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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04

MIR Walter Coote has described
some curious moneys of the New He
brides and the Solomon Islands. On
one Of the islands he noticed neatly
kept house, which he was told was the
money y-house. Entering it, he found
number of mats hanging from the
roof, beneath which fire was con
stantly kept up, under the effect of
which they became covered with
black glistening coating and adorned
with fcstoons Of SCOT 1t was mans
business TO keep the fire always burn
ing. and 50 low as not to scorch the
mats 4 well-colOred mat is worth
about as much as a well-grown yigo-
rous boar, This is the strangest of
all kinds Of money for it must never
be taken from the money-house, even
when the title is transferred from one
owner to another. The inhabitants Of
Santa Cruz Island use for money,
rope-ends abc~f an inch thick, and
ornamented with scarlet feathers,
which are worn about the waist. The
I traveller could not obtain new coins of
of this kind, but found them current
everywhere. The specimens he bought
were already old, and the feathers
grown dingy The money Of the Sol
omon Islands consists Of neatly work
ed pieces of shell of about the size of
our shirt-buttons. They ara strung
on strings about four yards long, and
are distinguished under the names of
red and white money. Dog teeth are
of higher value, and comparable to
our gold coins. They are usually
worn on a string around the neck.
Mr.. Coote saw necklace OF this kind
that was valued at about one hundred
dollars. Marble rings are also worn
on the breast for ornaments, and as
valuable money.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04

and only put in cachcSz~ frebZing
weather has come on. The general
impression of people is that they
drink oil (rendered from fats) of all
Kinds almost as copiously as we drink
water, and yet l have seldom seen
them do this, and understand that it
is only done to avert starvation, except
salmon oil | doubt if they use as
much oil as some civilized nations.
in the shape of huge chunks OF blub-
Der from the whale. seal, or walrus,
they consume enormous quantities,
but to drink it in the pure state, or to
even use it as dressing for any other
cooking, is very rare indeed The
EsquimauN in and around the mouth
OF Blacks Great Fish River catch
quantities Of fat salmon. and great
deal OF oil is obtained from these fat
fish. This oil ! have seen them drink
and have So used it myself. About
the middle of December, 1879, in our
midwinter sledge journey from the
Arctic Sea to Hudson Bay, our supply
of toodHoo (reindeer fat ran very
low, and 50 did the thermometer, and
we noticed the disappearance of our
fatty food very conspicuously in the
greater effort that was necessary to
keep warm. After matters had been
running this way two or three days.
one of my Innuit sledgemen came to
me and showed me a couple of recep-
tacles, being reindeer bladders, each
holding nearly quart of salmon oil,
and poured me out gill of the stuff
from one, which he told me to drink
to drive away the cold My repug-
nance for the odor / soon overcame,
knowing the usual after elfect, and /
downed the dose as an old topper would
his morning drink, but with a horrible
grimace | might add that the effect
of warmth, a pleasant glow all over
the body was apparent about as soon
as if had taken that amount of alco-
hol, although one would imagine that
the oil would have to digest according
to known laws Of assimilation before
producing warmth Several times af-
terward ] repeated the agreeable dose,
and always found the same effect of
genial warmth
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
A Laundry Romance.

Five years ago remarkably bright
and pretty girl Of II worked in San
Francisco laundry. The son OF
wealthy parents fell in love with her.
She returned his passion, but said she
would not marry him, as he wished,
because she was uneducated and
coarse Then he offered to send her
away to school. She accepted this
offer During the ensuing four years
she was in a Montreal convent, very
apt and studious. The training
wrought all the change that was desir-
able. and the wedding took place, with
a long tour in Europe afterwards. The
couple returned to San Francisco late
ly. To show that she had neither for
gotten nor was ashamed of her former
employment, the bride gave grand
supper to those of her old companions
who could be brought together.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
New Theories Ahnnt Enting.

DIR. Il. NJ. Hodges, once read paper
before the Boston Society for Medical
Improvement, in which he touched on
this question upon which doctors disa-
gree, and said ut is a common i'm
preston that to take food Immediately
before going to bed and to sleep is un-
wise, such suggestion is answered
by a reminder that the instinct of ani-
mails prompts them 70 sleep as soon as
they have eaten: and in summer an
after-dinner nap, especially when that
meal is taken at midday, is a luxury
INDUCED in by many. If the ordinary
hour of the evening meal is six or
seven 0 o'clock. and of the first morning
meal Z or o'clock, an interval of
eve hours, or more, elapses with
out food, and Cor persons whose nutri-
tion is at fault this is altogether too
long period of fasting That such
an interval without food is permitted
/ explains many restless night, and
much of the head and backache and
the languid, half-rested condition on
rising, which is accompanied by no
appetite for breakfast. This meal it.
self often dissipates these sensations.
| 1t is, Therefore, desirable, if not essen
! tial. when nutriment is to be crowded,
that the last thing before going to bed
should be the taking of food. Sleep
/ lessness is often caused by starvation,
and tumbler of milk, if drunk in the
middle of the night, will often put
people to sleep when hypnotics would
fail of their purpose. Food before ris-
ing is equally important and expedient.
1t supplies strength for bathing and
dressing, laborious and wearisome
tasks for the underfed, and is a better
morning pick me-up than any
'tODic'"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
81. alscs lone Il lhe Kaaha.

In the Kaaba, the most ancient and
remarkable building Of the great mosque
at Mecca, is preserved a miraculous
stone, with Tie print of Abraham's feet
impressed upon it, It is said by Mo
hammcdan tradition to be the identical
stone which served the patriarch as
scaiIold when he helped Ishmael to re-
build the Kaaba, which had been orig
inally constructed by Seth, and was af-
terward destroyed by the deuge While
Abraham stood upon this stone it rose
and sank with him as he built the walls
Of the slcrcd edifce the relic is said
to lee a fragment Of the same gray Mecca
stone Of which the whole building is
constructed, in this respect differing
from tho famous black stone brought to
Abraham aud Ishmael by the angel Ca
bricl, and built into the northeast corner
Of the exterior wall Of the Kaaba which
is generally supposed TO be either q me
teorite or fragment Of volcanic ba.a I.
1t is supposed to have been originally a
iacinth of dazzling whitcness, but to
have been made black as ink by the
touch Of sinful man, and that it can only
recover its original purity and brillancy
at the day Of Judgment. The millions
of kisses and touches impressed by the
faithful have worn the surface considers
bly,; but, in addition to this, traces of
cup shaped hollows have been observed
on it. There can be no doubt that both
the relics associated with Abraham are
of high antiquity, and may possibly have
belonged to the prehistoric worship
which marked Mecca as a sacred site
long before the followers Of the prophet
had set up their shrine there. -Bldck-
3r6gd's Hg11zjue
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
Dniry Cow. in switzerlnnd.

An American, who has spent some
time in France, writes: Now that CO.
operative cheese and butter "farmeries
are the order of the day, ! wish to
draw attention to the special breed Of
cattle in the Canton of Appenzell.
The cows are good mixers. small but
well built, admirably adapted for
mountainous regions, and easily cared
for They are small feeders, and their
milk is as rich us a Jersey, and album
dant as a Kerry or West Highland COW.
They yield from fourteen to twenty
quarts of milk day, but the average
daily yield for the year is about eight
quarts. The cows are hired for the
summer pasturage on the slopes Of the
Alps, for Is or 20 francs, and descend
in the autumn, comparatively fat. The
proprietor himself, or member of his
family acts as herd, and superintends
the sale of the milk at the central de-
pot, or more generally converts it him
self into cheese He may have from
twenty to sixty COWS The latter
never exceed six hundred weight.
They receive the bull when Is months
Old, and when they have had six
calves are fattened for the butcher.
Young bulls of to 3 years old are
selected to serve Cows intended for
the summer highland pasture are pre-
ferred if they have calved in Febru-
ary, and for lowland grazing if in
November. Calves destined for the
butcher are only allowed to suckle
their mother three or four times. They
are then fed from the pail twice a
day, milk and water at first, then pure
milk mixed with the refuse of the
cheese factory; but they are finished
off on goats milk. The cows are
milked twice day, and receive salt
every second day. They are daily
curried, and occasionally washed.
When wet, after storm or rain, they
are rubbed with wisp of straw
this keeps away, it is considered,
rheumatism. The Swiss loves his
COW as an Arab loves his horse; he
employs neither whip, stick, nor dog.
Government is all by the voice. He
addresses them as his dear beast
daS Hebe Ticlt
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
A MnrninE taii.

Utea SIC spici htm coming
She wore a kctch.cf round her h al,
Her papcrcd cutl- to hide.
The nunce- ON hcr skirts were torn.
Her slippers were united,
ler jacket wanted buttons, and
Twus not exactly clean,
And through btr wotn.out sleeves quite plain
Her elbows could be seen.
IIhc1 she cccirei HIM
Upon her brow cr tluny htir
Like tonglrd sunshine lay
IIcrpretty Mother Hubbard gown
Wns rich in ribbons gay
Her Tile Shoes were deckcd with bows,
Some meadow flowers clung
Near her fair throat, and rom her side
A small sccnt-boltle hung
Aqd rs a sure mfa1
That never vet for coniurcr
Did quicker change bcilll,
Than that Young man evoked who came
To make a morning ell.
Phiiadclphta .News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
Grani,s peenliaritIcs.

In battle or in command he wore a
blue blouse and no sword, plain
slouch hat, dark trousers, and top
boots. Even his horse equipments
did not indicate his rank. When he
went to Europe in 1878 he was COM
PEELED to buy new uniform, as his
old one was worn out He bought
but three while general of the army.
At table he ate but little, and that of
the plainest, and in the latter years Of
his life used no wine. As an escort
for ladies, the assurance of one of the
brightest and most lovely women who
has graced Washington social life, that
General Grant was the most accepta-
BILE of all the escorts she had ever had
at dinner" is warrant enough for the
statement that he was a gentleman in
social life and at the table,
entirely a moral man, never using
| profane language, and had a contempt
for vice and immoral men. He was
fond of children and they of him-be-
cause of positive evidences of benevo-
lence Of both head and heart. lie
stood fatigue readily, and could 60
without food or sleep for long time,
On horseback he sat easily and rode
with grace as West Point men usual
ly do He had keen memory for
those who abused him. either by
speech or in the press, and never for
got them. He hated and liked with
manly vigor He had one old-time
virtue, fast becoming obsolete, devel-
oped in the highest-he liked his
friends and would stand by them
Phildde[phfa Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04

leave this true little sketch with
out comment. 1t carries its own les
son. both to struggling young teachers
with hearts and brains. and to pros
.s..r..,.z rs.s. affairs. who may lend a
helping hand to deserving ones.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04
H q LIS
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR REVIEWER

was the first preparation perfectly adapted to
ture diseases OF the scalp, and the first sue
eesstul restorer OF faded or gray hair to its
natural color, growth, aud youthful beauty.
II has had many imitators. but none have so
fully met All the requirements ueedful for
the proper treatment of the hair and scalp
HALLS HAIR REVIEWER has steadily grown
IA favor, and spread its fame and usefulness
to every quarter Of the globe. Its unparal-
leled success can be attributed to but one
cause; the e@t'rc Jitlftment Of its promises.
Inc proprietors have often been surprised
at the receipt Of orders from remote conn.
'ries' where they had never made an effort for
its introduction.
The use for a short time of HAL1,s Ham
RtNEwER wonderfully improves the per-
sonaI appearance. 1t cleanses the scalp from
81 impurities, cures all humors, fever. and
dryness, and thus prevents badness. 1t
stimnlates the weakened glands, and enables
them to push forward new and vigorous
growth. The effects of this article are not
transient, like those of alcoholic prepara-
tons but remain a long time, which makes
its use matter of economy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04

Turkish ingenuity has circumvented
the terrible month Ramadan, the Mo
hammcdan fast For thirty days, be
tween sunrise and sunset, no good Mus
suman allows a mouthful of food or
drink to pass his lips. But, then, says
Constantinople letter. it does not dis,
commode the Turk at all, tor during
that time he is asleep. He simply re-
verses the order of things. and sleeps
daytimes instead of nights There is no
law against his eating at night He
rises from his couch at sunset and takes
his breakfast before going to the mosque
to pray At midnight he has dinner,
and partabes of supper Just before sun
rise in the morning, when he again re
tires to bed The night not being good
for work, he gives his waking hours to
pleasure and the month, from sunrise to
eunrct, becomes a vast carnival in all
countries under Mohammedan rule.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04


There bad been some trouble at Mr..
Bilkin's about the butter for break.
fast, and at dinner Mrs. b. had made
a change. When Mr.. b. had every.
thing ready about him to commence
operations, he picked up the butter
dish. His wife watched him, and af
ter a minute inquired:
''Do you notice any difference in
that butter, my dear?"
"Not yet, Maria" he replied eau.
tiou8ly. though l may later. So far,
l don't notice anything in it, except q
hair and"
He never finished the sentence.
Married men with impetuous wives
will understand why Merchant tn.
reller.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-04

Most OF the private structures IN
Russia are built of wood, and it is said
there are always twenty fires, at least,
In different parts of the empire. The
bulIl OF these wooden buildings, ac
cordlng to a recent estimate. burn
down every seven or eight years.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29
DEMOCRACY AND BETTER
TIMES,

The reports that reach us daily from
all over Texas, to tho effect that mer.
chants are buying and laying In largo
stocks OF goods in anticipation of q
strong fall and winter trade, are but 4
small part OF simllar reports that are
published oil over tns South. AS we
have had occasion to say before, NOR
chants are close observers of tho signs
of the times and tho prospects for
crops and trade, rarely, ~ a whole
class, ovor-stocking themselves, and
when they buy freely tho fact ia ron.
orally based upon substantia, assur-
ancsH that tho business Ia anticipation
will fully Justify extra provisions,
Asthe returns from tho southern crop
become more definite, tho prospect for
such trade as Southern merchants
thus appear TO have anticipated be.
comes brighter, and already the wheels
Of business have begun to no.
volvo rapidly once more. The
gratifying circumstance Is al.
30 noted that this re.
vivsl is not confined to any special
section or any line Of business activity,
but everywhere the hum OF industry
and the promise OF big exchange and
better times In tho Immediate future
Ia heard.
A leading commercial agency oI
New York rooSntly issued u repor,
which Is extremely encouraging In its
Information to nil classes. II notos
Improvement ia prices of securities, In
other classes of speculation and trade
and proceeds to say;
Facts are superior 20 inference
hnu tney show beyond question 1
very decided improvement ia bushes,
rom the ~. Lawrence TO tho gull ano
,ne Pacific. The recovery 10 apparent
IN better demand for products OF
every class aud is the beginning of q
Rrauual but evidently genuine ad.
vance IN prices. Even tho iron trade
wnicn mas beon most severely depress
| W evuccuou W D3 one oil tnt
safest Indicators OF business At large,
now workinK on orders that insure
employment for months ahead"
Whether the two facts have q dlrec
bearing on zach other or not, tits
mniter for notice thu. tho revival a.
business and hoss ard the Inaugural.
ton Of arrow administration IN Fo,,
crRl sfisifs occurred abcut the sam,
time thIs yAsr The Republicans hs,
t,cn for years predicting az mann,
81 evils and ''hsrd iimep,n unae-
Demuuiaslc administration. sc. ius
rs soon a. the Demoefs,ic admiaistrs
Ilvn 60. fairly 10 work times ksEsn ;,
brishxns buolness 70 rsvivc, new On
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29

orgies 20 DO unfoldsd and general
and better feeling aud hopefulness to
prevail.
Possibly the same revival might
have been witnessed under another
Republican administration. BLAINE
may have INSPIRED as great confidence
throughout the country ss the new
Democratic president has inspired
aud witnessed as great aud growing
prosperity. Bat the Republicans are
now forced to admit that even under
the Democratic rule times have grown
bettsr, the cry of "hard times" become
a false alarm, business confidence
been restorsd and the props stiioken
from one of their most popular cam
paign stories.
1t 10 perfectly naturel in country
like this, where politics or government
aud the masses arc so closely allied,
that new Infusion OF fresh blood ard
an Improvement in the methods of the
one should beneticially and directly
affect the other. The obliteration of
sectional lines and party rancor by a
wise aud conservative Democratic sd
ministration might DO expected to ac-
complish much for tho trade and in
dusirles of tho country, snd tho facts
of commercial value, therefore, now
coming TO cur notice, but realize this
natural expectation under the present
order OF things.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29

Querstaro. Taere il, therefore.
the washout. These facts will explain
TO merchants in the United States
why Mexican mails have been de-
layed lately. Ii is, however, hoped by
hard work to get the track In condi-
ton to bring the trains in to morrow
with all delayed mail aud passengers.
IL he's been reported that the Vera
Cruz railway had suffered ssri-
Gus washoats but is has
proved that oaly culvert was
washed away aud the train was stop
ped before the spot was reached. In
1881 the Vera Cruz railway had great
trouble with washouts, but BY much
labor the road bsd was gotten in
good condition. The Vera
Cruz rosd people say il
is costly road bed, but is
chespess in q troaicsl country, where
the rainfall is 10 heavy.
Rains for the past fortnight have
been incessant ana an immense
amount OF water has fallen, and it is
not strsngs that the road bed
OF the Mexican Central should
nave trouble. The management
has worked energeiically Go repair the
track, but the rains FELL in q manner
that made IL impossible to do better
than has bsen done. lsis proposed 20
steDgthen the weak parts 10 substRn.
tial manner.
There hax hson but very little
trouble on the north end of the exten.
sion Of the road.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29
LET DALLAS TAKE THE iNITiA-
TIVE,

IL is hardly q matter admitting of
any question that tho city Of Dallas
uses more paper OF all kinds than any
Other city in Texas. The presence OF
many papers here, weekly and daily,
some OF them with large subscription
lists; tho number and magnitude OF
the wholesale and retail houses, and
other uses iunumerable TO which pa
per is put, crea.c asteady and tremon-
dous demand for white paper, for bags,
Tor wrapping paper, circulars, dodgers.
posters, aud iudesd every kind manu-
featured at the iirs;-clRss mills. This
city alone could Keep a large mill
busy filling orders, if the quality was
Of the desirable kind. But the trade
would nat bs limited 10 this city. The
many growing cities OF tho Ststs
would become customers, and what
ever amounts cnuld DO made by one
Or tw> large mills at Dallas, admira-
bly, situated aud advertised as $40 are,
could bs quickly disposed Of at fine
profits.
In 1880 out OF nearly 500 mills in the
country vt large, the entire South hal
but IS of taom. While the Southern
denand il enormous aud the facilitios
for Misunderstanding splandid aud in
decd superior to those elsewhere, the
product used has cDmsfrOm tho North
aud West, with tho aidod costs ID Us
OF transportation aud various hand.
lings. Consumers hero might Just 10
VOL save this extra cost and home
capital just as easily reap good pref.
as not, and Da,lssi The best point To
the Stats fox such M e3taolshment.
Tho mRterial for the manufactured
prSdugG eau be obtained at the most
trillng cost, lab)r is plentiiui, site:
numerous and accessible In and
near tho city, and a profitable
industry possible right at our doors,
FOR several classes OF our population
from tho rag picker to the capitalist.
Now that . voritsblo aud phenomunal
boom ass again struck DAllas,ap capt
tai Is op9n-eysd In search OF promis-
log enterprises and Investments, tho
time Is Oppsttuna 30 moot the building
Of great paper mill in our midst. Tho
average capital OF the Southern mills
in 1850 was about $4,000, and 1t would
be but al easy mater for company
of homo capitalists to equip aud run @
large factory at this point.
The attestlon OF Southern news.
papers Is directly invited 20 this par
ticuiar Industry In The last number OF
tho Baltimore Manufacturers Record
In the following tlmoly sentenoos:
"For nearly all tho newspapers
printed IN tho South, as we'll as for
nearly oil other purposes for which IL
Is used, paper must DO purchased In
the North. rh6re Is an opening in the
South Tor tho profitable employment
OF capital In tho establishment Of paper
mills, and We hope 20 $50 mora atten-
lion given 60 this III Atter, IL il ~ sub.
ibct IN uh,cn thu newspapera of tue
south ero particularly Interested, ard
they can do much towards helping on
this line OF Industrial gfOwth by call
ing attention 30 the advantages pos
nesssd for this husinebs by tho various
locations IN which lhere ace good
openings Tor paper mills"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.---on the pres.
idcnrs return from the Adirondacks
no found awaiting him tho following
letter from Mrs. Helen Hunt jackson,
the. well'known au,horess, "f1. H.
aud advocate OF Indian rights, which
was written by hor four days before
irr ieeth,
To Clover Nic,sisnd, President OF the
nitCd siates, " nshiAglcn. y. u
phAN in;-FlOlu my Detained 1
snnd YIN q message Of heartfelt
tnaniis f'r wtai vld have alreadv
done Tor thu lndlsus. ] ask you ~
reti inv Century OF Dishonor." 4
sm dy,ag happy Il om the belief tina.
J. Is ar thar II destined TO strike tho
nIsi shady blow toward lifting this
and rlshtinE the wrongs Of the Indian
- 1IXt L. E. "a.