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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Proving . Statement.

A certain minister. who Is an en-
phatic preacher. Is at times at loss
to give his utterances proper weight,
For instance. he'll say:
"This statement Is as true as is the
night which will follow day." or las
true as that the trees will bud In
spring"
Sometimes it happens that the doc
tor has more statements than he has
illustrations to give them weight. On
one such occasion be remarked. This
is as true as the Here the doctor
halted. He paused a few moments.
and then his face illumiued-''as true
as is the statement that some member
Is yet on his or her way to church"
A few moments later lady entered
the edifice and swept grandly up the
aisle. The doctors face assumed an
IL told you 30" appearance. The con-
gregation began to smile. then to
laugh. Sympathy for the embarrassed
lady. however. soon subdued the ap-
parently uncomfortable mirth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
rwaIn and the Rivermen.

Mark Twain once told to party %
friends the following story on himself
On one occasion when he started on
trip down the Mississippi river on II
fatboat he was advised never to AN
swer the questions asked by rivermen
on other boats and never TO bandy
words with them. as he would be sure
always to come out second best He
followed the advice religiously fors q
time, but one day he thought he saw
a chance to get the better of river
man who called out:
Hey. thar. what yer loaded with?"
"Jackasses. Don't you want TO come
aboard?'' yelled back Twain.
THAT'S whut 4 reckoned seem as
how they let Their biggest donkey hev
Their run of the deck!" came back.
Twain made dive below as all the
rivermen In the neighborhood set up a
deriaive laugh at his expense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
The stomach Cannot Res.

It is mistake to suppose the stomach
can rest aud thus recuperate and by this
means dyspepsia is cured. The digestive
process begins in the mouth and does not
end until the food has reached the in.
testines. The saiivary glands in the
mouth, the stomach. lower stomach. liver,
spleen. etc, take part in the digestive
process. This process is going on con.
tinously. Think of resting the heart or
the lungs for few minutes. or any other
organ. Pepsiu pancreatiu. etc. do not
rest the stomach, they digest the residue
of food a weak digestive system cannot
digest and thus relieve the body of irri
taxing acids or gas. Rydale's Stomach
Tablets contain just enough Pepsin, and
Pancreatin to do this. They also CON
tain many vegetable ionics and stimulants
for the digestive tract Rydale's Stomach
Tablets cure dyspepsia the only way il
eau he cured. Ask rs about them. Eli
T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Didn't Like the Lackevs.

The late John Heneage Jesse. the
well known author. had an aversion.
amounting to positive 'phobia, for the
British Jeames. He has been known
to stand in St. James street on draw.
ing room day, at the edge of the curb.
and with the end Of his stick. which
he dipped into the road puddle daub
the immaculate stockings Of the pass
ing hunkies, who. as he well knew.
dare not move from their stations. ac-
companying the act with much oppro-
hrious language.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
TURKISH RED TAPE.
Getting the Kinks Out Of a Custom
House TanaIe.

Getting the Kinks Out Of q Custom
House TaneIe.
In the far east rules and restrictions
may be made to yield to influence with
a latent force behind 1t. as instanced
by this serio-comic incident found In
Captain A. B. Townshend's book. "a
Military Consul In Turkey" A certain
highly influential foreigner at Adrian
Ople wanted a Christmas tree and or
dercd one from Sofia to come by train.
but when the tree, an unpretentious
little FIR about ten feet high. arrived
at Adrianople station some one discov-
cred that it was illegal to receive
plants from abroad.
"Yasak" lit Is forbidden). said the
custom house.
"Yasak.' echoed the sentry on duty.
The foreigner said whatever was
the equivalent to rubbish" and de-
manded the tree.
Here was a nice quandary for the
authorities. Evidently It was a most
fearful thing to receive a tree from
abroad. and vet the consignee was
capable of getting some one into very
serious trouble II he did not get his
tree. and be said he must have it with
In forty-eight hours.
Some one at the custom house scared
above the difficulty. The tree was sent
on to STEAMBOAT on the Orient express.
an eight hours journey. It came back
to Adrianople by the next train. and
the person for whom it was Intended
received notice that "a tree from
Constantinople'' had arrived for him
and would at once be handed over
to his messenger.
So the wretched little Bulgarian tree
had become a Turkish one, brought
from Constantinople, and by that
means 1t satisfied officialdom and serv-
ed its purpose In the end
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Her Protection

''Why don't you marry. tooY' he
asked her. apropos Of the marriage Of
her friend.
II can't" she answered. without
committing bigamy. haven't my d.
vorce yet. you know. It's probably a
good thing. great protection. might
have married some good for nothing
again If ! had had it. I am so unfor-
tunate in my selections
"True," he said. You might have
married me."-New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Saved From Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in his
family was prevented is told i,y A
d. Mcdonald, of Fayetteville, N
g r F. ID. No. s. my sister
had consumption" he writes, ''she
was very thin and pale, had no
appetite aod seemed 10 grow weak
-r every day, as all remedies failed.
rill DIR. Kings New Discovery was
tried, and so completely cured her,
that she has not been troubled with
4 cough since Its the best medi
..ine / ever saw or heard off, For
coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma,
group, hemOrrbage, all bronchial
troubles, it has no equal, SOC, 800
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
why Kidney Dlsease & Dangerous.

Kidney disease is dangerous because 1t
comes on unwares and progresses to q
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 shonld be taken at once. Delays
are dangerous. Rydale's Kidney Remedy
is the best remedy known for the Kidneys.
It never fails to restore them to health
Rydaie's Kidney Remedy viii cure
Bright's Disease II 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 Il they are the cause
Put up in pill form in a5c and soc sizes.
Hi T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Property Transfers.

WillianIJ. Sniverly end wife, oi
Philadelphia. to James a. Carson,
Of the same city, property 10 Cecil
county, $500
{ Frederick r McNeal and wife 10
Robert K McNeal, of Philadelphia,
interest in property al Cherry Hili,
30 and other copsideratiVns
Charles r. Einley and wife TO
Charles B Finley, Jr., 40 acre pro.
perty at Carter's Mills $5and other
considerations
Jennie CreswelI and CyreDns
Creswell, her husband, to Charles
A. Morrison, property al Port De
posif, $500.
w. T. Wapburton and wife and
i. d. Davis, TO Frank Kemether.
loi on Bridge street, Elkton, 500.
y Nicola Bozzi and wife, of WiscOn
sin, to Alice w. Keys, OF New
Jersey, 6 acres in Seventh district,
5000.
Josephine T. Campbell and
George B. Campbell. her husband,
10 @. Ralph Campbell, property ii
Perryville, 90 and other copsidera
lions.
Thomas D. Holmes to David s.
English, OF New Jersey, 8 acres 10
Fifth district, $l.OO and other con
|sidpratOnS.
David s. English and wife, OF
Camden, N. j TO John Geoghehan,
of Philadelphia, 81 acre property
in Fifth district, 81. 900
James Mccormick and others to
Camillus p. Carrico, lot of land at
Cherry Hill, $500.
Joseph 8. Scarborough to Thomas
B. Boss, of Montgomery County,
ITO acre farm in Fourth district,
90, 400.
Ella Dixon Gillespie to Susan G
Taylor, property at Zion, 81, 1856
Aaron L. Duyckinck' and wife
and John M. Sterrett and wife to
Gertrude L. Parson. lot of land at
Rising Sun, $135.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Gladiators.

The gladiators Mere originally male
factors who fought for their lives OF
captives who fought for freedom. They
were first exhibited at the funeral cere.
monies Of the Romans. 263 B. c.. and
afterward at festivals about 215 B. C.
When Dacia was reduced by Trojan
1000 gladiators fought at Rome for 12s
days in celebration Of his triumph. 1t
Is said that in the triumphs Of Pompey
the Great 10000 fought through q
series Of many days. These combats
were suppressed in the east by the
Emperor Constantine about A. d. 325
and in the. west by Theodore in A. d.
500.-N York American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
A PUzzl. ING PINE.
Peculiar Tree That Is Something 81 !
MJetarv Ia Rofaniefs

Peculiar Tree That Is Something Of 4
Mystery to Botanists.
Upper California is the home OF a
tree that has puzzled botanists. It Is
pine which will grow only near the
seacoast. Its growth Is slow, and it
1oes not attain to great size.
The strange thing about 1t is that
there are. TO all appearances. insur-
mountable difficulties in the way Of
the perpetuation of the species. Some
specimens Of ii exist in Kew gardens.
in London. They have been carefully
examined by competent authorities.
and all admit that the tree presents a
problem unlike anything elsewhere
met with.
This pine produces at regular inter-
walls the usual cones containing seeds;
but. strange to say, the cones are so
thoroughly protected that the seeds
cannot be released. The cones are
hard and tightly closed and have
strong overlapping scales.
More extraordinary still is the fact
that the pine. after producing its al
most invulnerable cones. keeps them
hanging on its branches year after
year. Unless through some peculiar
accident the seeds would apparently
remain attached to the parent tree for
ever Many of the cones on the trees
In Kew gardens have been there for
years. as Is shown by the size Of the
branches and the formation Of the
bark.
II has been found that, the seed yes
sells which this tree SO powerfully re-
tain are so well protected that it re
quires strong knife with the assist
ance of a heavy hammer to cut the
rome into sections. No ordinary con.
ditions Of temperature can make a
rome open.
The following Is. the only explana-
ton yet offered that seems to have any
degree of plausibility: The species
may be perpetuated by fire. One who
has studied the tree asserts that moth
ing but the intense heat OF forest
FIRE could compel the cones to release
their seeds. 1t has been found that
under the influence Of intense heat
they crack open and the seeds fall
out uninjured. Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

Fanny. the sister of Charles nipkep
was one of the first students enter
at the old Royal Academy of MUST
when It opened its doors at Tenterd "A
street in 1923. and at that time thS
students lived at the academy. ONLY
going home for the week end. Every
Sunday" Dickens told Forster. Il WIS
at the academy AT o o'clock In the
morning 10 fetch her Fanny. and we
walked back there together at night
And the Sunday itself the two spent
In the Marslalsea prison. where thei.
father and mother then resided. owing
to Mr.. Dickens having failed TO pro
pitiate his creditors" While her fa-
Their was still in prison Fanny won q
prize at the academy. and the future
novelist then engaged In FASTING Ia
bells on backing pots at shlIlings Il
week. was present to see Der receive
s-Westminstsr Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Wants To Help Some One

For thirty years j. F. Boyer, Of
Fertile, Mo, needed help and
couldn't find it. That's why be
wants to help some one now. Suf-
feriDg as long himself he feels for all
distress from Backache, Nervous
ness. Loss of Appetite, Lassitude
and Kidney disorders. He shows
that Electric Bitters work wonders
for such troubles. Give bottles, y
he writes, WHOLLY cured me and
now am well and hearty" It's
also positively guaranteed for Liver
Trouble, Dyspepsia, Blood Dis
orders, Female Complaints and
Malaria. Try them. soc at Eli. T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

II don't see how I'm ever to get q
chance again with this boy around
walled the little widow with the small
son. 1.-The other day man l like
awfully well asked me how old the
town was that We came from. The
boy spoke up without giving me a
chance 20 put in word:
~ don't know just how old II Is.
he said. hut II must he pretty old be-
cause mamma was born IN II. - New
York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02


John Il Evans, and vile to VIM.
r Cummings, q acres Of land,
$3.50.
Cora B. Houck and George K.
Iiouck, her husband. to John s.
Krastel and Linda M. FiIliugame,
property in Chesapeake City, $40
and other considerations.
Susan g Smith, Committee and
Trustee for Mary II. Smith, to Ly
man j. Smith, one twelfth interest
in property at Nowland's Corner,
sos
Edw. B Smith aud others to Ly.
man J Smith, property at Now,
lands Corner, o., 29l 66.
Edward B. Smith and others to
Susan O. Smith and Annie r..
Smith, Trustee, property at Bay
View.
John j. White and wife to Eliza
beth Wilson, wife of Jacob Wilson,
property at Elk Mills, 50 and 0. her
considerations.
Elizabeth Wilson and Jacob
Wilson her husband, to John J..
White. So acre farm in Third dis
|trict, IS and other cor siderations
Fanny M. Brooks to Mary r
Miller, property at Chesapeake
City, 5000.
George A. Blake to VIM. 81. Cor
nish, interest in property at
Cokesbnry, IS and other consider
ations.
George w. Bryant and wife, Of
Pennsylvania, to Charles Fl. Bry
ant, 80 acres in Fifth district, $5
and other considerations.
/ W. T. and 81. A. Warhurton,
Trustees, to George A Blake, pro
perty at Cokesbnry, 1910.
iva o. L. Ash and j. Howard
Ash, her husband, to Costello g.
Wasnbnrn, wife of o. r. Wash
burn, property at Iron Hill, SO and
other considerations.
Hester Jones, of Delaware. to
John t. Wooleyhan, property at
Cecilton, 30 and other considers
tiOns.
Lillian E Price and William 7.
Clark Executors, to Samuel r
Emerson, lot of land in First dis.
trict. $3.50.
Charles w. Shippers and wife to
John W. Diggs, of Baltimore, 81
acres at CharlesIown, % and other
considerations.
Rights of way to Maryland
Telephone and Telegraph Company
by various landowners, 81 90.
Samuel Grow, of Newark, Del,
to Calvin G. Miles, property in
Fourth district $1,000.
Frank 81 Thompson to Thomas
james. of Baltimore, Is acre pro
perty in Fifth districts, $500.
Mary E. Parsons to Joseph Dur
ham, property in Sixth district,
$500.
John Gilpin to Andrew d. Dean,
small lot of land in Elkton, $25.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Works Like a Charm.

Hanson Wonder how it Is that the
Jugginsons get along so harmoniously.
They never have any quarrels. appar-
emily. Burt-The reason is simple
enough. Jugginson always let's Mrs.
]. have the last word. and she never
tries to prevent him from having his
own way.-Boston Transcript
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

Mildred : Since our engagement
George has been perfectly devoted 10
me. Do you think he will continue Il,
love me when am old? Clarice- Real
~. dear, ! can't say, but you'll sool
know.-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
Had III. Hands Full.

Judge why didn't yOu seize the
thief when you found MIN:
Policeman How could II ! had my
Grub In one hand aud my revolver in
the other!-Fliegende Batter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

Adorer (anxiouslyl- What did your
father say? Sweet Girl-Oh. he got
so angry ! was afraid to stay and lis
ten. He's in a perfectly terrible rage.
Go in and appease him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

Hostess-Mr. squibs Is going to sing
comic song. tsuest-l knew some
thing would happen. upset the salt
at the dinner table.-Stray Stories.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
When Conversation Laas.

The reason some people don't talk
more than they do Is that they can't
think Of anything else to say about
themselves. Chicago Record Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02
NOTICE

BY TIE ORPHANS COURT FoR CECIL oounTx.l
January I, 1904
ORDERED, That all Administrators, E1
ecn ors and Guardians that have not state
an account within year. come forward sre
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
q, th viii he cited nj
reat rH0S p MILLER. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-02

Laughing cheerfulness throws SUM-
light ON AL the paths Of LIE. -Richtsr.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-16
Or ZzN AlGH AZAR A>nD Hill 0
CClLInZyS IN mr. ZI|z1ZE or A|AON.

Meroe as its capital. The kings, Arura, Har-
slot, Nastasen who reigned in the fifth and
fourth centuries, conquered considerable ter
ritory south of Meroe in Seminar and Kordofan
and possibly in Abyssinia. While the suzer-
ainty of the Ptolemies seems to have been
ognized for religious reasons. King Ergamenes,
by putting to death the priests who had de-
manded that he should abdicate in the time of
Ptolemy " Philopator (221-2O4), paved the way
for independence. Ptolemy V. Epiphanes Goa
1919 able to resist his attack upon Egypt,
but not able to prevent his asserting of sover-
eighty in Ethiopia. Queen Candace seems to
have extended her power in the north, and
twenty-five provinces said to have been
tributary to her. But her invasion OF Egypt
successfully resisted by Caius Petronius
in B. c. "a. Napata, that had been rebuilt,
destroyed by the Romans Another Queen
Candace is mentioned in Acts viii. But gradu-
ally Meroe itself fell into ruins To guard
against invasion by the Blenmyans a people
akin to the Bugatae. the modern Beja. Diocle-
tian moved the Nobatae, negro tribes of the
same stock as the population OF Kordofan. from
the oasis of Khargeh into the Nile valley.
The mountain region of Abyssinia was prob.
badly inhabited in very early times by Semites
well Hamites. Whether the original home
of the former in Africa In Arabia the
overflow population would naturally set In the
direction of this Alpine country. AS the native
name shows the Semitic Ethiopians were still
in the nomadic state when they entered this
territory. priding themselves on being wan
derers. roaming freely wherever they liked.
There were evidently successive waves of I'm
migration. II the Egyptian HIST is Of Semitic
origin, as can scarcely be doubted. they were
apparently kinsmen of the Yemenites In Eretria
and on the Somah coast C. 1900 b C. Sebaean
inscriptions found in Yeha, the ancient Ava.
may be as old as the seventh century b. C.
AS long the Ptolemies dominate the
Erythrean coast from Adults. Berenice and Ar
sinoe strong Abyssinian kingdom could not
well develop But in the reign OF Augustus
when the Romans suffered serious reyerses In
Arabia. and were occupied in Africa with
Queen Candace. while the Arsacd conquests In
eastern Arabia forced the Yemcnite States to
seek compensation for their losses elswhere,
the Semitic element in Ethiopia seems to have
been reinforced. and the kingdom OF Asl.um
founded. The "Periplus maris Erythroei." prob
ably written by Basiles between A. d. Sc and
81. refers to king of Askum by the name of
Zoscales, who controlled the coast from Masso-
wah to Bah Ell Mandeb. and was friend OF
Greek culture. 1t is possible that some OF the
Greek coins with Greek legends that have been
preserved should be assigned to the second
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-16
Ways of Berlin Women

time at the club. A German friend took me
one evening to the German womens club. The
club has n magnificent suite OF apartments, in.
cluding auditorium. reading room. parlor. cafe
and smoking room.
When she took me into the last apartment
1t almost feazed me for a minute. 1t was blue
with smoke. | had never before seen a room
filled with elegantly gowned. cultivated women
all smoking. These were the wealthy society
women OF Berlin. titled some Of them.
They were cosmopolitan in their dress and
manners and did not present any striking
points of difference from the. American women
except In the smoking. 1t made the occur
renee of last summer, when our immigration
officials detained second class passenger, a
woman art dealer. for inquiry into her sanity
because she smoked cigarettes. appear very
funny In retrospect.
"The German women's clubs, like those of
the Englishwomen. are based on the same prin-
ciple as mems clubs: these are places for So
cial enjoyment and for the convenience of
members In taking meals entertaining friends
and SO on They do not take up work in study.
philanthropy. reform and so on. like the wom-
ems clubs in America"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-16
T0NIE MIX <0llX0 AT MR0E.

teenth century Life of the Patriarchs" and in
the "Ethiopic Synaxar," woman who reigned
over the Benz ell Hamuna had recently invaded
the country, burned the churches and monas-
teries. and driven him from place to place Ma
rianus Victor speaks OF this woman as the foun-
der of the Zague dynasty. and having mar.
ried a ruler OF the province OF Bugna. name
afterwards corrupted into Benz el -Zague.
Eleven kings of the socalled Zague dynasty
reigned until 1870.
The earliest monuments of Semitic speech in
Ethiopia are the inscriptions found at Yeha.
These are written In the consonantal Sabaen
script and indicate that the writer's used the
lesna Gees. the language OF Semitic Ethiopia.
as early as the seventh century b. c. Geez
is today represented by two dialects, Tigre and
Tigrai or Tigrina. The latter is spoken in
Tigre. and the former is spoken in the districts
north and northwest of Tigre. and shows great
similarity to the old Geez
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-16

Il believe that the typical German hausfrau
is a myth" said New York woman who re-
turned the other day from a years residence
In Germany. II don't how the average
German woman finds any time to be haus-
frau. I sometimes wondered when the Ger
man woman found time to do anything at
home.
81 spen. eight months in Berlin with my
daughter. who was studying music. From
eleven to twelve In the morning the cafes
were packed with German women, who go out
to take their second breakfast In the public
restaurants. thing unknown In America.
They take along their sewing or embroid-
cry and sit an hour or two over their cup of
coffee or glass of beer. At the concerts, too.
they take their work and spend hours day
after day listening to the music. You can spend
an afternoon listening to beautiful music.
magnificent orchestra with fine vocal artists.
for 16 cents. That is illustration OF some
of the things that help to exile Americans.
AT three in the afternoon again you will
see the cafe crowded with German women TAX
ing their afternoon tea l think American
women are more domestic than German be-
cause / never heard OF American women who
left their homes In the evening to pass the