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Mr.. Pollard. Her flowers will be
white orchids and lilies OF the valley.
Mrs. "A. c. Wilcox, the mother OF
the bride. will be alfred in black silk
tissue, trimmed with lace and worn
with pearls.
Mr. and Mrs. Pollard Will leave at
once to spend the summer North and In
Canada When they return they VIII
occupy an apartment at the Raleigh.
Engagement Announced.
Major and Mrs. William Woods
Forsyth, Sixth Cavalry, United States
Army, announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Mary. to Lieutenant
Edward Raynesford Warner McCabe,
of the Sixth Cavalry, United States
Army, son of Colonel and Mrs. w. Cor
don McCabe, OF Richmond.
scember Il 1908. at .Jolo, Island Of Jolo.
Philippine Islands, where the Sixth
Cavalry has its headquarters.
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sBOARDERS WANTED AT ST. LOUIS
81 Cottage. Ocean View, Va; accom-
modationss frst-clas S. For Informs
I ton ddress Mrs.. Fl. o. EDUER SON,
slN p. @. Box 81. Ocean View IA sas.a
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EDGEWooD, OCEAN VIEW, VA. IS
minutes walk from hotel: sea food a
: speciality. For terms write to
.EDGEWOOD,H y. o. Sc. Ocean View.
80 Va Fs n s2ts53fSl a
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PONY ~ r. S; AL II En- M r. IINT -FQuI RI
inohes, six ears % Id Il fral ID OF moth
9sa Ing, eliahlaS 10 iii de and drive ;sS can
lSsa be- SEEN and TN cd NJ IA G.N Beat
ties ri n hmond, pUN CAN sNVl1lGHY,,
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Nv Ant q D. SUMMER BOARDERS;
cool. shady place; convenient to rails
way stations; mai delivered daily
For further information. write Mrs
NARY OLIVER Red I'LL, Va. 81 &; Ss
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FURNISHED ROOMS, HOT WATER.
Is telephone: meals served. 700 East
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10 E.lNIi YJ'l'K AUTOS AND BICY-.
clea repaired and keys fitted. come
to Q North Seventh Street.
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5,l111n1fr Bnarnil1q.

Sv a NTED COUNTRY BoARDERs;
Orange, Va, Piedmont section. three
spring water: cool nights; river on
y premises; bath house, private da ncing5
pavilion: no inyalids or children.
Terms reasonable. Address Mrs. j.
A. SPICER. Orange. Va
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The VIrglnia Fire and Marine 1nsurance
Company,
Richmond, Va. June 90, 1908.
THE DIRECTORS OF THIS COMPANY
have declared a sen1i-annual dividend
OF five per cent, free OF tax, pay
able on and after July 1, 1908.
Checks will BIO mailed.
Stockholders will please notify us
promptly OF any change in address.
w. II. MCCARTHY,
Secretary.
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7UPHOLSTEN1NG.
! SHOE REPAIRING sPECIAL

FOR TWENTY YEARS RHEUA1ATEUR
has been the unfailing cure for govt.
sciatica, lumbago, etc. It's to be
taken internally: 1t cures. Get q
bottle from your. druggist. Price only
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Dnroncss Returns.

Baroness Alix Moncheur left on Sat-
urday for Baltimore, after having been
the guest of Miss Hilda Watnman, In
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. Frank
lin. of West Avenue, for the past week.
The baroness will visit her aunt In
before returning to the home
of her father. the Belgian minister,
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Selections from the best masters In
music delighted a large audience, and
we're rendered by Misses Louise Hunt
er. Edith Michaels. Geneyieye Elicit,
Margaret Newell. Olive Crouch. Nata-
lie. Curtis. Inez Duke, Margaret GLIB
bon. Elizabeth Buchanan, Edna Stiles,
Master Emmett Duke and Mrs. r. q.
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no BUY, HOUSEHOLD
goods In any! quantity. Call 'phono
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BIRD DOG WANTED, rs 4 WANT no
buy a we'll broken SET ter. HUI MIS-
M MAN, care 4 imes-p ispa tch. lSS
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FOR RENT. TWO LARGE, BRIGHT
rooms, bath. large hall. and porch.
q Off Ivy Avenue
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yoTIcE.-REGULAR MEETING on.
\ liberty All members urged to he
! presents. as there is business of spe-l
cial imp to como before the
council Ny i3f', 5E. III w
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FOR RENT, NICELY FURNISHED
rooms. with or without board. 71s
East Marshall, near corner OF Eighth.
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THE NEXT MEETING or THE TFVIR-,
ginia State Board Of Dental Exam-
liners will be held at the University.
College OF Medicines. Richmond. Vir-
ginia, on TUESDAY,. JULY II, 1905,
beginning at o A. M
lG (Slgned) n I'll r. H.yVAIKDR,
\ HIVE i9s2 3< Secretary.
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FURNITURE $I WAN TED HIG HEST
BIZ cas- b price paid for furniture. carpets,
&c. II you want to sell. phone
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
POKE BoNNErs TO COME.

There is more than rumor IN
Paris that the old-fashioned poke bon
net of huge dimensions is about to
reappear, and will be looked upor
with favor this winter. Whether OF
not the side ringlets of old renowr
will be revived again to meet the re
quirements of this particular style Of
headgear remains to be seen; but
there is no denying the fact that, pro
vided it is fairly reinstated once more
the whole style of dress will have ts
be altered to bring it into focus with
early Victorian ideas. AS fas as cal
be judged already, the 1907 poke bon
net will be carried out in fine silk!
beaver or in drawn taffetas or satin
the latter providing at present the
most popular material for headgeai
in general. Like all the newest forms
of millinery, the brims will be linet
with a different color or with glist
ening white.-Indianapo News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14

For February festivities that take
place on or near the fourteenth of the
month, there are this year host of
charming novelties. The old-fash-
Toned valentines are, of course, out of
date for everybody but children, yet
the sentiment of the day still fingers
In the hearts and darts and paste
board Cupids used on the new candy
boxes. What, for instance, could be
D prettier remembrance for any young
man to give his "best GIRL" or even
a young woman for whom he had no
particular regard but to whose family
he was indebted for invitations to
dinner or tea, dances or other func-
tions of the season, than one of these
candy-boxes? Two different styles
are shown on this page-one covered
with bright-red paper and decorated
with big bow of red ribbon, having
in the centre Cupid himself, with his
bow and arrows; the other simpler,
but just as effective, covered with
white crepe paper and decorated with
a gilt arrow pierced through two
hearts. If these boxes are wanted
for souvenirs at luncheons or parties
they can easily be made at home by
a clever girl, for the crepe paper is
very simple to manipulate. The heart
shaped pasteboard boxes can be
bought ready-made at most stationery
stores, and the hearts and arrows cut
out of red and gold paper respec-
lively, declares McCalls Magazine.
Even easier to make Is the little
round box shown at the top of the
1aft-hand corner of this group. Any
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
POULTRY OUTLOOK.

Poultry fool of all kinds has stead
dly advanced in price for the past
three or four years, but that is no
reason for killing off your stock at
this season of the year, feeling you
cannot afford to keep and feed same
at the present prices of food. You
will find that the prices of market
poultry and eggs has advanced in the
same proportion, and the profits in
keeping poultry is greater than ever
before, Notwithstanding this addition
al food expense. 1t costs more to
raise mature fowl, and seems. a hard
strain on the pocketbook, but when
the surplus cockerels are ready to
market, the prices you can obtain for
same will in most cases pay for all
the food used in raising them to
market age and the pullets to lay
ing age, and you have your pullets
as a profit, either to sell at good
prices to people that want layers, or
keep them yourself for supplying the
market with eggs, and at the present
prices of eggs there is a handsome
profit in keeping them. Do not kill
any of your promising pullets for
market, they are too valuable as
layers.-Am. Poultry Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14

Of paste, and twist of baby ribbon.
The white ice cream basket is made
in exactly the same way, with the
substitution of white paper for red
and a little pasteboard Cupid stuck
on the handle in place of the heart
and arrow. The favors for valen-
tine dance, children's party or cotil-
lion are simply fancy paper hearts
fastened on slender sticks, wound
with paper and decorated with ribbon
streamers. The candle shade makes
most effective table decoration. 1t
is of white paper, decorated with
red hearts and gold arrows, and the
top and bottom of the shade are fin
ished with twists of the paper touched
up with gold paint.
st. Valentines Day was originally
the day dedicated to the incoming OF
spring. The Romans kept it In honor
of Pan and Juno, and the festival,
which lasted several days, was called
"Lupercalia" The early Christian
church, desiring to effect a change in
this much-abused feast, very adroitly
reconstructed the old practice of the
lottery of lovers names. In place OF
the names of real youths and maid
ems, whose appellations, written on
slips of paper, were drawn by the
young people of the time, the church
substituted the names of the saints.
The idea had its own beauty, and the
notion of dedication was thus pre-
served in more spiritual sense than
in the old Roman festival. This feast,
and not the existence of the real st.
Valentine, is the origin of the gallant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
FASHION NOTES.

The silk straw hats are excellent
for between season wear.
A scarf of pale mauve is embroid
cred with amethyst spangles, a gray
one with aluminium. pink with sill
yer.
The wide and marrow pompadouI
ribbons continue to be popular, but
are rivaled by those in Persian de
signs, with their rich, glowing yet
harmonious blending Of colors.
A goodly portion OF the French
model skirts show the return of the
ruffle in all its variations as skirt
ornamentation.
The soft, thick suede that looks
very much like panne is very popu'
lar for belts with tailored blouses OF
white linen.
The button pins are used where
the hair Is worn on top of the head
Those soft sleeves wrinkled all the
way from the shoulder to the hand
are best made OF some very sheer
material.
The sallow woman should be taught
to eschew tan.
Many a trig sweater being worn
by the girls was purchased In the
boys or mems department.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
INpIGHsrIoN I'M cALvEs.

DR.. David Roberts, Wisconsin State
Veterinarian, says: indigestion may
occur from many causes, as costive-
ness, too liberal supply of milk:
too rich milk; the furnishing of the
milk of COW long after calving to
a very young calf; allowing the calf
to suck the first milk of cow that
has been hunted, driven by road,
shipped by rail, or otherwise violent
~ excited; allowing the calf too long
time between meals, so that, impelled
by hunger, it quickly overloads and
clogs the stomach; feeding from a
pail milk that has been held over
In unwashed (unscalded) buckets, so
that it is fermented and spoiled;
feeding the milk of cows kept on un-
wholesome food; keeping calves in
cold, damp, dark, filthy or bad-smell-
ing pens. The licking of hair from
themselves or others and its forma-
ton into balls in the stomach will
cause indigestion in the calf"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
BLACKHEAp DISEASE.

Investigation of the black head dis
ease has been continued at the Rhode
Island station with Interesting results.
The experiments are described in q
sixty-four page bulletin just issued,
but after reading it through the fact
is evident that by no means all Is
known about the disease, since even
under all precautions and changes of
method losses from this cause were
not wholly stopped. Evidence SEEM
ed to point to the source of the dis
ease from some cause after the birds
were Matched. II was shown that
by removing the turkey eggs three or
four days before Matching, washing
with a cloth molstened with 80 per
cent. alcohol, finishing incubation in
the machine, and keeping the poults
for a few weeks on a disinfected
board floor and keeping them away
from ordinary fowls. losses from
blackhead disease were reduced from
80 per cent. to about Is to 20 per
cent. 1t is thought that the disease
may be conveyed by common fowls
and prove fatal to the turkeys while
not necessarily fatal to other fowls;
but the precise way in which the tur.
keys catch the disease does not seem
to be settled.-American Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
NO POOR OLD MAIDS.

The Maiden Insurance Company IL
a singular Denmark institution. L
is confined to the nobility, and the
nobleman, as soon as a female child
is born to him, enrolls her name on
the company's books and pays In o
certain sum, and thereafter a fixed
annual amount, to the treasury. When
the girl has reached the age OF 81
she is entitled to fixed income and
to a suite of apartments, and this
income and home, both almost prince
ly, are hers until she either marries
or dies. The society has existed for
generations. It has always prospered.
Thanks to it, poverty-stricken old
maids are unknown among the Den
mark nobility.-New York Tribune
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14

round pasteboard box can be used as
q foundation for this. 1t is covered
with white crepe paper and big red
heart pasted in the centre. 1t adds
to the appearance if the edges of the
box are touched up with line of gold
paint, as shown in our illustration.
For serving refreshments at val
.entine party there is nothing more
effective than heart and arrow ice
cream or charlotte russo boxes, and
the best thing about them is that they
can be SO easily and quickly made.
Buy some rather thin bright-red
pasteboard at a stationery store. and
also a sheet of white pasteboard.
Then get some of the ordinary pleated
paper cases that are used for char
lotte russo, BISCUIT glace, etc. An
arrow is cut out Of the white paste
board, painted gold or covered with
gilt paper and pasted across the large
heart that has just been cut from the
red pasteboard. A circle Is then cut
.Out of the heart, through arrow and
sall. the ice cream box inserted in the
opening and held in place with little
paste.
The paper baskets can be even
more quickly made, the foundation
being the same sort of pleated paper
case. In making the red paper basket,
this is given a handle formed of
wire, with red crepe paper twisted
around it and a heart and arrow
pasted at the top. The paper itself
Is simply covered with frill of red
aaper, held in place by just a touch
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
PIGS AND CONCRETE.


should like to hear from some
of your readers in regard to concrete
floors for pig pens. All our pens have
concrete floors, therefore young and
old must lie on it. Last winter most
of our young pigs got lame, and as
they grew their legs got crooked.
They continued lame until midsum.
mer. They acted as if they had rheu-
matism / have talked the matter
over with the owner of the place,
and he seems to think concrete floors
with plenty of bedding are the only
sanitary place for pigs to lie on; but
I know from observation that in cold
weather pigs partly cover themselves
with their bedding and lie directly on
the floor Will pigs get rheumatism
from concrete floors that are well
bedded? TN L. Monmouth County,
N. J. concrete floors for pig pens
are much more durable than wood,
but not more sanitary If the latter
are kept tight Concrete floors are
very cold and must be kept heavily
D0uu0u Will AAS noeOA i"A' VI
will be more or less trouble of the
sort mentioned, which is usually cali
ed rheumatism. The ideal construc'
ton for a pig pen floor is concrete
with two-inch plank under tho
sleeping place. This may be kept in
place by a notch in the floor and
should be so constructed that it may
be easily removed for cleaning or
for replacing when worn out. l-Coun-
try Gentleman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
In shakespeare's Day.

In Shakespeare time there was a
practice of greeting the person met
by saying, Good morning, tbs Val
entine's Day." and the one who made
the salutation first was entitled to a
present At this time the element OF
choice appears to have Joined forces
with chance. for it is written that
divers young persons contrived to &C
cidentally see each other before they
saw anybody else on the morning OF
st. Valentines Day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
TRAVEL IN MEXICO.

The queerest mode OF travel saw
in all Mexico was that adopted by
a woman who was on her way to the
doctor, seated complacently in
chair bore upon the back Of a man.
Some Mexican women are afraid
even of the mule cars. while they look
upon the rapidly spinning trolley with
such trembling of knees, they cannot
be persuaded to put foot upon 1t
Unable to pay coach hire, they EN-
ploy the human carrier at few cents
for each trip.-Travel Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
E15e HONE a7a
OUSE KEEPING
@z0-0ay R1E

Q. In illness and danger protect,
nurse, cherish and cheer as much
as in your power. And do not weak
en- your vitality by giving way to
anguish and sorrowing. What can
be done must be done as well as
possible.
10. Do not forget: the happiness
of having a child includes the duty
of smoothing his way in the world
of endowing him with health, glad.
ness, courage, victory.-Home Her
aid.
town, in old Greenwich valley, there
Is a woman cobbler. For 25 years
she has been mending shoes of wo
men and children in the old village
She is a cobbler of the old school,
and she uses only old-fashioned tools
of so years ago, when shoes were
made to last couple of years in
stead of as many weeks, and the
leather that passes under her hands
must have certain qualities or she
will have none of it. In an uptown
street young woman is engaged in
the undertaking business with her
father. The girl is bit sensitive
about her business calling, and usual
ly when a too inquisitive person
presses her to find out her occupa
ton she throws them off the track
by telling them she is helping heI
parent, who is planter.-New Yorb
correspondent of the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
Some St. Valentine ..Don'ts."

Remember that you want to enjoy
the st. Valentine party as we'll as
your guests; therefore observe these
rules:
Don't fret and worry every hour OF
the preceding day until you are ner-
vous and sensitive to everything that
goes wrong.
Don't rush your games too close on
each others heels. Young people
like to talk.
Don't seem to be making an effort
to entertain them at every moment
Suggest the games when the talking
grows a little less spirited.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
ExpERr BUTTER MAKER.

Lady Helen Grimston, the eldest
daughter of Lord and Lady Verulam.
Of the English peerage, has just Sc
cured her certificate as an expert but
ter maker from the Essex County
council. She went through the three
weeks course in the work of cooling
and separating milk, churning. max
ing butter and managing a dairy at
the county dairy school at Chelmsford
and proposes to take over the SUI
perintendence of large dairy at Cor
hamburg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
That Little Valentine Boy.

His other name is Cupid. That is
what the old Romans called him.
He had still another name given him,
by the early Greeks. Eros. But what
ever he may be called, he is the same
jolly little sprite that you paint, draw
or paste on your valentines as the
love fairy.
He looks very harmless with his
chubby-baby cheeks and his loving
eyes. But look at him closely and
you will find in those eyes sparks OF
mischief glinting through the love,
like points of mica in a quartz rock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
FARM NoTEs.

Scatter cracked corn and wheat
around over feed yard, so they viii
have to exercise in getting it: for
fowls that exercise are more healthy
and lay better. Give them occasion
ally cooked meal, mixed with chopped
onions, pulverized egg shells, a little
charcoal and sulphur
Chickens like to scratch and every
poultry yard should be well supplied
with chaff and gravel.
Fowls should have moderately
warm place to roost in cold weather.
attention to these details in the caro-
of poultry will bring good results.
We have reliable information to
the effect that, where little attention
is paid to cleanliness of hen houses
and drinking vessels, chickens usual.
ly have cholera, Group and vermin.
Keep the hennery clean. The inside
walls, perches, ETC., should be thor
oughly whitewashed every spring and
fall. The floors should be swept out
occasionally and sand, sulphur and
unslacked lime plentifully springled
about.
Keep drinking vessels clean, and
supplied with cold, fresh water twice
daily. II troubled with roup, put two
teaspoonfuls of sulphur and four
tablespoonfuls OF unslacked lime to
each gallon of water.
II troubled with vermin, grease
well under wings, and lightly on the
head, with kerosene mixed with cook
ing oil-one-third kerosene to two
thirds oil; then turn chickens out.
close hennery tightly and spray nests,
and every nook and corner thorough
ly. with benzine. or gasoline. Keep
closed some time, then open doors
and windows. and air well before time
for chickens to go to roost.-From the
Care of Chickens" in the Indians
Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
A Modern Custom.

Frequently 1t happens that the
amodern valentine is sent by men as an
expression of courtesy or to show ap-
probation of social favors received.
For this purpose pot of growing
flowers, a daintily bound volume, a
basket of glazed or tropical fruit or
bon-bons In elaborate receptacles of
satin, porcelain or crystal. are all
welcome tokens to most women. who
gracefully accept them in the same
/, spirit In which they We're sent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-14
STIRRING IMPROVES son.

Turning or stirring the soil In
creases the amount of soluable ele.
ments of fertility. This fact does not
seem to be fully understood by a
large proportion of farmers who con
slider that blowing is merely an aid
in killing off some of the weeds. We're.
1T not for the fact that our land be-
comes foul with weeds unless We
plow and cultivate we would as a
rule raise much smaller crops than
we usually do. as many farmers
would forget to cultivate as often as
they should. Weeds are excellent
reminders; they act as tonic, as 1t
were.-Farmers' Tribune.