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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
Yokes of Lace,

Yoke and neck garnishments of all
evening dresses are of white or cream
lace, except in the case of an all
black gown. Even the dyed laces, so
profusely used as decorations in
other ways, either give way to the
yoke of white or are lined with white
chiffon or net.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
Woman suffragist In England.

Keir Hardie had a trying expert
ence the other evening. Addressing
a meeting mainly attended by the
other side, he failed to get hearing
until the chairman said: Gentle.
men, If you will listen to Mr.. Hardie
quietly he will be happy to answer
any questions you may put to him
at the end of his speech"
When the honorable member had
resumed his seat question written
on half sheet of notepaper was sent
up to Mr.. Hardie, and passed by him
unopened to the chairman, who read
It, and grew very red in the face.
Read it out!' roared a dozen men,
and the chairman at last obeyed.
The question was, "Why do they
call you. Gibson girl?" 1t finished
the meeting.-Onlooker.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

finishing polish they are inserted be-
tween two pieces of flannel and given
a slight rub back and forth. Incl
dentally, both sides of the knife are
polished at the same time. The in
ventor is a Canadian.-Philadelphia
Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
An Armor For Deep-sea Divers.

A novel form of divers apparatus,
which we are told by the Scientific
American promises to be of great
value in salvage operations, has been
invented by a, Partisan photographic
engineer named De Pluvy. Says the
paper just named:
t'As De Pluvy has had many years
experience in diving operations there
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
A Cuff Variation.

A straight band mitred on the out
side of the arm to form an upward
turning point makes pleasing varia-
ton of the straight cuff on the short
sleeve.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
Velvet in Vertical Lines.

Four straps of dark velvet extend
ing from shoulders to waist in verti-
cal lines back and front, and joined
at yoke depth by other shorter cnes
for the suspender effect to be worn
with an afternoon gown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
His Idea,

HIS 1Qea.
She haughtily tossed her golden
head,
And "All is now over between us!"
she said;
But stop, ere you go, for I wish,
you see,
To return everything you have given
me-"
He checked back a sob, and he an
swered, "This is
But fair. If you please, just begin
with the kisses"
Cleveland Leader.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

ready made with the new diving suit
he reached depths varying from $50
to 800 feet. This far exceeds the
depth to which an ordinary diver can
CO."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

According to the most reliable re-
ports there are 100000 Sunday
schools in the world, with total en-
rollment of 26,O00.000 pupils.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
Embroidery For Natural Linen.

The Japanese and Bulgarian en-
broideries are especially pretty on
the natural linen fabrics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
Good Snail Year, Good Sheep Yea,

Good Snail Year, Good Sheep Year.
Most people would be Mortified
to learn that the finest mutton in the
world comes from sheep fattened
on snails," says a large breeder of
Southdown sheep. Nevertheless, it
is a fact. In seasons when snails
are plentiful the mutton from our
sheep has a delicious favor which
it never acquires from the most
scientific form of feeding. On the
Continent a diet of snails is regu-
lar cure for consumptives and is said
to fatten and nourish the body in
a wonderful way.
There is a popular superstition"
he adds, chat the unique and deli
cate flavor of Southdown mutton is
due largely to the quantity of wild
thyme which they crop with the
grass in their pastures. But, per-
sonally, I give the snails the great
er part of the credit for the soft,
plump flesh and the sweetness of
flavor in our celebrated sheep. So
much Is this the case that the say
ing, Good snail year, good sheep
year, has become almost a proverh
among shepherds and breeders. -
London Daily Mail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

Captain Igna ftoarie vi me Atstro
Hungarian army has written pamph
let entitled THE Prospects of thu
Future American-Japanese War" Cap
tain Rodric is of opinion that the un
defended condition of the Pacific
Coast offers opportunities for Japan
csc aggression.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

for the medium size is three and
seven-eighth yards eighteen, two and
seven-eighth yards twenty-seven OF
two yards forty-four inches wide II
one material is used, or enc and a
quarter yards of foundation material
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
sunflower And The Sun.

'.rhe sunfower," said naturalist,
"is the most deceitful of all plants.
FOR it has fooled six nations.
"Six nations believe that the sun
bower turns toward the sun, and So
thoroughly are they de1nded they caEI
it by name which bears witness to
their error.
Thus the French call the sunflow-
err tournesol. The Spanish call it
girasol. The Italians call it girasole.
The Hungarians call it naptaforgo.
Each of these words means turn to-
the SUM- The English and Ameri-
cans don't go quite that far in admit
ting themselves to be the plants
dupes. They only call it sunfiower.
They mean by that name, though,
quite as much as the other names I'M.
ply. The belief is general among
six nations that the sunfiower turns
with the sun and always faces the
luminary.
Gas a matter of fact, there is only
one flower that turns or keeps with
the sun, namely the sun spurge.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

for street wear during the summer,
while either so treated or made of
contrasting material, it makes
really charming indoor waist for i'm
mediate wear. In this instance the
material is pongee trimmed with band
ing and with soutache braid, while
the guimpe beneath is of all-over
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

Congressman James, of Kentucky,
took up an attitude of strong opposi
ton to the Fowler bill on banking and
currency. In the course of a recent
speech he raised ripple of laughter
by saying, $50 far as / am concern
ed, Wall street is place where a
man is bull one day. a bear the
next and hog all the time
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

The first iron wire was drawn at
Nuremberg in 1851.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

.rhe Washington Post believes the
next congress will pass the snip SUB
sidy bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

The indifference of prosperous
America to the lure of foreign trade
is revealed, notes the New Yo"k
American, in the latest totals of the
commerce of the southern half OF this
hemisphere. The republics south OF
the Isthmus of Panama have piled Up
a foreign trade valued at no less
than $1,27S,Ss3,OOO. Of that the
United States has but $20S,674,OOo.
And more than 60 per cent of our
trade with South America is made up
OF the commodities We buy from that
coatinent. The foreign trade of Ar
gahtina censpicuously reveals the OPP
portunity America is missing. The
imports into that republic in 1906
amounted in value TO over S269,OO0,-
900. which was about four times the
value of the exports from the United
States to all the republics of South
America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10
silk and Leather

Pekin silk and white leather finish
q smart black cloth jacket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

Somebody has figured out that
while the profits Of trade between
the nations of the world amount to
$2,400000,000 year it costs $S,OO0,'
100000 a year to maintain the mill
tary and naval strength of the trad
ing nations. And the worst of it for
Uncle Sam is that his outlay seems to
be largely displayed in quarters OF
the world where he gets little or ne
trade. laments the Boston Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

The government is said to be ex-
perimenting on the effects of certain
foods in making men fat or lean. The
agricultural experiment stations hav-
ing done SO much good, 1T is desirable
that human experiment stations
should be established. Then no man
would need to deplore his excessive
weight or the scant covering of his
bones. He would read the latest bull.
letin of the experiment station and
eat accordingly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
The Value of Work.

Work-Work-WOrk
Till the brain BEGINS TO swim,
" ork-wOrk-wOrk-
TIL the eyes are heavy and dim;
Seam. and gusset. and band
Band. and gusset. and seam
TIL DER the buttons I fall asleep.
And sew them on In a dream.
Most of us sing these weary words
of Hood as we toll we forget, as Max
Muller, puts it, that no good work
is ever lost, that work is life TO US,
and that. we write our own biog-
raphies as we labor in the field.
No labor need be dead if the spirit
is alive within US. Out in California
there is an Illustration of this in
man who has turned as dull
work as the the following of
the pillow into a panorama of dis
covery. The whole world of labor
atory science knows no delight for
the chemist greater than that of
Luther Burbank in his soil. His op-
portunity Law unused at the feet of
every farmers boy in the country.
But he was the only one who stopped
for il, and when he found it heavy
summoned the strength to lift it up.
What a harvest he has reaped. At
his hand there have come into exist
ence the giant sugar prune, with
S150,0O0,0OO crop last season; the
seedless plum; the white black
berry; a new species of grass which
will grow or the plains without
water; an edible cactus; potatoes of
every shape, color, and size, and
scores of beautiful flowers TO give
color and poetry into millions of
lives.
No song of the shirt for Burbank.
His is a song of work well done and
attested by finished products to
stand not only as benefactions to
the whole human race, but as mon
uments TO his industry and in
genuity which may we'll make him
prouder than public Office or landed
titles. This is an aspect Of his sue
cess ii will do the rest of us good to
ponder. For even the materialist
must measure his fellow-man in the
end, not by the taxes he has paid,
or the stores of gold he has heaped
high, but by the productive labor of
his life. Burbank has shown us the
way TO a secure distinction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
KINGSTON VICTIMS
TO GET MILLIONS
American Building Material
Men Have Prospect of
Big Business.

Great Britain announces that IN add
ton 10 a gift OF nearly 100000 to the
earthquake sufferers Of Jamaica, nearly
5000 600 Will be loaned TO the people
Of the stricken island for a period of
from six TO seven years. This infor-
nation comes to the State Department
through Consul Frederick Van Dyne. OF
Kingston, who writes as follows:
with regard 10 a loan, the British
government intends TO give the colonial
government the option of borrowing So
s7s. 600. to be secured by the revenues Of
Jamaica. for rebuilding Kingston The
loan Is to extend for Six or seven years.
II addition TO this loan the British gov
eminent has consented to donate 10000,
and besides. the people Of England sub
scrihed $4,000, which would make a
total OF "A. 900 available for relief OF
this amount. ss7S. 900 is to be distributed
for the relief OF persons who were left
destitute by the earthquake While
parliament has yet to pass upon the loan
Dronosition. there seems to be no doubt
that II viii be adopted
THE prospective disbursement Of near
" $500. 600 within the next two or three
years should influence American deal
ers in lumber. iron. steel. cement. and
other building materials 10 plan a Wig
orous campaign 10 secure their share of
the trade"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
The Real Naval Battle.

The greatest naval war ever
known is in progress right now, as
Van Norden's Magazine effectively
points out. But it is a war in which
gold, not smOkeless powder, is the
ammunition:
Just now a tremendous naval battle
Is IN progress. Great Britain and Ger
many are fighting hand To hand No
sooner does one build the greatest war
ship In the world than the other Laws
the keel for greater one Germany
mas refused 10 entertain the PROPOSE
ESen OF disarmament and Great Britain
Immediately orders two more mighty
readnoughts
Indications are that the United States
will be seized with the madness of pat
tie and enter the struggle. The inevitl-
bic result must be battleships COSTING
SlOOO.OJ. and ultimate bankruptcy Of
the nations. Vast armies OF men are
being detailed from useful OCCUPATIONS
70 wear soldier clothes and carry use
less, but modern, rifles back and forth
In IDLE show. Generation after genera
non or soldiers is engaged in Tits
ludiorous business Of standing in line
with guns that will never be used.
The whole business OF war is reduce d
10 a financial absurdity IL Is absurd
that the statesmen cannot see that there
Will never he an end to Il until they
SNNP H. AiAN way " SlbD II IL 10 SADIl
Wasteful as is such contest, per-
haps it is preferable to such an one
as lately ensanguined the plains of
Manchuria; and further, it is a war
In which victory is certain to perch
at last on the banner of America, if
ever we are fairly drawn into the
contest. For surely no other ma
tion can burn so much of the sort
of ammunition here required as can
this wealthiest of countries.
The end is likely to come to this
contest about the time some one ma
ton arises and demonstrates that
IL can surely win because il has the
resources. That nation plainly is
the United States. None can hope
TO compete with il. Two or three
years of real naval activity in this
country would bring a new attitude
of mind to several chancelleries that
today will not think of an agree
ment TO limit ornaments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
SHE QUELLED MOB
WITH TOY PISTOL
Mother Saved Son Whom
Crowd Sought to
Kill.

STANFORD. Conn. July IA toy
pistol in the hands OF Mrs. John For
tCnato kept at bay until the police ar
rived an angry crowd that threatened
TO lynch her twelve-year-old son who
accidentally shot a chum with the pls-
toll
The son. John. was playing with
Samuel COpello when John fired from
his pistol just as Samuel ran in front
of the weapon. and some stones lodged
in the muzzle entered Samuers fore
head.
The injured boy fell in a faint. Blood
ran from a deep wound over his eve.
Thinking the lad had been killed his
relatives and friends pursued the For
tunato boy TO his home As the fright
ened lad dashed into the house he told
his mother what had happened, handed
the pistol to her and concealed himself
in a closet
The mob stormed at the doors Of the
house, threatening to break in. Mrs
Fortunate took a position at the front
window and. pointing the harmless
weapon at the crowd. declared she
would shoot the first person who tried
TO break in the door
The police arrived fifteen minutes
later and dispersed the crowd. Young
Fortunate was arrested. but later was
released.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
COMPULSORY CITIZENSHIP
IN THE FUTURE REPUBLIC

To prevent any party from coming into
power that might result disastrously to
the people. without consent of a ma
jority of the voters, a Federal law was
enacted which obligated every qualified
elector to vote upon every proposition
or election submitted to the people
Even sickness did not excuse one. IL
the illness did not affect the free action
Of the mind. and where a voter was
unable TO attend the polls he was re-
quired to send notice to the inspectors
Of election, when he would be visited
by three special inspectors, who took
his ballot under seal and deposited II
in the ballot-box of his precinct Nor
was absence from the precinct a proper
excuse for not voting. but every quail
fed electOr was supposed to be in his
precinct and register on the Saturday
preceding election. and to remain in
the precinct till he had voted. In case.
however, he were outside the State when
special election occurred. or in case
he were In a foreign country when q
general election took place. in such cases
only might his absence be an excuse
for not voting.-From the Limit OF
Wealth, by Alfred L. Hutchinson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11

choice when we neglect TO learn to
swim. All winter long there are
pools in the District where women
and men can find competent teach
ing. All the summer through there
are swimmers able and willing to
help beginners at the seashore. Yet
some of us slide and splash along,
year after year, confident that
whatever danger the water holds is
not for us, that whatever happens
to others in the water is somehow
happening faf, far away.
In the Technical World for August
a famous swimmer notes the wa
ter's annual yield of sorrow and
misery, and says:
u have no hesitation in saying
that nearly all these sad events
might be prevented if elementary
instruction in swimming and life
saving were made compulsory in
public schools. And in the Old
World, at any rate, new era is
dawning in this matter-especially
in London, where the various school
swimming associations, with hun
dreds of thousands of adherents are
teaching first of all "dry-land'
swimming in the Fairgrounds, and
then practical instruction in special
ly erected swimming baths under
competent instructors, engaged by
the school authorities"
But learning the knack of keep
ing afioat in the water, whether at
school or elsewhere, is only a begin
ming. Men and women of average
strength ought TO be able 10 60
more than a few hundred yards
without becoming utterly exhaust
ed They have the strength, the
wind, the endurance. What they lack
is knowledge of balance and breath
ing. Those who know how can
swim a mile with less exhaustion
than their fellows who swim only
$50 yards.
When, this summer, we step into
the water determined to learn how
to swim, therefore, let us make up
our minds also to use our strength
as economically as we do coal for
the furnace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
The Limitations of Science.

Thoughtful men and women do
not grow monotonously into a
strong and healthful religious faith.
They must stand against storms.
And one of the first is the seeming
contradiction between their religion
and exact science as they study the
latter in high school and college.
At this stage of their development,
young people are wont to wave the
Bible lightly aside, to hear any
creed with Impotence, to smile in
diligently over any talk of immor-
tally.
Their assumption cannot be indif-
ferently treated. Often it sways
and slants the subjects whole life.
Astute theologians answer it seri-
ously, and show how other students
OF far greater learning, like David
Hume and John Stuart Mill, have
found the long way round through
the fields of science to the fold Of
faith.
But there is some promise that
the coming generation viii be saved
great part of this struggle be-
tween mind and heart. DR.. Donald
Sage Mackay states the trend of
modern scientific teaching in an ex-
tremely interesting article in a re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11

a lecture about the safety appliance
business. He demanded 20 know why
something wasn't done 20 stop tie waste
OF lie ana property IN wrecks. and was
considerably shocked when told that for
the second quarter OF 1907. Just closed.
there was a decrease OF IS per cent IN
deaths and serious accidents as COM
pared with the first quarter OF 1907.
An Important Bill.
The commission has been preparing
circular relating 70 the uniform bill Of
ladinB- The National Manufacturers
Association, the Illinois Manufacturers
Association, and some Other shippers
bodies, together with the representatives
OF a large number Of railroads. have
prepared a bill. ami the commission in
clines 10 believe IL will be applicable.
with very small changes. 10 the whole
country. II eliminates all the dead wood
and surplusage Of The old bills IL -
proposed 70 call attention OF shippers
and railroad men alike 70 the new bill
and 70 invite study and consideration.
with-a view 70 d big hearing probably
IN September.
Many banks have in the last few
years refused 70 advance money on
drafts secured by bills OF lading. be-
cause these were not made negotiable
The new bill viii De negotiable II all
the liability Of the initial carrier for all
de images. which greatly improves the
security Some time after the middle OF
August the FIRST series OF monthly re-
ports from the railroads. under the uni
form accounting and reporting law. viii
be received by the commission.
There Is every Indication that n -
second year OF operation Of the -
law The number OF complaints and ge1-
erdl volume or business under u viii
be- vastly greater than IN the first year.
There was some wOnderuent during the
nrst half CT The past year that the COM
pla .ntS were not more numerous. II IS
now reasonably apparent that one rea-
son was the limited knowledge which
shippers. shippers associations. and
lawyers had Of the significance and pos
sibiliIes Of the new law.
II has been determined. since Martin
s Decker. for many years assistant
secretary, has been taken away from the
commission 20 BE- member OF the pub
lie utilities commission OF New York, 10
abolish this position.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11

R Strange. former husband Of the Wom-
an. in Raleigh last April. in order that
they might mary. Strange was an
engineer. on the Seaboard Air Line
A short time ago DR.. ROwlands young
son died under peculiar circumstances.
ana the father was arrested on the
charge OF having poisoned the child.
An examination OF the boys stomach
ami the testimony Of witnesses did not
support the charge, and Rowland was
acquitted Strange died OF poisoning.
The accused couple pleaded not guilty
and were remanded for trial. II Is NOT
believed that the case viii come uD al
this term Of court.
Attorneys for d.. Rowland and wife
began argument before Judge Long here
at o'clock this afternoon. on motion
10 admit certain important dispositions
from other States in favor OF the de-
Tense
Counsel states that II the Judge does
not rule out affidavits. the defense will
press for trial next week
The tenor Of the affidavits is the as
sertiOn OF a Memphis doctor and a Nor
folk druggist that Strange had had
heart trouble and had suffered from II
for two years or more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-11
That Duel Again.

When the Jackson, Mich, dis
patches first gave to a weAried
world a days surcease from Jap
American war talk by describing a
real battle between Senators Till
man and Deliver, we were disposed
to skepticism. Knowing something
of the method of these Chautauqua
orators, we cynically opined that
the two Senator's were trying out a
new vaudeville sketch on the pro-
vincial circuit, with which, later, at
so cents the seat, they would en-
tighten the teeming audiences at
tracted by the newspaper reports
that a duel would positively be
pulled off each and every night.
But as these eminent statesmen
have not yet been announced for a
joint debate with pitchforks and
vocabularies, we begin to suspect
that they have been done injustice
and either that the disagreement at
the Michigan town was the real
thing, or that it is only an artillery
duel of heavy words. In either case
II bodies small peace 20 this town
during the coming Congressional
session, for there are not two more
reckless and expansive dictionary
duelists in public life than these
twain. They could talk long ses-
sion TO death and hardly get
through the exordium.