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

A New York man went home last
night and found his wife wiping her
eyes with $4S lace handkerchief, nc
supper ready, the blinds pulled down,
and the six-months-old baby sprawling
on the hall floor, screaming and yelling
ike calliope. For PHYS sake, wife,
what's the matter 2 he asked in sgon-
lied tones. HAS somebody attempted
to kill you, or rob us, or what2 Speak,
dearest, speak + ON 7 began the wife;
'ooo-hoo-hoo l-our-d -dear-little - oh
boo-hoop Speak, wife Don't drive
me crazy Speak. 'Oh l--our-dear-
lit tIe-boo' what is the matter. -
Answer me at once = oh, you brute
Boo-hool You've no sympathy for me.
Yes, will tell you, Our dear little dog
has been sent to the pound There
Do you know now, you wretch 2
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
How it Came 10 De Published.

Tue publisher of the ODsrlend mara
ziue has been telling a newspaper re-
porter of the narrow escape Bret Harte's
now famous story Of The Lick OF r. lar.
ing Camp, had of being refused publ.
cation. Tue gentleman says: He and l
started ON a fishing excursion TO Sonora,
we were having an excellent time.
blending magazine with sport, and had
determined ON a longer. stay, when a let
ter from my partner, after readipg the
PROOF of THE Luck Of Roaring Camp,
denOuBcing it as wholly and
unfit for publication in a moral maga-
zine, caused us to hastily pack our traps
and return.
'Air. Harte was out of sorts all the
way, and I nursed my disappointment
at his first venture, However, he said
he had other matter that might please
the fastidious c., aud there need be
no delay ia the MONTH issuo- He did
ssy ,se s s; H., away
from real life, too real perhaps, and that
maybe his philosophic treatment was at
ault. On reaching my office / met sew.
eral OF the establishment ready with
their condemnations, even to uplitted
hands, aud all prophesying that such an
article would be a deathblow to nv
magazine. Mr. Harte in the meantime
had hurried to his home for other MSS.
| took the proof homo when | went to
lunch, and thought that perhaps after
reading it in that sanctity, / might get
a better idea how to caution ana direct
MIR. Harte IS to magazine morals. Pur
suing my habit of resting on the lounge.
gave the proof to my wife to read
aloud, as was a common practice, and
lay with eyes closed, expecting fearful
encounter with her, yet hoping for some
favor from her critical Judgment. Twas
struck particularly with It's descriptive
force end eonciseness in narrative. and |
thinking what a waste of imagination |
over 50 tEiaing an incident. when I |
heard a sob, and looking up, my wife
was in tears. That was enough. rush /
7d to the off 90, and without explanation.
ordered the articleinserted, and SO The
Luck OF Roaring Camp appeared. Our
san Francisco papers were somewhat
'aretul IN their notices, and waited most
eagerly for the Eastern papers. They
anne and were universal in their praises.
md then [ told my wife that she was |
ruiy the sponsor of Bret HNte.' io
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
The Two Wanderers.

Two wanderers 10 wood profound
Heard stroke by stroke, tie axe resound
Aud that which each most lopgod to own
Rang to him Ia the weapon tone.
The etalwart said Il. ere lies the strand
They huild ship for far-oG lsnd.'
Ide "earied spako a home they build
BY hand OF love With flowers flied.
And through tho tangled thlokets braid
Ihey press, when 10 twas as each said
1Aey bui.d bark for far. O fl land
a mansion decked by loving hand.
WITHIN the forests swamp an ] brake
coitef foI tho dead they make.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Bathing in the Mediterranean.
The bath bonses built ON plies reach

Tue bath houses, built on piles, reach
out Fl fly feet or more into tho sea- You
enter a room 9xG furnished with table,
three or four chairs, washstand and
mirror, and carpeted with broad stair
mat. You bolt the lapdward door and,
having donned your sea-dress, open the
seaward one. A narrow fight Of steps
leads from your room to- one Of equal
size below, where tho water reaches to
the waist, and where you may, il you
choose, take as private bath as in your
own house. If You wish to 60 out,
bell summons the marinaro, and cord
drawn above lifts one of the sliding
doors of which the four walls OF the
room are formed, and you are in the
open sea, with a fne, soft carpet of sand
under your feet and the violet waves of
the Mediterranean about you. SO clear
! is The water that one can count the rare
shells or. as happened Co me, dive and
recover a lost soarf-pin. The Mediter-
ranean is said to possess more iodine
and sulphur in solution than any other
BODY of water. At Pozzano, specially.
near Castella Macer, the eye observes
yellowish streaks cutting sharply
through the prevalent blue of the wator.
These are currents of sulphur where
the bather may enjoy a genuine SULPHUR
bath ia the midst of the sea. Returning
after u delicious half hour you find the
linen allotted for your use carefully
warmed by the sun, and consisting OF a
towel and two large sheets of the home
spun linen of Italy, so grateful for bath
ing purposes. A bucket Of fresh water
to rinse the hair and bathe the face
stands ready also. Add that this luxu.
rlous bath costs only twenty cents to
the transient visitor and fifteen to the
habitue; recall, if you will, the misera.
bic bnts Of Coney Island, Long Branch
aud Rockaway with their marrow, sandy |
strips OF towels, and yon will agree tf,at |
he art of bathing is not yet fully. un.
ierstood in the land of the free.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
German Ys. English CHING

The recent experiments with the
Arupp steel guns at Essen have demon
s'rated their superiority to the Wool
wlch heavy guns, on which the English
nave been resting with calm reliance
AT a distance of mile and three quar-
ters the steel seventy y-two ton gun was
served with such precision that the ver.
ncal deviation was only nine and one
halt inches, and it's penetrating power
supeIl9r s.ls e the Wooylah iE2n n9sF l 9s
the F,iss go 'lesssant intiInation that
'no DlB guns on which he has snenf- 80
m1ch money are of no more conse-
qaence than Oohorn mortars. He must
MAKE steel guns or take back seat. III
- dl1l '1!5 for one who has not seen one
Oh these blg guns and Witnessed its an
pailing power to realize what an engine
OF War may be. What structure fhaf
man could build, even on land. conId
sCand the pounding of steel proiectiIes
each weighing 100 pounds ADearlv q
Eoh-and hurled almost point blank for
Nv swo mlles and with unerring precision
" Z "a fhls country are happily exempt |
rom the necessity of keeping such arm. |
lment as this, but in Europe the pos. I
session OF such weapons by one nation
'lmost necessltates the arnling of others |
With similar artillery. The heaviest
ron -clads that Great Britain has built |
you'd be pierced like wet paper by the
)lg HrupD guns. IL costs something To
Ieep up with the latest styles in war i'm
dement's In Europe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Modern Lepers.

Under this caption the sCathogics Mir
ror speaks as follows; There are lepors
in these days who do not go about CLAD
in the garb of the loathsome, nor cry
'Unclean, uncIean 7 to warn the passers
by of their destructive presence. Neither
in dress nor in appearanced do they differ
from those about them, yet they are pu
trid, foul in soul and body, and their
breath is pestilential. They are the
tellers of dirty stories, the men who
gloat over beastly Jokes, and who are
never so happy as when they are IN
crowd of muck. eaters whom they can
gorge with smut. These are the modern
lepers who are more disgusting and
more dangerous than men delirious with
the yellow fever. They corrupt the in
nocent and intensity the pollution of
those already tainted. Even the pres
ence of children does not deter them
from their damning amusement, and
some of them even seem to prefer to
pour their defling ,discourses INTO the
aars of +Lv clean at heart. And they are
numerous - these plague e-scatterers. -
They are to be met with everywhere,
and whenever they are not restrained by
the company of women, and are not dis
cussing business or politics, their con.
versation soon falls into obscenity. Ever
when Joining in small talk, their mind
is alert to turn and twist simple expires
sions into suggestive phrases, and theil
laugh is always heartiest when called
forth by piece of devils wit.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Lucky Washe1.romou

Mrs. Sarah r " was the first washer
woman and cook in Leadyille, Col, She
WASH worth great deal of money when
she came, but she knew how to cook.
and opened boarding-housa and now
Is very. rich. To-day Mrs. Ray let the
contract for the erection of large fonr
story brick, iron-front building. TO he
put up at oneeson the corner. of Harri-
son avenue and State street, 1t will be
the handsomest and best-b bailt business
house in all the State of Colorado. The
basement will be arranged for large,
airy railway or banking houses, barber
shops and batlisrooms The ground
floor is TO be used for sstores, and the
second, third and fourth stories will be
divided up info high-ceilinged, roomy
offices. The entire front is to be of
iron, and the whole building Is to be as
near fire-proof as it can be made. The
excavation for the new structure bas
already been commenced, and it is the
intention of the widow wasberwoman to
have the building ready for tenants
come Christmas.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
A Sound Legal Opinion.

An honest farmer once called upon
the late Roger NJ. Sherman the cele.
brated lawyer, and told him he wanted
an opinion. He had heard agreat deal
about the value of Mr. Sher1an's opip.
ions, and how great many loople went
to him to get an opinion, andJohn, who
had never had, nor was likefto have a
lawsuit or other difficulty ia LAWYER
to help him from, thoughihe would
have an opinion.
Well, John, what can | y to heIp
yol?' said Mr.. Sherman, VII John in
his turn was shown into the .om.
why, lawyer, replied JU, 4 hap
pened to be in town, and halg nothing
to do, L thought l would cce and Get
your opinion.
State your case, John. Fhat's the
matterP'
'Oh, nothing amt geo lawsuit;
[ only want to get one Of Y, opinions;
they say they are very value.
But, John-about what
Obi anything, sir; take u pick and
choiceP
Mr.. Sherman, seeing Emotions of
his client ON the matter hand, took
pen, and writing a few Wis, folded
them up and handed them John, who.
carefully placed them in hiocket.
What's to pay, sir?'
-Four and sixpence, YAM money
seventy-fve cents.
When John returned he the next
morning, he found his wifeho pretty
much took the lead in his liness mat
ters, anxiously discussing II his chief
farm servant the propriety getting in
large quantity of oats that day,
which had been cut on The previous,
or of undertaking some otllabor.
John was appealed to settle the
question, but he could noecide. Al
length he said: III tell yoEhat, Pol
ly; I've been to a lawyernd got an
opinion that cost me four sixpence.
There it is-read her out; il lawyers
writing aud l can't makqf'ee or tail
out of iti'
But Polly opened the pa and read
as follows: Never put off tomorrow
what can be done to day.
Enough saidl' cried job oats
must be got in And they re got sin,
and the same night such storm came
on as otherwise would havuined them
entirely.
John often afterward tsulted the
opinion, and acted upon itnd to this
day entertains high estim, OF lawyers
opinion generally, and of ) lamented
MIR. Sherman's in particuls
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American Trarelers In E,lrnnr


DE-. Holland, writing Of the effects Of
foreign travel upon Americans. asserts
that Europe to-day is, a great inspiler TO
America and gre0t teacher. It is true
that she gets but little of her Political
Inspiration from Europe, but her in
struetion aud inspiration in art are al.
most entirely European. In architec
t1re, painting, sculpture, and even in
literature, European IDEAS are dominant.
80 this great tide OF life that goes out
from us every year does notretnrn with
out that which abuudantly repays all its
expenditure of time and money. Form
all this Impression of European superb
ority in many things there is very rare.
y anything that tends to wean the
american from his home. He usually
comes back better American than he
qsl goes away. y With y the the qTfit s qs5 8
faI4pfovs himself, lis Iit1, 1is14 70
Souhtry.i The American, bred Ia o.
sociai and political freedom. oanrot ra.'' ra'
anguish It, and can never feel entireiv
ae nome where he does not enjsy i. He
perfectly understands how Earopean
can e9me TO America and be content
WIN II az home, because he can shane
bis life according to bis choice. but ha |
'annot understand how an American !
ian emlgrate to Europe and make a sat.
home there, becsuse the social
'nd'pohtical Institutions would be felt
. yoke to him, and burden.
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Meaning of the Terms.

Many persons are puzzled to under
stand what the terms 'fourpenny, six
penny, and 'tenpenny' mean as applied
to nails. 'Fourpenny means four pounds
to the thousand nails, or 'sixpenny'
means six pounds to the Thousand, and
so on. II is an old English term, and
meant at first ten pound nails (the
thousand being understood). but the old
English clipped it to 'tenpun, and from
that it degenerated until penny was
substituted for pounds. When thou,
aand nails weigh less than one I'onnd
they are called tacks, brads, etc', anu
are reckoned by ounces.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
What Constitutes a Carload.

A carload is nominally 10000 pounds.
It is also 70 barrels of salt, 10 of lime,
80 of -four, 60 of whisky, 200 sacks OF
-four, 6 cords of soft wood, IS or 20 head
OF cattle, so or 60 head OF hogs, 80 to 100
head of sheep, 1900 feet of solid boards,
II, 600 feet OF siding, 13. 600 feet of floor
ing, 40, 900 shingles, one half less hard
lumber, one-fourth less Of green lumber,
one-tenth Of joist, scantling and other
large timbers. $40 bushels OF wheat,
400 Of corn, $50 Of oats, 400 of barley,
$50 of fiaxseed, 800 of apples, $50 o.
Irish potatoes, 800 Of sweet potatoes
| 900 of bran,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
4 New Textile

A curious plant has been discovered
in Wisconsin which produces a kind of
cotton and flax from the same stalk. It
has already been woven into fabrics,
and, as any article that will make as
good cloth as can be made from this
plant will make good paper, it has been
called the paper plant. 1t can be planted
in the spring and cut in the fall and
winter. 1t bleaches itself white as it
stands, and will yield at least three or
four tons to the acre. From single
root that was transplanted at Appleton,
last spring, grew twenty large stalks
with 800 pods Containing the eotton)
with at least sixty seed to each. From
this root were obtained seven ounces o
pure cotton and over half pound 0
fax. 1t is q very heavy plant. and grow
from six to seven feet high.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

Love Is precious pnin
No skill can heal #,
Whom they who Sigh, but sigh III vain,
In their hesrts conceal It.
Love II bouudlcHa bliss
Al they who share il,
With lovers look aud lovers kiss
Surely shan deciMe it.
Love with tho crown OF hio
Hia king and queen covers,
All and when enyious Death
our life shall smother.
Love with his willow wreath
Crowns that constant other
Young men and maids, Tor love
Seek till ye find 1t;
Aud having found, win heaven above
About your hearts to bind IT.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28

The agent who was sent to Kansas by
Fall River, Mass, mill operatives to
investigate the advisability OF a large
colony emigrating there to engage in
agriculture, has made his report, in
which he states il would be foolish for
any to go with less than $500. as the
country is filed with negroes who are 80
boor as to work for almost nothing, and
white men would starye unless they
could establish themselves. yE
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Theatrical EplnA..

! a juvenile gentleman, whose voice
was not by any means noverfnl ,gas
representing Macduf. o. hia oi,ssrv.
ing: My voice is in my ss1r6 , ono of
his auditors called Cut: Pm clad Won
told us, Harry; we were jus, Wondering
where it was.' Another a,for ii tbe
same cbaraeter-well known TO be an
| excellent combatant - vas one NIGHT
seized with a sudden and dunoontrollable
presentiment that he would be raortalIv
wounded in the fight thatteyroinates tba
tragedy, so threw his sword down. and
made hasty and ignomiaioas retreat
| ina; MACBETH. thus left il the lureh
co,1s1lI 'iiIt - Ihat some alarrliUl illness had
90 'eN y. nis enemy to ba4k ont. What
satisfo DC ooneP His death alone eonId
piece Z, p@oetlc @ justice, anil hTino the
daapes1tis1S1 orthodox 11' DiA"6 'lO
in the frst person Esss .ssss ;,on; SO ~
pened to be the phys6 81 . ~. nisflseo
M acdufi's sword to him, -.
remarkable extempore spsech: AS kill
ing Is thy trade, now try thy hand upon
Lhy master, as proxy for his coward foe.'
The combat was fought, AMI Terminated,
0f course, with the tyrant king being
defeated and stabbed through and
through several times-to make quite
sure OF him. The audieuceeheered and
called uproariously for the combatants
But the manager was not 20 well pleas
ed, and fined the trio Of act0rs-Mac1uff
for not attending to his business, Mae
beth for daring to gag Shakespeare, and
the unlucky physician fot doing what
he was actually forced to d.
very weak tenor, in Dublin, singing |
fcebly, caused one of the gods to shout |
to an acquaintance across tie gallery
'Corney, what noise is thar 'Bedad,'
said Corney, i believe Fs the gas
whistlin' in the pipe. ia the same
lively city late mayor gave his patron
age, and was hailed with 4, cheer for
the ex mayorl When quies.Era restor-
ed, voice. called out: Nov, bows. n
cheer for the Double X nayorp tMr
Gul1ness, the great brewI, IVES the
gentleman then filling the CIVIC ehair)
q Slr Wllliara Fondlove,. in The Love +
Chase; summing up his ersonol od-
manages says, conceitedly enough, I'm
every atom what 3 man should be- A
man silghtly lame WAS playing the part.
wnen az TINS point a voice from the pit ,
;r'ed: Barring tue game leg, Freddy
On an Iago, who was dsfgured by
rig dtful obllquity of vision, saving TO
1theleo, Wear your eye thus one OF
me spectators unkiudly remarked; He
'an :, you fooll he hasn't larntto souint
A very tedious old actor, whose Ham
e5 occupied four hours, was once nInv-
ng the part in town in the Potteriea
md with plenty Of emphss;s. hut no !
discretion, was ladliug out the cele 5
'rated soliloquy, "To-be- Qr-notLI--t1o t
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-08-28
Stealing a Long Re-

A short time ago frmf carriage
makers, of New Haven, Co.. shipped
a coupe TO San Francisco, .lifornia. II
was covered with canvas, ais the usual
custom, to protect it againshe weather.
Some man wishing to g.,across the
continent free of expense, appted the
coupe as temporary abidialplaa;e,es,, put 3at
eatables enough aboard TO 4 the nnh.
the trip, and then, hidden To-, 49,,
lie gaze, started on his AhyS GIiP
and reached California in ~. VINO
the adventurer was is not En, for he
managed to escape from / Temporary
home before the railroad Q J Ills discov.
cred him. That he was barticnIar
as to the cleanliness of b ode was
apparent from the condit which bp
left the coupe, in which rennants
OF the eatabies he had TAD his trim
The carriage was q valui ne and
was nearly ruined by his ssness
Suicides are three tim5a oon,n,or
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Many homes and lives are dull because
they 90 not recognize the bright and
mirthiul side of affairs that arise.
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Wilmington, n. c., has a population
of 90. 900 inhabitants.
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among men than women.
The daily gazette., 1879-06-26
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.

TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.
Cor Philadelphia; 2d, 7.0J, $40, 800
6.46, 7.2O, 9.46, p. m. On Sundays: 2.37
slOa. m; 8 Oo, GAG, 6 80, 8 As, p m.
FOR New York: 2.37, 1904, a m, IL 81, IL 80,
64ep m;onsun,days; 2osa m. o;46, p; m
s39 II m; IL 81, l.O4, 61s. pm. Sun
days II 81, 2.l0,8 .39, a IN.
FOR Port Deposit: 4 So p m no Sunday
FOR New Castle: $40, s15 a M; 1O5, 8 80 D
M; no Sunday train.
For Delaware X. r.: 9l6 a m; O5, 30
pm no Sunday train.
For Wilmington Northern X. r.: Q 2b q
For Delaware W estarn r. X. 7 ID, 10 O5 a m;
62ipm. Sunday train, $40 m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT WILMINGTON.
from PhiladelpnIa: IL A, . "a, 8 10 | 06 a m
I2G3,pm, u 43, 10 81, 8 %, 451, 8 O4, 6 25,
TAO, 10 ~. II is, p m on Sundays IL 43,
10 10 n, I S5, 10 y, II 10 p m.
from New fol V: 1 06, "a a m; ~ a, 70 81
to4, o22pm, IN Sundays: II 43, l OF
from Baltimore: o4, 8 40, s41, a m; 12H
Y ss,6 as, 9 SO p m; on Sundays: o. m
From Washington: 2oi a m 12A, 1898
636. 936 p m; on Sundays: Oi a m /; 8 Al
FROM Port Deposit 900 m no Sunday
From New Castle: $40 M; 1910 m
10, ib m; no SUNDAY trains.
From Delaware X. r.: s so IL 10 q m
ITO p. m; no Sunday trains.
From Wilmington & Northern X. r.: O5
II 80 a m; So m; no Sunday trains.
From Delaware Western K R.: 4 90 a m
2l5, I As p M; Sunday train, 5.25 p Ia.
TRAINS FOR WILMINGT ON LEAVE PHIL
ADELPHIA.
From Broad street and Washington ave
nue.: 7 80, 8 20, 10 80, II 46 a m; 80, 8 80
400, 8 is, 6 Is, 8 45, IL 80 pm; on Sun
days: 80 m; 8 o0,9 40, II 80, p m.
From Thirty Second and Market street,
I rs, a m, II IN, u u, %, $40, II 80 p Ii
on SUNDAYS: 8 80. II 80 p m.