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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11
An ImpOsing Woman.

Several gentlemen were standing
about the door at swell reception
when very fine looking lady passed
down the hall.
"By Jove," said one, that's mag
niIicent looking woman
"Very imposing, indeed" said an
other.
You bet she is" said third; q
know, for I've been her husband fo
s'tY years" --NerchaDt T1acellcE
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

Wv htet-ulSh 70 a duck, she wa
liifa second pairent to the little uns
nus Bed 'em through the measles. anc
wlFa they was wen, took it herself
ana laid as quiet on the bed for fear o
giving trouble as if she warn't !;
child"
lie didn't tell her of how, when the
second Mrs. Brown was installed as
mistress, Mary became the drudge and
aid-of-all-work. and was nurse to a
halI-dozen more little Browns, who
IKE their mother, ruled her with a rod
Oh Iron Nor of Mary's marriage with
aSturdH young fellow, who, for the
lack ola little timely help, and the
pressure OF a large family, was kept
with MS nose to the perpetual grind
stone He did not tell how Marv
punched and worked, and sat up till
la0e hours and struggled to help her
lanHN until in consequence of doc
TORS bills and babies, and 7 oor crops.
'onl was forced to give a mortgage
on DIS house, when her (the father
iiiSaI nave lifted them out of their
poverty lie might even have given
''fHi - Il" oeIter house; the oldest inbab-
i'anI conId not remember when tba
"5'' faInshack!e affair had been built
oone ancient ancestors had put nm \
0oOPie ol rooms, then added on a few
'Y'e until, what with patching and
pt0pplng up, Johns inheritance was
m "A oHence to the eye Mr. Brown
!, 'n0ught bitterly of all this thronob
'ne loEg journey. Too late. too late
91'u'eu written in words of fire on
f'iy Tree and shrub. At last tho
,lGaS0 l, was IN sight; poor, miserable
r p~''g enough but now, in the month
0une' sweet with climbing roses
'uu noneysuckle that the mistress,s
'fau lll, nad trained to the porch.
,-o., "uO-o-o' Dandy" The children
.,e'V IN the yard; with a shout thew
- T. % the gate, and as the old horse ,
fo pp'u' somebody rushed down the
ssr 'sr' a and with a cry, why father, t
Wv Nv. fanny' Mary in her famons !
l.. au calico and apron, and cheeks s
itsr. a ,O'eS' with the pleasure and ex- +
/ 'u' aru. 0I the visit, was in her faith
! ha1 al'n'-her father, who held her as +
e. WI with never tsa done before, and kissed 1
!. WIN 'Ae tears running down his +,
-era ay 5 enid he said presently, "vou y y
bao, pe'a, y y, and are alive again. :, q
y. why father?" questioned M.rr n
,',n' "a What on earth is the msttar wary , p
sr sisto. ''Aeu with frightend gaze at
tbo, vaguely wondering if her p'
! i. were stricken with some snd. er
ew ni,. insanity. a, For answer, FANNY IL
arS Su' inc telegram from her noct.
.l,'l rra ga gave it to Mary. p
linaa aii y, wonderful mistake" ex- an
he x
e. ''a ana me elder woman, glancinp it if So So
sit.d,l u auu hugging father and sistar w
'Sdly ! again, I'VE have "ap a Dsi@s siS'Sr va va
sninn '' Mary Harris, who died Iast 20,
ers :, g.s she has brother living some e' st, ST.
ne i p. you and by the way, his an
i Daa brown-Rlchard Brown od, "p
/ tslauns la'ns father. They carried Won ini tsi
h. gran instead Of him. wbst ,Oa lia lns
re to @bnt ,bn hear of it, so as 70 40 -
=" the burning" % "S 10 get res
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

A Letter and a Telegram.

81 don't never waste words" said
old Mr.. Brown, in a hard, driving
voice, "and hain't good at letter
writin', but l reckon this'n will cut"
ITS pity you writ it so hard,
father" said his young daughter,
trembling; "it'll hurt her to the heart;
she didn't never mean to borry that
$500, and then cheat you out o it,"
"She didn't, Ell? Then why hain't
the money back in my pocket, safe
and soundl It's a year last Chris TINS
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

Uncle Billy Adams was 1urhiSnllS
the music for gathering at the resi-
dence Of well-known planter III
Dooley county, given in honor o'
visiting young lady from Ausus'"'
The night was warm, and the Min
dows we4y thrown open. MISS A,'o0,
weary Of dancing, noticed the oiru
CAGE hanging among the vines "l''n :
crew over the veranda, the inmate ol
Which was aroused to its sweetest
strains of song by Uncle Biliy'' hoa,e'
Tapping her finger lightly upon 1 One
cage Miss Alice felt the VlheouU' :,
playing about her hand MY Oo0
, exc,aimed one of the dancers as n
looked toward the girl, "look there
a shrek from Miss Alice, and she ie
q TO the floor. As she fen a huge sna'
,e was seen circling down her arm lro
se .sss .ss,s cage across her shoulders, ana
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11
Novel Cnrn Plnnting.

The means used in planting corn in
the semi arid Kansas belt enables that
region to raise good crops OF the great
fattening grain Of the United States
1t is by means Of the listing plow,
which throws the soil into high ridges,
the middles being deeply pulverized in
addition. In the trenches the corn is
planted down in the permanently
moist soil of the trenches, these being
filed up in the process of cultivation.
This trench, as plowed, is V-shaped,
and sixteen inches deep. Until the
corn gets strong, an inverted trough
covers the rows as the cultivator pass
es, preventing the plows from rollins
the soil over the plants. When ia
corn is Ready fer tho second .c1,tIya
=
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

lowing precedent established some
wears ago in this state. The anaia-
cous question has also been raised IN
criminal cases. But there it has been
held that prisoner cannot be com
nelled to submit to an examination oil
his person when such examination
may afford evidence against himself
# NAV be interesting to our readers
to know where the bodies 1t our Tres
idents lie. OF the twenty-five that
have occupied the chair from l'o9 10
date, but three are living, Ruther'oru
l. Uayes. Chester A. Arthur ana
Grover Cleveland. the others are IN
terred Of follows George Washing
ton At Mount Vernon, va; John anu
John Quincy ADAMS. at Quincy Mass
Thomas jefferson, at Monticello, Na'
lanes Madison, at Montpelier al
lanes Monroe at Richmond, va; An
drew Jackson, at his old "llermitage
home eleven miles from NashVlle'
T Tenn. Martin Van Buren, at kinder
a hook n. "; William Henry Harrison
a at North Bend, Ohio; John Tyler a
$ Richmond, Va; James h, PoIk' d
o Nashville. Tenn; Zachary Taylor a
Frankfort Ky, Millard Fillmore a
.e Buffalo, y. y; Franklin Pierce
Concord. \. H.; James Buchanan
Lancaster, Pa; Abraham Lincoln
e springfield, Ill; Andrew johnson
le Greenyile, Tenn; james A. "af"e'
IS at Cleveland, Ohio, and Ulysses
We Grant in Riverside Park, New 0
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

Getting into debt in Mexico is Sc
rious business Ifa debtor is unable
to pay on the day his debt is due he IS
arrested and chained to a post for five
days. Then an officer looks at him to
see if his punishment has enabled him
to pay his debt. OF course it hasn't
and so the debtors labor is sold to the
government for forty cents day until
the obligation is discharged Ih'
government sends him with a gang OF
felons to a silver mine, and he does
not see the light again until the deO
is discharged.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

The "Big Woods" of Minnesota wen
deserve the name, for they cover oOOo
square miles. or 3,200,000 acres oil sur
face. These woods contain only haio-
wood growths, including white anu
black oak, maple, hickory, hasswoou'
elm, cottonwood. tamarack. and enough
other varieOies to make an aggregat'
Of over nifty different kinds. The hard
wood tract extends in a belt across TIL
middle. Of Lkestate, and surroundin
:....neaG effi corner is an inmens
,ina ro,'a 4 covering 2l,V0O sqaS
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11
AYERS PILLS.

large proportion of the diseases which
cause human suffering result from dera,,ge.
ment OF the stomach. bowels. and liver
AYERS CArHARrIC PILLS act directly upon
these organs, and are especially designed IN
cure the diseases caused by their deranqe
ment including Constipation, Indiges.
tion, Dyspepsia, Headache, Dysenterv.
and host of other ailments, for all Of
which they are n safe, sure, PROMPT. and
peasant remedy The extensive use of these
PILLS by eminent physicians III regular prae-
tiee, shows unmistakably the estimation in
which they are held by the medical profess
sion.
Ihese PILLS are compounded of vegetable
substances only, and are absolutely free from
calomel or any other injurious ingredient
A Sufferer from Headache writes:
AVER PILLS are invaluable to me. and
are my constant companion | have been
severe sufferer from Headache, and your
PILLS are the only thing | could look IN
Tor relief. one dose will quickly move INV
bowels and free my head from pain They
are the most effective and the easiest physie
have ever found. 1t is pleasure TO me 10
speak IN their praise, and | ALWAYS do 50
when occasion offers.
v. l. PAGE, of w. L. Page & Bro"
rankin ST., Richmond, Va, June 3, 1882.
8 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. r. HAYES"
Mexia Texas, June IT, 1882.
The REV. FRANCIS b. HARLowE, writing
from AttdHt0, Ga, says: " For some wears
past | have been subject to constitution
from which, in spite of the use of medi,
cnes of various kinds, suffered increasing
inconvenience, until some months ago /
began taking AYERS PILLS. They have
entirely corrected the cOstiye habit. and
have vastly improved my general health.'
AYERS CATHARTIc PILLS correct rreru.
larities of the bowels. stimulate the appe-
tte and digestion. and by their prompt and
thorough action give tone and yigor to the
whole physical economy.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. ]. C. Aver & Co, Lowell Mass.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

huge coil upon htllS Ssom. with its
mouth vide open, its fangs set, and
pressing its head closely by the girls
cheek, the moment was one of intense
excitement. The ominous rattle was
heard when Uncle Billy's fiddle gave
forth one of its liveliest airs, and the
reptile quickly crawled off, wriggling
It's way toward the music and out of
the house Il dess knowed dat nd
fotch um,' said Uncle Billy, as he
caressed his instrument. Does c~-gp-
IN creeturs is might fond of music"
The reptile was followed and killed
when it was found to measure eight
eet. GIobe DeHl0cy0t
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

\ traveller describes anatural bridge.
almost as interesting as the Virginia
curiosity spanning a cannon, about
twenty lnneS north of the point where
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
crosses tie boundary between New
Mexico aqt Agtzona. This bridge is
sixty-fyefet long and fifteen feet
wide at the narrowest point. 1t con
sists of tough grit rock, underneath
which The softer sandstones have been
worn away to depth of TWENTY-FIVE
10 forty feet beneath the arch. Near
by is apetrided forest. The stone tree
trunks lie just beneath the soil. or
half exposed, fallen in all directions.
This point had never before been Wis
ted by white man.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

A movement is on foot to erect A
monument over the tomb Of ex-Presi-
dent William Henry Harrison at
North Bend, 0. 1t is on natural
mound in the midst of a pasture lot
md it oyerlooks the Ohio River. A
diIapldated board fence, enclosing a
space fifty feet square, separates the
burial place from the pasture field.
Within the enclosure are two or three
Old cedar trees. The tomb itself is a
structure Of brick, all underground
except the gables, and it is covered
With a roof Of shingles, that are now
lhlpitated and rotten. Even the
brick walls that show above the
ground are covered with a green
loud. A sloping cellar door covers
he steps which descend to the vault
and even these doors of iron, exposed
Q the summer rains and winter
'noSs' are eaten through with rust.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

i0 ous revelation of the last
census was he grpwth of the femaJ,
- LopuI''Ion q The hrge cities. 1t was
Sn shown @ that New York contains abont
- '0oo more wome1 than men; Boston
has a surplus of $4,000 women. IN
Baltimore there are 1900 more
women 'l'n men, and so on in several
Others Of the large Eastern cities
fH'y years ago it was The men. who
came to tne cities to pursue their
careers Vnlle the women stayed at
home; bas more recently, women ~
both IN 'nls country and in Europe,
have been crowding to the business
centres.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

Q y ~ A ~
shoVels are set to throw the earth IA
the corn plants now strong and two
ieet tall, and they are also set to take
the ground deeply. This cultivation
throws almost all the earth into tbe
trench that the lister threw out The
weeds are deeply buried. The surface
OF tie field is level. The main roots
OF the corn-plants are at least ten
inches below the surface of the ground
and how much further they have sunk
INTO the rich, damp underlying ground,
no one knows. But now no ordinary
drought affects the plants. The hot
southwest winds can blow, the mercu.
ry can rise until the integrity of the
thermometer is threatened. the sun
can course across cloudless sky for
weeks, but the corn leaves do not roll.
The plants thrive, and, if soaking
rain falls between the middle of June
and the middle of July, the listed corn
Will make a full crop,-Nelc York sam
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

The Supreme courts in several Of
,he Northwestern States have recently
rendered opinions which are Iikelv to
work al Important change in the trial
Of actions % recover damages for per
son1 INJURIES BY the general nrac.
tice heretofore followed the existence
N0suro SnS extent of the injuries Al.
legged ha e been determined mainly Nv
.ee evidence of the complainant and
his own medical witnesses. Rnt 4
the opinions to which we have referred
The principle has been affirmed tbot
me plaIn'lf may be required to sinh.
nit te personal examination ~,
physicl'ns chosen by the defence or
ssigns''a BY the Court. Decisions to
his etf'', have lately been rendered
ia lOr' Wisconsin and Nebraska, foI.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

visits. Ha an,
maks ne uld not cry out or fall. or
striet.a Iy Sign that he was grief
and Ou' he was hurt to the soul
and t.s.' s'ea' remorse made him sick
.ho alia liant lie had never mt :, ,'tn in
aov, '',ilsht about sickness. over
aai@' "g' and bad crops, as he had inst
Mar nei'her had he put it, that
boo3 t,.I' an u ner young blooming matron.
Irom 4'!'S, should die-his first born
~ could he bear it? and it was All
-''uer because Of the cruel words
ne bad uttered While she law ,a1 Iao5
A''ue' Did he say he would
loys' a forgive her-did he really
. le", say that? Fanny had tried TO
% s.opaln' and brought it to his mind
,,,', ue was a church member" and a
on's'lan' , As if a father ought to be
mercy a Christian to his own cbnd
,,.,i haunt he given her the money E?
wight have done 50 five times over
'''0 never missed it. And the old
ln"a groaned remorsefully, as with
'ness thoughts in his heart. his gaze
wandered over the great fields where
'lie cotton would soon be a simmer
ing, neecy sea, bringing new treasures
~ u'' hoarded gains, and making nc
hearts happy save his own.
lnose few, poor, stunted acres OF
johns and Mary'sl Swamped by the
overflow last spring stock drowned,
"i.u 'Onn' wading waist deep, fighting
wl'n the waters, laid up with the
rheumatics.
suppose he had given 'em a thou.
sands dollars
On the sting of remembering evi
wheA it is too late to turn evil into
good And then there was that un-
kind letter. Did his child read those
cruel words with the dying light in her
eyes, Or would it be left for the strick
en- husband to be treated to the short
stern hOmily!
lie vent back to the kitchen, wher
Fanly sat crying over the teleg
Lookup the house he said in a hur
ried way, for fear of his voice woulC
falter; well 60 at once. I'll hitch u
while ye get ready" And when the
had started on their long journey Ii
quite broke down in talking over tn
past and telling Fanny little thing
hert.ahd there that no enc would hay
sup he had remembered.
" y was vas :s.lllla.s sllllas g datifal da'arter,
he Tst putting into broken sentenc'
tIf - and remorse that oysrwheIn
4 -
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

In France there is hardly any
Growth Of population; and the French,
90 far from approaching this condi.
,ion. are doing their best to alter it.
They in fact put a bounty on large
families by causiDg seventh children
10 be supported by the State.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

antics; next in order are the English
then the Irish, German and French
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

The present population of the city
of Buenos Ayres is estimated at 400
900. One Of the local newspapers
predicts that in a few years it will be
the New York of the southern hemi-
sphere. Emigrants are arriving IN
steady stream, and if the proportion
Of the first six months Of the year Il
kept up, their number will be l50,Oo'
before the lst Of January next. ltaI
ians form the great majority OF tn
incOmers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-09-11

The remedy for corpulence, accord
inc TO the Lancet. is in the method OF
eating and drinking five only ate
more deliberately, it says, we should
find half OF oar accustomed quantity
Of food sufficient to satisfy the most
eager cravings Of hunger Let men
of all classes who lead healthy live,
resolve to eat and drink slowly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05
AIMS WHO WANTED MORE LIBERTY"

A telegram was received ut Police lleadquar-
ters late on Friday afternoon from the Chief n Police OF
Bridgeport stating that two girls had run away from
their homes 10 that city and asking for their detention
The girl. alighed from train at the Grand Central
Depot at p. IN. and promptly taken to the Cen
trail Onlce b. Detective Mulien. They were Lena
Waldorf, age seventeen, anu Annie Luckey, barely
fifteen years old Lena has worked In dfessmaking
shop Bridgeport and Annie has attended school there
Both had comfortable homes, but they decided to run
away their parents did not ermt them 10 spend
as much time at skating Kinks they Wished While the
glIls were detained In MatTon WeDbs rooms yesterday
they talked voluby about rOcr-kating and expressed
regret that they could not permitted to visit
the Kinks this city. They said they thought they could
earn living fancy skaters II their parents had not
been 80 mean as interfere with their programme.
Their conversation inierlarded freely with slang
EXPRESSIONS and they declared that they would run
again II their parents did not allow them more
liberty" They sent home In charge OF Bridge
port officer late In the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05
Facts ABOUT THE PUBIC SCHOOLS.

CITY Superintendent Jaspers annual report
OF the condition the public schools for 1884 TO the
Board OF Education has just been pubshed although
an outline OF the report presented to the Board carly
in January -Four new schools opened during the
year making the number sol. This includes the Nor
NAL College, tie Nautical School twenty eight evening
schools and oryeght corporate schools which are also
under the Boards supervision. The four new schools
represent only portion of the changes which were made
during the year lby the additions TO old buildings.
There have been three schools consolidated aud seven
new schools organized The Whole number Of different
pupils taughtt was 1874 1922 but the LARGEST register in
one month III October whenit reache I41,0Il me
average attendance October l31Z2 the largest
on record in the history OF the Newton SCHOOL system
The increase in attendance in the primary and grammar
departments for the year was nearly 10000.
The instruction OF these pupils required force or
BIAS teachers an increase of lz3 over the number in
1888 The coOred schools abolished last year ana
twenty teachers OF those schools are now included III inc
mixed grammar and primary departments ~ ihose
teaching in the grammar and primary schools 2l3 are
females and 43f maes The actual number OF teachers
appointed during, the year was $40; IL males ana
966s FEMALES by the Compulsory Education
act SUPERINTENDENT Jasper required to enforce the at
tendance children at the schools and the work OF the
truaucy agents forms important part OF his report
The truants found 1Sl3, and OF these l,5lo were
returned 20 the schools census made OF the school
children i'm the Fifth. Sixth and Eighth Wards between
the ages of eight and fourteen showed them TO number
722I and OF these nearly nnetyeight per cent were
found TO be attending school in compliance with the
law The report made reference To the recent subject
of discussion in the Board respecting change OF grade
n the higher classes OF the female grammar SCHOOLS 10
check the overcrowdlng of the Normal College