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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

a goodly portion lodging on Giles shirt
front, while he, with the others, was
enjoying another hearty laugh.
Did ! ever see sich pack Of fools p
There's no use crying over split
milk, Judy"
"Spilt milk and a woman in barrel
of soft soap are two different things,
and you'll find it out so afore you get
through"
81 always told you. Judy. if you'd
do a little less scolding. and use a
little more soft soap, you'd make a
good many more friends than you do
now"
oval, guess I've got enough out
this time to suit you, and don't you
never say soft soap to me again as long
as you live"
After spending a great deal of time
and strength, Mrs Stutson was at
last as far out Of her dilemma as tho
wash bench, and commenting upon
her personal appearance
"Who ever see sich a looking crit
ter? Caliker dress all split, shoes.
stockings, and the hull rig"
She then ordered Jabe to get tub
of water and Martha to bring clean
clothes. Mr.. Stutson had already gone
for the meat rack, thinking it would
have been cheaper to put it up in the
first place than have been hindered in
this way, and wishing women folks
would mind their own business and
let the men folks alone.
jest look at this cellar BOTTOM"
Mrs. Stutson exclaimed, land this
bench and things! It'n take a hun
day to clean it up as it ought ter be,
and all this because the men folks
didn't tend to things they'd orter."
But from that day to this, whenever
Judy begins to scold, Mr. Stutson
says, "A leetle more soft soap, Judy"
and Judy is silent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

On u dny like this, when the streets arc wet,
When the stio, nrc gay and the ruin j, fall
ing,
How can you hinder an old regret,
For joy ng dead and hope long set,
From rising out Of It's grnvc and calling
falling % YOU with a voice 20 shfill
That it scoics the reason and stuns the will.
On dny like tins, when The sun IS hid
And you aud your heart arc housed together
Il memories come to You all untold.
And something suddenly vets your ll,
Like gust Of the outdoor weather,
Why who is at fault hut the dim oil lay,
Too dark for labor, too duh for plny2
one dry like this, that is blurred and gray
When tho rain drips down in ccascless fash
ion,
II drcom, that you baui~hed and put away
comes back TO stare in your faco and say
Mute, eloquent words OF passioui
u the whoo yust universe seems amiss,
Why. who can help it, day like tsl
Il Ella Ijhceier HHcOr.
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The Oldest Preacher in the World,


Whether it is the effects of our
wonderful climate that people live to
a greater age in Washington County
than almost any other place in the
world we cannot say. but nevertheless
it is fact. There are scores of both
men and women in the county over
eighty years old 1t was only three
years ago that Peter Mankins, sen,'
died at the age of one hundred and
twelve years. young Peter" his
son. is hale and hearty at ninety
Yet case of greater longevity than
that of Mankins is produced. Thomas
Tenant, of Vineyard Township. was
born in I77l, now one hundred and
fourteen years ago. He came to Ar
kansas about the year 1919 and set
tied near Little Rock, where he FOL
lowed the calling of an itinerant
Methodist preacher. He came to this
county and settled in what IS now
Vineyard Township in 1919, and has
lived here ever since He represent
ed the county in the Legislature at
an early period of his history. lie has
lived most exemplary life, and Is
reyered by all who know him. lie Is
one of the oldest men living, anC
probably the Oldest minister in the
/ would.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07
A Neat Relort

One Of the ncatest retorts ever mad,
IN Cambridge, Mass not a bad soil fo,
Eood Things was a brief response lately
gwen by young lady to an undcrgrada
ate who offered her, with some hesitation
ms scat in the horse car. She rot in
with an Older companion. The car wns
crowded, and two Young men sat near
One gave his scat at once t. the elder
lady the other kept his place Ills
Trend asked him Disgusting if how
eyer, n German why he did not oiyc
hls place to TIE young lady. lie an.
s"cfcd, IN the same language: "Be-
cause she IS not pretty enough After
4 little, however he, too, rose and sur
rendered his scat. The young lady took
u, and thanked him in German
Va, (JF{74os
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Slabs.
A baby's arms encircIe Tho world.

A baby's arms encirclc the world.
A million dollars won't buy raw OF
sunshine.
The man who eats the biggest piece of
pie has the biggest pain.
Good clothes are to respectability.
what the frame is to a picture.
Youo often find fye-cent heart in n
million dollar body.
The most beautiful woman is She whom
the blind can see.
4 newspaper may be sewer or a
stream Of pure water according to its
source.
An unwashcd king is less gentleman
than a tidy peasant
Fashionable women are the mistakes
Of creation.
An innocent young girl Is poem in
which every line rhymes.
A silk hat oftcnlimes covers a bald
head
4 man does not become old until the
years strike his heart
If a woman's brains were where her
heart is, she might some day have the
ballot
Women love always; men love when
they are not busy.
Time is woven into ernity by the NET
work Of death. Merchant Trdrcier.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

Twenty year ago the number OF
insane persons in the United States
was only 24,04. In 1870 it reached
47,432, and in $50 Treatment was re
quired for 81 ,99 lunatics, From 1870
to 1880 the irrease of insanity was
nearly $50 per ,ent, while that of the
total population was about &c. The
proportion OF insane is greatest in
New England. While the increase has
been most rapi in the western states.
IN the state { New York there are
35 institutions for the care Of these
unfortunate rople, accommodating
1888 patients While il is said there
are 1000 proIded for at home. In
America, apart from several large
county asylums, there are 80 state and
40 private Institutions for the care of
the insane With proper capacity for
about 10000, but containing So, 1872,
thus leaving probably $4,000 to be
cared for elsewhere.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

One Of the many odd callings which =
the production and pipeline transp9sf-
tation Of petroleum have madeSfeces-
sary, is one known as "oh91,ing the
scraper, says an Olean LN- W letter
to the New YORK SxID Crude pc
4 troleum is ran from the oil regions to
the rednerips at the seaboard. dis
tance of 800 miles, in iron pipes. It
is forced over the high hills that in
teryene by powerful pumps Much
Of the way it runs 10y its own gravity
These pipes are constantly becoming
/ dogged by sediment and paraninc
To clean them out an iron stem, two
feet and a half long, to which are at
tached circular steel scrapers, fitting
loosely in the pipes, is placed in the
/ pipe at regular periods. TIlhiisjs 5NyeeP
, aion4 IF lSf this scraper, in order tha' l's
'i",a . location may be cons'"h''y
YI" ,.n"yn 50 that if it is stopped oy S "ny
pl.tac,e it may be readily os'oN''e ,,a
op''',t ' wa obstacle removed. The noi'o
,',',, no1c % ~ the scraper against the IRON
; ,,;n.s a. it moves along their lh'c''ol
...ould.not be heard by an nn,r"lne' ,,.,
: Line Company a1rRl9yes ol we we !, y, Z,
its journey by the noise, and never los
its situation. These men are tn
scraper chasers. They are stationed il
u relays three or four miles apart alons
S the line. One chaser will follow III
and down mountains, across ravines
+ and through streams and swamps un
y til he reaches the end of his section
when another man takes up the chas,
. and follows it until his relief j.
, reached, and so on until the course o
1 the scraper is run. The work is or,
Of hardship and danger, owing to thr
: character of the country through
which miles of pipe line is laid. If;
chaser by any mishap is thrown of
9 the track of the scraper and it be
comes cIogged before he can recoye
its position in the pipe, the cutting o
of the pipe for long distances is fre
1 quenty made necessary. that the mis-
f sing object mayNbe found worI
r that is accompanied My much expens
: and labor
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NO. 49,.

Andrew J. Spencer, u Brooklyn
lawyer has been retained ds attorney
for the claimants Of the Churchill es-
tate in England and Newfoundland,
valued at Sl0.O00,O00. The claimants
reside in brooklyn, New York, and
Boston. Nicholas Churchill. who was
engaged in the seal and cod fisheries
in Ncwloun1lan acentury ago, was
the founder OF the immense fortune,
which was divided between his
daughter Elizabeth and his son Mich
olas. Miss Churchill died in 1876,
aged loi years, the entire estate then
being in her possession. her brother
Nicholas having died without issue.
BY the terms of his fathers will, the
estate was to fan to his daughters
issue. and "a She had none, no dis
position was made Of the large
property. The present claimants as
sert that they are the nearest suryil ing
kin OF Elizabeth. They arc Mrs.
Mary seymour of New York, and her
brother samuel lllrfon, Mrs Welsh
of Brooklyn, and her brother David
Boran and Mrs. Thomas } Mulhy of
/ Boston The latter is at present in
England
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

The ginseng plant, which is practi
cally held to be worthless in this conn.
try. for medicinal or other uses. is
probably Of more economic Importance
than any of the roots and herbs" of
field or forest that are recognized as
medicinal. One pound of the root
commands more money than a busbeI
Of potatoes, and at certain times and
places more than half-dozen bushels.
The exports Of the root during the
past ten years have exceeded six mil
lion Of dollars in value. Nearly al
has gone to China, where an extraor
dinary idea Of its medicinal value i.
entertained. The Chinese use it as q
sort Of universal panacea. but esnoci-
ally as tonic in cases of debility
The wealthy, who can afford it nsa i
as a tea, and employ the most orna.
mental and expensive urns for rrenar
ing it, while the lower classes ar,
happy in the Opportunity of cbewin,
the root, Il Is held that the moiytur,
iniures its healing properties and ~,
root is therefore carefully nrotecta,
from all dampness.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

Caxton, the first English printer.
had three punctuation marks-the
comma, the colon, and the period but
says Mr. Blades, an excellent author
ity in relation to Caxton and every
thing concerning him, it is doubtful if
he had any idea Of the principles of
punctuation. The earliest known
manuscripts are without any points.
nor is there any division betwean the
1 II fiis sal)aliatIOn OI WOiuS Dy ''@.''--s9
| dot. Then space between the Words
superseded the dot, which was made
to perform another service, viz, to
show the division of a sentence, The
Greek grammarians were the first to
recognize the limbs of a sentence.
A clause they called comma, a mem-
ber of sentence colon, and COM
plete sentence period. Little atten-
tion, however, was paid to these
divisions for long time. Elius
Donatus. who nourished in the fifth
century, and wrote a grammar which
served all Europe until after the in
vention of printing, was the first to
distinguish these divisions by placing
a dot at the bottom of the line, where
our full point now is. to designate the
comma; in the middle of the line,
where ID hyphen is. for the colon;
and at the top the line, where our
arostrophe for the full point. 1t
was no. ntil well into the sixteenth
cepr 4 that printers began definitely
topting an acknowledged system of
: ~ graduated points.-PrinterS circular.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07
Not Angels,

Young man, never conclude that your
,bright-cycd darling is an ethereal crea-
ture who lives upon the sunshine Of yout
manly love until the cook has been asked
as to the pile Of pancakes which the an
gel can get away with when she is break.
iasting alone.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

The current says that a person
struck by lightning does not know it,
the huid being much quicker than
thought. The nerves which convey
pain are rather slow in their power to
ronyey their information. Stick a
pin in the tail of an elephant and
quite perceptible interval occurs be-
fore the nobe animal gives his opinion
Of the man or boy at the other end of
the nervous system on trial Light
ming does its work before the victim
knows anything. Two men were
struck While taking refuge under a
tree. Both were carried into the
house and laid out for dead. One
Of the men revived, and after weeks
of terrific suffering and infrmity, he
got out again and is still living. He
said that he knew no more about
having been struck by lightning than
he was conscious of having lived be-
fore the food. 1t was all news to him
when he was told Of the fact.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

When an imif miftant division Is cx
pected in the BBsh. Parliament. Ger
tain members ok zach side are charged
with the duty q ketting their respcc-
i've partisans 9 chn,-'l and the
measures are od is in
Importance Of n0 . I'm. em-
Gated by th nh'oe. y 1yavs lie
ployed in the ftsooi ing a,o The
meath theG VI the MESSIAH ;nora,.
excuses oiSen FIhea absent l4lpo' - "
ar wefc 49, the country, O. u
missed the trail I'd no less than fou
were on weddi etours.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

The islands along the north Pacific
coast are mostly the tops OF sunhru
mountains, and vessels of heavy
draught can get comparatively close
to them so close that, in sailing along
tho shores in large steamer, one can,
by the aid Of a god field glass. distin-
tinguish most /. the kinds Of wild
flowers growin on the rock shores
These channelst-s so narrow, and yet
50 deep, that ons,can sail through them
for days and seks, and thus distin-
guish the howeieon either side
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Dr.. r.J.C.Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.

vnlNn All experience the wonderful
lUoHui beneficial effects Of
OLD, AND nuar,e Sarsanarilla.
hlUuLL Children with Sore Eyes, Sore
AGED. Ears, or any scrofnlous or syph.
iltic taint, may be made heaithy ana STRONG
by its use.
Sold by all Druggists 81, six bottles for IS.
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AYERS PILLS.

- N
A large proportion of the diseases which
cause human suffering result from derange-
ment of the stomach, bowels, and liver.
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS act directly upon
these organs. and are especially designed to
cure the diseases caused by their derange-
ment, including Constipation, Indiges.
tion, Dyspepsia. Headache, Dysentery,
and a host of other ailments, Tor all of
which they are a safe, sure, prompt, and
pleasant remedy. The extensive use of these
PILLS by eminent physicians in regular prac-
tice, shows Enthusiastically the estimation in
which they are held by the medical profess
sion.
These Pills are compounded Of vegetable
substances only, and are absolutely free fro,a
calomel or any other injurious ingredient.
4 Sufferer from Headache writes:
LAYERS PILLS are invaluable to me, and
are my constant companion. | have been
a severe sufferer from Headache, and your
PILLS are the only thing l could look to
for relief. one dose Will quickly move my
bowels and free my head from pain. They
are the most effective and the easiest physic
have ever found. 1t is pleasure to me TO
speak in their praise, and / always do SO
when occasion offers.
w. L. PAGE, Of w. l.. Page & Bro"
Franklin ST., hlchllOllu, a. June =, lcc@s
az have used AYERS PILLS in number.
less instances as recommended by you, and
have never known them to fail to accomplish
the desired result We constantly keep them
on hand at our home and prize them as a
pleasant, safe and reliable family medicine.
FOR DYSPEPSIA they are invaluable.
j. Il. HAYES"
Mexia, Texas, june II, 1852.
The REV FRANCIS b. HARLowE, writing
from sltiqtfa, Ga, says: " For some years
past | have been subject TO constipation,
from which. in spite of the use of medi-
cines of various kinds, suffered increasing
inconvenience, until some months ago
began taking AYERS Pills. They have
entirely corrected the costive habit, and
have vastly improved my general health"
AYERS CArHARTIo PILLS correct irregu-
larities Of the bowels, stimulate the appe-
title and digestion, and by their prompt and
thorough action give tone and yigor to the
whole physical economy.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
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Prof. Tyndall, in recent lecture.
declared that PastcUrs researches into
the nature Of hydropho5ia had proved
a wonderful expansion Of the dJscoy-
cries OF Jenner and showed that rN-
periments with animals had been
turned to very profitable account lie
declared that never in the history Of
medicine had brighter day lawued
than the present, and urged that the
experiments on living animals be not
fetterod by legislation
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TOPICS On THE DAY.

The population Of Europe has IN.
creased in a century from li5.oaouoo
to 350.0OOO00. Eaglishmen have mnr.
tiplied dyefold, the Russians fonr,o,j
AMI the Germans less than thre.f.il
while Frenohmen and Nplnarl, lay.
added only about SO per cent
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07

England witha population of.5.oo5.
900, sends 5000 students to her two
universities; scotland, with i,oloooo
has $500 university students. Grnut
ny, with 100000, sends 25.5oo t,
her numerous universities; and New
England, with a population or 400.
600, has 1000 sati~nts in her eighteen
universities and colleges.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-07
A Day Of Memories.

On any like this, when the streets arc wet,
When tho skies are gray and the ruin is fall
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17
ViC0R EoI Men. esss .sr. ..,. sees tr...

HoD to make woods, such as cherry,
mahogany, etc, look like ebony, II often
desirable, and a correspondent of tine
Hub gives the following directions: To
initiate black ebony, first wet the
wood with a solution of logwood and
copperas, boiled together, and laid on
hot For this purpose two ounces OF
logwood chips, with ounces OF cop
peras to a quart OF water, will be re-
quired. When the wOrk las beco. e
dry, wet the surface again with a mix
ture of vinegar and steel filings This
mixture may be made by dissOlving two
ounces or steel filings in one-half pint
of vinegar. When the work has become
dry again, sandpaper down until quite
smooth. Then oil and fill in with pow
dered drop-blaok mixed IN the filler.
Work TO be ebonized should q smooth
and free from holes. etc. Tue work
may receive a light coat OF quick dry ng
varnish. and then be rubbed with fine y
pulverizsd pumice stone and linsee,l o,l
until very smooth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17

"WHAT's mesmerism2" asked Poots
little boy the other day. "Mesmeris M
son, is the-well lets see how ] can
make you understand it? 1t is the
Where's your dictionary? But Io, never
mind. I'll explain 1t in another way,
and then Poots, who thinks he has a
remarkably powerful mind, undertook
to exert a mesmeric influence on his
son. Fixing his eyes on his son in a
way that made him shudder, he said, as
he pointed to the clock, "See that
pretty birdi Hear it singl Let's catch
it and put it in a cage" and he got up
dragged the unwilling boy after him.
Pretty birdl pretty blrdl" he said, as
he parted the clock. Then the boy
broke away with an awful yell, knock
ing the clock down in his terror. and
yelling "MsI mai Pas got the inns
againF Aud that wound up Poots'
experiments in mesmerlsm.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17

fHa ieetHfe iatel3 asilsesea, bf6ies:
rof heinseh pAts tie ftanit a his Ee;
seatehea isshfdths thf tiipthsf " ehieii
f6Al hnt beth ihfiheh fis htd eSRn.
tnea With shs microscope tot iess ihah
Z stlB seetiaha N eaAi Aha, haa sapa u
the e6neinsiona That .s6ai hAa n8s besn
lafmea W the aileifllen 81 hsehmniaisd
iAna piafiis, hnl ihAt Y eotslstea 81
mieF8sf9ple iotHs 81 4 toWsF efasf n
pfpsaplasFn, ana, aiIhansh hs haa eaFs,
lHilI s4amlned ths eslis ana ashsf fe-
nains ri planls N 4 hlshsf aFdsF, he
'empnted that lhey hays eantnhplsd
mlY = ifaeGlon oi lhe masA ~ f9al Ysl.s,
lpWsysF nnmsFans theY NAY haYe peen
y some ipslanees. He FsIsfFed to Ihs
act that pr. Mnek, ri Bochnm, held
hat algR have nalnlY eontnbuted 70
'hs formation Of coal, and thai y arins
llants were rarely lophd ~ coal because
Il their lendenfy TO des ompose, and
.hat ealcaIeoas Temains Of mollusks dis
appeared on aecount 81 tue TaRid lorna
ion Of caTbonie acid durlng the process
of carbonie action.
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Wali sifset tHeFe lshis, and Niien W.
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una aha sBNHt Hp Ma strait thatst;
Ne pHf Hp M ihe eheapsst hHtFi btti
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~ lo9k i6f IN epeNlhs; ttN htHt thitiT
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N ne paid ~ way sYsf astSa " WV
NAmaH a.,
iits tAis bBdss sWHeabg sssmPAHJf
flss, slF,
i'Has " anY st9sk Snlf'
iiAboHt SlA,plAl, slfn
iiAaW aess n ssllYN 49,,
tWslh il's a9WH ts absH. H''ssA
cents. | beheye.N
''Goodl' ehpekled the speenlator m
he Walked on. 'l'll bHI M sAWlu
worth. bRll it w 70 seyeptI-hys ga 2
report that the next President ls l9m
PENNSYLVANIA, and Hnload before me
fall iFeshet takes tue old thing dqWn
slreaml Egadl I've got the country
right by the neck, and someboiY : g9l
to squeall'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17

DURING a recent examination OF a
class of youngsters in one OF the
Chemung County schools, n. T., tue
teacher asked:
"What is monarchy
He was Immediately answered by a
bright little eight-year-old boy.
''A country governed by king.
''Who would rule if the king should
die?"
''lhe queen"
''And if the queen should die, who
then would be the ruler?"
"The jack.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17

An Cid physician, retired from practice having
had placed IN his hands by an East India mission
ary the formula Of a simple vegetable remedy Tor
the ~peedy and permanent cure OF CJnsumpi luu.
Bronchitis, CafarTh, Asthma, ami all IhTOaf aui
Lung Anectlons, also a positive and radical cure
Tor Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints
alter having tested It's wonderful curative powers
IN thousands Of cases, has felt Il his duty To nak,.
Il known 10 his suffering fellows. Actulteti by Ias
motive and a desire o. relieve human suffering. /
Vii send free OF charge, % all who desire H. thIS
recipe, IN German, Frrneh or English wth fun
directions for preparing ami using. sent by maj
10y addressing with stamp naming this paper, ".
\. NOYEs. l4g PJJrey'S EiocE Rochester \ 4
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-17

The Introduction OF railroads has fur
thered education IN Russia. II Is said
that twenty-one yeIs ago. OF four road
masters on line abou, twenty five miles
long, two did no; kuow their letters,
and had clerks to write their reports
Instruction had 10 be provided for the
employees OF the roads. and the conse-
quenee Is the establishment O; about
thirty three ''railroAischOols, where
men are trained to be engineers. IRE
men, roadmAsters and teleeraphers
The course Of study extends over three
years. with a two year, practice
course" IN some cases. besides pre-
psraiory course of one year Tor those
zho cannot lead