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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-02

Senator Gordon of Mississippi, is
afraid Of President Taft He fears
that radiating face and loose smile
will swipe Mississippi from the democ-
racy. If that's all her democracy is
worth. why. we are in favor of bundling
it up and deliver1re it f. the repub-
ncans-the benevolent things! They'd
appreciate getting something cheap.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-02

Jacksonville for u.s." boosts the
Times Union. suits US!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

According to late reports Mammoth
Cave. that old-time geological wonder.
and years ago close rival to Mia.
CARA Falls as show place, is going
out OF fashion. and has OF late years
had but few visitors. says the Boston
Evening Transcript. 1t is now diff
cult Of acsess by a little dinky rail-
road and the accommodations afford
ed by the dilapidated hotel are by no
means up to date. It is proposed to
ask congress to adopt it as a national
reservation. fix things up and make it
more accessible and attractive. Per-
haps one reason for its decadence is
the discovery Of other great caverns
and natural curiosities fully as won
derful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30


Hundreds of thousands Of Russians
are going to Siberia. But not after
the old style, when they were per
Asonally conducted by military guards
and distributed as convicts among the
mines and prisons. Siberia has vast
agricultural and other possibilities.
and the government in this instance
lat least is wise enough to encourage
the utilization Of such resources. 1t
is announced from Russia that the mi
grafton to Siberia average about half
million persons yearly. This move
ment is encouraged by the offer from
the government Of cheap railroad
rates and an allotment Of forty-one
and half acres Of land to each adult
who makes home in that part of the
empire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
The
Midland Journal
Rising Sun. Md.
nEALrH AND LONG LIFE.

'All men think all men mortal bat
themselves" vet all men are con.
stantly seeking the sources Of health
and means Of prolonging their lives.
and nothing interests the average
man more than to read the statements
of persons who have attained great
ages, and their version Of the means
which enabled them to prolong their
lives. We have many of these
Moltke. when asked ia his ninetieth
year how he had maintained his
health and activity, answered: by
great moderation in all things, and by
regular outdoor exercise" Crispi said
that regularity and abstinence are
the secrets Of long life" Sydney
Cooper also believed in regularity. LIE
you've attributed his long life to regu.
nar exercise, says the Washington
Herald. An American nonagenarian,
Hon. Neal Dow, of Maine, laid stress
on the careful avoidance of fretting
or disturbance Of the digestive or
lgans, and Of exposure to sudden OF
protracted cold, with insufficient pro
lection against its influence. Cor
naro's rule was extreme temperance
IN eating and moderation in drinking
He took everything that agreed with
him and avoided everything which
did not. Many others could be named.
but the constitutions and organism of
men are as varied as their faces.
hence no general rule can be laid
down. What is meat to one may be
poison to another.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.
Takes the Oath AS Head OF Supreme
Court.

Washington. D. c. (special) In
the presence of distinguished gath
ering in the little courtroom, Ed
ward Douglass White was elevated
from associate justice in the Supreme
Court Of the United States to the
chief justiceship.
The climax of the ceremonies oc-
CURED when Associate Justice Har-
Ian, as senior member of the court,
administered to, the new chief justice
the judicial oath. It was subscribed
to on the bench itself instead of at
the clerks desk, as is ordinarily the
case. Chief Justice White, while
taking the oath, held in his hand a
Bible which has been used by nearly
every chief justice and associate JUS
tice on similar occasions during the
last century, but unlike most of
them. he kissed the book at the con-
clusion of the oath.
For the first time in history an
associate justice had been elevated to
the chief justiceship and for the first
time a president and Senate of one
political party had honored a mem
Der of a rival party by placing him
at the head of the highest court in
the land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

building purposes, but principally tc
rid the country Of the insects which
are the most formidable pests Of that
climate.
In founding nest the termites erect
first single pinnacle several feet
high and very small about the base.
and then others near it; finally these
are consolidated into, single dome
and the middle pinnacles, having per
formed their part as scaffolding, are
removed. When it has reached Its
maximum size the nest is a rounded
dome of hard, solid clay upon whose
outer surface grass and weeds grow
freely, and in the dry season it looks
not unlike haycock
The injuries wrought by these in.
sects are terrible. They invade every
vegetable fiber except cotton and de.
stroy wood, mating, linen and wooden
clothing, books and parchment by sap
and mine. They habitually avoid the
air and light, not because of an an.
tipathy to them, but because of their
helplessness and their necessity of a
moist atmosphere. In consequence of
this popularity their ravages are un.
observed till everything sinks into
ruins. When they desire to reach a
certain point covered gallery is i'm.
mediately built to that point, that they
may reach 1t unseen. African villages
which have been abandoned, in year
or two have utterly disappeared and
the ground on which they stood Is
found covered with vegetation. Posts
are sometimes so riddled that slight
kick will dissipate them, leaving moth.
ing in their stead but heap of dust
and debris. At Tourney, Charente,
France, a whole dinner party, guests,
host, table and all were let down
through the floor into the cellar with
out moments warning In conse-
uuence of the termites' depredations
the flooring and beams.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
THROUGH With EXPLORATION
Dr.. Cook, Recent Fugitive From
Science.

New York Especially Dr. Freder-
lex A. Cook is done with exploration
So he told friends who visited him in
his suite in the Waldorf-Astoria,
whittier he went after arriving upon
the liner George Washington.
Later in the day DR.. Cook went
out laden with gum drops, but they
were for the children of his brother,
William Cook, of Brooklyn. These
children eat no pemmican. One pur-
pose of the expedition into Brook
Ign, across the only half frozen
East RIVER, was to discover. whether
the doctor has redeemed himself in
the eyes Of his fellows Of the Bush
wick Club by declaring he may have
been unbalanced when he thought he
stood on the top of the world
81 expect now to remain under
the protection of the American flag, .
he said, when asked if he would re-
side in America.
mo" he said, Il am not going to
lecture under its protection. am
doing to devote myself to scientific
matters that have engrossed my
time for 20 years. will convince
the people that really believed /
did get to the pole, and will answer
the charge that did not climb Mt.
Mckinley"
Then DR.. Cook hung up the re-
ceiver.
The following shows DR.. Cooks
estimated earnings: Telegram from
Lerwyck to New York Herald,
$4,000; additional cables to New
York Herald, $4,000; first lecture
at st. Louis, $4,000; thirty other
lectures at $4,000 each. $4,000;
story of confession" in magazine,
$4,000 Total, $121,000.
OF this Cook is said to have $751;
900 left on deposit in the Carnegie
Trust Company, in New York: from
which he drew $4,000 the day he dis
appeared.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
Much Unrest In Brazil.

New York Especially Passengers
arriving here on board the steamship
Clement, from Manaos, Para :, and
other Brazilian ports, say that prior
to their departure from Manaos. De-
cember z, considerable political dis
turbances occurred, at which the gov
eminent was much worried. They
declared that there was rioting and
footing generally and in the fracas
125 persons were killed. The gov
ernor was attacked, but succeeded in
escaping the mob.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
HORRORS OF THE PLAGUE.
Its Ravages In Mongolia Continue
Unchecked.

st. Petersburg Especially. - The
correspondent of the Rech at Vladivo-
stok telegraphs that the ravages OF
bubonic plague in Mongolia are I'M
checked. Corpses frequently mark
the sites of abandoned camps OF
nomads.
The situation in Manchuria is
grave The German consul at Har-
bin has addressed a pressing note to
the Chinese Taotai demanding that
radical measures be taken to stay the
epidemic and stating that otherwise
Germany will interfere. The munic-
ipality of Hardin has invited Japan
csc physicians to attend the diseased
in the barracks, as the Russians re-
fuse to expose themselves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
soO,o 900 BABIES A YEAR.
Death Toll Exceeds That OF Tuber-
culosis, Says Doctor.

Washington D. c. Especially -
More than 100000 babies die in
this country annually before they
have reached the age of one year, Z
declared DR.. J H. Mason Knox, OF
Baltimore. president of the First
National Conference on Infant Nor
tally, in an address at the Young
Mems Christian Association here.
GIVE the baby a chance to grow
up" said DR.. Knox. DR.. Knox also
gave other information to show that
q remedy is needed for the enormous
mortality among infants. He said
that the number Of deaths among
infants was twice that of tuberculosis
among adults, although the latter
was called the white Plague"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
Chilli Accents Honor.

Washington, D. G. Especially -
President Taft's offer of warship to
convey the body of Senior Don Anibal
Cruz, Chilean minister to the United
States, to Valparaiso has been form
ally accepted by Senior Coucham.
charge d'affairs Of the legation. The
body will be taken from Washing
ton about February /, and will be
placed aboard the warship at Hamp-
ton Roads. From Hampton Roads
the ship will proceed around the
Horn. and will arrive at Valparaiso
about March is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
BRAVE men MEET DEATH
Thirty Firemen Caught Under
Falling Walls.

Philadelphia Especial Falling
walls at the leather factory Of the
Freelander's Leather Remnants Com
pany buried more than 80 firemen at
a fire Wednesday night.
Fire Chief James G. Baxter had a
narrow escape and at least 10 of his
men were instantly killed as the walls
crashed down upon them.
The five-story walls collapsed with
terrible crash and the next instant
the voices of the men could be- heard
calling for assistance as the flames,
which were temporarily extinguished,
again burst forth among the ruins.
Chief Baxter had entered the burn
ing building to call his men out as he
feared that the walls would fall. Just
as he stepped within the fire-gutted
structure with the order of "All men
come out!'' the whole building
crumpled and fell. The men who are
thought to have met instant death
were mounted on an extension ladder
and 10 of them were seen by hum
dreds Of Mortified spectators as they
were hurled into the crater.
While the flames had not moment
before lit up the sky, the scene was
left in darkness and the electric
light wires were cut by the flying
debris. For several minutes hum
dreds stood motionless, overcome by
the spectacle, and then, as the flames
again leaped up, the cries of the i'm
prisoned men being slowly cremated
could be heard
Hospital ambulances and patrol
wagons from all sections of the city
were called into play, and the work
of rescue begun and scores who were
on the outskirts of the building were
taken to hospitals.
1t was at first thought that Chief
Baxter had met instant death, but
soon afterward the Chief, bleeding
from a dozen wounds, was seen
heroically fighting his way out Of the
burning debris.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
Fire Visits Cincinnati.

Cincinnati (Special) Two men
dead, II injured and loss estimated
at $1.O0O.OOO to s1,5OO,0Oo are the
results of fire that swept through a
number of business structures here,
raging for more than five hours. The
fire started In the great shoe manu-
featuring plant of the Krippendorf-
O'Neill Company and before it could
be checked had spread into the ad-
joining buildings. A biting cold
wind which benumbed the hands OF
the firemen helped the fire spread.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
TWO FALL SIX STORIES.
Cornice Maker Killed and Helper
Strikes His Body.

New York Especially. Herman
Cary, cornicemaker. was instantly
killed and another man whom Cary
dragged with him was seriously in
jured by falling from the sixth floor
of 447 East Sixty-eighth street.
Cary's body crashed through a
wooden covering over the sidewalk,
put there to protect pedestrians from
falling bricks, and every bone in his
body was broken. Frank Rowing,
Cary's helper, landed on top of the
cornicemaker's body. He suffered a
fractured nese and internal injuries
and was removed to the Presbyterian
Hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
win Hide In Convent.

West Arichat. N. S. Especially -
Hattie LIE Blanc, the 17-year-old
French-Canadian girl who was re-
Gently acquitted of the murder of
Clarence F. Glover, of Waltham,
Mass. after sensational trial at
East Cambridge, Mass, is going to
enter a convent. She declared
Thursday that she would spurn the
scores of offers of marriage and
vaudeville contracts which had been
made to her. II want to retire from
the world and want most Of all q
good education" said she.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

The Pennsylvania state board of
health reports that the expenditure Of
100000 in four years in the interest
Of the public health has resulted N
saving s2s.OOO.OOO to the common
wealth. This Is conservation Of a
most desirable quality. 1t goes to-
ward maintaining those greatest re-
sources of state which lie in peo-
pie rich in physical and mental we'll
being. The Pennsylvania board has
foVght diphtheria effectively with an
titoxin. It has reduced the death
rate from consumption, "the white
plague" from 1S4 to 100 per thous-
and, and Is about to do better by
adding two new tuberculosis colonies
to the one now in operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
ChiIdren Burned TO Death.

Dover. N. ]. Especially While
Mrs. William Somboy. was shopping
Friday. two of her children, whom
she had locked in room on the low
er floor, were burned to death. The
children were aged two and one-half
and six years. A neighbor discover
ed the fire and breaking into the
house tried to pull the little ones out
of bed, where they had sought refuge
when the flames surrounded them.
One of the children was so badly
burned that he died in few minutes,
and the other was dead in the bed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

Boston.Though most abundant In
hot climates. the termites, improperly
called white ants, reach far beyond
the tropics extending into our own
hemisphere, from Chile to New Eng
land. The African species build great
pinnacled nests, so feet in circumfer-
ence at the base and sometimes 40
feet high. Formerly the plains Of All.
RIGA were in many places thickly stud,
ded with these hills, but the advance
of civilized man has driven them back
from the neighborhood of the foreign
settlements.
The nests are destroyed partly to
obtain the clay. which is valuable for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
A SAVING IN
RAILROAD MAIL
]. c. STEWARDS ANNUAL REPORT.
Annual Report OF the Second Assist
ant Postmaster General 80 Inquir-
ing Into Cost To Railroads OF
Transporting Mail - Many Casual
ties Among the Railway Mail
Clerks.

Washington, D. c. (Special) =.
Conditions of railway and ocean mail
service are discussed fully in the an
nual report of Joseph Stewart, a sec
ond assistant postmaster general.
submitted Friday to Postmaster Gem
eral Hitchcock
A considerable saving was effected
during the year by the bureau of the
second assistant, which is charged
with the authorization and direction
Of the transportation of both domes-
tic and foreign mails. The aggre-
gate cost of the transportation of
domestic mails during the year was
$81,709,433.68; while the cost of
foreign mails was $3,112,302.46.
Notwithstanding the increased
amount of mail handled the percent
age of increase in the cost was only
lis per cent
During the year 1876 mail routes
we're in operation, covering a dis
lance Of 22O,730 miles. The distance
travelled by the mail of the United
States was 426,923,1O9.5 miles. The
amount of money necessary for rail-
road transportation for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1912, is $48,9S3,-
600, being Sc per cent. more than
the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
In every instance possible the
policy of equalizing the rate of pay
for the transportation of mail by
railroad routes on the basis of low
est cost has been followed. The de-
partment has saved $12,274,488 by
the operation of the new method Of
adjusting pay. to and including the
present fiscal year. Sixteen railroad
companies have filed suit against the
United States attacking the validity
of the order of the postmaster gem
eral in readjusting the rate of pay.
Particular diligence has been mani
tested by the department in its in
quiry into the cost to railroad COM
panies Of carrying the mail.
During the year there were 446
railroad accidents, in which postal
clerks were either killed or injured
or in which mail matter was lost or
damaged. Twenty clerks, four sub
stitutes and three mail-weighers were
killed. 98 seriously and GIT slightly
injured. The year was more disas-
trous in the number of clerks killed
on the railroads than any in the his
tory of the service.
Among the recommendations made
by Mr.. Stewart are the following:
That the department be enabled to
readjust the compensation for the
transportation of mail on railroad
routes during the four-year term.
That the Postmaster General be
authorized to pay for the services of
vessels Of the second class in carry
ing the mails. to various ports in
South America and the Far East.
That salaries of supervisory Off
GERS of the Railway Mail Service be
increased.
That 80 days annual leave of
absence be granted to railway postal
clerks.
That provision be made for the
retirement Of incapacitated or super
animated railway postal clerks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
FARMER FOUND SHOT DEAD.
Bloody Ratchet In Another Building
and Robbery Suspected.

anu AsOUOCAy CuSkSSSSNs
West Chester, Pa. Especially
Richard Mercer, bachelor farmer,
SIS years old and veteran of the
Civil War, was found dead on a
lounge in his home, four miles from
this borough, by several neighbors,
who. suspecting something wrong.
entered the house.
There was a pistol shot wound In
the head, and the police are in doubt
whether he died by his own hand or
was murdered. A bloody Ratchet
was found in an adjoining building.
1t is supposed that the farmer had
some funds in the house, which shows
evidence of having been ransacked,
and that the fact of the money being
kept there was known to some one in
the neighborhood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
YOUTH KILLED IN QUARRY.
Herbert Slough Died AS Rescuers
Got Out His Body.

York, Pa. Especially. Herbert
Slough. IS years old, was crushed to
death while at work at the plant OF
the York Stone and Supply Company.
He was engaged in undermining rock
in a quarry and was standing on a
shelf 15 feet wide when stone and
dirt fell upon him.
He died few minutes after fellow
workmen had dug out his body from
the mass of stone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
MoDEsTY COST GIRL LIFE.
Refused To Allow Tourniquet To Be
Placed On Limb.

New York Especially. Because
she was too modest to allow the fast
ening of a tourniquet about her leg,
Helen Gorschen, aged Is, died at st.
Vincent's Hospital here. Miss Cor
schen accidentally stabbed herself in
her left leg with pair of scissors
while at work in clothing factory
Her fellow employees rushed to her
assistance, but she refused to permit
any one to bind the wound. She soon
tainted from loss of blood and was
hurried to the hospital. 1t was too
late, however, to save her life, al
though the house surgeon said she
would have recovered had a tourni-
quet been applied Immediately.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
The canary's Ears.

Boston.-A canary's ears are back
of and a little below its eyes. They
are not hard to find when one has
learned where to look. There is no
outer ear, such as animals have, but
simply small opening which is COW
cred by feathers. 1t is quite surprising
that birds should possess the very
acute hearing which they do while
lacking the fieshy flap which enables
the animals to catch sounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
Mother Kills Her Baby.

New Orleans Especially. - After
swallowing a large dose of carbolic
acid at her home here, Mrs. Mary
Kadelich lay down on the bed with
her lips pressed to those of her five-
days'-old infant, which she firmly
clasped. in her arms. When found,
the baby was dead as the result of
absorbing the fresh acid from her
mothers lips. and Mrs. Kadelich was
in a dying condition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
Man Baked In oven.

Philadelphia Especially Baked al
most beyond recognition, the body of
William Folks, aged % years. was
discovered Wednesday in an oven in
the Tansey Brickyard, frankfort,
where he was employed. He had
been missing since Monday. 1t is
supposed that he crawled into the
oven to sleep and when the fire was
ignited was roasted to death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

One man has been sent to jail for
nine months for smuggling at New
York. The fact that he was only a
musician and not millionaire makes
the lesson less impressive where it is
most needed
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

Portugal is great country; but IL
Isn't. Portugal contains 35,490 square
miles of territory. and the state Of
Minnesota 1896 square miles. They
are shown in comparison in the pic
ture. The state Of Maine. with 5000
square miles. comes nearest the size
Of Portugal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

A dog that carried in smuggled
goods across the Mexican boundary
has been spared to be shown in dog
show. II he had been taken to a
New York dog show he would prob
ably have brought fabulous price
from the ultra rich.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

When a mans wife sticks hatpins
into him. and tries to SURROGATE him
as he sleeps. the New York courts
have decided that he has right to
leave home. The ruling. however,
was conirmatory merely. the man
having decided first
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

A Washington man has been fined
for violating the child-labor law be-
cause he induced number Of four.
teen-year-old boys to engage in a pie
eating contest. Would It not have
been more appropriate If he had been
punished for cruelty to children?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30
FATHERS MARRIED THEM.

Bride and Groom Children OF the
Ofiiciating Ministers.
York, Pa. Especially "A wedding
ceremony took place here Wednesday
in which the officiating clergymen
were fathers of the bride and bride.
groom.
Miss Kathleen futile, daughter of
Rev. John E. futile, of this city,
was married to Paul Willard Nor
ton, of Phoenixville, Chester county,
who is a son of Rev. Stephen Allison
Norton, of Woodburne. Mass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-30

So the government is going to issue
$75.o00.0OO worth Of 81 bills to replace
$40 and higher denominations. This
ought to increase the chance OF get
ting some.