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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

As regards George Sands personal
qualities, We have already seen that she
was an excellent mother, friend and
beneiactress. Let us add that envy
found no place ia her heart. The habit,
SO marked in a genuine Partisan, imme-
disteiy on the appearance of new work,
Of picking out its faults before noticing
its excellences, was never INDUCED in by
her. Her custom was rather to praise
than TO blame, and She criticised alike
impartially the work of friend or foe
She had been in her time great beauty.
My features, sho sRys were well
formed, but / have never tried to give
them expression.' Her face was hand.
some rather than inta-.-t;,,,,. - 90
lures bore the stamn ts $500. no ~"
larity; Der voice was o. oleSiau IeSu,
any ring, In converss'aa.i AMI anu WITHOUT
reverse of Partisan. Stloh she was the
OF dazzling the nina was incapable
brilliant play upon WIN esprit by
pected sallies and words, by unex-
Mental fencing was ready answers.
and she very seldom. lAnoWn to her,
witty. Her writings saiu anything
humor; she was mostlS mum. very little
lturnity. She was i hstl 70 TAG
than talker. and wbs. PEI. Detter nstener
often reproduced in her s mo.i neara was. was
mind is sluggish, Musss, T ;s rs, loar
have once said in reserenco - lo tCl 70
quail failings. In common nerhaT l oo Sais,
other writer's who are much abs6rbad IN
their works, she had another remarEaUie
popularity. If I had not had my
works ON a shelf before me, she says,
4 should have forgotten them even to
a@ s s' OF d page &c You may read half vol
and with the excep;SSsa ronnanees to me.
principal names Is nss,ss, OF one or two
j en- written by1me. IF i we npo syd l.
JeU, ted for my opinion ON one of my
,, pol ;, 7 could sincerely answer L
ull not know it-that must first read it
before l could cay anything about it. ;
She alleges this, popularity as the reason
why in her memoirs she says nothing
about the subject and tendency of any
of her own works. She scarcely ever
quotes the titles of some of them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Great Britain's Curse.

A correspondent argues that what
Great Britain wants is the substitution
OF land tax for tax on rental values.
The absence of land tax enables land
lords to hold immense tracts free of tax.
An illustration is afforded by piece Of
land at Liverpool, owned by the compa-
ny that manages the docks in that city.
The Wallasy pool toll bridge is owned
by this company, and the tolls are col
lected by family living in a house at
one end of the bridge. This family Is
not allowed even space for cabbage
garden. The land is worth from $l5,
600 to 500, 600 an acre, and yet it is
rented for COW pasture at seven dollars
an acre, and pays taxes at the rate OF
twenty-fv per cent. of the rental-that
is to say, 81. 50 per acre ON land worth
an average Of $3.50, 600 an acre. This is
only one instance of a widespread, dis
astrous system, which is running the
British husbandman. The people OF
France, owning their land, are able to
support themselves from il. France
sells more agricultural products than
she buys, even when her wheat crop is
as short as it is the present season. Bnt
England is compelled to buy larger
proportion of food every year. In1858,
with population of IS 900, 900, Great
Britain bought 1925, 900, 900 of food pro
duets. or at the rate of 81 80 per capita.
In 1877, with population OF SO, 900, 600,
Great Britain bought food products
from foreign countries to the value Of
1886, 600, 600, or 9l4 so per capita.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Ills Pride Humbled,

A young attorney, who lately passed
the bar of Detroit, was Dragging Of the
brilliant prospects before him, when an
old denlzen of Justice alley remarked
yes, you will get along Judge
was speaking in Your praise the other
day
He was, eh p replied The young limb.
We'll, l always thought stood in pref
ty solid with the old man. Words of
praise from him mean something and are
worth something. What did he say?'
He said you had already made your
mark in the world.
Did hep Well, I'll show my graft
tude if live long enough. Then he's
had his eye on me, Ell +? Please tell me
how he said I'd make my mark.
Let's see,' unused the iuryman as he
scratched his head. We'll, now, can I
recollect whether he said it was in the
mud or on the ice; but next time 1 see
him I'll have a pencil handyl'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
EnrIr Gold.Mlning IN the South.

An article in Harper's Magazine on
gold-mining in Georgia states: The first
piece of gold ever taken in the United
States belonged to this deposit, and was
picked up in 1899 by Conrad Reed, a
boy who lived in Cabarrus county, North
Carolina. 1t was ss large as a smooth
ing-iron, but was sold to a silversmith
for S350.50. AfterEard much larger
Jumps were found: cue weighed twenty
eight pounds, according to tradition. -
This excited 30 mucl attention that ex-
ploration was begun and the gold traced
southwark until tie borders of the
Cherokee territory ia Northern Georgia
were reached, aud pfospectors began to
encroRch upon the reservation. Protests
from the Indians naturally followed, and
Georgia sent a large police force to keep
back the invaders but it was of little
avail. The rush to the mines was much
like the stampede TO the Pacific coast in
1o49, and reckless, dissipated men from
all quarters OF the country focked in,
prowled about the woods, set up log
huts and shanty groceries on all the
streams, and paid no respect to the
rights OF the Indian, or any one else I'M
able to defend them. Even United
States troops were powerless to keep the
lswless hordes west Of the Chestatee,
and here as elsewhere the discovery Of
gold was the end Indian possession
and aboriginal sing lcity and charm. -
a LhG methods nod adoptd by the first white
settleIb5 anu III VOAsS "A-'s- -~~--~t y ~>-~,
were very rude, cnsisting merely OF
washing out the grFel OF the beds of
the streams by running it through sluice-
boxes and splint bskets into o gum
rocker, which wassothing but split
and hollowed-out kg dozen or SO feet
in length. While 1he water from the
sluice- box passed frough this trough
from end to end, , rocker was kept in
constant motion, Ad the heavy gold,
permitted to sink = the bottom through
the constantly agifed silt, was caught
by transverse cless, with or without
the aid OF mercury
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Queer Figures on Mnrriare-


The Chicago Times has constructed a
table OF Marriage Probabilities for
both sexes, from the age Of Is 40 TO 70
based on figures taken from 8 OO0 mar.
riage licenses issued by the county clerk
during the twelve months ending An.
gust 2. 1t deduces the following facts
from the table: In | 600 cases no one
was married before the age of 10. The
marriage OF women at that age is not
unknown, but it is rare. Men do not
begln to marry, as q rule, until they are
10 years old. AT the age of 10. when
young men are just beginning to think
seriously of the sui cot, youpo Xvop,o,,
are at their most favorable time. more
OF them marrying at that age than at e,,v
Otnef' Inc years OF greatest probabiIitv
win woman are from Is TO 25. culrni
haung at y. At 20 and 81 the chances
aIe even, Deing better at 10 and % than
at either OF the intervening years. At %
DeSlns a steady decline; but not until
the age oil % do the chances fall below
one IN q hundred; after that age thew
90, and IN the rest of her life her
chances are but seventy-six in a thon.
sand. AT the age of SO the vanishing
point appears i'll sight; no marriages oc.
curing at that age, and vt the age of
81, at 55 and So occurs one marriage
each, a. 81 none, at SO one. and after
that a woman has literally mot one
chance in thousand of wedding. Her
pest years are four in number. being
from 10 to % inclusive. With man Il
Is different. His best years are ten in
number, from Il TO 80 inclusive. II is
az the age OF 81 that he evidently turns
ms attention wifeward. and IL NAV ba
that legislators were entirely light IN
fixing that as the year when he shall at
tain his majority. In no year of his life
are the chances one to ten that be will
marry. His very best years are at %
aud q a a girl a1e ut 10 an a.
rom u there IA tty ste in
crease till ne as 25, lcn is =. nc 2s
Slowly decline, although Ac1 uo
drop suddenly until hs is 80. At is
worthy of note that the sudden drop in
the chances of both men and women oo-
ours the year after they become odd
bachelors or old maids. Men do not
begin to marry till about three years
later than women, but they keep it up
more or less steadily FIVE years later
With men the chances do not fall below
IN 100 until the age of 40 is reached.
Then it is in so, and after that but in
2O0. Marriages occur, however, every
year until Sc is reached, then on alter
nate years to 60, and after that comes
but one, which Is at the age of 10.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Singna Affection.

Last SeptembaJ. J. Clutter, young
man employed oaahe Pttsburg division
az the Baltimore nd Ohio railroad. sud
denly lost his eytieht while dancing at
= ,,co,,I;o,l,t ,,icrj at Oonnellsville. He
,e ,1r bis aist in day or two. We
nov Ieara chat Ggtter, who is employed
at the Edgar Thmpson steel works, at
Braddock's, has 4 another similar bnt
still more curiom experience. About a
week ago be SUDDENLY became deaf and
dumb, and the GLOWING morning he
was deprived of he sense of sight. He
received no attenanee of a medical char
acter excepting finn local physicians. =
He complained Of weakness, but no
other feeling OF ilness, and was as able
to partake of foo as freely as when IN
thorough health About eight o'clock
last Sunday evening he became repos-
sessed of all the lost faculties just as
suddenly and IN seriously as he bad
last them, having been deaf and dumb
for forty eight hours and blind fol
thirty-six. After MS restoration he com
planned of nothing except weakness.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
what Indians are Capable OF.

The Society of Friends of Now York
city, who have the special care of the
Winnebago tribe of Indians, have made
a report on the condition of the reser-
walton, and commend the peace policy as
worthy of continuance. 80 rapidly have
they advanced from nomadic habits to
those of civilized life, says the report,
that it becomes only a question of
few years for this tribe to require no
further aid from the government Ten
years ago rations we're issued to them at
a cost of about $50, 600 a year, and they
then had only 300 acres of land under
cultivation, and subsisted on govern
ment rations and buffalo meat. Daring
the past year the tribe has been self
supporting. with the exception of three
pounds of -four given weekly to each
parent whose children attended school
regularly. at present the tribe has q
surplus of farm products for sale, and
with the larger acreage sown it is
thought the surplus will be greater this
year
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
The Fashions.
Wide ribbons are coming.

Ht"S UNIONS are coming.
White satin is to be revived for brides
wear. - - '''O'
Tie favorite Carmen bonnet is shorn
with greater breadth in the back.
Few skirts are plated all round in kill
fashion; yet very few arc seen without
being plated somewhere.
The regular Scotch cap is shown for
very young faces. and there are iauntv
Derby hats precisely like those worn by
gentlemen.
A novelty this season is feather felt,
with loose shrcda of feathers forming the
pile of fine felt; in white and pale gray
these will be used for dress bonneta.
Small fancy plaids Of wool and silk
combined are used for trimming plain
wool dresses. Those with much red and
gold on olive grounds trim effectively.
New tints of cloth shades are shown in
the bonnets for winter. Rembrandt
gre Il is very largely represented, and
IS dark like myrtle green, but with more
blue in if.
Unique costumes are made for little
girls of the gay bandanna plaids. Some
times the entire dress is made of ban
danna handkerchiefs, and softening
effect is given with plaitings of lace.
Japanese fans, covered with silk or
satin aipin nov thus season. Ladies in-
dustiiously inclined take the cheap
Japanese fan and cover aud paint il to
suit their tastes.
One of the newest fancies in iewelry
is the old oaken bucket set in solid
| gold; the earrings are tiny golden buck
| cts, and the pin is perfect little wind
lass, with rope cciled around it, from
the end of which the bucket is sus
pended.
Among the many coquettish acces,
sions TO the toilet are the prettiest i'm.
aginable little side sachels of lace, mus.
lin or Grape dc chene. These are lined
with some delicateiy tinted satin or silk,
perhaps white, and there is always q
little cluster Of flowers set on one side.
Dark cloth colors in the new shades OF
amaranth, Rembrandt green, prune,
Burgoyne, golden brown, and ducks
breast blues are shown in the new
wooden dresses being prepared in the
furnishing houses for early fall wear -
| The materials are camels' baircloth,
cashmere and o new fabric called toUe
dc Sanglior, which is regularly woven,
yet has rough surface, and resembles
bunting made sufficiently heavy to serve
for warm winter dresses. The trim
minGs are satin of the same shade, silk
! plush borders, many rows OF machine
stitching, wide wooden braids and gay
contrasting silks - aQtch plaids or in
most intricate mosaic designs. - Har-
| per's BdsGr.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Grew the WOli for His Coffin.

A remarkable s BY is told of the late
Capt. Stone, of loundsville, w. Va,
who was buried bcently. Thirty five
years ago he came from New Orleans to
Moundsville to Jake his home, and
brought with him wo seeds of a mahog-
any-like tree thai fourished near his
former home. Use he planted, re-
marking to his fnily that he would
have his coffin die from the tree
One of the seed died, but the other
tiourished and gre. From shoot it
became a saplins and finally, in the
course of thirty tars, grew to a hne
tree. About eigi months ago severe
windstorm passedpver Moundsville and
Capt. Stone foundlis tree laid PROSTATE.
He had it dried, swed into lumber, and
sent to a Pittsbag firm. In short
time il was returad to him in the form
of a beautiful cofG, and for four months
il was preserved { his residence. About
two weeks ago haoptracted sickness
tbat eliminated ia his death, and his
desire being fulfhd, he was laid in the
coffin ne planned hirty-five years ago.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
The Italians as a Class.

oar chief trouble in Italy, writes q
professor in Scri6ner, discussing educa-
ton, lies in the fact that we have no
large class of cultivated people, in the
sense in which the term is used in Eng
land and Germany. We have learned
men and i norant men, but the space
between these two poles is but sparsely
populated. Our peasants are quick
witted and bright, while the German
and the English peasants are slow and
stupid. Oar common people talk most
entertainingly and are naturally gifted
with humor and good sound sense. But
their talk is all personal; their mental
horizon is narrow. The same is the
case with the middle class italian. He
is externally Polished, AMI can apply
himself easily to anything an which his
power of observation can assist him.
But he has no turn for abstract reason
ing
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

He who strives after long and pleas
ant term of life must seek to attain con-
tinual equanimity, and carefully to
avoid everything which too violently
taxes his feelings. Nothing more quickly
consumes the vigor of life than the VIC
lenoe of the emotions of the mind. We
know that anxiety and care can destroy
the healthiest body; we know that fright
and fear, yes, excess OF JOY. become
deadly. They who are naturally cool
and of a quiet turn of mind, upon whom
nothing can make too powerful an i'm
preston, who are not wont to be ex-
cited either by great sorrow or great joy,
have the best chance Of living long and
happy after their manner. Preserve,
therefore, under all circumstances, coUn-
sells The Sanitariaa. a composure of
mind which no happiness, no misfor
tune can too much disturb. Love moth
ing too violently; hate nothing too pas
sionsteiy fear nothing too strongly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
An Unpleasant Discovery.

A queer transaction was witnessed in
a cemetery at Milwaukee a few days
since by two gentlemen who had attend-
ed the funeral of the child of friend,
and remained walking about the grounds
after the cortege had departed. The
sections had not filed up the grave
when second funeral arrived. 1t was
also that of a child, but the grave pre-
pared for it was too short. The men,
therefore, deposited the second child in
the first grave, and when it's friends
were gone actually transposed the collins
to suit the size of the excavations. But
for.the exposure made by the witnesses,
the marble lamb that was TO be placed
upon the grave of little Mary would
have rested upon the sod that covered
over little Jimmy, and the flowers that
were to deck his grave would have
wasted their sweetness upon the hillock
OF the little girl that happened to be
buried the same day. The sections who
had mixed those babies up soon found
they had raised a hornets nest about
their ears by this strange transaction,
and the collins were again taken up and
transferred to their proper positions il
q hurry.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
3 sfEine The, Are,
JOB delhae Tie varsIs.s tapping.

3. 1ob dc hhere the waYelets lappiBg,
EDDY, babbling as they run,
Dancing. racing, whispering,
Laughing, sparkling in thesuD.
strays q eeaweed in they carry
Tiny shells and pebbles bright,
Place them gently on the sandbeach,
6 Then quick turn ana slip from sight
ohidren carrying wooden Bhovels,
Holding dainty frocks on high,
Brown and fair legs, slim and sturdy
Boys and girle come pattering by.
Aud tho wavolets run 10 meet Thorn.
Singing, Como. oh come aud play,
Ailonr treasures wo Will show you
Only, please. don't go away
30 the children answer gayly,
WithRdvance and nook retreat,
And the nipples splash and gurgle,
Kiseing all their pearly feet
Out at sea long waves are rising,
Round, dull, foam capped now and then
And coble lsboring through them
Homeward brings three toil-worn men.
Weary with their bitter struggle
Sixteen hours Of constant strain,
Eighty miles OF ocean battling,
SesntV daily bread TO gain.
And the restless ocean ankv..
AZ the night falls DER the land;
and the crested breakers thunder
Now four deep across the strand
Anxious grew the tired faces,
sM Give the tiller to my hand,
iaid the old man, she must pass them,
Or We never more shall land
Down came the brown sail croaking,
spripging forward with bound;
Up the foam flew and euwrspped her,
Mid the waters boiling round.
Five long minutes, then the coble,
Quiyering, trembling safely lies
At her mooring, meath the Cerbini
From the storm-beridden rkies.
Happy wee ones ripping wayelets
Toilmg mon, and raging seas
All are children Of one Father,
And live out His great DEGREES.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
I.ightning,s Freaks.

During a storm lightning struek the
chimney on the house of Alexander % 9s-
tic, living at the head OF Still Pond
creek. Maryland. In the room below a
sick bow was lying upon the bed. The
lightning ran down the chimney, crack,
ed the wall in two places, knocked ont
two window cases, and, glancing to the
bedstead where the boy was lying, 1t
split the frame and broke the stats I'M
der the mattress, leaving the boy unln-
iured. Mrs. Bostic, who was In the
room at the time, was stunned for awhile,
but not seriously injured.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

A swindler in New York, signing him
self Henry p. Jones, is sending letters
to farmers throughout the country,
claiming that having seen the readers
name, he concludea he is a long lost
sight-of cousin, and announcing that as
ne is now manager of a lottery, he de-
sires his relative to act as agent; and in
order to create good impression among
the neighbors, he will arrange that on
the purchase OF & ticket for $40 the cou-
sin shall draw large money prize,
which will induce investments. Many
have bitten at the bait.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
ua,yfana 2 esesslol,la5s.

A Good Report from Mountain Office.
Chestnut Grove Garrett Co., Md,
Jan. 10, 1879
Dear Sir Il have Disposed OF great deal
Of your medicine and IA glad to say all have
been benefited by It's use. sold u bottle
10 a physician lie used II il h's practice.
He gayg is the best medicine ho ever used for
that COMPLAINT.
". e. Feather used it FOR Dyspepsia and In,
digestion. He ssid after 80 used the Blood
Syrup short time he could cat anything nc
wanted, O1.
1t cured my cousin, Susan MoCabe, Of Diph"
liberia and Fever. p;,,,
Daniel Fra,s aoueer's daughter had Hlng-
Vyorrn, They had tined great msny relheoll 'ss
bat could get 2otniug 10 euro u un.ll Ihes s''
pome OF your fsiG0i Syrup "a. III Ae"l''
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

ALI babies are diminutive Caesars, since thov
come they SEQ, they conquer, sometimes by
their gentle stiffness, but oitener by continued
uproarious crying induced by Cole, Teething,
Flatulonce, etc. Dr.. Bulls Baby Syrup, by its
gentle yet Fpecifc influence qniets the little
ones without oyer producing the Toast Injurious
effect. Price IS cents a bottle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

Au old woman of eighty gears has
Just died in New York prison, where
she lived twenty-five years voluntarily.
She was a poor, dissipated creature until
fifty years of age, when she was incar
cerated for a number of years, and on
the expiration of her term had become
SO attached to the institution and fearful
of falling into her old ways that che
begged 10 be allowed to remain, and
during her long solourn administered
comfort to many an unfortunate.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

is there an opening here for an in.
tellectual writer?' asked a seedy, red
nosed individual of an editor. Yes, my
friend, replied the man CT quilts; "a
considerate carpenter, foreseeing your
visit, left an opening for you: turn the
knobto the right
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

No statue which the rich man places
ostentatiously in his window is to be
compared to the little expectant faces
pressed against the window pane. wait.
ing for father when his days labor is
done.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

The Waterloo Observer says Chick.
ems and lawyers pick up their living
with their bills The comparison is a
SANDER on all honest chickens that
scratch for what they get.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

The ordinary life of locomotive is
thirty years. The locomotive we are
panied to observe, never marries. =
Phila. Chronicle. Are you not mis-
taken about the locomotive never
marrying? We have often heard of the
locomotive sparkling, and being coup.
led to train-iust the same as a youne
man, You know. When he gets coupled.
the train often makes the biggest show.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

Persons Of sedentary pursuits are prelispos-
ed to Constipation; such should always use DR..
Balls Baltimore Pills, which lusure safety
againet Ooustip .tiou aud az Of its disastruus
CONSEQUENCES
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

The man who used dime instead of
q piece Of lead on his fshline called it
bis sinking fund, and tho bill he owed
FOR the use Of boat his floating debt.