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The evening world., 1911-04-25

was so many years older THAI she. lie
had followed her. she said. and had
come 70 her tent several times lately
and performed all kinds OF 4 var dance
and told hcr ne would hang her SCALP
ami her fathers scalp at the door %
as tepce II she didn't return 20 him.
The old man told the Magistrate
lie had given his wife $1,000 Two
years ago TO pay fer the education ~
their children. but that she had stolen
away in tle night. taking the children
and the money. lie took the trail and
after y search OF nearly two years o.,
found ncr tents pitched on n common
in Fast orange y mont ago. lie sci
up his camp nearby and began his suit
all over again. lie also asked for the
peturn OF the 5000. bat Her Eoya.
Uigaress refused to give It ~, and one
dark night she and hcr father and tho
child.cn repeated their disappearing
act.
Uwdna!seh said lie TOOK up 'hc search
again and found them On the banks
OF Couey Island Creek. lie did no;
deny the threats OF scllpi.g. bat said
he Ia now an old man, the c.ndcrs az
his camp fire in Oklahoma are cold h.
wants his wife and his children with
him In his home when he departs ~.
the happy hunting grounds. and u they
will come back he viii forgive ana for
get everything and leave them all his
LANDS and cattle when no dies
The evening world., 1911-04-25

TpdN's highest. lowest mi lts: pre,s - stocks
aud 81 net changes a. compared With yesterday .
final figures are Il, follows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
Old and New style Car.

train. A special inspection train is
costly
The inspection cars have long been
in use, but the steam cars are giving
place to the gasoline car The accom-,
panying picture shows the steam in,
spection car Dot used by Atchison, To.
peka & Santa Fe officials for many
years. The car was built in Chicago
and was often operated over the main
line and later taken to the New Mex
leo division and used there four years
in inspection trips 1t was operated
by a steam engine of it's own. ]. N.
Steen was the engineer, fireman, con.
ductor and brakeman of this train, for
1t was always operated under special
train orders. Steen is now in charge
Of the Santa Fe pumping plant at
this place. He operated the car for
three years. Some years ago the Dot
met work train between La Joya
and Alamillo, N. M, and that was the
end of it. No one was injured In the
wreck. The Santa Fe had several cars
like the Dot.
The other picture shows the new
style of inspection car used by Santa
Fe officials. 1t is a gasoline driven
g4-cylinder engine that will drive the
car twenty miles an hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

the venturesome colored boy who pokes his head
through hole in sheet The time-honored "side
show" carnival is there with it's snake charm
ers and giants and dwarfs and the fortune tellers
and popcorn vendors have the old elusive way ola
inducing you to part with your coin. Even the
fans and badges and tiny flags and gold" medals
of yesteryear look and cost the same as they did
far back as memory can carry you. About
the only things at the county fair, in fact are
the moving picture shows in their somber black
tents and the ice cream cones that have sup
planted the one-time "fye-cent dish with two
spoons
The men who have been conducting county fairs
long enough to make comparisons will tell YOU
that, all in ALL, it costs just about as much to
hold fair nowadays it did decade two
ago. presuming that is, that you hang up about
as much in prizes for the show and speed classes.
Some items have been cut over the expenses in
the old days, whereas other outlays have in
creased, owing to the increased cost of living or
some other new influence. For thing, the
fair managers save some money In heralding the
fair. For the sentiment of the thing, they still
have to make of some of those gaudy posters
in blue and red and yellow that from time out of
mind have filled childish dreams every autumn,
but they don't spend money to plaster these
posters on every barn and fence and covered
bridge in the county they wont to do in
the old days As the number of country news
papers has increased they have provided a better
and cheaper way of telling the people of the de-
lights of the coming fair. On the other hand,
the star attraction if the fair management
wants to be right up to date and have an airship
flight each day. will cost more than in the old
days A parachute Jumper or an acrobat who
did the thrilling slide for life" did not demand
half as much money, usually, as the expert aero
pianist who wants fee Of $500 and upward
A feature of the county fair that hasn't changed
with the lapse of time is the season for holding
the event. The conclusion of the harvest which
leaves the farmer cOmnaraffV0lY
let us hope with money in his pocket, dictates the
date of this annual festival. In some parts of
the country September is the favorite month for
fairs, but elsewhere October has the call and
quite few of these agricultural shows and trot
ting meets are held in early November. Active
preparations at the fair grounds begin month
or six weeks earlier for the up-to-date fair asso
citation repaints its buildings each summer and has
everything spick and span for the three or four
day attraction
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
PFMPLES so DlSFlGURlNG
He STUNNED FRIENDS

Il was bothered with pimples and
blackheads in the worst way for over
four years. My face and arms were
completely covered with them. The
pimples would come out on my face
and tester all up. They would scab
over, and make my face sore, besides
being so disfguring that l Stunned
my friends. / tried facial cream
balms and benzoine with no effect.
"One night asked friend what
was good for pimples, and he advised
me to try Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which / did. | would wash
my face first with hot water and Cuti-
cura Soap, and then put on some Cuti-
cura Ointment, let it stay on i've
minutes, and then wash my face again
with the Cuticura Soap 1t would
draw the blackheads out as nice, and
the pimples, oh say, it was one grand
relief to go among my friends and be
jolly again. After using two cakes of
Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti-
cura Ointment, my face is as smooth
as if there never had been pimple
on 1T. cannot speak too highly Of
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
| hope others will profit by them as
much as have. / know they will
after giving them just one trial"
(Sfgned) Arthur E. Caswell R. F. d.
No. 2, Portsmouth, N. H, May 6, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, a sample of each, with 81
page book, will be mailed free on APP
plication to "Cuticura." Dept X,
Boston
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
DESTRUCTIVE PEST IN BRAZIL
Ant Found in Large Numbers Which
Attacks and Destroys the
Native Woods.

Rio Janerio, Brazil. The "cupim"
is Brazilian ant that is particularly
destructive of lumber. They are
found in the forests of Brazil in great
numbers. They attack the native
woods, hard and soft, as soon as it
has been felled, working from the out
side directly toward the heart, and
burrowing longitudinally, they honey
comb and destroy in manner SINH
lar to the toredo.
Pine lumber was imported from the
United States for railway construc-
ton and until nearly two years after
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
The Old Order Changeth

critic declared that twentieth century people
tell their private affairs much more readily than
used to be the custom If marriages turn out un
fortunately the world learns it from the parties
chiefly concerned. and what the old-fashioned
woman would have called the secrets of her in
ner life, not to be confessed even to herself, the
new tells boldly in order to surround her
personality with halo Of interest, for it seems
certain, if you do not say you have troubles, no
body will notice them. The instinct of family
loyalty is diminishing, that clannish sentiment
which caused relatives to hide their internal dis
sensions from others carefully as they would
bodily infrmities; children cricise their parents
and vice versa; brothers and sisters quarrel In
the street; the black sheep is openly discussed
by his relations. No federation is granted on the
score of blood. and all of us require as much
liberation as we can get 1t seems pity SO fruit
full means of supply is cut off. Yet, If a man
has brother a BLACKBOARD, why should he not
say so, just as much if he were a stranger?
There seems no real reason. except that 1t
does not sound nice. and public opinion long age
decided that family disgrace must be shared by
all the members
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

for the use of farmers, take in" anywhere from
three to half dozen fairs held within radius
of say twenty or thirty miles OF course this
swells the gate receipts and it also results in
the exhibit classes being better filled.
On the other hand the motor has brought
to the county fairs certain patronage from city
folk who almost never attended these rural exhibit
lions In the old days. Some of the city folks are
those who have friends relatives in the country
with whom they hold reunion at the fair.
Others are one-time rural residents who having
gone to town and made their pile" find that
they can come back via the automobile when
they would not take the trouble If 1t meant getting
up early in the morning to catch an excursion
train. And finally there the city folk who
have neither kith nor kin the ties Of old
associations to draw, them to the fair but who
motor to the autumn mecca sort of lark"
and who find it quite as novel experience in
Its way as the rural resident does to journey to
the city to inspect exposition or great amuse-
ment park. This latter portion of the influx from
the city may not add to the gaiety of the occa-
sion, particularly, for the country people at the
county fair but their contributions at the ticket
wondow are well worth having and generally ap-
preciated for be it known the average county
fair is conducted by farmers and other members
of the community who can't wholly overlook the
financial side
Yet another new influence that has helped the
county fair in our time is the suppression Of
betting and the abandonment of racing at most
of the race courses near the large cities Racing
of one kind or another goes on at almost all our
country fairs and whereas 1t is not supposed to
be accompanied by betting there opportunities
for quiet wagers whereas the mere racing in itself
is sufficient to attract horse owners and others
who love the sport for itself Just here, 1t may
be added, that most fairs throughout the United
States now conducted on clean, moral Oasis.
Liquor selling the grounds nearby has long
been prohibited In most localities and out-and-out
gambling devices have been barred from many
fair grounds these many years, but latterly. in
response to the moral awakening that has swept
over thu country. fair managers are showing
disposition to keep out most of those rafhes and
games of chance which, perhaps innocent
in themselves, might have bad influence on the
youthful mind
This Punishment of some of the old-time catch
penny schemes has not, however, so altered
things that the man who has been out in the
world cannot recognize the county fair OF his
youth when he comes back to it. He will see at
the old stand all the weighttesting and lung
testing machines. the od-fashioned merry go-round
and the stands selling peanuts and sandwiches
and red lemonade. He can test his Skill as of
yore, in tossing rings over canes trying to hit
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

brand won't be the least bit like the old-time
event that was awaited with more anticipation
than was bestowed evec upon the Fourth of July
or the annual visit of the monster and mas
todocic united shows Perhaps this cherished
idol Of youth may not have been a really and
truly county fair for not all county fairs
enjoy the prestige of location at the county seat
but after ALL that is minor matter la the eyes
OF tie outsider and no man ever be convinced
that "a" world ever held more important "agri
cultural exposition than the one at which as
"a yorngster he exhibited his chickens or peddled
peanuts or sold scorecards
That, as has been said, the old-fashioned county
fair hasn't been changed beyond recognition even
to this day, is all the more matter of surprise
when we take into account the revolutionary
changes that have taken place In other phases
OF rural life The introduction of rural free de-
livery, for instance has done away with the
necessity and the opportunity for those friendly
gatherings at the crossroads store when the farm
ers who drove for the mail stole little
leisure in which to swap stories. Similarly a
photograph in every farm house has somewhat
dulled the appetite for those periodic concerts
at the little red school house. even as the presence
on the roads of those tipping, screeching automo-
biles has knocked all the romance out of those
buggy rides in the moonlight when old Dobbin
was allowed to find his own way and set his
pace.
Not only has the county fair withstood the
ravages of time and the onslaught of modern
invention, but in some respects 1t has benefited
by lapse OF time That u.s. many fair of the
present day is vastly bigger and better than was
the corresponding event on the same grounds
score or more of years ago. 1t is not due solely
to the natural increase Of population, either nor
yet to that 'backto-the-soiE' crusade which has
swept over the land, The latter has helped, how
ever, because it has added to the population of
many rural district men and women who are
engaging in farming for pleasure well as for
profit and who enter their products at the near
by fairs as matter of pride just as a breeder of
fine dogs will travel all over the country to dis
play his blooded CANNES at the big dog shows.
even though the prizes would not pay the express
charges on the animals.
The automobile. despised though it be in many
quarters, has had big influence in bringing
greater prosperity to our latterday county fairs.
The advent Of the horseless vehicles and the fad
for touring taken in conjunction With that i'm
provement Of country roads which has been go
ing on this past decade SO, has laade it possible
for farmers to navel greater distances to the
fairs. The tiller u the soil who In the old days
was content to taAe his family to one fair-the
one nearest home. pay now. If he has one Of
these eAtomoRAes tn are constructed especially
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

its use their attacks on it were not
noticed; after about that period of
time, however, section cut from a
floor joist disclosed the heart prac-
tically destroyed.
They work in the dark. building tun-
nels of mud on the outside of the
bark, and vertical shafts of mud from
the ground to the under side of tim
Der stored in piles, They will de-
stroy almost anything but steel and
concrete. The ridgepoles, three or
four inches in diameter, in palm
shacks have been destroyed in two
months.
The illustration from the Bulletin
of the PanrAmerican Union show the
nest Of the "cupim" on growing
tree.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
THE MOTOR CAR OF THE RAIL
Vehicles for Railroad OFFICIALS that
Now Take the Place Of spe-
cial Trains.

ElDorado. Okla.--As the motor car
is becoming the chief vehicle Of travel,
pleasure and business, SO the motor
car Is becoming one of the most use
full articles on the railroad lines: Thir-
ty years ago no one knew of the pos
sibilities of gasoline as power pro
Queer.
It is only recently that the gasoline
motor car has come into use on the
railroads. The engineers and operat-
ing officials often are required to make
trips over the line on inspection.
Sometimes they can have private car
attached to a regular train, but this
sort of inspection is often unsatisfac
tory on account of the speed of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

ticipate almost from the time the snow is off the
ground.
Indeed if a person is ambitious for success in
the competitions at the county fair, it Is abso-
.lutely necessary to be forehanded in preparation
This applies with equal force whether it Is case
of John seeking blue ribbons for his sheep and
cattle or Mary seeking the grand prizes for her
cakes and pies and preserves. And Of course It
is true in yet greater measure of Cousin Sue
who has plot to capture the diploma for the
handsomest silk quilt or the most beautiful pillow
top--for be it known no prize winning piece Of
fancy work, more than Rome. was built in
q day.
1t is matter of congratulation that the old
fashioned county fair has remained unchanged. in
It's main features. since the days of our grand
fathers 1t is one of the most cherished memories
Of every man whose boyhood was spent within
lure of it's magic-one of the memories that after
residence in the city he half fears to rekindle
by renewed association, lest the twentieth century
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

The aluminium of this country from
a production of SO pounds in 1868, its
consumption in 1900 amounted to a..
100000 pounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
The Supreme Test.

Brownly-Is Jones contented?
Townly-I should say SO; never
heard him complain of the way his
child is taught in school.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

done more for me than all the doctors.
I feel it my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude to
you for my Mrs. HARRIET e.
WAMPLER, 524 s. Ransom Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider This Advice.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
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Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous medicine, made only
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tonic and invigorator of the female
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States bear willing testimony to the
wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinlkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
confidential. and always helpful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

Aunt Dinah-Ephrum, dat ole Cunnelg
Leigh is got some of de fines. mos
lubly young turkeys / eber sot my
blessed eyes on. Dat am a fact
Uncle Ephraim- Yaas, honey, dis
chile knows it. An on'y got ligion
two weeks ago! An jes' two days
befo' Thanksgibbin! Dinah, Use mighty
'fraid rs goin' to be backslider,
shuah as youah bohn!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

Mrs. Wtns1ow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces inaamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

trouble in all its
Dire adful forms ;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
d. pr 81 on, and
everything that was
'horrid. / tried many
doctors in different
parts Of the United
States, but Lydia e.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

It's the land of the free-for spins
ters and bachelors
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21
OTTlJMWA
WOMAN
CURED
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ottumwa, Iowa. -s'For years was
almost constant sufferer from female
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

! is a trifie early perhaps
you are saying to begin
talking about the county
fair. Maybe so, If you are
looking forward to the
autumn event merely from
the standpoint of a cold,
calm. casually interested
spectator. But just remem-
Der, please. that there are
thousands upon thousands
of people all over the coun-
try for whom the annual
neighborhood fair means
much more. They are the
prospective exhibitors, and
no wonder they begin to
plan and speculate and an
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-19
Girl Caught In
 Flight With Her Fathers Cash LO0ted His Feather Bed of $425 and Took Shopmate to
 New York Corset Shop Operator Intercepted in New York by Sergeant
 CrOnan

Frieda Schatz, a pretty operative of the Warner Brosg. Co.,, living with her father, Elihu Schatz, a grocer at 252 Pine street, was intercepted in the home of New York girl friend by Detective Sergeant Cronan of this city today. as she was preparing to continue in flight from this city to Omaha, expecting to finance her trip with s425 taken from her fathers bed early this week.
 Frieda and her shopmate, Anna Kri- dftsky, the latter a roomer at the Y W. c. A. in Broad street, quit the city on Tuesday and when she failed to return home and her plans were suspected her father made a hurried search for his hidden wealth.
 Anna Kriditsky and her shopmate fled to New York and went to Anna's people home, 52 Avenue A. There they were to remain until this noon, when the two planned to leave New York city for Omaha, Neb.
 Investigation by the police among the shopmates of the two girls soon disclosed their plans and last night, Detective Cronan was dispatched to representative of the Y. W. c. A, in- terested in Anna's welfare went to New York to persuade her to aban- don the plans for the wild trip across the continent.
 Detective Cronan wired Police head quarters here this afternoon that he had secured most of the cash and that he was arranging for the return here of Frieda.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-19
GEN. FIGUERO DEFIANT
 THREATENS TO ENCAMP
 l2,OOO TROOPS IN MEXICO
Rebel Serves Notice on Both Diaz and Madero, Unless He Has Finger
 in the Pie

Mexico City, May 19-Threatening to encamp with 120O0 troops at the gates of Mexico City within the month General Figuero, the insurgent leader in the south of Mexico, is quoted, to- day, as declaring he will give defi- ance to both. Diaz and Madero un- less he has a finger in the peace pie.''
 The report declares he asserted that "a new temporary president" will not be 'tolerated-that only the immediate accession of Madero and the resigna- tion of Diaz will satisfy him. The rev olutionary sympathizers here declare that the military preparations of the inSurrectos are complete and that if the present peace negotiations fail most terrific blow of the entire revO- lution will be strtck against the Diaz and Madero governments.