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The midland journal., 1907-03-22
4 SPIDER ST; FIGHT.
1t Was o Fast and Furious Battle to
the Death.

the Death.
l once had a spider pet of a kind the
books enabled me to identify. He was
fine big fellow. l caught him in the
garden, carried him home, and for
close interest in each other, he for the
flies l introduced to him and for the
amusement he introduced to me.
kept him in milliner's box, letting
him out when visited him, especial
ly delighting myself with allowing
him to drop from one hand by his fine
spun thread and then either catching
him in the other or gently compelling
him to climb back again by appar-
emily eating his own ladder.
One day 1 captured another spider
of the same species. kept him for
few days in a separate box, and then,
with the kindly idea Of companionship,
I introduced him to Tiger. l have
seen dogs fight; 1 have seen chan
ticleer fight and slay his man; have
seen rams fight till, with his skull
crushed in, one lay dead at the foot
of the other; 1 have seen men fight;
but the fullest sense ever realized of
mad, .murderous passion let ungov-
ernably loose, centered in one destroy
ing aim and summoning every physic-
al energy to its devilish service,
realized when those two spiders rush
ed to mortal combat. I stood in boy
ish terror as their tangled legs drop
ped off, torn by mutual rage; and as
with vicious dexterity they struck each
other with their poisoned fangs, using
for their own destruction the weapons
and appliances with which nature has
provided them for the capture and
slaughter of their prey, visibly turned
pale.
Tiger was the victor, but even while
with brutal wrath, all mangled as he
was, he bit and spurned his dead and
limbless foe he was seized with symp-
toms took to be paralytic, and in
minute or two 1 helped him to his
death And this fearless gladiator
was afraid of, l remember, and never
would tackle big bluebottle fly.
What is courage?-Dundee Advertiser.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
Kean,s Love Drama.

There was little that was romantic
in the first meeting of Kean, the great
tragedian, and the woman who was to
bear his name. 1t was on the stage Of
the Cheltenham theater that Charles
Kean and Miss Chambers, pretty
young actress, first saw each other.
''Who is that shabby little man with
the brilliant eyes?" Miss Chambers
asked in the hearing of the king of the
stage. "And who." Kean retorted by
asking aloud, sis that odd little wo-
MANI From this singularly inaus-
picious opening Kean's love drama
proceeded so swiftly that before a
month had gone the curtain was rung
down at the altar.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
SUGAR MAKING.
The HindoOs Probably Learned the
Art From the Chinese.

Art From the Chinese.
The Chinese, who invented almost
everything before anybody else heard
of it, claim to be the original discover
ers of the process of sugar making,
and it is said that sugar was used in
China as long ago as 5000 years. This
is misty, but the fact is well establish
ed that it was manufactured in China
under the Tsin dynasty 200 years at
least before the Christian era began.
India has put forward a claim for
priority of invention, but the probable
ity is that the Hindoos learned the art
of sugar making from the Chinese and
that through them the knowledge final
ly spread to the western nations. Ne
archus, when sent by Alexander on an
exploring voyage on the Indus, brought
back reports of 'honey" which was
made by the Asiatics from cane with
out the help Of bees.
At this time neither the Greeks nor
the Jews nor the Babylonians had any
knowledge Of sugar, but later the art
of making the artificial "honey' be-
came known and practiced, though its
progress and development were ex-
ceedingly slow. 1t was prescribed as
a medicine by Galen in A. D. $50, and
up to the seventeenth century it had
become nothing more than costly
luxury, to be used only on special occa-
sions. Even as late as the beginning
Of the eighteenth century the annual
consumption Of sugar in Great Britain
had reached only 20,OO0,O0O pounds,
whereas it is now more than 2,0OO.O00,-
600 pounds.
Refined sugar was not made in Eng
land till 1859. The art of refining was
learned by Venetian merchant from
the Saracens, who sold the secret to
him for 100000 crowns.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22

II spent last Christmas on Christmas
island" said globe trotter. "In the
morning l bathed in the sea and in
the afternoon, dressed in white flannel,
1 played tennis. Christmas island is
in the Indian ocean. 1t is always
summer there. The thermometer new
er falls below 20 and never rises above
90 in the shade. There's always a
cool, pure wind from the southeast
Fresh fruit and flowers and vegetables
are as plentiful in January as in July.
This little paradise is nine miles long
and ten miles wide"
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
Naturally Puzzled.

Among the interested visitors Of the
marine barracks at Washington on one
occasion there was party of young
girls from a Maryland town, friends of
one Of the officers Of the barracks.
They proved much interested In every
thing pertaining to the life and disci-
pline of the post.
"What do you mean by 'tapsY" ask
ed one young woman.
"Taps are played every night on the
bugle." answered the officer "It means
lights out They play it over the
bodies of dead soldiers"
A puzzled look came to the face of
the questioner, Then she asked
"What do you do If you haven't a
dead soldier" r2"-Harper's Weekly.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
Treating the Insane.

In 1896 William Tuke, a Quaker,
opened the first national asylum for
the insane in York, England A few
years earlier a Frenchman named Pi-
mel had made similar effort to restore
the mentally deficient to the rank of
human beings. PinePs plan was that
Of nonrestraint, system then unheard
Of and, of course, to be ridiculed as a
preposterous heresy. 1t is now being
followed everywhere
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
How To Remain Young.
To continue young in health and

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. l am now practically 20
years younger than before | took
Electric Bitters. l 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., 1907-03-22
They wouldn't Lay.

A bashful young woman from q
backwoods county in Virginia went
into local store carrying three chick
ems. She inquired the price of chickens
and at the same time put them on the
counter.
'Win they lay there?" asked the
clerk, who did not know that the chick
ems legs were tied
She bit her handkerchief in embar-
rassment a moment and said:
mo, sir; they are roosters."-Lippin-
cott's.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
BOUGHT BIG SAFES.
The Way Jay Gould Brought an Ex-
press Company to Terms.

press Company to Terms.
Recalling early days in the express
business, an officer of one of the largest
companies told this story of Jay Gould:
Gould and Fisk then had hold of
the Erie" he said. "and the United
States Express company had all the
express business on the road. The con-
tract was about to expire, and Gould
wanted an arrangement more profita-
BILE to the Erie.
""The Erie's doing all the work and
you're making all the money Gould
said to the express people. You ought
to do some of the work and give the
railroad Il chance at the money
1.-THE express company officials de-
INJURED. Their profit, they insisted,
was no more than they were entitled
to, and they refused to shade the con-
tract a penny. Gould insisted on de-
crease, but they remained obdurate
and eventually let the Erie president
understand-what he very we'll knew
that no other company would compete
against the United States for the Erie
business. All the companies at that
time were in an agreement to maintain
rates.
"'All right said Gould at the conclu-
sion of the interview, you've no objec-
tion, guess, to my going into the ex-
press business for myself. 1t looks
better than railroading.'
''The express people replied that
Gould could organize all the companies
he wanted to- They thought it was all
bluff, but things that came to their at
tention soon weakened their faith in
this idea. Gould was going around
among his associates talking up an ex-
press company scheme, officials of 9TH
er roads were told that new company
would be in the field to bid for their
business, and the papers began to talk
about the new Gould express company.
''The express officials, however, saw
enterprise and stood pat. Presently it
was reported that he had bought twen-
ty-four big express safes. Was this
talk or was it business? the express
men asked themselves. They set to
work Investigating and they discover
ed that the report was true. Gould had
actually bought and paid for the safes
safes cost money in those days, too
and he was negotiating for all the 9TH
er equipment required.
"Now. thoroughly convinced of
Gould's sincerity, the express company
came to terms. Gould got the best con-
tract from a railroad standpoint that
had been known up to that time. The
clause in the contract that the United
States Express company considered
most valuable to itself was one stipu-
lating the abandonment of Gould's ex.
press plans. /
1T was all a bluff on Gould's part
except buying the safes. For that mat
ter the purchase was, of course, part of
the bluff, but Gould had actually
bought and paid for them uncondition-
ally Nevertheless he lost nothing on
the deal, for as soon as friendly rela-
tons were established with the express
officials he persuaded them they could
use the safes in their business and sold
them at "a little better than COST
The midland journal., 1907-03-22

For more years than You can
remember "The Philadelphia Sun
day Press" has been "a great paper
for Pennsylvania to read Ii has
all the news and all the features all
the time. Nothing that can go
to make a good Sunday paper is
omitted. "The Daily Press" is
just as good during the week as
The Sunday Press'' is on Sunday
it is made by the same people
Buy "The Press" every day in the
week.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
TALES AND ENDS.
BY ALLEN PAYNE
WRITTEN FOR THE Midland JOURNAL.
WHEN THE MILLENNIUM COMES.

When Oxford gets a policeman to suit
Everybody that lives in its confines
Pushing the cases against their own brutes,
Dsmissng residents from other towns;
When its fokssto feasting off the fat of the land
And gossip ceases to hum;
When its saloons fail to offer the glad hand
Then we look for the millennium to come.
When folks in the ''Sun" get up with the wren
And snoring ceases to CLEAN;
With the smell OF onions in the A NJ,
The rattle of pans and paper mill teams;
When liquor license gets again in full sway
From the Rising Sun clean down to Cecilton;
We shall expect to have hey-day
And look for the millennium to come
If the banks with your paper
Would charge reasonable rates.
And country band members hold together,
Such times would be exceedingly great.
If Evelyn would tell all that she knows,
It's likely we all would be dumb;
And political argument cease to flow,
Then we'd look for the millennium to come,
When from farmer the butcher is buying
buck, even a calf;
IO CledL Cue butcher Is edFleStly tI9 lHBb
He never pays for weight in fractions. quarters
or halves
The creamery people have the same plan
They take the farmers last crumb.
When such things cease twill be so grand,
But we'n look for the millennium to come.
When Stephen John appoints the Rev. Jones
To a place he likely would fill,
in for
In the hollow at Hunters mill;
When the wheels in the creamery at the same
spot
Are busy again with hum,
We'd be glad but crackey, what not
We'd look for the millennium to come.
With wheat at dollar and potatoes the same,
And vegetables way up in sc,
The farmers would be. high in the game,-
Would snit them quite to ''r. y
With hay up in the twentes, and corn also,
Tomatoes about fifteen greenbacks per ton,
In the farmers pockets coins would flow,
But to what use if the millennium should
come?
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
There Were Others.

THAT cornet player on the third floor
has remarkable endurance" remarked
the casual visitor.
HE has," agreed the regular board
er. ''but it's nothing compared to the
other boarders. Toledo Blade.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22

He-Do you believe in long engage
ments? She 1t all depends. He-I
don't understand. She If he has
plenty of money and is inclined to be
liberal long engagement is the thing,
but if he cannot afford boxes at the
opera and such things l always make
his regime very short.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Russell r Reynolds and Sarah
L. Pierce, both of Rising Sun.
Robert Mitchell Barr, near Elk
ton, and Florence E. Donaldson, of
Pivot.
John Anderson, of Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa, and Clara Ann
Hammers, of Oxford, Pa.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22

There are stars so distant that fly
ing machine moving at the rate of 500
miles an hour would require 500 0OO,-
900 years to reach them.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22

Lady-And you say you have been
brought to this by your wife? Tramp
Yuss. lidy: got 'er three good jobs and
'er bloomin' independence lorst 'er the
lot.-Punch.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
Counterinr n rnnoh-

Don't you think you're wasting
yonr time talking the value of econ
omy to Blank? He hasn't any
money"
''I know, but have."-Detroit Free
Press.
The midland journal., 1907-03-22
ALLEE & SHEPHERD.
The New Store. Special News.

We have secured special drive in Liuoleums,
SS Mangs and Carpets which have place on sa, AT C
SH prices to attract you
81 The values the best aud the y
zN LnOeums cost is about the same for coed oil 8
sA cloth. You have used inOenm and Y
g& know just how much better they II
and it is not often able to offer drives these
floor coverings Takeadvantage this lot beforethe 60
81 We bought our Mattings early and bought IS
Sl Nlattlngs them at their very lowest price. Our
~ lections have been made with unusual y
81 and we showing at this time the exclusive
M and literally priced line of japanese Mattings Il
81 shown in this place U
OK The patterns the very imporations and Ii
S very beautiful, while the quality surpasses any 4
"a have at the prices marked 4
~ Remember, lay them for you and all you do is to NJ
M tell us what particular pattern you like best Better v
% call and see them before the choicest patterns
81 vi course we shall have plenty OF them later but the
M later arrivals will not be of such excellent these
81 In cheaper China Mattings showing line U
M priced from 123 cents up 25 cents the good M
~ values, low prices and good patterns prevail
"a terze the Japanese goods 1t will be pleasure to IS
~ show them to you. ~
Isl The new Fbro Carpet something entirely "
~ Carpets in the carpet line; light in weight n
81 servceabe and pretty. Also full line of VI
y@ Ingram and Rag Carpets n
SA Agents for the Cyphers Incubators Brooders
gS and chick food supplies. e
~ ALLEE & SHEPHERD. -
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The midland journal., 1907-03-22

Saving comes too late when you get
toathe bottom. Seneca.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
CURES FOR VARIOUS AILMENTS.
Home Remedies In Use Among Penn
syIvanIa Dutch.

E
i I'm Bucks county, among the Penn.
sylvan;a Dutch, there are," said a
doctor. "innumerable home cures.
Some of them are pretty good, too.
One is. for toothache, lump Of alum
held in the mouth for two or three
days. This is warranted not only to
stop toothache, but to keep it from
ever coming back. In the fall and
winter they wrap their chests in
brown paper up there in Bucks coun-
ty saying that this prevents colds.
Every housewife keeps on the kitchen
dresser, and every husband on his
dressing table, a small box of cobwebs.
There is nothing better than cobwebs
for cut, especially for razor cut
acquired in shaving-it stops the
bleeding instanter. They soak ivy
leaves in hot water in Bucks county,
and after the water gets cold they
squeeze in lemon juice. This pala-
table drink is given to consumptives,
whom 1t is said to cure. Stewed onions
eaten and snuff shifted they find good
influenza specifics. For insomnia they
make hop pillows, and for bruises
they keep on hand dried puffballs. the
powdery insides of which they sprinkle
on the hurt"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
DOG eNAIs DOWN sApLIne.
With Leg Imprisoned and in Grea,
Pain Digs Himself Home.

Marquette, Mich.-Caught by the
leg in traI set for wolves, a yalu-
able bird dol belonging to Deputy
Sheriff Richad Harcourt of Seney.
east OF Marqrtte, effected Its release
through a rar display of canine intel
( ligence. Thelrap was fastened by a
chain to a spling. To gnaw this
down was the ;anine's only salvation,
ana presumably after mature contem-
piatlon OF Its dangerous situation the
dog undertook the task.
Evidently twas the work Of MANY
hours, put the animal perseyered UNI.
til it had accomplished the undertake
ing. Then, dapite the loss Of much
Dlood, and notwithstanding the pain
II must have pen suffering, the dog
made its wear way home. dragging
the trap along. The manner in which
the dog had secured its freedom was.
plainly apparent from the evidence
visible at the slot where the tran had,
been set.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
BOY TORN TO PIECES BY LYNN
Sad Fate Of Young Dakota Hunte,
After Wounding Animal.

Kenmare, N. D., Nov. 23.--Walter
johnson. the 16-year-old son of Peter
johnson. farmer living about eight
miles north of Mckinney, on the
Moose river. was literally torn to
pieces by lynx. The animal had
been seen in the neighborhood by sew
eral and Thursday young johnson
went out to kill it, taking a 13.caliber
rifle. It is supposed that he had shot
the lynx, but failed to kill it, where.
upon 1t attacked him and killed him.
When found the boys head was al.
most torn from his body.
Bobote.
This is an African dish which Is be-
coming very popular In our country.
Soak slice of bread in as much fresh
milk as 1t will absorb; cut Spanish
onion into rings, and brown them in a
little butter. Mix the bread and onions
with two pounds of minced beef or
mutton; add IL pounded sweet al
monds. teaspoonful Of curry powder
and the juice of a lemon. Beat up two
or three eggs with a little milk; put
the mixture, seasoned with salt and
pepper in a buttered pie dish; pour
the egg and milk over, and bake in a
moderate oven.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
BIBLE MANY CENTURIES OLD.
Valuable Manuscript Treasured in the
cottonian Library.

In the Cottonian library in England
Is an old manuscript copy of a part of
the Bible In Latin. This was used at
the coronation of English sovereigns
800 years before the stone of desti-
ny" was brought from ,Scone to West
minister by Edward l. In other words
the use Of this Bible for the purpose
in question dated back to the year
1000. The Bible is a quarto of 217
leaves, containing the four Gospels,
and seems, from the style of the writ
ing and illuminations, which are very
beautiful. to have been made about
the end Of the ninth century. The Tes-
lament escaped destruction In the fire
at Ashburnham House in 1871, Of
which 1t bears evidence on Its crum-
pied leaves and ruined margins. There
is some evidence that the son Of Ed
ward the Elder, Athelstan the Glori-
Gus, who was King of the West Sax
ons from 925 to $40, owned this Bible
and presented it to the church Of
Dover.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
GOAT sTARvEs HIMSELF.
Fine Mountain Specimen In Pittsburq
Refuses to Eat.

Pittsburg. Intended as a gift to the
zoo of Riverview park, Allegheny a
fine mountain goat brought from
British Columbia by D. G. Byers OF
Sewickley, will instead, as the result
of an incident, go to the Carnegie
museum. The incident was the death
of the goat.
Mr.. Byers and w. r. Scalfe re.
turned from hunting trip of sew.
eral weeks in Canada. The goat,
fine specimen, weighing more than
ESQ pounds. was captured in the
Stickline river, on the border line
between Alaska and British Columbia.
1t is supposed to have been chased
into the water by bear.
The death of the goat was directly
due to starvation. He refused to
eat bite while in captivity. On only
two or three occasions did the goat
drink any water, either. 1t was ex.
pected, however, that after his being.
taken from the box in which he was
shipped to Pittsburg he would begin
eating. Instead, he SHE'D at food
more than ever.
Mr.. Byers says the goat has a fine
pair of horns and is magnificent
specimen in every way. When he
reaches the museum and is mounted
proudly on rocky pedestal it is ex-
pected he will attract almost as much
attention as Ii he We're alive in zoo.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
PARK ROADS CHAMPION car.
Wins Neighborhood Medal by Whip,
ping Two Belliserent Dogs.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN or
fark road there lives NANCY, undis
tinguished looking black cat which
could WIN championship honors
against any Of the creatures of the
nature takers. That cat may not look
IKE winner, but dozen reputable
citlzens can vouch for the fact that.
single paved and alone, she did up
Two OF the neishborhood dogs so badly
that they have both been Obliged to
take treatment in canine sanitarium.
In the wee sma' hours the other
morning the cat, having been out late
at some function in feline society was
peacefully ambling homeward whdn
Two dogs, a large white bulldog and a
black and yellow hound, sighted her.
barking Joyously, they started for the
cat. All at once the bulldog broke
away with a yelp of distress and
dashed madly across the street, where
ne watched the rest of the fight from
safe distance.
The hound kept his hold of the CATS
neck and shook her viciously until
feeling that it was time TO brag a lit
tie, he released his grip long enough
TO emit boastful bark This was the
cats opportunity, and she sprang up
on the hounds side. After brief but
pltter combat the hound managed to
scramble to his feet and started pain
fully down the street. The cat watched
LIE puiido9 Tor minute. and then,
casting glance of contemptuous pity
at the hound, smoothed her fur and
started off at dignifed pace for
home.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
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