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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16
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sT,haxa ia nm Afghan / --nsb which
sneana If - env impartial Judge as being
snnswerving as the iustiee OF Mahmoud,
a saving which took itsrise from one Of
the exploits of Mahmoud of Ghazni, the
Afghan conqueror of India. On his
march southwark, g Hindoo came to him
to complain of having been driven from
his own house the night before by an
Afghan chief, whose face he had been
unable to see. The intruder, barring
the door against him, devoured the sup
per prepared for his Involuntary host,
whose wife he compelled to wait upon
him like a servant, with unvailed face,
the deadliest OF all insults to Moham-
medan. Mahmoud promised him re
dress, and bade him bring word the mo
ment the unwelcome guest returned
Two nights later the Hindoo reappeareC
with the expected tidings. The suital
at once surrounded the house with hi
guards, whom he ordered to seize tn
intruder, and then, turning away hi
head. gave the signal oi death. Whel
it had been obeyed, he stepped forwar'
to look at the corpse, and instantly ex
claimed, Praise be to God, it is not hel
The amazed Afghans inquired his mean
ing. L thought replied Mabmoud
that the author OF SO daring dee
could be no other than my own son, an
therefore turned away my face, lest tn
sioh+ of his face sho~l1 mako nv heal
fall me before justice was done.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

The cook on fashionable yacht tells
thls story. She came on board "a pret-
ty as daisy, and as sweet and fresh as
an elegant get-up could make her
There was cbattering aft, on the yacht,
what they would have for dinner, and it
was agreed, for fun, that os it WAS
chowder, each one was 10 do something
toward the same. You have got TO
peel and chop up them onions, says q
dandy KIND of fellow to n pretty girl
Agreed, said sne, not wincing a bit
and they all laughed and pltied her
When the time came for fixing up
things, kind of urged TO it, | brought
that pretty girl a peck of the friest
enions-r real red-skiu ones-vou ever
smelied. There is going to be q 10. of
crying, thinks [ iii that would be the
only sorrow in her life + Says she to
| me, MIR. Robert, do you haul me g
| bucket of water, and j did it. Now,
! saye ahe, gust you put them onions IL
| that there water, and l did it. Ihel
she took Off of her white fingers n lot o
rings, and put them in her pocket, anC
asked for knife, and, the onions being
in the water, she peeled and sliced then
under water, and nary tear came, nol
nothing. Now, says she. holding ou'
the tips Of her pretty fingers, who viii
be gallant enough TO kiss these?' See
ing was cook, [ didn't like to be 81
bold, but there was half dozen of the
men who rushed forward, and of course
] had no chance. That's the way
learned how ladies' can peel onions and
not CRY over them,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16
Awful and Annalling AIIIteration.

We want to welter in the blood of the
blamsd blatherskites who perennielly
persist in aiming at apt alliteratious )
srtful aid in all articles appearing in
their particular papers. We want to
welcome all well-wishers of our common
country, Of our corrupted Common
wealth and our beloved city to our
aid in seizing upon this sign of sensa-
tionalism and dreadfully drubbing the
driveling, dreary and drooling draft, and
driving it from the columns of contem-
porary collocations of composition. How
direfully and distressingly disgusting to
be I,ertiaacis,tIsIy and IoersoetualIy y sss-
tered With some such eeut3nce sts 'Denr
Daniel Drew ID sad, or The Boston Bat
ters Beaten Beautifully or The Fire
Fiend Furious or 'Murky Murder
Mangles the Mortal Names of More
Massacred Men. There is n kind OF
meaningless, musical madness about this
literary lunacy that decidedly deceives
it's devotees. They think they are doing
doughty deeds with their Queasy, quer
nlous and quixotic quilts, whereas they
bnt mechanically manipulate meaning
les g naunderings, marrying meretri
cious mouthings and m0urnful mutter
inos with mendacious and medlocr
matter. Olt on the Outre and cut
rageous outpouriDgs of these outcasts
these outlaws. Oust them if you car
outdo them if You can't.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16
How nenositOrs' MQer is Irsnd

Superintendent LAM, Of the New
York State banking depstment savs be
has received replies fnn abont Two
thirds of the savings balks in the Staio
to his circular letter asiag what amount
OF the fund,soszo Z, o. thee institutions
had been -illawfuily expended, and
which,sitSo-Is IS investigating with a
zgssees 9n4t@lng nntg the freedom With which
.fiiiIy bel.',..o soso away the ~ which rigat-
OF putting a stop to tfapractice. Mr..
Lamb says that from examinations
made last year in two Favings banks.
such diversion of fuuG in about ten
years nave exceeded $4,000 in each in
stltutlon IN one savin@ bank the un-
lawful diversion of mones in six years
was suf1i ,ient to give esal depositor a
dividend of more than So. and a percen-
tum dividend would givelarger deposi.
tors $25 or S35 each. II1S75 the ap.
preparation of money in Jingle meeting
OF trustees would have giysn each depos-
itor dividend of 50 if tie money had
been distributed amow them. In
another institution the Appropriation on
one occasion to a human3 organization
outside the bank was S., 90 in one lump;
IN another savings bank asimilar appro-
prietion was 81. 900, and iuAnother 81 200
and another 81, 900, all single appropria-
tions. Trustees of each 4 these banks
were acting under sutho1y of special
charter which declared sslfollows NO
president, vice-president, Or trustee, OF
ticer or servant of said coporation shall
directly or indirectly bofow the funds
of said corporation or ibleposits. or in
any manner use the aaae, or any part
penses.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16
True Mourning.

Not long since mother died, leaving
sa- children TO mourn her loss Ihe
init of their p1arcI1asines the El1o
ing garments; but one little girl obtained
q piece of broad, black ribbon, which
she fastened about her as a sash. She
was obliged to wear her ordinary cloth
! ing; but, with pathetic fidelity, she has
each day pinned the black sash ahou'
her, simple but touching token of re.
spect for the memory of her dead
mother.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16
Care of Canaries

So few understand the care of these
birds that q few words about them will
not come amiss to the bird lovers
Nearly every one has a bird of some kind
hanging in the window, or indoors. and
tue same treatment will apply to all.
with the exception of seeds and food,
The cause of most diseases is colds.
which are occasioned by either hanging
bird in draft of air, near a loose fit
ting window, or keeping him in very
hot room (sixty-fve degrees is the prop
day, na sSsn ia fer 6irS9 @ @thsongh the
variation Of, perhapss thirty degrees i'll
twenty-four hours. The best cure for
the cold is to feed, in addition to their
regular seed, rape and canary, and per
haps millet, paste made from hard
boiled egg and one pulverized cracker,
thoroughly mixed together, using no
water in mixing, the egg supplying sui
fcient moisture. Sometimes bird
seems hoarse, and apparently has lost
| his voice. This is occasioned by over
singing; little pure rock-candy, moi
favored, dissolved in the drinking wa
ter, and quantity OF red pepper pu
into the paste described above, vii
usually effect a cure. If, however, the
cold is allowed to remain for severa
days without attention or cure, it will
pass rapidly from cold to asthma, AM
from that to gapes, which is best de
scribed by saying that the bird look
like little puff ball, with constan
painting, and his bill almost CONSTANT
J opening and shutting az il to catch hi
J breath. His food should be the sam
| as described above. Also keep the biz
warm and give, with his rape and can
ry, ripe plantain, if it can be had. Ever
morning he should have small te
spoonful of warm bread and milk.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

Signor Brumidi, the renowned fresco-
er, who had narrow escape from death
in the Capitol at Washington by the
oyerturniug OF his chair while on plat
form fifty feet above the floor, has faith
fully labored at his art in that building
for the past twenty-six years.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

The treasury department has refused
the application of Pierre Lorillard for
the free entry of the Epson cup, won
in England by his horse Parole. In his
letter the department tells Mr.. Loril-
lard that the only course open to him is
to apply to Congress, for relief. The
EPSON cup is the personal property OF
Mr.. Lorillard The cup is valued at
81 500, and the duties on it amount to
81 600
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

Eleven thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four persons were incarcerated in
the Central prison at Moscow during the
summer, 10. AIT Of whom We're condemn
ed to exile in Siberia.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

The small boy said to the little girl
Do you wish to be my little wife2' The
little girl. after rejecting: Yes
The smsll boy Then take OFF my
boots.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

A certain old gsssts IN the habit of
r;a nd ss,ll his slist ciothe e the last thread.
one of his friends, meeting him. ex-
claimed They told me that you had a
new hat, and III be hanged if you
haven't = oh, yes, said the miser.
looking as if he were trife ashamed OF
himself, you see my wife kept telling
me that the old one was a good deal
worn out. Well, yesterday was NV
wife's birthday, and l got myself a new
hat for her birthday present.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

Clouds cannot be seen at greater
height than ten miles.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-10-16

A New Yorker hos been arrested foi
bigamy in marrying widow and hel
daughter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
The Anthracite Coal Fields.

At the meeting of the American
Science Association in Saratoga p. w.
Sheafer, of Pottsville. Penn, spoke Of
the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylva-
MIA and their rapid exhaustion. esaid !:
The work of mining anthracite coal in
that State was begun in 1929 with 1855;
now 90, ,0OO, 900 tons per annum are pro-
duced Mr.. Sheafer asserted that only
one-third of the coal goes into consump-
ton; two-tllirds are wasted, lost in the
mines and in preparation He put the
maximum product at about so, 000. COO
tons per annum, and at the present rate
Of increase this limit will be reached in
the year 1900, and in 1856 years, say in
the year 2065, our anthracite coal fields
will be exhausted. Then we must fall
back on our bituminous coal area, which
reaches the enormous total of 2000 200
square miles, say over 400 times the
area of the anthracite. Mr.. Sheafer said
that the competition between our several
coal companies and by them with the
bituminous coal will always keep the
price moderate. He doubted if Great
Britain could much increase its now
enormous product of l36,000.000 tons,
yet at her present rate Of increase she
will exhaust her coal-above 1900 fee
in about the time in which our anthra-
cite output will cease. But she has no
100000 square miles. as we have in the
West
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
A Smart Wife.

The other morning a citizen called at
hardware store on Woodward avenue
and said he wanted key to certain
door in his house, and he took up and
carried away almost the first key handed
out to him. On his way down town af-
ter dinner he stopped and exchanged the
key for another, explaining that the first
wouldn't fit. These changes took place
twice day for the next four days, the
citizen being unable to get hold of key
to fit On the sixth day he drove up to
the store with q door on dray, and
calling to the proprietor he said
:. Bring your box Of keys out here and
we'll geta fit to that lock. Here / have
been running back and forth for about d.
week, and might not have got fit for
n whole month if my wife had not sug-
gested that / bring the door down here.
Some of these women are mighty smartr
:. Put why didn't you take the lock off
and bring. it down in your pocks t?''
asked the dealer.
The buyer looked at him in a vacant
way, stared hard at the door, and sat
down on the curbstone with tile re-
mark:
Its wonder that the whole family
wasn't sent to the fool-house ter years
ago. - Detroit Free Press
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
Gar Peter and the Wig.

Peter the Great was half-savage in
his manners. He never had pleasantly
enough to play joke, though some Of
his rudenesses had q very comical effect:
On his second visit 10 town in Hol-
land, lie and the burgomaster of the
place attended divine service, when an
unconscious action of the czar almost
upset the gravity Of the congregation
Peter, feeling his head growing cold,
turned to the heavily-wigged chief mag
istrate at his side and transferred the
wig, the hair Of which flowed down over
the great little mans shoulders, to his
own head. and sat SO till the end Of the
service, when lie returned it to the in
suited burgomaster, bowing his thanks
The great mans fury was not appeased
till one Of Peters suite assured him that
it was no practical joke at All that his
majesty had played; that his usual Gus
tom, when at church, If his head was
cold. was to seize the nearest wig he
could clutch --BelgraUiG.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
An AerOIith in CourI

Prof. Pieree's speech before the scien-
fists, at Saratoga, dealt mainly on those
heavenly bodies called meteors, and
which, according to Prof Newton. OF
Yale College, are so numerous that no
fewer than four hundred millions OF
them enter the earth's atmosphere every
year. Fortunately for US, 1T is only the
largest Of these meteoric stones-and
these are exceedingly rare-whieh do
not become wholly dissipated before
reaching the ground; from all others the
air Is, as Prof Newton expresses 1t, !
shield to protect us from an otherwise
intolerable bombarding.n One Of these
few has, strangely enough, brought up
an entirely new question of property
law in France One night not very long
since a peasant crossing a field saw
meteor Of unusual magnitude, which
fell with great noise. and touched the
ground within few yards OF his feet
Recovered from his fright, he Went to
the spot and unearthed stone Of con
siderable size, which, in scientific Ian
guage. is called an aerolith. 1t occurred
to the man that what had dropped down
to him from Heaven must be rarity
and might have q money value. After
consulting the schoOlmaster Of ms conf
mune, he took the mysterious SuOsl sthSes
Of no terrestrial operation. to the lssou-
dun Museum, and there received IN ex-
change for it the, to him, wonderful
sum Of sos. Short-lived was bis Joy.
The proprietor of the field visited BY
product Of the skies. who lives IN Paris,
read in the newspapers an account of the
celestial transaction. and strong IN =
maxim prevailing in France to TINS
day, that property in land extends irom
s-heaxen above to hell beneath, IN
structed a county attorney to bring an
action. He claimed either the reslitu-
ton of the aerolith which fell uron ms
! land. or 81. 600 damages, which kajudged
IN BE- the value Of iii The cnse lAas not
vet been decided. and threatens tO drag
/ its weary length for some time ~ come
| 1t has, however. been pretty clearly e.
4 tablishcd that the damages claimed are
excessive. There is y regular in1iii 0f
tle value 81 aeroliths at the Paris Mu-
scum, and $25 il 4 high average price
Eminent legal talent il engaged on both
sides. end thus far the peasant u bcAeFeu
to have the better Of the Partisan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
Position In Sleep.

Position affects sleep. A constrained
or uncomfortable posture will often pre-
vent repose. Lying fiat Oh the back with
the limbs relaxed would seem to secure
the greatest amount of rest for the mus
cular system. This is the position
assumed in the most exhausting diseases,
and it is generally hailed as Il token of
revival when patient voluntarily turns
on the side; but there are several disad-
vantages in the supine posture which
impair or embarrass sleep. Thus, in
weakly states of the heart and blood yes
sells, and in certain morbid conditions Of
the brain, the blood seems to gravitate
to the back Of the head and to produce
troublesome dreams. In persons who
habitually, in their work or gait. stoop,
there is some distress consequent on
Strengthening the spine. Those who
have contracted chests, especially per-
sons who have had pleurisy and retain
adhesions of the lungs, do not sleep well
on the back. Nearly all who are inclined
TO snore do so when in that position,
because the soft palate and uvula hang
on the tongue, and that organ falls back
so as to partially close the top of the
windpipe. 1t is better. therefore, to lie
on the side, and in the absence of special
chest disease, rendering it desirable to
lie on the weak side so as to leave the
healthy lung free to expand, it is well to
choose the right side, because when the
body is thus placed the food gravitates
more easily out Of the stomach into the
intestines. A glance at any plate OF the
visceral anatomy will show how this
must be. Many persons are deaf in one
ear and prefer to lie on a particular side (;
but, ie possible, the right side should be
chosen, and the body rolled little for
ward, so that any saliva which may be
secreted shall run easily out Of the
mouth, if not unconsciously swallowed.
Again. sleeping with the arm thrown
over the head is to be deprecated; but
this position is often assumed during 6
sleep, because circulation is then free in
the extremities and the head and neck,
and the muscles of the chest are drawn
up and fixed by the shoulders, and thus
the expansion Of the thorax is easy.
The chiet objections to this position are
that it creates tendency to cramp and
cold in the arms, and sometimes seems
to cause headaches during sleep, and
dreams. These smallmatters often make
or mar comfort in sleeping, Medical
Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
American Honey Abroad.

Twelve months ago no American honey
in the comb was sold in England, al
though a considerable quantity was ex-
ported from New Y ork to Europe in glass
Jars. Now the trade is large one, and
the New York Commercial AdUertiser
tells how it has been worked up by Mr..
Hoge, a well-known bee and honey man.
After contriving means to ship the pro-
duct without breaking the combs Mr..
Hoge set himself to get it introduced on
the royal table. Accident suggested a
plan to this end which only American
enterprise would have ever dared to carry
out. Mr.. Hoge, while dining in an Eng
lish chop house in London, took up a
bottle of sauce, and on the label found
that the condiment was prepared by one
who had been high steward at Windsor
Castle. There's my man, thought
Mr.. Hoge. and away he went in search
of him; ultimately succeeding in obtain
ing an introduction to the inventor of
the sauce. The merits of the sauce was
of course the first thing spoken of, and
the American praised it to the utmost
He then said that his object in seeking
the former high steward was to intro
duce the sauce into the United States,
where of course it would certainly have
large sale through the New York house
which had sent him to England.
Arrangements were made to have
the sauce introduced here, and
the ex-high steward was in good
humor. This was the time to in
troducc the real object Of the visit, and
the American said: Now, / want YOU
to do good turn for me. Can you not
get a case of American comb honey
placed on the Queens tablep The honey
will tell for itself afterward, as you will
find when | send you case for yonr
own use. Nothing easier" replied
the ex-high steward; Il am well ac-
quainted with the present high steward
of Windsor Castle, and he will do any,
thing / request of him." The next day
case of the best honey was sent to the
ex-high stewards house, and soon after
another one was in Windsor Castle. The
beautiful combs were placed on the
Queens table, and her grandchildren,
the daughters Of the late Princess Alice,
were so pleased with it that the Queen
gave orders that ten eases should be at
once purchased for the use of the castle,
meaning, Of course, her own table. The
fact Of this order having been given by
the Queen soon became known through
Tue enterprise OF the american, anu Tue
London press took up the subject of
American comb honey. praising it to
the utmost. Even the British Bee Jour
nal took back all it had said against the
honey, and was loud in its praise. The
result was that the American comb
honey was to be found in q very short
time on every fashionable" persons
table, and its success in Great Britain
as ured. An order has been received to
ship at once 500, 900 pounds Of the new
crop. to be followed by like quantity
at later period.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-09-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An imperious Casar-The sheriff.
An indescribable uncle Carb-uncle
Sound logic-Arguing through the
telephone.
How many passengers viii train OF
circumstances calTyg an
Mount Stanford, in the Sierra Neva-
das, is covered with red snow.
"A man who declared himself to be in
toxicated with music was considered air
tight.
A new Mormon temple now in course
Of erection at Sal' Lake City is to cost
s5,OOo.OOO.
To use the new machines OF tile old
fashioned washboards? Aye, there's the
rub.-PicGyatrae.
There are now in Texas over 5000, 600
sheep. Last year over II ,OO0, 600 pounds
Of wool were shipped out of the State
In Tennessee. South Carolina and
Delaware elergymcn are not permitted
to become members Of the State Legis-
ature.
"A Black Hills correspondent states
that he believes the development of the
mineral resources Of the Back Hills has
only Degun.
Miss Porter, Of Detroit, paid hack
man less than he demanded, and he
angrily struck her. She drew revolver
from her satchel and shot him dead.
Samuel Nussbaum murdered his wife
at Girardeau, Missouri, and was stopped
in an attempt 10 kill himself on thespOt;
but lie was determined to die, and has
finally accomplished his purpose BY
starvation.
The French have been trying, with
some success, the plan Of towing canal
boats by locomotives. "A railway j. laid
down on the towpath, about one meter
(39 inches) from the side Of the canal,
and on this are run small locomotives of
four or more tons, according TO the
weight to he pulled
Queensland, the youngest Of the Aus
tralian group, occupies the northeastern
quarter of the Australian continent and
stretches from the northern boundary of
New South Wales to the Gulf of Car
pentaria. 1t is twelve times the size Of
England, twice the size of Canada and
half as large again as England, Ireland,
Scotland. Wales, France and Spain com
bined. 1t is rich in gold.