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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
ARE OUR BARIES MORAL?

We do not expect paternal feelings
in a child of five. Why, then. should
we expect any other of those race-
regarding impulses which we term
morality" Even to appeal to the
better feelings of child Of eight
or ten Is often almost as Irrational
as the celebrated apostrophe Of the
emotional Irish barrister who. in the
fine frenzy OF his peroration, whirled
upon the Judge with the thrilling APP
peal, "Sirr, was you liver mother?"
To appeal to child's better nature.
while excellent, In moderation. often
does little more than make a hypo-
critic out of him before his time.
writes DR.. Woods Hutchinson In
Woman's Home Companion.
He has got your hair, and his
mothers eyes and voice, and some
of your little tricks OF manner-and
temper-now, and he Is just as safe
to develop your superb self-control
and civic devotion and consideration
for others II you win only give him
time-and set him a good example.
Meanwhile preaching to him that he
should possess these qualities will
expedite matters precious little, and
unless backed up by example, not at
ALL Remember that life and growth
of all sorts are but a response to
environment, and new responses can
only occur as opportunity is afforded
for them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
NO RUSSIAN CLuBS.

Tell you about Russian womenT
repeated the Countess Lydie Rostopt-
chine, the Russian woman who has
come over to this country to deliver
a series of lectures. "Ah, that is
complex subject, very complex" She
waved her hands around a great
many times, to express the intricacies
of the topic.
you want, to know if the Russian
women have clubs. No, no. The wom-
en- of the higher classes meet togeth-
er, but it is only to play cards." The
countess shuffled an imaginary pack
of cards. mo, no. There is nothing
corresponding to the clubs your wom-
en- have. Our middle class women
would like to have their organiza-
tons, but they are revolutionary in
their sympathies and the government
will not allow them to organize. You
can form an idea of the life of Rus
sian women from the life of women
in America; it is another world.
Your women are advancing fast; ours
are not, but it will come yes, it will
come, when Russia has tranquility"
The countess pronounced it 'ttron-
quel-litee." 81 speak English not
WELL" she explained. IT write Eng
fish," and she used an imaginary pen
with great rapidity, "but l speak not
we'll"
Her English Is good while she
sticks to it, but her sentences have
tantahzing way of trailing off into
Russian, French or German. She is
large woman, with an astonishing
amount of enegy and vivacity for
the seventy years to which she con.
fesses.
The Empress Of all the Russias is,
the Countess Rostoptchine says, "a
most unhappy woman. 1t is the ter
rlble fear in which she nves-fear
for her husband and her son. For
time she was mad, quite mad" The
countess tapped her own forehead ex-
pressively.
-Four years ago." she added, 'the
Czarina was a beautiful woman most
beautiful. Now her face is worn, 1t Is
aged; she trembles, and seems bent.
A most unhappy woman" New York
Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
AT HOME SEWING.

George Eliot tells us that woman
is never so much at home with herself
as when she is sewing, and famous
nerve specialist declares that the act
of sewing has two distinct effects.
one advantageous, the other detriment-
al To sit down quietly with the
body well relaxed. and ply the needle
is a recreation, but to sew under
strain-there is nothing that so quick
ly frazzles the nerves. Perhaps 1t is
good thing to have left behind the
time when every spare moment was
spent in crocheting lace that one
could purchase at a shop for ten
cents yard. and tides and other
fripperies useless except as dust col.
tectors, but 1t appears we have gone
to the other extreme. II you keep
on hand bit of ruffing to be hem
med or some mending, 1t is surpris-
ing how much may be accomplished
without losing anything of the inter
est of a friends visit. There is salts
faction in the completion of any artf
Gle done in such odd mOments,-Now
York Evening Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
| QMlNJsaES q

vanities, her pretty weaknesses as
plain before him as a road map; no
fear of his so much as Earring any.
thing; while our honest American is
as like as not to drive full at them!
Yet his heart is full of tender rev
erence which he could not express
properly, to save his Life; while the
other says all that he feels with
the most charming grace in the
world Octave in Harper's Bazaar.
EDUCATED WOMEN NEEDED.
More educated women should be
employed in Poor Law administration.
Women are admirably qualified to act
as relieving officers in a very large
proportion of the cases which come
before the Poor Law authorities. It
Is true that they could not deal sim
gle handed with cases of drunken or
mad paupers who resist removal to
the Workhouse. But neither, / ven
ture to believe, can a man enter
adequately into the difficulties of a
young widow left with large family
W ouPPOAbs WOuCut IL rs S6uGTttlly
admitted, make admirable sanitary
inspectors. They are commonly en-
ployed as administrators of private
charity. Why then, should 1t be the
very rare exception which 1t is at
present to find them occupied in the
public relief of the poor? Educated
women might find a satisfactory ca
reer in other divisions of the Poor
Law work. The matrons of work
houses or of Poor Law schools are
at present competent in rough and
ready way, but they are by no means
trained or sympathetic administrators.
An educated woman who is fond Of
organization might be extremely sue
cessful in this sphere and might nj
troduce into 1t new and valuable
methods London Daily News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20

candle burning in Q LAMP chimney
with a Partition at the top, SO that
cold fresh afr goes down on one side
while the hot air and smoke escape
on the other ssg as4g5ssasS Tast
OIL may be substituted for the wine
or you may fill the bottom of the glass
with water and then pour in milk or
some thin-colored syrup.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
A Thanksgiving Dinner Table Trick

This is a curious little experiment
which will interest everybody at the
dinner table, for it calls for nothing
except what you are likely to find on
the table.
Cut an orange into halves and from
one-half remove the pulp, leaving the
peel entire in the form of a hollow
hemisphere or cup. With penknife
or toothpick bore two holes in the
bottom of this cup and put it into a
tumbler, forcing it down about half
way.
The tumbler should be a little
smaller than the orange used so that
you will have to squeeze the peel-cup
little in order to get it in.
Then it will press firmly against
the glass and stay where you put it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
FEVER OF ENERGY.

"The ability to do nothing occa-
, sfonally." says woman of the fash
lonable world, II believe to be abso-
lutely essential to the enjoyment Of
life, but in these days any one who
suggests idling away a few hours is
looked upon with suspicion. Nobody
ever thinks now of sitting over the
fire in the twilight, watching the
flames curling round the logs or see
ing pictures in the red-hot Goals. It
would be considered an evidence OF
mental and moral depravity- the
motor waiting at the door to whirl
you hither and thither and yonder
Only the other might at dinner the
man I went in with told me Sicily
was most disappointing place. You
see,' ne explained, there's absolutely
nothing to do there In reply to my
murmured suggestion that there
might be something to look at, he re-
piled, Yes; but you can't look at u
view all day why not?' l inquired.
Well, because you can't was the re-
ply; one must do things Personally
COuiuHJ see the necessity, ana
told him that to my mind the ideal
holiday consisted in doing nothing.
Oh, of course, If you feel like that
he said in crushing tones, .Sicily's
Just the place for your
"And the majority OF people are
like my companion at dinner. Work
to them Is disease which, once 1t
fastens on its victim, becomes prac-
tically incuraJble. From the business
man unable to refrain from fresh eff
forts in spite Of mis- accumulated mil
hons to the woman who knows no
peace unless her entertainments sur
pass In splendor and originality those
Of all her rivals. everybody Is toiling
and Shaving. ASH life meant nothing
more than the expenditure of so much
vital energy an hour. There are few
who know anything of the supreme
Joy of waking in the morning to the
knowledge that there are at least a
dozen things waiting for them to do
and then not doing them" New
York Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
A Thanksgiving Conversation.

Turkey Well there's this conso-
lation about it the most distin-
guished men on earth went to the
block"
Postum (gloomily) - Eyes, but
they were not broiled and roasted af-
terward for the benefit of block
heads. New Orleans Picayune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20

quiet hours Of meditation, when ouF
hearts reach. up to the great heart of
God, We may stand upon the noun
tain tops with Him and catch glimpses
of that land which too often seems
afar OF. Are you looking out?"-
Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D., in Advocate
and Guardian.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
THANKSGIVING LETTER TO
GRANDMA.

"Dear Drama, finked would rite you
letter
To tell how'll love you-a bushel OF
more;
Mamma hopes that now your sore foot is
all better;
And wen come to thanksgiving as we did
before.
Please make us some pies and some pud-
ding and jelly,
A turkey with stufing and onions, and
then
Please don't you forget that like stufing
smelly
OF sage. From your 'fectionate Charlie
Amen"
And grandma, dear soul, as she pores DER
the letter,
With smile on her lips and such mist in
her eyes
That she wipes off her glasses to see
through them better,
Plans out a whole shelfful of buildings
and pies
Of tarts. and of cookies; of custards and
jelly;
And last, but not least, a fat turkey cooked
smelly"
OF sage for the youngster who wrote her
amen"
Mary Clarke Huntington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
DAUGHTER OF COTTON MAG,
NATE

Mrs. Lionel Walrond Is the daugh-
ter Of the English cotton magnate.
and, according to The Sketch, she has
Inherited her mothers genius for en-
tertaining, as well as her love for
and understanding of music. Few of
the younger matrons in English So
ciety, even among future peeresses.
have a more splendid jewel caket
than Mrs. Walrond.
Her own fathers wedding gift was
a diamond tiara. containing unique
specimen stones, and she is often
seen wearing the huge diamond heart
which was one of her husbands many
presents on the occasion of her mar
riage.
OCTAVE THANET ON AMERICANS
Americans are human; they are not
always saints; but. 1t is not often
that an American gentleman will
clutter up his conscience with the
mess of memories OF women who are
the worse for having known him, in
which a Frenchnan shows such open
and artless pride. However, one must
admit that this prevalent interest in
woman and discussion OF aer. to say
nothing of the memories. do give the
Latin wooer an advantage. He has
picked up a good deal OF assorted in
formation about the sex, although
not 50 much as ne imagines. He has
woman's little prejudtces. her little
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20

The Fat One-''Huh! What have
you to be thankful for. you lean,
skinny runt?'
The Thin One Because / am so
blamed lean and skinny. New Or
leans Picayune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-27
PUNISHED BY PROMOTION.
Curious Laws That Prevailed In tn
FlOrentine Republic.

Curious Laws That Prevailed In the
Florentine Republic.
The Florentine republic had a unique
method of dealing with it's too ardent
democrats. In 1893 the state passed
the famous Magma Charta Of Flor
ence," to curb the cruelty and rapacity
of the lawless mobiles, who, in defiance
of the law courts, were accustomed to
fog and torture their dependents at
will. The act practically disfranchised
these titled harpies by clause which
excluded them from the signory-a
body in the state corresponding to the
British cabinet-unless they renowned
their nobility.
This curious provision prepared the
way for a still more extraordinary
clause, which enacted that any member
Of the democratic party who made
himself obnoxious to the government
and was by them declared to be guilty
of treason to the commonwealth" should
be given a patent of nobility and thus
at the same moment be raised in the
social scale and reduced to a political
nobody at the will of the state.-Lon.
don Telegraph.
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ELDORAD0, OHIO.

Eldorado, Nov. 27.-Last evening the
marriage of Effie Dunn and Ora Arthur
was solemnized. Both are of this vi
entity. They were married by Rev.
Bowers. at the Otterbein parsonage.
Mrs. Carrie Pierman of Reading,
Pa, accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Sophia Shewmon, left for Lincoln, ILL.,,
for an extended visit with their broth
er. Charles Eishart.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schlientz of
Brookville. are the guests of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schlientz..
Thomas Dowler visited friends in
Dayton yesterday.
DR.. Bucklew moved to Montpelier,
Ohio, this morning.
Frank Mcclure and family Of Rich
mond, are the guests of relatives.
Miss Clara Kimmel of Portland
Ind, is the guest of her sisters, Mrs
A. A. Miller, and Mrs. c. V. Campbell
Mr.. and Mrs Ora Huffman are the
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wehrley.
Frank Schreel and family OF Green.
vile. are visiting with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Miller.
Edward Wilt and family are guests
of Ora Banfills at Xenia.
Mrs. August kreakler is spending
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ly Ill at her home on N. Washington
street. this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thornburg of
Indianapolis. are guests OF Nelson
Thornburg and family over Thanks
g. ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parsons who
recently moved to Atlanta, spent
Thanksgiving here.
Mrs. VIM. Pitman is still confined
to her room after a severe illness.
Victoria Rebekah lodge elected the
following officers at their last meet
ing: Noble Grand, Louie Walker: Vice
Grand. Dorothy Smith, Recording Sec
rotary, Myrtle Working; Financial
Secretary, Glenna Hoover, and Treas
urer, Lizzie Baldridge.
Mrs. Ellen Fox of Richmond spent
a few days here this week.
Mrs. ]. NJ Lontz of Richmond was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. NJ. T. Fox
Thanksgiving day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bowman and Miss
Edith Bowman of Richmond, visited
relatives here Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Beeson and two
children were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Beeson at New Castle. Thanks
giving.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Moore and fami-
Iy of New Castle, spent Thanksgiving
with Ed Moore and family on n. Per
ry street.
1,I
daughter, Miss Esther of Richmond
were guests Thanksgiving of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hunt.
Mrs. Sara Bell and daughter Flor
ence, returned from a visit with rela-
tives in Illinois.
Miss Mary Wilson Of Richmond was
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs,
John Hunt, Thanksgiving night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Cain had as
their guests Thanksgiving day. Mr.
and Mrs Will Tomlinson and daugh
ter, Thelma, Mrs Robt. Tomlinson and
Mrs Michael Conner of Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cain and daughter
Annabel, Miss Grace Sicily Of New
Castle.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Burton of Twin
Falls, Idaho, have been recent guests
of c. T. Knapp's.
Hugh and Xenophon Gohring Of
Rushville, spent Thanksgiving here.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Knapp enter
tanned over Thanksgiving, Mr.. and
Mrs Geo. Jones and daughter of In
dianapolis.
Mrs Flora Miller of Richmond
spent Thanksgiving among friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Knapp had as
guests Thanksgiving Day, Miss Mod
| jeska Silvers of Muncie. Mr.. and Mrs
James Knapp and children, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Raymond Knapp.
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MILTON, IND.

Milton, Ind, Nov. 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Manlove entertained Mrs Man
loves parents and sister and brothers
at Thanksgiving dinner.
John Thomas and Miss Grace Brad.
ford of Connersville spent Thanksgiv.
ing at Lewis Harmeyer's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Goodhart have a
baby son, second child, born few
days ago.
Ray Thornburg and wife are at Mar.
tinsville at Sanitarium.
Revival services will begin at bod.
bridge Chapel Sunday evening by the
pastor, Rev. Charles H. Pinnick.
A fine new entrance arch to West
Side cemetery will be erected at the
west end of Walnut street. Joseph
L. Manlove has the contract.
Park Lantz is home from Indiana
University, for Thanksgiving.
Miss Nora Doddridge is home from
Indiana University.
Mrs. Edward McCoskey and son.
Harry, Of Los Angeles. California, is
visiting Mrs. Marie Beeson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Crist of BrookvilIe
is at Theodore Crisis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John North of Bluff
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight North of In
dianapolis, spent Thanksgiving al
Milton.
Homer Williams is home from Pur
due University.
Miss Price, of Hamilton, Ohio, is Wis
itlng Mrs. Willard Williams.
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GREENSBORO, IND.

Greensboro, Ind, Nov. 27.-Daniel D.
Doyle, is improving his residence on
South Green street, by building anoth-
er story to it.
Section Foreman Weaver has moved
in w. L. Hatfield's property near the
old depot
Dean and Gentry shipped a car of
hogs to East Liberty. Pa, Wednesday.
Harry Hatfield of Richmond, spent
Thanksgiving here with his parents.
Thos. Tarkelson, wife and children
were at New Castle Thursday.
Jesse Bond, a former resident of this
vicinity, and Miss Alpha Mustard of
Richmond. were married Wednesday
evening and will make Richmond their
home.
Enos Thornburg and wife were at
Kokomo Thursday and spent the day
with relatives.
B. H. Hatfield and WIFE H. H. Fa-
gan and wife, and son VIM. were
guests of VIII and Frank Thornburg,
Thursday and today, near Ridgeville,
Ind.
Clyde Mustard, wife and children ate
Thanksgiving dinner at Muncie with
his brother Cliff and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Hoover of Ha-
gerstown, and Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Crump
of this place, were guests of Daniel c.
Moore and wife Thursday.
Frank Davis and wife, r. B. Nichol-
son, A. ID. Bond, was in Richmond
Wednesday on business.
Clifford Crump of Earlham. was at
home Thursday and spent the day
with his parents, DR.. Crump and wife
Rev. Oliver Beeson, wife and daugh-
ter, of New Castle, were guests of J.
P. Wisehart and wife Thursday.
A. U. Brown and daughter Dortha,
were in Richmond Wednesday.
Maggie Raglan was in Richmond
Thursday and spent the day with her
brother Michael and family.
Mrs. Mary U. Brown will come home
Sunday for the first time since she
was injured by runaway horse in
July.
Mrs. Verl Shaffer of Williamsburg
was at her fathers for dinner Thurs,
day.
Mr.. and Mrs John Poland were
guests of o. P. Hoover, Thursday
south of town.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-27
FREDERICK AND VOLTAIRE.
Stormy Relations Of the Misery King
and the Lavish Author.

Stormy Relations Of the Misery King
and the Lavish Author.
The world knows plenty about the
of great men, but less about their
weaknesses. Here is a story that
shows the other side of the natures of
Frederick the Great and voltaire:
Frederick the Great had a leaning
toward literature. He wrote poems.
plays and booklets that. in his opin-
ion. possessed rare merit. So it
seemed fitting to him that great liter
airy men should fraterniZe, and he sent
an invitation to voltaire to be his
guest. Accompanying the invitation
was a sum Of money to defray the
great Frenehman's travelling expenses
to the Prussian capital.
Let 1t be explained at this point that
Frederick was extremely penurious
and that voltaire was not only ex-
travagant, but had many of the char
acteristics of what we would now cali
a CRATER. 1t should also be under
stood that Frederick despised graft
ing, and Voltaire abhorred miserli-
ness.
Voltaire accepted the invitation--and
then had an afterthought. Why not
take q favorite niece with him? So
he wrote to the king that if he would
send an extra thousand louis he would
bring the girl.
Sir" replied the king. 81 did not
ask the young lady to do me the honor
Of visiting me. and shall send moth
ing to pay her expenses"
"The old miserw said voltaire to a
friend. HE has tubs of money in his
treasury. yet will not grant me this
wish"
However, Voltaire went to Berlin. but
each found that he hated the other too
much to make their friendship perma-
nent.
The king once gave voltaire a pack.
age Of poems to revise.
"See," said Voltaire to a German no.
bleman. what a quantity of dirty
linen Frederick has sent me to wash"'
The king thought his guest was too
free with the chocolate and sugar and
gave orders that he be put on a re-
stricted daily allowance.
| Voltaire retaliated by gathering all
| the wax candles he could find in the
halls and storing them in his trunk.
| Soon the royal palace became too hot
for him, and he began to pack up
/ Then Frederick missed his package OF
poems. At once he scented plot. Vol.
/ taire intended to take the verses back
home with him and palm them of as
his own. Lord Macaulay has said that
| the poems were so bad that he was
convinced Voltaire would not for hall
Of Frederick's kingdom have consent
ed to father them. But the king
thought differently, being the author
of the poems.
! So the Prussian monarch had Vol
taire thrown into Jail at Frankfort and
kept him locked up for twelve days
Sixteen hundred dollars that was
found in his pocket was taken away
from him. The king in the days OF
their friendship had given Voltaire 6
life pension of 5000 a year, and tht
money that was confiscated was &
semiannual installment.
Thus ended their friendship.-ScraI
Book.
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Acknowledge It.
Richmond Has to Bow to the lnevi.
table-Scores of Citizens
Prove II.

After reading the public statement
of this representative citizen of Rich
mond, given below, you must come to
this conclusion: A remedy which
cured years ago, which has kept the
kidneys in good health since, can be
relied upon to perform the same work
in other cases. Read this:
Mrs. Edgar S. Mote, OF "a South
Goth street. Richmond. Ind, says:
Some years ago my husband was
having great deal of trouble with his
back. and there was duh pain across
the kidney region that bothered him
most of the time. He was finally told
about Doan's Kidney Pills and got a
supply at A. G. Luken & Cos drug
store. After taking them he never
again complained OF hackache. He
recommends Doan's Kidney Pills as a
splendid kidney remedy and has told
several people of the benefit he de-
rived through using them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-anA
take no other.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-27
The Nourishinx Chestnut.

The London Lancet finds that the
chestnut is the most digestible nut and
cannot only take the place of the pota-
to, as in France, where chestnuts, boil
ed and mashed like potatoes. make a
delicious dish. but in reality they are a
more perfect form of food. According
to the Lancet's analysis of the potato
and the chestnut, the latter contains
less water, more proteid, more fat and
starch, but less mineral matter, than
the potato and is more digestible than
the latter. Like the potato, also, it's
nutritive and digestive qualities are
greatest when baked or roasted.