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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
A Female Detective

: = woman recently died IN L,rlor
whose career furnishes ineideo, epous
90 half iozen sensation na,.t. r.
several years she served taa aotloi,t
y Scotland Yard as detective piae
ing herself IN relation with the er.a
doctor she volunteered Ia ,.. ,bo..
, families whose honesty was suspected By
. the authorities As nurse lie d.
/ armed all suspicion, and did not Al .
take careful note Of all She he,rI IIsr
'n'nners were also apparently . o1.e
aud low that but little restraint II, 3D.
served in her presence, and her reo5r:.
fr@i rded to the Scotland y.ri s.re
thus rendered all the more valn,b.-
+" hlie engaged in her duties she *
tractcd from her half uncons.;,n. ,ei
deollltated fever patients the confession
OF some dark deed, and bin.s = - a.
whereabouts Of confederates in GRIM
such was the general plan Of action D.
served by this extraordinary woman bu,
this was rather slos process agl At
tunes It was necessary to fall n oae.
7pon the wrongdoer. On one occasion.
Tor instance, the police received info.
nation that there was gapo Of f,l,e
money makers in a certain street Bat
Notwithstanding every effort the, ware
unable to ascertain in which bonse me
coIners worked The services Of he {
male detective were thereupou request
and she was dispatched 10 de
street IN question to see what cogll be
lone Feiguing violent illness she per-
.uaded child who issued from one Of
he suspected houses, to take her indoors
or moment The su lden entrance
nus obtained enabled the detective to
ear metallic sounds proceeding from tie
oiher workshop before tie latter were .
ware that any stranger was in the hous
'nt they soon discovered their danger
nd the chef Of the gang, in his fury, !
urled ladle full Of molten lead at her
cad Fortunately the poke bonnet ;;
lat she wore saved her life; the burns !,
'e received were not fatal, though they :
sstroyed her hair and its roots. The
lice arrived in time, on hearing the
arm, to arrest eighteen eoiners. After
is. she disguised herself as bow and =
netrated many thieves den Ga =
c occasion She was discovered spI O'
uck down with blow which fraaigr. -
her skull, before the pc ic9 arrive to a.
aid Still undauntcl, with returning ~
nth she resumed her dangerous oecu =
ION, often engaging in hand to hand aP
ats, aud armed with the magic whis- y
rattle and number given her BY the W
ho'ltles, and which ensured the a.. il'
anee Of every policeman, stranger or ia
; Who's services she might find it "a
esslry to call. Sickness at last sub 'f'
d this turbulent spirit, aad thieves no
no longer fear the visits of the fe- 1t
e detective. wa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
Muscular Force ofInsect,.

The following curious experiment con.
eernlng the muscular force Of in,a. - /
mentioned b. NJ l'Abbe Pes.i. !. ~
article in Les Mondes: The abbs ai,aad
a large herued beetle. weighing soa r'd Sf,x
,rains, on a smooth plank; aud l@ - :
ight box, adjusted on the earsns,, = -
the insect, added weights IN t y . .
pounds In spite Of the com6,,.,; :
enormous burden, being 8l5 ti~ a'sg y
owl weight, the beetle managed : m n
It and move is along A man ! " u.
mary Muscular power is fully HIM. 9 ~
mrs feebler IN proportion; and t H. !, -
elephant succompaative s,re,.@ " !;
could runaway with the 0bsr. l' ;
Loxor, load of 5000 .Oo0 ', INK ;, :
Slmilaly, the flea, scarcely l05 S' y :,
inch 10 height, manages 10 lean i, :, -
Ilffculty barrier fully $50 t@ '.a'o i
'wn altitude Six-fcet i. an n na,ss II Il
ieh leap Tor mau, imagine In 5 ian
I tzaH s s"pi"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
woodward & Lothrop's Column
To Our County Patrons

We believe that little confidential
talk with our Friends and Patrons a.
this time wi DO more good than any
amount Of advertising we could possibly
put in this sac.
To few Of you our house is prob
bly unknown, and we desire to become
acquainted, and propose to introduce
ourselves without ceremony. We are
the firm Of WOODWARD and 10
fIiR0P, of Washington, d. G bet
ter known in that City as the "Boston
Dry Goods House. and VIC herewith
submit the fundamental principles upon
which We do business, which are the Sc
crcts Of our success.
We do not believe in sensational adj
yertsng nor do we believe in coaxing
trade with Caronos. Watches, Toys Sill
yerwnre, or other sham devices, as it
stands to reason we would have 10 make
you pay for them in some manner, but
believe in doing business entirely upon
its merits
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
low to Converse

A conversation IN its proper meaning
is a mutual, equal interchange of ideas
and opinions, one successfully suggestive
Of the other Conversation should be a
ball. tossed from hand to hand gracefully
and without violence, neither endanger-
ing the players Or the object Of their play.
| say something which throws a spark
into your imagination or memory. and
then you deliver yourself according to
your caibre, which in turn suggests
else to me, and so CONVEX
satlon is generated, whereby you and
become better acquainted aud may be
stahcher friends. a good conversations
list is one who talks su sgestiyely; he
does not cover the Whole subject in a
single peremp.ory sentence, nor does he
appropriate all the time to his own
vocabulary. He likes to hear you as
sell as himself you are fuel to his fire.
lie likes to shake you mentally by tie
lanl aud fell what sort Of grip you
AVE, aud he neither runs away or in
rudes upon you He neither talks much
Tor little. fla man must nave one of
ie,e faults let it be the first; for man
vas MA e to be social being, to com
a lnicate his thoughts and not hide
en-. If great talker bore you, still
=" hass refuge ia his very loquacity
y rem lining h4edlessly silent to what
e is saying; whereas with one who
oes not talk at all or very little, the
urden of the whole conversation is
brown upon your shoulders.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
A Christmas Gift Really

A ChTIStmdS OIAJ NVdIIy
Worth Having can be had from
0ehm & Sou, the onterpri,ins Clotliiers
Of Baltimore. See their advertisement
in another column which will tell you
how to get it. Their store at the corner
Of Pratt and Hanover Streets Is crowd
ed daily with delighted Boys AM Men
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
Population ofCountriss.

The lecture given recently by NJ.
.on.e AZ Layugne, at a meeting of the
!. neb Aead my, IS sas-fyom being cor
t VI IT, bavcrgne stated that. next
~ Spain and Denmark. France is the
most thniy peoplcd country in Europe.
r ! fact however, is that y nmar !.
ri,5 an area Of 100 geographical square
miles. contains population Of :, 900 900
inhabitants, equal to about 1857 ia
t,,.tanrs to each square mile. while
Greece. with an area Of $50 geographical
.9,.re miles, Ils population Of |, 4O0,-
400 souls. equal to | "a to each square
mile Norway, with an area of $500
resgta ,hca square miles. has pop
,.ion Of > 900 600, or only $50 to the
.n,re miles Sweden, with 5000 gcog
aphic4I square miles and a population
+ $4,000, equal to 81 70 tie squa-e
NIL: Russia, with about 80, 900 geo
.r,paica l,llare mll.s nnl . ne 50, 900
ID inhabitants, equal 30 to the sguare
,ie. and Portugal, with LIS geo
raphiciaI ,qaa.e miles aud $500 U00
Inhabitants. Or =! O3O to the square mile,
il are much more thinly than Denmark.
p1iu, with 600 geographical square
lies aud II ,000, 600 inhabitants, She VS.
$50 inhabitants TO each square mile
rance. with 10000 geographical
laare mile, aud 81 900 900 inhabitants
i've, 3 700; ard England, with $500
,ograpaiciaI square miles and 30 000,-
~ inhabitants, shows ), 454 to each
,ographical square mile. The pop
li,n Of Denmark is every year in
easing in large proportion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01

"How can Mrs Smith wear such
handsome velvet coat My dear child,
don't YOU know her husband used TO pay
all his money To doctors, but since he
took to using nr Bulls Cough Syrup
he gives 1t all to her to spend
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
NOTICE

II. Persons are hereby forwarned not to
\ tresspass on the premises Of the under
- near Bryantoan, either with or
y sss,bont dog or gun. The law will De iigidly
'nfarred against all who disregard this notice.
en'0 nav 2T-bm R. D. KERR.
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honfag &c Taesday. Janua-
~ 4h and jM, 1856,

The following personal property:
One pair Bay Mares, one
pair of Sorrcl Horses,
one pair Sorrcl Baltimore
Colts B and 1 years old,
one young Bay Saddle
Horse, one geIding---Ba lti-
more Stock, one pair Of
large Bay Mules, Five
Young Mile Cows-four
at the pail, three Shor /.
horned Heifers, one
thoroughbred jersey
Heller, two yoke of Young
Oxen, fourteen Shotes
and one Sow.
tTtlliE httHsiie+
One Mccormick self-bind-
er and Reaper in com
plete order, one Wheat
Cleaner, one Corn
Planter, two wheel Guilt
vators, four single Guilt
yator>, four double PIows,
two Oliver Chilled Plows,
one No. 5 Plow, one
Whipple Harrow, two
60 tooth Rakes, one
Wheat Drill, one Wheat
Fan, one two horse
power and Corn Shelter
combined, two large farm
Wagons IL complete or
Ger, one small Wagon,
one Carriage and Htr-
ness, one lot Of Plow Har-
ness, Household and
Kitchen Furniture, one
new large Excelsior Re-
fligerator, one Cooley
Dreamer, one Washing
Machine, ore large Cook
Stove and Utensils, one
Coal Stove, one W God
Stove, etc.
Proveuder:
One lot of Straw. Corn
,ShuckS, Long Fodder and
MOO bundles Of Blade
Fodder.
fERMS:-All sums und.r twenty dol
lars cash; all sums over that amount
red.l f. six mouths will he vcn-purchtSer
giving note wnh security to be approved by
ihe thus &C.
A. PoSEY, Trustee.
There Will also be sold
upon easy terms one CIV
FlresLing Engine, 1hr shing
" Glover IluIlcr combined.
dcl8-ct 4. PoSEY. Auorncg.
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"THE WATERBURY.

My suit cost just as much
as yours, and isn't any better,
but | didn't get a watch with it. '
TO make speedy clear
ance of our immense
Stock of Baltimore made
Clothing for Men and
Boys we are presenting
genuine W ter bury
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Sena'or Hampton Of South Carolina.
not long since Introduced bill into
the Senate. N king it misdomeanor
Tor any Senator or Representative III
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01

For low prices Of Lumber, see advertise
gent e %.,.vlt L-att
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-01
4 pNSEY Trnsine

There will also be sold
upon easy terms one CIV
Tlreshing Engine, 1hr shing
" Glover IIuIlcr combined.
dc ls-ct 4 P0SEY. Auornc.
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n SWITZERLAND Auciioneer
/ Trustees Sale
.a OF
'aIuable Personal Property.

Df virtue Of . decree ur tie Circuit Court
ID for Charles county sitting III EQUITY.
Iassed in ctse wherein Adrian Pospv. The
PITTS Agricultural W rks, John Hughes
.Hi victorine 4 llu0he, are plaintiffs. ana
joseph Dav IS defendant TIE undersigned
Trustee will Sc IT public auction on the
Hm known as "lniiantown" on Naniemoy
Creek, on
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Iss - ! fGtivii nHr'

In connection with the present ac'
in psychical research, the followln.
tract from the recently published
Of A gassis" is of interest:
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TERNS:-All sums und.r twenty dol
lars CASH all sums over that amount II
redd { six mouths will he givcn-purchtSer
5ying note wilh security to be approved by
The thus &c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-19
killing a Giraffe.

The noble animal stood at bay paw
ing and stamping the ground, his long
neck Swaying to and fro; several more
shots were fired at him, causing him to
strike desperately with his fore feet a
blow which would knock horse down.
Dismounting, | ran to get nearer
view. There was despair in his large
dropping brown eyes, and look which
seemed to say, "What harm have /
ever done yOu?'' 1t seemed Il shame
that no one gave him coup de grace,
and put him out of his agony. Turning
to one of the men said, ''ShOOt him in
the head, and put an end to his pain. "
But he answered me by graSping my
arm and pulling me to one side, shout
ing, Look out, or he will be on you.
Looking up | saw the crazy creature
swinging his head about, his long neck
putting me in mind of an anaconda, rs
it fairly whirled through the air, form
ing wide circles as he made desperate
plunges to keep his body under his neck;
pitching forward, he fell on his head
and shoulders, and rolled over with a
thud that shook the ground. He was a
''zwart bont' (black-spOtted, the vaTi-
ETY. usually seen in geological collections;
the white-spotted ones are longer and
finer made, and have never been brought
to Europe, and are never so heavy. He
measured from the root of the tail to
the shoulder 6 feet 1 inch, and from the
shoulder to the tip Of the nose 10 feet
u inches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-19
Trick Instruments, and How They
Are Used.

The requirements of modern operetta,
musical extravaganza and such pieces
as are advertised to be ''nonsenSically
musical whimsicality" have brought
MANY strange musical instruments into
use. "Trick instruments would be a
better name for some OF the curious in
ventions shown to reporter recently
in the orchestra room of theatre by
Simon Davis, the drummer of the or
cheStra'
Mr.. Davis, although called the drum
mer to distinguish him, might be term
ed with equal justice one of twenty-five
or thirty other names, for he plays and
operates that many instruments besides
the drums. There is something of a
trick even about the base drum playing,
for it is operated by pedal which with
one action plays the cymbals at the
same time, leaving the operators hands
free TO use any other instrument which
the music or the action on the stage
may require.
One of the instruments which Davis
plays is commonly called the bells, or
orchestra bells; in Germany called the
s.plockenspiel." 1t consists of a num-
her of short bars of steel resting on
straw ropes. The bars are played upon
bv short hammers, the metals OF which
are connected with the wood handles by
whalebone. The full chromatic scale,
two and half octayes, are represented
by the bars, which are toned by size.
The instrument most like the bells is
the xylophone, which consist of num-
her of pieces of wood strung together by
two cords and resting on ropes of straw.
The method of tuning a xylophone IS
curious. If note be fiat it IS corrected
in tone by having section sawed off;
if sharp, it is notched on the under side
by a saw cut.
The anvils in an orchestra ale far
from being such as smiths play upon by
the side of forge, though their tones
are remarkably like those of the real ar
ticle. The anvils which Mr.. Davis has
are two pieces of hemi-octagonal brass,
hollow and about eight inches long.
Hemi-octagonal may not be the scien-
tific term for describing a tube which
would be octagonal if alike on both
sides. but which looks as if it had been
octagonal and sliced down its length
and the fiat side covered over. That is
what they are. They are contained In
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-19
Caught in His Own Trap.

'Men Will sham any complaint now
adays to avoid their work." said ouI
worthy skipper, as he sat at the head of
the breakfast table on our first day out.
81 had a fellow once who pretended to
have lamed himself when we were
about half way out to Calcutta; and he
did it so well that nobody ever suspected
him bit, till one night there was a
false alarm of fire, and the way that
lame man flew up the ladder would
have astonished an acrobat"
"Well," said /, ''you remember that
story of the Irishman who went about
Dublin with PITY the poor blind on a
board round his neck, and made quite
a good trade of it, till at last one of the
people who used to give to him met
him IN a by-street, stepping along like
prize pedestrian.
"'You old humbug," cried he, you
see as well as do
"'Sure. thin,' says Paddy, looking
down at the blind board that he car
ried, they've hung the wrong board on
me to-day by mistake. It's deaf and
dumb am.'"
well, L once saw something almost
as good as that myself" said my right
hand neighbor, Professor T,
''when was on visit to my friend,
DR.. -, in the east of France.
There was great conscriptiOn going
on just then for the Crimean war, and
l. had to test the recruits as they
came in, to see whether they were fit
for service.
"Now among these fellows there was
one fine, sturdy Auvergnat. just the
stuff for a soldier, If he hadn't unluck-
lily been stone-deaf. SO he said, at least,
and it certainly appeared to be true, for
all the tests that they applied to him
couldn't make him give any sign OF
hearing bit. fully believed his case
to be genuine; but L could see by the
twinkle in DIR. LIS eye that he
didn't.
"'That'll do, my man." said l.
to him at last in a low voice. You
are too deaf to be Of any use to US.
You can co.
Instantly the recruit, forgetting him.
self in his glee at having got off so
easily, sprang toward the door like a
cat"
"'Not so fast, my fine fellow, shout
ed the recruiting officer; IF you can
hear that, you're not too deaf for the
army. You're mighty cunning rogue,
but this time we've caught you in your
own trap"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-19
Tho Oh Home.

i remember an old gay farmhouse.
"A, All messy, and stained with time;
Win him of age upon it,
"hiie yet 1t stood in its prime.
A broad, low-browed old homestead.
Mhere clamhering wild woodbine
hInR out Its flames in the autumn,
Like wreaths on holy shrine.
Great dropping elms swayed DER it;
AND poisoning lilacs tall,
Thrust their purple plumes in the win
dows
With the bees they held in thrall.
All under its roof so messy,
And around its heart so warm,
ii gathered its happy children,
In merry, busy swarm.
With the beat of rain on its shingles.
IL lulied them all TO rest,
Nhen spring brought the mutterinC show.
ers,
urging up from out the west.
Aa hen soothes her sleepy chickens.
ene2th her wings widespread,
Soye heard the soft, sweet wind-song,
q the old roof overhead.
An now when fall a-dreaming,
When it rains, and the wind is strong,
L her again the deep murmers
A beat of the old roofs song.
Andthe years fall away and leave me,
A sleepy child once more;
Slow rocking on grand wild surges,
Toward some dreamland shore.
Now drifting among the tree-tops,
Nov floating o'er rivers deep,
Till sink in that rushing, sweeping sea,
Down TO the land of sleep.