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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
WILSON FAvoRs DAM BILLS.
Deems Himself AS Good conserva-
tionIst As Anyone.

washington. D. president VIII
son came out in support of the dam
bills agreed upon at a series of White
House conferences and now pending
in Congress. In answer to inquiries
he said he believed them to be in ac-
cord with the best conservation ideas
and in no sense party measures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24

The deep litter plan of feeding
grain. especially for morning. gives
splendid results. If the ration is
scattered through the litter in the
scratching pen. after fowls have gone
to roost, it will be ready for them In
the morning. giving them both feed
and exercise, and save some early
morning work for you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
REsELs ATTACK CAPE HAlTIEN.
RepuIsed After Hours With Heavy
Losses On Both Sides.

Cape Haitien, Haiti-A strong at
tack was made by the rebels on this
city Monday, but the assailing force
was eventually repulsed by the Gov
eminent troops. The fighting lasted
from 3 to 5 o'clock in the morning.
Many soldiers of both forces were kill
ed or wounded, while number Of
rebels were taken prisoners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
GALE HALTs SHAMROCK ".
Cup Challenger Is Forced To Seek
Shelter At Falmouth.

Falmouth. England. ~ Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock Nv is making only
slow progress on her voyage to the
United States. The challenger for the
Americas cup and the steam yacht
Erin, which is conveying her, were
obliged Monday to seek shelter from
an easterly gale in the harbor here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
In london.

Dressmaker-If | were you, madam,
| would have the skirt slashed up the
front, and it would look well to have
the sleeves slashed up the side, and
the bodice slashed for insert on the
front
Tourist-Hold on, please! Do you
take me for a lighting suffragette?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
whv Shouldn't lie Worry

Tucker Why do look so trSu-
bled? Well, last night i dreamed
died and was buried, Parker, and I
saw the tombstone at the head of my
grave Parker-"S Saw your tomb
stone, Ell? And what of it?' why,
I'm trying to live up to the epitaph.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
PROTECTION FOR THE TREES


To keep rabbits and mice away from
the trees, take a length Of plain wire
screen; form IL around the trunk OF
the tree. fasten the ends together and
push 1t down an inch or SO into the
soil.
A good way to fasten the ends Of
the screen is to lap them over about
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
London Has Ambulances.

London, which has never yet had
an ambulance. has at last ordered
six of them, and expects them to do
all the work for the entire city. In
case Of past accidents the policemen
have had to commander the nearest
wagon. depending on the generosity
of the driver, as they were not able to
offer him anything.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
His Tricks.

II went out motoring with that pop
ular amateur magician, and what
Transformation trick do you think he
pulled of before we had gone any
distance?"
what was that ?"
HE made the automobile turn
turtle"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
Literary Works Now Available.

Literary Works Now Available. z
Literature in Turkey has responded
to the liberty that followed the revoli9
ton. Large numbers of translations
and adaptations OF European scientific
and literary works and books of a pop
ular nature are now available
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
Local Representatives Wanfed
At No Expense.

"Old Scraggs committed suicide by
filling his room with gas"
That's just like Scraggs. He knew
he wouldn't have to pay the bill
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-07-24
Screen to Protect Trees.

an inch and run a straight wire down
through the openings like making q
seam with needle in a piece of
cloth. This can be easily removed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
Child Act. suraeen,s Role.

Sarah Shaffer, thirteen years old, Of
Los Angeles, Cal. developed into a
little heroine when her hve-yearold
sister fell on the sidewalk while at
play and shattered her elbow. DR..
Edward G. Wiley. chief police sur.
geon, explained patiently over the tele.
phone how the splint should be put
ON. and Sarah made such q good Job
OF It 90 to win the admiration OF all
who saw the tiny patient when she ar.
rived ut the receiving hospital with
her little amateur nurse. The chill.
dren's father 10 at the county hospital
and their mother went to visit him.
Maybelle fell and broke her arm. Sa-
rah called up the receiving hospital,
but owing to the distance was advised
to call one Of the district doctors. She
could raise none. and again called the
receiving hospital. DR.. Wiley told
Sarah what to do to relieve the baby's
pain, while the ambulance raced out
to the Shaffer home. and Sarah obeyed
instructions to the letter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
WANTED TO KNOW THE FIGURE
Dealing In Uncertainties, "
She Could Help II.

Miss Jeanette Glider, the brilliant
critic. toyed with a pink and gold
mustache cup at the mustache cup
tea concluding the Bad Taste exhibi.
ton In New York.
The mustache cup" said r'iss
Glider. holds It's own even better
than the hand-painted cuspidor. But.
after all, there Is spiritual as we'll as
material bad taste, and a spiritual
bad taste exhibition is now In order.
In the forefront OF II I'd put the
fortune hunter. Not all our fortune
hunters come from across the water.
l heard OF one the other day who be-.
longs to the Oldest family in Amer.
ica.
But his family Is very poor, and
so he and his mother have decided
that he must marry for money. They
were discussing recently, the pair Of
them. western girl.
Her fortune is large tut vague.
said the mother. Besides, she Is
gauche. Her feet are broad and fiat.
She has a gold front tooth. Her
French is execrable. She
"'Oh. could make something out
OF her the young fortune hunter as.
serted confidently.
"'Yes, but how much--that's the
question. said his mother"
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
Fooled Once,

Little Francis was not to be fooled
twice.
The heavy black clouds had
massed In the east and west. the
lightning was flashing fercely be-
tween the heavy. incessant rolling
Of the thunder.
Francis was terribly frightened.
and his fond mother had gathered
her young hopeful into her arms and
tried logically to calm his fears.
Don't be afraid, darling. There's
nothing to fear God sends the
thunderstorm to clear the air. water
the flowers. and make 1t, cooler for us.
Now. don't cry, dear; It won't harm
you, and everything will be better
when It's over"
The little fellow listened intently.
and as his mother finished he looked
up at her gravely, and said: mo, no,
mother, you talk exactly the way you
did last week when you took me to
the dentist, to have my tooth pulled"
Chicago Sunday Examiner.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25

well, and I now have two fine baby
girls. cannot praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound too highly
for what II has done for me. always
speak word in favor of your medicine
to other women who suffer when have
an opportunity" - Mrs. H. T. WINN,
1225 Fremont Ave-, Kansas City. Mo.
Observation-Disclosures says,
Cumming, Ga.-"I tell some suffer-
Ing woman every day Of Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound and what IL
has done for me. I could not eat or
sleep, had q bad stomach and was in
misery all the time. could not do my
housework or walk any distance without
suffering great pain. I tried doctors
medicines and different patent medi-
cines but failed to get relief. Ny hus-
band brought home yourvegetable Com.
pound and In two weeks I could eat any
thing, could sleep like healthy baby,
and walk long distance without feeling
tired. I can highly recommend your
Vegetable Compound to women who
suffer - I did, and you are ct liberty 70
use this letter. "-Mrs. CHARLIE BA0.
LEY, r. .. Cumming. C.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25

gates In congress TO present TO that body Q reso-
luton in favor Of the mighty schism from Eng.
land. and the formal declaration Of the colonies
Independence. Richard Henry Lee On the 7th Of
June arose and solsmnly moved that the united
colonies are. and ought to be. free and independ.
ent states. and that their political connection
with Great Britain II and ought to be dissolved"
John Adams Of Massachusetts, seconded the reso-
luton. and thereupon long and vehement debate
began. II was adopted by the closest possible
majority-seven colonies giving Il their approval,
six voting in the negative
A committee was then appointed to draw up
the Declaration. Its members were Benjamin
Franklin. John Adams. Thomas Jefferson, Roger
Sherman and Robert r. Livingston.
The committee reported the result Of its de-
hberations on June 49, the other members Of con.
gress in the interim having bestirred themselves
to learn the wishes of their constituents.
Thomas Jefferson. az every one knows, was
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
vices that pretty little luncheon or piazza sup.
per is comparatively easy thing to prepare.

vices that q pretty little luncheon or piazza sup
per is comparatively easy thing to prepare
OF course. the red. white and blue predominates
and the symbols Of the patriotic Fourth are re-
produced in cardboard and paper with such real.
istic eject that the candy counters in the large
department stores seem to have changed their
usual stock for q supply Of fireworks
There are most natural looking packages of
nrecrackers with the usual Chinese paper covers
and glaring red posters. The contents are red
candy sticks for all the world like the real nro-
cracker. There are candy boxes in the form OF
Roman candles pinwheels. large cannon crackers,
ETC., all Of which will make good souvenirs of the
occasion. Grape paper IL used for q greater va.
riety of boxes and baskets than ever and very
pretty and fanciful little devices are on hand
mostly In red, white and blue.
Red paper forts hold up warlike little cannons,
keeping guard over the supply Of candy stored
within; the Liberty bell Is reproduced in Grape
paper. and other ideas. all suggestive Of the great
event Of 76.
The paper manufacturers have tablecloths and
napkins ornamented with American flags, and
hags In all sizes are found made Of Grape paper
and attached to wooden sticks Those in paper
are little more attractive than the ordinary stiff
muslin affairs. The candelabra. too may be in
the spirit OF the event with its red white and
blue candle shade. and altogether without much
trouble or expense q table may be fitted up which
VIII be patriotic enough in Its appearance to salts.
fy the stanchest OF admirers Of Uncle Sam ana
Old Glory.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
ERUPTION DIsFIcURED FACE

Lock Box IS. Maurice. Ia.-"In the
spring Of 1911 our little daughter, age
ave years. had breaking out on her
lip and part of her cheek that we
took for ringworm. II resembled .
large ringworm, only It differed In
that It was covered with watery blis'
ters that itched and burned terribly.
made worse by her scratching It.
Then the blisters would break through
and let out . watery substance. She
was very cross and fretful while she
had It and had very little rest at
night. When the eruption was at its
worst the teacher Of the school sent
her home and would not allow her to
attend until the Disagreement Of her
face was gone.
II wrote and received q sample Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. which
We used according to directions. and
they gave instant relief. 30 We bought
some more. It gradually grew better.
We kept ON using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and In three or four months
the child was entirely cured"
(Signed) Mr.. Henry Prins, Oct. ~.
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
Lowest Bidder.

II have come to ask for the hand
OF your daughter" announced the
young man.
Have chair" said her father,
kindly. Il presume you have made an
estimate OF what II will cost to keep
my daughter In the style to which che
has been accustomed?"
II have. sir"
And your fgures?"
"Ten thousand dollars a year"
I'm sorry. my boy" said the older
man. but ! cannot afford to throw
away $4,000 year. Another suitor
has figured he can do 1t for $4,000"
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
LAST FOURTH OF JULY

Last Fourth Of July was only six,
A reg'lar little chump.
! got into q dreadful M.
You see there was Q stump
In our back yard, where I used TO play
All sorts Of things alone;
On Sundays twas . pulpit,
On week days twas Q throne
was preacher Sundays.
= And the pickets on the fence
We're the people that preached b.
But I didn't preach no sense.
On other days was . king.
The pickets were my people.
i wore q golden paper crown
All pointed like steeple.
Well. Fourth of July my cousin Bob
Came from the great big town.
With crackers, punk and fireworks
To do the Fourth mp brown.
I told him how was king.
He 10 bigger some than me,
And he said We would have siege.
Tho stump would be my fort.
And he would try to blow II up.
He said twas lots of sport
So ! got up upon the stump.
And the crackers in q row
He piled up thick around the foot,
You should have heard II blowi
Tho stump caught fre. lost my head,
My father carried me to bed.
stayed in bed long. long time.
All bandaged-'twasn't FUN.
I'm big this year-you needn't smile,
I'm not 80 big . chump.
And II We have another siege
Bob can sit on the stump
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
MRS. WINN'S
ADVICE TO WOMEN
Take Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound and be
Restored to Health.
Kansas City, Mo. 1.-THE doctors told
me would never be mother. Every

m o nth the pains .
were 30 bad that I
could not bear my
weight on one foot.
! began taking Ly-
dia E. Pink h a ms
ege table Com
pound and had not
finished the first bot
tie W h en- l felt
greatly relieved and
I took It until Il
made mo aO,,nd and
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
FOUND BROTHER At LAST.

Begsar-kind sir, could you help q brother
Mason. ODD Fellow. Elk. Moose Eagle. Owl os
Forester?
Passerby-l belong TO none Of them
Beggar-Ah, den. could you help q fellow
Methodist, Baptist Catholic. Episcopal OF Pres
byterian?
Passerby--I belong to mono Of them
Beggar-Ah. den. shake hands and assist q
Teller Socialist and uplifter in distress
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
DAY FAvoRs DISPLAY o.
THE RED, WHITE AND Blue

Warm weather does not In the least interfere
with the plans of the maid who 10 ambitious
enough to entertain coterie Of friends at some
kind OF an end-of-theseason festival; and the ap-
preaching Independence day holiday admits OF 10
many forms Of novelties In decorations and de-
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
FATAL WORDS.

Ever hear from that college chum Of yours
who went to Colorado?"
"oh, he's dead. poor chap He may be said to
have talked himself TO DEATH"
What do you mean?"
He called some Alkali Ike out there a liar"
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25

II you want to find q man out all
you have to do is to call on him with
q bill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
Meansst Man.

The meanest man has again been
discovered. He offered policeman a
confederate 800 bill by way OF
bribe.-New York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25

Money goes. Ever notice how three
$40 bills will go like go?
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25
CS2NS20EW IND NX0EsEnZzEuCT Hills

NTIL the year 1776 the historic
shrine Of American liberty in Phila.
delphia was known as the State
house: but after that 1t was called
Independence hall Thousands have
made their reverent pilgrimage
thither from distant places as to .
sacred shrine. and yet q great many
are unfamiliar with the history of
The Red Cloud chief., 1914-06-25

almost 80 Il came from Jeffersons hands though
. few passages were expunged which, Il was
feared, might give onfense to Americas much.
needed friends In the mother country
On the Fourth Of July all the delegates except
those Of New York (whose representatives signed
few days latsr) had appended their names to
the document and had pledged their lives. their
fortunes and their sacred honor In the cause OF
liberty Then came the moment for the Song of
the Bella song whose reverberations shall not
cease till the last page Of American history has
been written
Truly prophetic was the biblical motto which
Isaac Norris 10 said to have chosen for the bell:
Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all
the Inhabitants thereof" And rapturousy did
the assembled multitude and the distant patriots
receive the announcement Of the bell that at
last the IS colonies had become the IL United
States. and the days Of the dominion Of the for.
eign oppressor were forever past.
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
Copyright 1913 by The H K Fly Company

panting at his heels while Silky George swore verboSely in the rear.
 Come dawn or I'll shootr' threaten ed the detective. I've get you dead to rights. Throw up your hands,
 But Jack Doogan had no idea of sur rendering He had been in tight places before and always had contrived to wrigge out of them. This was to be no exception Active and strong. he was not afraid of being trapped on this ladder even with two men after him. As Thompson reached up to grasp his legs he flung himself around to the back of the ladder. went down few rungs. hanging by his hands. and drop ped easily to the floor
 He heard ThompsOu's howl of bewil deyment as the detective went higher and realized tbat the ladder was emp ty. and slipping past Silky George who kept on shouting encouragement to the lieutenant. thereby telling just where he was. Doogan ran downstairs on tiptoe and gained the front door just as the landlady and several boarders ca me running out of the various rooms to see what all the racket was about Jack Doogan stepped outside. closed the door softly after him and walked away
 When a man is about to be married he may be pardoned if he is more or less hustered But James Cluney. pac-
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
WEAK KlplEYS MAKE
 WEAK BODIES
Kidney Diseases Cause Many Aches and Ills of Putnam
 People

As one weak link weakens a chain, so may weak kidneys weaken the whole body and hasten the final break ing-down.
 overwork, strains, colds and other causes injure the kidneys, and gem erally when their activity is lessened the whole body suffers.
 Aches and pains and languor and urinary ills frequently come, and there is an ever.increasing tendency towards dropsy, gravel or fatal Bfight's dis. ease. When the kidneys fail there is no real help for the sufferer except kidney help.
 Doan's Kidney Pills act directly on the kidneys. Putnam testimony is proof of their effectiveness.
 Mrs. Samuel Martineau, Putnam, says: aFor years l suffered from kid ney trouble, the worst symptom being pain in the small Of the back 1 wss also bothered by weakness of my kid neys. noteed that the kidney secre. ti0ns were unnatural and when | heard Doanis Kidney Pills highly rec commended 1 began using them. They removed the pains in my ioack and made me feel better in every way
 Mrs Martinean Is only one of many Putnam people who have gratefully endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If vonr back aches-if your kidneys bother you don't simply ask for kid ney Temedy--ask distinctly for Doan's $ i Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. Mar ] tineau had-the remedy backed by home testimony. soc all stores. Eos ter Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, S- Y. "When Your Back Is Lame-Remem- | Der the Name.v
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25

Ing the sitting room of his handsome bachelor suit overlooking Central park showed distress hardly compatible with the inner rapture that should have possessed him
 Mi Clnney was good looking young man of the well bred English type. and he. was already dressed for the wed ding ceremony which would make him the husband of Miss Madge Carr, in the regulation long black coat. white waistcoat ana gray trousers prescribed tor an afternoon function in good SO riety
 He was talking rapidly and nervous ly to man named Willoughby. doc tor and a close friend of Cluney's. He was 10 stand beside that gentleman and give him moral support at his forthcoming wedding.
 ''1hen you assure me on your pro fessunal reputation. that it is perfect. Iy safe for me to marry:" said James Cluney
 My dear James" replied pr vii. loughby. in eHiprOfessional tone. 'l repeat what l have already said. that your uncle's peculiar alterations can have no possible effect upon you, and | tell you this not only as your medical adviser. but as your friend and best man on this most suspicious occasion "
 The doctor smiled Is he said this, but there was no answering smile from the prospective bridegroom. who was again doing his wild beast eakewalS be tween the front window and the door as if he were racing against time.
 4 suppose shall have to believe you" he said finally. but am all on edge" He picked nervousy II an tm- aeinars sleek on his faui1iess coat and >huddered Two or three experiences lf this sort and | should be q nervous wre,k
 What are ynH fnmine ahoutT
 My late Cnele James aGiiction- his occasiouai tendency to Tell out rageolS faISehond> and stick to them. notwithstandins that sometimes they ranSed rerribl- complications Sup pose his dreadful .seakneSs should suddenly express itself in meYe
 ~Nunsense,'
 Well. suppose my wife ar Der par enrS should learn of my uncle's ail- ment-I believe il was sD ailiuenf and not moral perversity
 ~I'm sure or it" threw in pr Will Ioughby quietly
 Well. wouldn't they think that as Cncie James was my fathers brother. i might be subject to the sane sort or attack? Then they would be sure to watch me. and the nervous sfrain oi being under constaSt surVeiiiance would bring on the trouble l am
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
Commonwealth Hotel
 uncorporated) Opp. State House, Boston, Mass.

Offers rooms with hot and cold water for s1 co and up, which includes free use of shower bathes Nothing to Equal This in New Engtane Room with private baths for N.SO per day up; suites of two rooms and baths for .00 per day and up.
 Dining room and Cafe First Glass; European Plan.
 ABSOLUTELY FfKEPRooF Stone floors, nothing wood but tns doors.
 Equipped with its own Sanitary Vacuum Cleaning Plant.
 Strictly Temperance Hotel.
 SEND FOR BOOKLET ST0RER F. CRAFTS, General Mgr
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
Order of Notice

State of Connecticut, County of Wind ham, ss.. Putnam, September 10th, 1914. Leroy Wyman vs Jennie H. Wyman. Upon the complaint of the said Leroy C. Wyman, claiming for req sons therein sseth !. forth divorce, returnabls to the Superior Court in and for Windham County, to be holden on the first Tuesday of October AID. 1914, 1t appearing to, and being found by the subscribing authority, that the said De- fendant is absent from this State e-gone to parts uDknown:
 Therefore, ordered, that notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Putnam Patriot, a newspaper published in Put nam, in said County two weeks success sively commencing on or before the 2lth day of September, A. D. i9i4.
 EDGAR M. WARNER,
 Clerk of the Superior Court 3s 39 for Windbam County.
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
Y M. . F. B. KENT,
Niddiesex Banking company's bondsaTt fayorifes. A ss,s eoa
5oo Bonds

,er~aftve stmens. Over twenty nine yea olc. Have Isdeycry dollar when due. By special ac. C. the Legislature their bonds ars made lega .iuvestnentfor trustees, executors administrators. and other managers of trus funds. Denomination of 100, 2aU and upward Coupon bonds with semi-sanual interest Ful inform sGsn Of Geo. E. Shaw. agent
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
FOR SALE

New Model Oliver Typewriter in A condition $50. Easy terms fl desired. MRS. ]. A. MCINTYRE, Grove Street
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25
CHAPTER III.
4 Close Gall.

\ ACK DOOGAN's own room was
 two floors below He had reach ed the bottom ot the tirst3 flight N/ of stairs when Nelrs voice call