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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
.CoRoT's RUSTIC HABITS.
how the Artist Came to Live the Life
of Peasant.

! dow the Artist Came to Live the Life
| of u Peasant.
Corot's father was little, dry, thin
precise gestures and short speech were
In singular contrast to the geniality
| and jovial ways of Camille. He was
| the typical business man. He wished
| his son to go into business and appren-
ticed him to a wholesale cloth mer-
| chant Camille, who dreamed only Of
| painting, conceived a violent aversion
to commerce and seized every oppor-.
| tunity to escape from the shop and go
up to bis room to copy drawings. His
employer was very dissatisfied with
| him and complained to his father, who
reprimanded him severely. At last one
day the young man did not go to bust
ness and told his father that he must
follow his vocation, even if it brought
him misery. Seeing that nothing could
alter this decision, every WE'LL" the
father answered Il will give you 1000
francs annually-not centime more
/ and you will make the best you can
of it."
Camille leaped for joy. He imme-
diately made preparations for depar-
ture, left home and installed himself
in the little hamlet Of Morvan, at a
| farrier's whose numerous family was
| crowded into the only room, which
was the forge. Corot there contracted
the habits of the peasantry, which he
retained ever after He had no needs,
| lived only for his art and found COM
plete happiness in it.
For long time Corot remained at
the farrier's. satisfied with the coarse
food, happy in his liberty and feeling
rich with his modest allowance. En-
dowed with robust health and being
jovial by nature, he always sang while
he worked, and his gayety never de-
serted him.
At his fathers death Corot found
himself possessed of revenue Of 49,
600 francs, but this opulence did not
change his rustic habits. He continued
his simple and laborious life. Always
up before dawn, he put son the peas
ants clothes that he wore all his life,
ate his soup, lit his pipe and with his
box in his hand and his easel on his
shoulder started for his work, his So
norous voice ringing out joyously.-G.
Chardin in Putnam's Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Do something for somebody, and do
1t now.
Thinking well doesn't count unless
you act well.
Don't follow in the footsteps of your
competitors. Set the pace.
Life is not worth living unless you
live for the good you can do.
There are times when an ounce of in
genuity discounts ton of energy.
The more sunshine there is in some
mems lives the less hay they make.
No man ever got pain in his back
from carrying his neighbours burden.
Many of our anticipated pleasures
are anything but pleasures after we
get them.
Some men are able to bear misfor-
tunes and some others have sense
enough to avoid them.
Only a mother can distinguish be-
tween the mischievousness of her boy
and the badness of the boy next door.
Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
A TREE OF ILL REPUTE.

The Fresh Juice of the Upas Acts as
Deadly Poison.
An evil reputation has long been
borne by the upas tree, Antsaris toxi-
caria, which grows in Borneo and 9th
er East Indian islands. 1t is still a
common belief that birds flying with
in the influence of it's poisonous va
pors instantly perish and that it is IA
tai for animals or men to rest be-
meath it's shade 1t resembles certain
rhus plants Qike the poison IVY in
emitting volatile substance which
affects the skins of certain suscepti-
BILE persons. though others are unaf-
fected. The sap is very poisonous and
Is the chief substance used by the
Dyaks of Borneo for poisoning the tips
Of their darts.
In this process an incision is made
in the bark of the tree and the milky
emulation collected on palm leaf
and dried first in the sun and then
over a fire until a thick brown mass
is left In this state it can be kept
without deteriorating, and when re-
quired for use it is made into thin
paste with the juice Of tuba" root
which is used to stupefy fish, or with
tobacco or lemon juice, and the ends of
the darts dipped into the mixture and
dried. These darts are made from the
middle stem of the palm leaf and are
about six or eight inches in length and
of about the thickness of a knitting
needle
They are used with wooden sumpi-
tan, or blowpipe, which is about seven
or eight feet in length and has an in
ternal diameter of about one-quarter
inch. A bird struck by one Of these
little darts is instantly killed, and
pig dies in about twenty minutes.
The fresh juice of the upas tree.
whether swallowed or injected into
the blood. acts as a violent poison.
causing commissions and death.-Chi-
cago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

People who have seen cottonwood
lumber warp when it came from the
saw can appreciate story about the
first sawmill erected at Fort Scott.
After the first days saving the owner
of the mill came down from town,
where he had been celebrating the
opening" with the boys. He looked
over the crooked boards scattered
about the yard for moment and then
inquired with drunken gravity:
"Boysh hic), has that lumber been
measured yet"
at has not" replied the foreman of
the mill.
"Well, when it gets still, take a hic)
corkscrew and measure it."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
DORMoUSE DELEGATES.
Titbits That Were ReIished In An-
cient Roman Times.

Titbits That Were ReIished In AM
ciemt Roman Times.
Drawn was originally a Roman dish
and was eaten with garum, and cows
and calf's foot jellies were likewise
dainties with Rome's upper ten in the
time of the Caesars. One would hardly
suppose that black buildings were so
old as the reign of Tiberius, but this Is
the fact. They were made of pigs
blood, with little cubes of fat inter-.
spersed in the. compound and were the
invention of gentleman who rejoiced
in the name of Bambonselvergius 1t
was he who invented all kinds Of sau-
sages-that is, meat stuffed into skins,
which, we take it, is the ground plan,
SO to speak, of a sausage.
This gentleman also wrote learned
treatise on the fattening of dormice for
the table, for at one period dormice
were craze There We're dormouse
soup. dormouse sausage. dormouse
Drawn, dormouse cooked in every
conceivable way, and the demand for
this delicacy in prize sizes was so great
that there was room for a book on the
subject, though unfortunately this
book is lost to posterity, and the only
knowledge which we have of the fat
tening of dormice in Rome is from
Petronius Arbiter, who tells us that
they became fat by sleeping.
He also tells us that the best sauce
to eat with dormouse is a mixture of
poppy seed and honey, mixture which
probably had the merit of inducing
sleep after a meal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
How To Remain Young.

To continue young in health and
strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan,
McDonough, Ga, did. She says:
''Three bottles of Electric Bitters
cured me of chronic liver and
stomach trouble, complicated with
such an unhealthy condition of the
blood that my skin turned as red
as flannel. | am. now practically 20
years younger than before [ took
Electric Bitters. | can now do all
my work with ease and assist in my
husbands store" Guaranteed at
Eli T. Reynolds Drug Store. Price
soc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
EDMUND KEAN.
To See Him Act Was Like Reading
Shakespeare by Lightning.

SA0AGSPC<1EC w AAeS
Before the third century after the
birth of Shakespeare had reached it's
first quarter there was born in England
to a. stage carpenter and strolling ac-
tress child destined to grapple with
the poets highest thought and inter-
pref it with a vividness that to this
day stands unrivaled. Coleridge's terse
comment, that to see him act was read
ing Shakespeare by lightning, reveals
him with the fullness of volume. Ed
mund Kean, along with most people
early trained to an art, had little if any
education of the schools. He was when
a boy provided with instruction by
some benevolent people whom his
smartness and beauty attracted, but he
rebelled against the tasks of study and
went to sea. But life there was too
rough for his fine nature. He returned
to England and at the age of seven be-
gan the study of Shakespeares charac-
tiers with his Uncle Moses. This he
continued with an actress named lids
well, who taught him, besides, as well
as she knew, the principles of her art.
AT an early age he had the credit of
originality so surprising as even then
to challenge the supremacy of Philip
Kemble At fourteen he played Ham
let. King George had him recite at
Windsor castle, and it is said this Incl
dent led some gentlemen to send him
to Elton, but there is no record of it.
At twenty he was in provincial troop,
a member of which he married, and
for six years thereafter, until his glori-
Gus night at Drury Lane his life was
one of hardship, struggle, obscurity.
but, thanks to the faith in himself, not
hopeless. His London debut was made
at twenty eight He had fought for it
hard and long and would then have
missed it but for the falling reputation
of the theater. London debuts in first
roles are not easy for provincial ac-
tors, and none knew better how hard
they are to get than Henry Irving.
Kean seems to have been at his full
splendor and made hit. After that
his habits were altogether prejudicial
to the refinement of taste or the acqui-
sition of knowledge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
Larxae Nests.

By breaking open rotton logs one can
find in midwinter the grubs or larvae of
many of the wood boring beetles, and
beneath logs and stones near the mar
gins of ponds and brooks hordes of the
maggots or larvae of certain kinds of
files may often be found huddled to-
gether in great masses. The larvae of
a few butterflies also live over winter
beneath chips or lunches of leaves
near the roots of their food plant or in
webs of their own construction, which
are woven on the stems close to the
buds whose expanding leaves will fur
nish them their first meal in spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

The beds of the ancients were piles
of skins. The first beds resembling
those used in modern times were made
of rushes and later of straw. The use
of feathers in making beds has been
attributed to the Romans. and Elaga-
balus Heliogabalus) is said to have
used an air cushion for pillow in 218.
Air beds were frequently used during
the sixteenth century. Feather beds
were largely used during the reign Of
Henry VIII. of England.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
TALES AND ENDS.
WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.
BY ALLEN PAYNE.

All the worlds a stage. So many fail to act
until the curtain is down.
Folks who drain the cup gradually go down in
the drain.
Mans resolutions are often like flies born in a
warm spell during the winter. They are not long
for this world.
The pleasures of lite consist OF not in being good
but in doing good
A man eases his conscience by the oil of
repentance.
Glycerine is used extensively on the skin. A
small quantity of nitro-glycerine in the form of
powder would be 'just good" for some com
pexions.
The average man is not satisfied to be beacon
light in the world He wants to be flash light.
When the devil gazes at himself in mirror he
is sure no one else ever saw his equal.
A saloon is place in which people talk about
things they know nothing about
Pride has made more fools out of people than
drink has unatics.
That love is blind is indeed only too true, and
has been fully demonstrated by many couples
who discover that after all they did not see their
way clear.
The black sheep of the family won't always
pull the wool over the eyes of the parents
Men place themselves in the scales but in their
own estimation they are always all right. It's
the balance who are found wanting.
The devil never chalks any thing on the ice.
If we were all in the same boat some fool
would be sure to rock it,
Brains and manners both fit under the same
harness.
After all the dead beat appears very much
alive.
When woman gives you piece of her mind
It is frequently delivered in chunks.
Soreness is often caused by ones own appl-
cation.
The saloon keepers load is usually burdened
upon short cared ass.
A thorn in a rose is worth two in the flesh.
The life of some folks consists ot'air backed up
by cold 'front.'
When man gathers in the spoils he includes
also the moss.
Some people will accept anything from you
except an apology.
Livery UeluS Hds pace III InlS WOTlu Dut SO rev
seem to know where to look for it.
If the city of Paris were monkey cage some
women could not possibly do any better at
initiating.
The wife of henpecked husband has her set
ways.
jaw.
Getting on another tear does not mend matters.
When the devil meets gambler it's his turn TO
lay the cards.
The drunkard's pace that kills is not necessarily
smile minute.
square deal every time has made many man
come round
When poor man inherits fortune his friends
pull his legacy.
The guest tips the waiter because it serves him
right.
When man loses his back bone his friends find
poor pickings.
Mans fancy is mostly tickled,
When love his eyes has blinded;
They'll open when he's led
To see his fancy was tickle minded.
One cup of standard oil makes the whole world
skinned.
Conceited men seek their own faults with a
microscope
One reason the pententiary bird does not like
the regulation garb is because his sense of pride
prohibits his being dependent on the state.
Wind bags in the shape OF humanity eventually
fall fiat. No dependence can be put in their
quality.
There is not pill in the shape of an old maid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
He'll Gate.

He'll Gate, at the entrance of Long
Island sound, in the East river. was
not so named because of its dangers
and turbulence, as is generally sup
posed. but quite the contrary. The
early Dutch settlers called 1t "Hell
Gate" because it was a pleasant, beau
tiful passageway. in allusion to its pic
turesque scenery, "helr' conveying the
idea of pleasantness.-New York Her
aid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
He Didn't Hush.

Mamma" queried little Willie.
"what is 'hush?'"
''Why do you ask, dearY' said his
mother.
Because" explained the observing
urchin, ''when l asked sister what
made her hair all mussed after her
beau was here this afternoon she said,
Hush, dear "-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

Some years ago Norman Hapgood
was arranging the data for his Life
Of Lincoln" When he sat down to
write the opening chapter. he was con-
fronted with puzzle. Hurrying to an
adjoining room of the paper. on the
staff of which he was shining light,
he asked the editor, by the way, what
was Lincoln's first name, Abram or
Abraham
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
Always After Us,

mo matter what we do, there is ont
class Of people who will always b.
after us"
''Who are theyT"
Observation-Disclosures American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

Adjutant General Riggs, of the
Maryland National Guard, has
under consideration the establish
ing of an outdoor rifle range for the
towns of Belair, Elkton, ,Easton and
Salisbury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

"Those candidates are telling some
terrible lies about one another"
Eyes. But, you see, it would mean
shooting on sight If they were to tell
the truth about one another."-Hous-
ton Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
The Caller.

''Mary, has any one called while
was out?"
Eyes. ma'am; Mr.. Biggs was here"
"Mr. Biggsf don't recall the
name"
mo, ma'am; he called to see me,
administered Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
Pleasant,

"Oh, George, I'm so glad you've
comew exclaimed the girl. "Father is
SO excited and disturbed. Do go in and
calm him.
every WE'LL" replied George, what's
the matter with him?"
"Why-er-I just told him you want
ed to marry me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

Teacher - What are parallel lines?
Micky Mulberry, what are you grin
ming at? Micky Mulberry-Scuse me,
Miss Sharpe. but any loidy might
make de same mistake Yer means
parallel bars don't yers-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

To wilful men the injuries that they
themselves procure must be their
schooling Shakespeare
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

+, The secret of being tiresome is in
telling everything.-Yoltaire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15

Although the world is full of suffer
Ing. it is thll of the overcoming of it,
Keller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-15
ALICE & SHEPHERD.
The New Store Special News.

We have secured very special drive in Linoeums,
IS Mattings and Carpets which place sale at
Us prices to attract you. y
SM The values the very best and the "
~ LInoleums cost is about the for good oil =
81 cloth. You have used linoeum and "
~ know just how much better they h
and it is not often able to offer any drives these
floor coverings Takeadvantage ofhis lot beforethey CO.
SMS We bought our Mangs early and bought rs
81 Mattlngs them at their very lowest price. Our W
SM ections have been made with unusual ~
So and showing at this time the exclusive
SM and literally priced line of Japanese Mattings n
sA shown in this place II
~ The patterns the very newest mporations and Il
are very beautiful while the quality surpasses any
"a have at the prices marked. M
Remember, we lay them for you and all you do isl ~
I tell us what particular pattern you like Better
S% call and them before the choicest patterns gone
M OF course shall have plenty of them later but the ri
M later arrivals will be of excellent rs
ST. In cheaper China Mattings showing line U
SX priced from 122 cents % CENTS good
M Values low prices and good patterns prevail charac
"a terize the japanese goods 1t will be pleasure TO &
sSNI show them to you. 81
81 The new Fibro Carpet; something entirely "
SM Carpets in the carpet lines light in weight 4;
SM serviceable and pretty. Also a full line of N
~ Ingram and Rag Carpets. E
SRI Agents for the Cyphers Incubators and Breeders Y
~ and chick food supplies N
sI ALLEE & SHEPHE RD. -
SSSSSN Observation-Disclosures NMNSNSNSN
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30

1t is astonishing how men will play
with the poison of dishonesty, which IS
so insidious at first. which intoxicates
and stimulates one. but paralyzes and
kills later II every youth We're only
taught that TO be successful a man
must be greater than his occupation,
that his character must not be for sale
at any price, that he will always be
rich SO long as he retains 1t and just In
proportion to its strength and integrity,
and weak and unhappy and a failure,
no matter how much money he may
have. just in proportion to the weak
ness of his character; If he only started
out with the conviction that only one
real failure is possible. and that is the
loss of self respect. the barter Of ones
character. either for pleasure or for
money, if the youth were only taught
that he cannot afford to deceive even a
little bit In the quality of goods he Is
selling or In the quality of the service
he is giving what revolution would
come to our ization!-Success.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30
The Soul Of the Tailor.

The soul of the craftsman can ex-
press itself more fully and clearly In
tailoring than In any other trade II
the tailor's thoughts are poetic, he can
Issue pastorals In colors that are
charmingly suggestive Of hillside or
meadow, foliage or waving grain He
ca Es-4nake his oyercoats speak Of bleak
Dece1fber, his dress suits Of frollc and
festf tiles, his frOek coats u dignity
and wealth, his cutaWays Of self con.
tent and his sacks Of strcnuousness.
and he can make his walstroats Jingle
like limerleks. his trousers sing Of sun
shine or Of rain and mud, his spring
suits chortle Of hope and JOY and his
summer suits prattle Of flowers If he
Is an artist. he can make overcOat. un-
dercoat waisteoat or trousers seem a
sensuous haze. reyerie in color.
riot Of action or a vigorous portrayal
of conflicting emotions in a decimated
field Of desolation. and If he Is u mu-
stefan he can impart to his sart0rial
creations an expression that suggests
the bleating Of lamb. the clashing Of
cymbals the rattat Of drum. tho
ragtime movement Of a cakewalk, the
vail of despair. the shout Of triumph
tho roar Of lion or The bray Of an ass
-Sartorial Arr journal
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30

In his "Reminiscences Of an Irish
Land Agent" the author, Sam Hussey
tells of one of the earliest private car
riages used In Kerry: The vehicle In
question had just been purchased by a
certain Miss Mullins, who regarded it
on its arrival with almost sacred awe.
A dance in the neighborhood seemed
an appropriate opportunity for i'm
pressing the county with her newly &C
quired grandeur; but the night proving
wet. she insisted on reverting to a for
mer mode of progression and rode pill
lion behind her coachman. The result
was that she caught a violent chill.
which turned to pneumonia. When her
relatives were assembled round her
deathbed the old lady exclaimed be
tween her last gasps for breath. Thank
goodness l never took out the carriage
that wet night
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS, sarah f. Harrington Of smith
Held IN the County If somerset and state 4
Maine. by her mortgage deed dated March
TO- \. u. 1872, and recorded IN the Somerset
Registry OF Deeds in Book 81 Page 81 con
XeXed to me. the undersigned. two pieces or
parcels of land situated IN said NmIthreit
and bounded and describe A. follows, 10 Wit.
FIRST piece or parcel, BEGINNING n the
highway near sanford III. kuwes barn run
ming ea>teriy by land 81 >tIden Rowe and ]
4. Pierce thence east by and OF Allen " ADD.
thence >autherly by land OF b. +. Mitchell
and on The west hy the highway 10 the rrst
mentioned bound II being all and the same
that WAS conveyed to stafford Tucker by a
II. stevens deed dated july IS. \. H. 49,. con
tanning about eighly-rNe = acres.
second piece or parcel Bounded Oh tbs
north by land of Gase IHton and land of Owl
ers unknown. Oh east ny land Of q. K.
Pierce and by land of owners unknown
south by land owned by Allen Wade
George Gunlietl and John N Hhomr-
son. and west by land formerly owned ~
John Rowe. Being All and the SAME prcui-
ses conveyed u stafford Tucker ny Levi r
Merrill. Bell Merrill, and Lacy I. merrill -
deed dated Jan. + A. T.. 80 IN said prem
seS above described being Int samr conveyed
10 sarah L. Harrington hs stafford Tucker
by deed dated Pee. =. \. p. 80
AND WHEREAS. the condition - ~Ai4
mortgage has hecu hrnstu. Nm III NE=
FORE hy reason of breach uf tar condition
thereof claim foreclosure l.. SAL MHfi#
gage.
Dated az NaterIUt this tenth say of MAY
4. H. I4'-.
wa SAMUEL. E HlRN
Rv charles +. johnson. his attorney
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30

Law and equity are two things which
God has joined together and man has
put asunder
When a prisoner In Justice Maule's
court was asked whether he had any
thing TO say why sentence should not
be pronounced upon him. he replied. II
wish God may strike me dead II stole
the ducks Maule waited for about a
minute and then said Prisoner as
Providence has not interfered | must.
Three months hard labor
A mayor on taking his seat on the
bench for the first time informed the
bar that during his year of Office he
would spare no effort to be nen.@ par
tial nor mpartial.-Address of Sir Al
bert Rollit in London.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-30
Arc Brothern PoIitef

Are brothers polite to their sisters l?
This Is not suggestion for silly
season" correspondence but a question
of serious import. On the answer to it
depended sisters reputation when
she was seen home to her boarding
house after the theater by young
man. Brother" cried the indignant
lady who had sat up to open the door
to the late conner. That was no broth
er. Why. | saw him raise his hat to
you when be walked away London
Chronicle.