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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
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A Rare surgical operatlon.

A recent issue Of the Washington
Post says; a very rare surgical oper-
alton was performed with great sue
cess last thursday by Dr. y. w. Bliss,
in conjunction with DR.. Hammett,
upon George II. Fowler. the 21-year
old son OF Mr.. X. G. Fowler, Acting
First Assistant Postmaster General.
The young gentleman was affected
with troublesome cough during the
summer AMI two weeks ago he began
to be confined to his bed with a serious
and oppressive illness which was vari-
ously believed to be inflammation T
congestion of the lungs or consump-
tiDn. Gradually the chest became dis
tended and the lung space filled up, so
that the young man was on the point
of sutfocation, when, on Tuesday, Dr.
llammett, applying his ear to the pa
TENTS chest, thought he detected
something like breathing through
water Dr. Bliss was called into con
su tation and 1t was agreed that there
was an accumulation of water in the
chest.
This was not a physical certainty,
because the water could not he felt
from the outside, but it was the dag
nosis of the two doctors in Joint con
sultation. IIydrothorax they call the
disease, meaning "water in the chest"
Fer this difficult and dangerous sur
G cal operation was necessary. without
which the patient could not live. The
operation was performed with a kind
Of pump known as Delford's a pirator
4 large needle was inserted in one of
/ the rib spaces under the left arm and
an entrance was made clear into the
I left lung. A small tube attached to
the aspirator was put into this open
ing and the pump was set to work. In
a short time ffty-two ounces, or about
] NiiANN hiiA a Ai1AA JAhNo3 VI NtNOA NClO
drawn off, and the patient experienced
immediate relief and could breathe
freely The accumulated water had
crushed the heart from it's usual seat
the left over to the patients right
side, and had pushed the left lung up
under his chin.
The operation, which is the resu t of
recent discovery and was not known to
surgical science dozen years ago, was
a decided success; but Il chief merit
claimed by the phys clans is the accu-
racy of the diagnosis, which was the
outcome of a great deal of weighing
and balancing of the doubtful sym
ptoms. Immediately after the peration
the surgeons were able to pronounce
the patient OF of danger. Two days
before he was thought to be beyond
recovery. The operat on is regarded
as one of the most successful instances
OF special surgical treatment in diff
cult cases ever known in Washington.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
A NImsInrtI Snnnre.

In referring to sponge as a carrier
of poultices, Dr. Richardson considers
thatit makes the best of mustard car.
riers. Mix the mustard in basin
with water until the mass is smooth
and of even consistency Then take
the soft mass all up with a clean
sponge. lay the sponge in the centre of
a white handkerchief, tie up the cor
ners neatly. and apply the smooth,
convex surface to the skin. This
mustard sponge, warmed again bv the
lire and slightly moistened, can be ap-
piled three or four times, is good for
several hours, and saves the trouble of
making a new poultice during the
WEAKNESS of night watching. The
sponge can afterward easily be washed
clean in warm water.-Scienttfc
american.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

Il love you, Minna," he said, simply
"If you will trust yourself to me,
will never give you cause TO repent it.
1t was not until they had been mar
ried some years. and old Mr.. Palmer
the picture dealer, was dead and bur,
led, that Minna, wandering through
the deserted rooms of the old ware
house, with rosy checked child cling
ing to the skirts of her gown, came
across some dust-powdered canvasses,
with their faces turned to the wall.
"Oh, look. mammal" cried little
Paul "What are these?"
Let us examine them, DEAR" said
she
They were her own long-forgotten
effortsl She stood looking at them.
through a mist os tears and smiles.
"Dear, noble PAUL." she murmured
to herself. This only adds to the
debt Of gratitude that | already owe
him. But he iced not have been so
tender of my feelings. | know now
that art, so far as am concerned,
was delusion and "A snare. ! know
that my truest happiness, my greatest
felicity, has been in cherishing him
and the children"
And she never told Paul that she
had discovered his long guarded secret.
Forrest Gyaces.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
stomach Tolls.

There is no organ of the body that
IS more generally abused than the
stomach, often laboring nearly. or
quite all of the time, some regarding
an empty stomach as great calamity.
There are those who, in addition to
three regular meals day, with at
least two lunches, one at bed time,
probably, feel justified in taking a
nip" of cake, a piece of pie, few
raisins, an apple. peach, pear, stick
Of candy, and the like, whenever it
may be convenient. or VIXEN a vitiated.
abused, and abnormal appetite may
suggest such a course. Such usually
complain Of that abused organ, charg-
ing it with almost crime, as if the
fault was with it, and not themselves.
The heart and lungs are supposed
to work all of the time, from birth to
death, yet both have slight respite,
little rest between each effort. in ac.
cordance with their nature, but tho
poor stomach, not intended as such
tOiler, often gets but little rest.
The stomach needs time for rest as
well as the other parts of the body do.
and, if it be all the time worried
with extra work, it must aud will be-
come tired out and worn out, and CON
sequently unable to do its work. A
very large part of the sickness Of the /
body is caused by abuse of the stom-
ach. About five hours should elapse
between meals, and meals should he
taken at the same hours each day.
We should not eat hurriedly. Thu
food should be properly masticated,
and there is no worse habit connected
with digestion than that of swallow
ing our food in haste. The few min,
utes gained by this habit are sure to
be dearly paid for by and by.
When food is taken into the stom,
ach, the blood rushes toward that or,
gan and raises its heat. This being
SO, we should keep the body as quiei
as possible for time after eating, for,
violent exercise always causes a rush
of blood to the surface of the body;
and. as this draws the blood away
from the stomach it is injurious.
Such play as running, leaping, jump
ing rope, etc, should not lie INDUCED
in for at least half hour after eat
ing.
Brain work, also, causes the blood
to flow toward the head; and children
should not engage in hard study for
at least an hour after a hearty meal.
City and Count1y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
Fortunes In Stone and Bronze.

Washington City has a great deal Of
money inyese ed in statuary, and some
Of it may be looked upon as mighty
poor investment Grcenough's naked
statue Of Washington cast $lj. 900. and
the statue of liberty away up there on
the capitol dome cost $2J. 600. Clark
Mills, the sculptor, received great sums
from the government, though he died
comparatively poor. Fifty thousand
do lars was the price paid him for An
drew Jackson, who sits upon rearing
horse opposite the White House. and he
received another $50, 600 for his eoues.
trian statue of General Washington in
Washington circle. Another $50. 600
statue is that Of General Thomas in
Thomas circle, and it must make the
taxpayer happy as he looks at it to re.
member that Congress paid S2j, 900 for
the pedestal, and that the four bronze
lamp posts around the base cost
1000 apiece Away off to the
east of the capitol, in Lincoln
s1uare, three thousands pounds Of brass
represent Abraham Lincoln giving free.
dom to the negro. The statue cost $17.-
600, but it was paid from contributions
made up by the freedmen OF the South.
General Nathaniel Greene stands in a park
northeast OF the capitol at a cost of $50
600, and in Scott circe, General win.
field scott has been embodied in bronze
for 50, O00 Winnie Reams statue Of
Farragut cost $50, 600 The statue Of
Mcpherson, together with its pedestal
cost about $50, 600, and down in Raw.
lin5 square, southwest of the White
House there is a bronze statue OF Gen.
eraI Rawins which looks Just as well. at
a cost Of $4,000 In addition to these
there Is the statue of Professor Henry in
the Smithsonian grounds, which cost
small fortune, that of Admiral Dupont.
opposite Blainc's, which represents a |
large enough sum to pay several times a
salary, and the beautiful
bronze statue of Martin Luther in. front |
Of the Lutheran Memorial church, which
cost but 81, 600. and is as fine a piece of
statuary as you will find this side of the
water Carp, ia Clepelaad Lender.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
Fable of the Jackass and the Dude.

AT a meeting Of the farm animals
the Dude once attempted to prove his
relationship to the Jackass,
"Why," he said, vainly, "just look at
my ears We must be nearly related
True" returned the Jackass, 'you
may be a degenerated mule; but
though ] have often heard men call
you jackass, they have never yet in
suited me by calling me Dude"
At this speech the other animals
burst into roars of laughter. and the
crestfallen Dude skunk silently away.
MORAL: This Fable teaches us that
an ordinary mortal should not attempt
to claim the acquaintance of hOt''
clerk.-Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
The Wolf Splder.

Suddenly appears on the wall dark
gray fly or perhaps beetle Itmoyts
with wonderful quickness, but always
by fits and starts, sometimes one way
and then another. All at once it
darts few inches from the wall and
then flies back again TO the same spot.
This action is several times peated,
and is SO quick that the creatures
wings cannot be seen. approach the
wall more closely; and find that the
creature is neither fly nor Beetle. nor
even an insect. 1t is hunting spider,
and OF course has no wings. How,
then, did it fly from the wall and back
again? l have long been familiar
with these pretty and active spiders.
have often seen them sidle cautious
ly toward fly, leap upon it, and iaye
a sharp tussle with it before it sue
Gumbed to the venomed fangs. Win
dow sills, especially when facing
southwark are happy hunting grounds
for this spider | ha often seen spi-
der and fly tumble together off the
window sill, and presently the spiser
return still clasping its prey. 1t had
saved itself from taking to the ground
by spinning a thread as it rolled off
the sill, and was able to regain its po-
sition by climbing up the thread But
until lately | had never seen it leap
from a perpendicular wall, and to
all appearances fly back again The
thread affords the means whereby this
remarkable feat is perfomed. 1t is
extremely elastic, and when the spider
has reached the end Of its leap the
thread contracts and Jerks it back
again, just as Child throws a ball
away from him, and draws it back to
his hand by an india-rubber thread
which is attached to it. How l had
failed notice this action for 50 many
years | cannot imagine. Even the
common wolf spider will act in the
same way. ] caught glimpse of the
creature crouching in the wall under
the shadow of vine leaf so that
could not identify it. suddenly it
darted from the wall anil alighted on
the ground at some little distance, the
elastic thread causing it to describe,a
slow and graceful curve, just as if it
had wings. AS it darted from the
wall put the net over it, and, much
to my surprise, found that it was no in
sect, but wolf spider -Longman's
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
How Good Writing is Acq uired.

Writing to be good must be legible
and rapid to be legible it must have
good form, and to be rapid it must be
simple in It's construction as regards forms
and their combination, and it should be
small, since 1T is obvious that the pen
can be carried over short spaces easier
and more rapidly than long ones; and it
should have little shade, and be written
with pen above medium for coarseness
that the unshaded lines may have the
requisite strength. shall speak more
specifically respecting form, leaving
movement and other essentials to sneak
ers who may follow me. As a rule. there
should be but one form used for each
letter of the alphabet, and especially
should this be true of copy for learn
ers, having a single standard form. the
teacher will NOT only repeat it with
greater accuracy, but the pupil will more
readily comprehend and master it. Let
ters and words should be critically an.
a'Jzed at the black board. This will
greatly aid the pupil to acquire a clear
and complete mental conception of good
letters and their proper combination.
Many pupils learn to write through the
shere power of initiating the copy before
them, but not having a high mental con
ception of their copies, when they are
removed, their writing at once degen.
crates; the hand is without a definite
model and strikes at random, and pro
duces doubtful results. While the pun:l
who through analytic study and practice
comes soon to have a clear conception of
what he would do, thus is presented to
the hand an ever present model for which
It will strike and ultimately attain
i1enman's art Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

am tired. Heart aud feet
1ufn from busy mart AMI streets
am tired--Rest is sweet.
] am tired. have played
In the sun and in the shade,
lhave seen tbs flowers fade,
lam tired. have had
What has made my spirit glau
What has mado my spirit sad.
] am tired. Loss and gain
Golden shenycs and scnttcr'd qraia
Day has not been spent in vain.
Lam tired. Evcntide
Bids me lay cares aside,
Bids me in my hopes abida
J am tired. God is near.
Let me sleep without fcat
Let me die without tear.
! an tired. would rest
As the bird within its nestI
am tired. Home is best.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

A gigantic strong room, the largest
ever constructed, measuring fifty feet
in length and weighing close upon 100
tons, has been erected for the National
Bank of Scotland. The doors are
seven inches thick, and the plates are
all treble, thus giving a practically
adamantine strength. The capacity
of the safe is sufficient to contain ], $50
tons weight of gold bullion, equal in
value to e110,000,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

Whale fishing in small steamers off
the coast OF New England is getting
to be business of some importance.
four steamers formerly catching men
haden having been steadily engaged
during lne past season. They cruise
off the Main and Massachusetts shores
as far south as Cape Cod. A bomb
lance HFed from gun held at the
shoulder IS The weapon employed in
killing the whales, about fifty of
which nave been taken this year
They VIII average sixty feet in length
and twenty-five tons in weight. Each
one yle'u9 ABOUT twenty barrels of oil.
two Oa'e's OF meat, FIVE tons of drv
chnm anu TWO tons of bone, the yaIne
Of when amounts to about s4oo. AS
the men become expert in the capture
the Wn''e' become shy and keep more
in deep water. This will be fatal to
the business as at present conducted.
since 'u9aa ,, whale usually sinks, and
can haiu,y y be recovered from a depth
Of more 'nan forty fathoms.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

An ing eHious Frenchman has con-
ceived the thoroughly Parisian idea OF
preserving bodies by covering them
with metlskin. Burying, he says
mas ~ ~ndelnned by experience
crenion Is bad, as it destroys all eyi.
densd crime in case murder has
beelanmitted, and embalming is ex-
pendH But gaIyanizing is safe and
cheip The poor can be zinc-plated
observation-disclosures may acquire a
coNgcoat and the Millionaire can en-
joy thelIxury of silver or gold plate,
N. Kaovaty, the inventor of this
methd, says he has already used it
eleven times in the case
of human beings, and over 100 times
foranInals.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

An American expedition sent out
last year by a wealthy New York lady
to find the site of the Garden of Eden
reports important Geographical discov-
cries in the region of Chaldea, south
of BABYLON. The best encouragement,
however, was in locating definitely the
Original city of Sippora, on the bank
of the Epphrates. 1t was here that.
according TO ancient Chaldean history.
Noah vas commanded to bury all the
records of the anteduluvian world be
fore he embarked in the ark, in order
that they might be preserved. ave
mean to dig up this ground thorough
ly," says the leader of the expedition,
and maybe shall find something as
tonishing."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

Toister boys from climing the tel.
Onepoles at Fond du Lac. Wis.
the plan of attaching wire to the
spikes and connecting them with a
batteFwas conceived, and it worked
toPesct ion. The first day no less than
200bgS attempted to climb the poles.
but Immediately received such a shock
that they retreated in dismay. Later,
however, a farmer drove up to the
hole and hitched his horses. One of
the ANNALS unsuspectihgly caught
hodothe spike, and Immediately
there vas start and a jump, and the
hitching strap snapped and away went
the team. The farmer suffered the
fracture Of three ribs in attempting to
stop the runaways, one or more
women were run over and the wagon
smashed to atoms.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

The last formulated idea in crazes-is
an international cooking-match. This
is to take place in the aquarium in
Westminster London. 1t means the
production Of the fayorite dishes Of
each nation The Briton will present
his plum pudding and roast beef, the
Spaniard ola-pod-rida, the Italian mac
arOni a Ia garlic, the German his brat
wurst and sauerkraut, the Russian his
kapoosta soup, the Frenchman his fri
caSsee, and the Norwegian will teach
how to cook eggs in that variety of
ways which astonishes the traveller in
his cline.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
AYERS
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

The school ma'am who married a
tanner had evidently glimmering OF
the fitness Of things.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

A OaiiiO'Aa miner has invented
what be calls amechanicaI mine rn5o, -,
by when l's claimed metal-bcaring
veins can De detected with accuracy, :
He has already directed fine ,ttenti ion
of sev'ral Capitalists to deposits of an
timoney, silver and gold.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

Asia possesses the most powerfully
equipped hornets. The H,diqn Yedi-
cal da'e''s tells of a man who was
bitten on the neck by one Of them.
Within ten minutes he became cold.
pulseles'' and unconcious. lie was a
robust man but the use of active rem
edies only brought him to after a
couple Of hours. The hornet was Of
medium size bright yellow and striped
with black,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The average income Of the 500 lord,
of hnB"l'u Is over $4,000 each
Their gross Income is about S75.ooo,
900.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

AS a horse and cart, apparently with
load Of hay were about to pass the
Custom house Of Vroenboven, on the
Belgian frontier the animal suddenly
stopped, and either could not or would
not bulge an inch. Two custom oni
GERS came up to lend Il hand, where
upon the driver took to his heels. 1t
turned out that the hay concealed
about 750 kilos Of Dutch tobacco.
Conscientiousness must now be added
to the other good qualities of the
horse.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-11-20

A philanthropic Pittsburger has opened
tyne-setting school fer newsboys.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-07-23

THE invention of lithography is as.
cribed to German named Senefelder,
who lived in Munich. The invention
was made between the years 1896 and
1898. Like some other inventions, it
was partly the result of chance. Sene-
fielder was very poor man, and was
trying to discover some method Of inn
proving plate printing. Not being able
to purchase plates of copper, he used
smooth slabs of stone. Being ignorant
of the composition of the yarnish used
by engravers for their etching ground,
he invented kind of crayon composed
Of wax and tallow. One day his moth
er wished him to write out list of
clothes to be sent to the laundress. Pa
per and ink hot being at hand, he wrote
the list upon stone with his crayon.
When he was about to clean off the
stone, it occurred to him that the body
of the stone could be eaten down by ac-
vuafOrtis, leaving the written lines in
relief so that printed impressions could
be taken from them. His experiments
in this line were partially successful,
and subsequent discoveries enabled him
to bring printing on stone to such de-
gree of success as established the art IL
typography.