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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Drowned In swimming Pool.

Boyds (SpeciaD Joseph Forney,
a well-to-do colored man, aged TWEEN
ty-six years. married and having a
wife and one child, and owning a
nice home near Kensington, was ac-
cidentally drowned. He, with others,
was swimming in a pool of cold
water in an abandoned old stone
quarry, at Capitol View Junction,
east of Kensington. He was taken
with cramps and sank in about TWEEN
ty feet of water. He came to Ken
sington several years ago from North
Carolina.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
BRIDE FOR AN HEIRLOOM.
Annapolis Mayor Gets Word Watch-
man Was Offered Reward To
Secure 1t.

Annapolis, Md. Especially Mayor
Gordon H. Claude sprung a sensa-
ton at the meeting of the city coun-
Gil by the announcement that he had
been informed that an effort had
been made to bride Waterman to
steal an heirloom from the Chase
home on the night of fire there,
July s.
The information came to Mayor
Claude through Clerk P. e. Potter,
who is also assistant fire marshal.
and who received word from William
Caulk, a special Waterman, on the
night of the fire.
The heirloom was a piece of delft.
ware, which had been handed down
through a number of generations In
the Ridout family, the former own
ers of the building: Caulk stated
that he was called up by phone and
told that If he would bring the piece
to a point named he would be given
So
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
MARYLAND OBITUARY.

Baltimore.-Mrs. Caruelia Sothor-
on Armstrong Powell, widow Of
Capt. Edward Burr Powell, of Lou
doun County, Va, died at Oden-
valid, the home of her daughter, Mrs.
F. G. Odenheimer, Jessups, Md.
Mrs. Powell was seventy-eight years
old.
Baltimore.-Ann Thomas, aged
ninety-fve, the last of the slaves
once owned by the late Gov. Edward
Lloyd, of Wye, died at the Franklin
| Square Hospital as result of fall
from second-story window at her
late home on Stockholm Street.
Boyds.- W. Cornwell, of
Kensington, aged thirty-eight, died
at his home after several months ILL
ness. Mr.. Cornwell for some years.
was electrician at the State, War and
Navy Departments. He was a men,
Der of the town council twice at
Kensington.
Baltimore.-After an illness of
about a year from a complication of
diseases, Mr.. Austin Bowersock died
at his home, on Park Heights Ave
nue., near Rogers Avenue, at the age
of sixty-seven years. He was born
in Howard County on May IS, 1840,.
and was one of the Oldest telegraph!
operators in this State. He becamei
an operator in the employ of the
Magnetic Telegraph Company I'M
1853, and remained in that line of.
work continually, with the exception
of short period. He is survived by.
thirteen children-six boys and sew
en- girls.
Mr. Charles H. Bailey, forty-seven
years old, a produce dealer at 1419
Hartford Avenue, was stricken with
heart disease on the Savannah wharf
shortly after o'clock A. M, and
fell to the ground dying in few
minutes.
Boyds.-Mrs. Melinda Turner, aged
eighty-five, widow of Richard P.
Turner, died at her home at Dicker-
sons. Four children-Oliver P, of
Baltimore; George, of Dickersons; /
Mrs. Katie Best, of Dickersons, and
Mrs. Algie Price-survive.
Baltimore-Mrs. Mary M. Hall.
sixty-one years old, wife of Augustus
A. Hall, of this city, died at her resi-
dence, 1870 Homewood Avenue, from
neart trouble. MIS-. han was tOr-
merly Miss Hooper, daughter of
Capt. Hooper a well-known mariner
of the Eastern Shore.
napolis,-James E. Moss,
farmer of Anne Arundel County, died
- 'i- sH-7', aged seventy-1ve. He
is survived by one brother, George
w. Moss, of Annapolis, His surviv-
ing children are Robert and William
Fl. Moss, of Annapolis; Mrs. Mary
Coleman and Misses Lillian and Ada
Moss, of the Third district of the
county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Because You Understand.

Eou always praise when 1 am right,
And plead when / am wrong,
You sorrow when am contrite,
And joy when am strong.
Fou always give me what l need
OF cheer or reprimand,
And your advice l ever heed
Because you understand.
You do not say must do this
Instead of doing that,
You do not take my words amiss,
Nor strain out at gnat.
How often have changed my scheme,
And done as you have planned!
Oh, you above all 1 esteem
Because you understand!
knew when darkest seems the day,
The light will soon appear,
And so / go to you straightway,
For comfort and for cheer.
think of you in bliss and woe,
Sweet smile and helping hand,
How much to you, dear heart, owe
Because you understand!
The Truthteller in Town Topics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
TEACHERS SALARIES CUT.
Notices Sent Out By The Wicomico
Board.

Salisbury, Md. Especially. - The
Wicomico School Board has decided
that the county schools shall open
September 9, the two weeks previous
to be taken up at the tricounty in
stitute at Ocean City. This does
not include about 10 rural schools,
whose average fell below Is during
last September. These schools will
not open until October 1.
Patrons of some of the rural
schools have requested that the
schools in their communities be not
opened for at least two or three
weeks later than last year, as the
crops are behind and the larger pu-
pills will be needed on the farm, and
will not be in position to attend
school as early as last year.
In notifying the teachers the board
ordered the following notice to be
sent to each teacher:
lowing to the fact that the appro-
priation from the State of Maryland
to the public schools has been great
ly reduced, the School Board finds
it imperative to make a slight reduc-
toin in the salaries of all teachers
not already drawing the minimum
salary of $500. The board regrets
having to take this action, and
hopes it will not continue longer
than the present year. You can rest
assured that just as soon as the
finances will permit the salaries will
be increased"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
NEWS Of Maryland
DEATH OF DIR. w. T. HOWARD.
Dean OF Medical Faculty OF Uni
versity OF Maryland For Years.

Baltimore Especially DR.. William
T. Howard died at the Massasoit
Hotel, at Narragansett Pier. He
was dean of the medical faculty of
the University of Maryland for a
great many years, and was long one
of the best known physicians of the
city. He gave up his practice on ac-
count of age some time ago. He
was eighty-six years old last January.
DR.. Howard was a founder of the
American genealogical Association,
and its president from 1884 to 1885,
and a founder of the Baltimore OBJ
stetrical and genealogical Society in
1885. He was president of the lat
ter society in 1886-S7. In 1902 he
was elected president of the Mary
land Medical and Chirurgical Fac
ulty.
In addition to his large private
practice, DR.. Howard was consult
ing surgeon at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, the Union Protestant In
Urinary, and the Hebrew Hospital,
and founder and surgeon of the
Hospital for the Women of Mary
land. He was widely known as a
lecturer
DR.. Howard was three times mar
ried. His first two wives died years
ago, and in the zoos he married Miss
Rebecca Williams, daughter of the
late George Hawkins Williams, and
granddaughter of the late John s.
Cuttings. His widow, who survives
him, is also a grandniece of the late
Lambert Cuttings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
ATTEMT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Two Suspects In Jail At Hagers-
town In Default OF Bail.

Hagerstown Especially. - Marshal
Richardson, of Fairview, and Frank
Cumberland, of Fairfield, were ar
rested by Detective Charles Burnett,
of Hagerstown, charged with cutting
apart an excursion train of nine
coaches loaded with 900 passengers
as it was descending a steep grade
on Jacks Mountain, north of High
field. The excursionists were attend
ing the Lutheran reunion at Pen Mar,
and were en- route to Gettysburg,
Hanover and York.
By pulling lever on the plat
form five cars were cut off, which
were stopped by the air brakes.
Richardson and Cumberland were
taken before Justice Hill, who COM
mitted them to jail in default of
$1,000 bond each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
A Thresher Burned.

Easton Especially While Hynson
Cole, of near Bethlehem, Caroline,
County, was threshing wheat on the
Galloway farm, owned by Henry A.
Nichols and tenanted by Thomas B.
Allaband, his thresher was destroyed
by fire and his right foot was badly
mashed by the engine running over
it. The fire is said to have original
ed in the thresher by match drop
ped into it, setting fire to the straw
coming out. The blower of the
straw stack was soon a sheet Of
flame, setting fire to the ricks of
straw, which were also destroyed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
British War Relics.

During the excavation of Castine
sewer the other day one of the work.
men dug out two 9pound shot which,
it is thought, may have been fired
from the British warships or from
the American batteries across the har.
Dor during the occupancy of the town
by the English forces. w. A. Kicker
has them on exhibition in his window,
together with one of the copper to-
kens issued in about 1888, which were
also found by the same workman. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
VACATION.

A little blue Sky and shady nook,
With a briarwood pipe and a story
book;
A hammock swung meath the bending
trees,
And lazylike feeling of comfort and
ease;
Rest for the body and spirit and brain
From the terrible struggle and horri-
BILE strain
Nothing to do but to eat, sleep and
play,
With business hundred miles away!
Baltimore Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
SUES MUSICIAN FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Odendhal, OF Baltimore, Former
Actress, Would Return To Stage.

Baltimore Especially ~ Ia, wife.
of Emile Odendhal, entered suit for.
divorce on statutary grounds. Mr..
Odendhal is young musician and
prominent in a social way. His wife
was playing in "a Trip to China
town" when her husband first met
her, and after short courtship they
were married in February, 1905.
Soon the young wife tired of mar
ried life. She had promised to leave
the stage, and did so, but wanted
to go back. She was away from
home great deal, and at one time.
went to Europe alone. If she gets
her divorce, Mrs. Odeldhal will res
turn to the stage. Her husband will
not contest the suit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Boy Fatally Injured.

Hagerstown ESP ecia D.-Orem
Bohn, the nineteen-year-old son of
John Bohn, was fatally injured while
operating a boring machine in the
brick works at Waynesboro. A gap
ing wound three inches wide was
made in his back, The machine
pierced his lungs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
MoDEsTY PERsoNIFlED.

The Club Woman-You have nc
mind of your own, you microbe! You
are merely one OF these persons who
think they think!
Only Her Husband-You flatter me,
dear;-I often fancy that I imagine /
only suspect think!-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Woman Poisons Herself.

Hagerstown Especially Mrs. Re
becca Freeman, aged about fifty, wild
ow of George Freeman, swallowed a
large quantity of paris green at her
home, Tomstown, and died Wednes-
day. Her husband and three Rou-
manians were killed last fall in an
elevator accident in the Geiser works
at Waynesboro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS.

Mrs. Startuppe-Ah, professor! And
how is my daughter getting on with
her music? Do you think she will ever
become a great singer.
Professionalism, it is very hard
to say.
Mrs. Startuppe-But Aarely she pos
sesses some of the qualifications?
PROFESSIONALISM; Yes, madam; she
has mouth. -Philadelphia Inquirer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
THE CoNGENIAL ORCHARD.

Mrs. Cohenstein-"Vot ISIS It, Pop
per? Vot makes you look so happy?"
Mr.. Cohenstein--"S-E-h! hat just
been talking to der gardner, und he
tells me dot our peach crop dis year
will be a total failure Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Uses OF NOSES.

Teacher-"Yes, little ones; this is
the elephants trunk" (She proceeds
to explain at length what the elephant
can do with it's trunk "And now,
children, you shall tell me what your
nose is for"
Eliza Ann Jagged five)-Us 'aves it
to wipe, mum.-Illustrated Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
EASY PREY.

Tess-I think Miss Passay expects
to be married pretty soon.
Jess-Oh! Impossible!
Tess-Fact She tells me there's
a supplemented young fellow calling
at their house now who is under fin
ancial obligations to her father.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
CONCESSIONS.

Don't you think the railways ought
to make some concessions to the peo-
ple?"
1--WE do make concessions" answer
ed Mr.. Dustin Stax. Some of us
railway men are rich enough to run
trains entirely for our own pleasure
and convenience. Yet we let the pub
lie ride on the cars. Washington
Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
Brakeman Crushed To Death.

Hagerstown (SpeciaD. - Frank
Hays, aged twenty-five, unmarried, n
freight brakeman on the Western
Maryland Railroad. was fatally in
jured at Smithsburg by being squeez-
ed between two box cars. One thigh
was crushed and he was hurt in
ternally. He died at the Hagerstown
HOSDital
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
EXPLAINING IT.

''Bragley was telling me-" said Mark
ley, "that it keeps him busy these
days keeping track elf his social obi.
cations"
Every likely that's it. At any rate,
he doesn't seem to have time to both
err with his financial obligations" re-
piled Philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
LIVE AND LEARN.

81 revere Indiana. Riley is such
sweet singer"
Well" declared the old Hoosier;
eve halter go away from home to git
news. 1 never knew that Jim sang"
Washington Herald
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
IT ALWAYS DOES IT.

Experience" said the Sidewalk
Philosopher, lis the best teacher"
That's right" replied Senator Bad
ger There's nothing like experience
to steer us against new mistakes. =
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
LEARNING HIS LESSON.

"Ca-per has no enthusiasm in his
nature"
what makes you think so?"
"Why, he never applauds anything
at the theatre, and even sneers at
the finest points of the play"
"Oh, he is studying to be a critic,
you know. Tilt Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
FORMAL

Jane-Sally is so formal.
Mary-Is that so?
Jane-Yes; she won't even let
man kiss her before they are engaged
Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09

DR.. Behring's recent trip to Con-
stantinople was prompted solely by
his eagerness to examine the effects
produced by the bacterial fat"
which is used there by Professor
Dycke and DR.. Reyschad Bey as a
remedy for leprosy. Great things
are expected of it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
IN PRACTICE,

LAS angels, we shall wear sandals"
observed May.
won't we have trouble keeping
them on?" asked Fay.
mot after pumps" louisville Cour'
Ter Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09
SELF.CONTROL.

There's one thing l will say" re
marked Mr.. Millions, land that is that
my daughter, Arabella, has fine dis
position"
Indeed"
"Yes, sir The way she can listen
for hours to her own playing on the
violin shows remarkable selt-control"
philadelphia Inquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09

France bought 2. o2O. $50. ss6 pounds
of foreign-grown wheat in 1905, of
which only 32,006 bushels were
American grown. In 1906 we did a.
hundred times better. supplying
France with 3,8O2.553 bushels
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-09

-Four men out of six smoke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Speaking of Mr.. Stich's candidacy tor
governor, If We take him in time, where
are the other nine Stitches?
A. n
1t cannot be said of a certain girl who
is visiting in Topeka that she is no
Gentleman, because that's her name.
(This joke has probably been sprung
on her a million times, SO once more
won't do any damage.)
q 4 q
1t is rumored that a Topeka girl who
has been away for the summer, has
had such bad luck that she has given
up fishing for trout and is willing to
accept even a homegrown sucker.
= -
The average mans idea of independ-
ence in politics is for the other fellow
to vote his ticket.
y Y
A lost" earthquake, told about by
the newspapers some time ago, was
found in the Aleutian Islands. Always
advertise your losses in the newspapers
and you Will usually find them again.
P. S.-This doesn't apply to what you
lost on the races this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
OPPOSITION.

Naturally a special session Of the
legislature would put those members
who try to serve two masters-the
railroads and the people-in a trying
position. There are doubtless some
gentlemen with political ambitions
who are quaking in their boots for
fear Governor Hoch VIII convene the
legislature in extra session and there
by place them in an embarrassing po-
sition.
Naturally such members will pro-
/ test against the calling of a special
session. All sorts of reasons will be
urged why the legislature should not
be assembled. The cost, the difficulty
of accomplishing anything. the fact
that most of the members are busy,
and numerous other reasons will be
marshalled and paraded before Gov
ernor Hoch.
Some of these reasons will doubtless
be valid and ought to be given due
weight. but the people will consider
the source of the protests, and all pro-
tests coming from members with cor
poration leanings will be duly dis
counted.
The screams of certain element In
opposition to a special session ought to
be fairly good reason for calling one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Many a family tree is fruitless.
1t takes considerable drilling to be
a dentist.
When a woman puts in her oar there
1s generally a row.
Marriage is a contract, but there are
lots of contract jumpers.
The charity that begins at home is
generally too weak to travel.
There isn't anything much more emp
ty than an empty compliment.
When William Tell shot the apple
from his sons head the boy had an
arrow escape.
He who fails to mount the ladder of
success at home can go to foreign
parts to try another cline.
No. Maude, dear, when woman
wears a train 1t isn't necessary that she
should wear a switch.
She-'I don't understand baseball. It's
a ccnundrum to me- He-"Yes, there
is generally a catch to it,
The reason some men never get along
is because they spend all their time try
ing to prove that luck is against them.
Nell-"I could never love a man who
is knocker." Belle-'No, it's hard to
open your heart to a knocker.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
A QUESTION OF ARITHMETIC.


THE moment we give two cent rate,
that moment the excursion rates cease
as they have in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois
and Nebraska In Kansas our road has
given excursion rates of one fare plus
90 cents, which is one and one-half
cents mile, to the big fairs over the
state. This week Topeka is getting ad-
vantage of these rates for her race
meet. NJ. Connell. of the Santa Fee.
If the railroads will give Kansas a
fiat two cent rate they can
abolish al: of their interstate excursion
rates and wecome. The people would
then have practical excursion rates all
the time instead OF only occasionally.
The genial general passenger agent of
the Santa Fe evidently did not utilize
his arithmetic in making the above as
sertion. for the excursion rate he men
tions is more than Ia cents a mile, and
for distances under so miles it is over
two cents a mile. OF course, it helps to
make traffic when the fiat rate is three
cents a mile, and that is the very reason
the railroads grant these excursion
rates, and they make money by doing
so.
But to get back at this question of
arithmetic: Horton is 40 miles from
Topeka. With a fiat two-cent fare the
round trip would cost SLIGO. Under this
excursion rate which Mr.. Council
mentions the round trip costs $1.7O.
Lawrence is q miles from Topeka.
With fiat two-cent fare the round trip
would cost $1.0S. But the excursion
rate" which Mr.. ConneI says would be
abolished If we had two-cent rate,
would be $1.31. More Lawrence people
would come to the races on a two-cent
fare than take advantage of the ex-
cursion rates.
When the distance reaches so miles
the two-cent fare and the excursion
rate mentioned would be the same, and
for distances over 50 miles the excursion
rate would be the lower, but few people
come long distances to races and fairs.
The excursion rate" which Mr.. Connell
mentions is the same as a two-cent fare
would be from Atchison, Manhattan,
Alta Vista, Reading, Ottawa and Will
der.
Besides, the majority of the special
rates granted in Kansas are one and a
third fares, which is two cents a mile
fat, but people have to buy a round
trip ticket and go within certain limita-
lions to get even that rate.
1t is evident therefore that the abol-
ishment of these excursions would
not injure the public greatly if it got
fiat two-cent fare in return. Then the
public could go and come as 1t pleased,
as the excursion rate would be al
ways in force, between all stations, and
without the necessity of buying a round
trip ticket and going home on a certain
day.
The threat that the excursion rates
will be withdrawn doesn't scare any
body. If Mr.. Connell's railroad will
please give the public a fiat two-cent
fare, we won't make any fuss about
Withdrawing the local excursion rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
WHAT IT WILL COST.

member of the legislature who is
opposed to special session of the leg
islature stated yesterday that a special
session would cost 100000 or more,
and would be of no material benefit to
Kansas"
Let's see about that: The constitu-
ton limits the pay for a soecial ses-
sion to thirty days, and it is not likely
that such a session need to last more
than twenty days at the most That
would mean $50 for each member, and
for 165 members the per diem would
amount to $4,000.
With comparatively little business to
transact few committee clerks and
other employees would be necessary, but
supposing $50 employees were allowed
that would take $4,000 more, a total Of
S1S.900 to pay members and employees .
Then there would be mileage. post
age. and miscellaneous expenses, which
might run the aggregate up to s25. 900,
but it would be difficult to run the total
cost over that figure. And if the ees-
sion did not last that long 1t would be
less.
Considerable difference between $685.
900 and 100000 or more" isn't there ?
AS a matter of fact, what the state
will lose by reason of Tom Kelly's de-
posting state funds in the defunct
First National bank would pay for al
most four such special sessions.
An extra legislative session is not de-
sirable If there is any other way to get
justice for Kansas, but If that is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

[F'rom the Chicago News1
Even the fickle-minded composition
has set ways.
A man isn't necessarily bald because
he has no heir.
The man who has no time for an oc-
casional laugh needs vacat ton.
Most of the things we wish for are
about as useful as counterfeit dollar
bill.
Nothing pleases large woman more
than to have man call her a dear little
girl.
Marriage is seldom failure if neither
party to the contract has any fool rela-
lions to butt in.
Occasionally a man balks at doing a
charitable deed because some one he
oislikes expects him to do it.
When a girls breath suggests cologne
water it is a sign that certain young
man is due to call on her.
A pessimist says there is but one
thing more awkward than man learn
ing to dance, and that is woman
learning to swim.