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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
ANCIENT BRIDGES.
Some BuiIt Before the Christian Era
still Standing il China.

Some BuiIt Before the Christian Era
still Standing il China.
Suspension bridges which were built
in the time Of the Han dynasty COO
3. O. to 220 A. ID are still standing,
striking examples of oriental engineer
ing skill. According to historical and
geographical writer's Of China, it was
Shang Lieng, Kaen Tsu's chief of com
mand, who undertook to construct the
first public roads in the Flowery EN-
pire.
At that time it was almost impos-
sihle for the province Of Shense to
communicate with the capital. Lieng
took an army of 10000 workmen and
cut great gorges through the noun
tains, filing up the canyons and val
leys with the debris from his excava-
tons. At places where deep gorges
were traversed by large and rapidly
flowing streams he actually carried
out his plan of throwing suspension
bridges, stretching from one slope to
the other.
These crossings, appropriately styled
flying bridges" by early Chinese writ.
ers. are high and dangerous looking in
the extreme. At the present day a
bridge may still be seen in the Shense
which is 400 feet long and Is stretched
over chasm more than 1000 feet
deep. How those early engineers
erected such structure with the tools
and appliances at their command is a
mystery which will probably never be
explained
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
MISS WISE SERVANT.
She Was Too Well Posted TO Suit the
New York Woman.

She Was Too Well Posted TO Suit the
New York Woman.
"Some girls may be green and easily
imposed upon,' said the woman, 'sbut
just as many more can give their EN-.
pIoyers points on law. The girl that
came to my house the other day from
an employment agency knew more in
minute about the rights Of employer
and employed than would know in a
year. About the first thing she did
was to look out at that big hole in
The ground at the other end Of the
lot, where they are preparing to build
She said:
II should break any dishes while
that building is going UP you couldn't
make me pay for them
II asked why not. and she informed
me that girl working in building
that is likely to be shaken by blasting
is protected by the same rule that gov.
erns employees in a dining car. Owing
to the insecurity they are allowed $40
a month for breakage. Dishes valued
at less than $50 may be smashed with
tmpulity. She gave me printed ac.
count of the trouble of two friends
who had thrashed that matter out In
court and had been sustained in their
contention for a twenty dollar leeway.
didn't employ that girl don't want
to impose upon any girl, but / didn't
want to hire one who knows that she
can smash my best dishes up to $40
worth and get off without paying dam
ages. New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
why Kidney Disease Is Dangerous.

Kidney disease is dangerous because it
comes on unwares and progresses to a
fatal stage before the sufferer realizes
what the trouble is.
Ifyou begin to run down, feel badly,
have indigestion, inactive Liver. ETC., You
have reason to suspect that your Kidneys
are affected and special Kidney treat
ment should be taken at once. Delays
are dangerous. Rydale's Kidney Remedy
Is the best remedy known for the Kidneys.
1t never fails to restore them to health.
Rydale's Kidney Remedy viii cure
Rights Disease il taken before too much
of the Kidneys are destroyed. The
Remedy can do no harm II your kidneys
are not the cause of your ill-health. II
is the safest remedy if they are the cause.
Pat up in pill form in 2Sc and soc sizes.
Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
It's The Worlds Best.

No one has ever made a salve,
ointment or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the
one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns,
Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils,
Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Rheum. For
Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped
Hands, or Sprains, it's supreme.
Infallible for Piles. Only 25c at
Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14


In an action for fire trespass on
the Black Hills National Fore 81
brought by the United States
against the Missouri River and
Northwestern Railroad, the jury
has awarded damages to the Gov.
ernment not only for the loss Of
merchantabIe timber but also fol
the destruction Of understandable
yonnggrowth.
This is regarded by Government
officials as establishing a very i'm
portant precedent. So far as is
known at the u. s. Department 81
Agriculture, it is the first time that
any court has recognized what
foresters call the expectation
value" of young growth as furnish
ing a basis for the award of dam
ages. The difficulty in the way Of
such an award in the past has been
that there was no way to prove to
the satisfaction of the courts the
money value of the loss suffered.
The award in the South Dakota
case followed the presentation OF
evidence as to the cost of work in
reforesting which the Government
is actually doing in the Black Hills.
The amount claimed for the
young growth burned was $12 an
acre, and the claim under this item
was allowed in full by the jury.
Total amount of damages claimed
was $3, 758. SO, of which 90, 1884. 40
was for merchantable timber de-
stroyed or injured by the fire.
It is recognized by foresters that
the cost of artificial reforestation
will not always furnish a fair basis
for estimating the damage to forest
reproduction. Where new growth
can be expected by natural sowing
from seed trees OF the ground with
in a short time, artificial planting
or sowing is an unnecessarily ex-
pensive method. To meet such
cases what are known as "yield
tables" are being prepared. By
the use of these the loss can be
shown in terms of the final crop
and the time necessary to pro
duce it.
Thus, if it is known that ten
thousand feet of timber per acre
can be cut once in seventy years,
it is easy to calculate the value of
the crop when it is ten years old
by discounting from its value when
mature. In European countries
where forestry has been long
practiced this method is regularly
applied In selling, condemning, or
estimating damages on forest pro-
perty. It is also used abroad in
insurance, which would be inn
practicable if there were not both
an accepted basis for determining
the loss suffered and a reasonable
accurate knowledge of the hazard
involved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
Treasurer's Notice.

In pursuance of an Act Of Assembly, the un.
dersigned, Treasurer of Cecil county, hereby
gives notice that taxes bear interest from Oct.
1, on which date they are due and payable.
Delinquents will be served with final notice
on or before October LIST.
Persons paying before October will not be
charged with interest. Those who pay on OF
after that date will be charged with interest
from October l.
Bills unpaid on April will be placed in the
hands of the Sheriff, who is directed by law to
pay the taxes, charges thereon and costs Of
sale.
Rates Of Discount State Tar Only:
On taxes paid before October LIST, per cent.
On taxes paid before November LIST 8 per cent.
e. X. TAYLOR, Treasurer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
Marriage Licenses.

William T. McCool and Louise
Eveline Cannon, both Of Elkton.
Clifford Fl. Robertson, of New
York, and Blanche Louise Biles, of
Blue Ball.
Jefferson Harris and Threedosa
Foard, both of Irishtown.
CoLORED- Wayman Christy and
Mary Durham, both of Havre de
Grace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
4 Prescription For lung Trouble

One of Asbeville. N. G., most success
full Physicians invented Rydale's Cough
Elixir and used it in the treatment OF
chronic throat and lung diseases with
remarkable success This wonderful
remedy will relieve the most stubborn
cough in short while and soou stop it
altogether. The prescription can be re-
lied on in all throat and lung affections.
It is the best treatment for chronic lung
Ptrouble ever discovered and no one so
afflicted should fail to use il. Trial size
asc. Larger size soc. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
Notice To Taxpayers.

When the undersigned gave public notice that
ali taxes were due and payable on September ]
and il not paid by that date interest would be
charged from September /, he did so because the
certified copy of the law, relating to the payment
of taxes, which was sent from Annapolis to this
Office for publication, prescribed September as
the date from which interest should be charged.
1t appears the law had been amended to read
October upon which date interest should be
charged without any notice of such amendment
coming to the Treasurer's attention. The law,
however. as finally published makes the date
October 1. and hereby give notice accordingly,
for the benefit of taxpayers.
Elk. TAYLOR, Treasurer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
Coral Thai shnok.-

On the coast Of the West Indian
islands a curious kind OF coral Is
found, called "millepoca." This has a
most extraordinary property which
makes the people who know it very
shy of handling it. The moment you
pick up piece sort of electric thrill
runs through you and an agonizing
pain shoots through your jaws. You
feel as If every tooth and every nerve
and muscle connected with them was
burning. The acute pain lasts gener-
ally for about half an hour and slowly
passes of. but the effects do not dis
appear entirely for hours The reason
Of this curious shock or poisoning is a
mystery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
Kills A Murderer.

A merciless murderer is Appen-
dicitis with many victims. But
DR.. Kings New Life Pills kill it
by prevention. They gently slim.
Iulate stomach, liver and bowels,
preventing that clogging that in
vites appendicitis, curing Con-
stipation, Headache, Biliousness,
Chills. 25c at Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
ORPHANS, COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on ths
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test THOS. B. MILLER. Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-14
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS COURT ron OEcm CoUNx1,l
January !, 1904.
ORDERED, That all Administrator, Ex..
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same, or show cause to the contrary.
or they will be cited up.
Test: THOS. B. MILLER. Register.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08

Tacoma Ice Cream Co.. only ex-
elusive ice cream company In
Tacoma. Phones Assoc; M. 1890.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
FERN HILL
WANTS To
KNOW WHY

Fern Hill has her war paint on
and Is going after the county CONS
missioners with blood in her eye.
1t was practically agreed some
time ago that the commissioner
would grant the Stone-webster
interests no more concessions un-
til the Fern Hill people get JUS
tice and five cent fare. A few
days ago, however. the commits
sioners granted a franchise for a
power line from Electron to
Now Fern Hill wants
to know what the commissioners
mean.
They also want to know why
the commissioners voted that
$4,000 for road to South Ta-
coma. Both actions were severe-
ly condemned by pseakers All
resolutions adopted by the meet-
ing to correspond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
Two Hundred Thousand Soldiers of Peace Who
Work At-Death's Elbow Ask Fair Reward

walks down the passageway-and
work stooped-that is why you
see the old miner walk with shout
ders bent forward. His face
grows pale in the sunless depths.
He may get miners consump-
ton" If the air is too dry and
dusty, and his blood gets thin.
He drills the hole in the rock
and stuffs in the powder. Often
these men are killed or hurt in
premature explosions. And there
are no pensions for the soldiers
who die in peace.
Perhaps the new-fangled cleo
trio wires or the safety lamps that
don't save may explode the fire
damp.
Poor ventilating machines may
fail to sweep out the gases.
The rotting timbers in an aban-
doned room may fall. and force
gaseous air out into the passage.
Poof! the gas swells to II times
its volume, and the whole mine is
aflame. 1t is furnace of human
Goals.
Life holds little enough for
the miner, If he does emerge safe
and sound from the mine each
night. His home, usually owned
by the company, is probably a
cheap shack. There is no porce-
lain bathtub. There is no dress
ing gown and slippers, no shaded
lamp for the miner.
He can just sit for an hour with
pipe and evening paper in the
front bedroom, or on the front
step, If it happens that the house
does not set flat on the ground.
Then he must rest for another
days delving, that we may have
the stuff to drive out ocean grey
hounds, our trains, our street
cars, and light our gay white
ways.
The mining town presents
dull scene. Usually they are more
like camps then towns, and squat
on the black hills, as cold and
ugly and somber as pauper's
The miner, "stolid and stunned,
grieves not and never hopes"
He cannot rise, says John
Mitchell, and he would not If he.
could. The only positions above
him in the mining industry are
foreman and superintendent. Only
one in 500 can get such a job. Few
want it, for in that position he
must Cypress his brothers to pro-
duce cheap coal for the boss.
Then he must take his son out
of school and into the mine when
he reaches the age of IA. The boy
is driver, perhaps. He drives
the cars from the mine where the
temperature is 60 degrees into
the outside air where it is zero.
Or he sits in the dark, monoto-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
LIBRARY TAXES
RENTED

BY boosting salaries the library
board has in the last two years
doubled the monthly payroll and
thereby is eating up Its resources
SO 1t has no surplus cash. Well
nesday night the council had to
remit all its water and light bills
for the rest of the year so it
can get money enough ahead to
go on with the project of a new
library at South Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08

@@NASOo tAooSNy Al thoN
stoop-
And on his back the BURDEN
And on his back the burden of
the world.
There is no shape more filled
with censnure of the
world blind greed"
Edwin Markham.
Here is a picture of the typical
soft coal miner.
Over 100000 men like him are
striking in the central states to
get an increase in wages of from
s to 10 per cent.
He is asking the increase in
wages because he knows that
when he is selling his labor he is
selling his life as well, and he
feels that he is not getting fair
return for his time and effort.
When the miner leaves his cab
in at sunrise he knows not wheth-
er he shall return. The hazard
of his occupation is one of the
most terrible of any of the trades.
Witness the horrible mine dis.
Iasters in this country of recent
years-40OO were killed and 1000
were injured last year.
For every 100000 tons of coal
that are mined for us a miner
gives his life and five of these he
roes of industry are manned for
life.
In 1907, the year of greatest
prosperity, of every one thousand
men who went down into the
mines early five were killed. In
II years, 22,S40 men have been
killed, and twice as many have
been injured.
Coal production, says Robt.
Watchorn, has cost us more life
than the civil war. So the SOL
diers of peace are asking their
employers to reward them fairly
for their toll and risk of life and
limb.
Often the sun has not risen
when the miner leaves his black,
Imprinted home Casually the COM
pany's) behind him, to go down
into the inky depths. Little of
daylight does he see. There's a
certain Use man who is famous be-
cause he told a rich man-of-the-
world to get out of his sunlight.
and he would be content. But
somebody is always standing in
the miners sun, for even this COM
mon life luxury is denied the
The car goes creaking down
the shaft. The miner looks up to
the patch of sky overhead and
plunges down the passageway to
his room. Then it's dig, dig, dig.
in the foul air and the darkness
of night.
He must bend his back as he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
WARD DIES
A SUICIDE

John s. Ward, who shot him
self through the head on the
street in Seattle Mon day follow
Ing the receipt of a letter from
his st. Louis sweetheart, in which
she cancelled her engagement 10
him because of his Irritation witch
a Tacoma girl, died today in the
city hospital at Seattle. He. was
employed by the Tacoma Gas COM
pany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
Council Puts Center Street
Water Ditch Road to Sleep

The water ditch road from Cen
ter street to oSuth Tacoma is a
dead project for the present unless
some new tack can be taken.
The property will not stand the
assessment under the general plan
for paving 1t. In order to get it
through the city contemplated
turning it over to the park boari
which has greater authority than
the council and can assess any
thing in a large district to make
a boulevard. A howl came up
from the people against giving the
park board any more streets aud
the project was put to sleep Wei-
nesday night by the council.
Wilkeson fought hard for 1t FOR
Wilkeson has property down In
that section that would be benc-
flied.
A new plan may be brought up
1t is suggested that the city 20
ahead and lay out the street, that
the county. which is willing 20
help, grade it and get it ready for
the paving contractor and that the
cit ythen let the contract for al
asphalt pavement. 1t the prop
erty will not stand 1t then let the
club pay the differ
ence. They agreed last year 20
pay $4,000 to open street tol
South Tacoma so they could ha We
a good way out to the prairie
and 1t is believed they would help
now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08

nously pulling a rope to raise and
lower a door.
These men want Just cents
more for each ton of coal they
produce. The operators do not
deny general prosperity, but, of
course. they say they can't afford
to take their men in on their
share of prosperity.
The average daily wage of min
ers is between So and SO day.
A few have earned $4; in poorly
organized districts wages sink as
low as $1.25 a day.
But miners are idle a third of
the year, as there are 10000
more miners than are needed to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
MAY ORGANIZE CENTRAL
BROTHERHOOD OF CHURCHES

Seven Protestant church brorh-
erhoods were represented In a
meeting at First Presbyterian
church Wednesday where a plan
of organizing a central brother
hood was considered and where
also some time was spent In dis
cussing the local political situa-
tion.
The election of Fawcett on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08

first ballot rather took the wind
out of the delegates, however.
The church voters had been ex-
peeting Lynn and Fawcett to be IN
the race for mayor in the final
contest and they were then ore
pairing to line up for Lynn aud
make an issue on the closed town
proposition. 1t is doubtful nov
whether anything will be done IN
an organized way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
US. DEMANDS
REDRESS
(By United Press Leased Wire.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 8.
THE American minister to Guat-
emala was instructed by the state
department today to insist on
prompt and adequate redress for
an attack on two American citi-
zens.
The Americans are negroes who
We're wounded by drunken Of
ficer of the Guatemala army be-
longing to the command of Pan
EOS.
The action of the state depart
ment, however. was caused by the
fact that the attack on the me-
eroes was only one OF many SIM
liar incidents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
THREE-CENT FARES
ALLOW GOOD PROFITS

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
CLEVELAND, o., April s.
Three cent fares on the Cleveland
street railways for one month
show a profit of $13,964 over OPP
grating expenses and the 6 per
cent allowed stockholders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
GIRL STRUCK
BY TRAIN

PUYALLUP, April 7.-Waiting
until switch engine passed, Doris
Harms dashed across the Northern
Pacific tracks at Meridian sire at
and was caught by the Orting pas
senger train while en- route 60
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
WORKMAN KILLED
BY BLAST
SGoOt

OLYMPIA, April III. Smilj-
nick, an Austrian laborer % years
old was horribly mangled and
covered by tons of rock and dirt,
being instantly killed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
BIG POSSE WITH
HOUNDS CHASE
ROBBERS
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

MITCHELL, s. D., April s.
Officers with bloodhounds today
are. searching for four bandits
who held so citizens of the cillage
of Lane at bay while they were
occupied more than an hour to
blow open the vault Of the Citi-
zens' State bank.
A deafening blast from the :ear
Of the bank brought dozens of
villagers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
JEWS ARE GOOD
REPUBLICANS,
TAFT SAYS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 8.
President Taft and Speaker
Cannon were prominent speakers
at the Jewish convention of Amer
lean delegates to the B'Nai Birth
conference.
There is no people so entitled
to become the aristocrats of the
world, and none who yet make
such good republicans" said Pres
ident Taft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08

Mt. Tacoma Lodge, M. B. A.,
No. 1888, will give masquerade
ball this evening. All members
and friends are invited. Refresh
ments will be served. Admission
Csc. **s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-08
NJ CRED|E ASKS FOR
$4,000 FOR ROAD

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. d. c., April S.
Congressman McCredie has petit
toned the appropriations commits
tee for $4,000 for the boulevard
around the base of MT. Tacon. u
and the completion of the noun
tain road