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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
.rhe Canon Harp.


God strung His harp Of pines against
the wind,
And once He bent above the slope
and spake;
That word which men have crossed
the world to find,
That answer deep with peace for
hearts which ache
3Arilled on the clouds thaS thrilled
against the wind.
They have had long to learn it, and
they know;
Through silent years unsoiled by
greed of man,
Through midnights sanctiied by moon
and snow,
Through dawnings hushed with
rain when spring began,
The changing chords have held it,
and they know.
And whose hears their answer
learned of God,
The world shall be to him no more
the same,
Nor the old paths his toiling feet
have trod,
Nor the old speech of men in praise
or blame,
Once that his listening ears have
learned Of God.
For on his eyes the old shall be as
new,
And on his heart the new shall be
as old;
Heavens kingdom, shining in a hare
bells blue;
Heavens comfort, hidden in a lily
fold;
Heavens wealth, in barren sands OF
earth made new.
God strung His harp of pines against
the wind,
And through their centuries they
sing His word;
Hearts which have sorrowed, spirits
which have sinned,
These shall be glad with Him when
they have heard
The secret of the pines against the
wind.
Mable Earle in Youths Companion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
EARNING INDEPENDENT LIvINGs.

EARNING INDEPENDENT LIVINGS.
There are no less than 100000
women in the United States today who
earn their own living, and one-third
of all persons engaged in profession
al services are women. There are
1859 women who are teachers OF
music and 10000 who are artists and
teachers of art Feminine school
teachers and professors of learning
number 100000. There are 11,0OO
telegraph operators, 1,15O women
preachers, 5000 women doctors, S8S
journalists and several hundred wo
men lawyers in the United States.
Women authors number 2,725. There
are 10 women who are trappers and
guides, SO who are chemists or nave
something to do with assaying and
metallurgy; while in detective WorK
279 are women.-San Francisco Chron'
icle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
A LADY PAINTER ALoFT.

Notwithstanding that regular OLD
nor'wester was blowing and the sleet
was beating on her cheeks and filling
her ears, young woman stood ON
platform forty feet from the ground
yesterday and painted corset ad'
vertisement ON dead wall of build
ing in Forty-fifth street. She is said
to be the only female billboard painter
in the country, and she does stunts
with the brush on boards, rocks and
fences.-New York Letter, Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
NOW THE GLOVE MONOGRAM.

Constantly seeking new adornmenta
miladi has hit on gold monogram
for her left glove. And hewitching
innovation it is. MonograrE on peck
ethooks and chatelaine s=s are old.
and probably suggested the latest
fad. The monogram is used only for
street gloves. 1t is fastened on the
glove below the wrist, and when the
hand is closed the letters show up
vividly and give emphasis to the grace
and beauty of the hand. Among the
shoppers in the fashionable stores
along Fifth avenue many women can
be seen wearing gloves with, their in
itials in gold. The monogram is made
with a clasp pin and can be quickly
transferred from one glove to another,
New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
A FURLOUGH
FROM HONE
51Sa52SIS2S25252S2s3SeSl
BY Perry Duncan.

It was a farm. One need not
search the court records to know that
it was a mortgaged farm. The cat
tie knew, skipping in and out through
the fences. The rain knew, leaking
down and spelling the soup on the
kitchen stove The rusty, loose-joint-
ed plough whispered it to the old
broken-toothed harrow, and smiled to
think they had run their last furrow.
The tale was told in the sagging
gates, that no longer pretended to
shut-in the barn, bullying with empti
ness-in the hungry eyes of the slab
sided stock, but most of all in the
look of despair on Howard Cogburn's
face-in the shabby attire of his
young wife, and in the apathy of the
old mother sitting idly locking and
unlocking her knotted fingers.
The only thing that did not have
"mortgaged" written all over it was
the baby, and that might have been
better dressed. But this baby did not
care! 1t was happy in its blue calico
slip and red flannel petticoat hanging
down below it as it was with its blue
eyes and red lips parted beneath.
But the sight of this laughing, pow
erty-immune baby made all the rest
harder to bear. 1t was so bitter not
to have things all right for darling lit
tie Rosalie!
"Hello!"
The voice was that of well known
neighbor-ugent
Howard Cogburn limbered himself
and hurried out.
Got letter for you, Hold! Looks
like biz!" said John Saler, crossing
his leg on the saddle for good rest
and chat.
Howard broke the seal and, at last,
in Difference to Saler's unspoken de-
mand, said:
~You know brother Jilson is
dead?'
Eyes, heard it. Left you some kids
to bring up?"
"No kids in it, He never married.
He has left will The farm must be
cleared of all liens and kept as
home for mother. There will be five
thousand for me besides"
"Well, l swear! Hod! You're in it!
This'll be news to spread" and put.
ting his horse to gallop, he was
gone.
Howard, sensitive to the rack and
ruin all around him, and knowing he
held in his hand that which had the
power to change it all, could not go
in. He leaned on the porch railing
and sobbed aloud.
Tears for the brother gone, Tears
for the old days when. they had play
ed and fought together; but above
all for his own life, wrecked when
he had crushed down ambition and
decided to stay with the old folks on
the farm.
He ought never to have been a
farmer, and now the old desire to
see and know came strong upon him.
The man was weeping for the man
that might have been-the actual for
the possible.
His wife's watchful eye was upon
him. Her heart, long grown callous,
melted with mother-enfolding tender
ness. She came out and put her head
beside his.
What is the matter. Howard? Is
1t more bad news In the letter."
"Take it. For me 1t is too late!"
She quickly grasped the contents
and cried. ''Why. Howard, it's good,
good, good! Think OF the mortgage
gone! Think what We can do!-hx
ur the old place, the house and barn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
NOT MATURED.

What are you looking SO gloomy
about?"
"oh, I'm just home from the race
track"
why, you told me before you went
down there that you had picked sure
winner"
eyes; but-I-er-guess picked
him before he was ripe.
phia Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
"cEREAL" RUBBER.
Alleged Discovery of Another Substi.
tute for Para Gum.


A few years ago hopes were enter
tanned that a certain jelly-like prod.
uct of Indian corn could be success
fully utilized as a substitute for In.
dia rubber. Well, the scheme did
not turn out very successfully. Per
haps the same fate will attend more
modern discovery, which proposes tc
equal the gum of Para with a sub
stance derived from wheat. In '"The
Technical World Magazine" { Chi
cago periodically William Thomas
Walsh says that no less than 315 in
ventors in England alone have sup
posed that they had found something
as good as genuine rubber and far
cheaper, but these products have ali
failed to serve the purpose.
Then he goes on to tell
about another mans work. Viii.
liam T. Carr, another Englishman. he
says, was impressed with the resem
blance to rubber of a handful of wheat
after it had been chewed while.
Mr.. Cars investigation indicated
that his product was a conn., t1und or
certain parts of the grain with some
thing which is found in saliva and
which the chemists call ptyalin. He
portions the ingredients should be
combined, and the reader is led to
suppose that that particular question
has been settled. A more difficult
problem was to find enough ptyalin,
since no other substance would ap'
parently take it's place. Ptyalin is
not as plentiful as could be wished,
bat according to the contributor to
"The Technical World Magazine" Mr..
Carr found that the much sought
agent is secreted abundantly by the
hog. Now it is asserted that half
dozen grades of cereal rubber are
being made experimentally, ranging
from a fluid thin enough for water
proofing to the tough material need
ed for golf ball The difference is
said to depend Oh checking the action
of the ptyalin (which behaves as
ferment) ON the wheat at the proper
stage
mere nave Deeu SO many ulSaP
pointments over these discoveries fol-
a dozen years past that this one must
be regarded with the utmost caution.
The chances are several thousand to
one that Mr. Carr, though perfectly
honest, has fooled. himself and has
fooled others. 1t will not do prema
turely to pronounce his work fail.
ure. but it is altogether too soon
to pronounce it success. Mr.. Walsh
declares that cereal" rubber can be
manufactured cheaply enough to COM
pete with natural rubber. Well, per-
haps, and perhaps not. 1t can do
no harm to wait while before be-
lieving that the problem has been
solved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
HOPES DASHED.

First Bell Boy-Did you get riou
off that lady that gave you fifty Genus
for taking up her grip when sne
landed?
Second Bell Boy-Naw! | mad 20
work all the rest of the week former
for nuthin'.-Detroit Free Press,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
ANNOYING.

He-Do you believe in uniform
divorce law?
She-Yes. I'm getting awfully tired
81 the way things are mixed up al
present. Whenever I go from New
York to Connecticut | have to get all
my linen remarked. It's awfully an
uoying to be Mrs. Brown in one State
and Mrs. Smith in another. Of course
1t wouldn't be so bad if mems names
all began with the same letter.-Chi
eago Record-Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
NO PLEASING HIM.

Mother-Tommy, what's your little
brother crying about?
Tommy-'Cause I'm eatin' my cake
an won't give him any.
Mothe-Is his own cake hnlsned@
Tommy-Yes'm an he cried Whlle
was eatin' that, too.-Cathoilc Stan
dard and Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
SPANKING MACHINES.
Their Effect on Criminals Discussed
by Mrs. 5abcock.

A discussion on the treatment OF
crime at the regular meeting of the
Legislative League, held at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, brought out what seems
to be an entirely novel idea in pen
ology. Mrs. Hannah Babcock is OF
the opinion that physical pain is the
only means in some caseseof arous-
ing the moral sense, and, as she does
not consider that any innocent In
dividual ought to be subjected to the
degradation of INJECTING this pain, she
suggested that it should be done by
machinery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
CHARM OF UNCERTAINTY.

There is lot of excitement in
running an automobile" said the
cheerful citizen.
Eyes," answered the man who
sraells of gasoline, sit gives life the
charm of uncertainty. You never
know whether you are going to be
late for dinner or early at the emer'
gency hospital Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
TWICE TWO.

"Do you really believe two heads
are better than one?"
Give it up; but know we Wouidht
amount to much without foreheads.
philadelphia Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
HIS WAY.

Reporter-He emphatically declined
To-
City Editor-Confolnd it! Never
ask the Hon. Chester Chinnaway
direct question. Just tap him and
let him leak.-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
LIGHT COMEDY.

Vaudeville Female-Hasn't that lit
erary duck got that sketch done TOT
US yet?
Vaudeville Male-Yep, but 1t won't
do. He had the nerve to call IL a
refined comedy act, an there was only
three chances in the wholepiece tut
YOU t. knock me down. What d yer
think of that?-Puck,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
THE KNOWING AND THE UN
KNOWING.

when it was reported to the direc
tors that the cashier was footing the
bank, they all resigned, in BODY.
"Why do you suppose they dlc
that?"
~ can't say, unless it was they mao
curiosity to know something about
tie matter. Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
POOR KITTY

Mrs. Watkins-Why, Willie, what
are you doing? Put that cat down i'm
mediately. What do you mean by
torturing the poor creature?
WILLIE amt hurt your old cat
That man that was here last night
said there wasn't room anywhere in
this fat to swing a cat, and there is
in every room. for I've just done it
Somerville Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08
BAD BREAK.

She-What was father speaking to
you about?
He-Oh, he was asking me my in
tentions.
He was?. Well, 1 declare I think
fathers rather previous!"
"Oh, no! You see, borrowed five
dollars from him about six months
ago and he wanted to know when he
might expect it."-Yonkers Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08

Agriculture is the largest industry
In the United States and is pursued
by thirty-five per cent. of our work
ers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08

The Who's Who" for 1907 is such
a bulky volume that the London
World says the question now does not
seem so much who's who as who isn't
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08

He wondered if his finger was
Not quicker than the nipper
Ut wasn't)
A Maine man read that human eyes
Of hypnotism were full;
He went to see if it would work
Upon an angry bull.
Ut wouldnt.)
San Francisco Bulletin.
HIS WAY.
Reporter-He emphatically declined
City Editor-ConfoInd it, Never
ask the Hon. Chester ChinnaWay
direct question. Just tap him ana
let him leak.-Puck.
TWICE TWO.
"Do you really believe two heauS
are better than one?"
Give it up; but know we wouldn't
amount to much without foreheads.
Philadelphia Ledger.
NO PLEASING HIM.
Mother-Tommy, what's your little
brother crying about?
Tommy-'Cause I'm eatin' my caKs
an won't give him any.
Mother-Is his own cake hnlsned@
Tommy-Yes'm an he cried Whlle
I was eatin that, too.-Catnoilc Stan
dard and Times.
HOPES DASHED.
First Bell Boy-Did you get rlon
off that lady that gave you fifty Genus
for taking up her grip when sne
landed?
Second Bell Boy-Naw! had 20
work all the rest of the week former
for nuthin'.-Detroit Free Press,
LIGHT COMEDY.
Vaudeville Female-Hasn't that lit
erarv duck got that sketch done for
US yet?
Vaudeville Male-Yep, but 1t wonV
do. He had the nerve to call 1t
refined comedy act, an there was only
three chances in the wholepiece TUT
YOU t. knock me down. What q yer
think of that?-Puck
THE KNOWING AND THE uN
KNOWING.
when it was reported to the direc'
tors that the cashier was footing the
bank, they all resigned, in body.
"Why do you suppose they oic
that?"
81 can't say, unless it was they had
curiosity to know something about
tie matter. Puck.
CHARM OF UNCERTAINTY.
There is a lot of excitement IN
running an automobile" said the
cheerful citizen.
Eyes" answered the man who
SMELLS of gasoline, "it gives life the
charm of uncertainty You never
know whether you are going to be
late for dinner or early at the emer'
gency hospital "-Washington Star
ANNOYING.
He-Do you believe in uniform
Givorce law?
She-Yes. I'm getting awfully tired
81 the way things are mixed up al
present. Whenever I go from New
York to Connecticut have to get all
nv linen remarked It's awfully an
uoying to be Mrs. Brown in one State
and Mrs. Smith in another. Of course
1t wouldn't be so bad if mems names
all began with the same letter.-Chl
eago Record-Herald.
POOR KITTY!
Mrs. Watkins-Why, Willie, what
are you doing? Put that cat down i'm
mediately. What do you mean by
torturing the poor creature?
Willie-I amt hurt your Old cat
That man that was here last night
said there wasn't room anywhere in
this fat to swing cat, and there is
in every room. for I've just done it,
Journal
NOT MATURED.
What are you looking so gloomy
about?"
"oh. I'm just home from the race
track"
"Why, you told me before you went
down there that you had picked a sure
winner"
eyes; but-I-er-guess picked
him before he was ripe.
phia Ledger.
BAD BREAK
She-What was father speaking to
you about?
He-Oh. he was asking me my in
.entions.
He was?. Well, declare think
fathers rather previous!"
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
STOPS RECRUITING FAVORS
General DuvalI Says No Branch Of
Army Must be Promised.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-In order
to prevent proselyting for recruits for
particular organizations in the army,
Brigadier General William p. Duvall.
acting chief Of staff, has issued an
amendment to army regulations ON this
subject, which reads as follows:
Correspondence between the officers
or enlisted men Of the general recruit
ing service and other officers or en-
listed men of the army with a view to
furnishing or of obtaining recruits for
particular organizations, either by the
acceptance of applicants at general re-
Icruiting stations or by the assignment
of recruits from recruit depots or depot
posts, is prohibitedp
Serious objection is entertained by
the officers of the General STAFF to the
practice which this order is intended
to stop because of the fact that prom
ises made by officers could not always
be fulhlled and the consequent disap-
pointment engendered by a feeling of
disappointment and dissatisfaction ini-
mical to the best interests Of the SER
vice.
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
WOMANKIIVD I
AMERICAN GIRL STUDENTS

The American girl student is a SUBJ
iect which never fails TO attract at
tention from thoughtful fathers and
mothers on either side of the Atlantic;
for. although the conditions for her
protection are greatly improved over
those existing a few years ago, Paris
and the girl student are still too often
synonyms Of tragedy. you live in
Paris-how / envy youi" is a remark
familiar to Americans who are obliged
TO live in that paradise for artists,
when they meet their friends from
home. The young and enthusiastic
surround Paris with n romantic halo.
and many are apt to derive their inn
pressions Of the foreign city, and
especially Of the Quarter life," from
such books as "Trilby." The city has
an undeniable attraction, and II is GER
tain that Bohemianism i'm every mean
ing Of the word is the keynote of the
life there; and this, combined with
the natural beauty. the artistic at
mosphere and the general hilarity,
proves so powerful a magnet that
thousands of English-speaking youths
and maidens. plunge into il every year
WIN lllle money no experience and
blissful ignorance Of the difficulties
and dangers they are sure TO en-
counter. They totally ignore the
thousand and one stumbling blocks
constituted by the difference in langu-
age, customs and morals with which
they are sure to be confronted. and.
as a result of ignorance. many suffer
singed wings and shattered illusions
There can be no doubt that the stud
ent who has reached the age OF dis
cretion or the student who is sur
rounded with wholesome influence and
wise counsellors viii find much to her
advantage to take up her studies-art,
music or languages-in the foreign
capital; but to her who journeys forth
filled with ambition and optimism Of
youth and inexperience. and who, with
little money. expects to study under
the same conditions that she has
known in New York or any other
American city. too much cannot be
said in warning.-Leslie's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
Move On"
To the Mems OxIOrdS

$3.50, $500 and $3.50 Oxfords now .....S S2.2o
The policeman in the shoe department certain
ly has laid down the law.
Here's the latest:
Every pair of our Mems $3.50, $500 and $500
Oxfords are to be closed out at once. No reser-
vations has been made; every one in good style
both for this season as well as next.
About 500 pairs of High Grade Goods at less
than the price Of the ordinary kind.
Remember Any pair Of Mems $3.50 to $500
Oxfords in the house observation-disclosures. .S2.2o
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
definition Of a CRATER.

A CRATER is one who appropriates to
his own use and benefit. by fraud,
trickery, deceit or the connivance and
cooperation of others, anything of
value to which he has no moral right,
even though he may not be legally
debarred from obtaining it. The term
is too new to have reached dictionary
dc. .lnitions or strict limitations in
popular usage. 1t is most often ap-
piled to persons who resort to fradu-
lent or other discreditable means Of
obtaining money. or something else of
value from public officials or the
public treasury. or by means of poll
tics-Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
STERLING-B BENJAMIN

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 22-Miss Addie
r. Benjamin. a member of a prominent
Maryland family and Robert Sterling, Of
Wilmington. were married by Rev. DIT.
John w. sayres, pastor Of Trinity Meth-
Od.st Episcopal Church yesterday after
noon.
The bride is a daughter Of the late l. N.
Benjamin, a veteran Of the Mexican and
Civil Wars. and is well-known in social
circles in this city. where the family has
resided for a number of years. The groom
Is native of Gloucester. N. j.. and holds
a responsible position with the Pennsyl
vania railroad at Wilmington. The we'd
ding came as a great surprise to the many
afiepds OF the c0upsA
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
Move On"
To the Notions

Keep with the crowd and you'll save money on
every purchase made in this section.
Bone Buttons plaid and mounted effects; suit
able for the new linen suits skirt and coat sizes;
regular csc and SOC values ............I5c 2Ic
Brush Braid; regular quality, SC, ....Ic yard.
Dresden Carriers; regular prices 75c, SIoo and
ST 30 pair; special prices, 55c, 75c and SI.oo
The new Reform" Dressing Comb; regular
price 75c; special ................'... ...'.o5c
Macey's Hook and Eyes; regular price Ioe
tube this week ..............'......'
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
"MOVe On" 10 the Lawn
Dress Goods

Special officers have been
doing duty here as well as in
other departments, and bargains
await those who care TO come
after them. Here's an excellent
opportunity to get a good wash
dress for very little money.
About 1000 yards of both fig
ured and lowered lawns; I2Hc
Ndlue ............ .-...... .cO
Silk Muslins; all colors; short
lengths Of the Ioc quality, I21ae
Figured Poplins; p inches
wide; white grounds; black fig
ures 25c value .2oc
Two pieces of Grey Checks; 80
inches wide; zoe quality ..I2Hc
Evening journal., 1907-08-22

Charles H. Lord. of Dumbarton. n.
H.. recently cut a large pine tree on
his farm. which. from the rings. was
200 years old. The tree was 1874 feet
tall. measured 8 feet 4 inches on the
stump, and at the height of 60 feet
measured 3 feet in diameter.
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
Move On" To the Silks

A few numbers mentioned to
show you which way the wind is
blowing during this sale. There
are numbers of bargains here but
space to mention only a few.
A lot Of black and white check
silks; in Louisine and taffetas;
the regular 65c qualities; 10 in
ches wide fundamentally
Black taffeta the kind usually
sold for SIPS a yard; 80 inches
wide; special ..... .$I.oo
Evening journal., 1907-08-22

Celery Trays, 5000,
So. so and $40, now
SAYS, $500 and $500
Toothpick Holders 25c,
35c, soc, now
I215c, zoe, 35c
I2-inch Vase, $I2 $500
Wine decanter, So,
$500
Evening journal., 1907-08-22
Move On" To the Dress Goods

Grey Plaid Panamas, 80 inches
wide, the regular soc quality .3715c
All Wool Mistral, in blue only,
81 inches wide, 75c quality. .6oc
Silk and Wool Crepe de Paris, in
cream only, 3S inches wide, regular
75c quality ............5o soc
Green and Blue Mohair Checks, 38
inches wide, soc value .........25c
Black and colored remnants of
dress goods, 75c and SI.oo values,
soc