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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
WHEN THE KING TRAVELS.
Busy Time for Every Worker on the
Railroad.

Busy Time TOR Every Worker on the
Railroad.
A royal visit is a busy time to
more than the prospective host and
hostess, for those who are respon-
sible for their safe transportation,
from the President of the railroad to
the humblest laborer, have their
hands full. The royal special is a
very sumptuous affair. The Kings
car contains bedroom, dressing room,
and bathrooms, day room, and smok-
ing room, which are all fitted up
with electrical devices, from electric
heaters and fans to cigar lighters.
The Queens car is daintiness itself,
and Is furnished in satinwood, ivory,
rosewood. and mahogany. The dec
orations are so exquisite that when
not in use the car Is kept in spe-
cial shed of even temperature. so
that the works of art may not be
spoiled by heat, dampness, or cold.
There is storeroom at the end Of
the special for the various belong
ings which the royal couple always
take.
There is a room at all the large
London terminals specially fitted for
the use Of the King and Queen, and
the timetables Of the royal couple
are always printed in letters of gold.
The whole train is thoroughly exam.
ined an hour before they get aboard,
and a complete staff of telegraphers
under an electrical engineer is in
stalled on it. This enables commune
cation to be established with the
world about at any point that may be
desired. Needless to say, the finest
locomotive on the line is always Sc
leeted, and both the chief engineer
and permanent way engineer accom-
pany the train, which has as driver
the most trustworthy veteran in the
service. For at least half an hour
before the special is due no train,
except pilot, which has been sent
fifteen minutes ahead OF it, is allow
ed on or across the tracks, and all
facing points are locked and stations
and crossings guarded. And then
there is spread along the whole way
every few hundred yards an army of
watchers. each of whom has a red
and green flag.-American Home
Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

opoIy, to all poor pellagrins and their
families, and the appointment of ex-
perts to analyze the corn used for
food by the peasants The authori-
ties are bound to exchange good for
faulty corn q
Other measures adopted by the
Government against pellagra consist
in the distribution among peasants
of pamphlets containing advice. sim
pie remedies and rules to be follow
cd by the Inhabitants of pellagra
stricken regions
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
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ECONOMICS.

The question burns with financiers
OF high and great degree
They do not seem to know at all
What may net income be,
And Washington, though wisdom
bleat,
Can tell no more than all the rest.
Some tell you 1t is what is left
OF all that you have made
When interest, operating cost.
And taxes all are paid,
Though how tax may levied be
Before an income is, none see).
But after have done all that
I find to my dismay
The only things which l have left
Are debts in great array
And believe since times are vexed,
The Government will tax them next.
-McLandburgh Wilson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
STATE Of Maryland
Death In Pie.

Deatn In R10.
Salisbury. Mrs. Pearl May Brid-
dell, wife of Roy Briddell, formerly
of Marion Station, committed suicide
at the home of Mr.. Thomas Howard.
on Main Street. On a small table
beside the bed on which lay her life
less body was found an empty bottle
labeled strychnine. a small piece Of
pie, a glass of water, 40 cents in
money and a note addressed to
George Davis, sos East Vine Street,
Salisbury which contained these
parting words: George, darling,
good-by. From your own Pearl.
When examined by the coroner's
jury Mr.. Davis testified that Mrs.
Briddell was, an old friend of his,
he having known her for long
while. She was the daughter of
was married to Mr.. Briddell about
two years ago, but they parted about
year ago.
Mrs. Briddell had been working
in Salisbury, at the Maryland House,
on Church Street, but quit Tuesday
night and went to the home of Mrs
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that she was going to work in the
shirt factory. She asked Mrs. How
ard to call her at o'clock. which
was done. Mrs. Briddell responded
to the call and left the house, but
returned few minutes later and
went to her room.
AS she did not appear for break
fast Mrs. Howard again raped ON
her door, but there was no response
Noon came and Mrs. Howard became
suspicious that something was wrong
and sent her husband up to the
room. Opening the window in the
hall Mr.. Howard saw that the wom-
an was lying on the bed.
He sent for Police Justice Trader
and they entered the room. finding
the woman cold in death.
1t is supposed she committed sui
eide by eating piece of pie into
which she had put strychnine, por-
ton of the pie remaining uneaten.
She was sister of Mrs Moody
Figgs, of South Salisbury. Justice
Trader held an inquet, which re-
turned a verdict of suicide Mrs.
Briddell was 81 years old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

in a choky little voice SAID, 1T is
Retail Bennison. am the
widow Of John Bennison, the banker.
We were married two years ago. He
was much older than I, but, oh, so
rich-and all the little luxuries that
he could give me, and that had been
denied me all my life, appealed to
me so strongly. made no pretence
OF loving him and he could not have
loved me, for--there was another
woman. left him and he secured
divorce on account of my deser-
ton. He died shortly afterward. Do
bore your
mo, no." he replied, land now?"
Now" and she braced herself for
the effort, 4 am about to accept an
other man, a rich man, who j be-
lieve really does love me. But why
do / tell you all this ?"
Because I, too, love you, Reta,"
he replied, huskily "Will you listen
to me for a moment?" And without
waiting for her reply he went on:
Il am Reginald Darrance; the gov
ernor is Lord Northwood I'm beast
ly poor, too, as things are reckoned
in the land Of Pittsburgers, but with
my profession-Pm an engineer, you
know-my income really is enough to
take care Of US both quite comfort
ably. Mrs. Tom, who is a dear friend
of mine, wanted me to make veal
thy alliance. Ridiculous, isn't it?"
And for the moment he really for
got this had been the precise object
OF his visit. will you marry me?"
She glanced up suddenly and, see
Ing Cardwell re-enter the room, said
hurriedly, quick, here comes the
other man. VIII you see me to my
carriage?" He jumped up with alac-
rity as she rose, offered his arm, ami
together they rapidly left the room,
she leading the way through the con-
servatory to the street, where her
hired coachman waited Reta STEP
ped into the carriage and Darrance
longingly held her hand, 10th to part
with her.
twill you see me homer" she
asked, TREMENDOUSLY.
"Will II" he replied, joyously, as
he jumped in after her.
Mrs. Terrell had said goodnight to
all Of her guests but Cardwell, who
fingered, hat in hand, an angry flush
deepening the natural red Of his
countenance. when did Reta leave?,
he demanded.
Il don't know" came the perplex-
ed reply. "The last saw Of her
she was in the west alcove with"
At this juncture Mrs. Toms maid en-
tered the room, holding up bit of
filmy lace. Pardon, madame" she
said. AFTER ne ladies go I find zis
fishu."
"Reta's," murmured Mrs. Tom.
"And, ma'am,'' said the butler, who
had also appeared on the scene car
rying gentieman's hat and topcoat,
"Mr. Darrance's things, ma'am. What
shall I do with them, ma'am?"
With a smothered remark that
would not look well in print, and
hasty goodnight, Cardwell took his
discounted departure, while the ser
wants, with turned backs, joined Mrs.
Tom in a broad triangular grim
Boston Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Kills Himself.

Hagerstown. &C ontinued ILL
health, coupled with recent financial
worries, proved too much for Will
liam H. Hoover, Hagerstown cafe
proprietor, who committed suicide by
inhaling Illuminating gas. He was
about SIS years old. At o'clock A.
M. he informed his wife he was go
ing to market. Instead he went to
his place of business, on East Frank
lin Street, where he locked himself
in. Failing to return home, his
friends forced an entrance into the
cafe and found his lifeless body ly-
ing upon the floor. One end of a
gas tube was still in his mouth. A
widow and two children survive him.
In his younger days Mr.. Hoover
was an engineer on the Norfolk and
Western Railway. He was injured
in wreck and his damage suit
against the company attracted wide
spread attention. 1t finally result
ed in a compromise. He was men,
Der of the Junior Fire Company and
of a number of fraternal organiza-
tions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Vandals At Grave.

Souvenir fiends" have
started to desecrate the grave of
Robert e. elaine Bob') Eastman,
who was buried a short distance
from his bungalow on Broad Greek,
Talbot County. Eastman was the
New York banker, racenorse owner
and man of mystery who murdered
Edith May Thompson Woodill and
who committed suicide when brought
to bay by a posse.
The house where Eastman killed
the beautiful and accomplished Mrs.
Woodill has been wrecked by visi-
tors, who have gone to the bunga-
low to see where the tragedy took
place. What has stirred the peo-
pie of the county SO much is that
some of the visitors dug through
the grave of Eastman and chipped
pieces of the coffin for souvenirs
The silver handles of the coffin were
also stolen.
Thousands of curious persons have
visited the bungalow, and in nearly
every case their names have been in
scribed in lead pencil on the sides
of the house or carved in the doors
and shutters. The windowpanes
have also been carried away as SOU
venirs
Eastman was buried only four feet
under ground, and when the coffin
was lowered into the hole it was
nearly half full of water. There
was much talk after the burial of
the body being stolen, but this was
never done.
Mrs. Howard Jones. who lives
with her husband on Broad Creek,
near where Eastman lived, says the
dissertation of the grave has been
going on for some time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Mill Blurred.

Hagerstown.-The old Valencia
FIGURING Mill, situated on the An
tietam Creek, one and half miles
south of Funkstown, was burned.
The mill was owned by j. B. Schultz.
who was formerly a Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad engineer and who liv-
ed in the residence short distance
from the mill. The mill was stone
and frame structure, three stories
high and 40 by 60 feet in dimen-
sions. For years it was operated by
Nathaniel frey, of Hagerstown.
Isaac Emmert for a number of years
owned and conducted the mill. which
had not been in operation for eight
years. The loss is several thousand
dollars. There was no insurance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Everyday Coat.

The woman who has one or two
good frocks left over from last year
and who wishes otherone-piecs frocks
should buy handsome coat as an
everyday garment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Long.Liyed Gloves.

If the girls will get their gloves
with the fingers just little bit long.
and before they use them put a wee
bit of absorbent cotton In the tip end
of each finger, they look nicer. are
just as handy. and will wear twice as
long.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
Black Satin Capes.

Black satin capes are SO very eff
fective over evening frocks of lace or
pale tints that they are bound to be
worn all season, in spite of the fact
that they are not warm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10
New Church At RouzeryllIe.

Hagerstown.-The cornerstone of
the new German Baptist Brethren
Church at Rouzerville, near PEN
Mar. was laid by Rev. j. b.. Ruth
rauff and H. NJ. Slower, of Waynes-
boro The edifice will cost about
$4,000, and the congregation, which
is part. of Antietam Church, will be
served~by Waynesboro ministers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

A vegetable cheese is being made
in an experimental way in England
from the casein contained in soya
beans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

New York City.-The simple shirt
waist that is double breasted is fav-
erite one Of the season, and this
model is turned back to form the
single revers that are most effective.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

An electric heater for thawing ex.
piosives is used at the Roosevelt
drainage tunnel in Cripple Greek.
Colo. 1t IL In successful operation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

liked. There are pleats over the
shoulders that mean becoming full
ness and which conceal the armhole
seams. The neck Is finished with q
high turned-over collar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-10

The quantity Of material required
for any size is for bib and cap three
fourth yard twenty-one, one-half yard
thirty-six inches wide.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
pRoHIBITrosIsrs NOMINATE.
Richard A. Harris Their Candidate for
state COMPTROLLER.

Delegates OF the Prohibition party
from oil parts Of Maryland gathered
Tuesday AZ the party headquarters In
Baltimore and nominated Richard A.
Harris. the well-known Christian En-
deayor worker and musician, OF that
city, as their choice for the Office Of
state comptroller.
Both &C the convention and the
notification meeting the delegates dis
played more enthusiasm than hnE
been seen at any Of this states prohi-
bition conventions IN years, and II was
unanimously declared that the party
was IN a stronger position IN Mary
land at the present time than ever
before.
Richard A. Harris has been known
for many years IN the religious world
Of Baltimore. lie has also gained a
name as a choir leader, and Il was
through his faithful work for the
Christian Endeayor Society that he
was chosen TO lead the great chorus
OF 5000 voices which sang AZ the IA
nous convention OF the Christian En-
deavor Society in Baltimore some
years ago. Mr. Harris Is connected
In business with the firm OF u. NJ. SUIT
ton & Co, and is married and has
three children. He resides with his
family at 224s Brookfield avenue
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
A Lnrre IRRESPONSIBLE Vote.

IN many OF the counties OF Mary
land, as IN Anne Arundel, II Is pos
sibie for the negro voters, standing
solldly together, TO control elections.
The 1854 registered negro voters OF
Anne Arundel county, were the de-
mands OF the Republican party as TO
the free voting OF this part OF the
electorate allowed, could and would
govern Anne Arundel county. For
years the Annapolis Board OF Alder
men contained negro member from
the Third ward, and the ease and
celebrity with which white government
can be secured in city, county and
state are shown by the practical oper-
alton OF the Annapolis suffrage plan
enacted by the last Legislature
The proposed amendment to the
State Constitution, II adopted this fall,
would at once destroy the menace OF
negro rule in many a section IN Mary
land. It would rid Baltimore city OF
a negro Councilman, which uncertain
blessing that city has enjoyed for a
lcng stretch OF years, and would curb
VI voting power Of the negro
throughout the state. This question
of negro voting must be faced by the
state as 1t as been faced in Annapolis.
Popular election of United States Sem
atorS and nominations for state and
county Offices BY the Crawford system
are demanded In Maryland, but the
obstacle in the way ID the large and
irresponsible negro yote.--Annapolis
Capital.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
bee fOr the TarE..

Americans are so accustomed to
the use OF Ice for cooling drinks ana
for preserving the freshness OF food
that they find It difElcula to realize
the rarity Of this convenience Of cui-
sine and buffet in foreign countries.
Abroad, however, even In lands within
the temperate zone, fee 10 luxury,
unknown to the poor and bat sparing-
" used by people of means. This Is
all the more remarkable In these days
when iee-making machines are await
able and dependence need no longer
be placed upon natures product. The
machines, 1t seems. are making but
slow headway where they are most
needed.
Consular Agent Brodie, writing from
Smyrna, In Asiatic Turkey, for eK-
fmple, points out that the Turks still
use snow packed In skins and brought
from the mountains. which costs them
$50 q ton, In preference to Ice, which
can be had from an American manu-
featuring plant at IS ton. 1t Is
sheer unreasoning conservatism that
causes this tendency, and to meet 1t
the American company Is reduced to
the expedient Of grating the Ice so
that II cannot be distinguished from,
snow. Obviously long and tedious
missionary work Is cut out for our
manufacturers doing business among
such unprogressiye races before they
can break down the barriers OF tradi-
ton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
MIG MONEY IN NEW PLANT.
said 10 Produce a Net Profit Of $1,000
Per Acre.

Bad, indeed, was the day for the
desert farmer. when the fact was
brought home TO him by the hard
headed horticulturists OF the West
that tho much-adyertised spineless
cactus Is worthless as food for man
or beast and sim more worthless as
a aoarce OF sugar or alcohol. Many
hopes had been reared on the spiueleas
eaetus. that product OF Mexico which
Nature developed long before the
"plant-breeders came along. and
when It's failure was certain, some
of tho men who had dared the desert
10 win homes aud fertile fields from
its barren wastes began 10 look about
for something 10 take the place OF the
defenseless cactus.
Now comes the news from Sinaloa,
that state OF Mexico which Is twin
sister 10 the desert section of Arizona,
California, Southern Nevada and New
Mexico, that there IL a plant. a fiber
producer, which Is immensely profit
able, and. at the same time, seems
likely 20 prove suitable TO the greater
part OF the Southwestern desert OF
the United States. IL Il prove so,
the greatness OF the discovery will be
second to none I'm the annals OF agri-
culture in the New World
An average maguey plant. It's lam
ceolate, barbed leaves four or Ave
feet long, rising radially from huge,
pineapple like stem. viii produce 500
pounds OF green leaves at five years
OF age. This Is, of course culti-
waited plant.
This GOO pounds OF leaves nets
about 10 pounds of fiber. One thou
sand plants grow with plenty Of room
on an acre of ground. returning 10000
pounds per acre to the grower from
the Jaws OF the macerator Often this
fiber sells as high as fifteen cents per
pound, but the average price is twelve
cents, with the lowest ever reached
since the industry became of known
worth, ten cents.
Taking this lowest figure, each acre
OF land will pay $1,000 gross from the
fiber alone. Twenty-Five per cent OF
this Is figured as cost of production,
leaving 5000 profit per acre. Even
this seems remarkable to farmers and
orchardists in the temperate zone,
whera even $50 per acre is fair
profit on any crop. The 5000 men
toned is Mexican silver, In gold,
about $450.
The pulp removed from the leaves
In decorticating. Yields four gallons
OF ninety-six proof alcohol per plant.
This alcohol Is worth In Mexico 90
cents per gallon In silver, or 48 cents
gold, netting something more thai
1880 per acre gold--alI expense Of
cultivation. crop harvesting, macera-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
To Insure Delivery.

The gray-coated official OF Uncle
Sam who delivers letters in the
black belt" OF the South Side stop
ped in the, drug store to dodge the
sudden deluge. While sorting over
a handful of letters he turned to the
druggist, and throwing yellow en-
yelope on the counter asked:
What do you think of that?' The
letter bore Kentucky postmark and
was addressed to a resident of Dear
born Street whose name was neither
Washington nor johnson The inter-
esting part of the superscription was
scrawled note In the lower left
hand corner. III not thare tri county
jale. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
A CLEAN.CUT ISSUE.

The Democratic platform declares
tbe suffrage amendment TO be the
main and vital issue In the coming
election" And in the speeches of Mr..
Poe and Or, Herring. at the notifica-
ton OF the latter in Baltimore last
week. this was the dominant note that
was sounded.
And so II will be throughout the
entire campaign. The Democratic
party In this state is in earnest In this
matter. and is determined. II
possible, TO eliminate from
our electorate the thousands OF H.
iiterate and irresponsible negroes who
are now voting.
And why should this not be SO?
DO these negroes add anything at all
to the state. either as taxpayers or
as citlzenss
The suffrage does not come TO any
man as a right. but as privilege,
granted under the law. And those
who enjoy this privilege are sup
posed to have sufficient intelligence
and sufficient interest In the govern
ment to properly exercise 1t.
The white race through long years
of discipline have prepared them
selves for the exercise OF this high
privilege. but can any one say that
the great bulk Of the negroes, who
swarm to the polls at every election
to vote the Republican ticket, have
any such qualification as voters? Ger
tainlY not.
The adoption Of the suffrage amend
ment will not prevent such worthy col
ored men from voting who are thrifty
and have shown their interest in
themselves and in the community in
which they live by accommodating some
property. or who are or sufficient intel
ligence to stand the simplest intel
lectuaI test, but its purpose is, and
II will. II adopted, exclude from the
ballot the great mass of negroes who
know nothing about the government
or its needs. and have no powers of
discrimination, in respect to public
affairs, and who have to be coached
at every election to mechanically vote
the Republican ticket.
The Democratic party says that
this condition in Maryland shall not
continue, If II can prevent It, And
1t proposes to do 1t at the coming
election. and calls upon good citizens
of all parties TO aid in the work OF
cleansing our electorate.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-09-10
WHY Men Wear Trousers.

No living man OF this age ever de-
liberately chose to adopt trousers"
He was forced Into them and all other
eccentricitiee of dress by woman. In
the very earliest sartorial experience
OF every man he IS swathed In a queer
bundle OF incoherent bandages by a
woman. Later she puts him into cute
title dresses so that the neighbors
can't tell him from his little sister
Still later she cuts off his curls and
puts him into "knickerbockers. and he
puts on long pants" when she gives
the word and not before. That Is all
that man has to do or ever had to
do with wearing trousers. Woman
forced him into them in the first
place. and now he Is afarid to wear
anything else for fear OF making a
sensation Providence Journal.