The charm Of the Irish girl pretty,
witty ond bright-is generally ac-
knowledged, but it is not often that
she is so complimented by one of her
own sex, and an Englishwoman, as
in the comment made recently by q
distinguished resident Of London.
can Irish woman" she says. is In.
variably a delightful companion, not
so much from the things she says. as
from the way they are uttered. We
English have no romance, we are prac.
teal and commonplace. and poetry
takes no part in our life. So, when q
man meets an Irish girl, impulsive.
pretty, coy and natural, she inevita-
bly, proves irresistible Instead Of
sending Nationalist members to par
lament, Ireland should send over q
few Of her women to convert the Eng
8lish legislators. !"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Where salvinj Takes His Ease.

The life at Dievole is seK-depend.
ent, secluded as that Of some desert
island, its resources all coming from
within. It is rarely long continued.
The padrone has a country house in
another part Of Tuscany, where the
conditions are entirely normal, with
manners and customs differing in no
marked degree from those Of other
civilized communities. To his farm
he repairs at intervals, generally for
. week or two at time, often bring
ing 3 house-party with him. Or, II he
desires absolute rest. Diavole 10 .
splendid refuge. I'm the other placs, .
he says, they know the ropes. can
get at me, and hsh me up. Here I
am my own master-and am safe. =
We left him there, one bright morn
ing, to his shining solitude. among
his flowers. There was no cloud In
the sky and the shadow of the fattore
seemed the only one on all the land.
scape Since the early days Of Eden,
there has been no garden without q
snake rustling through the grass
except. perhaps. in Ireland.-T r.
Sullivan, in Scribner's.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Sheep as Land Cleaners.

The WORT: or sheep in trimming out
weeds ana brush in the pastures is
well illustrated in field which We
have been throwing open for the sheer
for few years past. When we began
turning the sheep in there the wire
weed was SO high that we could scarce.
ly see their backs as they fed around
the lot. do not know as all readers
of the Farmers Review know the
weed here named. 1t is a species OF
Golden-rod (Solidago). with root that
runs far out from the parent stem
sometimes for six or eight feet. II
seems to like cultivation, for every
time the root is broken lot Of new
plants come up. Every bit of the root.
no matter how short it may be, will
sprout II put into the ground. It Ia
one Of the hardest things to kill I ever
came across
But the sheep have done what !
could not do with pillow and cultivator.
They have kept on gnawing at the tops
Of the plants until they have just about
subdued them. Where once there
were hundred wireweed plants. there
are now not five, and even they are
much reduced in size. The sheep also
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
I / VI Z
STOCK
Points Of the Horse.

In Judging horses or purchasing
horses for breeding purposes, knowl.
edge Of desirable and undesirable
POINTS is Of considerable importance
and value. One should, for instance,
know that when horse carries his
ears rigidly. neither moving them
back or forward, he is probably deaf,
and a tendency to this trouble may
prove hereditary. On the contrary,
horse that is constantly moving his
0N is :.kely to be defective in eye
SIGHT ard is therefore using his ears
to make up for imperfect vision. We
also ST.. pect that a horse showing this
habit viii! be likely to run away when
exposed to cause Of fright or alarm,
and his disposition Will not likely be
desirable in other respects. If the ears
are very small, 1t is common to find
small eyes in the same association.
This is Characteristic of some breeds.
The Percheron, for instance, has some
what small ears and eyes, while the
Gydesdale has Large hazel eyes and
better proportione;! ears. although
they may be somewhat coarse and
hairy, as is mote seen in the English
Shire.
Rigid, upright ears are also char
xcteristic of ;ctanus Clock jaw).
Where that disease is present 1t is
Alrther shown by an infallible test
On raising the horses head the 'haw"
emembrsaa nictitans or "washers)
If the ere protrudes from the inner
corner across the eyeball. One should
mt purchase horse showing this
8nrtGm. We know OF only one in
stance in which it did not evidence
tetanus. One should beware Of wrin-
He'd eyelids too, for they indicate in
MOST instances that the horse has sui
fered ore or more attacks of moon
blindness" (periodic ophthalmia). In
addition to wrinkles one sees that the
eYelids under these circumstances are
mt nicely arched or curved but are
likely to be angular, ard a careful ex-
animation may disclose white ring
1Dund the sJeball or a white spot Or
two on the pupil.
The RAG is suspicious; spot fndi.
cafes cataract or result of a blow;
the eye is unsound !. a deposit or dis.
ccSnration is seen a: the lower part
az, the pupil. AS regards the eyes It
should also be remembered that blind
horses have sometimes wonderfully at.
tractive, prominent. bright eyes.
Where such condition is found, the
blindness Is due to amanrosis (glass
axe or palsy Of the sight and the
cause is paralysis Of the optic nerves
md retina. In sound eyes the pupils
should contract when exposed to the
Hight or coming from dark place.
This does not occur when amaurosis
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
HOLD DRAINAGE CONVENTION.

Delegates Will Be Appointed From
Every County in the state-Promi.
nent Drainage Men From Minnesota
Will Take Part in the Program.
A state drainage convention will be
held in Grand Forks. on Wednesday
and Thursday, Jan. 10 and II. These
dates were selected at meeting Of
the Commercial club committee held
at the Office Of DR.. ]. d. Taylor The
committee consists Of DR.. Taylor,
chairman; A. S. Burrows, H: N. Wells,
W. B. Wood and George B. Winship.
The holding Of state drainage con,
vention in Grand Forks has been dis
cussed more or less for several
months, anu definite announcement
that the COW ention is to be held and
the selection OF dies will result in &C.
i've arrangements aciGss made for the
invention and the entertainment OF
u large number of visitors from the
Red river valley in particular and the
,ther counties throughout the state,
IS we'll as from Minnesota, the officers
II the Minnesota drainage league hav
ng signified their willingness to co.
operate with the North Dakota drain.
,ge organization in every way posi-
lie. Among those who will be here
rom that state will be A. G. Bernard,
Cass Lake, president of the league,
md H. G. Hays, Eelnidji, secretary.
Other prominent drainage men Of that
state will also tee part in the pro-
ram.
It is almost certain that President
lanes j. Hill of the Great Northern
will attend the convention. He has
frequently stated that he would be
glad to attend such convention, and
his interest in drainage is so great
that there is little doubt that he will
attend and s,:..rcss the convention.
Mr.. Hill IS frequently referred to as
the father Of u::,inage In the Red river,
and there is probably no one interest
ed in the state who is a firmer believer
in drainage.
Invitations will be extended TO ey-
cry count;, every city and every vii.
lage, as well as to all commercial clubs
and boards OF trace.
County commissioners will be asked
to appoint fiftesa delegates, councils
of villages and cities will be asked to
appoint to-: delegates. and the same
number will be eligible from each com.
mercial club or board of trade in the
state.
An excellent program will be ar
ranged for the convention, and large
attendance is anticipated, not only
from the Red river valley but from
other sections of the state where
drainage is a live topic.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03

- present ana the eyeDail Is seen 10
be spharica! instead of eliptical-the
latter shape characterizing sound
eye.
Conditions such as we have outlined
should be looked for when examining
horse, and one should also test the
sight by very gently threatening to
strike the eye with the hand Do not
make a sudden, alarming pass at the
eye as the horse though blind will
feel column of air strike the face
and finch accordingly, or the hand
will strike the long hairs which pro-
trude from the face under the eye;
fear Of a very lightly aimed blow. just
the raising Vi the fingers towards the
eye, should Ssnse the horse to wink and
finch II the eye is sound, or at least
not blind. Coming to the nostrils one
should know that tricky dealers some
times plug enc nostril with a, sponge
to prevent roaring horse from show
ing his unsoundness to the prospec.
tive buyer. j. is much better to dis
cover the sponge before buying than
to find it in the manger after getting
the horse home. Examination will
show that a horse has two false nos
trils In addition to the true nostrils.
Tumors or cysts sometimes so bulge
the false nostrii as to reduce the cali
bre of the true nostril and so cause
obstruction IN breathing Purple spots
seen on the membrane lining the nos
trils tell that the horse is affected
with purpura haemorrhagica, a dis
ease of debility seen to follow Sc
we're attack of influenza, etc. Ulcers
upon the lining membrane of the PAL
tition between the I0strils denote
glanders. Bad odor associated will
discharge from the nostrils indicate:
chronic catarrh or presence Of dis
eased molar tooth. A dropping lowe:
lip may be due to paralysis; it also in
dicates lazy, sluggish temperament.
A. S. Alexander in Farmers Review
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Child Born in curf.w Ts,vsr.


For the first time within living
memory, says the London Mail. 4
child has been born in the curfsw
tower Of Windsor castle. She 10 the
daughter Of Keeper Wellbelove. The
tower wac constructed BY Henry ~
In the thirteenth century. lnSt5u-
ments OF torture still remain there,
but now the grim old prison 70 .
nursery.
Itn get home grown meats a.
Carroll's new meat market. W.
are satisfied with a fair profit o.
our meats. Give ns a trial
you'll be pleased. VIM. Carol
with H. f. Wheeler, Minot, 4
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Brute ia Officers unifo,

A German non-commissi0nY nav
officer named Hummelt has Sen Sc
fenced by court martial. at Kiel
three months imprisonmenti Qr cru,
ty to recruits. He wrapper q ,thii
wooden cloth around the NECK Of !.
cruit named Proch and compelled hi
to perform military exercises Gle
to the door Of a glowing stove I'M
he tainted. Another time Proch vi
Obliged to hold out rife q arr
length and when his az y dropp'
from weakness Humm prodd'
them with scissors. A = Il. al exc.
ination disclosed ten wQ ION ea'
arm. s ID " 4
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03
Dean stanley's Simplicity.

Dean SANKEY'S Simplicity.
A story which illustrates the ami4-
BILE simplicity Of that famous Engish
divine. Dean Stanley. is told ~ II.
Andrew Lang
On one occasion the dean was dip.
ing out and arrived very late. HH
hostess was horrined to find that hb
collar was unfastened, its two endR
flying like wings on either side Of hi
flee. II
She hardly liked to draw his attaA-
ton to the fact. but at last, with tl}p
greatest delicacy, she ventured to AK
r. he knew the condition Of his Cd
lar.
"oh. YES" replied the dean; do
you mind?"
mot at ALL" replied the lady.
Then don't mind either" said the
dean, peacefully; 1.-THE button dropped
of while was dressing"
It was not, Mr.. Lang continues, ab-
sence of mind, but unrivaled presence
Of mind that Stanley display ed. Any
other human being would have been
1t the point Of changing mis- shirt.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-01-03

nave cleaned out
and weeds from the rssAnre. 4
% piece Of land anywhere on my lai3sai
that was infested with foul plants !
would fence 1t OF for sheep pasture
and let the animals work at It, They
would soon accomplish the work in
good Style. L. Vincent In Far.
mers' Review.