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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28
Tsar's Greed Caused War.

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In an article on Kuropatkiu's suppress
ed memoirs that appears in McClure's
Magazine for September, George Kenuan
strongly supports the contention, pre-
valent in St. Petersburg, that there would
have been no war between Russia and
Japan If the Emperor of Russia had not
been stockholder to the extent of
millions of rubles in State Councillor
Bezobrazoff's Yalu River timber enter
prise. It is alleged that the Tsar
sacrificed his country and his people for
the sake of his own financial interests.
The Yalu River Company was a royal
concern. 1t grew out of concession
granted by the Korean Government in
1898 to vladivostok merchant named
Briner. The concession conveyed author
ity to exploit the great forest wealth of
the upper Yalu River. Briner, the origi-
nal holderof the concession, being unable
to organize company, sold out to
Alexander Mikhailovich Bezobrazof. who
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the Tsar's Civil Service and stood high
in the favor of some of the Grand Dukes
in St. Petersburg
Bezobrazoff quickly was able to interest
his Grand Ducal friends in his concession,
and one of them, with view to getting
the strongest possible support for it, pre-
scented him to the Tsar. The Councillor
made very strong impression npon the
Tsar, and it is ed-authoritatively it
would seem-that he persuaded the Tsar
to invest very heavily in the new timber
concern, and it is currently reported in
St. Petersburg that, through the Tsar, the
Dowager Empress became interested in
the enterprise and bought heavily of its
shares. The Tsar and Bezobrazoff became
great friends, and in the months iul-
mediately preceding the outbreak Of
hostilities between Russia and Japan it
was said that nobody could influence the
Tsar to run counter to Bezobrazoff's adj
vice and demands.
1t was Bezobrazof who insisted upon
the course in Korea that brought about
hostilities. The Minister of War, the
Minister of Finance, the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, the Viceroy in Man
churia, the Port Arthur Council and the
diplomatic representatives of Russia in
Pekin, Toxic and Seoul opposed and re-
sisted Bezobrazoff, but the Tsar would not
take their advice; he stood by the man
with whom he was financially interested.
Kuropatkin in his memoirs shows that
he and the other Ministers stood for
treating the Yalu Land Company as a
commercial enterprise. After an investi-
CATION on the spot, he telegraphed to ST.
Petersburg that if Russia desired to avoid
a rupture with Japan she must refrain
from interference in Korea. and must
resolutely set her face against the scheme
of BezobrazoH to militarize his company
Others high in authority in the Far East
agreed with Kuropatkin and Alexeif that
the Yaln company ought to be kept on a
strictly commercial basis; but it seemed
that no amount of influence could prevail
against that exerted by the promoter OF
the royal timber company" In the
words of Roslavleff. every body was
afraid of Bezobrazof," and there came a
time when those who weres against his
projects deemed it the part of wisdom to
cease from opposing them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28

A Virginia Lady says: 81 have taker
some of your Rydale's Stomach Tablets
and they did me more good than any
thing ] have ever taken for Dyspepsia.
have had it nearly all my life, and feel SC
thankful that have at last found some
thing that helps me, for only those who
have this disease know what it is. Mis-.
Nettie Spring. Taylorstown, Virginia.
Rydale's Stomach Tablets are SOLD
under guarantee TO be all that is claim
for them. Eli T. Reynolds, Rising Sun,
and Carson's Pharmacy, Port Deposit
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28

Thomas Lawson, who not long since
was loud in his praise of Roosevelt and
the big stick policy, now handles him in
this manner: "The reign of Roosevelt
is over. His alternative teeth have
been drawn by the systems expert pain
less dentistry. His papier-mache batter
ing ram, which made echo for his war
wboops. has crumpled up against the
hard yellow metal bulwarks of dollar
hoards.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28

Upon opening his mail recently Mr.. A.
E. Dimmock, the leading druggist of
Valdosta. Ca, found the following
letter: "Dear Sir Please find enclosed
csc. for which send me by mail one box
Of Rydale's Stomach Tablets for friend
of mine. 1 bought soc. box some time
ago and was completely cured of a bad
ase of stomach trouble. My friend is
also a sufferer from Indigestion aud
wants to try them.
Rydale's Stomach Tablets are bless
ing to stomach sufferers and too much
good cannot be said about Them
R. E. MITCHELL, Stockton. Ga.
If you are sufferer but skeptcial, write
Mr.. Mitchell, or for the small sum of 25c.
get trial box and be convinced. Eli T.
Reynolds, Rising Sun, Carson's Phar-
macy, Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28

A few campaigns ago the republican
party told US that an advance in tariff
duties would insure general prosperity.
Now here is the latest: "a 10 per cent
advance in freight rates would be more
than compensated for by the general
prosperity which that advance would
bring" But how does it happen that
there is a lack of prosperity today when
we have an advance in tariff duties and
high prices all along the line?
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Selling Bread in Old London.

Bread, which, like Goals. is advancing
IN price, was also formerly a matter OF
state regulation. In the thirteenth
century, for example, an enactment
was in force that the profit of the
baker on each quarter of wheat was to
be, for his own labor, six cents, and
such bran as might be sifted from
the meal. Again, in London, only
farthing and half-penny loaves were al
lowed to be made, and it was a serious
offense for baker to sell loaves OF
any other size. Nevertheless. othe,
kinds of loaves were sometimes snug
gled into the market hidden in vari
GUS ways-under a towel, in the folds
of garment or beneath the arms. A
curious ordinance in the city of Lon.
don forbade the baker, if he sold by re
tail, to sell bread in or before his
house, before the oven in which II
was baked, or indeed anywhere bu.
in the market assigned to him. There
seems to have been strange preju
dice against bread made in South
wark, one reason given being because
the bakers of Southwark are MOI.
amenable to the justice of the city,
London Chronicle.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Man at His Best.

At what age is man at his best
and most likely to achieve his life
work? The Rev. F. B. Meyer once
put the age at As. That seemed late
to critic, but DR.. Leonard Guthrie
at the Royal College of Physicians
supported this statement. He quoted
Jastro's table dealing with specially
precocious people, which showed that
the average age at which great ar.
lists did their first work was 1873;
their first great work, 2S; their great
est work, 46.7; and that the average
age at death was COL. For poets the
figures in the same order were 1876,
27.S. 43.9- and GIG; for philosophers,
176, 32.1, All and 66.3 Here is
comfort for those who think of mid
die life as fiat prose.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
HURT HIS SENSE OF JUSTICE.
Younsster Considerably Puzzled Over
Distribution Of Rewards.

Having finished her afternoons
philanthropic work in the East side
tenements, the voluntary helper
started Tor home. Before she had pro-
ceeded far, however, she discovered
that small purse, which contained
the remainder Of her money, about
four dollars, was missing from her
handbag. So, surmising she had either
carelessly mislaid the purse or been
ROBBED OF 1t. she retraced her steps to
the tenements. Her search over her
recent working field availing her moth.
ing, she was about to turn again
toward home, when a tear-stained slv.
actlng youth came out of one of the
tenements and accosted her.
say, missus," he sniveled. point
ing across the street, where another
boy crouched in hallway to exam
inc something IF y re lookin' fer
y pocketbook, dat kid over dere's
got it,"
Acting on this declaration, the lady
hurried over and cornered the lad be-
fore he was aware of her propinquity.
seeing no chance of escaping with
the purse and its contents the boy
complied with the lady's demand and
handed over the pocketbook.
NOW, my honest lad," she then
said, turning to the first boy, who had
followed her across the street, there's
dollar for pointing out the theft"
AS this boy ran off clutching his re-
ward, the second lad squinted hard
at the lady.
Say, missus," he said, don't 1 get
nothin'?"
Not penny"
Gee, he rejoined in kind of per.
plexity; AN 1 stole de pocketbook
from him!"-Illustrated Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
PANTRY CLEANED
A Way Some People Have.
A doctor said:-

A doctor said:-
Before marriage my wife observed
IN summer and country homes, coming
In touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating ten
dencies, that the families using Pos
tum seemed to average better than
those using coffee.
when we were married two years
ago. Postum was among our first order
of groceries. We also put in come cof-
fee and tea for guests, but after both
had stood around the pantry about
yen untouched, they were thrown
away, and Postum used only.
up to the age Of 2S had been ac.
customed to drink coffee as routine
habit and suffered constantly from in.
digestion and all its relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old com.
plants have completely left me and I
sometimes wonder II l ever had them"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's Reason"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
AoaEEINo WITH THE Assessor.
HE Reason for Building Unneedsd
Addition to House.

Representative Birdsall Of Iowa OBJ
1ects to the high rentals charged in
Washington during the congressional
season. He says he feels like an
Irish farmer he knew out in his dis.
trict. The farmer had bought q place
out Of savings as a farmland and
renter. The tax assessor came around
one day and put valuation on Pats
new property which Pat thought ex.
cessive. His protest however. was
unavailing.
One day neighbor visited Pat and
found him building an addition to his
house. and obviously the house was
plenty big enough without it.
Isn't that piece of extrava-
gance?" he asked Pat
Think agin it moight be-" said
Pat, but I'm after havin' the ould
place warth phat the assisser says 1t
IT,"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Expressing a Thorax,

DR.. Leopold Jaches of Cornell's med.
ical school recently returned from a
study of the use of the Rontgen rays
abroad. Pausing in an account of his
tour. DR.. Jaches said:
Abroad, as here at home, the great
public's knowledge of the rays con.
tinues rather vague. Investigators re.
ceive all manner Of queer letters and
requests. Thus l heard in Berlin of a
man who wrote to a specialist:
Dear Sir: have had bullet in
my thorax for II years. l am too busy
to come to Berlin, but hope you will
come down here with your rays, as my
case should be worth your while. II
you cannot come, send packet OF
rays, with instructions as to use, etc.,
and 1 will see if l cannot manage tc
work them myself
The specialist replied:
Dear Sir: l am sorry that my
engagements prevent my coming to see
you, and that / am out of rays Just
now. If you cannot come to Berlin
yourself, send me your thorax by ex.
press and l will do the best l can
with it,"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Her Revenge.

On a crowded street car recently
there were several stout men taking
up more room than they should. A
slip of girl got on and the conductor
called out move up, please" They re-
luctantly moved about six inches and
the girl squeezed in. A few minutes
later tremendously stout woman
laden with parcels entered and the
girl Immediately offered her her seat,
which she accepted. The selfish men
were lost to view under $50 pounds
OF stoutness and the girl chuckled to
herself.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
1T SEEMED INcURABLE
Body Raw with Eczema-DIscharaed
from Hospitals as HopeIess-cuti-
cura Remedies Cured Him.

From the age of three months until
fifteen years old, my son Owens life
was made intolerable by eczema in its
worst form. In spite of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part Of his body was quite raw.
He used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep and the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
OF the worst cases ever admitted
From each he was discharged as in
durable. We kept trying remedy
after remedy. but had gotten almost
past hoping for cure. Six months
ago we purchased set Of Cuticura
Remedies. The result was truly mar
velous and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge. Camblewell Green,
England, Jan. ~, 1907"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Only His Hands.

George Golden and his friend Casey,
a pair of well known American humor-
lists. once sailed for Europe. Relating
the events of the trip afterward, Golden
remarked:
Talk about seasickness! Had
known that Casey was afflicted that
way we never should have gone abroad.
The very first day out Casey collapsed,
and refused to brace up again. | tried
all sorts of remedies on him, but with
out avail.
Finally l cried out: Can't you
keep anything on your stomach, man.
Only my hand, George he
groaned; only my hands.' Tit
Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
A Remedy for Neuralgia or Pain In
the Nerves.

tno NCTVCSs
For neuralgia and sciatica Sloans
Liniment has no equal. 1t has a pow
erfully sedative effect on the nerves
-penetrates without rubbing and
gives immediate relief from pain
quickens the circulation of the blood
and gives a pleasant sensation Of COM
fort and warmth.
For three years 1 suffered with
neuralgia in the head and jaws"
writes ]. P. Hubbard, of Marietta, S.
c., land had almost decided to have
three of my teeth pulled, when a
friend recommended me to buy 25
cent bottle of Sloan's Liniment. l did
so and experienced immediate relief,
and I kept on using it until the neu-
ralgia was entirely cured. | will never
be without a bottle of Sloan's Lini-
ment in my house again. use it also
for insect bites and sore throat, and l
can cheerfully recommend it to any
one who suffers from any of the ills
I have mentioned"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Little is heard outside England these
days of Princess Henry of Battenberg,
yet time was when she figured largely
in the cable dispatches. She still flour
ishes, trotting about London to open
ibazaars and to aid charities in other
ways, but she is not the conspicuous
feature of court news she was in Queen
Victoria's later years. The mother of
the present monarch had high opin-
ion of Princess Henry, as we'll as of
the prince, and it was standing Joke
that she made practice of reading to
both of them extracts from her journal
in the Highlands.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Too Interesting to Bury.

There is a certain little southern
girl who is very fond of her negro
nanny. The nurses name is Sally
and she is large woman, so she Is
known as Big Sally. Ethel, however.
calls her "Biggie" for short. One day
her mother took her to a museum,
where, among other things, there were
some stuffed animals. Ethel was
greatly interested, and for many days
she did not tire of talking about them.
Perhaps a week later, at the supper
table, after preoccupied silence, she
said:
Mamma. when Biggie dies I'm not
going to have her buried; I'm going to
have her stuffed"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

The Afghans are, as a rule, tall,
bearded, fierce-looking, well-set-up
men, and are brave, hospitable and in
itensely liberty loving No nation has
ever been able to hold them long in
subjection, and, in fact, the late amir
-Abdur Rahman-was the first of their
own rulers who mastered them sufi-
lciently to fuse them into one central
lied nation. The language of the
Afghans is called pushto or pashto, and
the people as whole are frequently
called Pathans. The court language
Is Persian.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
The Retort Venomous.

$50 this is your widely advertised
dollar table d'hote dinner, is it7" said
the indignant would-be diner, as he
pushed aside an entree which he could
not masticate. why, this is the last
place in the world would recon-
mend to friends"
Don't blame you, SIR" said the
sad-faced waiter. Send your enc
mics here"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper win b pleased 70 Lean
tLat there 10 81 least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all it, stages and that is
Catarrh Halle Cstsrrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being . constitutional disease, requires constitu-
uonai treatment; Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and ASST
ing nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors have
much faith in its curative powers that they offer
Ono Hundred Dollars for any case that II fails 70
euro. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Effects of the Trade.

ture"
why so?'
Because he is by trade a heeler,
and there is not time when he is not
willing to sell his sole"
But you must admit he has one
virtue"
What is it?"
He will stick to the last"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
He Laughed.

'Boohoo! Boohoo!" walled little
Johnny.
Why, what's the matter, dear?" his
mother asked, comfortingly.
-p-picture fell ON papas
toes"
well, dear, that's too bad but you
mustn't cry about it, you know"
II d-d-didn't l laughed. Boohooi
Boohoo! Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

me. and for fifteen years the frequent
passages Of kidney secretions an
noyed me. But Doans Kidney Pills
have given me almost entire freedom
from this trouble and cannot speak
too highly in their praise"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Illlteracy In New York

DR.. Andrew s. Draper, commission.
er of education in New York, says
that illiteracy is much more general
IN that state than in Germany, France,
Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandi.
1avia or Japan.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Profitable Investment.

"Yes," drawled the old postmaster
OF Bacon Ridge, Jeff Weatherby
bought an ostrich from a circus and
started an ostrich farm, but by gum,
the ostrich died"
Then suppose it was dead loss?"
remarked the hat drummer.
ooh, no. Thar were so many hoss
shoes and bolts and rivets and screws
in the birds stomach that Jeff opened
up a blacksmith shop"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
A Complaining Voice.

IT wuz born in a log cabin an never
learned to read an write until l wuz
21 years old"
"Well?"
"An' yit I've never been even men.
toned fer the presidency. History is
q tickle ade."-Washington Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Jesse l.. Livermore, the plunger,
who cleaned up $3,OOO,OOO in Wall
street. and now has 100000 bales of
cotton, is only twenty-eight. Ten
years ago he was marking prices on
the board of Boston brokers' office.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Sad but True.

Making his rounds in an isolated vii
lage the census-taker gave one of his
official papers to a woman that she
might fill in the required answers.
One of the questions, instead of read
ing. Married or SINGLE" read, "Condi-
tion as to marriage" The woman filled
In the answer thus:
Awful hard up before. Wuss after"
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
$500 in Gold. Free

Send Us the names of your friends
who want piano. and if we secure an
order as result we will give you S5
in gold for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. Tho
knight-Campbell Music Co., 1625-3l
California St, Denver. Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

The average attendance at the New
York public schools is now 635,OOO,
which is about $4,000 more than one
year ago.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Little wonder that Garfield Tea meets
with approval everywhere-it is the Ideal
Laxative; pure, mild, health giving! 1t reg
ulates the liver and overcomes constipation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

thirty years l suf-
fered with kidney
troubles, and the at
tacks laid me up for
days at a time with
pain in the back and
rheumatism. When
l was up and around
Sharp tWinges caught
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

A dog kept watch three weeks over
the body of his master, d. R. Rankin,
who killed himself near Lawton, Okla.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces M
nammation alays pain. cures wind collie. 2c bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Above is sufficient seed to grow 35 bu.
of rarest vegetables and thousands of bril-
liant flowers and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR 12c,
or if you send l6c, we will add package
of Berliner Earliest Caulihower. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. X. & w.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
THIRTY YEARS OF 1T.
A FearfulIy Long Siege Of Daily Palm
and Misery.

Charles Won Soehnen of 210 A St.,
Colfax, Wash, says: For at least
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

The trouble with a jealous woman
ia that she can't keep the lid on.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Halving another's sorrow is a sure
way OF doubling your own joy.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE'
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for
the signature of Il. w. GROVE Used the World
ever To Cure Cold in One bay. 2c.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
Beware Of Debt,

Beware OF Debt.
Raleigh: Borrowing is the cankeI
and death Of every mans estate.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

Some finished orators don't seem to
know when to quit.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06

BY His Own Hand.
Everyone is the son Of his own
works.-Cervantes.
Gilpin observer., 1908-02-06
For 12c

and this notice the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, in order to gain
250,0OO new customers during 1908, will
mail you free their great plant and seed
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-08

ucts that now go into the pockets of
the grain speculator.
The Illustration shows plan of a
granary for corn, wheat, oats and 9TH
er grain built along practical lines, and
wherever built it has proved entirely
satisfactory. The main feature of this
house is the lower floor. The outer
walls are boarded or sided up tight.
contrary to the usual manner of build
ing a corncrib. The house sits about
three feet above the ground on oak or
cement posts, as the builder may de-
sire. The floor of the crib is built Of
l by inch or inch Stats placed
one and half inches apart. The lnte-
rior wall is built In the same way.
This allows free circulation Of air at
all times, but keeps out all rain and
snow. This, With the elevated floor,
makes it entirely rat and weather proof.
The driveway walls are boarded solid
from the floor down to the ground.
This allows the hogs and poultry to
pick up any corn that may fall through.
1t is said that corn held in such crib
not only brings better price, but that
it does not lose In weight the same as
corn held In the usual manner.
The crib is 2S by 40 feet on the