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THE MIDLAND JOURNAL
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1910.
To formulate plans to interest Congress
in a bill to promote good roads through
out the United States, the executive and
legislature committees of the Interna
tional League for Highway Improve
ment will meet in Washington March I
They purpose to have introduced into
Congress a bill providing for the creation
of a national commission of highway
improvement.
Their commission, according to their
plans, is to be composed of one Senator,
one Representative, an officer of the en
gineer corps of the army, and official of
the Post Office Department, a represen
tative from the Department of Agricul
ture and four civilians. The purpose of
the League is to promote good interstate
roads and to co-operate with the Cana
dian and Mexican Governments for the
promotion of international roads.
President Taft has instructed Congress
to pass a bill raising postage rates four
fold on newspapers of general circulation
That means, of course, if the law passes,
that tjie newspapers will have to increase
subscription rates all along the line.
Tbit move of Piesident Taft to wipe out
the postal deficit, which is due to the
Government paying the railroads and
express companies millions of dollars an
nually in excess of what they should be
paid for carrying the mails, is one to
make the people pay and let the railroads
and express companies continue tq rob
them by the extortionate rates they
charge, and have charged for years and
years, for transporting mails.
.Senator La Follette showed in the
Senate the other day that the Govern
ment is paying enough each year rental
for mail cars to buy every mailjcar in the
nation, own them and cease the payment
x>f nearly five millions of dollars. In ad
dition to this the railroads receive
$46,000,000 a year for'carrying the mails.
Is it any wonder there is a deficit in the
postal system?
Henry A. Castle, who as auditor of the
postoffice department from 1897 to 1904,
had opportunity to learn the facts, says:
“It is generally believed that the gov
ernment pays the railroads for mail
transportation at least $25,000,000 a year
more than a business corporation would
have to pay for the same service.” And
yet President Taft wants the newspapers
to make good the postal deficit. If the
President in place of having postal rates
increased would she to it that the rotten
graft in making mail contracts was
eliminated the postal deficit would be
easily wiped out. But the railroads,
express companies, and other big
corporations have representatives in
Congress who look after their interests,
while the people "pay the freight” with
scarcely a murmur of complaint.
Smith And Gorman Said To Have
.Made A Bargain.
The Baltimore Sun’s Annapolis corres
pondent, writing of the Legislative sitna*
tion says:
Close observers here believe the senti
ment among a majority of the Democratic
Senators and Delegates is for a liberal re
demption of the pledges made by the
Democratic party in the last campaign
and the adoption of all Democratic
policies, especially the passage of the bill
making it mandatory for all parties to
make direct nominations either for State
or local offices.
As yet jt is not known whether or not
certain State leaders will urge the support
of the platform bills, as they have been
mute on these quesitons, but it is certain
some of them are opposed to the direct
primary bill. United States Senator
John Walter Smith, the recognized State
leader of the Democatic party, and
Chairman Murray Vandiver, of the State
Central Committee, are at heart believed
to be opposed to a redemption of the
party pledges, and it is known they, with
Arthur P. Gorman, Jr , President of the
State Senate, are opposed to the exten
aion of the Crawford county system over
the entire State.
It is beleived here ;hat the special rea
son why Senators Smith and Gorman
are opposed to the direct primary bill is
that they have entered into an agreement
regarding their political futures. Gossip
has it that these two leaders have entered
a compact by which Senator Gorman is to
he nominated for Governor in 1911 and
be is in turn to support Senator Smith
for reflection to the United States
Senate. This is not yet the end of the
supposed compact, for Senator Smith
according to the story, is to support Mr.
Gorman for United States Senator to
succeed Senator Rayuer. Cherishing
these political ambitions, it is understood
here that both Senators Smith and
Gorman feel that their own interests
would be more secure by the old conven
tion system than by allowiug the people
to select all nominees.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
There is a Senator, Stephen B. Elkins
from the State of West Virginia. Senator
Elkins is a recalcitrant Republican, a
kind of bull in a china shop, that fre
quently makes his Republican confreres
grieve. Abont thirty days ago he pro
posed an investigation into the cost of the
high price of food stuffs. His proposal
bad no limitations and it was to go to
the bottom of the subject “Hew to the
line let the chips fall where
His resolution was smothered in_ com
mittee but this week Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts proposed a resolution with
limitations dodging any reference to the
tariff, and this resolution .was approved
next day. Then up rose Senator Elkins
and spoke his mind saying in substance
that Aldrich and Lodge were conspiring
to keep back facts in the interest of their
recent tariff legislation Senator Elkins
has taken the initiative in this investi
gation as to the cost of living. He offered
the first resolution providing that a com
mittee make an inquiry but he has pro
tested in no uncertain language against
the smothering of bis measure in the
Senate Committee on Auditing Ex
penses. In short, Senator Elkins is an
insurgent. Not a universal togglejointed
insurgent like La Follette but a bel
ligerent, multi-millionaire inconvenient
insurgent and is giving the old guard
senators on the Republican side a great
deal of trouble. The charges coming
from the inner ranks of the Republican
household, that the investigation proposed
by Senator Lodge and approved by Al
drich is intended merely to acquit the
tariff tinkerers of the extra sessioD, is
very embarrassing to the Senate leaders.
An investigation in good faith must be
instituted or Messrs. Aldrich, Hale and
Lodge and their assistant Republican
Senators will be made short work of in
the Congressional elections that are not
far off.
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The Ballinger inquiry has suddenly
halted. The testimony against Ballinger
bad become quite hot and a halt was
called and Ballinger advised to employ
counsel. Hearings were postponed until
February 11, but now at this writing two
lawyers have already been employed and
they will spend the next week iD studying
the case. Mr. John Vertrees, a demo
cratic lawyer from Tennessee has been
employed to defend Mr. Ballinger and
has had an interview with the President
He was taken to the White House, by
Secretary of War Dickinson, where the
Ballinger-Pincbot situation was thor
ougbly canvassed. Ballinger did not
slay to the regular Cabinet meeting but
left with Mr. Vertrees to consult with
other Interior department officers
Another lawyer bis also been taken into
the case and two ex-Senators it is sain
will be called in to assist Mr. Ballinger.
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The first Congressional reception at the
White House under the new Adminis.
tration was given Tuesday night and the
innovations of the President and Mrs
Taft were put to a final test. Four of
these semi-public receptions are given
yearly when the guests of honor are first
the Diplomatic corps, fo 1 lowed by the
Judiciary, the Members of Congress and
the Army and Navy. The Congressional
reception is always the largest, the least
exclusive and heretofore the dullest.
For many years it has been the custom to
have the guests form in line on their
arrival and wait until the President and
the receiving party bad assembled in one
of the smaller apartments, the green
room or blue room. Then at a signal
from the Army officer and close friend of
the President who was in charge, the
doors were thrown open and the gnests
were allowed one at a time to pass in an
shake hands with the President and pass
on to the East Room into a crowd which
made it impossible to move about and
from which all sought relief in flight as
soon as possible. A number of changes
have been made in this plan of entertain
ment since Mrs. Taft has become the
ruler of the White House (Mr. Taft
being the most self effacing American
husband in social matters) and official
and resident society, for the most part
approves the innovations. To begin with
Mrs. Taft announced that the receptions
should be more exclusive. She drew the
line at issuing invitatious to tailors,
grocers and hoi polloi of “trade.” Thai
enabled her to reduce the list consider
ably. Then she announced through a
Secretary that those who were invited to
one reception need not feel slighted if
they were omitted from the list for the
others. It was the object of the re
ceptions to give ail who were deemed
worthy of it an opportunity to greet the
President under his own roof and not to
furnish a series of-entertainments for
them. This of course further reduced the
number to be invited and as a con
sequence made it possible to give the re
ceptions an air of hospitality that had
been lacking in all previous administra
tions. Now the arriving guest after re
moving wraps goes to the East Room
and may if he is early move about re
newing acquaintances and greet friends.
At nine o’clock the President descends
with the receiving party from the upper
rooms and the presentations are begun
As the guests leave the Blue Room after
having shaken hands with him they may
go direct to the banquet room where a
great variety of refreshments are served.
Later they promenade in tbe long cor
: ridor in which the Marine Band plays en
trancingly and yet later there is dancing
in the East Room and tbe President
circulates freely among his guests. At
i least that is the theory of it. Perhaps no
• one is to blame that it is a condition and
not a theory that confronts the White
House. Perhaps also tbe old style was
,so bad that nothing worse could
have been devised (yit at any rate tbe
, new system still has a few loose cogs In
spite of the pruning of the invitation list
, there are, at least for the Congressional
, reception, more people invited than the
White House can accommodate. This
White House it will be remembered was
r built mote than a hundred years ago
when the United States bad a population
or less than ten millions and when
Washington was inaccessable except by
stage coach.
The Stomach Cannot Rest.
It is a mistake to suppose the stomach
can rest and thus recuperate and by this
means dyspepsia is cured. The digestive
process begins'in tbe mouth and does not
end until the food has reached the in
testines. Tbe salivary glands in tbe
mouth, the stomach, lower stomach, liver,
spleen, etc., take part in the digestive
process. This process is'tgoing on con
tinously. Think of resting tbe heart or
tbe lungs for a few minutes, or any other
organ. Pepsin pancreatin, etc. do not
rest tbe stomach, they digest the residue
pf food a weak digestive system cannot
digest and thus relieve the body of irri
tating acids or gas. Rydaje's Stomach
Tablets contain just enough Pepsin, and
Pancreatin to do this. They also con
tain many vegetable tonicsand stimulants
for tbe digestive tract. Rydale’s Stomach
Tablets cure dyspepsia the only way it
.an he cured. Ask us about them Eli
T. Reynolds. \
With tbe indorsement of President
Taft, Secretary Knox ar.d Senators Root
and Burtob, all of whom sent letters ex
pressing their sympathy with its plans,
there was organized Saturday at the resi
dence of Theodore Marburg, in Balti
more, the ..American Society for the
Judicial Settlement of International Dis
putes.. Its chief purpose is to devote its
self to issue articles of leading men of all
countries on subjects indicated by its title
and to organize meetings of national
scope in various parts of tbe country
from time to time wttb a view to educa
ting the people as to the desirability of
promoting the peace of the world by
settling points of international contro
versy in tbe same general way in which
the differences between individuals are
are now settled.
A Woman’s Age? Forget It.
Man has no right to question wo
man’s age—to even think about it. A
woman, bless her, is as old as she
makes out or makes up and not a
day older. Man is out of his latitude
when he begins trying to locate wo
man’s age longitude. It is her privi
lege to conceal her age in any form or
manner she may choose, and it is
man’s prerogative to assist her as
much as possible rather than hinder or
question her in any way. Man owes
it to himself to see that she is sup
plied with every means of concealing
her age or any new wrinkle which she
chooses to keep from the gaze of the
overcurious public. Man is not sup
posed to be young or beautiful. He
couldn’t be !f he wanted to be and
wouldn’t be if he could. With woman
it is different She wants to be and
can be and is, whether she wants to
be or not and it is a whole lot better
for her and for her admirer or admir
ers, as the case may be, that her age
be carefully guarded under that
charming veil of mystery which should
ever be hers by right of possession.
Forget that she has an age, brother, ,
and you will be happier, and so will
she, but don’t, for heaven’s sake, for
get that she has a birthday.—Boston
Herald. _
An Awful Peril. 11
“I never f-It so near my grave,”
writes Lewis Ohamlilin, of Mao
Chester, Ohio, R. R. No. 3, "as
when a frightful cough and lung
trouble pulled me down to 115
pounds in spite of many remedies
-nd the best doctors. And that I
am alive to day is due solely to
Dr. King’s New Discovery, which
completely 'cured me. Now I
weigh 160 pounds and can work
bard. It also cured my four chil
dren! of croup.” Infallible for
Coughs and Colds, it’s the most
certain remedy for La Grippe,
Asthma, desperate long trouble
and all bronchial affections, 50c.
nd SI.OO. A trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by Eli T. Reynolds. •
Property Transfers*
Joshua Clayton, Trustee, to John ;
C. Stites, 50 acre property in Sec !
ond district, $2,000.
National Batik of Elklon to Oscar j
A. Turner, of Baltimore, Ceilings!
farm of 547 acres in Elk Neck,
$9,000.
Katherine R. O’Connor and
others to Harriet A Morrison, irn
terest in property at Port Deposit,
$5.
J. Alexander Rutter aud wife to
Susquebaona Clay Products Com
pany, of Delaware, three tracts of
land aggregating 160 acres, at
White Banks on the North East
river, in ElkrNeck, SI,OOO and other
considerations.
S. Taylor Reynolds and wife to
William James Aiken, property in
Sixtb district, $1,700.
Lewis E. M. Barber and wife to
W. H. Mackall, 3 acre property
near Elkton, $375.
James Thomas H. S. Croft and
Annie R Crolt, property at Pleas
ant Gill, $2lO.
Charlotte M Janney and others
to H. Ellsworth Simpers, property
in Fifth district, $5 and other con
siderations.
Marriage Licenses.
Milton H. Null and Sarah E.
Brown, both of Providence,
Chester Tome Kimble and Mary
Irene Esblexao, both of Port De
posit.
Joseph Brown and Mrs. Hattie
Powell, both of Delaware.
President Helps Orphans.
Hundreds of orphans have been
helped by (he president of the In
dustrial and Orphan’s Home at
Macon, (la., who writes: “We
have used Electric Bitters in this
Institution for nine years. It has
proved a most excellent medicine
for stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles. We regard it as one of
the best family medicines on
earth.” It invigorates all vital
organs, purities the blood, aids
digestion creates appetite. To
strengthen and build up pale, thin,
weak children or rundown people
it has uo equal. Best for famale
complaints. Only 50c. at Eli T.
Reynolds.
Book of the Dead.
The Book of the Dead is a most re
markable literary relic of ancient
Egypt, of uncertain date and origin,
but well known before tbe kings of
the first dynasty. Probably the col
lected work of many minds in differ
ent ages, it was regarded as the work
of the god Thoth and therefore of di
vine authority, dealing mainly with
the dead and their future state. Some
of its texts, prayers, hymns and ritual
were used by the predynastic priests,
and parts of the book are said to be
long to'a period fifty centuries before
the Christian era. Copies of it were
placed in the tombs, and texts from -
it were inscribed on coffins to preserve
tbe dead from dangers and to direct
them to the boat of Ra on their way
to the ball of Osiris, which was tbe
goal desired. The papy
rus copy of the book was written for
“Nu, the son of the overseer of tbe
house of the overseer of tbe seal Amen
hetep and of tbe lady of tbe bouse
Senseneb” and probably belongs to the
early part of the eighteenth dynasty.
A Fateful Breach of Etiquette.
Under the third empire in France
Sainte-Beuve brought disgrace upon
himself because at breakfast at tbe
Tuileries he carelessly opened bis nap
kin and placed it over bis two knees.
To this he added tbe crime of cutting
his egg in two at the middle. Court
etiquette prescribed that the half fold
ed napkiD should lie on tbe left knee
and the top of the egg was to be mere
ly broken with the edge of the spoon
and drained with tbe tip of the spoon.
For his fallings in 7 these respects
Salnte-Beuve’s name was stricken off
tbe imperial visiting list. London i
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As One Grows Old
he bowels become less active and a gen
ie stimulant is necessary occasionally
>o insure regularity, which is essential if
good health is maiutaiued. Rydale’s
Liver Tahlets are the best for old people
who suffer from constipation. They
gently stimulate and tone the Liver, Id
'esttnes and Bowels and establish a
bealtby, regular habit. We guarantee
Rydale’s Liver Tablets to cure the most
stnbhorn case of chronic constipation.
Eli T. Reynolds.
ORPHANS’ COURT
The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Coart of Cecil coanty will be held on tb
second Tuesday of every month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
beir accounts stated, will please bring ir
heir vouchers a few davs before Court.
Test: THOS B MILLER. Register
KILL the COUCK'
wo CURE the LUMPS j !
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GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! i
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8 BUFFINGTON’S I
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"THE increase of business for 1909 over previous
■ year has encouraged us to make still more
earnest efforts. You will find here the most complete pzJpi
.assortments ever offered in Rising Sun. QjS
Among the prominent features in early Spring i
purchases are three original cases of Ginghams of
about 8000 yards. Good Apron Gingham at 6 cents
per yard. Bales Seersuckers 11 cents per yard. bjgj
•gjg Prices have now soared away above these figures.
These goods to be opened for the public in about
week.
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Muslin one yard wide, bought by the bale, to be gJzS
ggQ retailed at 5 and 7 cents per yard, far better than
yfj (► anything that can be now purchased at such prices, g?®
<®/p Our entire stock will be bristling full money
jfipE saving opportunities; large assortments in every
department irrM
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sjDg ‘Many Special Winter Bargains still await you.
Cg'p To-day we put on Bargain Counter—
sSrjg S I.OO Corsets for 79c.
50c “ for 39c. gfiSj
Furniture Dept. —.
Two of the firm are this week making a furni- optfc
ture and carpet purchasing tour to distant points of
business interest. Bed Room and Parlor Suits, SiM
Couches, Chairs, Sideboards, China Closets and Car
pets will soon be unloaded at this department, ijffc
SjfyP Watch for later announcements.
Everything points to a prosperous business for 'jhjlfC
1910. We advise customers to keep posted on G®/
assortments and general ruling prices, and then come
to us and compare with our offerings. Q/ip
GS'ft Eet good unbiased judgment guide you in mak- phjjt
ing your decision. We ask no favor unless merit
warrants it.
Yours truly, gjjgr
E. R. BUFFINGTON & SONS.
TLs? BS?“ Stores open until 9 o'clock Monday, Friday and Satur
day evenings. Closed other evenings at 6 o'clock. mils
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fy. f|l HERE , is n .° doubt about that. Never in all the
I store s history have we been able to offer such RSgj
values for the money. Don’t hold off because ggg
you think you don’t have present needs for f&B
these g° ods . they’ll come in handy later. Remem- figa
ber such opportunities as these are not given every
day. This sale lasts during the month of February Wp
SONLY. Space will not permit a complete list of ALL fSsj
these goods. We are naming only the most striking
to which we ask your careful attention.
HjS
Patent Clothes Line in 25 and 50 ft lengths, jjjjgf
gKj| was 2 5 an <i 50c a coil, now 5 and toe .
7 Shoe str e* c her, was $2.00, now $1 00
1 American Twin Freezer, was $2 50, now $l5O
/ Umbrella Stand, was St so, now 75c. §9.
Ipxm Exceptional values i M "Lisk" Tin IVare U’e
1 offer as a "leader" in this line, teg
Tin Cups at sc, were 10c. Sffl
, 1 Worker'r Patent Cooker, was $1 70, now s°c s§lbl
In Enamel Ware— ||jg
Sink Strainers, Sauce Pans, Pudding Pans,
Preserving Kettles, Tea Pots, Pie Plates, SS
Wash Basins.
Prom one third to one half off.
; Japanned Waiters, all sizes, from s to 25c SSj
Splendid saving in Porcelain Lined Kettles, WtS
with bales and handles, MS
Also—Galvanized Tea Kettles. jgtn
There are very few damaged goods in this sale.
Nearly all are clean and bright SgJ
Make it y° ur business to call and see us this
; month. We 11 give you a cordial reception. 2S
Yours to please,
HAINES & KIRK.
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