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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
Planning Desperate Revenge.

The naughty, imperious beauty hand
ed him back his ring.
Now that all is over between us"
she said, Il suppose you will buy re-
volver and put an end to your wretch
ed existence?'
Worse than that he Kissed, being
careful to introduce the necessary
sibilant; far wors-s-se! shall steal
a revolver! And shall shoot your
measly little sore eyed poodle"
A wild shrek burst from her lips
She fell upon her knees and
But he had gone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
akin BY MARRIAGE" ;

A caller was talking to a small Har-
lem girl who is extravagantly fond of
her mother. She likes her father
well enough. but he is far from be-
ing first in her affections. The call
er, knowing the situation, asked the
child why she didn't love her father
as she did her mother.
"Oh, you see.' she explained, loftily,
''he is only kin to us by marriage"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
separa.e Fowls Into sunehes.

If convenient separate> the fowls
into several punches. They will lay
more eggs than II crowded together
In one house. For instance II a hun
bred hens are kept. divide them in
to four or fiye fiocks and have sep
arate house and apartment for each
flock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
try MURINE EVE REMEDY

TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak. Weary. Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy. Liquid. Csc.
SOC, 800. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes. 25c. .$1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
Laying the Foundation.

why are you always so careful to
ask advice about what you are go
ing to do?"
so that If things go wrong l can
say told you so.'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

AN
UnprofItabIe FowIs.

Where fowls are Improbable. the
failure can usually be ascrlbed to
three causes. which are poor birds,
poor care and improper food unwise-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

A good honest remedy for Rheumatism
Neuralgia and Sore Throat is Hamlins
Wizard Oil. Nothing will so quickly drive
out all pain and inflammation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
Same Old Point.

Jack--I went cunning in the coun
try one day last week.
Tom-Bag anything?
Jack-Nothing but my trousers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma
ton. al1ays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
For COINS ami ssmrp

Hicks CAPuDINE Is the best remedy-re
ueves the aching and feverishness-cures the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
liqnid-effects Immediately. 1oc., CSC, aud soc.
At drug stores
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
Light Airy Poultry House.

framework should be made of 2x4
inch stuff sheathing for the main part
of the. building. 1t is never good
plan to use old boards in building a
poultry house. because they harbor In
sects. Better use new material and
cover thoroughly with paint inside
and out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
Free Cure for rheumatism and Bone
Pains.

Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. cures
pains, swollen muscles and joints, by
purifying the blood and destroying the
uric acid in the blood Thousands of
cases cured by B. B, B. after all other
treatments failed. Price $l.00 per large
bottle at drug stores, with complete direc.
tions. Large sample free by writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Department B.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

When the pulpit gets into poetic
clouds 1t misses the man on the
pavement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

Simple Arrangement by Which Poui-
try May Secure Fresh Water
Without Trouble.

Herewith is sketch of very Sim
pie arrangement by which your chick
ems viii always have plenty Of fresh
water without any trouble It con
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

A catalogue Of vices never led an.
one into virtue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
LAZY Lu R

SCI find Cascarets so good that would
not be without them. ] was troubled q.
great deal with torpid liver and headache.
Now since taking Cascarets Candy cathar-E
tic feel very much better. shall GER
tainly recommend them to my friends 40.
the best medicine have ever seen.
Anna Bazinet, 4
Osborn Min No. 2, Fall River. Maas.
Pleasant. Palatabie Potent. Taste Good
DO Good Never Sicken, Weaken or GRIPPE
10c, Csc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The eenu-
Inc tablet stamped C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

An ingrowing conscience drives
many man into sin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
AFTER
SUFFERING
one YEAR
cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams y egetable Compound

Milwaukee, Wis. - g Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has made
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
An EndIess Job.

'TIl bet could keep a fairy god
mother busy"
AS to how?"
I'D have her look after my touring
car"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

Revenge is better than a greedy
kind of gratitude.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

They who talk much of dying are
usually dead already.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04
LIGHT AIRY POULTRY HOUSE
Gan BE Constructed by Any Ingenious
Farmer From Drawings and In
structions Given.

This poultry house can be built by
any ingenious farmer from the draw
ings and descriptions given here. The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the OLD standard GROVES TAsTELESS
CHILL TONIC You know what you are taking.
The formula 10 plainly printed on every bottle
showing It iq simply 9uinine and IRON in taste-
less form The Quinine drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds mp the system Sold by an
dealers for 10 years. Price 50 cents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine viii relieve you.
It's Hquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try it. i0c.. Sc, and 50 cents st drug
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

Some folks never feel sanity until
they have q chance to syndicate their
sorrows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

10 g good story.
To many women 1t is as good as 4
trip away from home.
When you are tired out and your
nerves are on edge. try going of by
yourself and losing yourself in some
good story. You will, in nine cases
out Of ten. come back rested and in
vigorated.
One woman who has passed serene
" through many years OF hard work
and worry that go with the managing
Of q house and bringing up Of large
family OF children, said that she con-
sidered it the duty Of every busy
housekeeper to read acertain amount
Of trash light fiction, for the rest
and change to the mind that 1t would
give.
Try It. you who lead a strenuous
life. and who sometimes grow exceed
ingly weary of the same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-11-04

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
20 years ago. They regulate and invigor.
ate, stomach. liver and bowels. Sugar.
seated tiny granules.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
PAGE TWENTY THE JEFF
The Origin of Our Calendar and the
Thirteenth Sign

it from them. They all had twelve
months, and from 355 to 365 days to
the year; the Jews had an extra
month every third year (Ve-Adar or
I'd Adar).
The Greeks started the ball roll
ing of reforming calendars" &C
cording to Sophocles, as he says
"they juggled the days to suit their
feast days, and were soon followed
by the Romans for the same purpose;
and by order of Pontiff julius Caesar
"juggled" the calendar to suit their
feast days (Mch. 15th?O. In the
year 1882, Pope Gregory XIII. saw
his feast days going to the bad, and,
with the assistance of Clavius. the
astronomer, he "ordains" 1 in
front Of a 5, and makes October 9Th
read October 18th, 1882, then ar
ranging his leap years so as not to
make his calendar go wrong over
day in 5000 years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
PAGE TWENTY
James ID. Barnwell. G. e.

Halley's comet has come and gone,
and still holds on its route I'M
shaken of motion" disregarding all
mathematical orders and curling it's
tail until it passed the earth, disap-
pointing everybody, and seeming to
have worked on some of our noble
Ph.D.'s, and other DIS, across the
pond to the end that they want to
wedge in a dungeons month and warp
the great elliptic, by calendar of
thirteen months, to be adopted for
the business world"
This seems, indeed, to be some
thing new under the sun; it is only
too absurd to be profane, and should
be put in the ranks of DR.. Cook and
I-tOOk-a-ShOe
This reforming Of calendars has
been pulled off time and again during
the worlds history; it evidently
started as soon as the ground got
dry enough to plow' after the del
uge (see Gen. s: 22). The sexages-
mial is a Babylonian invention, &C
cording to Josephus, Wentworth, ct
al, and was in vogue long before
Moses received the Code ON Sinai re-
garding the Seventh day, which the
Hebrews, Seventh Day Adventists,
ETC., keep to this day.
The Jewish Sabbath or seventh
day, was by the Romans called Sa-
turns day-hence Saturday-and
Sunday was adopted from the Egyp-
tian's Sun's-day" or day of the
sun" 1t seems that some of our D.
DIS still persist in speaking of the
first dav of thn week as the last The
Romans named the days and months
to suit themselves, after different
gods and emperors.
The history of our calendar begins
with the Babylonians, who started it;
the Egyptians and Jews adopted it.,
and the Greeks and Romans received
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
"SIC TRANSIT"

An old subscriber ("may his tribe
increase")
Said to his better half: "Wife, I'll
take a piece
Of this nice beef down to the Editor,
For more than year he's been our
CREDITOR
And tho they say his ilk lives on the
air,
Upon my word, I solemnly declare
'Tis mistake! I'll also take ham
And you may send some pickles and
some jam"
So went the dream-but (alack and
alas!)
Like all my other dreams, it never
came to pass!
j. T. HUDSON.
If you want a J. G. button, and
rules for organizing a Jeff Club,
write to The Jeffs, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
Survey of the World

This is written by the editor, who
touches upon King Edward, Roosevelt,
the Pope, Mark Twain, the White Slave
Traffic, the soft-drink habit, Taft and
impeachment, the killing of Carmack and
Governor Patterson's pardon of red
handed murderer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
Toombs and Stephens

Little Elleck" and "Bob Toombs"
we're the Castor and Pollux, the match
less heroes, in our neck Of the woods.
Mr.. Watson's Random "reminiscences"
are full of bright things They are pen
pictures of the two great men as they
really were.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
anyhow

The people of Oshkosh, b'gosh,
won't stand for the josh. There is a
movement on foot in the famous
Wisconsin city to have the name of
the town changed. Oshkosh is cele-
brated in books and plays as the
typical Jay town, and now that the
city has nearly 10000 inhabitants
and q wireless telegraphic station
the natives are getting weary of the
yahoo business. They say that they
do not wander around with red
handkerchiefs protruding from their
pockets and their whiskers full of
hay and are becoming tired of being
so portrayed upon the stage. But
what would Wisconsin do without
Oshkosh? The Badger state without
an Oshkosh would be like La Fol-
lette without a fight. And what of
the old guard? Think of Gabe Bouck
of Oshkosh, b'gosh. He is the man
who made both Wisconsin and Osh-
kosh famous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
HONOR MONITOR INVENTOR

Swedish-Americans to Erect Monu-
ment to John Ericsson I'm Chicago.
Chicago, March ia monument
in memory Of John Ericsson, inven-
tor Of the Monitor of civil war fame.
will be erected in Chicago by the
Swedish-American republican league,
which met in Galesburg last week
and appropriated $1,000 as a nue.
leus of a fund to be raised by popu-
lar subscription among Swedish
Americans of Illinois and the middle
west At a meeting in the LaSalle
hotel last night of the committee
having in charge this fund it was
to incorporate a John Eric
son Monument association. and the
following we're named to secure the
Incorporation papers: Justus L.
Johnson, circuit court clerk of Kane
county, chairman; Judge AxeI Chy-
traus and Carl R. Chindblom, coun-
ty commissioner of Cook county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
The Argus Daily Short Story
Her Peace offering-By Peter G. Trask.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Press

And the doctor went to the telephone.
Eyes; I'm DR.. Bemerton."
Reply.
I'm pretty tired"
Reply.
'Ts hep
Reply.
Suffering muchf"
Reply.
''Well, suppose I'll have to CO."
Mrs Bemerton, who was listening,
sighed. The doctor came back into
the room the picture of woe.
Now, Joe. you said you wouldn't go
out again tonight for a millionaire
You're tired out In another moment
you'd have been asleep. Why didn't
you refuseY
''How could I? If you were suffer
ing and called for a physician to re-
lieve you and he declined to go, what
would you think of him?'
''Well, 1 suppose it can't be helped.
Will you rider
"No; it's not far I'll walk
She helped the poor man on with his
overcoat. He gave her a parting kiss
and as he went out said:
'1If I'm going to be delayed I'll tele-
phone you, and you're not to sit up,
but go to bed like a dear, good little
woman, and I'll come in without dis
turbing you and sleep in my own
room. Ta-ta, sweetheart"
Mrs. Bemerton's regret was that her
hege lord must go out after a hard
days work into cold night to incur
more responsibility. She was a prac-
teal woman and had discovered very
soon that the return to counting days
would not be a success. She was not
therefore disturbed at the interruption
on that account Indeed, she was re-
lieved.
AS soon as the front door closed be-
hind him DR.. Bemerton FASTENED his
steps. A few blocks away was his
club, and thither he went Leaving
his overcoat at the coat room, he went
into the cafe and there found Drs.
Nichols and ellison, who hailed his en-
trance with shouts of satisfaction.
what did you mean" exclaimed
Bemerton to Nichols, with mock sever
ity, ''by telling me that the patient
was suffering and 1 must come at
once 10 relieve himT'
hACoAb eA1Ss EcplAeu NlCAO1S- tuht
ellison is suffering for some one to
split a bottle OF ginger ale with him.
As for me. I'm suffering for some
thing Of the same kind"
''Ha, hal" laughed Bemerton. you
fellows win be the death OF me some
day. It doesn't seem as If one Of as
can have any fun without the other
two or any two without the other one"
DR.. Bemerton sat down, and Nichols
pushed the button, and when beverages
had been ordered Remerton said to the
waiter:
peter, I wish you to telephone my
wife that the case is very serious,
there are three doctors in consultation,
and I'll probably be detained till late
hour. Say / haven't even time to do
the teIephoning. Now, be careful, Pc
ter. Don't give away where the mes
sazna oaxzaaa f..ora0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
President Taft win leave Washing.

President Taft will leave Washing.
where he is to speak the following
night at the st. Patrick's day banquet
Of the Irish Fellowship club. Friday
night the president will speak before
the chamber of commerce of Roches-
ter, and on Saturday he will visit
Albany. While in Albany he will be
the guest Of Governor Hughes and ad-
vantage will be taken of his visit to
hold an important conference of repub-
lican leaders in regard to the political
situation In the Empire state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15

MY DEAR" said DR.. Joe Bemerton
as he threw of his coat and hat, toss
ing his heavy driving gloves into the
latter, "I'll be hanged If l go out
again tonight if Pm called by a multi.
millionaire"
"Oh, Joe, I'm so glad! You look aw-
fully tired, and just think how long 1t
is since we've had a quiet evening to-
gether."
Fright you are, Pol. I'll get on my
velveteen jacket, put on my easy shoes,
sit down before these blazing logs with
you beside me, and we'll have a real
old fashioned evening-like our court
ing days, Ell, sweetheart"
He tweaked her ear and gave her a
kiss.
Wont 1t be nice? You can sit in
the big chair right before the fame,
while sit in my little working rocker
beside you and darn the stockings"
"Oh, no; don't darn stockingsl You
didn't darn stockings in those days"
AS soon as dinner was over the doc
tor pulled the big chair up to the fire
place and drew his wife down on his
knee. She had weighed a hundred
pounds when, they courted. Now she
weighed a hundred and fifty. Bemer-
ton had had several obstinate cases
during the day and was tired. 1t
wasn't FIVE minutes before he remark
ed that he had strained a muscle in his
left leg when getting out Of his auto,
slipping ON a bit Of ice. He thought
that they'd better sit side by side. So
Mrs. Bemerton got off his knee and
with an effort succeeded in squeezing
in beside him. II she had gained fifty
pounds he had gained more, so that
instead of the aggregate bulk of 215
pounds between the two arms OF the
chair, as in their counting days, there
were now $50. However, they man.
aged to wedge themselves in, and Mrs.
Bemerton leaned back on her bus.
bands arm.
"Just as nice as ever it was" he
said CALAMITY.
They sat chatting for awhile. but the
topics they talked about as lovers did
not seem to rise up with the sponta-
neity Of former days. There were long
gaps In the conversation. The doctor
yawned.
1--WE don't need to talk all the while"
she said drowsfly. Remember what
clatter we used to keep upT
81 wonder how we cid It."
did It'll We didn't do it. It did It
self"
There was a luH. during which the
Doctors eyes closed, and he was be-
ginning to draw the heavy breath of
s1umber when his wife started in
anew.
'sDo you know, joe" she said, "that
wretched butcher sent in the most
abominable steak this morning-all
bone and gristieT
Eyes, dear, but my arm is cramped.
II you'll raise a bit I'll move IL"
He moved the arm and was sinking
again to snooze when the telephone
bell rang.
.T'n CO." said Mrs. Bemerton. start
ing up.
s.sz@< ~>z youldn't understand"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
March IS in American
History

1665-John Endicott, colonial governor
of Massachusetts, died; born 1888.
1744-The American colonies began
King Georges war, name given
to the hostilities between British
and French colonists In America,
stirred up by their sympsthies
with the home governments in the
war of the Austrian succession.
By the treaty of Aix-la- Chapelle
the war ended in 174S.
1767-G General Andrew Jackson, seventh
president OF the United States,
born; died 1S45.
17S1-Battle Of Guilford Court House,
N. c.; General Gree1e's colonials
defeated the British under Corn
wallis.
1907-Rivers at Pittsburg reached a
gauge Of $3.50 feet, the highest in a
century; "a deaths from flood and
property loss OF $4,000 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
An article in the Chicago Tribun

An article in the Chicago Tribune
recently declares that there are
from ] 500 to 5000 cases of typhoid
fever in Minneapolis and the CORES
pendent appears to trace the cpl
demfc to the use of the Mississippi
river water. 1t is represented that
the cities farther south, such as
Brainerd. St. Cloud and Anoka have
epidemics of typhoid fever and that
the germs will follow the water sup
ply of all the cities down the river.
There were "a deaths from typhoid
during February in Minneapolis. This
is not the death rate of an epidemic
or plague, but nevertheless it is
vastly more than normal, for prac-
tically every typhoid fever death is
really an unnecessary one. Perfect
sanitation, pure water and pure air
make typhoid fever and impossible
ity. When in doubt, boil the water
anyhow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15

person journeying along this street OF
desolation,'' continued DR.. Tolman,
would pass in every thousand feet a
ruin from which an injured person was
taken, and at every three-quarters of
mile would see the charred remains
of a. human being, and when burned
out at the end of year the fire would
begin all over again"
The United States geological survey
recently submitted some rather start
ling figures on the annual tax that Is
levied by fire upon the people Of the
country. 1t is calculated that the fire
loss equals nearly 81, 500, 900 a day and
costs nearly 1900 lives a year. In
1907, the year covered by the report,
there were also 1854 people injured as
result of fire. It is estimated that
nearly one-flfth of the cost of the new
buildings constructed in the United
States every year is lost by fire. This
record shows that the per capita loss
in America is eight times as great as
in any country OF Europe. 1t is due,
Of course, chiefly to the predominance
Of frame buildings and to defective
construction and equipment. The re-
port Of the survey declares that cheap
er freproofing material may be used
to advantage. 1t advocates better
building codes IN cities and asks for
better enforcement of the codes al
ready enacted. Sooner or later Amer
lea will have to adopt the example of
Europe and abandon present methods
of construction for the fireproof type of
buildings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-15
Origin of 1.-THE Big Stick"

Success Magazine: The first as
sociation Of Theodore Roosevelt
with the phrase, "the big stick, -
dates from speech delivered
by him at Chicago in 1902. On that
occasion he said: There is a homely
old adage which runs, Speak softly
and carry big stick, and you will go
far
The New York World, in an editorial
published Sept. 20, 1904, revived the
speech, contrasting it, in parallel COL
umns, with Ro6sevelt's pacific speech
to the delegates of the Interparliamen-
tary Peace Union, Sept. "a, 1904.
The first cartoon embodying the "big
stick" idea was published in the World
Of Oct. IL, 1904. 1t represented Roose-
welt mounted on fiery steed, throw
ing lasso around the flying Angel OF
Peace and carrying a cudgel bearing
the words "big stick" upon It
1t is interesting to notice the vary
ing changes in cartoons IN the charac-
ter of this stick. At first it was simply
a long, round stick of uniform thick
ness. It later changed to the knotted
club or bludgeon type. and now it is
often seen with a spear protruding
from the large end This latter form
was derived from Roosevelt's express
sion, my spear knows no brother" A
marked contrast is shown in Roose-
velt's emblem and the mailed fist of
Emperor William. Williams symbol
typifies power and force-nothfng else
Roosevelt's big stick although for
midable, means peace-but peace back
ed up by the big stick"