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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-02-13

THIS will he the last winter Season in my
old place of bnsiucss No. 4ln. Seventh
Street, where have been fIr the past twenty
wears When the building now in course Of
erection gu the corner Of Seventh Street aud
Market Space sh III have been completed, the
Messrs S,ks and myself propose to effect IN
union there. Further information on this
SUI jcct later Nv present purpose is to adj
wise you that in consequence Of the proposed
change. NV present stock must be sold, and
that means
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-02-13
\. WILSON SIMPSON.
C''tSfdb!e.

II MI heen appointed Constable aud
/ ! gwen good aud slff ent bond. and H.
tendlha !, uetote ny niirr time to The dntics
o. the 'li,e' ! very respectfully solicit hush
ness - az t''r's % tne county. COLLECTIONS
spredIly, haae, AMI prompt returns rendered.
Post onl's addiess, Nm bur-, Charles county,
M mh 2l-lm
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-02-13
Maryland Independent.
Port Tobacco. Md.
IRIDAr. Feb. I3,h. ........Iss

There are over 81 Mormon churches
in Colorado. In Idaho there are over
CD in Arizona about ~
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
WHERE is CONRAD9"
I'm Incident of the Recent Brooklyn {
Iamity.


nm Incident of the Recent Brooklyn Ca.
Iamity.
1fYou will tell me where is Conrad?" said an
old man, bent and gray,
While the flames were wildly dancing and
the walls were giving way.
81 hat heard some ones was buried under
meath the ruins fell;
He was in de topmost story-ach, mein Gott.
love him well!
81 will tell you how you knew him: he had
full and laughing eye,
And his face was smooth and smiling-and
he was too young to die.
'''Hair he had, like clouds at sunset, when
anOder day is done;
And uf him-how luf him and he is mine
only son.
%'Say, Policeman. tell me truly that this
young man you did see;
And all each money gif you, such as could
bring with me.
Tel me that he anxious acted-that he
hunted far and long
Like as children would be calling for their
fader, in a throng.
-f'Or he wounded was? pray tell me; in the
hospital to Hep
will just now hasten to him. and l not viii
let him die!
'f'Tell mech. you must not told me-dea1
you haf my Conrad see?
Yet if so is, can stand dhat-I did long a
soldier be.
fOnly-Death. we do not fear him when we
hear the bullets sing,
Dut TO haf my boy killed this way is rather
different thing.
"s'Only-that his poor old mudder-she waits
home all full of fear.
And can not there be going, TIL take good
news from here!
~'Young he was when we did bring him from
the Rhine land here to be;
i did lif for her and Conra1-she did lif for
him and me.
"'Other ones we bring not with us; Gott, He
say: These more be mine;
And we left them all a-sleeping 'mOng the
vineyards of the Rhine.
<'He haf not a cross word gif us-he haf love
US. every day;
And if he tonight comes home not, its the
first night he's away.
<'Let me to that fire. Policeman! Icare what
for walls or brand?
May be he i'm there be living-reaching for
his fathers handi
''Let me there, say. Policeman Ihaf work
there to be done!
Let 90 me, or L will strike you, Is it that
you haf no sOnY'
Still the flames were like furnace, and the
walls were crashing loud,
And the old man. held in safety, tainted mid
the trembling crowd.
And the mother watched.and wondered, with
her great eyes scarcely wet;
And. half-dazed amid her sorrow, waits for
Conrad even yet.
-IVU Carleton in NJ Y Grdphtc
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
SOCIETY IN JAPAN.
Woman's Rank and How 1t is Maintained d
Freedom From Divorce.

Woman's Rank and How 1t is Maintained d
Freedom From Divorce.
Early betrothals have never been as
general in Japan as in other Eastern
countries, and they are now decreasing
yearly. Marriages are arranged by the
respective parents. assisted by man
and his wife (mutual friends of the
families) as an Intermediary. Contrary
to the usual notion on this subject, the
wishes of the young people are generally
consulted. The statement sometimes
made that the wife in Japan is mere
chattel to be lightly acquired or disposed
of, is absolutely false. Divorces among
the better classes are scarcely more
frequent or more frequently sought for
than in many parts of our own country.
Our tricky divorce lawyer would starve
in Japan. If divorce is demanded the
matter must be laid before the families
of the couple, with the intermediary
spoken of as arbitrators, and neither
the man nor the woman can be re-
leased from the marriage VOW without
their concurrence. AS divorce must
result in the sending of the wife back to
the father for support, separations, ex-
cept for a grave and sufficient reason.
are not easily obtained. The position
of a wife, and especially of a mother in
Japan, is all that true woman can de-
sire. 1t is not the custom. except on
special occasions, for women to mingle
socially with men who are not of their
own family by blood or marriage.
This restriction is not imposed by the
legal lord alone, it is a part of the
family organization and by the family
imposed for the promotion of morality
and good order in society. Nothing
can exceed the beauty and harmony OF
the Japanese home. Disrespect and
disobedience to parents are rare, and
we have often been compelled to con-
trast the family discipline of Japan with
that of our own, much to our mortifca-
tion.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
The Jazail.

The Afghan matchbox or jazail has
no parallel as firearm on the face of
the earth 1t is about nine feet long,
and is fitted near the muzzle with a
prong which supports it on the ground
when it is about to be fired of. 1t is fit
ted with q powder-pan and catch for
holding fuse. An Afghan marksman
has to depend upon the state of his fuse,
and therefore he is by no means = certain
shot. During the last Afghan war it
used to be a joke among the British SOL
iiers that an Afghan would poise his
iazail upon rock. calculate when his
enemy would be likely to arrive in front
Of his muzzle, fix his fuse, and then go
off to some little distance and sit down
and smoke. Hthe enemy arrived
in front of the matchbox Just as it went
of. why then he would most likely be
killed, but if he didn't, and the weapon
went off a quarter of an hour after he
had passed it, then no harm befen him
--London Ee,rS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
SINGULAR CONDOLENCES
The Sudden Deaths of Postmaster Gem
eraI Brown and His Assistant.

The Sudden Deaths of Postmaster Gem
eraI Brown and His Assistant.
Postmaster General Brown died sud-
denly at Washington on the Sth OF
March, 1859. One day, some four weeks
previous, he was at the department,
signing up his official journal, his clerk
standing on his left, turning over the
pages as each signature was affixed. Mr..
Marion. then the efficient and vigorous
Third Assistant Postmaster General,
having under charge at that critical pc
riod the important responsibilities of the
finance division. entered the room to
obtain Mr.. Browns signature to draft.
Turning to the right he cheerfully
signed the paper, and Mr.. Marion was
retiring, when the head of the depart
ment remarked. "Marron, wish you
would come in and see me when / get
through with this
Being then long after the usual office
hours, Mr. Marion turned and said,
''Do YOU wish me to see YOU again to-
day. sir?' Yes" replied Mr.. Brown;
Il want to know if you have set your
house in order; for, in a month or less,
we shall have neither habitation nor q
name here" Mr.. Marion, with con-
viction that his official house was al
ways in order, paused moment. and
with surprise and smile, remarked,
My house in order?'
''Yes, Sir-your house in order; for in
a month or less we shall neither have
habitatiOn nor a name here" Well,
Governor" replied Mr. Marion, ''if the
storm comes l can stand it as well as
Others" and then. pleasantly, left the
room. Three weeks afterwards Mr..
Marion died, and few days later the
Postmaster General was taken ILL., As
his devoted wife stood weeping at his
bedside. he opened his eyes. extended
his arms. elapsed her to his heart. i'm
printed farewell kiss upon her lips,
and died.-Ben Perley POore.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
BURNING a CHURCH.
How it May be Done Cheaply ana Ter.
peditiOusly.

peditiously.
This art has been practiced with emf
nent success. We have had two very
complete examples in the neighborhood
of Boston within the last few years, and
we burn one church and a half per
week, sometimes two. in the United
States. This art is very simple. Inside
of a stone or brick exterior sham. con-
struct a timber church with n iOiSted
floor, sheathed overhead in the cellar so
as to create a certain number of wooden
cells, each one connecting with hollow
space between the outer stone sham
and the inner wooden structure, built
of light timber and fastened to the
stone walls by crosS-braces of sawed
wood. very numerous. Connect these
interspaces in the vertical walls not
only with the cellular door, but also
with large cavity in the roof between
the inch boards of the roof and the
false ceiling of the interior wooden
structure; then set n furnace of an ap-
proved pattern, with metal air-bOx
near the furnace, but connecting with
a wooden air-box in the hollow floor.
On the Friday of very cold week. when
''Old Prob says that Saturday will be
warm light a very hot fire in the fur
mace. BY Saturday night or Sunday
morning the pressure of the cold air of
the early part OF the week, which had
accumulated inside the church. will
have circulated dOUnWard through the
furnace. and will have forced the hot
air through the wooden air-box in the
hollow door to a sufficient extent TO set
it on fire: the fire viii be carr ed
through the wooden cells in the hollow
walls to the hollow spaces in the roof in
about five minutes, and the first alarm
will be given by some one who sees the
smoke issuing from the peak of the roof.
The whole of the interior structure be-
ing protected from water by the stone
or brick sham, the destruction of the
church will be very certain This rs q
customary and very succeSsfr "thod.
Ed,0drd AtkinSOn, IN Boston -4.., crtiser.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
Thin WoolenS.

The fancy for dresses of wOolen stuffs
has resulted in the production of sheer
thin wool fabrics suitable for mid
Summer dresses, and these will be worn
at all hours of the day during the
coming season. Thirty different
weavings of white wool alone are
shown in these thin materials that imi-
tate canvas, grenadine, bison cloth,
serge and bOHrette, some with tufted
surfaces. others with wide twills. and
many that are partly plain and partly
striped. The white canvas or twilled
woods with VIDE bOurette stripes of
color, dull green, red, brown, or Chelsea
blue in the porcelain shades. are used
for skirts that NAV be either plain or
partly pleated- These are very effective
with the d-apery of pure white. and the
white basque completed by a narrow
vest high collar. and cuffs of the striped
goods. There are also many ecru. tan.
gray and porcelain woods of this kind.
and these dresses have nothing added
to their weight in the way of trimming.
Such a dress is to be worn at any hour
of the day in Newport or Saratoga.
| while for evening dresses they are wool
gauzes and Grape woods CO exquisite
qualities The intermediate dress for
the seaside resorts is of white or ecru
bison cloth, or else hannelette for the
basque and drapery. while single deep
fail OF wool lace forms the lower skirt.
Fashionable tailors use silk cords in
stead OF gilt, silver or 1nohair braid for
trimming summer woolen dressea-
HarDer's Bazar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11

mo; it is an Egyptian superstition. l.
beheve no other European knows of 1t, but
it rarely, if ever, deceives. Tell me now,
Beatrice, that it shall not on this occasion; !;
let our handsTemain always together"
He took my hand in his, and drew me
towards him; and felt that it must be so;
that all my happiness depended on the
fulhllment of that ancient superstition.
My DEAR" he whispered, ''you under
stand now why l so dreaded your mar
riage with Mr.. Crofts, and why the dis
coyery OF what have shown you caused
me Isuch mingled hope and fear. Those
soft white hands of his they forced them
selves upon my attention from the first. 1
had never before met with SO mean type
clothed in so fair an exterior. And he in
such close connection with yOui All,
Beatrice, l was not then, as now feel my
self to be, man greatly to be envied.-Ar-
lOSU.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
A Judges Advice.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader says: "A young
lawyer friend of mine from Chicago,
about to be admitted to the Supreme
Court, asked ex-JuStice David Davis for
his advice in regard to his conduct on
the occasion of his first case. The Judge
replied: You need not be afraid to
speak before the Supreme Court, and if
one of those buffers in a toga interrupts
you in the midst of an argument by
some irrelevant question, don't get
frightened and spoil your argument by
stopping to answer him. JUST say
quietly: Excuse me, your Honor, but
viii reach that by and by, and if YOU
don't reach it, it won't matter. You
need not be afraid that you will be
called up to answer it after you have
taken your seat. The young man took
his advice, and gained lis case
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
FARM AND FlRESIDE.

Corn Bread: One quart of butter
milk, one quart of Indian meal, one
quart of flour, one small teacup of mo-
lasSes, two teaspoons of soda. little
salt; then make loaf in a small milk
pan. Bake one hour.-The Househosi
old feather beds are improved by
putting them upon a clean grass plot
during a heavy shower, permitting
them to be thoroughly wet through
and then dried and beaten with light
rods. 1t freshens the feathers.-BoStoD
Budget.
Cheap Rice Pudding; One and one
half cup of sugar, one cup of rice, a
piece of butter half the size of an egg,
put in a twO-quart basin, and I'LL the
basin with good. rich milk, put in slow
oven and bake two hours. Stir two or
three times. Please try it.-ErchGnge.
1t would pay all farmers. who have
any considerable number of cattle to
winter. to get a small engine or horse
power, and cut up all the good corn
stalks in short pieces, half an inch or
less in length. as this will induce the
animals to eat it all up clean instead of
rejecting the large stalks. Prairie
Farmer.
An ounce of nitrate of soda dis
solved in four gallons of water is said to
be good stimulant for bulbs. 1t should
be applied twice 4 week after the flower
spikes show themselves. A pint of SCOT.
tied up in a cloth, and immersed in the
same quantity of water, is also an ex-
cellent and safe stimulant.-PhiIaGsl-
phia Press.
An Eastern housekeeper says the
best way to destroy moths is to take
dry powdered salt and sprinkle it all
over the carpet, particularly along the
edges; then sweep it thoroughly. Re
peat this about once month in moth
time, and you will have no trouble from
that destructive insect. The salt may
also be sprinkled on any wooden furni-
ture and brushed of'with whisp broom.
1t is perfectly harmless and will help to
cleanse and preserve the color of the
wood. Chicago Herald.
The cause of fowls picking their
feathers is generally want of exercise.
And when once they get at it. it is al
most impossible to stop it until spring
opens and they can have their liberty.
But you can check 1t by giving mangle
wurtzels. raw potatoes, cabbage, apples
and steamed rowen hay A sleeps
pluck hung up in the house is a good
thing anything to keep them busy;
and, if this don't stop it, turn in a lot
of hens feathers and give them all they
want.-Albany Journal
Nut cake: One and half cups
sugar, One-half cup butter, two cups
flour, three-fourths cup sweet milk.
two teaspoons baking powder, whites
of four eggs; bake in two layers;
take whites of two eggs for the icing,
using equal parts of egg and ice water;
thicken with confectionery sugar, mix
ing with a fork until smooth; flavor
both cake and the icing with vanilla;
frost one cake and cover with English
walnuts; place the other cake on. frost
and cover with walnuts and frost again
-RllrdL Home
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11
SMALL FARMS. NT-
The Difficulty That Lies in the Way Of
Profitable Culture.

Profitable Culture.
The greatest difficulty experienced in
making the farm pay is that too much
land is cultivated This experience
came to the writer one year ago
when- by the mistake of a
hired man, a heap of manure
intended for a five-acre field was all
spread over two acres and the three
acres was left untouched. The field
was to be planted to sweet corn for
market The yield of the two acres
was better than would have been ex-
pected over the whole five, and this
was, no doubt. in consequence of the
excellent cultivation gwen to keep down
the abundant growth of weeds. The
three acres was fertiliZed with artificial
manure. and yielded fair crop. which
was so much gain. Moreover, the two
acres produced a heavy crop of millet
after the sweet corn was harvested,
which waS so much more gain. Every
year the writer is more and more assured
that the farmer who would have the cour-
age to work only half his land, and put
On it the manure and labor he would
have put upon the whole of it, would
find his enterprise well rewarded. 1t may
be some encouragement for those farm
ers who are worrying over the problem
of how to make living ON one hundred
acres of land to know that farmer who
is a welE-knOwn writer upon dairving,
and who lives near Rochester, n. Y,
makes sufficient living from five acres
His little farm is mostly in fr1Iit-ap-
pies and raspberries. He raises corn
and potatoes. and keeps one cow wholly
by sOiling and flock of forty hens The
fowls bring him in more than 800. which
indicates the ease with which he pro-
duces over 5000 clear profit from his lit
tie farm well TILED. 1t is as great Il
credit to this condemnation he is both
n gentleman and sch0lar-that this
moderate living matches his well-earned
competence, and that his own hands
alone support himself and his family in
comfort and the luxury Of satisfied de-
sire and healthful and happy old age.
We can not refrain from adding that
this exemplary gentleman and farmeris
Prof. L. B. Arnold, the acknowledged
standard authority upon dairy matters
in America and a thorough scientific
scholar and student.-N. y. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11

"A tramp who called at farm house
to ask for cold bite was almost paral
yzed at being welcomed with smiles and
kind words and having fine repast
laid out for him. In explanation the
woman said that he reminded her Of heI
long-lost cousin. At the next hoase the
tramp at once announced that he was
the woman's long-lost brother, but in
place of smiles and mince pie the woman
seized the broomstick and went for him,
saying: ''Slide out. you villain! They
were all girls in our familyr'-1exas
SStjin1s.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-11

" any person who takes the paper regu
1arly from the post-office, whether directed IL
his name or whether be is a Subscriber or uot
Is responsible for the pay,
The courts have decided that refusing tc
take newspapers from the post-office or re
moving and leaving them uncaled for, is
prima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
Medical Value Of Wines.

Az general rule the use of wine
is not necessary for young or adult
persons in good health. breathing
country air and not exposed to over
work. As however life advances and
the circulation becomes languid, nal
ural red wine used in moderation, be
comes an essential article and in
msny cases absolutely necessary but
it must be the pure products Of the
graps. And even in the Eastern
States the physician meets large num-
bera of town people, especially wo
men, who cannot digest the food and
drinks suited to out. door laboring
people. In such cases they resort to
the beverage Of tea which gives rise
to distressing dyspepsia. The wines
produced in New Jersey, especially
the Burgundy and the Port Grape
Wines from Alfred Speer's Vineyards,
at Paeaaic, N. j., are the most relia
ble and most sought after by those
who travelled and know what wines
are.
ALFRED SpEER, Passaic, N. J.
DEAR SIR have used your So.
,ialite Claret and your Port Wine in
my practice with great satisfaction.
Very truly yours,
VIM. E. CHILDS.
For sale by druggists generally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

clover sod, can grow good crop Of
corn and another Of oats, and still
leave q remainder for the following
small grain crop. or why after clo-
yer sod plowed in, in the summer, he
Can grow a very much larger crop
of wheat thar he could in any o:her
gay.
Thsae acids are set free and begin
to act upon the soil. And we may
also in this connection take into ac-
count the considerable quantity of
the deeper roots of the clover, which
are loft in the soil to decay below the
reach of the plow. The acids act
upon the mineral water Of the soil
and decompose it. hecarbonic acid
has the property of dissolvipg in wa
ter and comforting upon it tile ability
to dissolve silica, lime, and other
minerals, while sulpuric acid com
bines with lime and sets free phos
phoric acid which may have been in
combination with it. Again, the
porouity given to the soil by the
mass of clover opens it to the admis
sion of the air, and in it's decay pro
ducea heat, and these influences great
ly accelerate and intensity whatever
chemical action may be started by
the decay of clover.
In summing up the advantages
which may be derived from plowing
in q, clover sod-and we may say, at
the same time, crop Of clover
grown for this purpose-the following
are the chief points to be noted:
]. Glover, from it's habits ofgrowth,
may be produced upon soils too poor
for any other crop, because it gathers
its food from sources beyond the
reach of any other crop.
2. Glover gathers from the soil
more potash, lime. phosphoric acid
and other mineral matters, and alsc
several times more nitrogen than any
other crop.
3 Clover in its decay sets free
from the soil considerable quantity
of mineral matter, and also gathers
from the atmosphere, during its
growth, e considerable quantity O.
nitrogen.
4. All these accumulations are
brought to the surface, where they
are made available for the use OF sue
ceeding crops.
5. That in this manner cl yer ef
fects sensible and valuable improve
ment Of the soil. both directly by it'
actual contributions to it, as we'll al
indirectly by its favorable chemica
action upon it.
That these contributions Of clio
ver crop to the fertility of the sol
ara not only in an Immediately avail
able form for the use Of succeeding
crops, but that they are additional te
the very considerable, and indeed
equally valuable, contribution in the
form of fodder for the feeding o.
stock, which is returned in great
part to the soil in the form of ma
hure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
gpataslo abb.rtissr.
BEYoND TaE River.

"a >
Time Is river deep and wide;
And while along its banks we stray,
We see loved ones DER its tide
Saffron our sight away. away.
Where are they sped-they who return
No more to glad our longing eyes9
They've passed from life's contracted
bourne,
To land unseen, unknown, that lies
.y..,s,,,;..,s Beyond the river.
IT'S hid from view; but we may guess
How beautiful that realm must be,
For gleamings Of its loveliness
In visions granted oft we see.
Thevery clouds that Ger It throw
Their veil unraised for mortal sight,
With gold and purple tintings glow,
Reflected from the glorious light
Beyond the river.
And gentle airs, so sweet, SO calm.
Steal sometimes from that viewless
sphere,
The mourner feels their breath Of balm,
And soothed sorrow dries the tear.
And sometimes listening ear may gain
Enhancing sound that hither floats;
The echo of distant s:rain
or harps' and voices blended notes
Beyond the river.