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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
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shore had their a9ftl auts of ls
and the suTfaoss Of the water was
9ag delicate. khiAme5s with strong
columns Of light at regular intervals,
among which the aerinllso,, lantern sof
a passing boat wrought amazing eff
fects. ,iE4sHsa IEESsssHjz11
Where had known such an even
ing before? sAs memory 1 wandered
idly about the harbor of Lubbock, the
bridges of aNureI1berg the rivefsides
ofsWurzburg and Breslau, was fash.
ed. in. "a trfce to the "Siren Of sea.
cities" that floating film upon the
wonder-fraught Ocean Of dreams; and
it came to me with glow of pleas
ure that this place had from Of old
been called "The Venice of the
North
This, then, was my Introduction to
Dantzic, and niver think of it with
out seeing streets full of high, mar
row facades melting one into another.
gently curving streets alive with rich
reliefs, statues Of blurred worthless,
and inquisitive gargoyles, the blunt,
mighty Church of St. Mary looming
above them like a mountain. can
never see the name of Dantzic with
out beholding dusky waterway lined
with medieval structures and -
strange juxtaposition-a jewel Of Ref
ormation art with its rosy aureole.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
THE VENICE OF THE NORTH.
A First View OF. Dantzic, the Roman
%in ci+v ~ Norfhern Melancholy.

A First View of Dantzic, the Roman
tic City of Northern Melancholy.
A Baltic fog rolled in from the
north as my train rolled in from the
south, says Robert Haven Schauffler.
writing of Romantic Germany; Dant-
zic," in the Century" bringing an
ideal hour for the first Impressions of
a city so full of Northern melan-
choly, a city so far from the beaten
track and so romantic, as Dantzic.
Down a street full of gargoyles and
strange platforms there loomed
through the mist menstrous church.
crowned with pinnacles and a huge,
blunt tower.
A gate that seemed like the facade
of an Italian palace pierced by a
triumphal arch opened on a street
of fascinating old gables, and beyond
them rose Rathus with a most ex-
quisite steeple. passed between tall,
slim palaces, through the arches of
water-gate, and came out by the
river, to fill my lungs with sudden
draught of ozone and to realize that
l was almost in the presence of the
Baltic.
Toward the sea swept IAN unbroken
line of romantic architecture, narrow,
sharp-gabled houses intermingled
with lowered water-gates, and. last
Of all, the profile of the Krahn Thor,
or Crane Gate. Dantzic's unique land
mark, its stories projecting one be-
yo3l another. On the island formed
by two arms of the Mottlau the black
and white of half-timbered granarios
started strongly out of the mist
The river bristled with romantic
shipping; and as walked along the
quay, caught. between gables. the
glow of the lights of the Langemar-
ket flushing the fog into a rosy cloud
the center of which was the steeple
of the Rathaus. 1t was as though
beauty had been given an aureole.
/ turned a corner and wandered
along the other shore OF the island,
past deserted waterway and a
strange, crumbling tower called the
Milk-can Gate, then back again to the
Green Bridge. The darkness had
thickened so that one could no long
er distinguish the separate house
fronts. but all the lamps along the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
ToYs OR Flzz-Jlesa
Isn't the chiId's Preference for the
Former Plain and Unmistakable.

Isn't the chiId's Preference for the
Former Plain and Unmistakabie.
Pending the investigation of the
toy question by some learned So
ciety or sociological expert which we
should suppose must be certain to
take place. we venture to suggest ona
probable conclusion of such investf
cation, and to submit the question or
its soundness to those of our readers
who as result of Christmas are in
position to observe the varying
effects of the different kinds of toys
upon the temper, happiness and gen.
eral well-being of the victims-we
mean the recipients.
The conclusion which we thus sub.
NIT is that whats children want is
toys and not fizz-jiga things that
they can play with, not things OF the
song and dance variety, sole artists
that need to be wound up and then
do all the playing for themselves.
What a child wants from his toys Is
not primarily entertainment. but ex-
preston; the expression of his own
ideas through the use of his own.
faculties, not the expression OF the
ingenuity of the clever man who
made the toy. Toys are accordingly
welcomed to him are treasured, and
become a part of his life. In proper
ton as they are plastic to his hand
and mind, in proportion as he can
build with them or use them in the
drama of which so great a part OF
his play consists. Sand is the most
popular play material with very
small children; then come blocks.
then a variety of objects, but always
such as the child can do things with,
up to the football or baseball of col
lege sport.
A doll that could dance ragtime
and whistle .Hail, Columbia would
not be so popular, after the first five
minutes, as a clothespin dressed in
a. bitAof rag. The mechanical marvel
is good when ragtime and Hail, Co
lumbia," are wanted-that is, fairly
good, not quite SO good as she would
be if she did not provide the music
and dancing for herself. All the rest
of the time she is wholly and per.
fectly useless. The rag doll on the
other hand, has endless possibilities.
Like the American girl, she is fit for
any part and will adorn any station
in life, from cook to princess as
If she had been born to it. And such
must real doll be, or lose her job,
for life is varied and exacting, and
one doll in her time plays many
parts.-Bo Boston Evening Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04

Washington, D. G. - Reports re-
ceived by the international Brother
hood of Operative Potters during the
week indicated a general opening up
of work everywhere in that industry.
The force at the Riverside Pottery at
Wheeling, w. Va, has been greatly
increased, and the firm is getting or
ders in a steady stream.
The Dresden Pottery is working at
full force. The Klondike Pottery will
have no slack time this winter, its
employees having all they can do. The
Sebring Pottery, at Scoring, O., has
had the busiest November it has
known in years. 1t Is expected that
the American China Company, of To-
ronto, will operate steadily to the
years end.
The Union Buffalo Cotton Mills, of
Union, S. c., which is said to operate
more looms than any other textile
corporation in the South, received
such rush of orders that it will be
obliged to run all of it's three inn
mense plants to their fullest capacity.
This sets going 1900 spindles and
500 looms, which were idle during
the summer. The mills employ 1000
men and women.
The Fales & jerks Machine Com
pany, Of Pawtucket, r. l., employing
400 hands, began working on fifty
five-hour-a-week schedule. The fac
tory had been running on half time.
The Easton & Burnham Machine
Company, of Pawtucket, R. l., started
it's factory on full time, after running
on short time during the summer. 1t
employs 100 men.
Lumbermen of Triton, Ca, report
that all the mills are booked with
enough orders to keep them going
full tilt for three months. Some are
declining orders until March T.
The American Tobacco Company
agreed to take seventy-f1ve per cent.
of the 60.000,000 pounds of tobacco
of the Burley Leaf Tobacco Society.
The deal involves $10,000,000.
After a shutdown of six months,
the Illinois Steel Company reopened
four of it's plants at South Chicago.
700 men being put to work. Several
additional furnaces, requiring 500
men, will be blown at once.
Prominent railroad men, including
Donald G. Reid, of the Rock Island,
and e. C. Converse, of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, and the United
States Steel Corporation started the
organization of $4,000, 900 corpora
ton to manufacture steel. Most of
the bonds have been subscribed. The
works will be located near Gary, Ind.
Contracts were awarded by the
Crescent Steel and Wire Company to
construct new plant at New Cor
nerstown, Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
Wanted the Rice.

you've heard of the tramp that
went to the hotel where Anna Held
wuz stoppin' and asked for the milk
which she is 'sposed to take her
bath in?" asked the porter ON the
Santa Fe Limited the other day.
"Well. I've got one most as good
as that. A bride an groom got on
the Limited at Empory t'other night.
Their folks showered 'em with rice
right and proper, an the hull car
floor wuz jest Uttered with the stun.
wuz sweepin' out the car at Topeka
in the yards when a bum come up
with this talk: Say. dere, gimme
dem sweepin's.'
"He shows tin can an says: Pal
ard me wants to have sum rice for
our ca kansas City Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
A Maiden's No. H
,ht to mask her b cart from

A Maid4n's No. sa Hit
she thought to mask her heart from
Z J, IneS ss
! with jest ana laughter gay,
I knew she loved me By her glance,
iShe looked the other way.) S'''
I sent her roses, begging she
would wear them. The ccquetteI
Told me she loved me by her choice.
tShe wore, some mignonettesl ssF
And when rival claimed my waltz
by her capricions whim
She plainly showed she cared for me-
(She gave the dance to him.
She loved me well, and one fair night
asked her If 'twere SO,
I knew it by her whispering word.
(she softly whispered "no.')
Carolyn Wells, in Detroit Free
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
PROSPERITY WAVE FELT in COUNTRYS INDUSTRIES.
Railroads Plan Gigantic improvements Costing Millions O
D0llarS---National Prosperity Association Having &
No More Work to Do, DiSbandS.

eloquently
n he new o
reopening
cessation Whirring machinery tells OF
%
only a shortw running N
prosperity
to
contemplated be had readily
Northwest,
positive
explained
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
Pupil Assaults Teacher.

Cumberland. (Spe D.-Miss
Clara Reiswick, about 23 years old.
teacher of Speelman School. near
Hyndman, was brought to Western
Maryland Hospital, here, suffering
from injuries inflicted by Harvey
Holler, II years old, her pupil.
She was operated upon by DR.. Ar
thur H. Hawkins for serious In
Jury. She is a nervous wreck from
excitement. She was correcting the
Younger brother of Holler when Har-
yey Holler attacked her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
requires the sddI8Ios sha

requires the addiAof ii lhs ddstaSsy
Of this bottle to start It, he explain.
ed satI the Same tI4le taking bottle
flied viii some liquid from a shelf
Three lminuas after this aiss added
nothing Can stop an explosion, which
would have Sfbr6d lendiigh Ito totally
demolish this entire building"
7lsaBut, pfofess6r"fsI' said You have
not given me the names ofltiie iIigre-
dents which go to make up the eHs
plosive." siH sai'Gsfe 81
"And you could hardly expect me
to do that-yet must first protect
my patent right and In the meantime
must keep my secret, replied the
professor.
AS he spoke, he walked toward the
machine, which appeared similar to
large clock, and was constructed of
heavy iron. He still held the bottle
in his hand. Suddenly, his foot
catching in torn place in the car
pet, he was thrown violently; the
bottle fell from his hand and was
dashed to pieces against the top Of
the machine. ~
He arose, pale as death, and ap.
peared to be terribly excited.
60! Get out of here!" he cried
.'The contents of that bottle have
gone in with the rest. Come! No
time to explain now-run for your
life! This building will be a wreck
in three minutes" And without
waiting to see whether followed or
not, he dashed from the room, slam
ming the door after! him:
/ started to follow, but found to
my horror that the door on which
was a spring lock was fast. 1t was
of solid oak--I could not force it. !
was locked into the room with an
explosive about to go off, and had no
power to hinder the catastrophe.
/ turned to the machine. It was
iron covered and resisted my every
effort to reach the inside. If the pro-
fessor spoke the truth, l had less than
two minutes to live.
The old farmhouse; the meadows,
the brook where used to fish, the
schoolhouse, all came back to me in
that short time. thought of my
parents and my sister, waiting, look.
ing forward to the holiday, and the
family reuHited. Would they ever
hear what had become of me? The
newspapers would, no doubt, have an
account of fatal explosion, but with
a
out the details.
oh, why had been foolish enough
to let my curiosity lead me into such
trap? Had said good-by to the
professor when we left the train, l
would not now be facing death in
little eight by ten foot room.
noticed that the machine seemed
to vibrate; dull, clicking sound
came from the inside, followed by
sound like escaping steam. crowd
ed myself into the furthest corner Of
the room. Suddenly the machine
seemed to rise and rend itself asun-
der. was conscious of dull glare,
a grinding sort of roar; the walls
seemed to collapse all at once, and
| them "
Worcester. Worcester!"
/ woke with a start and picked my
self up from the floor of the car,
where had slid from my seat while
asleep. The train glided into large
covered station. We had arrived at
Worcester. Boston was still little
over one hours ride distant
"Did you notice a passenger in tie
seat opposite me?'' asked of a man
in the seat ahead. "A tall gentle
man wearing glasses"
EYES," he answered. HE left the
train, / think at Hartford. Way
ar1v Mas zine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
HOW GOVERNOR SPENT THE
DAY.
With Friends He Enjoys A Fine
Howard County Turkey.

Annapolis Especially. - Governor
Crothers spent the holiday quietly
at the Government House in Anna
polls. With the Governor at dinner
were his nephew and secretary, Mr..
Emerson r. Crothers; Miss Lynn
Schafer, State Librarian. who is q
relative of the Governors; Mr.. and
Msr. Louis Twadell and Miss Twa-
dell.
to Governor Crothers from Col. w.
S. Powell, editor of the Ellicott City
Times and a member of the State
Board of Education. 1t was a large
bird and was raised on the farm of
Mr.. Samuel G. Musgrove, treasurer
of Howard County.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
Invention of Great Importance to
Ironclads Exhibited in Germany

Charlottenburg. Germapy.-At a
meeting of the League of German
Naval Architects, DR.. Anschuetz-
kaempfe, of Kiel, exhibited compass
without a magnetic needle, which has
Just been invented. II is in the form
of gyroscope. which, when suspend
ed in a certain way. always adjusts
itself parallel to the earth's axis.
The invention is regarded as of
great Importance to ironclads, where
the compass needle Is frequently de-
Elected by the adjacent metal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
Dancing Masters Solve Problem
of Clingsome Draper

Paris.-Women are now wearing
skirts so tight that old-fashioned
dances are impossible, and it became
imperative to devise means to meet
the crisis. II the present styles re-
suited in stopping dancing they would
deprive the dancing masters of live
lihood
They met. resolved and forthwith
decreed that waltzes. polkas and all
other dances be danced with shorter
steps until fashion gives women freer
use of their lower limbs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
Medical Club Organized.

Hagerstown Especially The Med
ical Club, an association of physi-
clans of Hagerstown and Washington
County, was organized in the Court
house. The object of the society is
principally to study medical subjects
of a postgraduate nature and the
scientific progress and good fellow
ship of the members.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-23

that the total for that year in
cluded 1913 o. r. & N. right of
way deeds.
The recording fees showed an
increase from $246910 in 1906
to $2560.33 in 1907. The largest
single months business last year
was in August when the receipts
totaled 1868 80. This was the
largest during the two years except
for October 1906 when they reached
$275.S5
The slump following the panic
is shown by this comparison:
Receipts 1906 1907
Novem er 1928 95 $15S 40
December 207 50 l79 70
The circuit court fees in 1900
totaled $43150, and last year 1881
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-23
Figures Reveal
Result Of Panic

Owing to the panic, and the
slump in all kinds of business in
cluding land transfers during No
vember and December, the total
number of instruments filed for
record in the Office of County Clerk
J. A. French was one less in 1907
than in 1906. The total last year
was 1924. and the year before 1928
Deputy Clerk W. G. Boatman says
if November and December had
kept up the gait of the first 10
months OF 1907, the total would
have shown an increase OF at least
200 instruments over the previous
year.
This is all the more remarkable
when it is remembered that 1905
was the banner year for activity il
real estate in Wallowa county, anc
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-23
a decrease of $100.50

~ oNNiSooO va PlOO'cO
County and probate court fees
$119.50 in 1906, and 800 last year.
Marriage licenses in 1906 brought
in $207, but last year increased to
1894.
Miscellaneous fees, such as stall
lion licenses, etc., totaled $57 in
1906 snd $3S last year.
The total receipts of the clerks
office showed a decrease of $30.77,
the figures for 1906 being $3284.1O
and for last year $5253.33.
October, 1907, was the banner
single months receipts of the Office,
the total reaching $376.45, and the
! 30 days following, which will long
, be remembered as the "panic
month";" receipts reached their
lowest ebb in two years, the total
for November being only $184. 90.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-23
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add lots 80, 3S 25 95
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block 9 81
Wolverton NJ G half sw or sec
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Willett w p Lostine Bowman's
add lots 6, block 3 so
Wisdom 4 beginning Sc cor lot
II, block 4 Cole and Magill add
Lostine 33 ft 40 feet W 40
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Cole & Magill add lots Is, II
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add lot block 0C
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Gardner's add lot block 81 81 8
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sw or sec 3 2 43 IL 8
ward Mary B Lostine Bowman's
add lots 4, 5, block 8 3
wright W r Lostine lots 13, IA
block G II
wright G w Enterprise Gardner's
add half lot 3 block 26 8 2
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block &
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
LAST OF DESTITUTE
MEXICAMS NOW GONE
REV. DANA BARTLETT CON-
cLUDEs BIG CHARITY TASK
Twenty-seven Hundred Homeless la.
borers Returned to Mexico-Some
Still Being Fed-EmpIoyment
Bureau Planned

Rev. Dana Bartlett prominent in the
work Of procuring transportation foi
destitute Mexicans to their native land
reports the work completed.
I'VE have sent back some 270O Next
cans" said Rev. Bartlett yesterday
There are still remaining in this city a
number Of needy Mexicans who did moi
care to 60 back, and we are still sup
plying these families with food and
clothing
Within the past three weeks free
meals have been served daily at the
Bethlehem institute on Vignes street
From 1000 to 1900 persons were feo
daily
This practice will be discontinued to-
morrow" said Rev. Bartlett, "but be-
ginning Monday we will establish a
registraJ non bureau. and it is desired
that all the unemployed of this city
register at the Bethlehem institute sc
we can prepare a system for providing
them with employment"
1t is expected that the city council
will cause a measure to be passed Mon
day to provide work for about 400 men
This will only help a small number
of the idle men," said Rev. Bartlett
and W. purpose by establishing th'
registration bureau to learn who are II
the most need.
"Bishup & CO. have agreed to donate
1000 pounds of crackers a week; 500 hai
been appropriated from the firemen
relief fund, and it is to be hoped tina
other organizations will rally to oul
support"
Bethlehem institute is located at 81
Vignes street.