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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14

Waste no time delays have dangerous endsl
II member OF your family is suffering with
slight cough OF cold don WaIt unit. it lie
velops itself into consumption, but procure at
once bottle Of Or. Bulls Cough syrup and
cure that cough.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14

wanted pair Of mules for use on the
rousty roads. Those having such for sale,
will please confer with the County Commits
.i.nen. BY order Of the Board F DeSalss
Hudd- clerk
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14


Temp srance AdVOcaters in Port To
hacce. wednesday at half past seven
In the afternoon as heretofore announced,
9 meeting in behalf Of the temperance cause
was held in this town. On account OF the
lsteness Of the hour, and the extreme bad con
iitisu of the roads, the meeting was not as
largely attended as it would have been under
Better circumstances. However, the attend
Aace was sufficiently SO to inspire the advo-
Gates OF the worthy cause with renewed zeal,
Anl to show that portion of our citizens are
opposed to intemperance, and that this meet
lag was but the indicia Of II war they intend
to wage against its sale IN the county in the
RsAr future.
The meeting was called to order by T. T.
Hancock, Esq, and AdriaH POsey was elected
chairman.
Miss Ada Mosher, a daughter of the Secre-
tAry OF the State Temperance Alliance, and a
prominent worker in behalf of local option
was srst introduced. The young advocate
With her heart apparently deepl welded to
the cause, detained with soul stirring pathos
sse of her choice selections founded upon that
passage Of the scripture, "Am my brothers
keeper which met with hearty applause
Following her, Mr. C. s. Mosber, the Sec
Rotary of the Alliance, himself, delivered an in
tsresting address upon the effect of intcmper-
saos on life, liberty and property The
speaker interspersed his remarks with many
witty anecdotes and finally concluded by say
izg that We had dubbed him minister, which
VA other than fact. HIS address being free
from that hot blood fanatcism, which charac.
tsriEes many of the advocates of the cause,
aad so teeming with lucid reasoning that it
was highly appreciated even by the opponents
OF the measure.
Petitions to the Legislature asking for To-
cal option law for this county were then cir
sulated among the audience, and received ma
ny signatures. A committee of FIVE composed
Of the following persons was then appointed
to act as a temperance committee for this
district Rev. G F. Williams, John H. Jen-
kinS, L. A. Wilmer, DR.. A. d, Cooley aud a {.
Posey.
Miss Mosher was again called upon and de-
nVered a very amusing recital upon the inside
phases of a school room. After which the
meeting adjourned
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14
FptaI mo Qusomal.

e0- The once Of ne iNpgrgSpESr hos eeen
s.m.rsd 10 hs frst fooS 81 NE basoHie mn
,ss.,dlsfsiy epPosiie The EP''e9pdt chHFeh.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14

A Crab Story Centreyille Observer
s4yG AT the close OF the grabbing season Of
last year, a gentleman of Queenstown left II
uumber Of crabs 10 his crab boz, anchored
IL out in the creek, haviag no idea that the,
would live, but few days ago the wind and
tide broke the box loose from its mooring and
washed ii ashore, and on investigation it was
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14

and turned loose in the creek This is con-
trary to the understanding Of the nature OF
srsbs. as it has heretofore been regarded tn It
crabs exposed to hard weather would die aud
the scarcity of crabs in seasons after a hard
wiater has been attributed mainly to the cold
weather."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
The Great Lick Te1escOpe.
[Demorest's Monthly. I


A rich Californian, named Lick, in
dying some years ago, made bequest
for the building of an observatory,
which should in time contain the most
powerful telescope in the world. The
work of constructing the latter was
given to Mr.. Alvin Clark, of Cambridge
port, Mass, who has SO far constructed
the largest and finest telescopes ever
made. At last accounts Mr.. Clark had
not as yet commenced the making of
this wonderful instrument. Achromatic
object glasses are made of two distinct
lenses, one of flint glass and the other
of crown glass, the two combined making
the perfect lens. The flint glass is
ready to be worked, but the crown glass
comes from abroad and has not yet
arrived. 1t is extremely difficult to
cast solid disk of. crown glass three
feet in diameter and perfect in all its
parts. While the observatory is well
under way, the great thirty-six-inch
Lick telescope will take some time for
its completion. When in position, it
will convert the feeble rays from the
most distant stars into perfect blaze
OF light.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Atlanta Constitution.

In 1889 there came to Hawkinsyille,
from Charleston, S. o., two we'll
dressed s,urrd}eneh. One of them was
very stingy AMI close, the other was the
reverse, liberal and free with his money,
and the greatest lover of fun l had ever
seen. Two weeks before Christmas he
caused to be printed a number of hand
bills. as follows:
WANTED-5,0U 900 cats to import to London,
as the rats a"e about to undermine the great
city. | want them delve. ed here on Christ
mas day.
From all points OF the compass came
negroes with sacks and wallets of cats
They hung them on shade-trees, on
fences, i'll fact, look where you might,
and cats greeted YOU. Fifty cents for
grown cats, % cents for half-grown
and 10 cents for kittens had been
offered. The bad boys about town
(myself among them) begun at signal
to cut the strings and let loose the cats
OF course, great many dogs were in
town and the fur flew. About IL
o'clock an old man named Barney Will
Jams, living near Hartford, came across
the river with an OK cart, minus the
body, but an eight by ten long square
basket, filled with cats of all
ages, colors, sexes and sizes. He
stopped in front of Bohannon's hotel.
After short search he found the man
who wanted the cats, who appeared
very anxious to secure the lot, and, try
ing to peer into the basket, he cut the
rope holding the quilt covering to the
basket and out flew the cats, about
forty They went pell nell under the
houses, in the bushes and every con-
ceivable place to hide. The old man
Williams was very mad, for he had been
two weeks gathering up the surplus
felines of his neighborhood. There was
no sleep for many nights in old Haw-
kinsville. The best judges estimated
that not less than 1000 cats had been
turned loose on that occasion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
THE HOME OF REPTILES.
Through the Everglades of Florida
Myriads of Leeckes, AliigatOrs and


Snakes.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
prints a detailed account of its Florida
Everglades expedition. The report was
written by Maj. A. III. Williams, com
mander of the expedition. The explor-
ing party consisted of twelve persons,
six white and six colored, and carried
six Racine canoes. They went by steamer
on October II last, from Cedar Keys to
Puntarassa, Fla. where they took to the
canoes, and proceeded up the Calico
sahatchie river to Lake Okeechobee, a
distance of about ninety miles, arriving
on the 1st of November. Skirting the
western and sout thern shores of Lake
Okeechobee they discovered eight large
streams flowing into dense saw grass
swamp that borders the everglades. On
entering one of the streams, which was
named "T. d." the expedition pro
ceeded to its head, and began the
tedious work of cutting its way through
the swamp to the saw-grass.
The denseness of this swamp can be
imagined from the fact that the party
travelled on an average only a quarter
of mile day. Myriads of huge alli-
gators, snakes, leeches and poisonous
bugs were encountered. Leeches were
especially troublesome, covering the
legs of the men. Emerging from the
swamp the party entered saw-grass
which grows from ten. to twelve feet
high, very dense, with SHARP edges that
cut one way and saw the other. This
grass the party fired, and pushed for
ward over the stubble. After travelling
due south some ten miles the party
struck innumerable small, deep lakes or
ponds filled with alligators and the
finest fish. About thirty miles from
Lake Okeechobee the party entered the
grassy waters of the everglades and en-
camped on an island, the first dry land
encountered after leaving the lake. The
only trees on the island were the Gus
tard apple and wild fig. The progress
of the expedition thenceforth was more
rapid. 1t passed through thousands of
small islands, some slightly submerged
and all covered with large trees of luxu-
riant foliage No Indians were encoun-
tered.
The head OF Sharks river was reached
on the 5th of December, the expedition
sailing down. It debouched into White
water bay, on the gulf coast, about
thirty HllleS from cape oaD1e. Lie ulS-
tance travelled from Lake Ckeechobee to
the gulf is about 14O miles. The whole
distance in canoes was nearly three
hundred miles. The expedition estab-
lished the fact that the everglades, from
Lake Okeechobee to Cape Sable, were
worthless 1or any purpose of cultiva-
ton; that they contain no large tracts
of land above water; that they cannot
be successful ly drained, and that the
establishment and maintenance of
telegraph line along the route traversed
would be impossible. The ever glades,
and especially the northern glades, are
vast swamp, irrecla mable and useless
for any purpose. The only cultivable
portions of the southern peninsula lie
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, with
this vast morass between them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
An Elephant Color Bearer.
Inter Ocean !

During battle in India the driver of
the elephant carrying the colors of the
army had Just gwen the command to
halt when he was shot dead. The ele
phant never stirred a foot, refusing to
advance or retire, as the conflict became
hotter and fercer, until the Mahratta,
seeing the standard still flying steadily
in it's place, refused to believe that they
were being beaten, and rallied again
and again round the colors. And
all this while, amid the din of
battle, the patient animal stood
straining its ears to catch the
sound of that voice it would never hear
again. At length the tide of conquest
left the 'tield~ deserted. Mahrattas
swept on in pursuit Of the flying foe,
but the elephant, like a rock, stood
there, with the dead and dying around,
and the ensign waving in its place. For
three days and nights it remained where
its master had given the command to
halt. No bribe or threat could move
it. They then sent to d village 100
miles away, and brought the mahout's
little son. The noble hero seemed 5tlsee
to remember how the driver had some
times given his authority to the little
child, and Immediately, with all the
shattered trappings changing as he
went, paced quietly and slowly away.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Innovation Discourage 1.


For a new country like ours, it is
amazing how innovation has be n dis
couraged, though there has seldom
been any real innovation which has not
been triumphant. At time when
nearly all the actors in the country
were worshipers of slave:y, the play
of "Uncle Toms Cabin walked upon
the stage and made numero Is fortunes.
Only a few years ago DIR. Holland and
Mr. Smith, who had been experiment
ing with the reading plblic both as it
ought to be and as it was, 11iieved they
discerned taste fc1 pictures an deco
rations, and they tried new ma ayazne,
which almost Immediately struck the
general taste, and that taste is now e N
to be the taste of England too, because
both the leading American magazines
have largec rculations in England, based
in part upon their popular pictures
and the British publishers are seeing if
they cannot pick up American support
for similar illustrated magazines.
American humor and racy description
in at least one newspaper have resulted
in duplicate set OF forms or electro
types going abroad and being reprin ted.
Our press had become too enterprising
for it's audience, while the British press
had endeavore to maintain editorial
opinion as the first standard of Journal
ism. In the long run those adventurers
who find out the people the best will
do the best. The present tendency OF
the American mind is to ask for respect
able guidance, but the rein must not be
drawn too tight and facts must always
be given freely to justify strong opin-
ion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
QUEER SUPERSTITION IN an
ARMY HOSPITAL.

1n5oF Ocean.
In one of the general hospitals at
Nashville, when the place was first oc-
pied by Union troops, there was queer
character employed as nurse. He was
Il large man, troubled with diabetes.
This untitled him for active service, but
did not give him the appearance of an
invalid. The boys believed that this
nurse knew when a man was going to
die Certain it was that when rapid
decline IN any man commenced the
sympathetic old fellow took his place at
the bedside of the unfortunate and was
most untiring in his attention and
kindnesses. In one row of cots he
had closed the eyes of four men in
death in as many days. The next man
in order, going from right to left, grew
nervous and was removed out of the
row. The second man shut his lips
and determined to get we'll. One night
as this man lay thinking over the mys-
terry of the fatal row." and trying to
reason about the old nurses strange
instinct, he heard whisper from the
cot on the left, Il say, stranger, if old
Fatty comes and sits down by you, hit
him one for me. will you? He hangs
around for a fellow to die like a dog
waiting for bone"
Days went by. and the man with the
compressed lips was looked upon as
the next victim, and every time the
nurse passed the boys expected him to
sit down. One night the nurse came
through the ward, and discovering that
the second man was feverish, picked
up fan and sat down at the head of
his cot. Quick as thought the fever
ish patient sprang up in bed and said
wildly, "Take him first" pointing to
the first cot. "You old fool, can't you
count? You can't jump in this game.
old fellow. Clear out, now. None of
your sittin' down by me, when it isn't
my turn. First relief's gone, second
relief's gone, third reliefs gone, fourth
relief's gone. Why don't you make the
fifth relief fall IMP" This was the
whisperer of the night before. now al
most maniac on the subject of the
nurse. The surgeon was called and
the man was quieted. But even when
he was almost well he dreaded the ap-
proach of the sympathetic, kind old
nurse. Such superstitions were very
common in the hospitals of the army.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Medical Value of Music. J
Boston Journal. ]


1t is not singular that in a jcity so
Justly famed for its love of 1aus as
Boston is, the effects which are pro-
duced upon the human Organism by the
concord of sweet sounds should have
attracted the attention of such an in
telligent physician as our young friend
DR.. Pod2ers. He like, some others,
had noticed the differences in appear
ance and action which such AMI such
compositions excite in our concert
goers-the aspect of painful but heroic
endurance which is caused by Brahms
symphony; the lively wagging OF heads,
patting OF feet. and beating time of
hands when lively march is PLAYED;
and the peaceful slunrber. t. - ss
the features and attunesthe i We when
a piano solost is Struggling &6fough
composition in five movemeI md of
three-quarters of an hours d 1ion
He has cons equently cor fsad the
idea that, by developing tl ie6f to
which his observations in e r&ction
have given birth, new schl "a Helii-
cine may be founded, where IL
stead of physic shall be the + 6A u
human ills, and already perceJ zlzlis
self as the founder OF a ssyste llle]
shall be called the "Podgerian, and set
him upon the same pedestal with
Hahnemann. He is now busily en-
gagged in taking lessons upon
the accordeon-this instrument being
easily portable and less difficult of
mastery than most others-and when he
gets some patients, as he has expsk-s e
ton of doing before long. he A.iil ss9.V
his theory in practical way
An incident which occurred the other
day confirms him in his belief that he
has hit upon great principle. A man
came into his Office in search of some re-
lief from an overmastering lassitude
and lack of desire for exertioG, and Pod
gers brought the ACCORDION and played
"Peek -a-Boo" and wait Till the Clouds
Roll By" to him. The sufferer showed
manifest agitation while the first selec-
tion was being performed; when Pod
gers struck into the second he began
walking the floor and swinging his
arms, and, as the player crowded all
his power of expression into the con-
Guiding strain, he knocked the physi-
clan down with a treatise on osteoloSy,
and fled from the house with remark
able rapiditv. In view OF the evlden t
success of the treatment Podgers has
made out bill, but for the life of him
doesn't know where to send it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Postal Facilities Years Ago.

Respecting the early postal facilities
in Texas, writer of The Galveston
News says: "The intelligence of the
death of President jackson was brought
to Galveston by the master of an italian
brig, whose craft had stopped at the
mouth of the Mississippi and received a
New Orleans paper containing an ac-
count of the death of old Hickory
Neither the captain nor any of the crew
being able to read English, the paper
was untouched until three days after
the arrival of the brig at this port, when
it was accidentally discovered, and the
tidings were given to the people of
Texas fourteen days after the presi-
dents death :"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
PATHS Palace.
FDemorest's Monthly.

The car which is to convey Patti
around the country on her operatic tour
is to be a marvel in the way OF luxurious
ness; it will, indeed, be the most con-
venicnt and magnificent drawing-room
car ever put on any road. It will have
one novelty which ought to be initiated
in summer time on ordinary cars. A
refrigerating apparatus will be employed
similar to that used in the Madison
Square theatre in New York. by which
the temperature can be reduced 100 de-
grees. Summer travelling is sometimes
intolerable because of heat, which can
be mitigated by this device.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
TO WALT WHITMAN.
TWalter K. Thomas.

walter K. Thomas
o, rich fulfillment of the Prophecies,
By Gods own fin-,er writ on every hant,
In plain and mountain of thy native land,
Its boundless prairies rivers, lakes and seas,
o Bardl with thought and speech behttluS
these,
And soul in all as generously Planned!
Present in these. by Natures largess, stand
And voice themselves the worlds democra-
cicS.
All Poweyl that wait on freedom, thee at
tend
And breathe in every cadence of thy song;
And every impulse that doth work the " ill
That shapes the world forever to the end,
That heaven in man shall yet itself fulfill,
Is thine ally and shall thy verse prolong.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
A Wild son of Erin.
buffalo Express.


In spite of the large amount of cul-
ture that is allowed ltorun loose in Bos-
ton, there are those Who do not get
thoroughly ini5l q1o the myster-
les of modefn S ions. After many
.Beeorraa 1{is nows," and "bejab-
bers, sa.sYith ia 0ccasional "whisgeIt
sEntisssRli|e 5 pe-''ss s. IRaestap mar sd1c
ceed n day in. n.-ho1ding cor
I<h "a wild son of Erin
dBsof the telephone in the
q Arm where he was employed.
al tlIe time he kept one eye intently
&dso on the receiver, and at times be-
came wildly excited and doubled up
his fist, especially once, when the man
disputed with him. ''Sure, and eff he
had repeated it," said Pat, as he came
away, Il wud a-knocked the hull ma
sheen down his .lyin' throat"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Wonderful Wax Works.

Some French showmen are to open a
$500, 900 wax works museum in New
York, showing statues of noted people
and groups of noted events. Thus, a
tableau of an assassination will be sue
ceed by one representing the capture
of the assassin and others representing
the trial and execution.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
The Difference Between Them.
1.-THE Graz anhic /

When you see thing you want to
buy and have money enough to buy it,
it is well to go home and imagine that
the price of the coveted article covers
all the cash you have. Then you may
find out whether you merely want the
article or need it. There is as much
difference between a want and need
as between dessert and dinner. You
need the dinner. You only want the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28

Prof. Swing: There is good and
bad skepticism-the good being that
which hopes the good is true, and acts
rs though it were true; the bad being
that which hastens to conclusion in
harmony with lawless character.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
For the COin-CraZed.

Under the direction of DR.. Julius
Friedlander, the Royal Numismatic cab
last forty-five years, increased from 26:
modern coins to $1,000 Greek, $4,000
Roman, 22,5OO Oriental, and $4,000
medieval and modern coins, including
large number of unique specimens.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Earthquake and Telephone.

During the late great Java earthquake
it was discovered that it was utterly i'm
possible to use the telephone at Singa-
pore in consequence of the effect of the
phenomenon on the wires. The instru-
ments produced sounds like those of a
distant waterfall.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
The funny man" of The Louisville
Courier-J ournal is a woman
NO MARKS.

Mr.. T. M. Casad, editor of the Corydon,
Iowa, Times, writes that his little girl
burned her foot severely on a stove. One
application of ST. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-reliever, cured it completely, leaving
no marks. By two applications of St.
Jacobs Oil he cured himself of a torturing
pain in the side.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Dublin Deserted.
TEXchanga.

The aristocracy have fed from Dub
lin In 1888 twelve peers and fourteen
members of parliament had permanent
residences in Upper Sackville street !;
now there is not a single nobleman resi-
dent in the city.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28

Philadelphia Press: Intimacy be-
tween father and son is difficult. Hap
py, thrice happy, is the son who has
shared it and wise above men the father
who secured it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28

DIR. David W. Yandell: Suppose we
are personally driving toward the ceme-
terry? Shall we be afraid? We are
sure to find good company there.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
ISpringfield (Mass.) Homestead I

It is rumored that young couple
recently married economical by not 60
ing far, far away on their wedding trip,
bidding farewell to their friends on one
side of train and leaving for Spring
field hotel from the other side.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28

Frederic Harrison: The fault of the
churches is that they are not religious
enough; in their eagerness to be spirit
ual they are ceasing to be human.