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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
Killed BY Her Riding Horse.

Cumberland Especially Mrs. AL
bert Carder is dead at Points. Hamp-
shire County, as the result of having
been thrown from a horse which fell
on her, striking her in the breast. She
was found at the spring where she
was watering the horse in semi
conscious condition by. one of her
children and death came in short
time from hemorrhage of the lungs
She leaves seven children, the old.
est being II years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
THE DEAcoN,s yiHW.itI sIaI
Rv w Ia Martin. ! ~ " vi

BY WI C.. Martin.s gat sAsiS
said Deacon Gqodt II pity those with
I'll less than Shalfa q score!
Why, we brought up some fourteen,
ri SgadlM2 wished forii ssHersI
more. s-.,..
We only had six children we could
call our very own,
But couldn't think of raising half-a-
dozen all alone.
eve never stole a child yet, and
hope I never may"
Said he, but If couldn't get them
in an honest way,
I know would be tempted to resort
to shady tricks;
For what would home have been to
us with only five or six?
I'VE begged few and borrowed
some, and some just drifted in;
A few of them, folks told us, were
just soaked and stepped in sin;
eve never found them SOY and some
were orphans. just bereft.
OF parents, and we always TOOK what
other people left.
1--WE never had the 'ong-we,' and we
never got the blues;
We never went around proclaiming
pessimistic views.
Our farmhouse rang with laughter,
and throughout the livelong
day,
There was always something doing
that would keep the blues
away.
"And now our hearts are still kept
young" said he, with countless
joys,
For letters come by almost every
mail from those dear boys
And girls, who now have gone to
hustle for themselves and do
A lot of good in this old world, and
raise big families, too.
"And back they come to visit us,
-. like angels from above;
Their arms are full of babies and
their hearts are full of love.
I want to go to heaven when change
my local sphere.
But a home with lots of children
makes it awful pleasant here"
Christian Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
LAW FOR AlRsHIPs.
Florida Town Begins Early With Tax
And Regulations.

And regulations.
1t was to be expected that some
thing OF the sort would happen, and
that it would happen in the Sunny
South, that land of imagination, and
joke, and song, and prohibition and
moonshine. The Mayor of Kissim.
NEE, Fla, that town with the most
osculatory name in all the world, has
drafted an ordinance imposing
heavy fine for the overspeeding Of di
rigible balloons, claiming jurisdic-
ton twenty-five miles in the air, also
taxing the dirigfbles 500 each, and
appropriating money &c purchase an
aeroplane with which the town mar
shall shall pursue and capture all Of
tenders. The town marshal should
certainly have a high salary for this
job.
the thrill of the vision of balloon of
any kind, but this measure is delight
full evidence of the new and wonder.
fully progressive spirit that animates
the far Southern section of the coun
try, which some mistaken ones have
looked upon as being most active
when it is asleep. This SANDER will
no longer find credence, at least so
far as Kissimmee is concerned. II
Kissimmee has never had sight of a
balloon 1t will be fully prepared with
taxes and speed regulations when the
balloons come. Kissimmee has never
had the experience of an automobile,
but the moment the auto machine in
other towns and States exhibited its
native tendency to run away with it.
self and its occupants Kissimmee was
prompt to enact rigorous regulations.
Kissimmee has the world distinc
ton of leading all other towns, cities,
States and nations in providing for
speed regulations of balloons. It IL
also the first to provide an aeroplane
for its town marshal. The jurisdic
ton for twenty-five miles upward will
undoubtedly cover the limit of levi
tation. There is actually nothing
more to be desired in the Kissimmee
ordinance. Kissimmee will no more
be written down as one of the slow
est of Southern towns. It is no long.
er Kissimmee slow. 1t is Kissimmee
quick.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
TRENCH CHALK FOR SPOTS.

If a girl is away from a cleaners
and she finds one of her best frocks
spotted with grease, she can try the
simple remedy of French chalk and
a hot iron The chalk is spread
thickly over the spot until all the
grease is absorbed. Then a piece OF
blotting paper is put over it, and
warm, not hot, iron is held over it to
draw the grease into the paper. Rub
off the chalk with a soft silk or mus
lin rag and the spot will probably
have disappeared Public Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED.
Skull Crushed And jaw Broken By
Wagon Wheel.

Chestertown Especially Harry S
Everett, the 13-year-old son of Mich
ael Everett, living on William Col
Inns farm, near town, was run over
by his fathers farm wagon and in
stantly killed. The boy had been
to town after load of fertilizer and
was returning when the foreboard
of the wagon fell out. throwing him
between the horses feet and the
wagon pole. The wheels of the wa.
gon pasesd over the boys head.
crushing the skull and breaking the
jaw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
HAGERsTowN WIFE MISSING.
Mysteriously Disappears From Home
And Husband Finds No Clew.

Hagerstown Especially Mrs. Lii
lie Bowers, wife of c. H. Bowers, q
well-known resident of Hagerstown
mysteriously disappeared from home
about a week ago, and her husband
who is nearly distracted over his
wife's absence, has no knowledge Of
her whereabouts.
He left his home one morning
about week ago, when his wife, who
appeared in cheerful frame of mind
bade him good-by, as usual When
he returned at night she was missing
All efforts to find her have proved
fruitless.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
SICK woMAN's ESCAPE.
Stray Bullet Strikes The Wall Just
Above Her Bed.

Hagerstown Especially. - At the
residence of Grover c. Hoch, West
Washington Street. Hagerstown. a
shot was fired through a window in
the bedroom in which Mrs. Hoch was
lying seriously i'll. The bullet was
found imbedded in the wall just over
Mrs. Hoch's bed. The police were
notified, but failed to find any clue
to the person who fired the shot.
Twice during the past week the Hoch
home has been entered by a strange
man, evidently bent on robbery, but
both times he escaped before the
officers arrived.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
PROPER CARE FOR SILVER.

Shining, well-kept silver is an es
sential part of every well-set table,
and every housewife should know
how to keep it looking well. If a
piece Of camphor is placed in the
drawer where the silver is kept the
silver will not tarnish. An excellent
way to clean silver is to place it in
sour milk for an hour.-Indianapolis
News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
COUNTIES IN UNITED STATES.
Some Little Known Facts About Our
Counties.

Counties.
The county is a territorial division
that the United States derived from
Great Britain, where the counties cor
respond to the provinces or depart
ments of other European countries,
and in limited sense to the States
of the American Union. An English
man addresses a letter to "Parkin-
ton, Hants," as we address letter
to Columbus. o." or Elmira, N. Y"
One State, which derives it's usages
from French and not from English
originals, has no counties at all. In
Louisiana these subdivisions of the
State are still called parishes, both
officially and in ordinary speech,
though they are now divided into
many real parishes of the church.
There are about 5000 counties in
the Union, with an average size of
about 1000 square miles; but this
average is enormously exceeded in
many instances, and is also frequent
ly fallen below. Leaving out GER
tain great unsettled counties in the
West, the average county would be
about 500 miles square in extent.
In much of the western part of the
country the size of the county is reg
ulated automatically. 1t consists
of sixteen townships, each composed
of thirty-six square miles, making 576
square miles in all. In other words,
each township is six miles square,
and each county, twenty-four miles
square.
In Iowa there are thirty-nine coun-
ties that were formed in this way,
each one of which has exactly 576
square, miles. Such divisions were
possible in the newer West, where
these minor political divisions were
made in advance of settlement In
the older parts of the country the
territorial arrangements were largely
accidental.
The largest county in the United
States is Yavapai county, Arizona,
which has an area of almost 10000
square miles. Nine States of the
Union are each smaller than this
county. 1t is larger than the whole
of West Virginia, and almost as
large as South Carolina.
The sixteen counties of Montana
average greater size than the State
of Massachusetts,.
Among the other great counties of
the Union are San Bernardino and
San Diego, in California, which are
not only vast regions, but contain a
great productive territory; Humboldt
and Lincoln county, New Mexico,
which are only sparsely populated;
and Lincoln county, New Mexico,
which bids fair in time to have a
large population.
Although the New England States
are small the average size of the
counties is greater than in most Of
the Middle Western and Southern
States. Worcester county in Massa-
chusetts, is an example of an East
ern county that is at the same time
large in area and very populous. It
is larger than the adjoining State of
Rhode Island.
The smallest State in the Union
has the smallest county as well
Bristol county, R. l., has only TWEEN
ty-five square miles. At one place it
is not more than two miles in
Chicago Record erald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
.CONhERGlaL ,C0LUnit ''la
III Ii vi I4Uyii. TN =
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
! jlsys Market ReDoFswOq sTiI
Bradstreet's saws.

LII dOoJlOS . says.
Cooler weather is the handspring
OF the moderate improvement in re-
tail and jobbing trade reported at
most cities this week. Additional
helpful features have been the num-
erous fairs and festivals, which have
enlarged the distribution locally. at
many points. While there are re-
ports of holding of crops, tnotably at
the South, where prices are much
lower than year ago, the crop move.
ment is liberal as whole. Reports
from industries are rather better as
whole. Good reports come from
the lumber trade South and West
and good volume of building is
going forward.
Election uncertainties are report
ed affecting demand for iron and
steel, but cool weather has helped
the coal trade East and West. The
leather and shoe trades are reported
quiet, with cheaper, grades in most
demand. The wool trade reports the
largest weeks sales for over a year
past and from SO to go per cent. of
he leading interests machinery is
reported in operation. l
ION the whole this weeks dis,
..ributive trade probably was the best
that has been enjoyed for months
past, and while the impending cleo
lion is deterrent factor there seems
20 be general tendency in most
lines to take hold on the theory that
future trade is likely to show lasting
and substantial gains. /
Business failures in the United
States for the week number 225,
against 267 last week, lit In the
like week of 1907, 1876 in 1906. 189
IN 1905, and 1916 in 1904"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09

'You don't thihk th Al, r she
just as if she feftl hurt DeEaHse ne
haA ddubtea fhet. / fiIE1wonder If you'll
eEeis !th Ink ibfAGhaAIssss
every day-dear. The danger
signals &asslhgingIi but GeOtgsa didn't
observe it. IIowncnuld he when
Maude's eyes were shining in tears?
A man adores woman's eyes float
ing in tears-for him. ~
Denver is so far" she sighed
Somehow the length of the seatshad
increased--at the other end. Maude
hadn't noticed it,
II don't suppose I'll ever see Den
ver," she continued. "They say it
is a beautiful city. And you are
going to live there!"
"Oh, Denver's all right. 1T won't
be Chicago to me, though, for"
''Have you never dreamed of a
place where you could be happy-oh,
so happy! Where there were views
of mountains and balmy air to soothe
your" Maude was going some.
Gee, Maude, you don't mean to
say-Would you like to live in Den
ver?"
"Oh,, George!" And her head
dropped to his shoulder. Perhaps
you had better speak to papa before
you-you get the ring This will
take him SO by surprise. He didn't
think to lose his little girl so soon"
George was surprised, too. Not
that he was unhappy. oh, dear, no!
Not until then had he realized how
dear she was to him.
AS he brushed a li.tle electric curl
from her brow and whispered in her
ear, he could only murmur. "How
did / ever get up courage to ask
such pearl to be nine? am SO
orthy!"-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
a SURPRISING WEDDING.
It Quite Shocked the American Un-
til She Saw the Camera.

An elderly American authoress
asked me a few days ago to con-
duct her to place where she could
see q workman's wedding. as she re-
quired 1t for her new novel, writes
the Paris correspondent of the Cen
tlewoman. To oblige the lady 1 took
her to the Lac Saint-Fargeau, an es-
adjustment at the top of the steep
Rue de Belleville.
It was still early when we reach
ed the place. and no brides or BRIDE
grooms were visible as yet. At last
two lchar-a-hancs drove up to the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09

I'VE smoked OO0.OOO,OOo cigar
cites last year." remarks the New
York Mail. Well, confession Is a
step toward reform.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09
DENVER


Some fellows have no idea of the
value of g girls time-that Is, a
girl who is somewhere between rs
and 30. They just fall into the habit
OF dropping in to eat fudge or bits
OF cold chicken. 1t is nice to do so.
They like the, cold chicken, they like
the fudge, even sometimes they like
the girl. Dropping in gets to be sec
ond nature, SO they keep, dropping in.
Meanwhile, Maude is wondering
how much longer she must keep her
hair curled and pinch her cheeks to
get the proper glow.
IF he doesn't mean business" she
wonders, why doesn't he move on
and let Joe Smith have a chance?"
Joe isn't as good a prospect as
George; still, he will do in case
George can't be made to speak. But
George continues to hold down the
claim.
Maude tried many ways of induc-
ing the backward one to toe the
mark. Simple as the dear girl look
ed in her pretty white frock, she was
deep and knowing. You couldn't
blame her. 1t was necessary to do
. little pulling. George really needed
a derrick to hoist him. He had
been coming there off and on for
several years.
Maude was first in hot water, then
cold. 1t seemed century since the
thought had first come to her that
she would marry him. Maude was
perfectly willing to settle down il
George would only speak.
But he wouldn't speak.
Several times she got matters
where she thought the cards would
be mailed to their friends the follow
ing week, Then George would get
on the trolley So everything had to
be done all over again.
Now George was going away.
The evening he came to say good
by they strolled into Jackson Park
Maude gently led him to Just the
right seat, in the shadows, with 9th
er people not too near.
Maude had made a resolution.
George was ignorant of his dan
ger.
The lake was glistening. The
moon was shining. The girl was
nice. George told her so, but she
knew it already. George grew effus-
i've and a trihe foolish. Moonlight
touches some people that way. 1t did
George. Maude was wise to this.
"Oh, Maude, isn't it lovely here p"
he murmured. He was happy to find
her hand in his. Il wish this even
ing could last"
Maude meant it to last-until she
had accomplished her object.
Il suppose it can't" she sighed.
mo, | suppose not, Shall you miss
B me when I am gone away?"
Maude knew he was going away.
That was why she intended to bag
the game on this night. The strain
OF cold cream and curling irons was
wearing on her. If it could not be
settled tonight, Joe must ba pushed
into service.
You are going away?" Maude's
voice trembled just enough.
Il supposed you won't miss me?"
questioned George.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09

tNOW AOEA. - WneaL - Receipts,
sS0,500 bush; exports, 512,12S
bush. Spot, firm; No. 2 red, 1.O6Mi
@ LOTS elevator; No. 2 red, 1908 81
I. 0. b. afoat; No. l Northern Du-
luth, 1.12% t. o. b. afloat; No. 3
hard winter, 1.09A I. o. b. af1oat.
Corn-Reeeipts, 9,675 BUSH; spot
firm; No. 2, S6A nominal elevator
and STA nominal to arrive. Option
market was without transactions,
closing &c. net higher. December
closed. 771a; May closed. 1871.
Oats = Receipts. $4,000 bush:
spot, steady; mixed, 26 to 80 lbs,
So; natural white, 26 to 81 lbs,
SO VI q 55; clipped white. 80 to 40
lbs, ssh @61.
Barley-Quiet; feeding, 61M0
64A C. i. f. New York.
Poultry-Alive firm; spring chick
ems, 141s; fowls, IA; turkeys; IA.
Dressed irregular; Western chickens,
1908; fowls. 13@15; turkeys,
1901.
Butter - Firm: receipts, 1878;
creamery specials. 81; extras. $50
26 "; third to first, 1904; State
dairy, common to finest. I8@24N.
Philadelphia. - Wheat - Easier;
contract grade. October, 1920
1.021ac.
Corn-Flrm; No. 2. for local trade.
S7@871ac,
Oats-Firm; No. 2. white. natural,
54A @55c.
Butter - Firm; extra Western
creamery. Csc; do. nearby prints.
80.
Eggs-Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts. free cases, Csc.
at mark; do. current receipts, in
returnable cases, "a at mark; West
ern firsts, free cases, IS at mark;
do, current receipts. free cases. "a
at mark.
Cheese Firm; New York. full
creams, choice, 1s1ac.; do. fair to
good, 12M els.
Pouitry-Alive, steady; fowls,
12@14e.: old roosterv, 91s@10;
spring chicknns. 14@15; do, ducks.
110111a; old ducks. 10h oil.
Raltimore-Flour- unchang-
ed; receipts, 1891 barrels; ex-
ports, 2.1S2 barrels.
Wheat-Firmer; spot, contract,
1.o3A 11.osA; spot No. 2 red
western, 1.O0 rs " I.Uo ~ Oetouei,
1903 X @1.osA; November, 1.035s
61.03A; December. LOAN @1.05;
steamer. No. red, 1.001a 01!00A
receipts, 56.1o4 BUSHES; Southern,
by sample, 600 1.o1; do. on grade,
99h G1.02A.
Corn-Du1l; year. 68A @69; Jan
uary. Ssh 06SA; receipts. 4.2S6
bushels; Southern, white, so.
Oats-FirM; No. white. So; No.
8 white. 81 @511a; No. 2 mixed.
51@51M; receipts. 1854 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. 2 Western ex-
port. Os3h; receipts. 1854
bushels.
Hay-Firm; No. l timothy. 1850:
No. / clover mixed, 1900.
Butter-Very firm; fancy imita-
ton, 210a2; fancy creamery. 27@
2S; fancy ladle, 30 cal; store pack
ed. 16.
Eggs-Very firm. 24025.
Cheese-Quiet; new large. 13 "
new flats. n; new small. 13%.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-09

Now York.-Beeves-R Receipts, L.
9oS head. Feeling steady. Dressed
beef in moderate demand at Z to
1OAc. per pound for native sides.
Calves-Reoeipts. 41S head. Veals,
firm; gYassers and Western calves.
steady. Common to prime veals.
300 to OTIS; yearlings and grassers,
ATS to $50. City dressed veals
firm at to IA II C. per pound; coun-
try dressed. 7 to 12ke.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 81
$50 head. Sheep almost nominal
and firm; lambs. IS to soc. higher
A few common sheep. $50 to 2.75:
culls, 1.5o; lambs. 500 to $50;
culls. 400.
Hogs = Receipts. 3.524 head;
market lower. Prime heavy. Penn
sylvania hogs sold at 6.95 per 100
pounds.
-Cattie-Reoeipts. about
5000 head; market s to 10c. low
or. Steers, 4.40@1.75; COWS, 3.2S
OBS; heifers, 3.oo@4.25; bulls.
2.5OG4 .5o; calves, $50 $50;
stockers and EeeaerA. 2.G0@4-50.
Hogs-Receirts estimated about
IA, zoe; market steady to SC. lower.
Choice heavy shipping. 7.oo@7.l5
butchers; 7ee@7.15: light mixed.
6.60w $50; choice light. $50 66,s5.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-29

ful feeling existing at the present
writing.
The first of July is always one of
the most important periods of the
year in the matter of dividend and
interest payments by the railroad and
manufacturing Industries of the coun-
try. as well as by the national gov
renmeut. This year the amount of
money to be thus disbursed falls con.
siderably short Of that for the cores
ponding period Of last year; neyerthe.
less the sum to be paid out in this
manner will be enormous and very
naturally the securities market will
be affected in greater or less meas
ure through the re-inyestment of this
vast amount OF funds. 1t would thus
appear that, while political consider
ations are likely to continue to re-
strict extensive operations in the
stock market for the time being, the
prospects are that as soon as the
democratic ticket has been named and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-29
THE VALUE OF COMPETITION.

The steel trust has very reluctantly
agreed 10 reduce the price of its
products In obedience to that ineXor.
able law Of supply and demand. That
the cut in prices is neither wide nor
deep enough to satisfy many buyers.
will probably lead to the producers
outside Of the trust making lower
prices than those agreed upon and
then the trust will have to agree TO
still lower prices, No change was
made In the price of steel rails. whica
are more nearly monopolized than any
other steel product 1t Is evident that
II the steel trust had complete
monopoly OF steel products there
would have been no reduction IN
prices, but the spirit OF competition
not being wholly eNtinguished even
the steel trust could not sufficiently
control the steel industry to keep
some OF the independent companies
from cutting prices, and, therefore,
the great trust has had to yield TO
the inevitable.
Does not this example plainly show
the value OF competition in keeping
not only the steel trust but all the
trusts from plundering us more than
they have done As the general trend
here is for the trusts 10 gather IN
their smaller competitors and then
there would be complete monopoly
unless the tariff rates are reduced
or abolished so as 10 bring I'm com
petition from abroad As II IS now
under the present tariff. the rates
are so high that but few manufac
turcd articles can he imported to com
pete with the trusts. Revising IN,
tarlf by adding maximum rates an.
making the present rates the mini
mum, which is said to be the repuh
lican plan OF revision, would onli
maintain trust monopoly and add L
the present prices on products frou
those countries with which no rect
procity treaty existed.
Before you vote this fall look Int
both sides OF this tariff Issue. and the,
decide whether the stand pat polio!
or real tarin reform, will best sui
your interests.