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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND, APRIL 3. 1885,.

man Simms back, as John won't neeu
him any more to look after his dogs
and horses
"When John was forbidden the
house, YOU SEE, he put up a job Wild
Simms, his factotum, to find employ
ment with the farmer. and carry on
the desired correspondence. between
him and Margaret and arrange for the
elopement. j. Simms received her
early on the morning of September
18th, dressed in boys clothes, with
cloak around her, which she at once
removed, and drove her in a gig to a
spot near the station. where John
joined them. On reaching Hull, John
said to himself: The old man will
have the police after us, and l don /
want to travel to far away Then
down he went to the police head
quarters, and got the address of half a
dozen detectives. The second one he
visited suited him, and he took rooms
and board for himself and Margaret.
Then he got the license, and they were
married. The next was to make a
clean breast Of it to the detective, and
as John paid a good price for his
rooms, and round sum in addition,
he determined to see him through.
When information was given by me to
the police, the detective was one of the
first notified. and with great acuteness
he planned what followed, getting his
fathcr-in-law- an old retired officer
to take the first hand, and skillfully
introducing his own son to fill out the
story, which, of course, was the sheer
est fabrication"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
A Wonderful Clock.

Probably the most wonderful time
piece ever heard of, is clock described
by a ITindoo Raiah as belonging to a
native Princess of Upper India. Ia
front of the clocks disk was gong,
swung upon poles, and near it was
pile of artificial limbs. The pile was
made up of the full number of parts
for twelve perfect bodies but all lay
heaped together in seeming confusion.
Whenever the hands of the clock in
dicate the hour of /, out from the pile
crawled just the number of parts to
form the frame of one man, part join
ing itself to part with quick metallic
click, and when completed the figure
sprang up, seized small mallet and
walking up to the gong struck one the
first hour. When o'clock came, two
men rose up and did likewise; and so
through all the hours of the day the
number of figures being the same as
the number of the hour, till at noon
and midnight the entire heap sprang
up, and marching to the gong struck
one after another each his blow, max
ing twelve in all, and then fell to
pieces again.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

"Such nonsense" said the teacher to
Johnny Crimsonbeak, when that young
man had informed him that he had
seen jet when it was not black. Il
tell you jet is always dark"
"Well, tell you we've got light jet
up to our house, and if you'll come up
there tonight III show it to you
What kind of jet is it Z" at length
asked the pedagogue, beginning to
think the boy knew whac he was talk
ing about.
GAS jet" fairly yelled Johnny he
passed out Of the open window sill
PGakers Sta,Gsmaa,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

The Lunlber World makes the aston
ishing assertion that the loss to this
country through forest fires is now not
less than $3O0,O00,000 year. simply I
through the destruction Of available
timber without counting the addition
al loss from the annihilation of the
seeds scattered on the surface, and the
scorching of the ground, which often
renders it sterile for generation. This
enormous sum, about equal to the
interest on the public debts of all the
civilized nations of the world, is, ac
cording to the report of experts,
annually thrown away forever by the
people of the United States, without
the smallest return in the way Of com
fort or satisfaction, but, on the contrary
at the cost of many lives each year,
simply through the carelessness of boys
ana hunterss and esf tiss-ssss is.falli
gent persons who ought TO know
enough to keep a sharp watch over these
destructive animals. Next to human
beings of feeble intellect, railway
locomotives do most injury in forest
countries, and the Lumber Worlo
inquiries seriously whether the owners
of such locomotives should not be com.
pelled in the public interest, to furnish
them with spark arresters during the
dry season. The idea that railway
companies are responsible for the value
of timber destroyed by fires set from
their locomotives undoubtedly has
some effect in preventing legislative
interference with their management;
but it is SO difficult to fix the kindling
of forest fire with certainty upon
locomotive sparks, to say nothing Of
the obstacles in the way OF collecting
large debts from newly established
railway corporations, that the safer
way would be to provide as far as pos
bic against raising the question of
responsibility by compelling the use Of
spark-arresters Against animated
incendiaries forest patrol might be
tolerably effective, but it would be still
more useful toprovide in some way for
the removal of unIerbrush from the
woodland. Trees by themselves are
not easily kindled, and the mischief is
usually done through the ignition Of
dry leaves, ferns or bushes, which
burn long enough to char, and at last
to kindle the branches of the trees
above hem.-American Architect.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
lit MOR0US.
A club-house-the police station.
Made Of awl work "a pair Of shoes

4 clubhouse the police station.
Made Of awl work "a pair of shoes.
Beau-Why do you prefer a wood
Gre? Belle-'Cause it pops.
What's in a name? About the
hottest country on the globe is Chilli
There is a soft side to every man,
but as a general thing he can't tell
which side 1t is after he has been in
he roller skating rink twenty minutes.
A close observer has come to the
conclusion that if there is anything
under the sky at sight of which the
gods weep, it is to see a woman trying
10 do up package e.-Nel0 York Jour
4ot
Cannibal King to missionary: 81
think that the best thing | can do is
TO eat you" Missionary Tin earnest
protest.: 81 do not agree with you
SIR" Cannibal King; "Well, ! mustn't
eat anything that doesn't agree with
me-
"Ifa man wants to own the earth,
what does woman want?" inquired
Mr. Crap of his better half after a
family matinee few days ago. "Well,
my dear" responded the lady in
gentle tone, ito own the man, | sup
pose
AN American who was arrested in
Palestine and received the bastinado
on his bare feet, said he would prefer
to be skinned alive" If he had been
skinned alive he would probably pre-
fer the bastinado. Some people never
are suited.
Papa, did mamma say yes to YOU
right off when you asked her to marry
you?' Certainly she did, 'Why
don't she say yes now just as quick
when you ask her to do things?'
''Mamma's hearing is not as good now.
darllng-thats all
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
SnrInr Song.


Far in n green and wooded dell,
Where the maple boughs do meet,
Rustlts- shall truly tell,
Gentle whispers low and sweet
o, sounds most dear,
What songs you sing,
What tales YOU bring
OF summers coming near.
Every lclnei sings in praise,
10 the leafits neighbor
All breathe deep in their own ways,
Gay and free from Labor
Breathe the h,ly air OF peace,
Perfume neer was nrer,
No sping day fdrer,
Zen in storiod Greece.
Birds and leaves on every bong
Sway and toss in splendor
Upward soars my so it'll now,
Oh, so weak and tender,
summers sun brings lasting balm,
Gone is winters biting blast,
Rain is now all over past
Following storm-the calm.
From He German
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
RCYOnL

The stranger wandering m the sWitzer's land
Bpiore its awful mountain tops afraid
VINO yet. with patient toll, hath gained hi-
stand
ntbe blre summit whore OH lie Is stayed
-ec- far. fr down beneath his blood-dima'
eyes
Aucthcr country, golden to tho shore,
Whetea new passion and new hopes arise
Where southern blooms unfold forevermorc
Anil /. t.ne sitting by the twilight blaze,
lIiuk Of another wander in the SHOWS,
tud on more pcrlo mountains tops gaze
Ilmn trovncd above the vine and rose.
Set couagc, soul nor hold thy strength ir
vain;
lu hope o'ercome the sleeps COD set for I'll
for past tine A pine submits OF great PUN
Iicth THINE Italy.
RISE Tern Cooke
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifica-
the disease perpetuates its faint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
PuruIent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca
tarrh. Kidney and Liver Diseases,
TubercuIar Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous OF fatal maladies, are
,nrndnccl hX il.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

The states whose banks have been
counterfeited are Vermont, Massaehu-
setts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis
consin. OF these New York has the
largest number (1fty-three), or nearly
fifty per cent. Illinois comes next
with twelve The finest eounterieits
are S. bill on the Merchants Na-
tional Bank Of New Bedford, Mass;
500 bill on the Pittsburgh National
Bank of Commerce, the old $50 green
back, and a so Treasury note, series
of 1875. Counterfeiting in America
has been reduced to practical science,
and is the most completely organized
system of rascality on earth. It's
members include both sexes, all ages,
and nationalities. Counterfeit money
frequently passes current for years,
but in the end some one has to lose 1t,
and it generally falls on those who are
least able to hear the loss.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
HIS Delicate Musical Mission.

"Does yer old man work on the dock
now2"
"N-a-a-w. He is musician"
as he the man that swallys the
clarinet in the band?"
"N-a-a-w; he don't swally the car
met in the band, He stands on tne
s!dswalk and keeps time W!a bis tut
stfsincs,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

~ latest phase astronomy has as
'u'u'u Is rather a humorous one. 1t
Ti"''' 70 the computation of the
'olpa'a'lye aar'1 power of sunlight and
l'aoaugat' .', The poet has told US that
''''H''ga' aato sunlight Is rs water
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofula
because of superstition that it could be
cured by kings touch. The world is
wiser now, and knows that
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

Korti, the headquarters of Gen.
Wolseley, IS situated ON the left bank
of the Nile, 1000 miles south from
Cairo. That point is just south of the
Big Bend ia the Nile. which there
runs to the westward, turning soon,
however, to the northward. Ascend
ing the Nile from Korti, the direction
is northeast to Abu Hamed, where the
direction is again southerly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

The Japanese appear to have hit
upon the expedent of providing fire
proof storehouses for the reception of
furniture and other yaluables. Asa
security against the vast conAagra-
tlons which, during the winter
months, are SO prevalent in Japan.
the most perishable and valuable
articles are kept in freproof store
houses known as mud godowns."
These structures are built of mud, or.
to speak more correctly, of clay.
Some of them take as many as three
years in building; a double frame
work of bamboo or Slight boarding is
run up, and the intervening space.
about eighteen inches or two feet
wide, is filled in with mud, which is
gradually packed and allowed to dry
by the action Of the atmosphere. At
a great fire which occurred at Toxic
last month, and ragged for nine hours.
destroying a large number Of houses.
not one Of the mud godowns' s'-and
there We're several hundred of them
was injured throughout the entire
area of from two to three miles in
extent laid waste by the connagration
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

The Chinese in Colorado are likely
0 become partly civilized through the
aforts put forth in their behalf bv
lhllanthropists of Denver A great
many OF the Chinese in that city at
end Sunday-school, and night schools
laye lately been established where
hey are taught to read and write. A
eacnef Is required for every pupil.
'ad each teacher must possess an in
inl'e iund Of patience and persever-
mce' LOT most Cinnamon are rather
Hull A man greatly interested in the
hlne'e recently gave large number
d 'nem party at his house. They
came IN their Sunday best, nearly all
wearing the American costume, and
we're iar more self-possessed and easy
n tnelr manners than one would sun
pose they could be.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

A French paper gives a graphic
sketch of the manner in which nearly
one-half of Paris was built upon the
hollow ground beneath. The cata-
combs are old quarries, some Of which
had ceiling solid enough to build up-
On. But in many other cases the TOP
ground had to be blown down before
the work of building could be begun
and it was necessary also to fill in or
bank up the soil. In other cases the
houses were reared on the top of veri-
table piles, like those Of Amsterdam.
The uses to which these hollow tun-
nels have been put include not only
the storage of dead mems bones and
mummies, and the accommodation of
sewers, but also the storage Of wines
and the growth of mushrooms. 1t is
not perhaps generally known that the
thing which people were most afraid
of in Paris during the latter DAYS of
the Commune was the fact, whether
real or supposed, that the leaders of
that desperate insurrection had filed
the catacombs with gunpowder and
dynamite, and could at any moment,
if provoked to extreme measures, pro-
duce the effect of an earthquake up
on both banks of the Seine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

1t is said thatduring the last twenty
gears there has been taken from the
sierra forests on Lake Taboo and the
Truckee basin timber amounting in
value to SS0,OoOOo0, and paid for at
the Virginia, Nevada mines.
The United States has 1900 dentists,
who use ton Of gold and 1--WE tons Of
other metals and make 100000 arti-
icial teeth annually Only one Amer
lean in eighty is found to have perfect
teeth, and onethird Of the population
make more or less use of the artificial
product.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

A Methodist elder Of Fort Worth,
Tex, recently whipped a bully, and
the MethoJist of that town thus ap-
preciatiyely describes the incident:
"The elder took him one square blow
between the lockers without stopping
his pace, and it took twelve rowdies
three dippeIs Of water and two quart;
of whisky y revive the patient an'
get him off the grounds"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

Last year over a million and halt
Of cats were killed for their skins
which have become valuable as fur
lining. The industry of cat skin col
lecting is Of very recent growth Il
within SO short a space of time the
casual destruction for their hide OF
few stray--cats has assumed the respec-
table dimensions of a solid traffic esti-
mated in round numbers at hundreds
of thousands of skins, what will 1t be
decade hence? About the SUPERIOR
ty Of cats skins over rabit, rat OF
squirrel skins there is no question
The cost of production, too, cannot DC
called excessive, seeing that each SKIN
is stolen, and the whole original out
Law is one stout stick for despatchlng
puss and a sack to carry her home in'
! while the total working expenses are
the wear and tear of shoe leather II
tramping the streets for prey.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

DIR. J. ID Roberts writes from Libe-
rAs., A.4.,igsI - the Boston Medical ,and
st1'yfot'S & S-TfvgoS tnat ne Is convirfced
that the medicinal herbs grown in GER
tain climates are especially adapted for
the cure OF diseases which prevail in
them, though they may be useless else
where lie finds the plants of Liberia
much more successful in African fever
than the best of drugs prepared in
more highly civilized countries.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03
NO. 81.

unto wine. but Sir William Thompson
has gone more definitely into the
matter and informs us that sunlight IS
about seventy thousand times greater
than the light of the full moon. This
is all right, we presume. Sir William
goes further, however, and lets us
know that. if the face Of the moon
were painted black and covered win
candles standing packed in square
order touching one another, and all
burning normally, the light received
at the earth would be about the same
in effect as it really it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

A club at Bolton England, is known
as the Wife-Beaters' Club, and applies
its revenues to paying the costs and
zines Of members tried for thrashing
their wives. In recent case it fur
nished $40 to defray the expenses of q
gentleman who had been amusing
himself by jumping on his helpmeet.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

One Eng ish clergyman has just de
clared that he leaves a house as soon
as he sees novel in it, believing that
no spiritua good can be there effected;
while anot er has committed himself
to the stat Iment that the permission
given to tht japanese to worship their
idols in I'll Japanese village now ex-
hibiting in London will bring down
the curses + heaven upon the city.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

An agriculturist of Oakland, Cal, is
making a determined effort to intro
luce the cultivation of tea in that
state IIe has over 1000 tea plants in
very thriving condition. and when
hey arrive at the age of four years he
''I obtain Japanese labor and pick
inl cure. lie does not entertain a
.oubt OF success. He has also a mum
"er of eamphor trees that are growing
we'll
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

The New York Sun says much Of
he fine comb honey exhibited in glass
'ozes in New York city merely repre-
ents Yankee skill. The comb and
he honey never saw bees. They were
Manufactured by human hands, the
.omb OF parafine or beeswax and the
loney' which is also false, blown in by
aachinery' Another kind of honey
ehich isput up in glass cups, with 4
mall piece of comb in the centre, is
made from cane sugar, glucose or syr-
u. we hope New York city will mo-
lopolIze all of this class of honey.
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\ our loving daughter,
" MARGARET MAJOR

:, How did I feel? Can't you guess?
Nhy' Of course, I'd been done-regu.
i'lly done. | was there when the
couple arrived, and the old man re-
'eiEea his daughter with open arms,
'Hu shook John heartily by the hand.
we are coming to live with you.
'"'AeF' Margaret said. and John is
sOlas $. TO manage the farm for you, and
's s'e going 70 have that nice young
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-04-03

Here is a significant historical remi-
aiseence. Six hundred and ten years
1efore the Christian era Nechos, a king
}f Egypt attempted to make canal
letween the Gulf of Arabia and the
ieiiterfanean Sea. The essay was
D'ndoned in the following year after
.osting, according to IIerodotus, the
YES of 1900 men. Another Egyp-
jan canal, and the rights appertain-
ag to it, seem likely to lead to the
acrldce of many more lives after the
xpiration of twenty-five centuries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-24
JOHN MCCULLOUGH.
The Actors Insanity Assuming Dangerous
Form-Steps to Put Him Und\r Restraint.

NEW YORK, June 23.-The Mail and Express
says John Mccullough, the tragedian, wandered
about the Sturtevant House in an aimless way
this morning. 1t was evident to the most casual
observer that he did not know what he was doing.
Clerk Hitchcock kept his eye on him. The clerk
had trouble with him on Sunday afternoon
HE has threatened to kill me-" said Mr. Hitch
cock; IF he comes near me again, I'll hit him.
don't care if he is irresponsible. Ii he is, his
friends ought to take care of him. Everybody
in the house is tired of him. but the Lslands are
reluctant to make any move in the matter"
Mr.. Horace Leland said: 1--WE certainly will
do something very soon. He is not capable of
taking care of himself and is liable at any
moment to do injury to somebody. We have to
watch him to keep him from setting FIRE to the
house He doesn't even know enough to eat his
meals. We have telegraphed to his wife and
sister, and expect them here this evening If
they do not take charge of him we will appeal to
Captain Williams John is a friend of ours, but
we can't stand everything"
Captain Connor, of the St James Hotel, who
has been Mr., McCullough's friend and business
partner for years, says that he will not take the
first step, and this seems to be the trouble with
everybody. Captain Conner says he ought to
be put in an asylum. but the only one who can
do that is his wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-24

late, and the remedy, though severe, will give
the government, it is hoped, chance
TO recover from its condition of pecuniary dis
tress. BY official decree of the President it is
announced that from the date of the law all taxes
now in force shall be paid in cash.
or notes of The National Bank of Mex
leo. Custom-house certificates are no longer
receivable. The second article of this decree
provides that for the purpose of retiring from
circulation notes and bills constituting
the national debt the federal treas
ury shall issue treasury bonds OF the
value of $25, O00, 600, at per cent. interest
payable in twenty-five years. Salaries of over
$500 per annum are to be subject to DISCOUNTS
on salaries of from $500 to 81, 900, 10 per cent.
on salaries of from ST. 600 to S. 600, Is per cent
on salaries Of from 900 to Sc, 900, 20 per
cent. on salaries of from $4,000 to $4,000.
% per cent on salaries $l5, 600, 30 per cent
Each officia. whose salary is reduced receives
from the treasury certificate of Indebtedness
covering the percentage taken off. No money is
to be spent ON new public works ey-
cept for repairs. Double salaries, except in
a few cases. are abolished The President asks
of all officials cheerful acceptance of this
necessary economical reform, and points to the
fact that his own salary is reduced one-half
Nothing definite is said regarding railroad subsi-
dies, but it is certain they at least Temporal
rily suspended.