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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
FASHION NOTES

Folds of transparent materials on
OPAQUE fabrics, or vice versa, pro-
duce graceful fichu semblances that
can be easily removed.
A gown for mother Of grown
children is of yellow pink chiffon
taffeta
A very handsome collar is made
of ermine skins from which depend
white silk tassels.
In the matter of arm coverings, all
sleeves or no sleeves seem to be the
rule for evening.
The transparent sleeves are becom-
ting to all kinds of arms, those that
are too rotund, and the altogether
too thin ones.
The vests shown are soft. rich, wo-
manly, and the most feminine of wo-
men need not hesitate to adopt it.
The front v of the decollete bodice
is filed with embroidery and is edged
at the top with novel lattice ar
rangement of velvet ribbon and jew
els.
The skirt is one of the long cling
ing. swirling sort with two deep folds
near the hem.
The bodice more than suggests the
Japanese style with the embroidered
baads in shades of yellow.
Grecian pattern executed In velvet
ribbon makes a simple and beautiful
decoration for silk house gown.
Coats bear more than faint resem-
blance to mems overcoats. The sim
gle piece loose backs are taking with
the greatest plumber Of customers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Found Dead In bed.

Nicholas Whalen, known
as Sonny Whalen, of Black Rock,
near Darnestown. Montgomery Coun-
ty, was found dead in his bed. Mr..
Whelen had not been seen for sew
eral days and it is not known how
long he had been dead. He was
found by his nephew. He was not
married and lived alone all the time
Heart disease is supposed to have
been the cause of his death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03

The Green Inn.
I sicken Of mems companys
The crowded tavern's din,
Where ali day with oath and song
Sit they who entrance win;
So come out from noise and rout
To rest in Gods Green Inn.
Here none may mock an empty purse
Or ragged coat and poor,
But Silence waits within the gates,
And Peace beside the door;
The weary guest Is welcomest,
The richest pays no score.
The roof is high and arched and
blue.
The floor is spread with pine;
On my four walls the sunlight falls
In golden fecks and fine,
And swift and fleet, on noiseless feet
The Four Winds bring me wine.
Upon my board they set their store
Great drinks mixed cunningly,
Wherein the scent of furze is blent
w Ill thS JUN VI hAO SS@s
AS from cup drink it up
To thrill the veins of me.
It's will sit in Gods Green Inn
Unvsxed by man or ghost,
Yet ever fed and comforted.
Companioned by mine host,
And watched at night by that white
light.
High-swung from coast to coast.
oh, you who in the House of Strife
Quarrel and game and sin,
Come out and see what cheer may be
For starving souls and thin.
Who come at last from drought and
fast
TO sit In Gods Green Inn.
Theodcsia Garrison in Scribner's
Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Baby Burned To Death.

Chestertown Especially Amanda
Thompson, living in Board Neck.
about 10 miles from Chestertown,
locked her three small children I'M
the house and went out visiting.
During her absence the children got
to playing with fire and the 5-year-
Did baby was burned to death. Asl
soon as the little one caught on fire.
the other twn climbed out Of the
window and gave an alarm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
THEIR LAST
CHANCE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Ga~xk-lk SESk-16dG165 E9s-161E5G IG@3SS L.
It's so sweet of you to come, Miss
Ferringham said $3.50 like you,
you know. Dear, dear, when did /
see you last? You're looking very
WE'LL
Montfort sat down with sense OF
relief.
It's SO good of you to take it like
this he returned. i've come on
graceless errand, I'm afraid
Miss Ferringham sank back beside
the tea table and bent over the sugar
bowl
You've come about ARCHER"
I've certainly come about Archie"
Miss Ferringham selected lump
of sugar with care, and held 1t poised
for second over a cup.
Take sugar still?" she said soft.
". .'Yes?''
Montfort accepted his teacup lit.
tie doubtfully.
II eat your bread and SALT" he
said. with laugh, "but / come as
an enemy
You couldn't come as an enemy.
refuse" Miss Ferringham declared,
ito consider the remotest possibility
Of such thing. You come as friend
lin Disguise
The Disguise Montf0rt admitted,
rather ruefuIly. rs a remarkably
good one. Write me down the cruel
father Of the melodrama at once, and
let's have it over. You know you can't
marry him.
Miss Ferringham looked pensivel.
into the depths Of her teacup.
That's what / tell him.
Then why" Montfort demanded,
with reason. "are you engaged to
him?'
Miss Ferringham sighed.
B Suse he is very obstinate boy.
He 1850 ley she added. with a
rapt az I.Ssueininiscence. "of you"
at tEMiss Ferringham remind
ed Tfere obstinateat Arches
sba, jave in-I listened to rea-
soE ~ end"
"a Di srrlnsnams eyebrows rose
sa, y.
Ava aIe quise sure y was reason
didn't think so at the time, remem-
Der. Wen, WE'LL suppose we were
younger and foolish. Perhaps. ii was
reason you listened to. after all.v
There was hint of pathos in her
tone, and Mcntfort felt uncomfort-
able.
I'VE couldn't have lived on air
Love and a cottage sound nice on
paper, but they don't go well together
in real life.''
Perhaps" Miss Ferringham sue-
gested deIicately. at depends a 1T
tie upon the sort of love-
1T depends more on the sort Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
This Town owns Everything.

There is carried on by the German
municipality of Freiburg a pawnshop.
an insurance business, a theatre sew
eral restaurants and newspaper. as
well as the schools. A seat can be
secured at the opera in this city for
nine cents and supper afterward for
six cents. The authorities also own
a cemetery, in which the citizens can
he buried chsarly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
ANALOGOUS.
New York Yesterday and Ticonderoga
Today.

NEW York Yesterday ana Atc@huSF09M
Today.
We had LEFT the hotel behind and
were walking up fragrant road in
1.-THE lower eAdirondacks It WAS q
cool, bracing morning, and before we
knew it we found ourselves in what
:, had once been a thriving village.
and looked now like nothing but a
collection of old houses fall.
ing to pieces with age and neglect.
*Starbuckville, Z we said In one
voice.
For at the hotel they had told us
of settlement two miles or SO be
yond where few poor families still
lived and which boosted character
who called himself the Mayor of Star
buckville. Few of the hotel guests
ever got so far on foot, but there
were legends that the old man dearly
loved a chat with "cfty folks"
We stood awhile looking at the
gray old wooden houses In their
beautiful mountain setting and watch
ing some children play with a yellow
kitten. At the door of the nearest
house stood an old man. who came
briskly down the path when he saw
US linger and wished US good-morn-
ing. Soon he was happily catechising
us, and we realized that we were in
conversation with the Mayor himself.
''Stoppin' to Binnses?" he asked.
We confessed that we were.
when did we conner"
Last month";
"How long ye goin' to stay?"
at depends on the weather; posi-
bly, till October"
He looked at us respectfully and
sighed.
1T must cost We power o. money;
they live high to Binnses."
A mournful vision of our high"
living at the hotel rose before as and
we said nothing. But after little
the old man went on with his ques-
tioning, embracing such little matters
as age, occupation. etc.
Where do We come from-New
York;" he asked.
From New York." we assured him.
He looked at us again; perhaps New
Workers were rare in Starbuckvllle.
It had been many years since the
old man had left the mountains. but
he liked people to know that he, too,
had once seen the city.
81 s'pose New York has changed
some sence seen it? amt been
there sence the war;"
There was question in his voice,
and cast about in my mind for some
thing that would really bring home
to him the difference between New
York in the SOS and New York to
day. My own memory did not go
back so far, but had seen changes
and tried to remember what was the
NEST striking.
s'l'll tell you,' said. when was
q little girl and first came to New
York we lived in Harlem, above 125th
street, you know. When we took the
train up from downtown the houses
seemed to stop at Seventy-second
street; there were just rocks and
shanties and goats. That is, till we
got about to 116th street, and then the
houses began again. And aow-well.
now it's almost solidly built up, the
rocks and shanties are gone and there
are big hotels and apartments all the
way up"
He had been listening very eager
ly, and his face showed great appre-
citation as went on, and when had
finished he slapped his knees Joyous
~ and chuckled:
81 know; jest like Ticonderogy.
When was boy there was North
Ticonderogy and South Ticonderogy,
with hull half mile Of open country
between 'em. and now it's just III.
conderogy, begosh! -Harper's Week.
ly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03

The longest bridge in the world is
at Sangong. China. 1t extends five
and a quarter miles over an area of
the Yellow sea, and is supported by
800 huge stone arches.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion reports that from 1901 to 1905
90. s44 trespassers were killed and 25,-
236 were injured on railroads. OF
these from one-haif to three-fourths
were tramps.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Spanish Iron.

Returns just to hand show that only
5,4SS.2O0 tons Of iron ore were ex-
ported from Spain during the seven
months ending with July last, as COM
pared with 5.S45. 466 tons in the FIRST
seven months Of last year Engineer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03

Senator-elect Jeff Davis of Arkansas
is said to like to have his constituents,
particularly in the rural districts. call
him by his first name.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
AUTHORITATIVE.

do you think that horrid story
about Beatrice is true?"
1T must be. heard 1t from her
dearest friend."-Life.
An inch Of rainfall represents 100
tons Of water to the acre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
IS FULL OF FIGHT


Washington, d g. Especial
IF they can be reached for criminal
libel. shall try to have them reach-
ed,s said President Roosevelt Ia
speaking about sthose Americans
who have been guilty of Infamous
falsehood concerning the acquisition
OF the property and the construction
of the (Panama) Canal itself" 1t
was to the Committee of One Hun
bred of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterway Association, headed by
Governor Deneen, of Illinois, who
were received by the President in
the East Room of the White House
that he made this declaration.
Governor Deneen had presented a
copy of resolutions adopted by the
association and made few remarks,
to which. the President replied as
follows:
II have felt. as the Governor has
so well put it, that no more inn
rortant service could be rendered to
this country than the building of
the Panama Canal between the At
lantic and the Pacific; and one thing
am proud OF In connection with the
building of that canal is that there
has not been legitimate cause for the
breath Of scandal connected with any
feature of the proceeding. We have
cause to be ashamed of only one set
of Americans in connection with the
building of the canal, and that is
of those Americans who have been
guilty of infamous falsehood concern
ing the acquisition of the property
and the construction of the canal
itself If they can be reached for
criminal libel, shall try to have
them reached. If not, at any rate,
all the facts we know or ever have
known are at the disposal of each
and every one of you here, and of
anyone in Congress, or of all Con-
gress if they wish to see them.
Next only in Importance from the
physical standpoint to building the
Panama Canal comes the question of
developing the use of our own water
ways. That must be done by the
policy of irrigation at the head wa
tiers up in the arid regions; and
where you come from, gentlemen,
1t is to be done by making our sea
coast take a big loop in from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes,
and we will see that that work is
done just as honestly, just as eff
GENTLY as the Panama Canal work
has been done, and no work could
have been done from beginning to
end more honestly or more efficient
w."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
WkS LED AsTRAY
q BY LURlD FICTION
Excuse Given By Writer Of Threat
ening Letters.

Chicago Especially The mystery
of the knights of the White Death"
letters, which were recently sent to
various clergymen and prominent
citizens in Chicago with the threat
that unless they left large sums of
money at designated spots they
would be put to death, was cleared
up, when William Pollard, % years
old. driver of a grocer's wagon, was
arrested. He confessed that he sent
the missives as joke.
Pollard said he had been inspired
by reading Sir Conan Doyle's stories.
Fascinated by the novelist's lurid
pictures of skulls, ghosts, graveyards
and vigils of detectives, Pollard de-
termined to see how they would work
out in the hands of the Chicago po-
lice. So he organized the knights
of the White DEATH and with a
Sherlock Holmes fancy for the
weird, wrote bundle of letters, all
decorated with skulls and crossbones.
The demands for money, he said,
were simply added to enliven the
mystery, as he never went to see
whether the money was left as de-
manded.
A few days ago one of the letters,
demanding $4,000, reached Rev. w:
O. Waters, of Grace Episcopal
Church. Il was accompanied by a
small box, also sent through the mail,
containing bones, apparently human,
and the rusty handle of a coffin.
Similar letters were sent to Rev.
r. F. Roberts, of Quinn Chapel, and
Rev. A. G. Dixon, of Moody Church,
and to several other persons of prom
inence In Chicago.
Asked where he got the human
bones and the coffin handles, Pollard
said:
when they dig a new grave in
Calvary Cemetery the graves are SO
crowded together that the side of an
old grave often caves in and portions
of the decayed coffin fall into the new
excavation and are thrown out with
the sand. At night went into the
cemetery and gathered these things.
After had sent that. coffin handle to
Rev. Waters / was afraid they would
trace 1t to Calvary Cemetery because
of the cross on 1t.
Besides those to the clergymen,
I sent letters to DR.. Adolph Gehr-
mann and to Assistant Chief of
Police Schuettler. told the latter
to leave 500 in the confessional box
of st. Charlotte's Church. was de-
lighted when read that DR.. Dixon,
with detectives, stood waiting almost
all night for the White knights to
appear for the money at the place
designated in my letter to him."
Pollard was arrested in Evanston,
a suburb in which Calvary Cemetery
Is situated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
'MR. C0RTEL YOU ON
THE NATIONS FINANCES
Secretary Of the Treasury Submits
His Annual Report.
REVIEWS TIE MONETARY CRISIS.


Washington, D. G. .lSpeciaD The
annual report of Hon. George B.
Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury,
Is voluminous document. review
ing the state of the national finances
Tor the fiscal year which ended June
80. and incidentally discussing num-
erous correlated subjects, notable
among which are the financial crisis
OF 1907 and the measures adopted
by the federal government to miti-
gate its severity,~the currency legis-
iatlon at the last session of Congress
and the revision of the tariff in its
relation to the revenues of the gov
eminent.
Among the suggestions offered is
one for the regulation of the nation
al budget by a joint congressional
committee empowered to revise the
appropriations with a view to dis
tributing reductions and increases in
an equitable manner, and to keep
the expenditures of each year ap-
proxlmately with the revenue of the
year.
The estimates for the fiscal year
1910, as submitted in the report, call
Tor the appropriation Of 96S,3S7,.
6O8.01. which is SLAB, ,796.O1
In excess of the estimated revenues
OF the government for that year.
regret is expressed that the law COM
pels their submission, for the reason
that the proposed revision of the
tariff to which the incoming admin
lstration is pledged. renders them for
the most part problematical.
1t is recommended that in the ad.
mlnlstratlon of the customs lave
power be. given to the secretary to
remedy mistakes made by importers
through ignorance, that custom.
mouse brokers be licensed, that col
lectors and other chief customs Off.
GERS be paid fixed salaries instead OF
fees and that a small fee be charged
IN protest cases before the general
bord of appraisers, in order to pre-
vent the filing of insincere protests
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
PASTORS HERoIsM.
His Blood Fails To Preserve Life OF
Friend.

Walla Walla, Wash. Especially
To save the life of his friend and
member of his flock. Rev. A. A.
Metcalf, of Pasco, allowed a pint OF
his blood to be infused into the arm
of Freeman Keith in the Walla Wal
la Hospital, just before the latter
underwent a dangerous operation for
gangrene.
Keith had been sick for several
weeks and was in an extremely weak
condition at the time of the opera.
ton. Attending physicians believed
that the operation could be success.
full If rich, healthy blood were in.
fused into the body of the patient
While strengthening Keith materf.
ally, the infusion was not sufficient
to save his life and he died shortly
after.
The generous pastor spent the next
day in the hospital in an extremely
weak condition from the loss OF
blood, but is in every other respect
none the worse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
sEDITIoN IN INDIA.
Long-Demanded Bill Provides Quick
Executions.

Calcutta Especially Practical mar
tial law will prevail all over India
when the bill providing for the sum-
mary trial and execution of traitors
and anarchists, introduced in the In
dian Council, becomes law.
The bill, which will undoubtedly
pass, has long been demanded by the
English residents of the empire as
the only possible way to check the
rising wave of sedition. 1t is con.
sidered the most radical step yet
taken.
Investigation into the ammunition
magazine explosion at the military
station of Dumdum, in which two
score soldiers were killed and wound
ed, has shown conclusively that it
was the work of anarchists.
An attempt was made to make 1t
appear as accidental, but unmistaka-
BILE evidence of plot was discovered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
Gov. Deneen Going To school.

Urbana, Ill. Especially Governor
Deneen is to become a student Of the
Agricultural School at the University
of Illinois. He will attend the state
school during the short course which
begin in January and will seek spec
ial instructions, 1t is said, in cattle
and corn judging. The decision of
the Chief Executive of the state to
become scientific farmer is the re-
suit of his attendance at the recent
Illinois corn show in Springfield. Mr..
Deneen announced at that time that
he would take course in the state
university If he could find time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
PANAMA SHAKEN BY
4 DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Ten Men Are Killed and Fifty Injured
ii The Canal Zone.
Big BLAST GOES OFF PREMAfURELY.


Colon Especially. - A giant blast
of dynamite. already prepared for
firing. was prematurely exploded in
the workings at Bias Obispo.
Ten men were. killed and so in
Jured. 1t may be that others have
been killed. for the debris is piled
up in all directions. Bias Opispo cut
is about 80 miles from Colon, and
the shock of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt here.
Numerous reports are current as
to the cause of the accident, but the
official version from Culebra, which
gives an estimate of 10 killed and SO
wounded, states that in the loading
of the last hole of the blast the
dynamite in this cutting was dis
charged, and the remaining % tons
were exploded by conclusion. The
holes had not been connected cleo
trically, as the discharge of the blast
was set for o'clock in the after
noon.
The last hole was being loaded
under the supervision of one of the
most efficient powder men in the en-
ploy of the commission. A passen-
ger train had just passed when the
explosion occurred, but it was not
damaged.
The majority of the victims are
Spaniards. Relief trains were sent
to the scene of the disaster, and
one which returned here several
hours later brought back the report
that is of the injured had beeA sent
to Ancon Hospital. The officials on
the train stated that IL dead had
been found, while many others in
the gang of 40 who were employ
ed at the cut were missing. It was
also reported by the trainmen that
the explosion was due to passing
steam shovel which hooked the wire
leading to the immense charge of
dynamite. Whether or not this was
the cause of the accident, q steam
shovel and crew, which happened to
be on the scene, were practically
buried under the mass of rocks and
earth thrown up.
Gangs were soon searching for the
dead and assisting the wounded.
Electric lights were set up, and
steam shovels put to work removing
tons upon tons of debris. Many of
the men have been seriously injured,
some of them probably fatally.
Tradition has it that the Panama
Railroad cost one human life for
every tie, what with accidents, In
surrections and disease, and the
construction of the canal has not
gone long without exacting it's toll
There have been a number of ac-
cidents in the last two years, chief
among which was the premature ex-
plosion of dynamite at Pedro Miguel
in June, 1907, which resulted in the
death of seven men and the injury
of number of others.