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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
property Transfers.

Martha Nj. Foracre and George
F. Foracre, her husband, to Annie
r. Albanese, one acre property in
Third district, $125.
Henry P. Wilhelm and wife, Of
Philadelphia, to Frank B. Evans,
farm of 123 acres adjoining the
town Of Elkton, $11, 900.
George A. Blake, Trustee, to
Martha J Hanna, of Wilmington,
AL acre property in Third district.
Martha j. Hanna, of Whining.
ton, to Harry Biggers, property
above, 1915.
Elizabeth ID. Wilson and Alice
Wilson, Of Delaware, to Mary E.
lamar, Of Wheeling, West Va,
Arnold's Bar farm of $50 acres in
First district, $4,000.
Sophia L. Nickerson and VIM.
N. Nickerson, her husband, to
Lewis Akin, of Pennsylvania, prop
erty at Warwick, $457.
Samuel ID. Stewart to David
Wherry, 81 acre farm in Fourth
district, 1000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
Woman's Home cOrbpanIon Tor

Woman,s Home ComAanion starts
Aihe new year with 4; continued
STORY ia \ hich votes fof women''
has prominent place. This
|suffagette love story Il entitled
"In the Land of To MORROW, by
Mande Radfurd WarreA and as
you ran imagine, is disfinct de-
parture from the usual magazine
story Other fiction in / hiS number
includes 1.-THE Nine Brides by
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins, sPierrette
Iand ihe Gray Monk" BY Fannie
tHeaslip Lea, and Part Three of
sTha Admirars Niece a most
delightful tale BY Kate Douglas
Wiagin and her collaborators.
Beginning with new year,
homeiOvers all over the country
make resolutions for Improvement
in the house. Fitting nicely
with such plans. the Woman's
Home Companion offers articles on
home decoration entitled furnish
log the Small library, Bookcase
and Magazine Stand, y Library
Scarfs 10 Cross Stitch, y "The Bust
ness Side of Country Home"
Patch Work Quilts of Hundred
Years Ago. ..Good Music for
Everyone etc.
For winter days aud nights the
following seem to hold valuable
Suggestions: "How to Use Your
Public Library, january Church
Fetes,n Books TO Read Aloud, =
"The Doctors Page" "Making
the Baby's Layette,' "How tol
Make Sleds and Toboggans,
4sWireless Telegraphy, /" How to
Make Croquetts.n
Miss Gould's Fashion Depart
ment covers various, points, in
|clnding The New Evening Cloak,
New Wells and Hatpins, 4 Under
wear for Young Folks,v "The New
Theater Bonnet" nThe New Silver
Bag, and many others.
For the Younger Readers, Rose
|O'Neill still keeps up her Kewpie
fun, and ssThe Adventures of Jack
and Betty are always popular.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
Moaen Are Winning.

-Four women are to sit in the next legis.
lature Of Colorado as duly elected mem.
bers.
The state of Washington at the late
election adopted provision for full
woman Suffrage.
Finland now employs police women
in all the towns Of the country. These
women do not do patrol duty but they
guard women and girls who are unpro-
tected, aiding them TO secure honest en-
ployment. They also care for children
of the unfortunate. This is practical
work and answers well the question as 70
whether women would be able to take up
the dnties Of citizenship in case they are
given the ballot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
PALESTINE.


MANY Wsvs II Wind strI,<lnuiv
Rsssnablss G.
palestine 4 more lika state az
california Than INV oflaer Ma Union
III everything excepf sizel Ii lies ba4
tween longitude AZ degrees a, minutes
aud AZ degrees 10 minnfes east ana
between laritn9Ie a, degrees N, min
Mes ana aa degrees * minutes north.
Il e nracticaIlv i California reduced
20 abont one-fwentieth il lie. but
markedlv similar Il general foporra-
nv climate vegetation ana aericul-
t,,raI ana economic nossibilifles
Tjhe california Palestine i longest
from ,,ortb e so',th T.ike f,aliforIsia
too 4 has botl3 varv. bioh mountains,
~ vfnr q elevation If ef1oo' g 10000
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
KEPT HER BUSY.
The Way She Tried TO Discover the
Telephone Numbers.

Telephone Numbers.
Il don't believe that the public
schools teach their graduates to use
their minds remarked d well known
citizen Of Philadelphia the other day.
Here's story just to illustrate what
] mean:
Il got secretary last summer who
had just been graduated with high
honors from the Commercial high
school. she had been picked out FOR
me as the best girl in her class, and 4
found her excellent in all that required
methodical, parrot like work.
Zone day l jotted down some tele-
phone numbers that l wanted to re-
member and. having q poor memory,
forgot in the course Of the morning
whose the numbers were or what the
business was upon which wanted to
phone.
$50 called Miss Blank just as
was going out and said, Before you
get your luncheon / wish you'd find
OUT for me whose those telephone num-
bers are.
1.-TWO hours later | came back, and
Miss Blank was sitting at her desk.
weary and perseveringly studying the
telephone book.
II asked her If she had got some let.
tiers written that had left, Il she had
lunched, II she had done several little
things. She said no and then ex-
planned:
You see. it takes me long time to
read through the book till l come to
the numbers you want she said. 7
haven't had time to do anything elseP !"
Philadelphia Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
FREAK TREASURY NOTES.
The Face Of the Bill, Not the Back, ms
dictates lis Value.

The Face Of the Bill, Not the Back, ms
dictates It's Value.
Despite the careful scrutiny given
every bill that leaves the bureau Of
engraving ana printing, a number Of
9freak. notes and their way into cir
culation from time to time. Such q
one was a note that once came to the
subtreasury at New York. It had the
Imprint OF twenty dollar note on one
side and Of a ten on the other. But in
asmuch as the face showed the figures
90, $50 was the legal value Of the bill.
In most cases the s'freal" bills that
! have escaped the vigilance Of the bu-
reau's officers are national banknotes,
which, like the regular treasury notes,
are printed there As intimated al
ready, the face value is always recog-
nized when the freaks come to be
cashed at any branch of the treasury.
The imprint on the back has no lawful
status whatsoever.
The notes are. printed in sheets.
Usually there win be one twenty and
two tens on a sheet. They are print
ed one side at time, so it can readily
be seen that the printer in turning
over the sheet might get It upside
down and thus put a ten dollar back
hon the twenty dollar note or twenty
~ the back or one Of the tens.
When errors are discovered the mis-
printed sheet is laid aside to be de-
stroyed. It cannot be torn up at once,
for every sheet has to be accounted
for. After some formalities it Is ground
into pulp.
Almost all the "freak" bills that have
fbeen. issued in the past have found
their way back to the treasury, there
o be destroyed. It is thought that
very few OF them are now scattered
about, and these are for the most part
IN the hands Of curio hunters. -Hm-
per's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06

no S|iH9oNsftz e<sUst q ftHRVats
.Charlie. sorroafully sighed
young lady in the g3arlor Of the
crete house Oh washington avenuel
is nearly II o'clock.
Eyes. Belinda. was the breathi
response Of hpr poetidat comp9nidn.
who was sitting on the sofa beside
her. ''the minute hand Is drawing
closer to the hour hand and when tha
time of midnight is chimed the two
hands will be even as one. Oh. dar5Y
ling Belinda be continued as be lit
orally simulated the action Of the mini
ute hand. 'may not the coming to-
gether or those two hands be sym
bolical Of us?'
She broke away and stood firmly on
her feet. mo. Charles Henry Smith,
she retorted angrily. "those two hands
will remain as one but q single Sec
ond and then the minute band VIII
divorce itself and go on Its way alone
No. Mr.. Smith, a minute hand tha4
doesn't stick isn't the kind Of sym
bolism / wanty, Chicago News.
*
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
III EAsANT HOME.

ause Of the May He Solved tho
Closet Space Problem.
lsl tell all nv brothers how my
and have solved the problem
hl 80 bofhers thdRe who dwell
sre there is but litt closet room.
4 one dressing case between us,
te was not room foRall our things.
TO the closets, they were crammed
and even undek the bed there
npnz hat boxes. So purchased
uer dressing case.
Y / then took all my clothes, which
hid been crowding my wife's in her
drNssing case, and arranged them in
my SoWn. In the top drawer put my
handkerchiefs, collars and ties and
all those other little articles Of hnery
which every man loves SO much In
the second drawer placed my shirts
and underwear and devoted the lower
drawer to my trousers, neatly folded,
and my hosiery. My wife was de-
lighted, as it gave her her own dresser
all to herself and relieved the closet
somewhat.
But in day or SO the new plan
proved to have a few defects, SO at my
wife's suggestion emptied one OF the
upper drawers in my dresser, putting
Its contents into the other and allowed
my wife to use the now vacant recep-
tacle for few Of her jabots, scarfs,
etc. The second day it was decided
thar my shirts and trousers could oc-
cupy the same drawer, the lowest one,
SO this was fixed, and into the second
drawer my wife moved a few Of her
petticoats and such things.
Soon finding that was still using
too much space, permitted her to put
my collars and such effects into the
lowest drawer with my trousers, etc,
thus giving her both Of the upper
|, drawers and the next and still leav-
ing me plenty Of room In the one bot
tom drawer.
Since then, however, have found
stilat / do not require SO much space
for my few things, 50 have taken them
4 out Of the bottom drawer and packed
them into a hat box, which keep
under the bed, thereby giving my
wife all the drawers in my dressing
case. / find the present arrangement
very atisfactory, as all I have to do
now Is to empty the hat box on the
bed when want anything In it and
then, when have made my selection,
sweep the other articles back into
place.
In this way have solved the dress
ing case problem, and everything is
quite pleasant in our home. Paul West
in Delineator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
WIny Kidney Disease Is pangerols

Kidney disease is dangerous because il
comes on nnwares and progresses TO !
fatal stage before the sufferer realizes
what the trouble is.
IF you begin to run down, feel badly.
have indigestion, inactive Liver, etc you
have reason to suspect that your Kidneys
ere affected and special Kidney treat.
mAnt should be taken at once. Delays
are dangerous. Rydale's Kidney Remedy
is the best remedy known forthe Kidneys.
It never fails to restore them to health.
Rydale's Kidney Remedy will cure
BrightFs Disease iftaken before too much
of the Kidneys are destroyed The
Remedy can do no harm il your kidneys
are not the cause of your ill-health. It
is the safest remedy if they are the cause.
Put up in pill form in 25c and soc sizes.
Eli T. Reynolds. !.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
pivid;no ! Lonu sermon.

g
DIR. Samuel BueIl Of tie last half Of
the eighteenth century, who used to
preach two or three hours. like Isaac
Barrows. was ingeniohs In OBTAINING
his congregation On 3ne occasion. aft
er preaching nearly two hours as long
as he could feel secure in the presence
Of all his hearers lie remarked that
he was done preaching to sinners and
that they were at5Iiberty to 60; the
rest of his Discourse would be adj
dressed to good people.
A gentleman who once went to hear
him stated that when the hoHrglass
was nearly ready to be turned sec
ond time from the commencement OF
his sermon be- said. much to the relief
of the person who related 1t. ''Once
more After going on some eight or
ten minutes longer he said ITO con-
clude,'' and after another about equal
interval he said. Lastly
The gentleman added that he expect
ed every moment to hear him say "Ev-
Ierlastfngly q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
A Neat conpIimsnt.

That was a neat compliment paid by
q French ambassador In London to q
peeress who had Reen talking to him
Tor an hour.
! The lady said. ''You must think am
very fond OF the sound Of my own
voice
The Frenchman replied. Il knew you
liked music.@
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06

Marbles got their name from the
fact that originally little bits Of mar
BILE were rolled down the hills and
rounded and pounded by other stones
until they became toys for the chill
dren to play with. 1t is said that the
Dutch exported them to England.
Whether they did or not makes little
difference 10 the boys and girls OF to-
day. No matter who introduced the
world TO marbles: as toys. they are
with as and always viii be. Some OF
you get them from other children. some
Of you trade postage stamps for them.
but some persons originally bought
them from the little store around the
corner. whose owner got them from
the greatest toyshop in the world
Germany. In the beginning marbles
were called bowls" and men and wo-
men played With them as well as chill
dren.- Dundee Advertiser.
A Tree Cut Down by Rife Bullets.
In the sanguinary annals Of the
American war there was no more
sanguinary episode than the fight in
1854 Of 1.-THE Bloody Angle at spottsyl-
vania." Every bush and every sap
hing that constituted the thicket there, =
says MIR. 9. c. Eggleston in his Ills
tory Of the Confederate War" twas
cut away by a stream Of bullets as
grass is before mowers scythe. Even
an oak tree nearly two feet thick was
worn in two near its base by the con-
tinual and incessant stroke Of leaden
balls until II fell. crushing some Of the
COnfederates who were lighting be.
meath its branches"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
Marriage Licenses.

Gilbert q. Campbell, Of Port De-
post, and Mary ]. Holland, Of
Rising Sun.
John w. Henry aud Mabel Fl.
Ewing, both of Colora.
James D. Reynolds and Lizzie
K. Ferguson, both of North East.
CoLoRED. William Hinson, OF
Baltimore, and Noda Tiden, Of
Port Deposit.
Charles E. Harris and Sarah
Gordon, both Of Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thu
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: THOS. B. MILLER. Registei
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
AS One Grows Old

the bowels become less active and gem
tie stimulant Is necessary occasionally
to insure regularity, which IS essential II
good health is maintained. Rydale's
Liver Tablets are the best for old people
who suffer from constipation. They
gently stimulate and tone the Liver. In
testines and Bowels and establish q
healthy, regular habit. We guarantee
Rydale's Liver Tablets to cure the most
stubborn case of chronic constipation.
Eli r. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
Old Soldier Tortured.

"For years / suffered unspeak
able torture from indigestion, con
stipation and liver trouble" wrote
A. X. Smith, a war veteran at
Erie, Pa, .but DR.. Kings New
Life Pills fixed me all right.
They're simply great.v Try them
for any stomach, liver or kidney
trouble. Only 25c at Eli T..
Rey nolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06

-Can you show me any bear tracks p
asked the amateur Nimrod.
Il kin show you a bear" the native
replied.
Thanks. awfully. old chap. Tracks
win su6lce. Pittsburg Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06
NOTICE

By THE ORPHANS CoURT ron Oz011 0ouNxx,
January /, 1904.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not statts,
an account within a year. come forward and
do the same, or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
TEST: THOS. B. MILLER. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06

anxious Messenger Say, fireman.
res another IRE broken out up the
let. New Reeruit-All right. old
ID; keep her going TIL we've IN
RH this one. Punch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-01-06

81 the falthful nlSine Of the shut
t'e Of daily dun weave white rai'
The oasis., 1911-03-11

President in time for consideration before adj j)urnment of "the next regular session of Congress" within the meaning of the enabling act, can now achieve statehood only through new legislation ny Con- gress, subject to executive approval. Upon the other hand Mir. Bullard asserts that "the next regular session of Congress" means that regular session following trans mission of he instrument 10 that body, which will he the session that convenes next December. Con. sequently if that session neither approves nor disapproves executive certi6cation of the constitution of New Mexico and proclamation of the state cannot follow until ad- journment of that session of 1912, By the same token if the President shall approve the Arizona consti- tuition and transmit it to Congress, and that body fails to approve or disapprove positively by joint reso- lution duly adopted, time will run until adjournment of the second session of the incoming Congress. which will be March 4, 1913, before the Arizona constitution can be certified by the President and the
 state proclaimed.
 So here are strong legal opinions by eminent talent, taking widely divergent views upon the question: Which confirm the assertion at the beginning of this article that the question is open to construction; and that whichever way President
 Taft construes it that will be the
 way the matter will be settled, uns less Congress should interpose new legislation at lhe speci al session
 next month, which new legislation will have to risk veto.
The oasis., 1911-03-11
''wHERE ARE WE AI7"

The expiration and adjournment of the Sixty-first Congress with Congressional approval of New Mexico hanging in the air owing to 8 flibuster on the part of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, has put the question of statehood for the two territories into a peculiar tangle, in which it Is difficult to decide what Is the exact situation, and how long before they will become states. And the situation Is such that it can be construed by al- most any individual almost any way he wishes to do so. To give an idea it will be necessary to re- cite a bit of the closing history of the Congress just adjourned.
 New Mexico had adopted con stitutiOn and the instrument reg ularly certified as provided by the enabling act, had reached the Pres ident about twelve days before ex- piration of the Congress. The President had approved it and sent it to Congress. The House had approved it, and the Senate com mittee on territories had reported recommending its approval. Upon the other hand Arizona'S constitu- tion, likewise duly certified, had just reached the President, about twenty. four hours before adjourn ment, and it had not been given attention by the Chief Executive, whose approval was necessary be- fore it's transmission to Congress When the resolution approving the New Mexico constitution was pre- sented to the Senate an amend
 ment was proposed by Senator Owen that Arizona should he ad
 mitted under the constitution ther at the White House, and he forced upon the resolution that amend ment by refusing the unanimou' consent necessary to consideration of several of the appropriation bills. Then the resolution was voted down; and 1t is claimed that there
The oasis., 1911-03-11

before the two territories can be- come states.
 The latter claim is untenable, because Congress can pass an act admitting the two territories as states under the constitutions al. ready adopted, if it sees fit to do So. The usual clause repeating all acts pr parts of acts in conflict herewith would dispose of any Of the obstacles in the present en- abling act that might stand in the way. It is claimed by the radical proponents of the Arizona consti- tuition that such will be the course adopted at the special session now called to meet April 4th. But a Presidential veto would stop the bill, even if it should pass Congress. But unless Congress does so, act at the special session, or if Con- gross acts and the President vetoes, what will be the situation? To THE OASIS it seems somewhat like this: The enabling act is open to con- struction, and the President has in his own hands the right of construc- ton. The act mentioned specifies that the constitutions of the two states shall go to the President for approval, and if he approves he shall transmit the instruments to Congress, and if that body ap- proves they become effective and the President shall certify ac. cordingly. If Congress fails to ap' prove, but adiourns it's next reg. ular session without approval, the constitutions become effective, and the President so certifies. Now the question arises: What is meant by "the next regular session of Congress?" Does it mean the next regular session after the enabling act was passed, Or does it mean the next regular session after the con stitutions or either of them reach Congress with the Presidents ap- proval? If the first construction is taken this Sixty-6rst Congress, which expired last Saturday Is the one meant; and as that Congress adjourned without positive dis approval of the New Mexico con- stitution, the President has right l to issue his certificate declaring
 New Mexico a state and calling upon the governor of the territory to call state election, and turn over to the government elected the
 machinery of the commonwealth But 1.-the other proposition is taken that the next regular session is the one following the session in which
 the constitutions are transmitted
 by the President 10 Congress. the
 situation will be this: The regular
 session of the Sixty.second Con
 gress which convenes next Decem
 Der will be the one meant for New ] Mexico, and if Congress adjournG
The oasis., 1911-03-11

that session without disappearing the constitution of New Mexico, the latter will become a state. But the Arizona constitution will not have come over from the session of Congress just adjourned to the session in December, because it has not been transmitted to this Con. gress. So, if the President does ap. prove the instrument, unless Con- gress approves it Altly before the session beginning next December adj djDurns in June, 1912, statehood will not operate automatically, as it will for New Mexico, but it will go over until the next regular session of the Sixty.second Con- gress, which will begin in Decem- Der 1912. and end March, 4th, 1913. All along THE OASIS has pointed out this probability; and now Arizona is facing it so it can be seen to those who have not com prehended. And unless the Presi- dent takes the first position as to the meaning of the enabling act, and proclaims New Mexico now, there is little or no hope for state. hood for either territory until after the first of January next year, and it is possible hat New Mexico will be kept out of the Union until after the first of July, 1912, and that Arizona will not get in until after the Fourth of March in 1913, if she gets in at all.
 Of course, in the special session commencing three weeks from next Tuesday, Congress can pass a new act admitting both territories at once under the constitutions as adopted. But will such an act be passed2 That is a question.
 And into this muddle has pro- gressive statesmanship put the peo- pie of Arizona.
 Since the foregoing was writ ten the Arizona Democrat has presented two legal arguments by Alfred Franklin and George Purdy Bullard, respectively. Mr. Franklin was a member of the constitutional convention: MT. Bullard is district attorney for Maricopa county. MT. Franklin contends that "the next regular session of Congress" within the
 meaning of the enabling act is the session succeeding that at which said act became a law-the session
 that adjourned last Saturday; that New Mexico's constitution having
 been presented to that body with
 the executive approval, and con.
 gressional disapproval having
 failed 10 follow, the enabling act
 has been fulfilled so far as New
 Mexico is concerned, and the presi.
 dents certificatipn and proclama- l tion of the new state will follow